| 单词 | absorb |
| 例句 | Inside, Guillermo is absorbed in another clay piece—so far, a man, all huddled up. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Almost choking with helpless rage she stumbled after Judith, who had moved ahead too absorbed to even notice. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Eb seemed absorbed in his angry thoughts for a while; then he looked up at Jethro again. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The Executioner seemed to absorb all the light that struck it, like a shadow in the captain’s hand. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He’s absorbed in his maps and I’m absorbed in my drawings, trying to be here and not somewhere else. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The doorway soon absorbed her boxes, and she gave me her hand and a smile, and said good-night, and was absorbed likewise. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z People reading or absorbed by the music piped in through earphones. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z They absorb the nourishment and cast out the indigestible parts in a tidy pellet. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Once these facts had been absorbed and lamented, Briony was gently returned to the scene itself, to the events on the lake island. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z During each visit, Grandfather always gave us a special medicine that was supposed to enhance the brains capacity to absorb and retain knowledge. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He sits there, still struggling to absorb the information, feeling awkward, oddly ashamed, at fault. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Siddhartha felt how wonderful it was to have such a listener who could be absorbed in another person’s life, his strivings, his sorrows. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Berlioz never flinched from reminding whoever would listen of his great troubles and adversities, nor from absorbing those torments in his music, much of which is richly rewarding to listen to. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z But they get away with it by arranging the words so that a reader can absorb them a phrase at a time, each phrase conveying a chunk of conceptual structure. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Then he gazed down at the wise old face and tried to absorb the enormous and incomprehensible truth: that never again would Dumbledore speak to him, never again could he help... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z They absorbed the restrictions and made sketches and measurements, trying out different designs until they settled on the best specification. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The wood catches, and he feeds the fire patiently, absorbed in the task. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Feynman explained how much uranium could be brought together before it became dangerous, and how to use cadmium to absorb neutrons and stop a chain reaction. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He was watching the action, so absorbed that he seemed unaware of her approach until his white wolf moved to meet them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The boy sat in the same place as before, absorbed in Puzzle Power. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Kit knew how Nat could be when he was absorbed in the ship’s business. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The anxieties about the situation in France that had been absorbing the country had for the moment dissipated in the afternoon’s sunshine. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Louie absorbed the punishment in tearless silence, then committed the same crimes again, just to show he could. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z She seemed lost, dazed, as if she could not absorb how quickly things were changing around her. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It's starting to feel as if the crowd will absorb us and move us. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z But unlike the disorientation, anxiety, and fear that Sputnik provoked, the agency absorbed the blow. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Clay readily absorbs water, expanding as it does. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z As always, Barack was absorbing every bit of news carefully, going about his regular business while quietly developing his own thoughts about it all. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z 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 When the cars emptied, the onlookers were absorbed into the crowd. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z As I chew, I try to pay attention to Tigris telling us how she acquired it, but the main thing I absorb is that fur underwear is a valuable trading item at the moment. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z But I seemed to have a knack for it above and beyond my natural penchant for absorbing knowledge, so there was never too long a wait. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They'd stood on stages in front of big crowds and were learning to absorb the anxiety and controversy that came with having a father, maybe especially a black father, in public life. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Even Lewis and Clark with their big guns were astounded and unsettled by the ability of the grizzly to absorb volleys of lead with barely a wobble. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z When the movie began, Dad became as absorbed as we, and noisier. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z So I was not faced with the prospect of absorbing chemistry until I went to Copenhagen to do my postdoctoral research with the biochemist Herman Kalckar. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Perhaps because of the months he spent absorbed in working on the clock itself, the circus feels familiar, comfortable. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z How could these hierarchical, acquisitive, market-oriented, monotheistic, ethnocentric newcomers have absorbed ideas and customs from the egalitarian, reciprocal, noncapitalistic, pantheistic, ethnocentric natives? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z His back was turned, and he was absorbed in watching something on the lawn. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn't absorb the fact that we were now liberated, even as our enemies, the vanquished German soldiers, streamed past us by the hundreds. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z While many small towns around Atlanta have been absorbed into the city or big county governments, Clarkston has retained its independence. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The teacher kept half an eye on her all the time and noticed that the child very soon became deeply absorbed in the book. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z For a moment he was absolutely still, absorbing the house’s vibrations. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “A serum would have been released into the air... one that masks could not have protected against, because it is absorbed into the skin,” says David. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Suddenly it occurred to me that I made a strange and too obvious picture there—a large Negro, standing in front of a church, absorbed in a pamphlet on racial justice. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The songs and sounds they’ve absorbed are part of western musical style, and are now part of the musical lingua franca or the music that is “normal” for them. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Lawrence acknowledged that the cost of the new cyclotron “could hardly be absorbed in the general university budget” and promised to help raise the necessary funds. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The gains in productivity will be staggering for those countries, companies, and individuals who can absorb the new technological tools. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z And if Mr. Curtain hadn’t been absorbed in his newspapers when he came in, he would have spotted them, too. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z All the way across the country I had absorbed myself in reaching my destination. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Emily pretended to be too absorbed in doodling a maze onto the margin of her notebook to have paid any attention. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Lawrence absorbed the news with surprising equanimity, for reasons that soon became obvious. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Even without drinking, they had to urinate frequently because of the water absorbed through their skin. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z In this way, they gradually absorb the artistic tradition of their time and place until they have gained a firm footing in it. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She showed me how to absorb the shock with my knees. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Passing the exit ramp, how could his mind not be absorbed with thoughts of his favorite ornithologist? A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It was new to both of them—this nearness that mingles breath and warmth—and they shared the sensation that they were absorbing each other, melting together in an exquisite crucible. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He became a volunteer for the Obama campaign and she absorbed all of his stories about the doors he knocked on and the people behind them. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Jules touched it with the tip of her finger, absorbing the sound into her skin. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z As long as the cadmium poles were in place, they would absorb the neutrons shooting out of the uranium. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The things she could afford to buy did not last, had no beauty or style, and were absorbed by the dingy storefront. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I was confused by this sudden glare of attention; it was as if the characters in a favorite painting, absorbed in their own concerns, had looked up out of the canvas and spoken to me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I yelled to him three times, but my voice was absorbed into the horde. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “The only thing that bothers me is I don’t feel like I absorbed everything he tried to tell me. I wish I’d paid more attention to him.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z She stared at us, and I waited for some sign either that she had absorbed the information or that she was still confused. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z For a while, we just ate like that, a sick old man, a healthy, younger man, both absorbing the quiet of the room. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As Gay chattered about the events we would attend, I shut her out and concentrated on absorbing every minute. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Posterity eventually rewards those, like Bach and Handel, who can absorb and repackage the currents and fashions of their times, giving the resulting collage a distinctive voice of their own along the way. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Her makeup was absorbing the lighting in a fascinating way, which made her look almost ultraviolet. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z A freezing drizzle was falling as he walked to the tube station, tiny raindrops spattering his coat, and when he got there, he was absorbed by how many blobs of saliva were on the stairs. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It was a serious one, but the knowledge of medicine and anatomy I'd absorbed willy-nilly in Dr. Bright's service told me that no artery had been severed. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z He poured intelligent questions into me and kept his face close, absorbing my attention, encouraging me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I studied each chess piece, trying to absorb the power each contained. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z One day Fifi, who rarely reads anymore, becomes absorbed in one of the novels we brought along, and not a trashy one for once. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Victor, the pigeon most; He cast a quick glance at the girl and checked that she was absorbed in her book. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Every word my parents spoke to me or about me I absorbed and kept and remembered. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z He was watching the action, so absorbed that he seemed unaware of her approach until his white wolf moved to meet them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She pushed against the creature to lever herself out from underneath it, but it absorbed this energy and got heavier. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Adam in his five years had absorbed rather than learned never to wonder about an order. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Their company would do with tobacco what John D. Rockefeller had done with oil and J. P. Morgan with steel: it would dominate the market and absorb or wipe out virtually all other manufacturers. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Wouldn’t wood of this sort absorb blood, doctor?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z How unpredictable a thing it was, really, that light should produce heat, and that a telephone should be able to absorb it. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The fall was absorbed somewhat by the carpet and, in addition, his back was more elastic than Gregor had thought. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Arnold Lehman, who is the chief pharmacologist of the Food and Drug Administration, says there is neither a floor below which DDT is not absorbed nor a ceiling beyond which absorption and storage ceases. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Heads pop up from behind everywhere, and at first I’m just shocked, but as I start to absorb who’s there, I realize it’s the track team. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I tried to absorb him, to copy his way of moving, of being. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z They worked all day, and all day he was filled with an intense, absorbing happiness. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The fact remained that wherever Gloria went, she displayed the most absorbed and concentrated interest in such robots as happened to be present. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Aureliano ended up forgetting about him, absorbed in the composition of his poems, but on one occasion he thought he understood something of what Melquíades was saying in his groping monologues, and he paid attention. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z If the new phrase has the same structure as the preceding one, its words can be slotted into the waiting tree, and the reader will absorb it effortlessly. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z She found it endearing, how absorbed he was in his games, eyes small and still in concentration. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I want to absorb her and walk around for the rest of my days with her encased in my skin. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Instinctively she tucked and rolled, absorbing most of the impact as she hit the stone floor. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He was a mediocre student who had a facility for absorbing details without curiosity. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I felt somebody should personally thank every rock out there for the human misery it had absorbed. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z By now the smell’s so strong rhat it begins to flatten out, as if there’s no more my nose can absorb. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It was overwhelming and beautiful, and I stood in the center of the room, trying to absorb it all. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z It was while the Westons were standing totally absorbed in the exploits of a powerful electro-magnet that Mrs. Weston suddenly became aware of the fact that Gloria was no longer with her. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z They eased him into the back of a horse-drawn ambulance and onto a pile of mattresses removed from a train car and put there to absorb the jolts. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Yes, it goes right through him, but while it’s coursing through his troubled intestines, some of it must get absorbed. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z But her voice was absorbed into the airport terminal din. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z This property allows the neutron to be absorbed more easily in substances with a high hydrogen content, such as biological tissues. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I had been so absorbed in myself and what was happening to me that I never thought about what was happening to her. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z At first glance the room seemed to contain nothing but gold, gold that burned with a richness my eyes could barely absorb. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Every word my parents spoke to me or about me I absorbed and kept and remembered. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Despite the fact that I had never seen a court lute, let alone heard one, my mind was too awhirl with thoughts of Denna to absorb much else. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He had provided for himself and could feel his body absorbing the food he had eaten. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Siddhartha sat absorbed, his eyes staring as if directed at a distant goal, the tip of his tongue showing a little between his teeth. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Home from the hospital, I sat for hours by his bassinet and absorbed his mysterious perfection. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The two guards were arguing, and as they were so absorbed, Dustfinger plucked up his courage, took a few rapid steps, and disappeared down the alley beside Capricorn’s house. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Thus the little tiger began to absorb the lessons that prepared him for his destiny. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Henry doesn’t want the spotlight, and Pez naturally absorbs what Henry deflects. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I took my time getting to the courts, practicing dribbling the ball between my legs, but I also tried my best to absorb the new neighborhood. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Vincent learns very quickly, absorbing more and more about art every day. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “No, this is how it ended up. The sandy earth absorbed the volatile fluid.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Maybe then my skin would absorb the sea’s consoling silence. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Sander and I stood just inside the door and tried to attract Nick's attention, but he was too absorbed in his ale, or had absorbed too much of it, to notice. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Stanley watched the water splatter on the dirt, where it was quickly absorbed by the thirsty ground. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z I stare at him for a minute trying to absorb what he just said. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z The books are by Dutch painters, who painted in a muted palette, so although he absorbs some of what Theo is trying to tell him, Vincent's color range remains more Dutch than French. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Jane’s curiosity did not appear of that absorbing nature as wholly to occupy her. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z He was absorbed in the excitement over the tea, over the secret meeting tonight. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Waiting by the White House entrance was a large, heavy wagon equipped with a platform and bed springs to absorb the jolts as the wagon drove to the train station. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z To be sure, it had to be shared with landless and impecunious whites, but this was not a complete disadvantage since these whites functioned as a buffer class to absorb the shocks of race conflict. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Don’t think I’d ever noticed—so absorbed in my own fears and worries—but she was Paul’s second-in-command. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z In other words, we don’t have to understand what we are looking at, or absorb what we are seeing, in order to keep watching. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I was so absorbed in the movie that real life feels slightly unreal; I have the uncanny sense of having stepped out of the screen and onto the street. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z It was a feeling that grew among us almost tangibly, and I could tell that Ruth, absorbed in a picture on the other side of the room, was feeling it as much as anyone. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The power they absorbed from the Uncles was stored in them, and with it they were able to control the Nightbeast. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z He was looking at her, as though absorbing her details, memorizing her, for when he would tell the story of their meeting. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z For many long minutes, he said nothing, his eyes downcast, as though absorbing the story. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z There’s just Reggie now, and his grief, five hundred students absorbed in it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He had had to keep some distance away, but as the morning passed, they became more and more absorbed in each other and paid less attention to the landscape. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He was reading, with absorbed interest, a tiny, vellum-bound book written in some Near Eastern language. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Why had he been given this useless ability to absorb the meaning of words, sentences, stories, books? Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z I’d absorbed my family’s love and my parents’ commitment to seeing us succeed. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Harry said slowly — his brain seemed to be struggling to absorb yet another piece of shocking information. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She strived to maintain a link with outside reform work to avoid being “wholly absorbed in a narrow family selfishness.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Since Bobby was such a sponge in absorbing the intricacies of chess, Nigro tried to foster in him an interest in music. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z All of our waste which we dumped on her and which she absorbed. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She had no idea if it would work—if there was even an organ in that part of the body to absorb the water—but it was the only orifice that hadn’t been scorched. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Carrots absorb more insecticide than any other crop studied; if the chemical used happens to be lindane, carrots actually accumulate higher concentrations than are present in the soil. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Reading over what I have written so far I see I have given the impression that the events of three nights several weeks apart were all that absorbed me. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The twinkling lights glittered against the fresh white snow, and Seven took in a deep breath of the crisp, cold night, trying to absorb every feeling, every smell. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Daisy put her arm through his abruptly but he seemed absorbed in what he had just said. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Some places on the surface will absorb them or, if they are very rough, will scatter them sideways and so will appear dark to radio waves. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Dead birds found in the treated areas had absorbed or swallowed the poisons used against the fire ants, a fact clearly shown by chemical analysis of their tissues. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Most of the MAV is made from composite, but the struts had to absorb the shock of landing. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I became so completely absorbed in my anger that I stopped listening to the instructions. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z It’s quiet, absorbing work that helps take my mind off my troubles. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I barely even have time to absorb anything. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Usually, Archie didn’t pick athletes for assignments—he claimed they were too stupid to absorb the delicate shadings, the subtle intricacies involved. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Both of us absorbed in our thoughts, we did not understand the shouting we vaguely heard until one of the peons came running after us puffing and angry. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z For several days he plodded that way, aimlessly searching for nothing, in no hurry, a minuscule curious specter inching around in that peaceful winter country, absorbing something, taking it in—indelibly—for all time. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He absorbed the details of every problem instinctively, formulated a solution or a path to the solution as he listened, and moved rapidly on to the next item. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The littluns played here, if not happily at least with absorbed attention; and often as many as three of them would play the same game together. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He was absorbed in Olanna’s voice and so he did not hear the sound—boom-boom-boom—from somewhere distant outside the windows, until she stopped stirring and looked up. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I absorbed these things in a slow, observant manner, as if seeing them for the first time. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked up then at my staggered expression as I tried to absorb his bitter memories. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z In K-capture, the nucleus absorbs one of the two electrons from its innermost electron “shell”— the “K” shell—thereby transforming a nuclear proton into a neutron. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “With daily doses of this trigger chemical, the plastic will gradually melt away and be absorbed into the body. Your face goes back to where it started. More or less.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It just absorbs the C02 the same way the space suits do. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z For three days his body had absorbed punishment. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I had absorbed all I could for one day. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The remainder of the morning Francis was silent and absorbed in mathematical equations. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z On that axis the snout absorbed a faint signal. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z A jolt of excitement runs through me at the sight, and I scan the columns, analyzing and absorbing as much as I can. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They sit quietly, absorbing his story, and then flood him with questions. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z There’s a long pause at the table while everyone absorbs this. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I am running out of space—the platform is ending—I seize the handle and swing myself in, my muscles absorbing the pull forward. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Some of them I could absorb by sitting in my little office in Houston, but others required trips to far-off places. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There's plenty of condensation on the walls and domed roof, and the soil is certainly absorbing its fair share. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The fiesta absorbed even the Biarritz English so that you did not see them unless you passed close to a table. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z She was too self- absorbed to fuss about my safety. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z You could look ahead to the future or back at the past, but the present moved too quickly to absorb. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “How happy those children seem together!” observed Mr. March, finding it difficult to become absorbed in his Aristotle after the young couple had gone. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “The cotton balls weren’t thick enough to absorb the impact.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z What was there to “sweat about”? Man was nothing, a mist, a shadow absorbed by shadows. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Be passive and let this—whatever it is—fill me with the light and absorb me into itself. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The children were quiet, intent on spotting more monkeys in the trees, and Mr. Das was absorbed by his tour book, so it seemed like a private conversation between Mr. Kapasi and Mrs. Das. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Afterward, over breakfast, my freshly washed hair must have absorbed the smoke from the fire pit. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He doesn’t seem to be absorbing my words. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She was so absorbed with the problem of keeping the astronauts safe on their round trip to the Moon that she was making herself vulnerable to the most mundane kind of risk. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z For his part, Bobby was astonished at how much insight he absorbed from the book. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z His skin was so black and wrinkled that it seemed to absorb light into its crevices, to be let out again in the most glorious smile I’d ever seen on anyone with no teeth. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z My most absorbing interests at the present time are etymologies of ancient languages, the newer works on the calculus of variations, and Hindu history. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Others, like Wilson, absorbed what knowledge and experience they needed from the Rad Lab and launched successful careers elsewhere. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Now Jesses supervisors wanted him to appear absorbed in something conventional, even when he had nothing to do. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I was absorbed by it—especially the far-flung and lesser-known parts. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z It took a moment for the woman to absorb the news. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z I read a set of news clips sent by my staff each morning and knew that Barack would be obliged to absorb and respond to every new development. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z If anything, she was absorbed in Rhonda’s bizarre appearance and hardly glanced at the test as she took it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z My mother just shakes her head, absorbing everything. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Still, my life remained absorbed by school and play and chores, running to the bakery to buy a loaf of bread or to the cobbler to pick up shoes that had been mended. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z I took my time, absorbing the things Miss Sadie couldn’t bring herself to tell me. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “To tell the truth, I think I’m beyond help. My brain simply won’t absorb that nonsense, no matter how hard I try.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He found the Iceman sprawled across his bed, too absorbed in a cowboy magazine to bother going to his job. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I began a folder of questions with both answers and hypotheses and was still absorbed in my detective work when the police arrived for a surprise visit at 7:30 am. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z My gaze swept about the room, trying to absorb the sights. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Usually, she could will herself to absorb Mariam’s derision and finger- pointing. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The moon appeared early, absorbing the lingering light. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In technical terms, the albedo of the moon is .07, which means that it bounces back only 7 percent of the light striking it, absorbing the other 93 percent. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The other 10 liters of water was directly absorbed by the dry soil. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “I believe we have done enough to absorb this one small physical variance, don’t you?” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Most of my time since the secret hazmat operation has been spent vicariously absorbing Cabo through my class mates’ Instagram Stories. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Yolanda watched the absorbed conversation of her mother and lover with growing uneasiness. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z But I pressed on, absorbed by the tiny squares in the weave, the straight, even stitches that held the seams in place, the way the armhole curved into the shoulder. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Had Vergil had an opportunity to read Proclus, some of this might have made its way into his text, but it is unlikely that he would have absorbed the concept of discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Our clan, the Plain Janes, has splintered and the pieces are being absorbed by rival factions. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z When I raised this with the commanding officer, he told me our bodies would absorb the moisture. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of it was good-hearted, but it was too much for me to absorb all at once. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Instead she put one foot in front of the other, her sneakers crunching the snow, her socks absorbing the wet and cold and transmitting it up her legs. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I jab a spoon in my cereal, which has absorbed so much milk that the pieces look like bloated life jackets bobbing in a speckled ocean. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z They rise up through the pavement; we absorb them through our soles. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z And so his love for Lotus was not whole and perfect as it had been before, absorbing utterly his mind and his body. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Her free time was absorbed by her position as the leader of Bethel AME’s Girl Scout Troop No. 11. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z 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 He absorbed this slowly, frowning as though he was translating it from another language. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z So may a laundress washing the clothing of such victims, which may have absorbed enough parathion to affect her. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z But the mother was too absorbed in her story to scold the elbow off the table. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z It was a strange combination to absorb — the everyday concerns of the town doctor stuck in the middle of a discussion of his early days in seventeenth-century London. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Nazario would lead, leaving Bodega to take all the hits, absorb the stigma, because of what he was. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Other patrons pass by on their way from one part of the circus to another, too absorbed in their conversations to notice him contemplating a postcard-size tag by the side of a tent. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It was succeeded and perhaps taken over by a state called Chimor, which oversaw an empire that sprawled over central Peru until it, too, was absorbed by the Inka. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He was clutching his attache case as usual and I could see he was strolling slowly along the path that runs the outer perimeter of the lawn, deeply absorbed in thought. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He became absorbed beyond mere happiness as he felt himself exercising control over living things. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z That the same boy was able to understand and absorb what he read was nothing short of remarkable. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Henry had got a copy of Dante’s Purgatorio from my bookshelf and was reading it, absorbed. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z But he let SJ keep going because when would he get to see her all absorbed in debate research and talking a million miles per minute again? Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I was completely absorbed when a voice behind me said, “Who are you? What are you doing here?” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z They then took turns jumping on the denuded box and became so absorbed in breaking it into bits that they forgot all about the string hanging out of the window. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He paused to absorb this fact, but the corporals were in a hurry and pushed him on and soon they joined the stragglers on the road. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I was so absorbed in the book, I didn’t notice the Doctorita until she was standing above me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z After twenty minutes the rice had swollen enough and absorbed some water. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The force-carrying particle then collides with another matter particle and is absorbed. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was the backdrop: Buck’s Peak was theirs and it camouflaged them, so that when I saw them there, surrounded by the loud, sharp relics of my childhood, the setting seemed to absorb them. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He was so absorbed with feeling sorry for himself that he didn’t notice where they were until Jason grabbed his arm. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The knight absorbed the beatings silently; the only sounds were the muttered curses of the slaves who beat him and the dull thuds of their clubs pounding against Ser Jorah’s bruised and battered flesh. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He walked deliberately to the window and was suddenly absorbed in the street outside, the September leaves turning brown and crisp. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z For the population as a whole, we must be more concerned with the delayed effects of absorbing small amounts of the pesticides that invisibly contaminate our world. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Granddaddy said, “I find that actually reading the book is a much more effective way of absorbing it.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Bobby and Joan were present, but though Bobby may have absorbed some of what was said, he never participated. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The capacity of the Chinese borderlands to absorb North Koreans is significant—and significantly underappreciated outside of Northeast Asia. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “All the air raids we have had, we went there, and nothing happened to us. We don’t need a bunker. Banana trees absorb bullets and bombs.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He felt that he would have to be alone to absorb it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He spent the whole evening absorbed in thought, ruminating on the story of the fox and the hens, and perhaps that was the night the boy began to become a man. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I also absorbed the complete filmographies of each of his favorite directors. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z All my moments which were not consumed with efforts to escape the cold were absorbed with morbid Poe-like fancies. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I detect its tiny movements left and right, forward and back, and absorb each bounce as it rolls over the rails. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I was absorbed in the tale of a renowned scientist who had rigged up a mystery room made of metal in the basement of his palatial home. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z They will stay here, and be safe—the Official Secrets Act is of little consequence in a house that absorbs secrets like damp. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Instead, the adrenaline rush seemed to make my brain work much faster, and I was able to absorb in clear detail several things at once. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Cool in that he seemed totally happy to sit in the lunchroom absorbed in a book, not just pretending to read because he didn’t have anywhere to sit or anyone to sit with. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Children are often the least sentimental of creatures, especially if they are absorbed in some new pleasure. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought of asking the man to my left what day it was, but he seemed absorbed in his card game. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “It senses the density of the fabric and selects the strength,” she says, and then becomes absorbed in a bit of dry straw before she can go on. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Bobby absorbed these lessons and would act on them for the rest of his life. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He was still standing beside the shelves near the door and seemed entirely absorbed in looking at the books, but Meggie sensed he had missed none of what was said behind his back. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He watched Citra as she wrote, completely absorbed in her journal. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z After a while the door opened a little and let in one thing to be scrutinized and then another and another, until all had been absorbed, one at a time. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He was an astonishing student, absorbing everything in the books, then looking past them for things his teachers didn’t know. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Never in prison had I studied and absorbed so intensely as I did now under Mr. Muhammad’s guidance. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She cooked his meals and absorbed his barrage of complaints and said nothing in her own defense. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He shot white-hot columns of flame at the giant, but Clytius’s smoky aura absorbed them on impact. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z As an electron sits in the vacuum, it occasionally absorbs or spits out one of these particles, such as a photon. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Over the years the Zebra Room had absorbed the exhalations of its auto worker patrons. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z His mind was still absorbed by the spangled ring. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Even at the foot of the steps they could feel the heat it was absorbing. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In sucking the blood it absorbs also the germs which are contained in it, and thus is infected. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z In the dry April sun, our black clothes absorb the rays and the heat weighs heavy on our skin. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I became absorbed with capturing the folds of the blanket perfectly, softly. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Jalil had taught her that gray clouds got their color by being so dense that their top parts absorbed the sunlight and cast their own shadow along the base. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Nigro noted with proud amusement that his protégé was watching carefully and absorbing everything he could. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I was completely absorbed, except for one small part of my mind that wondered what Edward was doing now, and trying to imagine what he would be saying if he were here with me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z They’ve had to get me a private room because it takes me only a second to absorb the printed page, and curious students invariably gather around me as I flip through my books. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Werner walks home oblivious to the rain, trying to absorb the immensity of what has happened. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Periodically Kamen would withdraw a probe and chip off the irradiated Aquadag, trying not to think about the exposure he might be absorbing. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I lay next to Peeta in the bag, trying to absorb every bit of his fever heat. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The material seemed to absorb light, and if I gazed at the beads too long, they started to glow and burn my eyes, like I was staring into the sun. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Despite his first, the study of English literature seemed in retrospect an absorbing parlor game, and reading books and having opinions about them, the desirable adjunct to a civilized existence. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Ross Milton was thoughtful, and Jethro was soon completely absorbed in the pleasure of oven-cooked food that seemed delicate and tempting in contrast to the coarse fare to which he was accustomed. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z We read some more and it was the most glorious, absorbing thing. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z She became absorbed into the compound, and then worked on its behalf for the rest of her life. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Tonight, no doubt, Minerva will sit a long while by her Minou and absorb the music of her breathing. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was absorbed with the meeting this night—the tea ships. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Four more years in the White House meant four more years of being out front as symbols, absorbing and responding to whatever came our country’s way. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z And again, he stopped often simply to absorb by osmosis the immense grandeur, loneliness, majesty, and both frail and cruel beauty of his surroundings. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Before we had a chance to absorb all that news, we were hit by even worse; on Hitler's orders, thousands of Polish Jews, perhaps as many as 17,000, had been expelled from Germany. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Even Amaranta, lying in a wicker basket, observed with curiosity the absorbing work of her father and her brother in the small room where the air was rarefied by mercury vapors. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The walls are so thick and the planking on the floors so solid that sound in the residence seems to get absorbed quickly. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The proportional burden on South Korea, some studies have found, would be two and a half times greater than on West Germany after it absorbed the former East Germany. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I ducked lower, ready to run, but apparently he was too absorbed in his own thoughts to realize I was just a few feet away. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z And yet, while she was singing with pleasure and dying with laughter over her own inventions, Aureliano was becoming more and more absorbed and silent, for his passion was self-centered and burning. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z In fact he became so absorbed he often forgot about her altogether. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There always existed King’s College, opulently nonconformist and clearly capable of absorbing him without any loss of his or its character. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z That morning of October 5, absorbing the impact of the initial headlines, Christine experienced a mix of emotions. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I wonder if the next fit of coughing is staged so that I can have time to absorb his words. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z In fact they had simply stopped remarking on the holiday because they had absorbed it into their thoughts, into their language, into their lives. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Their publication of new discoveries had been halted during the war, but they had not stopped thinking—or absorbing the knowledge gained from work on the physics of the bomb. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I glanced at Daisy who was staring terrified between Gatsby and her husband and at Jordan who had begun to balance an invisible but absorbing object on the tip of her chin. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Basta was looking around, scanning the room, but Fenoglio was too deeply absorbed in the sight of his two creations to reply. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z There is Benny, for example, a short, tight-muscled sewer repairman who cannot even think of eating until he has absorbed a half hour of air-conditioning and ice water. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She was like a sponge, absorbing what I couldn’t hold anymore. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The more I was able to absorb in this process, the more I wanted to absorb. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Being together with nowhere to run, we were forced to absorb one another’s moods. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z How could a father’s sperm “absorb” the instructions to produce his daughter’s “generative parts,” Aristotle asked, when none of these parts was to be found anywhere in the father’s body? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He became so absorbed in his task that he forgot about the guards, who ran toward him, shouting. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z I am still backtracking, trying to absorb everything she has thrown at me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z She was happy, absorbed — she seemed like a new, mysterious being to me then, someone outside the “mom” persona I took for granted. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The wool is.gray and has absorbed moisture from the air, it’s like a wetted baby blanket and smells faintly of damp sheep. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The truck’s suspension absorbs the worst of the bumps, but it can only do so much. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z When I mumbled my thanks, she was so absorbed in her task that she acknowledged my departure only by staring at her hands with a deeper frown. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He made up games about it and absorbed the character completely into his daily life: “I’m Dr. Bruce Banner,” he’d say as he saw me eating the last of the bologna and cheese. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Odenigbo was absorbed in separating his chicken from the bone, and for once he ate all of his rice until his plate was clean. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z As the light leaves these stars, certain frequencies or colors are absorbed by the atoms in the stars’ outermost layers. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But how do you share something with kids that you have not fully absorbed yourself yet? The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Nailer absorbed this, studying how the island used to be connected before the sea rose and isolated it, comparing his memories of Bright Sands Beach mapped against this paper version from long ago. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z She was absorbed and moved by the man she met in those pages, an inquiring and intelligent man, a kind man, a man so utterly, helplessly, winningly humane. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Libby's method was also based on the assumption that the amount of carbon-14 in the atmosphere, and the rate at which it has been absorbed by living things, has been consistent throughout history. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Like Mommy, my sisters have learned to absorb punishment and get up off the ground after the shock of life’s blows wears off. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Students in the audience lean forward, absorbed, maybe asking themselves if they would have taken such risks, and wondering how they would have held up under such pressure. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z So the shade provided by the bushes created various tones of gray that were easier for the film to absorb. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Before she had a chance to absorb it all, a man dragged her to what looked like a goat pen. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z William and the dozen other oblates would be expected to sit quietly and absorb the “wisdom” that Bartholomew bestowed upon them. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Drawn up next to his White House radio, F.D.R. was so absorbed in the broadcast that he kept a roomful of advisors waiting. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally he found an opening and delivered an edge blow that would have sorely wounded Falconer except that he absorbed its force with the hem of his cloak. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I watched as the veins on his forehead became transparent through his flesh and disappeared as he absorbed the contents of the book or thought about whatever else was on his mind. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Titian himself was a fine draftsman and absorbed the influence of Michelangelo. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Those 'great' butlers like Mr Marshall who have it, I am sure, acquired it over many years of self-training and the careful absorbing of experience. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Whereas Bach undoubtedly absorbed Italian and French flavours of style, he was nevertheless inescapably a north German composer whose music would take a century to be reintroduced into the mainstream. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z On New Year’s Eve the parlor was deserted, for the two younger girls played dressing maids and the two elder were absorbed in the all-important business of ‘getting ready for the party’. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z We waited for her together this morning when Dadi and Papa became absorbed in their reading. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z There is more, much more than I could ever absorb, even if it were spread out over a semester-long course. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He waited a moment longer, hoping I'd begin a conversation, but I was too absorbed to be responsive, so he went unwillingly home. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Writing a story was a hopeless, puny enterprise when such powerful and chaotic forces were turning about her, and when all day long successive events had absorbed or transformed what had gone before. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He covers my hand with his and his skin is dry from the plastic gloves he wears in the kitchen, but still, he absorbs me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z "We'll get you a full write-up of what happened, but it's definitely not your fault. Mark stresses that every time it comes up. It was just bad luck. "Take some time to absorb this. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But table 24 is the meteorological event of the century: ten British tourists who seem to have made the decision to absorb the American experience entirely by mouth. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Perhaps you could absorb the material,” he said, but then he hung his old gray head. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He absorbed my worries, listened as I ticked off every financial obligation I had, and affirmed that he, too, was excited to have children. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z For hours he would lie absorbed in the economy of the ground. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He noticed the other boys were absorbed in their work too. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I find the place with no trouble, delighted that the city and my map are in such perfect agreement, and spend an hour with one of my hosts absorbing cockatiel technology. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z No artery was spurting, but Yossarian pretended to absorb himself entirely into the fashioning of a tourniquet, because applying a tourniquet was something he did know how to do. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I am still absorbing how easily the facts flowed out of me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The Mews was neatly kept, with sawdust on the floor to absorb the mutes, and the castings taken up every day. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She was not to be installed in his household, where she could observe and absorb fine living, but would be forced to live with this slave girl instead. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt numb; this last revelation was too much, right now, to absorb. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z When he looks at us, his eyes linger on our faces as if absorbing every single detail so he will not forget. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I brace myself, and we hit the level concrete, the shocks absorbing most of it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I think in the end we must have absorbed quite a lot of information, because I remember, around that age, a marked change in the way we approached the whole territory surrounding the donations. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He seemed to absorb the baffling paradoxes of quantum theory with ease. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In a way I was mourning for the self I thought I had been, and at the same time I was becoming absorbed in the self I had become. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I stay in my seat for a few seconds, absorbing the sting of her words. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z It may be absorbed through the skin, may be breathed in as a spray or dust, and of course is absorbed from the digestive tract if residues are swallowed. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It trotted forward a few steps, absorbed in its own business. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z All his life, Major Major had longed for but one thing, to be absorbed, and in Pianosa, for a while, he finally was. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She wasn’t looking at the camera; she was focused, totally and utterly absorbed, on the infant before her. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I was fully absorbed in discovering who I was and had yet to take responsibility for even that process. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Her new church absorbed her but did not destroy her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z If there is a ring particle in the way, the proton or electron is absorbed by this small snowball. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I pretended to be utterly absorbed in the problem of cracking a gigantic walnut I had taken from the banquet stool. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z After that they said nothing for quite a long time, all three of them absorbed in their own thoughts. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He absorbed its violence and brawn as it slithered past, a massive steel serpent. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z She blew through special machines, had a blood sample taken to measure her capacity for absorbing oxygen, and underwent a chest exam. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “They say black absorbs all color. It blots and consumes it and gives us nothing back. That’s wrong, don’t you think?” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z In that case the absorbing matter might not have heated up yet or the light from distant stars might not yet have reached us. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “If the wave was that powerful, then it may have triggered and absorbed other pods in our path.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It was hard for her to absorb the fact that she was truly free. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Students respond one measure later while continually absorbing the pattern currently being performed. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z They were absorbed back into its body when it halted. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z As they followed the old woman silently through the house, Petra and Calder absorbed as much of what was around them as they could. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z The sound of the car changing gear as it turned the corner, and then even that sound merging into the common traffic, and being lost, and so absorbed forever. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z But the way the darkening woods absorbed his shouts without a response made him uneasy, so he stopped. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Ben was standing on the bottom step listening to this news, trying to absorb it, but feeling it rejected like a transplanted organ. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Rebeca’s firm character, the voracity of her stomach, her tenacious ambition absorbed the tremendous energy of her husband, who had been changed from a lazy, woman-chasing man into an enormous work animal. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He shouldn’t have bothered; the boy was absorbed in his phone again, thumbs and fingers doing a furious dance on the keyboard. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I was completely absorbed by them, thank God. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z We’d rolled the windows down — the Suburban was a bit claustrophobic with nine people in it — and I tried to absorb as much sunlight as possible. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “The only research you’re doing is on the liver’s capacity to absorb alcohol,” Mom said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I hold his gaze and absorb his words while Mom gasps softly behind me. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Along with the basics of photography, she began to absorb Mia’s aesthetics and sensibilities. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She seemed to be too absorbed in the music to realize what I was doing. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I try to give a smile of thanks, but he’s obviously still avoiding eye contact with me, so I pretend to be absorbed, observing the production line. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “He had a remarkable ability to absorb things so rapidly,” said the physicist Lee Dubridge. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Ruth had been picking at some moulding flakes of wood on the bench beside her, and for a moment she seemed completely absorbed in this task. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Having absorbed Lawrence’s confidence that further efficiencies eventually would be achieved, Groves reduced the specification for Y-12 to five hundred tanks, or five racetracks. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I was still absorbed in the speech when out of the corner of my eyes I saw two tall white men coming out of the tent. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom, who is totally absorbed in her own state of affairs most of the time, decides to pick this day of all days to “reconnect” with me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The other states of the cotton empire absorbed the stock; Florida and Louisiana, in their explosive growth, were particularly famished for colored hands, especially the seasoned variety. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He was now listening intently, completely absorbed, quite empty, taking in everything. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z I had never been beaten that way before—would never have thought I could absorb so much punishment without losing consciousness. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The pickled mangoes had absorbed oil and expanded, making the bottles leak. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z If he became too absorbed in rubbing a particular horse’s nose in his defeat, he risked being unable to regain his momentum when the closers came after him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But speculations such as these, though they absorbed Dewey, did not gratify him or give him a sense of “getting somewhere.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z It was hard to go back to your little dorm room and do your homework after having been so absorbed in someone else. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He took a deep breath as the blue light traveled in his direction, and he seemed to...to absorb it. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z But as students and staff made the connection between Sasha and the Person Formerly Known as Luke, they absorbed the information without much comment. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Elizebeth also made time for another absorbing pursuit—writing a book. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She raises her finger high in the air, turning so that the whole audience can absorb that she is about to outdo the elephant once and for all. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z We must not only be concerned with what is happening to the soil; we must wonder to what extent insecticides are absorbed from contaminated soils and introduced into plant tissues. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z If a stranger discovers their existence, he is killed or so absorbed that he is never seen again. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Vik glances at his little sister, but she seems absorbed in her book. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z But inside the walls of the CIA, the spymasters absorbed hard lessons. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Lunch raged around us, but I was too absorbed watching Diego and Audrey argue to notice anything outside of our bubble. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I ask them more about themselves, giving Arthur some extra time to absorb this whole thing unfolding before him. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z But we were so absorbed in the argument that we ignored the warders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a lesson I knew I needed to absorb more fully, because I wanted to be known as a good person, not just a good athlete. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Sure not cotton,” he muttered, but the towel was soft and absorbed water much better than the thin, worn ones they used at home. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He steps closer, but she does not notice, she stays completely absorbed in the book. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Kamen soon was drafted by the physicist Jackson Laslett to help with the chemical separation of sodium isotopes, and the chemist Glenn Seaborg was absorbed into a team working with uranium. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Her mother would step into the fissure and touch that horrible spire—and she would be absorbed. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It grew darker and darker, as if it somehow absorbed the sun’s dying rays. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He heard voices behind him, a man’s and a woman’s, and sat like a statue as they walked past, absorbed in each other. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Angela had an unrelenting thirst to absorb the beauty around her and desperately tried to make it her own. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Between the long lines of high bookshelves, Harry could see that their heads were close together and they were having what looked like an absorbing conversation. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z If swallowed, it is absorbed slowly through the digestive tract; it may also be absorbed through the lungs. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Different molecules and chemical elements absorb different frequencies or colors of light, sometimes in the visible and sometimes elsewhere in the spectrum. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Water absorbs into the body faster than anything. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The clays have a complex active surface, given to absorbing and releasing gases and to catalyzing chemical reactions. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Bent ox er their instruments, three hundred Fertilizers were plunged, as the Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning entered the room, in the scarcely breathing silence, the absent- minded, soliloquizing hum or whistle, of absorbed concentration. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I absorb electrical energy directly and utilize it with an almost one hundred percent efficiency. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z While the Islamic world was spreading and absorbing new knowledge, enjoying the taste of sugar, Europe had gone the opposite way: isolation. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z This was quite a speech to wake up to, and Edward lay on his back trying to absorb it. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z Lithium hydroxide was used to absorb the carbon dioxide in our exhaled breath. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We were stunned, yet we wanted to fully absorb the bitter news. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The earth barely had a chance to absorb the rainwater before the next deluge. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z So when I started explaining McCoy and Celia and everything that had happened this year, she absorbed it the way my parents absorbed war documentaries: with complete seriousness. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z They moved slowly across the sunset grass, nibbling as they went: Clover was soon absorbed in feeding, but Holly stopped continually to sit up and sniff about him at the peaceful, empty down. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Bloom stood quietly in the warm summer sunshine, absorbed by the two trucks parked beneath the water tank. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time Harriet Ross was six years old, she had unconsciously absorbed many kinds of knowledge, almost with the air she breathed. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z They found Mr. Laurence standing before the fire in the great drawing room, but Jo’s attention was entirely absorbed by a grand piano, which stood open. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, it was due entirely to the cold that she longed to link arms with him and absorb his warmth. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The collar absorbed the rusty stains of the monster's skin, and shone brighter than ever before. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z The wet brain matter slowed the ball’s speed, absorbing enough of its energy to prevent it from exiting the other side of the skull through the president’s face. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Neither of them mentioned Ginny or Hermione again; indeed, they barely spoke to each other that evening and got into bed in silence, each absorbed in his own thoughts. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z With eyes squeezed shut, teeth locked together, and lungs screaming for air, I absorbed every wave, each one loosening my grip just a little bit more. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He was looking pale, cutting his eyes between me and Mr. Brunner, like he wanted Mr. Brunner to notice what was going on, but Mr. Brunner was absorbed in his novel. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z She knew about “the evacuation,” but it would be a few more years before she absorbed this part of the family history. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z She opened her eyes and turned to watch Betsy, who was absorbed in her reading. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Its cultural unification accelerated during that same period, as literate “civilized” Chinese states absorbed, or were copied by, the illiterate “barbarians.” Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Her black pajama pants and shirt absorb the sun’s rays and sweat drips out of all her pores. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was absorbed, sir: yes, and I was happy. To paint them, in short, was to enjoy one of the keenest pleasures I have ever known.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He didn’t have any relatives or a will, so the government absorbed all the assets they could find. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Timelines, summaries, and comparison charts appear throughout the book to help the reader absorb and retain important points. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z They seemed absorbed with the cause and in complete agreement, blacks and whites. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z As they tried to absorb their lessons and experience, and to synchronize their efforts, they lived in constant fear of making any of the many egregious errors Bolles kept pointing out to them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z One example of the way in which a well established racial order easily absorbs legal challenges is the infamous aftermath of the Brown v. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But when he’s preparing potatoes, beans or vegetables, he seems to be totally absorbed in his task. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z On the contrary they were merely casual events in a crowded summer and, until much later, they absorbed me infinitely less than my personal affairs. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Phineas had absorbed it and taken it with him, and I was rid of it forever. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I had been so absorbed for so long with setting up and executing the first part of the trip that I hadn’t actually stopped to consider where I would be at this point. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z She closed her eyes and absorbed the blond waxy smell of his hair before she stood him at arm's length. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z For the newlyweds there was much to absorb and to get used to, going from single to married, and without a honeymoon for a transition. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The first-class seat cushion absorbs my weight as the plane takes off, bound for the small city that will soon be in the spotlight. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z We have seen that the road to expertness is clear and wide, and that it invites anyone with an open mind and a capacity to absorb new experiences. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The term conveyed the political fear, so potent among the Antifederalist critics of the constitutional settlement of 1788, that the states would be absorbed by the new federal government. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It could end in a stalemate and eventually be forgotten, absorbed by other school activities. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z To classmates, he seemed obsessed with absorbing information and new ideas. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She had been so absorbed, she had forgotten the time. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The water they have been boiled in is supremely tasty; her whole body seems to reach up to absorb it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The robot felt her body absorbing the sun’s energy. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He still seemed to be absorbed in something. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Any technique he could use in a fight, he absorbed like a sponge. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It was a house-that-Jack-built sequence, in which the large carnivores had eaten the smaller carnivores, that had eaten the herbivores, that had eaten the plankton, that had absorbed the poison from the water. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I stare blankly at her, absorbing her words, showing no feeling while my hate for her grows stronger. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Challenges to the system will be easily absorbed or deflected, and the accommodations made will serve primarily to legitimate the system, not undermine it. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Our wounds were then dressed with a healing plant, the leaves of which were thorny on the outside but smooth on the inside, which absorbed the blood and other secretions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was absorbed in a football match involving some younger boys over in the next field and at this stage his mood seemed just fine, tranquil even. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “It wasn’t the same for him when our mom died. I don’t know how true it is, but sometimes I think I absorbed more of the blow than he did.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Yes, senora,” I say, absorbed in watching her chin jiggle as she talks. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was also their nests, made of glistening bubbles that absorbed sunlight and glowed all night, as if hundreds of miniature rainbows had gathered for a party. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He must see how absorbed I was by him; he must not want to lead me on ... so we couldn’t even be friends . . . because he wasn’t interested in me at all. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z In uncut forest, the canopy intercepts precipitation, absorbing the physical impact of its fall from the clouds. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Hyperion’s forces backed up in astonishment as their leader was absorbed. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z All its energies, it seemed, were absorbed in factional fights, hair-splitting political definitions. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Taran grew so absorbed in not making noise that he soon lagged far behind Gwydion. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The TV was off and we were all silently absorbed in our cards, so I heard Aunty Ifeoma’s scream clearly. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z There is nothing inside them to absorb sound except the inmates’ thin mattresses and their bodies. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh. Oh. I just assumed . . That because I am so absorbed by him, everyone else must be too. “ Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Devine closed his eyes, trying to remember why it was so important to keep growing, building, expanding and absorbing and accumulating things and power and making money, and making more money on top of that. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I had decided to brine the chicken—a soak in saltwater brine causes meat to absorb moisture and breaks down the proteins that can toughen it on the grill. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z As she got older, Pearl would still cling to her mother’s leg, then her waist, then her hand, as if there were something in her mother she needed to absorb through the skin. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z After spending twenty minutes in the neutron-rich environment next to the cyclotron, they discovered that they had each absorbed several hundred daily doses. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z They were all absorbed with themselves, shoving and pushing. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But as the weeks went on, it worried Mia a little, the influence the Richardsons seemed to have over Pearl, the way they seemed to have absorbed her into their lives—or vice versa. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Extremely potent, odorless, tasteless, is so completely absorbed once swallowed that no trace could ever be found in a dead body. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The liner passed over a bank of clouds at the moment, and Gloria was instantly absorbed in the usual spectacle of clouds underneath one. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I stare at a single paragraph for a quarter of an hour but can’t absorb it. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I showed them a jellyfish that lights up like police flashers when it’s threatened, and another jellyfish that absorbs all the light that surrounds it. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Sheep became bumpily sheathed with the stuff so that they looked like big ambulating wasp nests; birds, having absorbed the zoquete in their feathers, labored erratically through the air, almost unable to fly. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She twirls, her arms outstretched, her face lifted to a blue and cloud-puffed sky, strangers passing her, absorbed in her perfect, happy world. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z I let my tears drip on the earth and the summer dust absorb them. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Meme swallowed her blush, absorbed her tribulation, and even managed a natural smile as she asked him the favor of leaving it on the railing because her hands were dirty from the garden. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z After focusing on Big Thumb for so long, it was as if the rock had absorbed his energy and now acted like a kind of giant magnet pulling him toward it. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The building would absorb the entire neighborhood like a light-sucking vampire that turned everything into darkness. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Dedicated, absorbed, and conscientious, she was soon promoted and began part-time studies at the Aviation Institute in Leningrad. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “The bag will absorb the evil that clings to you,” the santero says. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z My body vibrates with the rhythms of the cumbias, as though my blood and bones have absorbed the music and my insides are dancing. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Though the bugs swarmed around him, the poison didn’t seem to have any effect on the shadow bird—his black feathers just absorbed it like ink into the page. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He was glad May Belle was absorbed in the TV, He didn’t want her waking Momma up before he got away. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z She had been too absorbed with watching Dr. van Heerden’s beard fluff out like Fat Cheeks’s mane or with the warthog trailing around after Baba Joseph. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Dieldrin, named for a German chemist, Diels, is about 5 times as toxic as DDT when swallowed but 40 times as toxic when absorbed through the skin in solution. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The dining room is a mess and so is the kitchen, but I barely notice because my thoughts are absorbed with Bo and my first kiss. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I was bracing myself for him to say something angry or bitter, steeling myself to absorb his understandable rage. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Ugwu wanted to learn these things, so he nurtured his friendship with both men; he had become their sponge, absorbing much and giving little away. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z North Vietnam’s strategy was to keep fighting, to keep absorbing punishment, until the American public tired of war and demanded the withdrawal of American troops. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The wood seemed especially dark and rich, as if it had been absorbing coffee for the last fifty years. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Once she cried and he gripped her shoulder so tightly that she stopped, more absorbed in the painful pressure of steel-like fingers than in her fate. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z They were at the corner of their own street, and Nick had bumped into her, completely absorbed in his thoughts. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z This uses up the energy of the photon, so it is absorbed. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There was only one month left of summer and my internship, and I’d been so absorbed in thinking about Marcus that I hadn’t even come up with my own cupcake recipe yet. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z She had a theory that if the child absorbed such food before birth, it wouldn’t be so much of an Italian. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Meg looked worn and nervous, the babies absorbed every minute of her time, the house was neglected, and Kitty, the cook, who took life ‘aisy’, kept him on short commons. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The street is vacant, as if a force has absorbed all living things. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Uncle C grunted as he struggled beneath the weight of the sap being absorbed by his cottony self. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I edged closer, trying to draw her attention, but she was wholly absorbed in listening to her mother, who was explaining how cramp bark and motherwort should be administered to treat post-birth contractions. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The procedure wasn't effective because the rectum and large intestine absorbed few nutrients from the mixture, not enough to sustain a man. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “No, not for at least another hour. The herbs must absorb the blood fully.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She put on the radio and, for the girls, started a Disney movie, which showed on monitors that attached to the back of the front seats, absorbing Stephanie and Cassidy. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It took me a minute to absorb that. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z They had been using those freaky necklaces they’d worn during the battle in the valley to not only absorb power from other witches but to influence the Grans through powerful and corrupted magic. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z She gave me a serious look, as if imparting a meaningful life lesson I should ponder and absorb. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z As a consequence, the amount of sunlight that is absorbed by the ground has been declining, and by changes in the land use we are lowering the surface temperature of our planet. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The Muslims were quick to absorb the wisdom of the peoples that they conquered. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Not until it was absorbed would they begin to search the stream for small insects. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z With men being absorbed into the military services, with women already in demand by eager employers, the labor market was as exhausted as the war workers themselves. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He stabbed a telkhine, and his black Stygian blade absorbed the monsters essence, drinking its energy until there was nothing left but dust. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The neurons of Bobby’s brain seemed to absorb the limitations and possibilities of each piece in any given position, storing them for future reference. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z If we drop the uranium ore into a heavy lead canister, the count rate declines substantially; the lead has absorbed the uranium radiation. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat quietly for a moment as I absorbed the information. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Instead of poring over tomes about contract law, I was now absorbed by novels. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “It allows your body to process the water separate from your food and absorb more nutrients.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I understood what it was like to merge your energy with the mob’s and to absorb theirs as well. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon, it was the action itself that absorbed her, and the newspaper report which she revised to the rhythm of her swipes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z As my grandfather struggled to absorb this news, the short one leaned in. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The first time she took the subway from Brooklyn to Manhattan, her palms sweaty, she walked the streets, watching, absorbing. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Archaic relics,” the Gran had explained, with the power to absorb magic from other witches and control them. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “Flay,” I whispered, but they would not; their attentions were absorbed in my endeavor, as if they knew what was to come, and wished particularly to witness it. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Grief and remorse, compassion and duty—all were forgotten now and, as it were, absorbed into an intense overpowering hatred of these less than human monsters. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The form in which thoughts occur to a writer is rarely the same as the form in which they can be absorbed by a reader. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z They have absorbed a vast inventory of words, idioms, constructions, tropes, and rhetorical tricks, and with them a sensitivity to how they mesh and how they clash. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z But naturally occurring uranium also contained U-235, which was much more fissile—highly likely to split after absorbing a neutron of almost any speed. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He was making sure I absorbed this point, without embarrassing me by asking. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s almost like I absorbed all of his craziness, like I was his leech, because he seems absolutely fine now, while I walk around school every day like I’m living on another planet. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet for a long time the pig had led a charmed life, nonchalantly absorbing high-powered lead lumps in its thick haunches, or else—it being also a rather swift pig—escaping on the run unscathed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I desperately wanted the cushions to absorb me and swallow me whole. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The kitchen was bright, happy, seeming to absorb my mood. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Everything seemed to be slipping away from me and I could find no quick absorbing action that would get it under control. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I stare at the screen, absorbing word by word a sliver of my life that changed everything. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Cadmium was chosen for its ability to absorb huge numbers of neutrons. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t answer, because right then Nyame strode forward, his golden robes absorbing the light and scattering it across the beach like a million pieces of glass. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “As is Abnegation. I am sure that once the remains of your old faction are absorbed into the Dauntless army, Candor will cooperate and we will finally be able to get on with things.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Only the soles of my feet were warm, heated by dirt that had absorbed the sun all day. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps Brand and Cooke, lacking interests that could absorb them, fuming like children over trifles, simply invented their hate of each other in order to have something to feel deeply about. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I pointed with my lips across the fire to Minerva, who was absorbed in chewing through a bag of porcupine quills she’d harvested last week when we ran across its carcass. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z In the lifeboat, the corset absorbed all available moonlight, with the odd result that Desdemona’s face, head, and arms disappeared. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z All the others were too absorbed in the story. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The Wonder bread absorbed the acid like fire extinguisher foam and splattered against the hydra, covering it in a sticky, steaming layer of high-calorie poisonous goo. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Only artists can observe it fully, but they are so absorbed by it that they have great difficulty explaining it to us. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z For the next eight hours, I run after the agile Gail, absorbing bits of instruction along with fragments of personal tragedy. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was Saturday morning and her parents, still in pajamas, their heads almost touching, were absorbed in an article in the Chicago Tribune. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z So absorbed was she in her son that she did not even look my way. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I would absorb such rejections and keep on looking, because for some reason the scholarship society and the athletic league and the yearbook staff didn’t satisfy me, were never quite enough. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z As Mama tossed the lettuce in, the green leaves wilted immediately, absorbing the liquid and the flavor. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He was comfortable, cozy even, and absorbed in a magazine article when a woman and a little boy came up to ask if they could share his table. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Sometimes he would become so absorbed in watching a horse that he wouldn’t move for hours. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He managed greater stealth than usual and sneaked past his father, who was absorbed in some sitcom rerun. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z As he read, all of us, even Roy Lee, were absorbed by it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The padded jacket absorbs most but not all of the force. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z This understandable misconception arises from the fact that — unlike other chlorinated hydrocarbons — DDT in powder form is not readily absorbed through the skin. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Do you know how much oxygen you absorb out of the air when you take a normal breath? The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z His pupils had dilated in the lamplight, absorbing the hazel of the iris. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He stands in the parlor of Children’s House, trying to absorb it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He felt as though he were absorbing it, or it was absorbing him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Won’t it be enriching to absorb the work of such masters, and there are so many there to be seen.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She was absorbed in the task of tracking down the disappeared, comforting the victims of torture who returned with their backs flayed and their eyes unfocused, and searching for food for the priests’ soup kitchens. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Her parents glanced at each other, as if they’d known all along their threat wouldn’t work, and absorbed this news in silence. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z After that I didn’t pay any more attention to this mannerism of his, because I was absorbed by the feeling that the sun was doing me a lot of good. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z I, meanwhile, was wholly, mindlessly, very contentedly absorbed with the business of just pushing forward. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, Mother, I’m sure of that,” said Meg, listening respectfully to the little lecture, for the best of women will hold forth upon the all absorbing subject of house keeping. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I return to Phnom Penh on the back of Meng’s bike, my heart beating wildly as I absorb the sights and sounds of the city. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The figure of Phineas was set against the bulk of the tree; he shouted now and then, but these sounds too were quickly absorbed and dispelled. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z In very little time, he became almost as absorbed in the Bible and “the Church” as he was in chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z When U-238 atoms are hit with flying neutrons, they absorb the neutrons. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I kept to the narrow footpath, clear and white in the moonlight, walking swiftly and absorbed in my thoughts. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am completely absorbed in combat life. I can’t seem to think of anything but the fighting,” Lilya told her mother. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Dvorak abandoned the Hiawatha project but claimed to have absorbed research he had conducted for it into his musical thinking for the symphony. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z You can shield them with your body and soul, trying to absorb that awful rain, but they’ll still move toward him. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Any time that Santa Sofía de la Piedad would go into his room she would find him absorbed in his reading. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Travis, who had clearly been pretending to be absorbed in his texting, shifted uncomfortably in his seat. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z What loomed before his eyes was a huge, complicated vista, crowded with more detail than the mind could absorb. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The storytellers who had absorbed her history, the villagers who breathed the same air and dreamed the same memories—all of them were black. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Father MacPhail sat without moving a muscle, his lizard dæmon absorbing and remembering every word. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z When Bernabe Montoya’s doleful voice crackled over the walkie-talkie, the agent replied succinctly, thoroughly, and then absorbed the information, or rather, lack of information, from the sheriff with equal automatic aplomb. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I had to absorb procedures in a few days that the others had taken years to learn. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z It had taken him months of training, but now he could absorb decades of information without falling ill or losing himself in the waves of light. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z We looked at the bright skyline on Central Park South, the honeycomb of lighted cells against the blackness, and I wished I could absorb them all. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I would suppose he had been sitting here next to me for some minutes without my noticing him, so absorbed had I become with my recollections of meeting Miss Kenton two days ago. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z By the time he exits the bathroom—after loading it down with “odor-absorbing” air freshener that doesn’t seem to be absorbing anything—G’ma’s back inside and decked out in her camo gear. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z The monsters we’d been pursuing reached the Titans line and were absorbed into the new force. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Maybe he can absorb some of the “much” from the place where their shoulders are pressed together. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Emily pretended to be too absorbed in doodling a maze onto the margin of her notebook to have paid any attention. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z They learn the value of education by absorbing the laws and traditions of the tribe. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The circle of water slowly calms down, having absorbed the giant wave. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The boy sat in the same place as before, absorbed in Puzzle Power. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z In some ways the story made less sense each time he read it, the scenes he pictured so vividly, and absorbed so fully, growing more elusive and profound. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I pulled his note out of my pocket much more often than necessary to absorb the two small words he’d written. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I was a little old for that, but I said thank you and pretended to be absorbed in coloring. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Nat remained aloof, absorbed in a totally male world of rigging and canvas. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z She absorbs everything she can about Mexico and about Mexicans in the United States. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The Earthmen looked blank and Cutie continued, “What is the center of activities here in the station? What do we all serve? What absorbs all our attention?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z And that is why the great challenge for our time will be to absorb these changes in ways that do not overwhelm people or leave them behind. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z After the war, he studied auditory channels, trying to understand what we focus on, and how much information we can absorb and process and under what circumstances. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He felt that this motionless listener was absorbing his confession as a tree absorbs the rain, that this motionless man was the river itself, that he was God Himself, that he was eternity itself. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Students absorb the fundamental music materials for their “tool box” to be used in more complex activities in the future. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Perhaps the thick soft bark absorbs sound and creates a silence. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z In effect, he was saying that when someone is finished texting, their minds can still be so absorbed in the task that they do not know what is going on around them. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z |
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