Bacchus making it into a game was something else. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I was never happy at Thurmond, but it was bearable because Sam was there to make it that way. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I felt that my saying it made it true, that Mr. Pirzada’s daughters really were missing, and that he would never see them again. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Annie often climbed into Charles’s lap or stood behind him and arranged his hair, making it “beautiful,” for half an hour at a time. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Money like that made it easy to run rings around law enforcement. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Pat up the back a her hair, trying to make it puffy. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But the way he rolled his eyes, it made it seem like maybe he didn’t really think I was a smart guy at all. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

"A strong castle, and well garrisoned, but His Grace shall have it, if I must kill every living soul within to make it so." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m not bringing it to you, sir. I’m only displaying it. My baba made it for me, and I can sit easily for hours on it to study. Have a look.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Simeon stuck the paper worm into the MoonPie, making it a wick. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Then you drew energy from your source to make it happen. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“If I’d made it sound more frightening, would you have chosen to simply let Miss Peregrine’s humanity expire?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

And he worked hard to make it irrefutable. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A number of papers together made it impossible to read with interest. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

To make it, she cut out two small ovals of bright red wool. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father made it clear we were completely self-reliant but appreciated their kindness all the same. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to thank the parents for organizing this meeting and for encouraging me to say a few words about the school mascot. My friend Stephanie Bergner couldn’t make it tonight.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

But moments like this made it hard not to be. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“It does, doesn’t it? Reflect what isn’t here. Add the water, Ben. Water makes it clean, special.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

He fought his way to freedom, and made it back to the bur oak tree. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He always wanted to protect them, make it better. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Sleep like a blobfish. Eyes open, mouth puckered. Sarah will be thrilled, if you guys make it that far.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t. I had my mother make it.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I was happy that she’d made it to the Taj Mahal to watch the sunrise with her mom. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

They were steps from the Long Walkway, but how would they ever make it all the way back? When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

"Give my mother my best when you make it back, will you?" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Maya could hear her voice but not her words, which made it hard to tell if she was slurring or not. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

How many are not going to make it? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had made it a point to learn all he could of the men around the king. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When the little kid left with his string good as new, she said, “Jeffrey, if I knew some way that would make it okay for you to stay, would you?” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

My lungs burning, I bang on the door, praying I’ve made it in time. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe that might have made it easier for those that followed. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t even let myself think about not making it, about failing to prove up. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Somehow the cold lake water actually made it worse, sharpened it. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Having an eye patch actually makes it easier to look through a camera — I don’t have to close one eye like everyone else.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Albert squinted at Joseph in a manner that made it clear Joseph should be quiet. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Chandler was a brawler and bully, the local terror decent people crossed the street to avoid even when the rain made it a stew of mud. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She would make it true if she must; Robb would listen to her, even if his lords would not. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

By being careful with the gas, I made it last most of the winter; then I cooked on the fireplace, which is a lot of trouble because it gets the pans so dirty. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mostly I keep my hands on her, make it known to the world that she’s with me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Tomorrow,” he told us at dinner, "I’m going to make a cement bird bath. All those who want to watch me should come home right after school, and we’ll make it in the late afternoon.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

To make it worse, I have no idea how this Free Lunch Program thing works. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

All during the fiesta you had the feeling, even when it was quiet, that you had to shout any remark to make it heard. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Saying it out loud makes it worse, makes it real. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

If war damage made it impossible for a city's inhabitants to keep up, they would be in trouble; island dwellers who wreck their homes have no place to move. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

And then before I know what I’m doing, I say: “I’ll make it quick and come over right after, okay?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

But we knew we had no choice, we had to make it across the clearing because, as young boys, the risk of staying in town was greater for us than trying to escape. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The roar of the wind made it impossible to communicate from one tent to the next. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I'll make it with the right amount of sugar next time.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I don’t even make it to my bed. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“We have come too far to turn back now, Meera. We would never make it back to the Wall alive. We go with Bran’s monster, or we die.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

California had had a rowing team since 1868, making it one of the oldest crew programs in the country. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She did not have to wait long for it to begin; in fact, she had barely made it through the task of giving the children the day’s spelling words before the summons came. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Ophie and her mother were kept there so late in the day that they took to eating supper at Daffodil Manor, making it home when it was nearly time for bed. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He asked Linda; but even when she could answer it didn’t seem to make it very clear. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama had made it for her when she was six. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They had come to let us know they had made it, and to make sure we had likewise. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I created the chat room, so I made it up,” Jen said. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

One year, Walter got lost on the trip to New York, and he called to tell me that he couldn’t make it. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The historical record makes it perfectly clear, to be sure, that Jefferson was orchestrating the campaign of vilification, which had its chief base of operations in Virginia and its headquarters at Monticello. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Hasn’t the news about freedom of the press made it to Chokecherry, Colorado?” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Now it is me, frozen, and Lily, waiting, wondering if anything I said made it through to her. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

No one told me, but I guess Mrs. Little had let go of her job delivering food because she didn’t make it out to the wagon anymore. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sighed loudly, and Ivy could tell she’d done something wrong, but she didn’t know how to make it better. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

This was going to make it all official. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His breakfast companion had packed up the morning's breakfast—fire, pans and all—and made it vanish into his pack. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Because no one’s ever made it . . .” He trailed off, and Thomas knew what he was thinking. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

A ray of winter sunshine fell on the fishbowl, making it so warm that Ralph began to pant. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

If I can make it to those lights, he thought at night as he watched the nearest suburb five miles away, I can call the police. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

But I can make it up to Jason on Tuesday. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell my dogs were crowding him, and wondered if he’d make it to the water. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, he’s not attending the class, from what I understand, which can make it very difficult to learn the language.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t heard it in so long, I couldn’t even tell if it was his or if I was making it up. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“You make it sound like a good place to settle,” Adam said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“So now that they’ve established that there was a danger,” Moss said, following his mother’s logic, “it makes it seem like the metal detectors were justified.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

This placeholder mark made it easy to tell which position a symbol was in. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She was sitting straight up in her seat, looking as pleased with herself as a motorcycle rider who’s just made it over fourteen trucks. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Milkman’s feet hurt him so, he could have cried, but he made it to the diner/bus station and looked for the man behind the counter. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one was going to kill me just for saying that I wanted to sing, but I made it seem that way with my cowardliness. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

And they objected to making discrimination against women part of the Constitution, fearful that it would make it more difficult for women to establish their rights at a later date. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Well, maybe we can do some things to make it less boring for you. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Somehow he made it to the median alive. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

As he pulls off of Pacific Coast Highway, the plant wavers before him like an ugly industrial mirage, asphalt heat making it shimmer before him. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“If I could push the world back all those miles with my bare hands and make it change direction, I would do that, Julia.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

We can make it a group hangout with Dylan and Samantha too. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

You can't tell the truth without talking, so I'm telling her the whole story, trying to make it funny, trying to make it grander than any MDC concert could ever be. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gross used to put decorations in her hand and try to make it easy for her to join the activity, but it was like helping a store mannequin. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The ocean was like a mirror, which made it hard to see the bottom, even with polarized sunglasses. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Why did I make it out when they didn’t?” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“My dad made it!” said Sierra, waving at a man smiling proudly in the crowd. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Let’s work through a simple text in which the author makes it easy. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Too bad it hasn’t made it easier for me to jump over the hurdles. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

This scared piece of me gnaws at my stomach, makes it burn so badly that sometimes I can’t even eat; sometimes I double over, gasping in pain. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know whether that makes it harder or easier. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Yes, the hockey players who make it to the professional level are more talented than you or me. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The inclined edge, the part that made it such a good ramp, must’ve been weakened since they last used it. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Her brown hair was short and straight, uneven around the edges as if maybe she had cut it herself and hadn’t tried too hard to make it come out right. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

They’d barely made it out alive, and already they were headed right back into the thick of it all: the docks. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Axel could feel the hurt coming off his father, so he said just what he thought might make it better. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Some distant, rational part of my mind thought: of course, to make it volatile. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then I said ’em, I said those words that made it so the lesson ’bout familiarity and contempt’ll be fixed in my mind for’s long as I live, even if that’s to fifty. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The bumps and sway in the van are making it tough. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“We make it smell good, you know? That’s the important thing, the smell. You can sell anything if it smells right.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d almost made it all the way to the elevator when I saw his mom standing in a corner of the Literal Heart. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Cody and I are the only ones who make it through without tripping. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“No, no, no. If you’re going to dress a book up like a sourdough loaf, you need to make it look more convincing than that. Hold on.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Better yet, if we can make it to the first ledge, there’s a cascading trail. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Richardson, however, was far less certain than the news stories made it sound. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As soon as their host threw the bolts, the cow monsters bellowed and slammed into the door, making it shudder on its hinges. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Time to fake it till you make it. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When she comes back, she holds a towel to her front, the way I’ve seen Mother do after she vomits, when she doesn’t make it to her toilet in time. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Leo jiggled the manikin’s head, making it nod like it was agreeing with him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He just plain had a lot of pepper, and he’d made it clear that he thought he belonged in the first boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

By the time we made it back to Maxwell Street, night had fallen. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

This, he wrote, made it more important than ever to provide a counterbalance of “dense, broad, luxuriant green bodies of foliage.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“What makes it so difficult was the fact of your husband identifying that first body, over a year ago,” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He promises he will keep working as long and as hard as he can, and someday, someday—he will make it up to him. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The Army also endorsed eugenics, making it part of the official curriculum for Army officers. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I think about Devon and how he would show it to all the Scouts and tell everyone how we made it and how we used it to find Closure. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But since Daddy died four months ago, nothing fits and nothing rhymes, no matter how hard I try to make it. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The idea was sound but he couldn’t make it work. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The drummer was banging his biggest kettledrum to make it sound like a rumbling cannon. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

And, under it all, and this made it hard for him, he did not want to make believe that it was solved, make believe that he was happy when he was not. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And then he made up his mind, and made it up firmly. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was a curious play of light and shadow in their faces that made it difficult to understand their expressions. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

If I can get back inside the black tunnel, where the security bots can’t go, I can make it out of here with my items intact. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He is finally making it as an artist! Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He didn’t mention that he’d already made it to level fifty-three. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He’d expected it, of course, but that made it no easier to hear. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He almost made it back to the chopper with the wounded man cradled in his arms. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Did a woman kill him and did she deliberately drop a pipe cleaner to make it look like a man’s work? Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The curse didn’t even make it into the castle. Not what you’d call foolproof.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“If going vroom makes the car go forward, maybe saying vroom backwards would make it back up. Moorv.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

I slash a highway across the center of the page and make it meet with another in a beautiful spaghetti interchange. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Often, he would try to keep his mind from worrying about failing Kainene that night; his body was still so unreliable and he had discovered that thinking about failure made it more likely to happen. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Ray had made it up to punish me? The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

So April took some time to make it a real visit before she started her own work. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two had a correspondence in the 1670s, making it very difficult to establish how they influenced each other. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

"He makes it sound like the hood of a cobra fluttering . . . I don't know . . . I don't know . . ." "We'll have to watch him now," I said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

These structures were mixed in among buildings that dated back to the American Revolution, most notably Paul Revere’s house, a dwelling that was already almost one hundred years old when Revere made it his home. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Still, in an effort to avoid suspicion, the White Sox made it close, and in the end lost the series five games to four. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

His rough accent made it hard for me to tell if he was rebuking the older student, but his dark Cealdish face showed definite reproach. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I say to Finch, “Don’t make it worse.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Which made it especially good to have a stone statue of one. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The exciting new boat made it possible for us to go much farther afield, and every day we would travel far out into the fjord, hunting for a different island. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just when we were about to leave that idea alone, someone said, “That would make it even better because that’s where the Freedom Riders started their mission.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She was spreading a quilt on the old sofa, making it into a bed for Winnie. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have the new Hideout now, but what makes it great isn’t that it’s bigger and can fit a couch. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t care if I ever really made it to Mexico. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

We thought we’d probably get caught, but if we made it back before the lights went on, there was still a chance we might not. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Hall had made it very clear that I was to climb no higher until the whole group had gathered at this balconylike roost, so I sat down on my pack to wait. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was near Phoenix’s business district, which made it a perfect place for Mom to start an art studio. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But he didn't think he had the strength to go down, let alone make it back up again. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

‘He did not make it up,’ said Strider. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Nothing too personal or too bright or too different that might make it stand out in any way. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

They gave me hope that I could make it. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

There was usually a union meeting on Saturday morning, so I knew he had to hustle to make it to the Cape on time. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“He didn’t even make it to the ambulance.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Well . . . making it look like he knows everything and we don’t. Ron snarled. Father’s always associated with the top people at the Ministry.’ Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

This alone makes it extremely anomalous; it means that our planetary system consists of four rocky inner planets, four gassy outer giants, and a tiny, solitary iceball. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

In every radio or television appearance, in every newspaper interview, I always made it crystal clear that I was Mr. Muhammad’s representative. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, if they’d had me as a room designer, I would have made it lots more cheerful. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

It was necessary to pare down faith to a set of core beliefs in order to make it defensible. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I make it to the front without tripping, and smile big when they take a picture of me and Mrs. Priest with the award. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I actually start to worry about Boy21, because the expression on his face makes it looks like he’s about to cry. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked way too young to be in high school, and her clothes just made it worse. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

His allowance barely made it possible for him to take her to the movies and for a Coke afterward. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I tell her about tube lady in the bed next to my mom's, she starts laughing and tells me I'm making it up. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even more than that, he would get a ticket out of Texas and maybe make it to a big team like St. Louis. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet it appears that he chose to make it evolve in a very regular way according to certain laws. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

To make it fancier, she also had hung a cracked oval mirror on a nearby branch. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, to its intense gratification, Pennsylvania had also discovered oil—not only discovered it but devised ways to make it industrially useful. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“There is no way a group of foreigners is going to make it to the White Island.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I stayed right at the front of the pack, and I was completely drenched by the time I made it back to the locker room. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Hey, I’m not the one with the secret passage. Who do you think made it?” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn't exactly surprised by what I saw when we reached the corner of Siegel, but that didn't make it any easier to take. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The seals and penguins might not last, and even if they made it to summer, whaling ships rarely came anywhere near Elephant Island: no one knew to look for them there. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

It introduced the index as a ready route to the location of information on specific texts, to make it easier to set one authority against another. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“This makes it real? If it was real, whoever ate it would still be alive to tell you so.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The first New Year’s Eve I can remember making it to midnight was when I was eleven. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He had been very content, making it by himself. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

She promised Belky she would try to make it back to Honduras for the big event somehow. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Sookie nearly wiped out in the rocks, but when he finally made it over, he put his hand out. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He had it in his head that he wasn’t going to make it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Did Sandy make it all the way here, to New Orleans? King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Despite the flicker of hope that lifted their spirits, they were still worried that not everyone was going to make it out alive, especially Roosevelt. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

The windows are steamy from so much body heat, and everyone is clogging the doors and hallways, making it almost impossible to get through. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Like, Okay, you haven’t been the best dad, but here you are now and you’re trying to make it up to me because I’m your flesh and blood and because I love you. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I knew I needed to warm up, but my body was too fatigued to make it through my normal routine. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Morning light glinted off its shiny white fur and made it glow. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“I made it for you,” she tells me. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I plan on jumping right out of that window and racing to Sandy’s house as fast as I can, but before I even make it to my bed, the door opens after me. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

She gave a sharp slap to a spiky, dark red plant as she spoke, making it draw in the long feelers that had been inching sneakily over her shoulder. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He doubted it was anything, but the fact that there was something in the middle of all this nothing made it hard for him to pass up. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“A lot of people got hurt. Some didn’t make it. Billy Pogo’s unnatural luck saved him, but he lost both his parents. He’s not coming back to the Bureau this summer.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Something about the bra and the opened white shirt makes it look inappropriate, but Charlise is known for walking around the hood in just a sports bra, basketball shorts, and her Adidas sandals. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

That makes it easy not to care too much about a baby’s tears. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Liyana didn’t know how to make it sound sweeter, so she just blurted it out. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

After all, if most people saw her as ordinary, it made it easier to keep her secrets. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I never did make it back up to Mrs. Maxy’s class for math drills like I wanted to, and when school was out I walked home. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I came to wish you luck, my boy. But I make it a point never to visit Olympus unless I am summoned.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Mark set off after him, knowing they had to make it to the other side of the inferno before it got too big—they had to get to Trina and Deedee and Lana. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I think about going to the lake, but I’m so weak that I barely make it to my meeting place with Gale. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Each time, the sheet was lifted only high enough to expose the area we were washing, making it feel as though there wasn’t a whole person beneath the linen, just a puzzle of disembodied parts. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Kaz dispatched two of them to keep an eye on Big Bol and to make sure that if he made it to his feet, he left the city. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I strung pink and orange and yellow crepe paper in the trees to make it look fancy. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I got the bike into the house and barely made it to my bed before collapsing. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think it would help, to know where she was going. I think that would make it worse for us. Just a gut feeling.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I shuddered at the thought of what the students would say or do to her if she made it. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She goes right on, talking about their firstborn son, and how they never made it to the hospital—they had Khalid right there in the car, in the middle of the road. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The inspector asks him if he wants to change it to make it easier to pronounce. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

But we made it safely across and spent the night on the riverbank there. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She celebrated her sixty-fifth birthday last year and rarely makes it up because of her bum knee and her weak heart. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Sagan’s dimmer light makes it harder for me to see than the bright white lights on the ship. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Her decline had been so swift that he hadn’t made it there to say good-bye. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The upside was that because she’d been so worried about being late, Dimple had driven ten above the speed limit the entire time, refused to stop for breaks, and made it early. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Whatever. Okay. It’s not like it’s going to make it worse.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“They made it impossible for him to play. Every day, they found another way to mess with him. Then one Friday after school, they locked him in the storage closet.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

But I know I won’t bore Humble, and if I don’t bore her either, that would make it like a major victory. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’d like to make it to the top of that hill before we set camp tonight.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Rue set up the fire but never made it back here. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I tap one end of the candy bar, making it teeter-totter on my knee. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

In 2006, Alabama passed a law that made it a felony to expose a child to a “dangerous environment” in which the child could encounter drugs. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I am so, so sorry, and I will never be able to make it up to you.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

But then, it would probably have been impossible to talk her out of a dress that made it so difficult to walk. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Even after they'd been married and had their own families and often couldn't make it for other occasions, the four daughters always came home for their father's birthday. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

When she was eighteen, she got into a bus accident that broke her spine, crushed her right leg and foot, and made it impossible for her to have babies. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Yet, my spirit knows...going to court isn’t going to make it any better. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Clifton's voice came to me as he spieled his directions for making it dance, and I held it by the feet and stretched its neck, seeing it crumple and slide forward. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing what was happening had somehow made it worse, as if the rubber was fusing with her flesh. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I agree only because there’s a zero percent chance I’ll make it home before dinner. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Mark braced himself, sure that the intruders would make it to him before the thing sealed completely. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

When they stopped for supplies, Boseman was distracted by a funeral procession rounding the corner and she made it a couple of yards before a boy tripped her. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She had made it on a spool which had four nails driven into the top. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We look for mountains in the clouds to make it all seem like it’s worth it, like it means something. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“They fall into the water and get dragged under the ice, or they make it out and freeze to death.” Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

The ease at which Isobel accepts it makes it feel more real. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He pushed the blazing ivy pot to the other end of the table, closer to the piles of books and mail, making it even more difficult for them to see each other. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

It took about ten or fifteen real, decent jumps for one to make it to the other shoulder, where they disappeared into the thicket of tall grass edging the road. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Her love for her daughter now literally made it hard to breathe. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

And when we don’t make it, who is everybody going to blame? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Once we made it over the creek and ran through the pines, Vonetta was galloping to the house looking for Miss Trotter. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“She didn’t make it up herself,” James said at lunch. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I had planned my arrival at school so that I barely had time to make it to class. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I have to talk out loud just to make it go away. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Said it would be a marriage in name only. I’d just be his housekeeper. He made it clear he didn’t love me or anything, and said of course I didn’t love him. ‘ Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

What makes it a great deal more difficult to imagine is that everything which human beings would consider to be above the water level was fringed with all the colours of the spectrum. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wished he didn’t have to, but there was no food in the house and if they were going to make it through the weekend, they needed every can they could get. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He gave me a tight-mouthed look, making it clear that he was disappointed by my lack of originality while at the same time revealing himself asa master spotter of prescription junkies. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The blade was shorter than Longclaw but made of common steel, which made it heavier. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And then I think that if someone hung a sign on me that said anything, having that sign there wouldn’t make it so. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I lurch my way toward the riverbank, using tree trunks to keep me upright, till I make it to the dock. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

By day’s end, everyone had made it back to the camp on the beach. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I had recently done interviews with the TV news channels Dawn and Khyber News about girls’ education, and although I had been nervous, I had made it through. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It’s to illustrate, via a peek into my stream of consciousness, the habit of lingering over good writing wherever you find it and reflecting on what makes it good. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Their five-year age difference made it easier for Ophelia to accept him as her teacher, but Farmer knew so much that age hardly mattered. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Like when Callie jumped into the pool and made it all the way to the other side by herself. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

His voice sounded sympathetic, kind, in spite of some perverse attempt to make it sound matter-of-fact. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Even with a mommet and a hot fire for energy, I didn’t know if I could make it through the scales to hurt the thing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“With any luck, we both might make it Though I wouldn’t mind a face-lift Ready?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

We had almost made it to the tree line when the screen creaked behind us. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He had to know more or he wouldn’t make it. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She made it to the bottom of the stone steps and edged back in the open chamber, her heart thumping. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Lord have mercy—” “I couldn’t make it to the back door. The yard’s so thick with mud I couldn’t get through.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Even though Coach Mustilli told me he believed I had what it took to make it all the way to the Olympics, my path to becoming a world-class athlete didn’t suddenly materialize. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

There was something about my face, apparently, that made it so people never really knew where to place me on the map. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“He looked at his watch. “You might make it. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

But this time she made it blue, since she was using her blue pencil. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I assume Mr. Janssen made it, like he made all the things in their house. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

By ten o’clock, we were all exhausted and craving our beds but determined to make it to the magic hour. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Eventually, sighting on the small cluster of garish mercury vapor lamps in town, Herbie made it to Rael’s store, and from there he knew the way home. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

That makes it the leading cause of history’s broadest pattern. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

My heart starts beating fast, making it hard to breathe and speak at the same time. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Grab hold and make it tight. I’ll do Potter!” said Greyback, seizing a fistful of Harry’s hair; Harry could feel his long yellow nails scratching his scalp. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

This made it possible to send cells around the world using the already-standardized method for shipping frozen foods and frozen sperm for breeding cattle. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I tried to make it sound like it was nothing, but it is something—I know that. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Whenever I met any of my erstwhile comrades, they refused to acknowledge my existence in accordance with a party principle that made it imperative that all “traitors be isolated from the working class.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made it look extra-interesting and complicated, which made me seem smart. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I narrowed the question, made it academic, specific. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

So why did Ms. Morales make it sound like we moved from an entirely different place? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

They knew how significant it was that another one of us had made it; it was like one more step toward diversifying fencing. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“I could make it easier right now,” I says. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

What happens to Book Scavenger if Mr. G doesn’t make it? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It was just as in so many civil rights organizations, he mused: the flamboyant male leaders make the speeches while the workaday women, most of them as plain as bread, make it happen. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’m so pleased so many of you could make it. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

“It’s just a pipe? Aren’t they going to, you know, make it look like a leg?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Then she looked at the long tracks of dust 011 the floor that made it look as if Jones had plowed rather than mopped it. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey, listen to me. Just one more day, yes? You can make it one more day, and then you can sleep tonight, and start tomorrow fresh. You just have to keep walking.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

So now I make it a point to spend time with her. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

No doubt the Outside Dogs thought Ajax lived the life of a pampered lapdog once he made it through the magic door. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Other critical details have been censored in the memos, making it unclear who was offering her the job and exactly what it entailed. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

From all over the world come reports that make it clear we are in a serious predicament. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I chase after the thing until it boinks against the scrawny tree trunk and I bring it back to him and he winds it up again and makes it fly. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

When it will be time to make it known. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Holy hell, I'm really going to make it! The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

People still remark about how extraordinary it was to have four sixth graders make it to the finals. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The bell for World History rings and I barely make it through the door before Miss Rubio shuts it behind me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It’s kind of sad, but I guess some way or another we both made it. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

That howl, the Director made it plain, discouraged the earliest investigators. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just knew that I was lonely, and I wanted to make it so that when I got with someone, I’d have some idea what to do. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

"Playing the game?" he asked, trying to figure out how to make it less awkward. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

He was an honest man, and well-off as things were reckoned in Bree; but thirty silver pennies was a sore blow to him, and being cheated by Bill Ferny made it harder to bear. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Fern’s fists never made it to a ball. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he made it through, the Berg’s momentum and the rope jerking him from the tree’s clutches. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

That made it easy to line them up correctly and spot the patterns they needed. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Hence writing brings power to modern societies, by making it possible to transmit knowledge with far greater accuracy and in far greater quantity and detail, from more distant lands and more remote times. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

And she hadn't made it up, the other errand she had mentioned. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I might have plans. How about making it thirty bucks instead?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I feel horrible for taking something really strange and emotional from her life and making it even weirder. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

His opponent was shorter and thicker, built like an ox, with a low jutting brow and broad cheeks, and he hacked and battered at his door, making it shudder and jump under his sword. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

We have to make it look as if Willard Hughes really wrote it. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

If Tariq wasn't, then he's still the guy I thought he was, but it makes it that much more likely that I'm gonna cave, now that he's gone. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

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

Jeanine made it sound like there was no one left in the Dauntless compound except the soldiers she sent back to guard the computers. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But Saul had a jagged cut over his eye and the blood pouring from it made it hard to see. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peralta soon found that supporting a family made it harder to save money. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

But I don’t think that makes it wrong. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I can’t go back to them yet, not until I earn it. Not until I make it right.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Maybe they could make it out of here alive. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A dressmaker had made it, in the East, in the place where Ma came from when she married Pa and moved out west to the Big Woods in Wisconsin. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Germans even made it a rule: Every flat must hold at least four families. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I made it through three entire drags before I felt nauseous and dizzy and only semipleasantly buzzed. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Bless the Lord, just trying to make it in.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He received the small cake from the children with good cheer, but made it clear he was anxious to get back to his papers. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I’m going to make it up to you when I see you again. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

We all make it into the cafeteria, which is somehow quieter than the library, maybe because of the teachers patrolling the edges of the room. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“It’s only your imagination makes it different. But that’s all right,” he added magnanimously, “as long as it makes you feel so happy.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I knew if I told Mom or Dad about it, I’d end up with hearing aids—and I was hoping I could make it through the fifth grade without having that happen. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“You’re not going to make it too loopy and fancy, are you? I don’t want a bunch of lace or anything around my head.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I insist,” Sis replies in a way that makes it clear her offer cannot be refused. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

With my speed, I knew that once I made it through the hole, no one on earth could catch me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

My facial deformities didn’t present an ongoing danger to my physical health, but the doctors were concerned that they might make it hard for me to make friends. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

What Lee was having trouble comprehending was how his indebtedness to Doc made it necessary that he give credit to Mack. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny had a mother that was a hype, and that made it real hard to connect with him. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing to do: Screaming made it worse. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

O Lord, he said to himself, make it be a battle. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I could never make it more than a quarter of the way up, but it didn’t take long before Fang could shimmy to the top. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Most of us couldn’t like the Mexican girl on account of Miranda not liking her, which made it downright dangerous, socially speaking. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And his best chance of making it is while he over here. His tour is up the fifteenth day of March.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pick it up, push at it to make it go back into shape. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

What if they did make it all up?I want to erase that, but I won’t. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I ask, almost wishing she don’t make it to the top floor. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I almost didn’t make it at all. And when I did, it was ages after my birthday. That’s why they suspected me.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He says it with a wink that makes it abundantly clear that he's being unseemly. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“It makes it sound as if the ceiling is low.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Everybody was all dressed up, because it was Sunday, and that made it worse. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

And if we don’t make it to the settlement quickly... The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Many of us had been living under severe restrictions, making it illegal for us to meet and talk. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She never went to a school with boys, and yes, boys make school really, really annoying sometimes, but they also can make it pretty fun. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

But nobody put anything on the seat of Logan’s wagon to make it ride glorious on the way to his house. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The Senate made it clear that if he did not move boldly against the Red menace, he faced the possibility of being removed from office. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I made it to the fields of a nearby farm. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“My father made it as a gift for my mother.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As for Sarai, she didn’t just want to make it easier. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Since only two teams went to the playoffs, there was now the distinct possibility of Permian’s not making it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made it back to the boards I’d dropped, trying not to let my tears spill over. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bob lumbered along at a fast pace, even for a Titan, which made it almost impossible for Annabeth to keep up. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“But if they do exist, they’re livestock, as you say. That makes it possible for them to be slaughtered like chickens or cattle.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many low-income teenagers know few people who have made it through college. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Even they disappeared, though, when the black clouds made it directly over us and the sky opened up and poured rain and thundered so loud it made us three jump a little every time. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He tried out for the team every year, and although he never made it, the coaches admired his courage and spirit. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hopefully it won’t have to for very long. I just need a distraction so we can make it to that window.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“You will make it possible” was the order. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Your goldfish didn’t make it, Melody. I don’t get it. Why would you do that to the poor little fish? He was happy in his little world.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The paper wasn't lined, which made it more difficult, but Zero's A wasn't bad, just a little big. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I pass between the Peacekeepers and make it to the table all right. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I make it my goal to practice on my Casio every single day this week, either at Mom’s house or at Waffle House. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

As you know, son, jest believin’ we go’n live forever in the next world don’t make it so—or not so.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Even if they stopped to make new canoes, he didn’t believe anyone would make it out alive. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“He is famous for it. My dad...He always grew extra mint, for Babou to use when he made it.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The boy shooked his spear at the slingshot lady, but ’stead of being angry, the look on his face made it seem he was afeared. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The iron would split it open with a wide gash, and blood would darken the white spot and make it the color of the man’s sunburned face. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a wider brush she splashed blue across the pond, making it sparkle like the one on the back of Father’s rickshaw. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was too bad she hadn’t made it clear that day at the store that Grandpa deeded her the furniture, too. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Anonymously written, the story charged that Woolf admitted he had been told not to win by too much, to “make it look close” and “make a race of it.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I don’t get why that makes it a less valid profession than his. Anyway, what do your parents do?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And I know that he’s going to make it. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Connelly hadn’t informed James about Michael’s loss as his employer never bothered over routine fluctuations in the hands, but Terrance’s curiosity had made it a problem. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The Twenty-Sixth Street beach was fully equipped with suits, towels, and lockers available at no charge; the beach manager proudly stated that he was looking to make it “the bathing point of the south side.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Without this accident, I bet Danielle never would have made it over to Anna’s house. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I hope he made it in his new home. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We had to scramble, but we made it. The city manager was able to pull some strings for us.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It dawned upon me that they were trying to treat me as an equal, which made it even more impossible for me ever to tell them that I had lied, why I had lied. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

With that, and leaning heavily on my shoulder, he made it to the porch and into the chair. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Joseph and I shoveled by the house and the barns, and shoveled and shoveled and shoveled, and we had to throw the snow higher and higher to make it over the drifts. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Understands what? That we’re as different as they are? Is that supposed to make it okay?” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fear began to ebb away as abundant food and sleep made it possible for him to regain his strength. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

As the engine bumped against the two cars, shaking them and making it hard to stand, Hannah managed to twist just enough to speak directly to the rabbi. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you make it,” Ben said, leaning with all his weight against his father’s rear, trying to slow the inevitable move toward the basket for the easy hook shot. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or what if I’m swimming and they realize I’m indigena and they clear out the pool and empty out all the water because I made it dirty? The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I made it my battle when I made Renly my king." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

If he was found guilty of capturing a Sun Maiden’s heart, he would be hung from his feet until the blood rushing to his head made it burst from the pressure.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

But Claire had been silent, appearing without warning from the swirling gray mist, and his maimed feet made it impossible for him to jump and run. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

"We're not in Bengal anymore. There's no caste system in America. The Declaration of Independence made it clear: 'All men are created equal.' And we'll be changing 'men' to 'people' soon." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Nor did she make it harder for them. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Maya adds to the story, making it sound worse than it was, and Kenya eats it up. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Prince Jones had made it through, and still they had taken him. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He was trying to make it official, and she wasn’t sure she wanted official. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

That was the crucial song that made it more bonzoish not to dance than to dance, so now me and Dean and Floyd did. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Then it would be easy to make it to the next island. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The water also ate away some of the soil from around the pillars holding up our house, making it even more precarious. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s get this over with. I’ll make it easy on you. You want to break up, right?” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“This is about you, Nessy. You need to celebrate the fact that you made it in!” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I think the horrified look on my face made it even funnier for them. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

It may take them until they’re twenty-five or thirty before they make that decision, but they will make it. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told him that we would try to rescue him if something went wrong—but no elf has made it out of that dark land of mist and fire in living memory. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I try to look back for Aunt Pooh, but the stampede makes it impossible. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Another thing that happened in John’s gambling house contributed: the incident that made it known that 1 carried not a gun, but some guns. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad peppered him with history questions until they made it to World War II, and then they moved into an analytical discussion of wartime tactics. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I answer 27 problems before I make it to the door of the Pet Hut. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He must have, he thought; that only made it hurt the worse. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think a smaller time frame makes it any less unwise.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

If light couldn’t get in, how would air ever make it? Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The tables made it possible to calculate the positions of the planets to an accuracy thirty times better than the tables Copernicus had compiled, and remained the standard used for generations. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

A few sounds made it through to me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Braavos was the nearest of the Free Cities, though... which made it both the best and the worst choice. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He had said the same a hundred times before... but every day that passed made it harder to believe. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The ball didn’t even make it halfway to die rim. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Peralta, like many other Mexicans, is trying to make it on his own and has never severed his emotional or financial ties to home. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I couldn't make it out too clearly because every now and then someone would interrupt with a shout or a cheer. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

But she felt whole universes burst behind her vision, making it alternately light, then dark, then light, then dark. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He makes it clear that he couldn’t care less. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Luke could tell she was trying to make it jokey, the way she might talk to some other mother’s runaway son. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

It made everything simpler; it made it easier when their lease was up or she’d grown tired of the town or she’d felt, uneasily, that she wanted to be elsewhere. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Erma had made it clear how she felt about black people, so instead of inviting Dinitia to our house to work on her assignment, I suggested that on the upcoming Saturday, I’d go to hers. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, comrades,” cried Snowball, throwing down the paintbrush, “to the hayfield! Let us make it a point of honour to get in the harvest more quickly than Jones and his men could do.” Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“His old lady hits him. But I bet you when Gay’s away from her three days, he gets it figured out that it’s his fault and he goes back to make it up to her.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

What made it really begin to disturb me was Mr. Ostrowski’s advice to others in my class—all of them white. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow we make it to the car, where Mama fumbles with the keys for a few seconds. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad you made it. Where were you?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

His a cappella group has finally, for the first time in recorded history, by some sort of miracle, made it all the way to the biggest show in town: the finals of the Winter Sing-Off. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

I wonder if he's hoping that Peeta makes it as well. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She had sent her article, the one about the impossible task, to Valley, and Valley had insisted her mom could help make it better. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

In school, they would tell you that life wouldn’t come to you; you had to go out and make it your own. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Moreover, the social practice which we label ‘discovery’ can be confused, contradictory and paradoxical: it really is not always obvious who made a discovery or when they made it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They finally made it to a rectangular cut in a long wall to the north that looked like a doorway without a door. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

"Eleanor . . ." "Stop. Don't say my name like that. It only makes it worse." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The Adams-Jefferson rivalry and friendship is the outstanding example here, though there are several crucial moments when critical compromises were brokered because personal trust made it possible. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even make it out of the first round of pools. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I don’t care if Momma made it, I’m not touching that mess. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

It’s a very handsome bangle, really, but the movement makes it seem like something confining, a shackle, rather than a piece of jewelry. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

And it’s weird how the period makes it feel like he really means it. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“But it is important to Travis. So I guess that makes it important to me.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He even wore a wild zoot suit, used a heavy grease in his hair to make it look like a conk, and he wore the knob-toed shoes, the long, swinging chain— everything. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made it down to Newport News when he could: it was too crowded, too noisy, too far away from his now elderly mother for him to convince himself to stay too long. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He also doesn’t want her to know how he’s almost trembling with fear of what might happen at any second, which is making it hard to run. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

If Caesar could make it the thirty miles to Fletcher’s house, the shopkeeper pledged to convey him to the underground railroad. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Tendai knew the men were making it, but it seemed to hang in the air without direction or source. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

We make it halfway to the car—then my mother comes storming out of the house. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

We made it through Runaway Gamma-Rays and three bottles of wine before Mom started yelling. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

As I crept along I was forced to turn sideways in places to make it through. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

What happens to Book Scavenger if Mr. G doesn’t make it? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The metal ladder had rusted, which made it easy to grip. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The kind that means you made it home. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“The road to the Butler place is in there and the farm’s back behind it. You got to walk it. Car won’t make it.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at the sleeve of her new coat and the bright red patch that made it and she gasped. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

For decades, his father had felt that in order to make it in America it was necessary to conceal an essential element of his identity from his friends, his neighbors, and even his own children. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

You gotta be able to know what to do with hips when you get them, I say making it up as I go. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wished she could use her charmspeak on the Fates, describe a happy ending, and force them to make it come true. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Shaped by fairy tales, she thought, which made it better than every straight nose in the world. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes, it isn’t about you doing anything. When you brush it off like I’m making it up or blowing things out of proportion, it makes me feel like my feelings don’t matter to you.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

After two years of looking up to other people, I’d finally made it to the point where there was nobody to look up to but me. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“My older sister made it for me. It’s a new pattern called ‘double pearls.’ Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad had just told me, the year before, about Mom’s old job at Joe’s and had made it clear that Charlie Kahn was off-limits to me as a boyfriend. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then she thought that what she really needed was the lacquer without the wood, but she quailed at the idea of making another sheet; how could she make it flat without a backing anyway? The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Only one ocean-going craft, the far-famed Argo, made it, sailing from Aieta; but she, too, would have crashed on the big rocks if Hera had not pulled her through, for love of Ieson, her captain. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

If my life were squeezed into such a thimble, I doubt I could make it smell any better. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though my aunts and uncles tried to make it festive with loud music and a giant feast of tamales and roasted goat, Olga’s absence floated silently around us. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Marcy does make it clear that her relationship with her former husband is on his terms. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I went down the steps and up the walk in the dark, making it out of the building just before it bent me double beneath the wisteria that hung from the trees on rope-like vines. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It only made it worse to think that even if he did get answers, he wouldn’t know if he’d be getting the truth. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The way the shadows shifted made it seem as if the walls were moving too. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She had to have made it out of the Ice Court. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“That’s not limited to black people. Just ’cause it doesn’t have a De- or a La- on the front doesn’t make it okay.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Joey had to think about this, the matches and the first aid stuff and the crazy look Momma had in her eyes made it seem like hurting Byron was exactly what Momma wanted to do. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were still enemies on the ground, making it a hot LZ. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I could make it today if I had a good horse. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"I have labored long to make it so. I am glad the Hand is pleased." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The lake makes it windy, hence its appellation: the Windy City. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

When he smiled, however, you saw the softness in his eyes, which made it clear that Lefty was in fact no gangster but the pampered, bookish son of comfortably well-off parents. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It was a choice, and not always the easy one, but the people I respected most in life made it again and again, every single day. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Anya made it one street with her arms curled into her chest before she desperately regretted fleeing without her coat. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Just the opposite: he wanted to heat up the truth, to make it bum so hot that you would feel exactly what he felt. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sunlight at this hour cast everything in streaking bronze, making it all picture worthy. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Using some creepers and an overhanging bush, the young fox finally made it to the road. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Okay, let’s make it about you, then. Why are you being a jerk?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Given the hard times, it gave his boys a powerful incentive to make it into one of those top boats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It won’t do any good to cry about Jamie when I’m trying to make it so that the only person who can make me cry is me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Having the sub makes it easy for me to get a pass and sneak to the lunchroom when the fourth graders are in there. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Mr. Loomis called it “polarizing,” but that means making it magnetic. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Which only seems to make it sink faster. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

But I’d only made it halfway up the stairs when it happened again. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“It was hard enough for us to make it this far with seven demigods and a warship.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A man might easily be embittered by such circumstances, but Nels made it a point not to struggle unnecessarily with life’s unresolvable dilemmas. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

We dodged from bush to bush and made it to the other side. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Even though I had made it through the school year, Ernie still had to survive one final brave act—graduation. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this is a distinction so extremely hard to make that the West has not been able to make it yet. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

I could fix my mom and make it so she was never broken. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And why seeing that picture in Carl’s old house—more specifically, her in it—has made it so hard for me to “fake the funk,” as Britain would say. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

It was a dark green maxi, thin cotton, with a deep V in the front that made it impossible to wear a bra. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yes sir. Mr. Lew, this is Mr. Reilly. He’s very efficient. A whiz. As a matter of fact, he’s made it possible for us to do away with several other workers.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the initiates except the Amity boy made it onto the roof, with varying levels of success. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Finally they make it through security with just five minutes until boarding starts. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The Gold-Bug had no bar code at all, but that made sense if Mr. Griswold had made it especially for his game. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

That night there were only eight players, making it more difficult for each to contend with the master than if there’d been scores of players, who would have slowed Pavey’s progress. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, then I say The Gold-Bug is just a silly game. Does that make it matter any less to you?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“This will make it stop, Professor,” Harry said, his voice cracking as he tipped the seventh glass of potion into Dumbledore’s mouth. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He had altered his voice, I noticed, making it weak and quavery while he uttered his singsong plea: “Take pity on an orphan child, take pity...” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But he really made it? To the Smoke?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Hush,” she whispered back, “there en’t any choice, Pan. It’s our fault. We got to make it right, and this is the only way.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she was made to carry another stretcher, she would not make it halfway to the lift. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I can make it up, if you want. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Some of the pots would make it and would be fired and ring true to a testing finger snap and be useful for gathering food and carrying water. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t you hear me? They made it back before sunset, you dong. Made it back and got the Serum. All of them.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Of course, the mere existence of a diversity of results made it difficult to persuade everyone that Brahe’s arguments were conclusive. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Genie worried that Ernie wouldn’t make it all the way back from Tess’s, but luckily, he was up the hill before the fifth call. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The kind that doesn’t make it any cooler, but it feels sweet up here. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I see that the keenest brains of the world invent weapons and words to make it yet more refined and enduring. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘And there’s talk of making it a World Heritage site.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

There is a way that you can catch and hold the nickel and make it come up the way you want. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, okay. You made it” Shay laughed, stepping off onto the grass. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He made it with ease to the fence, glancing back to check on his companion. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Barker and his men got inside, made it up to the door of the DNC offices, but couldn’t pick the lock. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It made it necessary for him to be in as many as four places at once. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sorry to say that Daphne didn’t make it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Let’s make it look pretty, at least,” she says. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

We haven’t even made it to the restaurant yet, but it’s time to draw on my trusty shield. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

They made it farther than minds and maps could measure, but not farther than hearts could imagine. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He made it into the building without incident. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

That same strong current made it easy to bring slaves across the Atlantic to Brazil, and over the next four hundred years some three million Africans were taken to Brazil. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

And it went well enough; they made it a success through their own enthusiasm, and the barrage of questions afterwards left no doubts in my mind. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was heroic of her to make it as long as she did. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

But the relationship between Mary and Bernard didn’t even make it to their child’s birth. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The puppy squirmed and licked, making it almost impossible for her to talk. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

"Patty, I got high hopes for you, young lady. Let's make it happen." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She’d burned the edges of the photo with the stove flame to make it look even more antique. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Neel strained to hear the sound of a soft mew of a cub, but the chatter of the rhesus monkeys and Headmaster’s loud panting made it impossible to hear anything else. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

But those short moments had made it all worthwhile, those moments of pure plenary abandon, when he felt as if he, and he alone, were in control of the universe of his childhood. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was withering to useless skin and bones anyhow, which made it easier to let go. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the lettering was odd, but he could make it out. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“As a child you believed your grandfather was ‘making it all up,’ as they say? Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“I have no choice but to stay with my mother. I’m surprised she made it this far,” said Andrius, looking over in her direction. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“I know she was already really freaked out that you weren’t going to make it back to Pittsburgh alive, and seeing you show up here? I have a feeling it’s thrown her for a loop.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to, it’s just gone make it worse for her, but I can’t stop. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“If at any time what I’m saying makes it awkward or embarrassing for you, just turn around and leave,” said Ehrlichman. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He understood a lot about how to speculate for land, graze it, subdivide it, make it pay dividends. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reflections ripple around the room, making it appear as though the entire tent is underwater. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Had the others made it to the schooner? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I myself have been under the able tutelage of a boy just turned nine; without Chase’s wisdom, I might not have made it through even my first day as a honyocker. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t sure if that would make it better or worse. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I made it up the hill into the trees and hid. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

A 1999 human rights report said that migrants trying to make it through Chiapas face “an authentic race against time and death.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

If it made it, I knew l could sled down the packed snow left by its path. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The fire I made was only of the driest wood, and I made it right at the water’s edge. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

And despite her misgivings about the religious ramifications, Emma not only agreed she would publish this draft in case of his sudden death, she also helped him make it better. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I carry my little white baptism Bible around the house, to make it more believable. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“So it was all just a game. The outer-space stuff. You just made it up to keep people from asking you questions about what happened?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then you tell yourself to click a little x in the top corner of the thought to make it go away. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

If it hadn’t been for her, he wasn’t sure he would have made it this far. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“But you were talking so I couldn’t really make it out.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Do you believe I’ll also be able to make it out?” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

"Yes, sir, he put through the sale—though he made it clear that he was buying Soldier Island for a third party, unnamed." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

“You make it sound like the nineties were hell,” I said. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

We should have made it a period ball, not the hotch-potch of humanity it was bound to be, with Giles, poor fellow, well-meaning and hearty in his guise of Arabian sheik. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

There are days when I can hardly make it out of bed. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I like coming when I can. I try to make it to homecoming at least.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“But his being your brother has nothing to do with whether the truck will make it all the way to Georgia,” my mother said. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

You kept saying how much you wanted to make it work. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Weasley looked around and said, “I can’t make it grow back, not when it’s been removed by Dark Magic. But it could have been so much worse....He’s alive.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

If he did not make it out on to the roof, what then? Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Each insult was woven with just enough truth to make it wound. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

These girls ain't look like they had to text their daddies to tell them they made it there safe. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“No, why don’t you make it one of your lectures,” Goldy said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

His peripheral vision showed more trees coming his way, the Berg dipping lower now so that there’d be no chance of his making it through. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

They should make it home by September, if all went well. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rumpled it, to make it look as though he had slept there. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“More than that. Really make it special. It’s Effie, after all,” I say. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hate It I don’t make it inside the house, but sit under the willow tree, dig a hole and into it scream scream scream I hate everyone!!!! Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

A drip from the rag makes it to my mouth and I gag and spit and cough some more. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Otherwise I don’t know how I would make it to her house. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The sinking sun made it glisten like the skin of a beautiful snake. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Kino slowly drew his big knife to his hand and made it ready. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed to be struggling to sit still, itchy in his skin, so after only a few pages, Jinny closed the book and said, “Let’s make it an early night, shall we?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

To make it much wider, they would first have to move some of the surrounding dirt piles out of the way. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Tell them whatever you like. But make it quick, Remus. I want to commit the murder I was imprisoned for....” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Coach Hedge had tried to make it sound like returning to Camp Half-Blood had been all his idea, but Piper suspected there was more to it. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Just because something was legal didn’t automatically make it right. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, there were two men in that little band who scorned to weigh the chances of success or failure, to whom the extreme peril of the attempt was a reason for making it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made it clear that he was a doctor with a wide and prosperous practice that he would not jeopardize by going to prison. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sprint across the tops of its walls—the ones that act as guardrails—and when I make it without falling, I know Fm alive. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

How did celebrities make it seem so easy? Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“That’s practically the same. It’s more of a promise. You could make it if she asked.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I made it up after looking at that picture.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

In Lina’s apartment, layers of worn rugs and carpets covered the floor, making it soft but uneven underfoot. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Wouldn’t you want to put in one more to make it right? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She needs some extra clothes in case she wins and makes it to another show, where they pretend it’s the next day even though they really tape five in one afternoon. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

We felt so tired and ill that we’d find a spot to lie down and say to ourselves, “This is it, I’m not going to make it. I can’t go on anymore.” Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

People were trying not to crack up, but his voice made it so hard. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We agreed we were all going to make it into space. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you,” Ms. Hussey said to the sausage, making it clear that the conversation was over. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if her believing in his writing made it real, and he showed his gratitude by attending the parties he disliked. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I can’t tell her I’m fired, I don’t want her to blame her mama and make it worse between em. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I’m gasping for breath but the way he says it catches my ear and some of the flickers I’m catching in his Noise make it so I can see a little bit of the truth. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“And then, if you make it to bedtime, you feel the joy of cheating death out of one more day,” she said. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought the whole idea was to make it not confusing,” I say. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Emma was just telling me she won’t be able to make it to my party, and I was saying what a shame that is.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

"And then Jessie had the great idea of taking everything we learned and making it into a poster for the contest." The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Whether it had been built that way, or because he had used magical trickery to make it so, Slughorn’s office was much larger than the usual teacher’s study. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I’ll feel better knowing you made it here safely,” he said, which sounded like Mom. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He told the bartender to make it very dry, and no olive. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

But in the dozen or so attempts I saw or heard about, not one man made it over the first fence. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

She was fully expecting to find what she saw there, but that didn’t make it any easier. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When we use wishful language to talk about the past, we sometimes make it more complicated than it needs to be. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Often, the price is high because only one company makes it. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Getting to the port rail was more like rock climbing than walking, but finally they made it. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They crowded the foyer and the kitchen, made it difficult to hear anything anyone said to us. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The Army, therefore, made it easier for me to love my country, with all its flaws, and to serve her with all of my heart. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Back in Camp 14, Park had assured Shin that once they made it to China he would arrange for passage to South Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I just stood there seeing it and smiling, because maybe there was some explanation, something important that I did not know about that would have made it all right. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But she knew she couldn’t make it out on public assistance. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Dude. You told my mom to her face. You said it. And I think you made it up because you can’t handle not being the perfect little Unity Valley Homecoming princess anymore.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He looks around a bit nervously, as if getting caught even talking to me would make it worse for him. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“They beat the living daylights out of him, Roland. For a while there, we weren’t sure he’d even make it, but he’s holding his own.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

That softness we hide striding down the street—how do you hide it when you got to bandage up a skinned knee and kiss it to make it better? How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It would have made it seem like he didn’t trust Natalie. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But then she straightened and what I could read glancing over at her notes made it clear that she was plotting for John Kwang alone. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to most estimates, by the mid-1770s, the average American colonist consumed more than three quarts of molasses a year—making it an irreplaceable part of the colonial economy. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

But there’s nothing anyone can do to make it—my life—better. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Why are they making it such a big deal? I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Jagged rocks and fallen trees and tangled underbrush made it difficult for her to walk. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Once, he arrived early and made it to the front door. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He did not touch her until she made it clear that she wanted him to. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pointed out that Richard hadn’t yet been tried, which made it too early to weigh in on the constitutionality of any sentence he might receive. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t always easy for him to lift the bell, and he got frustrated when he couldn’t make it work. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old soldier responded by tightening his grip around his neck, making it hard for him to breathe. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t even make it to Thanksgiving before he up and drowned in the White River during a thunderstorm. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

And that can make it more terrifying than even the deepest, darkest secret. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Of course, the impossibility of love makes it all the more exciting. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Playfully she ran through complex sentences, calling the words alive with her voice, making it seem that the author somehow was speaking directly to me. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Half-men don’t fight like people. More like hurricanes. We would have been killed or caught, or just made it harder for Tool to fight on his own.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that she hadn’t was a small miracle, but he knew she wouldn’t make it much longer without treatment, and they were out of supplies. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It was his familiarity with atomism which made it possible for Bacon, exceptionally and presciently, to dismiss human sensory organs as inherently defective and often misleading. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

About the hundreds and hundreds of people who didn’t make it out of the water. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

“My dad made it for me, and I’m not giving it to some stranger.” The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

A team with a Black player—let alone an all-Black team—has never made it through the district tournament. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

But I was committed to making it work. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Bigger tractors and machines, chemical weed killers, and artificial fertilizer made it easier for one farmer to handle more acres. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I make it to the wooden door and knock softly. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It might have been all right if I had made it on the other side of the boulder, but I didn’t. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although I understand the deprivations our people suffer I must make it clear that the level of crime in the township is unhealthy and must be eliminated as a matter of urgency. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They made it from an old fluffy half-slip of crinoline and lace, but when they were through cutting and pinning and tacking, it looked exactly like a canopy and not like a petticoat at all. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” she groaned, “but make it fast. We have a game in an hour.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He could see, instant to instant, flashes of the fleeing noble in the next room, and when he reached that place, the Count would have made it into the room beyond. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I lower my voice, make it deep like a stranger. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He made it to the City Circle after all. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Minho hadn’t explained, but he had made it sound as if climbing the walls was impossible. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Wish Mother would stop chiding me to stay calm, which makes it worse. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

On January 6, Nebraska became the thirty-sixth state to ratify the Eighteenth Amendment, making it illegal to manufacture, sell, or transport liquor. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

It makes it hard to relax and talk to my friends, but the only other option is to sit outside alone and I don’t want to do that either. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The vegetation closed in as I neared the river, making it impossible to avoid clomping through bushes and thickets. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He took the news in silence, which somehow made it worse. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Still, the shape and odd angle of both of Kaitlin s legs made it clear the damage inside them was severe. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He doctored the books whenever we crossed a checkpoint, to make it seem he was getting more sleep than he was. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

One of my stories had finally made it. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Others are studying the health impact of job insecurity, lack of support on the job, and employment that makes it difficult to balance work and family obligations. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Conversely, in Africa, the images of America make it seem like it is a land so divine, only good things happen. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She’d thought of a good one: Where the wet things are between art and science, encrypted in her and James’s secret language to make it a little more difficult. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

None of us knew how to make it light. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I made it to our place on the bridge before noon. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

If you don’t make it, I’m going to still love you and keep encouraging you to go farther. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Where do you come up with this stuff? No one would believe it if we made it up!” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“This was a lucky idea of mine, indeed!” said Mrs. Bennet, more than once, as if the credit of making it rain were all her own. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

I knew the earth was fruitful because I had seen my uncles make it bear in abundance; but I never realized it could be like this! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rashid hadn’t wanted to say it aloud, but he was almost sure she wouldn’t make it. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth turned gut to be just what the Egypt Game needed to make it perfect. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

One morning Connelly made it clear that he no longer required Nag in his bed. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Dogs made it home against crazy odds all the time. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I still miss our house, and our memories there, but what made it feel like home were my parents and sister. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The dearth of boughs and pine needles made it light and easy to carry. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

At last Sissy made it understood that she was willing to take the child off their hands as soon as it was born. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They made it Cuban-style—ham, mustard, cheese, and pickles, toasted on fresh Cuban bread. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luckily, the song of Here has made it like we’re already swimming in sound. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“You made it seem like the Crystal Ball filled with smoke and cracked.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

They wouldn’t have a road or name the place or make it a dot on the map unless there were people there. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Matt pulled a chair over to her, since it didn’t look like she’d make it by herself. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This isn’t old. My mama—mom made it for me.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

"The children . . . live only in dreams. Now. Dead and gone. Enough, that's enough. Now the bandages. Pads and then wrap, and make it tight, I'll be bleeding." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A gigantic lump formed in my throat and to this day, nothing makes it go away. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

One for being happy that I made it into the pageant. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“She made it here alone, with only a bunch of gibberish directions to guide her.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

When we made it to the second clearing, Javi stepped closer to the bluff edge and pointed. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Which makes it easy to know if he’s home, because I can check for his bedroom light from my kitchen window. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas Jefferson removed a slice from a mound on his estate, examined the stratigraphic layers, and announced that Indians had made it. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“No. I want you to make it be yesterday again.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Crates of gear and mining equipment crowded the platform, making it a workshop. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

For a few days the survivors had attempted to follow the Indians, till a heavy snow had made it impossible to go on. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“If you would just listen to the song—it’s not what they made it out to be, I swear. It’s about playing into their assumptions about me.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I mean, when my mom and dad make it.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Both excitement and anxiety warmed his skin, pumping blood hard and fast through his veins and making it harder and harder to keep still. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I caught the water in my hands to check the temperature and also hopefully to make it quieter. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Finally, the Bell Company men made it out to Fentress, and the great day came for the opening of the telephone line. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I ain’t had no schooling or nothing, and that makes it harder.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I can’t walk away, or the guilt, the weight of Will’s life, and my parents’ lives, and now Marlene’s life, will break my bones, will make it impossible to breathe. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The voice was muffled, but Genie could still make it out. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Even if we’d figured out a way to make it work, we wouldn’t have known which way to sail. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s how I should have ended my story—if I could have explained it—with your gift to me. That would have been the Christmas part. That’s what makes it a Christmas story.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I should also make it clear that much of the time I spent with Ben was my free time. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Thug was brushing his sticks across the round gold metal thing next to his drums and making it sound like a soft rain was commencing to fall on someone’s tin roof. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Cal did not question the fact that people liked his brother better, but he had developed a means for making it all right with himself. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Which makes it all the weirder that as I'm talking to her, some small cut inside me feels unstitched. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

It’s as if the house has been stripped of all those little things that made it a home. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

When he heard it, he would put the receiver back down and stare at it, like he was trying to exert some kind of mind control over it to make it ring. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. And the Berlin Wall. Did you learn about that in history? Some people made it over in a hot-air balloon, or by digging a tunnel under the wall.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

As if they were some terrible incantation that made it more real. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I turned around and realized I’d made it from school to the mercantile in a flash. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

We were good at this game: We could make it go on for days. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Everything was humid and damp, and whereas I’d been freezing cold inside the examination room, I felt sweat droplets trickling from my armpits by the time I made it to Cade’s truck. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Launch from morning to night. We’ll put up notices, have Basil write us up, make it a big deal.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Early on he had made it a rule not to retain trophies. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Nel was the first person who had been real to her, whose name she knew, who had seen as she had the slant of life that made it possible to stretch it to its limits. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The extra work made it impossible for them to keep up with the canoes. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

The sunlight made it harder for Briony to see, but for a fraction of a moment, a tiny frown of displeasure may have registered in the bride’s face. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

If the answer was yes, the nation would provide virtually unlimited resources to make it happen. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It is normally very difficult to see this effect, because the light from the sun makes it impossible to observe stars that appear near to the sun in the sky. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stayed in the moment, determined to make it through the day unharmed. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I realized it was possible to make it feel more like home. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“They think it makes it all the more amusing.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I found it,” I said, twisting at the back of it to make it stay in place. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I looked around for that reporter, but I don’t think he made it. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wackiness of the note, those crazy letters, made it seem childish and ridiculous. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think it made it easier in some ways—not that it was easy at all, because it wasn’t.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad I met you again. It makes it a little easier.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Globalization 3.0 makes it possible for so many more people to plug in and play, and you are going to see every color of the human rainbow take part. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

There were two other campers standing by one of the tents, and it was them, if I’m honest, that made it easier for us to build aggression before we stormed in. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“June, I really don’t think . . .” “Rewrites are free. I’m just as concerned about making it perfect as you are.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mustache made it seem a double smile. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I made it to the second floor without encountering anyone, then continued even lower still. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to make it up to you,” I said. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It was raining hard, making it difficult to see. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

After she had finished puffing, we picked up what was left of her lunch off the street and made it back to the subway at 125th and Lex. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The hustle and bustle on the street made it seem like everyone had something important to do. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

She'd lent it to him last night so he could make it back to his apartment as quickly as possible; he swore he knew a route that soldiers didn't often patrol. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

And I think the nurse with me now knows it, too, judging by how congratulatory she’s acting that I made it through the night. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hearing him say it out loud makes it more painful. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

You might have to unscrew the latch too, and wiggle everything a lot, but you can probably make it work. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“In all dis weather, Tea Cake? Ah don’t b’lieve Ah could make it out de quarters.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I hurried back down the hallway, the keys biting into my palm the whole time, and I’d almost made it to my bedroom door when I heard someone clear their throat behind me. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“What do you say we make it 'Robert’ unanimously?” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luna slid out of bed and slid out of her nightgown and slipped on a dress with deep pockets sewn all over, because it is how she asked her grandmother to make it. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

If our rice production is increased this year it is because Pol Pot made it happen. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“But I might. Relationships are so hard. Maybe it’s just me. I don’t know. But I couldn’t make it work with Hudson, even when he was right in front of my face.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The intense lights always made it impossible to see the audience, and that always made the whole thing bearable for me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Darwin and his geological friends needed the Earth to be old, but no one could figure out a way to make it so. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

His body language made it clear that it wasn’t an open invitation. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

We stayed late, just to make it last as long as possible. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I made it all the way to the edge of the Styx woods before I realized I was walking toward nothing. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The riverbank wasn’t more than twenty yards away, and once I was there, I could somehow get a boat and make it to my own mother. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

So I spun the steering wheel as hard as I could to make it rattle. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

But when a sentence is lousy, you can take steps to make it more presentable. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

So-called consent searches have made it possible for the police to stop and search just about anybody walking down the street for drugs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The fact that I had arrived at my desired destination by lies made it less appealing to me. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The suits had clear visors in the headpiece through which the wearers could see, but the glare and distance made it impossible for Mark to make out their faces. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I asked for what sum he would take me there; he said thirty shillings; I answered I had but twenty; well, he would try to make it do. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I got closer that time; then, just as I thought I was going to make it—another shock. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t make it ten steps before I’d rolled them up again. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

What was the next move and who would make it? Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“When we didn’t make it home, Babou came and found us. But he didn’t know why we were there, and he hadn’t brought us any shoes.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Alas, you are focusing on the wrong story. If you had made it to Rome, the story of the flood would have served you better.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“It would take the worry off. Lyddie and me aim to keep it standing against Papa’s return. Don’t make it trouble for yourself, though.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to know what you make it.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

"I know they're trying to make it a race-relations issue on TV. I'm proud of you for wanting to support that, but it's a bad neighborhood." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The thickening woods made it hard to see more than just a few yards ahead. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Next, Steve fit a wig of long, dark brown hair over Liddy’s head and snipped the edges to make it look natural. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

What if they are mad that my mother didn’t make it through? American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The demands of mountaineering—the physical and emotional struggles, the very real hazards—made it more than just a game. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“It looks like a hole—what do we do to make it livable?” The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

He packed his bag and was obliged to work energetically to make it close again. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But we could have made it, we could have stayed together. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The back windows make it special, letting in light, not making you feel like you’re in a tomb. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Quinn’s lips tightened slightly, “This call is shielded—thoroughly. I’m making it at a certain personal risk.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“Maybe no dreidel songs,” Isa said as Laney continued chanting, “Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, I made it out of clay!” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Are you going to make it do words?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sierra yelled and managed to make it another two steps, but had to stop and catch her breath. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

And the thing that made it even worse, of course, was that there was a picture of the two of us holding hands at school. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I already have to worry about making my speech sound street when I'm out, and making it sound proper when I'm home. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“You said, to keep hanging, we had to make it right,” Styx reminded us. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mary knew she shouldn’t wait—every moment those cells sat in the dish made it more likely they’d die. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Their silence and the innkeeper’s tone made it clear that whoever was upstairs was not one of the many who had been there, it was the one. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Things that you regret about it, things that you feel would have made it go better.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She made it sound as if it was his mistress. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I know she would have found a way to make it better. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“We made it, Grandfather,” little Willy said, as tears of happiness rolled down his cheeks. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What is that nifty little thing? Did you make it?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I knew he wanted the dates more than the bedsheet. Since he doesn’t understand a word of English, I made it a point to conduct the whole transaction in English.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I made it as soft and silky as I possibly could. I spun it with gossamer. That’s a much better quality thread than the one I use for my own web.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“My responsibilities as High Blade would make it far too difficult to take on apprentices. You should be flattered, however; not just one, but two scythes have come forward—one for each of you.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

If I die weep at my grave every day until a seedling appears in the dirt, then cry on it to make it grow until it becomes a beautiful tree whose roots surround my body. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Mother was marketing her products as a spiritual alternative to Obamacare, and she was selling product as fast as she could make it, even with dozens of employees. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

"There's no way I can make it up there and back in time for my appointment." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Over the years, she had walled off her heart, again and again, making it smooth and bright and unfeeling. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

My mom’s eye rolls make it clear how she feels. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

"So you made it back without hurt," he said, and there was pride in his voice. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t stop people from saying things if they want to,” he had said, “but circumstances make it impossible for me to marry, while I consider that having a mistress is no good.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tightened up and squeezed, trying to stop the leak, but that only made it worse, and Jorgenson punched me and told me to knock it off. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scripts written by Larry Evans were translated into several languages and rendered phonetically to make it easier for Bobby to read. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I decided right away that I would eat just a bit of my bread at a time, to make it last. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t remembered to make it that morning so I got up and tucked the sheets in and fluffed up the pillow like Momma does. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two things together made no sense, which made it kind of cool. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was crowded, but it made it easier to share textbooks—the teacher had only four, which she brought to class every day. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Well, truth to tell, I’d put it together a dozen times already, but not in any fashion that made it work. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

They only made it about three miles before it got too dark to continue. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The sun was bending to the west, so he might not make it to the border before dark. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without hesitation, he dropped the lantern and seized her wrists, slamming her hands together, making it impossible for her to use her power. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The girl from District 4 staggers out of sight, although I wouldn't bet on her making it to the lake. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It had been harder than usual to find food in Heaven the night before, and day was coming by the time we both made it back to the room. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I finally figured out where I was and we made it to the dance, nearly two hours late. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And the fact that he says all the right things makes it weirder. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Even if Otto and I made it out, how far would we get? Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“But that doesn’t mean we can’t make it look like you do.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Pattie makes it to the apartment just as the horizon is going purple. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Reynie did take a route that made it difficult for him to be seen from the Institute grounds, but if he was spotted, he’d invented a good explanation. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The sponge rock gives the place a kind of oyster-shell, cave quality that makes it seem ancient and folk-arty at the same time. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Juvenile enough, presumably, to make it past the censor. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I waited for five minutes and then five minutes more, before finally I went downstairs and back to the peephole to make sure he’d made it to his feet. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Agnew and Hamilton knew from their years practicing military surgery that the human body often encases a bullet in a cyst, or sac, making it harmless. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

By not saying “I” before “love you,” he’s making it more casual. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Somehow we made it to sunrise, or we would’ve had ten more on our butts before long.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

An instant later she saw that the bridge didn’t make it all the way across, and there was no river frill of metal deposits beneath it to catch her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

That is what Lucas and Nina needed, and the woods let them make it. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

We didn't quite make it to the college. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

It’s ugly—seeing the names, pictures of other black boys makes it hard to forget them. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I can’t make it through the day without losing it, so I have to take crying breaks in the bathroom, which makes me feel extra pathetic. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Adina made it back just as the cameras were put in place. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Poe is my homeboy. Latinos in space, man! We made it!” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“You don’t think a few will make it through.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The trombones are going last, which means I have to make it through everyone else. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe everything she was doing would make it so that Auggie ended up going to a different school, and then things could go back to the way it used to be at Beecher Prep. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

This deafening fire alarm makes it mad hard to think. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It’s narrow and has no railing, which makes it seem really dangerous if the trains start again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

We raced up the stairs to Rav Gershenson’s class and made it just a moment before he called on someone to read and explain. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Composers discovered that some chords were drawn magnetically to others: adding an F to the G major triad, G-B-D, made it yearn to move towards the C major triad, for example - of which more shortly. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure Mama ever would of made it to the Cadillac if Papa hadn’t climbed out and gone to get her. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I made it a point to go for every rebound. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Come. I just want to make it to the top of that rise. And then we can rest.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Yet just the fact that it was a cage made it horrible. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The journey got easier as they got closer to Port Authority, and Alex regained his faith that they would actually make it. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The scorn that she put in the two words made it sound like a terrible thing. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

We made it all the way up to Queens before spotting a lighted marina sign. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Then I say, “You could have made it all the way down, Calvin. If your foot had not caught you would have.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Only a little rain made it through, and what did funneled right down the leaves and to the ground. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps that made it hard for her to trust me. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t long after that I made my decision, and once I’d made it, I never wavered. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we could make it through the first winter, we’d survive. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Don’t you think if getting afeared and wishing something to happen would make it true, that these here chains would’ve turned to dust long ago? Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The banning and harassment of my wife greatly troubled me: I could not look after her and the children, and the state was making it difficult for her to look after herself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d barely made it out of the Tokyo Dome when the first enormous broadcasts appear on the sides of the buildings surrounding the arena, the headlines in giant, screaming letters. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She made it her business to read that poem so she did and I’d be well advised to tell the priest in confession. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He was physically weak—it was all he had in him to make it to the bathroom and back. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Her tone made it clear that there were no better schools than those. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He made it sound like a business proposition, but a solid one, and after thinking it over, I agreed. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“That makes it a he,” said the reporter, writing rapidly in his notebook. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Never mind what I make it, my friend,” observed Mr. Jaggers, with a knowing and contradictory toss of his head. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“But why did the flyer say to call Samuel? Are we supposed to do that, too, or do you think he just wrote that to make it look like a real lost-cat flyer?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I make it to the door first, and open it. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Percy had made it clear that he hated Mars, and Frank couldn’t blame him. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

First of all, there was just too much life to be living—making new friends, fighting with my brothers and sisters, wondering if I’d ever make it onto the football team, and getting into mischief. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Look, Brij, whatever you want to say, you can say it in front of Sahil. Just...can you please make it quick? I have to go do something.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But his face was rigid and grim, not a trace left of the happiness that had just made it look so soft and open. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It made it all too easy to remember how he’d felt many years ago. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The antiaircraft fire was so tough over Japan that many were shot down or so damaged they couldn’t make it back to Guam. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he couldn’t make it restart again, his body wouldn’t obey. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Finally, he made it to the southwest quarter, near the forest. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Early in the fourth quarter he scored another touchdown to make it 49-14. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A large percentage would make it, probably causing mayhem in their revelry. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

What was worse, Lola had made it clear that she too would be acting on sufferance. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

We made it to the camp, which was filled with tents as far as I could see. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He tried to remember why they were here, but the sense of despair made it difficult to think. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Angel’s sticking her lips out and glaring at me, and I know my words will never make it to the paper in front of me. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we can make it a family trip. We can bring your parents and your grandma.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

I make it back to our floor, throwing open the double doors and banging on the door to room 315. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

They made it clear they were willing to financially support my fencing career, which was a commitment in itself, because fencing was not cheap. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The right fielder fields the ball and throws home, but the ball never makes it, and Luis scores easily. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Nobody approved of the party, but knowing what the family was up against, they weren’t about to make it worse for us by not coming. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She had often drunk a quiet bottle of ginger-beer in there: the old bottles made it look more like a smugglers’ cave. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Just as soon as I’m old enough, I’m moving to New York. I’ve already run away twice. One time, I made it all the way to Atlanta.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Percy made it sound like he was just doing Leo a favor, but there’d been an undertone like If you mess with my friend, I will personally feed you to a great white shark. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The rebel infantrymen topple the wagons that made it across the bridges, using them as cover. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

I was just sorry I didn’t have Mrs. Slater’s false teeth with me because that would make it even more spooky. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

That made it sound bad, but it wasn't. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what to say to him to make it any better. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He makes it to the bakery just as Madame Ruelle unlocks the door. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He’d live, if he could make it to class without anything further happening. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I can take a pegasus. I know I can make it back to camp. Let me try.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Zach had Cap’s combination, so we made it our mission to see that he never opened the door without finding something bizarre and/or gross. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I told him yes anyway, I really wanted to make it, so we drove all the way to the Asian supermarket to get adzuki beans and sesame oil. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

To make it easy for her to feed our stock, I cut some poles from the hillside and boxed up one of the stalls in the barn. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Jib" was short for "jack-in-the-box," the name given to pop-up dummies developed by the CIA to make it seem as if a passenger were riding in a car. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The more extreme tone cults try to burn their deadish, to make it permanent, but ambudrones usually get to them first. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“We can still make it our own,” Serenity says. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“We didn’t even make it till midnight,” Willow admitted, bouncing the baby on her lap. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is both amusing and useful—makes it much easier to ignore her. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

They swim or ride inner tubes to a tiny, lush island in midstream, then rest and hide until they see a chance to make it the rest of the way. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Gram's bad dream about Grim getting shot with his own gun seems pretty real right now, and I don't want to be the one to make it come true. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“What about other birds? Doesn’t a high-up nest make it easier for a hawk to get a baby crow?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

No more now would I blithely say, “Better give me half a dozen of those, Dave. Oh, and I’ll take eight of these—what the heck, make it a dozen. You only live once, eh?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The walls were whitewashed which made it almost light and airy. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he made it without incident to Harvey’s, and he was pleased to see Harvey hadn’t lost any more teeth during the week. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

My altercation with Russ left me shaking—the idea that I could make it this far only to be turned away by a teenager with a pierced lip was horrifying. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“A cosmic dance,” said Aru, trying to make it sound better. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I thought he was making it that way on purpose, just to go with his whole style. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to bed,” I said when I’d made it to the Chapel. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When you lie once, you have to make it uniform. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“So . . . you were making it so you could set up other city experiments more efficiently, right?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He had just made it when a strong hand grabbed hold of the back of his shirt. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

However, in Japan, all the newspapers made it sound as if their kamikaze missions were great successes. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pastor said the church had been built by an Arabian Order of Shriners decades before Friendship Baptist made it its spiritual home. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

After my initial burst of 50 liters, I decided to settle down and just make it at the rate I get 02. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

At intervals, Malcolm X would make a great point of stressing to me, “Now, I don’t want anything in this book to make it sound that I think I’m somebody important.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, if a hotel or high-rise along the ocean leaves its lights on, the turtles will head toward the brighter light of civilization and never make it to the ocean. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ten kids had already made it onto Missy’s back and they were running out of room for the sixteen that remained. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

When the storm finally broke, only Diemberger and one other person made it down alive. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

A demonstration was impossible of course, but if they made it off the plantation they would depend on this rare gift. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“I just beg you gentlemen to make it fast. While you’re holding your congress, they’re coming closer. Who will ye have?” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was apparently a great expert on these creatures and she made it very clear to me that her witch stories, unlike most of the others, were not imaginary tales. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“You keep doing things that make it impossible for me to trust you—even though you know it has to work both ways.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Twenty arrows in its hide, and we just made it mad. The thing was thirty feet long and bright green. Its eyes—” He shuddered. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

They probably could have made it in two if Reggie hadn’t driven the Urus like an old lady. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Doing that would make it feel too much like she was replacing James, and she didn’t want that. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

We made it, and I’m very proud of us. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think his father made it seem as though drinking alcoholic beverages was a sign of maturity. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

We’ll have to fix it up the best we can, and make it do.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the lump in my throat makes it hard to swallow. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

It was the first time she’d cried since the army guy came to our house that day and said our pop was involved in a freak training accident and wasn’t able to make it through. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was the fortuitous conjunction of these two vast reservoirs of philosophical and physical wealth that defined America's national interest and made it so special. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The cold, wet weather and the lack of heating in the police barracks were making it hard for Don Hume to throw off the cold—or whatever it was that was lingering in his chest. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Zeus made him give them back, and he won Apollo’s forgiveness by presenting him with the lyre which he had just invented, making it out of a tortoise’s shell. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Mama made it seem like I was all she ever wanted. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Max stays at the apartment because it’s too close to curfew to make it safely back to the fence. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

But she made it really hard to sympathize with her. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

If it rained, he knew, it would come hard, making it difficult for them to fire their guns. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“There are too many for the bunker already, and I don’t think I can make it any bigger, not without undermining the house or falling into the cellar.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She just had to make it down the stairs, and find a way to convince Chaol to let her stay. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we can all make it. As long as everyone fights.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I’m going to be toast if I don’t make it out of here in the next hour. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I had made it a lifetime ago, before the hot summer month when my grandfather and I had first recognized each other. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

And finally, once you come to the sad realization that you will never make it to the top, you will quit the tournament. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

But despite everything, Father made it a point to let me have half an hour free each day. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Minli slept on and off; the smooth ride of the flying dragon made it easy for her to sleep. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Curly attempted to give chase but he made it only about five steps before tripping in an owl hole and falling flat. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The click-clacking on the floor made it clear that it was a woman. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, Quinton made it pretty clear that this was meant for me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I made it a game and the sound of our footfalls became a beat to a song I heard in my head. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It's cold, as cold as I expected it to be, but the sun makes it bearable, and when we get off the ferry, the pedaling keeps us warm. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

"Are you sure? You could have lunch here—I'm already going to make it—and then we could figure out just what to do with my hair for tonight." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The rest of it was a bizarre slow-motion thrill, which didn’t make it any less painful or confusing. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I make it to the top, I head into bedroom number one. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Did his mother . . . had his mother made it with her own father? Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when the air itself seemed to whisper, You’re not going to make it. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Again, I could not make it close to Arthur Ashe. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Talking about it made it seem more real. And I didn’t want to believe it was really happening.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Harry Goldstein Management Agency would receive little attention, making it the only good thing, besides no one dying, that Bodega had on his side. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I push myself to my feet, make it to the next room, and practically fall onto the bed in my clothes. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He wants Byrd to say more than “Frank can’t make it again” or Aunt Nancy to say, “I remember when your daddy used to behave.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

What makes it feel small is the web of connections, the way people’s stories tangle together. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Do you think the others made it? Back to the ranch?” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Hurriedly, he flicked his cigarette into a spittoon and, with twin eddies of blue smoke jutting from his black nostrils, shouted hoarsely, “Jack, I betcha two bits you can’t make it!” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I patted him on the shoulder, and he did the same to me, and it seemed like we were cool, but I knew I still had to make it up to him somehow. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

After three hours, all the marchers had made it to the memorial, joining a crush of 150,000 people. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I am always amazed by people who know something is wrong but still insist on ignoring it, as if that will somehow make it go away. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Doc said he didn’t see how I’d made it without bleeding and a good emetic. Says I’m still weak because I didn’t get all the poisons out of my body.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I somehow make it through the first month. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I’m making it sound pretty bad, but none of us minded the discomforts one bit—it was all part of the excitement of being at the Cottages. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was told that since my photograph was as widely distributed as my publisher could make it, I would find it impossible to move about without being recognized. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or did each symbol represent a word, making it a six-word sentence? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

We made it as far as the door. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

This would make it, as I mentioned once before, the largest woodpecker in existence. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Like two people trying to make it work. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He probably wouldn’t learn my name unless I made it to the NBA. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I waver on the first note but then make it through “Jingle Bell Boogie,” counting the beats. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Someone made it plain to her why she couldn’t see it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

His heart was weak and his gout made it painful sometimes for him to move around. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, you made it easy,” he said, waving a hand. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Maybe to make it tough to find prints,” Koontz theorized, already powdering the doorknob. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Almost no one is allowed into Resthaven, but I made it because I understood what it meant. It’s whole in a way the city never is.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I gave him a reproachful look and walked off without responding, but already, I suppose, I’d begun to entertain the possibility that he wasn’t, after all, making it up about Miss Lucy. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Housing Rights Act of 1968, making it illegal to discriminate in the housing industry based on race, had lingered in Congress for years, vehemently opposed by legislators both in the North and the South. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m saying I didn’t even make it up. It was just there. All I did was open my mouth and let it out.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

It makes it easy to remember her name. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

They made it to the car and scrambled up onto it. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

I agonized over the invitation, but finally Grandma made it easy for me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this pace, they would make it to Phoenix by Saturday afternoon. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Let’s walk, buddy. We may not make it. But we’ll walk until...” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He was going home to the master he loved, and with the help of God, he would make it. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just in case there should be any gossip. You never can tell, you know. People are odd, sometimes. If they knew about Mrs. de Winter it might make it a lot easier for you.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She knew every sound the house made, and this was a new one, and it wasn’t the house making it; this was just the house telling her. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Tariq made it so I could keep my head down and just do my thing. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I made it to my house just before Ollie Mae did, so she had no idea, but I could barely enjoy my ice cream because the whole time I was worrying about getting a whipping. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

To make it last I re­frained from putting a strain on it; when the lifeboat nudged the is­land, I did not move, only continued to dream. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I make it into the open air and walk west, past the murderous mannequins in the windows, past the bivalvular City Hall. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Diana Nyad might be scary tough, but there was something about her that I really liked: the way she knew what she wanted and stopped at nothing to make it happen. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I shook his shoulder and felt bad it was the only game I’d made it to all season. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The weight of their gazes makes it hard to breathe as I finally admit, “I got a seventy.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

My hair was hopeless, so I did my best to make it appear purposely messy. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He felt there in the teachers’ room that it was the beginning of a new season in his life, and he chose deliberately to make it so. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

There were others, I knew, who would never make it a kilometer. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

To make it all seem as if it never happened? Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He felt that Max was making it very difficult for him to tell him to leave. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The HIV epidemic tipped in the early 1980s, in short, not just because of the enormous changes in sexual behavior in the gay communities that made it possible for the virus to spread rapidly. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad told us how they’d made it to Phoenix only to find that Mom’s laundry-on-the-clothesline ploy hadn’t kept out intruders. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

That I might be making it all up? Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cracked an egg and cupped out the yolk and dropped white and shells into the pot, for I know nothing that polishes coffee and makes it shine like that. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

We make it about twenty feet into the tunnel and grind to a halt. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I need to get out of here and live—but first I have to make it out of this apartment alive. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“You made it all about you, how great you are. What a good friend. And you made me look like a helpless baby.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I calculated that the next morning would make it a week since the Tsimtsum had sunk. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t, I couldn’t make it back across the bridge, back to town, to the church. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to talk to my teammates and have to tell them that I’d done so poorly that I didn’t even make it out of the first pool. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Tai heads for the bed Dorothy wakes up in when she finally makes it home, and grabs one end and starts talking. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

With nothing but her stubbornness and what remained of her fading strength, she made it to the opposite bank and hauled herself out of the water on shaking limbs. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think so, sir. Nothing unusual, I mean. The train being at a standstill made it all very quiet.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel’s praise was still ringing in Frank’s ears, making it difficult to think. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I asked once we made it to the first floor. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, that makes it harder,” Margo said, seeing it was locked. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

She used nine larger straws for a wider braid, and made it notched all along the edges. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Billy rolled the finished rope on the floor under his foot to make it round and hard. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ll have to make it through the night in there. It might actually be the safest place in the Glade.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

If they take too long to get an order done, she’ll say, “Do I need to come back there and make it myself?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Booth hopes to create the illusion that Washington, D.C., is a hotbed of assassins, resulting in the sort of mass chaos that will make it easier for them all to escape. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

I barely made it to school from then on. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He held the thick shrubbery back to make it easier for Kira to enter, and was pleased to see that her footsteps, despite her injured feet, seemed firm and without pain. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

My plan was to go light and fast, to reach the summit and make it back down before the weather turned. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a dream, I suppose, or a daydream, but I made it happen. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, we made it through the pitch-black forest to Aunt Sandra’s house, where we spent the night in near silence. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The US. government planned to break up Indian Territory and make it a part of what would be a new state called Oklahoma. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“To make it look like a storage space.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I knew she was right, but it didn’t make it any easier. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered where Nico, Reyna, and Hedge were now, and how long it would take them to make it back—assuming they survived. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They needed to be home with his mom, who always knew just the combination of juice and medicine and pillows to make it all right. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had only made it a few steps when I heard a familiar clink. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A couple of the girls put some junk in my hair to make it messy, which is basically like putting high heels on a giraffe. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

They made it by scraping the seeds which others had collected, chewing up the scrapings till they made a kind of paste or soup, and then swallowing it into their own crops. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, as if his brain were mocking him, trying to make it worse, he had a thought. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The pressure made me more clumsy than usual, but eventually I made it out the door, feeling the same release when I saw him standing there, a wide smile automatically spreading across my face. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It makes it hard to focus on my schoolwork—hard to do anything. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“But—he told me she didn’t make it.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I tried to make it sound like a joke. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Partly because I was young, and male, and desperately wanted to impress her, but I also wanted to make it clear that I had missed our lunch due to circumstances completely outside my control. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Bolles decided he needed to tinker with the fundamentals of the boat, the mechanics of what made it go—or not go. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But Mother says the Cotswold cottage we live in needs lots of restoration, and now that I am feeling better, it’s time she began making it livable. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The author made it sound as though we were only an inconvenience until we cut our hair and hung up our tzitzis. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Our roads turned to mud, and the autos just couldn’t make it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What we heard from our daughter made it sound like there was a science fiction movie unfolding at the school.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But I think it's sweet how the Garcías are trying to make it up to me after what happened to Papi. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Sunlight made it brighter than the rest of the house. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which actually matters in our pursuit of that league championship title because it’ll determine whether or not we make it into the section tournament. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“I think your sight is getting stronger, which makes it even more troublesome for you to be suppressing it.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

By the rules devised for the 1936 Olympic rowing regatta, each of the fourteen eight-oared crews was to have two chances to make it into the medal race on August 14. 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 make it to 23 Clown Street, we discover that it’s a restaurant. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Mateo wanted to come out to him, but...we didn’t make it. Should I tell his dad? Is it weird that it’s me? You know him best.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I wanted to make it look as if I had appeared from nowhere. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

No one’s talking, the tension so thick in the air you’d need a machete just to make it to the refrigerator and back. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Come here and let me crush you. I’ll make it quick!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

That made it difficult for the Lakota and Cheyenne to engage them in battle. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I made it for you,” she said, and beamed. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we made it that far, the pursuing armies would not follow us. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

My Polish neighbor couldn’t even make it around his lawn. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

When your whole life is sunk, it don’t matter what nobody says about you, they can’t make it worse. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

And he would never be able to make it right. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Dad reaches around us both, making it a group hug. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Who would have thought of the “at risk” kids making it this far? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She made it upstairs without tripping, set the carrier down, and attempted many unsuccessful jumps to reach the doorbell. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She was making it sound like I was a baby in a crib! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

But then it came to me: the way to make it up to him. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps I can make it into a sailing boat like the fishermen bring to Belin’s gate, or a barge such as the King uses,” he said. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“You make it sound as though we were just sitting around having a splendid time while you moan and take on.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Though small compared to Oldtown and King’s Landing, it was clean and well-ordered, with wide straight cobbled streets that made it easy for a man to find his way. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But it is easy to ward off the dust devil, it is easy to make it change its path and skirt around you. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s when you found Witching Hour, and got her to build your camera and make it so we could see you,” Sheed said, knowing the rest. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I know that even if she had another not-good day, this will make it all better. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Inching along, being as quiet as I could, I made it up to Old Dan and grabbed his collar. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had to figure out how to make it with the twins, too. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as we had crossed the clearing, the rebels sent some of their men to catch those who had made it into the bush. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“No, the rest of it is that if you go on to make it big in basketball he’s going to tell the world how he helped you make it big,” Goldy said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Frank’s tone made it obvious he didn’t approve of those arrangements. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was a long walk to the old castle, but I wanted to make a wish, and I wanted to make it in the place where it would have the best chance of being granted. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She cleared the stove to make it easier for Roberto to refill it. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I know that doesn't really make it better, but I guess I want you to know that. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“They’ve made it much easier for me to get used to Nsukka,” he added, as if to justify his liking them. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But this assignment made it, in fact, quite necessary to allow for more than the usual trade. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No one knows. And that makes it extra hard. It could last a week or a month or a year or forever.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stands up, rests the candlestick on the table, then smiles the most crooked smile I’ve ever seen, like Picasso made it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Vola had made it up for him from the dinner leftovers. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The story of the flood...If you had made it to Rome. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The snow had ingratiated itself with the ruins of walls and memory of a roof, and it made it seem like the small dark-brown house had sprung out of the snow itself. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

It’s good fish the way Geoff makes it, with lemons from our tree, but still, when I get back I’m going to eat and eat spaghetti. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I made it to the gym parking lot in three minutes. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I would travel back in time and make it so the greatest day of my father’s life never happened at all. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The couple had made few friends during their time in the state, making it easier to abstain from the life of town. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Thanks. I learned to make it at the trading post. There’s a man there who can weave almost anything. Are...we all going?” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

That makes it sound like “Over the Rainbow.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

When did his mother ever make it that easy? Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

It isn’t perfect and that makes it just right. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“We have to get it cleaned up before the Ladies’ Society makes it a missionary project.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know how. Anyway, I have to get into the boat. Why do you want to go and make it harder for me? Why do you want to fight now?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Quinton and Maria make it look so easy in all the footage we watch. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Five times or more bigger than any other Mississippian polity, Cahokia’s population of at least fifteen thousand made it comparable in size to London, but on a landmass without Paris, Cordoba, or Rome. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I looked away for a minute, because being so attracted to Renee made it hard to concentrate on what she was saying. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

To make it easier for the handlers of top horses to plan for their race, Santa Anita officials had assigned the weights two months before, on December 15. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Monsieur. I had made it up while he was at dinner.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because I’m not going to make it to my Vocab class tomorrow. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I toast the whole thing to make it a little crunchy. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

We had assumed he had made it to Narewka, which in 1939 was under Soviet control and had seemed a safer place for him than Kraków. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“But, Lord,” I asked, “how can we repair the church and make it better for future generations if we have no money?” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe Max never made it back to the ghetto at all. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I know you’ll do a good job making it,” he said. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

My father said, “If my brother says it will make it, then it will make it.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Safari Hat snapped the fingers of her palm before making it a little cup, again. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I do wish Achren had finished teaching it to me. I can almost make it out, but not quite, and there’s nothing more irritating. It’s like not finishing what you started out to say.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

But we didn’t make it to the finals. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Eventually it's using more power to keep warm than it's getting from the meager daylight that makes it through the dust. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jinny fidgeted with an empty claw, pulling the thin membrane inside it, to make it pinch Ben’s arm. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“That humming noise gets louder here. It’s almost as if the rings were making it.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I need to make it spread across his entire face. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then I would be able to pay my respects to those who have made it possible for me to be as happy and free as I am now. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Salva made it a habit to survey the whole group every morning and evening, searching for his family. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some who take his classes are honors students; others won’t make it to college, either because they are not academic enough, they don’t have the money, or they will get pregnant and have babies. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I decide that I want to be next to my body when Adam makes it to the ICU. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Doesn’t look like you guys will make it to the postseason, though,” Dad says. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

While Susan B. Anthony’s case never made it to the US Supreme Court, another case involving female suffrage and the Fourteenth Amendment did. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I don’t know, but she didn’t make it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We can make it to La Cumbre before dark, for sure. From there, it’s all downhill. But it’s up to you,” he added, not wanting to express a preference. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sunset was fading quickly, and by the time I made it down the apple tree most of the courtyard lay in shadow. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I could cover three miles in forty-five minutes, so I guessed that I would need a half hour to make it to the Sillington House without a sweat. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t wait to see if he makes it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Saying the words out loud to another person made it more real, more permanent. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The stoic look on Abu’s face made it clear he wasn’t going to change his mind. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

When I explained to Mami why I came home with a torn uniform and bruises, she made it clear that I was forbidden to fight in school. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

We made it to our chairs, and the applause died down like a passing storm. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

When I made it to the meeting spot, Chi-Roy and Miig were already there, each with a wild turkey strung up in the lower branches of a maple. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He never mentioned his mom and made it clear that you weren’t supposed to bring her up, so I never knew if she had run off or died. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Every day of this delay made it harder for her to shake off her uneasiness. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know a soul in Chicago and made it there on his own. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once that leg started getting stiff, I might not make it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That should make it more interesting for you! Do you want to go or don’t you?” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

With fuel fumes filling the cockpit and making it difficult to breathe, there was only one chance to land the plane. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Dylan, Harriett, Hudson, and I made it to graduation without killing one another, and our picture in our caps and gowns hangs right beside the one of me and Arthur on his birthday. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She was misshapen; her belly, tight and heavy and distended, made it impossible for her to stand without supporting herself with her hands. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The very fact that slave-made sugar was so popular made it harder for the English to ignore the reality of slavery. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Her foot’s on my leg, making it go numb. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Their parents, understanding the importance of a bachelor’s degree, spent hours reading to them, researching school districts, and making it clear to them that they simply must graduate from college. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The steersman called, and a sailor threw a line from above, and another hurried down the ladder to make it fast to the launch. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She saw how close Romero always worked to the bull, and I pointed out to her the tricks the other bull-fighters used to make it look as though they were working closely. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

It’d been forever, plus Dad made it very clear that they were supposed to look out for each other. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Maybe they didn’t; maybe everyone makes it up as they go along. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though Burger made it clear that as a saboteur he was actually working against the Gestapo, some of the saboteurs still didn't trust him. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Every day in Chicago makes it harder to remember Alabama. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Pyongyang was particularly enraged by South Korean and American initiatives that made it easier for North Korean defectors who had crossed into China to travel even farther, and settle in the West. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Celia almost makes it to Hilly this time, only to have Hilly slip behind the podium table. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Not only is it the first passage that I learned as a child, but since I utter them in every prayer, it makes it less likely that I’ll freeze and forget my lines. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s—I made it—to give to you—to make up for losing the lettuce.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There are some sparkles in the powder, which make it easier for my visitor to find me in the dark. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Earth’s special position at the center of the universe made it the only world capable of containing life, as Aristotle held that all objects sought out their proper place. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

My foot was tapping on the Brown Bomber’s floor a mile a minute and I couldn’t make it stop no matter what I did. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had nothing against anyone trying to promote independence and unity among black men, but they still were making it tough for Mr. Muhammad’s voice to be heard. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I got to the house I started looking for Emma, but Miss Peregrine intercepted me before I’d even made it past the front hall. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I filled out the application, and in my cover letter I made it extremely clear to them that I was not applying for financial aid—that I was a one-hundred-percent cash-paying student. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Now he watched the purple recede blotchily from Uncle Vernon’s face, making it look like badly mixed black currant ice cream. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He could probably have made it down to Grand Central Station jumping by himself, but it saved time to be given a ride. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was true, I didn’t want to make it bad. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe the Mist made it look like a fishing boat, or perhaps the cruisers thought the Argo II was a tourist attraction. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I’m surprised she made it up the stairs so fast. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or he could pull the throttle out and make it go down now. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What was it that made the ragtag little Confederate Army the last of its kind? What made it so weak, but so powerful it worked miracles?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Then there were kids who were not going to make it back to regular school. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made it a special point not to care. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Also, the lower speed will give me more torque, making it less likely I'll lose traction. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wind pushes through the tear, making it spread like an opening eye. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Patrick said that the problem was that since everything has happened already, it makes it hard to break new ground. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think we should . count on his help this time. He wanted a tribute, and he made it pretty clear it would be a tribute we couldn’t handle.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He had heard the doctor tell the white nurse to irrigate my head with Epsom salts and warm water every two or three hours or I wouldn’t make it. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I wondered was how, in the name of Heaven and a merciful God, was I going to make it through the hours ahead. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It makes it hard to be alive, some days. A lot of times I wish I were dead, I truly do, just to make the pain stop.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I have no problem saying he’s going to make it. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only they added an extra syllable to the word, making it “patteroller.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

They just had to make it until then. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I think he loves you more, since he never gets to see you. It makes it more special.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“We were at school and saw the storm coming. Mr. Nelson told us to get on home. I thought we could make it but...” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She shrugged, more focused on the evening traffic, mumbling a “Maybe she couldn’t make it to the post office.” Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

As a child, Roosevelt suffered from acute asthma, a respiratory disease that caused his airways to constrict, making it difficult for him to breathe. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Bar’s on the left just through the foyer,” he says, making it clear he knows we’re not hotel guests. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She’d been preparing for Redemption to be the monster’s target, as much as anyone could prepare for something like that, but hearing that it was Moss somehow made it worse. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I made it about twenty feet before I fell down. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if I got everyone in this entire complex to join me here with garden tools, I don't think we could make it happen. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

After the play Linda Lavin invited us to stay to meet all of the cast members, which made it even more meaningful. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Hollywood was a place where kids like us were making it Big, with a capital B. Jackie Cooper. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ambrose saw me before he made it to our side of the room. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But if anybody knew his butterflies, it was Granddaddy, so I figured he had some reason for making it. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Wheezing, I make it past the fifth floor, stopping just a moment to catch my breath, my sweaty palms grabbing at the cool metal railing. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Since a lunar module flies only in space, high above the earth’s atmosphere, the designers didn’t have to make it streamlined, which is the reason it looked so awkward. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I will make it so that at the very tip of my dagger will be Dray’s blood. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The only problem was that they would have to wait a few more hours to make it work. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure we can talk to her about those things. I’m sure there’s lots of room to make it easier, make you comfortable there.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

All day Zeitoun made it his business to sit by the bars, waving a napkin, pleading with the guards to grant him a call. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Rum was easier to get and we could usually get cider, because every farmer made it. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something about its color and intensity made it clear that this time she hadn’t summoned a light, but a weapon. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He made it a personal crusade to visit shebeens regularly, and there, amid intense beer-drinking and boisterous talk, denounce Christianity as a “clever ploy through which whites sought to keep blacks forever slaves.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yeah, labels make it easier for others to understand you, but I like the safety of knowing. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Whatever business you have with him, make it quick. We’ll be locking down the entire Bureau within the hour.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Some naive part of me hoped the deserter would at least make it out of the city. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

There are only a few who really make it out and stay out, while the rest of us drink, procreate, and go to church, and that seems to be enough to keep us afloat. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The telephone and the modem made it possible to establish physical connections between all the world’s PCs. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

All the railroad men, from Lumbly to Royal, countered with a variation of “Who do you think made it? Who makes everything?” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It would make it easier not to care if she made fun of me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I wondered which lines were the most important lines of the shark’s shape—which ones made it a great white—and where did that powerful energy come from? The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It was as if, once she’d resigned herself to her new world, something had taken her over — a drive to make it hers. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water filling my boots makes it hard to move my legs, but the mud locks them in place when I manage to stand still. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“What did you mean by saying that you could make it fly?” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The lilac jacaranda tree by the gate, leaning backward over the fence as if the wind had made it laugh, was exactly as I remembered it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

And in Cal there grew up a passionate love for his father and a wish to protect him and to make it up to him for the things he had suffered. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The talk was that Lord Tywin planned to restore Harrenhal to glory, and make it his new seat once the war was done. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. Because we do. Because that’s the way of it. Because...it makes it nicer to come back into the cabin each night.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Aristotle was also the midwife of rhetoric’s place in the liberal arts—making it an object of systematic study and finding a place for it in his system of thought. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

His head trembled, and all of his muscles were stiff with the effort to make it be still. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes, a few uglies will make it on their own, following coded directions like you did. But it’s always been three or four in a group. No one’s ever come all alone.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

"I don't know. Something’s not right, but I haven't figured it out yet. Can you make it any less blurry? By moving the projector closer to the wall or something?" Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Any time you miss a shot after the other player made it, you get a letter. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Scoob might’ve made it back to center—more concerned with G’ma’s sadness than his own unease—if he hadn’t caught sight of the Tennessee license plate on the rear bumper of the RV again. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I made it into Mr. Ebgard’s office before I collapsed, slumping into the nearest chair. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Maybe there was something inviolate about Manderley that made it a place apart; it would not bear discussion. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Improvements in anesthetics, and new drills and bone saws that allowed for precision cutting of the skull, made it possible. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“You need thirteen to make it a true coven. They must be regular owls if there’s fewer than that.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

‘He can govern man and beast. He will make it yet.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I also hated the adults, for not trying to fix this situation, for not making it better somehow. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She made it clear that Till never had anything to do with her, that she’d never even seen the boy. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Of course, that made it near enough priceless. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I was glad it was raining so hard, because it made it easy to cry. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Defensive because I certainly didn’t force him to react in this way, which will only make it worse for him, if not me. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The white cotton stuffing was tossed everywhere, making it seem as though a blizzard had hit. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Shame he couldn’t make it today. Suppose we’ll have to make do with our American friend, then?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Inside of three hours he felt his back and arms aching, and knew that if he didn’t stop to rest a bit now and then he would never be able to make it. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

If it had been left to the Italians, classical music would have made it to the modern age without so much as a scratch, still completely mainstream, still loved by everyone. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

On the third day, I found myself in the middle of a thick forest, standing beneath huge trees whose leaves and branches made it difficult to see the sky. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I’m thinking white with international orange on the door to make it pop. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The warning bell rang: One minute to make it to class. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Mom made it seem like this move was no big deal because we’d be back when her new job contract expired. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“I can see I’m not going to make it without some-thing to eat,” he said. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know I don’t have to unless I want, but if he’s already suspicious about me, that’ll only make it worse. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t make it too grim, Holly,” said Hazel, for Pipkin was shuddering at the thought of the blocked run and the pursuing ferret. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

All these considerations make it clear that we should not suppose that the decision to adopt farming was made in a vacuum, as if the people had previously had no means to feed themselves. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Rue . . . so she made it through the first day after all. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

They made it safely back to New York City. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

I will, Grace types back, her hands shaking a little and making it hard to press the correct keys. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

As soon as he made it up the elevator—and I had no doubt he would, one way or another—he would destroy the throne room, the center of the gods’ power. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She made it hard to be mad at her sometimes. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Contemplating the task ahead would not make it easier or the water warmer. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Emenike often left school for weeks, only vaguely saying that he had “gone home,” and he spoke endlessly of people who were “making it” abroad. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Carlisle knocked one so far out of the field — with a boom that hurt my ears — that he and Edward both made it in. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Most of the Ho Chi Minh Trail was covered with dense forest, making it hard to hit from the air. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I ducked under the rope tying off the path to the lake and made it all the way down the trail before I realized anything was amiss. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Let us thank Allah that Brother Habib and his family have made it safely to San Francisco.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Perhaps, for an instant, it seemed as if he would make it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I debated skipping practice—there was nothing I wanted to do more—but Coach would make my life hell if I did, and hell would make it harder to hang out with Aileen again. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

We barely made it out of the parking lot before Marcus started in on me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“The way he was killed made it particularly abhorrent,” Kennedy admitted on his Dictaphone recording. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

We slow to a walk, and I squeeze the gun, my sweat making it slip. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Their faces were 2 5 ^ indistinct, partly hidden with cowls, making it clear they did not wish to be recognized. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He could make it impenetrable, a shield to keep his heart from prying eyes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I imagine you could make it up to both Lady Lackless and myself if you found some sweet nettle for the pot tonight.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Guys who make it a point to remind us we’re the only two females in the class. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The world unmakes stuff faster than people can make it. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Now, at night, I realize that I’m going to be missing The Voice and wonder if my favorite contestant, Javier, will make it to the next round. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

We were taken to a makeshift village where the huts were made out of thin plastic, making it look like a sprawling garbage-bag town. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whoever made it must not have hired someone like her dad to fix the errors. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s just not as simple as you’re making it out to be. I don’t think every gay person can be clearly defined and kept in a nifty little box, you know?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

But how do I say that now, without making it a big deal? Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

If I can’t master the first task they give us, how will I ever make it through stage one? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Chess, Emma, and Natalie all helped him out of the SUV, making it look like it took three of them just to make sure he could walk upright. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I made it to the front of the bus. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“The tonic will make it woozy at best. Don’t worry, we’ll still be at a disadvantage.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Hsu was the University of Texas geneticist whose earlier work with HeLa and other cells had made it possible to discover the correct number of human chromosomes. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

As for livestock, Eurasian sheep made it possible to extend food production to arid areas of Australia unsuitable for agriculture, and Eurasian cattle joined crops in moister areas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

If we covered three miles an hour for eight hours a day, we could make it in three days. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

With plenty of time to prowl around inside Columbia, I found that weightlessness made it seem like a completely different place than it had been on the ground. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d watched his pa make it in Mississippi, but we got stuck on what to put it in. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were all kinds of stories told about the war that made it sound as if it was happening in a faraway and different land. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The angry voices shouting at me made it all the more difficult to find my way through these unfamiliar surroundings. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s trying to make it seem like he doesn’t notice the laughter, the snickers, the snarky comments. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

This discovery meant that if HeLa was susceptible to poliovirus, which not all cells were, it would solve the mass-production problem and make it possible to test the vaccine without millions of monkey cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Its beauty and ability to be easily shaped make it ideal for jewelry. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

What, then, makes it permissible for them to say ‘Hobbes was right’? The answer is simple. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Tendai tried to work it loose, but dampness and rot made it crumble. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Still and all, common sense tells you this much: everwhat makes a wheel run over a track will make it run over a boy if’n he’s in the way. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

This made it very hard for the Long Knives to aim their guns. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

I know there’s so much else that made their lives turn out differently, but he makes it sound like the difference between them was me. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

And sometimes noisy helicopters flying overhead made it so we couldn’t hear a thing, and on those days, we would be sent home. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We made it to the safety of the kitchen with her looking around in alarm and griping at me the whole way. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Unhooking it one-handed wasn’t nearly as easy as Roy Lee had made it look. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped up with my hand flapping and only just made it through the doors before they closed. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Could I make it until the end of the year? Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That would make it too hard to go to school. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And after waving to my family until the bus pulls off, I finally make it out of Manhattan. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

There was a special detonator that was required to make it burn hot enough to cause an explosion. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

There is something about these children that makes it hard to look away from them. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Doing that would make it feel too much like she was replacing James, and she didn’t want that. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Many of them were wearing the same shades of orange and blue as Mrs. Childers, but their grim expressions made it seem more like they were headed to a funeral than to a sporting event. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The image of the little boy in the market in Pakistan comes to mind, and guilt over all of the extra food in my stomach makes it churn. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Once scientists knew how many chromosomes people were supposed to have, they could tell when a person had too many or too few, which made it possible to diagnose genetic diseases. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“You can make it,” I say to Baba. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Speaking over the concussions of the exploding shells so close that the pressure in the air made it hard to breathe. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we can make it to the alley, we can disappear into the buildings and they won’t find us. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

In school, of course, they always managed to make it sound really boring, all graphs and averages and measuring people’s pupils when they looked at different faces. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I’d denied myself permission to think about him, which somehow made it so that I thought about him all the time. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

We keep walking, finally making it into the park and to the giant pond, the lights just a little bit farther. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Actually there was no sure way to make it through a world that had gone completely insane. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

To make it really convincing, I’ll have to tie myself up. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

On my way off the train I dropped a dollar in his cup, something I never do, hoping to make it his good day too. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I know. We made it so. Me and my mother. Every day we asked the lwas to protect our family in Detroit and their house,” I say, adjusting my bra. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He routinely pushed himself beyond what he thought possible because he knew if he didn’t, he wouldn’t make it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if he seeks advice from more than one counsellor, a prince who is not wise will never have consistent advice, nor will he know how to make it consistent by himself. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

I make it one block before I have to stop. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My faceless neighbor spoke up: “Don’t be deluded. Hitler has made it clear that he will annihilate all Jews before the clock strikes twelve.” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Weylin knew what kind of relationship Kevin was supposed to have with me, and he made it clear that he didn’t care. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Seven made it to Valley’s front gate and hid behind a pillar as she texted her. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

If only we were making it in the same direction and the same place. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Its tight, even grain makes it strong but flexible, easy to bend yet disinclined to twist, warp, or cup. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t think mine even made it home from the orthodontist. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She wanted to, yes, but maybe she didn’t have that thing that makes it all worthwhile, whether you hit it big like Picasso or not: the need to. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Gerald and Angel couldn’t have made it through the trial without Mr. Washington. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peeta’s parents, his two older brothers—none of them made it to 13. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

That's what the guy said, The dog didn't make it, like the dog was on its way someplace or meeting somebody for lunch. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

She barely makes it into a nearby chair. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The world can be anything we want it to be, because thinking makes it so. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I made it through the morning, but I was beaten in the semis and ended up in third place. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

As always, whenever I want to get rid of someone I’m not really listening to, I made it appear as if I agreed. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

We must be victors to make it through the morning. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s way cool that you want to travel the world. But you won’t even make it hallway if you don’t eat enough.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course, that’s what we came for,” I said to make it look real at least. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe I was making it all up, and queer marriage notions did not occur to other people. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My father made it before he died,” Hugo lied. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He had lung cancer, something else Mr. Ray made it a point to say. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

After three years of trying, she has actually made it. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Desperately she continued weaving, and finally she made it across. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Hit means you respect life like it is—like God made it—even when it ain’t what you’d order from the wholesale house. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I decided to make it personal with one, who I felt was making a show out of ignoring me. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made it just as they were pulling up the steps, then climbed to the top of the double-decker car and slid into his seat. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Calvin says, “I get that. And you know what else is a drag? Having to be home earlier and earlier. To make it in before dark.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

He had to make it before he froze to death. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

But what earthly luck could have produced this black coat, made it stop — could have made it talk Shanghainese, no less, could have turned it right before his eyes into a sister, his sister? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you,” I said, “for making it. It’s very nice.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

What made it even better, the new elevator boy was sort of on the stupid side. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“They figure if they can make it all the way to Washington, well, that’d be a wallop and a half for the morale of the Union.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The first two times I crash to the ground, I manage to make it back on my feet, but the third time, I cannot get my leg to cooperate. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

After she went to the kitchen, Grandpa winked at Mr. McAllister and said, “Sorry I ain’t got no locust beer to offer you. My son-in-law, he makes it by the barrelful. Ever had locust beer?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The ruling allowed black students to anticipate a different future and emboldened a few of them to try to make it happen. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Her parents made it so hot that Sammy had come to Harlem, where he got a job as a restaurant waiter. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I need to be back on the bus by 1:00 p.m. if I hope to make it home tonight without having to tell too huge a lie. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

And don’t make it worse by saying “fell between the cracks.” fewandfar between. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She doted on her sons, watched over them carefully, and made it her business to keep them away from sin and foolishness. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The air currents dropped steeply earthward, making it difficult for Frightful to fly. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

His outlook infected the entire CIA, making it a place where no one could be trusted, and where potential Soviet recruits were assumed to be double agents sent by the KGB. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He affected Alaska’s voice then, making it more shrill and headache-inducing than it actually was. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I wondered if I would be able to make it through a single day. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It is like someone saying, “I messed up, and now I want to devote the rest of my life to making it right.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow we made it to the janitors’ closet. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“We weren’t sure you would make it through the night, but that’s past now. It’s time for you to eat something, so we can get you home to your loved ones.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents crossed the border like that, too, and even got robbed, but at least they made it here alive. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

What made it even worse was that it was for no reason at all. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I try to be cheerful, hoping a good demeanor will make it go well for me. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“And if we get a teacher to supervise,” Carlos said, “we could make it an official club on campus.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But one tiny piece of recycling never made it down the chute. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“He couldn’t make it. Something upset his stomach, and he was throwing up all night.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I ’m not even sure this car is going to make it.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

When Lopsang saw that Hansen was faltering, he held up his own descent long enough to make sure Doug and Rob made it safely across a dangerously corniced area just below the top. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Paul and the men of the Connecticut 5th had made it back. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

I went to Bolvangar to fetch him safe home, only I made it worse, and if I don’t say sorry, it’ll all be no good, just a huge waste of time. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Luke had not made it to this visit, so I asked, “Is Luke at your house now?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I tried to make it sound like I don’t mind. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Disgusted with Cantor, Kronecker launched vitriolic attacks against Cantor’s work and made it extremely difficult for him to publish papers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“I know the adults in your life have not made it easy.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The paper chain may have changed us, but I don’t think I’m ever going to make it into that popular crowd. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Also, if I don't make it back from the feast, Peeta will be hidden but not entirely imprisoned. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

But then, as we made it back to the top, chests heaving, a long flash of lightning lit up the night and I turned and saw it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Percy didn’t know why she kept doing that, but if he ever needed a suit of armor, he was going to make it out of Crispy Cheese ’n’ Wieners. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She understood what I had to do, but that did not make it any easier for her. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Indeed I will. You have shewn that you can dance, and you know we are not really so much brother and sister as to make it at all improper.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

It is to be hoped that, if his predecessors made it great by feats of arms, he will make it extremely great and venerable through his natural goodness and his countless virtues. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

They were making this a game, and I was making it weird. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We've made it about two blocks when the sidewalk traffic thickens even more. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I made it when I was little,” I said with a shrug. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The rooftop of the State House, where the Congress met, was visible, but the August haze and dust from the street made it impossible to see farther than that. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And her car’s in the parking lot, which makes it so much weirder. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

His nostrils flared when he spoke, which made it really hard not to stare up his nose, and his eyes were two different colors— one brown, one blue—like an alley cat’s. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

When I make it to the kitchen, I see a lone figure. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

We laughed like mad, strangely giddy, half in disbelief that we’d made it this far—across the water, through the woods, past snarling hollows and death squads of wights, all the way to London. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Dr. Cook makes it seem like she fights to stay, too. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But black folks put a twist on it, switched it around—or as my mother said, put some funk on it—and made it butterfly. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And her parents always tried to make it fun. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

We make the fort bigger, giving it three new walls where the one wall fell down, and making it five-sided. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Well, that would make it perfect, then, wouldn’t it?” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, the Boss was going to give himself up, to help me get away, but I couldn’t have made it through the forest” “Why not?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“We can easily make it cooler, you know,” said Strawberry to Hazel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She never drank from the water fountains at school, even if she was thirsty, and some days, she could make it through the school day without having to go once. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

While he is smart and all that, his English has not kept up with the times, so he pays me to make it more accessible. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“But this is the only thing I’m really good at. It’s all I wanna do. Can’t I at least see if I can make it?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s not up to me to change history. But I’ll make it reach to your knee so you’re decent. On the bright side, my granddaughter said you might need this.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And I kind of miss the clean carpeting at the crumbledown all because I made it look better. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“I know he’s with Rae now, and I wouldn’t do anything to sabotage that. But I wanna make it clear to him that he’s more important to me than my...reputation, I guess.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

It creaks under my feet and once I nearly pitch over into the river but I do finally make it to the boat still tied there. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I try to swing my legs inside, but they don’t quite make it; they are dangerously close to the wheels— I shriek, and scrape my knee against the floor as I yank myself inside. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I imagine my body plummeting, smacking into the bars as it falls down, and my limbs at broken angles on the pavement, just like Rita’s sister when she didn’t make it onto the roof. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I don’t understand how everyone can make it seem like it’s okay he got killed if he was a drug dealer and a gangbanger.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She had al-ways known she would not marry—her twisted leg made it an impossibility; she could never be a good wife, could never perform the many duties required — but certainly she could manage alone. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And by doing so made it clear I was, in fact, mocking the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We can make it up between us, however we like.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Finally he made it past the leading charge, past the man and woman who had Deedee in their arms. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“He found a way to take the school’s money and make it look like he donated it to charity. I’ve got no choice but to call the police.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you go and put the kettle on for me and your mum?” she said, making it sound not like a question at all. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I meant it as an observation,” he said when we’d made it down. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He couched his offer in prose that made it seem as if he were proposing the purchase not to benefit himself but solely to free the grieving Mrs. Holton from the burden of work. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

By doing this, they helped make it possible to study what genes do, and how they work. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She made it through the detector and stared at the dog. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I sat up in time to see the backs of Harp and Gully making it down the block. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Jason traced his finger across her knuckles, which made it hard to concentrate. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It takes us forever with our Indian passports and visas, but finally we make it through the blur of lines, paperwork, and questions from security agents. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

You can burlesque your opponent’s position in a way that makes it unattractive to the audience. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

In addition, the largest domestic mammals interacted with domestic plants to increase food production by pulling plows and thereby making it possible for people to till land that had previously been uneconomical for farming. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“In that case I’ll make it seven dollars an hour,” said Armpit’s boss. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

They made it known that it wasn’t a fair fight: the drug dealers were armed with state-of-the-art weapons and a bottomless supply of cash. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I made it my little fort; I put a blanket over me and worked in there, with a light that Dad rigged up. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

And I’d say, “Can we get eggs?” even though I don’t want eggs, just to push back the obviousness of the situation, to make it more normal-sounding. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Nixon made it perfectly clear that staying within the confines of the law was not a priority. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Even if she made it without getting frozen, Greek fire would burn everything, including the ship and all her friends. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He probably thought that if they could make it to Venice, he and Bo would land right in the middle of fairyland. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Ford sat in Windham’s shed, its tires pumped up, and with two new dry cells to make it start easily on Bat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Which did not help the thirst, made it much worse. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tapped on the kitchen window with a stone to make it easier to hear, and a moment later Alice opened the door and came out. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The interview is multiple-choice: Do I have anything, such as child care problems, that might make it hard for me to get to work on time? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have sweatpants in my gym locker. If I hurry I can make it to class in time.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Huge glass windows in lopsided shapes, cube-shaped offices, color schemes like aqua and fuchsia and marigold, which have never once made it past my mother’s beige limitations on interior design. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He just stood there, wings out, and she realized he was making it easier for her to put the backpack on. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“We made it. Everybody out,” Dad said, and by the time all the car doors had opened and Dad had popped the trunk, a light outside the house flickered on. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Gracious me, this packet is thick; I’ve got less than ten minutes to prepare all the scenes and I’ve barely made it past the character descriptions. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

They didn’t exactly make it easier to walk the streets unobserved. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

"Okay. Think you could make it to the lake?" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

You will get married and have kids and responsibilities that make it hard to talk on the phone daily or see each other very often. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was not very long, though fear made it seem an hour at least, before he heard Sam’s voice calling softly from below: Elbereth, Elbereth. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I made it through the rest of my classes without losing control of my lips. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Just under water it was and the clear water made it very beautiful. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m talking about something that could help you change your life, make it better.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She made it clear that neither he nor Nicholas was welcome until they got themselves together, got their high school equivalency diplomas, and started taking care of their kids. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“We could not have made it without each other,” she acknowledged, smiling at Amari. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had to make it last till help came. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone had murdered his beloved and done so in a way that made it look like the prince had committed the crime. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I appreciate your giving me notice of your absence, Mr. Morales. If you cannot make it back for afternoon classes, I will understand.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

If Robbie could make it to that window and have a few seconds of safety to touch the mural, he could ignite the whole thing with spirit. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“I remember when Law first got that thing. Had the whole neighborhood talking. We knew he made it then.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“He’d give you his last dollar. Nothing scares him. He cuts a path through this world like he’s got a plan, but I’m pretty sure he’s making it up as he goes along.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while, he jerked his head or moved his fingers to show that he was still alive, but we all knew he would not make it. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She must have, for her absence made it impossible. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She never did, and each time she made it to her next class without seeing him, she breathed a sigh of relief. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The others speak up now, but everything they say just makes it worse. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

A shot bird, instead of falling onto the soccer field, made it to the picnic area before it came down. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I’ve made it clear I want cremation, but my mom doesn’t believe in it. ” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was as if my mother’s accusation had made it true, that we were doing something obscene. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

And he was always encouraging, especially when I thought I could not make it through the blizzards of winter to spring. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

This Motel 6 is in the latter category, which makes it homier, you might say, or maybe only more haunted. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our trombone sounds are in sync, and after we make it all the way through “A Song of Peace,” I relax into the silence that follows the last note. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

In an attempt to make it Gothic, the guy was drawing spires along the top of the page. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Thomas turned to look at Newt: limping along as well as he could, he’d only made it halfway to Thomas. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Surely she could have made it just as fast. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The way the boat moved across the water made it seem as if they were driving over a road, something solid. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Shivers that were close to seizures had made it almost impossible to stay on my feet. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was such a lot, nearly all of it technologically unfamiliar to me, which made it both exciting and daunting, but mostly daunting. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Wait! I can just make it out ‘Property of’—the writing is so tiny!—‘Property of the Alacran Estate.’ The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tower rose to an overall height of 423 feet, making it the tallest building in the world at that time. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Wearing simple street clothes amid the pageantry made her feel even more the outsider—and the apprentice armband made it worse. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He wondered if he could make it turn black and go off to somebody else. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Bailey’s dare,” she starts, making it his own and no one else’s, binding him to it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Cabot Searcy had the kind of confidence that made it difficult for whoever was around him to pay anyone else any attention at all. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“See, the way you say it, all negative like that, makes it sound like I messed up.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He kicked at the door several times, each kick making it give slightly until he saw snow, sunshine, and an oblong strip of sky. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Because they were making it all up as they went along. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“They had to split a sectional into two parts to make it fit in the room. You can see where it's supposed to be connected.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I wondered if he was hoping that his favorite girl would come back, or if he was hoping that, unlike him, she would make it out for good. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But I’m not sure I can make it down the ladder with the heavy pot of oatmeal. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“So very happy! Honestly, I didn’t think you’d make it past the nymphs, but it’s so much better that you did. Much more entertaining. You’re just in time for the main event!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He is a rich white Southern man from South Carolina with a Southern drawl, and I’m a young black male trying to make it in life, living check by check. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You get used to it. Not like I can make it go away, right?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

They had to help him into the witness chair. 3RD JUROR: You make it sound like a long walk. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, sitting down to our task, I made it perfectly clear: “This is against my better principles.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there was no way the kid could make it. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I won’t make it out of the building before someone cracks a joke. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She would smoke it to make it lighter to carry, pack it, and walk on to the coast. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Pity sugar makes it useless,” he added, taking a sip and shuddering. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Out back was kitchen, larder, pantry, dining room—and the cot covered with army blankets made it bedroom too. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Five. We killed two before they could get over, and Harl slew another on the wallwalk. These two made it to the yard.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But the barbed wire was loose—because Max had made it loose—giving just enough space to crawl beneath. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

‘We have done our best in a short time to make it look like home. After all Fatty and I only got here with the last cart-load yesterday.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The kids at Stuyvesant were all bright, among the brightest in the city, but my growing shyness made it hard for me to make connections. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He walked west rapidly, to get away from the crowd of people still waiting, and made it home without incident. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

This time the bat somehow made it around in time to smash into the invisible ball. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Writing about my pain will only make it worse. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I want to make it there as fast as possible to ease whatever problem she has. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I wanted him to be happy, but I didn’t know how to make it happen. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The last time I saw her she was doing okay without Pa. I believed she was going to make it. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rather, it accumulates in the bones and blood–that’s what makes it so dangerous–and neither bone nor blood was tested. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

"Actually, they couldn't make it. I'm getting started with this independence thing a little early." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The first thing I thought was to use markers to make it a cool tattoo. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Very few people are about, just enough to make it seem more deserted than it is. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made it back as quickly as any human being could, which wasn’t good enough for guess who. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But, somehow, hearing that these strange shadows thought so too made it even worse. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

To make it humiliating as well as torturous, the Capitol requires us to treat the Hunger Games as a festivity, a sporting event pitting every district against the others. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The big hand paused in its healing journey around and up and down her back, then began again as Trotter said softly, “Don’t make it harder for us, baby.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to make it better,” said Omakayas, and once she said this she was determined to do exactly that. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“He made it fun. I didn’t care. He made me feel special.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Samuel wouldn’t make it hard, but on the other hand you couldn’t avoid Samuel because he was in the air every place. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The kid was looking over at the tree line on the far side of the park, and I could tell he was calculating the chances of making it over there. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He stepped out to close the shop door, which didn’t totally silence the noise but did make it bearable. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Since we have this performance coming up, they thought “Why not make it a benefit concert?” Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that, if they didn’t want to help them with the baby, then okay, he wanted them to know they’d make it on their own. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

She tried to turn and leave before Dill saw the tears begin to stream down her cheeks in force, but she didn’t quite make it in time. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“We’ll try to make it, thanks. There’s so much to be done. My men are waiting for me back at the rocket and--” He stopped. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

This would make it easier to read the message that had been graven underneath the tapestry. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“What’s the idea? Do you want to make it difficult for me to find the place again?” hissed the Magpie. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I know they’re holding things in to make it easier on me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I have to make it up tomorrow after school, but now I have more time to study. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Betsy made it all the way from the Virginia tobacco fields to Trenton. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He made it out to read, in cursive and black ink: The angels taught the humans too much. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know,” she said, and then, making it up out of pure habit, “no,” she went on. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I just don’t understand. You make it sound like she’s an accessory he needs to go with his outfit.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said: “I’ll make it so no man will ever want to look at you again.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The steam engine did not make the Industrial Revolution inevitable, but it did make it possible. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

"Tonight's the only time I can make it." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She slams the door before I’ve even made it to my car. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The vendors always made it seem as if we were cheating them, even though Mami said everything was overpriced. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He braved the witch woman’s goofer without incident and made it twenty-six miles before he was discovered snoozing in a hayloft. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Why must we play this silly game? Or do you like this part? Is this what makes it fun for you?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

How could she possibly make it with that belligerent girl along? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The one thing that made it bearable was that Granddaddy took pity on my wretched state and brought me one of his books, Fascinating Flora and Fauna of the Antipodes. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“It killed Scarlet. He’s made it like...like a monument. A memorial for her.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Not that anybody was running against him, but we still had to make it look real so Mr. Kasigi wouldn’t get suspicious. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

We just have to make it our own. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He’d told her he wanted her for good luck—her mother was the only one to ever make it out. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

We make it way out to the middle of the lake and we stop swimming. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I want to challenge her, or suggest she’s making it up, or point out how she's never been interested in my entire life. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mom hated his handiwork, saying he’d made it look more like a bush than a tree. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The faces of children glimpsed at windows appear to be crying, but it is the glass pane dripping that makes it seem so. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each man will make it his duty To kill ten of the enemy before dying. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cracking jokes, drinking Monday to Friday, though a little less now, and walking the poison out to make it in time to worship the good Lord on Sunday. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Moreover, his attitude toward the crime made it, as he later said, “a personal proposition.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, you should just make it to the first RV,” the sergeant went on. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Jacqui kicks him—not hard enough to hurt him, but just enough to make it clear his input is not welcome anymore. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

To Soviet physicists like Flerov, this made it vitally important that the Soviet Union develop its own atomic bomb. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Street sounds made it up to the room, curiously distinct, echoing off the stone building opposite. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it is both at once, which is precisely what makes it so useful. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Nonetheless, I was happy to have made it out of Freetown, to have escaped the possibility of becoming a soldier again. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It resembled MacGregor, of course, because it was his clone, but MacGregor was an adult with differences that made it hard to see the connection. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Phil Ruiz helped out around the office, so Lena made it his job to get into student records and pull Cap’s file. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

She tried to make it sound like a curse, too. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Feeding corn to a steer changes the chemistry of the rumen, making it acid and causing a kind of heartburn that in some cases can kill the animal, but usu-ally just makes him sick. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

My only hope is to make it back to Rue's copse and conceal myself in greenery. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Our first major objective on the island had been to take Mount Suribachi, but the fierce Japanese resistance made it almost impossible. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stepped more carefully when they made it to the area Mark had indicated, and soon they were back at it, searching every square inch for a telltale sign of a trail. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Phoebe said that only about 700 of them made it out of the water. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I could get to the north faster alone,” he figures, “but I might not make it.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

—The lights made it hard to see, but yeah, I did notice that his face looked funny. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he moved his head, the candlelight made it look as though it were moving. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t sure if he could make it back, not without a few days of rest. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I never knew what time he went to bed, though his tired, stooped body and his haggard face made it clear that he was sleeping very little. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The biggest and most difficult task he had with the book was to make it short enough to be readable. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waited a while to make it clear I had given the matter proper consideration before I shook my head. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The quota system has worked for over two hundred years, and although it fluctuates region to region, it makes it crystal clear what each scythe’s responsibility to the world is. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It’s a small kitchen close to the front door, with a huge window that makes it bright and cheerful. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

It took nearly an hour for the high-speed whirlybird to make it to Washington. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I had to prove that I could make it. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I mean, not only was the story hilarious, but the fact that the huge guy telling it sounded like a little kid made it even better. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

What do you put in here, Minny, that makes it taste so good?’ The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It was quite a climb, but we made it without meeting a single person on the way because everyone was using the lift. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

He was one, two miles away from the exit when he realized, I’m going to make it. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“This will be your world, so let’s take our time and make it exactly what you need.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t my cooking that made it perfect, but the connection we felt with the food, with the place we live and with each other. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“This is all so unfair. They’re making it like you’re the one who did something terrible. But it was Patrick. And David Marcel.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I guess what made it seem fancy was the strange peaceful feeling I got, as if the Lord had said, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant,” or something like that. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But the thing was, there was already a framework for athletes to make it. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Does he prompt a laugh that makes it hard to focus on ferreting out the mystery? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Do you have a middle name? Maybe that would make it easier?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Ridgeway’s penchant for violence and odd fixations had made it hard to find men willing to ride with him. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I waited outside at the curb and just the sight of my mom's car in the distance made it easier to breathe. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

They had to paddle hard, hard, hard, but they made it to shore just in time. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

But he could make it to the mysterious object. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

We can only watch his panic, not wanting to make it our own. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

As they hurried along the familiar path to the pond, Neel was glad the moonlight made it bright enough to see without the flashlight. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Brilliant immigrant kid overcomes poverty and the Depression, can’t get a job at the stuffy downtown law firms, makes it on his own through sheer hustle and ability. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

After Rush left the LeMaigres’ home, he made it a point to tell his friends about the reappearance of yellow fever, and he advised them all to leave the city. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

They just had to make it a few dozen feet more. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z