| 单词 | meaning |
| 例句 | Arm felt a deep pity for this man who had so much power and yet was utterly helpless to get back the one thing that had meaning for him. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z But in mathematics the word ‘hypothesis’ also had a quite different technical meaning. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z "If you would only spend more time with the other children—" "I hate the other children," Bran said, meaning the Walders. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It seemed to Nat his mind fumbled, trying to grasp the meaning, as cold fingers fumble, trying to untie a knot. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to hurt God’s feelings either,” I said, the words slipping irreverently from my lips before I was aware of their full meaning. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not exactly. Though a lot of songs can be tied back to philosophy, especially value theory and the essential meaning of life.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z They agreed that it must mean something—but the meaning eluded them. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The reason to stand up for punctuation is that without it there is no reliable way of communicating meaning. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z ‘When language-games change, then there is a change in concepts, and with the concepts the meanings of words change.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The meaning of this song is historically significant. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Words whose meanings slipped from my grasp like water. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Do any of the movements have symbolic or cultural meaning? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z If Shirley did not understand every word, she took its meaning to heart. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Miss Baker and I exchanged a short glance consciously devoid of meaning. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Whether or not they understood the meaning of “loud clamor,” they didn’t dare be making one now. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let me, Your Honor, explain further the meaning of Bigger Thomas’ life. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 For their daughter, good name and pet name are one and the same: Sonali, meaning “she who is golden.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, all right, I can promise that,” he said, meaning it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z But for the most part, the people of Bakersfield, California, are following the rules of rubbish, meaning that they are tossing their garden waste in the right direction. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z This is the original meaning of ‘evidence’, in that it comes directly from the Latin evidentia. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “I do not know. In all this”—he gestured around them—“what is the meaning of okay?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z 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 I’m frozen, still processing the meaning of her words. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z At one point he summed up his argument with “Cut the pie any way you like, ‘meanings’ just ain’t in the head!” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “The word is not favored here, Mr. Malcolm X. The term Afro-American has greater meaning, and dignity.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “So you agree,” she said, her real meaning as subtle as nutcrackers, “a little privacy isn't too much to ask? And if this record has a single scratch on it, you're dead.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z It was about words and phrases so old that their meanings had been forgotten. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z In another class, he asks students to bring in an object of some personal meaning and say something about it. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I scanned his face longingly but could not understand his meaning. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z There was a split bit of being when time and space had no meaning. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Art is, however, much more than decoration, for it is laden with meaning, even if that content is sometimes slender or obscure. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “The third word in the next line,” explained Baba, “was worn off the slab, its meaning washed away by centuries of rain, almost lost to posterity forever.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are useful. But we do not want troublemakers in camp. What is the meaning of the mark on your face?” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 To Jennifer, the kiss was like a silent communication full of meaning. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Like the song suggests, you gotta search for meaning in life. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z In this period the word ‘model’ is ambiguous: it can carry the modern meaning but more often it refers to a graphic representation, a plan or drawing. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He tried to pray for their souls, but the words had lost all meaning. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Elizebeth worked out the likely meaning of many other words, too. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The meaning is clear: The vestibule is this world, and the hall is the world-to-come. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Suddenly, I realized that “popularity” was just a word and has no meaning in real life! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Who dares to read the meaning of the flight of the hawks?” he demanded, so loudly that his words seemed to echo through the fifty thousand palm trees of Al-Fayoum. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When I gave him the tape, he asked if it was a first generation copy—meaning if this was a copy from the original tape or a copy of a copy. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There was the part she was supposed to be doing, the part that justified her time with the instrument, which was an investigation into the hourglass range of meanings. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z At least at the level of language, then, we need to recover the eighteenth-century context of things and not read back into those years the hallowed meanings they would acquire over the next century. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z More to die point, they do not know where I am—they meaning anybody who might be wanting to look for me. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Without really meaning to, I manage to alienate everyone but the endocrinologists, and even some of them are put off by a remark I made concerning blood calcium levels in hypoparathyroidism. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z "So now I know where I am," I said, "and with whom —" "Don't twist my meaning. For all of us, the committee does the thinking. For all of us. And you were hired to talk." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The meaning hangs in the air between them: a meeting with the queen because he’s the only one still willing. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z But the federal initiatives are centerpieces of a decade-long trend of increased emphasis on high-stakes testing—meaning tests with consequences that fall on educators. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I stared down at the page; and well can it be imagined how little I perceived of the meaning of Mr. Locke’s disquisition on space and place; though I shall transcribe and seek to understand. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Or was she just, after ten years in the city, finally becoming a Detroiter, meaning that she saw everything in terms of black and white? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He was the first to bring out and express that meaning in the way in which he set words to music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z That was a word I didn’t know the meaning of. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Came to be a secret joke with us, meaning something you can’t dress up no matter how you try. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “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 Nico didn’t speak the language, but he remembered his childhood Italian well enough to glean the general meaning: We, the bones that are here, await yours. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z This expansion is said to be “inflationary,” meaning that the universe at one time expanded at an increasing rate rather than the decreasing rate that it does today. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The classic meaning is “during the time that”: Doc whistles while he works. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Washington recognized the improvement, congratulating Hamilton for rendering him “with less egotism,” meaning the Hamilton draft covered the wounds, or at least prevented the president from displaying them too conspicuously. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He had just aimed a bolt of fire twenty feet long, meaning to burn Alex alive. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z ‘Neat work, Bill,’ said Sam, meaning the pony. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The words burst out of my mouth, and then without meaning to, I started to cry again. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “I’ve been meaning for weeks to buy myself some sunflowers,” she says. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I rehearsed every word that had passed between us for its true meaning, but found no certainty. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z However, they also have significant social and historical meaning that helps to explain their incredible longevity in the children’s song repertoire. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Adams said that Washington had “the gift of taciturnity,” meaning he had an instinct for the eloquent silence. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Stern barked impatiently, or as John Lawrence, a witness to the encounter, recalled Stern’s words in his own fractured German: “Sie mussen Zurich gehen!”His meaning was clear: “Get back to the lab!” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Everyone tells Felicia that she must find meaning in her life outside of her son, that she should give the revolution another try, become a New Socialist Woman. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Some sat up babbling words with no meaning while tearing at their own hair and clothing. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It only took its meaning from the digits to its left; the symbol for zero literally meant nothing if it was by itself. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The police and attendants moved calmly, surely as if they were performing a ritual and had forgotten the meaning of it. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z 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 I'm beginning to think we -meaning the person whose death I'm now devising and me -we might actually have gone unnoticed. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Agent met my eye and I caught his meaning. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z He had to find a way to pull himself together, to find meaning in life again. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z These songs are part of a potentially rich musical experience for the child—exposing them to material with inherent sociocultural meaning that can contribute to excellent lessons and, most importantly, enhance integration activities. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “Yes, well, count yourself lucky my other fingers aren’t loaded. Get my meaning?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Only the liturgy has encouraged them to dwell on the meaning of their lives. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to impose, I don’t know if the Persian understood or not when I shook my head and smiled, meaning “No, thanks.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z What is the meaning of credit in the passage, New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z I was hearing my father’s words, but their meaning escaped me, as if he had asked me to carry the entire shed on my arms . Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She turned away, meaning to get it out herself. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It is surely easier to give an uncommon phrase a new meaning than a common phrase. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I could understand the words perfectly, but not the meanings. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Songs in their heads: Music and its meaning in children’s lives. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Thus the modern idea of the machine was born by giving a new meaning to the Latin term machina. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Sure, I’ve been meaning to get him a smaller collar for a long time. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z I long to know her thoughts, the meaning of her manner toward me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Avoid it unless the meaning is clear. enervating. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It concluded that Title VI does not provide a “private right of action” to ordinary citizens and civil rights groups; meaning that victims of discrimination can no longer sue under the law. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z And they changed meaning depending on the marks around them. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “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 Hazel was so taken by the sound of the words that he had not listened to their meaning. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She has other questions but she decides they are best saved for someone else to whom she has been meaning to pay a visit. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Since there was thus no inherited shared root meaning “gun,” each Indo-European language had to invent or borrow its own word when guns were finally invented. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But unlike us, their new name has no real meaning divorced from the machinery of criminal power. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I do not understand this dream I had, the meaning of it all. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z When Johnny got back with Mr. Lorne, Rab had Mr. Adams’s text in his hands, reading it as a printer reads, thinking first of spacing and capitals, not of the meaning. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Since there's no way to mistake the meaning, leave it alone. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A restrictive relative clause is essential to the meaning of the sentence, often because it pinpoints the referent of the noun from among a set of alternatives. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Whatever its meaning, its musical flaws or merits, Leningrad certainly succeeded in its patriotic purpose. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “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 When Zlata wrote about Bosnian children becoming the “soldiers” and the soldiers becoming “children,” at first I didn’t get her meaning. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The form you choose depends on the degree of possibility and can radically change your meaning. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Their rations have been cut as well, meaning that there really is a problem with the food. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I didn’t understand the full meaning of my grandfather’s statement about the power of names until I grew up. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Skills: listening, speaking, writing, story telling, explaining, teaching, using humor, understanding the syntax and meaning of words, remembering information, convincing someone of their point of view, analyzing language usage. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z My father loved the sound and meaning of Watende, a Shona word that means “revenge will not be sought,” a concept that aligned with his gentle spirit. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z And then he saw it: Using a deeper insight, he realized that there was an extraordinary possibility that would change the composition of the position and give a whole new meaning to the game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z People will be asking things, well meaning but nevertheless poking their fingers where it still hurts. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 entourage of junior scythes was a multicultural bunch, in the old-school meaning of the word. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “I’ve been meaning to tell you, I went to see my mom this weekend.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Vonetta would wail, “Why does she”—meaning me—“get to sit up front all the time?” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z New plants and animals, whether in the New World or the Old, had no such chain of associations, no penumbra of cultural meanings. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I read the e-mail six times before the letters form words and the words form sentences that I can understand, but, even then, the meaning of all the words taken together eludes me. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z What Ulbrickson likely didn’t know was that Bobby Moch had worked out an elaborate set of verbal codes to which only he and his crew knew the real meanings. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Deposition was one of those words that you always think you know the meaning of until you are asked to define it. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He paints a memory that has great meaning for both of them. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He asked what city it was and they answered him with a name that he had never heard, that had no meaning at all, but that had a supernatural echo in his dream: Macondo. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z She figured that it had probably ended up in Grans’s attic, and she kept meaning to look for it, but by then I had gotten used to not wearing it. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Did the birds’ insignificant little existences have any meaning at all? Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z These various meanings of ‘hypothesis’ serve to explain its peculiar distribution through seventeenth-century texts. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Intricate loops and spirals had been carved on either side, ancient hieroglyphs the meaning of which had been lost to the ages. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z But to tell her that it pained me to question the meaning of morality would have, I think, puzzled her. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Badly has now become an adjective in its own right, meaning “sorrowful” or “regretful.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z She talked about the exams she had to take, various steps meaning various things that Ifemelu did not understand. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Given the controversy over whether the Israel lobby is merely undernoticed in American foreign policy or nefariously all-controlling, the meaning of the first cliche is a commonplace; the meaning of the second, incendiary. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Both past tenses have been around for hundreds of years, but since the sixteenth century it’s been customary to reserve hanged for referring to executions, and to use hung for other meanings. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Will you please define the meaning of trinkets?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If he came across a German word he did not know, he looked up its English meaning in the Cassell’s. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Ridiculed by the same society that grew wealthy on the labor of his kind, C.P. had at last found a measure of self-respect and meaning in the Klan. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Raymie stared at the smoke, willing it to shape itself into something that had meaning—a letter, a promise. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Whatever the meaning of this enigma, it was a mystery to him as well. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z There is a sort-of attempt to make a distinction between figures and tropes—the former operating at the level of a phrase or sentence, and the latter being shifts in meaning for single words. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z But there was no sense, no meaning at all. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Cardinal’s expression was full of meaning, but he said nothing. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Which I meantersay, Pip, it might be that her meaning were,—Make a end on it!—As you was!—Me to the North, and you to the South!—Keep in sunders!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Queen Bella was the only one who bothered ferreting out his meanings any more. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z And the Beast wanted those words to fit together just so, to explain his meaning. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “This side is mine,” he says, meaning the left side, closer to the door. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve been meaning to talk to you about the fair,” she said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The dance of qualitative research design: Metaphor, methodology, and meaning. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z With time, of course, the original meaning of Lucretius’s phrase was lost; as machines changed, the meaning of Lucretius’s phrase changed with them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “I hope she does. I would have her understand me. I am not in the least ashamed of my meaning.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z 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 “Nonsense! a man does not imagine any such thing. But what is the meaning of this? Harriet Smith refuse Robert Martin? madness, if it is so; but I hope you are mistaken.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z I had read how these forgotten folk had been encouraged to keep their old cultures, to see in their ancient customs meanings and satisfactions as deep as those contained in supposedly superior ways of living. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ah!” said Father, “the meaning now becomes clear! This was a deep dream, indeed!” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z There was extra meaning in the event for Terryl because her real father, and his wife, joined the group, marking the first time the whole collection of them had been together. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She had been meaning to read it for a while now, and imagined she would like it since Blaine did not. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z What she needed was just one person, one wise and sympathetic grown-up who could help her to understand the meaning of this extraordinary happening. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z “It will be called,” Mrs. Baker told us, “Operation Pegasus. Now, someone tell me the meaning of the classical allusion.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Patterson paused briefly, before launching into his standard convocation address, the one where he used the word “august” with all three of its meanings, just because he could. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The river is called the Rio Bravo, meaning the “angry river,” because its huge waves are very strong. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z When he moved his hand to speak—one hand palm-up, with a perplexed shrug to his shoulders—it was obvious what the meaning was: What are you doing? Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Hale told Spencer that he’d pay him and his gang at least $2,000 to bump off a couple—an old man and his blanket, meaning an Indian woman. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Life was empty and meaningless unless he found some meaning. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He simply pointed to the faraway horizon and said “Zuraiq,” meaning “Little Blue.” Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z The room outside was much lighter than before, meaning the landing pad was probably about vertical in its rotation. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The intrusion of this ominous meaning creates an extraordinary tension with the dispassionate investigation of the target’s formal qualities. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the boys has his hand on the panther’s back, like they’re pals who’ve discovered the real meaning of friendship. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The tests had questions you answered on a scale of zero to three, with zero meaning something wasn’t a particular concern and three meaning the client was bothered “a lot.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I knew, in his own way, my brother was trying to make me feel better, but Charlie doesn’t know the meaning of subtle. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z 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 can tell you the meaning tomorrow.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Both Van Gogh and Seurat developed elaborate color systems, one entirely personal in its meaning, the other claiming to be “scientific.” History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z This contrast between local meanings and cosmopolitan messages is a perfectly sound one. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z You reach again for your phone without meaning to. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Life is just a series of dumb decisions and indecisions and coincidences that we choose to ascribe meaning to. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Those terms have special meaning to societies in which Christianity is the dominant religion and are commonly used even in places where it is not. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Worse yet, he brought an air bed, meaning he didn’t plan on taking the couch. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z 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 “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 But I’m not sure that the word birthday, for him, would still have meaning. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It took a moment for his father to grasp his meaning. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The banner didn’t yet carry much symbolic meaning for him, or many other Americans, in the summer of ’36. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z “It’s not so bad now,” he said, meaning since he had become the day manager at the gas station. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z His words seemed cruel to Alba, but it was several years before she was able to understand their full meaning. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘The meaning of it, fair people,’ said Frodo, ‘is simply that we seem to be going the same way as you are. I like walking under the stars. But I would welcome your company.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Elsie is one of only thirteen kids to receive a silver badge—meaning I’ve either got a gold badge or the scary moonstone badge. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Maybe thinking about the procedural absurdities of the Court’s order was less overwhelming than thinking about its meaning. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Rhea held out a bottle of Classico tomato sauce and talked about the meanings attached to various kinds of containers. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z In Utah, as generally elsewhere, the meaning of that standard is that the defendant shows a “gross deviation” from the standard of care. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Hexagon,’ for ‘six-sided,’ and ‘symmetry,’ meaning the sides are exactly the same. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The Rabbi Jachanan, unable to keep silence any longer, begged the holy man to explain the meaning of his dealings with human beings. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It is learning to understand the meaning of a work of art. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z An unsmiling, a searching, a meaning gaze it was. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z When he replied with her name, it sounded like a new word—the syllables remained the same, the meaning was different. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The next morning, Jude calls my name from the hallway, meaning she’s a moment away from barging into my room. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Maybe it would be a mixture of two pictures, or maybe it was a lower-down meaning of another one altogether. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z To get around the restrictions on discussing nonfamily matters, we used names whose meaning was clear to us, but not to the warders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Matt knew he was El Patron’s clone, but he was unclear about the meaning of the word. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z As she looked at me in giving me the purse, I hoped there was an inner meaning in her words. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I smooth my hair without meaning to, and when I open the door, I’ve decided definitely, most certainly, that it would be wrong to let him in. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z "What is the meaning of this? This is the Hand of the King." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He lay awake at night, reading scriptures over and over, racking his brain for some meaning to words he’d been fed and had preached time and time again. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z I don’t think she knows the meaning of the word subtle. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z She laughed and he gave her a little cut-eye look to get her meaning. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z They will be companions in the search for meaning in life and meaning in art. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z 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 was slowly beginning to comprehend the meaning of my environment; a sense of direction was beginning to emerge from the conditions of my life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z They feel like a crescendo, but they don’t necessarily seem to add up to one in terms of meaning. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Each word, specifically chosen, could have a million different meanings. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “So you think your mother is this bad. You think I have a secret meaning. But it is you who has this meaning. Ai-ya! She thinks I am this bad!” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m going to wear a jacket,” he says, meaning a suit jacket, I guess. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “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 But the meaning he wrested from existence lay beyond the comfortable path: McCandless distrusted the value of things that came easily. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “You could make it mean several things. The Ugly Knight would be one meaning, or the Knight Who Has Done Wrong.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In Charles’s view of the world, death looked very different, but he found meaning and grandeur in that view. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The gap is, however, often more apparent than real, for the meaning is usually intelligible to the imagination at some level. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Each animal has its own message, its own meaning,” he said. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z 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 Many Kikongo words resemble English words backward and have antithetical meanings: Syebo is a horrible, destructive rain, that just exactly does not do what it says backward. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I wish. Been meaning to ask you, can your dad buy them a building for me?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z This is because children’s songs often preserve the social and historical meaning of a culture and the identity of its people. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Air freshener? she suggests when she catches my meaning. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon, they knew, following the president’s lead into space might mean choosing between the place that had given them a community and the passion for the work that gave their life meaning. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z And never was he happier than when he had someone cornered and at his mercy; it seemed that the deepest meaning of his squalid life was in him at such times. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Guapo—a name meaning “handsome”—hunkered by the side of the road and gave Matt a big, almost toothless grin. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, I put my mind down and there’s another meaning, and I kind of sense what it is. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “There’s a better way. Once the rock is set down, it changes meaning. Now it becomes your anger. Go ahead, roll the rock down the hill. Roll away your anger.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z She wanted to show this boy another meaning for the word bang, and it involved his head against a steel door. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Eagerly they took another drink, wanting to avoid the dull, flat look of things, then still another, this time stronger, and then they felt that their lives had meaning. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He never looks at George at all, so the entire emotional meaning of the scene is lost on him. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Finally, the demon girl filled a bucket of water and pointed in my direction, meaning it was for me. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The word bloom can have so many meanings, jellyfish blooms might be terrifying. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z They have difficulty interpreting nonverbal cues, such as gestures and facial expressions or putting themselves inside someone else's head or drawing understanding from anything other than the literal meaning of words. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Every year they fill out questionnaires on pronunciation, meaning, and usage, and the dictionary reports the results in usage notes attached to entries for problematic words. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z By inserting only in various places, you can give the sentence many different meanings. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z My sisters gave us an elegant lunch—meaning our meat came from a tin instead of the slaughter shed—on a clean tablecloth in the apartment they shared three stories above the street. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He tried to word them so that a passerby would stop and ponder over the meaning. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She once called Lucy my “some-timey friend,” meaning Lucy wasn’t true-blue. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Meaning Manuel, meaning her fury at us, meaning her fear of her own life. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Gradually, perhaps under the influence of a Middle English AMA, the worm was given sole rights to the word, and the doctor became the doctor, out of dek, meaning to accept, later to teach. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The smells around him carried no lethal meaning. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z He creates his navigational charts, searching for meaning and direction to guide us to the trench and back again. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Even while he was speaking to O’Brien, when the meaning of the words had sunk in, a chilly shuddering feeling had taken possession of his body. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I’m not as fast as Roli, but I unravel the meaning quickly even though the same symbol is used for both E and I, which makes it tricky. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Some of the Bible stories were interesting in themselves, but we always twisted them, secularized them to the level of our street life, rejecting all meanings that did not fit into our environment. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Rachel doesn’t think much of termites, needless to say, and insists that the word has some other, higher meaning. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Landau tells her to think of umami as meaning “delicious.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I was, in her eyes, some meaning I myself could never know and might not care to know: an alien, the rock broken free of the wall. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z It hadn’t been easy to frame, and the answer wasn’t easy to interpret, but then they never were, though she was becoming more sure-footed among the levels of meaning than she used to be. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Instead of saying ba-ka-ta-re, a common insult meaning stupid, Terminal Islanders would say ba-ka-ya-ro, a coarser and exclusively masculine use of the word, which implies gross stupidity. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered often during the coming months what meaning he could possibly give to that. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z But now above the movement of the hands I heard a friendly voice, uttering familiar words to which I could assign no meaning. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 High John spoke again in that language of dancing slaves and hidden meanings, and the giant black crow cawed and flapped into the sky. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Never really had no meaning for me until now. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “There are, indeed, many strange things about this Easter day. But I doubt that I can help you, for I do not understand the meaning of it all.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I lifted my chin enough so that Arturo caught my meaning and glanced behind him. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He was greatly hampered by his lack of book knowledge and of the knowledge of the meaning of characters written upon a paper with a camel’s hair brush and ink. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z But the rest of the Quatrain’s meaning remained a mystery. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z ‘Engine’ and ‘machine’ still have overlapping meanings as a consequence of Descartes’ influence on the English language. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Those words must have had a meaning to someone at some time or other,” he mused. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z It must have some other purpose or meaning. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The story of the woman’s deception gave form and meaning to confused defensive feelings that had long been sleeping in me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z As I speak, I think of the meaning of the words that praise God for his gifts and protection and seek his guidance to overcome every difficulty. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z We had read sonnets before, but Mrs. Finley, reading Browning’s poems, gave them new meaning. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z When the film ended, we immediately began to discuss its meaning. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Some dictionaries now accept the upstart “to the manor born” as meaning privileged since birth. tongue in cheek. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As the guy helped me stand up, he got a look at my face, and without even meaning to, he just said: “Whoa!” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “Like in Charlotte's Web. These are some chickens,” she said, expecting Big Ma to have read Charlotte's Web and to get her meaning. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Before the soldier left, he made a circle with his hands, meaning that he would return on another day. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Sarah thinks they go out to romantic dinners and take ballroom dance lessons or see black-and-white foreign movies with subtitles and deep meanings. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 I wanted to die as soon as possible, because life without my wife had lost all meaning for me. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z About two dozen of his Cherokee syllabic signs were taken directly from those letters, though of course with completely changed meanings, since Sequoyah did not know the English meanings. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Auntie Lin quickly says, “Aii-ya, Mrs. Emerson good lady,” meaning Mrs. Emerson didn’t deserve such a terrible son. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z When you look back at things, you can see their meaning more clearly, like you have perfect 20/20 vision. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He held out his wrists, pale side up, exposing the traceries of veins so that Thyon would be sure to take his meaning. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Obscenity and profanity had no meaning as such among those people. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The full meaning of the glowing screen and the chair on the stage finally sank in. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z 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 The Jews read their burial services for Spinoza, meaning that he was dead as far as they were concerned; his family was run out of Spain, they ended up in Holland, I think. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But our brokenness is also the source of our common humanity, the basis for our shared search for comfort, meaning, and healing. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Without ever quite meaning to, I’d entered the troop’s pecking order. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I was thinking that maybe I did know the meaning of that word. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Endemic is an adjective meaning “native to” or “prevalent.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z More than their guidance, it was their unconditional love that taught me the true meaning of equality. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Chief Rabbit’s name and style was Threarah, meaning “Lord Rowan Tree.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Nhamo didn’t know the meaning behind this strange saying, but Grandmother said it was the correct way to enter a muvuki s yard. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not the meaning of the speech that gave him pride, but the mere act of it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z When new words unfold out of old ones, the original meaning usually hangs around like an unrecognizable scent, a sort of secret. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And that right has always given them meaning, has always meant that there was someone down in the valley because a mountain is not a mountain if there is nothing below.* Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The war then passed away from me, and dreams of enlistment and escape and a clean start lost their meaning for me. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He would point with excitement at some new sight, or wonder with me at the meaning of something which we had seen among the demons. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z It really unsettled me, and although I wasn’t to find out its real meaning until years later, I think I sensed, even then, some deeper significance to it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Elk are big and Indians may have butchered them where they fell, meaning that few elk carcasses would appear in middens. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z 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 Pacing the length of the quarterdeck, I thought upon things I could have asked Mademoiselle Nsia: the provenance of the songs and their meanings, who had taught them her. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Not muscle strong or fighting strong—a kind of strength that gave him the self-control to meditate instead of falling apart, or to ignore what other people thought, and find meaning in a dead bird. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z At that last bit he turns and gestures at us sitting in the back, as though the meaning in his words wasn’t clear enough. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He remained shut up, absorbed in the parchments, which he was slowly unraveling and whose meaning, nevertheless, he was unable to interpret. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Or were they looking for a practical tool for finding meaning in everyday life? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Without such love, one’s dreams would have no meaning. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She did not think Matilda was meaning to tell a lie. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Because I was alone, however, even the mundane seemed charged with meaning. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There is cultural meaning in every aspect of Indian music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Is the rule based on some crackpot theory, such as that English should emulate Latin, or that the original meaning of a word is the only correct one? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Just like chicken had two meanings: the bird that walked around and the white stuff you ate. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z In Greek, it became legein, meaning to gather and to speak; “legal” and “legislator” and other such words derived. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There by himself lived the Master Namer, who was called by a name that had no meaning in any language, Kurremkarmerruk. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Maybe these desert birds could explain to him the meaning of love without ownership. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Some are somewhat interchangeable, and some may have slightly different meanings for different musicians, so no attempt will be made to provide definitions. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z There was a word for it in Newspeak: ownlife, it was called, meaning individualism and eccentricity. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z One of my brothers named her Pee-A-Nah, which does not have a meaning. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z If we cannot literally talk to a work of art, we can learn how to respond to it and question it in order to fathom its meaning. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He had to support himself as he did this, meaning someone had to hold the beaker while Morrie filled it. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as our English teacher told us you can put too many adverbs and adjectives into a sentence—its called overwriting—you can put too many meanings into a statement. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We do not, cannot, know the meanings of all their words, for we are nine and ten years old. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Martin admitted he didn’t know the meanings of gainsay and ravening. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z But people did not foresee that the number of children would increase, meaning that the extra wheat would have to be shared between more children. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The meaning of some bird showing up and some boy disappearing and you knowing all about it. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z In terms of the song itself, explore the meaning of the music itself apart from the lyrics—sing the melody of the song on a neutral syllable. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z In the course of the seventeenth century the Latin words experientia and experimentum and, with them, the English words ‘experience’ and ‘experiment’ began to diverge in meaning. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Dr. Gazzaley says the meaning of this principle is actually open to interpretation. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Dad has lived & you show ignorance in calling him uneducated & unable to understand “the scientific meaning etc” of life’s problems. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z But hitting big off something you didn’t know the first thing about had special meaning. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He had needed something that would explain Freud’s technical terminology, that would clarify the various shades of meaning the German words had—and he had found this dictionary of psychological terms. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z It wasn’t until she’d gotten Trotter back in bed and was putting the turkey in the oven that the woman’s meaning came clear. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z A language has plenty of room for multiple meanings, including the ones that good writers hope to preserve. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Perhaps as an afterthought someone came up with another meaning for the acronym: “Rights, Justice, Freedom.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I was learning how many ways poetry could have meaning. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z In English, a past-tense form is typically used to refer to past time, but it can also be used with a second meaning, factual remoteness. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Only then did the meaning of the sentence before her start to sink in: How much do you know about alternate worlds? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “I like Korea,” he says, I think meaning Koreans. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z At least once a day, I would pull up the Quatrain and try once again to decipher its meaning. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z In the age of photography, we have come to see portraits as mere likenesses and we readily forget that they call on all our skill to grasp their meaning. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She opens a cupboard, the shelves lined with a grimy yellow-and-white-checkered paper she’s been meaning to replace, and reaches for another onion, frowning again as she pulls at its crisp magenta skin. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I gave them all my passwords because privacy has little meaning anymore. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He spoke slowly, precisely, trying to charge each of his words with more meaning than the words were able to carry. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Insofar as the passage has a meaning at all, it seems to be that some scholars have come to realize that power can change over time. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I wanted the angel to come down and show us how Uncle Billy’s life had meaning. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “I really don’t know,” I say, kinda meaning it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The word bàndika, for “kill with an arrow,” has two meanings, you see. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z These games, like all children’s songs and games, carry great meaning. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The hidden meaning of his life—a meaning which others did not see and which he had always tried to hide—had spilled out. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Toni Morrison’s isn’t functioning as a modifier, which shades the meaning of genius, but as a determiner, which pins down its referent, in the same way that an article like the or this would do. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z My advice will often shock purists and occasionally puzzle readers who have always been under the impression that this word meaning or that grammatical usage is an error. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “A picnic?” echoed Matt, trying to remember the meaning of the word. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s come to show the world the drama of crisis and the true meaning of desperation. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I mentioned that maybe he ought to save it—meaning the Bronx cheer—till he started using his tide regularly. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Her lips were still against his and her words suddenly took on a different meaning and she moved back and pulled her dress over her head in one fluid gesture. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Rishi stared at her, not fully able to grasp her meaning. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Lyra saw their meanings clearly, and unfocused her mind to explain. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Ifemelu's words had been light, free of shadow, and yet he heard in them the sting of other meanings. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Nor did I suspect that these experiences could be part of a novel’s meaning. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother Ermentrude does not try to probe the deeper meaning of my questions. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Filled with rage, yes, but the word “incensed” has a deeper meaning. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z 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 Forget all that stuff about the spiritual value to the reader of working out the meaning for himself; forget as well the humility of those copyists of old. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z “I wish there was something I could do,” Laila said, meaning it. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Then he thought he understood its deep meaning. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z ‘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 I couldn’t even figure out the meaning of half the words my mother was using. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z PBB: As you can see, sometimes the choice of / or me makes a difference in your meaning. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Deucalion was forced to agree that she was right, but he tried to think out what might lie behind the words and suddenly he saw their meaning. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But Porter was not waiting to kill somebody, meaning anybody, before morning. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z This view of things is compatible with the very old notion that a framework for meaning is somehow built into our minds at birth. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I did what I do when she says stuff I don’t understand—I sat back and waited for the meaning to become clear. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z And I waited for her to tell me the stuff she usually told me when Grandpa Park came over, about him not really meaning all the stuff he said sometimes. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z The captain was tired, and the engineer’s true meaning sailed over the captain’s head. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “My birthday is three days hence, ” said Corky, “and I could really use a dehumidifier.”Another meaning of hence is “thus”: It’s damp, hence the mildew. hiv. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But what are we to do when a work deliberately seems devoid of apparent meaning? History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Classical music is a confusing term with more than one meaning. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Rashid wondered if it wasn’t easier for her because the hijab was so obvious and its meaning so clear. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z "You know prophecies always have double meanings. It might not literally mean you die." The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Isn’t that the meaning of Alfred Nobel’s legacy? Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z True to the meaning of her name, she will be without borders, without a home of her own, a resident everywhere and nowhere. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She lowered her voice and said, “That’s why he married that woman,” meaning his first wife. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He took another deep breath and without meaning to held it for another half a minute, waiting, but nothing came, nothing made a sound. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, their exact meaning is specific to each particular culture, giving rise to art’s incredible diversity. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He knows immediately Raf has caught his meaning, because he takes a sharp step backward, his back hitting the sill again. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Not really in the inkblots, but in the part of my mind that would give form and meaning to them and project my imprint on them. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “If you don’t mind, I have a few questions about how conventions within genres—such as poetry, drama, or essays—can affect meaning.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “He never used to fool around,” said Alice quietly, meaning her dæmon. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The death of the six million Jews had finally been given meaning, he kept saying over and over again. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “Because we have to respond to omens,” the boy said, almost without meaning to; then he regretted what he had said, because the merchant had never met the king. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Gunters had filled countless message board threads arguing about the meaning of the painting, about what the black dragon signified or whether it signified anything at all. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It seemed to say, We know a thing or two, the pair of us..., meaning him and Malcolm. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The look on her face was far from friendly, and Shirley did not need a lesson in reading faces to interpret its meaning. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z She cannot read the tarot well herself, there are always too many possibilities, too many meanings. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She said, “I am aware of the meaning of most of the terms used. The others, I suppose, are equally derogatory.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z From the white landowners above him there had not been handed to him a chance to learn the meaning of loyalty, of sentiment, of tradition. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “I see thou hast my meaning,” said the friar, as he finished dressing Robin. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z I’m not sure I catch her meaning, but I’m unsettled, even so. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Any psychology teacher would know that a soul-baring letter from her most devoted student had hidden meaning. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z 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 But when the viewing marathon was over, I still wasn’t any closer to understanding the Quatrain’s meaning. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z This slippery word—meaning “alone,” “solely,” or “and no other”—can be found almost anywhere in a sentence, even where it doesn’t belong. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I suppose the closest in meaning would be “confused” and “dark fog.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He left off stroking his daughter’s hair and leaned forward, his big hands open as though he needed their help to explain his meaning. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z While she was turned away from him, she said, “I’ve been meaning to talk to you.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The meaning was clear: The test had been a success. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z This—although the vast majority of Party members understand it only in a shallower sense—is the inner meaning of the Party slogan: WAR IS PEACE. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z And yet...through painstaking work, day after day, the cryptographers at Arlington Hall began to pick up fragmented meanings in the Soviet cables. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z They seemed to have started talking with meanings which were separate from the words they used. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Given the final futility of our struggle, is the fleeting jolt of meaning that art gives us valuable? The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Anything had the potential to transform, and this, to her, seemed the true meaning of art. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z As we shall see, the practice of “pointing” our writing has always been offered in a spirit of helpfulness, to underline meaning and prevent awkward misunderstandings between writer and reader. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z “You know, a word with the same spelling but different sounds and meanings. A-l-l-y spells your name, but it also spells ‘ally’ with a long ‘i’ sound at the end. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Instead, Boobie was an automatic Proposition 48 case, meaning he could be awarded a scholarship but would have to sit out his freshman year, presumably to improve his academic skills. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The symbol had a meaning, and a sound, as if it had been plucked from the real world and pressed flat, like some strange dark flower, between the pieces of paper. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It’s in fast German; I can’t understand the words, but I can understand the meaning as he gestures to the end of the block. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I am worried that we may be overdoing it, taxing its meaning, to conceal an unmentionable reality that we’ve somehow agreed not to talk about in public. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t understand the meaning of his words then as well as I do now. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I knew the word “winter” from Shakespeare’s texts and I thought I should look up its meaning again. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Here, too, the English language gives us the means to mention the events in either order while holding the meaning constant. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Hatsue sat motionless while her mother spoke, trying to guess at her meaning. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Why, yes,” I said staring at her, not quite taking her meaning. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 Whenever I had my shirt off, he would make up some random comment about his artistic interpretation for the meaning of the scars on my back. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z When an equation has an infinity in it, physicists usually assume that there is something wrong; the infinity has no physical meaning. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The boy was no longer at the oasis, and the oasis would never again have the same meaning it had had only yesterday. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Plus, most of the names white people think are unusual actually have meanings in various African languages.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Danielle understands the meaning of this gift and she smiles and says, “So will you try to play hopscotch? Just take one step?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Textbooks were rewritten to teach students that some races were Untermensch, meaning subhuman. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “What is the meaning of this?” he asked at last, and his voice was ice and danger. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Nearly all of it was “live load,” meaning weight that changes over time, as when a train passes over a bridge. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I try to follow Dr. Aurelius’s advice, just going through the motions, amazed when one finally has meaning again. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z All I have to do is listen as he tells us the word’s meaning, and I can usually remember it because I make mind movies about each one and that helps me remember. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z But in Birmingham, “private” had a different meaning. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “One follows the next. You look at them, just like tracks. You read them. They have a meaning and a sound.” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Most, though, were coded because neither Moch nor his boys wanted the other crews or the coaches to know their exact meaning. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “It is an auspicious color,” Tsukiko comments, but she refuses to elaborate on her meaning. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Isn’t that plain enough? I said it plain. There’s only one meaning to dishonest.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z We translated each other’s meanings and I seemed to hear less than what was said, while my mother heard more. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z In Xhosa, Rolihlahla literally means “pulling the branch of a tree,” but its colloquial meaning more accurately would be “troublemaker.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The second strategy uses so-called logograms, meaning that one written sign stands for a whole word. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z To the contrary: His life hummed with meaning and purpose. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 With the meaning of awareness, it became beodan in Old English, meaning “bode,” and bodhati in Sanskrit, meaning he awakes, is enlightened, and thus Bodhisattva, and Buddha. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z This could be used to interpret the hidden meaning of words. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z 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 But like any name given in Ravenskill, one day its meaning would be discovered. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z His eye wandered, and had no meaning in its wandering: this gave him an odd look, such as I never remembered to have seen. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The reader has to scan the sentence several times to figure out which of two meanings the writer intended, or worse, she may come away with the wrong meaning without realizing it. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z But I’m also remembering what Mr. Van Deusen said about the word “excelsior” meaning “Ever upward!” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Somewhere close by, a dog barked, making Thomas hope Frypan didn’t bring new meaning to the word hot dog. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Some whale sounds are called songs, but we are still ignorant of their true nature and meaning. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She kept meaning to write letters to her friends from her old school. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Challenges to the racial order during these periods are easily marginalized or suppressed, and the prevailing system of racial meanings, identity, and ideology seems “natural.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Because the term white crime lacks social meaning, the term white criminal is also perplexing. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I thought if I spelled out the meaning of Daddy to you, it would help you along. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "A girl," he said finally, as though unsure of the meaning of the word. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Finally, the man snapped, "Either ride properly, or go back to shank's mare"—meaning, of course, my feet. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Leech the doctor comes from the Indo-European leg, which meant to collect, with numerous derivatives meaning to speak. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A short time after the trial and conviction, one of Ames's disillusioned CIA colleagues reflected on the larger meaning of his capture and sentencing. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I had not realized the meaning of what I had said; its moral horror was unfelt by me, and her attack seemed without cause. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Instead, there is a complicated network of terms, and a change in the meaning of one term results in adjustments in the meaning of all the others. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z One reason Locke avoids using the word ‘evidence’ as far as he can is that the word in English has multiple meanings. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z My grandmother's words come slowly meaning this lesson is an important one. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Somehow Paris has transformed Black Lightning and me into that oxymoron Sahara and I were talking about—a combination of contradictions that take on a new meaning together. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Confused by the term, Walter told the sheriff that he did not understand the meaning of the word. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It was a Mona Lisa smile, the meaning of which no one could figure out. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe I only composed it in my mind, meaning to tell you. It’s an amusing story anyway.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She spoke more awkwardly than she did with Atal, and she was afraid she hadn’t made her meaning clear. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z To judge by the long list of what constituted contraband, its meaning was clear. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A young boy, perhaps ten, wanders over to ask questions about the meaning of the insignias on his uniform. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z But as she caught on to his meaning, a sad sort of warmth washed over her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z But still their meanings were lost in the vast whiteness in which I myself was lost. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 But at that time I had no insight into its meaning. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “No one must know their meaning until he has reached one hundred years of age,” he explained. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The literal meaning of Hajj in Arabic is to set out toward a definite objective. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z All the street's signs were dead, all the day sounds had lost their stable meaning. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z His icy fingers touched inside of her and at once she spoke, not a word, but a sound that gave forth a meaning of horror accepted. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z ‘I saw him, Mr. Butterbur,’ said a hobbit; ‘or leastways I didn’t see him, if you take my meaning. He just vanished into thin air, in a manner of speaking.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “I do not understand, my lord. Pray explain your meaning,” I begged. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Time information, which includes rhythm, tempo and meter, timbre, meaning, and emotion is less understood. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “It’s how they figure out what it means. It’s helped me understand all the meaning.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z ‘Listen here, white man. It seem to me like you meaning to get me into trouble.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z But I didn’t know the meaning of the toadstool. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z To wolves who still were able to catch some rabbits, it had meaning that an old wolf who had lost his fangs was still eating. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned in my Chapter Review Map on the culture of China to Mr. McElroy and added a list of Chinese characters and their meanings that I wrote myself to make up for being late. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z So while Francis continued thinking about the meaning of the X-ray diagram, I began to assemble the various atomic models into several chains, each several nucleotides in length. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z She could tell at a glance that it would be almost impossible for her to make out the meaning of such a paper. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z After all, he presumably knew something about the meaning and purpose of the Revolution, having done more than any man to assure its success. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z She’d been meaning to perform it for several moons now, but somehow there just never seemed to be time. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z And then sometimes the meaning just slips away. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He ran a hand through his own red hair to clarify his double meaning. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Ralph tried to attach a meaning to this but could not. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “I hope the stupid baby gets polio,” I said, and surprised myself by even sort of meaning it. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z It is presumably from Bacon that this new meaning of the word spread. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I pulled up my Latin dictionary to double-check the definition, and that was when I discovered the word had more than one meaning. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He wanted to tell her about the spangled ring, but knew that if he did, the meaning of it would come apart and be lost. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z She says how important it is to understand, to know the meaning of the words, because once you know a word, you can own it—it’s yours, and it’s a part of you. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Dear Diary, Ms. Gruwell’s always trying to give meaning to everything. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The information in the brains, the learned information, includes such things as who your mother is, or the meaning of the song you are hearing just now. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z After school, Cap had to come home to my house, where Sophie was there to demonstrate the true meaning of nasty. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The system sounded incredible—sounds, meanings—but the idea made sense. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Adam kept one letter from his brother, not because he understood it completely but because it seemed to have a covered meaning he could not get at. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “What is the meaning of this?” the colonel asked wearily. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 And as the fiftieth anniversary of Independence Day approached, requests poured into Monticello and Quincy from across the land, asking the patriarchs to share their wisdom and memories about the meaning of it all. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Josquin was the first composer in history for whom the meaning of the words being sung was paramount. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Puh-leaze—she can’t even count all the times in the last few weeks when nature or weather or some animal provided some annoying double meaning. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Lazlo stood rooted, experiencing the full meaning of useless as a wave of enemies hurtled toward them, moving with uncanny fluidity, flying at them as though launched. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It is a giant umbrella concept meaning no more nor less than the fitting of a speech to the temper and expectations of its audience. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z If it had been up to him, the demigod version of the Adams-Jefferson dialogue would have captured its essence and ultimate meaning as a staged performance for posterity. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Only the words “yesterday” and “tomorrow” still had any meaning for me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “Music teachers naturally use gestures to indicate musical meaning in demonstrating dynamics, tempo, entrances/exits, standing up/sitting down, etc.,” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Without a screen, the window should be sensibly closed at night, meaning no air, unless I’m willing to take my chances with the bugs and the neighbors. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z What’s more, as John Adams so nicely put it, “in Virginia all Geese are Swans,” meaning that Virginia’s elite genuinely believed that it had almost singlehandedly launched and led the war for independence. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “What is the meaning of this disturbance?” demanded Mr. Kimberley. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z While I heard the words, knew they had meaning, even knew the meanings that belonged to them, I couldn’t pull any sense from them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Now, what can you tell me about falling stars? What would be the meaning of a shower of them in the last hour of a night?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings,” said Milo, not meaning to hurt his feelings. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z He had struggled to get out from under the weight of meaning behind her words. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z And there it is—the right to break the black body as the meaning of their sacred equality. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z And even if she thought she might have deciphered its meaning, Miss Mallory already knew that it was too late to do anything about it. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z That was why his whole life became so quickly and naturally organized, pointed, charged with a new meaning when this thing occurred. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I needed for him to explain the meaning behind it all, the pogroms, the massacres, the burnings that pursued us through the centuries like a dybbuk we’d never be able to tear ourselves free from. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z But as I got older, Dad’s hospital joke took on more meaning than I think he intended. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mariam jan, I want to . . . About the things he said the other night—” “I have been meaning to talk to you about it.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The fat kapo’s was green, meaning he was a professional criminal. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z The experience carries social meaning—this is what it means to be black. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Without meaning to, the woman looked at José Arcadio and examined his magnificent animal in repose with a kind of pathetic fervor. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z While he sat on his heels his father explained softly the meaning of zenshin, which the boy understood to mean a constant awareness of potential danger. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “And I’ve been meaning to tell you there’s another apartment setup happening this weekend. Salma Auntie and I thought you kids could help.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Then he just said, “Do nah buff me, Wallace,” meaning I shouldn’t judge him. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “I dare say,” I went on, meaning to be very severe, “that you wouldn’t lend money to any of us if we wanted it.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z As they saw the parcel he realised my meaning. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Does the slope of the tangent line have any meaning? Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z They tried again, the meaning still escaping me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He has, however, told me of its meaning. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Sixth grade still meant that kids could begin to get inside the print and to the meaning. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Sipping her drink, Mrs. Reilly put her ear to the wall and tried to filter some meaning out of the loud shouting. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s right. We don’t know who first realized that those meanings were there, but did the similarity, the association, exist before they realized it, or not until then? Did they invent it or discover it?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Dutchy is talking to me through the piano, and, as in a dream, I understand his meaning. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She just did not attach to words the same meanings I did. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z For example: Here’s an explanation of the rhetorical term syllepsis: “the use of a word that relates to, qualifies, or governs two or more other words but has a different meaning in relation to each.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Aureliano Segundo helped her back to bed and with the same informality with which he always treated her, he asked her the meaning of her farewell. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Without quite meaning to, without thinking about it cxacdy, she told me something like this: “Climb, girl. Don’t worry about the others. You are better than they are. Just climb!” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Surrounded by cough medicine and cold sore ointment, he started playing a “gig,” meaning three numbers at once. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Which means he probably didn’t steal it, and it has a different meaning for him and is worth carrying around with the risk of losing or dropping it. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “I’ve been meaning to ask you,” I say after a while. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He said he could almost sense the meaning, as though it were right there, waiting to resolve, like a kaleidoscope in need of turning. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But he was only a salesman, not the inventor, and it was necessary that we make it known that the meaning of his death was greater than the incident or the object that caused it. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z We both nodded, even though I’m pretty sure we didn’t understand his full meaning. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z If the Cassell’s gave him a translation he didn't understand, one that wouldn’t fit the meaning of the sentence, he looked the English word up in the psychology dictionary. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “How do you just stop being terrified of getting left behind and ending up by yourself forever and not meaning anything to the world?” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z I never saw Mommy “get happy” at Whosoever Baptist, meaning “get the spirit” and lose control—thank God. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Her letters consist mostly of banalities—we are busy; Frau Elena says hello—or else arrive in his bunkroom so full of censor marks that their meaning has disintegrated. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Perhaps it is a tribute to the origin of the word “circus,” deriving from the Greek kirkos meaning circle, or ring. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z This is because, in order to save his life, he is forced to look beneath appearances, to take nothing for granted, to hear the meaning behind the words. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z She had memorized the note backward and forward, but repeating the words hadn’t made their meaning any clearer. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I reviewed the words whose meanings I didn’t remember. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The second tryout is the Friday after next, meaning I’ve got about eleven days to learn as much as I can about Quinton and Maria’s disappearance before I have to prove myself again. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z So that is the meaning of discipline, I thought, sacrifice . . . yes, and blindness; he doesn't see me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But I'm pretty sure my mom didn't mean to kill my dad, either, so what difference does that make, meaning or not meaning to do something? Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Fishtail and Deydey looked blankly and patiently at him when he said this, for LaPautre was known for recounting visions and dreams that had very little meaning, though they seemed to affect him hugely. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z People crowded around at a safe distance, read meanings into them. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Taking the job will give meaning to all those years you’ve spent struggling through school,” Aunt Bushy pointed out. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z A smile with meaning behind it, one that says all I need to say to her so I don't have to form the right words. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I nervously opened a page, toiled through a couple lines, encountering long words I could not pronounce, let alone understand their meaning. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z This last she said, meaning Lotus, to whom she had never spoken. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z And even that was without meaning except for me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted Maribel to grow up and get married and have children and friends and find meaning in her life. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z It had a different meaning—not the comfort of big houses or rich food or even clean streets, but the comfort of belonging with the land, and the peace of being with these hills. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z There is so much talk of “risk taking” in theater that it can lose its meaning. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The introduction of a new meaning for descrobrir implied a radical shift in perspective and a transformation in how people understood their own actions. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Indeed, a primary function of any racial caste system is to define the meaning of race in its time. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But, as I got older and started getting game, the name took on a new meaning. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z Harry read the words slowly, as though he would have only one chance to take in their meaning, and he read the last of them aloud. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The meanings were dreadful, but there was an attraction in speaking the words. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Then, by God,” the Corporal snapped, “I’ll be your man. Is that your silent meaning?” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z The word ‘investigate’ has as its root meaning to follow tracks when hunting. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It was not disturbing because of anything it might mean—for he had not the least idea of its meaning—but because it had left him with a sense of leas. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The perplexity of it all gnawed at him a great deal more than the meaning of Macbeth. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It comes from peig, a crawling, wicked Indo-European word meaning evil and hostile, the sure makings of a curse. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Only when agriculture came into practice—and that’s not very long ago in terms of the whole history—did a place achieve meaning and value and permanence. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She is telling the story of how, just five minutes ago, she accidentally, without meaning to, told her crush she loved him. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “He’s shut in the shed,” she told Matty, meaning the puppy. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Once, for instance, Washington requested “hard money,” meaning gold or silver, “to pay a certain set of People who are of particular use to us.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 You have to “find your character,” he tells them, meaning they have to imagine lives they cannot fully know. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Had she thought there was no meaning in life, no purpose, when God had gone? The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z That without meaning to, he’d begun to lean on her, to look for her, to need her near. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z If he was meaning to say that my father was stepping out of his place or such, then we was in big trouble. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as senseless, as empty of meaning, as Billy’s blindness. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Unique is a good example: a crisp and accurate word meaning “one of a kind,” now frequently degraded to merely “unusual.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I know I could ask Auntie Lindo, Auntie An-mei, or other Chinese friends, but I also know they would tell me a meaning that is different from what my mother intended. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z El Jefe’s gaze is withdrawing further and further into some back room of his mind where he tortures meaning out of the words he hears. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “What in the world is the meaning of the lamp?” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z As human beings, we seek meaning in everything. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z When we reached the front stoop, the black curtains above us fluttered, meaning my parents were watching out our window, waiting to see if I got home. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z But this sentiment is a Mateo thing, meaning it’s always made others think I’m weird. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z His voice was mellow and loaded with more meaning than I could fathom. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, this is not my meaning,” insists my mother. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z To Bach, the point of music was to glorify God, to reflect upon, interpret and celebrate the meaning and mystery of the scriptures. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Now, meaning now that we started this thing rolling. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z She meant ‘facinating’, but as Grace didn’t know the exact meaning of either word, fastidious sounded well and made a good impression. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to lose Will, though,” I say, meaning it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “I know,” I say, and then without meaning to, I sigh. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The Baptist church, normally home to only the purest of Manifest citizens—meaning the ones who had parents and grandparents and even great-grandparents born in this country—was suddenly filled with strangers. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I switched the whip to my left hand without meaning to, without even realizing it at first, took hold of its worn handle, lifted it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Your letter came in the morning, but you said nothing about a parcel, meaning it for a surprise, so I was disappointed, for I’d had a ‘kind of feeling’ that you wouldn’t forget me. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z But I didn’t dwell too much on that because I knew I needed to keep up my confidence, think about the future, meaning the competition coming up. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z This is called rousing, which is feather talk meaning “I like you.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, I know. And this tells me that Driana truly does not understand the meaning of the word sad.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 For the first time the burial ceremony had meaning for me. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Whether the children understood her exact meaning was unknown, but the general tone of her words seemed to have gotten across, for there was no more howling. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z There was a time, years ago, when each passing hour held no meaning. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z So much for meaning as quality of life! Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z If you can drop the in without losing the meaning, the term you want is in to. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to learn the true meaning of blackness and thereby conquer the stigma; anthropology intrigued him as the study of where humankind began. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A stray not only in its plantation meaning—orphaned, with no one to look after her—but in every other sphere as well. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z 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 There would be no way of disguising its meaning. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The landscape has an intricate numinous geography; it is charged with meaning that must be respected and heeded. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The fact that the meaning of race may evolve over time or lose much of its significance is hardly a reason to be struck blind. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z "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 Tayo had to strain to catch the meaning, dense with place names he had never heard. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She went on to say that she wanted all her children to absorb the meaning of the words they sang, not just mouth them, like silly-billy parrots. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Whatever was written on the paper, it must have some kind of political meaning. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The thing to do, I thought with a smile, was to give them hints that whatever you did or said was weighted with broad and mysterious meanings that lay just beneath the surface. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z A worksheet was due that day deciphering the meaning of some lines from Macbeth, and Don was handed a copy of the homework by someone else so he could copy down the answers. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s okay,” I mutter, without really meaning it. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Nothing should tempt her to go, if they did; and she regretted that her father’s known habits would be giving her refusal less meaning than she could wish. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z 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 If you try to grasp Kuhn’s meaning you will find it slips through the fingers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z With the Renaissance revival of Stoicism the word ‘philosophical’ acquired a new meaning: philosophers, it was held, were able to moderate their passions and to be unmoved by the blows of fortune. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Rishi reached out and casually tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear, and without meaning to, she sucked in a breath and leaned in to his touch. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z A five-hundred-word essay on symbolism, how to find hidden meanings in Hawthorne. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z It is easy to say she was bad, but there is little meaning unless we know why. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z And then, without meaning to, he found himself searching his baby for signs of Joe. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z At certain times—meaning at uncertain times, for they depended on our humour—I would say to Herbert, as if it were a remarkable discovery,— Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “Beautiful,” Dr. Philobosian said, meaning me but looking at his assistant. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Everything was shot through with meaning, purpose, light. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z I was trying to speak insipidly, yet everything I said to Tibe seemed to take on a double meaning. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z He had been unconscious in the hospital wing for the final match of the previous year, meaning that Gryffindor had been a player short and had suffered their worst defeat in three hundred years. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Little by little, Lyra drifted into that trance in which the many layers of meaning were clear to her, and where she could sense intricate webs of connectedness between them all. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z But one day, she looked at a page and the word “mouse” had instantaneous meaning. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve been meaning to show this to you for months now.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Rising incomes, flattening prices, and easily available credit have given so many Americans access to such a wide array of high-end goods that traditional markers of status have lost much of their meaning. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z "Here, you take it. It has more meaning for you than me." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z There’s ultra-modern science technology here, too, including an EEG cap that is wireless, meaning that it can send signals without being hooked up to wires. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It’s an Indian name, meaning “tree sweet juice,” or—in other words—maple sugar. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z As I sat there one of them was inflating my faked memberships into meanings of national significance. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It determines the core of the phrase’s meaning: in this case married his mother is a particular instance of marrying. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Then, suddenly, those words “Your viewpoint is going to be particularly valuable” take on a whole new meaning. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z I get to wear my own clothes, meaning T-shirt and khakis or jeans, augmented only by the mandatory hairnet and an apron at my own discretion. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The meaning of this was not to save you, but to warn you instead. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z She said a sentence, and the water molecules twisted and morphed the sound, and when we both emerged, I had to guess what she’d said—had to find meaning in that garbled underwater language. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I hoisted a three-legged stool, meaning to launch it at Nick's opponent. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “What could he mean? She was dying to know what could be his meaning?”—and asked Elizabeth whether she could at all understand him? Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z It was like hearing a song so beautiful that you understood not only the meaning of art, but life. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The altar includes seven items that begin with the letter s, all with their own symbolic meaning. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z But no matter how often they repeated the words, with many different inflections, they were unable to wring any more meaning from them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z If a lifetime as the son of the fighter pilot had taught him one thing, it was that he knew instinctively the meaning of this ill-timed visitation: This was a promenade of ruin. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Each of these things had a different meaning to Palmer and yet the same—a language unlearned, of words unheard, that came to roost at some warm and waiting perch far below his ears. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z It is from these comrades in the struggle that I learned the meaning of courage. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She walked more than one hundred miles collecting two thousand signatures in an effort to help end slavery and give meaning to her family’s sacrifice. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The terms "folk music" and "pop music" also have more than one meaning. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Putting it anywhere else—say, before or after decided or dating—would change the meaning. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Fed up with all the rotten publicity, the Miccosukees announced that they intended to sue Dusty for embezzlement, and evict what was left of the Coral Queen from their “tribal grounds,” meaning the marina. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The curtain went up on the second act before he could explain his meaning. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It had intricate footnotes and detailed explanations as to the playwright’s meaning. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But I think I make my meaning clear. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I took out his phone, meaning to call his mum and tell her what I knew. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z So any translation would have seemed wrong; her words would have been stripped of an essential meaning. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Sensitive to the weight and meaning of letters and words, she wanted even her name to set her apart. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z What I don’t like is the ground-floor part, right on a well-traveled commercial street, meaning you have a choice between privacy and light. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But they soon found that they had pulled out ahead without meaning to, just pulling soft and steady. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Don’t we all. Look. Be what you want—white or black. Choose. But if you choose black; you got to act black, meaning draw your manhood up—quicklike, and don’t bring me no whiteboy sass.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She was acting like I could understand what she was meaning on the back side of her words! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z 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 I could set the temperature of the Hab higher than normal, meaning my body would expend less energy keeping its temperature. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, that old clunker. I’ve been meaning to get rid of it,” he said. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Kind was at first a family connection, later an elevated social rank, and finally came to rest meaning kindly or gentle. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I deserve to know the meaning of my own name. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z It is, once again, the sequence that carries the message: the words act, tac, and cat, for instance, arise from the same letters, yet signal vastly different meanings. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z That is, an abstract word was written with the sign for another word pronounced similarly but with a different meaning that could be readily depicted. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z If that woman finds her road hard, but full of meaning that she makes sense of and sees clearly through lines of poetry, then she can say she has found truth. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z No words, the meaning clearer than if there had been. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The average score in that class was 20.96, meaning that the average person in the class knew 21 people with the same last names as the people on my list. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Flawless,” I say, meaning him and not the theory. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It is the story of the people who battled over the meaning of the mysterious number—the scholars and mystics, the scientists and clergymen—who each tried to understand zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The older, more powerful ones are membranous, packed with layers of different meaning, like one-word poems. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned the frog onto its back and touched the shredded leg, meaning to arrange it in a way that would make the amputation simple and fast. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Songs in their heads: Music and its meaning in children’s lives. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z He came out of the building, meaning to walk up to the tube station, but just then a cab drove along and he flagged it down. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z While there are only 26 letters in the English alphabet, there are 676 possible pairings, and the meaning of each letter in a digraph depends on how it is paired. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z To Cassiopeia, she added, “Next time, try pluvius arcus, dear; the meaning is clearer.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I mean, in this dream the Nazis all looked like Darth Vader’s Imperial officers anyway, so it’s hard to put too much meaning into dreams. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z I’m sure people did question whether Italian printers were quite the right people to legislate on the meaning of everything; but on the other hand, resistance was obviously useless against ajamily that could invent italics. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z But people will do anything rather than admit that their lives have no meaning. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z After a few moments, Hermione said gently, “But that’s impossible, Harry. You mean that you did magic without meaning to; you reacted instinctively.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I had never been able to talk to others, and I had to guess at their meanings and motives. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z No. If the “Solomon don’t leave me” line was right, Solomon was the one who left, who “flew away”—meaning died or ran off—not Jake. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She said that word like it could have several meanings, and he could pick which one. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z But the meaning of the words escaped him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes had read meaning into what was random body posture captured in a single moment of time. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z They also wanted equivalently open access to western lands, meaning no federal restrictions on slavery in the territories. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I don’t get the meaning, if there is one, but I wake up feeling hungry. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “It’s not just memorization though. He understands. Half the things I’ve been meaning to show him he’s already figured out for himself.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Every artifact was unique, meaning that only one copy of it existed in the entire simulation. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He’d spent the last five years trying to find some kind of meaning, not just for his service, but for his whole life. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I’m going to read it one more time to see how the meaning’s changed. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He must indeed be their leader for he was clearly the wealthy wolf; that is, wealthy as she had known the meaning of the word on Nunivak Island. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I was no detective, and, politically, individuals were without meaning. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It moved into Greek, as phuein, meaning to bring forth and make grow; then as phusis, which was another word for nature. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe this moment right now between my dad and me is the meaning of today. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “That’s a theater term,” Mr. Poe explained, “meaning ‘good luck on tonight’s performance.’ The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z And then after a while he knew what each one of them would say before he began, because the meaning was always the same. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Some of the words were without meaning, others just sounded right, but some words came from deep inside her and told how she felt about life and hope and the road ahead. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “What did I do?” he whispered, not really meaning for anyone to hear him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Preschoolers make a number of assumptions about words and their meaning as they acquire language, one of the most important of which is what the psychologist Ellen Markman calls the principle of mutual exclusivity. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z That was the reason the company—meaning my dad—allowed him to make a living from his still on the ridge behind his house. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Other corporate failures occurred both in Europe and in the United States, but their true meaning remained for the moment unclear—in retrospect, a good thing. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The certainty that your life has purpose and meaning. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z How c came to be the symbol for the speed of light is something of a mystery, but David Bodanis suggests it probably came from the Latin celeritas, meaning swiftness. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I sell you no phony forgiveness, I'm a desperate man—but too much of your life will be lost, its meaning lost, unless you approach it as much through love as through hate. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z If it was a star then it must be a miracle, some sort of mysterious divine sign whose meaning urgently needed to be deciphered. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “I’m right next to one of the biggest private libraries in the world,” said Billy, meaning Eliot Rosewater’s collection of science fiction. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It was one exciting week after another, and the world seemed only to consist of cheers and praise and glory and rules that had no meaning. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They were singing, searching for meaning in the dust. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Ms. Masolino said she knew it all along, and Mrs. Sharkey said they gave new meaning to the term "bottoms up." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z But in informal writing and conversation, if no one's likely to mistake your meaning it's fine to put only where it seems most natural—usually in front of the verb: I’m only saying this once. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Because we couldn’t ask either one about its true meaning. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “You might as well ask an artist to explain his art, or ask a poet to explain his poem. It defeats the purpose. The meaning is only clear through the search.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Modeled on the fraternities then springing up on college campuses, the group took its name from the Greek word kuklos, meaning band. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I see many meanings in his eyes, but he talks in code because Alan hangs on every word. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z All the facts on which you base protocols must be reasonably hard facts with unambiguous meaning. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Pauses or parentheses may change the flow of meaning—but they also, often more importantly, change the flow of sound. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z I love pizza, meaning: Even when I’m in the middle of eating pizza, I wish I were eating pizza, but I wouldn’t jump on Dad’s train even if Michelangelo were on it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He should not be saying this kinda stuff...And he definitely shouldn't be meaning it. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Each experience had a sharp meaning of its own. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if they got him breathing normally again—“normally” meaning with the help of the oxygen machine— the fight left him fatigued the whole next day. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “If he could make every single boy in Prentisstown a man by his own meaning, then he’s God, ain’t he? He’s created all of us and is in complete control.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Without meaning to or realizing it, he’d pictured in his mind his exact route through the Maze as he escaped the voice. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I may be able to interpret their meaning for you and help you through this psychosexual crisis you are having. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The copies of my poems Rudy handed back had on them brief, inane remarks I read and reread for double meaning. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Now, what’s a “play-pretty”? As if it’s not hard enough figuring out real stuff, I have to figure out the meanings of made-up words! Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z One Sunday, while our parents debated the meaning of Father Finnegan’s homily that morning, the doorbell rang. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “If language has any meaning,” Stanton wrote, “we have in these texts a plain declaration of the existence of the feminine element in the Godhead, equal in power and glory with the masculine.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z This hill was Mwala wa Nyenje, meaning “The Rock of the Edible Flies,” named after the cliffs at its summit and the fat delicious flies that lived in its trees. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z I thrust it at him, meaning to push him away. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Outside the palace walls, the women of Gbadolite are squatting in their yards, boiling manioc in salvaged hubcaps, and if you asked them the meaning of Independence they’d scowl and shake a stick at you. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it’s like a dream where time takes on a new sort of meaning. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z What is the meaning of "credulous" in the passage, New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z “What is the meaning of this?” he finally shouted, but the cameras did not swing in his direction. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z On one sleeper in particular, though, she found an undue portion of her attention fix, without her even meaning it to. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z There is a silence between us, but the meaning is crystal clear. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I knew she used a bad word, but it was one that I didn’t exactly know the meaning of. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z But had he found the meaning of the word? Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z All of this awareness depends on a basic grasp of what grammatical categories are, how they differ from functions and meanings, and how they fit into trees. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Fall arrived and it rained every day, meaning we would now be scolded for the water dripping from our coats and umbrellas. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps he hid his meaning deeper than I thought, perhaps his anger threw me off—I can't decide. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Was this the all, the meaning, the end? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Here, in case Lazlo might miss his meaning, was the best possible example of a scholar occupying his mind with “important matters.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Black people choose their traditional names with great care; those are the names that have deeply personal meanings. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z As we shall see, the concept of time has no meaning before the beginning of the universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They are more like perfectly tooled but crazy little machines, and we violate science when we try to read human meanings in their arrangements. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Luke wondered if he’d always misunderstood the meaning of the word “relief.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Oh,” he said, “it is such a lovely game, such a lovely game! And it is just absolutely chock-full of meaning. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z “The words reach you from a distance, and you can barely glimpse the meaning.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Grace glanced at me, but I couldn’t read the meaning in her look. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The teacher elaborated on the meaning of the display, the other children pointed and jeered at Skipper John’s garish smile—and Maisie’s face twitched in fear. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I start to say, meaning to apologize, but for what? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z They talked about its meaning, about how it had changed the feel of a neighborhood. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “That’s right. So in the hourglass range of meanings you get death. In fact, after time, which is the first one, death is the second one.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Without taking his eyes off the girl—her back was turned now and he feasted himself on her rounded jeans —he pondered the meaning of what Howie had said, sensing the importance of the moment. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can take a turn,” I offer, meaning to get behind the wheel. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z At the sound of the familiar strains, without her meaning to, a smile spread over her face. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “Personal combat has no meaning. It is an unfair justice anyway. It is the thugs who win.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Go straight to your room, young lady, until you can learn the meaning of the word ‘respect,’” Lillian demanded. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z With it came the word descubrimento, meaning first ‘exploration’ and then ‘discovery’; and then this word, in its vernacular equivalents, spread across Europe. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Bands of gold flooded over the old man’s head and shoulders, streaming down his arms to his slender hands, where they pooled with meaning. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z 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 The meaning of the skirt echoes in the single syllable. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z I didn’t have to puzzle over the meaning of the song. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z A flaw in identity; a genetic illness; a blemish that cannot be separated from the self—the same phrase served all meanings. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z At such times, a chance acquaintance or even a stranger was easily able to lose his ‘real’ meaning and assume an identity in the unconscious traumatic configuration. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Jomon skeletons show a high incidence of what pathologists term auditory exostosis, meaning abnormal bone growth in the ears as often observed in divers today. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Dear Diary, Today I finally grasped the true meaning of self-reliance. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The advocates of the new chemistry insisted that they had no time for texts whose meaning was impenetrable. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She would have us write it down on slips of paper and then carry it with us until the next night when we recited its meaning to her. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They seemed so straightforward in comparison, despite their myriad meanings. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Her fingers moved so quickly they were like hummingbirds flicking from one meaning to another. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The syntactic confusion about which grammatical person belongs in which phrase reflects our intellectual confusion about the very meaning of the concept “person.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Those who refused to answer were automatically regarded as guilty and were blacklisted, meaning that they were not able to find work for the duration of the second Red Scare. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “Your anger that night,” she told me on the phone, meaning the night Shawn had killed Diego, “was twice as dangerous as Shawn has ever been.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But it wasn’t “something”; it wasn’t just an abstract noise, a sound with no meaning. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The first buzzer sounded, meaning time to finish up. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But when there’s obviously no possessive meaning, forget the apostrophe: You’ll never get into the honors program by hanging out in singles bars. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Twenty-eight is four yuppyish types, meaning everything on the side and agonizing instructions as to the chicken Caesars. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They slip phrases into their stew and wrap meaning around their pork before frying it. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z There was a time, years ago, when each passing hour held no meaning. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z They consulted dictionaries to look up correct information about word meanings and grammatical constructions. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z It was, perhaps, the only word that had a real meaning in this place. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The cold sunshine lasted all day, and the sky was red when the sun went down, meaning more sunshine tomorrow. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “The meaning, Mama, is that Ella does whatever she is told. I don’t know why, but she does.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I did not have long discussions over egg salad sandwiches about the meaning of life. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I am unsure of the meaning, but I do think it has something to do with all that plastic— that, and the distance from the earth. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was an accident, meaning the kind of rare and catastrophic event that, but for the grace of God, could happen to any airline. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “I’ve been meaning to tell you this for a while,” he says. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z The word "octave" comes from a Latin root meaning "eight." Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I thought suddenly, What is the meaning of all these things? The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “I don't know its meaning. But I know it’s important. You have to hear it. It said, Perseus, you are not the hero!’ The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z It is sleek, spare, and what he calls “fluid,” nothing to disrupt the line, meaning none of my cluttered look. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he'd clear his throat and give a deeply intoned order, as though each syllable were pregnant with nuances of profoundly important meaning. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He was meaning to explain what had happened. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Whether or not they had that gesture here, its meaning was unmistakable. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Man is an unchanged word from Indo-European man, meaning just that. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Somehow, from these beginnings, it transformed itself into one of the most powerful English expletives, meaning something like “Die before your time!” The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It might be safer to keep Bri indoors, but her life had no meaning without the Church. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z So much for what Marx termed the “reproduction of labor power,” meaning the things a worker has to do just so she’ll be ready to labor again. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thirty seconds!” said Houston, meaning that they had only thirty seconds’ worth of fuel remaining. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z This section raises the question of word meanings. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Pima and Lucky Girl stared at him, their eyes full of meaning. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Keep in mind that any lesson can be made into an arts-integrated one, by simply delving in deeper to the art form itself to find structural details and meaning from which to draw. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z She had cast herself, without meaning to, in the role of a potential student. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I’ve been meaning to talk to you all about that,” I said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Urgente,” she calls out, meaning her own condition now, for her whole body feels bathed in a burning pain as if her flame-colored dress were itself on fire. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Wouldn’t be surprised,” answered Trotter in a flat voice that Gilly couldn’t read the meaning of. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z But there is another meaning to the word. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Anya inhaled sharply, meaning to yelp or scream or something, but her voice froze in her throat as she looked into the rusalka’s face. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He challenges Vincent: what is the meaning of this woman and that child? Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “The credit given to Mr. Adams for a spirit of conciliation towards France is wonderful,” Madison observed caustically, meaning that it was wholly undeserved. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He gestures vaguely toward the refrigerator, as if he’s said something of any meaning. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z They had never taken time to answer a single question; though we worked in the institute, we were as remote from the meaning of the experiments as if we lived in the moon. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z And I learned the meaning of “love/hate relationship” in a game situation like this one. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z This thought drifted about in his head but failed to gain meaning. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z In beauty, history, and communal meaning, it rivaled, if not surpassed, any church in the white community. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Madeline: You can find the meaning of life in a book. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t want to assign too much meaning to the sex, and neither, it seemed, did Lily. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Yes, that’s what it is, but who invented the word, who first used it, and how has the meaning of the word changed since it was first used?” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z The word took on new meaning for Luke. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z And, just like every time I’ve read it before, the meaning changes. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z They have a tin ear for its nuances of meaning and emphasis. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Meaning to or not meaning to, she got him to go through it again—at springtime when it’s clearer then than as at no other time that citylife is streetlife. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z There are times when you can swallow the article and others when it must be clearly pronounced, as the word has two different meanings, one masculine and the other feminine. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Captain Orlov said something to his Aleuts that I could not understand, but its meaning was soon clear. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Lord Mormont had spent a good part of his life on the Wall, and he needed to believe if those years were to have any meaning. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The mother saw his movement and the meaning of it, and cried out aloud in despair. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Only the old man seemed to study the meaning of the words. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The horizontal apparition hovered in the sky without growing larger, and though he was beginning to understand its meaning, it was, as in a dream, impossible to begin to respond or move his limbs. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z In his usage the meaning of the word has not yet moved far from its original reference to voyages of discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It is often necessary, for meaning to come through, that there be an almost vague sense of strangeness and askewness. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Neddie, you are almost as bright as a little white child,” the teachers would say, meaning to compliment me. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z At three o’clock she started dinner, and only when it was cooking did she take a break, sitting at die kitchen table to consult her dream book on the meaning of her previous night’s dreams. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I had the sense that I should have been able to unpack them, that there was only a thin veneer separating me from their meaning, and yet the veneer was impenetrable. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z And when I said it I smiled without meaning to. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z 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 Many rap and hip-hop songs had lyrics referring to the “over-seers,” meaning any kind of cops. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a grand place by Soweto standards, but it was a house that held no meaning or memories for me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "An oxymoron makes a new meaning out of two opposites, Sunny." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Remembering the meaning of the legend, I turned and started hollering for Mama. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z We look for the same patterns in our lives to give them meaning. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The words jibe, gibe, and jive are all verbs meaning to “kid” or “heckle.” lay/lie. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z My mind is playing with twists of meaning as it always does. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z That night after supper Grandma said, “I suppose you kids want to go to the picture show,” meaning she wanted to go to the picture show. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z There are meanings in my book of which I was not aware until they literally spilled out upon the paper. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Yet as I had learned, “organic” has different meanings. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He walks into the hall and makes snipping motions with his fingers, meaning I’m to cut it short. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The system functioned relatively automatically, and the prevailing system of racial meanings, identities, and ideologies already seemed natural. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Her avoidance of me after the wedding was another trick, the meaning of which is too deep for me to fathom. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I looked at him and at the cross, certain he'd found a meaning that he was not prepared to tell. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “Do you have a book that—that tells the meanings of words?” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I keep meaning to give them away now that Charlie is too old for them, but I haven’t gotten around to it. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z This is the meaning of the word “universal” as applied to Newtonian gravitation. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The digital camera held no meaning for him. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “It’s a gift,” answered Maya, not even meaning to be funny. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z His rat soul longed inexplicably for it; he began to think that light was the only thing that gave life meaning, and he despaired that there was so little of it to be had. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z She had never understood the true meaning of this expression until now. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “Anyway, I’ve been meaning to tell you. Steph is baking for a charity event on Halloween. She wants me to help serve cupcakes.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Some grammarians believe that while, which comes from an Anglo-Saxon word meaning “time,” should be used only to mean “during the time that.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time I was two, all my memories had words, and all my words had meanings. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z I took her meaning: these were their horses. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Good. Now let’s take one of the alethiometer symbols. The hive, for example, surrounded by bees. One of its meanings is sweetness, and another is light. Can you see why?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z But for the Pythagoreans it came to mean something threatening, a hint that their world view might not make sense, which is today the other meaning of “irrational.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Umm…” he says, meaning, I can give you plenty of reasons. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z What the headline writer intended was ravaged, meaning “damaged” or “destroyed.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Usually, I’m not terribly gregarious,” she said, and looked over at me to see if I knew the meaning of the word. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Part of me thinks that your very vulnerability brings you closer to the meaning of life, just as for others, the quest to believe oneself white divides them from it. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z As Lillian’s fingers circumnavigated the beads, Ben’s mind wandered and the prayers became thoughtless, untongued words whose meaning was bled out of them by repetition. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They died between the sacred walls of the church of God, and they were discussing the eternal meaning of love. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Many times they solved equations only to get a negative result and concluded that their answer had no meaning. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Father,” said Noor, her voice dropping an octave, “I have to tell you something. Something I’ve been meaning to tell you...but not in front of Mother.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Either one may be correct after than, depending on the meaning of the sentence. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When you talk about Churchill’s “great rolling periods”— meaning his long, mellifluous sentences—you are primarily talking about sound effects: the gather and surge of a sentence toward its climax. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Cynthia was working hard to iron out any extra meanings. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Not before he discovered the meaning of her mark. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z And it was he who introduced the now familiar exponential notation, with x2 meaning x x x, x3 meaning x x x x x and so on. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z But my mind had stopped paying attention to their meaning. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And there is the production of racial meaning and racial boundaries. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z When you think about it, there is no common thread of ownership, or any other meaning, across the phrases Sophocles’ play, Sophocles’ nose, Sophocles’ toga, Sophocles’mother, Sophocles’ hometown, Sophocles’ era, and Sophocles’ death. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z She’s one of those people that never learned to breathe, never understood the true meaning of freedom. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z As with anyone who has acted successfully, the experience gives Mariela both a thrill and a jolt of confidence—but for her, it confers an additional meaning and benefit. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “Yes,” my mother said, “Bible stories are like our stories. But they seem to have meanings which many of us black people can’t understand.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The letters A, C, and T convey very little meaning by themselves, but can be combined in ways to produce substantially different messages. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I told him how I didn’t know the subtle nuances or meanings of Korean names, even though I knew quite a few, that it would have been like naming someone purely by sound. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed to her that the meaning had worn off of things like so much gilt. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z In any case, their meaning mattered little as long as the letter arrived, telling her aunt that Papá had been killed at sea and her niece and nephew were coining to Indio to find her. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z This was a signal that they were “engaged,” meaning they were currently on phone calls, browsing the Web, or logged into chat rooms. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z But he didn’t ask us if we knew the meaning of revolution, so I couldn’t raise my hand and define it for the class. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z That was the meaning of this night, and it was Mary’s meaning, too. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “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 Then Big Ma said, “That’s not the meaning of ‘Jesus saves.’” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Its root is a word meaning “to eat together.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z He said something happily, again in sounds she could not ascribe meanings to. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Now that we have explored the source of word sounds, we arrive at the puzzle of word meanings. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I will come back to this presently, and I hope that by that time the meaning of what I have said here will have become clearer. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “Reggie,” she says, meaning my dad, “maybe you should take King out early. Give him a chance to find a good spot before the parades start.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Then Joe Starks realized all the meanings and his vanity bled like a flood. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “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 “Words in general are pretty weird. That someone just decided putting little symbols together in clumps was a way to make stuff have meaning? Super weird.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z “Ah, sir,” said Winky, shaking her head, “ah sir, meaning no disrespect, sir, but I is not sure you did Dobby a favor, sir, when you is setting him free.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I may have been imagining the double meaning in her words. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z And as she read, America’s mythologies began to take on meaning, America’s tribalisms—race, ideology, and region—became clear. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z If ever an enterprise needed to be illuminated with a sense of the history and meaning of the landscape, it is this. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z His expression, always so calm before, was filled with such a cold, terrible anger that I took a step away from him without meaning to. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The meaning of these stories may be basically the same as the meaning of a medieval bestiary. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Everybody in the gym called me “Chief,” an honorific he avoided, calling me “Mister Mandela,” and occasionally, when he felt sympathy for his old man, “My bra,” township slang meaning “My brother.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The full meaning of what he had said struck him like a blow. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z For a moment nothing would come, but I remained convinced that I had heard the meaning of those words sometime, somewhere before. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Another name often given him was “the Lycian,” variously explained as meaning Wolf-god, God of Light, and God of Lycia. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z At ten I knew the meaning of the many ritual gestures the priest makes during the mass. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “But how? Adaon’s clasp has given me no idea. The dreams I had of the cauldron are without meaning to me. If I could only understand them...” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z They wanted to teach us the meaning ofxin relation to pi, as opposed to helping us better understand ourselves and each other. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z ‘Three hobbits in a wood at night! We have not seen such a thing since Bilbo went away. What is the meaning of it?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Why, Jo?” and her mother looked up quickly, as if the words suggested a double meaning. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 In truth, there were some pages that I jumped over for I found it hard to figure their meaning. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I pondered his question, which was edged with double meaning. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The voice was that of an automaton, but deep with meaning. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Once more she gazed at the symbols, once more she turned the wheels, but those invisible ladders of meaning down which she’d stepped with such ease and confidence weren’t there. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “That boy doesn’t know the meaning of hurting.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Just last night, that word had changed its meaning in her mind. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z For the first time I realized that there were other students like me, and so I was able to frame the meaning of my academic success, its consequent price—the loss. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood up, trying to realize what reality lay behind the meaning of the words . Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It took a moment for me to fully grasp his meaning—he wanted me to help him. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z She pauses and lets the meaning sink in. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The word “safety” brings us to the real meaning of the word “religious” as we use it. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z “What can be the meaning of that emphatic exclamation?” cried he. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Elizebeth warned Wallace that the precise meaning of this kind of code was hard to prove. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z So when she saw his meaning, Pear Blossom took the packet from him and said no more and Wang Lung trusted her and was comforted for the fate of his poor fool. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z "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 This meant that ordinary sentences and phrases had been given secret meanings, agreed upon in advance. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The difficulty comes in trying to separate my eyes from my eyebrows, which alter my face much the way that varying punctuation marks can change the meaning of a sentence. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The more she looked, the more she saw all kinds of order and carefulness in the village, like the layers of meaning in the alethiometer. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I ask, meaning the papers in her hand. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Who decides that the meaning has changed, and when? The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Grumman sat impassively, moving a magical token of feathers and beads from one hand to the other in a pattern that Lee could see had some purposeful meaning. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When I point my phone’s camera at them, I can see their names hovering over their heads, meaning none of them have set themselves on Private. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In Logan’s defense, I’m sure none of us will ever forget the meaning of those two words. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Jane Fairfax’s perception seemed to accompany his; her comprehension was certainly more equal to the covert meaning, the superior intelligence, of those five letters so arranged. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Across the street, on the entrance wall of a project building, was an altar, meaning someone had just died. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He was quite sure that Ron’s support of Hermione had little to do with a desire to know the meaning of the triangular rune. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I knew not his word, and hesitated; he, perceiving my fault, explained its meaning and derivation while my mother begged for water. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He had also—quite without meaning to—designed a beautiful economic experiment. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He can, maybe, by his will choose what things shall be seen by weaker minds, or cause them to mistake the meaning of what they see. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z As he read on, Kit forgot the meaning of the words and felt a stir of pleasure at the sound. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z For the first time, the meaning instead of the grammar of what Claudia had said penetrated. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Those jungle words have no meaning to civilized humans. I suggest you keep your opinions to yourself!” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “You should try again. The meaning changes every time you read it.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I would make voyages, discoveries, explorations with words and try to put some of that meaning back. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It usually wasn’t very hard to pick the real meaning out of things people said, if you watched them closely. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z That had certainly been the occasion to interject his critical facility in assessing the meaning of experimental observations—but he had said nothing useful. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I have no patience for books that pretend life has meaning. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Either way, the meanings are the same: great discoveries, whether of silk or of gravity, are always windfalls. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Not only is it a perfectly respectable Bengali good name, meaning “he who is entire, encompassing all,” but it also bears a satisfying resemblance to Nikolai, the first name of the Russian Gogol. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “And the sword,” said Ron finally, when they had at last abandoned their attempts to divine meaning in the Snitch’s inscription. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It has meanings within meanings, like human words. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z The word “topic” in linguistics actually has two meanings.5 In this chapter we have been looking at the topic of a discourse or text, namely the subject matter of a series of connected sentences. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z There was only one meaning that the episode could possibly have. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z All the kids knew the double meaning his answer conveyed because it was public knowledge now. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And even if they had, I wouldn't have known its definite meaning, for it might have had to do with the charges. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z How much of the original song’s function and meaning is included? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Mass incarceration, like Jim Crow, helps to define the meaning and significance of race in America. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Beatty knocked his pipe into the palm of his pink hand, studied the ashes as if they were a symbol to be diagnosed and searched for meaning. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess the evil school shooters didn’t listen in English class because they did not Get the meaning of that book at all. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Until that moment I never quite knew the meaning of the phrase “to make the welkin ring.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But as the day grew long, more of them were drawn in, gazing into the television—into the void of space, into their own hearts, trying to make some meaning of what they were watching. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He had fallen because God wanted him to fall; there was no deeper meaning in it than that. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Imbuing violence with holy meaning,” wrote the historian Iris Chang, “the Japanese imperial army made violence a cultural imperative every bit as powerful as that which propelled Europeans during the Crusades and the Spanish Inquisition.” Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Unlike Winston, she had grasped the inner meaning of the Party’s sexual puritanism. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z While the music of other cultures will sound different and have different meanings and emotions associated with it, every culture makes it. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Once upon a time, if was one of the meanings of though. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She could talk her head off now and the words reached his ears without meaning. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z For a moment it seemed like there was nothing else that mattered or had any meaning in the whole world. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Why had he been given this useless ability to absorb the meaning of words, sentences, stories, books? Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z If Id had a dragon, I would have taught the world the meaning of our words. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z During those winter months she was troubled by a recurrent, disturbing dream which had no meaning. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 And the moments of living slowly revealed their coded meanings. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Second, they all knew one another personally, meaning that they broke bread together, sat together at countless meetings, corresponded with one another about private as well as public matters. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “It is inconceivable. It will have meaning only if we give it meaning. We cannot wait for God.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Familiar words, turning them over for new meanings. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe the meaning of the message wasn’t in what he said, but in how he said it, and he was telling me to keep things simple. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew the meaning of what he had said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z In 52 percent of crashes, the pilot at the time of the accident has been awake for twelve hours or more, meaning that he is tired and not thinking sharply. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z It communicates partly by implying meanings through pose, facial expression, allegory, and the like. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad’s grin became his Big Surprise smile, and without even meaning to, I came up with a list of all the wonderful places he could be taking me. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I shouldn’t attribute much meaning to it, but still, I notice the word human. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z “That is the literal meaning, yes, but what’s really being said is, ‘From nothing, nothing can come.’” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z It should be obvious that facts can both be unquestionable and only have meaning within certain discursive conventions: e.g. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Racial and economic sorting in the South Shore neighborhood continued through the 1970s, meaning that the student population only grew blacker and poorer with each year. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “I’ve been meaning to ask you since I hung this up . . . ,” he said, looking at it. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z And he ran and jumped onto the ring, the way acrobats do in a circus, meaning to pull himself up. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z “I think,” said Roscuro, “that the meaning of life is light.” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z She saw Ambata’s mouth moving, but the words conveyed no meaning. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z 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 As she pulls out a ticket he inquires, first in French and then in English when she does not catch his meaning, if she might know whom he could contact about the clock. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Samuel said, “Liza, do you know the meaning of the English word ‘vacation’?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 The process that Josquin had prophetically anticipated, namely the change of musical texture to make the meaning of the text clear and transparent, had by mid-century turned - in effect - into state law throughout Europe. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z A word bravely soldiers on for years, until one day it falls facedown in the trenches, its original meaning a casualty of misuse. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet the real meaning of the word human is ‘an animal belonging to the genus Homo’, and there used to be many other species of this genus besides Homo sapiens. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But I didn’t have time to decipher their meaning. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z It was as if he expected us to know the meaning, along with the other words he used, like decorum. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “It appears that I have not yet taught my son the meaning of character and integrity,” Daddy wrote. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to bracket the full range of meaning. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Big Ma had moved in and told Pa, “That gal’s dumb as a dry pump,” meaning me. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Now close the book. Stand up and expound to us all the meaning of God’s Word.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Otherwise you could tilt toward that depending on the degree of restrictiveness, that is, the degree to which the meaning of the sentence critically depends on the relative clause. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z At 01:42 and 19 seconds, the first officer said, “Let’s make a missed approach,” meaning, Let’s pull up and make a large circle and try the landing again. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I turn back to the laptop and am just about to click on the little triangle icon when the meaning of what he said hits me. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z “Now that our new brother has been educated as to the meaning of self-criticism, perhaps he’d like to share his personal shortcomings.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned to the man beside him and he said, “Do you know a character or two so that you may tell me the meaning of this dreadful thing?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z ‘I was not sent to beg any boon, but to seek only the meaning of a riddle,’ answered Boromir proudly. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Mahler, she will say, meaning something else we can’t figure out. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He kept pausing, as though he lacked the strength to uncover the meaning beneath the text. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z My sister's paraded out at parties to make Bengali guests cry, her flute-like voice adding even more meaning to Rabindranath Tagore's songs. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Each word seemed clear enough, but the meaning of the whole slipped away. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Insensitive to this change of meaning, scholars frequently translate the word experimentum in Latin texts as ‘experiment’, thus often giving a totally false impression of its meaning, which is commonly ‘experience’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z "I doubt the magistrate will understand that meaning, Master," the apprentice said. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “Come over for drinks and a braai,” meaning a barbecue, is what we always say in Johannesburg. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Almost before I had grasped her meaning there was the flutter of a dress and the crunch of leather boots and Tom and Daisy were back at the table. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z This gave me a new meaning of the saying “to sleep under the stars.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The meaning of the flag signals—a certain flag or set of flags for commands such as “attack” or “hold your fire”—was a secret known only to those who had flag codebooks. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I finally decided that it must be like shalom or aloha and has as many meanings as necessary. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z A clipped, insinuating voice spieled words whose meaning I couldn't catch and I was about to pass on when I saw the boy. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The ladders of meaning that led from every one of the alethiometer’s thirty-six symbols, down which she used to move so lightly and confidently, felt loose and shaky. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z If you speak and write in English, or Spanish, or Chinese, or any other language, then only a certain percentage of human beings will get your meaning. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Also, sound effects can be added to enhance the action or bring a fuller meaning or experience. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z You wanted a good time; “they,” meaning the Party, wanted to stop you having it; you broke the rules as best you could. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Then she sat still, letting her mind hold the three levels of meaning together in focus, and relaxed for the answer, which came almost at once. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Arguably the most important parallel between mass incarceration and Jim Crow is that both have served to define the meaning and significance of race in America. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “But for stars?” the interviewer asked, meaning, Wouldn’t they have made an exception for you? Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I’ll tell you now that I still don’t know the meaning of mine. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Defendants who are deemed incompetent can’t be tried in adversarial criminal proceedings—meaning that the State can't prosecute them unless they become well enough to defend themselves. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The meaning, or content, of art is inseparable from its formal qualities, its style. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Because of the singsong cadence, Jonathan sensed it was a prayer and wished he knew its meaning. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z The meaning was plain enough; Khal Drogo was as like to return from the dead as she was to bear a living child. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The fox had learned the meaning of many human words, and he heard him use one of them now: “NO.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “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 But at this moment the meaning of the masklike attachment in front of it suddenly sank into him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z But every year since then, the optical switches at each end of that fiber cable have gotten better and better, meaning that more and more voices and data can be transmitted down each fiber. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Here, then, we have found the real “meaning” of Vermeer’s art. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The result is that we have retained a nuance of meaning that the unfortunate Britons have lost. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And Lucas Cader, with all his brains and talent, doesn’t know the meaning of his, either. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z "Any man of the Night's Watch," the dwarf repeated, "but not me, do I take your meaning, boy?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z That’s where classrooms full of students cut up my poem, searching for its meaning. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z He read the letter again, but could not take in any more meaning than he had done the first time, and was reduced to staring at the handwriting itself. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “I’ve been meaning to ask you about something you said yesterday.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I paused again to let the meaning of this sink in. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Mama did what she called “day’s work,” meaning that she cleaned other people’s apartments and was paid by the day. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z She sees Kat’s car, meaning Kat has already arrived. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “I wish he was better at meaning well.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Velia looked at her twin sister for validation, not grasping the full meaning of what I was getting at. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “Yes, sir,” I answered, guessing at the meaning of his words. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I quickly snapped a screenshot of the riddle, already trying to sort out its meaning. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Perhaps it originally represented the important insight that the sky nurtures the Earth; if so, that meaning seems to have been forgotten millennia ago. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I wish I'd asked her if the words had an inner meaning, the way some of the poems Bedi Ma'am taught me did. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z It was the artist's duty to find the appropriate objects, and the audience's job to decipher meaning. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z If we didn't yet understand the meaning of the word, we would carry it over until the next day. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Just a dream, she was reminded, but the words had little meaning when the knots of the hand-tied rug under her imaginary feet were more vivid than the smooth silk pillow beneath her actual cheek. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z After I looked up the meaning of the words, I wrote the entire text in my note pad in tiny letters: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal...” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z A face was now level with mine, looking closely and saying something without meaning. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Quietly the words came alive and fitted to the meaning and he understood. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He spoke slowly now, and each word seemed weighted with meaning. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z He spoke slowly, and I noticed that he had a habit of finishing everything he said with “and I’d even say,” when really it didn’t add anything to the meaning of his sentence. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Dad loved the Jets, which, he said, taught him the meaning of disappointment. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z We began to understand the true meaning of not judging a book by its cover. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z But none has always been closer in meaning to “not any,” and most authorities agree it usually means “not any of them” and is plural: None of Tysons teeth were chipped. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z These clouds were moving as the result of pure chance, the effect of utterly, random events at the level of atoms and molecules; their shadows speeding over the grassland had no meaning at all. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Acromantula eggs are defined as Class A Non-Tradeable Goods By the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, meaning that severe penalties are attached to their importation or sale. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I've said it in Bangla, so there's no doubt about my meaning. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “They took us there once,” she added, meaning her and her daemon. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Words I cannot make out, and yet I know their meaning. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z In 1919, there were forty-eight states in the union, meaning the approval of thirty-six states was required for ratification. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I couldn’t shake the feeling that we were both thinking of all the different meanings behind that euphemistic phrase. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I wince, then shake my head and stop talking, letting my hands wheel in circles as if they can convey my meaning. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 There surely is something to these terms, but too often they’re the result of minds intent on discovering meaning where there is only probability. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman tilts her head as though she did not catch the meaning of the question. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Share with no one the secret meaning of your creations,” he whispers to me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Suzanne’s sudden death had awakened me to the idea that I wanted more joy and meaning in my life. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Jethro’s hand found a sharp stick, and he dug it into the earth, twisted it around and around, and stared at the hole he had made as if it had some meaning. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “We don’t have time to study the meaning of every word,” Mr. Gatti said. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The Latin meanings popped into his head like Hazel had said they would. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The tendency to attribute meaning to phenomena governed only by chance is ubiquitous. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He only watched her face, her hands, the postures of her body, the meaning of her wide sweet eyes, waiting for her. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “I talk the meaning of things. I sit here and know I'm alive.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z “The meaning of my shirt is not any of those things.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z To begin with, the phrase “running out of fuel” has no meaning in Air Traffic Control terminology. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z One interpreter glanced at the Rosetta stone, whose hieroglyphic inscription was then still undeciphered, and instantly announced its meaning. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He hesitated for a moment; in his eyes, I saw him working out the meaning of my words. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z For the first time he knew the meaning of mindless fear and panic. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Oh, there’s some talk about paving the streets. But you know Holcomb. Actually, I don’t spend much time there. This is my junior year at K.U.,” she said, meaning the University of Kansas. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The children crouched on the limbs of a water oak that grew outside Mary Anne’s window, listened to their mother’s laughter, and tried to interpret its meaning. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Stuck meaning it's so muddy I’m not sure I could get out if I tried. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z 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 Not like younger men who talked nonsense probably, not meaning half they said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The traditional meaning isn’t simply “abundant”; it’s “disgustingly excessive,” “overly flattering,” or “insincere.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z For two days I tried to wrestle meaning from the textbook’s dense passages, but terms like “civic humanism” and “the Scottish Enlightenment” dotted the page like black holes, sucking all the other words into them. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Without meaning to, I'm picturing Mrs. Janssen again, worrying over an empty pantry. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z What there was was hot dogs, Coney Island style, as that term was used in Detroit, meaning they were served with chili sauce and onions. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z 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 The others looked at him in silence, and exchanged meaning glances among themselves. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z What was the meaning of his fearful look and his words, It comes? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It is all crumpled up and for some reason I do not know the meaning of, I uncrumple it and there I discover the initials B. C. inside a heart. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z No. Then, what could I offer that would hold meaning? The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z So what’s the difference between the past-tense was, in those contexts in which it has the meaning of factual remoteness, and the irrealis were, which also has the meaning of factual remoteness? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I dropped it in an oarlock and pulled as hard as I could, meaning to move the lifeboat away. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I felt like I'd read through her secret diary and had ripped out a page without meaning to. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Larson noticed she was reading Incident at Hawk Hill, and his mind tried to recall the plot, searching for some hidden meaning in Cara’s choice of that particular book. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Then, before I knew it, words—words whose meaning I did not fully know—had slipped out of my mouth. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z And just like you we have a function: providing comfort and meaning to the common folk. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Still, it could take her minutes to make out the meanings of some words, struggling through the pronunciation, testing each sound on the edge of her tongue before stringing them all together. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Rather, the article said, it was “a very aggressive adenocarcinoma of the cervix,” meaning it originated from glandular tissue in her cervix instead of epithelial tissue. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “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 “A single choice shall end his days. That has tons of meanings, right?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The Nobel Peace Prize had a special meaning to me because of its involvement with South African history. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew what it meant, and once more, he had the sound of his grandfather’s voice creating meaning in his ear. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z At last I unwound part of my sari, meaning to tear it, but the material would not tear: where my hands were it gave, limp and perished. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z For classical and Renaissance authors every well-known animal or plant came with a complex chain of associations and meanings. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Which word means the study of words and their meanings?” she asked me after we had reviewed a very long list of “ology” words. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Accordingly, Bostick was not really “seized” within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment, and the subsequent search was purely consensual. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It was surrounded by trees that blocked it from view of the village below, meaning that they could practice Quidditch there, as long as they didn’t fly too high. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I’d looked at it so many times and never really thought about the meaning. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z New signs were created by combining old signs to produce new meanings: for example, the sign for head was combined with the sign for bread in order to produce a sign signifying eat. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Thus confused, my mind turned this way and that, like a paper kite dipping to every current of air, unsure of its own meanings. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The meaning is simple: Put down your guns and go home. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Hermione went very pink and muttered something about not meaning that she wanted to leave. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Secretly, in their heart of hearts, almost everyone believes that there’s some meaning, some willfulness to life. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Malcolm reached for her, meaning to hold her back, but she was gone before he could touch her. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z What distinguishes the American Revolution from most, if not all, subsequent revolutions worthy of the name is that in the battle for supremacy, for the “true meaning” of the Revolution, neither side completely triumphed. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “That’d be fun,” I say, meaning me hanging with them would be fun. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 But as for myself, the invasion had only one meaning. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The children were too young to understand the meaning of the stories and yet they were frightened, standing motionless, listening to her, and shivering even if the sun was hot. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The disadvantage is that representational art, like prose, is always bound to the literal meaning and appearance of the everyday world, at least to some extent. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The one thing that brought back meaning to Hanukkah and Christmas. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “The American Standard translation orders men to triumph over sin, and you can call sin ignorance. The King James translation makes a promise in ‘Thou shalt,’ meaning that men will surely triumph over sin. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I stayed up late, twisting my hair into knots as I tried to wrest meaning from the textbook, then lying in bed and brooding over my notes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z As though meaning had slunk out of things and left them fragmented. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She wielded it recklessly, unleashed it on the vulnerable without entirely meaning to. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I put in ten hours that week, meaning I make up twenty of the dollars I owe him; got one more week to go. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I would communicate the meaning of their lives to people whom they could not reach; then, surely, my intentions would merit their confidence. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Years later, Henry Selden reflected on the meaning of the case. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In modern English there are two distinct words, ‘human’ and ‘humane’, but in seventeenth-century English there is one word, usually spelt ‘humane’, with two distinct meanings. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I wandered past the subway and continued around the corner to Forty-second Street, my mind grappling for meaning. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The meaning behind her words is clear: no laudanum. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z There is no lexicographical version of Gresham’s Law in which the bad meaning of a word always drives out the good one. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z So, I said, in a reflexively cynical response, I guess the key to finding the meaning of life is to stop taking out the garbage? Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “What can be the meaning of this?” said Charlotte, as soon as he was gone. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z By the end of that first day the word useful had taken on an alarming meaning. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve been meaning to ask you if you have a phone we could use,” I said, turning to look at Cecilia. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z A grammatical function identifies not what a word is in the language but what it does in that particular sentence: how it combines with the other words to determine the sentence’s meaning. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z When she climbed astride, he would hold her hips and stare up at the night sky and, for those moments, be sure of the meaning of bliss. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I felt that there was a hidden meaning, perhaps, in what she had said; but I could not find it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z OR may have same meaning as plagal cadence. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Little good that did, since he couldn’t wring any meaning from it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Now the meaning of the strange sailing time dawned on the crew. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Today mass incarceration defines the meaning of blackness in America: black people, especially black men, are criminals. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z 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 And the introduction of a new word, or a new meaning for an old word, often marks the point at which a concept enters general use and begins to do real work. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The word was blunder; and as Harriet exultingly proclaimed it, there was a blush on Jane’s cheek which gave it a meaning not otherwise ostensible. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z We find them divided about the meaning of Target with Four Faces, although they agree it must have one. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s go to trading,” I said, meaning the trading center. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z It serves to define the meaning and significance of race in America. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z As I walked home, I thought about birds and the meaning of their existence. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Oh, it’s not a somber day, more like a picnic, but it has special meaning to someone looking for grandsons. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He had reached that point in existence where he wasn’t afraid to hurt anyone who threatened his only source of meaning, his love for himself. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z By early 2000, United States prisons and jails held nearly 2 million people, meaning that one out of every 140 residents was behind bars. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The word had all those meanings for Milton.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z In all the major European languages the same metaphorical use of a word meaning ‘uncover’ was soon adopted to describe the voyages of discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Blank, meaning there are no windows, signage, or any indication that things, other than nothingness, go on inside. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Mulefa couples, for example, on entering marriage, would exchange strips of bright copper, which were bent around the base of one of their horns with much the same meaning as a wedding ring. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Impatiently brushing away the wetness in his eyes, he reread the letter, this time concentrating on the meaning. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The way a word is used this year is its phenotype, but it has a deeply seated, immutable meaning, often hidden, which is the genotype. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The name had special meaning for me, for during all my years in prison hope never left me — and now it never would. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Time and space lose meaning as the fog seems to invade my brain, muddling my thoughts, making everything unreal. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The ritual of building his mother’s breasts and insulting them simply had no meaning. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The barrier between the individual sound of each letter and the whole meaning of the word was removed and the printed word meant a thing at one quick glance. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He doesn't think about the meaning behind the words, just writes—writes what Herr Vinke wants to hear, writes what will earn a high mark. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z The same word slanted up or down the scale can have many different meanings. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z You say, ‘That is not mine’—meaning that such a thing does belong to someone else.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Or Could you delve deeper so I could better understand your meaning? Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “Whenever I think the world is ugly—that life has no meaning at all—I remind myself that this is here, always waiting for me,” Russ says. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 There is meaning out there, if only I can find it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I don’t think they ever knew the meaning of it. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Time loses meaning now as I frantically try to dodge the attacks. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z At first I wondered if that was because I didn't know the meaning of ironic. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z There was no nobility in falling, in being bound, in living oppressed, and there was no inherent meaning in black blood. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I get to Henry Street the next night after work and make it to the front door, and I must say, Father O’Reilly’s house gives new meaning to the word atrocious. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z They had been given to me by the bishop, and I was still trying to wrest meaning from them. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Light and darkness fly like an arrow,” meaning time passes quickly. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It was a moment or two before he took in the meaning of the photograph, which showed a family group. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I felt that without Rosa life no longer had any meaning. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Usually I could not decipher enough words to make the story have meaning. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z They used harmony as an additional layer of subtlety and effect, even by using discords to intensify the meaning of texts conveying suffering, loss or anguish. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Yesterday they had been two to one, meaning I would have had to risk two pennies for the chance to win one. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Rhythm — The term "rhythm" has more than one meaning. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z At other times, he’d hear late-night preachers, often of a fundamentalist bent, giving sermons and talks, usually about the meaning and interpretation of the Bible. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z 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 Falconer withdrew and thrust again, meaning to catch Mr. Armin unprepared. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z 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 Like the flash of a camera going off in my head, the number 26.2 comes alive with meaning. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z What was the meaning of such a long session? Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a joy about the tune that changed the meaning of its sad lyrics. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I could have peeled back the layers of meaning for hours and not discovered them all. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “It is a foretelling. You’ll learn its meaning in the coming days.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She made the remark almost to herself, obviously not meaning much by it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Like so many Newspeak words, this word has two mutually contradictory meanings. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The rhymes sound so pretty, I’m sure the meaning is too. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Perhaps if they had known the true meaning of the caller’s presence, the reception tendered him would have been less gracious, more guarded. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z My Carver classmates complain about challenging classes and competitive sports, but they don't know the meaning of the word "stress." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The newsfeeds broadcast interviews with this moron for a month, even though he didn’t have the first clue about the message’s meaning. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Which I don't mention to Freak because he's very sensitive about knights and quests and secret meanings. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Selmy wondered if the masks had meaning to the men who wore them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She can twist a one-syllable word in a way that seems to give it layers of meaning. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z ‘Once I do get to sleep,’ said Sam, ‘I shall go on sleeping, whether I roll off or no. And the less said, the sooner I’ll drop off, if you take my meaning.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I must give him an incredulous look without meaning to, because he shakes his head. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Fake Leo was the same height as Regular Leo—meaning he was short. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Shay had obviously meant to hide the meaning from anyone else reading it, using references only the two of them would understand. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Two horizontal was some word meaning to remove afar off. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “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 But once you become accustomed to such a life you will see its full meaning and its incredible beauty. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He was reminded of words he had heard a few weeks ago, words that had a horrible and particular meaning to him: Neither can live while the other survives... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It was preeminently the smell of the human body after it had been used to the limit, such a smell as has meaning and poignance for any athlete, just as it has for any lover. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z They are full of meaning, yes, but they lack sensation. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Mayor Gayle vowed that the city would hold out until the very end, meaning until someone representing the United States actually showed up in Montgomery and delivered the Supreme Court’s order to integrate the buses. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z He stared at me intent as I tried to figure his meaning. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “As you say, m’lord, only ... Clydas don’t look his proper self... he’s more white than pink, if you get my meaning... and he’s shaking.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z My sentence would go trailing off into nothing, but the meaning would be understood. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The so-called Gateway of the Sun attracts pilgrims by the thousands who seek astronomical meaning in its location. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Does anyone really think this guy sat down and stuck all kinds of hidden meanings into his story? Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z My back feels fine, meaning I’m not feeling it at all; even my wrists, damaged by carpal tunnel syndrome years ago, are issuing no complaints. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Religion was a ritual that I indulged in for my mother’s sake and to which I attached no meaning. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I constantly borrowed Mr. Brown’s pocket-size dictionary to look up meanings of words, and would memorize them like arithmetic tables and write them in a small notebook. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Now I know the deeper meaning to Lily’s greenhouse. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z He made a desperate effort to take the Controller’s meaning. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Shemma yiszF’—What meaning?—she asked me when a man at a grocery store yelled at her for opening up jars to smell the insides. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z As though aware of these preparations and their meaning, the three adventurers increased their pace as much as was possible within the limits determined by the old dog’s strength. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z If you don’t quite get my meaning, ladies, gentlemen, vuvv—remember that I do at the current moment, on this night of all nights, have a temperature of a hundred and four. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He smiled again, and every tooth seemed to have a meaning, double, multiple, thirty-two different meanings. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 In the fall of 1953 I wanted to write stories with secret meanings that would relate to people like me, no matter their color or position in life. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z There was no mistaking the meaning of the look in their eyes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z There were two bedrooms, the larger of which Dad claimed, and a room that tripled as a kitchen, dining room, and living room, meaning that it contained one table, one moth-eaten sofa, and one hotplate. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Right, but surely you must have thought about what happens to them, I mean as characters, I mean independent of their metaphorical meanings or whatever.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z There was a big discussion on the meaning of red. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z One day in the future, the meaning of irie will move on, and it will become just another word with a long list of archaic or obsolete definitions. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I said, “Look, man, this is an old chap,” meaning Tefu. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A zero in a string of digits takes its meaning from some other digit to its left. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In their efforts to recruit masses, they had missed the meaning of the lives of the masses, had conceived of people in too abstract a manner. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z We are so used to the varied meanings of the word ‘discovery’ that it is easy to assume it always meant roughly what it means today. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Why is the tree on the bottom, with the unintended meaning, the one the reader arrived at? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z As the priest chanted the Latin prayers, whose meaning I barely understood, I knelt by his side and knew that God had taken away the one person I could claim as my own. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I thought about how strange it was that a word could change its meaning so drastically. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z By cell count, humans are approximately 50 percent microbial, meaning that about half of the cells that make you up are not yours at all. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Though the reality and meaning of the Bible stories seemed vast and alien, I still found the stories enthralling, so I said: “The Bible stories are nice.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z And the gastronomic suggestions only confirmed to my mind that the English didn’t know the meaning of the word food. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z His chest exam, heart exam, and ECG are normal, and his systolic blood pressure is 165, meaning it doesn’t qualify as an urgent factor. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z We’d tackled gun control, the meaning of intellectual property, the structure of American education, and the future of networked computing. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Throughout the lessons, Shirley leaned forward, barely touching her seat, to catch the meaning, but the words sounded like gurgling water. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z So that was it, the meaning of the kerosene. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And phil is a word meaning ‘loving'; you are loved by God,” she says, pleased by this interpretation. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z What is the meaning of freedom in such a context? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z But he also could not read and they discussed its possible meaning, Wang Lung and the old man and the two boys. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z 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 It was one word, one syllable, which without thinking he spoke indistinctly, the ancient beginning and ending of all Brahmin prayers, the holy Om, which had the meaning of "the Perfect One” or "Perfection.” Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Haldir looked at them, and he seemed indeed to take the meaning of both thought and word. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “People don’t really change; they just find something else to give their life meaning.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z These were foundations more in line with the literal meaning of the word museum—that is, places consecrated to the worship of the Muses. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Bobby’s attempt to find some deeper, perhaps religious meaning to his life took a wide and twisted path. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Took me a minute to figure out the meaning, but life can be like that sometimes, wouldn’t you say? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z For a long time I got a headache reading papers in semantics that analyzed the two meanings of some. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z 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 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 Here’s another pair of examples with completely different meanings: Augie quit saying he was looking for another job. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Each time you do this, you’ll find more meaning,” Edwin said. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z In the simpler case of lexical ambiguity, an individual word has two meanings, as in the headlines Safety Experts Say School Bus Passengers Should Be Belted and New Vaccine May Contain Rabies. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “Better turned out than into, if you take my meaning,” said the bard. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z He probably wasn’t meaning to make her feel guilty, but she couldn’t help it. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Sound exactly the same, but the meaning is opposite.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z These days it is reassuring to know that nature and physics, in their present meanings, have been interconnected in our minds, by a sort of hunch, for all these years. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z You tell him about the invisible lines of meaning you feel stretching and winding through and around the people in your life. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z It was an old name, meaning you had one head in the real world and one in the magic world. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The first is a singular word meaning “occurrence” or “rate.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Children’s expression of emotional meaning in music through expressive body movement Journal of Non-verbal Behavior. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z "Without meaning ..." "He could be making plots with my uncles. I want him seized and questioned." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Mike went instantly into his routine, meaning he acts like Webb is cool, or at least normal. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z “I just thought,” he added, “if she was meaning any harm to Lyra, it might frighten her a bit.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The blacksmith’s shop, the mill, the church, the stores, so busy and alive in daylight, were hunched, deserted now, dark piles and shapes without a purpose or a meaning. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z No such meaning can be attached to Chardin’s picture, which is disarming in its simplicity. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z And he just plain didn’t know the meaning of surrender. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Whether it was true or not, most people said they had first come out here during a sandstorm, meaning their first taste of Odessa had literally been a mouthful of gritty sand. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not sure. Maybe I got it all wrong, Kath, I don’t know. Maybe she was meaning something else completely, something else to do with me not being creative. I don’t really understand it.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I force myself to hold her gaze, no matter how raw and stupidly naked I feel in front of her—and make no mistake about it, this is the true meaning of nakedness. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Sam gaped at him openmouthed, as if he did not understand the meaning of the word. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I’ve always been meaning to read your A compositions but I never had the time. I’ve a little time now. Would you like to read one to me?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z So deeply had he pushed it all back down into him that it was not until now that its real meaning came back. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The word sleeping was layered with a thousand different meanings, and I was pretty sure I would never understand half of them, but I knew the most important one. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z But its primary meaning in the United States today is “irrelevant” or “hypothetical.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And then he looked directly at me—slyly—meaning that she was worried that I might tell the agency that she started smoking again. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This must mean that we possess genes for all kinds of information, with strands of special, peculiarly human DNA for the discernment of meaning in syntax. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The needle darted swiftly left and right, and left and left, and Lyra felt her mind dart to the meanings and land on them as lightly as a bird. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The context helped, but more than that, the word was at one with its meaning, and was almost onomatopoeic. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I named him Winston because I liked the meaning of those two words “wins ton.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The Greek word ailinon!, meaning “woe for Linus!” grew to mean no more than the English “alas!” and was used in any lament. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He says it tentatively, his voice sounding strained to his ears, the statement turning without his meaning to into a question. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z There were wide currents full of meaning flowing fast around her; the Gobblers and their cruelty, their fear of Dust, the city in the Aurora, her father in Svalbard, her mother....And where was she? The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He said all of that without any inflection, without any sincerity, without any meaning. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Prudence would be busy explaining the meaning of the cussed word. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z He conceded the point, but did not change his interpretation of the amendment’s meaning. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z But often words do not simply change their meaning, rather they acquire new meanings, meanings which are sometimes apparently unrelated to their original meaning. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Adams commented to Abigail, “we are still upon terms,” meaning that the friendship endured, but just barely. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z In Bengali the word for pet name is daknam, meaning, literally, the name by which one is called, by friends, family, and other intimates, at home and in other private, unguarded moments. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z We offer “mothers’ hours,” he told me, meaning that the workday was supposedly over at three—as if to say, “With a benefit like that, how could anybody complain about wages?” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a 184-pound aluminum alloy sphere twenty-three inches in diameter which the Russians called Sputnik—meaning “traveling companion” or “fellow traveler.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “That’s the main point. Good. The rest is a matter of detail. No one can remember all the meanings of the alethiometer pictures, so we need the books to be able to read it.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Thus the orchestra, instead of merely providing the musical backing for the characters to sing to, was able to express or hint at the meaning of the stage action, even in passages without singing. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Part of her meaning was to conceal some favourite thoughts of her own and Mr. Weston’s on the subject, as much as possible. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z When a word is used for too many things, it ends up meaning nothing. transpire. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z That language was pioneered in English, where, for example, ‘experience’ and ‘experiment’ began to diverge in meaning during the seventeenth century. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Be patient and keep trying to connect because it takes her a little longer to pick up on what you’re meaning to say...socially and body language and all that. Understand?” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “I feel as if I had caught an elephant by its tail, without meaning to,” Frisch wrote to his mother. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know that very much. I was meaning to fix them too.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z To try to piece together a meaning behind events that didn’t seem to fit? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z And so when you hear the word, you hear the original spiritual meaning. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “You wouldn’t have to go, anyway,” Ginnie said, without meaning anything but the truth, yet knowing before the statement was completely out that she was saying the wrong thing. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The Gabrielis also experimented with placing clusters of singers and instrumentalists in different pockets of the building, a technique known as antiphony, meaning ‘voices against each other’, or poly choral, ‘many choirs’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I guess the evil school shooters didn’t listen in English class because they did not Get the meaning of that book at all. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m constantly reminded of the meaning of hard work. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “This,” King Hizdahr said at last, “this is not... we are not pleased, this ... what is the meaning of this ... this ...” The slaver in the maroon tokar produced a parchment. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I figured it must have some important meaning or whatever. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Nailer was amused that he could actually make out the meanings now. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Years later he would comment that both books struck him as religious, in the sense that the characters were searching for an ultimate power and a meaning to life. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “Sorry. I’m not meaning to be rough on your dad.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z But after a day or two it stops meaning anything. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Magdalys squinted through the heaviness of that call, tried to decipher its meaning. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z As I turned the boat, I tried to read his meaning. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But in another sense, I didn’t understand it as meaning anything at all. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z His eyes seemed too bright, too full of fire for the old body they belonged to, and they stared at Pong, full of meaning that he didn't understand. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z And although Marigold knew that V couldn’t understand the words she was saying, somehow she deciphered the meaning. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z But with zero, TT meant 61; 3,601 was written as T^T. Zero was born out of the need to give any given sequence of Babylonian digits a unique, permanent meaning. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z 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 She added, with meaning, “Just don’t start in on me again, bright and early in the morning, Zooey, please. I mean it, now.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Everything from eating to seeing something gross is taking on a whole new meaning to me. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the bear leaned back, nose working, as though she could scent the meaning of the human words. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He said it so matter-of-factly, Thomas could hardly process the meaning of the words. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I wish I could tell this girl that all will be fine; the suffering will have meaning and be worthwhile. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z We must think of art not in terms of everyday prose but of poetry, which is free to rearrange conventional vocabulary and syntax in order to convey new, often multiple, meanings and moods. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I can feel my own cheeks grow pale as I understand his meaning. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Which means I must have said this out loud without meaning to. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He did not even understand the meaning of the subterfuge. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z They chose a uniform style, neoclassical, meaning the buildings would have columns and pediments and evoke the glories of ancient Rome. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Somehow or other she slept until ten in the morning, meaning she slept thirteen hours straight. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z There, in the center of that silence was not eternity but the death of time and a loneliness so profound the word itself had no meaning. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z What is the plural of "privilege"?—Define the meaning of this word in the passage,— New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z It just grew and grew into something magnificent—it made you realize the true meaning of the term “rallying cry.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z —But your dad’s speeches don’t have any meaning for you? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t help but take his words as meaning something more. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “Play? I hardly know the meaning of the word.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z It contains active definitions for musical terms; music lessons regarding the meanings of musical notation; and exercises designed to further understanding of musical notes, chords, and many other musical aspects. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Except can also be a verb—it means “exclude” or “leave out”—but its usual meaning is “other than.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Suffrage” comes from the Latin word suffragium, meaning “approval” and “the right to vote”; “franchise” comes from the French word franche, meaning “free.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “What do you think of my meaning to take a holiday on Monday, Mr. Pip?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “Six, what is the meaning of this?” the bartender asked in English, his voice as smooth and oily as his hair. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He found it hard to concentrate on Snape’s Potions test, and consequently forgot to add the key ingredient — a bezoar — meaning that he received bottom marks. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The dream was still vivid in his mind, especially the enveloping, protecting gesture of the arm in which its whole meaning seemed to be contained. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Still others were used as warhorses, meaning they carried warriors into battle. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z The idea that someone could do that without meaning to was something Anya had a hard time imagining. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z My father and mother did not pass their time thinking about the cultural meanings of their experience. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The characteristics of his speech were more and more uncertain, and they came together and combined to form words that were gradually losing all meaning. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The term used by linguists to describe what Klotz was engaging in in that moment is “mitigated speech,” which refers to any attempt to downplay or sugarcoat the meaning of what is being said. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z A phrase like “well maintained,” for instance, is as full of meaning to an agent as “Mr. Ayak” was to a Klansman; it means that a house is old but not quite falling down. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z It is probably here that the word cosmopolitan realized its true meaning—citizen, not just of a nation, but of the Cosmos.* Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe the lines they draw have meaning to them that the rest of the arachnid world is blind to. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He had not understood the speech, but he had felt the meaning of some of it from the tone of Max’s voice. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z ‘The dolphin, one of its deep-down meanings is playing, sort of like being playful,” she explained. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z In order to understand what is going on here it helps to know that ‘hypothesis’ had three distinct technical meanings in the Middle Ages. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He is still not entirely sure he grasps the meaning of the term. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It is the experiences, the memories, the great triumphant joy of living to the fullest extent in which real meaning is found. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked bitterly at his half-brother, putting more meaning into the look than the other could be expected to catch. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Atticus was so proud of him. Atticus says he doesn’t know the meaning of the word contract yet, but he’s doing fine with taxation.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z There he babbled endlessly, words with no meaning. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Another newspaper commented, “Many indulge the hope that America’s entry in the conflict to make the world safe for democracy,’ will result in giving a new meaning to democracy in America.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Unless the message from the pediatrician’s office about Finn’s eight-year-old checkup had a hidden meaning, the phone contained nothing new, nothing helpful. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I couldn't help myself, I burst out laughing—maybe because of the seriousness of Buddy's face and the common meaning of the word "crazy" in a sentence like that. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Like each one carries a meaning beyond its definition. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z The third she set to the apple, locking its meaning in her mind onto the level that stood for a general inquiry of any sort. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z At Assembly the next morning she was made to look up depravity in the Oxford Dictionary and read aloud its meaning. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The slaughter of six million Jews would have meaning only on the day a Jewish state was established. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z It also took on the meaning of someone parasitic, living on the flesh of others. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert’s going had some way taken the brightness, the color, the meaning out of everything. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z The names Xhosa families give their children always have a meaning, and that meaning has a way of becoming self-fulfilling. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Bacon’s cipher is also called the biliteral cipher, meaning that it uses two letters. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I meant to turn around and go back inside, but my hands opened the book almost without meaning to. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Rishi kissed her with purpose, with meaning, like he believed this was exactly where they were supposed to be in this moment. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He just calls me Mar because it’s short for Amari, but I like that the short name has a meaning. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Why had she closed her heart to the true meaning of the dream? The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z 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 “Why are you bringing that?” he asks, meaning the textbook. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z But walking it off had a whole other meaning for me this time. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z After mass Titid said, “Let us sing, with true spirit, meaning what we sing.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Then what was the meaning of the warning I had received from the black Communist? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z During the seventeenth century the meaning of key words shifted and changed, and a modern scientific—or rather metascientific—vocabulary slowly took shape. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z His meaning was that Africans did not and would not have any opportunities, therefore, why educate them? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I never thought about what Delphine meant or if it had a meaning at all. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z We lived below what Georgians called the gnat line, meaning all the gnats in the world lived in town with us. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I suppose that I would like to become myself, whatever that may mean, but I knew that Elijah’s meaning and mine were not the same. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Such meanings presume a cyclical view of history. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Mr. Julian told Jus he “calmly explained the meaning of civil disobedience'’ before removing his framed degrees from the wall. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “I kept meaning to. Always thought I would. But one day went by, and I thought, ‘Let me just keep this feeling a little longer. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “So is it just human nature to believe that things happen for a reason—to find some shred of meaning even in the worst experiences?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Lucidly, at the last stage, on the lip of the gunnel, it would often happen that a turtle would help me without meaning to. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z His meaning was a mystery I had no time to consider. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The sound of wheels and hooves receding over the second bridge proved, she supposed, that her brother knew the meaning of distance and professional respect. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He noticed that the clock on the mantelpiece said nine, meaning twenty-one. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z 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 We were poor, but in the way Japanese are poor, meaning we never borrowed money from anyone, period. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Very well, Percy. But know this: the Oracle’s words often have double meanings. Don’t dwell on them too much. The truth is not always clear until events come to pass.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z It was the only logical explanation; she must have misunderstood the true meaning of the conversation, for she was not used to grown men jesting with one another in such a free and sportive way. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “The thought, like...stresses me out? Like, I keep meaning to go look at the numbers, and then I just. Shut down.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I brooded continually over the timing of Hamlet’s departure and its meaning. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Miss Whitlaw had not understood our conversation, but she could get the meaning of it just from Father’s angry tone. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z This has one syllable, except when it’s an adjective meaning “elderly.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Making us necklaces out of scraps of old rope like it said in the song, not knowing the real meaning of the words. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Gawaine, clapping one hand to his dagger, cried: “I take your meaning in that Ye mean Sir Lamorak... The Bishop of Rochester lifted his glove. “ The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A word can start off meaning one thing and end up meaning another. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “The meaning of life,” said Botticelli, “is suffering, specifically the suffering of others. Prisoners, for instance. Reducing a prisoner to weeping and wailing and begging is a delightful way to invest your existence with meaning. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z With all her seniority, people said, she ought to be able to bid something good—meaning easy. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The entire world had known about it for almost four years now, but no one seemed to understand its true meaning, and the Copper Key still had yet to be found. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Though he was generally polite and considerate of colleagues who did not realize the real meaning of their latest experiments, he would never hide this fact from them. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Friday, Jumua, meaning the day of gathering, was our weekly day off. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Migra agents particularly like to test suspected migrants with words that have the same meaning in Mexico and in Central America and sound similar but are not exactly the same. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z In recent years, dictionaries have come to accept a looser usage, meaning “because of” or “on account of”: Richie threw the suit away due to the hole. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’ll never find anything in this kitchen,” she says, meaning she thinks she’ll never find anything herself if I start messing around in there. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z A random series of events given meaning by someone desperate to prove there’s a design to our lives. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The words seemed to fit her, though I could not grasp their meaning. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z The swift figure meaning everything to them, all identities, all persons, all names. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Carefully, my parents chose my name: Ji-li, meaning lucky and beautiful. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Will stood up, meaning to say “Hold him tight,” but even as the words came to his mind, the angel sagged against the ground, dissolving and spreading out like mist, and then he was gone. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z When it was time to pick my name, she chose Trevor, a name with no meaning whatsoever in South Africa, no precedent in my family. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Daisy began to sing with the music in a husky, rhythmic whisper, bringing out a meaning in each word that it had never had before and would never have again. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Categories, functions, and meanings have to be ascertained empirically, by running little experiments such as substituting a phrase whose category you don’t know for one you do know and seeing whether the sentence still works. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z His dialect was strong, and he used many names of people, places, customs, tools, that I did not know the meaning of, so I seldom caught more than the drift of his reminiscences. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z As it began to swing around the dial, her eyes followed it, watching, calculating, seeing down the long chains of meaning to the level where the truth lay. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The theme was the exploration of the meaning of Mary in our lives. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t until my friend Eric was invited to parties that I couldn’t attend, because I was black, that the idea of being a “Negro” began to have real meaning to me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Over his shoulder Fishtail carried a blanket, meaning that he had much to say and planned to spend the night. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He doesn’t want us, meaning me, to get burned by the midday sun. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 Truth, according to Wittgenstein’s doctrine that meaning is use, is what we choose to make it; it requires a social consensus but not any correspondence between what we say and how the world is. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “And how do you know where these meanings are?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z She watched it calmly, content not to know at first but to know that a meaning was coming, and then it began to clear. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The sounds were distinct in his ear but they had no shape or meaning. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Then I remembered that ludus was also a Latin word, meaning “school.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “If they got hold of us,” said Pantalaimon, meaning him and Lyra, “and got their stings ready to stick in us, Will’d have to do what they said.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The report did not, however, contain any mention of the night-vision photograph, meaning we had something the cops didn’t: a timeline. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Children’s expression of emotional meaning in music through expressive body movement. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Wrestling with words gave me my moments of deepest meaning. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The elders in my village debated his meaning. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “It feels better than anything has ever felt,” he tells her, meaning it as he says it. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z 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 Papa looked closely at Mr. Blake to try to get the meaning in his words. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Took me a second to catch her meaning. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z |
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