He looked around at the rest of the masters and saw only nods. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When each of those action units had been mastered, Ekman and Friesen began working action units in combination, layering one movement on top of another. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He had been held captive in the dungeon until that morning—when the girl who brought him his food had finally liberated him in the absence of her master, in exchange for a kiss. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Classes were canceled and the masters spent several hours of each day conducting examinations. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The master of whisperers had been dressed as a begging brother, in a moth-eaten robe of brown roughspun with a cowl that shadowed his smooth fat cheeks and bald round head. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And Isengard has been destroyed, and your precious master is a beggar in the wilderness. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

But those who have mastered it gain an extraordinary level of insight into the messages we send each other when we look into one another’s eyes. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The master of ceremonies made the introductions with the flare of a circus ringmaster asking the audience to direct its attention please to the center ring. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hades sent a minion to steal the master bolt,” Chiron insisted. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Gollum was tearing at his master, trying to get at the chain and the Ring. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

So I led the horse to the forge, and the master followed. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Every master had a book of Quarter-Stars and a book of Stripes, and these had to be filled in and signed and torn out exactly like cheques from a cheque book. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The servant had in some cases become more adroit than its master. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

What is it about those plants that kept their domestication beyond the reach of ancient farmers capable of mastering such difficult techniques as grafting? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

But it was a misunderstanding, though unintentional, like a painting erroneously attributed to a master. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

‘Come get me, you mutt! Or do you have to stay like a good dog until your master shows up?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But he quieted himself instantly and thanked his master for his kindness. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The salad master raised a frying pan in self-defense. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was, then, necessary to disturb the political balance of Italy and throw the Italian states into turmoil so that he could safely make himself the master of a part of them. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

But then, it was part of the overseer’s job to be hated and feared while the master kept his hands clean. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

And then, “Of course. It’s been waiting for me. And yes. Obviously, I am its new master.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

A baker, cooper, or rope maker usually started his career as an apprentice, which meant that the master who taught him had to be paid. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Maybe everything the slave catcher said was true, Cora thought, every justification, and the sons of Ham were cursed and the slave master performed the Lord’s will. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The previous year when Mr. Homer Fairbain had been master of ceremonies for the district playoffs, the contest had been broadcast on educational TV. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

My master’s son-in-law, Captain Auld, was master of the vessel; she was otherwise manned by the colonel’s own slaves. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

“The masters made sure of that. Anything too extreme would get us expelled for Conduct Unbecoming a Member of the Arcanum. Why do you think I haven’t made his life a hell?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She told her of the panic-stricken talk in the quarter, told her that the slaves were afraid that the master, Dr. Thompson, would start selling them. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let it be written that henceforth only guild members shall be permitted to name themselves journeymen or masters ... provided the guilds open their rolls to any freedman who can demonstrate the requisite skills.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She mastered the two most powerful Romans of her time, and, because of a third, she was destroyed. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Thinking of all these things Sam went back to his master. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Do you believe that someday none of us will have masters, or not?” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

They were masters of their lives, lighting out fearlessly into their futures. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The salad master brought his man down with the frying pan. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“The Persians were master poisoners. These are practical handbooks, how-tos if you will. I don’t know of anything quite like them.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

From the point of view of the Low, no historic change has ever meant much more than a change in the name of their masters. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I walked along the track and hoped to one day see that ticket master in Marshall again. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a master at it, breaking them into almost perfect blocks. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t surprised to hear the news—he had a degenerate nature. I don’t know if the current master of Randall will pay your reward. I don’t rightly care.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

This was necessary, but it did seem cheeky to see the fourteen-year-old boy standing there, telling his master what he was supposed to do. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the distance, he heard the wolves barking and yapping in their kennel by the gatehouse, wondering where their masters had gone for the night. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t make me a racist. I’m not letting you guys guilt trip me like this. What’s next? You want me to apologize because my ancestors were slave masters or something stupid?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Our new masters didn’t seem interested in making us work though. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was more than just fear of having her throat cut; alone amongst Yezzan’s treasures, she actually seemed fond of their immense master. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The Adventure's master recognized the accent and responded in the Common Tongue of Westeros. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The mews are empty, save for thee: Property of the master’s son. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

“I’d think the masters would find other, more academic uses for the University’s funds.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

‘My master is sick and wounded,’ said Sam angrily. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She envisioned her former master tangled in linens, purple tongue poking from his lips. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Until you children master English, you must think, do, wish for nothing else. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

We are, in fact, the masters, like it or not. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

An adult mind that is brimming with chunks is a powerful engine of reason, but it comes with a cost: a failure to communicate with other minds that have not mastered the same chunks. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Oh . . . nothing. I was just—No, it has to be Hades. Maybe he sent this thief, this invisible person, to get the master bolt, and something went wrong—” “Like what?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Note the faint grid lines that would help her copy a master artist’s drawing in order to learn proper placement and proportion of objects on the page. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I had no idea how the master bolt had gotten into my backpack. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He had feared that he would have barely strength to lift his master alone, and beyond that he had expected to share in the dreadful dragging weight of the accursed Ring. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“If you are stumped, you may take some time to study the masters.” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“To the right-about—every soul!” cried the master; “away with your congratulations! Who wants them? Not I!—they are fifteen years too late!” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was death chess and he was international grand master. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The master chained her in the barn fifty times, and fifty times she loosed the chains and went home. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Brother Michelangelo,” William said, “why did Hubert obey when you commanded him like that, as if you were his master, and not vice versa?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Your master has told me how well you take care of him, Ugwu,” she said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Hallucinogen from original formula not included— simulated reality is predetermined by program master.’” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

"You've heard it? Now, there's more to chopping someone's head off than giving them a healthy whack. A real master aims for the gap between the second and third cervical vertebrae. That's the sweet spot." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

They are aware that a change of overlordship means simply that they will be doing the same work as before for new masters who treat them in the same manner as the old ones. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Re’lar Ambrose to be fined nine talents and six. Does any master oppose this action?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He made a visible effort to master his temper by going to the stove and silencing the coffeepot. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The young men, afterward, hunted wild goats with him, and hare, and deer, but he had grown old in his master’s absence. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a little silence, “Sometimes,” he added, “I rather regret the science. Happiness is a hard master—particularly other people’s happiness. A much harder master, if one isn’t conditioned to accept it unquestioningly, than truth.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had to say he could not, and with that the master told him to find a place out of the way and stay in it. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Normally, a simultaneous exhibition is given by one master who walks from board to board, competing against multiple players. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

At once Gollum got up and began prancing about, like a whipped cur whose master has patted it. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She should not even be encouraged to master oil paints, or paint figures or city scenes. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He had obviously never stopped pining for his own home and master; although he ate well and his coat was glossy with health, he never maintained anything but a dignified, unyielding distance. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sweets said the master must have water,” he said in his best whine. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The master kept selling slaves because he needed money. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doled out his secrets sparingly, making me prove I’d mastered one before giving me another. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My mother, who has a master’s degree in psychology, says that Dr. Zamborska has never stopped wishing that he had been killed instead of his wife. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Slaves done ris,” was whispered in the cabin and at the master’s gate: slaves in another county had fired the masters’ houses and fields and dashed their children to death against the stones. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Ged grabbed hold of a stanchion, for she lay almost over on her side, and shouted out, “Turn back to Serd, master!” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Each block was built to the same design, just as each of the ten camps, from California to Arkansas, was built to a common master plan. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

As master of Bag End Frodo felt it his painful duty to say good-bye to the guests. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Not for his passenger's sake, but to save his ship from the peril of the storm, the master shouted at once to the steersman to head westward toward the light. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

‘No, no, master!’ wailed Gollum, pawing at him, and seeming in great distress. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Zeno taught that the key to happiness lay in mastering the passions. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

The equivalence of numbers and shapes made the ancient Greeks the masters of geometry, yet it had a serious drawback. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

It might take weeks, after all, just to master necks. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The master roared his orders hugely, and Shadow was untied and towed clear of the docks by two laboring rowboats. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Brought up in the wide-open, freewheeling society of Earth, I would never master the protocol, or the impassivity, so valued by Karhiders. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

If the material weren’t so strange, no doubt it would have been easily mastered. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The limp body, with not a torn spot or a tooth puncture in the skin, would be laid at his master’s feet. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

This incident of the master’s death following so swiftly after her reiterated plea, Kill him, Lord, left her with the conviction that prayer was always answered. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not begin his hunt along Hancock’s Wharf and Fish Street, where he and his story were well known and the masters would have been apt to employ him from pity. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“High up from us,” said the master, “but when God looks down, it’s the bottom. That’s why we call it so. It’s the bottom of heaven—best land there is.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The master’s trip to London was moved up so that he could deliver news of the setbacks to the Parliament and King. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

His master indeed forbade him from leaving his quarters on Sunday nights, for fear that in preaching of equality before the Lord on High, Isaac might incite riot on Earth. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“You stole the helm and the master bolt.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He left her, saying that his master the mage expected him at home, and he did not come back to the meadow the next day. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like the work of some master carver. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t count on the masters’ generosity two terms in a row. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In juvenile court, the judge is called a master. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Once we began to master the code, we began to have fun. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here lies the problem: The great master known as Johannes Vermeer painted, in truth, only twenty-six of the thirty five paintings we now attribute to him. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I could see now that there was a performative piece to politics that I hadn’t yet fully mastered. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

If a runaway returned, he would turn traitor, the master and the overseer would force him to turn traitor. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outrage in Rome Mark Antony expected the Romans to see that his actions strengthened his master plan for successfully ruling the east on Rome’s behalf. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

She looked at Rahel standing at the dining table and noticed the same eerie stealth, the ability to keep very still and very quiet that Estha seemed to have mastered. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the master of heaven and high thunder, Zeus, went to his place among the gods assembled hearing Athena tell Odysseus’ woe. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The message was transmitted mouth to ear, ear to mouth, with gestures made by swift-moving hands that showed just how sick the master was. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her first master got swindled by a man who sold a device that cleaned cotton twice as fast as Whitney’s gin. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Paris was at the centre of the revival of Galenism, and as well as being taught the works of the master, Vesalius also learned his skill at dissection during his time there. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

But none were unmoved; none rejected its pleas and its commands without an effort of mind and will, so long as its master had control of it. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When I think upon their excellence of parts, their facility in the vaguaries of our Anglo-Saxon cant, I am ashamed at the pride with which my masters regarded my own slender accomplishments. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

"The master said to bring you to him as soon as you were up, but I expect you'll want to be fed first." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The master went back to Kentucky and told about this strange disappearance, how his slave, Tice, had literally vanished before his eyes. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know. But if we’ve misunderstood something about this quest, and we only have nine days to find the master bolt. . . .” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

My master's degree in botany makes me pretty sure plants need wet dirt to grow in. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I became a past master on the parallel bars and excelled at physical jerks;—we have trembled at the mere sound of his voice, but his runaway post-horse never got the better of us. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our master of ceremonies, Kwame, is pacing back and forth in his tuxedo, flipping through his joke notebook. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

We had just mastered a slight rise and had reached the middle of an intersection when a bus horn blared in my ear. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Call for help. Let your English masters come to your aid, or I will break your neck.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The boys joked and said the botdes would freeze our things off and the master roared, Any more of that talk and I’ll warm the bottles on the backs of yeer heads. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

They ran a photo of me in Life magazine next to a quote in which Bobby Fischer said, “There will never be a woman grand master.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion had not mastered half of Groat’s old tricks, but he could ride the sow, fall off when he was meant to, roll, and pop back onto his feet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Prometheus smiled as if his master’s anger amused him. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Apparently he’d mastered the art of walking unseen just when he wouldn't need it any longer. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

International master George Koltanowski conjectured that Bobby just didn’t trust people and didn’t want to be cheated: “There’s a word for it in German: Verfolgungswahnsinn,” he said. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And then, suddenly, one morning the master was dead. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

If what Badwa had told them the day before was true, Adiah wasn’t going to be a friend; she was a master of the splendor, with more skill than Koffi could ever hope to have. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Afterward, I fidgeted while the masters discussed my tuition. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"The master's body!" roared the butler into the mouthpiece. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

‘You are held wise, my friend Wormtongue, and are doubtless a great support to your master,’ answered Gandalf in a soft voice. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Behind her maids bore a basket full of axeheads, bronze and iron implements for the master’s game. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I can certainly master the Valdezinator. I must! It is my duty!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Wormtail returned to care for my master, in my father’s house, and to keep watch over my father.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I own a few slaves, and if I stood before my Maker alongside one of ’em, I’d hev no way to justify the fact that I was master and he was slave. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has mastered what sociologists call the “weak tie,” a friendly yet casual social connection. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt at times as if he were my relation rather than my master: yet he was imperious sometimes still; but I did not mind that; I saw it was his way. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“The man who called himself her master looked around in astonishment,” Mrs. Grayson said. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

These unexpected jolts from Larsen were difficult to prepare for, but Bobby’s continuous study of the old masters left him relatively forearmed. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

That was true, but only half true, since the power of the overseers was a result of the curious lives led by the sugar masters. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

He’s still watching me, studying me the way I’ve seen some of the masters study artwork. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

L’Hôpital bought himself the best teacher that money could buy: Johann Bernoulli, a Swiss mathematician and one of the early masters of Leibniz’s calculus of infinitesimals. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Today, master, I learned why great lovers have better eyesight than great scholars.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sam, who had been watching his master with great concern, shook his head and muttered: ‘Plain as a pikestaff it is, but it’s no good Sam Gamgee putting in his spoke just now.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

By this time he must have told the master that she was gone. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat astride a roan mare, a lean and nervous steed speckled red and yellow, with a long, narrow head, whose expression was as ill-tempered as her master’s. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

‘The man shivered at the mention of his master, and put a foot into the water; but he drew back. “I cannot swim,” he said. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

At length, he found himself preaching at the Sunday night dances held near his master’s house, and his sermons were not unwelcome. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Professor Snape, the Potions master, was staring along the staff table at Professor Lupin. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He was not long in Kamaswami’s house, when he was already taking a part in his master’s business. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was relieved that I had friends among the masters to balance out the enemies I’d made. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In his lap lay Frodo’s head, drowned deep in sleep; upon his white forehead lay one of Sam’s brown hands, and the other lay softly upon his master’s breast. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Maybe he was wrong to think she was putting her medicine from the dibia in the master’s food. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We many of us had escaped, and so, upon the town’s falling, we would be conveyed to our former masters—at which thought, my spirits froze, thinking upon Mr. Sharpe and his devices. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The music master was unable to keep his hands on the instrument and thus was unable to detect mistakes. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Billed as a “friendly” contest—no titles were at issue—the two-game exhibition match was sponsored by the Manhattan Chess Club to give Bobby an opportunity to play against a world-class master. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Now, for a moment, his own fate, and even his master’s, ceased to trouble him. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Adèle showed me some sketches this morning, which she said were yours. I don’t know whether they were entirely of your doing; probably a master aided you?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The cowherd said: “Ah, let the master come! Father Zeus, grant our old wish! Some courier guide him back! Then judge what stuff is in me and how I manage arms!” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet in later life, his attitude toward these skills reflected a curious facet of his personality: having mastered them, he abandoned them almost entirely to move on to new challenges. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Despite his appearance, he seemed a good sailor, though a hard master to his crew. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

First, he saw no means of making him master of any state that was not a state of the Church. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time, the master quarryman was sent to supervise fifty apprentice stone cutters and two hundred and fifty laborers who would work in the Somme valley, an area known for its limestone. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

My dad was a master of making things, and he was always trying to recruit me to join him in his projects, which I didn’t mind at all. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

A one-armed bunk master sets forth rules in a belligerent torrent. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Saint Luke, please help me try again, and keep my master well. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

“The master had sold about as many slaves as he could sell without having to shut down his farming,” Miss Pat said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Georgia trader paid high prices, and if the masters were in debt, or a crop had failed, or they had been gambling heavily and losing, they sold off another lot of slaves. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I flip through the pages, getting to the master list. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He had known; he had seen this woman share his master’s bed; he too had betrayed her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The mere fact that the sugar masters treated their workers as some form of property did not mean the Indians had to accept that definition. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

The master of ceremonies asked people to say what they thought the function of the novel might be in modern society, and one critic said, “To provide touches of color in rooms with all-white walls.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you are looking for my master, ma’am, he is walking towards the little copse.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

He makes you learn everything by heart, everything, and that makes him the hardest master in the school. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Young squires hurried about on errands as their masters woke, yawning and stretching, to meet the day. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Donald grunted in disapproval or shook his head at newspaper items about the latest slave incident, but it wasn’t clear if he judged the brutality of the master or the intransigence of the slave. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Indeed, he had had little opportunity to be anything else, and he now seemed pleased out of all proportion at this slight notice from his master. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“All societies have higher and lower, masters and slaves.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“You will serve your master and his companions.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a rustle as the masters each took some small action, exchanged glances, raised eyebrows, shook their heads. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Now he had one, a pretty one, from a suitably high caste, who would soon have a master’s degree. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The dances were a way of imitating warfare without actually defying the master. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Grandmaster Edmar Mednis said in retrospect: “I couldn’t believe that Fischer was capable of such an error. How is such an error possible from a top master, or from any master?” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was wearing his black master’s robes, which was something of a rarity. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Your friend and master is so cold. How will we light the fire?” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

It was the work of some master who was Zau’s equal or superior, and worth a prince’s ransom. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Such barons as these have their own dominions and subjects, who recognize them as masters and have natural affection for them. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“No wonder Moreau’s apprentice went after my brother. If there really is some master plan to take back the Black Book, then they’ll need the Black Key to open it.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

But he did not pause to admire it, and turning aside he followed his master through the narrow doorway in the wall of the cave. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Despite his setbacks the previous year, Cal’s head coach Ky Ebright remained an extraordinarily wily opponent, widely regarded as the intellectual master of the sport. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

You supposed to be a master storyteller, right? Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

When slaves rebelled, they often took gruesome revenge on their masters, only to face even more horrific reprisals when the owners and overseers regained control. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I could see the wheels in his mind turning, trying to calculate how heavy a price he could make me pay and still have the masters vote in his favor. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Boots has no fear, nor will she when she masters counting. You like to fly, do you not, Boots? Go for a ride on the bat?” he said mischievously. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

His warm moist tongue would caress the hand of his master. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

While this was sometimes done while the master still lived, manumission of slaves was more commonly a feature of wills. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry you gave away your bracelet,” Lady Meng said, looking in distaste at the masters of the House of Wu. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He mastered his breathing for a moment, wiped his mouth, and told himself to be calm. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I’d mastered the crab walk pretty well, believe it or not. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He would probably continue the old master’s practice of hiring out slaves. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Whenever highborn girls came into the shop with their lathers, my master told me I was to bend the knee, and speak only when they spoke to me, and call them m’lady." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He spun round, and rushed wildly up the path, calling and calling his master’s name. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Among the loveliest was the Temple of Thakra, at which a dozen master sculptors had labored for forty years, two of them going blind in the process. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Justin’s master often hired him out for masonry work and a sympathetic employer made arrangements with the railroad on his behalf. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She brightens and says, “Great! I think that’s great, sweetie. You’ll master that algebra in no time, I’m certain of it. My smart girl.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The old master’s voice croaks like an old bullfrog. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The master raises hunting dogs, And we raise fleas. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

The doomed were caught between fire and water, and the deadly sights of four master hunters. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The chief cook and salad master gave each other the high sign. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Though Francis could not help dominating the lunchtime conversation, his mood was no longer that of a confident master lecturing hapless colonial children who until then had never experienced a first-rate intellect. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

His paintings were gorgeous abstract masterpieces, and people were comparing him to the masters. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Dove was garrulous, indolent, complaining, and boastful, but it hurt Johnny when the other boys bulbed him and his masters beat him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Penny had been searching for a new master since the day her brother Groat had lost his head. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were fixed on the masters of the House of Wu. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Flesh — of the servant—w-willingly given—you will — revive —your master. ” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was true he hadn’t yet mastered the art, but he was getting better. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

During the course of my master of divinity classes, I journeyed back to Princeton Hospital for an internship. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The cameras, the eyes on us all the time, make us all masters of hiding the truth but force us to find creative ways to communicate with one another, too. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He swings his arms as if knocking the cruel master from his horse once again. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

And he has the teacher’s fear of being surpassed by the student, the master’s dread of having the disciple discredit his work. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Some fellow thinks he’s going to be the master of Africa and winds up with his nice European-tailored suit rumpled in a corner and his wits half cracked from the filaires itching under his skin. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She still carefully shows me the parlor, the large country kitchen, the formal dining room, all six of the bedrooms, two of them masters. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the performance, he made an offer for me that my master found too tempting to refuse. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Yet the moment his master appeared he knew him and wagged his tail, but he had no strength to drag himself even a little toward him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

A master showman, he urged bidders on with folksy sayings like “Come on boys, this old wildcat is liable to have a mess of kittens.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I’d almost mastered my jumpy nerves when I saw the tiny litde elevator car we were going to ride to the top of the Arch, and I knew I was in trouble. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“By your leave,” he said, “I would like to visit my old mother, who lives not far away. But I shall stay here awhile until my young master finds his way about.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Nigro, an expert player of near master strength, sensed potential in the boy, and aware that Bobby was without a father, he assumed a mentoring position. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Wearily, as the evening of the Nameless Land fell upon the place of battle, he crawled back to his master. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

His master had fallen at the very moment when he, Black, had shown his true colors as a traitor. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Rab did not immediately spring into action to make a good show of his industry before his master. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In another sense, the tragedy of the once master pickpocket made him, for those brother old-timer hustlers, a “there but for the grace of God” symbol. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

My friends and I prided ourselves on learning how to throw one another to the ground and on mastering the many moves of a champion wrestler. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a woman on Weylin’s plantation whose former master had cut three fingers from her right hand when he caught her writing. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you any good at it? That’s a tough martial art to master.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fuller thought it best to let people believe this fiction, but the truth was that he had no master plan. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Stairs that went up were tricky things, and he had not yet entirely mastered them. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

"Me master? Why, Dr. Bright," I said, perhaps out of old habit, perhaps as a deliberate lie—I was not sure which. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

She is a professor in the psychology department, where she supervises students who are getting master’s degrees. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sing Sing’s maze of corridors, gates, and staircases had grown organically over the years according to the demands of the partic-ular era; no master plan had guided the development. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her master, who had been but a little behind her, saw on the long stretch of beach only the figure of a man busy with his fishing lines. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

If only the rest of the business were so simply mastered! Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear the master’s voice, Don’t let that host touch your teeth for if you bite God in two you’ll roast in hell for eternity. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

How am I going to master the science of plumbing products when I can barely summon the concentration required to assemble a breakfast of peanut butter and toast? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they have any thing to say of their masters, it is generally in their masters’ favor, especially when speaking to an untried man. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was like one of the Zen-master moments in a movie when the master suddenly figures out the secret of the universe without trying. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

His master’s calloused hand would rub the great neck, and he’d say “Good Sounder, good Sounder.” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Such a reaction at a Wagner performance would have been considered blasphemous - to dare to interrupt the master’s unstoppable narrative flow. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

No longer was he the jolly owner of a spectacular Night Zoo; now he was just Baaz, her master, glaring at her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Does your master need more of my pain? Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

His master was gaining on him; already he was some twenty strides ahead, flitting on like a shadow; soon he would be lost to sight in that grey world. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The army did nothing to defend their master. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It took me a moment to remember that Elxa Dal was the next master. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later the voices of men were heard greeting the master of the house on his return and Theseus entered the courtyard. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t remember whether it was the posture of a son-in-law approaching his father-in-law or a servant his master or just anybody approaching a chief. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Fingernail marks. He was desperate to get away—to drag himself by his fingertips, if necessary. He was alive the entire time that thing sharpened its claws on the stone while its master watched.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Nothing like an arcane literary debate with your tyrannical master while you pass the time leading to your execution. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He was still in the same place, and still his master lay beside him dead. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Certain former slaves were carving stone and laying bricks, stealing work from guild journeymen and masters alike. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It seemed as though she would never be able to master the art of sewing, to make the needle go through the material in the places where she wanted it to go. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you don’t cry the masters hate you because you’ve made them look weak before the class and they promise themselves the next time they have you up they’ll draw tears or blood or both. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he saw himself hunched over his rooming house desk, working on his master’s thesis; he remembered the lonely desperation with which he’d worried the equations. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Young master Bohannon!” he said in his wheezy voice, adjusting his glasses. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

With them was the chief cook, the three undercooks, the sauce cook, the salad master, the souffle maker and a dozen dishwashers. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

These were things that others, with lesser minds, could master easily. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Abandoning his own initial error, he promptly apprehended the underlying physics and, more impressively, envisioned the extended implications like a chess master thinking dozens of moves ahead. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Slave women were always called to the bedrooms of their masters—it was simply a fact of life. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jeff Masemola, our master craftsman, had managed to make a passkey that unlocked most of the doors in and around our section. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He attributed this circumstance to Burnham: “too high an estimate cannot be placed on the industry, skill and tact with which this result was secured by the master of us all.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I was aware of the importance of the game,” recalled Allen Kaufman, a master who was studying the game as Bobby played it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He looks sweaty, uncomfortable—I can’t imagine the heavy blue robes masters and brothers of the temple are required to wear are comfortable during the Zamani Regions hot season—but I don’t dare to ask. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s called the Sleer. It guards the place. It needs a master to tell it what to do,” said Bod. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The French masters had separated slaves who spoke the same African language, so in secret they had fashioned their own common tongue in order to communicate more effectively. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

To that point Bobby hadn’t won a game in the tournament, but he’d drawn three, and he seemed to be getting stronger each round, learning from the other masters as he played. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Even the monsters turned to watch, as if sensing that their master Tartarus was about to take the spotlight. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I was only about five years old when I left it, to go and live with my old master on Colonel Lloyd’s plantation; so that I was now between ten and eleven years old. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

He grovelled on the ground and could speak no clear words but nice master. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The old man wailed, “Oh, do not hurt me. I did give him the child, but do not ask more, master, for the love of God.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘So, boy, how much will your master take for him?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke told me I might be a child of Hermes, a kind of jack-of-all-trades, master of none. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Or I might not. You’ll never know until it’s too late. But one thing you’d better understand: I’m your master now, and if you make me angry—watch out!” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Early one morning I heard Lucy crying in the master bedroom. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Buck, as was his custom, was lying in a corner, head on paws, watching his master’s every action. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They must have some way to let people in. Do they have a master key in the office?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oswald Wyre and Ant Little do this jackal laughter like their master's all six Monty Pythons rolled into one comedy thug. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

At least he knew now that it would be useless to leave Ch’ulp’o in search of another master. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

After they had mastered the ancient cures that worked, they would be taught the most up-to-date western discoveries. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half an hour later Bast brought a bowl to his master’s room, reassuring him that everything was well downstairs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I hope by the time I’m a senior in high school, I will have mastered that look. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

And he said to himself again and again, “Am I not master in my own house and may I not take my own slave I bought with my silver?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Old master did not go to work these days until after breakfast. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father continued to take English classes, so determined was he to master the language. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

These were the gates that slaves had used in former days as they went about their masters’ business, where smallfolk and tradesmen came and went and made their deliveries. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if they have some skinhead Nazi master plan. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Near the Street of the Sailmakers he spied the baker's boy, Kai, emerging from his master’s shop with a laden basket on his head. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

As for me, after receiving the Rhodes Scholarship, I spent two and a half years completing my master’s in international relations at Oxford. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

As the lady limped to her chamber and the master disappeared down the stairs, I picked up the tray that held the last of the dishes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was tempted to throw the master sheet at the Brother but held back. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would be in the basement below while Myron had the master bedroom upstairs. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

‘And it’s a good thing neither half of the old villain don’t know what master means to do,’ he thought. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I sit on a bench in the schoolyard shed and take off my shoes and stockings but when I go into the class the master wants to know where my shoes are. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She had been there only a moment or so when a slave rushed out screaming, “Treason! Our master! Treason!” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is your skill, not the tools, that make you master,” Amah said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

"We have expressed our thanks to you many times. And you have our admiration too. But George, you will now have to master another great job. You must become an actor." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

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

He stopped and he turned towards his master. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

By strengthening his forces at the places where he knew that Howe was about to attack, the master of deception made it look as though reinforcements had arrived. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a burst of confiding he added, “Perhaps Rekh will teach me more now. Perhaps someday I shall be a master goldsmith and make necklaces for the queen.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Go to his master. Hubert’s wisdom and piety are famous across Christendom. I’m bringing some books to him anyway. Come with me, and we’ll tell him all about the crimes of the wicked Michelangelo.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

But first I must deliver a message for my master. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, lady and gent. Now, behold the mastery of the master!” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It is against the laws of the University for a student who is not a member of the Arcanum to use sympathy without permission from a master.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She mastered herself, and swallowed hard, and shook her head. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Please," the old man said, stretching out an arm, "your master is having a grand feast. Surely you can spare a small bit for me?" When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The boy tried to be on his way, but the master stopped him. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

"It's my master's orders, so there!" said Shasta. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Poor you. It isn’t easy to master calculus in middle school.” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

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

"I see it is so. Run to your new masters, coward." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In the North, men said that it had cost anywhere between forty and a hundred thousand dollars for the United States Government to return Bums to his master. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, standing in the marketplace, engulfed in that invested town, that hive of my former masters' enemies, my eyes fell again upon Faneuil Hall. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He keeps shooing away Tony Bucci, the faculty audiovisual advisor, because he figures he can master it more quickly himself. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

For all she knew, the man driving the wagon might be taking her straight back to the master. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He placed them in the doorway of the master bedroom so that no one would trip when they descended. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“You can get you a good job. Wait till they see a boy wit!I a master’s degree.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Callie, precocious master of the helpful disturbance, knocked her chopsticks to the floor. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

At nights in the refectory we sit with our hands in our laps and stare at the radio, our small, harsh master. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were silent, waiting for the Song- master to appear on the Gathering Hall steps. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It would have been futile to tell him of my mastering his car and driving it nearly fifty miles. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he were the master of the Deathly Hallows, would he be safe? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I would be one of those wise slaves who could read and write and dare to advise their masters. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The master and his unlikely pupil started with simple rhymes and short passages from popular British versifiers. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Afterward, Zeus realized his master bolt was missing, taken from the throne room under his very nose. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

If you don’t, she’ll end up as one of those timid maidservants who scarcely dare to raise their heads and whose only purpose is to clean and cook for their ghastly master. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“What’s working here?” asks Sandy Ellis, master ceramicist, clay instructor, and my advisor. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

My scim is an extension of my body, moving so swiftly that it might be its own master. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

That imposed a constraint Lawrence had become a master at overcoming. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

As soon as the teacher made his announcements, new masters—foremen from camp factories, mines, and farms—came to the school and led students away. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Put on a tuxedo and dance the waltz with some pimply faced girl whose major goal in life is to master the bass trombone? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to hire one of the master’s slaves, preferably a girl, and young, because she couldn’t pay very much. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their master was too feeble to climb ladders; the middle-aged mistress too stout. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Omba’s very first act of mercy was to retrieve his master’s mask, which had blown up against Mile. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The kitten landed on the ground in front of his master, then arched his back and hissed at the lord of the abyss. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It would not be worth while to leave his master for that. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He did not have to pay her old master, Doc Thompson, very much for her hire because she was a woman. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Framed in the thick western window, Alderbaran and Betelgeuse were racing Sirius over the horizon, the hunting dog-star looking back to his master Orion, who had not yet heaved himself above the fim. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Writer Ernest Seeman accurately portrayed the Durham of his youth when he described this neighborhood of “large houses and well-groomed lawns, where several of its richest and most righteous rajputs and masters of machinery lived.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

FitzRoy defended slavery, stating that some slaves were happy because their masters were good to them. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, she has always cleaned the master bedroom herself, as the help have enough to do what with five kids. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“Tucker and I think we can figure out what McCoy’s master plan is, but we need your help.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Marvin Bell, junior class president, will preside over the scandals as master of ceremonies. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Could technology itself hold the key to helping us remain master over these powerful machines? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“What shocking conduct, Miss Eyre, to strike a young gentleman, your benefactress’s son! Your young master.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The collie stood shakily, blood dripping from his throat, awaiting the protection of his master. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

After transferring to the University of Maryland, she earned her bachelor’s degree and entered a master’s program in psychology, becoming the first of Henrietta’s descendants to attend graduate school. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

When he had finished combing his hair he moved into the room, and he moved with a majesty achieved only by royalty and master craftsmen. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

A master of striking was like a chemist or a winemaker, but also a kind of magician. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Along the Eastern Shore of Maryland, in Dorchester County, in Caroline County, the masters kept hearing whispers about the man named Moses, who was running off slaves. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ragtime’s syncopation was drawn from a relatively limited menu of possible variations, and could therefore also be written down and mastered, in time, by any competent pianist. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she went even farther back in her memory, to the days of the plantation and the overseer and the master. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

In spite of his name he wasn’t bright, and he had yet to master toilet training, although he was old enough to attend school. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The masters were entertaining their friends and relatives in their big, comfortable houses. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked back at the closed door of the master bedroom. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I used to look at my master’s face to see if it were sad or fierce; but I could not remember the time when it had been so uniformly clear of clouds or evil feelings. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I did not perceive why they were there, nor why many who had survived the poIin its last visitation were present, master and servant alike. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"You can still learn. I can be your master." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

They knew Cade could keep an eye on their epileptic boy, but I thought it was all part of the master plan to ensure Finn Easton’s atoms would never escape the state of California. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“You will go and deliver a message to your master for me. I am assigning him a commission. Tell me, have you worked for Potter Min long?” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

We see the clumsiness of a small hand manipulating an adult-sized object; the determination to master a challenge we take for granted; the out-of-sync mouth anticipating the sweet, juicy reward. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He had, I supposed, used them to assure himself of the freedom of the house; even more, for the defiance of knowing he had the liberty of motion, unknown to his masters. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Has your master magician, your uncle, power like mine;?” asked the Queen, firmly seizing Digory’s hand again. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The Ring was trying to get back to its master. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“It is clear that this slave has violated the person of her master, destroyed valuable property, and attempted to run away, all contrary to the laws of our colony.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

A master of deception, the young actor brought to life the role of a man in his late fifties—impressive because he was just nineteen. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

She said that the master had promised to free her and Ben and the children when he died. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

How, when my parents were such masters of concealment that few knew what they looked like, let alone how to find them? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The young master led astray by the gardener. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We had forgotten that the mountain still holds the master card, that it will grant success only in its own good time. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you alone at home? Where is your master?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Territorial empires are tightly controlled but costly to maintain; hegemonic empires are inexpensive to maintain, because the original local rulers incur the costs of administration, but the loose tie between master and vassal encourages rebellion. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

No one could know what this temporary master, Doc Thompson, as he was known in Bucktown, would be like. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Indeed! With my plague! Half of Europe was decimated by the Black Death, forcing society to evolve! If not for that, you would still be digging for roots, a serf forever bound to your master." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He knew now where his place was and had been: at his master’s side, though what he could do there was not clear. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He did not know all the master silversmiths had an eye on him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she answered, “Now and I do not know but I think he was master of a grain market, but I will ask Cuckoo who knows everything about men and their money.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The effect of his injury on the masters seemed deeper than after other disasters I remembered there. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

His master would have none of it; but scolded him for his importunities. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Your master will want these. They will provide a great deal of entertainment.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was he and only he who had it in his power to invite this master or that to play against him and his team on certain afternoons. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She saw only the huge black animal leaping around its white master. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men spread the jam on the bread and drank their wine, discussing politics and war and armies over the stacks of money on my master’s desk. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her master was cruel, violent, and greedy, but above all else, he was a businessman. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The master’s valet, 24-06, made good the preparations for the feast on blankets lain on the grass. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was the face of one who has been assailed by a great fear or anguish, but has mastered it and now is quiet. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

As a brace of Lannister guardsmen led him off, the master of revels approached the box. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The boarding master received me without a blowing of trumpets and my fellow students did not bow and scrape before me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And time went by and still he knelt, holding his master’s hand, and in his heart keeping a debate. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

"I fell into it out of old habit. I'm a country wight meself, born and bred in Yorkshire. Judging from your speech, your master must be a South County man." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The fearless boys and girls who would knuckle up, call on cousins and crews, and, if it came to it, pull guns seemed to have mastered the streets. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

On foot and swiftly he went up toward the stockade where swine were penned in hundreds, and at night the guardian of the swine, the forester, slept under arms on duty for his masters. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But it wanted a master to protect. It told me so.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The hr aches were like beagles, and trotted along with the master in the way that beagles always have trotted, and a charming way it is. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, we came as graduate students. I applied to Emory University business school and Grandma applied to Georgia Tech for a master’s degree in mechanical engineering.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Up there was where the officers were, the only people on the ship who spoke English, the masters of our destiny here, the ones who would right this wrong. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once the dog has forgotten, it starts dragging its master along again, and again gets beaten and sworn at. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

‘No safe places. But master must try it or go home. No other way.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“We don’t know yet. We think so, but our own children are not yet old enough to be certain. We do know they have inherited the ability to learn. They master reading almost without effort.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

They had streamed across from the south bank—mostly university students, as well as their masters. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“During my admission, you said that my admittance to the Arcanum was granted, contingent upon proof that I had mastered the basic principles of sympathy.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He began with sight-reading and mastering basic rhythms and pitches that gradually increased step by step to become more complex, sometimes by adding only one new note or rhythmic value at a time. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

This haul was in effect the start of the twentieth century’s Vivaldi revival and a great flowering of musicological interest in this hitherto all but forgotten master. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Her face was beautiful but unearthly - her eyes too bright, her features too delicate, her smile too cold, as if she’d been studying human smiles and hadn’t quite mastered the art. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Objects are easier. It took me years to master anything animate. And I work much better with my own birds than I could with any old pigeon taken off the street.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

My father was a master at leading us to the ripest fruit for our morning feast and the finest branches for our night nests. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

"Why settle for something less challenging? My daughter can sing any American song after listening to it two or three times, but have you ever seen an American who can master a Tagore song?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Made by who? Their masters? Perhaps your dancers would sooner build or bake or farm. Have you asked them?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She was barely a cut above poor white folks, when compared to the master. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The housekeeper came forward, and told them it was a picture of a young gentleman, the son of her late master’s steward, who had been brought up by him at his own expense. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Fischer began collecting photos of other Hungarian girls he’d like to meet, and he recruited his new friend and assistant Janos Rigo—an international master and chess organizer—-to serve as a matchmaker. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

If he told the master that she was missing, she would be caught before she got off the plantation. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although my mother—having a master’s degree in psychology and working on her doctorate—is a trained listener, she sometimes over-listens, especially when it comes to me. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Halliday was obviously the dungeon master, even if he was now controlling the game from beyond the grave. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He waved them back and forth for the other masters to see, nodding his head from side to side in an absent, childish way. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“But you do not! You are not even masters of this planet. What about Eurasia and Eastasia? You have not conquered them yet.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“It is for my master’s mother, jollof rice with fried chicken.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You know he was my master, don’t you?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

His mission was to play as many masters as possible and to emulate the Soviets’ training regimen for the Yugoslav tournament. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was six years old again, master of a kingdom of gristle and bone and rotting fruit hidden beneath the sawdust in a little room. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor would she punish slaves for rising up against their masters. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The first step in mastering usage is to understand why the myth is wrong. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The other man in the room that night was Bernard Zuckerman, only twenty-two days younger than Bobby, a fellow Brooklynite, and an international master. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I sat at a table in front of the clubhouse room and called out items from the master grocery list. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Zeus’s master bolt,” Chiron said, getting worked up now. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Hailey looks at me, I look at her, and we have the same deadpan expression that we’ve had mastered since fifth grade, mouths slightly open, eyes ready to roll at any moment. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

A master engraver expertly carves his designs onto a polished copper plate using an engraving tool called a burin. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“But why not just keep the master bolt for yourself?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I inquired what he wished me to play, indicating that I knew by heart sonatas by Corelli, Tartini, Locatelli, and such other venerable Italian masters as were most highly esteemed. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“And that,” said Mrs. Reynolds, pointing to another of the miniatures, “is my master—and very like him. It was drawn at the same time as the other—about eight years ago.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

I’m sure Mr. Stoker will spend the year covering topics I mastered when I was 8. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Cora and Caesar roundly beaten by the crowd in preparation for their delivery back to Terrance, and whatever their master had devised to surpass Big Anthony’s torments. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He stumbled down the bank and roused his master. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Think of improvisation as “quickly assembling” shorter rhythm or pitch patterns that you’ve already mastered. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

She lifted him in her soft arms, but Diomedes, knowing she was a coward goddess, not one of those who like Athena are masters where warriors fight, leaped toward her and wounded her hand. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm like a master at it, even though, honestly, sunflower seeds don't taste like nothing. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Clare had the crib, and her younger sister, Lucy, slept in the master bedroom. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Then the stone was cut, chiseled, and hammered by the stone cutters so it would match the patterns or templates supplied by the master mason. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

It had never let any but Ged touch it, but it came to Vetch now, and climbing up his arm cowered on his shoulder, its great bright eyes always on its master. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then he was to address the master politely, explain about his bad hand, and ask to be taken on. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t as graceful, true, but she thought she’d mastered the general idea. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But maybe I could persuade a few of the masters of what had really happened. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But the Germans were our masters now, until our allies the British and the French arrived to drive them out. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The dogs Bite Hard and Grip Fast stood in front of their master and growled to protect him. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once again he encourages him to experiment with moving away from the dark, muddy palette of the Dutch masters. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“We need to add some bass, and then we can mix and master it.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“How dare you take a witch’s wand, how dare you defy your masters?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Hmmm. I don’t know. How about you come over every now and then and water it for me. I mean, you’re already such a flower master.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The accelerator was the harder technology, yet that they had mastered. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

As Bentley mastered the techniques of spying, her assignments for the Soviets grew. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now, they had moved, Joseph Hooper was master in his own house. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Interest in the marble piece arises from the unusual circumstances attending its acquisition by the museum and from the belief that it may be the work of the Italian Renaissance master, Michelangelo. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave examples of dogs that had walked dozens of kilometers to get back to their masters. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

"I ran away from me master, that's the long and short of it." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay. Just taking a while. Thought about going back to school to get my master’s. That would open up a hell of a lot more doors, but...” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Most villages had craft schools, where boys and girls learned how to weave cloth, carve wood, and master other skills that would land them steady work when they grew up. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The poison of the Dobermans and their master began to thin, a little. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Sam caught his master in his arms, as he stumbled and almost fell, right on the threshold of the bridge. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She had to repeat a few classes, but she eventually graduated with a master’s degree. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had mastered the art of rendering himself insignificant, invisible. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. O’Dea is the one master who can always bring the tears and the shame. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

As for the dog, he’s sort of taken on his master’s stooped look, muzzle down, neck straining. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

But just for a while, I wanted to be my own master. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Once he learned a game, it took him mere hours to master it, and then he simply couldn’t be beaten. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Would Mr. Justice Dana be so good as to glance at this indenture—which the boy’s erstwhile master, Mr. Lapham, had been so kind as to lend him? Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shuddered involuntarily, and clung instinctively closer to my blind but beloved master. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

As tracking data from the spaceship filtered into Mission Control, the toy capsule moved along the orbit grooves on the map too, a puppet controlled by its master in the sky. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Farid followed him, carrying the heavy bag, happy as a stray dog who has found a master at last. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The lord of suet was not so bad as masters went. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Causey was a master of half expression, half smiles, and half glowers, for all nuances of expression stopped at the invisible frontier that marked the dead sector of his face. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

By afternoon, their temporary masters, disturbed by their absence, sent messengers to Dr. Thompson, in Caroline County, asking about them. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have to remember that I’ve been here longer than any ten students. When I tell you the masters are conservatives at heart, I’m not just making noise. I know.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

After the meal, the master went to order the carriage to take them to some admiral’s house for eggnog. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Attached to all of this was a new vocabulary, one I needed to master. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The first place we tried was the master bedroom—the room where Mr. Clutter slept. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart leapt up: I was already on my master’s very lands. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

But the Lord of the City was master of his Council, and he was in no mood that day to bow to others. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Elodin stood perilously near the edge, his master’s robe flapping around him like a dark flag. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The only way to fight sugar masters, it seemed, was for the workers to be harder, tougher, and more willing to accept bloodshed than the owners. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I did not master the schools, because I could not see where any of it could possibly lead. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He was also a master at walking on my heels. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Won’t it be enriching to absorb the work of such masters, and there are so many there to be seen.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“The masters down at the University heard some odd rumors and sent me here to find out if they were true,” I said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He gave Frodo water and an additional wafer of the waybread, and he made a pillow of his cloak for his master’s head. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Anthony Burns, a fugitive slave, who had escaped from his master in Virginia, was arrested and held in the Boston Courthouse. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the shelves held the textbooks Mother used for teaching seventh-grade English and for the night classes she took to get her master’s degree. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles married my aunt: he belonged to my master’s father-in-law, Mr. William Hamilton. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

Indenture was a step better than slavery, but masters did their best to intimidate workers to keep wages low and silence critics. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Another master will hit you if you don’t know that Michael Collins was the greatest man that ever lived. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Melyngar followed docilely, her head bowed, as if she understood that she would not see her master again. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care about the master bolt. I agreed to go to the Underworld so I could bring back my mother.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

And Jasper, dear Jasper, with his soulful eyes and great, sagging jowl, would be stretched upon the floor, his tail a-thump when he heard his master’s footsteps. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Turner concluded: “‘It matters not how strait the gate, how charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.’” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“They told me all I had to do was prove I mastered the basic principles of sympathy.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Don’t listen to them, Colonel. I’m a master of my trade. An artist,” Kilgo said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Teenie had told her never to look the masters directly in their eyes, but Amari had stolen looks at Mrs. Derby as often as she had been able to. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Here comes a bird for the master's lunch!" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

My mom works in the mornings and then goes to Oklahoma University at night to get another master’s degree. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

They were just slaves fetching water for their master. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The master left for London with much muttering on the part of his wife. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘No, master! Mr. Bilbo gave it to you, and it goes with his silver coat; he would not wish anyone else to wear it now.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Without another word, Lorren turned and walked away, his long strides making his black master’s robes billow out behind him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I knew my performance would have to be brilliant, as several of the masters were now less than impressed by me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear had watched his master make dozens of those petals and had finally taken a small lump of clay home in his waist pouch to practice himself. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

In time I earned a master's degree in education from Pepperdine University. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“But honestly, I don’t see what your master’s bad mood has to do with the price of butter.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

‘Yet this is our law. I am not the master of the law, and cannot set it aside. I have done much in letting you set foot over Celebrant.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He sees beautiful paintings at the Louvre, at the Musee du Luxembourg, and at the Salon, the French Academy’s annual exhibition of “living masters” of the current art world. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

No one was calling me baas and master any longer. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Same ticket master was at the station and I expected him to recognize me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The map was beautiful, painted by a master’s hand on a sheet of the finest vellum, so large it covered the table. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Early this morning a large dog, a half-bred mastiff belonging to a coal merchant close to Tate Hill Pier, was found dead in the roadway opposite to its master’s yard. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“No, it is not,” admitted the Wart “And what is your favourite bird?” asked Archimedes, feeling that his master ought to be allowed a say. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Master William Hamilton, my master’s father-in-law, always gave his slaves enough to eat. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Are they not the masters? For every one of you who is out, there are three waiting to step into your place.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because the master might forget to write it down in his will. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Sounder and his master hunted in the wind. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dicer’s master, the herring-pickier, yelled some kind remark to him, but Johnny did not answer. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re to say nothing of this to the master when he returns, you understand?” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell your master I have gone to my flat,” she said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Even in the capital cities, the local masters were nothing. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Skipping grades in school was part of Dad’s master plan. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Suppose at a hearing your special water master was to find that Joe Mondragon did have water rights to that field—wouldn’t that help you out of the situation?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

How, for instance, does a wing-making master gene “know” to build a wing in the second thoracic segment, and not, say, the first or third segment? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

According to the master’s will, none of the slaves could be sold outside the state of Maryland. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meggie put the book about creatures who were masters of disguise back in its place. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Does any master oppose this action?” the Chancellor asked ritualistically as I looked down at my feet. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I gave my word this morning to the master here. I still owe a few minutes’ work.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it was the fact that I hadn’t called him sir or master. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

My master was Colonel Lloyd’s clerk and superintendent. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

He joined the Signal Intelligence Service early in the war and mastered the Japanese language in three months in order to join the fight to crack Japan's secret military communications. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby knew the basics of the opening but hadn’t yet mastered all of its intricacies. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

That I, in fleeing from one cruel master, should be bound to another, was almost too much to endure. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Once in the boat, the master followed him, saw him plainly, swimming faster and faster. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sooner I could master it, the sooner I’d be able to move on to harder dismounts and other big skills. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

What had been true before was true all over again: they would have to master an entirely new set of skills simply to remain upright in them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m Curzon, sir. Mister Bellingham’s boy. My master needs me to fetch new quills up Vandewater Street. I could show your girl the way.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, like a terrier who doesn’t want to bring a ball to its master, Lennie approached, drew back, approached again. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘She’s designing you a beautiful mark so when you are man- grown and master smith you can stamp your silver with it.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think my masters will need them anymore,” Haiyi had said with a small, mischievous smile. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I have known him to cut and slash the women’s heads so horribly, that even master would be enraged at his cruelty, and would threaten to whip him if he did not mind himself. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

These last words were more than he could bear, and bursting into the middle of the ring, he strode up to his master’s side. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The masters had given me three talents to attend, rather than make me pay a tuition. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“With fifty students, sir, and my after-school tutoring, I can’t spend much time helping him. I grade his practice exams and assign him extra problems every day, but he doesn’t seem to be mastering it.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

And he’s learned to keep his tongue inside his mouth, though that took him several years to master. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then he had to explain to his master how badly Dove had done the spoon. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hungry dogs roamed and barked, abandoned by their masters because they weren’t allowed on ships. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The master suite is on the other hallway. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

It required some courage to disturb so interesting a party; my errand, however, was one I could not defer, so I approached the master where he stood at Miss Ingram’s side. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“My master, Jasper Blake, asked that I bring you these coffee beans and mention that his warehouse is open for business.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gave their kids names that no master could ever take away. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Enough with the pity party. Senior years coming up. What's the master plan? 'Cause you gotta get out of that apartment.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I saw on the shores all of the farms where slumbered slave and master alike. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

‘I said we could master them. But we needed a call. You came back in the nick o’ time, Mr. Merry.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Later, when it was time for the smaller children in the cabin to go to bed, Sounder’s master got up, put on his overall jacket, and went outside. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I moved in under the pretext that I was the houseboy or caretaker who would look after the place until my master took possession. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t be able to get much for them in Maryland, so in spite of the old master’s will, he would sell them South. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crossing the state line was a capital offense in Georgia; sometimes a master preferred an example over the return of his property. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The principal players, meantime, rehearsed Hamlet endlessly, employing a slightly different version each day, as Mr. Shakespeare deleted or added passages to suit the fancy of the master of revels. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

They strolled through galleries of the old masters in silence, punctuated only by the sound of their footfalls and the scythe’s occasional commentaries. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Mammachi wondered whether she would ever master the art of perfect preservation, and whether Sophie Mol would like some iced grape crush. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Strange names you give indeed! But I will report them as you bid, and learn my master’s will,’ said the guard. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Except in point of fact Colin did not whisper, because he had never quite mastered the art of whispering—he just sort of talked in a slightly softer voice directly into Hassan's eardrum. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

At last he mastered her arms; Grace Poole gave him a cord, and he pinioned them behind her: with more rope, which was at hand, he bound her to a chair. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Only once or twice in a summer—on days of unendurable heat, teachers dismissed school, masters closed shops, and the boys ran down to the wharves to swim. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a jack of all trades who was a master of them, too. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man came to take Ged's place at the oar, sending him to the ship’s master in the bow. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The master bedroom at the end of the hall is a gold mine of jewelry and fancy knickknacks. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not master the streets, because I could not read the body language quick enough. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

And there was Billy, the proud master, watching his gifted disciple from the car, unable to get out because of the pain in his leg and the arthritis. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dog growled at us once more, just to make his feelings clear, then circled back to his masters feet. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He had earned a master’s degree in applied sciences, and he taught physics and chemistry during the weekdays at the all-black George Washington Carver High School in North Birmingham. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then she went out to call her master. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Seemingly they went back to their master’s house across Salt Lane for dinner, while the nephew ate out of a basket and minded the shop. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sam looked at his master with approval, but also with surprise: there was a look in his face and a tone in his voice that he had not known before. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

"Got one! The whipping boy, it is! Where's your master, eh?" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

But it was still the place where kids had mastered enough skills to be able to do something with them. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He turned and passed through court and hall to tell the master, stepping up close to get his ear. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Remember it, and try with heart and soul to master this quick temper, before it brings you greater sorrow and regret than you have known today.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the dog only followed them with its eyes, keeping its chin pressed firmly to the chest of its beloved master, and giving them the least suspicion of a wag from its tail. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Svadilfari was grazing, as he normally was, in the long grass at the edge of the forest, almost half a mile from the wall, but he always came when his master whistled. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

All the masters showed signs of preparing to stand and leave, but before things could be called to a close I spoke up, “Chancellor?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His maxim was, Behave well or behave ill, it is the duty of a master occasionally to whip a slave, to remind him of his master’s authority. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

‘Why don’t you sit down?’ he said, ‘and eat. My master’s wife— she’s my aunt—always sends over more than I can manage.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mastered the art of crocheting and tatting, and there was a lifetime’s supply of dainty doilies that would never be used in sacheted dresser drawers. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The new clothes could not hide the fact that the master was grinding himself down with work. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five notches later, Ess had mastered the letter A and the letter B but gotten no further. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Some folks think that creatures like that don’t have feelings, but I think he missed his master and I went easy on him. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gandalf dismounted, for no horse was allowed in the Citadel, and Shadowfax suffered himself to be led away at the soft word of his master. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, they all imply that the master died in a bizarre way. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Sam, waking suddenly by some instinct of watchfulness, saw first his master’s empty bed and leapt to his feet. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When breakfast was over, and Master Twyti had been consulted, the Boxing Day cavalcade moved off to the Meet Perhaps the hounds would have seemed rather a pack to a master of hounds today. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I am the company's fencing master, you see." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

We are masters in our nonviolent movement in disarming police forces; they don’t know what to do. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Basta was notorious for his silent tread, but Flatnose, who was with him, was no master of the art of stalking. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

If he examined the empty setting on an old brooch, he’d see what happened to the missing gem: a miserly master, a midnight theft, a pawnbroker, ailing children, and draughts of foul-smelling medicine. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Servants conducted him across costly carpets to a room where he waited for the master of the house. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Across the room the cowherd sobbed, knowing the master’s weapon. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not look at me, he went on reading his paper, contented, comfortable, having assumed his way of living, the master of his house. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“You and your sister belong to Mr. Robert now. He’ll be a good master to you.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Students flocked to him, and he soon acquired a retinue of followers who wanted to learn from the master. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Cully looked down at his masters, opened his beak in an angry pant of failure, and remained motionless. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the other masters told us the Irish always fought nobly, they always fought the fair fight. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

His stallion’s spotted hindquarters were covered with ragged strips of cloth tom from the surcoats of men his master had slain. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"Yes," I said, "I'll try to master all that is required." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It could cost her dearly to keep secrets from her master. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The implication, although not expressed in so many words, was that we had already mastered the piano and were now branching out along other musical avenues. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I cannot stay. Ngwanu, let it be. Greet your master and give him my message.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I feel sorry for you already, because I am a grand master at panjpar. World renowned.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It began at the feet, especially as the strangers were dressed in outlandish clothes like knights-in-armour, and it mastered the texture, the construction, the articulation and the probable price of their sabathons. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

A magnificent company they were—the future Romans, the masters of the world. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could master most action titles in a few hours, and there wasn’t an adventure or role-playing game I couldn’t solve. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Within a few days, Joe had mastered the froe and the mallet and could size up a log and split shakes from it nearly as quickly and decisively as Charlie could. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I told her therefore that likely my master—for so I called Dr. Trefusis, though he would have protested—would soon return with me and we would take up residence there. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t quite mastered the journalist’s chin yet. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Even a master architect would have had trouble designing such a structure. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The master cursed and shouted that he would not: “A wizard aboard, and I the best seaman of the Trade, and this the handiest ship I ever sailed—turn back?” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

In the dim starlight the young master’s face looked unfamiliar. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few days later she heard that Edward Brodas, the master, was sick, and that the doctor had told the family he would surely die. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let the master show you how it’s done,” he said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

None of that would have been so daunting if the worst thing in the world was not about to happen: Ms. Sandnes was leaving to get her master’s degree in social work! Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I heard he was going to be the master of ceremonies for that awful talent show they have. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Gazzaley says the magician is a master of manipulating attention. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was around the same time that the piano’s close relative the organ also mastered the art of volume control, thanks to a device called a ‘ratchet swell pedal’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The jig flipped a cigarette that would have set Miss Lee’s hair on fire if it hadn’t been aimed by a master marksman. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the boy carried the lantern down to the quarter, his masters following, violence was assured. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Rabscuttle looked at it. ‘It looks rather like a dog’s black nose, master,’ he answered, ‘except that it’s dry.’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Good master!" said a street urchin to Lord Primus. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Neither the master nor the overseer had heard or seen anything unusual in the quarter. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My eyes are old, I cannot read what your master writes,” he said in his quavering voice. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of the old master baker weeping in the back kitchen.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I must wait for my master to give explanations; and so must she. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

If we thought the food was lousy or if we hated a certain master or if we had been thrashed for something we did not do, we never dared to say so in our letters. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some boys say it is better to cry because that pleases the masters. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Lady Seymour fired off a cannonblast of a glare at her, but Madam pretended not to notice, and the master kept his face planted in his newspaper. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Percy had left Bob in Hades’s palace, at the mercy of a new master who hated him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Man, the absolute master of what the world produces. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

When he had finished, and his master had shown the king the stolen cup, some of the lords of the court cried out that the slave should be offered to the Firedrake as a sacrifice. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is an American food. I will make it for my master to bring here when your madam comes back from London. I know she will like it.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You wear long sleeves,'' Fenoglio continued very slowly, as if giving Basta time to take in every single word, “because your master likes playing with fire. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Many have wondered how much of the Hungarian language Bobby mastered during his almost eight years in Budapest. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

On that evening masters were performing in rotation, one playing for about an hour, followed by another who’d take his place. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Though they didn’t hit the bull’s-eyes, and their shots got sloppier the farther the target, whoever their masters had been, they’d known what they were teaching. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Even with assistance, their master could not lift his own weight; it took all his failing strength to roll onto one side. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“The natural dominance of the master again asserted itself without pretension,” wrote Van Brunt, “and we once more became his willing and happy pupils.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The bunk master announces schedules of byzantine complication: Mondays are for mechanics, state history, racial sciences. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The hams always stayed in the pantry of the big house for the masters. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sam, supporting and guiding his stumbling master, followed after him as quickly as he could. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Yes, the man wore an honorable legend: After he hired himself out from his master for weekend labor, he had purchased the freedom of his wife, then his children, and finally himself. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Even as his staff was mastering the first-generation separator, he started sketching out a new one. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“You, young man, have the soul of a blacksmith,” the master of alchemy told him in a cold rage. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He’s a master at it, making me feel as though everything is my fault, making me feel worthless. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The plantations were Hell because the masters and overseers were treated as gods—which turned them into devils. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

There were some lessons that Bod had mastered. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

T. R. Wexler had a master's degree in business administration, an advanced degree in corporate law, and had served two years as legal counsel to the Westing Paper Products Corporation. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hearing footfalls on the stairs, I straightened myself and tried to look as though I had been up for hours and awaiting my master's call. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Years ago, his mother had told him that their family name, Zhang, meant “master of bows” in Chinese. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

My grandfather, accustomed to the multifarious conjugations of ancient Greek verbs, had found English, for all its incoherence, a relatively simple tongue to master. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“North Africans to like him? You think he cares much for other Africans? The white man is the only master Balewa knows,” Odenigbo said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The dragons will come to the horn’s master. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The master, followed by Dove and Dusty, left for the shop. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A blacksmith made all the nails for the door and a master metal worker made the bolts and locks and hinges. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

The day was coder than it had been for some time, for the autumn was almost within sight, and the two boys were in the tilting yard with the master armourer and Merlyn. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was a Little Kid in my house, not a Big Kid who could voice opinions and sway the master. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would much rather play, and if you have their interests at heart, you will let them learn while they play; they will find that what they have mastered is child’s play. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“So what is this master plan, Fowl? Let me guess—world domination?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The close communication, the rapid exchange of information among the slaves, troubled and disturbed the masters. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The master of the Dolphin berated them for wasting his time, and the owner of the Seventh Son accused them of being pirates. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Or painted by an old master as the face of an angel. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The swelling in her cheek has gone down and she’s mastered the art of hiding bruises on her face with makeup and extra hair extensions. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Big Red chased the swaying patterns while his master swept and dusted, scrubbed the floor and scoured the toilet and cleared the desk of literary accumulations. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spent two years of childhood on this plantation in my old master’s family. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I will ask the master, under one condition,” she said. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He was a master of the sudden change of register—a joke, or a phrase of unexpected intimacy. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

In racial science lessons, children were taught Aryans belonged to a superior master race that was intended to rule Europe. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The cameras, the eyes on us all the time, make us all masters of hiding the truth but force us to find creative ways to communicate with one another, too. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I meditated wonderingly on this incident; but gradually quitting it, as I found it for the present inexplicable, I turned to the consideration of my master’s manner to myself. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

A few of the masters struggled to control smiles. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

‘Sleep then, master! Lay your head in my lap.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“For sure,” Mapper said, narrowing his eyes at the drawing as if a master attack plan would materialize if he just squinted it into existence. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Odenigbo made a drunken pass and she submitted willingly and promptly: He was the master, he spoke English, he had a car. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Did they miss their master and long for the thrill of the hunt? The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

If I tried to leg it, there'd be a foxhunt through the village with Wilcox as the hunt master and me as the fox. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The whites came to this land for a fresh start and to escape the tyranny of their masters, just as the freemen had fled theirs. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

My master he had seen in Krete, he said, lodged with Idomeneus, while the long ships, leaky from gales, were laid up for repairs. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are not equal to their masters, of course, but they are members all the same. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure...Snape definitely said ‘your master,’ and who else would that be?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Begging your pardon, ma’am,” returned the housemaid, “I should wish to speak at once, and to speak to master.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Words walking without masters; walking altogether like harmony in a song. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“They’re slaves, Elias. Their only concern is pleasing their master, and in this case, I assure you, their master would not be pleased.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Darwin now had the skeletal sketch of his master theory. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The master grounded the boat, jumped out—not more than five minutes behind the slave. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not enough for him to find his master, he had still to try and save him. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The washroom had no other entrance, no windows or vents, and even Inej hadn’t mastered the art of squeezing herself through the plumbing. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“What will you do with your new master?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes the hardest power to master is the power of yielding. Do you believe me?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Three objects, or Hallows, which, if united, will make the possessor master of Death...Master...Conqueror...Vanquisher...The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

There was no doubt that Charles was the master, but he was kind and respectful. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Chancellor continued formally, “Are all the masters present?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the house servants were the betrayers, they were closest to the masters, known to be tattletales, certain to be rewarded because of their talebearing. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kitchen fell silent as the master walked away. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

That did surprise her a little, but she mastered it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He said, “Do you want to know how a jujitsu student becomes a jujitsu master?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

In that same year, in August, in October, in November, the slaves in the quarter and the masters in the Big Houses began to talk about another story. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, slowly, “But, sir, if the gamma rays are between myself and the master that may be harmed, how can I save him? I would be destroying myself to no purpose.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

And that work fell to the masters of the intelligence game, the spies of the CIA and KGB. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’m a jack of all trades, so to speak, master of few and so is Perry. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Unlike Dumbledore, he was still carrying a wand...and he seems to have learned a few tricks from his master.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Odysseus he honored with long slices from the chine— warming the master’s heart. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The master bolt had been in the backpack, and I’d gotten the backpack from .. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Young Wiglaf looked from the eagle to his master, and back again. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

The master of revels bowed, but Prince Tommen was not so obedient. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And on top of that, it seemed that he had nearly hit his master’s wife on the head with his bowl. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Bottom, be strength and warning and speed forever and save the life of your master. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her master had been a terror, Sybil told Cora, a tobacco man who competed with the neighboring planters every year over the biggest crop. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I saw each of the masters look at me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“If this secret gets out, what is every master criminal in the world going to do? Christopher?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Whether they went again or not to afternoon meeting, the master left for each to decide. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was dragged forward, face to face with his master. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

How if a person dies, and their body is stolen by a zombie master, the zombie master will make the body rise and work all day and all night as a slave. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

A master’s degree can substitute for one year; a doctoral degree can replace all three years. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

‘I am not bound to swear allegiance to any master; where the storm drives me I turn in for shelter.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He was fully aware that even if, by some miracle, he managed to find a suitable spell, he’d have a real job mastering it overnight. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“We have to get back. The master needs clean water. If we take too long, we’ll be whipped. And Pretty Pig and Crunch are there.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Some masters read a book while taking Prep and some corrected exercises, but not Captain Hardcastle. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

A master luthier, Illien transformed the archaic, fragile, unwieldy court lute into the marvelous, versatile, seven-string trouper’s lute we use today. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The knights of his house lay slain about him, or else mastered by the madness of their steeds were borne far away. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Cleopatra was a key player in Mark Antony’s master plan for finally gaining total control. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

As an apprentice he was little more than a slave until he had served his master seven years. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

While the masters enjoyed the life of wealth in Europe, the daily routine of the plantations was left in the hands of the overseers. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“But first, you gotta go to grad school and get that master’s. Then that doctorate. You can’t stay here to do either.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I am glad you have come. Wood and water, stock and stone, I can master; but there is a Wizard to manage here.” The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

History shows that an educated slave always begins to ask, and next demand, equality with his master. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

A long time they sat there by the fire, and Ged told his old master the tale of the years since he had sailed from Gont aboard the ship called Shadow. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I shall enjoy punishing you when we return to Derbyshire Farms. I am master there now, you know. My father died suddenly—not long after you ran off.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why can’t they? On the plantation, master decided everything for us. I thought we were done with that here.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, he said that if I told you something, he would get me that master cylinder I need,” he confessed with a sheepish grin. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Somehow, they were the masters and we were there to work for them. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“We’ve never completely mastered Sameness. I suppose the genetic scientists are still hard at work trying to work the kinks out. Hair like Fiona’s must drive them crazy.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Every gymnast had to perform the same routine, which was set by the US AG and showcased all the skills you had to master for each level. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Gradually, Tree-ear learned that his master had a reputation for slow work, slow and expensive. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

And every spare minute he spent there he wanted to be engaged in chess, hopefully playing with the highest-rated masters in the country. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Whether he lay in the sun on the cabin porch or by the side of the road, the one eye was always turned in the direction his master had gone. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bunk master’s boots go quiet: either he is gone or he has paused outside the door. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Into the master bedroom where Carlos was propped up on his pillows, still awake, reading the Dominican papers, already days old. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Quite often the masters and the overseers came back without the runaways. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It did not occur to him that his master might also have thought of it, but he supposed Gollum had. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

According to the goddess, in older times darajas had begun their formal training with the splendor around age ten, and spent an additional decade learning its nuances under the tutelage of several masters. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

If the master hits you there’s no use complaining to your father or mother.They always say,You deserve it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She knew that the master, Dr. Thompson, would not expect her to return to the plantation from which she had once managed to escape. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly the nine masters stopped talking among themselves and turned to look at me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Teach them to obey her and maybe they’ll obey all the masters to come and they will survive. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

‘Put it on the ground, master, if you please!’ he said. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

So there were rank beginners who barely knew the moves, seasoned club players who’d been playing chess all of their lives, and a sprinkling of masters. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her journey to the Valentine farm had been fraught—a troupe of hard characters took her on a zigzag route away from her master. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He asked “Who is the master here, the lord of Athens? I bring a message to him from the master of Thebes.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sir, I can’t let you go upstairs. I have strict orders—” “You’re talking to a white man, boy. This medicine is for your master.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I read about it in my master’s newspaper, and I want to see what it is like.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We concentrate on this one skill for an hour until both of us have mastered it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It was now more than seven years since I lived with him in the family of my old master, on Colonel Lloyd’s plantation. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

Like most ancient peoples, the Greeks were stargazers, and the Babylonians were the first masters of astronomy: they had learned how to predict eclipses. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Get ready for a course of intensive mathematics. Every day after school. You are going to master geometry and algebra if it is the last thing I do.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

The day of the master’s departure, I roused myself extra early on account of I feared Madam might do the same. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They must know how long they can stay and how far they can go, and still return to their master.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

We expect Dotty to lash at Brendan the way all the masters do when you ask them a question but he looks at Brendan with a little smile. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He walked silently up the ramp with the two men and out into the open field, where, obeying no human master, silent robots were building a ship. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no, sir,” the chaplain hastened to explain with a look of excruciating discomfort “She’s a master sergeant in the Marines.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Its master spoke to it gently, and then harshly, and then angrily; but it would neither come nor cease to make a noise. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

But he had stuck to his master all the way; that was what he had chiefly come for, and he would still stick to him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

After three years of pumping the bellows and stoking the furnace, I said to the master, “When do I learn to blow glass?” Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

After she had learned to decipher that first simple sentence, it didn’t take Sefia long to realize that she would never be able to master the words unless she could reproduce them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Sorry. Strike that. All nine masters are present. Present your grievance, Master Hemme.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Impossible. Augments aren’t like us. They have a single master. When they lose that master, they die.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Those were the men to judge the book—sailing masters, every one of them—who’d doubled the Cape or the Horn. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just dare not look. Wouldn't you rather find a braver master? Think it over.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The older children were “hired out” by the master, Edward Brodas, to farmers who needed slave labor but who could not afford to buy slaves. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

To reestablish his links to the black community after graduation, he accepted a scholarship from the Urban League to pursue a master’s degree in social work at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sergeant Maples became a master with time and after the war taught kendo techniques to the army rangers at Fort Sheridan. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I called to mind that the clerk had the same air of knowing something to everybody else’s disadvantage, as his master had. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

He did not want to show his hand, but the masters always insisted. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

To please our father, Laertes took every chance to engage in fierce competition with Prince Hamlet He knew that to advance at court, he had to master all manner of sports and combat. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The salad master dropped his pan, and the chief cook lost his grip on the cleaver. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ambrose and I stood before the masters’ table. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There were about thirty or more masters at Repton and most of them were amazingly dull and totally colourless and completely uninterested in boys. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since the house is so old, there’s no actual master bedroom upstairs. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Nailer took a breath, trying to master himself, then looked up at the captain. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Why, you will never master this work, for your fingers are fat and clumsy,” she said, waving my hand away. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

When I appeared on deck the master said, “Here is our captain, and he will not allow you to perish on the open sea.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dave Arno, though he had a four-year-college degree and part of a master’s, had managed a Burger King, unable to find any other job in the Syracuse area. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And on you too today, is it not so? I saw you making leaves there like some elder craftsman. And by the Hidden One, the master himself could have done no better.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

They were not directly challenging their masters, but they were showing their skill and strength to each other. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Everyone agreed to share the cost, and they made up a menu and a master shopping list. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Years later, a friend’s offhand mention that Bobby probably had every expectation of winning his first game against a chess master elicited a strident rebuke: “Of course not!” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The human genome contains about between twenty-one and twenty-three thousand genes that provide the master instructions to build, repair, and maintain humans. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Two days ago they fled their master, having heard news of Lord Dunmore’s proclamation, and have spent the last two nights in flight across plantations. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

But now I’ve done as my master asked, and I bid you good night.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

If I can’t master the first task they give us, how will I ever make it through stage one? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She’s the one who introduced him to the African American karate master. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

School is all a cod anyway an’ the masters is all madmen. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

When she was an upperclassman, one of Dorothy’s professors at Wilberforce recommended her for graduate study in mathematics at Howard University, in what would be the inaugural class for a master’s degree in the subject. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Mrs. O’Leary loomed behind him, licking the wounds on his masters head so Daedalus’s hair stood up funny. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

No, it’s sit here till they come and kill me over master’s body, and gets It; or take It and go.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“That will be one jot, young master,” he smiled as Wilem handed over a coin. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ms. Sandnes received her master’s degree in social work, became a licensed counselor, and still works at The Children’s Home as the counseling services manager. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Sam took a sip of water, but pressed Frodo to drink, and when his master had recovered a little he gave him a whole wafer of their precious waybread and made him eat it. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“For this lion is not the king of beasts! There is one greater than him. His abbot, Hubert the Good. Do you want to tame the lion? Go to his master!” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She paid five dollars to a lawyer to look up the wills of the various masters to whom Old Rit had belonged. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She worked so hard, teaching all day, then studying at night for her master's degree. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“My master’s visiting here. Mrs. Weylin told me to come out for supper.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Bast scrubbed roughly at his eyes, then watched his master go. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had written, in chilling terms in 1929, about the probable coming of a master race, “a race physically strong, mentally alert and morally sound; a race not to be imposed upon.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The master suite in the residence was bigger than the entirety of the upstairs apartment my family had shared when I was growing up on Euclid Avenue. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He ran to his master’s side, his saber-toothed fangs dripping with golden ichor. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Bernard Zuckerman, who was almost as studious as Bobby in analyzing games, especially the strategy of opening moves, was born just days apart from Bobby and ultimately would become an international master. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Among the names on the list was the master armorer Salloreon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Urgency, and the feeling that “they” had been mastered or were on your side. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Shady oversaw the process with the watchful eye of a master craftsman, wanting each of his apprentices to learn the art of his trade. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“He stayed with me while you were sick, and now I’m sorry to part with him. And sorrier to part with you, Sparrowhawk. But I’m going home. Here, hoeg! go to your true master!” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

It would, of course, be unfair to suggest that all masters were constantly beating the daylights out of all the boys in those days. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they were demands that had to be met if men were to be the masters and not the victims of their times. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, ma’am. It was impossible to save the master. He might be considered dead. In that case, it is inconceivable that I destroy myself for nothing—without orders.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Its popularity was analogous to the way artists flocked to Paris in the 1920s to hone their craft under the tutelage of the masters there. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was an impartial and unexcitable umpire at all our bedlam sporting events, a master fire builder and extinguisher, and an expert, uncontemptuous first-aid man. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The dog looked after his master for a second and then bent his head to the ground, snuffling something. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the only part of the training that we mastered. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Their mammoth master had died on the day of their escape, Brown Ben Plumm had told him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Tall, clean-shaven, and wearing his dark master’s robes, he reminded me of the enigmatic Silent Doctor character present in many Modegan plays. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“And now I must go,” she said as soon as he had mastered his instructions. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I’m sure it’s worse than what the masters taught us, bad thoughts, bad words, bad deeds. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“If I must have a master, then better America than France. But I will never eat a cookie or go to McDonald’s. How barbaric!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The current master of Ashton Place had the same long and narrow nose, sloping forehead, and prominent, somewhat pointed ears depicted in the ancestral portraits that hung on the wall behind where he sat. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

If I was my own master, I wouldn’t ever speak to you again, I want to say. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” he replied; “I wish to come in, master.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

It ties closely to acting and storytelling, and I learned all three from my father, who was a master craftsman. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But thereupon Éomer rode up in haste, and with him came the knights of the household that still lived and had now mastered their horses. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Yes, master,” I said, knowing my saying so would irritate him. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

This capacity, Beadle understood, was due to the presence of enzymes within the cell—proteins that acted as master builders and could synthesize complex biological macromolecules out of basic precursor chemicals. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

They begin by listening and repeating, mastering the linguistic process step-by-step. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I pray to learn to curb my anger, but I do not ask for the humility to serve a new master. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Sounder had limped down the road, the way the wagon had taken his master, and died. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The captain muttered that a few of the crew still on board would probably have preferred another master, but that hardly mattered now. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just odd that a man who is a master fencer, a defeater of giants, an expert in the use of iocane powder, would not know what this ravine opens into.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

When his will could drive him no further, and his limbs gave way, he stopped and laid his master gently down. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Inside, I was weak and cowardly. I was too scared not to follow the commands of my masters. I beat the beggar.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

They’d mastered the techniques of cell culture and simplified them to such a degree that, as one researcher put it, they’d “made it possible for even the rank amateur to grow a few cultures.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He was doing well and read silently, rapidly, picturing the boy in the boat mastering the tide. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“If your master would marry, you might see more of him.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Let us joust for our master first and save the bear for some other time.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Only neither the villein nor the farm labourer starved, when the master was a man like Sir Ector. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matthias slipped the master key from around Brum’s neck and dragged him into an empty cell, propping him up against the wall in a seated position. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The master of horse closed his eyes again and said no more. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

East Germany's master spy built the largest espionage network in the entire world, recruiting thousands of spies, informers, and watchers. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Back then the master beat you if you started to learn to read and write. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

This he said loudly and angrily so that Ching shivered and said, “Even so, he is greater than any one of us and do not talk so, my master.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps the hand of heaven stays your hand. Or perhaps reason is your master. It is only those who are ruled by passion who allow their thoughts of violence to become violent acts.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

They looked upon one another with grave affection, knowing each other to be masters of the same trade. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt remembered Tam Lin’s words about his master: He grew large and green until he shadowed over the whole forest, but most of his branches are twisted. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way Grover cringed, as if Mr. D were his master. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Which is that the possessor of the wand must capture it from its previous owner, if he is to be truly master of it,” said Xenophilius. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“You think you can frighten ironbom with words'? Begone. Run back to your master before I open your belly, pull your entrails out, and make you eat them.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Sir, on my way here, I was set upon by robbers. They—they destroyed my master’s work—” The assistant stepped forward in anger. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The master would say she was wearing rough clothes when she ran away, that she had a bandanna on her head, that she was muscular and strong. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rapidly, I translated: “My master offers you money.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He debates theology with me as if he were a master from Paris. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He had lagged behind after every Potions lesson that week in an attempt to corner Slughorn, but the Potions master always left the dungeon so fast that Harry had not been able to catch him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He had grown restless from waiting to go hunting with his master and had wandered away to hunt alone. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frey spoke to nobody when they got there, neither his father, Njord, who is the master of all who sail the seas, nor his stepmother, Skadi, the lady of the mountains. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

One of the masters on the other side of the table chuckled and I bit my too-quick tongue. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They're brothers, and when you talk about having a bunch of drama, these dudes might be the masters. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Should you not address the master of this house first, boy?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The master himself has to show us how to receive Holy Communion. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I could not hurt Potter; my master needed him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

In that optimistic, postwar America, which I caught the tail end of, everybody was the master of his own destiny, so it only followed that my father would try to be the master of his. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Johnny found one does not step into a great merchant’s counting house and see the merchant as easily as one steps into a shop and sees the master artisan. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She learns surveillance techniques, performs backflips, and masters the removal of handcuffs and straitjackets. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

With all their cleverness they had never mastered the secret of finding out what another human being was thinking. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

They were mostly slaves, sent by their masters to dig trenches and build walls. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

My voice shaking, I told him that I had absolutely no interest in mastering the guitar. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I watched him cleaning his master’s woolen coat; he was wrapping wet scraps of brown paper about hot coals, and, with a tongs, dousing grease spots with the steaming paper. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He sprang forward with a yell, and seized his master’s sword in his left hand. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Apprentices, assistants, the lowliest workers in every trade—no matter what their status, it was the master’s duty to provide a meal for them in the middle of the workday. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Pinmei knew immediately these were the masters of the House of Wu. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

We were masters of collusion, Gramps and I. In that, at least, we were together. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

A wild rough kind of party that nobody modified because “the master’s women”—Alice and I—were there. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Every night he polishes Frederick’s boots for him until they shine a foot deep—one less reason for a bunk master, or Bastian, or an upperclassman to jump on him. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Is that so? Then he’s certainly a master of deception, isn’t he?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Of course, she never realized that until she spent time with Rowan, who, in his own unobtrusive way, was a master of observation. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“The master would like to speak to you.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I have no use for a servant who forgets what is due to her master, and to her master’s reputation.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

At such times he would shake off sleep and creep through the chill to the flap of the tent, where he would stand and listen to the sound of his master’s breathing. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is your master still abed?” he shouted back at me. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The judge thought of their last game: She had been so excited about taking his queen, only to have the master checkmate her in the next move. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What is going on over there?” said one of the hideous masters of the House of Wu, alerted by Pinmei’s yelp. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

A sudden weight smote him and he crashed forward, tearing the backs of his hands that still clasped his master’s. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

After receiving his undergraduate diploma, Walt took a job with Hughes Aircraft, which sent him to Tucson for three years, where he earned a master’s degree in antenna theory at the University of Arizona. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

From high above, there was a fluttering of leathery wings, and the three Furies swooped down to perch on the back of their master’s throne. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, quite right, master,” Minos said with amusement. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

"Oh, I was just wondering whether me master might be willing to do the same—let me stay on an they paid him a bit." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“We are the masters of fire, for we have dominion over it.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The female mathematicians’ job security wasn’t immediately threatened by the machines, but Dorothy Vaughan perceived that mastering the machine would be the key to long-term career stability. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He’s the master of ceremonies, and, it appears, as drunk as the contestants. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Behind the man’s back, Bast made a more urgent gesture, trying to catch his master’s attention, but Kvothe was intent on the befuddled man. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He even posed as a slave catcher named “James Olney,” prying slaves from jail on the pretext of delivering them to their masters. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“The three of you are now the wards of Lord Fredrick Ashton, and in his capacity as master of the household, he has chosen names for you.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

She refused, over and over, to give any single person her devotion, preferring instead to make a home for herself that she defined on her own terms, and of which she was master. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She resigned from Langley and returned to her alma mater, Arkansas AM&N, for a masters degree in mathematics. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Chaos will come, and I will be its master. Its very wealthy master.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Like Hitler, August’s mother believed in a master race. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

That was how the other traders styled Adventure's master, back at the Merchant’s House. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t need to ask the ticket master for directions. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said his master was in the habit of taking a sleeping draught when travelling by train. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Nino Carlitos acts as though he has certain rights with me, the way the slave masters think they have rights with the girls on their plantation. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stay; he is himself zoöphagous, and in his wild ravings outside the chapel door of the deserted house he always spoke of “master.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I earned a master’s degree in journalism and took the first job offered, as a sports writer. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Your master made that creamer—forty years ago. He made the entire set.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The master copy of information—i.e., the gene—was stored permanently in a deep repository or vault. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

‘What’s the need to sniff? The stink nearly knocks me down with my nose held. You stink, and master stinks; the whole place stinks.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The white man’s brains that today explore space should have told the slavemaster that any slave, if he is educated, will no longer fear his master. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old master said, ‘Dove, I want to speak to Johnny alone.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘You are the master of Bag End now. And also, I fancy, you’ll find a golden ring.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I just got on a master’s bad side. He made sure I drew the short straw for this little trip.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Not bad, punk. But you got • nothing on the master of taunts. I’ll start the fight when I’m good and ready. Until then . . . Get lost.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

We were expected to master “running writing,” or cursive. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

But those who sit around her go on asking the old questions— a few who miss their master still, and those who eat his house up, and go free. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were carrying off his master’s body for some foul purpose and he could not follow. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“And your master still plays tennis and goes to the staff club?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Except for the professor working with him on his master’s thesis. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now you know it. Better now than never. But you will be my master, in the end.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I show her the gym where I swim laps every morning and try, unsuccessfully, to master the butterfly stroke. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was almost evenfall when the new master of Harrenhal arrived. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I had read that slaves in colonial times were happier and more free than their masters, because the masters were burdened with the cost of their care. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I have the honor to bear this message from the council of masters.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Even her teachers said she was becoming as good as the old masters. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Yes, yes. You are welcome to rest in this house until your master’s work takes him onwards. Is he pursuing some philosophical theme?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The Crown Prince’s dogs, who had dutifully trotted alongside their master, approached the assassin with wagging tails and lay at her feet. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Standing on the spiral staircase above us, with his weapon drawn, was our missing sword master Quintus. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The master of the Shadow was a big man, and fat, in a red cloak trimmed with pellawi-fur such as Andradean merchants wear. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

‘But when the Door opens I do not think you will be able to drag your Bill inside, into the long dark of Moria. You will have to choose between Bill and your master.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Sam woke up thinking that he heard his master calling. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

You have to understand that no one has mastered the art of deadpan delivery like Leah. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The chaplain had mastered, in a moment of divine intuition, the handy technique of protective rationalization, and he was exhilarated by his discovery. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Tour masters, schedules, reservations, brass-bound and inevitable, dash themselves to wreckage on the personality of the trip. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Depperts lived in the bedroom adjacent to hers, and the Millers occupied the large master bedroom at the end of the hall. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Wherever I could find a master. Venice, Bruges, Budapest.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

My customs form was, for me, a list of reasons to return to France and master the language. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He expanded quickly from the little neighborhood business, the street- front store, for he had mastered enough language to deal with non-Korean suppliers and distributors in other cities and Europe. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But his master followed so close behind him that Tice had to jump in the river and swim across. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

That extra half twist meant I’d have to master a very tricky blind forward landing, but it would put less stress on my calves. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The first thing he saw was Gollum — ‘pawing at master,’ as he thought. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Without his master, Henry may be of no use to anyone. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The pit master lowered his head at every compliment, already thinking of improvements for the next roast. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

‘Bless me, ’ exclaimed the gentleman, not accustomed to apprentices who settled matters while their masters pondered. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were waiting for the ship’s master to appear, sweltering in the heat as the stench wafted up from the deck beneath them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Hail, young master, what brings you to my home?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I was just about to push open the library door with my foot when the master said, “Compliments of His Majesty, gentleman. There’s enough money here to bribe half of the rebel army.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were so many skills I had to master in order to become a good waitress. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

"That is not me master. I don't ken that wight, and I'm as glad of it." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The master used his connections in the British high command to secure extra firewood for the house, declaring that his aunt’s bedchamber be kept as warm as the month of June. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doctors were stealing her babies from her, not her former masters. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The hoses Capricorn’s men had used to save their master’s house lay like huge snakes in the pools of water. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He restrained the thoughts of his sword and the rope that sprang to his mind, and went and sat down by his master. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It seemed to me that the best way to repay his kindness was to master myself to the point where I could stand beside him and feel pride, not shame, in what I could do. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Perhaps in spite of all orders the cruelty of the orcs had mastered them, and they were tormenting Frodo, or even savagely hacking him to pieces. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Cymbeline leaned over the table like a master strategist, face scrunched up. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He was as tall and thin as his master was short and round, with a thatch of close-cropped ginger hair on top of a face that was so pale it was almost paper white. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The Babylonian Marduk and the Greek Zeus was each considered master of the sky and king of the gods. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the grave the runaways fought against, for that was their destination if these men prevailed and returned them to their master. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Only by becoming self-reliant will the country be master of its own fate. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Object came up the stairs to the master bathroom. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Some told stories of wily crimes which elicited much laughter: slaying a master’s goose to get the meat, or theft of pewter trinkets. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The arm motions required to prevent twisting were complicated enough, but would mastering them enable me to prevent twisting, rolling, and tumbling all at once? Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I will save you, Fairy Wogdog, and my dear master, too. Leave it to me!’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Few trainers, even the most cocksure, were fool enough to buy a horse from the master. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last scene depicted the slave on his master’s doorstep, having once again run away, this time from the false promises of the Free States. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“I can’t imagine how someone could get out, even one of the masters.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At recess they’d made snow forts and had snowball fights and Jack was a master—his fort was bigger and thicker than everyone else’s, and his snowballs seemed to have targeting computers on them. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

When at last he came to Serd, the ship’s master of whom he asked passage out to Roke bowed as he answered, “A privilege to me, Lord Wizard, and an honor to my ship!” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“But then I got free from that master. The others in the town became my friends. I made a name for myself. I was a great blacksmith. And that’s how I met Sigurd.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

It was quite clear to them that they were at this moment standing in the presence of a master. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Waiting on table was certainly not his forte; he had still to master platters and serving implements, and would fling the food down however he could. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would have to perform for their new master soon enough, he did not doubt, and he could not take another lash. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was metal, of course, but like the relief on the walls of Sarai’s rooms—the songbirds and lilies so real they mocked the master carvers of Weep—it was utterly true to life. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The ticket master’s office was the only building. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if she had become the master. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sounder’s master was still on his back in the wagon, but he did not raise his head to look back. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rock passing games such as “Obwisana” start out very simply, but the rocks can be tapped in more complex polyrhythms after the children master the easier rhythms. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“He is? Lucky Haz­ara, having such a concerned master. His father should get on his knees, sweep the dust at your feet with his eyelashes.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had fifteen miles to travel; master of his team, navigator of his route, he felt proud and exhilarated by his freedom and sense of adventure. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nay, nay, you have served me well enough, but you’re no use to me now, can you not see that? You must find some other master.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

My last resolution had been to master darning and spinning. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The drawing master is excellent, and art is considered important in the school. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Asking no questions they watched him, their master now, with compassion. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

They found it comforting to be reminded that, after all, they were truly their own masters and that the work they did was for their own benefit. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Skirnir was waiting by the door when his master came from the hall. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He accelerated with the gentle serenity of the Buddhist Zen master who knows nothing really needs to be done quickly, and his brakes whined like metal machine music, and I loved him. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Bast tended to their needs, explaining his master’s knee was swollen quite badly and he didn’t feel up to taking the stairs so early in the day. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She was completing her master’s thesis at Stanford, a study of an Irish poet whom Sanjeev had never heard of. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

In addition, peoples who until recently were technologically primitive—such as Aboriginal Australians and New Guineans—routinely master industrial technologies when given opportunities to do so. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

His view was that law was a social science and that women and Africans were not disciplined enough to master its intricacies. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said he’d have Tyson crafting magic items like a master in no time. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“What would you say if I said I had tickets to the master?” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew just as she did that when the trader got ready to leave, some of the master’s prime hands were sure to go with him. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the front door slammed, the record player downstairs mastered the house and Nat King Cole warned the world to “straighten up and fly right.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone in the village said he was a master of his craft, and his kites were often treasured by their owners like family heirlooms. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sam scowled at him, and sucked his teeth; but he seemed to sense that there was something odd about his master’s mood and that the matter was beyond argument. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Turned it into a Portkey. My master’s plan worked. He is returned to power and I will be honored by him beyond the dreams of wizards.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

That’s what the priests and the masters tell you, everything is a mystery and you have to believe what you’re told. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

They might be plotting servile insurrection, those long hard words that meant death to the master, death to the slave, too. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night when I decided that finding the lock was my ultimate raison d'etre—the raison that was the master over all other raisons—I really needed to hear him. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Wasted on the magistrate," the master said under his breath, so softly that only I could hear. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever the reason, the Sapiens eventually retreated, leaving the Neanderthals as masters of the Middle East. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I see. You’re right, of course. But if the old gentleman dies or you ever want a new master, remember my offer. So ...’ and he turned to shake hands, ‘may we meet again.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Kronos got you to steal the master bolt and the helm. He spoke to you in your dreams.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“When I heard of my father’s death, I was traveling to the university in Padua, where thousands come to study with the masters of medicine, to dissect every part of man and discover his secrets.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He went straight to the master of archives to plead his case. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

You have to be a master psychologist to run a deli. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Love as rarely exists in reality, as if a master alchemist has taken it and distilled out all the impurities, every petty disenchantment, every unworthy thought, into a perfect elixir, sweet and deep and all-consuming. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Ben was such a good workman, the master had placed him in charge of the slaves who cut the timber. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sarai saw their distress and mastered her own, pushing the dreamer from her mind—for now. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Park could never master something new if his dad was the one teaching it. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The person staring back at me isn’t some crusty old master of the temple, but a boy with light brown skin and black hair. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Each of the other eight masters made some sort of exasperated noise or gesture. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When I master it, I’m feeling kinda proud of myself. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“They pine. They are very loyal. They cannot live without their masters. It comes from a line of canine genetics.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Werner writes four lines, a smattering of platitudes—I am fine; I am so busy—and hands it to the bunk master. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I could accept him as my ancestor, my younger brother, my friend, but not as my master, and not as my lover. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you know that your master had enemies?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So the Shadow went to his master and reached out to him with ashen hands....” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

They were master astronomers and timekeepers, which meant that they had to use advanced math, thanks to the wandering nature of the calendar. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

A small boy, five-ish, with myopia and glasses, emerges from the water; characteristically, although his hair is dripping his glasses are bone dry; he has already begun to master technique. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trick would be to find which few of them had the potential for raw power, the nearly superhuman stamina, the indomitable willpower, and the intellectual capacity necessary to master the details of technique. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He no longer had any doubt about his duty: he must rescue his master or perish in the attempt. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Nevertheless, it is true. Now, to pass to your own movements last night. A matter of routine, you understand. What did you do after leaving your master?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile no Inner Party member wavers for an instant in his mystical belief that the war is real, and that it is bound to end victoriously, with Oceania the undisputed master of the entire world. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

In the weeks that followed, the master had me serve him whenever his companions visited. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Oh, master,’ said Rabscuttle, ‘what good can this suffering bring? For the sake of Lord Frith and the green grass, let me take you home.’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Nothing," the master said, "only that I have painted this dragon on the ground, not flying in the sky like all other dragons. Perhaps the magistrate will see how his wealth weighs him down." Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I wouldn't have to wait till I could apply for a master’s degree, like Mother Lois had. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The station master Lumbly had said that each state was a state of possibility, with its own customs. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Now his voice changed, as he slowly mastered himself. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

But they were demands that had to be met if men were to be the masters and not the victims of their times. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

All along he’s been learning from masters and now from his contemporaries. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“You are no longer slaves, doomed to die at a master’s whim. I freed you. Why should you wish to end your lives upon the scarlet sands?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They were doing what nature meant them to do, or what their human masters had trained them for. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

A carpenter soon arrived and nailed the master into a large crate marked CHEESE. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She led them into the master bathroom, where she used the key to unlock a closet door. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Rather, he was playing speed chess at a side table with several of the young masters, who congregated around him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The master of ceremonies asked him his name and what paper he was from. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could sell me as she had done Ruth, only place me with the crudest master, who’d work me to death in days. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, my benevolent master, to use his own words, “set her adrift to take care of herself.” Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, but as old Cephalus once heard Sophocles say, the least of us know that love is a cruel and terrible master. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The servant has a claim on the master for service, even service in fear. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I marveled at the master’s casual execution of a six-way binding. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Recently I mastered Twiggy the pop star, my best act yet. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the Civil War broke out, he ran off from his master and groped his way through the Confederate lines to the North. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pose of chauffeur was convenient because I could travel under the pretext of driving my master’s car. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, I’m dead scared of that man. Oh, not the valet—the other—his master. Master, indeed! There’s something wrong about that man. My daughter always says I’m very intuitive. ‘ Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knocked his hand away with a quick backhand swipe that every girl should master. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

But why ask you to bring him the master bolt if he already has it?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, floors had been sanded and the master bath retiled in beige limestone. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Balder’s horse, fully caparisoned, was ridden to the pyre and sacrificed there, in order that it would be able to bear its master in the world to come. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Tradition demands that my brother, the oldest, play master of ceremonies, ‘Santa’s helper,’ handing out presents with a cigar in his hand. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When those in the central plateau staged a rebellion—refusing to be treated as slaves—their insurrection was put down violently by Marine-supervised Haitian police, not unlike the French masters had done to their ancestors. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Will we all be renaissance children, skilled at every art and science, because we’ve had the time to master them? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Dad opens the electrical panel in the downstairs hallway and throws the master switch, killing the floodlights outside, and any lights on inside as well, other than his own flashlight. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was dedicated to the great master of life, the sun, which struck three sides of the edifice as it made its journey each day across the sky. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

A good reader and skilled writer, Courtney easily masters her schoolwork, except when she is indifferent to it. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The games of the masters that he discovered in Shakhmatny became his models; later, some of these masters would emerge as his competitors. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But Powell, unlike his master, Booth, had five more rounds in his revolver. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Master, master!’ cried Sam, and life and urgency came back into his voice. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It sounded like Riverbank was a place where he could be his own master, do the work he loved, and earn good money. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Quendy was like, “Where is everyone?” but I didn’t tell her they were up getting scrambled in the master bedroom. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After three months of housework, she asked Stewart, her temporary master, if she could work in the woods with the men. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wights were supposed to be masters of disguise, but this one was clearly not a star pupil. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Hercules, the greatest of all heroes, was there; Orpheus, the master musician; Castor with his brother Pollux; Achilles’ father, Peleus; and many another. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon almost everybody wanted to prove that he or she had the stuff to master calculus with Escalante. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The master and his sons laughed as he wiped his face, but the twenty dollars went to new boots and a brocade coat like he’d seen some worthies wear in D.C. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“And do what you can for him. He is your master.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The hermaphrodite had long been their master’s special pet, indulged and favored, and the noble Yezzan’s other slaves hated him for it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He had one thought—if he took this prize back to his master, he might escape the whipping. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ducked it easily; ducking was one athletic skill I had long since mastered. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossomed furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule The village master taught his little school. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Her daughter Diana quickly masters English, something she hadn’t done surrounded by Spanish speakers in California. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I don’t mind. I will beat them properly this time, and then we will see who is master.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a simple class, teaching programming that Jesse had mastered years earlier. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the master score of a bewitchingly complex symphonic work, the genome contains the instructions for the development and maintenance of organisms. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The blast was so powerful I knew it could only be one thing: Zeus’s master bolt. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The master had invited his friends to send their slaves to help shuck the com. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just like Painter Chen and his magic paintbrush. It needed the skill of a master.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

They watched the rest of the family wending their way down the trail, Tao still clutched in Elizabeth’s arms, gentle worshiping Luath restored at last to the longed-for position at his master’s heels. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He feeds and tends the master’s hounds And takes a fair reward. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

But the next day, after mastering some new skill in my workout with Aimee, I’d change my mind back to home-school and an elite career. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She was determined to complete her master’s degree. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A master sergeant had once reported to him that the rumor of his coming had silenced a mess hall. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was most interested in checking out the two bedrooms that I thought would work best for Sasha and Malia, just down the hall from the master bedroom. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The girl’s vulgarities reminded Cora of the plantation and the stream of oaths delivered by the hands when master’s eye was not on them. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Neither Condivi nor Vasari, Michelangelo’s biographers who knew him personally mention the master carving this little angel; they mention only the angel carved for the altar in Siena. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then I shucked off my slave rags, put on my master’s clothes, and rode off on his horse to my freedom,” Captain Smith finishes his story. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Foragers mastered not only the surrounding world of animals, plants and objects, but also the internal world of their own bodies and senses. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was Islimach who had broken her tether and now stood over the body of her master. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

This woman had come to see the master. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

We seldom called him “master;” we generally called him “Captain Auld,” and were hardly disposed to title him at all. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

“To work for such a master is payment enough,” he murmured. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

And yet Tool had walked away from many masters. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Things were not going well with the masters. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Preston’s office looks like the master’s study back at Rose Hill. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I told her she would hear music of all sorts, that her father could find some master to help her learn the high harp. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

‘Why, Rowsby Woof,’ said his master, ‘what are you doing here?’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The master had promised to free Old Rit, but he hadn’t. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even the segmentation genes have to have their masters: How does the second segment of the fly thorax “know” to be a thoracic segment, and not an abdominal segment? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The roan whickered and bent her neck, nuzzling her master. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

On Wednesday evening, we ferried across the river to rehearse before the queen's master of revels. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I am your master. You will obey me,” said the man Jack. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I’m no master of small talk or nothing, but I had enough home training to know that you at least try to spark a conversation with people you’re working with. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

There were ten children now, either living in the cabin, because they worked on the master’s plantation, or else living so near it that they could visit Ben and Old Rit. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

So they sent Odysseus, the master of crafty cunning, to get them by trickery. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

After observing what materials were available, I gave the class the first demonstration my master gave me.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The rickshaw moved slowly, like an ox obeying its master even though it didn’t want to. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Garrett snuck into his mother’s office and copied the address off the master enrollment sheet. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would avoid the station master and any stupid questions he might ask. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

"AHA!" the drunken master shouts, pointing a long finger, white and bony and red at the tip, at Jacob. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Though Mr. Armin was unquestionably an excellent fencing master, when it came to a duel fought in deadly earnest, I feared that he was no match for Falconer. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

A boy who is good at games is usually treated with great civility by the masters at an English Public School. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they were faithful and hardworking, the master would set them free, manumit them, when he died. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The master bolt was in there the whole time.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

NO sir, I promise I’m not sir. master. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who would be the masters, and who the victims, of this technology? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Down the hall. Off the master bedroom. I would have told you if you’d asked.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And they did not have masters or madams who gave them books, saying, “This one is excellent, just excellent.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Though you did lie about not having a master," he reprimanded me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The very clothes upon his back belonged to his master, but he did not, as he himself said, ‘take much.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

As far back as 3500 B.C., the Sumerians, the original inhabitants of this area, mastered irrigation and flood control to create a fertile oasis amid the sandy plains of what is now Iraq. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z

Laura took me into a pretty, light-filled room off the master bedroom that was traditionally used as the First Lady’s dressing room. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I could be good at the simulations, if I mastered whatever force helped me break the glass. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Then Bast drew a chair alongside the bed and sat, watching his master, listening to him breathe. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Miss Phillis Wheatley went free when her master released her. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Such grandiose declarations were commonplace during Ceaujescu’s reign, for his master plan—to create a nation worthy of the New Socialist Man—was an exercise in grandiosity. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Duke, though he never won the high political office he often sought, proved himself a master of information abuse. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

There was the constant background noise of motorbikes roaring in the near distance and the sound of voices communicating in a language I was desperately trying to learn but had yet to master. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Not yet. When I am, I shall master the fear. But we had better tefl Lord Faa about the witches, because the men might not have seen them.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Earlier that day she had won her first chess game from the master. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he set off with his new master through the steep slanting forests of the mountain isle, through the leaves and shadows of bright autumn. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

"As for the master of this vicious game . . ." She paused. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Claimed he needed a place to hold all his master plans. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Meaning the master you were to be apprenticed to?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I must master the wand, Severus. Master the wand, and I master Potter at last.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“But I don’t have your helm. I came for the master bolt.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The tokar was a master’s garment, a sign of wealth and power. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

If ’tis neither one nor the other, then ’tis neighbor against neighbor, or ’tis the lord of the manor against the peasants, begging thy pardon, young master.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

"Thank you, Magistrate," the master said, "I am glad it pleases you. Then our agreement will he fulfilled?" Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Wilcox looked at us, and his wallet in my pocket shrieked at its master to rescue it, but he didn't even see us. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Slaves were not allowed out after sunset without a pass from a master. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frodo himself, after the first shock, found that being his own master and the Mr. Baggins of Bag End was rather pleasant. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Tom was a master of the near miss. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in other points, as well as this, I was growing very lenient to my master: I was forgetting all his faults, for which I had once kept a sharp look-out. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was a tall man, but he looked no more than a half-grown boy when he rode in his master's shadow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Having received his course of instruction as promised, Tisias, in an apparent attempt to cheat his master, avoided going to court at all. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

They both knew things weren’t going well with the master. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although seemingly he had tried every shop in Boston in search of a new master, he had not tried the merchants. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The masters allowed each of us to speak our piece. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The slaves told it with relish, the masters with distaste. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amply did I render thanks to Mrs. Platt for the beneficence of her entertainment of my master. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Verwoerd had proved to be both the chief theorist and master builder of grand apartheid. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet he was a dedicated gamesman and a master at chess. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now it was just Father and I, alone in the house. And then . . . and then . Crouch’s head rolled on his neck, and an insane grin spread across his face. “My master came for me. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“If he’s done by next September that’ll be only five years. Including his master’s! Of course, he was able to transfer a lot of credits from China.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion had kept the truth of that from Penny, but she needed to understand how things stood with their master. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A similar suspension of disbelief will be necessary for you to master another case of tricky case, the difference between who and whom. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I have a master’s degree. I’m too qualified to work at a register. And for what, seven bucks an hour?” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

"I was afeared it was—it was me master." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Because players of master strength weren’t eligible to enter, the tournament encouraged the participation of weaker and less experienced players. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was breathing hard and struggling to master my feelings. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The master drew so near to him that when Tice stood up in the water and started to run, he could see the water splashing about his thighs. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t realize that the masters had left the table until one of them approached me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

For the first time in their lives, chess masters could make a decent living giving lessons because they had so many new students. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

That day it seemed to Sam that his master had found some new strength, more than could be explained by the small lightening of the load that he had to carry. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She becomes quite adept at manipulating fabric, altering her gowns as expertly as a master tailor to accommodate the weight she has regained, her body feeling like her own again. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He soon mastered his right hand and expanded his use of the two fingers that remained, continuing to compose songs about hens and hunted foxes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ve had a very bad time and my master’s ill. Can we get underground here?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Odysseus took his time, turning the bow, tapping it, every inch, for borings that termites might have made while the master of the weapon was abroad. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The master says we’re each to bring threepence for the First Communion catechism with the green cover. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“A bonsai master. You know, bonsai are little trees.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“A clever slave deserves a clever master, and you lot all look like fools.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

‘And this sword your master himself gave into my keeping.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Finally, the depot master at the railroad told Jack’s mother not to expect the shipment, that the Nazis were seizing everything coming in by rail. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘And I would do as the master of the house bade me, were this only a woodman’s cot, if I bore now any sword but Andúril.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Alchemy is a serious discipline. Every step has to be followed exactly as it was followed by the masters.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Except, sir, that I paid—” “Boy, are you accusing the ticket master in Marshall of cheating you? Right then I knew I had been cheated, but I said, “No, sir.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they were finally freed, after a series of slave rebellions, their new masters were poverty, illiteracy, and lack of economic opportunity. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

A work of fiction, it purported to be the actual master plan by Jewish leaders to take over the world. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But because it had taken so long to deliver and master the powerful Pe-2 dive-bomber aircraft with its aircrew of three, the 587th Bomber Aviation Regiment still wasn’t flying combat missions. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He was the master of this vast army. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the first time she’d heard that word, barter; not sitting with the old woman in the market this morning, but yesterday evening from her own master. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

‘You tell your master,’ said Pumpkin, ‘those papers went where they’ll do a deal of good.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a grand master, lost to the intricacies of her art. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

A twenty-six-year-old novice attorney who later became an international master, he greeted the Brooklyn pair and immediately matched Bobby with a player. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He truly was a master of the counterpoint form. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“Oh. She has come! It must be my master’s mother.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They were tough, those masters, make no mistake about it, and if you wanted to survive, you had to become pretty tough yourself. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only that fool Ted was pleased by that, and he works there cleaning wheels for the Men, where his dad was the Miller and his own master. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

But by 1967 you might speak into the kitchen intercom only to have your voice come out in the master bedroom. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

At 1800 hours on December 18, someone threw the master switch, and the Sunbeams began to cook. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He should not have flown, but for this circumstance: His master’s cattle were marked upon their ear, one cut to signify his ownership. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

But I felt that since I was now eight and had mastered the hardest of Father’s kites to fly, I was also old enough to get some answers. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You remembered. Yes, I did. I'm taking some courses at night for my master's degree now." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One package, many thoughts. If you have mastered the material, then the proper phrase will conjure it—like the magic words that coax a genie from a bottle. Do you see?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

So Capricorn died, just as Fenoglio had written, and Cockerell disappeared at the same moment his master fell to the ground, and with him more than half the men on the benches. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

And the way her mouth curled up on the right side all the time, like she was preparing to smirk, like she’d mastered the right half of the Mona Lisa’s inimitable smile . Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Slave masters thought they were making a difference in black people’s lives too. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Brendan says he doesn’t want to be the master’s pet, he didn’t ask for it, and he doesn’t want to ask the question. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Moore’s salary, with twenty years’ experience and a master’s degree, was $32,000. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You gave her the drug, and she killed her master?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When they didn't produce what the master expected, they were beaten, and some were even killed. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The Soviets were all not just professional players, but grandmasters, the designation given to the highest-rated chess masters who have distinguished themselves in international tournaments. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The dog came bounding back, and seeing his master in a predicament, and hearing the horse groan, barked till the evening hills echoed the sound, which was deep in proportion to his magnitude. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The ken- nelmaster once told her that an animal takes after its master. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Wylan did the same, and for a moment they hung, pulling on the chain like a couple of crazed squirrels who hadn’t mastered climbing. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As soon as the master drummers started playing, everyone in her village felt the call. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

After supper Gilly did her homework, knowing it was useless, that Miss Harris would never see the neat figures, row on row, that proved that Gilly Hopkins had met and mastered the metric system. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Directly across the hall from the Headmaster’s study was the assistant masters’ Common Room. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Agency was still smaller than its Russian counterpart, and its agents had to train hard to learn the techniques of spycraft—which Soviet operatives had been mastering for decades. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Me? I would never... you cannot think I had any part in any ...” That was the truth, or he is a master mummer. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was a huge dog, as fierce looking as a wolf, but soon devoted to Jethro after young Sam Turner had taught the boy how to become the dog’s master. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he was summoned by the chapter to design and supervise the construction of the new cathedral, and to hire the master craftsmen who would work under him. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

My master took a room; I was given a pallet on the floor and was wakened long before I was ready the following morning. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Questing Beast, who had not paid the least attention to the arrival of her master, was staring up at Sir Palomides with her sopl in her eyes. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Harry did not question Slughorn again, the Potions master reverted to his usual affectionate treatment of him, and appeared to have put the matter from his mind. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He was the assistant to the village master arts man, the one responsible for the creation of all the dances and drum rhythms. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

They at length said, that they had learned I had been in a “scrape,” and that I was to be examined before my master; and if their information proved false, I should not be hurt. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jethro had been half beside himself as he watched the young master feint and parry and finally knock his opponent flat on the frozen ground of the schoolyard. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or—heaven forbid!—for the darkly handsome, brooding, and extravagantly wealthy master of her own household. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe I ever liked this stuff” “A childish game, master,” another voice agreed. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He watched and listened intently, ready to dash to his master’s aid if needed. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He longed only for his master, for one sight of his face or one touch of his hand. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

They picked up debris, swept the space clear, and set up planks to display their masters’ wares. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

A young chess master, a few years Bobby’s senior, was calling from the office phone of the Marshall Chess Club, attempting to talk Fischer into getting together. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Is your master much at Pemberley in the course of the year?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

The Meecham children had mastered the art of staring at their father with eyes that were dazzlingly bland. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My inability to throw a football was exceeded only by my inability to master the guitar. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Egyptian mathematics was famed throughout the Mediterranean, and it is likely that the early Greek mathematicians, masters of geometry like Thales and Pythagoras, studied in Egypt. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Finally, we come to the jealousy and mostly benign neglect of her masters in Cairo, to whom Alexandria and her port were, at best, redundant, and at worst, a reminder of Egypt’s foreign-dominated past. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Here, she was free of her master but slunk around a warren so tiny she couldn’t stand. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She was preparing a catnip tea to send to the master. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t taken me more than thirty seconds to look around the room and know that this was the place where the masters of the universe ate their tuna fish sandwiches. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I have been so long master that I would be master still—or at least that none other should be master of me. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Could be a reference note. The old masters used all sorts of specific codes to make their maps.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

His master’s voice acted on Buck like an electric shock, He sprang to his feet and ran up the bank ahead of the men to the point of his previous departure. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To master saber, you’ve got to make quick decisions and execute them just as quickly,” he said. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She fought wind and rain to get back to the bridge, but the storm was the master. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The city seemed coldhearted to her—merchants were ruthless in their dealings and masters callous to their servants, and all called her naive when she objected. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“A dog who turns against his master is fit for naught but skinning.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Harry could not see his face: He wondered whether Snape sensed danger, was trying to find the right words to reassure his master. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When she finally mastered the skill of walking, she began playing with other small children. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The master and Madam moved their bedchamber to the downstairs front parlor and gave the library over to Colonel Hawkins, a high-ranking officer whose favor Lockton sought. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

From all accounts, the slave master’s preoccupation with Cora and her escape only deepened over time. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The servants armed themselves, and all three took their stand beside the master of battle. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, Lydia got plenty of pictures, as usual, but he wanted to send Amelia photos of himself and the master and upload them to the Bloodfall forums as soon as possible. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“An MC must be a student before they’re ever a master,” I say. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The soldiers were accustomed to taking their commands from their masters and their overseer. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I had openly defied one of the masters in front of his own class and avoided expulsion. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The lad, acquainted with his master's plan, slipped into the crack. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

The master put the wagons and carriages in the shed and set Willie to cleaning the mud off wheels and undercarriages, and the sleds were brought out. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Liang changed his name to Chen, hid his brush, and found a great master artist to study under. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He would need the touch of a surgeon, the alertness of an owl, the cunning of three foxes, and the foresight of a grand master in chess. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘He’s my master no more. He dismissed me months ago.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She seems to think of us as her husband’s favored hounds: poorly trained and likely to turn on our master at any moment. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The proctor wrote down her mother’s name and promised to check the master records in the Griffin Building. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“And it reminds them in a very special way who is the master and who is the slave.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were not as well shaped or as well fitted as the blocks the master builder had shaped and placed himself. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Most of the world’s most renowned masters had visited the club—it was steeped in the echoes of legendary games, epic battles, hard-fought victories, and heartfelt defeats. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The master bathroom is covered with piles of wet clothes and towels. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“It don’t say, ‘Because I pays you what you due, you got to call me master.’ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In their mouth. I smelled it when your madam and master came in to see me this morning and also when I went to ease myself.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I had the masters send along a note just in case there was any confusion about my admission to the Arcanum.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He learned how to take dictation, clean a privy, set a table, serve an excellent luncheon, and master the fine art of bread-slicing. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

All the rest—like me—were on earth to labor, to serve our masters and our God. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Before he passed from cholera he liked to share stories from the Bible, his former master being more liberal-minded when it came to slaves and religion. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Why is she coming to nose into my master’s private business?” sobbed Winky. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Not from a cruel master, or the vast agency of bondage, but you specifically. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

But aboard Old Nero, Roger quickly found that his freewheeling rowing style was more hindrance than help when it came to mastering the racing stroke that Tom Bolles and Al Ulbrickson taught in the 1930s. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Now it had come to it, Sam felt reluctant to give up the Ring and burden his master with it again. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Rachel thought there was a hierarchy that should be followed: field workers, house slaves, mistress, and master. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Rachel hardly ever comes to meetings, with three kids, working on her master’s in English from Millsaps College. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

There were codes Ginika knew, ways of being that she had mastered. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The masters said that even a little learning made a slave discontented, unfit for a life of slavery. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I would have to agree. He is, indeed, a master.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The whole world would be a few masters and millions upon millions of slaves. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to do anything you don’t want, dude. You are the master of your own destiny and all that,” she says. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Another person caught in this enterprise that bound slave and master alike. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He, Harry, had had too much experience of trying to wheedle information out of reluctant people not to recognize a master at work. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It seemed as though he were never able to forget his ultimate purpose and goal—he was going home; home to his own master, home where he belonged, and nothing else mattered. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have no master, sir,” said I, “except the King.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Samuel Adams’s master’s thesis was “delivered in flawless Latin,” Alexander Hamilton copied Demosthenes into his commonplace book, and Thomas Jefferson modeled his oratory on the prose of Livy, Sallust, and Tacitus. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“That there’s the master’s library. You don’t step foot in it without permission. He don’t like his things touched.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her common sense told her that her prayers could not possibly have killed the master. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing was said of the master’s marriage, and I saw no preparation going on for such an event. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Every mouthful of food was an acute positive pleasure, now that it was truly their own food, produced by themselves and for themselves, not doled out to them by a grudging master. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“What, scared to hear your old master’s name?” said Black. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He made spelling and grammatical mistakes he’d long mastered and soon he was writing broken English and then no English at all. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They could do Swahili accents and had mastered the Claire Danes chin tremble on cue. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Dad saw them as an all-inclusive group, to be brought up under one master plan that would be best for everybody. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Oh, we do indeed ken it. In fact you might tell him that our Mr. Shakespeare has found his book invaluable. As you may have noticed, Hamlet is a very master of melancholy." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

But when he knew he heard Odysseus’ voice nearby, he did his best to wag his tail, nose down, with flattened ears, having no strength to move nearer his master. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite her tears, she was Aryan, a fine specimen of the master race. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

This was the earliest ancestor of deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA, the master molecule of life on Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Re’lar Ambrose to be fined ten talents and six. Does any master oppose this action?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Daddy once told me there’s a rage passed down to every black man from his ancestors, born the moment they couldn’t stop the slave masters from hurting their families. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“What is that, Mama? That thing you put in my master’s food?” he asked. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“The silver queen is gone,” the ketch’s master told him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She thought of Nestor begging with his last breath for his Shu masters to return. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

His master smiled, and fell asleep in the rain. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Bast feared the deep, weary silence that gathered around his master at times, like an invisible shroud. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His father was Constantijn Huygens, a master diplomat of the age, a litterateur, poet, composer, musician, close friend and translator of the English poet John Donne, and the head of an archetypical great family. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it can take the fear and boredom out of grammar, because it’s always more inviting to master a system when you have a clear idea of what it is designed to accomplish. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“A pig is a pig,” said the stranger, “and a pig-boy is a pig-boy. Run and tell your master I am here,” he ordered. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Also there were racks full of cheeses and pails brimming with milk, delightful to the sea-worn travelers who ate and drank as they waited for the master. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Determined to prove herself, she set her mind on mastering Gallup’s method. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then anger surged over him, and he ran about his master’s body in a rage, stabbing the air, and smiting the stones, and shouting challenges. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

If not, this one had certainly mastered the illusion. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It fed the will, and it gave strength to endure, and to master sinew and limb beyond the measure of mortal kind. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Wormtail here, who had faked his own death to escape justice, was driven out of hiding by those he had once counted friends, and decided to return to his master. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The master reappeared, stood for a moment in astonishment, then sprang in front of the horse and grabbed the bridle, bringing the animal to such a sudden halt that Marcus came off again. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Before, I fight for master. You say, fight for you. I say, fight for me.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I tried to master my outrage, wondering if some of the white doctors had told him to play the joke. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dobby can only be freed if his masters present him with clothes, sir. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

And without ten thousand hours under his belt, there is no way he can ever master the skills necessary to play at the top level. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Neither can live while the other survives....master of Death...Why didn’t Ron and Hermione understand? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Open the cabinet in the master bathroom, and to this day, you will find expired six-packs of Sego, a chalky dietary milk shake popular in the late sixties. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The Nazis considered the Aryan race to be the “master race.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“His mood,” Watson recalled, “was no longer that of a confident master lecturing hapless colonial children.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

They stood now; and Sam still holding his master’s hand caressed it. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was like being with a stranger, one of the masters from school, perhaps, it felt odd. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Neither the women nor their husbands, brothers, or parents had any While masters built Great Houses that they hoped not to use, a slave’s whole life fit into one room. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Jenny had studied it with him, and together they had mastered something of an understanding of the battle; they knew that it was a task Shadrach Yale would have set for them. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ask it then. Of me. I am the master here.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

By the time Pomp had detected this piece of deception, five or six cows were missing, and his master so wroth that Pomp scarce knew what to do. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to see the master at work.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Here the master carpenter supervised the cutting of timber for the construction of scaffolding, workshops, and machines. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

Mr. Chiba: “I have an uncle who knows a lot about botany. He lives in the country near Hita-Gun. He’s a bonsai master.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, Patrick has mastered it without our awareness that he’s done so. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Determined not to let his frailty and his stature stand in his way, in high school he went out for every sport he could think of, mastering none but playing all of them tenaciously. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

No sooner was he all set as the Mayor—post master— landlord—storekeeper, than he bought a desk like Mr. Hill or Mr. Galloway over in Maitland with one of those swing-around chairs to it. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Only favorites. They free them from the woes of the world, to accompany their beloved master to the grave and serve him in the afterlife.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Ernie didn’t seem to have mastered the use of a steering wheel. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

‘Dreadful danger! Sméagol’s bones shake to think of it, but he doesn’t run away. He must help nice master.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The slave had no rights; the masters had no fear. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“You’ve got to pick your battles, boy. Keep your head down around the masters. They can make your life a real hell once you get into their bad books.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The men were speaking roughly to Sounder s master. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ion was horrified at the accusation she brought against his lord and master. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed his shame was greater than mine, to be mastered by a mere girl. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

His scar burned, but he was master of the pain; he felt it, yet was apart from it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“What would I do without you, master scout, rabbit-catcher, finder of hiding places?” he asked. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

A native of Longmeadow, Massachusetts, a graduate of Harvard Law, Bloom had been married once before, to a rich young Bostonian named Sherri Pope, a Radcliffe graduate with a master’s in education. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would never master the Second’s eerie stalking silence, and he could hear his shallow breaths and the slippery shifting of his feet in the vaulted stone hallways. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

At a signal from the master of revels, the combatants couched their lances and put their spurs to their mounts. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“My master, a fat white man from this city, grew tired of me and sold me to buyers who brought me here.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But then later it says, Slaves should be submissive to their masters in everything—and be well pleasing.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“I know the name of your master well,” I replied. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For several years he had slept alone in the master bedroom, on the ground floor of the house—a two-story, fourteen- room frame-and-brick structure. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben said a man who truly mastered Heart of Stone could go to his sister’s funeral without ever shedding a tear. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The boy observes him, tall and solemn, twelve years older than the night he first crept in with his stone-eyed master. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dread was round him, and enemies before him in the pass, and his master was in a fey mood running heedlessly to meet them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“My old master’s been changed nearly as much as I have! Why, he’s a real master now.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

A few of the masters looked at me speculatively. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

For Snowmane in his agony had rolled away from him again; yet he was the bane of his master. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It would be managed by the young master’s guardian, Dr. Anthony Thompson, a minister in Bucktown. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three of the castle-servants barred their way, sullen and questioning, as if they had been suspecting some plot of these two against their master. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Even without a zero, the Egyptians had quickly become masters of mathematics. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Does the wand in your hand know its last master was Disarmed? Because if it does...I am the true master of the Elder Wand.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We have long known of the clue you mention; in fact, that clue remains our strongest one in attributing this work to the master, Michelangelo Buonarroti. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There are very few people of whom so much can be said. You are lucky in having such a master.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

But if he did so, one of his attendants would immediately mount him again on his own horse—just as we would do to a master- of-hounds today—because that was the feudal law. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was in no mood to answer some white man’s stupid inevitable questions: “What are you doing here? Who’s your master?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The master studied my sister, then tugged his waistcoat over his belly. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had the highest marks in school but couldn’t master common sense. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He continues to copy works of the masters, to talk with and learn from other artists, especially Mauve, and to use lessons from art instruction manuals. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I saw a few of the masters nod at this, but Hemme persisted. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And he had; while Skeeter was streaking down a road with his master astride him, his heart failed, and he stumbled and was dead. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The one thing my uncle never mastered was my hair. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The problem was: we were hurtling toward the Underworld at ninety-five miles an hour, betting that Hades had the master bolt. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

"The master of coin finds the money. The king and the Hand spend it." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But she, for greeting, called from the meeting ground her lord and master, Antiphates, who came to drink their blood. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

You master mathematics if you are willing to try. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Waiting until Francis had free time to help me would save me from having to master the mathematics, but only at the penalty of my standing still if Francis was out of the room. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“You have heard that your master has been murdered?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

In past years Mr. Jones, although a hard master, had been a capable farmer, but of late he had fallen on evil days. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Promptly after greeting them in Paris, however, Swann deserted them in favor of a master class with the cellist Pablo Casals. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The masters of the House of Wu had turned into monkeys! When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

But there were still a few tasks that required the skills of the master butcher. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Why didn't you fall down dead like your master, or vanish? Why not?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Master! How is he my master? Am I a servant?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

If he did not betray her, he would master her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s definitely more complicated, given the cultural scripts we’ve all grown up with,” said Woolner, who has a master’s degree in counseling and radiates a thoughtful sincerity. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The rowers bent their strong backs while a lad up beside the master beat the stroke on a drum. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Michael had been the son of his master’s coachman. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

A few students grumbled, but again I assured them that this was all part of my master plan. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The masters favored seersucker on this mild first day, the wives broke out their hats. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked a heavenly blue master bedroom with a king-sized bed and French double doors. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

By evening I’d just about mastered the last part of “Pirate Medley,” and I was feeling pretty good about that. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Our needs were fewer now that we no longer fed the master and his companions. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The master hunted for a boat, and while hunting, never lost sight of Tice, kept watching his head, just above the water, as he swam toward the opposite shore. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its basic importance did not seem sufficient cause by itself to lead him out of the protein field which he had worked in only two years and was just beginning to master intellectually. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Hercules mastered him, put him in a boat and brought him to Eurystheus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Armstrong, very much master of himself, shook his head good-humouredly. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The voice is primary, and singing songs and speaking and creating poems should be mastered before playing an instrument, which is seen as an activity that extends the body. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

In 1957, Pardee, Monod, and Jacob discovered that the lactose operon was controlled by a single master switch—a protein eventually called the repressor. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

When she arrived on campus, Elizabeth discovered that she had already mastered most of the academic curriculum offered at the school. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

"Faster—for a master that knows how to handle her." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The stable master held the mother’s head and stroked her neck. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

‘There was a time,’ he said, ‘when your own master could have shown you that.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A master shipwright, building a cargo vessel, lays down a broad and shallow hull; just so Odysseus shaped the bottom of his craft. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

By morning the master would know they had “took off.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, and Wang Lung, the farmer, what?” retorted the gateman, who was polite to none except the rich friends of his master and mistress. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“That priest also said Lord Furnival was their master. How can that be?” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I think so. Subtle laws govern wand ownership, but the conquered wand will usually bend its will to its new master.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Swirls of silk thread on the bodice made rose-like designs that could have passed for a work by any master painter. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I feared the master would be angry with me, and I was angry at myself for being afraid. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you always had a master?” he asked. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The driver had mastered one of the techniques of degrading the Negro. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s a year younger than Master Clyde,” Granny said, “though the master is much bigger.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the mist before his eyes he was aware dimly of Frodo’s face, and stubbornly he fought to master himself and to drag himself out of the swoon that was upon him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It was as though some mysterious allknowing master had given each one a cloak of ugliness to wear, and they had each accepted it without question. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

And yet, Kit often wondered, what was it worth, all this work to master their letters? The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

And in doing so, something happened between those wands, something that echoed the relationship between their masters. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

As Daenerys Targaryen was taking wing, Nurse had been clapping irons round their ankles to make certain they would not attempt escape on their way back to their master. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then he said, “It shall be done, master,” and turned his ambling palfrey against the stream of newcomers. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is, a master could sell any slaves who managed to live, if he needed more money than he could make from sugar. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Sam stood beside him, reluctant to speak, and yet knowing that the word now lay with him: he must set his master’s will to work for another effort. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

A short time after she pursued—“I seed you go out with the master, but I didn’t know you were gone to church to be wed;” and she basted away. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Those relationships were the real evil of the sugar plantation: A master could do anything he wanted, and a slave could not resist. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

From them, he had made a master exam paper using the questions asked most frequently and those seldom asked. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I had learned to master a great deal of tension now; I had developed, slowly and painfully, a capacity to contain it within myself without betraying it in any way. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘May he bear you well and to better fortune than Gárulf, his late master!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It is better not to cry because you have to stick with the boys in the school and you never want to give the masters any satisfaction. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. But I really think I can get this soup job. I can do this. I have a master’s.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But then he dodged round Ross Wilcox and jogged off after his master. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Once she mastered the art of paper, she found it was ever so easy to transform other things as well. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

‘Awake, little master!’ he said, with a smile. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It aroused no comment that thirty men of humbler rank—master workmen like Paul Revere the silversmith, Thomas Crafts the painter, or Chase the distiller—met at the Green Dragon. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Lee Chong came in with his gift, Darling was deliberately and happily destroying Hazel’s only pair of rubber boots while her happy masters applauded her. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When you say ‘master of Death’—” said Ron. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

A boy from the same hometown as modern-art master Vincent van Gogh was about to show just how slow. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

After the girls and Doña Laura left with the American zombie whites, I heard a door click in the master bedroom, and I went out to the corridor to check for intruders. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Gandhi saw indenture for what it was: “almost as bad as slavery. Like the slave the indentured labourer was the property of his master.” Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

We were the masters of nature, the masters of the world. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Chancellor turned back to me, then his eye caught some movement from one of the other masters. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Up, now, young master,” he said to Robin, and with that they left the cottage and went on their way. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

This was a different kind of opponent, though, and Bobby hadn’t mastered the techniques of dueling with international financial institutions. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Only four months had passed since his thirteenth birthday and Bobby had become the youngest chess master in history and one of the strongest young players in the country. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And she stood there like a puppet strung up by a puppet master who had gone off to some other hobby. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The exhibition was rather a success, and masters who had hardly ever spoken to me over the past four years would come up and say things like, ‘It’s quite extraordinary’ . Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The house had four bedrooms—the master bedroom on the first floor and the kids’ rooms upstairs. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Sam took his master’s hands and laid them together, palm to palm, and kissed them; and then he held them gently between his own. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Abigail described the decision to resume negotiations with France as “a master stroke of policy” because it averted a French war and removed the rationale for Hamilton’s army at one fell swoop. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I’m the master of keeping my tears inside my ducts. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Slaves were everywhere, as numerous as roaches, scurrying about their masters’ business. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He looked impressive in his dark master’s robes, and it was bare seconds before the whispering, shuffling theater of students hushed to silence. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Brian handed over the list of names, each name with boxes beside it in which returns were noted as they arrived, corresponding to the master list on the big boards in the assembly hall. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the master reaches each of the boards, the player makes his move and the master responds before quickly moving to the next board. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I could teach you girls how to spit like a master,” he said. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Carlon wanted us to “feel the muse” and “be inspired by the masters.” P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The master, Mr. Benson, said the government was going to give us the free lunch so we wouldn’t have to be going home in the freezing weather. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Indeed, masters kept going further, beyond all bounds of humanity. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

After the master said his “good days” to them, he opened the note. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

At 15, this youngster from Brooklyn has become the youngest international grand master in chess and has qualified for next year’s tournament to decide who shall meet Mikhail Botvinnik for the world’s chess championship. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The little ship, like most traders of the Inmost Sea, bore the high fore-and-aft sail that can be turned to catch a headwind, and her master was a handy seaman, proud of his skill. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

After this beginning, there remained two problems for Severus if he wanted to make himself master of the entire state. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“You wish to know if I feel you are ready to duel to the death a man ruthless enough to kill your father, rich enough to buy protection, older and more experienced, an acknowledged master.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She hailed from a small farm where she was often left to her own devices, save on those nights when the master needed company and she was forced to drink the cup of vice. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

‘I mean: if it’s poisonous, or something that will show its badness quick, well, better me than you, master, if you understand me.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Not long after supper, Sounder’s master went out of the cabin and stood listening, as he always did, to see if he could hear the cold winter wind beginning to rise in the hills. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a long pause, and slowly Snape regained control of himself, mastered his own breathing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Many was the young farmer suffocating in credit who came to Randall for advice—advice freely and generously given—and in his time came to master an enviable spread. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Lafayette had been assigned a Virginia slave named James Armistead, whose master had given him permission to join the war. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Artemis depressed the master switch on the computerized surveillance system. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Dear madam,” cried Mrs. Hill, in great astonishment, “don’t you know there is an express come for master from Mr. Gardiner? He has been here this half-hour, and master has had a letter.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

As she opened the door, I caught glimpse of the master pacing frantically, his nightcap still on his head. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the master's roar was “Open ports!” and the great oars shot rattling out, fifteen to a side. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Each time the trader came to Maryland, came to Cambridge, the master sold another group of slaves. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She died when I was about seven years old, on one of my master’s farms, near Lee’s Mill. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

No sooner had the applause begun than Mr. 13-04, the music- master, bounded out beside the band, held out his hands for silence, and begged the ladies and gentlemen that they should be still. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She attempted to rise; she could not have done so without betraying the agitation which mastered her at sight of him, so she fell back upon the stool, only exclaiming, “Why, Robert!” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

I opened the door and walked right in, and there she was in the centre of the Sick Room floor locked in some kind of an embrace with the Latin master, Mr Victor Corrado. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gwin climbed up to his shoulder, baring his tiny teeth, sharp as splinters of glass, as if he had recognized the hatred in Meggie’s eyes as they rested on his master. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

There seemed to be no difficult concepts to master; the rules were all straightforward. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She calls rhetoric “the master art of the trivium.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

His master nodded, chins wobbling, then raised his fan. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The day before First Communion the master leads us to St. Joseph’s Church for First Confession. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He did both with such easy, inborn skill that after observing him I had begun to think that I could master either one any weekend I tried. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I might have been the burglar and he the master of the house. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I am rather ashamed of writing to you so soon again but if I disguise my writing in the direction I am in hopes the post master at Newcastle will think it is somebody else.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, medical care had nothing to do with the case I saw. This woman’s master strung her up by her wrists and beat her until the baby came out of her—dropped onto the ground.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I am the master of this place!” said the figure, in words so ancient and guttural that they were scarcely words at all. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

"The boy is my apprentice," the master said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

To acquire two towns in Lombardy, they had made the King master of two-thirds of Italy. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I am cooking any type of European food, anything my master is eating in his country.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The master of a vessel didn’t have to make a pier-head jump. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched the master’s expression, hoping he would give some sign when he had heard enough. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was entitled Brown Face, Big Master, the “brown face” referring to herself, and the “big master” referring, in the Jamaican dialect, to God. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“If the master would make a vessel he considers worthy of the court’s attention, it would be my greatest honor to be allowed to take it to Songdo for him.” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Harsh as an old raven’s their master’s voice sounded in their ears after the music of Saruman. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Upstairs, in the master bedroom, my parents accomplish the act. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Always circumspect when addressing the white inhabitants of the house, he ceased to speak to them at all unless speech was demanded of him by his master. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Though die inn had come well recommended by the master of the Meadowlark, that did not mean Quentyn was willing to leave their goods and gold unguarded. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I was now a platoon sergeant, a cadet master sergeant, and the youngest senior noncommissioned officer in the entire corps. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“But you have to admit that your father is the master of putting people in their place in the nicest possible manner.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Leave it to us,” said the chief cook and the salad master. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I have a grand, master plan to leave my current self behind by joining the ranks of the silk feathered hats. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Putting on a show for the master was a familiar skill, the small angles and advantages of the mask, and they shook off their fear as they settled into the performance. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

To master the art of ignoring pain, future pniese had to subject themselves to such miserable experiences as running barelegged through brambles. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Mr. O’Neill is the master in the fourth class at school. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

A functional circuit of genes was switched on and off, as if operated by a common spool or a master switch. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He said in a high-pitched voice, like a teensy-weensy kind of voice, “Ooooooh! Observe the remarkable verdure! Little friend, I am master of all I survey.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He is fled his master in Virginia” This is cause for rejoicing; but I do not call it so. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When I’d done I turned away, alarmed that I had spoken to my master in such a fashion. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He advanced with his spear held in front ci him, and the hounds, encouraged by their master, stepped forward with him pace by pace. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

No sign of the dogs or their master. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

They called for more ale, and began to shout: ‘Let’s have it again, master! Come on now! Once more!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

We have mastered this world, and yet protected it in a way that our forefathers could scarcely have dreamed. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

One was the master of the earth, or at least believed himself to be, and the other was a nimble dweller in trees, a cousin of the master of the earth. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the master would smile at Miss Susan, and toy with his watch chain. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one spoke to the master or his son. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus arrayed, we set out again: two captives, a master, and his man. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

No sooner were they anchored than the ship hailed them, and the master, Captain Riddle, came aboard. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nurse was still lecturing his master’s new prizes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

This year, Momma decided to go back to school to get her master’s in English literature. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

But for the satyrs, Pan was our lord and master. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He had that spirit of some kid in a movie who creates a master plan to get his parents to fall in love again. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

First they were enslaved by their French masters. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Kvasir the wise said, “No man can do what this master builder is doing. I suspect that he must be something other than a man.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I make my way back toward the staircase, passing the double doors to the master bedroom, and notice that one is slightly ajar. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, he always knew when it was time to run, just like his master.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t mean until Connelly made him a boss, the master’s eyes and ears over his own kind. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The little boy kneeled down to kiss his master’s hand— his surcoat, with the Malory bearings, looking absurdly new. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again he lifted Frodo and drew his hands down to his own breast, letting his master’s legs dangle. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

‘Oh, master,’ said Rabscuttle, ‘what will you do now? For Frith’s sake let us go away. I can feel for both of us in the dark.’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within three years Sky Witness had persuaded the new ruler of Oxwitza’ to betray his masters. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I tried to picture the tall, somber master angry and failed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The days were getting shorter, the nights were perceptibly cooler, the year was turning toward the Christmas season and the long holiday which the entire countryside would celebrate— both the masters and the slaves. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then as if a puppet master had rotated their heads at exactly the same moment, they faced each other and both started talking at once. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

I ask myself now what Father Mike’s face looked like as he held my mother’s hand in the master bedroom. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The master and mistress, and their kin, and one child she had borne were in that house—which she did not enter. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Jefferson was the master of silence, especially when he disagreed. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

We both figured, though, that if we knuckled down and pretended to focus on mastering new skills, it would be just like last week. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The Christian Union is the brainchild of forty-year-old Matt Bennett, who earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Cornell and later directed the Campus Crusade for Christ at Princeton. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

It’s been days since Evelyn mastered the chaos in the lobby of Erudite headquarters with a few short commands and had all the prisoners hustled away to cells on the third floor. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

We new pilots felt honored to have a chance to master it, and we worked hard to learn as much as we could as fast as we could. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We arrived at our destination; where our hostess, seeing the state of my quondam master, refused us the room. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Alain-Fournier is your first true master. He is nostalgic and tragic and enchantible and he aches and you will ache too and best of everything, he is true.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

When you sell them ready rocks to that hype, you ain’t getting the ends—it’s the man with the master plan who be racking up the money! Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My song, the hovercraft, were too unfamiliar for this novice to pick up, but it has mastered her handful of notes. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

There are seven masters in Leamy s National School and they all have leather straps, canes, blackthorn sticks. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Thistlewood learned the lesson of terror early on: He witnessed a master who had caught a runaway first whip him, then rub pepper, salt, and lime into his wounds. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

The master, Mr. Henderson, came a step closer to us but stopped a fair distance away. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The master on duty for the week would be in charge of Prep, which meant that he sat high up on a dais at the top end of the Hall and kept order. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The master and his friends could complain about the Continental Congress at such length I feared my ears might drop off. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One of the masters at the University once told me that there were seven words that would make a woman love you.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know why. I guess that’s the way the farming business goes. And the master started selling his slaves.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we seek the dominant intelligences, the grandest creatures on the planet, the sentient and graceful masters of the deep ocean, the great whales. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am afraid they might then become gigantic and I be no longer able to master them. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tall, thin master looked at me passively. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You cannot be blaspheming the master,” I said. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lapham, as befitted his venerable years and his dignity as master of the house, sat in an armchair at the head of the table. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sasha was a strong swimmer, enthusiastic about breaststroke and intent on mastering the butterfly. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

For the first time since we had left New Hampshire, we felt like masters of the trail. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

In competition, we always performed the skills we’d practiced and mastered in the gym, because as any gymnast can tell you, there’s a fine line between being courageous and ending up with a major injury. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And, though they adhered to the age-old formalities, they were much more than master and servant. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Now fphitos, when he knew Odysseus, gave him the master bowman’s arm; for old Eurytos had left it on his deathbed to his son. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of what he was taught in the house of the master. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She no longer prayed for the master’s conversion. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm a 'prentice smith, and one day might be I'll make a master armorer . . . if I don't run off and lose my feet or get myself killed." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Like the Abolitionists, she believed slavery to be morally wrong—for masters and slaves alike. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

We can master them, if we stick together.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“You will work for the master or suffer.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“For defying their master, attempting to attend an illegal festival—” “They’re just girls, Hel.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know the gentlemen here? You have not exchanged a syllable with one of them? Will you say that of the master of the house!” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The master whistled and two patrollers ushered the prostrate slave from the premises. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She leaned forward to stare at me, standing just behind the master. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He assumed from Terrance’s eagerness and the size of the bounty that Cora was her master’s concubine. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“What I said. There’s a big contract for it. It must be just the thing for asteroid mining. You have a master robot with six sub-robots under it.—Like your fingers.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z