That didn’t mean you had to run away. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I tried to explain to Baldwin, who had grown up just blocks from me in Harlem, all that “Sonny’s Blues” had meant to me, but I couldn’t. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

That meant he was walking, maybe coming back. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He could only guess what it might fully mean, even with the explanatory footnote. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I have no patience for books that pretend life has meaning. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Matty turned to look at Mentor, the teacher who meant so much to him. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Not what most people mean by that,” he says, smiling. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, yeah, it is kind of a silly dream. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s upstairs getting yelled at by her parents. But, like, how long does that lecture last? I mean, what do you say? ‘You shouldn’t screw Margo’s boyfriend in the basement.’ Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Even though Rome’s apples were at least native to western Eurasia, they were grown by means of grafting techniques that had developed in China and spread westward from there. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The sweltering heat and the end of the exams meant that everyone was taking full advantage of another Hogsmeade visit. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He meant the immortals who ruled the oceans back in the days of the Titans. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Are those the dragons the red woman means to wake? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her roommate was a music major, which meant Terryl got to attend music events. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Forget the fact that if I take his offer, it’ll mean I have to get rid of her. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

"I wouldn't be caught dead in one of those rings. Just taking a break from the sun. You seem like nice company, you know. I mean, as long as you don't have the plague." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Emily wasn’t sure if that meant he was surprised or not. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

If you were “cornered” by three “squires,” you were “neutralized,” which meant you were “dormant” for the rest of the lunch period. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The night Bobby Kennedy died, he had just won the California Democratic primary, which meant he had a strong chance to win the party’s presidential nomination. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

SCORPIUS: I mean, nice bread, good bread, bread . . . what’s wrong with bread? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

“I mean, I’m going to school in New Jersey, and I haven’t turned into my parents’ worst nightmare or anything.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

One line meant no, two lines meant yes. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Seems that Betty learned that being popular in ninth grade doesn't mean much to an eleventh grader.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I mean, suddenly he was that little kid tearing down a back alley with some housewife hanging wash and shouting, “Look at ’im scoot!” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

We were connected to the institutions that supported us by means of pneumatic tubes which ran under the streets of Chicago. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

His left eye was blind, his right eye mean. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes powerful magic is accomplished by simple means.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t matter if you meant it or not. This is the life you’re living. It’s not temporary and it’s not pretend and there’s no do-over.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It took me a second to realize that by “fellow musician” Ms. Fender meant Samira, not me. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you mean that girl you lost? Hmm. I don’t know.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“What for? We tried to stop something bad, and it didn’t work. Doesn’t mean we were wrong to try—Noah, are you listening to me?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Which means it’s part of me, isn’t it? Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

To live in America, until recently, meant to be far from war. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“All right. I accept your apology. But seriously. I can’t deal with the continued drama. I have too much to think about. So it has to stop, Dill. I mean it.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I meant to simply walk by again and I thought I had, except suddenly I was standing at the edge of the Taheris’ white tablecloth, staring at Soraya across curling irons and old neckties. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And his face became like the face of one of those mean natives the Phantom was always having to beat up. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no doubt in her mind what that steady flight meant—the migration was on. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waited for the next message and daydreamed about what Lovey was doing, even though she had already told me she wasn’t doing anything, which means she was probably watching TV. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Not far” to Styx meant walking all the way downtown. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You cannot mean to hold Stannis responsible for his brother’s debts.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Are we...I mean...are my parents going to be safe?” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The presence of two additional passengers means that there will be no room in the carriage for Parker. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

That didn’t mean she couldn’t try out her theory about how to help the dead pass on with the rest of the dead in Daffodil Manor. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Actually, she used the word irei, which meant “unprecedented” or “exceptional.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Finally, he must have gotten some good sense, “I d-d-didn’t mean nothing. My friend here was sharing his lunch, and—” R.C. shoved him in the chest “White folk don’t share nothin’ with colored, boy. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

All three were made to my dimensions, which meant that I was the only one who could test them on the KC-135 and the “Wheel.” Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

These are “executive function” tasks, meaning they engage the prefrontal cortex, that all-important part of the brain involved in focus. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The charter does not speak about the eradication of classes and private property, or public ownership of the means of production, or promulgate any of the tenets of scientific socialism. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, how stupid would you have to be to rat someone out about something that you were doing, too? Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“If you mean did I drop it there myself, no, I didn’t.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s the same thing. But when someone says a woman is jamona it means she’s too old to get married. It’s an insult.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Yet he understood what the old man had meant, about the pain of choosing; he understood that all too well. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I say, “They couldn’t have meant it! How could they know such a bad thing would happen? You can’t know what you don’t know!” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

"Because wouldn't it be better," I say, "if the handholding really just meant they were connected, and you didn't have to think about the other possibilities?" We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Which meant that I would have to get married in May or early June. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

There is a glass door between it and the nursery, and I mean to peep at him, and then I’ll tell you how he looks. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, Wallace is too old for all this Lego junk.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Eight years ago, when I first met Siobhan, she showed me this picture and I knew that it meant “sad,” which is what I felt when I found the dead dog. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It makes me feel funny not knowing someone’s name. Wrongfooted, you know, or as if I had three thumbs on one hand, if you see what I mean. It’s clumsy...” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

If Kramer tells his landlord he’s presently sending his rent, does that mean . . . uh . . . the check is in the mail, or the check really is in the mail? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But still. I mean, just the fact that, you know. He could potentially be the one. There’s a kind of magic in that.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She smiles, and I feel like she means it, but the expression is not convincing. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Without knowing it or meaning to, I had jump-started his search for a life outside Idaho by telling him he could probably find a job anywhere. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something along the lines of how much his story meant to me, and how it had inspired me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I mean, that no man in his senses would marry Lydia on so slight a temptation as one hundred a year during my life, and fifty after I am gone.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“OK, I’m positive we’re never going to get picked up. I mean, look at us.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“That means it’s chicken that has a kind of red sauce and cheese on it. The ‘a la Quincy’ is saying made by Quincy.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She’d said it in an unkind, flippant way that made me think she really meant it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t mean what I said. I just—” Edwin held up his hand. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

On Monday, yesterday, last night I mean, we got collected by the rose lady’s chauffeur and taken to collect the Rosalie for our trip to the pickup airfield. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

So...does that mean you have a heart? Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“There was a British guy who was kind of mean to me—” “Ugh, they always are,” Freckles says. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

On the last day, our adoring public—meaning Dr. Newman, our whole school, our parents, and even a reporter from the Palm Beach Post—will come see what we’ve made. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Why are you so nice to me now, after I hit you and yelled at you and was so mean to you when I was little?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, I don't take it back, what I said about him having it coming. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“This means a tardy for both of you. You understand?” Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I smile, even though I know it wasn’t meant to be funny. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Compare with, the more common phrase, means “to examine for similarities and differences.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The place he meant to come to and any day now the blackest man in the world would be there too. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is fine. It’s a nice rest for my eyeballs anyway. I mean, they’re always on, you know?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Though I had long known that there were people called “white” people, it had never meant anything to me emotionally. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can I ask you a question? What Lettie was saying out there, about magic—what did she mean?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure where to start. I mean, first, you have to promise everything stays between us.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

It meant no crown, no sons, no wife . . . but it meant life, and life with honor. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“You really think there’ll be enough colored people—I mean nice colored people—in this city to live there?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was invulnerable to praise, reason, and shame, which meant she couldn’t be coaxed or persuaded, and she was cunning, which made her hard to trick. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

In retrospect I’m sure he meant this literally, that he was asking how he could help, but my ears, solitary and suspicious, heard something else: What do you expect me to do? Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Does this mean all that drivel about the Augurs being possessed by spirits of the dead is true? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

After I quit, my life slowly began returning to normal, and I had time to think about flying in space and what it had meant to me. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m so sorry that I wasted your time because you really do mean a lot to me and I hope you have a very nice life because I really think you deserve it. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

This doesn’t necessarily mean that labeling a house “well maintained” causes it to sell for less than an equivalent house. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

When I asked him what he meant, he said, For them, one and one and one and one don’t make tour. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I think Charlie — I mean my dad — must call me Isabella behind my back — that’s what everyone here seems to know me as,” I tried to explain, feeling like an utter moron. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Because I'm pretty sure he really means it. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

That meant this pretend soldier was not just a king—he was the king of all the kings! When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I mean, how can I steal his Holo and desert now? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Harriet!” cried Emma, after a moment’s pause—“What do you mean?—Good Heaven! what do you mean?—Mistake you!—Am I to suppose then?—” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“Like, I mean...if he was a drug dealer,” Hailey says, “that explains why...” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“It took us a while to figure out what that meant, but you were right. It feels good.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

To be a Swann loyalist, as Lawrence was, meant being prepared to pack one’s academic bags on short notice. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It said that citizenship meant “membership in a nation and nothing more.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

She's no doctor, but she is a mother and that means something. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“And,’ added Digory, “if you think I’m such a mean pig as to go off and leave Polly—and the Cabby—and the horse—in a place like this, you’re well mistaken.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Honest,” I say, “it’s okay. I mean, I know...well, I’m sorry about your mom. Dying and all.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

The maids, cooks, assistant cooks, and pastry chef had all made themselves scarce, which meant there was no food to be had, and Gherland’s gullet was quite empty. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Here, put your hands on the controls, your feet on die rudder pedals, and I’ll show you what I mean.” Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, thanks. I appreciate the kind words. But I feel like Erin needs me now. I wish there was something I could do for her.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe she didn’t understand what it meant to be hungry, not even to care when the server gave you a look as he brought the eighth, ninth basket of breadsticks to the table. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Probably, El Jefe’s car is expected down the main avenue, which means cars will be backed up until his motorcade passes. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“How about you? What do you want to do? After high school, I mean.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

And when a parent looks like this, it means only one thing: you’re about to die. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

And this meant what she was doing to me—trying to find a simulation that worked on me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

His size and strength—and I suppose that temper—meant no one tried actual physical bullying, but from what I remember, for a couple of months at least, these incidents kept coming. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean to say, why are we shouting so? The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she was considering coming back to Nigeria, then it meant she was no longer with the black American. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

"You mean you couldn't take him and I was giving him lip?" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

He got annoyed with me when I did that, because it usually meant I could see or understand something he couldn’t. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

DJ Mustard’s beats blared from the speaker Todd kept in his locker, meant to hype up everyone for the battle ahead. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Fie might have become worried and insisted that we go back to live among our own people—even if it meant swallowing his pride and settling up with the Sleepers. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I can see how that’s a real talent. Not having to say what you mean.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t mean to sound like all my problems with the demons were solved, or that I stopped wearing the charm completely. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, Colonel, I don’t think you do know what it means,” Milo disagreed pointedly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I mean about the boy thing. It’s not like I even like anybody like that.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Not a lot of people know this, but the “O” in Irish names is an anglicisation of “ua”, meaning grandson. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

When Billy saw the condition of his means of transportation, he burst into tears. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think Arthur Ashe meant the remark to be taken seriously,” I said to David one afternoon as we were reading the paper heralding Ashe’s pending arrival. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I can ask him what he means, he turns away and heads down the stairs to his car. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If she paused to think about it too closely, the significance of it all frightened her, and she would rather go blindly forward than dwell on what it all meant. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Though he meant it to be sweet, all I could see was control and manipulation. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, I mean, technically yes, but I feel like a native already. The—uh—the A train was running local this morning, and it really ticked me off.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The word had never meant a thing before, though Briony had heard it exulted at a thousand school and church occasions. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Sorry. I didn’t mean to wake you. I’m going back to bed.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She said “friend" in English; the tame word parents used because they could not desecrate their tongues with “boyfriend," even though it was exactly what they meant: somebody romantic, a marriage prospect. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

"Why, I think it's fine," I said, trying to take in the full meaning of his words. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Part of this effort meant that first the invaders would have to be pushed back from Voronezh. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“I’m not kidding you. Oh, I know I like to have my jokes, same as any man, but I meant every word I said.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

There he babbled endlessly, words with no meaning. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

For me, that means working at Daffodil Manor. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

But the trip to Schiaparelli will mean going over massive elevation changes. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t matter,” I say, more sternly than I mean to. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It had been the biggest badger hole I’d ever seen, so big I’d meant to come back and investigate it further. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

This was not a job meant to be done from the inside of the lifeboat but from the outside. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You mean sounds about white,” says Aunt Gina, pointing her fork. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“You mean no Republican ever bought a vote? Don’t make me laugh.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think you know what it means. Someday, someone will walk up to you and say: ‘Why are you hanging out with that queer?’ Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I guess if by wrong, you mean right, then yeah.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Not sure what that means, but from Albert it must be good. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I obviously don’t know the whole story here, but good friendships are durable. They’re meant to survive the gaps and the growing pains.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“You never know, man. I mean, people get radicalized, right? Maybe somebody knows something about that dude that we don’t. You should have seen him yesterday when he got into it with Drew.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I am thankful for the look in Suesetta’s eyes when she calls me her best friend, how I know she means it when she says it again and again: “Forever.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

If she survives, she may learn how to be whatever she is meant to be. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“I mean, what did I ever do to Maya? I don’t even know her!” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“If you talk about things you haven’t seen, you will get yourself in trouble. You know what I mean.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what one “means” is neither important nor relevant. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

What did they mean?—noticing them, thinking about them, waking up, for God’s sake. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“And you meant for Mr. Hickock to believe that Mr. Clutter had a lot of money, didn’t you?” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Klaus sighed, and relinquished—a word which here means “gave to Count Olaf even though he didn’t want to”—the book on nuptial law. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

The photograph of the birthday party is sticky in my hand; without meaning to I've left fingerprints all over it, touching the faces of these dead and disappeared girls. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

After every Olympics, a lot of gymnasts take time off, and others retire completely, which means that some countries can’t field a full team the following year. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He didn’t actually mean he drank dragon’s blood, did he? Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Piper wasn’t sure what that meant, but Frank staggered like he’d been punched in the gut. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

See, when the sweat and laughter comes, that basically means the spirit is in the building. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“But this is such a complete about-face, Melissa! I mean...” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I said I consider you a friend and I meant that. Do you still consider me your friend?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Father said, “I am going to make you promise, Christopher. And you know what it means when I make you promise.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t so sure what that one meant, but then she gave me one of her rare hugs. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“No way! I didn’t have time to write all that. Besides, I don’t even know what it means.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t mean to be nosy, but she couldn’t help being curious. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Thus both Aristotelian philosophers and the new scientists produced demonstrations, but they meant radically different things by the word. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Any hotels or something where we could clean off? I mean... hotels that accept mud people?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They were both related to Robin Lacks, the father of Albert, Ben, and Winston Lacks, which meant they were also Henrietta and Day’s distant cousins. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Moody had dared to think it was affectionate, but then he’d heard the word at school and understood what it meant in Shaker slang. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But in matters of vital importance—meaning, in effect, war and police espionage— the empirical approach is still encouraged, or at least tolerated. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He’s been avoiding me, and I’ve been afraid of what that means. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Dangerous is what you mean,” she remarked as she brushed dirt off her knees. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“So, I’m wondering what this means, exactly. Can you tell me?” he asks. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

She thought that meant we were gossiping, and she was against gossiping. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if she meant stupid to tell him or stupid to think he wouldn’t mind. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It’d been a while since the bad smell of the alternate world had bothered Emma, but that didn’t mean it wasn’t there. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

‘I don’t know if he meant it. But he did ask.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the Night Zoo’s workers were of the Gedezi People like her, which meant the show would go on this evening, but Sahel’s absence would be felt. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I bite my lip and glance around to see if Carver Jamison or anyone else from the popular group is hiding out, in case they’re playing some sort of mean joke. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

She had always meant to show this letter to Gabriel one day, but she never had. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He meant it, for his hands and feet were now warm, and the blue color had left his lips and was replaced by a good warm red. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did that mean...She thrust the thought away immediately. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But he knew what she meant; he understood the business the Rosen Association wanted to transact. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I went through those pictures, knowing how much my family pictures meant to me, and I thought, I haven’t stolen a camera. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Why, what do you mean?” she said, not looking at me. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I mean, who really wants to be called a ball of dough in public? Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

As I sat there one of them was inflating my faked memberships into meanings of national significance. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leaving means I have to be on my guard. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He was being so nice to me, and the way his girlfriend looked, I knew that this meant a lot to him. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

And that means that there was a time when you were gone and no one on Earth had any idea. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“But don’t underestimate me. My name means the Golden Sword for a reason.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Beyond the fact that this means he is reaaaaally old, if they moved into the house when he was two, and the house was new then, that would mean it was built in...1933. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I could deal with the mean aunties and the small amount of rice if I had friends. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go away? From here, you mean? From the warren?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple felt bad for the other girl, but not bad enough to say anything—attention on Seema just meant less on her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But that doesn’t mean I’m going to use it. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

"But I mean that," he said, pointing, his eyes beginning to blaze, "that there." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, how many grown kids spend all their free time building Lego cities in dusty old storage rooms? The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“It means she’s worried. And I’m going. Just let me know when.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then the silence that meant readiness for another sheet. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

"Don't apologize. It just means we're one step closer to home, right?" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Your generous purse and the circumstances of your arrival suggest to me that you are a gentlewoman of means. Do you flee a cruel father or a forced marriage?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

This one night, she was saying very mean things about how he didn’t stand up to the class bully when he was fifteen or something like that. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

And it had seemed like bad fortune to me at the time, since Taryn and I worried what the new baby would mean for us. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But I was the Ugly One, and the aymaran was not meant for me. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

This wasn’t just about record-buying preferences, either: being a composer in the twentieth century meant making career- defining choices that simply were not relevant to earlier generations. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you see what this means?” he asked. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I mean, he was still being nice to me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He should remember to flush the toilet, too, but that doesn’t mean it happens. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

You know what I mean, one of those rare days when everything is right and nothing is wrong. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

To no one’s surprise, that reconstructed Proto-Austronesian language had words with meanings such as “two,” “bird,” “ear,” and “head louse”: of course, Proto-Austronesians could count to 2, knew of birds, and had ears and lice. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, you see these guys in these kung-fu movies getting hit on the head a thousand times, and they keep on fighting. Right?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one knew it meant there was a bleed inside his brain. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I raked my hair with my free hand as I wrestled with how to explain what I meant. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Ellie really seemed to understand what it meant to set the rhythm. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“Caden can draw it, but when he’s done, you each need to explain what it means.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He was an invisible legend in the county: the big, mean, rich Mr. Lyndon. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You know I don’t have any idea what you mean,” I eventually pointed out. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But she doesn’t know him, which means I can be more like me. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The names of the stations begin to take on meaning and my heart trembles. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

His breathing sounded wheezy, like he had a harmonica in his throat, which meant an asthma attack was coming on. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Gilly hadn’t meant to be cruel, but she needed to make Trotter understand. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I had no idea what she meant by that. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Wet shells meant the end of hunting anything except blackberries and dry wood, which we hadn’t thought to collect any real supply of. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It meant my parents thought I had problems with my brain, and not the kind of problems that made it hard to do math or learn to read. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He cast about for some means to defend himself, for he had determined they would not take him easily. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“You mean—” Liam wiped the grease and dirt from his hands off on the front of his jeans. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But I still needed food, which meant I needed the duffel. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You know what I mean. People are more at ease—a couple of days’ sunshine and we become Italians. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Whatever summer meant, for Mom it meant work. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Nhamo rather hoped this meant she came from a royal family, but Grandmother said the old kings had dozens of wives, so of course they had a multitude of children. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baaz, who still stood in the middle of the tent, shouted the command at the top of his lungs, then glared at the little fires as though he meant to douse them with admonishment. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He had been voted “Most Studious Student” by his graduating class at North Farmington High School, outside Detroit, which, as he puts it, meant that he was a “no-date nerd.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I said yes, not knowing if I meant it. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I guess that is what getting better will do to a person: make you forgive people who have been mean to you. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The matricu- lation exams had come out, and my name wasn’t in the paper, which could mean only one thing: I had failed. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went into the closet and listened. . you mean the car stayed out all night in the driveway?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Security measures? You mean the fact those two were back on the job?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She didn’t mean to, but it was so unfair. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Yet as I had learned, “organic” has different meanings. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Unpacking? You mean the ten articles of clothing we were allowed to bring?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I thought of positive liberty, and of what it might mean to self-coerce, until my head thrummed with a dull ache. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Although aggravate is widely used to mean “vex” or “annoy,” sticklers find this irritating. ago/since. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hope she understands that I didn’t mean for any of this to happen. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I mean, I never realized how close someone’s face gets when they kiss you. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“No, that’s not what I mean. How do I get to be a boy?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I get it. I know what she means.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“It makes sense. I suppose that means it’s important to love as much as possible. You know—so the hate that can’t get rendered into something else is smaller and weaker that way.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“So that means you think it’s good, right? You like the idea?” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

A freeze-out just meant that the staff closed and locked the doors to the building and nobody could come in or go out until the director said so. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“I mean, I don’t want to. Go ahead.” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she made what she had named Weg Geschnissen, which laboriously translated meant something made with bread bits that usually would be thrown away. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Un-Dead! Not alive! What do you mean? Is this all a nightmare, or what is it?” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“And eight ten means eight ten, not eight eleven or eight twelve or eight thirteen.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

For users, crack meant poverty—whole lives stripped down like a stolen car, the parts sold off to pay for their next hit. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Heldred eventually controlled the foothills around the Shalda. This meant that he controlled the mountains themselves. They started to plant crops, their nomadic lifestyle was abandoned, and they slowly began to—” “Get to the point?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Light and darkness fly like an arrow,” meaning time passes quickly. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You mean you don’t even trust your own wife?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lena said I’m the last, but maybe she just meant the last free dragon. I could find them. Let them out.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

This proves that dogs and man were meant to be friends. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He hates snowboarders, he says, but I think he really means that he hates people who have families who take them snowboarding. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

"They may not mean me ill. Men have looked at women since time began, perhaps it is no more than that." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I always pick the biggest, meanest kid on the bus and punch him in the face, just for fun.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don't mean for this to be a big deal. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I don’t mean that we almost gave up, but it took a long time and we lost so many good men. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It means I got to be the one to decide how these walls remember Tariq Johnson. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t even sure how much of this I meant. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Worse yet, he brought an air bed, meaning he didn’t plan on taking the couch. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“You see? I’ve been right all day. We were meant to meet. If we hadn’t met earlier, maybe we would’ve met now.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

We were meant to learn through imitation and emu-lation, not through questions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

What he meant, of course, was, It’s not yet boring enough. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re supposed to bring guests, so I thought you might like...I mean...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He suggested that I try taking Clomid, a drug meant to stimulate egg production, for a couple of months. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

What one historian has called “the perishability of revolutionary time” meant that the political will to act was also racing against the clock. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“The Butcher’s coming out to give us battle. Up, unless you mean to be his meat.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Why, yes, I seem to remember it was. At least there was a kind of bar that fitted across the handle. Is that what you mean?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew that this meant time would not stop. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, you would think that, wouldn’t you?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Best of all, the ranks of the demons were noticeably thinned, which meant it was reasonably safe to be walking the streets again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A time when her language and the color of her skin could mean trouble. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Understanding why he entertained such hyperbolic thoughts is the key to the core meaning of the duel. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t mean anything like that. I meant cigarettes ... or books ... or ... toys.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

That difference means that Asian children learn to count much faster than American children. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Wells agreed with Galton’s impulses to manipulate heredity as a means to create a “fitter society.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The driver must be a high-ranking official, for war rationing means that only important Nazis have ample access to gas and food. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

And she wondered how much the Yunkai’i knew about what her captain meant to her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Katherine gives me a confused look before nodding as she gets the gist of what I mean, even if she doesn't get the reference. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Now when my mom calls me her “trophy,” she means that I am her most valuable possession. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Suppose he meant to take it, when the time came, and strike out on his own, hoping to find civilization surviving somewhere? Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you can start by rethinking what you mean by normal. Between you and me, I think normal is pretty overrated anyway.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Didn’t know what he meant at first, as I thought I’d done a dead brilliant job of destroying it myself. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

‘For though I do not ask for aid, we need it. It would comfort us to know that others fought also with all the means that they have.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And if I didn’t know what a curse word meant, all I had to do was ask her and she would explain it to me—in detail. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“What exactly do you mean by funny business, Coach?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Supreme Court outlawed community zoning by race in 1917, segregationists had to develop another means for achieving this same exclusionary end. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Despite Seanie’s tortured expression, I found myself suddenly thinking about the deeper meaning of the last statement Annie had made there. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Apparently the city ordinances don’t mean anything to them,” he says, “because their lights will be on all night.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“You know, honey, I bet there’s an explanation for this. I bet Mr. Daniels didn’t mean for this to happen. Give him a chance, okay?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

To me, not going to college meant that I would join the army of black laborers sweating and grunting their way through midtown New York. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

"You mean the room we share with ten other couples?" What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Writers themselves can lose track and put too many of them into a word or sentence, making it mean the opposite of what they intended. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean sold you?” says Camel. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“No. But it doesn’t mean I like it.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

According to Adams, the Revolution succeeded because of its ties to the past, which meant that, in the Jeffersonian sense, it was not really a revolution at all. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

‘But this deaf boy—I have been meaning to make inquiries and find if there is some institution that would take him.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It means we can escape into the hallway before it fills up with people, all pushing and shoving, trying to get outside. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I meant what I said, you know. You’re good. Is that why you decided not to be part of marching band? Too talented for the hacks?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

There were the means of washing in the room, and a comb and brush to smooth my hair. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t halal, which meant it was forbidden in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I mean, if I were a louse I’d choose him to colonize. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

What if the meanest grown-up in Key West was also the only one telling the truth? Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re scythe’s apprentices,” she said, “which means the BladeGuard serves us, and not the other way around. You have no right to take us against our will.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I mean, I’m trying to get the hell out of my house and do something with my life, you know? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

If Hitler had conquered the world, as he meant to—that is a shuddery thought for every Jew alive today. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“War is coming. It means sacrifices for everybody. I have to serve—it’s my duty. And you have to go away.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I mean, let’s face it, I got better things to do with my time than work for free. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Only infrequently would he come to tea in the Cavendish, since it meant enduring Crick’s booming over the tea room. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Harry was pleased to hear the dull thunk that meant the Bludger had found its mark. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they mean the group acting as a whole, sometimes the members of the group. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

No, there wasn’t a single thing he hadn’t meant to say. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“How do you mean? Oh, I see. Are you making a joke?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I said no such thing, nor did I mean it. Mistaken, Matthew, I hold to that, but not a traitor — yet.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

If you can, devise some means of bodily protection. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe there was a kind of miracle in those words, I like you, I want to take care of you, Ifemelu thought, but not in the way her mother meant it. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“We just have to reteach them. As I said, people tend to be disoriented for a few days after being reset, which means they’ll be easier to control.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It means Dad already has the answer, and he wants me to say, "Duhhh, I don't know," so he can show me how smart he is. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"But that don't mean we can't win if we stay connected." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The way she said it made him shiver, and when he asked what the comet meant, she answered, "Blood and fire, boy, and nothing sweet." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They call this emergency beat the musadabwe, meaning, “Don’t ask questions, just come!” The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Fool? No. No, but tell me, I mean, listen. Everybody I grew up with is down home. We don’t have children. He’s what I got. He’s what I got.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Oh, Ted. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean that.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she smiled at me it was like she meant that smile just for me personally and anybody else who saw it wouldn’t even understand what was happening. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

But with Mikken slain and the ironmen guarding the armory, good steel had been hard to resist, even if it meant grave-robbing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She was afraid she finally understood what it all meant. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Stonecrop,” he said, “you have me at a loss. What situation do you mean?” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

It took me being in the bottom of a cave to truly understand what he meant. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

And, at any rate, the price of a share of General Electric didn’t mean a thing to the vast majority of Americans, who owned no stock at all. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Aimee had been selected as the official coach of the USA women’s Olympic team the week before, which meant she’d be out on the floor with us in Rio and very involved in camp. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I mean, I miss the free food and I miss going to places I probably would have never gone to on my own. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Because that swastika means there could be someone in this school who hates me. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. I think so. I mean, it’d be pretty cool if he did live. He had all those superpowers right?” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

More birds on a farm mean fewer insects. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Anya had meant to get him talking as a distraction, but now she listened, completely enthralled. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Long before I knew the meanings of all the words I encountered, I was able to approach books with confidence. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Miss Collins., you may be seated. Mr. Bixby, do you understand what that means?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“You mean, why don’t I live with my parents?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Despite their efforts, the affected villages had a mean death rate of 8.8 percent. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She had been carefully trained by her upbringing, she said, to avoid effusive displays of feeling, but this did not mean her heart was shallow. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“No, I mean, it’s okay. I mean, yes, you can.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want Faizah to think that being a Muslim meant living a restricted life. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He wanted to hurt her for being so mean all the time, for letting his mother go off to war, for scolding him to get over it. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“So if we—I mean you—find the statue...what would we do with it? Could we even move it?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Maybe ... I mean, not to depress you or anything, but maybe he wrote them for someone else and mailed them—” “VAN HOUTEN!” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Well, I don’t think he’s here in The Cottage, I think he’s been sent off to the proper RAF aerodrome, but I mean that he flew back to England with me. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Pontus, which means the Deep Sea, was a son of Mother Earth and the father of Nereus, a sea-god far more important than he himself was. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It would be safer to leave the Ares 4 crew in Hermes and only send the pilot down with the MDV. But that would mean giving up the mission, and they'd rather risk death." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why he was so mean inside. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Years later I learned that inu also meant collaborator or informer. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or did she mean, her wiser grasp of her own ignorance? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t mean to break anything,” she said. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Cal’s face was tired and his shoulders sagged with exhaustion, but his face was pinched and closed and crafty and mean. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I watch Yule May’s long fingers pinch the dough off a knife and I sigh, knowing right away who she means. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been meaning to show this to you for months now.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

And all you want is to always feel happy for them because you know that if you do, then it means that you’re happy, too. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Air freshener? she suggests when she catches my meaning. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy knew she was being mean, but she didn’t want her sister to comfort her, especially not the way she used to, by playing with Ivy’s hair. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Maybe that means “get out now, danger ahead!” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what she meant by that because I thought I spoke perfectly well. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

There was a short discussion as to what “dominant side” meant. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“We’re going bowling!” said Tiffany in a bright voice, as if going bowling meant flying to the moon. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I tell Elizabeth, my heart thumping, “It doesn’t mean we’re friends or anything. Just kitchen partners.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

It’s an annual plant, he explains, which means that it dies in the autumn. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Are you nuts or something? What the hell do you mean, there’s no one inside?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Without meaning to, I’d memorized it We arranged a meeting in Times Square. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then I gave this phony sneeze that meant to hold them down near the floor. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

We play Madden while we talk, which means I can focus on running up the score on his raggedy Eagles squad and not on being embarrassed about answering questions. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I mean, maybe I was actually fated to meet the boy from the post office. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She means my favorite puzzle, with the picture of a river on it. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I tell him that just because your teammate gets fouled on a lay-up doesn’t mean you shouldn’t ever drive to the lane again. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

I nodded, though I didn’t entirely understand what he meant. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

By that she meant the mall is going ahead. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

I mean, once you got past the rodents and the mysterious the-building-is-falling-apart groans in the walls, there wasn’t anything to do. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

In this life, he carried a rolled-up newspaper in his thick hand like a bat he meant to use on someone. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

And they changed meaning depending on the marks around them. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“If it rubs off, it means I'm in love. Has it?” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean when you say the world isn’t standing still?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

"You mean you don't think sex is fun?" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Not at all,” was her answer; “but depend upon it, he means to be severe on us, and our surest way of disappointing him will be to ask nothing about it.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Our gratitude meant a great deal to him. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I’m not always going to be able to control whether people call me names or write mean notes. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“If you get him talking, I mean. Probably the smartest kid I ever met.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“By all means, then, take her, maybe find a private corridor on your way there—she looks frigid.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

This was their first encounter with the fact that a full stomach meant good spirits; an empty one, bickering and gloom. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The meaning of this was not to save you, but to warn you instead. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Understanding this rebellious nature, I encouraged the Freedom Writers to use a pen as a means of revolution. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Their blasé demeanor was certainly a cover for their deep disquiet, but that didn’t mean they weren’t absolutely in earnest. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Leaving the Night Zoo would mean leaving him too; she didn’t relish having to tell him the news, but she had to. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I mean, it’s pretty basic, but I was—well, I cracked it. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

People grow up, move away, or even pass on, but I now knew it didn’t mean they’d left me alone. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

And then I mean to travel in a foreign country where there’s snow. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean you ‘get all the movies’?” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Not exactly certain of the meaning of the words, she dared not elaborate more. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

With their victory, the people of Saint Domingue announced that the conflict between freedom and property was over: “All men are equal” meant that no men are property. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“You know what I think? I don’t think I’m half as mean as you are under that nice skin. I think you’re a devil.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Stop staring,” I hiss at Sophie, harsher than I mean to. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And, as he explained, since he could no longer offer Call milk, it would have been mean for the two of us to stop for tea. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Part of what it means to have a powerful or persuasive personality, then, is that you can draw others into your own rhythms and dictate the terms of the interaction. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grumble, but I don’t really mean it. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Plus, she’s been sewing banners, interviewing new judges, and finding sponsors for the pageant, which means she’s checked out of parenthood completely for a few months. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I try not to let him know what today means. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I don't mean we're handcuffed or anything, but a group of Peacekeepers marches us through the front door of the Justice Building. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I just mean it’s the memory I’ll keep, instead of all the other ones. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Prince Dain may want me for a spy, but that doesn’t mean giving up my sword. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I paused again to let the meaning of this sink in. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But they were shut out, listening at a door to words not meant for them: ill-mannered children or stupid servants overhearing the elusive discourse of their elders, and wondering how it would affect their lot. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

"Lannister. I didn't see—I mean, I thought I was alone." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Grim means well, I know that, but sometimes he says the dumbest things. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I finally realized what being a Freedom Writer really means. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Modes also may imply or suggest specific moods or they may be meant to have particular effects on the character of the listener. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

They were Muggles who hated and despised magic in any form, which meant that Harry was about as welcome in their house as dry rot. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Of course, this meant that production of the elixir stopped. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean? I didn’t know there had been any.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered about the Changing, and what it meant. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

And finally, I would end with one parting thought: just because a girl has a perm, it does not mean that she's easy. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Only now she had a clearer idea of what drear meant. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are your dirty blade and even dirtier habits supposed to mean something?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“But then, you don’t have to be mean about it. Wouldn’t kill you to smile,” he said. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘We’ve seen no sign of other Romans, so it appears Bryce didn’t notify anyone else where he was. Also, no sign of Orion. Hopefully that means he was taken down by the Hunters.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It was obviously broken, and he didn’t get the sense that this was what Hecate meant for them to find. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Reach fingers around the bag again and don’t you know it, something bites me—and I mean with teeth. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

And just because he seemed like his normal self now didn’t mean that it hadn’t begun. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I mean . . . because of your parents. Not because ...” I let my voice trail off. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“So I told my mom I wasn’t feeling well, and when she went to work—well, it was so beautiful out, you know what I mean? And then I saw your bike there.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“Now if I change the slope that way...minus 1... now what I mean to do is make the line go straight.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

It meant that she had to walk forty-eight blocks each day but she loved the walk, too. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to hurt you. Not you. Never.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Glancing at Cara and Joey before he spoke, he said, “Size? Our paper—I mean The Landry News—like, it doesn’t have as many words?” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

I am by no means convinced that the motives of the accused were as altruistic as they wish the court to believe. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since I want to tell the whole truth, which means the worst parts, I thought they could be smart, but not as smart as me, me being white. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I could hurt someone, shouldn’t that mean I could help them, too? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Her new press policy meant that most reporters left her alone, but a few still concocted glitzy stories that were riddled with fake facts. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I mean, how much do we know about what actually caused the Rupture?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Jim Moore, the last principal of Ector High School before it was closed down as a means of achieving desegregation, felt the same way. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I named you after your granddaddy. The last slave in this family. Which means he was also the first free man in this family.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. I shouldn’t pretend that I understand. I just meant that...” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It means that some of the molecules in his cells are destroyed, so that the cells no longer work normally and cannot grow and divide. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“You mean to prosecute the Times?” asked Nixon. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She told him how much it meant to her parents that she finish. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“I saw something I liked this morning, and I meant to tell it at dinner, but I forgot,” said Beth, putting Jo’s topsy-turvy basket in order as she talked. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just be sure the meaning can’t be confused, as in: While he reads the Times, he watches the news on CNN. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I panic and think someone has switched my lock, which means I may never get my notebook. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

They’d have to feed her before long, and that meant tying up the canoe, building a fire, heating the saucepan. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Your mother would be ashamed to see how mean you’ve become. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then by all means, meander slowly and ponderously until my feathers molt,” said Boo. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Marly was scared to think he might be, because if Joe was scared...Well, that meant it was really dangerous. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

If Elsbeth and Rolf haven't moved into the master bedroom, then that means I have to go into a room I was hoping to avoid. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

There was not a shadow of doubt about the matter: to leave the lifeboat meant certain death. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you mean to suggest that saying, ‘But I only groaned!’ doesn’t count as talking?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, the fact that white people are harmed by the drug war does not mean they are the real targets, the designated enemy. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Being angry didn’t always mean a person was bad, especially when they had ample reason. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Well, he did not marry the princess, if that is what you mean by happily ever after. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

It means “baffled” or “confused,” not calm and collected. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not a hole. A ditch, to bring water from the river to the fields. We mean to plant beans. The beanfields must have water.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I mean, there wasn’t like a specific reason,” I say. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I heard her say to him, “I never meant to leave you.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

She’d never meant to get caught in the blast and had believed her father’s aide had set up another student to take the fall. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what the Paqo meant, that the bird would tell me when to return. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He focused on the need for speed, not camping in the forests of Maryland, cowering like a wounded animal, fearful that every noise meant the hunters were about to seize him. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Being grown up meant doing what grown-ups wanted you to do. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The dance was billed as semiformal, and we weren’t exactly sure what that meant. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

What she really meant to say was, I want to say something, but I don’t know what to say. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“None of that!” said Digory in a voice even nastier than he meant it to be; for he saw Polly’s hand moving to her pocket to get hold of her yellow ring. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was supposed to mean go away and leave me alone, but apparently he thought it meant please go on, because he kept talking. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It makes me feel like I'm a girl who made too much of a kiss that meant nothing. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

And he would hunt small stones and throw them with his feeble arm into the little pool to scare the fish, and in the mean ways of a mischievous child he expressed his anger. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

It was a phrase I didn’t know, so I made up that meaning based on how it sounded. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Many linguists refer to the two meanings as the “upper-bounded” and “lower-bounded” senses, labels borrowed from mathematics, and I could never keep them straight. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I mean, how could I prove it now that I’d gotten rid of the drill? Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I mean, I still don't know your name, or what you look like, or all the other stuff. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“What you mean you didn’t mean nothing by it? How you gone not mean something by it?” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps if you look at the picture you’ll know what I mean. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had just found out what she had meant when we were out by the water fountain. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t treacherous by any means, but I had to unsaddle him and carry everything across rather than risk it getting wet. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You know what I mean,” she said bitterly, looking away. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know what that means, girls,” Mrs. Moss said. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The absence of wind today means we’re spared the smell of manure from the Roth’s farm across the valley. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Even if it meant you could only see it once, would you still want to do that?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Rosa said they didn’t give you dinner. She’s so mean! I have a dog at home, and if he doesn’t get fed, he howls. Do you like mango juice? It’s my favorite.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t even mean about it, just matter of fact. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Does this mean we were right to stand by? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“If you were the same,” Percy said, “Annabeth and I would be dead already. Maybe we weren’t meant to be friends, but we are. You’ve been the best friend we could ask for.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean you don’t know? You should write it down. What if you need to make it again, for a party or something?” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear did not mean to be rude, but he could not speak. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I did not know what the word meant. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

"Wouldn't it be better, sir, to grab a piece of the floating wood even if it means letting go of the flag? This way, you might live to fight another day for your country." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, I keep trying anyway, mostly for the Life Experience, but also because I highly doubt Lin-Manuel Miranda stayed in his dorm all night watching YouTube and throwing away his shot. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

At the time I believed Mrs. Moss had picked this song because she knew it meant something to me and this was another one of her cruelties. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

This means that the initial state of the universe must have been very carefully chosen indeed if the hot big bang model was correct right back to the beginning of time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I hope he knows that what I actually mean is: I’m sorry for talking back to you the other night. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Matthew told us people would be disoriented for a while after drinking the memory serum, but I didn’t think “disoriented” meant “stupid” until now. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She supported suffrage as a means of improving the working conditions of children and African Americans. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“You know what he told me? He told me people wouldn’t pick on me so much if I was more normal. What does that even mean?” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Most human groups are a scattershot mix of HLA profiles, which means that almost always some people in the group will not get sick when exposed to a particular pathogen. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

"But what if I stay this way and we can't figure it out—I mean, we've already had three weeks! What if five more days isn't enough?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I mean what do you do here in New York?" The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to remind you.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

And by that I mean that I liked his face and I was glad he existed—even if he couldn’t get me the crackers and the pen and the candy bar. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But it meant that she had very little time; she’d have to get it right at once, because once they realized what she was doing, she wouldn’t be able to come back again. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t get me wrong. I think weird is great. I mean, if you look at all the great people in history — Einstein, Michelangelo, Emily Dickinson — then you’re looking at a bunch of weird people.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

And do you know what this all means—that the gossipmongers once again have an opportunity to defame my son with these ridiculous rumors about his parentage. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

If only I can convince her that he means no harm. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“What will she do? What will be her passion?” your aunts would ask when they came over to cook on great holidays, which called for cannon salutes back home but meant nothing at all here. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

If it means “any of it,” it’s singular; if it means “any of them,” it's plural. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew there was a library on campus that had electricity, which meant I had light as well as tables to study at. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I mean, what mortal parent would allow three underage teenagers to borrow their car? The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I mean. You were lying to me. For months.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“First, there is that name: Cadaver. You know what cadaver means?” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“You have to have parents, don’t you? I mean, we all have parents.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Then: “Is she? An unfit mother, I mean.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“To the top, I mean? I wanted to climb it. To reach the top. Did I get close?” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Rarely did he mean it with his whole heart. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Goats chew differently when they ruminate and when they eat, Mom. Which do you mean?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even though Cambodia was a neutral nation, to him the end justified the means. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I think maybe I understand what Devon meant. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remained uncertain afterward what her eyes had meant—punishment, sorrow, pain. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

No one wanted this to be an ordinary seance, meaning one that was contrived by the medium. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, it’s this or a pair of baggy flannel sweatpants I got as a hand-me-down from Abby. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I said, “Good morning, Mr. Calloway,” but I didn’t really mean it, then said, “Good morning, Miss Thomas, good morning, Mr. Jimmy, good morning, Steady Eddie.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“That kid is, like, the jerk of the century,” I say, relieved that Rhiannon will know what I mean. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

They were students at the University of Michigan, in one of the northernmost states in America, which meant they were sufficiently cosmopolitan to travel hundreds of miles from the south to go to college. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“You see? She doesn’t care about anything we do. She doesn’t care about us. We don’t mean a thing to you, do we?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

When he was done looking at the passes, Sitti thought he said, “Go away,” but he meant, “Go on.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

These so-called comorbidities—meaning the conditions co-occur with Internet addiction—include “attention-deficit hyperactivity, mood, anxiety and personality disorders.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

They let it slide, because going out with Charlise means making an effort to look extra cute because we always meet guys wherever we go. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Much as I wanted to run, I had to walk to her, because if I didn’t, it meant another minute with that belt. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

So much effort goes into this one note that it must have urgent meaning, at least to the sender. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had not been so foolish as to fight the slavers, as Jorah Mormont had, but that did not mean he had escaped punishment. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I understand this much, even if I still don't understand about bionics or what it means to be a human robot. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I knew what she meant, but I wanted her to say something else. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, it’s not that I don’t want to. It’s not like you’re hideous.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Dung had changed her name to Pattie once she found out what it meant in English. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

As soon as he saw what the photograph was, and what it meant, he had covered it up with another sheet of paper. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The word had meant, originally, a Jew educated in Judaism who denied basic tenets of his faith, like the existence of God, the revelation, the resurrection of the dead. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Yeah, it was, but not like any of his friends meant. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The first result is the one I’m meant to see. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Beat — Beat also has more than one meaning, but always refers to music with a steady pulse. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Do you mean Aunt March?” asked her mother, laughing. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Loyal to his country, loyal to his family, they meant. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But she saw a sign in Baby’s questions too, although she could not yet decipher its meaning. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

No, I mean an actual fog sails in off the river and settles over Lanternwood, like a giant ghostly ship dropping anchor. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She started stumbling all over her words, and she was like, I didn’t mean ... Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “A garden fork,” in case he thought I meant a fork you eat your food with. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“But the God I don’t believe in is a good God, a just God, a merciful God. He’s not the mean and stupid God you make Him out to be.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

In the bus on the way to school next morning we passed 4 red cars in a row, which meant that it was a Good Day, so I decided not to be sad about Wellington. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And here is the simplest answer I have received: “Divergent” means that my genes are healed. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She felt as though she had stepped into someone else’s shoes — for surely the King’s Huntress could not mean to invite her? Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But a very large proportion are by no means necessities of life. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

This was Hogwarts as Riddle had known it, meaning that this unknown wizard was headmaster, not Dumbledore, and he, Harry, was little more than a phantom, completely invisible to the people of fifty years ago. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“And our school starts twenty minutes earlier than yours,” they said, “which means you can’t ride to school with us.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Come-into-my-castle was a game for highborn children, one meant to teach them courtesy, heraldry, and a thing or two about their lord father’s friends and foes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Rhetoric is about connecting with an audience; that means finding shared assumptions. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

That meant that I was crawling his profile for data, too. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Amari listened carefully to his words, and even though she did not fully understand their meaning, she knew that her life was about to change again. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The ibises live on frogs, the frogs eat bugs, and the bugs eat one another. It teaches you about the meaning of life.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“At Malpais,” the Savage was incoherently mumbling, “you had to bring her the skin of a mountain lion—I mean, when you wanted to marry some one. Or else a wolf.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You mean you really shoot ’em with real bullets and then you really eat ’em?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two fingers meant desire for a longer stay. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's basically Tiny's slightly fictionalized life story, except it is sung, and it is—I mean, I don't use this adjective lightly—the gayest single musical in all of human history. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“He had a girlfriend, which means he’s probably not looking for a boyfriend. Honestly, neither am I.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Can you tell the jury exactly what it means to "leave your mark" on somebody? Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her tone made clear that she meant good-ghoulish, if there were such a thing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“But just because you have a bad season doesn’t mean you stop planting.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Percy realized what it meant just in time. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The room is dark, but it’s that half dark/half light that means it’s about 7:06, way too early to be awake after staying up till 3 a.m. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“We’re not back home yet by any means, Mr. Vole, and even if we do make it back to the Abbey, I dread to think what we may find.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Others hid in narrow trenches as Allied tanks passed overhead, and then leaped out fearlessly, blasting the tanks from behind, even though they knew it meant certain death from the next tank or foot soldiers. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Today is the hottest day thus far in the year, and that means most everyone will act annoyed as soon as I step into school. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He grabbed Deedee out of Trina s lap far more roughly than he meant to, ignoring the little girl’s cries of protest. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I mean, from the other day,” she said. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Which means I have to get through the rest of this weekend, like a tongue trapped in a shut mouth. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Success meant unlimited strength and security for the future. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

And they have the laws and the means to enforce their views....I am sure that their attitude is indefensible, but I do not wish to jeopardize my liberty in proving that it is. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I don’t believe anything. It isn’t in me. Besides, I don’t know what you mean by God. If you tell me what he is, Mom, I’ll tell you if I think he exists. ” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

They say the Iron Thione can he perilous cruel to those who were not meant to sit it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"Look, I'm not trying to be mean, but it's just...a little weird," Taylor jumped back in. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I’d once again set my sights on winning a spot on the women’s junior national team, and this time, I meant to succeed. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I know it’s hard to believe considering everything I’ve done, but you really do mean a lot to me, Rae. Coop’s lucky to have you.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

This was the story of my life, and I did not know what any of it meant. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

‘The name meant that which looks far away. The Orthanc-stone was one.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It also meant I couldn’t judge distances properly. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Purple can be tricky, but it usually means somebody’s feeling overwhelmed. Still thinking about Moreau? Or is it the plan—your part does seem a lot harder than mine.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

This means your hair is growing back, and in the same color you remember from your high school days. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I know what you mean,” said Harry Cat. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jesse called it one of the most exhausting nights of his life—they didn’t sleep at all—but it meant paying for only one day’s truck rental. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

You were meant to scribble them in a diary, hidden under the confines of a mattress. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The outburst had made his mother sit back and blink, but he meant it. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I do not mean to be sentimental about suffering—enough is certainly as good as a feast—but people who cannot suffer can never grow up, can never discover who they are. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

He’s at the top, and I mean the very top. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Marlee listens to lions,” said Mother, and Daddy didn’t even ask what she meant. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Know what I mean? 3RD JUROR: “This isn’t a game.” Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d meant it as a compliment, but his words ruined the spell of the dance for her, ruined its very memory. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lights on this floor had burnt out, meaning I had to be careful climbing stairs in the gloominess. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“I know what you mean. And I’m sure Soheil wishes he were here, too,” I say, and give Ayesha a little hug, then gesture for us to continue walking. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

When the Chicago Bulls put on a clinic and took home the whole kit and kaboodle, it means they won. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

So what? 8TH JUROR: Maybe there are. 3RD juror: SO what does that mean? Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stand here, you mean? In my pajamas? What if someone walks by?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

This new girl has taken Tess's place, whether she meant to or not. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Uh, not really. I mean”—Don’t blow this, Matt—“I mean, we met, once. Twice. Kinda.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I always answer “Hey,” even if he was mean to me when he was alive. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“You mean our tiny house? I get my own reading nook, remember?” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

It was more than tracks Calvin was looking for—he whispered to the trees, whispered to the ground, touched them, as a blind man caresses a page of Braille, pulling meaning through his fingers. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your mom is right. Just because you’re going to be far away doesn’t mean you can eat off filthy dishes and what not.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“You don’t think they did? Oh, Tommy, you mean you didn’t even look properly!” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t say anything, which totally meant yes. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Songs in their heads: Music and its meaning in children’s lives. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Stumps instead of proper legs meant I had a lower center of gravity. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Just ’cause he lost his father didn’t mean he had a right to mine. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Lawrence had mentioned the possibility that he might look to the army for the funding necessary to complete the cyclotron, even if a government grant would mean devoting the machine chiefly to military research. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

And nobody’s fighting or being mean to each other. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Shouts of agreement arose and I looked behind me, seeing the men who had followed me and thinking, What did he mean, destroyer? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He believed in giving his children and grandchildren names that meant something, like parents did in biblical times. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

That means our fingers, if you're wondering why there are food smears on this letter. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I mean literally throwing, not carefully placing, the way she usually did. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You mean your mother and I have fed you all these years for you to end up a loafer?” he said one day. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

What do you mean, when I didn’t call? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, sound effects are added to enhance the action or bring a fuller meaning or experience. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Then my mom got caught helping the underground church and got a fatwa on her head, which means the government wanted her dead—“oh-no” face! Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

That’s something Dad used to say, but until now I never knew what it meant, exactly. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, we worked on the poetry project and all, but she never said she wrote poems. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Summer was twelve weeks long, which meant that by the end of vacation I would have made over seven thousand five hundred dollars. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

That means it’s been one calendar page since somebody called me bad names. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Oops. My bad. I mean that first Thursday in April then. Or whenever you first saw me. Maybe at the mosque. Whenever.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t mean anything if they don’t teach the whole story. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

In my room, I thought my father was mean and cruel. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was even harder to know what that meant. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

"I just mean I want to help you both find a safe place to stay. No child should have to live on the streets." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Olive says it means “thank you for leaving.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“We haven’t finished our discussion from Rios. And you’re driving me insane. It’s going to be hard to stop if we keep going. I mean, it’s already hard.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When our elders presented school to us, they did not present it as a place of high learning but as a means of escape from death and penal warehousing. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

It is meant to comfort me, but it frustrates me instead. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“You bring her back that receipt, now,” Miss Fredericks, Miss Leefolt’s mean old mama, say. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I know he doesn’t mean this as a compliment, but I can’t help smiling. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Many words convey subtle shades of meaning, provide glimpses into the history of the language, conform to elegant principles of assembly, or enliven prose with distinctive imagery, sound, and rhythm. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“You mean the ones who’ve never been allowed to play with her?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Luke didn’t know why, but he had a feeling what she really meant was that things were going to get worse. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever the incentive, whatever the situation, dishonest people will try to gain an advantage by whatever means necessary. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Partly it was a sort of hymn to the wisdom and majesty of Big Brother, but still more it was an act of selfhypnosis, a deliberate drowning of consciousness by means of rhythmic noise. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no, it is meant to be so. We entertain here often, and many bats can arrive at once.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She cleared her throat and kept reading aloud: “I do mean all your valuables. Otherwise my turtle and I will destroy you. You have five minutes.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but I mean why do you say she is?” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

"Here, you take it. It has more meaning for you than me." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know exactly how she meant it, “all right.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The number means she was the thirty-fourth cow born in 1995. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Well, I...I mean, I don’t know...I have a lot of things to do.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

D: "That doesn't mean 1 wasn't driving you home. How did you get home, by the way?" Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Debate started and I rose and explained what the clubs had meant to young writers and begged for their continuance. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, the same behavior of gravity with distance in more than three space dimensions means that the sun would not be able to exist in a stable state with pressure balancing gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d memorized Australian phrases and learned that a blue is a fight, to make a blue is to make a mistake, and a bluey could either mean “dog,” “jacket,” “equipment,” “redhead,” or “Portuguese man-of-war.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But this isn’t my usual mall, which means it’s like stepping into a parallel universe. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I must give him an incredulous look without meaning to, because he shakes his head. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

True, she could only speak a few words at a time, and most often no one could even guess at the meaning of those. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I pretend to understand, but in the dictionary it says “go” and “going” mean action, moving, and lots of other things like business transactions. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I took my ball into the hallway outside our apartment and practiced kicking it against the wall until mean old Mrs. Immerglick across the hall came out and yelled at me to stop. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t mean she doesn’t love us, Caroline.” Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In a country where the overwhelming majority of people identify themselves in polls as “middle class,” there seemed to be no consensus as to what class meant, let alone whether it mattered. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I repeated my plea that he not take me home if it meant any embarrassment or danger for his wife and child. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But, I mean, you know sometimes they just want to humiliate you. Like, don’t you think if you’d gone back through Red Witch Bridge on Saturday, Cliff and the others would’ve tried to scare you?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I handed it to Radar after a few minutes, and he looked at it for a while before writing on the corner of his notebook closest to me, The green highlighting must mean something. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Where it didn’t mean I have to affix a label to my forehead so people can take turns trying to figure out what caused it or what’s wrong with me. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

There were probably more than five rabbits in the litter when Fiver was born, but his name, Hrairoo, means “Little Thousand”—i.e., the little one of a lot or, as they say of pigs, “the runt.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. I didn’t mean that. I eat lots of things, but goats are my—well, they’re my livelihood. They sustain me.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

We worried over nzolo—it means dearly beloved; or a white grub used for fish bait; or a special fetish against dysentery; or little potatoes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is different. I don’t mean you shouldn’t share them now; I mean you should never share them with anyone, ever, no matter what happens. Divergence is extremely dangerous. You understand?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“What I mean is, I didn’t mean to get so angry. I didn’t decide all of a sudden, to get mad and hurt you.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

We use the word ‘Epicurean’ to mean someone who seeks physical pleasure but, in the Renaissance, Epicureans were materialists and atheists and consequently unable to acknowledge any good other than physical pleasure. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He meant personally to save more souls than had perished on the road from Bataan, I think, and all other paths ever walked by the blight of mankind. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, it’s a change either way, right?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

They looked as though they were the scribbles of a crazy person—a tangle of loops and smudges and words that meant nothing. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“He ran away? How could he? What do you mean?” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Remembering the meaning of the legend, I turned and started hollering for Mama. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean to say I’m OK, but no sound comes out. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean, you lost? You lost?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Do you mean you are glad I was disgraced before the whole school?” cried Amy. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

But to be my father’s son means that they will always come for me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Lord Frey cannot hope to fight the Lannisters by himself. Surely he means to join his power to ours." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I don't mean to say it, but the words are pouring out of me like they're foaming right from the edge of my mouth. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

This means that the waves associated with these paths will almost exactly cancel each other out. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you mean racking up balls,” said Shorty, “I don’t know of no pool joints around here needing anybody. You mean you just want any slave you can find?” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It would mean so much to them,” Chip said. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean? That I shouldn’t find out what I can about my own mother?” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, yeah, I like music. That doesn’t mean I want to be in a band,” she said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Almost all of the people in the world who understood the meaning of Ebola virus were sitting around a long table. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that is the deeper meaning of your name— that the struggle, in and of itself, has meaning. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Thomas’s thoughts tried to drift toward the Hole and what it all meant, but he couldn’t shake the thought of what Newt had been about to say before they saw Minho return. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“But Izzat means more than freedom. It means more than honor. It means courage. It means proving yourself.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I manage a small smile, but I realize what he really means. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Sergeant Simpson said that it usually took a week to clear up a real mean rash. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The awful burning in my gut somehow means I am bad. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You mean, whether people believed in you or not,” I said. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Even from a distance I could see that it was something meant for animals, twenty feet by ten, made of thick iron bars. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Lyra remembered that severed meant “cut” And then something else hit her heart: where was Roger? The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Does this mean once I hit puberty, I won’t be able to hang out with Pond?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I know what Ike meant to you, but you need to give yourself a break.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, she just made everybody feel good about themselves. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

And by slightly, I mean there are several oil paintings of single coffee beans hanging on the wall. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was in his underpants—I mean, Bermuda shorts—as usual. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are they...” he said, and she knew he meant the dæmons. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I mean, I knew plenty of Middle Easterners myself that didn’t fit that image. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“What you mean you got her cells in your lab?” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“You mean like those guys who NetChat you and pretend they’re a hot German pop star named Hans but who turn out to be some old fat guy in a house in Kansas?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Just because Fig had sugar problems didn’t mean we couldn’t enjoy it. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“You mean, make a pet of one, like you do with your Bootsie? Of course not! If they did, the animal wouldn’t fight them. Think what a scandal that would be!” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“That’s right, this year will be the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Hunger Games, and that means it’s time for our third Quarter Quell!” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s come to show the world the drama of crisis and the true meaning of desperation. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The casting process meant that no two metal letters were ever precisely the same, even before wear and tear. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I mean, I’ll go near the fence and play a game with my ball, and I’ll call out things like, “Maxi! The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“You mean gold doubloons or those cheesy corn puffs?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, didn’t you think for a while at least that they really were married? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

This also means that Boy21’s in all Advanced Placement classes, like me, which isn’t saying much because our school isn’t very academic. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next time we spoke, Mother told me that the knife had never been meant as a threat. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Did that mean they’d have to cut it off to collect? Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right! I’m coming!” she cried, exasperated, and then added quickly, “I mean, I’ll be right there, Mama.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It usually meant a lecture from my dad about me not appreciating my opportunities, and sometimes my mom would threaten to pull me out of gymnastics altogether. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Which, I believe, is more or less what Altvatter means, translated from the German. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Mrs. van D. wheeled around and gave me a tongue-lashing: hard, Germanic, mean and vulgar, exactly like some fat, red-faced fishwife. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Beautiful,” Dr. Philobosian said, meaning me but looking at his assistant. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I wanted to deliver my speech and he came at me as though he meant to beat it out of me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t a binge drinker, and not a mean drunk, but he’d be tough to match for consistency. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I may be hidden behind a black suit and a randomized face, but just because I frequent this world doesn’t mean I’m ever comfortable with it. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean, we think you are Menda?” asked the smith, gripping his hammer tightly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It meant Tyler was ready to denounce me, to say my father’s words, that I was possessed, dangerous. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Just two days ago she said that her life story was happening faster than her life, “What do you mean?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He meant that we shall have an open mind, and not let a little bit of truth check the rush of a big truth, like a small rock does a railway truck. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

What did you mean when you said, “This is exactly what I was afraid of”? And “Not yet”? Do you think Emma and Finn and I are in danger of being kidnapped, too? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean ‘especially in a place like this’? Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“You mean you texted me the entire time,” Maya says. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“I don’t really know what you mean, Minister.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I told you he only offered to drive me home to be nice. It didn’t mean anything.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Wait, no, I didn’t mean it like that.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Once I let the clothes take charge, once I understand that I am only the means of their reunification, they just fly out of the cart to their natural homes. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the meaner mice told him their mothers said Ralph was spoiled and selfish and would probably turn out to be no good when he grew up. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Which means I was basically destined to be nosy. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

That meant dinner was over, the snack bar was closed, and I’d slept at least fourteen hours. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He banked alarmingly, and for a moment Mrs. Frisby thought he meant it literally. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

‘I mean, for instance, you make any comment to those two-headed guys about the way they smell and . . . oh.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

This idea of Kang’s, the use of the red and white slip . . . could it be of such newness and beauty that it would mean a commission? A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He told me I expanded his thoughts on God, but I’m not really sure what he meant by that because, like I said before, we didn’t talk about it that much. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I don’t understand what that means, though. Why hide a Poe book for his game when his ancestor hated the guy?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I mean, even I know people can justifiably kill you for saying stuff like that. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

But what they really meant was that the chair was so new and unusual that they weren’t used to it. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

However, we don’t mean to stay long, so it’s no great matter. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know what I meant by that. They could be from around here, but they gotta have something going on for themselves. They gotta have goals and aspirations.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I mean, what if Dad hadn’t been working in the shop that Monday? Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Nothing. I mean, it was the sound of his voice, breathing, noises. But I couldn’t see. I couldn’t say for sure.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“You mean—someone will pull out all his claws?” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe I will, but just because I was left behind doesn’t mean I shouldn’t have a Last Friend. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I mean, the truth is, I had seen Black's work. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I didn't know what the hell to say- -I mean I was embarrassed as hell. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Anyway,” Eleanor said, in a reasonable tone, “it doesn’t mean anything to you, no matter what happens. Why should you care whether I make a fool of myself?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

"I say. Really you don't know how much it means. I've not had much fun since the war." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t actually mean to say that out loud.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been meaning to ask you about something you said yesterday.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She did not understand what he meant, but soon it became terribly apparent. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since I have failed to keep him safe in life, I must find him, kill him now before the Capitol gets to choose the agonizing means of his death. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

There didn't seem to be any problems, but that didn’t mean nothing. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t you notice the description? It’s of me, too. She may wear her hair differently and dress differently—she may even have bought a wig. But when you see her you’ll know what I mean.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“You mean, it’s something you want to tell me in private?” he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I mean, what I did was way, way out as far as white folks were concerned. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t see Silver Star, which means he must be lying down. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Of his son’s betrayal, you mean?” my father says coldly. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She respected the beauty of the land the way all humans are meant to. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I mean, it’s one a them funny things. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I just meant that it would be nice to go to the same school as everyone else,” she said, bashful. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Toby didn’t want to let her out of his sight, even if it meant going back on his promise to Luke. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s because people are so mean. They throw dogs away like they’re trash. I hate that.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Which is by no means most of the time. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It means I’m going to make you a present, too. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But this does not mean that solitary, creative pursuits are themselves pathological.... Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“An historian. What sort of ideas did you mean? Like the ones in this book?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

You mean like magic, I asked, and he thought about that and said, no, it’s not magic, it’s just Nature’s way to give one creature advantage over another. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She had meant to bring a package of Dr. Dee’s Nerve and Flesh Builder to stir into the malted milkshake, because the milkshakes alone didn’t seem to be doing any good. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Life with Cleopatra meant gaining supreme power that would unite the east and the west under his command. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m not seeing enough dark. I mean, you’re the children of Night! Show me dark!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

This means that even if there were events before the big bang, one could not use them to determine what would happen afterward, because predictability would break down at the big bang. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It appeared to me increasingly paradoxical, and it has been my experience that when paradox crops up too often for comfort, it means that certain factors are missing in the equation. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t really mean to quit, the words just came out. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is she—I mean, is that a request from her...?” This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

"I mean can you fall and get up again without crying and mount again and fall again and yet not be afraid of falling?" The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

He probably meant it to sound tough, but it came out sort of pitiful. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was, though any stale crust would have tasted just as fine to Davos; it meant he was a guest here, for this one night at least. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I mean, you couldn’t blame her when you stop to think that her husband’s idea of a big time was to go to the zoo and feed a baboon. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I mean, I already told everyone about you after that fire alarm thing, but they’re really dying to meet you now,” he continued. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It had backed a little further into the north-east and he knew that meant that it would not fall off. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I’d planned to say slipped away as soon as I saw she meant it. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to intrude or . . .” Her voice just sort of faded away. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

But afterwards I tried with the question that meant the most to me. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Last time I was here was the beginning of the end of a journey, but this time feels like the end of the beginning. You know what I mean?” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Father Olufemi had seen him here, which meant they had even less time than before. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Education meant so much to her, and she didn’t want me to blow up the opportunities that she had worked hard to provide for me. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Even if he was being generous, the Jew had likely meant three or four days at most. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

We had plenty of freeboard, the distance between the water and the gunnel; it would take a mean sea to swamp us. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And I’m sorry I got so mean,” she says, starting to pace. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“People don’t really change; they just find something else to give their life meaning.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

We don’t know where they’re going or who’s encouraged them to move — but we are aware they are moving—and we are concerned what it might mean. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

"Gods," he swore, laughing, "it feels good to get out and ride the way a man was meant to ride! I swear, Ned, this creeping along is enough to drive a man mad." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

At least that meant that they must have dropped the wire. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“It means that the Cornwalls would be even for grandfather and I for mother...” ”... not by using force against force, but by using our brains.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean if he were a girl—somebody in my dorm, for example—he’d have been painting scenery in some stock company all summer. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

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

Maybe the scene outside the computer lab has something to do with it, but nobody else does anything mean the rest of the week. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh, please—I didn’t mean you—but the whole thing,” explained Jane, hurrying after him to apologise. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Just because they were interesting people doesn’t mean I care to hear their musings on nighttime.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I mean, would you like to go around with her or anything? The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She means where do your people come from?” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I never meant... I never kissed a boy before, but... I only thought, what if we drown, and I... I...” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

By far the most common means of transportation during the Civil War was the horse. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

They reminded him of his childhood and living in the countryside, where horses were the only means of transportation. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I mean, it worked for Devon, didn’t it? Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You sound like my mother,” Paula said in the barbed tone of a private fight being continued, words meaning other things. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I think your mother means your criminal record.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

She would suddenly become very mean, striking out for no reason. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is simply a term of praise in most cases: “to have style” means to have distinction, to stand out. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You slow,” she says, but the grin on her face is definitely not her usual mean mug. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I got upset that Lori had chosen a clunker of a star, but Dad explained that “soon” meant hundreds of thousands of years when you were talking about stars. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I can get a job. I mean, I haven’t faced up to it like I need to.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She delivers the facts calmly, as if they mean nothing to her. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

One branch became bowan in Germanic and bua in Old Norse, meaning to live and dwell, and then the English word build. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m meant to say that they have learning difficulties or that they have special needs. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“No. I mean, what good would it have done?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Some of these convicts haven’t seen a woman in ten or fifteen years. I think you’re old enough to understand what that means….” I was only gone two minutes, three minutes, maybe. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The seven... you mean in the ancient prophecy, the Doors of Death? I’m one of the seven? And Jason, and—” “Yes, yes.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

These are interchangeable, except in two cases, when only though will do: • in the phrases as though or even though, • when it’s used to mean “however.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It means everybody’s got troubles and some of ’em are worse than yours.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“When Our Lord spoke of forgiveness he did not only mean forgiving others. Sometimes we have to forgive ourselves.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know yet. But my mom’s up in DC this weekend, meaning the house and car are mine. So you’re spending the night in Suso territory.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Valley seemed to figure as much and leveled her with a look that meant “Yeah, right.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

No one thought twice about what he looked like or jumped to conclusions about what his appearance meant. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The boy spoke Dinka but with a different accent, which meant that he was not from the area around Salva’s village. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

No patrol goes by, which either means there isn’t any or they’re going to come any second. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

In this case, “outside” means a pizza place two blocks from the school. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“How did they manage? Without any doctors, I mean.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I believed the Preacher when he told me what I got was a gift from the Lord, but that didn’t mean I didn’t have no doubts ’bout it from time to time. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

We saw the COD as a means whereby our views could be put directly to the white public. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hadn’t time to cook anything. I meant to dine at Mother’s. I’m sorry, but I was so busy,” and Meg’s tears began again. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, I really thought it was gonna choke me to death before they got it out.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Nothing. Just that he’s mean. He’s more, like, intense. Tech is kind of like a job, but a really cool job. We do the school play, the winter concert, the Valentine’s Day show, everything.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“That doesn’t mean she can’t still know things,” I said, feeling frustrated. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“We begun to see what it would mean.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though they took the one thing that means the most to me, the captain tells us we should consider ourselves lucky. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was more or less used to saying wife, to being called husband, whatever that meant. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But how ... I mean, I guess you weren’t born in a hospital. . . .” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, that’s exactly the kind of people they are,” he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“No! I mean, not really. I just—” I was saved from trying to explain when Zoe and Grover arrived with the drinks and pastries. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Percy guessed that meant they would’ve been taken to Greece for some big horrible sacrifice. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It meant two minutes left to get to your locker and then to your homeroom. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was nearing midnight and the Prime Minister was sitting alone in his office, reading a long memo that was slipping through his brain without leaving the slightest trace of meaning behind. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was an excuse, an evasion, a way not to examine the fact that I’d never been meaner or more vulnerable. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anya had seen that head nod so many times over the last year that there was no mistaking what it meant. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

A leap, a splash, and again his body did what it had never done before but was meant to do all along: he swam. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But me and Noodles knew what he really meant, what this was really about, and now it was Noodles's turn to earn his brother back. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if he’s serious, if he’s joking, or if he’s just being plain mean. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

It meant something like “disappeared” or “vanished,” and carried a hint of evil or danger. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Because means “for the reason that,” so the example says, in effect: The reason Rex stayed home is for the reason that robbers tied him up. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in the past weeks, I had learned something of what it meant to have friends, and to be a real prentice, not a mere slave. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

It finally dawned on me that what the feller meant was their ‘rights,’ only, the way they talk, it came out ‘rats.’ The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the guards commanded us to get dressed, by which they meant for us to put on our soaking clothes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why you so mean to me? I hate you,” she yelled and ran out the door. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

"As fast as you possibly can. Our job is to run to win. If that means you have to run until your legs detach from your body, then that's what you do." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

To be caught without the armband meant arrest and most likely torture and death. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“I mean he’s sensitive, people bully him too, and he feels lonely and hasn’t got anybody to talk to, and he’s not afraid to show his feelings and cry!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I mean, I know Fizz isn’t weak, except when facing her mother, but I know I can go wobbly-kneed in all kinds of scenarios. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

For the rest of the meal, he talks nonstop about ancient Italy and the Italians’ love for clean, simple cooking, which means my project and this boy are forgotten. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Ron looked a little embarrassed, but said in a low voice, “Dumbledore...the doe? I mean,” Ron was watching Harry out of the corners of his eyes, “he had the real sword last, didn’t he?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But this does not mean that “there must be something wrong with a work of art if it takes an expert to appreciate it.” History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Translated, that meant there was nothing a person can’t do, and there should be nothing a human being didn’t care about. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do know that they were both on home detention, which meant they couldn’t go anywhere except to a doctor’s appointment or their lawyer’s office. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“That means half of us are dog meat,” Joey muttered. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He ran into them, but he didn’t even mean to.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“No—no, I’m the one that’s sorry. I didn’t mean to blow up at you. God, it was like Dad was talking through me. I’m so, so sorry.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I had a notebook filled with words and phrases I might need in Australia: chemist means “pharmacy,” boot means “trunk,” lift means “elevator,” and to come good means “to turn out okay.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

McNeish pried nails from Endurance’s distorted decking and made a stockpile of scrap lumber, including the lumber that had been meant for the expedition's winter hut. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I assumed my talent-show fiasco meant I never had to play the piano again. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m still not sure if I can completely believe her, but I see the way her eyes watch me with all the grave seriousness of the entire world, and I know she means every word. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It means...you know...living beyond death. Living after death.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The classic meaning is “during the time that”: Doc whistles while he works. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Omar would have laughed at me for picking up such a heavy tome, but choosing thick books meant I could hold on to them longer before I needed to exchange them. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The next day the king’s scouts chanced upon an abandoned crofters’ village between two lakes—a mean and meagre place, no more than a few huts, a longhall, and a watchtower. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was meant for us: we had just fallen off the crest of a swell and were sinking down its back when its top was hit. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Another hostage will follow her to the grave at first light, and another at sunset. Every dawn and every dusk will mean a death, until you are gone. I have no lack of hostages." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We are meant to be the foes of the gods and their children. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“But none of that means Trevor or any of Flush actually know you. You talk about them like they’re your best friends.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Like the song suggests, you gotta search for meaning in life. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Just because she hasn’t brought it up does not mean she doesn’t know. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I mean, we’ve never met in person. But she knew I was watching you. “Watching me?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Which means the rest of the period is pretty much devoted to staring at Bram’s knee. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Every man there understood what that meant; they knew how Apollo’s priest had been treated. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t drink. I mean I don’t drink coffee,” I say. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“I do! I mean, totally. I do,” he said, still patting Grace’s shoulder. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He waves, which means truce, which means he still can’t handle talking about anything remotely heavy and would prefer to ignore it. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Will, that’s when I realized he really meant to marry me,” said Miss Love. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

How did the same word that described two people in love become a word that described something so mean? Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The Court's decision meant that no child accused of any crime could ever again be automatically sentenced to die in prison. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I mean, wasn’t it stupid to have that on the door when neither one of us had a dog? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I have a feeling he’s a good shot. I don’t think he meant to hit me. But if he did...” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I was still mad at them, so I refused to partake, but they fed like kings, throwing eggshells off the side of the wagon like they were gold coins meant for peasants. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

That didn’t mean I was willing to give up anything else in my life to achieve that goal. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She could still chatter Gilly straight into a pounding headache, but she meant well. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“But then...do you mean...” said Hermione slowly, and Harry could tell that she was trying to keep any trace of skepticism out of her voice, “that you believe these objects—these Hallows—actually exist?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But it had been fifty-three years already—he could certainly savor this moment the way it was meant to be savored. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“What Daddy means is that sometimes Uncle Jack isn’t...all the way in touch with reality.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“You mean to tell me you haven’t spoken to your family since you came?” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Such a shame,” he said, and I got the feeling that he really meant it, that wed be breaking his heart if we went. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Not so fast. What do you mean, you passed my barn? This is private property and I’m in the middle of nowhere.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Inflation was continuing to rise, which meant my-father’s paycheck bought less and less food. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

But what did this deliberately vague promise mean? Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I mean, like, what if the accident had messed up his head? Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without ever quite meaning to, I’d entered the troop’s pecking order. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“There isn’t context, and most of the time I don’t know what things mean until later. Sometimes not until it’s too late.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

This was not the first time he had made such a cradle, and it was not the first time he had heard the term Star Child, though he did not know what it meant. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

They looked quite unremarkable to Harry, who didn’t have the slightest idea what Hermione meant by the “cry” of the Mandrake. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The twelve jurors had argued over the meaning of the word doubt, then over the meaning of the term reasonable, then over both put together. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t mean to suggest that we moderns are unlike Ross in that we believe only things we have experienced for ourselves. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Do you understand what I mean?” he presses me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘Anyway we want to see him and we mean to see him. Just go and tell him so!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And Ma may be a witch, but we still got lost in time, which means she needs more than magic on her side. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Oh. I see. But what did he say? I mean it sounds like he wants me to compete against him.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, you just want me to be like you. You want me to ignore it when people are mean to me. When Trent bullies me. When Sohrab...” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

That gives Scoob pause, and he wants to ask what she means, but before he can, she says, “Let’s put out this fire. It’s time to move forward.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Did I scare you? I didn’t mean to.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I mean, you need someone responsible to make sure we still have tigers. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Vanessa, I’ve written you letters for years explaining, begging for your forgiveness over and over again. I didn’t mean for things to turn out this way.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I mean, Jenna and I were still friends, but I felt left out and left behind. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

She told me to stay away from those girls, they were just being mean, and if I wanted lessons from the old geisha woman, Mama herself would take me over there and arrange it. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just wanted to tell you that in the light of day, when I can’t take off my skin. So you’d know I meant it.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I mean, it’s an incision, but it’s artificial. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I keep meaning to ask you about this whole boy-war thing. It’s so lame, isn’t it?” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“And if I did, I sure didn’t mean . . “You black sonofabitch! Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, honestly, he’s just a little boy—just like you! Can you imagine how he felt to see you running away from him, Jamie, screaming?” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I’ve done a lot of things before, but that doesn’t mean I’m any good at them!” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was a rhetorical question, meaning there wasn’t supposed to be an answer, right? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I vowed to extract the last gram of precious metal even if it meant I had to crush the hills with my own hands and grind the rocks with my feet. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Nereid said Chiron’s brothers were there, and they’d want to hear about that aquarium in Atlanta. I don’t know what she meant, but...” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“But don’t you want to play football? I mean, at all?” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Four doorways with four arrows each meant sixteen arrows to choose from, and there was no apparent pattern. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I figured you live here. I mean before.” Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I would wet my pants trying to steal answer sheets, but I know what Libby means. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I wait, and leave myself open, passive, to whatever this experience means. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“They are anointed, which means they will only bite those who are unworthy,” he murmured. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“That’s why he wants to know. He didn’t mean anything by it.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The range of altitudes in the Fertile Crescent meant staggered harvest seasons: plants at higher elevations produced seeds somewhat later than plants at lower elevations. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Then blame those precious gods of yours, who brought the boy to our window and gave him a glimpse of something he was never meant to see." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Stand Up Her name’s April, you say with a mean scowl. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Everyone wants to look up his or her own name to see what it means, is by turns pleased and disappointed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had been spanked so many times by the principal that it didn’t mean anything anymore. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The night was quiet, which would mean she would have to make practically no noise at all. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“We don’t operate on your time, Mr. Bolitar. The bell has sounded. That means you leave the room. You aren’t special.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I swing, hitting him right where I mean to. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It did not mean that Kainene had forgiven her, of course, but it meant something. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I mean, come on, you really don't notice my missing arms? Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Men, I was learning, were sinvergüenzas, which meant they had no shame and indulged in behavior that never failed to surprise women but caused them much suffering. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She could tell I didn’t know what that meant so she said, “I’m the singer, honey.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Hannah happened to be facing the door when she entered and, without meaning to, locked eyes with her. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean would you please start explaining now. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There was a bokher, a boy, I mean, who was found...” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But much more importantly, it means a precision soft landing can be done remotely by a pilot in orbit. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

One less canoe meant divvying up the cargo and redistributing the weight across the remaining canoes. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Oh, God, this flower is unbelievable! Oh, I’m so moved! The most beautiful flower I’ve ever seen! I mean, you should see this!” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Cheryl was now constantly calling him about wanting more time with the kids—which meant she wanted more money to take care of them. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

What would she say to Donna about her mean boyfriend? American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And all of them had a little letter in their triangle to tell you where they were from: P meant Polen, or “Pole”; T meant Tschechen, or “Czech”; J meant Jugoslawen, or “Yugoslavian.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

His blue truck lights meant he represented the Cowboys. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

BREN: By poems, you mean, like, rap lyrics? The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I meant not to be seen that night. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that merely hints at what I mean. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, the best part of every day was when my mother rang the bell which meant that school was over and she could be my mother again. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, I was happy that everything was okay again. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“She’s such a freak,” Shay says in one of those loud whispers that everyone is meant to hear. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Good to bad to good to bad, the universe spins, which means morning then darkness then morning. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t tell me what he meant, and I didn’t ask. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

ME: I mean, yeah, that is pretty cool, but there’s something really bad about it. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Mike went instantly into his routine, meaning he acts like Webb is cool, or at least normal. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Part-time work was meant to give me more freedom, but mostly it left me feeling as if I were only half doing everything, that all the lines in my life had been blurred. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I had played a bit of tennis when I was at Fort Hare, but I was by no means an expert. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That means he bets five nickels to your one. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess that means you want to die?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“That means everything is going to be fine,” she had told Akira. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Straight means to play the rhythms as written. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

They were so courteous that Dany was hopeful for a time, but in the end the price they asked was far beyond her means, and might have been beyond Xaro's. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“You don’t mean that, do you?” she asked. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I don’t mean to be a bad person,” I said, and stared at my hands, how they were folded together like hands in prayer. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hate what Dad does to me, but he must be just as scared as I am. He doesn’t want to be mean; he just doesn’t know any better.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Well, I did like the smoothie I had at lunch today, but, yes. I do mean it.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Do you mean that there’s no one in the house?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Okay, maybe he meant to find my knee. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t mean to hurt you. You kids fight too much and I lost my head. Why are you always fighting with everyone?” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I mean, you played notes, but that doesn't mean you were good. It was just a little...mechanical. But wait, I don't mean it like that," I add quickly, trying to undo my blunder. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The first bell rang, meaning five minutes to class, and like Pavlov’s dogs, people started rushing around, filling up the hallways. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Since getting in the way meant standing between guns and innocents, and saved a great number of lives.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She holds up both of her hands, like perhaps I’m an alien from another planet and don’t know the meaning of the word hand. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

They knew each other so well that a single word could unlock many layers of meaning. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

"Yet you mean to kill a man tonight," he said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I’m hoping that means the phone is in my locker and the noise is Mr. Kennedy, the custodian, using the big floor-polishing machine. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

That means she hates either the idea of Balekin or the idea of any High Monarch. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“You mean you want us in the Career pack this year?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The dormitory was completely silent, and, had he been less preoccupied, Harry would have realized that the absence of Neville’s usual snores meant that he was not the only one lying awake. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

So perhaps that was what her eyes meant now on those rare occasions when she looked at him—he’d shrunk so thoroughly in her estimation, not lived up to who he was. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Words do more, mean more, than how they are defined. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I mean, it’s not like we’ve got some dictator guy telling everybody they have to, I don’t know, like, wear polyester all the time or something grotesque like that. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

When Count Olaf walked into the kitchen, he saw Klaus sitting at the table and smirked, a word which here means “smiled in an unfriendly, phony way.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

"I mean, the worst that could happen is you decide to clean up the street. So either way...everybody wins." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Dad’s a teacher and Mom’s a social worker, which means they don’t have those kinds of jobs where people make gazillions of dollars. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Minerva started us off by reciting some Marti and then we all talked about what we thought the words meant. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, it’s not like we’re allowed to come here to pray.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She means for them, not for the woman. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Harder than she meant to, so that the kid let out a startled “Uhhf!” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“My sister means one hundred fifty rupees,” I said. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The burden of ownership means everything has a price. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Chiron, Jason’s mentor at Camp Half-Blood, had assumed that meant that the giants would try to rouse the earth goddess at the original Mount Olympus. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I think of the Bartlett Dirt and all its mean words, not just about me but about every student who’s strange or different. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Which means they have no cavalry, no eyes. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were very close, which meant they were ceaselessly tormenting each other with boasts and secrets. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doctor lets go of the knob and steps through the door to answer him, yelling German that probably means we’re hurrying, or the girl is getting her hat, or something like that. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“You’ll be exposed to a different class of people,” she assured me, and I felt the force of her ambition without knowing exactly what she meant. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

When the food science teacher made the fatal mistake of asking the class if it knew the meaning of the word condiment, Don immediately answered with “lambskin, sheepskin.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if something particular wasn't on show, then the redbeard would get hold of it—by crooked means if necessary. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t see why they felt a need to be so mean to me. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

No, I am not, I say, even though I do not know what moving means. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

His possibility is grounded in the things that mean the most to me. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I worried these assertions could mean only one thing: my mom was secretly hitting the crack pipe. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Now I understand what Miep meant when she said, “I simply did what I had to do, because it was the right thing to do.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The night I left him, he inadvertently showed me the truth about what it meant to survive in his world. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“We mean you no harm. We just want to invite you to join us in our praises to nature and the spirits.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Hungry as a bear and twice as mean,” Henry said with a laugh. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

All this means that the most fearsome quakes are not necessarily the most forceful, though force obviously counts for a lot. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Do you know what I mean?” she said in this insistent voice. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“So...does this mean you don’t think I’m annoying?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

We can even understand how, for these modern states, war can become the continuation of policy by other means. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Char lets out a low, mean laugh, and reaches up and yanks some curtains down. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Whatever I said to Alice, I didn't mean it. I was being polite.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I need you to hear what I’m saying even if you’re too young to understand. You can’t have everything in life that you want. Some things are meant for you. Some things just aren’t.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

October also meant that the Fall Fiesta was looming, and it was getting harder to find excuses for why I needed to stay after school or go to Joe’s. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The smallfolk said that a long summer meant an even longer winter, but the maester saw no reason to frighten the child with such tales. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

After thirteen years in love, we needed to think through what this meant. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“All I know is I want to be Julie, because she’s so mean. But in real life I’m not mean—at all. Get it?” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“So that means ...” “He’s taking things from the storeroom for the mayor. And he’s giving some to Lizzie, and selling some in his store.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, isn’t this when normal kids do things like that?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I mean, seriously. My balls are so big that when you order french fries from McDonald’s, you can choose one of four sizes: small, medium, large, and my balls.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I hated him that much and thought he was the meanest person in the world. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I don’t say that to be mean—I don’t. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“How stupid you are, child! He meant you, of course.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fie means fan videos. My brother thinks the members of Flush actually know him and pay attention to what he does.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

We can connect a limited number of sounds and signs to produce an infinite number of sentences, each with a distinct meaning. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Bingo! When you came to the kitchen you said you were invisible, and you are. But what does that mean? You know the Stealth Bomber? The Air Force calls that plane invisible. Well, is it?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I could. I mean it. You bring me a nice clean calabash and I’ll make you a globe of your own.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was taken home across the Bristol Channel on the paddle-steamer and I felt so wonderful at being away from that dreaded school building that I very nearly forgot I was meant to be ill. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

No emotional awareness, no feeling-sense of the actual meaning of what she said. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Do you know what stool means? What it really means?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They were mean, you know, mean and tender. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, I knew Noodles had a brother, but I never saw him. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“You — er — your — I mean to say, some of your people were — were involved in those — those things, were they?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Actually I did know what he meant, quite well. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m so glad. I’m sorry, Jacob. I didn’t mean to embarrass you. I was just worried.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“But we can hardly stay out there with enough rabbits to fight them, sir,” said Groundsel, “and it would mean digging in and living there for some time.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you just say what you mean?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He was about to express his gratitude for all Duke had done and meant. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Making words in Arabic is like planting a field with seeds, growing an orchard—words hang on the vines like grape clusters, leaves throw shadows of meanings to the ground. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“You mean weird people like me,” I said. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I scrub myself hard in the shower, wishing that mean part of me could wash away under hot water. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

That meant that rich countries got the best medical care while poor ones were neglected. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

We took the table right at the back—which meant the one stuck out closest to the cliff edge—and when we sat down it felt like we were virtually suspended over the sea. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

If her body swayed backward it meant no, and she would test something else. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A chord bordun means that the 1st and 5th degrees are played simultaneously. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“It means you better not get all high an’ mighty with me, mate. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Those jungle words have no meaning to civilized humans. I suggest you keep your opinions to yourself!” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The best spot for swimming was by the harbor, but getting there meant walking straight through town. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Well, I mean did you ever phone her up or anything? I mean didn’t you ever phone her up or anything?” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“No, I meant—where am I going to sit?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Hopefully, that means the creatures inside are safe. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

That means they must have a new dining table. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Ah, you can neigh like a horse as well. Now, bring your hoof—I mean your hand—in closer to your leg, else your opponent might do this." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I know that sounds mean, and I’m sorry about that. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He meant it to sound sarcastic, but he was honestly impressed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

As we rode home, I asked Ma what she meant by what she said about Anemones name. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mama and Papa had told Laney that Mr. Jeet had had a stroke two years ago, which meant that he sounded and looked a little different than he used to. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I never really learned much Dari from my mother, but she does insist that I greet her as all Afghans do, so I say salaam, which means peace. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Everything I said was mean. And I’ve been lying to you.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Sandringham was what we call a Model C school, which meant it was a mix of government and private, similar to charter schools in America. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Baaz seemed to genuinely not know what she was talking about, which meant he’d either inhaled too much smoke last night or had far worse plans for her punishment. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I mean, come on, Auggie, you know how bad I am at fractions!” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“You wait, they’ll blame the geeks,” he predicted, meaning the general “they” of the media and its alleged experts. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither Poirot nor the pastels would tell me exactly what that meant. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I glare to let her know I mean business. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It’s at six that grown folks don’t think you’re a cute little kid anymore, they talk to you and expect that you understand everything they mean. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I say it, but I don’t mean it. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I feel so helpless that I can't even understand what a lullaby means. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Do? Nothing, Paul. I mean, there’s no incident that they called me about. Is that what you mean?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Was just talk, Tasha, man. Me really didn’t mean nothing by it.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Biodiversity also means the pasture is green almost all year long. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The other guys laughed too because Emo was mean when he was drinking. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing so indiscreet as a price tag, which means outrageous. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was meant to keep anyone from adding more coven members or becoming too powerful. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

By “inclination,” he meant his personal aversion to the kind of controversy and policy debate inside the cabinet that Adams seemed to be proposing. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I just mean the baby is only a few weeks away. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what kvetch means, but I think it must be good. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

An incentive is simply a means of urging people to do more of a good thing and less of a bad thing. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“But not all of it? Why sure you don’t mean to say, Pip, that there was no black welwet co—eh?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her presence here meant that Scythe Faraday died for nothing. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Do you have a book that—that tells the meanings of words?” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I realized that Martha thought me being so social with the other girls meant that I wasn’t staying mentally in my zone. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you mean when we stomp the competition?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“No, no. I mean what do you intend and wish to do?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You mean you could have gotten out any time you wanted?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Hush! go back to bed; it is all right. One of us will be here all night. We don’t mean to take any chances!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

But Terry is stupid, so quoderat demonstrandum, which is Latin for which is the thing that was going to be proved, which means thus it is proved. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A day meant all the time in the world to gather an audience. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. I mean, well, yeah, but it was so...embarrassing” I half whisper the last word. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Well, this time I mean it,” I vowed. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

To be what she was meant to be. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I had not meant to start a contest of wills between my parents when I mentioned my dreams of playing the piano to Papi. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

"That means I can get out of the job they gave me." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

No praise from any other earthly person could have meant more to me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

White girl say, ‘I don’t know. How come your skin be so black? What you think that mean?’ The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Mary’s powers were by no means fitted for such a display; her voice was weak, and her manner affected. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

In one sense it means “similar to,” so it’s handy for comparing things. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did that mean they needed to crack another layer of encryption? The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Right. I don’t know what I’ll do now. I mean, it was nice to have her. I’m a mad guy, Pudge. What do I do with that?” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Living in a big city like Blythe meant I had to wear shoes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’m excited to be so close to becoming a Junior Agent and everything that would mean, and probably just as nervous about whether it will actually happen. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

With Mom, that means a guilt-laden experience with many allusions to her struggles as a single mom. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I felt the sadness growing inside me, and if I thought about what this meant, that sadness would take root and never leave. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Nobody knows why the notion stuck— possibly because it’s closer to Latin grammar, or perhaps because the word preposition means “position before,” which seems to suggest that a preposition can’t come last. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It also means that whatever gap remains can be linked to a handful of readily identifiable factors. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Does that mean she expects me to be a woman soon? A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Resent you, why resent you? What the devil do you mean?” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s Survival 101: use your available senses. If you can’t see something, you gotta be able to figure out where it is by other means. In this case: use your hearing.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Nailer was amused that he could actually make out the meanings now. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It simply means that you cannot practise without a licence. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“But she didn’t mean to put me in—” “Oh, I’ve dealt with her already, don’t worry. Here. She wants to apologize to you.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Izzy, is this okay with you? I mean, this will kinda change our lives. I won’t do this if you feel funky about it. I mean that.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I was not meant to hear that, he thought. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When it came, she knew it would mean death. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I don’t get it. If dreams are supposed to reveal things to us does that mean we’re dreaming now? And if we are, then how come I’m more confused than I ever was?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I mean, when I went into the store, it was a thought, but only a thought. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Vola had the upper hand in whatever was going to happen between them, but that didn’t mean he couldn’t defend himself. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

"I mean, I mean," she stumbled while looking at Doris out the corner of her eye, "you like SpongeBob?" When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“I’ve learned a lot this summer. One thing is that when you’re hurt, it means you care. So, here is a question for you. If I’m not hurt, what does that mean?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“What if our mother was a big ugly mean person?” she said. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I think she means the weight of Calvin. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“Meanwhile,” Hamlet said, “we must find a way to divert the king and your father so that none may suspect our secret deed. Our marriage, I mean.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

That wasn’t to say that she didn’t mean to get out of her cell. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I am very fortunate in having a wife who likes being a woman, which means that she likes men, not elderly babies. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t meaning to brag or nothing, but I said, “I been in Tennessee and New Orleans too.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Long before my father could or should have shown me the way to become a man, she had held me in her arms in silent definition of what it meant to be human. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Any time I put a star next to something, it means “research later.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“So this was kind of a grandpa thing? Something you did together, I mean.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Whatever this meant, it was sure that his father would be at his worst tonight. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“If nobody’s using the room for anything, do you think it could be made into a new space for kids to hang out in? It has a bigger window, so that means it’s safe, right?” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“No. But what I’m talking about would mean that we still have to spend a few more years with me not making as much as I’d make full time at Floyd’s.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

But there is also another voice; a small, mean voice, ancient and smug, that comes from somewhere deep inside my head: It serves her right. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad you home, Mary Toy,” I said, and meant it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Probably the boy meant nothing much by it. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Francie, along with the other neighborhood children, went through some of the Election rites without knowing their meaning or reason. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frank probably didn’t mean to guilt him, but Percy’s heart felt pulled like taffy. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The Eyrie's plump septon escorted him to the statue in the center of the garden, a weeping woman carved in veined white marble, no doubt meant to be.Alyssa. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I mean, I had forgotten about Mr. Pignati going way down to the zoo in all that snow. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I don’t mean no harm,” the man said. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was mean to them, but now they’re my friends again. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

He had not meant to be the first to speak, but something in the other’s silence compelled him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to. I’m a Mask and you're a slave, and I shouldn’t have—” “It’s all right.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He pursued coeds by all means necessary, once landing a date with a beauty by hurling himself into the side of her car, then pretending to have been struck. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

The slap meant for her hit Shifre, who cried out in pain and was hit again for the noise. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What I mean is, I think there’s some truth in every story—every story worth telling, at least—but especially in fairy tales.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Phusis became the source of physic, which at first meant natural science and later was the word for medicine. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that meant taking him into the secret passage. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then it dawned on me what he really meant. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“She said she was sorry and that what she meant was whether I knew where I would like to bury him. So I said, ‘I would not like to bury him!’” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She and that boy came back and soon said they were "in love"—whatever that means before you get married. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There is cultural meaning in every aspect of Indian music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I thought he meant Ethan and me, but maybe he meant Dad and me because after he took the call, the look on my father's face was a new way to spell relief. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Here, in America, the idea of race emerged as a means of reconciling chattel slavery—as well as the extermination of American Indians—with the ideals of freedom preached by whites in the new colonies. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, because she’s so stressed about her job these days, isn’t she? She’s always talking about her mean boss. And I don’t want her to worry about me.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but I wanted every possible minute with them, even if it meant being left with the memory of watching them all die in front of me,” I say. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Do you mean to say that Castor and Pollux did blow you to Bermuda?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kyle so wished he could switch places with Andrew, even if it meant sweeping up birdseed. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Did this mean she could live with his candidacy and would consent to live with him if he won the election? Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

We finish eating, and Mama goes to wake Charlie up, which means lots of whining is about to start. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I suppose it would have been possible to go on living near the Sleepers, but it would have meant paying an expensive compensation to them—money Father did not want to pay. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean,” he said, “your parents don’t, like, force you to wear a headscarf, do they?” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“That means nothing. The great DiMaggio is himself again.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until 1828 that an enterprising Scot named James Neilson had the simple but effective idea of injecting heated air rather than cold air into an iron furnace by means of a bellows. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Twenty-seven years earlier I had carried it with me out of camp only half understanding what it meant. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stroked the petals of the white roses and wondered if this was what I was meant to do with mine. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

But by means of the enormous wealth he had piled up and by the secret hold he had over various persons, he was acquitted on some technical inaccuracy. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

So yeah, I thought Needles was a little bit weird, but when I told my mom about it, she made it clear, and I do mean clear, that there was nothing funny about Needles's condition. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Out west” could have meant California, Idaho, Oregon, Illinois, or Arizona. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

That January I would begin Form Three, which meant I had two more years before I could go on for my A-levels, the last two years before university. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“It means, ‘I came, I saw, I conquered.’” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

So even though the blinking dot is not in this yard, or even in George and Emmett’s field, that doesn’t mean that Braviary couldn’t come by. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

No, Matt realized, the old man meant him to have a higher destiny. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When do you mean to go back out there?” she said through the wall. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

She means the trouble he has sometimes catching his breath, because of the way his insides keep growing faster than his outside, which hasn't really grown at all. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, it was real. And you know what this means?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But it didn’t mean I didn’t want to, or need to, find this Slip Kid as badly as they did. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It had been a place to get away to—a private lair—a secret seclusion meant to be shared with best friends only—a life unknown to grown-ups and lived by kids alone. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Oh! Well, no. I mean, no one calls except my mom and dad. And I'm pretty tired of talking to them." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And what is that supposed to mean?” retorted Boo. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mother already secretly offered him her wedding ring plus a thousand dollars, which supposedly we’d dig up after we got back to Georgia without Father or any visible means of self-support. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think he meant to sound casual about it, but his words came out wrong. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They don’t always know where the checkpoints will be, and it was a good means to find out so we could avoid them on the way home after curfew. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

And I decided that I knew what it meant, that name. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I mean if I ever sat behind myself in a movie or something, I'd probably lean over and tell myself to please shut up. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“That’s what I mean,” said Mo as he pulled her up again. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

If the crosses were meant to intimidate, they had succeeded: Devine simply could not stand the ridicule. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that meant we weren’t going to talk about it anymore. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

We pass liquor stores and pawnshops, and I see D-Boys leaning up against street signs, mean mugging like they own the whole world. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

A few weeks before, I would not have understood his meaning, but now I felt I did. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“So he could’ve tripped that camera. I mean, it’s been a few years since I was there; maybe it’s gone.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask him what he meant, but then the second guard shouted for an officer and we were moving. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t mean anything by it. I was just nervous,” I say. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t mean to run down my people,” he said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually she came to the numbers that indicated the hexagram she was being given, the group of six broken or unbroken lines, and then she looked up the meaning. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They were mean people—if they were people at all. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

If I took it, that would mean I was really saying good-bye. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The women soldiers at the gate seemed meaner than the men. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

We passed Joan, coming out of her room, and I gave her a meaning, disdainful smile and she ducked back and waited until we had gone by. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I mean...a lot of things. Kind of all at once.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“That’s fate! It’s like you were meant to be friends! There are no coincidences, Virgil Salinas.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

—But your dad’s speeches don’t have any meaning for you? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if that means that Spackle blood got into my blood when Aaron stabbed me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“No, I mean it, Gimp—seriously. I bet he could learn something simple like making rolls.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as you have revealed your intention to one malcontent, you give him the means to make himself content, since he can have everything he desires by revealing the plot. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

What he meant was, why was I still up. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

When you ride in the back of a cop car, does that mean you’re arrested? The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

It’s a great device, because it can also be used for a pillow or a hat— all of which means she will not be back soon. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, you keep shouting at the top of your lungs . Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She's the meanest of the guards but also the most elegant, with her neatly combed hair pinned into a tight knot. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

That she could make such a mistake meant that she lived in a daily atmosphere that urged her to expect something like this to happen. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So if something bad—really bad—I mean really bad, like the worst possible thing—happens to Nikki, what will happen to Bran?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe that is what it means to be a free people, and I should be glad? In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You mean I have eight thousand dollars on top of the other eight thousand?” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

One could trace the illusory properties of the Potomac’s waters all the way back to John Smith, who first explored the mouth of what the Algonquin Indians had named “Petomek,” meaning “trading place,” in 1608. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I mean, I know it’s your job, but you’re really good at it. So, thanks.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“You mean you carry it back down again, too?” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He’d even had a cot moved in so he could sleep on-site—which did not, however, mean that he never emerged. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I mean, I had just run it the day before in what had to be six or seven seconds. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t into doing kid stuff, if you know what I mean. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

If all eighteen indeed died violently, it means that about 4.5 per cent of deaths in the ancient Danube Valley were caused by human violence. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just because Lee had surrendered his army did not mean the war was over for Stanton. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What he meant to do, he did not accomplish, not as he intended. He wanted to remove himself from the physical world.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you curse at me. Whatever it was you said, that’s what you meant.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Only fools would stare so openly if they meant me harm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

What I meant was: Say that again so you can hear how stupid you sound. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Which meant: “There are wolves who parade about in sheep’s clothing.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“From Portland. Well, I mean, it’s from a place called Namring, in India. But it’s from a store in Portland. My favorite.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Winston did not know what it meant, only that in some way or another it would come true. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Or maybe he wouldn’t need to because the Bull would know he meant business-no questions asked. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

That meant he couldn’t see how Edward’s hands lingered at my neck, brushed along my collarbones. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

That means that we do a science-type project in science class, and we write about it in language arts class. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m more of a “yes, people exist, but that doesn’t mean I need to talk to them” person. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“It means sweet. I just think it’s funny. I think my parents were hoping for a different kind of kid.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

"You don't mean Poe, do you? Edgar Allan Poe?" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“I mean, his mom gave it to me. It is...was for us. For our school project. Why? What’s wrong?” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She said soft words that I know were meant to help me, but words can’t change my face. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The mean ones suggested hockey masks or dog bones. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t mean it,” I said out loud right then. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“All I mean is, I don’t have any problem with gay people. That was all I meant.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Still, that didn’t mean I had to stop writing obituaries. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

As long as The Spread Eagle paid her a dollar a column for her ‘rubbish’, as she called it, Jo felt herself a woman of means, and spun her little romances diligently. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The verb allot, by the way, means “parcel out.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Those were the Fates. Do you know what it means—the fact they appeared in front of you? They only do that when you’re about to . . . when someone’s about to die.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I envied Maxim, careless and at ease, and the little smile on his lips which meant he was happy to be coming home. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know why it was mean, but sometimes you could tell that a person wasn’t being nice, even if you weren’t sure how. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Which means the ump also has to dodge to keep from getting hit in the...Yeah, it would not have been pretty. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Did Hamlet now mean to play our game? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The cleverer ones were quite sure by now that at least some of the noises which came out of his mouth had a meaning. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

They’ve decided that Joey is their newest crush and I’ve been pretending to agree with them, even though he’s always mean to me. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Exactly what meaning can be attached to the other histories, in which we do not exist, is not clear. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Petra heard her mother say, “How could a thing like this happen? I mean, whose fault is this?” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

"It means the bone is knitting, the flesh healing itself. Be thankful." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

"Yes, of course! You have to start as you mean to go on, dear. You have a long life of concert gowns ahead of you." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I mean ... he was a good protector. Really.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“It means I chose wisely,” Scythe Faraday told her. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“That must mean she likes you a lot.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“You certainly have a mean way of pitching.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The physician's mouth was moving and she could hear what he was saying, but it didn't mean anything because this wasn't happening to her. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“But don’t think it means anything, because it doesn’t. All it means is that you’re the new squadron commander.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I should be happy—a parking lot means a driveway means a road. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

This is the Death Voice, the Voice that means business. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

That means that they are not as seriously missing as endangered, but almost. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was about words and phrases so old that their meanings had been forgotten. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Quiet before a storm maybe means folks are done hammering wood across their windows and placing sand sacks beside their front doors. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

It means that anyone on the outside of the group gets picked off. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“What’s he mean about how even his mom could be jiving him, Dad?” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Sorry ... I didn’t mean to, honest,” said Nick. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it would mean a series of interviews with UN workers in Burundi, the home of the massacre, and my mom didn’t want to go. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

My father told him, “This is dinner together. That means family networking and defragging time.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t mean that,” Mom said, shaming him with the tone of her voice. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He catches me looking at him, and his mouth shifts into a mean grimace. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Dr. Faruqi says—” “I don’t mean the hospital. I mean Peshawar.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Grover—that snipping of the yarn. Does that mean somebody is going to die?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

And by asleep, she meant passed out, but it didn’t really matter because her mom hadn’t been asleep or passed out when Maya had snuck back in downstairs at two in the morning. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

And I knew it meant a lot to them. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Despite his seemingly progressive actions, Mr. de Klerk was by no means the great emancipator. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Doesn’t mean anything if the man’s sliding,” Pima answered. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

By means of inking symbols onto a page, she was able to send thoughts and feelings from her mind to her reader’s. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t know the meaning of the toadstool. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I mean, I kinda figured it, but to know it’s the truth... The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was because the people who thought they were white told her she was smart and followed this up by telling her she was not really black, meaning it as a compliment. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

"Well said, my lady. There will be time enough for graces when these wars are done. Tell me, when does your son mean to march against Harrenhal?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I mean, sometimes I get nervous around him, but I think that’s because everyone else is watching us. Or maybe I’m excited to be friends with him. Or maybe...” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I try not to think about that man. He means nothing to me.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

This meant that there were hours and even whole days when I could not be interrupted—not even by my father. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

When she dreamed of being a photographer, she couldn’t have meant this. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“I mean it—I saw a roach in the bathroom this morning. This place looks gross.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Without meaning to, he kept turning toward her, to see her better, to see what she would do. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

By any means necessary didn’t keep Brother Malcolm from dying, possibly at the hands of his own people. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I mean I just taught her a few things. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Bigger’s eyes looked round the room, as if seeking a means of escape. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

When the Hitler Youth collected, most people gave because to refuse could mean a black mark against them. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

"I mean exactly what I say," replied Mr. Samsa and went directly with his two female companions up to the lodger. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘He knows, as well as I do, that you mean no harm. But just you up and answer his questions straight away!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And what did she mean by talking to him this way in front of Mr. Dalton, who, surely, didn’t like unions? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were by no means the only ones making their way to the bookshop. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

But he wasn’t called anything because this is an apocryphal story, which means that it is a lie, too. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

What might Malthuss ideas mean—for better or for worse—to society? Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You mean—you mean I’m officially the King’s Champion?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Knowing exactly what he was doing and exactly what it would mean, he moved his hand from Lyra’s wrist and stroked the red-gold fur of her dæmon. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Again, I mean? Not for your father’s sake.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

‘I don’t mean in the face or in any kind of looks. I was speaking about the shape and color of your souls.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She doesn't seem to know what I mean. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I’m not meant to tell you this,” she said, “but common people can’t pass through time loops.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

That could only mean he had been talking in a language I knew, either German or Romanian. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“You mean slavery. How come every white person sees a black person and thinks slavery?” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then she suddenly realized with dismay what he meant. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm screaming that I didn't mean anything, and that it was a reflex and not personal. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Though he might have meant it in jest, my pride was deeply wounded. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Bambi eyes do not even blink What do you mean? Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only he was wrong, because she meant every word. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Living in a house with my mother, brother, and Nana means that someone is usually shouting or dashing from one room to the next as if everything is of monumental importance. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“No, listen. I don’t wanna be here when they come. I mean, Ignatius is big. He might make trouble. I couldn’t stand that. My nerves is bad enough now.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s what you meant. If she’s interfering with my work we both know I’ve got to cut her out of my life.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The hunt might have simply been meant to occupy her time. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Its thin leather strap stretched from being fastened around the waist to the last hole, and was now a hardened leather with a blinding, mean snap. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The priest’s refusal meant the church was taking its stand and that the evil ways of the Trementinas were known to all. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It means Spirit of Battle,” I tell her. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“I just mean that over in the old country people aren’t too well educated,” Milton said. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Uncle Katsuhisa said that it might seem sad to kill them, but eventually, we would learn to be kind of like farm kids—farm kids understood the meaning of death. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She muttered on like Cecile did and looked mean and tired like Big Ma looks on washboard days. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her arms are bird wings pinned down with rocks by mean boys. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Talismans, symbols...I don’t know what all of them mean but they are charms, are they not?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mom told me, ‘Thank you for bringing me here. You have no idea how much it means to me. But this might be a mistake. We should go.’ I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, saying you were jealous and all. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think you give your friends enough credit. I’ve spent some time with Elle, and she hasn’t been mean to me in the slightest.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Of course, the situation was not by any means hopeless; the Ford was not damaged, simply out of fuel. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“What does she mean put down?” asked Louisiana when they were all the way outside. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Nobody’s to blame, that’s what it means,” came a second voice. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And this means that each one of us is born of the mighty sun Inti, the father of us all. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

According to the doctors, this was because the damage was very serious: a lack of external injuries meant the damage was all internal. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

What did the soldier on the bus mean? Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Of course, the money ran out eventually, which meant rent couldn't get paid. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Frankly, our ancestors don’t seem much to brag about, I mean, look at the state they left us in, with the wars and the broken planet. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She didn’t say where or why, but I knew she meant Monet’s…and I thought I knew why. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“Yes. But you would not be warned, for you thought I did not mean it. Now, did you not think so?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I inhale and brace myself, exhale and fire, and the bullet goes right where I meant to put it: in the red circle, in the center of the target. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He expected the big kids to get that look in their eyes that meant they were going to lie to him. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I mean, here we are, the girl and I, heading outta danger and into the unknown and there’s no Noise overlapping us, nothing to tell us what the other’s thinking. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Do small stupid insect not be made by God? Do small mean bad?” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

My fight is last on the list, which means I have to wait through three matches before I face her. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Omer had said how much it meant to be with them. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, yeah, he’s a ball of mush underneath, but you have to earn it with him. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I thought he meant ready to plant our seeds. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The name I thought of was Rontu, which means in our language Fox Eyes. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told them, which meant “thank you” in Zombie. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, you probably would get way more kids in here if you let me sell candy. Kinda like Girl Scout Cookies, but better.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Most nights that meant a large, juicy steak and as much milk as a boy could drink. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Conclude from that that Gary Edwards had actually been ineligible for the past three weeks, which meant, under the rules, that Carter would have to forfeit all three games played during that period. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we said anything it would only mean a good hiding for us. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I realized ‘up your street’ was another funny thing people say that doesn’t mean exactly that. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t mean to be cruel, she doesn’t know she’s just relegated me to the dust heap along with crank telephones and whalebone stays. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She moves on when she sees I mean what I’m saying. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Except for the jewelry, he was a conservative dresser and carried himself with the unconscious pomp of a man of secure means. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, that he was, what d’ya call it—capable of committing murder. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Polite persons do not listen to conversations that are not meant for—” but Emma was already running from the room, and Miss Peregrine cut herself short with a frustrated sigh. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He said to her simply that he would not forget this, by which he meant to tell her how grateful he was, especially then, especially now. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She meant to sound sassy, but couldn’t keep the snap from her tone. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Leaving the city meant leaving all their properties, leaving their tenants’ homes, and this they couldn’t do unless absolutely necessary. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I understood what he had meant when he said that experimental psychology had nothing to do with the human mind. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

If you’re gossiping, you probably want discreet, a word that means “careful” or “prudent.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They did not hurry to bed afterwards, for they expected to have all the night to sleep in, and they did not mean to go on again until the evening of the next day. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“In fact,”—she nodded—“we’re going to move the test up a day. That means it's tomorrow.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll have to wait. I can see Mr. Benedict—I guess I mean Mr. Curtain.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think she was trying to be mean. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

But having noticed this much, Buckland failed to realize what it meant: Megalosaurus was an entirely new type of creature. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“My girls would be so happy if I saw someone,” she said in a flat voice, meaning that she hadn’t been to grief counseling. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

That was the ordinarily—meaning common for Logan County/Fry—strange thing, by the way. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The word strait is from the Latin strictus, which means “constricted” or “tight.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were lines on his forehead and his lips were pressed together, which meant he was angry. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then again, Bobby Gene knew, like I did, that following Styx meant anything was possible. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

See if you can get a mental picture of her. 3RD JUROR: What d’ya mean, no glasses? Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s great for me. And the team. And maybe it means Coach Jane will start me more often.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

That meant that even if some of William’s papers were later reclassified, the collection could be kept together. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“But I didn’t mean for her to hear me.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Having no other family to speak of also meant she hadn’t had visitors since the days of her marriage. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“If I send the Brazen Beasts into the pyramids, it will mean open war inside the city. I have to trust in Hizdahr. I have to hope for peace.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I did not mind the rain because it meant I could sleep in the next morning. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

That meant amputating the foot and the bottom of the leg, and fitting me with a prosthesis—an artificial leg. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I mean, I was only in 2nd grade, and we were still learning addition and subtraction. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“What is the meaning of this? Is that any way to treat a guest? Free him at once!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“But that doesn’t mean you have to go twice as slow as everybody else!” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I knew it was mean, but I felt as if I had won a little victory over Margaret Cadaver. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

But that doesn’t mean there isn’t an answer to them. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered nights when men drove to his house, their knees sticking up sharp and their shotguns sticking up sharper, like a carful of cranes under the night trees of summer, their eyes mean. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t mean to mess up your show.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

And she nods without really looking up and then mumbles, "I mean, I think so, anyway." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir. Well, Voldemort’s going to try other ways of coming back, isn’t he? I mean, he hasn’t gone, has he?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“We don’t really know what the aftereffects will be — I mean, Greyback being a werewolf, but not transformed at the time.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I mean, to me this was a major revelation, and he was acting like it was no big deal. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He saw Dean and Seamus sitting in a group nearby: This meant that the dormitory must be empty, or nearly so. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Some of us, after all, are very good at expressing emotions and feelings, which means that we are far more emotionally contagious than the rest of us. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It's all happening twelve light-minutes away. That means it takes twenty-four minutes for them to get the answer to any question they ask. The whole launch is twelve minutes long. They're on their own." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Scout, you probably don’t know it, but the NAACP-paid lawyers are standing around like buzzards down here waiting for things like this to happen—” “You mean colored lawyers?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I nodded, though I didn’t know what he meant. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Here was another chance for our men to get up and halt the Klansmen's mean actions. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She meant she was going to get a tattoo, and I was going to come with her. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I do not mean simple as in simple-minded—I mean he likes plain and simple things. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“I don’t mean anything by it. I know you’ve got skills. I’ve read your poetry. I just didn’t know you wanted to be a rapper.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It means I don’t have to limit my activities to spinning and trapping and stunts like that.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Does that mean I’m off the hook with cleaning the bathroom?” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I just mean it looks like it’s going to be nice. Nice art,” she finished, handing the pad back to me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Do you know what this means? We’ll have the whole day to ourselves.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Clayton and his mother sat in the pews meant for family on the right-hand side of the church. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

The lack of an absolute standard of rest meant that one could not determine whether two events that took place at different times occurred in the same position in space. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Which means they know how to open it now too.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

His eyes are blue and clear and fixed on me like my answer might really mean something to him. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

So I know how much taking the ring meant to her. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My sister, I mean. She’s always interested to hear about everything.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another 18.8 percent used formal means — advertisements, headhunters — and roughly 20 percent applied directly. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the comparison is imperfect, because Alexandria was also meant to be a cultural center. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

“You mean like an adoring dog. And just as soon as Ratignolle appeared on the scene, then it was like a dog. ‘ The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

“Certainly they cannot build on it; it is a swamp, meant only for rice-growing.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

It has been proven that at the age of 7 most of us have reached the age of reason—which means we do, at this age, understand & know the difference between right & wrong. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘You Graeci sneak around, sabotaging our weapons, attacking our men -’ ‘You mean the weapons you were about to fire at us?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I mean ... they need it,” he nodded his head toward town. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Just because I no longer believed the monsters were real didn’t mean I was better, though. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know the meaning of the word ‘liberating’ until you’ve done that, stood in a roomful of targets, let the bullets fly, free of guilt and remorse, knowing you are virtuous, good, and decent. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I have said it before, but I don’t think I ever came so near meaning it,” he answered with a smile. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered often during the coming months what meaning he could possibly give to that. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Enrique is sure she has assumed that his nice clothes and his seriousness mean he’s stuck-up. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Does their dying mean nothing to you, cousin? A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

They were clean, bright sounds, but they meant nothing to her. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I mean this wasn’t really a woman I was punching. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“You really think those people out there mean business?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Do you mean you actually willed the glass to tip over?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, depending on how long a day or a month is on this planet, you might be...fourteen years old already.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I mean, I did just tell myself that the next time I saw her I was going to make a move. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The bats could handle the load, but it meant four inexperienced fliers would be alone on one bat. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

That means just a few more minutes before we can leave this room and I can settle onto the couch like a boss to watch the game. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

And the gesture also seemed to mean “continue.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Morrison warned that if anyone discovered he was working for the feds, it would mean his death. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

My success would mean so much to so many people. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Toby woke up to a woman yelling at him, the words coming more as sounds without any actual meaning. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“It means one thing doesn’t always lead to another,” he says, and takes a slurp of hot chocolate. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The gas station man yelled, “I mean it. The sheriff gonna throw you in jail, all of you.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran a hand over the top of his head, a tic of his that meant a student’s question had stumped him more than usual. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I didn't know if she meant the best of the computers or the best of the bookkeepers, and I didn't ask because I was afraid I already knew. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

These games, like all children’s songs and games, carry great meaning. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“The part I learned from the Torah—that’s only good for today. If we postpone till next Saturday, that means I spent all this time studying the wrong thing!” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I thought you meant to go with me. They would be very much pleased.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

I practice mostly with a gun, but they reserve an hour a day for specialty weapons, which means I get to use my Mockingjay bow, Gale his heavy militarized one. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Go ahead. I told you I’m not going to fight you anymore, and I meant it.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She had never been to the headquarters of the service, and as far as she was aware, the words Oakley Street, wherever that was, meant no more than a straightforward address. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I mean, you could talk about me maybe. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Grover, do you really think that was Pan? I mean, I know you want it to be.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Which means those three letters weren’t from you, after all. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I mean to say something—to assure him that I will last, maybe—but words fail me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“No, I didn’t want any of them to wait,” I answered, meaning Father could have gone too. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Trees are meant to listen, to observe, to endure. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

This didn’t mean you were home free, it simply meant bigger guys would think twice before starting something with you. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m not. I mean, I just got tickled, I guess. It’s nothing,” I said the way I do when I think the person I’m talking to is being irrational. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“And the city fell shortly after, which means our boys dealt a decisive blow, fellas.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

This meant he would use force to get what he wanted. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean, what do I mean? Just...just look at you!” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s fine. I’m not embarrassed or anything. I mean, why should I be? You wouldn't be embarrassed if you were diabetic, would you? Or if you had a heart condition?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I do not mean to imply, however, that the role of disease in history was confined to paving the way for European expansion. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll have to see him when I take him out tomorrow, and ignoring him now would mean a double dose of those pursed lips and teepee fingers later on. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I mean to say, I told him we wouldn't be enemies once it was all over. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Right then and there I decided that what my words meant and said were more important than how they looked. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Instead I swallow it section by section and tell myself it means even more this way. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I think them cells is why I’m so mean,” he said. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

This meant that multiplication by zero didn’t make any sense either. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

My grandmother's words come slowly meaning this lesson is an important one. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Parts of it are always being changed, by a ceaseless activity to which all of us are committed; new words are invented and inserted, old ones have their meaning altered or abandoned. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I suppose this means we’ll be stuck with each other for a while longer.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Civilian evacuation was completed. Seconds count when you’re under attack. Ten minutes meant lives saved.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“I-I didn’t mean . “I just need you to know that it’s not some cute code. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

This excitement was in her, and she said something she didn’t mean to say. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The words don’t necessarily mean they don’t like real girls, or one real girl. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mother ran after him asking what he meant. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That could mean a felony, jail time, real stakes. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Instead, I spent some two hours a day in the translation of fragments from Greek and Latin; the texts being chosen for their convolution, recondite meaning, dryness, and insipidity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“The Sleeper can’t see the keys, but he knows that we can…. Which means he could be after us right now...” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“That’s what I thought at first, but you never know, do you? I mean it could happen. There could actually be a lunatic who—” “Sal.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He took up a piece of paper and a pencil and drew off what he meant with one sure sweep of his hand. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, I mean. Trying to stay sober. He’s there for you as much as he can be. He didn’t abandon you. He created a situation, and he’s owning up to it.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The voyage that was meant to be two years lasted almost five. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their conclusion was that anything one could know about an event taking place at a quantum scale was limited to what one could observe—and this knowledge depended on the means of observation. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“I don’t mean to bury you in our troubles, but things have been pretty hard here, Eugenia. We were worried sick after all that mess last year. With the other one.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It can also mean the leader of a meeting. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Call me the instant he does, or says, anything at all funny—you know what I mean. Do you hear me?” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The people called their nation Nippon, which meant “land of the rising sun.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I had forgotten my own selfinterrogations pushed upon me by my mother, or rather I had not yet apprehended their deeper, lifelong meaning. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

It was not an unfair epithet, though meant unkindly. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, well. I don’t know if you can believe this, Mila, but we didn’t mean to hurt you. We just didn’t get it before. But now we do, okay?” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the same self-consciously jocular style he soon began to refer to his Quincy estate as “Montezillo,” which he claimed meant “very little mountain,” in deference to Jefferson’s Monticello, which meant “little mountain.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“That’s your problem. What is that supposed to mean? ‘Here or elsewhere’? Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“It is not, but it mean more to me, Hanako. It mean much more to me. I will not sell even if I starve.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But she couldn’t cry now, not in front of this mean old rich woman. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“And I mean stay right here. I’m going to try once more to get the little eyases. I have one more trick up my sleeve.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Snow during a wedding means a cold marriage. My lady mother always said so.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I know what you mean. He thinks he’s the star. I mean, he’s a good trumpet player, but.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Was it normal for him to not think or care about what that would mean to her, or to me? Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

And if we do start going out—what would that mean? King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t buy them things, and that meant he didn’t have to wrestle with the decision. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

O’Brien had seen what he meant without the need for explanation. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

To him that means every step of a chicken’s life must be managed correctly, including its end. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Plainly, each of these expressions meant something secret, and Frank could think of only two sorts of people who would speak in code: spies and criminals. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

This usually meant trying to stop fights between kids and sweeping up broken bottles. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“You mean—you mean they went off on a vacation? With us missing?” gasped Rita. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I mean it’s true that my parents are very smart people. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

I’m frozen, still processing the meaning of her words. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

When Tori said there were insane security measures, I thought she meant eye scanners and passwords and locks, but so far, everything has been open. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He would have offered to train circus seals if it meant Ana would stop crying. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

To many traditionalists, Plato included, the age of the written word necessarily meant the end of a craft of oral transmission that had long nourished the Greek mind. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

“I mean, do our worst actions define us when we’re alive? Or do you think human beings are better than the very worst things we have ever done?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I ask you: in the racial sense in which it’s used so much today, whatever “integration” is supposed to mean, can it precisely be defined? The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Never. . . never ever. Harry thought he heard the voices downstairs falter. “I’m sorry,” he whispered, “I didn’t mean to offend you or anything —” “Offend Dobby!” choked the elf. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean, baby?” my mom asks. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Figuring it all out, I mean. For all of us. We’re all in this thing together. But sometimes there’s just no knowing which way to go.” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Would that mean that a higher degree of political fragmentation than Europe’s would be even better? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, top of my class, but what does that mean now? Can you believe I used to study instead of going to the beach?” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I mean, soccer players don’t get that excited about winning the World Cup. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

At first I think she means her phone, but it’s her headphones she’s cradling in her hands. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

But that did not mean that fear did not uncurl in her middle. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“We live here, in the OASIS. For us, this is the only reality that has any meaning.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I mean, I’m an idiot too—I learned that with Kent at the Yale meetup. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

As long as white people do not recognize themselves in black people, whites cannot know what it means to be human. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

My brain picks out the most important ones and rearranges them, hoping for a different meaning. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I mean you don't have to yell at her or anything. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Tell her how much this meant to me. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I didn’t mean to, it just popped out. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

As Farmer was leaving, he heard Joe say to another resident, just loudly enough to make Farmer wonder if Joe meant for him to overhear, “That guy’s a saint.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

And he knew again that she was not saying everything she meant; in a kind of secret language she was telling him today something that he must remember and understand tomorrow. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Why not listen? I’m saying that whatever powers this ship is enclosed, and evidently not meant to be handled. The ship is running by remote control.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“She came to all my baseball games. She never missed. She wore this bright pink Windbreaker no matter the weather. I mean, this thing was blinding.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

In this church capital dominates and I don’t mean chicken feed. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I whisper that I’m sorry before I think better, and I know that I mean it. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know syllabics. Isaac was the linguist. But I do know it means there are Nish close by who do.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

These men don’t even sleep on mats on the ground? she thought briefly, but then the horror of what was about to happen overwhelmed her and she looked around wildly for a means of escape. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As you command,” said Wulfe, “but another day might mean another ship, lord Captain.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Our only hope was asylum in places like England or America, which meant we were refugees, begging for them to protect us. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Nothing. But I don’t know what this means.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I mean—it's not enough for everyone, but it’s better than nothing.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

"You mean spend the next thousand years running a deli?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I mean, there’s a line between pathetic and dangerous, right? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Do you mean to tell me that you are only a small pikin, yet you can read and write Arabic?” the director asked, startled. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He wants to kill... I mean, I’d better let him tell you.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“A high-ranking Ministry official like Mr. Crouch deserves unswerving obedience from his servants —” “His slave, you mean!” said Hermione, her voice rising passionately, “because he didn’t pay Winky, did he?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Why do you think? Because that’s my life. Because black girls have to work twice as hard. And even when we do—I mean, you heard what Morgan said.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Not if it meant there was a chance they’d lose a game. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t meant to, but I guess I’d been thinking of him kind of as a teacher—like he only existed in the context of school and our egg drop. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Whatever it means to be a friend, taking a black eye for someone has to be in it. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Bailey stares at the card, wondering where the knight is going and what the card is supposed to mean. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“We all have to pitch in,” says our mother, which means that we are not to complain. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“So, how do we take responsibility? You can apologize—and even if you cannot remember committing your transgression, that doesn’t mean that your apology, and the sentiment behind your apology, is not sincere.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess this means I now have to believe in god. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old legend that “a pound of DDT to the acre is harmless” means nothing if spraying is repeated. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

For Major Major, it meant the end of the game. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The confusion in his eyes was gone in half a heartbeat, but not before Tyrion grasped what it meant. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Just because they knew it was lost didn’t mean they knew how to let it go. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

There were many staccato footfalls back and forth in the bathroom, which meant, he knew, that his mother was attempting to accomplish several phases of her toilet at once. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, she was in high school going through the things high school girls go through, playing tennis and learning piano, and when Tateh was divorcing Mameh she got lost in all that. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t mean anything, but that wouldn’t save him if Rufus got angry. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She answered that she had fled from pirates who had meant to sell her as a slave, and that she knew no one in this strange land to go to for help. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was exhausting, hazardous work, and a single misstep could mean death. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I mean, DD is this lunatic man on Richmond Avenue who makes believe he’s the leader of organized crime on Staten Island, but all he handles are the hubcaps and radios that kids steal. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z