“The main difference is that a little girl sits down when she goes to the bathroom and a little boy stands up.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s probably the main perk of the job. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I thought maybe we'd arrived too late and had missed the main attraction, but then someone opened the door of the cattle trailer and a vachette raced down the ramp and pounded onto the field. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Because Susanna had died when Charles was so young, it was Robert Darwin who was the main adult presence in the household—and a presence he was. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a wine cellar in the basement of the main house. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But it samples the air from nine small vents that pipe back to the main unit. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frank glanced back at Fifth Cohort’s main group. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Papa said the quicker we could get to the main path without being seen, the better. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Other abolitionists at Peterboro begged the sisters to lower their profile, fearful that the controversy around women’s rights would detract from the main cause, ending slavery. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

—He’s got a good job workin’ at Proctor and Gamble, where his main function, as far as I can tell, is kissin’ up to white people. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I got my head above the deck I saw him step up out of the main hatch and point the pistol at me. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

There was a basement under the main part of the Fitzgibbons’ house, but the big kitchen had been added later and stood on a foundation of concrete blocks, with only a crawl space beneath. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sir Will waited until he was sure the coast was clear before popping out of the air vent onto the main storeroom floor. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

We swerved into a main road, narrowly avoiding the car ahead of us. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She bounded up the main steps of the temple, then climbed a section of metal scaffolding so she could see above the heads of the ogres and Cyclopes. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The next school day, I met up with Lula at the main road as usual, and we walked the last quarter mile to school together, chatting about nothing in particular. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“So,” Hideo says as we head down the hall to the main atrium, “your first time in Japan, isn’t it?” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Every post office in Baltimore was closed for the holiday except the main branch downtown. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The walk from the outer wall to the main castle gate was slanted slightly down, not much of an incline, but a steady one. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Others were gathering supplies and tools; Thomas saw Minho carrying weapons from the basement to the main building. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Aimee had always been my main coach, but after I went elite, she sometimes brought in other coaches and specialists to help me with certain skills. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They were under the main prison now, five stories of cellblock, prisoners, and guards stacked on top of them. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then we went for a walk through the main streets to the other end of town. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

So to walk down the main street was to walk between the graves of our ancestors. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It says so on your gatepost. On the main road.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

There are horses and cows in my story even though the main point is supposed to be the story of the resurrection. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I stopped cold in the main vestibule where I’d left my backpack. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Plenty of time to spare before he had to be at the main library for his big announcement. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It was about three miles to the north, down the main road through the canyon. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The main hall went back a long way. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He had spent his childhood moving freely between the bungalow and the main house. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Over the years, people I’ve met have often asked me what I’m working on, and I’ve usually replied that the main thing was a book about Dresden. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The New York headquarters of NBC, CBS’s main competitor, received about six hundred phone calls asking if the invasion was real. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

The redheaded girl I’d seen on the front steps was just coming in the main entrance. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

One of the main reasons it failed was because the federal government never allotted anywhere near enough resources to make it work. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Yes, that is the main thing I’m worried about in here, making sure I can pass the GED. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The dam would be built across Indian Creek at the mouth of Milagro Canyon, establishing a mile-and-a-half-long lake whose easternmost shore would extend up to within hailing distance of the Dancing Trout’s main lodge. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Excellent. That’s your thesis. Your main idea. Spaces, buildings are important but never as important as the people inside. “You should thank your little brother.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Still, his main feeling during the journey was one of tingling impatience. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

At first all that was visible was the tops of the eight main smokestacks. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They’d had a meeting set with the school board, but the entrance to the main hall and all the side doors of the school had been locked tight. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“People who have gone to the Fair have, in the main, found more than the newspapers...had led them to expect.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Maddie’s and my pictures were off to the sides now, no longer the main focus of my life. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But to reach the door leading to the kitchen I had to cross the main entrance to the Dining-Room. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Lee Scoresby wasn’t concerned for his comfort so much as for his instruments, and he spent some time making sure they were securely lashed to the main struts. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

We reached the town of Porthmadog twenty minutes later, the train’s whistle blowing as we sped down the main street toward the station. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The blackness would stir and eventually go away, and God would re­main, a shining point of light in my heart. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The white families swarmed in a camp off the main street, inconsolable and abject, the meager possessions they were able to save piled around their feet. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“I thought I should move the cows out of the south pasture and back with the main herd.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were all moving out the door by now, into the main office. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pilot sat in the main cockpit with the navigator standing behind her. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

There were many trucks too and some carts going through on other streets and converging on the main road. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Safaa’s main bundle is missing, but her small carpetbag lies on the ground. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He’d found the main entrance, then the door to the stairwell. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu hurried out of the room, past the gate, and towards the bus station, knowing that in minutes the story would reach her mother inside the main church building. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The pastures are the stage and the main action of the dance is to rotate the animals through the pastures. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Dr. King, elected just that morning as president of the Montgomery Improvement Association, was the main speaker. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

But I agree with the main idea behind the nostalgia: literate people should know how to think about grammar. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Then when Ruth looked at her watch and said even though we still had time, we should get back to the main house, nobody argued. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We gathered around the copying machine in the main office and watched together as the image was reproduced. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I bring up a main menu and tap my fingers rapidly against my thighs. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I head straight for the atrium, sprinting down the steps of the main lobby and into the glass-enclosed room. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Before the windows go completely dark, I catch a glimpse of the main courtyard leading out to the security gate. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

‘The main Design,’ wrote Hooke in 1665, of his own efforts and those of the Royal Society, was ‘a reformation in Philosophy’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

If you put me in the main hallway and all the doors were closed, I don’t think I could tell you which door led to which room. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“The senior classroom is down the main floor.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He dismissed her with a flick of his fingers, and she gathered up the book and wandered down to the main deck. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The way he was working his thing he was going to end up being my main man. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

We all met up in two days’ time: the ones who drove, the main campers who'd stayed behind to pack up, and the remainder of the failed rescue crew. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Silly games, whose main object seemed to be shrieking and screaming. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

My main job now was to keep Columbia running properly, and to keep quiet, because Eagle and Houston would have plenty to talk about during the landing attempt. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Across the way is the town’s main street with mail boxes nailed to a wooden post, a pizza place, and a convenience store with a sign that usually says Closed. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

A long wavy red line led the way from the gym to the main office at the far end of the main hallway. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

If the factory doors were bolted, he explained, rather than make noise blast- ing them open, they’d go in through an air duct that led into the main building. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The main thing was we were on the ground. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked to the main gym now with Miles on my heels. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

In the night the Army had been out plowing the main thoroughfares. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

We turned the corner and pulled around the side of the school, stopping just short of the main driveway. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

So I built them that shelter, so they wouldn’t be tempted to come in and hang about idly in the main bar. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A violet dress and a matching mask of sunbird feathers arrive in the main salon. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She slowed to a walk as soon as she hit the main road in San José del Cabo and checked her shirt. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The fair’s main buildings would rise along the lagoon’s outer banks. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He only knew they had left the main road when he suddenly found himself being bounced up and down, and he was grateful that the truck was now moving more slowly. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

After a few moments, the curtains opened again and the main feature, The Million, by a director named Rene Clair, began. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He focused on one reasonably intact gold sphere down in the main room. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Nothing lay outside the scheme of our ideology, there was a policy on everything, and my main concern was to work my way ahead in the movement. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Right. Four is down. Possibly an equipment malfunction. Still, we can’t afford to take any chances. Regroup by the main door.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

On a railroad siding off the main tracks, men in linty overalls were loading big pasteboard boxes full of cotton thread onto a freight car. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The car pulled up to the main gate and Ben pulled down the sun visor and tried to age his face five years by assuming a stern, no-nonsense expression. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jinjoo walked out into the main office and waited to catch someone’s attention. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Aye, half a mile along the main road to the gate, then a mile down the drive.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Audio-animatronic books. You get to act out a whole novel along with its main characters.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

On one side of the main lobby, Mr. Vendleri had put up a huge fir tree and wound it with silver garlands. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

We came to a fence that faced a main street on which there was a roadblock. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But as he was crossing toward Mr. Crane’s house, the janitor waved to him from the portico that connected the main school building and the cafeteria. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

This was one of the main reasons why Kyle thought everything that came out of Mr. Lemoncello’s Imagination Factory—board games, puzzles, video games—was amazingly awesome. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The two of us went back to the main path and started crawling on either side of it. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Soon, he turned right off the main corridor into another slightly narrower passage. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Put your back to the breeze from the main sewer." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of winter, Hassan and Sohrab would hang the kites they had run all winter on the walls of the main hallway. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

For their main course, a little farther on, there was a whole field of winter wheat, its kernels newly ripe and soft. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

‘One of the main gates into the Olympic valley.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It was a morning of brilliant sunshine and we’d all just come down to the courtyard after a lesson in the main house, when I remembered something I’d left in the classroom. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meryl Lee was standing by the main lobby, and when I ran past, she held up a dried rose with a ribbon on it. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The Communist Party’s main aim, on the other hand, was to remove the capitalists and to replace them with a working- class government. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’re not allowed on, there are Guardians now, there’s no official reason for us to go down those steps, ride on the trains under the river, into the main city. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Creating active listeners who can focus, concentrate, and direct their attention should be one of the main goals of teaching, and one in which music can play a vital role. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“The main vault was converted to a laboratory for him.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

From the river to the ceiling of the main tunnel must be thirty feet or so, he thought. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Other branches twisted around one another, always creaking, always groaning, until they formed two long arms and a second leg to set down beside the main trunk. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He didn’t wait for a reply before turning to face the main body of the Berg. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The Dunmore’s mizzenmast, cracked by shot, collapsed, and took with it the main topmast. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

In the main house there’s a single light—Leo’s office. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Right there in the main case, next to the trays of gingerbread men and fruit tarts and odd-looking foreign cookies, sat a platter piled four stories high. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Malcolm had built it on the grass only a few feet from one of the main paths, but, like him, it seemed to be invisible. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

This complicates our main story, the dissemination of the idea of the fact in England. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But it's solely for emergency use while repairing the main one. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

We start walking around the main path in the park. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

It's the main drag, happily crowded with cars and horse-drawn buggies for tourists who want to ride in moonlight by the seashore. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The rest of the animals sat facing them in the main body of the barn. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

South of Rivendell they rose ever higher, and bent westwards; and about the feet of the main range there was tumbled an ever wider land of bleak hills, and deep valleys filled with turbulent waters. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The kitchen is a separate hut, behind the main house. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he unrolled his sleeve and dashed off down the main corridor before any hospital guards saw him. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

It was made of sand-colored adobe and had two soaring steeples, a gigantic circular stained-glass window, and, leading up to the two main doors, a pair of sweeping staircases covered with pigeons. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

"But your main job, of course," my grandmother said, "would be to destroy every witch in the place. That really would be the end of the whole organisation!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

He had taken to chasing me from the gymnasium through the dark walkway that connected it to the main building. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, I revived him as a figurehead. He’s kind of the ship’s main interface now. How are things looking, Festus?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The other main area of discussion was the issue of majority rule. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We wait as the massive main gates of the west entrance are opened for us, and then pass into the city, the carriage letting us off at a central stop. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

In the main hall, the king said, "Twenty whacks!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

The main strength of Lord lywin's host would ride this day, he told them as they broke their fast on oatcakes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As our tour group walked the perimeter fence to the main gate, I noticed that we looked slightly different. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a sigh, Cari said, “The main thing is, we don’t talk Spanish in the street or at school or anywhere. Which is stupid, if you ask me.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She could be the main character in a children’s book series, Dimple thought. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Innocent of the tragedy that threatened it, the town poured into the main square in a noisy explosion of merriment. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I picked my way through the rubble and made it out to the main street,” she said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The main street intersects with other streets in midair that lead from windowsill to windowsill, connecting the impossible. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was very quiet, much quieter than the main floor and children’s floor. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

But as you can see, Kitty, I’m still alive, and that’s the main thing, Father says. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“It’s probably easier to organize us with our families. The main station is so busy, you know,” said Mother. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

A herd of elk had walked down the mountain road onto the main street in the village, meandering past stores as if they were souvenir shopping. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

We were driving along the main dirt road that followed the coast toward Togo. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Me and Jay, good tired, head straight to the rockers on the main porch. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He thought to call this in to the main office, but realized that doing so might get him gleaned. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The main character, her name was Francie—she was like that tree. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

They overpowered the alliance’s main fighting force on August 20, 1794, at what is known today as Fallen Timbers, and for three days after the victory, laid waste to Indigenous houses and fields. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“No one’s guarding the main gate. If you hurry, you’ll make it out. Go now!” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The shop was located right downtown on Washington Street, the main thoroughfare through town, squarely on the route of anyone traveling from Seattle to Port Angeles or farther out onto the peninsula. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I stayed with them for three years, I believe, and the main reason I stayed on was a woman there I took to. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

People were streaming out of the main entrance in panic. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The hotel recommended to Elinor by the staff in the cafe was on a square just off the main street that passed right through the town and was lined with palm trees and shops. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

A fountain warbled near the main entrance, surrounded by low stone benches that were occupied soon after sunup and remained popular well into the night. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Lawrence granted him priority access to both the thirty-seven-inch and sixty-inch cyclotrons for a “systematic and energetic campaign” to find long-lived radioactive isotopes of carbon, nitrogen, or oxygen, with carbon-14 the main quarry. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

One of their main reasons for choosing to walk to the parade site was their belief that it would capture considerable publicity for the suffragists’ cause. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

But Grandma was sitting alone in the main room, showing no sign of worry. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a crowd in front of the main building. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She looked up at the large staircases on either side of the incline that led to the main entrance above and remembered how she’d clung to her father’s words. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

My main reason, though, for packing away that steak was that I figured I’d need it later. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we’d spring Minerva and join the main camp, who would already be on the move to another safe haven, a straight shot north from here. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

They left the palace through a small door by the main gate—the guard nodded them through sleepily—and walked on the paving stones to the great square in front of Notre Dame. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

This had only been an appetizer for him, an interlude before the main event. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then there was a wild chorus of war cries and hooves thundering against metaL A dozen centaurs charged out of the main stairwell “Ponies!” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

At the very least, I figured, I should come into their camp by the main track, so they didn't think I was spying on them. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“This one shows main highways. Shows a lot of rivers too, and in eighteen fifteen there were probably not many bridges.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s the main point. Good. The rest is a matter of detail. No one can remember all the meanings of the alethiometer pictures, so we need the books to be able to read it.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Now she was seeing the main attraction that used to be there—and she was the first child of Athena to do so in millennia. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“You know where the night deposit slot is, hon? Left out the main door, it’s on the wall.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The main street hadn’t changed so very much, but there were many other streets now, crossing the main street. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a nod to the Martian broadcast, the main character played by Welles, Charles Foster Kane, says early in the movie, “Don't believe everything you hear on the radio.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

So I feigned interest in flowery descriptions of thwarted romance and complicated sacrifice all the way back to the main road, where Lula turned off to her house while Travis strenuously waved goodbye. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The main point was that the American military was not hurting the enemy nearly enough to weaken their commitment to eventual victory. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

From Worcester, they took a stagecoach to Montreal House, one of the main hotels in Malvern. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now, since a lot of the girls have already worked in groups together, it leaves the boys as our main partner options. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Perhaps a speculative novel where the main character is an archaeologist digging for bronzes who is then transported to an idyllic past? Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He joined the circle, announcing that 210021/WD was to return to the main nest Then he began filling himself with the sweet mash like the others. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind the main building, a string of smaller cubes had been added in a crooked path out the back. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Inside Sitti’s arched main room, they sat on flowery gingham mattresses arranged in a circle on the floor. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The white steps going up are still the same, the main entrance is unaltered. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a feeling that he had been in this neighborhood before, and that there was a main thoroughfare not far away. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

They slept in their bedrolls on the floor of the main hall, pushing the table and chairs to one side, next to the family shrine, to make room. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

To the east of Warings there was only the village of Derne, and then flat farmland, until the first of the main roads. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

As we moved out through the town it was empty in the rain and the dark except for columns of troops and guns that were going through the main street. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It’s odd but when it first dawned on me the tape wasn’t there any more, my main thought was that I mustn’t give away how panicked I was. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“After they were attacked, everybody knew that they were bearing the main load in the fight against Nazi Germany.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I took the main artery down to Newark. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The woman eyed me coldly and said, “All seventh and eighth graders are in portable classrooms. The main building is for sixth graders only.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For the main jump, yeah. It got wack after that. Did you actually like that? No judgment except yes judgment.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Had she had so much passion, so much energy, for him that she’d sidelined the main thing in her life, the one thing she wanted more than anything else? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then he grasped his suitcase under his arm and began to run toward the awnings of the main street. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

This branch and the main gallery are at the center of the art world in Paris, which is the center of art in Europe. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

We got up and went down to the library’s main floor. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The lack of domestic mammals indigenous to sub-Saharan Africa is especially astonishing, since a main reason why tourists visit Africa today is to see its abundant and diverse wild mammals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Behind these modest buildings stood the main house. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The main road crosses a gorge. We blow the bridge, no one can follow.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

After the scan, we walk inside the main hall of the Hub, where dozens of registration tables are set up. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Finally, I decide to brave the hallway and wait by the main door. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

But I’d had enough of him by now, particularly with the girls watching—and for all I knew, any number of others from the windows of the main house. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

After eight years of solitary confinement in the dark, and after prolonged torture, he was burnt alive in one of the main squares of Rome, the Campo de’ Fiori, on 17 February 1600. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“They were measuring the starlight. And the aurora. He had a passion for the aurora. I think his main interest was in ruins, though. Ancient things.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder about the other tributes, how they're managing now that their main source of food has been blown up. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The story keeps changing, but the main point is still the same. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The game was resumed the next day and Bobby, feeling ebullient because he was in a winning position, agreed to play on the main stage. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He falls in line behind me as we go up the echoing steps and into the main cabin of the ferry. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I knew for a fact that Mr. Kite, the main man at Kalbro, lived in the choicest house on the street. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Clicks from her ivory and cardinal-beaded abacus fill the main hall each morning, and the banging noises of her spintria safes fill each evening. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Another pillbox was being built where the main road entered the village. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The main bunch of apple trees is a little ways into the swamp, down a few paths and over a fallen log that Manchee always needs help over. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The janitors, the laborers, the cafeteria workers themselves did not take lunch in the main cafeteria. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Christ! Sounds like that one ripped a hole in the ground,” one of the twins shouted from the main latrine behind a dense thicket. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Day 207 Boom problem solved, but failure of main radio transmitter. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The main path looked like an arm with the veins stripped out, long slashes where flooding had washed the gravel away. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She zipped us off the main road and down a few steep side streets. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The immense diversity of imagined realities that Sapiens invented, and the resulting diversity of behaviour patterns, are the main components of what we call ‘cultures’. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Starting the second week of class, on Thursday afternoons, the teenage kids caught a bus to the school district main offices for Quang-ha's appointment in Dell Duke's windowless mobile unit. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

A few fairies broke off from the main group to intercept them. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Reports from New York and Pennsylvania suggested a strong surge for Jefferson, who was clearly the main threat. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was a main that had burst, throwing a fierce curtain of spray into the night. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t understand why Nico would think of himself as the main target, but Cupid seemed to agree. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was the end, for a long time, of the CIA's confidence in its ability to infiltrate the main enemy. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And the Commander, for a change, is waiting; I can hear him pacing in the main room. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, I hadn’t been able to prevent him from having his main chance with Miss Goodacre. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

At one end is the bustle of Westchester Avenue, the neighborhood’s main commercial strip, and from there, the block runs about two hundred yards, flanked by trees and twin rows of parked cars. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

This is one of the main fields of study for those who are interested in studying music theory at a more advanced level. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

But it was too remote, and soon the sport in New England moved to other mountains nearer main highways, and Moosilauke returned to a splendid obscurity. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the main building, we walked past empty offices in a long, empty white hallway, saying, “Hello?” and “Where is everybody?” and “This place is weird.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Finally, my washhouse friend Tess, who also worked in the main house, ran out and said, “Marse Tom say get food on the table!” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The other main reason for his trip was quinine pills, which we had just about run out of, how unfortunate. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The main technical problem now is to find a carrying solution that will stick the bacterial spores to the needles of the evergreens. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It was a market day, and people had come from the surrounding countryside to buy and sell goods on the main street. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Lieutenant Baker dismounts and opens the property’s main gate. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Fascinating and brain-teasing though this limitation might be, its main problem as applied to music was that the only people who understood or admired it were other musicians. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

We crossed the brickyard, and stopped at the main dressing station. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

When I enrolled in the main building of the hospital, a slim young woman had come and introduced herself. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She had become good enough at lifting tea and meal trays that she was able to make it up and down the main staircase much quicker than her first day. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

When I go to my table and start reading, I find out Bud, the main guy in the story, is away from his mama like I am, only his mama died. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

We were two levels below the main deck. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

When the three fools found the communal kitchen, whose main job was to make lunch for workers in the slaughterhouse, everybody had gone home but one woman who had been waiting for them impatiently. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It ran perpendicular to the end of the main thoroughfare bisecting the bazaar. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The merchants along the main street claimed he had received a large legacy and was a very rich man. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

We came to where the main road tied into a tunnel of very old, well-pruned elms, no cars at the curbs. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Twenty years had passed since the last Fischer–Spassky showdown, but each of the three main players seemed approximately the same—excepting some gray hairs, additional furrows, and extra girth around the middle. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Nico sat at the main table with Chiron and Mr. D, and nobody seemed to think this was out of place. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then Micah and I head to the synagogue’s main entrance. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

We turn off the main drag onto a more residential street. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Miig and the twins joined two of the main campers nearer the road, just before the serrated edge of asphalt began. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

It was a room as big as the main hall over which it stood, and it could afford to have large southern windows because it was on the second stray. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Artemis’s main problem was one of location—how to locate a leprechaun. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I think her main goal in life is to make me into her ideal Mexican American señorita. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He felt the truck slow down as they reached the main gate and then they were out on the main road, driving rapidly uphill, away from the village. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

His main rival so exhausted himself chasing Louie that he had to be carried from the track. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Zane heard the thud on the countertop of the main storeroom floor, but he ignored it. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I’m almost all the way down the main hall, and not a single person has pulled me aside to tell me how sorry they are about the bad news. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

We headed for the main office without speaking. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

But what most surprised me in Namibia was a street sign: one of downtown Windhoek’s main roads was called Goering Street! Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

This divide-and-conquer strategy is better than repeatedly allowing counterexamples to intrude into the main line of an argument while browbeating readers into looking away. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

In a blink, he was across the dark yard and flying toward the main road. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He said, ‘You’re lucky I’m saving my energy for the main event, little satyr. I’ll just grant you a short nap. Pleasant dreams.’ The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Big domestic mammals further revolutionized human society by becoming our main means of land transport until the development of railroads in the 19th century. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

One girl didn’t want to leave and Kaprice had to physically escort her out of the office, through an antechamber, and into the main hallway. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Through my contact lenses, the entire main intersection of Shibuya is alight with hovering screens, rotating through each wild card’s photo and showing clips from past drafts. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

At the start of another winter, however, a woman who was washing clothes in the river during the hottest time of the day ran screaming down the main street in an alarming state of commotion. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I straighten my back and walk confidently right down the center of the main floor. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The walls of the main house were thick and the sound seemed to come from a long way off—thin high-pitched screaming. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

These are my main communications with my brother now, these raspy tin can words, sentences without vowels, the Morse of feet. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

My main concern was that he was wearing a suit, impractical dress for prison, but we managed to find him some old clothes instead. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two huge towers flanked the castle’s main gate, and smaller ones defended every angle of its walls. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The balconies and the rear half of the main floor were filled with black people of the general public. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Below it was the main entry, deep-framed with columns and more statues. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the main side dish in our house for all three meals. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The net caught on the spines, the rough scales, and the mane of horns surrounding the main head of the Basmu. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The creature scampered through a large glass revolving door studded with brasswork, and Dolores followed, through to the bustling hive of Grand Central Terminal’s main room. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I was right on the main highway of the cold winds as they tore down upon the valley below. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take table 24 their reheated main courses, which they immediately reject as either too cold or fossilized by the microwave. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The main thing is that the kids triumph over evil and that Bryce and Aurora both fall asleep. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

She headed into the main block of containment zones, traveling through a maze of corridors. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They felt better after they passed through the main gate, and felt better still as they drove down the long white-fenced driveway and reached the road. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Their main objective is to draw the Union Army out into the open where it can be destroyed. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

What she doesn’t know is that a water main burst just a few minutes ago next to her building. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

A couple of months ago, I’d succeeded in hacking into the main directory of Warcross players in New York and synced it all up to my phone’s maps. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

No doubt the mice would be interested to learn of his scheme to attack the main gate with a battering ram. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

We heard that in the main section, prisoners were collapsing and being taken away in wheelbarrows. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And as long as they don’t interfere with your main assignment of recommending that the authority of Special Services be expanded to include combat activities.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

My main job was to carry stuff to people’s cars and to keep an eye on Robin. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The next day I start early and set out on the main road to Friendly with a plastic bag. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The huge creeping vine that cloaked the house had shriveled; the main trunk and stems sagged and dripped oily sap. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

They passed the main doors of the Fillmore. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The main outline of the visible and available evidence, however, reveals a man questioning his own characteristic excesses, which had somehow put him on a course that led to the current impasse. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“This is the main campus for Amazon,” she said cautiously. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The main battlefield for good is not the open ground of the public arena but the small clearing of each heart. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She knew he would be heading off down the main drive because that was the way her sister had gone with Leon. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

One of Chicago’s main hospitals was four or five blocks away, down toward the lakefront. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

It took me a long time before I left the safety of the main house, and I never ventured to the borders of Rose Hill again, not until I came to Miss Preston's years later. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

For us, the main effect of the comparison is to make the cool, formal quality of Manet’s figures even more conspicuous. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The day after the class picture she made an announcement to each of her classes, and she posted a notice on the main bulletin board by the office. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The main door opened as she and Brandon unzipped their backpacks. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Winterfell’s great main gates were closedand barred, and so choked with ice and snow that the portcullis would need to be chipped free before it could be raised. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We passed out together on to the landing beyond, and I saw we were at the head of the main staircase now, behind the minstrels’ gallery. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Reggie parked the car in a lot next to the main door. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The main problem, Ernest concluded, was the difficulty of tracking fissionable material in the Soviet Union to ensure that it was not finding its way into weapons. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Their main function is to prevent the town's children from going through the opening, into the meadow and beyond. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I could get sick, of course, but that was one of my main but secret reasons for going at all. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held P. T. and waved as the dusty little Italian car turned into the main road. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

When the main action went into a lull, sporadic sniping would break out: bow, lance, sling and spear all coming into play with deadly effect. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Habib exited the main thoroughfare and took a right into a quiet residential neighborhood. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I hurried down the steps to the main floor. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Was this, then, their destination, the main hall of the rats? Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The boys began to straggle back up the hill toward the main campus in small groups, shaking their heads, talking softly among themselves about their chances of making the team. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When we came to the road which led back toward the main highway I pointed down it to the two girls. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was time for our two small drogue parachutes to open, to slow us down enough, and to hold us steady enough, to release our three main parachutes. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which reminds me, I haven’t told you who our main man on this tape is. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I mean, I’m a pretty popular kid, but if you ask people around here about Link Rowley, the main answer you get will be “Athlete.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“But the main thing, hogs,” Bull said, “you get to hang around me and all my good qualities will rub off on you.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was a little early to meet Emily Sue, so I walked down to the main street. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It feeds the migrants a main dish for two or three days. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She’d heard something, and now Reynie and the others heard it, too—down in the main passage, growing louder by the second, an electric whine, a shifting of gears.... The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Before long his main weapon would lose its force, and then they’d only have their wits. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They crossed the main road and walked a short distance to the university quadrangle, where bells in a stone tower chimed on the hour. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Well,” I said, “I was wondering if we could get into the main office and check a student’s file.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

When the main action takes place in a past tense, the verb that follows after is in the simple past: I would have started dinner after the guests arrived. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the main thing wasn’t that we didn’t have money or food or a place to sleep or any idea what we were gonna do next. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Every morning the two friends walked silently together until they reached the main street of the town. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The main sewer branched off, and Jemmy had to stop to get his bearings. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

And, remembering the Coopers and how we felt about them, I think my main feeling is sorrow at the curtain of fear and anger drawn down between us. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

There seemed to be hundreds of twistings and turnings, and many other pipes that opened off the main route, but Tucker Mouse knew his way perfectly— even in the dark. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“These five were sent to open our gates before the main attack,” she said. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When you walk down our street, just as you turn onto the main road, for an instant, you see half the Eye. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without thinking where she was going, she began to walk: down the sidewalk and around the corner and out to the main road, paths she’d driven often but seldom walked before. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Bull ran to his squadron car and headed it quickly toward the main gate. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Brittany here was the main organizer we worked with for this event, and she couldn’t have done a better job getting us this amazing turnout!” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And if you see Mary, Our Lady, tell her we know Jesus is the main one down here, but we’re doing our best to keep her memory going. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tenants’ wives took turns as servants in the main house, and they also tended my orchard. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

One looming problem was how to color the exteriors of the main buildings, especially the staff-coated palisades of the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Beams crossed the opening down into the main floor where the hay-carts drove in when the hay was hauled in to be pitched up. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“When we reach the main riverbed, we’ll make a hard right, and take that river all the way up to the mountains,” I tell everyone. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

There was even a train system to facilitate transporting the miners from the Nut to the very center of the main town in District 2. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I joined the Squires Club, and our main duties were to keep order in the lunch line and stop students from littering. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Lenny booms as he comes around the corner into the main room. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

At the appointed hour I stood squarely before the main gate of the zoo and started rubbing my eyes with both hands. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The place was a back eddy, a pool of jetsam beyond the pull of the main current, and that suited him just fine. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stop at a diner not far down the main strip. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Papa and Mama were in one of the small living rooms that led off the main living room downstairs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

They continued around the temple's main entrance until they’d reached the large stable. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“We’d need a distraction. Maybe right after dinner. Everyone will be at the Mess. We’ll be really close to the main entrance.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She watched from the window as they trudged along the long sidewalk back into the main school building. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jules and the others brought the crate from the hold and heaved it onto the main deck before the mate dismissed them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Scores of our friends and neighbors, including some of the boys with whom I had studied Hebrew and watched the makeshift comedy skits, silently walked down the main street toward the train station. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Wright’s attack is so well choreographed that many of his soldiers are literally miles in front of the main Union force. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then came the main attraction—a long logging truck draped in flowers and green foliage carrying the varsity crew and their shell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The apartment complexes were within walking distance of the main shopping center, so residents could get their food without hitching a ride or taking a train or bus. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

They joined the other people who had fields there, by the main ditch, and nobody went back to work after lunch. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

We were sitting under one of the few trees out in front of the main school district office when I said to her, in Vietnamese: "You are my new best friend." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

They first had been herded through the main synagogue, where they were thoroughly searched to make sure they were not carrying away gold, silver, or any other valuables. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

TB experts had declared MDR treatment inordinately expensive, but no one had tried to reduce the main expense, which was high-priced drugs. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

All the main lights were off; only the center-stairway landings were illuminated. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing at the fitting rooms and facing toward the main store entrance, we are looking directly at the tentlike, utilitarian plus sizes, also known as “woman” sizes. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Opposite the cafe, not far from the main waiting room, there were two wooden tables covered in books flanking a door that read: R. LABISSE, BOOKSELLER, NEW AND USED. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

The main difference, of course, is that this tiny town would be circling the earth every two hours or so. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every driver understood from the day he was hired that his main job, other than driving the bus, was to enforce the Jim Crow rules. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Together, we walked down the hall to the main office. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Foraging around the medical area, I found the main bottle of vitamins. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the Uncle finished his tale, they sat quietly in the main room of the cottage. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Tonight, for the first time in my life, I was the main attraction in my house. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

They were strange, a main center line up from the lake in the sand with claw marks to the side leading to a small pile of sand, then going back down to the water. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Easter Sunday dawns, Herold and Booth are camped in a grove of pine trees a quarter mile off the main road. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

When the main action in a sentence takes place in the present or in a future tense, the verb that follows after is in the simple present: I start dinner after the guests arrive. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally we pushed our way inside the main building, out of the rain. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned away from the holding ponds, made her way to the front door of the main building, and was met there by Dimitri. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m dressed as Monkey D. Luffy, the main character. It’s one of my favorite shows of all time. Do you watch it?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Lice Peeking lived in a trailer park on the old road that runs parallel to the main highway. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The main force of the flood was broken up here and baffled by the trees, which was why the canoe hadn’t been torn loose and swept away. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“That’s not what he wants, is it, Mr. Benedict? At least not the main thing. Otherwise what’s the point of waiting?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It had been unnecessary, of course, for her to mention that the silver was one of my father's main responsibilities and one he took great pride in. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The stern disappears beneath the wave, the main deck is flooded, and the surge hits the helm, submerging me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Kicking stones as I went, and whistling, I walked to the main intersection of town as if I came every Sunday. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll bring it to you. It is a successful coup de main.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Watching him disappear into the red curtain, Bridge was struck by the knowledge that Sherm was the main thing she looked forward to every day. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Instead of staying with Gerald and Lydia, he and Maxine sleep in an unheated cabin down a path from the main house. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The main thing to remember is the magic. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

At last we reach a place where the goat trail winds close to the main road. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was all, “Okay, here you see us in the little whaleboat. We’ve ‘put out’ from the main ship. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When 1 first went to stores on errands for my mother, I could be seen by the golden-red statue of Christ, where it hovered over the main door of the church. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, I’m not offering food, and my ability to provide scraps has always been my main redeeming quality to him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Still, it seemed to us that the main reason we were hated must be that we always lived by stealing. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

We hid behind a wall separating the marketplace and the main street, then kept to a fast but cautious path behind the houses off the bay. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

That’s the main reason I got Mother to cut my hair in a pixie, while Adah kept hers long: so nobody would get our attitudes mixed up. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, of course not. Each portable is connected to the main office by a telephone and a public- address system, and each has its own pull alarm in case of fire.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Remember, the main premise of this course is that a better understanding of where the basics come from will lead to better and faster comprehension of more complex ideas. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Overhead, on the main floor, nothing stirred: the cows were resting, the horses dozed. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

We agreed to meet at the main gate the next day after school. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stops at the towering main entrance, a sheer glass door painted with stripes in our team colors, and pulls aside as the panels slide open. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He indicated a roofed enclosure nearby, which had become the main excavation site. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The man in the dark coat had given up on rattling the main gates and was now examining the smaller side gate. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

It was already possible to look back over the Scientific Revolution, to identify its leading protagonists and sketch out its main characteristics. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Our Subaru seems out of place next to all the hulking SUVs and Mercedes and Tesla electric vehicles cruising up the main drive. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

The main street was quiet and hot, almost deserted. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The ship’s main sails rippled and furled, and suddenly Nailer felt wind on his face. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mother decided we should move Ruth May’s cot out into the main room so she could be with us in the daytime, where we could keep a closer eye. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ruthie pulls me through the main foyer and down into the left wing of the building, to the big office at the end. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

There were lunch counters in most of the main buildings. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The main performance was to be on Saturday evening before the winter recess. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The lecture hall is inside and to the right of the main entryway and we easily find our classmates. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

One main tool for shaping nature was fire. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

The main difficulty in finding a theory that unifies gravity with the other forces is that general relativity is a “classical” theory; that is, it does not incorporate the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And 5:25 when the screaming started outside the main gate. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I loved white church because I didn’t actually have to go to the main service. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

In the wide arena in front of the main group of buildings, a hundred or so people, adults and children, were milling about: some in excitement, some in irritation, many just bewildered. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Hans and Sophie carried the suitcase into the atrium of the university’s main hall. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hours later, Roza and I are sitting against the wall of the main cabin, sun-tired and bored, quizzing each other on math theorems. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

On Friday night, me and the Preacher first came to a clearing that was a bit off from the main set of noise and excitement. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The peninsula jutted out from the main coast in an isolated place where time didn't matter, for nothing changed. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

One of our main responsibilities as gallery officers is to keep the keeplocks locked up. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were his main entertainment, aside from talking to Mother when she came upstairs for what she called “my Luke breaks.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was surprised how much I was able to relate to the main character, Holden. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The main road turned inland, away from the river. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Alicia nods, swings the pack off her back, and unzips the main compartment, holding it open. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

These warriors were the main body of fighters; they would wait in ambush. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

And a minute later, Baruch was lying on the camp bed, which had been brought through to the main room. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

After ten minutes on the main trail, Wash pointed to a smaller path to one side. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Each afternoon Mrs. Sen stood in a grove of pine trees by the main road where the school bus dropped off Eliot along with two or three other children who lived nearby. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Such maps focused on roads, passes and fords, ignoring everything to left or right of the main route. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Theaters showed documentaries as newsreels before the main feature. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The main entrance of the school is now clearly in sight. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the main bedrooms things were a little better with furniture just pushed to one side and fairly clean. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I lowered the main, the keel struck a solid wall of coral heads and we heaved forward and came to a grinding stop. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He totes me into the main salon and puts me on a couch. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She sprang out of her seat, grabbed my coat sleeve, and we wove through the streams of people pouring out onto the streets to pool at the main entrance of the mine. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The roof of the main building was alive with the alighting and departure of helicopters. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You people regard sex as a total experience—and that’s how it should be. Anything that makes you feel good is morally all right for you. Isn’t that the main difference?” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Along the main thoroughfare, the houses were built right at the edge of the road, as if huddling for warmth during the cold Polish winters, and hoping for company in summer. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

My room looks out over the main street in the neighborhood. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

After we had lunch in the main cabin, we all went on a two- hour guided nature hike through the woods. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Hamilton heard it and stuck his head out of the main hatch. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

We just have to follow the main branches of the river of corn as it flows and divides through the industrial food chain. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The rock, exhibiting a dearth of holds and coated with six inches of crumbly rime, did not look promising, but just left of the main prow was a shallow comer glazed with frozen meltwater. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The main section had a big domed roof. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The main building of the middle school and all the buildings of the high school have been certified as “structurally safe” by a team of engineers hastily assembled by Old Charley Burns. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then to the main crowd he said, “All right, folks, we’ll be opening the doors shortly,” and stepped back inside, closing the doors behind him. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

My mom turns her back to me, pauses, then walks into the large main room of our house, a living room that flows into a sunroom in the back. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Back in the main office, a secretary ran the attendance sheets through a machine and a recorded call went out to the parents’ home phone, alerting them about their truant children. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

To force the throat could be a bloody business, since the ridge exposed the attackers to the spears, stones, and arrows of defenders in the two round towers that flanked the castle’s main gates. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Once I’m out of the woods and on the main road, a full moon bathes the fields around me in a shimmering, pearly light. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Frank looked around to make sure there were no campers or Lares nearby, but the main gates were still a hundred yards away. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The alarm was as loud here as it had been in the main chamber. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

A herd of elk had walked down the mountain road onto the main street in the village, meandering past stores as if they were souvenir shopping. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Across the holler, Z was in his own cabin, holding a lantern in the middle of the main room. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Robert W was fun to hang around with too, but I think the main reason I wanted to be friends with him was because his name was Robert. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

We turn down an alley, just below the main entrance to Pike Place Market. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll leave your stuff at the front desk in the main office,” she answered, turning on the ignition and looking behind her as she started slowly backing out of the parking space. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The rebels hope to hold on long enough for Lee’s main army to reinforce them. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the main entrance, people were crushed up together. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closed the book and lugged the second box down the hall and down the three flights of stairs to the main floor. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

There was a great wrenching as the wings caught the pines at the side of the clearing and broke back, ripping back just outside the main braces. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

We race across the boulevard that cuts in front of the school, and alongside the trees that separate the main parking lot from the river that splits the town in half. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

There’s a small parking lot to the left of the main entrance, but like everything else, our cars are back home. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

For a short time, I wondered how to splice the second battery's leads into the main power supply. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oleander bushes flanked the road leading up to the main gate of the Ravenel Marine Air Station. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the next building, under an elegant domed copper roof, a ten-and-a-half-foot marble statue of Jesus stood, arms spread wide, holding court over what was once the main entrance of Hopkins. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I take the last steps to the main gate and flash the badge and I.D. card I carry in a special wallet that I picked up at the Academy. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as he’d expected, when they got closer, he made out two figures standing at the top of the main stairs with their backs turned away. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He came to Wentworth Street, which ran north and south and clearly served as Englewood’s main commercial street, its pavement clotted with horses, drays, and phaetons. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

They crossed and headed down the main road—Portal Avenue—cars and bikes zooming past. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Just ahead, a line of black Volkswagens crawls up the main driveway. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Many ended up in the Chicago River, the city’s main commercial artery. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Like you’re going on this adventure right with the main character. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Katherine heads over to the room off the main office and I hurry over to the desk, opening drawers and peering at their contents. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

My main crime was not removing my shoes when I entered the house after 9:00 p.m., the hour at which her husband went to sleep. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Obinze went inside the main house and came back to say his mother was taking her to the doctor’s. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Russian soldiers patrolled the main roads and the train station, and the Jews of German-held West Przemyśl were expelled across the river. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

By the late 1950s, the main focus of the espionage war was moving from the streets of Berlin to the upper reaches of the earth's atmosphere. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think the Hells Angel followed because I could hear their car take off and peel rubber as it hit the main road. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The main purpose of the five tests, one gathered, was to isolate and study, if possible, the source of Zooey’s precocious wit and fancy. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The main British Army was spending the winter in New York. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Military Highway, the town’s main drag since Hampton’s days as a war boomtown, got a new name: Mercury Boulevard. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Most people got around on boats that traveled the canal system, winding through the different neighborhoods, out to the main flow of the river, and back into the city again. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Then, however, my main concern was her description of the crystalline X-ray diffraction pattern. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The screen door was shut but the main door was open. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

His main concern was that some Marine kid from California or D.C. had slipped in and, like him, was biding his time until the first practice. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

So it's probably also true that the main bedroom is in the attic. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

One night our family was out for a walk in the main shopping district in Birmingham. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In the past, also, war was one of the main instruments by which human societies were kept in touch with physical reality. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

In spite of Teenie's diminutive size, Amari noticed that no one ever questioned her authority in the kitchen, not even the white people who lived in the main house. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tendai stayed perfectly still as the woman locked the door of the den and went back to the main part of the house. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

One day’s main meal might consist of cabbage and fatback. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

We now know that Cepheids throb as they do because they are elderly stars that have moved past their "main sequence phase," in the parlance of astronomers, and become red giants. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Much later, when I heard no more footsteps, I stepped from my cubicle and walked toward the door that led into the main waiting room. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

There they sketched out the main lines of their strategy. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I find myself lingering there for a moment before I finally turn back around and follow my team into the club’s main lobby. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

What delighted him— what he kept begging Park for—were stories about food and eating, particularly when the main course was grilled meat. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Because even though she flinched every time Amari was hit, she couldn’t help but realize that this incident would forever ruin her chances of working in the main house. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was funny—a money-obsessed world was the main reason Rain had dropped out and formed Garland. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

"Wash up, and I will take you to Madam. She's waiting in the main salon." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

His main entrance was so close to one of the busiest exposition gates that some visitors thought his show was the world’s fair, and were said to have gone home happy. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Most of the island’s trees were fairly small; the fig was the main exception. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Panic made Iros’ heart jump, but the yard-boys hustled and got him belted by main force, though all his blubber quivered now with dread. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ceremony took place at a small LDS church near the main downtown area. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

As he’d requested, I did not use Norman Bowker’s name, instead substituting the name of my novel’s main character, Paul Berlin. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kelly pulled George into the main room of the basement apartment. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Under their boots, the decks were slippery with the blood of the watchman, who now lay dead at the bottom of the main hatchway. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Thus throughout history a struggle which is the same in its main outlines recurs over and over again. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

On the other days when there’s no market, people just congregate in the main square for one thing and another: hairdos, shoe repair, or just gossiping in the shade. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farmer’s final rounds took us to the clinic’s main adult ward, then the Children’s Pavilion, and finally the TB hospital up the hill. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Many of the visiting family members lingered at our house, sitting around the big table in the main room, everybody laughing and eating peanuts, peeling oranges, and laughing more. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘He might have got confused about which direction to take when he got out on the main road. I do.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lawrence called the main switchboard at Hopkins, saying, “I’m calling about my mother, Henrietta Lacks—you got some of her alive in there.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

We pulled open another set of tall doors and went into the main part of the church. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Day 475 We safely emerge from the main asteroid belt, happy to have survived. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Americans took the boys to a short stretch of railroad track, not far from the main camp, where fifty freight cars stood. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The main thing I had to watch was the temperature. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The adult Sunday school classes met upstairs—each one in a corner of the large main sanctuary or in the balcony between the two great stained-glass windows. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Maria Isabel must be across town, at Tegucigalpa’s main bus station, at 3:30 P.M. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Closing the door that exited to the hall, Dr. Barnes walked over and opened the other door that went into the main office. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

I pass a sign for the main street. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I went into the main room and he followed me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It stands to reason, then, that somewhere along that street should be a spot corresponding to the ancient city’s main crossing, the confluence of the Street of the Soma and the east—west-running Canopic Way. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

The composer's expert control over such feelings of expectation and arrival are one of the main sources of the listener's enjoyment of the music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

There was a partial moon—a sliver—which gave enough light to see the river, or at least make out the main channel, but the light didn’t help. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Scarlett was thinking about the afternoon’s events as she lay in bed that night listening to the sound of the cars grinding their way along the main road. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

As we passed the main gym, I heard voices and glanced inside, but only McCoy was there. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

After the bell ending the school day sounded, they headed into the massive main building. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

In his other, he carried a platter covered with a silver dome, like a main course for a fancy dinner. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He accepts my resignation with a shrug, his main concern being that I return my two polo shirts and aprons. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

New fire-fighting gear replaced outdated equipment at the main Hayti fire station. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Plenty of time to spare before he had to be at the main library for his big announcement. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Around eight o’clock a heavy policeman came out of the main doors and stood on the steps, looking over the crowd. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“That was the direct cause of death. But this acute alcoholism was a definite contributing factor; probably the main cause of death, if you wish the truth.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kathy thought that the main part of the man-uscript, which was buried under the pipe, would probably be safe, but that the other two were vulnerable. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The main thing is not to lose our bearings.’ One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Now where,” he answered with asperity, “where except in the great tea shop on the main street of the town?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

No one took it seriously, including Lieutenant Cross, but as a precaution the platoon moved only at night, staying off the main trails and observing strict field SOPs. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"For the purpose of convenience,” he began pompously, "I have divided my talk tonight into thirty main headings and one hundred and seventeen sub-headings. I will commence with the first main heading...” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

We came in, Mrs. Baker dropped some money into the offering box, and we walked down the main aisle. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The main house had been remodeled by up-and-coming architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Instead, my backpack experienced a non-passive failure, splitting across the seam holding the main pocket together. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

My best friend, An Yi, and our homeroom teacher were standing outside the main building. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bran rode with his brothers, well ahead of the main party, his pony struggling hard to keep up with their horses. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Hey,” I said, but he walked right by me, past the main office, and around the comer to where the dentist’s office is. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

She led them down the main street, and then down a side street, to a long, low building that had windows over most of its walls. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

We headed down to the basement of the main building to the janitor’s room to get the cleaning cart. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The museum is located in the main room of an old schoolhouse that the local historical society saved from the wrecker's ball by having it declared an historical landmark. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

To simplify considerably, helper-T cells occur in two main types, one that targets microorganisms and one that targets parasites. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Ti Jean, who has learned something about medicine and gives a portion of his paycheck to destitute patients, is also Paul’s main local male confidant—“my chief of staff,” Farmer calls him. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“Nicodemus thought you might like to see our main hall—just a quick look. He said you asked about the Plan.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

An elderly priest wearing white was standing at the top of the steps by the main door. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s just that Airs. Brolin said she’d be displaying all our projects in the main library downtown. I want it to be really good. Plus, it’s a big deal to everyone in town.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

But Weaver did appreciate what was surely the main point urged upon him by his host: “Biology and medicine will have first call on the machine.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Their main concern is paying for inputs and getting the most possible outputs. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Once the main force of the fire began to lessen, Claire peeked out. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the period, I quickly took a shower, got dressed, and rushed to the main office to pick up a petition. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Inside the main office sat a priest in a long burgundy robe wearing a giant pointed hat, or crown. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

When I get to the main strip, I remember James and our kiss last night. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

And one of the main reasons I write is to ask questions and figure things out for myself. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

She walked to the part of the community that seemed most likely: the northeast corner of the Central Plaza, where the Nurturing Center stood and then the dwellings began, across the main boulevard. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The phone, in the main house, seldom rings. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The main thing to worry about now is keeping out infection. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

THE district offices were located in a converted church structure, the main floor of which was occupied by a pawn shop, its window crammed with loot that gleamed dully in the darkened street. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s some kind of shortcut, though, because after walking through a manicured garden, we come out of another gate onto a small back street that connects two main avenues. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Within the scholarly community in recent years, the main tendency has been to take the latter side, or to sidestep the controversy by ignoring mainstream politics altogether. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Frank is fiddling with his cigarette in his recliner during a commercial break, which is enough for me to start across the main room—crawling so there’s no chance he’ll notice me. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Pravda, or “truth” in English, was the name of the main Soviet newspaper. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

We fought daily, Kevin and I. My main job as producer was to recruit people for the Hot Seat. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Bucci turns a bolt on one of the casters—the wheels on which the main set piece turns—and it snaps. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

But after those appetizers came the main course. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It’s safe to talk again, the Commander has finished the main ritual and they’re doing the rings, lifting the veils. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The main thing people were talking about was the great big sign that was hanging over the building. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

When a string vibrates, the main pitch you hear is from the vibration of the whole string back and forth. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

But when Ba went into the main room, he made a choking noise that caused Minli and Ma to come running. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The main room of the inn, where we supped, was enormous, with a wide fireplace and half a dozen massive tables. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The minute I walked out the main doors, I reached for a smoke and lit it. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

A large plate-glass window offers the Director a view of the main entrance, where I see the mass of protestors and news trucks. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The main area wasn’t full of its usual students studying. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Thomas barely heard Newt, having seen Alby sulking over to the side, away from the main group of the Gladers, alone. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

We pile back into the main salon and eat food from the carts. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

They surrounded the property and a handful of officers entered the main building and the principal outbuilding. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The heated debates about Homo sapiens’ ‘natural way of life’ miss the main point. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

My main interest was in training; I found the rigorous exercise to be an excellent outlet for tension and stress. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The main point about it was that it alerted me to the fact that things between Miss Kenton and myself had reached - no doubt after a gradual process of many months - an inappropriate footing. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

When Sax got the letter, he went to the main branch of the New York Public Library and took out a catalogue listing courses offered at the University of New Mexico. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told him three mains would be enough, but he winked and said money was not a problem. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

My main priority was to get the house in shape. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my book and rode the banisters down to the first floor, where I found Wheelie at her desk in the main office. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

It hits me: we’re reading a book about a main character who’s on trial for a crime he claims he didn’t commit. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I was back in B-block a few days later, responsible for half of Q-gallery, on the flats, as well as the center gate—the main access point from the flats to the galleries above. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Notwithstanding the popular image of ‘man the hunter’, gathering was Sapiens’ main activity, and it provided most of their calories, as well as raw materials such as flint, wood and bamboo. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day, it rained without stopping, and Mr Hooper caught him, on a bend in the main staircase. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

There are two main types of heart attack. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Beatrice Leep’s bus stop, the place he had first spotted the running boy, was on West Oriole Avenue, just the other side of the main highway. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peris had gone with other girls, and Tally had dealt with it and tried to do the same, but their friendship had always been the main thing in both their lives. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The entire cloister was now on fire, and although firefighters raced toward the blaze, they were intercepted by a young man stepping out of the main gate. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

My ankle is almost well, but the main reason I feel hopeful is that at last I have decided what to do. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The main building would be nice and dry, but the kata-kata were in there. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“The main part of your basement was on the side that faced the street,” she said. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Diamond Joe and I carry buckets of offal from behind the menagerie to the main train. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He found the side door of the school and stumbled into what was left of the main hallway. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The main room was clean, modern, and rectangular, about fifty feet by thirty, and had a separate section with a toilet, urinal, two sinks, and two showers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

About thirty yards up the line, the main railway came to a dead end. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The goal of a leitmotif is to help the listener identify a main character or theme in the story. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The only advice Bill gave me was to think about the main character in terms of the other main characters in the books I’ve read thus far. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I kept to the main roads, knowing they wouldn’t dare attack me in broad daylight when people were around. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was as if I were standing on the sidewalk on the main drag of my existence, looking through the glass at all of life’s goodies, but could not find an open door. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The little footpath that went all round the back of the main house was a real favourite of mine. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the main thing was that she was a real person. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It should have stood at a clean right angle to the main tower, but it was angled strangely, as if it had been hastily built. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The “boys”? Those cement faces and eyes of hate that burned the clothes off you if they happened to see you lounging on the main street downtown on Saturday. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hyacinth led her siblings out the first-floor exit into the main hallway of the brownstone, where the stairs rose to the other two apartments. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Nali drove through Gallup to the main public library, where Nathan checked out a science-fiction trilogy about kids who were drafted by the government to fight an interstellar war against aliens. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It’s like he was so obsessed with protecting the house that he forgot the main objective was to actually protect everyone inside of it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

One of the show’s main characters was a boy named Miko, who would blow a special whistle to summon the robots to his aid. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He was clumsy, and he wasn’t dressed for riding, but he got a leg across, and that seemed to be the main thing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

For the truth was, it was extremely refreshing to be out in the summerhouse after many continuous days in the main building and neither of us was inclined to hurry with our tasks. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then their stomachs rumble as loud as a crumbling mountain as they reach toward me and tear their main course to bits with their claws. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

To forget it he began to run, almost colliding with a group of glassmakers as he turned into the main thoroughfare that paralleled the Nile. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

While things were going well, he said, “Now class, suppose Zambia was the main subject of a report....” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

They passed Buck Hill and Brandy Hall on their left, and on the outskirts of Bucklebury struck the main road of Buckland that ran south from the Bridge. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“The main thing is, Lou never lies to a kid, and I’m not ever going to lie to a kid,” Krause says. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

After the main course there would be a salad. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Then the group moved as one machine, setting up the main camp, stringing the woods with traps and alarms. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The empty auditorium is dark and spooky with the main lights off, but the stage lights are shining on us. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

From the two windows in the main room we could look out on the courtyard we had come through the night before. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He ran quickly to the right, away from the main trail; for he had seen footprints that went that way, branching off from the others, the marks of small unshod feet. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

My main thing back then was outing the bullies at my school. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Robin’s bedchamber was off the main hall or living room of the house, in an embrasure of the thick wall. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

They made their way down a short flight of stairs to the main deck, where David and the Committee agents were already hog-tying their new captives. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I dropped the beers and scrambled up the ladder to the main deck. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Fix your face,” she says, straightening his collar as she shepherds him and June through to the main exhibit hall and into the back of the stage area. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He wandered often about the four main business blocks that were brightly lighted and then through the black, deserted alleys behind. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

At night, Mom and Dad slept in the bedroom, and the rest of us slept on mats and blankets on the floor in the main room. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

After fleeing Kweilin, your mother walked for several days trying to find a main road. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was midmorning, and he was in the main shopping street, where buses shouldered their way through crowds of pedestrians. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, he shook himself out of it and walked into the main party room. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

They strolled back to the main street and entered the grocery store Dicey had gone into days earlier. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The main thing now was to find the steering wheel. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The main room is paneled in walnut and outfitted with damask furniture, a dinette, and a Pullman kitchen. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It curved in a crescent-shaped arc, bringing Matthias back into the main cavern with its luminous lake. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

But when they got to the main staircase, he saw that the yellow glints were headed downstairs, not up to the deck. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Beneath the main deck are the crew’s quarters. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

At the back of this room, a row of thin metal slots looked out onto the main hallway of the cell block. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Discoveries in the last half-dozen years, by archaeologists, geneticists, linguists, and other specialists, have enriched our understanding of this story, without changing its main outlines. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

This was their main purpose, it appeared: to find a way to manage the inmates such that, with daily meds, they could return to the general population. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the main passage to the upper floors, and I would need to let through all the officers who had to pass, then lock it back up. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the crew had gathered on the main deck, where a makeshift raft loaded with blackrock waited to be lowered into the sea. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

One of the main characters was a guy by the name of Robert Billing. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I watch Adam make his way to the hospital’s main entrance, Kim trailing behind him. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It's my main man, Alfred," said Major, throwing an arm around his shoulders and pulling him down into the darkened clubroom. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead he explained how they were walking cross-country to Dunkirk to avoid the air raids along the main roads. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Tied, and stripped of its main and jib sails, the dinghy floated at a perfect right angle away from the far end of the pier. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Better do what she says, Scip!” he urged as they walked toward the stables, which looked just as decrepit as the main house. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Whatever you saw on this video doesn’t change the main fact.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Someone has built a shrine to Finch in one of the large glass cases in the main hallway, near the principal’s office. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As they neared Crisfield, entered the town limits, followed the main street, they all fell silent. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sergio finds a parking spot close to the main house and we all tumble out. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Jemmy made an abrupt turn, pulling the prince deeper into the main sewer. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lily's and my room and bath and our parents' room and bath were on the main level—as well as the living room, dining room, and kitchen. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

On the main island, wild horses walk the roads. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

There was a drainpipe that came from the main roof and down the side of the church. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

It has two main sources: lightning and Homo sapiens. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

And for me to strap up his arm in a splint would have meant my becoming one of the main perpetrators of the joke. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only real things are the cages and the mice and the lab equipment here on the fourth floor of the main building. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

They've become like horses in a western—they may not be the main focus, but everybody seems to have one. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The other children looked to him as their strategist, their Clausewitz, and Matthew said nothing as they drove up to the main gate of the Ravenel Air Station. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The leader of the Dalton Gang, an infamous nineteenth-century band of outlaws, once served as the main lawman on the Osage reservation. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

They each took an oar and paddled out to join the bustling traffic on one of the main canals. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

There were two main horrors to which it was subject, the first of which was toe horror peculiar to all balls of string—that they invariably became tangles instead of balk. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Widespread preoccupation with litigation, however, is not the only—or even the main—reason civil rights groups have shied away from challenging the new caste system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Trash is heaped near the main entrance steps—plastic cups, fast-food wrappers, broken beer bottles—all partially hidden underneath a thin dusting of snow. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I had passed the door where that corridor emptied into the main prison, walked by the large pool of dried blood just inside it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They took an agonizing walk to the main office. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

A drawing by Frederic B. Schell depicting a crowd of people in the main building on opening day of the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Andie, the main character, had two boys who liked her: her best friend, Duckie, who was kind of weird but funny, and this rich guy Blane, who hung out in a snobby clique. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I sigh, then return to the main salon. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The silver revolver fell to the deck as Horse and Doc climbed out of the main hatch. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Inserting we find or we see into the main clause to avoid a dangler can make the sentence stuffy and self-conscious. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Outside the main entrance of the train station is the first checkpoint—a series of desks. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

We ran on tiptoe as fast and as cautiously as we could, avoiding the main streets. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Aerial reconaissance had revealed where the main concentrations of Japanese defenders seemed to be—in the southern part of the island. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The private area of the White House occupies about twenty thousand square feet on the top two stories of the main historical structure—the one you’d recognize from photos with its iconic white pillars. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

As we trundled back down the main line, I was thinking about all that I had seen. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

His main ambition in life is to turn our dumpy little mountain town into an A-list tourist destination. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He shrugged; the tartan skirt looked unremarkable, which was the main thing. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now her main suit glove was covered with blood. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our Junior Curator leads us into the main hallway, which is at least a little brighter. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

At his suggestion, she had checked out all the books with girl main characters, and he had checked out the books featuring boys. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The glittering robots clustered fifty feet down the main stem. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I scolded myself, “You fool! Why did you say the main gate? At any time there will be a crowd of people there. Have you forgotten how plain he looks? You’ll never recognize him!” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Note that the rhyme itself is not from West Africa, but it is the process of aural transmission itself that is one of the main goals of the lesson. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The removal lorry shook itself into life, grated its gears, and lumbered down Kingfisher Meadows to the main road. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

They stopped between the pillars in front of the main entrance. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Amish were friends of ours and especially of Mr. Klein’s, being the main customers at his store. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

To learn to express my thoughts and feelings effectively in y I English became my main goal in life. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It banged loudly on the back door of the main house. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Oakes came in every day to look after the house and cook the main meals. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They drove through the sleepy streets of little Oakbridge and continued about a mile on the main Plymouth road. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The workmen from the main train climb down from the sleeper cars, light cigarettes, and trek across the lot toward the cookhouse. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The trailing edge of the main was luffing a bit and he sheeted it in to clean the line up. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sending Gary Drake to Mr. Nixon’d’ve turned his joke into today’s main headline. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Other men jumped to their deaths, in some cases penetrating the main roof. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I gave her a quick wave and walked to the cookbook section, which was on the main floor. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Not the main concern on both our minds. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“But the main reason is that it’s fun.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Artemis wheeled over to the monitor bank and punched up the Mam Cam on the twenty-eight-inch main monitor. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“We’re right in the middle of serving the main course. Go grab a seat in the greenroom. The speaker’s done using it. I’ll hook you guys up in about fifteen. Cool?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Outside the main camp gate is a secluded place I've been escaping to. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They crept down a spiral staircase to the main deck and the bridge. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

They were trying to reach the main gates, but the defenders above pelted them with rocks and shot flaming bolts from the scorpions, blasting craters around their feet. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

These were the space suit’s main gloves, and they were made of heavy rubber. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Niran led them through the main gate and past the smithy, the forge still smoldering, and then into the main hall, next to a kitchen where a fire burned in an open pit. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Once I had my four main characters and the basic situation, I just let them go where they wanted to and enjoyed the ride. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

The driveway approaching the main entrance curved around formal gardens of great beauty, now tinged with the first brushstrokes of autumn color. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I’d be lucky to find my way out of the enclosure without breaking a leg, much less successfully navigate the main sanctuary and the front driveway. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Keeping my grades up so I can get into a good school—that’s the main thing. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tuck the letters away and join her in the main salon. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

My tiny entourage’s cheers faded as I continued down the main road toward my next stop and one of my favorite hangouts, the public library. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Kevin was in the main house somewhere, probably not even aware of what was happening. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

They asked a random passerby for the direction to Seoul and were pointed toward the main highway. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The main house was the equal of the old one, but it was sturdier and had hot water in the bathrooms. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d helped my dad to his place and had waited in the main living space while he went behind a screen to change and get ready for bed. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I never got over its main feature, that it really had no walls, just one built-in partition to set off the bedroom from the larger space. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was this karaoke bar on one of the main streets in the city. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Where was God when kids were selling rocks at twelve years old, and their parents encouraged it because the kids were the main breadwinners in the home? The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

A long covered breezeway paralleled the main structure and connected the two wings. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jake pauses, waiting for David to leave before he takes my elbow and directs me back through the main dining hall and outdoors. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Every afternoon as soon as she finished playing on the piano in the gym she walked down the main street past the store where he worked. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The goal of a leitmotif is to help the listener identify the main characters and give each a very short musical pattern, so that every time their name is mentioned, someone plays that pattern. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Artemis is no felon, miss, he is a genius. Now please remove yourself from my sightline. I am monitoring the main entrance.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Before we climbed back up to the main gate, we were given a closer glimpse of the fence that substituted for a wall along the riverfront and on either side of the sunken railway corridor. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon’s I led him out of the stable he started off on the road that runs through the main part of the Settlement. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

But what if the main road never led him to the sea at all? A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

In the center was one empty display stand, as if the main banner had been taken down for cleaning or something. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He finds that there are four main parts to becoming an Evangelical Christian. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The main hall could accommodate more than five hundred, and its rising minarets announced prayers five times a day. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I reached the end of the main floor, the dining room, and saw a small silhouette. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Its main cause was the increasing pressure to produce radioisotopes in bulk. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“You were my eyes. Your mission was to screen this army from the enemy cavalry and to report any movement by the enemy’s main body. That mission was not fulfilled.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing much came of this encounter in the main story, except that the knight, whose name was Belleus, was introduced to the Round Table by Lancelot as soon as he was well again. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything looked old about it, old and tended, the smooth brick sidewalks, the many-paned windows, the little dome on top of the main building. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cooled air of the main home was replaced here by hot musty air and the smell of frying onions. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Me and Momma having the same conversations lots of times is one of the main things I can remember about her now. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The philosophers’ main weapon was logic, but logical deduction seemed useless against Zeno’s argument. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He walks confidently out of the elevator and diagonally through the main floor of the ship. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Well, that was true enough, in the main—I saw his point. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

One evening, a quarrel broke out between two prefects on the main thoroughfare of the college. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, not exactly. The main reason is that I don’t like to be dependent, particularly on electricity, rails, steam, oil, coal, machines, and all those things that can go wrong.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Winning is fine. Fencing honorably is the main thing. Do you remember what I told you about the salute?” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I pointed out that the main concern of a revolutionary artist was to produce revolutionary art, and that the future of the club was in doubt if a clear policy could not be found. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Warrant Officer Swart outdid himself in preparing a feast, and he did not even get upset when I permitted some of the grandchildren to eat their sweets before their main course. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stepped out into the main part of the aquarium and looked around. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Just above the theater,” he says, motioning to the main floor. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Instead of scrambling back through the brush, we decided we’d take the narrow path behind Horn Rock down to the main boathouse road. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

No single spot on land offers a good vantage point of the whole facility; you can’t even see the main entrance from the street. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Durban is the principal port for the country’s main industrial area, and the highway that leads to Johannesburg runs parallel to the railway line for a great distance. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I could get assigned to the main house, she thought, I would sneak into this room during every free moment. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

People had left their work and were moving toward the main road. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither had Wash; chances were, he figured, that the classroom heaters in the second floor main hall were also fine. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

We start with the back trails, which eventually spits us back out to the main road near Garrett’s school—my high school being just across the street. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He ran under the banner of the Feed-the-Starving Party, the main priority of which was to ensure that nobody on the planet died of hunger. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s from loudspeakers up in the main settlement,” Viola says, taking a plate of cold meat outta the fridge. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

On the main street there were several blocks of two- and three-story shops and business offices. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

We were subjected to a very cursory pat-down in the prison lobby by a male officer before being admitted through the barred gate to the main prison area. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I rushed into the library and went straight to my table in the left back corner, away from the main desk. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He had a simple one-story house with a small cellar used to store coal for cooking and heating, and potatoes, the main staple of their diet. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

I left the cookhouse and went back toward the main house, feeling lonely. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of smoke from the fire pit followed us down the main trail longer than the light or the voices from it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

If the main set piece does not rotate, it’s useless. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“This is the main reading area. You’ll find all the necessary tomes used for most of the basic classes.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Dunno. Maybe he’s the god of a little tributary, like Old Father Thames is the god of the main river, perhaps. That would make sense. George Boatwright said he’d seen Old Father Thames.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

With Operation Breakthrough’s backing, a record 100 residents met in the main hall at McDougald Terrace that morning, eagerly anticipating a discussion about day care. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Those main corridors right outside the Doors don’t ever change. It’s just the ones a little deeper out.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Most of the main fighting had gone into a lull. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then about two days after this snub in Room 20, I was coming down the stairs of the main house when I found Moira B. just behind me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not remember them because we had always passed them bowling along in the car on the main road and they all looked much alike. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was raining less heavily as the driver made a neat U-turn in the middle of the road to bring us outside the main gates of the museum. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The main room of the lodge where we stayed was furnished with wooden bunk platforms for some thirty people. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The main salon is a flurry of chaos. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

They needed to avoid the checkpoints set up by black-turbaned men on the main road. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

They did not know, and could not guess in that misty light, that they were in fact only just within the northern borders of the marshes, the main expanse of which lay south of them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

At the other end, back at the main command post and away from the front line, at least one or two other Navajos would be receiving the messages and doing just what we did. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tim does a quick card trick with a volunteer from the audience, then returns to the stage to set up the main event. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Above the main entrance stood the giant statue of Hermes, which I guess hadn’t been activated because it was so high up. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He takes the pesos the two migrants have given him and walks down the main street, past a bar, a store, a bank, and a pharmacy. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He steps aside and I head through the lobby and into the main hallway. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The main speaker of the day was Chief Meligqili, the son of Dalindyebo, and after listening to him, my gaily colored dreams suddenly darkened. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon after this Arthur Goldreich and his family moved into the main house as official tenants and I took over the newly built domestic workers’ cottage. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My main concern at the moment is your work schedule. Can you work with this man and stop being friendly with him?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

A jovial, smiling man, Uncle Amin had been a doctor at Kabul’s main hospital. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Enormous screens stretching from floor to ceiling line the walls, as well as the backdrop of the main stage, rotating through an animatic of each Warcross team. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A twenty-foot-high triangle palm stretches up from its pot in the middle of the main floor of Dr. Gazzaley’s studio loft. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Dad led us along the main road through town. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

George swept off through the curtain to help with the customers, and Fred led Harry back into the main part of the shop to find Hermione and Ginny still poring over the Patented Daydream Charms. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The main thing I feel is a sense of relief. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Get back,” Papa suddenly yelled, moving us away from the main door, pressing us toward the middle. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But by the fourth decade of the twentieth century all the main currents of political thought were authoritarian. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He leans against the frame of the main door with Queenie at his feet, staring intently at the passing landscape. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The pyramid’s main doors were closed and barred at sunset. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I did, however, stumble onto a life drawing class being taught in one of the studio buildings off the main campus—a building with one whole side of it tucked into thick old-growth trees. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

There are five in all, and the main one—the one I’m sure Oprah Winfrey stayed in—stares down at us with its beige paint and white trim, gold handles for the glass French doors. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Right now the main thing is to broaden the popular base of the war. Then we’ll have another look.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The room was the size of the main portion of her barn, but instead of being filled with hay and goats, it was filled with a huge, tall bed and a massive carved wardrobe. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Again and again the main questions returned: What would they do to Bear? Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

In obedience to them, in the silent heat she walked down Maycomb’s main thoroughfare, a highway leading to Montgomery. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger knew Basta would have slept on the threshold of Capricorn’s room if he had been allowed to, but none of the men lived in the main house. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Indeed, the spot in front of the main verb is often the most natural resting place for an adverb. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Mechanical engineering depends on two main forces: compression and tension. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Oh, listen! You know who I saw last, week? On the main floor of Lord & Taylor’s?” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

From her mom’s stories, Aru knew that there were five main brothers. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The perfect combination of gentleman and ruthless killer, just like the main character in some frontier adventure. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

And he didn’t, the whole time he went to the cloakroom, got his things and left the main house. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found the apartment with ease, on a main road not far from the gate. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

We walked slowly as we talked, making long circles in the main aisle. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The news was slow: a woman had had septuplets; bears, the New York Times reported with a straight face, were the main cause of car break-ins at Yosemite. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The centaur flicked a few important-looking switches on the main console. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He drove down Leesburg Pike to work, turned through a gate, parked his car, and went into the main building of Hazleton Washington. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to add: The main thing is you're with me. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The chance she had been waiting for came in 1994, when she began six months of training for the Euromir 94 spaceflight, also known as the 17th main mission. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

They don't have kids sit in the main room, and that makes sense. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

How did the main character change at the end? Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

We could avoid the main line of the retreat by keeping to the secondary roads beyond Udine. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He observed and catalogued details outside his main object. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of us sit together, side by side, in rows of wooden folding chairs on the main campus lawn. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In silence they passed the wooden hotel, where a tourist was huddled on the porch out of the wind; then they stepped onto the main street, where the stores stood. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walked through the small alley that separated the main road from Mshumpela Street. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

But I did wake up, and the main computer showed the slight rise in C021 had predicted. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

A two- alarm blaze at the main offices of City Councilman John Kwang, and the building next door. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk back to the main street of town and set up my “office” at the pay phone near the pier, from which I secure invitations to view a few more apartments, forget the shares. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I unzipped the main pocket of my backpack, not wasting any time. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Just as in the main tunnel, there was a string of bulbs along the ceiling that provided dim light. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They wheeled the cart through the back streets and across the railroad tracks and came into the main road again at the far edge of the town. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Harlem’s main street was laid out tonight with bright lights, and Christmas tunes played constant on loudspeakers. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

A man in a faded shalwar kamiz holding a broom and a dustpan brushed past me as he headed toward the main house. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The main killers were Old World germs to which Indians had never been exposed, and against which they therefore had neither immune nor genetic resistance. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had to be kept by himself, and his one-ape enclosure was a lot smaller than the main one. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

But he always insisted that the love of his work came first and was his main motivation. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Something’s wrong. The throne room wasn’t the main part of the dream. And that voice from the pit... I don’t know. It just didn’t feel like a god’s voice.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“He was trying to keep us there while his wife went for the police,” said Alice quietly, watching him over Malcolm’s shoulder as he paddled them down to the main stream. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I burst in the door, only to find the main kitchen entirely empty. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Breaking away from Vetch who would have held him back by main force, Ged strode out of the courtyard, not looking back. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you seen Mr. Derby since the first day we arrived here?” she asked Amari as they prepared to take the food to the main house. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The main thing is to make sure the strawberry is ripe and not bruised or rotten. And when you get tired from squatting, you can pick on your knees.” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

That has been the main thing to know about me, the only thing about me for a very long time, although I did not know it myself. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The main body of the factory was here, underground. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

‘Not that. What you said before. From the bit about the main road.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the details of the secret mission finally revealed, Kappe introduced the two main instructors. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The main thoughts that flash through my mind have to do with the first time I ever saw Noodle. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The main entrance to the wire chicken coop was guarded as always by two local policemen who looked as if they were made of stone under the rain, with raincoats and rubber boots. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The main door is open, and a set of stairs leads down to the tarmac, where a plush red rug lies. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

People came out of the shops along the main street; cars pulled over and stopped to see what all the commotion was about. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crime of which the accused have been convicted, that is the main crime, the crime of conspiracy, is in essence one of high treason. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frankie shook his head and ignored the way everything inside him churned as he made his way down the hall that led to the main section of the school. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The main danger to the attackers was Constance. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Even in this skies-forsaken place, I can point unfailingly to where the sun rises and where it sets, to the Empire's capital in the north, Antium, and to Navium, its main port due south. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I find myself standing in the middle of the main room, not knowing exactly how I got in here from the kitchenette. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Axel turns left the moment they enter the main office, splits off from the people talking to Ms. Dale, and goes straight for a seat at the round table in the back of her room. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth learned more about the second-class status of women when she overheard the female clients who came to beg for help at her father’s law office, which adjoined the main house. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Soon, my neighborhood snapped into view as we turned down the main street, the same one whose path I’d traveled nearly every week. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Then for the main event carry the cards. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Walking down the main path we got a few odd looks, but no one bothered us. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

When the velvet ropes that had guided the crowd by creating a narrow street within the room ended, they found themselves going down a staircase to the main floor. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Leave out the hell part. The main thing—” “What are you kids doing? I thought I was paying you to help William Ernest with his reading?” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Rockey Street was the main strip, and its sidewalks were filled with street vendors and restaurants and bars. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Here is the Administration Building parking lot, and the main entrance to the prison. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

These stars the beautiful Kalypso bade him hold on his left hand as he crossed the main. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The 586th’s main mission in their dangerous Yak fighters was defense. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“The main applications I get from it are twofold. One is friendship, and the second one is loyalty. “We’ve got a big challenge ahead of us tomorrow night. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

My squad was taken to a sawmill a few hundred yards behind the main building, inside the fence. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was no wonder the main medicines of this era were laxatives. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I always entered through the main office, where the men in suits worked. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

To the north was the main road where we had seen the cyclists; to the south there was a small branch-road across the fields with thick trees on each side. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

They bought their costumes in one of the specialty shops off the main canals, and sometimes disappeared from their companions for a day or a week, or however long their funds held out. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Pancha left the main house and returned to her parents’ hut, where no one asked her any questions. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The main market is situated along the highway leading into town, near an old train station built by the English. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because our main source of vehicular transportation was interred in Vine Station, Alabama, the Colonel and I were forced to walk to the Pelham Police Department to search for eyewitnesses. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Well, even if there’s nothing in the main library, there are a few other places I can try.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I take a deep breath, hold it, then walk to the main salon. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

And it is clear that white Americans are not simply unwilling to effect these changes; they are, in the main, so slothful have they become, unable even to envision them. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Leaving the main part of town, I started up a long street through the residential section. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t like this ‘main event’ thing he mentioned.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The Unitary Plan Tunnel had come online in 1955, funded by legislation to build state-of-the-art wind tunnels at each of the NACA’s three main laboratories. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

After school, just to be on the safe side with those men, Emily left through a different door from the main one they had walked out of yesterday. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

However, the biggest advances building on GGS have involved extensions into areas that were not the book’s main focus. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Taking up agriculture, the Finger Lakes people, by now consolidated into five main groups, lined the region’s hills with farms. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The laborers worked, in the main, silently, but more than one was openly a-wonder at the sixty-three photocells that required installation. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Lost in my swirling thoughts, I glance through the glass wall of the office and spy Mr. Kennedy and one of the other custodians cleaning the glass of the main floor trophy case. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Most commonly it ends up there when it introduces an explanation that has been preposed in front of a main clause, as in Because you’re mine, I walk the line. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

We were coming up on the main public library, with the big marble lions flanking the steps. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I also found out that there are about 70,571 hotel rooms, and most rooms have a main lock, a bathroom lock, a closet lock, and a lock to the minibar. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She followed Turner into the main house, her feet squeaking on the dark, polished wood of the floor. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Christian wasn’t the main case Farmer had been asked to consult on today. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He no longer felt responsible for them now they had joined the main body of the retreat. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They cut away from the woman to the main square in District 8. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Still I don’t feel like going to sleep, and when I hear my mom get home I tiptoe past Bryce and Aurora and push open the door into the main room. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

His own Agriculture Building, he wrote, “must suffer by comparison with its huge neighbor opposite, whose volume—215 feet high—off the main axis, is bound to swamp us and everything else around it.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

After years of living on opposite sides of the main trail in Thurmond, it was unnerving to suddenly be presented with all his little details. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

‘I just wish I knowed where my f-f-feets are. That the main thing worries me. The doctor never given them back to me. I sure do wish I knowed where they are.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

At the end of the book the main character isn’t greedy anymore. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Now pay close attention,” he said, “because this is the main part of the trap.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They spent some time on the main street, walking down to the foot, where the crowds were just as thick as they had been the night before. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malcolm went out and tiptoed along the corridor to the main hall. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

When they turned into the narrow courtyard outside the main entrance of Bayside Press, all the city noise seemed to hush. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The main line had been cleared and the first train rattled slowly through. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Together, Chi-Boy and I carried her to the main room and set her on the couch, still teary, but silent again. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“That’s the main road,” said George, peering down through the windshield. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

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

Lou Volpe’s classroom, far from the main entrance, is furnished with old couches and living room chairs, donated stuff that otherwise might have gone to Goodwill or landfills. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The Amagqirha stepped back as Old Familiar lifted into the air again, the crate in its talons, and flew out of the main entrance. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

But the main thing to know is this: The whole time, from before any of those extinctions, from life’s origins until this minute, jellyfish have been there, pulsing their way across the oceans and back. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Having considered this matter very superficially, historians on the one hand admire these deeds of his, and on the other condemn the main cause of them. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

But our main reason for existing, of course, was to protect her. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And right at the top of the snow-capped crest rose the main palace of the gods. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

One of the investigators spoke to Anna’s main servant. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

As Golos's lover and his main espionage protégée, Elizabeth Bentley quickly became indispensable to Stalin's underground operation in the United States. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

They stopped at the center of camp, where two wide stone- paved roads met at a T. A street sign labeled the road to the main gates as via praetoria. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was the size of a walk-in closet, tucked off a hallway near the main office, but it had a couch where kids could sit and talk, take a breath, regroup, relax. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The main building was a long, low warehouse, surrounded by acres of statuary. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost a block away, but suddenly Smith and the other men turned from the main hallway and began descending stairs into passageways that became more and more dim. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked stiffly, his arms held close to his sides, toward the main street. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Late in the afternoon Tree-ear made his steady way through the crowds and found the main gate of the palace. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The group followed the moped and its rider all the way past the fairgrounds and down the main street. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

At two o’clock in the morning, at a handsome whitewashed farm three hundred yards off the main road, they finally come to a halt. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He accidentally hit a gas main that had ruptured during the earthquake. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The regulator uses a different set of vents for air sampling than it does for main air separation. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Using his map, he found his way back to the main tunnel, then hurried to the east end. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond the main boulevard, the city was a hodgepodge of medieval castle towers, Roman walls, limestone town houses with red-tiled roofs, and modern office buildings all crammed together. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I seemed to become the main character, as if I had abandoned myself and allowed some other person to step right in and take me over. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The men looked around, then began walking down the town’s main street. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

During break, I ran over to the main office to pick up the stuff Mom should have dropped off by now. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He hoped that, somewhere, she was half as happy as— Down on the main exhibition area, there was Cady, just as she had been a moment before. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

My stomach knotted with fear.Wilfred opened the door all the way and went out into the main room of the house. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t gotten to the ones in the trophy case yet, or the ones in the main lobby. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Each time they approached the grove of pine trees where the asphalt loop met the main road, she leaned forward, pinning all her weight against the brake as cars hurtled past. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

But the other reason they made slow progress was that Ampai had other work to attend to—her main work. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I hustled out of the media center and put myself out in front of the main entrance doors to sneak a peek down the corridor. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Quick as a wink, the man flicked the main switch so that all the lights went off and everyone was standing in darkness. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

A guard at the main gate stops us. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, he found himself standing near the gate that was the main entrance to the camp, watching the new arrivals enter. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The main thing I want is to make rapping happen. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Their tally was exact with the list, and they had nothing to add except that the boxes were “main and mortal heavy,” and that shifting them was dry work. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The main thing we’ll need is paint, since we can reuse the other stuff from the original Hideout. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I wish we could turn the day upside down so that their main time at home would be in the morning, before they get all worn out. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

The addition was intended to help ease the problem of overcrowding in the main square. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

I found the window to my old bedroom, second floor, third window south of the main steps to the house. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was around eight in the evening, I was coming down the main staircase, and heard a burst of laughter rising up the stairwell from the ground floor. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She glanced back toward the main hatchway and the sick bay below. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Then the main royal came loose from her gaskets, flappin’ and makin’ the mast quiver like a bean stalk. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Chacko took the shortcut through the tilting rubber trees so that he would have to walk only a very short stretch down the main road to Comrade K. N. M. Pillai’s house. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The movie is just as the video game poster advertised except the main character doesn’t wear a brown-bag dress. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And she looked with longing at the main house all the time. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He led the way around the main building to a small loading dock in the back. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

On my way back up the main strip toward my house, I stopped at a red light and heard the familiar buzzing of Charlie’s bike. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Analyzing her past when she had reached middle age, she decided that the main reason was her fear of her father. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rishi spotted her again in the main lobby, looking at the rack of dusty campus maps. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

In the silence, Cooky poked his head out of the main hatch. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

By five the girls had crowded through the main gate, josded their way up the outside staircase on the far end of the mill, cleaned their machines, and stood waiting for the workday to begin. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“We should be there by early afternoon. We’ll take the quiet road and meet up with main traffic routes closer to the border.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Mines Building was the first of the main exposition buildings to begin construction, but the work did not start until July 3, 1891, with less than sixteen months remaining until Dedication Day. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The main character, Mary Richards, was a young, single woman who was interested not in starting a family—as practically every previous television heroine had been—but in advancing her career. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

But as Fabian and Jeanne approached the main road, the knight slowed. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

That night Esteban Trueba lay down in the iron bed that had belonged to his parents, in the old main house where he had not slept in years. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first main reason is that people do a lot of talking without using any words. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I think everyone enjoyed themselves good and hearty, and that’s the main thing, isn’t it?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The chief reason, however, for its legendary status, and the main reason why we can call it “The Duel” without much fear of being misunderstood, is the relative prominence of the two participants. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He could already see the great brick mouth of a main sewer. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

They descended the long stone stairway, and when they came out into the main tunnel, Lina stood still, staring at the river. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The main gym looks like any training center, with coaches for each of the events who drill you on your skills. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Her classmates congregated at the gazebo at its center and used the square as a turnabout when they cruised the main drag, ending up at the Walmart parking lot. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The stela recounted the rise of a warrior-king named Harvest Mountain Lord who celebrated his ascension to the throne by decapitating his main rival during the coronation. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She turned onto the main stretch of road and walked to the northwest, away from the river, with the central plaza spread out on her left. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I walk out the main door—the air cold, the sun warm—and down the steps. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

In the Pacific Ocean, the main wave of extinction began in about 1500 BC, when Polynesian farmers settled the Solomon Islands, Fiji and New Caledonia. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who decided that corn would be our main food? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The boys and girls stir, restless for the main feature. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Because I feel like I’m in a movie and I’m the main character. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The central dome three stories high over the main lobby and clusters of classrooms all looking out into the sunlit space. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Smoking and beating up smaller kids were his two main hobbies. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, they were the main part of the meal. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

We made it to the petrol station out at the road, ran through there, and hooked left up the main road. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

This main kitchen wasn’t super big, but it seemed well organized. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Two black women sat stirring the beans and talking about a shared memory back from the city, about a play where the main actor had been too drunk to recite his lines. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Or, rather, they passed by a chapel that was thought to contain the conqueror’s mummified body; the actual remains turned up years later, stashed inside two metal boxes beneath the main altar. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I looked into the main room, where embers still glowed in the hearth, soothing and necessary. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I was halfway down a main street, walking along the same stretch of sidewalk I followed home every day, but I’d been lost in my head; I hadn’t been paying attention to the road. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The more I read, the less I liked Okonkwo, the main character. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Then, as I enter the main space, the roar turns deafening. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I climbed the main road, toward the big palace at the peak. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Three days before the start of Christmas break, he just has a feeling as he walks to the main office after lunch to check his mailbox. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Cady had just dropped Toby’s cake plate in the sudsy sink when she heard the thud from the main storeroom floor. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The sun is already peeking above the horizon when we finally reach the main road out of Kobani, busy with shared taxis, minibuses, and people on foot, all departing the city. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Only after the publicar had wound its way down the mountain pass and was on a main road did she look at the paper that Scythe Curie had given her. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The fallen horses were well behind us when the soldiers ordered us to turn off the main road and down a narrow farm lane. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She wanders around the main lobby, loops around the gift shop, visits the cafeteria. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood in the main lobby and watched us come in. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

According to Annabeth, the hill they stood on had once been Sparta’s acropolis - its highest point and main fortress - but it was nothing like the massive Athenian acropolis Piper had seen in her dreams. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The main source of relief from the heat for the kids in Welch was the public swimming pool, down by the railroad tracks near the Esso station. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

As they turned off the main street, they met a man driving a horse and wagon. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two hundred just wasn't the...main event. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

We ride down Laguna Canyon Road, a main street that we’ve always taken to get to the beach. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“The main thing we have in common is that right is right and wrong is wrong,” she says. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Listen to this: ‘On the west wall will be situated a main gate so that creatures may come and go, obtaining entrance to or exit from the Abbey of Redwall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“The main thing is, nobody got hurt except for Baldy. Now, I believe it’s Noah’s turn to tell us his story. You ready, champ?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I’d be disappointing him in the main thing that he liked about me. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

But inside the held house, a squat structure behind the main school building, there was only the delicious anticipation of starting anew. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The main character was an aging banker who jumps to his death after being financially ruined. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Instead, a faint, foul chemical smell and a cool, humid emptiness waft out from the main doors of the building. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Marselen felt they would be better placed at either end of the main battle line, where they could beat back any attempt by the foe to turn their flanks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I opened a door and found myself back in the main entry hall. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Finally he got up and went into the main house to dust the furniture, something mild and mindless that would keep him occupied. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Bod walked down to the main gate of the graveyard, and looked out through the bars. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The combination of government and religion has thus functioned, together with germs, writing, and technology, as one of the four main sets of proximate agents leading to history’s broadest pattern. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The building next to the main part of the church had a gym and a stage. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Once off the main corridors, Gale and I race like schoolchildren for the armory, and by the time we arrive, I’m breathless and dizzy. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Now the main retreat was scarcely two furlongs distant. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t his main reason, but never mind. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“The first installment appears this week. But the main thing is this: Will you get news for me on a space rate basis?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

So she marched with him toward the long wide stairway straight in from the main entrance, which leads directly to the Hall of the Italian Renaissance. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But not before she put in a formal request for me to see a behavioral counselor at the district main offices. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He was opened up in the main operating theater at Nairobi Hospital by a team of surgeons headed by Dr. Imre Lofler. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shawn circled the lot, then parked near the main entrance. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He sifted through many sources for his material but in the main he concentrated on a set of ancient Icelandic documents known as the Eddas. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Finally the evening bell rings, and Miss Duncan turns toward the main building. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

In August, Burnham’s chief structural engineer, Abraham Gottlieb, made a startling disclosure: He had failed to calculate wind loads for the fair’s main buildings. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It’s nice, getting back to the main camps. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

A sign to the left read main office, and a corkboard next to it listed the graduating seniors’ college destinations: Yale, Penn, Harvard, Brown, Williams, Princeton, Swarthmore, Dartmouth, Stanford. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Let us now return to the main question with which we began this chapter: why did writing arise in and spread to some societies, but not to many others? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

This main wall, some twenty-four feet high, is punctuated by twenty-one distinctive wall towers but is otherwise as blank as a cop’s face. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A soft robotic voice comes over the main speakers. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He led us all into the hall outside the main office to listen to the radio. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I follow my brother into the main room, I’m puzzling over how Mr. Washburn could have gotten here all the way from Washington to deport us when the grocery store incident just happened? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Now his main challenge was to make DNA sit still. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The main thing is for Basta never to put his knife to your throat again. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I open one of the doors off the main corridor, hoping to find a window so I can reorient myself, but I find only a ransacked laboratory, beakers and test tubes scattered across each counter. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Then he went topside again and hoisted the jib, which hung as dead as the main. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It circled around and came out in the main room. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I run down the stairs and up to O’Connell Street, the main street, where the lights are on and people are going home from work, people like me with wages in their pockets. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

They would strengthen the gatehouse and deploy the main body of defenders in the immediate area. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

This was why he had to survive, and use his cunning to stay off the main roads where the circling dive-bombers waited like raptors. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t dribble without looking at the ball, which was his main problem. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He led them the long way around to the Italian wing, through the main hall with its tapestries and suits of armor in glass cases. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was Oedipus who killed Laius, for example, takes it for granted that someone killed Laius, the only question being who; the main clause of the sentence informs us who the who is. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Mr. Derby ordered Noah to take the wagon back up to the main house. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The economist John R. Lott Jr. is the main champion of this idea. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Its main building was red brick with white columns, its porch decorated with wide chairs and chandeliers. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

There was a main structure, then a thirty-acre electrified enclosure where the adult bonobos lived, and the nursery, where the orphans spent their early years. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, this used to be the main argument of opponents of black holes: how could one believe in objects for which the only evidence was calculations based on the dubious theory of general relativity? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he was really unlucky, he was in one of the main oil reservoirs. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mathews Arm Campground, one of the park’s main recreational areas, was closed for lack of funds in 1993 and hasn’t been open since. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

"It's because the main dude is always like some guy who really wants to do good but always messes up. He's like...like..." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Bumba’s main link with the outside world was the Congo River. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Captain Reed took the second mate by the hand and began leading him toward the main hatch. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The main reason I'm writing this letter to you, Zlata, is because I know you've been in this kind of situation. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want any trouble right there on the main highway, where everybody could see us. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The main harbpr had moved east as the town had expanded. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He pushed on the main door with his shoulder and the worm-eaten wooden frame fell down noiselessly amid a dull cataclysm of dust and termite nests. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Tally leaned forward, watching wide-eyed as Shay tumbled down toward the library’s main floor, three stories below. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

They were making for the main road; but even as they ran they stumbled and fell to the ground and lay still. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

We walked through the glass doors and beautiful entryway and stopped in the main office to ask for directions. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Turning the comer onto the main street, I threw out my chest. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He recalled past triumphs, the trophies in the display case in the main corridor, the do- or-die determination that made Trinity a place of triumph through the years. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Never once did we set foot on the main street But once, when we heard the watch approaching, he slipped into an alcove. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m really proud of you, you know,” Ana said as they walked down the main drag. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I used my daughter’s crayons, a different color for each main character. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Isolated and desolate, it had no main streets. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

They were some ten feet from the main trunk, and Mrs. Frisby could see, just above the place where the branch joined the tree, a dark round hole as large as a lunch plate. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The main thing I had hoped for was that under this bright wrapping paper there would be a letter from Jermaine. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

We hit the main road, and though our speed increased, I could see much better where we were going. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

As I chew, I try to pay attention to Tigris telling us how she acquired it, but the main thing I absorb is that fur underwear is a valuable trading item at the moment. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

At midday, the children stopped when they caught sight of farmhouses a small distance from the main road. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Is he feeling out of sorts? Is he anxious? Does he want to be the main course at the crocodile farm? Find my children if you want to see the sun rise!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The reason that the task is so challenging is that the main resource that English syntax makes available to writers—left-to-right ordering on a page—has to do two things at once. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Mr. McNamara, is this child your main offender, your chief suspect, or a recalcitrant informer?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I can work my way into the main system, and then I’ll be able to get into each of their individual systems, too, regardless of who the work area is tailored for. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A scarlet banner hangs over the gangplank leading up to its main deck, where a steady stream of anonymous avatars are now walking. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We ended up in the main part of the station, which had a coffee place, newsstand, and several ticket machines. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

There were no phone lines out where the old house was—another reason Mama had moved up to the main road. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frank’s archers shot gryphons out of the air and caused chaos in the main body of the monster army across the chasm. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Belle-trunks are lined up in the middle of the main salon like coffins. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Reed stumbled past him and halted at the corner of the main hatchway. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The Stoeckleins and their three children lived in a house not a hundred yards from the main house; except for them, the Clutters had no neighbors within half a mile. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The main purpose of the course, however, is to explore basic music theory so thoroughly that the interested student will then be able to easily pick up whatever further theory is wanted. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

It was terrible for the night-life people, and for those hustlers whose main income had been the white man’s money. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another large hand grabbed both her arms and pulled them behind her in a viselike grip, dragging her off the main roads. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“And what,” she says, “do you propose would be the main arguments in favor?” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Mr Trilby went upstairs to the main bedroom. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

On our way back up the main road we met Etienne coming the other way, and of course he stopped to bait his sisters and find out who I am. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

As we headed up a staircase toward what looked like the main building, I heard a woman singing. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know to say goodbye to our house and our barrio, nor to wave to the neighbors who looked out curiously as we wound our way to the main road. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

We went out into the main part of the mall and went into a music store but it was really really really loud, so we went out? Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of my main steers to one specialty address away from the madam’s house was the apartment of a big, coal-black girl, strong as an ox, with muscles like a dockworker’s. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

We carried slingshots that we used *Sneakers. to stone birds and chase the monkeys that tried to cross the main dirt road. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Ah, yes. Verbs. A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence that forms the main part of the predicate in a sentence. To run. To sprint. To dart. To dash. To scuttle...” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Oppie was extremely good at seeing the physics and doing the calculation on the back of the envelope and getting all the main factors,” recalled his colleague Robert Serber. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Cocteau’s main aim, it would seem, was to shock Parade’s de facto producer, Sergei Diaghilev, who had challenged Cocteau to ‘astonish’ him. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

And, if I had to guess, I’d say this particular piece of insolence was the main reason Ambrose eventually tried to kill me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Harry was sure he could hear shouting behind them in the main hall as they all clambered into it, Bogrod in front with Griphook, Harry, Ron, and Hermione crammed together in the back. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They turned out of the lane that ran between tall houses and the outer wall of the fourth circle, and they regained the main street climbing up to the Citadel. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Once this proved successful and churches across the country were preaching the ASL’s message, the organization turned its main efforts to getting politicians elected to support its cause. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

After all, the main question will be the opener: Hello, are you there? The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My knee throbs slightly as I climb the ladder to the main viewpoint. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, that would be the escape hatch. We’ll find the main hole nearer the middle of the bush.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The boys filed into a line of customers waiting for a lift that would take them up through the lit branches of a banyan tree to the main entrance at the top of the building. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Some animals and plants, such as camels and cashew nuts, were domesticated even later, but by 3500 BC the main wave of domestication was over. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reluctantly nod and let Ruthie pull me down the hallway to the main office. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Clayton did have his blues harp, and that was the main thing. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Railroad workers had laid a temporary track between the main line and the street so that the wagon could pull up next to the president's rail car. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Nailer clambered back into the main passage and made his way past a sitting room full of fallen paintings and shattered statuary. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I went upstairs and got myself a cup of coffee and a couple of soft-boiled eggs, which I ate alone at a table near a window in the empty main dining room. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The main course was essence of brandied pig, and you need a lot of it to serve five hundred people. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Soon after the main chute deployed, we noticed a strange thing. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s essential to get back to District 12, because the main part of any plan will include my mother and sister, Gale and his family. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The distance from the hold to the main floor is half the height of the ship.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The three Witchlings looked up in unison as they entered the main room of Starlight Cottage. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I’d noticed that the rebels tended to sleep in, only emerging from the main building a few hours after daybreak. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Annoyed, she walked down the hallway to the main office and threaded her way between desks to the back of the room. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And nitrogen is one of the main ingredients in fertilizer. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Dinner was prawn cocktails in wine glasses for starters, lamb chops with chef’s hats with duchesse potatoes and braised celery for main, and a Baked Alaska for "dessert," not "afters." Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I follow it across the front lawn, through the glass double doors of the main building. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The night when Paco was only proving, once again, that he would do anything for his main girl. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

We follow him out and to the main level for our daily meal. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But conspiracies weren’t his main interest—redemption was. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to write a story in which she was not the main character, in which some person she had never heard of before did things and felt things. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He turns left when they enter the main office. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

That was the main thing about stones and ink—they lasted. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

We get up and start back to the main square. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A third cop gathered the stuff left behind and gestured for the cheerleader to enter the main office. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She had no idea what was happening when she suggested one of my main hangouts, the bar of the La Marr-Cheri on the comer of 147th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’ve made it halfway across the main section of the concourse when two men and a lady jump down onto the tracks and stand directly in their path, forcing them to stop. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The station was elevated from the main road and was under only a few feet of water. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

But he drove a hard bargain, demanding that the main Onondaga village, now buried under the present-day city of Syracuse, New York, become the headquarters for the confederacy. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Ayesha takes my hand and pulls me out of the crowd; she drags me against the stream of people heading toward the main exit, and we reach a side door. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The main problem was that the tent had been pitched too far out of range for sling or bow. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He walked slowly down from the hill until he reached the graveyard’s main gates, and he stopped there. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

A narrow but well-worn path branched from the main road, following the river’s shore into the forest. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I race past all of them, down Serra’s main thoroughfare, through the dwindling crowds of Execution Square, and up the cobbled streets of the Illustrian Quarter. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Our main communications dish, which relayed signals from the Hab to Hermes, acted like a parachute, getting torn from its foundation and carried with the torrent. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

About one hundred spectators, mostly blacks, settled into seats behind a rail on the main floor, and about one hundred more took the stairs to seats in a balcony above. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

We drove our Jeep to the main road and then parked it a few meters in. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He reviewed his math, his physics, his English, struggling for long hours with his broken-backed books, and as the boat rocked and pitched he set out two main goals for himself. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He’s still drunk and can’t see straight, but if he can find his way back to the main road, he can find his way back to school. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Ivy waits for me in the main salon the next morning, and rushes to me as soon as I step into the room. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The bass beat from the main hall thundered in the stairwell, echoing off the walls and in my head. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

First she had the wall knocked down and then, when it was not found, the staircase and half of the main sitting room. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing that he had emptied out the dockers’ stand and reporters’ booths, Smith had simply turned Seabiscuit around and worked him over on the main track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second main reason is that people often talk using metaphors. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And as I did so, I saw through the window in front of me her figure hurrying off towards the main house. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could see everything from here—the dais, the main stairs, the dance floor... Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It was swimming in grounds and little flecks of pink tissue, but it was piping hot, which was the main thing. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

They passed the main doors of the Fillmore. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She spent the main part of her time and energy in these extravagant pursuits. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He let a dark-haired girl holding a blue bag and a clarinet case walk through the doors in front of him, then headed into the main front hall. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The main buildings of Old Town line up around a small square park. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cady had already left for the bakeoff, so Marigold was all by her lonesome, out in the wooded spot where Argyle Road met the main highway. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The customer, an antique dealer from San Francisco, was stirring restlessly in the main room of the store. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only with the introduction of trucks and tanks in World War I did horses finally become supplanted as the main assault vehicle and means of fast transport in war. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Naw, Miss Carrie, we didn’t see no Shakespeare. But we seen a stage play. The main actress shore was a looker.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

This time I’m pitched off the helm and down to the main deck, becoming one of the many struggling to remain aboard against the pull of the sea. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

They attacked the main ships, not the troop transporters, ’cause once the Task Force is sunk, our land forces’ll be easy to pick off. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Perhaps that’s its right name because it’s the main road in from the south. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The main part of the Nationalist Army hadn’t even arrived. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the first two or three hours she figured out some sets of chords in the bass that would fit in with the main tune her right hand was playing. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Lighting the main fuse, he tossed the entire package at the scruffy intruder, setting off a berserk orchestration of flash-bangs. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She led him up the main tunnel for a long way. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Above the ceiling of the main waiting area was a cluster of secret apartments that had been built for the people who ran the train station years ago. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Since Harriet had married and moved out, Cora, Molly, and Sybil were the only inhabitants of their cabin, sleeping in the two rooms off the main living area. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Jacobs repeated, and he tried to direct Moss toward the main office by the shoulder. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There was some late evening light pouring in through a window, but most of the front room, the main part of the house, was in shadows. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Up to four, I think. Then they’re moved to the main block. The nursery’s in the kitchen block, like, right over the kitchen on the ground floor.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Design specifications required that every building be surrounded by an underwater main and be plumbed with interior standpipes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The main thing on their minds—in fact, the only thing they wanted to talk about—was the note that Maya had given to Ellie in Carvel. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I find it just off the main street, marked only by an ornate iron T hammered into the door. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

By this time, Gene Johnson had closed off the back rooms and sealed the main entry door with sticky tape. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the teens of Shaker Heights—whose main exposure to Shakers was singing “Simple Gifts” in music class—could feel that drive for perfection still in the air. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then I set off north on the main Forest Road. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

They assumed there would be activity there, that if anywhere would have a police or military presence, it would be Claiborne, the main thoroughfare nearby. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

A few days later the main army, which had sailed down Chesapeake Bay, arrived. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It starts at eight o’clock in that lounge off the main lobby. The bar with sofas.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It amounted to assembly-line dentistry, quick and impersonal, and the young captain’s main concern seemed to be the clock. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woods that surrounded Grace Turner’s old bungalow were still there, and as the drive cleared a last stand of beeches, the main house came into view. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The main cause for skepticism was his notorious claim that halfway down the river the Spaniards were attacked by tall, topless women who fought without quarter and lived without men. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was very much like the main town: shabby little huts, repaired a dozen times, patched with scraps of plastic or corrugated iron, leaning crazily against each other over muddy alleyways. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Z swerved off the main road and down a narrower one. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Southward beyond the road lay the main force of the Haradrim, and there their horsemen were gathered about the standard of their chieftain. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Everything is whitewashed and a boardwalk runs along the front of the buildings, raising the foot traffic above the dusty main street. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The land, then the main means of production, belonged to the whole tribe and there was no individual ownership whatsoever. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One time I went to the main square in Kraków to hear a speech by a famous Polish general, whose name I no longer remember. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

She quickened her pace on the dusty stretch that led to the main road, but five of them, all in tattered army uniforms, soon surrounded her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He had voted with the antis to delay the decision, but this was a vote on the main question. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Like in a stew or as flavoring for the main dish. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The two cars that he had seen coming up the main drive had wheeled around to come up behind him. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Here are definitions and examples of the four main types of texture. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He turned the key and slowly—controlled this time—motored out into the main channel. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The Doorman and I sit in the park on the main street of town. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“What can I expect after I complete my initial processing and get placed in my permanent position?” asked Johnny, the training film’s main character. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I had driven down the day before and was the main speaker. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the boxcar, Shin befriended a young man of about twenty who said he was headed home to Gilju, a city of sixty-five thousand people on the main rail line to Chongjin. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

When the last bell rang, Ivy hurried down the main hall and out of the school before she could run into Taryn. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Lanternwood has only one main street, High Street, which curves in a slow horseshoe, sandwiched by the river on one side and farmland on the other. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

It is therefore realized on all sides that however often Persia, or Egypt, or Java, or Ceylon may change hands, the main frontiers must never be crossed by anything except bombs. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I realized, as he drove my truck out of the main part of town, that I had no idea where he lived. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

We arrived at Big Creek High at lunchtime, leaned our sleds against the wall just inside the main door, and walked in as if we were kings of the earth. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He hauled himself off the ground and walked back to the main road. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She drove on again and turned off the main street into a small residential area. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

And I would have to say the main factor behind that for me was Mama Cradle. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could just go to the main entrance and wait for her, because that was our plan. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, the main concentration of Japanese defenders had been where we made our landing. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fine. See Mrs. Tobin at the main desk. I must go to my office to monitor Kyle’s Extreme Challenge.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

But the lecture and this small sampling paled in comparison to the main event of our chemical-agents education—the practical class. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought about making for the main gate, but he knew that was hopeless. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I am so sick of everything to do with Unity Valley that when we get into the main hallway and Kristina turns around and says, “So, did you tell Claire and Gerry last night?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

In his view, archaeologists’ main function was to make white people feel good about themselves—an opinion that archaeologists have learned, to their cost, is not Denny’s alone. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I pick up the phone and start to dial the main number, and then I remember. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jeanne’s mother led them around the house and to the main road. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The gym, pool, and auditorium were all connected by hallways that ran behind them and a large rotunda at their center, linked to the rest of the school by a main hall. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“I will not forget,” she told him, and then the footman stepped back onto his perch, and the small white carriage rolled away through the crowded courtyard and vanished through the main gates. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Berlin's role as the main stage of the espionage wars came to an abrupt end. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

These grand homes, with their high, cool rooms, their polished mahogany furniture, their servants flitting between the main house and the separate cooking building, were meant to command attention, to show power and wealth. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

The school was a different world from Jefferson, with a leafy campus straight from a movie: The main building looked like a castle, surrounded by a sprawling lawn of freshly cut grass. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Outside was the cookhouse, a little white frame cottage not far behind the main house. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The scene would’ve been almost funny, except Frank knew he was the main course. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

In all, the wiretap in "Harvey's Hole" recorded a staggering 433,000 conversations, giving America insight into the mind and plans of its main enemy. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The main character had a stunning resemblance to Javier, and the laughter choked him as his throat began to close up again. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Once I pull out of the parking lot and head down the main strip, he says, “We’re going home now, right?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was pretty, but Dicey was not cheered by that as they walked out of town on the one main street. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

We don’t speak until we get out to the main highway. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Chian ushers us out of the curtained area and back to the main ballroom. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The main paved road in town had been put in by the British when Sudan was a colony of theirs. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think about our old compound, the main room, the hallways, our bedroom, Papa’s room, the study, the gardens, Kazi’s own cottage. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They are used with admirable skill to enliven the story and make it seem real, never to hold it up or divert the reader’s attention from the main issue. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many supported the act’s main goal: to eliminate the drunkenness that had become a national problem and was destroying many families. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The second and main reason is that he carries on like an idiot. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The main course plates had long been cleared away and Betty had returned with the bread and butter pudding. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Mark and Alec followed without hesitation, sprinting through the main alley of the town. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

And then he was running to join the rest of the crew as they unfurled the main sails in the storm. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear voices from the main living room. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He presents Gerald and Lydia with a sketch of the main house done one afternoon down at the beach, the first thing he’s drawn in years that hasn’t been for work. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The children were tired now, or else the adults had regained some authority, because people were lining up raggedly by the main door, with much jostling and pushing. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m on the main train. This here’s Blackie’s territory,” he says, waving with increasing urgency. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

On the main deck, she plunked herself down among the spare ropes and buckets of tar Horse and Archer had left on deck. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The main hurting would start later, I guessed, after the bleeding stopped and my leg started to get stiff. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

We entered the prison yard near a corner of the main structure, beneath a guard tower that stuck out from the outer walls like a castle’s turret. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Arion crashed through the main doors into the plaza and scattered a bunch of guys in business suits. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

His father headed into the main medical room where several small beds were set up. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Trying not to make even the slightest sound, he turned and began walking back to the main house, wondering how to handle the situation. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think it was called I See Your Naked Blood Naked'' Miss Ohio tossed bark peels into the fire. “The main girl has to strip down to her underwear to get away from the killer.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The men pulled their dugout canoes onto the river’s sandy bank and started chopping through the thick vegetation with machetes and knives to make their way around the main rapids. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

From its size and from the great doors at the far end, Digory thought that now at last they must be coming to the main entrance. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Next thing he’d be wearing clown shoes and turning cartwheels in the main hall. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Having broken the main taboo, why should I hesitate over another one, something minor? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

General Teófilo Vargas came forward with his intentions: in a few hours he shattered the coalition of better-qualified commanders and took charge of the main command. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

But I head toward the main street, which I recognize from my bus route. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

They found a place in the swamp land bordering the main boardwalk and crouched together, scanning the night traffic, looking for signs of Tool or of Nailer’s father and the half-men he had appeared with. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He ran down the gravel to the main road and then started running west away from Washington and Millsburg—and the old Perkins place. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

A moment later, Jemmy could feel a stronger breeze, and he knew that they were in the main sewer again. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

He moved along the boom, still pulling at the main, fighting to hold himself upright in the wind, and kicked the sliding cabin top forward. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also knew there was somebody she really liked, because her and her little friends were always giggling about something, and boys are usually the main thing little girls giggle about. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“The main thing is that you helped me see what he was doing. I realized that I didn’t have to look at things the way he wanted.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

When we arrived at one of the main outside courts where we were to play, we found it packed with reporters and white spectators. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The main challenge was hauling them out of the river and lugging them home without touching the poisonous spines on their fins. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Dad said we were on the “main line.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

All furniture had been cleared from the main rooms. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The place had two windows, a large, many-paned one in the main area that faced the alley, and then another in the bathroom. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guest house repeated the clean, rectilinear lines of the main house. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We staggered outside and stumbled up the slope of the hill toward the main path to the gates, the music still pounding in my ears. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I gather that a good number of their population are insane, sir. That seems to be their main reason for doubting.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She regarded the main part of the basement: the one saggy couch that had been retired from the living room upstairs after Finn spilled grape Kool-Aid on it. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

They parked on a main street, then walked—no, strolled—down the street, which was busy but not bustling. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“This is the main hall,” calls Agent Fiona over the noise. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It was the main restroom, positioned right where the main hallway met the main staircase, and even on a normal day it was crowded. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I walked until the lush grounds of the estate melted into the main road. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

We camped out in the woods, a hundred yards from the main road, in a marshy clearing that local kids had obviously been using for parties. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

They returned to the circle with the church at its center and to the steep main street. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they entered the waiting room, Hugo noticed someone standing very still, looking up at the main clock, taking notes on a clipboard. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I picture the Islamic Center—the two-story community building holds the main hall, where lectures, weddings, and all the parties take place. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I pulled myself back to the main question. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Over and over he told himself, Boys don’t blubber; that’s the main thing. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The house smelled strongly of gas from a small stove that stood in one corner of the main room. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

The main road was crowded; women with boxes on their heads and babies tied to their backs, barefoot children carrying bundles of clothes or yams or boxes, men dragging bicycles. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

There were very few couples dining in the main room, but the bar was crammed with young Marine officers, their wives, and their dates. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The main floor was for casual diners, lone businessmen and couples and families. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother and her grandmother had also been servants in the main house. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thank the gods there was a door on the tunnel leading out to the main cavern. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He saw the great dome of the main observatory, a smaller one a little way off, and between them a group of administration buildings and domestic quarters. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Archer nodded and let Horse take him by the elbow, leading him across the main deck. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He and his wife were the band’s main sponsors, giving scholarships to needy musicians. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A helicopter landed on the main building’s rooftop heliport. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“The storm last night flooded the main road,” my mother says helplessly. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Then, last night, just before I’d succumbed to exhaustion, I’d finally managed to navigate my way through the intranet’s labyrinth of firewalls and into the main Oology Division database. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Visitors use the main manor road, crossing through the gatehouse and past the apple trees and the stable. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reed was at the door before the other three had even left their seats, out of the great cabin and onto the deck, where the crew had gathered around the main hatch. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Round a bend, about a furlong from the main road, they met a stout barrier of old farm-carts upturned. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

When I was little and I first went to school, my main teacher was called Julie, because Siobhan hadn’t started working at the school then. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Several hours later, I’m in my Malala outfit again in the cafeteria for the main event and have already presented to a bunch of groups of people who’ve come by. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

And you could never be sure, for at home an old man employed as a janitor at the Water Works was the only one who knew the location of all of the water mains. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

We left the dorm and went running to the main school building where the radio was located. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every team has a reserve fencer who normally was there to be substituted into a match in case of injury of one of the main three fencers or for strategic reasons. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

They scrambled through the hole in the fence and, dragging Marshall to hurry him up, they dashed for the main alley behind the Casa Rosada. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tramped out of camp by headlamp behind Rob and Frank, wending between ice towers and piles of rock rubble to reach the main body of the glacier. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t hear if the main group had left yet. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Finally, I will myself up the steps through the main entrance and down the hall to my front door. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The main thing was she didn’t have any chin. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

My room was the only one on my floor that had a window that did not face either the main street in front of the dorm or the main backyard. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It had been a weird morning: three kids were called down to the main office during social studies, and then in French they’d had the second intruder drill. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

There were three main bodies that comprised the Athenian government. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then smaller metallic threads started weaving together magically between the main strands, making a net. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was a relief to return to the noise and bustle of the main school on Monday, where he was forced to think about other things, even if he had to endure Draco Malfoy’s taunting. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Oddly, the main thing I remember is that it wasn’t in a church, and that surprised me, since my father was a preacher, and I had been where he preached people’s funerals in churches. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see heads turn as we walk through the main part of the library. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The inside of the main tent is lit with lanterns burning with green alchemical fire, tinting everything a sickly color. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

This entrance will be guarded both night and day, for it is the main gatehouse, and as such is the very threshold of our Abbey.’” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

John McNaughton was the secretary of defense’s main assistant on Vietnam policy. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They go back out into the main office, through the thick glass-that-could-shatter doors and into the hallway. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Winnie was subsequently dismissed from her second job as a social worker because of the incident, and lost her main source of income. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pulling off the main road, we glide through a tall wall of neatly trimmed evergreens, then crunch our way up a pebbled driveway. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

I parked and found my way to the prison entrance and walked inside the main building with its dark corridors and gated hallways, where metal bars barricaded every access point. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I stand in the main gallery, black from neck to toes, with my third glass of red wine. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We drove on along the straight main road. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The main thing that marked Andrew’s birth for me was our first trip to meet Abel’s family during the Christmas holidays. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She decided to turn off the main highway and cut cross-country. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The main corridor was a narrow tunnel that led in a hard, clatter-footed stretch along a line of rooms of no interdistinguishing features. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

On the main deck, the mate waited at the rail, his dead eyes seeing everything. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

My mother religiously follows the recipes in these pamphlets as her main acknowledgment of the war. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Polly changed quickly into the stiff black uniform, inwardly praying that perhaps this would be the start of her move up to the main house and out of the kitchen with the slaves. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Her main interests are baking and church. She thinks her piecrust recipe is a personal gift from Jesus himself. If you ask me, the crust is the worst part of a pie. Nan cook much?” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I can see men pulling handcarts up to the main door and another man unloading the baskets of orchard fruit. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I quickly close the door to the bedroom behind me, cross the main room, and come around the corner to the entrance way. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

But the plates were nothing compared to the heavy tea services Ophie was used to carrying up and down the main staircase for Mrs. Caruthers. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Millions of gallons of water began surging through the fair’s mains. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It was a windy day, and I sat behind Baba on the little podium just out­side the main entrance of the new building. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The women would sit in the main room, drink tea, and pass around samosa and kebab. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

After getting dropped off on the main strip, we walk up to the clearing. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He threw the towel into the cabin, then slammed the tiller over to the side and held it with his leg while he pulled in on the main sheet and cleated it off. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gaskill ushered me out of the door and into the main, open-plan part of the office. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had lost sight of Sammy as soon as they left the main road. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We spread ourselves out, made our presence known to the main instigators. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Saturday night, Ben eased his father’s squadron car up to the main gate of Freedom Bay, the Capehart housing section that sheltered the Marines stationed at Ravenel Air Station. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I got to the main hallway I turned to look at him, sure I could feel his eyes on me, but when I looked back it was Riley who was watching me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He then went straight to the main office, and reported damaging the van. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The main body of the creature was a shimmering, pulsating mass of white and mauve, shaped roughly like a cone. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Okay, main dish. What about beef stew? How hard could that be?” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

On the way, Mr. Jackson stopped at the main office to get a school T-shirt for Jeff. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Besides the fact we didn’t know how to build a rocket, I told him my main objection. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Could you direct me to the main office?” the man asked. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I asked, "So you have no interest in investigating what Darnell Houston is saying about the possibility that the State's main witness may be lying?" Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Back of the main column the baggage train followed: mules, j horses, oxen, a mile of wayns and carts laden with food, fodder, tents, and other provisions. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In one tiny section of the main arena, at least twenty people form an assembly line behind a workstation of potted plants. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The map at the reception area said the personnel offices are in a building that's close to the main entrance. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama’s told them they can have this house as she wants to build a more convenient “modem” one on the main road. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I strolled down the main lobby of the courthouse toward Mr. Paul’s concessions stand. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

But my main thing is to move away from these projects. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

History had come full circle, and the main action of the Cold War returned to where it had begun: to Germany, and to Berlin. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s common knowledge that if you’re standing at a corner of a main street in the hood, somebody’s going to try to sell you something. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

We waited, lying flat beyond the ditch along the main road while a German battalion passed, then when they were gone we crossed the road and went on to the north. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Could any of their intelligence about the "main enemy" be trusted, at this critical time? Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

After the lunch break we even got matched up together, just the two of us, digging main line—eight inches wide, eighteen deep—where they were gonna install a fancy sprinkler system. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Bridge was early to school, where kids were lined up against the fence in a chilly wind, waiting for the main doors to open. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I shouted, even though the main fight at the moment was between my shoelaces and the chicken wire. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The flowers swayed in the cool afternoon breeze as I strolled through the garden toward the bushes bordering the main verandah. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Grinning, she whirled and moved through the main floor, running a hand across the dusty books. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Citra arrived on the main floor ready to assess the contents of the pantry and refrigerator, but to her surprise she found the dinner table set for two, and steaming plates of food already there. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

They kept sneaking glances toward the main hatch, where the sick bay lay belowdecks, though they never looked directly at it. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It's safer than a main road because there's less chance of being seen; it's more dangerous than a main road because if someone does see you, there's no way to run. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was easy enough to push past the oversize woman with the clipboard guarding the main doors. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Everywhere along the main walls of the camp, people post their names. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The birdsong wafted out of the main room. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

They declared it was a proper berth for Mr. Bowditch—him with his tables of figures, long as main to bowline. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wild California pig would be the main course. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Her main worry, she said, is not knowing what Shin is planning to do for the rest of his life. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

At fourteen, Gale, the eldest of the kids, became the main supporter of the family. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

State troopers were watching on the highways and even the main back roads. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

While most scythes approached down the main avenue, Scythe Curie and Citra made their entrance from a side street, to avoid being the focus of the crowd’s attention for as long as possible. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The narrow upper way on which Sam stood leapt swiftly down by stair and steep path to meet the main road under the frowning walls close to the Tower-gate. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then, smiling, she shut the door behind her and made her way past chattering students, here for various summer programs, down to the main lobby. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I turn off the main street and find the graveyard entrance. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Safest was the front of the main house, because you couldn’t see them from any of the windows. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She skipped back to prod through the re mains of the firepit. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They take up most of the space between this main building and the steel bleachers of the high school football stadium. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather keep an animal as our main character,” I say. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Polly left the kitchen and headed down to the main road, the road that had brought her to this place with Amari. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Take Laurel and Jason. They’re good runners. Make a wide arc around the Hunters, attract as many as you can. I’ll take the main raiding party around to the right and catch them by surprise.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The main door opens and I hear Lenny stamping the snow off his boots in the hallway. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The only remains on the glacier were the main gates, which listed sideways, and a tattered blue banner lying over a pile of snow-bricks. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Only a few days after Hue fell, the Communists had completely surrounded Da Nang, cutting off the main road south to Saigon. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

It was the main line from Venice to Trieste, with a high solid embankment, a solid roadbed and double track. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Still, the fact that roving gangs were free to travel on the main thoroughfare didn’t bode well for the condition of the capital. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She’s actually really good, but there’s this twelfth-grade guy who’s been the main pianist since he was a freshman, and he’s not about to get booted by a middle school girl in his senior year. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were moving like water, downhill all the time, and they flowed at last to a main highway on a valley’s floor. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stumpy arm is still an issue, but the faceplate was the main source of leaks. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that, I am quite sure, was not the main reason for his interest. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The main thing was to keep their minds turned in another direction, Jan’s direction, or that of Jan’s friends. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Through the flinty trees I could just hear the sound of the main road but there was no way I could walk that far. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I was down in the main cabin opening a couple of cold beers for a mid-morning toast when a crash and a sudden pitch to starboard had me panicked. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

His neighborhood was a series of walls surrounding a narrow dirt path that turned into a long and winding road from the main street. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He took me to the main office and translated into Spanish some of the questions the principal asked me. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

As I drew up to it, I was encouraged further to glimpse a Bentley through the open doors of a garage attached to the main house. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I left so fast I was almost running, all the way back down the hall to the main part of the library. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Yes, that is the main thing I’m worried about in here, making sure I can pass the GED. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

As he was so tall, his bald head all but gleaming, it was easy to follow him as he moved along the main street. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

We walk past the meeting room to the main lobby, where I once embraced Caleb. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The barn and cabins need either rebuilding or repair, but the main house made it through the fire. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

A strong wind was blowing by the time the main event, the varsity race, was set to start, and the lake was frothy with whitecaps. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When they turned into the narrow courtyard outside the main entrance of Bayside Press, all the city noise seemed to hush. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Jinjoo could hear them from her house, which was on a side street several blocks from the main thoroughfare. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I press my forehead to the nearest tree trunk, though it scrapes my skin, and fight off tears, Later that morning I walk through light rain to the main greenhouse. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

By the time he turns left in the main area of the office, he’s resolved to this. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

After the main course, Hilly stands behind the podium. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

A few of the main campers took the vehicles and went ahead with the two school prisoners and the body of Minerva. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Me and Dylan rush through the lobby and into the main hall. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Thus, it was a matter of only some five or six streets until we reached the main square on the waterfront, where stood our colors and the Regimental drummer, who resolutely beat our retreat. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

With all the county’s water mains on emergency shutdown, and endless glitches in the computers trying to redirect what water is left, he’s been transporting water manually to high-priority facilities. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

We walk through the doors into the main lobby, the large staircase looming in front of us. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Right, so now J.T.’s mad at me, and I hurt my moms, and now my main girl is hurt, too.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fee, who is my main man, said that I had black skin and white dreams, that all I wanted to do was to get away someplace and be with white people. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stick my head into the main chamber. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And in the main place, there was nothing inside. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, what must be the main reason for the failure of lethal crowd epidemics to arise in the Americas becomes clear when we pause to ask a simple question. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were fifty feet or so in the air, high above a main road busy with traffic. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

While his main love was for chemistry, he believed in a rounded education. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When I peeked out, I saw two guards standing by the main doors. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, my favorite Lego creation in the main room was that enormous green-and-gold dragon that stood twenty feet tall against the back wall. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Reproduction was not the main business of the evening. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I return from the Imperial Library, I find the king's nephew, Prince Alfred, sitting in the main salon, ready for his appointment. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

After the gossip and banging of pots in the kitchen, the main house was eerily silent. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The warrant officer allowed me to accompany Winnie part of the way to the main gate where I was able to watch her, alone and proud, disappear around the comer. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The main room of our apartment was large and sunny and decorated with more braided molding. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

At 10:00 every night, “Taps” was played by a military bugler in the main parade area. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Slowly he collected his map case and his three flak suits and crawled back to the main compartment. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Emma walked out into the main part of the basement and squinted up at the tiny windows. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I stay away from the main hangouts, I hide out in Kyro’s classroom or drag Fiona into Room 402 at lunch, and I focus on important things like schoolwork and walking. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Abbey would be the appetizer and I’d be the main course. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I hurry to slide the main door shut, leaving Crick outside. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

In some upstate towns, the prison is the main event, visually speaking: Clinton’s imposing wall runs along Dannemora’s main street. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other man seemed to be his main assistant. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above the machines, wrapping around the interior of the entire station, was a vast mural that occupied, in four long segments, the upper half of the station’s main walls. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It was a longer walk than I’d expected, and it soon took me off the main road and through some particularly desolate country near Mount Cataract. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The tower was made of wood and housed a large iron smokestack, which vented three boilers located in the main building below. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The main principle is that the interior of the space suit is a cocoon housing the normal world, which you bring with you into the hot area. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was this one part where the main character, who is this architect, is sitting on a boat with his best friend, who is a newspaper tycoon. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then, where the faint path from the House in the Woods meets the main path to the lake, I heard a boy, gasping for breath, pounding this way. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Alex thinks their main shared life experience is probably wishing they could set that quote adrift on the ocean between them and watch it drown. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“My name is Professor Trelawney. You may not have seen me before. I find that descending too often into the hustle and bustle of the main school clouds my Inner Eye.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I moved along with a big crowd of kids, circling the main building and funneling into the wooden walkways that led to the portables. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She left it on the counter in the main office when she left. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I took the last few steps into the main room and was relieved to see that everything else seemed normal. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The cab driver delivered me to an address on Mobile Street, the main street of the Negro quarter. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gordon’s Skill Learning Sequence is based on two main categories of learning: Discrimination and Inference. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

After she limped-tiptoed down the main hallway, she pushed open the double doors into the library. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I walk home alone by the main road so the cars will see me. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Feeling the curious eyes on us, I drew them both off the main path. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He didn’t return to his room, but made his way out of the main palace and across the grounds to the old church that was now the Chrysopoesium. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Her and Jill have been the main students organizing it from our school.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The group of girls whom Vonetta had been winking at were the main cacklers. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a space in the hedge, and here, the trees were different, a separate group of them, inside the main wood. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

This makes Ellis screech and Dad stand outside the main bathroom door and yell, “I’m sorry!” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I wandered down the main corridor, until I found myself in front of the door marked GUIDANCE. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

For the moment, Catherine was painting the rock and the sand beneath Princesse, ignoring the main subject. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

In front of us, a laden family was hiking out toward the main gate. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes of driving, we come to a house with a main entrance and two smaller entrances on each side. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The only way into the forecastle is through a grate on the main deck. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

And so for almost half a stupid year, all the boys were gathered up by sad-faced Mr. Royal and plonked out here in an outbuilding away from the main Noise of the town. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I caught a taxi to the main branch of the Fort Lauderdale li-brary. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Little Comic Con was going to be held in the lobby of the art department main building. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Our main problem, it seemed to me, was that the state had certified us as lion tamers before ever leaving us alone in a cage with a lion. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sweat poured down his back as he entered the main office. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She looked straight into the woman’s face until the woman blinked and turned, running a little to catch up with the guests who were waiting for her at the main door. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The main door was open and I could look right into the parlour. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I should have known that the main Erudite building would be a library. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The trashman used his oar to turn the boat down a canal that led away from the main flow of the river. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I wished I had eyes in the back of my head so I could watch him and Elle at the same time, but the main action was with Stephanie. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

When Bear still didn’t wake, I grew restless and crept out of the room, making my way down the steps to the inn’s main floor. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Usually, full-stop ends come only at the end of the main sections of the music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

In the main, I tried to convey to him some of the 'know-how', as he put it, involved in overseeing large events of the sort we used often to have. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

And Tododaho has remained the title for the alliance’s main speaker. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I retreated to the Corner, plotting revenge and seeking wisdom from my main man, Chicken Man. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But his main claim to fame was that he nationalized Iran's oil industry. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The men immediately spur their horses down the main road of Belle Plain and then into the countryside, knocking on farmhouse doors and questioning the occupants. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

I ran all the way to the main gate, and then I waited a second till I got my breath. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The main floor of the house was divided into five large rooms with high ceilings, all connected by tall double doors. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I drive down the empty, sloped parking lot to the main strip and take the left into town. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I exited the subdivision and turned right onto the main road, slim with Sunday morning traffic. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

It must have survived the crash because the plane’s main body was still intact. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

With my head bowed, we entered the main building and went straight to my tactical officer’s office. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

But the cams at the main gate show something else entirely. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

A rattling: someone at the main gate of the graveyard was pulling and shaking it, rattling the old gates and the heavy padlock and chain that held them. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Of course they were wrong, Inej considered as she crossed the bridge over the black waters of the Beurskanal to the deserted main square that fronted the Exchange. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The sister with the loud voice was leading them toward the main building. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

One system at a time, I cleanly shut them all down, ending with the main computer itself. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The main building was called “the house,” to distinguish it from the cottages. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

After that we were led into the main building and given undershirts, gray felt shirts, breeches, leggings, and felt boots. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I get to the main office, I’ve dried my eyes and my face completely. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I’m entering the school from the back corner that leads out to the football field, but my locker is in the main hall, not far from the principal’s office. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

"That almost certainly. But it hardly affects the issue. Our main preoccupation is this—to save our lives." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I wait in the shadows of a back alley one block from the Los Angeles Central Hospital and watch its staff spill in and out of the main entrance. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The long main street went downhill and then fetched up at the water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, the best friend of the main character.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

One of the main commodities returned on those voyages of centuries ago were travelers’ tales,* stories of alien lands and ex otic creatures that evoked our sense of wonder and stimulated future exploration. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hurry down the main street, which is lined with wooden houses painted white, yellow, blue, and red. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Probably, El Jefe’s car is expected down the main avenue, which means cars will be backed up until his motorcade passes. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The main atrium is more crowded than usual. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

They’d been pushed inward with such force that they’d come off the hinges and were simply propped against the walls of the school’s main corridor. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I was walking down the hallway toward the main verandah to gather fresh flowers to replace the ones in her vases when I heard a knock on the front door. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The main highway from Bolivia Mar to Bolivia itself follows the Osmore Valley, cutting a perfect sectional slice through Peru on the way. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Construction of all the main Sing Sing buildings in use today began in the early twenties: a new Hospital Building, a new Death House, 5-Building, and 7-Building. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we were out past the tanneries onto the main road the troops, the motor trucks, the horse-drawn carts and the guns were in one wide slow-moving column. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The main obstacle for the diffusion process being developed by Urey was its reliance on uranium hexafluoride gas, the detestable “hex,” which lived up to its nickname by severely corroding every permeable barrier Urey tried. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

"The main strength of Lord Tywin's host is well to the south. We are in no danger here." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Biology, his main subject, seemed to be a wild, overgrown garden of a discipline, lacking any systematic organizing principles. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

To get to it, one took a rutted, uphill dirt track that branched off the main road between Herat and Gul Daman. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

They drove through the complex until they arrived at the main offices at the front of the prison. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

We basically spent our six months in that apartment ducking under the five clotheslines that crisscrossed the main room and smelling like we lived in a swamp. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Before she pushed through her school’s main entrance doors, Emily studied the idling vehicles in front. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

We got past the town to the north without seeing any Italians, then after a while came on the main channels of the retreat and walked all night toward the Tagliamento. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay,” I tell her, “we’re traveling a river system. We have to go down this tributary until we reach the main river.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Papa had told Hanako that one of the main purposes of an American consulate was to help and protect Americans in a foreign country. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Matthias’s main concern was to get safely away with the sword. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I see Lazy Larry driving down the hill to the main strip, and I know I need to get to work. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Once the main entrance bottlenecked, people crawled over the windowsills. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“If we can,” said Hermione, looking back toward the door into the main hall, beyond which who knew what was happening. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

With every bang the animals jumped and looked alarmed, but they were not to be distracted from their main business of roaring in each others faces. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I dashed through a dark foyer and into the main hall. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

My job, by comparison, was humdrum: I was posted at the front gate, the main passage into and out of B-block. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I returned to my room in Alexandra, I called to one of the young daughters in the main house. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Germans’ sawmill was always shut at that time of year, and it was hard to reach from all the main roads. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The main room has a bookshelf with pictures of the boy who was my father and the man he became. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

By the main door of the castle, Yellin heard it, and it also frightened him, though he couldn’t imagine what it was either. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The Congress of the People represented one of the two main currents of thought operating within the organization. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, Maria’s main purpose in Surinam was recording insects, and the sheer number of them was staggering. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A platoon of large passenger tricycles wheels migrants from the bus stop to the riverbank, swerving along the main, rutted, dirt road to avoid pigs and trash burning in the middle of the street. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

This 'dining hall' where I now sit, however, is a modem annexe built to adjoin the main building - a long, flat room characterized by rows of large windows on either side. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The less elegant crowded through the main entrance and into a kind of courtyard. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I dropped off the windowsill like I’d been shoved, crawled across the floorboards, and switched off the main light. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mr. Herd is up and moving, pulling down the shades for the windows that line the wall between the library and the main hallway. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Mom says I have an attraction to dangerous smells, her main example being the fact that I love to stand in a warm cloud of dry- cleaner exhaust and take deep breaths. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

But Robert was nearly fourteen, and the thought of the boy being sent to this never-ending war in Vietnam was one of Ellsberg’s main motivations. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Then, as they're serving the main course, I hear Haymitch say, "Okay, enough small talk, just how bad were you today?" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

By then they were miles south of the main party. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

From this angle, they could only monitor the trailer’s two main exits. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

And besides, as he and I were sitting there, I saw Freddie walking up the street, coming from the main campus. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Soon they rounded another corner of the main body of flames, and this time Alec veered to the right, heading away from the fire. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I meandered down the marble hallway and out the main courthouse doors. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“But what does a Ministry of Magic doV “Well, their main job is to keep it from the Muggles that there’s still witches an’ wizards up an’ down the country.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

We’re on our hands and knees, scrubbing the marble floor in the rear of the main building. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She turned off the highway and arrived at the main gate of the base. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time she paused by the grove of pine trees to observe the traffic on the main road. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then we walk briskly up to the corner and onto the main road. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

My mother was found, later that day, down in the cellar of the main house. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Before we arrived from Arkansas, an incident took place that left the main actors in jail and in the hospital. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

So what do you think of the main character, Matt Pin? Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The main room is the taproom, with a huge stone fireplace, and barrels full of beer and whiskey and cider. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen dracaenae suddenly broke away from the main fight and slithered down the path that led toward camp, like they knew where they were going. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She never came over this early, and never to the main house either. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Once well out of Hampden, we turned off the main highway and onto a stretch of gravel road that I had never seen. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She envisioned a chain of Yankee Doodle bakeries stretching across America to St. Louis, Dallas, Los Angeles, her apple pies and cupcakes on main streets and in suburban shopping malls everywhere. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Esperanza’s house wasn’t far from the main drag, but he was glad she’d chosen a neutral location for them to meet at. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

After more fruitless searching, they headed back to the main path. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Nervously, Guiteau paced up and down the main waiting room, "working myself up,” he later said, "as I knew the hour was at hand.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Our main job is to make the dead body and the coffin. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

From our condo, Jeremy’s house is about five minutes away: walk down one straight, main road, turn left and then right, onto a quiet, leafy street. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

But she didn’t know which routes Pearl might take from class to class—would she take the main stairwell, with its crush of students, or the back one that led down to the English wing? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Shawn designed and welded the main frame—the massive beams that formed the skeleton of the building. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Singer walked along the main street for about an hour. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She was on the porch wringing out Henry’s work clothes when she heard a truck turn off of the main road and onto the dirt road that led only to the Humble houses. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“A human brain weighs about three pounds, and it has three main parts,” he whispers. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

His heart skipped a beat when a boy unexpectedly appeared around a corner up ahead, entering the main passage from one of the offshoots to the right, running toward him and the Glade. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He was aware of alarms ringing, guards running toward him, and two cars, still some distance away, tearing up the main drive, heading for the house. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He saw three gates during his wanderings—the main entrance with its gatehouse, a postern by the kennels, and a garden gate hidden behind a tangle of pale ivy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At the time he wrote these words, he was holding down a full-time job, flipping Quarter Pounders at a McDonald’s on the main drag, commuting to work on a bicycle. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned off the main road when he saw the tree with the tire around its trunk. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

From each side street hordes of little ragamuffins emerged to swell the main tide. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when the subject of the main clause is the dummy element it or there, the reader glides right over it, and it poses no danger of attracting a dangler. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He frowned at me as he pulled the main in a bit and tightened the jib. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

It was a whipping movement, an abrupt snap, and in a looping, swinging motion the Frog slipped back around and up and took the main force of the pressure wave from the tanker bow-on. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The new information did not appear in the main text, only in a footnote, and only in the very last edition printed. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

The medical team’s main concerns — damage to my spinal cord, airway, veins, and arteries — have been allayed. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The main dirt road—surprisingly called Main Street—that runs through Stagecoach Pass winds a corner after the shooting gallery, and there stands a theater that shows old black-and-white westerns all day long. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I guess we should go to the main office,” Levi suggests. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She walked along the hall and down the stairs to the main floor. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

But this was my main chance, the only one. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They had finished eating the main meal and she was enjoying a turtle-shaped cake filled with sweet and soft red bean paste, a taste not known to her before. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Dylan and I race out of the auditorium and down the main hall of the Department of Supernatural Investigations to the elevators. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The main street must be nearby, Cora thought, funneling the town. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She could almost hear her father’s angry roar echoing through the main room, the chorus of wailing ghosts on the balconies. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever been inside the main house?” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was small; once she had come onto the main street she could see the corner at the end with the gas station and the church. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You and your expert may have a five-minute video chat on my computer terminal, which is located behind the main desk.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Kenny was standing in the smaller room that led off the main one. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as they entered the main room of the Mud House, Ampai was swarmed by people. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

There’s nothing like a business in which your main product wilts by sundown. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

After my last class, I went back to the main office and told the secretary that Mr. Samupindi had given me permission to use the computer. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Finally, it was time to get to work painting the main backdrop for the play. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I am to go home for the rest of the summer—although it’s no longer the home I’ve always known as Mama is building a new house on the main road. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a place near the end of the book where the main kid is picked up by some older gentleman. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“That was the main course,” said the lieutenant. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the woman reaches up to her cheek, the boy breaks free, pushes against anyone standing in his way, and starts running back toward the main gate, where the buses entered. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Stepping down from his horse, Lincoln walks through the main gate of the house Grant has chosen for their meeting. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

On wet days we wait for the bell in the main hall instead of the playground. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

"I'm truly sorry. But the main thing is, you want her out as soon as possible, don't you?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

A few blocks over is Grand Concourse, the borough’s main thoroughfare. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The main part of the basement is lined with hard brown foldout chairs already filled with people. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

They were going to design a new main store and redesign every single one of the chain stores—and there were plenty of them, one in almost every town on Long Island. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z