| 单词 | make sense |
| 例句 | We jump from one of these chunks to another, pausing — or fixating — on them long enough to make sense of each letter. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But in fact they are invariably the beneficiaries of hidden advantages and extraordinary opportunities and cultural legacies that allow them to learn and work hard and make sense of the world in ways others cannot. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z All of which starts to make sense, because as my cramped body realizes my brain is open for business, it soon becomes clear I am stuffed into a trunk. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z There are shapes around you that sometimes make sense and sometimes don’t. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “I am learning the Language of the World, and everything in the world is beginning to make sense to me . . . even the flight of the hawks,” he said to himself. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “It only makes sense,” Reynie quickly explained, when he saw his friends’ horrified expressions. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z As mentioned above, Pythagorean tuning made sense in medieval times, when music was dominated by fifths. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I squint at the file, trying to make sense of it. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Each word is a naked patch of him, and I want so badly to add up all the bread crumbs I have and make sense of him. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “She’s not making sense, she called me a—a liar, and now she’s accusing me of signing her name on that pie and...” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I tell him the factories aren’t open on Sunday, so dressing as workers doesn’t make sense. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z When you love someone, you have to try things even if they don’t make sense to anyone else. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a good thing I make such detailed outlines for my research papers, because I knew how to organize my thoughts and start making sense of what I was feeling. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “It makes sense. Why you kept dismissing the messages. Why you didn’t want to help me figure out who wrote them. It’s because it was you all along.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I get out the books again and read the good words Decca left behind, but they blur on the page so that they don’t make sense. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Still, the coastal route has little empirical backing; its supporters tend to endorse the idea mainly because it seems to make sense. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I guess that makes sense, since I only wrote my message last night. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z We lived in a different world than everyone else—a world that always made sense, even when everything around us didn’t. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z And since my gut tells me to trust him, albeit grudgingly, there’s only one decision that makes sense. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I figured I was delusional in thinking I might make sense of my mother’s last research project by coming to this house. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z She’d never considered that Spares didn’t have their own meetings, but she supposed it made sense. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z But that just didn’t make sense—he’d never lie about something like that. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I just want the world to make sense now and then, is that so wrong? The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “Ben,” Thomas said, trying to make sense of it all. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z It made sense, and I felt kind of stupid. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I try to make sense of this, just as I’ve tried to make sense of the other contradictions I’ve been noticing more and more lately. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A student called out, “It doesn’t make sense!” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Her “I’ve got to make sense of this” squint looked awfully familiar. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I suppose that I knew other readers could make sense of what I wrote—that, therefore, I addressed a general reader. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Hearing her say it, it all makes sense. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z He was having a pretty easy time adjusting at school, which made sense considering he looked like...that. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The charge made sense, Magdalys thought; they were boxed in and would either have to surrender or be massacred pretty soon. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I spun around like a victim of amnesia, desperately searching the parking lot for a glimpse of something—anything—that made sense. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z They have some help now, from Ambata and others, which gives Kathy some room to breathe, to be a mother, to try to make sense of the last three years. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Yeah, it is. The funny thing is, I sometimes think my mother loves my father more than he loves her. Does that make sense?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z “It will make sense to you one day. Many happy returns of the day.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I suppose it would make sense to combine the school bags, but like everything else in my life, I leave one at each house and switch which one I use every week. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z And that's a good thing, even though I already knew that, because making sense makes no sense to me. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z But of course her words didn’t make sense. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z That makes sense—it feels like it takes forever to get there on Henry’s boat. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “But how did she come to be in a cave in the woods with a lot of poachers and common thieves? It doesn’t make sense.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z If she drove it anywhere, it wouldn’t make sense when people found Brooke’s body in the ravine. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I searched for something to hang on to, something familiar that would comfort me or make sense, but there was nothing. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’re not interested in making sense; it’s not our job,” scolded the first. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z It makes sense that funerals would be the opposite here. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z What made sense in her world did not make sense in ours. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Things not making sense seems to make sense these days. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Dicey’s job was to see through the contradictions and find out where they made sense together. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He opened his mouth and shot out words in a fast staccato I could hardly make sense of. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She goes on to mention the uprising at Midtown and actually says, “It only makes sense that a song that encourages violence encouraged them to act violently.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z ‘Before I came North I made sense and so did the world. We didn’t have nothing but we didn’t miss it.’ Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It had made sense to her, the decision not to marry, the need to preserve what they had by wrapping it in a shawl of difference. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It was all starting to make sense—though just barely. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Alex thought the rules were stringent, but they made sense, and he was relieved that what was called for was so carefully spelled out. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “The concept of a safe rate of radiation,” the study declared starkly, “simply does not make sense if one is concerned with genetic damage to future generations.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Doesn’t make sense. Shouldn’t I be in your position? Isn’t that the point of your precious Trial?” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “The earth has layers! I suppose that makes sense!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I leaned over the armrest, trying to make sense of the pastel colors and crisscrossing lines on the flimsy, ripped paper. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Disapproval and condescension no longer apply, so what outlook makes sense? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Put that way, it made sense to be afraid; so I hadn’t bothered about that. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z His words float above me, but none of them make sense. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I nod my head like this make sense. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Fairies were so tiny, it made sense that the shrine would be miniature as well! Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “Of course you are. It all makes sense. You’ve been keeping track of my every move, letting him know where I’ll be next.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Finally, the rest of the Quatrain made sense. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The ghosts were thickest there, and it made sense. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z This was one of her favorite games—she had made it up herself—and it didn’t make sense to the rest of the kids until they were in the middle of the game. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I try to make sense of everything Chantal was trying to explain to me back in the house. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Being a branch on the same family tree as Leo made sense to him, and this strange new history made Joseph suddenly feel more alive, more real, and not quite so lost. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z It made sense to work on the boat—but Tag’s offer of friendship had made a deep impression on Nhamo. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your message still doesn’t make sense. You can’t use nonsense words and expect us to figure them out—can he, Mr. Quisling?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It was talking to her, as the house always did, but the vibration wasn’t making sense. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z It suddenly all makes sense, and I start laughing. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z He tried to make sense of the situation, but he was barely conscious. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I bet it’s nice to have everything make sense. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z My Lord, it makes sense,” said Wormtail, sounding thoroughly relieved now. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It was some kid who goes to MS 281, though she dumped him and started dating Henry Joplin, which makes sense because the two of them totally look like teenagers already. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “I think it’s because it was so unreal by any pattern of thought I’m used to; I mean, it just didn’t make sense.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z So I didn’t, because I figured she must have her reasons, like maybe—in my seven-year-old mind, this made sense—maybe she wanted some mud in the car for a change. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z But the weight of that ball made sense in my hand. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “It does make sense,” Miss Leefolt say, but then she hush up when I come over to fill up they glasses. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z And a man would have had a daemon anyway, so it hadn’t made sense. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z She knew it didn’t make sense that she, a Shona child, had a Matabele mother. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It made sense to go there, because Mount Sinai was all the way west on Fifth Avenue. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “You are all Burke Allens,” I said, because it was just now making sense to me. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z That made sense, and explained why there were so many ghosts in Daffodil Manor. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I wanted to tell him it doesn't have to make sense, but then he said he still loved me and wanted to see if he could help me with whatever else I wanted to do. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The pilot talked some and Olive talked some, and both stories had to be put together before they made sense. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The idea that they think about me the same way is a bit funny, but I guess it makes sense. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z When music is organized into beats, it makes sense to write it down that way. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z He was the only person she ever knew who could paraphrase three authors into one sentence and have them all make sense. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z "So what does make sense to you, Bobby?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “That makes sense. You and Sally being old friends and all.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He complained sometimes that his classes didn’t make sense. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It didn't make sense to me, but for some reason I let it go. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Suddenly, old clues, in a new light, made sense. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z There were inventions, too— weird metal machines I couldn’t make sense of. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Ray looks up, tilts his head like the commands don’t make sense altogether. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z "I felt him. It makes no sense, I know . . ." It made sense enough for Brienne. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His book begins with a glossary to help the reader make sense of these new words. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “I’m sick of change. Nothing makes sense anymore. Not Lolo or the kids at school or anything.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It wouldn’t make sense, I knew, but it was a distraction and made me quit looking over my shoulder for cops every three seconds. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z His song was loaded with the blunt, sarcastic humor soldiers used to get through their days, following orders that didn’t always make sense. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Twelve-year-olds were old enough to sort out what made sense and what didn’t. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z They don't have kids sit in the main room, and that makes sense. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z It was hard to believe, but somehow now it made sense. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z “It makes an awful racket, but it kinda makes sense, don’t it? One way to deal with the Noise.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Upstairs, in my room, I pulled all of his letters out of my desk drawer, looking for clues that might help make sense of everything. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I go back to the same page, then try to make sense of it. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z And she heard about shared poems and anger and about how anger only makes sense when you’re stuck in the middle of it. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Keeping one eye on the game, I tried to make sense of my surroundings. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I showed her the picture, and I told her that I knew it didn't make sense. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I try to make sense of it, but frustration starts boiling up in me all over again. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She charts sequences and events with colored pencils, shuffling her diagrams until they start to make sense, a possible narrative. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally my father’s perpetually perplexed preoccupied expression makes sense. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The event makes sense when I think of it in these terms. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I wanted adults to make sense of the world. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The system sounded incredible—sounds, meanings—but the idea made sense. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z But of course we all put ridiculous things in our notes apps that only make sense to us. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I know it didn’t make sense, but I felt eyes on me as I walked up the steps, and I looked over my shoulder uneasily. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Here, there is a plan that makes sense, one that’s been working as it has for eons. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z But not even a sibyl could have made sense of those tiny scraps of paper. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I chuckled; I had encountered so many such contradictions in the white world that I no longer spent sleepless nights trying to make sense of them. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Like most of Dad’s ideas, the assembly call, while something more than a nuisance, made sense. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z In putting together the memories for this book, lining them up and trying to make sense of them, I’ve come to the conclusion that I had a marvelous start in life. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The electric-light-studded outfits from District 3, where they make electronics, at least make sense. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t make sense out of that girl,” he said to the bard. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Only I can’t be remembering right, because that doesn’t make sense. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z And I don't really know if all his philosophies make sense, but we all understand what he be trying to tell us, no matter how left he gotta take us to get us right. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z As I walked to my room, I tried to make sense of what had happened tonight. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I wasn’t sure it made sense even to me. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Describe what happened when I can’t even make sense of how it happened? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I don't know if that makes sense, but you know how I feel about making sense. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z It didn't make sense that the world could roll back to sunlight again. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Suddenly, everything about Diana made sense, and I could hardly believe I hadn’t figured it out earlier. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z He supposed it made sense in hindsight that a nightmare had impersonated the truth, then settled in his mind. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Even though I sat on the toilet seat and listened, I never could make sense of what he was saying. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z To my delight I made sense of almost all the previously bewildering genetic crosses. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I guess writing is how I make sense of things now. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z As usual, it took some time for the letters to make sense to Dustfinger. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z It must have made sense to Dumbledore, though, because he put it back in his pocket and said, “Hagrid’s late. I suppose it was he who told you I’d be here, by the way?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z She walked back through the hallway and sat on a bench outside the office so she could look over her notes to make sure they made sense. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “That makes sense, with Mr. Griswold being a publisher and all.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “That makes sense,” Yishan muttered, more to himself than to the others. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Her arguments make sense, in fact. She’s happy as she is, and doesn’t want to take a deadly risk.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z At first, I was annoyed at her lecture, but then suddenly—it began to make sense. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z And of course, that didn’t make sense to me either. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z It made sense; since she’d come to Lovelace he’d had to negotiate things with them delicately so he didn’t hurt their feelings. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Palmer’s mind riffled through a thousand answers to account for all this, but only one made sense: Nipper had just landed on his head. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z “Well, you’ve been through a lot, and it just makes sense for you not to be out here all alone, that’s all.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z It made sense the way she said that. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s no talking past it, so he does the only other thing that makes sense. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z When Mother heard the rumors, she said now it made sense why Shawn had taken an interest in Sadie. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But then I realized that being so far apart, it made sense that we both had found new friends. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z And now my life doesn’t make sense anymore. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The tsar’s vengeance made sense emotionally, but it wasn’t logical. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z She said it again, and again, not entirely certain that the final word meant anything, although the more she said it, the more it made sense. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Neither is a sprig. I think a book would make sense,” said Mini quietly. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He guesses it makes sense—they’ve always been fixed points in each other’s worlds, little magnetic poles. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z That made sense and I was getting worn out. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “None of it makes sense!” my brain yelled. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Even if the pieces didn’t quite make sense. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z She couldn’t make sense of it, and she didn’t like it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “That makes sense. I’ll just look at the GPS location on my phone, and...” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z It didn’t make sense for him to want to help me, not when he already had two other people counting on him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z This doesn’t make sense, Emma thought, silently trudging behind Finn and Ms. Morales. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Fairy wings make sense, Dad, invisibility cloaks, they also make sense—but this—really? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z I’ve spent the afternoon trying to make sense of it all. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “It makes sense why the cucos haven’t been attacking as often as they normally do. If Mr. Dimblewit was providing food at a set location, then there was no need for them to hunt.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z "It's crazy—everything's crazy. I'm going crazy. Wool disappearing—red silk curtains—it doesn't make sense. I can't get the hang of it...." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Even her voice sounds like it is traveling through water to reach my ears, and it takes me a few seconds to make sense of what she says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z It made sense that every place should have a connection to death. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z But in this case it crept over him slowly, as he made sense of the image and remembered what he had, until right now, forgotten. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The advice comes from classical rhetoric, and it makes sense for long orations: if a listener’s mind momentarily wanders, the passage she has missed is gone forever. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Then, I’ll have two more days of school, which doesn’t make sense because all my finals will be over. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z That doesn’t make much sense but it makes sense to me. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z “I never thought about it like that. I—huh. It makes sense.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z It didn’t make sense, but this woman looked exactly like his aunt. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Guerrilla warfare was a possibility, but since the ANC had been reluctant to embrace violence at all, it made sense to start with the form of violence that inflicted the least harm against individuals: sabotage. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It had to be some good if anything made sense. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z But he’s perplexed, trying to make sense of my words. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z In the first several rounds, it makes sense to eliminate bad players since the jackpot grows only when correct answers are given. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I waited for him to say something that made sense. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z In a way, Scoob guesses it makes sense for her to have a lot of cash—she did just sell her house, and that’s all he’s ever seen her use to pay for stuff. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Things that had been so familiar just days before my last visit to Stuyvesant became strange, and I felt I was losing the mental faculty for making sense of the world around me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “I don’t. I mean, I try, but it doesn’t really make sense to me. The teacher doesn’t expect me to get it anyway.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The medik moved aside, and Kaz blinked twice, trying to clear his vision and make sense of the absurd luxury of his surroundings. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It’s odd that I’m planning this considering I’ve never had a date, but I guess that makes sense. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z I had no way of judging whether it made sense. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I don’t know if any of that made sense, but it was how I felt. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The assumption was that any extraterrestrial intelligence capable of receiving the message would recognize the maths and the science and quickly make sense of the Earth-specific information. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “But it makes sense. Grandma grew up in an orphanage, right?” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “There has not one word been spoken that makes sense 1” For the last few moments Goodwife Cruff had been vehemently prodding her husband. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z To please the nuns, I carry a big satchel of books, but there are more pressing things to make sense of. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But then I realize he's only trying to make sense of the world. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “It made sense for us to have two cars.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “What doesn’t make sense is that the skeleton we think is his doesn’t have any of those things,” said Xenocrates. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It was the craziest thing he’d ever heard, and yet it made sense. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know if anything I said made sense, but somewhere between the gray sidewalk and the gray sky, a laugh burbles out of me. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Every night I pray and ask for help making sense of the tragedy. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z It doesn’t seem to make sense that we can do better by ignoring what seems like perfectly valid information. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Which made sense, ’cause they were a lot alike. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Where then?” asked Wang Lung, too much aghast to make sense in his words.“Well, and the Old Mistress is dead,” retorted the woman. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I shift the words around, trying to form a sentence that makes sense, and when that fails, I move the letters around to see if each one might be an anagram for something else. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z And now it makes sense, the way they were smiling before when Axel saw them from the driveway. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I’d almost say there’s hope in her eyes, but that wouldn’t make sense, so I charge on: “Jupiter, I think I might be in love with Courtney.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z He always talks to you as if he's informing you that you have terminal cancer—which is actually a big part of his job, so it makes sense. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z We need to grasp a melody and a drum beat or steady pulse in order to make sense of what we are hearing. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z But now I’d reached an age where certain childhood mysteries begin to make sense. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z If you don’t believe me, try making sense out of this pile of words: Who do you think I saw the other day the Dalai Lama said my aunt Minnie. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know, that makes sense,” she said when I finished. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It doesn’t make sense, but I suppose in my new world, it does. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z “I can’t see anything as clearly as I used to. It’s all bits and pieces that don’t make sense. Nothing here has made any sense for a year and you know it.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The baby doesn’t make sense—I’m the youngest of my mother’s seven children—but like I said, none of this happened. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He wanted it to make sense, like a machine. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A writer should revise in response to a comment when it comes from more than one reader or when it makes sense to the writer herself. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Seven shivered at the thought of being Nightbeast bait, but it did make sense. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z He didn’t know if he believed in fate, but it made sense. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The three rules of the Tipping Point — the Law of the Few, the Stickiness Factor, the Power of Context — offer a way of making sense of epidemics. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Didn't really make sense for me to wipe her mouth until she was done making a mess. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Shin struggled, though, to make sense of most of what he heard on the radio. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z We had gone over the problems in class but the way it looked in front of me didn’t make sense. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “The Kalends of July. At least the deadline makes sense now.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It’s hard to make sense of such a tragedy, surely it is, but the good Lord works in mysterious ways. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Saying it out loud enabled him to make sense of it all. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I just didn’t like listening to them, because some questions take forever to make sense. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Languages are invented by the people who speak them, who tend to care more about what is easy and what makes sense than about following rules. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z It made sense because Dad and the others had radar and searchlights on their boats. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z That seemed to make sense, so the seven men lifted the young lieutenant up and stretched him out carefully on the hood of a parked car, still pinning each struggling part of him down. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z If the two sticks cast shadows of equal length, that also would make sense on a flat Earth: the Sun’s rays would then be inclined at the same angle to the two sticks. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly a lot of things made sense to me: May Castellan had tried to become the Oracle. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z So that I could finally meet her in person, see her true face, and try to make sense of how I felt about her. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I want to say I was shocked that she threw me under the bus, but it made sense. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Only then did the words I heard in the forest make sense: “And am I to act immediately?” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Some people take yoga classes or meditate, but for me, sitting on the lawn mower helps make sense of things. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I tell him that yes, it does make sense. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “Come up,” said the boy, and again her dæmon made sense of it for her. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z "Only it doesn't make sense, Cinna. I would never be telling Gale those things about me. He already knows them." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Bad. Leg,” I whisper to myself, trying to make sense of what he is saying. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Not that what had happened to me made sense, but at least I could tell it coherently. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z As the truck began to pull away from the base, I started boiling with anger, because I couldn’t make sense of what was happening. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I tried hard to process what happened at church on my own, attempting to put everything together, to make sense of it all. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know how to put all of what we’ve seen and done together into one comprehensive something that will make sense to anyone but me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “A bunker, maybe. Having something like that would make sense up in the mountains. And we’re going there, boy. Sooner rather than later.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The only thing that has helped is pouring out my thoughts into that notebook—a string of words trying to make sense of what’s going on inside me. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z This made sense in many ways: the labor of working a field that required a lot of plowing was shared, as was the harvest from a fertile field. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z “If you’re looking for folks to make sense, my girl,” he said, “you may find yourself looking for a very long time indeed.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z "But s'pose they don't make sense? Not here, on this island? Supposing things are watching us and waiting?" Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Despite what my brother told the Mask, it’s the only answer that makes sense. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He tried to make sense out of it. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z To help them make sense of a number like six million, they set out to collect six million paper clips. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z There are diagrams, numbers, lines and charts—strings of words with terminal punctuation at the end—some are periods, some question marks, and none of it makes sense. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Devon says it makes no sense but it makes sense to me. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Go on,” he said, trying to make sense of it. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “The last place anyone would think you’d Though I was not sure I trusted Cerdic, what he said made sense. But I said, “I want to go by the church first. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z While I was trying to make sense of what she’d said, Auri finished the last of her bread and clapped her hands excitedly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He was taken aback, which was a thing I had heard people say that had never made sense until this moment. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I hesitated, trying to think, to make sense. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I know all the words she’s saying—except I’m not sure what an “airport” or “united states” is—but they don’t make sense to me all together. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The next words looked like on fire, but that didn’t make sense. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Mo himself had some difficulty in making sense of what she was saying. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Hearing him retell it—seeing how impassive he looked in a videotape of the court proceeding, it’s hard to make sense of how singular and important the moment was for him. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The air crackled and pushed her forward as her feet tried to make sense of the ground. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “It doesn’t make sense to construct houses 1 don’t need. That would just be money down the drain.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The stars that I know are on the other side of the gym ceiling don't make sense. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z It was when he said that the owl was the spirit of Ultima that everything I had ever known about Ultima and her bird seemed to make sense. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ay, it don’t make sense that in all them movies and books, nobody thought to shoot him.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z It had taken hours and hours of precious time, but I was satisfied I had the correct text, the only text that really made sense. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z But the source of the disastrous line to get into school now made sense: They only had one of the machines running. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z "Why did she keep running from the places she was safest, Christoffel? I just need some of these pieces to make sense." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z It was only hours later, sitting in the kitchen, watching as the gray light of morning bled slowly through the West London streets, that Alex could try to make sense of what had happened. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Nothing made sense to Hazel, and she was so sleepy, like there was a weight pulling down on her brain. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Everything they did had always made sense to me, adhering to a logic I understood. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It did seem to make sense that if there were such a thing as the charmed folk, they would live here in Lanternwood, a place that seems forgotten by time. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I mean, it didn’t make sense: how could August Boatwright know anything about me? The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z La Bruja downstairs she thought of as the devil—her being below them made sense. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He told me once he talks because he’s so nervous, but I don’t see how that makes sense. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z He nods as if that makes sense to him. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. I’m just...me. I’m a spirit with a body. Does that make sense?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I could not make sense of this Janus-faced husband who spoke false and true at once. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z His shoulder is throbbing now and he cannot quite pinpoint when everything stopped making sense. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I shove him again as everything starts to make sense. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z At the same time, he knew it made sense to run. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “Well, that doesn’t make sense. I mean, if I had all these powers, I’m sure I’d be using them for something. At least to get a TV in here.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Then he told me I couldn't be on the team no more, that it just didn't make sense to keep me if I wasn't running. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I’m trying to make sense a what Miss Hilly just said: Miss Skeeter. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z That was the day I learned that my brother, my beautiful, brilliant older brother, couldn’t make sense of words and letters the way that I could. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She was trying to make sense of it when she noticed that one of the policemen had something on the desk in front of him. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “A fixed cost,” Armpit said as it all suddenly made sense to him. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Who knows? 45 Maybe someday, after all this crumbles away, the trees will be back, and these storms will make sense again.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “But that wasn’t all. Everything made sense, like how upset you got about the protest and about Khalil. Not that that wasn’t stuff to get upset about, ’cause it was, but it—” He sighs. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “We didn’t see. But it would make sense.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Liyana still had to translate prices into dollars in her head for them to make sense to her. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z It made sense that she didn’t want them to succeed. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z I stare at it long enough to make sense of the shapes on it, the blue stretches of water and the multicolored pieces of land. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “They don’t really make sense,” Piper said, “just garbled images, but I saw two giants, dressed alike. Maybe twins.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The jurors sat with studiously impassive faces as they strained to make sense of matters. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z For everything in the universe to be governed by ratios, as the Pythagoreans hoped, everything that made sense in the universe had to be related to a nice, neat proportion. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I kept thinking of all that had happened, trying to make sense of what had occurred, of how I had become a wolf’s head. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z She had said she didn’t want her body found by random kids—and it made sense that out of everyone she knew, she would pick me to find her. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Suddenly every motion in the universe made sense. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z But that didn’t make sense—after all, if they took the Yellows out of Thurmond, why wouldn’t they have taken them from all the camps? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “I heard Crouch’s confession, and I heard Harry’s account of what happened after he touched the Triwizard Cup; the two stories make sense, they explain everything that has happened since Bertha Jorkins disappeared last summer.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I had sort of forgot about it being Karim and Erik’s birthday, but then I figured that made sense, because of how they were triplets. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z It was like it was the only time he could ever be born, the only time that’d ever made sense for him. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z —Seems to me that stuff that makes sense to you don’t make much sense to nobody else in the world. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And finally the story made sense—the one on the page, and the one that had lived in me through childhood. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Dad struggled to make sense of the news. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Melodies emerge, patterns that I couldn’t quite make sense of at the time. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Valley being a Spare would make sense, since she was always falling behind in all her classes and had zero friends. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z He couldn’t make sense of the map at all. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Their bodies began to make sense to him, and it was not as difficult as he had thought it would be. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z "Does any of this make sense to you?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Alby’s words started to make sense and panic flared in Thomas. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z If any new home made sense to me, this would be it. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z That in those moments, our brain uses two very different strategies to make sense of the situation. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The words didn’t make sense to Luke, but they stopped Lily cold. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I almost wanted to tackle the guy into the sand and get his big head in a vise grip for saying something that actually made sense. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “I guess that does make sense. But be careful, okay? I mean it. Your brother had a lot of enemies.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “Well, it’s kind of stupid to send me to a place where nothing makes sense and not answer my questions.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z It was a girl about her age, which made sense, since this was the seventh-grade lunch period. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z It made sense that the scepter might have caused this weather change. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Suddenly, I understood everything: the arguments with Mamá, his inappropriate riddle for La Sirena the last time we had played Lotería as a family, the disconnected phones, his unexplained disappearance, it all made sense now. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He said the turquoise color and the raspberry flavor just didn’t make sense, so he wouldn’t drink it. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z In the meantime, it didn’t make sense to me to hold on to any grudges or focus my energy on the people who hadn’t believed in me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Maybe they don’t, but something about it does make sense. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z But for the Pythagoreans it came to mean something threatening, a hint that their world view might not make sense, which is today the other meaning of “irrational.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Anyway, the same words can be found in both books, which makes sense because they’re written by the same author. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z By not answering, I’m answering, if that makes sense. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z And I really need to make sense of what I saw. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He was a Buddhist and believed in the laws of karma, so it made sense to him that he might pay for his war murders: everything comes back to you, nothing is accidental. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I don’t remember when the blocks of words began to make sense, but by the end of that school year I’d gone from book hater to bookworm. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z It—whatever we did and were—doesn’t even make sense to me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z A day came when it no longer made sense for the knights of Castle Black to dine apart. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In the back were the sprinters, which made sense. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Lying low made sense because we were up the creek with models based on sugar-phosphate cores. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z It also made sense to locate the giant storage tank in the North End, near the freight yards and wharves where the molasses could be poured into barrels and shipped to various distilleries. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “If this building is two thousand years old, it makes sense there could be some kind of secret passage left over from the Roman days.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He was trotting, shaking his shaggy hindquarters, and suddenly his story about a muscular disorder in his legs made sense to me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The words simply didn’t make sense together: Friendly face. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I had never thought about what I would say to an audience, so I was unsure if anything I was saying made sense. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I knew English had already heard most of it from his sister, but I still gave the fellas the play-by-play, hoping that somewhere in it, it would make sense. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z To her surprise, he nodded as if that made sense to him. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was about what’s going on in the world, and about trying to make sense of it. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The world was one world, and the notion that a man might kill another over some small patch of it did not make sense—though Ishmael knew that such things happened. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z This transfer made sense: Toussaint seemed combustible, and getting him out of Sing Sing would help to defuse gang tensions. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Saying mass incarceration is an abysmal failure makes sense, though, only if one assumes that the criminal justice system is designed to prevent and control crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Old Blue was too drunk too often these days to make sense. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe I need to make sense of things. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z All Helene’s actions of the past few weeks suddenly make sense. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She was making sense, but I wasn’t letting myself listen. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Considering everything that happened, I guess that makes sense. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “Similar interests, different priorities. That may not make sense, how two people can be passionate about the same things and still find room for disagreement, but it happens.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Immediate and long-term! It makes sense,” I shoot back, which only makes him smirk. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z These spirits and unseen things, as Madrina calls them, don’t make sense to me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “You? That doesn’t make sense. Why in tarnation would you take things that already belong to you?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z But she’d found that people didn’t always recognize her navy uniform with its gold ATA pilot’s wings, or make sense of them, and Scotland was as foreign a land as France to Maddie. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z In this way, she found that even the words that had seemed impossible to decipher on first reading began to make sense as she discovered their place in the story. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The only thing that makes sense to me is what Walt Whitman said about death: “Look for me under your boot soles.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It only makes sense: If these roses have been around this long already, they are pretty sturdy. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Cicero thought cartography was a branch of geometry, but the Renaissance developed a whole range of new mathematical disciplines and demonstrated their power to make sense of the world. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But at the same time some part of me said, “Well, this makes sense.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I knew Omi’s advice to me—always keep surrounded, always have witnesses—made sense, but of course no way could I actually follow it. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z People say these things to make sense of the world. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “We were just trying to make sense of those papers you and Mapper ganked this morning.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It simply did not make sense for both sides to lose thousands if not millions of lives in a conflict that was unnecessary. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The night being cold, I drew closer to it and tried to make sense of the things that Bear had said. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “I asked her to speak the Chinese words aloud together so that I could hear if the sound made sense to me.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “It will all make sense once we find Virgil.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Furthermore, it suddenly made sense to her that at least one person in the family should get the full effect of the maple sugar. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He spoke, but I couldn’t make sense of what he said, nor did I stay to listen. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z His voice sounded unreal, deep and velvet, something that should live only in a radio because it didn’t make sense outside in normal air. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I’m not sure my answer made sense to Ms. Faraci, but she smiled anyway, her round cheeks so high, they brushed the bottom of her glasses. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z But I must not be very good at figuring, because that one just didn’t make sense to me. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Sarai found herself flattened against the wall, trying to make sense of the flow of faces, and they were all familiar but not as familiar as they would be if she had seen them recently. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Volpe did not give him any blocking; he told him to listen to the show and pop up wherever it seemed to make sense at that moment. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I couldn't make sense of it at first. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “I'm sorry. I’m not making sense, but that thought just came to me. The message I wrote on the beach was different. It had your name in it.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Their eyes met for a long time; it looked like her mind was spinning, trying to make sense of it all. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Even though lots of stuff doesn’t make sense, I still think He’s up there. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z To me, the lectures were gibberish, probably because for most of January, I thought Europe was a country, not a continent, so very little of what the professor said made sense. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Even he could not always make sense of the mongrel Ghiscari tongue the slavers spoke, especially when they were speaking fast. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Do they feel a girl sitting on the steps trying to make sense of the world? Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z What she said made sense, but it unnerved him. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Sometimes it’s easier for people to make sense of things...if they can put the blame on someone.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z It makes sense that the neighborhood guys without dads flock to Martel. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It just made sense, and it was far enough away from the yellow house, Genie figured, that the hundreds of non-swallows wouldn’t mess with it. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z It doesn’t make sense that this would be all there is. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z "But that assumption—a whole continent of patsies —simply didn't make sense." 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “I guess it’s like, I forgive her, but I don’t really know if I can trust her again. Does that make sense?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z I picture Daddy trying to make sense of those pretty words. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Aru couldn’t remember a single story about him, but that made sense, given who he was. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Most look like fragments of things, single words or phrases that don’t make sense on their own: Night flowers. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z This is how the human body reacts to extreme stress, and it makes sense. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z This makes sense; their records in this tournament indicate that the 8-6 wrestler is slightly better. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The politics of respectability made sense to many black reformers during the Jim Crow era, since African Americans had no vote, could not change policy, and lived under the constant threat of the Klan. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z She says this as though it makes sense. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Tonight Roy was so tired that he wasn’t sure if anything he had to say would make sense. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Somehow the door is by the ledge. Does that make sense?” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And nothing else makes any sense, dad doesn't make sense, mom doesn't make sense, the audience doesn't make sense. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z She turned the words around and around in her mind, trying to make sense of them, but she kept coming to the same conclusion. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z But instead the plastic cover squeaked, like it was trying to make sense of me sitting down on it. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I guessed it made sense to have a little hooch in a saloon, even if it was part church. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z For the first time since she can remember, her life is beginning to make sense. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z There comes a time when you’re losing a fight that it just doesn’t make sense to keep on fighting. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z It actually makes sense that white kids in the suburbs will love the videos. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I was on a team so the glove made sense. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z It makes sense, I think, when I look at myself in the mirror. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Even wanted to make sure I understood that whatever I write down don't have to make sense as long as it's really me. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Of course it doesn't make sense—feeling this way doesn't make sense. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It makes sense and it’s almost a good story. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Only Ma Charles and Miss Trotter could get themselves riled over things that made sense only to them. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z She’d always thought of dragons as being ancient somehow, but a child dragon made sense. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “It would make sense if she had a book of his poetry,” I said. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z If they couldn’t make sense of what they were looking at, they weren’t going to look at it. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The odd tracks suddenly made sense, and he understood why they’d gone in strange directions. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It’s all I can do to keep up the pretense that Papa is making sense. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted my life to make sense, and nothing in that narrative made sense to me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Part of her wanted to talk to Ben, to open her mouth and let everything out, all the things she was afraid of, even if it didn’t make sense. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z All those weird moments that had been bugging him since second period suddenly made sense. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z The pattern makes no sense tonight, though, and I’m too tired to make sense of it. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Here is something that only makes sense now that you know what you know. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z My mind reels, trying to make sense of it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z In New Orleans, I could of used a nice hat like they made in that shop, but it didn’t make sense for riding the rails. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z After all, it wouldn’t make sense for the Dauntless to make the trek to the city hospital every time they get hurt. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z "I suppose it makes sense that the goddesses of war and death would be sisters," I said. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The twins unreasonably venting their frustration on their sister—all this made sense to Briony. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Sparrow, you don’t speak nearly enough to be a drama queen. And the only thing that ever made you feel alive was gone, so it makes sense that you didn’t feel very alive.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Which makes sense, I guess, because we used to play in there a lot. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “It's all about rules and order and it doesn't make sense to Lucifer, just like it won’t make sense to Adam and Eve.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He was like a professional smiler, which makes sense for a dentist, I guess. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Words and letters never made sense to him like they did to me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It never made sense to me why tryna DO something with myself made me some kind of race-traitor to these guys, but some of the stuff Trey said tonight really got to me. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Diplomatic immunity did not make sense to him. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Okay, so that last bit didn’t make sense without an explanation, but Mother didn’t seem to notice. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Something rustled as I tried to make sense of everything, and a small circular door I hadn’t noticed opened across the room. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It’s only really starting to make sense now. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “When your journey is over everything will make sense and you will live joyful, productive lives. But first, you must pick the rosas de castilla,” Tonantzin said, pointing behind me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I stayed there for months playing back every minute of our time together, watching it like I watched the movies, trying to make sense of the days we buried squandering love. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But though this explanation makes sense on engineering grounds, he said, it doesn’t make the long-ago actions of the moundbuilders any less mysterious. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Nothing made sense, and I felt more alone than I had the entire year—like I might suddenly burst into tears if the wind picked up again and blew too hard in my face. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z It takes me awhile, seeing as how I have written a lot and sometimes it doesn’t make sense so I have to fix it while I’m talking, but Addie does not stop me. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z He began thinking up other combinations of art, a lie, and the truth that made sense. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve told you how to make sense of that,” she said, her irritated tone indicating they’d had this particular discussion before. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z That was the foretelling the Commandant spoke of in her office weeks ago, and now it suddenly makes sense. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Too many responses—some true, some not—are colliding in his head and breaking up into floating letters he can’t seem to wrangle back into words that make sense. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z That never made sense to me, because he was smarter than me, so if I was too smart for retail, then he really must have been too smart for retail. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Koffi was massaging her temples, still trying to make sense of the words, when abruptly, she noticed something. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Now I gotta put them all together into something that makes sense. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Now, finally, their varied areas of expertise made sense. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z This would make sense if the atmospheric regulator were on, but I'd cut power to it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I climbed into the van after Zu and did the only other thing that seemed to made sense in that moment: I banged the heel of my palm against the wheel. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Sometimes the rhymes made sense, sometimes they didn’t. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It was just beginning to make sense when the phone rang, shattering his thoughts. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z But since I don’t usually listen to the teacher, that makes sense. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “But it doesn't make sense. He's such a close friend of your family. It might not have been him.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Nina tried to make sense of what she was hearing. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He's got this whole furtive way about him, which makes sense, considering that he is lurking and all. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z I am still trying to make sense of what has just transpired. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Chances are, if something you’re reading doesn’t make sense, it’s not your fault—it’s the writer’s. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z First he rearranges them into a kind of order that almost makes sense. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z As the lightning ceases and the blood rain begins just to the right of it, her words suddenly make sense. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “I am saying that our students should stop making noise. Asking David Hunt to go does not make sense. Give the man a chance and see if peace will come.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “The mark of Daedalus,” she said, as if that was supposed to make sense. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “I promise it will make sense when we find him.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He doubted that there is any principle of morality which can command universal assent, and he doubted that any of our sophisticated intellectual systems make sense of how the world is. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Although it sure doesn’t make sense as an accident,” the Colonel said. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z You said it would make sense once we found Kaori didn’t say anything for a long time—or at least what felt like a long time. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z It was almost equal to the dinner spread from the night before, which made sense, since it was Suheyla’s first opportunity to feed Eril-Fane in over two years. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But driving off like that in the middle of the night didn’t make sense. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z We frequently retreated to the school gym to play basketball and to try to make sense of things. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z There were cracks in her perceptions, and she was trying to make sense of them. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I guess it made sense to ask, but I wasn’t ready for it. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “I think we could choose what we want to become, or we could choose to let the dream choose, if that makes sense.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Not all speech is spoken, Ivan. I know that doesn’t make sense, but it will.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “That’s not about the government, you moron. And it doesn’t even make sense.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The drinks are all alcohol-free, which makes sense since dying isn’t an excuse to sell alcohol to minors. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Someday I will tell her that it doesn’t make sense. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z “All right. To me that makes sense. When someone has much more than he can use, it’s very reasonable to expect he will not keep it all himself.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z People are crying and in shock, crouched down and covering their heads, and nothing is making sense. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I don’t decipher it or make sense of it for them. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I looked at nature and made sense of it. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Liyana’s entire family believed in reincarnation because it made sense to them. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z That made sense, in all the moving picture shows I’d seen and all the books I’d read about vampires I never could think of seeing one that could drive a car. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z That didn’t make sense—Hanako would simply breathe out of her mouth. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z When we study the narrative of plants such as wheat and maize, maybe the purely evolutionary perspective makes sense. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z When I was seven I had an answer to this question that made sense to me. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z It takes a membrane to make sense out of disorder in biology. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d always listen to what folk had to say, and if they made sense, he’d weigh their words, he wouldn’t jus’ toss someone’s thoughts out ’cause they wasn’t agreeing with his. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Mom glares at me and then peers around the room, as if she’s trying to make sense of it all. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z This blame-the-party-in-power approach made sense in Great Britain, where the prime minister is an elected member of Parliament who serves only as long as his or her party holds a majority of the parliamentary seats. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z All those thoughts are so loud I can’t quite make sense of any of them. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Weird. But it kinda makes sense. No offense, but you don’t make a very good boy.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z She was often confused, but slowly, it made sense. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes moved over the mess, but it did not look like he could make sense of it. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Percy—” “Destroy with a hero’s final breath. That makes sense now. Daedalus died to destroy the Labyrinth. But what was the last—” “And lose a love to worse than death!’ The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “You know I’m right. My dad and the Dauntless showing up on the same day? It’s the only thing that makes sense.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “It gets easier, Mia—missing them and feeling guilty and helpless that you couldn’t save them. Oscar kind of settled into my memory, and I take him with me. Does that make sense?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z We hadn’t been to church as a family in a very long time, so it made sense that we didn’t know Special Agent Gonzales was part of our neighborhood’s congregation. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I wanted to tell her she was confused and wasn’t making sense, because of course our plant was a Cobalt Blue Orchid. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I stared at the thing and tried to make sense of its too many arms and legs. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Corinthians couldn’t make sense out of what they were talking about with so much passion, and she didn’t want to stay there and learn, lest it distract her from the contentment she was feeling. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z In those moments Mr. Kapasi used to believe that all was right with the world, that all struggles were rewarded, that all of life’s mistakes made sense in the end. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z As I head back to Blackcliff, I try to make sense of what just happened. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard for twenty-two minutes to make sense of something that most people would give up on after thirty seconds. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I was still staring at the floor, trying to make sense of what was going on in the kitchen, when I heard my mother blow her nose. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew how the backbone worked, which really wasn’t bones, and now I decided to try to make sense of the fins. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “It just doesn’t make sense,” Moms will say, flipping the channel to a baseball game or some reality show we all like. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Instead he took the discoveries of others and made sense of them. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “He’s my ancestor! I’m descended from the third brother! It all makes sense!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The store man is talking and talking, but my head feels as tiny as a butterfly's—too small to make sense of anything. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z But it made sense, in light of the other information that circulated about the sergeant. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I began, trying to make sense of the jumbled thoughts in my brain, but I couldn’t continue. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z So it makes sense that when he passes by me, I say hello. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z The puzzlement in having to make sense of this abstract philosophical conundrum mingles with the poignancy of having to come to terms with the loss of someone we love. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z It was like an immense spider, he thought, his mind groping for comparisons that might make sense of the thing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I was obsessive about my fears, once, in the same way, always trying to make sense of them, over and over again. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z It made sense they told each other, to set up their shipbroking business in one of the great coaling ports of Europe. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Practice stringing them together in ways that make sense to you, but are different from what you've heard. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Darius has been wanting to come see me, but we still had boxes and I was still trying to make sense of it all. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Her words didn’t make sense because you were always such a good swimmer, better than I was from the instant we met. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I can make out some of the words but they dont make sense. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z My textbooks began to make sense, and I found myself doing more than the required reading. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z We thin-slice whenever we meet a new person or have to make sense of something quickly or encounter a novel situation. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The pain there doesn’t make sense to me. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Even Aristotle, he said, if he came back to life, would not be able to make sense of what was said by his modern disciples. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But she agreed it made sense for me to come since this is Minerva’s last year at Inmaculada Concepcion, and so I would have family here to look after me my first year. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the disgust I felt made sense. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z It doesn’t make sense that he sold drugs. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z She could see the principal talking and hear what he was saying, but nothing was making sense. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z It doesn’t really make sense to me, but then again, nothing that’s happening today makes much sense. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “So this is the face you decided would be beautiful. This is the face that made sense to you.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I was not happy in any way that would make sense to most people, but I was, for the first time in my life, deeply content with what life was giving me. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z So it made sense for me to head downstairs too. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z “Dadi does. My parents don’t exactly support it, but they don’t not support it either, if that makes sense.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The words on the pages had stopped making sense, and nothing I could write was adequate to express the despair I felt. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I knew Mama and them were shocked at Aunt Carrie, but she made sense to me. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It doesn’t really make sense that she could just drown. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z A melodic phrase is a group of notes that make sense together and express a definite melodic "idea," but it takes more than one phrase to make a complete melody. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z It makes sense that he would tattoo himself with the symbol of Dauntless, his refuge, and even the symbol of Abnegation, his place of origin, like I did. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z It made sense to help in the fields, just as she’d had to help in the restaurant. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “And then I get mad at that other man, for having a stroke or whatever he had, like he shouldn’t have been driving, but then I know that doesn’t make sense either.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z When I picked up Paradise Lost I could only remember it was about Adam and Eve and the Tree of Knowledge, but now I couldn’t make sense of it. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “It does not make sense. And you think that two murderers do make sense?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z What story they’d tell themselves to make sense of my disappearance. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Wow,” I said, but my voice cracked like a kid who suddenly realized he was alone inside the bedroom of the girl he loved, which made sense, considering the oppressive reality of my surrounding conditions. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z In an attempt to make sense of it, to see it clearly, I wrote it all down. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It would make sense, since he likes doodling on the walls. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z They didn’t seem too surprised by my arrival, which made sense: The fact that Augustus made me feel special did not necessarily indicate that I was special. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z It made sense: anyone who risked unleashing a virus had to have protection for themselves. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Maybe she thought certain clues would arise from the primordial pool to make sense of our eventual difficulties. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Usually I always thought A was for Albie, but that didn’t make sense this time. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “It doesn’t really make sense. Delicious totally depends on the person eating. the food.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Hardly any of it made sense to her, only bits and pieces. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It's the shortest distance to the railway station, which makes sense. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I try desperately to make sense of an elusive fragment of memory. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I know people used to believe photographs would steal their souls, which makes sense to me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z First, Kira decided, it made sense to pretend she knew nothing. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “That wouldn’t make sense. Look at where that is.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z And since most parents would agree that education lies at the core of a child’s formation, it would make sense to begin by examining a telling set of school data. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z It is at the zero hour of the big bang and the ground zero of the black hole that the mathematical equations that describe our world stop making sense. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It made sense, given what they’d all been through at their hands. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “Why did Rana go to the trouble of calling just now? It’s so expensive. It doesn’t make sense.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z If Clara’s spirit was trapped at Daffodil Manor, it made sense that she had been killed there, possibly by someone who lived there. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “I mean, women have hair down there, so it made sense to me.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It made sense, they’d only cut themselves to pieces with firearms. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “So, if you want to be a good American, you’ve got to practice bad Americanism. That makes sense, too,” Mr. Gayle sighed. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The curse of knowledge, in combination with chunking and functional fixity, helps make sense of the paradox that classic style is difficult to master. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z For the next three years, businesses slowly and steadily bought more and more faxes, until, in 1987, enough people had faxes that it made sense for everyone to get a fax. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s okay that we didn’t collect souvenirs or that we never had time to pull it all together in a way that made sense to anyone else but us. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I frown at it, my thoughts racing, trying to make sense of the name, proj_ice. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She could hardly make sense of what she was saying. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z When I tried to make sense out of all that, it seemed like the Bible was right. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z But neither of them said my points made sense. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z It doesn’t make sense, and I could scream with the frustration of it, the not knowing, the uselessness of my own brain. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not saying it makes sense,” he says, smiling. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z So many thoughts are running through my head, but I can’t seem to make sense of any of them. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He would look down at her and smile, and then they’d make out all night, and everything would somehow make sense. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z ‘I’m honoured. I’ll try, but I have to warn you: my mom doesn’t make sense to me a lot of the time.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “I guess it makes sense,” she said, relaxing now. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your message still doesn’t make sense. You can’t use nonsense words and expect us to figure them out—can he, Mr. Quisling?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “That doesn’t even make sense, degrees, trillion...anyway, she’s not my girl,” Isaac says. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z Tangled up on the floor, Chess couldn’t make sense of anything. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Then ‘lower’ . . . and then . . . would this word be ‘downstairs’? Maybe it says, ‘head downstairs’?” “That doesn’t make sense,” said Doon. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I make sense of a stove I have never used before. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Something I could bear because I could make sense of it. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It made sense, Khalid being born right in the middle of all that celebration. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z But his blood was alive, his rifle was at his shoulder, the world made sense again. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z But during the whole period up until that night, the medical stuff had only sunk in to a point; I only accepted what I had to accept to make sense of any given moment. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z For everyday numbers to make sense, they have to have something called the distributive property, which is best seen through an example. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The name Cheeky would have come easily to her, so it made sense to phase me out. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z There is talking around me, I hear words, but the words don’t make sense. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “How can it be a lesson if it doesn’t make sense?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He walked over and squatted near them, studied them, tried to make sense of them. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of what Grandpa Portman had said made sense, like the thing about wanting me to go to the island. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I smiled at the thought of anyone trying to dowse for me now, trying to make sense of the dozens of contradictory signals as the leaves swirled and spun in a dozen different directions. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I retreated underneath the bleachers, shut my camera off, and tried to make sense of what I’d just heard. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z And if we could not make sense of complicated situations in a flash, basketball would be chaotic, and bird-watchers would be helpless. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Turner wasn’t sure if his clanging brain could make sense of the sheriff’s words. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Reynie, alone in the room now, was trying to make sense of what had happened. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He does know it suddenly makes sense why parents don’t want their kids watching R-rated movies—his imagination’s running wild. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z It is up to the listener to make sense of what is being said. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z It didn’t make sense for a man so concerned with saving money to be wasting a car like that. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I don’t want to call Mr. Powell a liar, but what he said doesn’t make sense to me at all. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Mom comforted me and tried to explain how much of a privilege it is to be alive and loved, and for a while, it all made sense. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Suddenly it wasn’t hard to convince police officers that tackling fare-beating made sense. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z These things frighten me, and I try to return to the deep to make sense of them. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “I thought that was going to happen. That breaks my heart, but it makes sense, or about as much sense as me dreaming about you and knowing I can’t be with you.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Because racism never made sense to my father, he never subscribed to any of the rules of apartheid. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Maybe if she could have shown me that the world still made sense in some way, that there was still some sort of order to things—I might not even be doing this. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “But I didn’t believe it. I couldn't believe it. It didn’t make sense.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It was like when I stared at a common word I should know, but I couldn’t make sense of it because one or two letters were floating around. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z It makes sense that their meat, milk, and eggs would be better for us. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z "But how can you be the goddess of love, too? That doesn't make sense." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The street pattern and the subway made sense. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He picked them all up and then turned back to try and make sense of the fight outside. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z They helped me to make sense of the things I saw, and from that, I began to make sense of the world and my place within it. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z It made sense, surely, to see if the twins were there, fooling about with the hoses, or floating facedown in death, indistinguishable to the last. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “There is no rush. What’s important is to reflect in a way that makes sense to you.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z For the first time since I started working on the case, everything we were struggling to achieve finally seemed to make sense. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But the real things that Byrd says make sense; only he wasn’t the one who found Ray. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z But while everything she said made sense, it didn’t do a thing to that dead feeling I had. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z She wasn’t dressed for the bank, which made sense when I remembered it was Saturday. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “I mean, I’ve heard so much about all the people arrested at protests that it only made sense that you had to have been at some point. But...it’s more than that, isn’t it?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I don’t claim that Powell had it all figured out: American history bedevils the most earnest attempts to make sense of it. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Nothing made sense: The side that Chess had stepped on wasn’t even the side that had separated the most from the wall. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I’m confused for a second but then I realize it makes sense to have a secret entrance like this. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “Come on. It makes sense. She wants me to suffer.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z It made sense the same way that there would be two Natalie Mayhews, the same way that Ms. Morales and Judge Morales undoubtedly held the exact same genes. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I guess it makes sense that I’m more invested, since I’m the one who’s been writing to this person this whole time. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Blurred letters in a way that don’t make sense. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z If we constantly had to qualify every assessment of those around us, how would we make sense of the world? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I cannot quite believe what I am about to say, even as I know it’s the conclusion that makes sense. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It was hard to make sense of things. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z We rarely even ate rice, but when we did, I'd grown accustomed to using a fork, the same way he did, even though the utensil never made sense to me in that context. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Bobby read every issue cover to cover, though, and much of what he ingested made sense to him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I haven’t studied those before, but as soon as the teacher explains, it makes sense and I raise my hand high to answer every question. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It doesn’t have to make sense—just let the thoughts come as they come. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I said, “And I’m gonna call her Ashes,” which only made sense since that was already her name. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z They didn’t make sense because the way things ended between us was not the way they were supposed to end. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Gregor couldn’t tell exactly how much, but too much to make sense. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “You’re not making sense,” he says, and then he notices the tears in my eyes and adds, “You okay?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Though she is poor, like us, she has a sharp fashion sense, matching unusual colors and patterns in ways that somehow make sense. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z After the battle, Scruggs struggled to make sense of what had happened. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z My mother could never make sense of it. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z And in examining the lives of the remarkable among us—the skilled, the talented, and the driven—I will argue that there is something profoundly wrong with the way we make sense of success. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “It all makes sense if you wait long enough,” she says. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z Wegener investigated the many plant and fossil anomalies that did not fit comfortably into the standard model of Earth history and realized that very little of it made sense if conventionally interpreted. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Soon something appeared to make sense, and he began scribbling on the vacant back sheet of a manuscript he had been reading. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Then Mr. Dawson said, ‘I’ve waited too long, son, show me some words that makes sense.’ Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was hard to believe that a vile creature like him could sway the Boltons to change their allegiance, but nothing else made sense. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “The cloth must be sturdy and inexpensive—that’s the only kind that makes sense for a ..She pauses. “A nine-year-old girl.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “Okay, okay ... all that makes sense. But tell me why you wrote that thing about Mr. Larson. Are you mad at him or something?” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z “What Ambrose says makes sense. Would you lift the wretched creature up and carry him to the sick bay, please?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “The Changing,” he pressed, “what happened? What came back? You’re not making sense.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Gregor caught snippets of their conversation, but nothing that made sense. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Well, when it’s my fault, it makes sense.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Mrs. Coulter’s eyes gazed at the craft hungrily, memorizing every part of it, making sense of its complexity. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Did you just shush Gum Baby? Didn’t you hear the introduction? Being a nightmare and all that, and you locking your door? Did...did that not make sense?” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The people of Bone Gap said it made sense that Priscilla Willis was born into a beekeeping family, because she resembled nothing so much as a bee. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “That makes sense. He would have access to records. It would’ve been harder for him to find out about my mother, but...” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z So I pull those words together and try to make sense of it all: my hood, my Brooklyn, my life, my world, and me in it. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I can’t tell how the object got there—it doesn’t seem to make sense. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z She gestures for Marco to step out into the rain, taking a drag from her cigarette as he obediently walks through the open curtain, trying to make sense of her last statement. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I wondered if my convoluted questions even made sense. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Virchow viewed the world in a way that made sense to Farmer, his vision a comprehensive one that included pathology—the study of disease—with social medicine, politics, and anthropology. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z It didn’t make sense, what Pet had come across worlds and through a broken canvas to say. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z By Sunday morning, her attempts to make sense of it had amounted to nothing. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z And this is what I was trying to do, too, I guess: to listen to all the little sounds of her, because before any of it could make sense, it had to be heard. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He later conceded that he knew all along Denman’s plans were foolhardy, but Tenzing, too, was powerless to resist the pull of Everest: Nothing made sense about it. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “There’s a will to make sense that drives what she does,” Schoenfeld says. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z In order to make sense of people’s cola judgments, we need to first decide which of those two reactions most interests us. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Roman, Andrew, and I stay up well past midnight, trying to make sense of McCandless’s life and death, yet his essence re-mains slippery, vague, elusive. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We stood slack- jawed, trying to make sense of the railings, the fences, the bars, and the spaces, both tiny and immense. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z How could she ever make sense of such a jumble? The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I know him, but I don’t, if that makes sense. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z It made sense now—horrible sense—why Suheyla didn’t know what had become of her own hand. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Almost every time she expresses an idea, or explains herself, she checks whether she is being understood, asking, “Does that make sense?” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z They will begin to make sense as you continue to read and reread them. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He goes to a place that makes sense, Emmett and George’s house, then to a friend that is as loyal as they come, Ray. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I guess it made sense that he wanted to know about my name. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z If he gathers her words, maybe, like her word-jumbler in the Sunday paper, Axel can make sense of all the jumbles. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Camel’s remark about having an appointment with Blackie suddenly makes sense—as do various comments from my first meeting with Uncle Al. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The judge looks puzzled, like something doesn’t make sense. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z It only makes sense to start with the worst of the worst. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I told her I would try to find a way for it to make sense, but it maybe never could. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z We’ve slept over at each other’s places enough that it makes sense. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z This made sense to me because, while expansive, the Muslim community in the United States is still relatively small. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “It made my own head ache when I tried to make sense of it all,” replied Mo gloomily. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z It was his message that didn’t make sense. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z By Sunday morning, her attempts to make sense of it had amounted to nothing. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z But in my hour of need she happened to have a spare room going and it made sense. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z At first Jinny was too drowsy to make sense of the slurry words, but then she understood. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I try to think what I could say that makes sense in the conversation. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z It didn’t make sense to either of us. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z It helps me make sense of the chaos in my own heart, my own mind. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z They made a formal recommendation that we organize an international cooperative program, with new and immense radio telescopes, to probe the reaches of deep space for electromagnetic signals making sense. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Sort of evacuation — I don’t know, try that one — they say there’s going to be some sort of evacuation from up there, which makes sense if. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z And if Mr. Pepperhorn had the book, and somebody knew, it would make sense why Valley’s house had been broken into. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z I really didn't understand totally what that meant, but it somehow made sense in some kind of way. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Because that is the only way any of this makes sense. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Because I didn’t let you go with me to the hospital? It didn’t make sense.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Surely it wouldn’t make sense to talk about something if it wasn’t good? Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Now, we didn’t exactly know what Big Joe meant by that but when he started explaining, it made sense. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I want him to help me make sense of that, to explain it, to help me prove that when things like this happen, they happen for a reason. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z His list ends up at sixteen, four of which are put-downs of Italians, which doesn’t even make sense because Skeezie doesn’t have an ounce of Italian blood in him. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z I struggle to make sense of the voices that are boiling up all around me. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z There just wasn’t any other explanation that made sense. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z If I was insane, everything could be made to make sense. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The exposed tails from last night suddenly make sense. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Arthur isn’t going to be on Broadway anytime soon, but he has a really nice voice, and I’m mortified and I’m charmed and I never thought that was a combo that would make sense. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z It barely made sense even to Thomas, but he felt it deeply. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He makes sense, but I still don’t like it. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Everyone called his dad a hero, but it didn’t make sense. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z But she kept at it until it made sense to me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “Something doesn’t make sense here,” he said suspiciously. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I considered this for a moment, but couldn’t make sense of it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Here is a situation where the stakes were high, where things were moving quickly, and where the participants had to make sense of a lot of new and confusing information in a very short time. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Because sometimes when the world doesn't make sense, it just feels better if there's someone around to make it a little less lonely. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z But that didn’t make sense, because my avatar no longer had a comlink. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z And so she listened on, listening for so long that some of what Ralph had to say almost made sense. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “We know nothing,” my father said, “now make sense, hombre!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Naima knew he was trying to make sense of what she had just told him. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z It looked like Hugh did most of the talking, but that made sense. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “It made sense to them, too, but it was a new idea, and they came to me for wisdom.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z I start at the beginning of our message chain and read every word, but the words don’t make sense unless I hold my head and repeat them out loud. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z What good are prophecies if you cannot make sense of them? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “That doesn’t make sense. But why were you visiting—” Her eyes widened. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z It doesn’t make sense that my paper isn’t perfect. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I knew I wasn’t making sense, but I couldn’t seem to connect my thoughts to my tongue. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I’m not sure if it makes sense for us to wear one of those.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Patterson, meantime, was left to try to make sense of things with very limited materials. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It made sense to stay in the family, anyway. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt all stirred up inside, so much that I couldn’t make sense of my thoughts. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z “To make sense of all this, I must use my powers of deduction,” Penelope thought to herself. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Amari frowned as she tried to make sense of the doctor’s words. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Shoveling railroad snow. Well that makes sense, we always did that the first term.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z It was strange to think of this woman as an assassin, but seeing her now, all of her oddities and faults made sense. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It didn’t make sense for him to spend the rest of his life as an exotic pet. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I had previously pointed out to the commanding officer that it did not make sense to permit us to read books but not permit us glasses to read them with. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The words aren’t even making sense anymore; it’s just a place to keep my eyes until I can look up. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z She was too tired to make sense of this senselessness. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z It makes sense, then, that the construction of small and mediumsized hydroelectric plants—capable of serving local industry and built mostly by hand, using basic technology—has been a priority since the 1990s. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “Well, it makes sense that they’re upset with you. Wouldn’t you feel the same way if someone told one of your secrets? What happened when you saw them in school yesterday?” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The sand on it felt coarser to my feet Everything about it feh different, but that didn't really make sense since it was only about a milft from south beach. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t make sense for the magic around them to look so beautiful when she felt so...ugly. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Veer, there’s got to be some explanation. He spent a fortune on those. It doesn’t make sense.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Rowan would find a way to make sense of the senseless. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Perhaps it could be made to make sense. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She talked some more about the dangers of hurting people, but it was as if all her words were crowded up together in a long line of letters and sounds that just didn’t make sense. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But taking a break and thinking things out makes sense. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z If you believed them, then the only way to make sense of the world was with courts and judges, rules and jails. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z But remembering the fiasco of sixteen months before, keeping King’s in the dark made sense until exact coordinates had been obtained for all the atoms. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z If that woman finds her road hard, but full of meaning that she makes sense of and sees clearly through lines of poetry, then she can say she has found truth. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z It finally made sense how the special recruits, if they’d been kidnapped, could seem so untroubled: They had been kidnapped, all right; they just didn’t remember it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z And the more I listen, the more they make sense.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She tried to make sense of the word typed at the top of the page. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z “It doesn’t have to make sense. They just have to be words more beautiful than have ever yet been written.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Lina could make sense of only a few words here and there. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Still, it made sense that Jesse Dailey would have gravitated to a place like this, where he could use the gift he’d developed in grade school—taking computers apart and putting them together again. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But that didn't really make sense, because Colin had certainly remarked all nineteen. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z In a twisted way, she kind of made sense. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t make sense of your . . . innocence. In a ruthless world I find innocence more a puzzle than evil.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I want this new reality to be a simulation that I could manipulate if I could only make sense of it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “I’m not sure. I get that it doesn’t make sense because he leaves tomorrow, but...I think there’s something more to us. I should head out and go see him.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z He seemed lucid, but if you listened carefully his stories didn’t make sense. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Laney crawled around the floor, traversing a path that made sense only to her. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z It didn't make sense for Sunny to be cramped up in the back with us. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Given what we do know about the dangers of these chemicals, it makes sense to keep them out of a kid’s diet. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Besides, it just makes sense to protect each other. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But it wasn’t until Miep’s visit that it finally made sense. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “The creatures we’ve seen,” Con interjected, struggling to make sense of what she was saying. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Arithmetic wasn’t so bad—numbers lined up in an order that made sense to her. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Perhaps it would make sense to leave now before it was too late, and keep going, all night, all day until he reached the Channel. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I looked down at the map anxiously and tried to make sense of it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Sarai searched with her dozens of eyes, and nothing quite made sense. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Upset she had no answers for me, nothing that might make it make sense. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Whatever information we provide must still make sense to us two centuries later, and must still seem important, or the conversation will be an embarrassment to all concerned. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 It made sense, really, since his story “The Gold-Bug” included ciphers. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “It all makes sense now. He must have followed us back to Maxwell Street after the horse race. That’s how he knew where I lived.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “I added up the dates, but the solution doesn’t make sense. I don’t know what it’s supposed to mean.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Nearby, at Logan Regional Hospital, Trooper Rindlisbacher was also having trouble making sense of the events. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Is there something ahead of us that will help all of this make sense finally? The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z But as the day wore on, nothing made sense. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z That makes sense—I think about the ways she trips on things and reaches for spots on the floor thinking they’re objects. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z It’s a girl, which makes sense, since it is the girls’ bathroom. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z I memorized what the teachers said because I knew my textbooks would not make sense if I tried to study later. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “Will one or the other of you make sense?” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z “It just...it doesn’t make sense to me, okay? That’s all.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “I wanted to visit Dalvin, a’ight? I took the bus to the cemetery. I hate that he by himself in the Garden. I didn’t want him to be lonely, if that make sense.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z It wouldn’t make sense for the Paqo to be scowling while honoring the gods so well. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The source of the sounds he’d been hearing made sense now. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “It made me mad that the bear wasn’t afraid of me. I wanted to destroy anything that defied me. Does that make sense?” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “That makes sense. So you’re cutting school in order to check school out?” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Daddy said if we ever got a dog, he’d want to name it Ink, which makes sense now that I know he was a writer. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z I thought what he’d been saying was interesting and made sense. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z We can all mind-read effortlessly and automatically because the clues we need to make sense of someone or some social situation are right there on the faces of those in front of us. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z It made sense they were calling saying it was time for her to get tested. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I opened the proposal, skimmed through the table of contents, and flipped the pages one at a time, trying to make sense of her plan. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Perhaps they said that of me too, but I was plain and she was pretty, so it didn’t make sense in her case. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “They were here first, when you think about it. It doesn’t make sense.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z "That doesn't make sense. There's no shore anywhere near here." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Montaigne was testing himself, exploring himself, studying himself, trying to make sense of himself. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Some days it’s hard to know when Vern is talking crazy and when he’s making sense.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Now Rae’s insistence upon staying at her own house last night to “prepare for the big day” makes sense. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Nailer stared at the maps, trying to make sense of them. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “We didn’t make sense anymore. And there’s no point lying, like you said, even on your last day.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z It took a few seconds for the words to start making sense. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z No matter how many times I have prayed and worked and hoped, reading for me is still like trying to make sense of a can of alphabet soup that’s been dumped on a plate. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Scott snuck glances her way too, but where Mom’s eyes were filled with concern and confusion, Scott looked at George as if his sibling made sense to him for the first time. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Gregor looked back at the roaches and tried to make sense of it. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z And then, the trouble was, the information didn’t make sense. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z And she drove away before I could answer her, much less wait for the part where it made sense. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z "Well, that makes sense. I've never seen a two-year-old carry around much cash," I say with a casual smile. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I had a hundred arguments that made sense. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z There hadn’t been, which made sense, since Bitter had spun Pet out of nothing, after all. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Math makes sense. So maybe we could use numbers to express our problem and even the solution.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Robin’s eyes were kind, but also a little sad, and Ivy couldn’t make sense of them. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Right, okay. You two have classes together; we don’t. It makes sense. Things slipped through the cracks.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Oh, and Saturdays was always red lipstick day, and for some reason that kinda made sense to me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I'm not sure if I'm making sense here. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “Yeah, that makes sense. Just show me how it works.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In her book, my mother describes her long struggle to make sense of this humiliation, to reconcile her experience with her faith. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Harry stared around the bathroom, thinking ... if the voices could only be heard underwater, then it made sense for them to belong to underwater creatures. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It might have made sense, but only to him. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Get Käthe out of the picture before anything happens—that makes sense. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z It was quiet, and that didn’t make sense given how much heat there was.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Sierra felt that if she could just be alone for a few seconds to clear her head, maybe she could make sense of the poem. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z What you did in boot camp did not have to make sense. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z My dad felt like it was better for us to experiment in a controlled and safe setting, and while his logic made sense to me, I never took him up on his offer. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Travel was so difficult that it made sense for him to stay for long stretches without coming home. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to think of what else made sense. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z "It is not what you have, it's what you don't have that counts. And what we don't have is a verb. Nothing makes sense without a verb. What about the judge?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Salmakia blinked and said, “What you say doesn’t make sense. The dead are dead, that’s all. There is no world of the dead.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z At the time, he couldn’t make sense of his life, of the role in it of such a prominent authority that he couldn’t trust. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Her thoughts wouldn’t congeal into sentences that would make sense. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z What he told us about the McMillian case all made sense. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “That doesn’t make sense, Paul. I’d have to follow the bus all the way over there and then drive you right back here.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Clearly this was the moment for Maurice’s boss to discuss with Bragg whether it made sense for Crick and the American to duplicate King’s heavy investment in DNA. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Between insults and fits of temper, I said I needed a year to heal myself; then perhaps I could return to their mad world to try to make sense of it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But I’m living in an After Jesse world where I ache from missing him and nothing makes sense. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “Fight, flight, or neurosis” was how William described the general symptoms to himself later on, struggling to make sense of them on paper. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The moon was responsible for tides, so it made sense if it was closer to Earth, the tides would be higher. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “That doesn’t make sense. We know other crabby people who leave their apartments.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z It didn’t really make sense, but she believed him. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z If Stephanie had been tutoring Erin, it made sense that Erin had gotten her grades up. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “Okay, so it made sense in your head, and that was enough for you?” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “I don’t want you to be afraid to fail or succeed in my class. Does that make sense?” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I tried to make sense out of them and pictured them in my mind. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Some are desperate for someone to take them by the hand and make sense of what seems to them like an overwhelming process. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Captain Underpants was still out on the pile of mail in the kitchen, and that book did make sense. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z It was hard to make sense of all this, and yet I recognized the voice. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Evelyn—of course they keep footage of Evelyn on the most prominent screens in the control room, it only makes sense. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z My broken words helped me make sense of everything, so that when I pieced them back together in an essay, my truth was clearer. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z So it made sense to Rush, Hodge, and Foulke that the putrid-smelling air could upset people enough to cause an outbreak of violent, fatal fevers. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z It made sense—Mr. Neely didn’t look young enough to be a new teacher, but he wasn’t old, either. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry if it doesn’t make sense yet. The demonstration should make everything abundantly clear.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And the only way to show her how it makes sense, the only way to make the enormity real, is for me to lean over and kiss her. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z He was becoming what she had always wanted: someone who could not only make sense of the outside world but become part of it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Tally’s tired brain struggled to make sense of the objects in the case. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The story of Psyche finally made sense to him—why a mortal girl would be so afraid. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z At the very least, it made sense to keep a distance from the people shot with darts. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The splintery carvings bit into his skin, but he could not make sense of them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Of course nothing will happen to me. I just want you to marry me. We really should marry. It no longer makes sense. It never made sense.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “It makes sense. I suppose that means it’s important to love as much as possible. You know—so the hate that can’t get rendered into something else is smaller and weaker that way.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z It would take years of sorting out my Central High experience before the pieces of my life puzzle would come together and I could make sense of what happened to me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z An A was way better than a B, so it only made sense that you would get more gummy bears for that. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Her parents ran a photography shop and spent all their time there, which made sense since it was their business. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z “Hey, it makes sense to me. Why drive all these extra guys to a game when there’s no chance they’re going to play?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to say, Can you help me makes sense of my life? Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I understand something being important to you even when it doesn't fully make sense, even when others would think you were crazy. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I just watch the shamblers turning the entire mess in a circle, my brain trying to make sense of it all. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Like a lot of what he learned in economics, it didn’t make sense in the real world. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z It didn't even really make sense in this case, but that's what came out. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The universe makes sense to me through Hindu eyes. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Another zeroing in on DNA, however, did not make sense to me. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I lifted the covers, and for a moment, I couldn’t make sense of the dark stains on the bottom sheet. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t claim it makes sense. It’s just something I do.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “How am I ever going to make sense of this?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Maybe he could make sense of the algebra problems his teacher had assigned. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z He could explain things in a way that made it all make sense.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Then the ground begins to roll beneath me, and I relax, knowing it won’t be long until I’m back on the sea, where I make sense, even if nothing else does. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “The flood from Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom. I bet you Mrs. Norris only saw the reflection. He scanned the page in his hand eagerly. The more he looked at it, the more it made sense. '“ Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z That always made sense to me, seemed preferable even. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z "It makes sense that you wouldn't know more," she tells me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “He kept me asleep almost the entire time I was with him and when I did wake up, I kept seeing confusing things in his Noise, things that didn’t make sense.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z He then went on about something else, something that only makes sense when you are afraid of death or desperately in love and will say anything to alleviate the terror. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I never really understood the struggle she went through, but now it all makes sense to me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “That makes sense to me. Hey, what do you want to do tonight, Ben? Go to the Shack?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z At first blush it didn’t seem to make sense to Joe that a kid like Day would have any reason to work in a place as dirty and dangerous as the coulee. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z As a Caltech graduate student, Carl Anderson spent several days in a packed lecture hall straining unsuccessfully to make sense of Oppenheimer’s class on quantum mechanics. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The words didn’t make sense because they weren’t for her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I mean, my dad did math for a living, 365 days a year, so it made sense that he knew the stuff. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not wish to believe it, but nothing else seemed to make sense. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z When I looked at you, my life made sense. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 Werfel’s mother had often told him that it made sense to ask questions about other people. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z It had been a sudden and devastating death, and everyone said it was grief that had sapped the old man’s ability to make sense anymore. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The words make sense, but deeper than the words is the truth. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Each one hurt, and none of them made sense. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z So it made sense for Momma to go to her for help. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s usually working with me on community projects, so it makes sense to carpool sometimes. Noah and I are friends.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Alice in Wonderland—a book about living in a world where nothing makes sense made perfect sense to me. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z “Kinda. It’s like you hear it in your head. But it’s not your thoughts. It only makes sense once you’ve felt it.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Which makes sense if you think about it. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z This is why we keep statistics in sports, and why it makes sense to do a computer analysis of all the factors that go into diagnosing heart attacks. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I was trying to comfort her, but both of us were trying to make sense of it. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Here was a battle between two armies, and we think we know how to make sense of contests like this. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z But he wasn’t sure if it would make sense if he told it straight, especially to a roomful of strangers. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Now I have your letter, it doesn’t make sense not to tell you. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Mrs. Holton want it to go over her door, and I ain’t carving nothing for no one ’less somebody what reads tells me it make sense. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z It wouldn’t make sense for Valencia to be up there with Kaori and Gen. They didn’t even know each other. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He blinked again, trying to make sense of what he saw. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Werfel felt like he should say something nice so that Spurge would feel better about himself, but that didn’t really make sense, seeing as the elf had been trying to spy on Werfel’s people. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “I don’t like to tell her things that don’t make any sense. Most times things make sense eventually.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I have to ask because...well, it’s not just a white thing, if that makes sense. I’ve had people who weren’t black say creepy things to me, and I gotta protect myself.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I guess I’m not that close with them, so it makes sense. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Taylor and TeeTee basically begged Becca to host it at her place, which I guess made sense because it was right across the street from the school. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Rather than practicing my irregular verbs or trying to make sense of my day, I pass the time by replaying one of my current, ongoing fantasies. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Which part does not make sense to you?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z For Thomas, though, it all made sense now. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Now it all makes sense: the gifts of food and animal furs, the sudden peace between us. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Especially since it sometimes takes me a long time to make my thoughts make sense using my board. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z It didn’t make sense that the little puffs of smoke made the guards crash into each other and mutter “Why am I doing this?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But there are moments, particularly in times of stress, when haste does not make waste, when our snap judgments and first impressions can offer a much better means of making sense of the world. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z It made sense to cry out in pain every night. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She struggled with the pieces, trying to force them together, to make them make sense. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I sighed, not making sense of it, but understanding enough to know I had to get to Miig and relay the scene. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “David has his own rules, too,” I say, “but those rules don’t make sense to anyone but him.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He couldn’t make sense of any of it, this terrible shameful thing being done to him by an authority figure, someone, no less, so well regarded in the church. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z But on him, they don't look weird—his face just makes sense, quirks and all. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I tried to make sense of what had happened, but each time I came up short. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z When he got back to his cabin, he would write down the explanation that had finally made sense to a man. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I read the words again, trying to make sense of them. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I didn’t know they were planning on going down for the birth, but I guess it makes sense. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “But it doesn’t make sense,” Citra said, fighting tears with little success. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It was a large, clumsy unbeautiful robot, smelling of machine-oil and destined for the projected mines on Mercury.—But it could speak and make sense. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Now it made sense why we hadn’t been able to contact Grover all this time. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z That made sense, but all I could say was “That’s a whole lot of it then.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t make sense to hide beneath bedding from men with guns. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z But I was still tired, which didn’t make sense to me. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It doesn’t make sense that he’d offer something like that—but then again, I guess not much makes sense about Sandy Sanders. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z “But Romeo over here never told me he was into her. Although now that he says it, it’s starting to make sense. He has been acting very weird lately.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z It didn’t make sense to be scared of it, but then there was Ducky. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “But I do like being outside in the darkness. At least I did before tonight. Seems like stuff that’s hard for me at school is easier at night. Does that make sense?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I really didn’t know what made sense anymore. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z "Anyhow, that makes sense, heartbreak, breakdown. This is different, this is crazy." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z And their Noise is starting to turn different colors as what they’re seeing starts making sense to them. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z They needed to believe they’d done the right thing and that it made sense. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z We want to make sense of what we see around us and to ask: What is the nature of the universe? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why are they taking us? Is it really because Papa works at the university? That doesn’t make sense.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z It was either that or admit that my grandfather had made sense. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Every time they launch something down at Cape Canaveral, it’s like...I just want to help out somehow. But I can’t. If I build my own rockets—” I stopped, not certain I was making sense. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z My eyes shut, blocking out the inconsistent world, as I try to make sense of my situation. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z They didn’t make sense because it hadn’t been that long since I’d seen you, and you were as alive as anyone then. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She was trying to make sense of it all. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I say, remembering Matthew Lyle’s Noise back in Farbranch, remembering the violence in it, the Noise that now makes sense even tho it don’t make no sense at all. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Suddenly, the looks he’s been getting from the younger women in the cavern make sense. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Other times it was real sentences, but they didn’t make sense. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z They agreed that it no longer made sense for him to tell the authorities about the third letter. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z He had started with one anomaly, the floating chip of ebony, and discovered another, the floating needle; as a consequence he had done his best to make sense of surface tension. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Schott’s complete incomprehension suggests that it would have been difficult for Bodin to persuade other scholars that his views made sense. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Similar interests, different priorities. That may not make sense, how two people can be passionate about the same things and still find room for disagreement, but it happens.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I thought,“Why would I need to tell her? What’s she going to do — send me to a psychiatrist? I’m not crazy—I’m having dreams that my extremely ill brother is dying, which makes sense!” Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Conditional probability also explains why blackjack is the only casino game of chance in which it makes sense to keep track of past occurrences. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘That doesn’t even make sense, but go! Help her!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It didn't make sense, but there it was. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z "I didn't say it's all pointless. I just have trouble seeing how it makes sense to start hunting around for other invisible people, that's all." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They needed the pictures to make sense of math. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z She has a peculiar way of looking at most things, but every once in the while she makes sense. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Teacher’s writing on the board, but the letters don’t make sense. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z It didn’t make sense, so I ignored it. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z “Kuei” means “ghost,” but I don’t find any other words that make sense. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s why we reserved that dormitory for residents with nervous disorders. It doesn’t make sense for them to mix with the larger population. In number 40, they can get the care they require.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Hold on. Some of the things he said make sense. Spotter planes are used to find fish. Lucy, hand me the proposal.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Which sort of makes sense when you stop to think that Lorraine is going to be a famous writer and I’m going to be a great actor. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “No, I—Look, I don’t know who you are—Well, I think you’re...but that wouldn’t make sense, those were just stories, and....Can you just tell me why you’re here?” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z My mind struggles to make sense of the conversation, of the fact that it’s taking place between Plutarch Heavensbee and Finnick. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Thomas once again felt a pressing ache of confusion—hearing so many words and phrases that didn’t make sense. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “Since the first test was about something scary being harmless, it only makes sense that this test would be the opposite.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z If those police officers weren’t going to jail, then it made sense that the whole prison system was messed up. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z I lie on my bed, trying to make sense out of chaos, examining the mystery ashtray that holds the remains of my life. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She liked the way her grandmother said one thing and then the opposite, because it made sense to Dicey, the same kind of sense Dicey made to herself. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked good but not good for a young woman, if that makes sense. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z The profusion of metaconcepts in professional writing—all those levels, issues, contexts, frameworks, and perspectives—also makes sense when you consider the personal history of chunking and functional fixity in the writers. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “I wish someone would make sense,” he complained. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Because there are some parts of this story that are never going to make sense, no matter how many questions I ask? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z That thing doesn’t hardly make sense on its own. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Even when he met those who thought his decision to go into biology made sense, he couldn’t trust their judgment. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z So none of this has to make sense, it just has to make...me, me. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z But I also kept thinking about Dinitia, trying to make sense of her. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Auditory discrimination exercises work the child’s ability to hear differences in sound in order to organize and make sense of sound. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z She looked more carefully at the title, her wide face scrunched up a little, confused, like she was trying to figure this out, like she could really make sense of it. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Caldwell is forty miles west, in the center of a flat plain known, for reasons that may have made sense long ago, as Treasure Valley. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Right, that makes sense. So, what are you reading?” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z That made sense: Chess was taller than practically every other boy his age; Finn was one of the shortest kids in his class. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I tried to convince myself that they’d come to see me about my accident with the taxi, but that didn’t make sense. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry. I was just so angry, I had to be alone to...think. Does that make sense?” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “It was about to fall,” Luna whispered, trying to make sense of what she had been seeing. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z But if Jen could go about freely, it didn’t make sense. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z There was no way to think about it and have it make sense. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “It makes sense. That’s where all the data about the Dauntless is stored, so why not control them from there?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I know there are many others like me, who are trying to figure out where they belong, make sense of our complicated and wonderful world, and get other people to care. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Because you’re the only thing that makes sense to me right now. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She started to play favorites with her niece and for some reason it all made sense: They were planning on moving out together, but my sister and I weren’t included. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z And wouldn’t it be satisfying—and instructive—to lay it all out in a way that made sense, reflecting those years of work? The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Owning, disowning, recanting, recharting a hateful course of events to make sense of her complicity. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “The more I think, the better it makes sense. Iron and fire. That’s for demons.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “That makes sense, according to the letter. Integration helped Lambert’s children—at least the black ones.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It makes sense that she’d be extra touchy about the whole swastika thing. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “Hmm...I mean, you do have a beautiful speaking voice, so it makes sense that you’d have a beautiful singing voice.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z And slowly, like the realization that you’ve just cut yourself on that seemingly harmless piece of paper, it did make sense what Vanessa had been saying. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Letting them help me make sense of something that made no sense. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Suddenly, it all made sense—the nausea, the dizziness, the feeling of being heavy and lethargic. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Their first child was sent away into a lonely life. I suppose it makes sense that they decided to send their second child to something better, maybe.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “I suppose it’s the only way he can make sense of it.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Then the male symbol where the ‘le’ equals ‘rx’? ‘Marx’? Does that make sense? Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z I reach Boggs first, try to make sense of the torn flesh, missing limbs, to find something to stem the red flow from his body. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I knew Halliday had frequently used similar riddles in many of his early adventure games, and each of those riddles had made sense in the context of its game. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The song made sense for me, and for Stick. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Owen Williams’ argument made sense; but I knew the decision to play or not to play rested on me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I nodded, but the early darkness still didn’t make sense to me. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z His pirogue was empty, which made sense if he were returning from the markets in Kinshasa; but there weren’t any containers or racks, either. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The calculations didn’t make sense, and Audrey hated for things to not make sense. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z When you start to think of the world as flat, or at least in the process of flattening, a lot of things make sense in ways they did not before. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z It was getting more difficult to reason with her, especially when she made sense. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I know it’s not their fault, but I’m tired, and nothing makes sense, and I desperately want an explanation for something, for anything. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He was the one who figured out she was pregnant—she hadn’t known enough to make sense of the changes happening to her body. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She seemed to ignore this, until she said, “If you’re going to make suggestions, please let them make sense.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Nothing made sense to her any longer— not days or nights, not past or present. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Nhamo couldn’t make sense out of the argument, but she knew better than to ask questions. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He had no history of crime or violence, and for most folks who knew him, robbery just didn't make sense for a man who worked as hard as Walter. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “At any rate, it makes sense. Why stay in Borrowdale? The conductor said an old man gave them the money to travel.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She was finally going home, to the last place where everything made sense. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z But who says the world has to make sense? Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Peeta and I hurry to the window and try to make sense of the commotion far below us on the streets. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The only move that made sense was to kill me and take me out of the running. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z A student called out, “It doesn’t make sense!” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z A place where facts mattered and things made sense. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “I don’t smell anything, which doesn’t make sense. But the acorns don’t lie. Our next challenge . . .” He pointed straight toward the junkyard. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z As I did, I began to see how my new knowledge made sense of the way my mother and I had lived for so many years. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I probably shouldn't have, but I asked, "Are you sure? I understand you two didn't get along very well...even though you're the goddess of love. It doesn't make sense." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “That makes sense, with Mr. Griswold being a publisher and all.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I was too freaked out to make sense of it alb I leaped off Chiron’s back and ran toward the unconscious girl. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z It made sense, but it still didn’t explain why she couldn’t open her mouth and answer me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Dunno. Maybe he’s the god of a little tributary, like Old Father Thames is the god of the main river, perhaps. That would make sense. George Boatwright said he’d seen Old Father Thames.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Maybe had I grown up in a tribal reserve like my parents, maybe had all our neighbours been believers in voodoo and superstition, everything would have made sense to me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It made sense, really, since his story “The Gold-Bug” included ciphers. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z There was no excuse for him to have shot someone, but it didn't make sense to kill him. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Sometimes you need to see the whole to make sense of the world.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z But it suddenly makes sense: I’d like to be under the sea, as an octopus. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Today is upside down and inside out and nothing makes sense. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Ahhh, yes, make sense. We will find out the new rules together then. Ii ne?” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It made sense, Gus leveraging his terminality to make my dream come true: The sequel was a tiny thing to die for, but it was the biggest thing left at his disposal. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z It made sense, but it didn’t make it any less horrifying. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z About how everything can make sense and be understood. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Taisin assumed it was Mona's work, and it made sense, for she had known precisely what to do for Shae’s injuries. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The unemployment rate, technically speaking, was “lower” in South Africa during apartheid, which makes sense. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z This made sense, seeing that the shark was dead and, therefore, unable to raise its head and snap her in half. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z That wasn’t the answer to her question; those words didn’t even make sense. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It didn’t make sense to plant if the kernels were going to be stolen. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z |
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