With one look at the expression on Rondon’s face, the men braced themselves for bad news. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Like the men on her doorstep in the 1920s, some interviewers started with a focus on William, only to become interested in Elizebeth. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“If Your Grace wishes to lose all of my lord father’s banner- men, there is no more certain way than by giving northern halls to southron lords.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"In the valley on the other side of the hill. I had my men pick a sackful as we marched past." Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

She very often wore men’s khaki pants, a gray cotton sweatshirt, and sandals. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“There are men with guns up there. When they see me, they will kill me, if they can,” I tell my father quietly. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Headlights cut through the night, tangling in the trees closest to the yard, as several cars pulled into the grass, the rowdy sounds of men echoing through the still night. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The sound of men’s voices carried across the still water, and I could see figures moving around on the casino boat. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of men were crawling with him, scraping their bodies with his on the stones. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The women of the 46th Guards were liked and admired by the men who fought not far away from them. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Several men grin at me as I pass by. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Catelyn watched her son as he moved among the men, touching one on the shoulder, sharing a jest with another, helping a third to gentle an anxious horse. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t sweating in his dark suit the way the white men had stained their white uniforms, but his face gleamed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We are now led by men from Virginia, I am told,” she said, “land of my birth. I assure Your Honor that in Virginia, we do not tolerate the rebellion of slaves.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

We crossed the foyer—a large Afghan flag draped one of the walls—and the men took me upstairs to a room with twin mint green sofas and a big-screen TV in the far corner. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The men behind were threatening to hack it apart and butcher the ox where he stood, whilst the driver and his kin swore to kill them if they tried. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Shackleton turned away and ordered the men to resume their backbreaking, futile work. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Where men cant live gods fare no better. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

"My men are searching the hills for an escaped prisoner. I don’t suppose you’re going to tell me where they should look for the two bodies?" Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The scent of burning wood reminded everyone of land so far away, and sunk many of the men into nostalgia and fresh pangs of homesickness. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He hopped down off the window seat and said, "You may sleep here tonight. I'll give you some of my own men as a guard, some Stone Crows perhaps—" "No," Sansa blurted out, aghast. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Luce wanted to impress the men with the importance of his work. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Thoroughly mortified, the men eyed each other cautiously. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"In holdfasts all across the realm, men lift secret toasts to your health while women sew dragon banners and hide them against the day of your return from across the water." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

If it had been ten years, they would have grown into men. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Many a night his sister’s pack gorged on the flesh of sheep and cows and horses, the prey of men, and sometimes even on the flesh of man himself. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Elderly men with handkerchiefs full of crusts for the birds, children with their kites and balls, and young couples under the spell of romance took their shifts. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Forcing female soldiers to wear men’s boots isn’t unique to the Red Army in World War II. Combat boots in women’s sizes for British soldiers were introduced in the United Kingdom only in 2012. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

But before I could open my mouth, Brother Jack had pushed me along to a group of men, one of whom seemed to know all about the eviction. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men carried the two of you into a hospital. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The crowd was gathering, a good twenty men and boys and a few women, carrying flaring pine torches. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

There were people looming over her—four of them, a woman and three men, strangers all—peering down, blinking, looking concerned. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Marshall is penalized for having too many men on the field. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Black men convicted of felonies are the least likely to receive job offers of any demographic group, and suburban employers are the most unwilling to hire them. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Constipation and flatulence, or “squeaky gut,” as the men called it, made them even more uncomfortable than they already were. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Some black men had robbed the store and taken him to the basement and bound him and beaten him up. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men who had designed my truck had not anticipated the load I would carry. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now they were men, and the terror they needed to provoke in others, if for no other reason than to feel it themselves, was rarer but not lighter. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Well, there is only one piece of advice I can give you,’ said the wisest of wise men. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It burdened him that the men whom he was representing in court were going to prison while he lived freely. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just before dawn a cramped and aching Lupita listened in spite of herself to the conversation of the two men sitting on the bench to her right. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Everywhere he taught men the culture of the vine and the mysteries of his worship and everywhere they accepted him as a god until he drew near to his own country. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look at these men, staring at me like I’ve lost my mind. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

A group of men, torches held aloft, hurried past. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

They barked furiously and in due course awoke the men. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The rest of the men had to make do with wool blankets. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

And hardly had they reached its shelter when the winged shadow had passed over once again, and men wilted with fear. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She saw women in violet silk and burgundy satin, with their golden and black and auburn hair bound in jewels or ribbons, and she saw men dressed in black and sapphire and green velvet. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought I should run out to the car and grab the research proposal before Vern fell asleep, so I left the men in the study and returned with my backpack. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It was surreal to see all of these armed men gathered near midnight to make sure a life would be taken without incident. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

"Let me ask a little something," one of the men said, spitting his spent cigarette butt into the surf. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The men at the stable offered to wash the horse and wagon for her but she insisted on washing the horse herself. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were many men standing in the corridor and the men in the compartment all looked at us when we came in. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Jody’s line is that art so far has been mostly men admiring one another. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the table, she noticed two aging men casting anxious glances at her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Both men laughed, but then the older one swung his fist at her, casually, as a man would swat a dog. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

NOT would he heed die queen’s men when they came to urge him to make an offering to their hungry red god. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was nearly dark by the time all the men were in from the fields and the evening chores done. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the others took their accustomed seats, it struck Eddard Stark forcefully that he did not belong here, in this room, with these men. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The most respected men, in accordance with the ethos that had evolved on San Piedro, pursued no one and cultivated radio silence. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

And over there he knew men were watching Boston, watching Christ’s lofty spire—waiting for the signal. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He elbowed the two men on either side of him, and they, too, saluted Headmaster. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

"I have not told you the worst of it, child. The men I sent west have brought back word that a new host is gathering at easterly Rock." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"If you like, I'll detail some men to escort you south to the Wall." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The men crowd toward the exit, slapping each other on the back, already exchanging memories. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

We talked about how men can get away with whatever they want, but when a female does the same thing, then she gets degraded and even dissed. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“That is more money than all the men in all this village will earn in all their lives,” said Domingo. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She brought away one of her brothers and two other men, and got them safely through to Philadelphia. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It means, Jacob, that in order to accommodate less than a dozen performers, we will now have sixty-four working men sleeping under wagons on the flats.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

All up at once, the men took helm and shield— four fighting men, counting Odysseus, with Dolios’ half dozen sons. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They passed out boxes of heart-shaped soaps, fuzzy slippers, creamy pink lotions, fancy hand towels, men’s shiny ties, and chocolates, which surprised Liyana, since they’d barely eaten chocolate in their own house. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

One page would report hundreds of murders, crocodiles in the water, gangs of men rampaging. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

On my affording an opportunity, through the medium of the currency of the realm, of the allaying, at a later period, this beneficial evil, one of the men remarked:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Burgoyne ordered his men to dig in while awaiting General Clinton’s troops, supposedly coming from New York. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around the men was the familiar pervasive stench of the whaling factory—smelling almost as bad as they did themselves. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Weighed down with guns and bullets, the women have their hair scraped back under headscarves or baseball caps; the men are mostly clean-shaven. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the background, I can hear men at work. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The lords and ladies in the gallery were as engrossed in the melee as the men on the ground. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A good alternative is the roadside restaurant where men gather for breakfast before going to work or going hunting. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ishmael saw men go lurching down, saw the machine-gun fire whipping the water’s surface, and lowered himself even farther. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Or: “Do you know how the mavro men shave? With a powder! I saw it in the store window.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Many men in the general section had been sentenced without benefit of counsel, and a number of them sought me out to make an appeal. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The winding wail made the blood of men run cold. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men now call him Slant, which would be wounding, were it not exclaimed with such an achievement in the “Liberty” that the “Slant” might be righted with balance and equanimity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

As the birds descended on the fields and began to eat the grain, four of the most important men from the village ran off to find the old man. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Three men loaded the heavy crate onto a cart driven by a man I had never seen before. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Black men, women, and sometimes even children strung up from trees. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was even nasty and deliberate sabotage, presumed to be by American men: practical jokes such as sugar in a fuel tank, which could—and did—prove deadly. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I was sickened, if only at the waste of it: all they killed—cows, horses, men—they left to rot or burn. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men installed a more powerful burner that, once ignited, heated the kiln to three thousand degrees Fahrenheit. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Pulling Hannah past the noisy celebrants, Gitl led her to the one wagon facing the rest, where the men were busy at work encouraging the two strong workhorses to turn around. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could hear men shouting, and then the voices stopped. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of migrants, mostly men, mill about the large courtyard of the yellow church with orange trim. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

There was a shriek and the jets from the city were gone overhead long before the men looked up. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dibdin stuck the first one in his mouth, then passed the others to the men who suddenly crowded the window. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

So hard did the women work that we really fared better than before when the hunting was done by the men. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she lay in wait to regale Mother with her own misfortunes at the hands of unappreciative men. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Lefty stepped between the men, preventing a fight. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They were big boys, almost men, and I was alone except for my maidservant Emmot. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Even the nightfire shrank and grew feeble, to the dismay of the queen’s men. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But not yet, the men on the other side were waiting, red faces swollen as though from apoplexy as they bent forward in their chairs. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Colonel Cathcart had courage and never hesitated to volunteer his men for any target available. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Castle Black was already beginning to stir as men in black cloaks made their way across the yard to break their fast with bowls of porridge before they relieved their brothers atop the Wall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Something you should learn about us,” one of the men says. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He reminded the men what they were fighting for—for freedom, for their new country. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Our coupon men have been released from prison, thank goodness! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Two men sprang to their feet, their hands reaching for their rapiers, but a third man stepped between them. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you think Godless men have any sense?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She could hear the voices of the meeting ahead, behind a closed door: men’s voices in muted arguing. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few blocks we approached the Esso station on the corner of West Market and Park Street, generally recognized as a catchall place for men with too much time on their hands. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He "couldn't understand how men could be so inhuman." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“And that is only Tormund’s band. Add the Weeper’s men and those at Hardhome, and they will have the strength to end the Night’s Watch in a single night.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

So Nathan was silenced, for he saw they were men and had made their decisions, but how could I let them go, who were my own flesh and blood, without a fight? Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, the country men called to each other on the road that went by the house, and I heard, too, the daily round of the servants and family. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Illustrations of disasters and holocausts bloomed over the turbaned heads of men with bulging eyes of frightening intensity. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

If I testified in court about what really happened to me, it would get printed in the newspapers, and those men would come after us again. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I confess that I did not study so much for a love of the truth or my own development, in these days, as to make those young men recognize my equality.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

It is not known exactly what was said between the men, but Cox does agree to help the assassins. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The two deserters were caught and prosecuted for murder, and Tom’s father attended each day of the trial until both men were convicted. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I wondered, though, whether this was the Judge Holman who would soon be sending men out to chase Isaac. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

If the captain would pay now, the dato said, the men would begin taking the pepper to the ship. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Life on the frontier was difficult for both women and men, and communities in the West attempted to lure women there with the promise of political equality. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

A few people, mostly old men, sat in the sunlight, looking at nothing. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amari stood close to Afi, shivering with fear and disgust as the rough hands of each of the white men examined and prodded her arms, thighs, calves, and breasts. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anytime the ball rolled over to the tables of an outdoor cafe, the old men would pick it up and kick it back. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The meal was over, and the men began to sway slowly, in unison with the melody. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“These men have been dead a long time, but I know their words point, one way or another, to Clansse.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

A long search through the captain’s telescope had shown no signs of life whatsoever, but John Faa planned to take half a dozen armed men ashore just in case. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“But I’ve got to make the mess halls feed it to the men.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“They’re taking us away to kill us,” one of the men said. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Viserys sold my mother's crown, and men called him a beggar. I shall keep this one, so men will call me a queen." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“And no other can take your place, dearest of men to me,” she told him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The citizens of Anielle were warriors from birth, and had been guardians against the hordes of the wild men from the White Fang Mountains for generations. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The watchmen and their dogs would stand stock-still, as if lightning-struck; then the dogs would bark, and the next instant the door would bang open and men would come tumbling, looking crazy, from the meadhall. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the gate they found a great host of men, old and young, all ready in the saddle. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

We would gather ten men and hold a special service. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Younger men, most had done no great deeds as yet, but Sansa and Jeyne agreed that one day the Seven Kingdoms would resound to the sound of their names. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They were men who knew their minds, and I was, as yet, unformed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile all three men, holding their nets low, ran across the stubble toward the parade of rats. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Their lives had been exceedingly difficult and their relationship with the government was strained: nearly a quarter of the men and thirty-seven percent of the women said family members had died of hunger. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

It was in our view essential to build up a nucleus of trained men who would be able to provide the leadership which would be required if guerrilla warfare started. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Riders gazed up at Théoden like men startled out of a dream. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

We are murderers of our own men—of our own blood. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“But it doesn’t take a thousand men to open a door, my lord.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

All the men made the sign of the cross and murmured a prayer. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lion stood his ground until he saw so many men coming down, warriors in red clothes. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tractor at last breached a hole in the seawall, and a few men began to go through. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

If there were any valuables on the bodies, Momma and a couple of the men would sell them in town, bringing back something fine. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“The Hand. Once I saw him riding up die hill. His men had red cloaks and little lions on their helms. I liked those helms.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And no complaints, I thought, looking at the map; you started looking for red men and you found them—even though of a different tribe and in a bright new world. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two men paid no attention to me at all. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hate we felt for the men whom we had tried to cheat went into the blows we threw at each other. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Talk halted as the men started in on their meal. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only color in the vicinity was the frost rouge on the men’s cheeks and the blue of Burnham’s and Olmsted’s eyes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Young black men in California are now five times as likely to go to prison as to a state university. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was tormented with the thought of the twenty-two men waiting for him. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Three men came into the room, the two doctors and a short, middle-aged man with a round face and a graying mustache. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Many of the men and women had demons hiding inside them that fled screaming when the hammer touched them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

With the operation over, the exhausted men had put the unused mortar shells back into the cases, stacked them in the truck, and driven back to the base. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

It is not men, they could not cry so terribly. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The grandstands at the finish line slowly filled with people fanning themselves with their programs—men in fedoras and Panama hats, women in flat-brimmed hats perched on their heads at jaunty angles. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

"Just so, but why? Other men were stronger, faster, younger, why was Syrio Forel the best? I will tell you now." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He glances at me and I see he is afraid to tell me, afraid I will announce it and give the other men a chance to ridicule him. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Twenty or so men and women dressed in deep purple robes. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain thought: two things an officer must do, to lead men. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He taught that women are physiologically ahead of men. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hands, by themselves, like two men working together, began to rip the pages from the book. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its wounds are as fresh as the wounds of the men who carved it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Sarah’s white cloth cap bobbed away in the distance as I looked for a path out of the crowd, but bodies pushed in from all sides to watch the two men arguing. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. van D. is friendly to strangers, especially men, so it’s easy to make a mistake when you first get to know her. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Everyone in the village came out of their houses to see the astonishing sight—pale, unhealthy-looking men who carried large bundles and unusual-looking sticks as they marched into the center of the village. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there were also a few rough, no-nonsense men with proper gear and hard hands who went about their work with no silliness of any kind. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He assigned him to a permanent job at Camp 14’s pig farm, where two hundred men and women raised about eight hundred pigs, along with goats, rabbits, chickens, and a few cows. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

When men looked at Deborah they saw no further than her unlovely and violated body. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The two female Scholars had nothing so exciting to tell, and sat in silence until the men came in. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

That men would die was a matter of necessity; which men would die, though, was a matter of circumstance, and Yossarian was willing to be the victim of anything but circumstance. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

If perhaps it was a secret hour in which men rose like giants from dragon’s teeth and, while the women slept, clustered in their kitchens. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were simply asked to score the emotional content of the expressions of these three men on a 21-point scale, with the lowest being “extremely negative” and the highest point on the scale “extremely positive.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bailey said he’d let the ladies walk together, and the men would bring up the rear. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stands there shamelessly sucking her own tit as the men wave their hats, pump their fists, and scream like animals. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m not like that Nkrumah guy, or any of those other old men with lots of important things to say. But in the time since we came into this jungle, I’ve noticed something.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Fruit of Islam men thoroughly searched them, as everyone else was searched—their notebooks, their cameras, camera cases, and whatever else they carried. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Commandant!” a man called across the wire fence from the men’s camp. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the canoes land and the Indian men begin to pull them up onshore, Richard and I go closer. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Once this is understood, the disagreeable behavior of American enlisted men in German prisons ceases to be a mystery. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the men stumbled off the boats, there were plenty of questions and answers. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

By noon, as race fans began to arrive by train and by automobile from all over the East, men were already shedding their coats and ties, women donning broad-brimmed sun hats and sunglasses. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She kept guards, of course—four men posted at the door, two outside on the steps, two inside by the brazier. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“The municipality sends special men to do that, but the other work can be done by anyone.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except when the men sat on windowsills fingering horns, and the women wondered “how long.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I was walking back to the prison with the captain, I commented on what I thought was the curious behavior of the two young men. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men in the first cell were mostly sleeping, or dying, or dead. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said women and men were equal in every way and there was no reason women should cover if men didn’t. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

They did not wear men’s clothes like me, but rode as women in black and red dresses. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afraid that the men in the family would run into Dinka tribesmen somewhere, that they would fight and get injured—or worse. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wisely these men choose to represent themselves with useful things—knife, bottle, matches, cooking pot. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the other men takes something yellow and brown from a bag, goes to Finn, puts it to his head and there’s a sharp crack. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

As the Sunday program was about to begin, men leaned back in a favorite chair. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s all that stirring up. Sending men into space and hurling them back down. Poking holes where they need not poke holes.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The crew shunned him when he walked the deck, and men would spit if his shadow chanced to fall upon them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Less than a week after the buses were integrated, five white men jumped out of a car at a Montgomery bus stop and surrounded a fifteen-year-old black girl. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

In the distance was a bandstand where men in dark blue uniforms were milling about. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was the same here as everywhere: men and their wars. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Jonathan could see from the way the men were watching that these were important questions. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

These were the beings who had fallen in love with human women, with the daughters of men, so long ago. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Devon said his favorite part in To Kill a Mockingbird is where Scout talks to the crowd of angry men and makes them go away. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Midgard, which is the world of women and men, the world in which we make our home. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Soldiers fled the army until there were only about three thousand men left. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Camps Bay is full of older, semiretired white people, and as I walked down the road all these old white men were walking toward me and past me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Dad says, Cuchulain fought to the end like the men of Easter Week. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“The Guild men ain’ afraid to go in there,” said another. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hoses Capricorn’s men had used to save their master’s house lay like huge snakes in the pools of water. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

They watched the four men climb the castle steps and disappear from view. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Would the men in the helicopter shoot the rest of them now? Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

All around her, men and boys stirred and crawled from their pallets. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Taking the final refuge of all men, attempting to escape beyond the doors of death. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The men were moving with slow, drugged movements. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had found two of his uncle's men in the wood, slain, but the corpses had risen in the chill of night. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

To drum up excitement, Fitzpatrick and Foster tapped talented men to lead—one to solidify support among Johnny Joyce's cattle butchers, another to organize blacks. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The three of us do not speak loudly in our barracks, perhaps because we are sensible that these are men, and we are boys; these others are whole, when we know ourselves broken. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

At the end of the street, dozens of men were building another big dirt wall. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

You don’t get lucky twice with those sort of men.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And at the same time we heard the loud report of a shot and running men carrying burning torches surrounded our house. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She propped herself up and said, “I always saw the ceiling with other men.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Twenty dollars buys an invitation to a smaller room, where a dancer brushes her breasts against the men’s faces. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He always found some excuse for these moves besides breaking up quarrels, but always, when he transferred the men, he reminded them that they could survive only by cooperating. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Lord Ramsay’s men pushed back from the tables, abandoning cups and trenchers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They glanced up at him nervously, and Andrew said, “Quiet. The men at the Eight Ball asked for you, send their regards—they were glad to see León and Gene though.” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was surrounded by three men fully dressed in black riot gear. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Tariq was the one who told her, for instance, that militiamen stationed in the mountains sharpened their marksmanship—and settled wagers over said marksmanship—by shooting civilians down below, men, women, children, chosen at random. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Bobby Kennedy will end the war, end the discrimination that’s splitting our country in two, and end the control of the government by a handful of fat old men.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

No one moved, neither Basta nor the other men waiting at the foot of the steps. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“What do they say?” one of the men asked. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He moaned as those men dragged him the remaining few feet around to the back of the buckboard. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time they caught sight of the Manderis muddy waters glinting in the sun, they could make out the voices of men, the clatter of steel, the whinny of horses. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

On the 22nd of December of last year, at approximately 4 o'clock in the afternoon, 2 men entered a drugstore on 145th Street in Harlem. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put up my hands and said to the men, "This isn't what it looks like." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The six men turned to look at Chronicler, as if they couldn’t quite believe what they had heard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The young men threw a line to Zeitoun, who tied it to the canoe. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She follows the men out, pulling the door closed behind her. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Other men picked up steam as the hours passed, and the aimless, riotous celebration continued. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I sat at the fire and received nods of welcome from the men camped there for the night. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

These men were not only uncomfortable because I was a colleague brought low, but because I was an ordinary man being punished for his beliefs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

With Cleopatra’s help and the support of the allies, Mark Antony raised an army of more than 100,000 men. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

In a series of publications that stretched to the 1970s, the two men combed through colonial financial, census, and land records. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Waves broke over the bows of the boats, washing over the exhausted men. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The men on the quivering, battered boat were mad with terror, all except one who thought only of Alcyone and rejoiced that she was in safety. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Young children ogled at them when they appeared because it was unimaginable, even by the standards of children, to find anyone as dirty as these men were. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

On deck, men were assembling to raise flags as a band played the national anthem, a Sunday morning tradition. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“You would think,” Skarpi’s voice rolled out like thick honey, “fine churchmen such as yourselves could find better things to do than arresting storytellers and extorting money from honest men.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was warm for so late at night, and the men all looked comfortable with their collars open and the sleeves of their uniform shirts rolled up. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Every two hours until morning the cook served another round of seal steaks to keep up the men’s strength. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He is an adult man, bigger than most men in the village, and much fatter. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men said no and pushed them away out the door with the ends of their clubs. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Your PopPop kept it safe for a loooooong time, and he asked me to pass it to you to do the same. That way both men live on inside you. You’re carrying their legacies.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged into the abyss of despair. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She walked by a barbershop where men were getting their hair straightened, wearing shower caps like women. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In my head I count up how many of us there are left and realize we have buried half our men. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Two SS men were beating a child with clubs, a girl smaller than Helena, and then an older man with a beard came tumbling out the doorway of a warehouse like he’d been thrown. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

They were, after all, two of the most accomplished letter writers of the era, men who had fashioned over long careers at the writing desk distinctive prose styles that expressed their different personalities perfectly. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The mechanics and armorers felt a fierce sense of competition with nearby men’s night bomber regiments doing the same job, and the women wanted to prove they were just as capable as the men. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

As her eyes moved along, she saw that out of the pale sea, near the grazing land, rose other land, and on this land appeared men. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men studied medicine, law, theology, and emerged repeatedly in the powerless government offices available to the native population. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is, of the six men she’s met, she liked the first one she met third-best, the second one she liked fifth- best, the third one she liked best of all, and so on. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Arnold took the photograph, hundreds of men were at work on the building, but its scale was so great that none of the men was immediately visible. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He noted that it is nearly impossible to imagine anything remotely similar to mass incarceration happening to young white men. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Inside the cauldron, men are packed together, throwing off immigrant costumes, putting on suits. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But since both men were Russian that made no sense. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes men and nations, even when nonviolent, had to defend themselves when they were attacked. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

With sticks the men laid the tall grass down. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hannah found all three men looking at her intently, as if they thought she knew. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Captain Smith and his men leave on a frosty morning, and we all wish them well. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“You were competing with men who were aware that their own particular suns were fading, and they resented your moving into the places they would leave. They fought you, and you fought them back.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, for many young men in South Africa’s townships, freedom looks like this: Every morning they wake up, maybe their parents go to work or maybe not. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

All over the Dining-Room women were screaming and strong men were turning white in the face and shouting, "It's crazy! This can't happen! Let's get the heck out of here quick!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Always elegantly dressed, he would meander across the room, stopping to chat with men working at different stations. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Two of the men looked so alike that she grew confused for a moment, thinking that two sets of moths were relaying her the same information. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He had lived outside of the lives of men. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

There were men running everywhere, and horses being saddled, and officers shouting. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There's no Mirjam, but there are girls her age or younger, surrounded by young couples and middle-aged men. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

More handcuffed men and women were still filing out of the yards on either side, swelling the ranks of those already choking the streets. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was lean, strong, straight, and taller than most men—the way I was taller than most fourteen-year-old boys. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She spat on the spectacular pile of coins, put them in three canvas sacks, and buried them in a secret place, hoping that sooner or later the three unknown men would come to reclaim them. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

When the fateful day had dawned, the tribe numbered forty-two men, counting those who were too old to fight. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shackleton now ordered the men to keep “watch and watch,” four hours on and four hours off, and to sleep fully dressed in boots, mittens, and hats. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

They were nonpolitical prisoners and both of our groups were ordered to halt while the two brothers had a chat; the younger brother ordered one of his men to polish his boots while he talked. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is nice,” she said, pointing to a large illustration that showed a group of men in various states of despair, holding their heads, lying on the floor, or huddling in corners. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He said he understood the gals were really going for bald- headed men. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men in suits on the roof weren’t doing a thing—so much for school security. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Early on the day after Christmas, Rall and his men were sleeping off a long night of celebrating. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men kept yelling, "Slug him, black boy! Knock his guts out!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of them, especially those who came to the principality as new men, when they recognized the difficulty resulting from the two opposing humours, turned to appeasing the soldiers, caring little about injuring the people. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Men who usually skipped church to go fishing, and men who stayed late at the local bar and slept in on Sunday mornings, squeezed themselves in with the rest of the community. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Most of the men were gathered in a group. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dad shook hands with all the men, patted the children and smiled winsomely at the women. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carrying their weapons, our men sped along the trail which winds down to the shore. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He was an ancient philosopher,” Nick teased, “who believed that men’s souls were round like apples, the color of pearls, and had little white wings.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a guarantee with all these men, but it was the best chance we had. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Out the window I can see Mrs. Scatcherd and Mr. Curran on the platform talking to two men in suits and ties and black fedoras, with several policemen behind them. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He saw her life was hard, full of misfortune and torment at the hands of demons and bad men. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Corporal looked beyond Jonathan to the house, then to the line of retreating men, then to the rising sun. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

My mother never wanted me to be like my uncle, one of those men, unemployed and still living at home with his mother. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Here, along with a men’s night bomber regiment, Marina’s recruits would fly low over the German troops in the dark, bombing their headquarters and ammunition and supply depots on the southern end of the front. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Rich men, middle-aged and beyond, men well past their prime: these weren’t college boys, these were their Ivy League fathers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was one of the most intimidating but fair men I have ever met. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Climbing a jumble of stone, Theon looked down on the dead men and dying horses. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“A hundred men it will be. Every Brute available.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

High lords with old names, fat rich men dressed in velvet, knights puffed up like bladders with their honors, yes, and women and children too— they're all meat, and I'm the butcher. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Yes, they were the men to sit in judgment on the book. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two men recorded this information on the official quipu strings. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

At five my mother and I reached the superintendent’s office on First Avenue and found a throng of black men, women and children waiting on line. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy rushed at the men, slashing at the air with his weapon. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Life has got awfully dramatic all of a sudden, hasn’t it? Just like a fiction....By the way, did I tell you that some men came round to see me yesterday afternoon?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Their officers barked commands with urgency, the men marched grim faced, swords flapping against their legs, rifles bouncing on their shoulders. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men didn’t see him for a few moments and then one of them stuck out his arm to show where he was and the boy shot him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the man who piloted the men across the river, the strangers were unremarkable, just another band of bedraggled rebels heading home after losing the war. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You haven't been outside the camps. Believe me. Europe is a hollow shell full of hollow men. Let me ask you, what do you know about Eretz Yisrael?" What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Work resumes on the Golden Gate Bridge. 103 men are put back to work, two quit, seven scratch their heads, five have their feet up, two eat sausages for supper, three do not...” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arbitrators were the men who ran the fights, men who worked for Serakeen. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

So now the Lord Faramir had gone forth again, and had taken with him such strength of men as were willing to go or could be spared. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The union men, in turn, signed a contract to work until the end of the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It’s because black men don’t own and control their own community’s retail establishments that they can’t stabilize their own community. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the men asked Wright if the boy from Chicago was there. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

We stand before a table where three men are sitting asking questions. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

But I see him peek over his shoulder before he disappears behind the squeaky men's room door. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The jailers threw buckets of cold water on the men who had lost their senses in fear. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sit on the mats and various people from the village come to sit near us—a few old men and women, many children and young warriors. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The men came a couple of steps closer and raised what was in their hands. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The men tease him because of his name. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The two men confer, standing so close their foreheads nearly touch. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Lee had 61,000 men in his army and was assisted by another of the Confederacy’s legendary commanders, Stonewall Jackson. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

If she got involved, she would be squaring off against dangerous men—men who wouldn’t hesitate to target the mother of a small child. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

By the time the truck stopped, he tells Lourdes, several men had died of asphyxiation. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Nhamo had never been taught hunting, but her restless spirit had seized upon any information she overheard at the men’s dare. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I lay on my shelf, I listened as the men reviewed the day's score: Jews 20, Nazis 0. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“I cannot forgive nor forget the listless do nothingness of the men we had always believed our best friends,” Anthony wrote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Both men were hopeless drunkards, but they were sober at this hour of the morning. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He that said “I sweat,” he gathered up soil and seawater and with them made trees, plants, herbs and grains of the field, animals, and men. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Occasionally men passed along the narrow street very close to him, talking in monotones to each other, a cloud of dust rising around their feet with each step. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The huge men pushed us to the ground in front of them and tied our feet with strong ropes. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

There was nothing much else they could do, Rush said, after the three men left her bedchamber to discuss the case. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

"I take you for a king. Kings lack the caution of common men. My apologies if I have given offense." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She told them about the Seattle rooms she had cleaned, the sheets on which white men had vomited blood, the toilets full of their excrement, the stench of their alcohol and sweat. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now, April 14, 1865, Booth assembled enough men to accomplish another mission. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And where am I to get more men? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The sound of men shouting and dogs barking wheeled around us as we ran, menacing us from everywhere and nowhere. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

All the cherished question-begging epithets applied to the Negro race, and widely accepted as truth even by men of good will, simply prove untrue when one lives among them. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

So the top 120 men on the Black Disciples’ pyramid were paid very well. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The men were gathered, just as the man in the pool hall had said, for and about dice and money. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men speculated it must have belonged to one of the rubber gatherers who had been out exploring the area. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I wept with relief every Sunday as he eluded the evil men and bounded back from each seeming defeat as sweet and gentle as ever. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

White Americans have thought of it as their shame, and have envied those more civilized and elegant European nations that were untroubled by the presence of black men on their shores. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t heard of a boy rusalka, but drowned men had to go somewhere. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Three of the men were under death sentence, and the fourth was serving a long prison sentence. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I... my lord, the men would never... giants eat human flesh, I think ... no, my lord, I thank you, but I do not have the men to watch over such a creature, he...” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the young men and women go because their parents are driving them crazy. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Two men sat in chairs in front of a store. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was transported to a world where men wore shiny shoes, kids tap-danced, and ladies were called dames. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were talking about the war, and she could tell from their voices that they were viejos, old men. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He rose, tottering, and he shouted that all was well; he charged forward, limping, his men behind him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Live with men? Did you say ‘live with men’?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd parted as he boomed, “Let’s go, people. We’ve got dead men to discuss.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“That was mighty clumsy of me,” Red said to the other men. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The officers who sent me overseas. They told me I’d be able to march the men around in parades all I wanted to.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Mama would try to calm the men down. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Lannister men. The lion of Lannister flew over the ramparts, not the crowned stag. And they had taken the city by treachery." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“She must have felt alone,” I say, “being the first one to play in a band with all men.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The horn blared, and the two young men shouted again. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

There are groups of men and women walking through with Red Cross armbands. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

There had been no boys to bring her flowers, only men with stacks of kruge and purses full of coin. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The voices became louder but no more intelligible as the group of men reached the bank. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

More and more men was doing the same thing and I figured the train to be leaving soon. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I come closer and see a Negro man, about my age, standing in the middle of the white men, with Army men behind him. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And my men, for whom I am no more than a standard or a talisman, are the knights who were leaders—the rich defending their possessions, the powerful unready to let it slip. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papi and Lolo are working on the other end of the hall in the men’s room; I can hear their voices echo over the music as I swirl circles with the sandpaper block. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Only the tall oaks were still holding all their leaves, like self-conscious old men. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She aroused them, and soon the assembly ground and seats were filled with curious men, a throng who peered and saw the master mind of war, Laertes’ son. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The suffragists noted that the men who had organized the festivities did not include any women in the program. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Two older men, one with a cast on his leg, the other wheezing with asthma, and a young man of fifteen or sixteen who’d had appendix surgery. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A breeze came in the night and we heard the men of the anti-aircraft gun on the next roof talking. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

There were stories of big, burly men coming into town in Rolls Royces to sell as many Rolex watches as they could dish out. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walked about all day quietly speculating about what the lieutenant could have told his men. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Some of the men were white and some were colored. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other men were handing whiskey bottles through a shattered window and passing them around. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The men came nearer and nearer; their dark eyes looked at her, but without giving any sign of recognition, any smallest sign that they had seen her or were aware of her existence. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two men appeared out of nowhere, a few yards apart in the narrow, moonlit lane. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It’s as if they’ve been born at the age of one year, or else are shriveled men. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Several men stepped forward from the crowd to help lift the crate. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

If the men guarding her heard her pleas, they gave no answer. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The artist enhances life by his prolonged concentration upon it, while the politician emphasizes the impersonal aspect of life by his attempts to fit men into groups. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Disheartened, the men moored their canoes securely to some trees and set up camp. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

His soldiers come to the villages late at night, taking away all the men, the villagers had said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I watched the boys go about eating and laughing and talking with the men. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Strange men had killed my sister; a man I knew had attacked me. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

While they ate, the men were subdued, talking quietly, all played out. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turkish men move back to give us space. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even men eager to get started while the day was cool wouldn’t come to work this early. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

No hurry now, a stillness everywhere, that same dusty, sleepy pause, the men not talking, no guns firing. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My knees begin to buckle, but one of the men yanks me back up. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The men on the bridge awaited an answer. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He also had a charming way about him, as do most confidence men. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

There was still no specific mention of African American women, who, along with African American men, would continue to be disenfranchised by state laws, especially in the South. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

With every step and every word the three men shrank back as a group, though Clyde didn’t lower the gun. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The men of the Columbian Guard stepped up their vigilance. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

But the prisoner had convinced himself that the young men, possibly motivated by a desire for adventure, meant to help him escape. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

That afternoon they spotted, in the distance, two men on skis. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But just before the men lost all hope, the native islanders tracked them down. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

On New Year’s Eve, they crossed the Antarctic Circle at last, and some of the men gathered on the bridge to sing “Auld Lang Syne” with an accompaniment of dog howls. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“Sanitation porters,” said three Latino men with plastic garbage bags in their hands. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His large hands gripped the bags in his hands and he turned toward the men. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Holding the end of the rope, the three men drag the body away, leaving behind a trail of blood in the dusty road. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“B’cause men that made this country, men that built this country were men from the street. Men like me, men like you, men like Sapito there.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Those two men by the fire. CCD. Don’t look now. Mind what you say near them.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

No one sings songs of men who die like that. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As I had expected, the men led me to a small log cabin in a moonlit clearing in the woods. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered something that Saidu had said one evening after we had survived another attack by men with spears and axes. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Someone had brought a battery-powered radio, and we listened to President Mościcki tell the young men of Poland to rally in Lwów. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

"Yet how are men to see him, if he is at Storm's End?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

To do this at least three men were needed, and even then the sea elephant often dragged the net into the sea and got away. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both men behaved, although they still had not shed their mutual distrust nor resolved their struggle for supreme control of the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Coldhands was hacking and cutting at the circle of dead men that surrounded him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But that morning, twenty-two men in the Connecticut 5th were too sick to march. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

“See, I have a police record. Is it true that chicks like dangerous men?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t like the other men she had known. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Because lounging against the western building, midway down the street, were the other two men from the group, both watching with excited smiles as I froze dead on the sidewalk. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Groups of men with long beards and loud voices. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

These men have been caught halfway through their transformation: ordinary bodies but with powerful, supernatural heads, deformed in the direction of heroism, or villainy. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

A roomful of men and women looked up from their magazines. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Serving men had begun to move amongst the guests as the seneschal was speaking, filling cups from the flagons that they bore. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Some people said it contained spells for turning salt into gold and men into rats. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He noticed the men did not thank their wives. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The letters were waiting when I returned, seven of them, addressed to men with impressive names. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had heard men speaking compliments in the direction of women, but I’d never been aware of them going to my mother. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The farmer now spoke to White and his men. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

In a move that caught everyone’s attention, she cut the woolly lining out of her men’s boots and sewed it onto her coat to make a decorative collar. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

What had happened to Paul and the men? I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

On November 12, the temperature soared to thirty-five degrees Fahrenheit, and several men took advantage of the warmth to take a wash in the snow. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

And twelve more white men had stopped whatever they were doing to listen and pass on what happened between Janie and Tea Cake Woods, and as to whether things were done right or not. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“These men are our guests and we would like them to receive proper attention.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dim room with its low secret lamps and the nervous waiting men concealed his presence. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the passengers were men dressed in expensive civilian clothes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were to be no moon men at all. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were small compared to men, as a wolf is smaller than a direwolf. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

To her surprise, three young Mexican men followed them. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“Here are both men!” panted the sergeant, struggling at the bottom of a ditch. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her face showed that very clearly, but neither of the two men took any notice of her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Almost without exception the men criticized the Hell’s Angels for their lawless ways. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fitzpatrick and his men didn’t realize it, but the fire at the top of the tower had set a lethal trap. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She gave a stiff nod to one of the men standing near Mark and Alec. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The same men who had taken Rosa now entered, gently lifted El Patron into a wheelchair, and rolled him away. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ve lost a third of the men, Colonel. Over a hundred down. The left is too thin.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Capricorn’s men were still gazing at the gold as if they didn’t know what to do next. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“They want me to testify for Cherry— one of the men who killed my friends?” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Every day, the men came in by the dozens—dusty, tired men who had journeyed by foot and by wagon when they could not afford a train ticket. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now there were three kings in the land, and war raged beyond the Trident while the city filled with desperate men. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

These opportunities, therefore, made these men successful, and their outstanding virtue enabled them to recognize that opportunity, whereby their nation was ennobled and became extremely happy. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

With only ten minutes before the gate opens, the men at the juice joint mix up another batch using water from the animal troughs. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I spent the afternoon chopping a field’s worth of cabbage while a half pig roasted in the pit dug by the men in the flower garden. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

They pressed on, covering not quite a mile before Renly's outriders came swooping down on them, twenty men mailed and mounted, led by a grizzled greybeard of a knight with bluejays on his surcoat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He was one of the two men who had first come to the village. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they reached the ship, Percy’s men threw the kidnapped children overboard and shot them in the water. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

There had been other white men, once upon a time, but after the dead rose they’d either ran off or turned shambler. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

At one point, he heard some men—familiar customers—talking about the river level, and he stopped to listen in the way he’d always done and that hardly anyone noticed. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He would do that as soon as some of the excitement died down and all of the men left. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Theo stood, turned to the man he was about to accuse, and saw the scene in the soup kitchen, saw Otis Amber cooking soup for the dirty, hungry men. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

We strolled past Mama Mwanza’s and a bunch of other houses where mostly old men were sitting on buckets without a single tooth in their heads. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Are the migrants hiding in clumps of yellow flowers between the tracks innocents traveling north or dangerous men who are running from the law in their own countries? Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Now I know why Flannery used the line She looked at nice young men as if she could smell their stupidity. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Both the men and women looked kind and wise, and they seemed to come of a handsome race. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Here he is now solving the problems of sending men exploring into outer space—and returning them safely to earth. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the PAC men had already been on the island, and saw our arrival as an encroachment on their territory. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were men of middling birth, by and large; merchants' sons, lesser lordlings, sometimes even foreigners, but judging from their results, far more able than their highborn predecessors. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And both men regarded the letters they were writing to each other as the capstone to that final project. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The queen’s men outnumbered the queen’s ladies three to one, so even the humblest serving girls were pressed into the dance. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then I notice a bunch of giant men all around me. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Within a few hundred years, the big men acquired *Here, as elsewhere in this book, I am being chronologically inexact. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Sure was, by a group of old men and boys. They delayed those Long Knives long enough for the warriors sent by Gall and Crazy Horse to get to the crossing.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

The Corporal and the other men gathered around in a semicircle, gazing at the dead. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Queen’s men, at least in name, both had a healthy fear of her, and Merrel could be formidable when he was not drunk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You know yourself, Mrs. Dowdel, boys will be boys. They’s high- spirited. They’ll settle down in time and all be good Christian men. Their maw and I have set them a good example.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Who were these men about whom Mencken was talking so passionately? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men slept knowing they might have a very active night. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two men were lifting the hernia man to put him in. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I suppose she used her knowledge of the most secret side of the men in power to return the fifty pesos I once lent her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bran shouted from the high seat as Lannister's men reached for their steel. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Two men hold a roll and the others spool off the barbed wire. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d heard the mill men tell how the two halves, not even fitted together, were placed cut side down, skin side up, in the coffin. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he gazed at the people gathered around him: liberals and conservatives, blacks and whites, men and women, middle-class and poor. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I watched the cratered road rise and fall, whirl its tail around the mountainside, counted the multicolored trucks packed with squatting men lum­bering past. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Four men came to get me in the night. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ned's men . had drawn their swords, but they were three against twenty. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Some men were letting their greatcoats drop to the ground. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Good luck with everything,” one of the young men said. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The men who had accused him in the barracks weren’t there. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Gender and race are not irrelevant considerations when it comes to heart problems; blacks have a different overall risk profile than whites, and women tend to have heart attacks much later in life than men. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The men nodded and carried the chest toward the beautiful carriage with the golden horses at the end of the dock. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several very dignified and important-looking men sat in her living room. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fingers, Tyrion called them; they were men of the Fiery Hand, after all, and there were five of them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The skulls have tiny little mustaches, and so do the men. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

As some men worked in the hold, others broke open the chests and flung the tea into the harbor. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The one fact to remember was that eight thousand men, white men, with guns and gas, were out there in the night looking for him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you worry,” said one of the men. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I weighed the personalities of the men on the job. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning, I got up when the rooster crowed or when I heard the clatter of dishes as the women downstairs made breakfast for the men. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Kings die and beggars die; rich men and poor men die; old people die and young people die. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was then too that the holy men at Laguna and Acoma warned the people that the balance of the world had been disturbed and the people could expect droughts and harder days to come. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

"A few hundred. My own men, chiefly. Father was loath to part with any of his. He is fighting a war, after all." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“That’s one of the ridiculous things which men always say. I have never known one to speak otherwise of fanning. How long will you be gone?” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

In fine weather men sit outside smoking their cigarettes if they have them, looking at the world and watching us play. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Because it isn’t right for other men to see you naked, that’s why.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Lee thought: docile men do not make good soldiers. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the wind stopped, he was going to remove them from their commands, because true men of the desert are not afraid. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there also was that indefinable something that arises between two men destined to be lifelong friends. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The three men stood like statues in the moonlight, watching Baba, Neel, and the cub cross the river. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

We were just coming out of the third den when we saw three men appear in the courtyard. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun still feared getting near his office on Dublin—the armed men were likely still nearby—so he and Nasser had no set itinerary this day. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

In those days, guns were common, especially for white men. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the Torah Service, which followed the Silent Devotion, I was one of the eight men called up to the podium to recite the blessing over the Torah. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Other days the talk at lunchtime was subdued; men gathered in separate groups. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

William Faulkner was excited to be working on a plot that starred men and women flying together to defeat the Nazis. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

But as I hurried to cross the street just before reaching the depot, the old men playing checkers on a barrelhead under the Cold Sassy tree winked and grinned at me. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Below him, on the hilltop, the heads of the men turned north. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way the posse was lined up had the sheriff and one the ’nother men up front and me and Petey riding abreast in the middle whilst the other two men trailed behind. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Nor did I think of them often nor of the white men who had said they would come back, but did not come. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

In their saffron robes, sadhus, holy men, were everywhere. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was men coming and going but they all stepped around us as Henry drove the wagon over toward the river. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had been taught to have great respect and reverence for all men of God. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Many of the men and women at Langley joined softball or basketball teams and played in local amateur leagues. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Five men burn their draft cards in protest against the war, New York City, 1965. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Just this dizzy war, this fake, this thing with the old men making ...” I couldn’t help watching Finny as I spoke, and so I ran out of momentum. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Changing the jars was no trouble to anyone but the men who watched them changed every hour or so and were baffled by the procedure. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was rare for a woman to do this kind of work, but she walked the picket lines with the men and rallied strikers to stick it out. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

Ambitious men caught glimpses of nobler ambitions than their own, and even worldlings confessed that his beliefs were beautiful and true, although ‘they wouldn’t pay’. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

But also I envy their conviction, their optimism, their carelessness, their fearlessness about men, their camaraderie. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Our young men—along with our young women—are our strength and our future. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Then, as in general you stick to your work as well as most men,” said Joe, “let it be a half-holiday for all.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Through the noise of explosions, tank fire, and shouting and screaming men, Scruggs thought he heard someone yelling his name. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Philip Lombard, that upon a date in February, 1932, you were guilty of the death of twenty-one men, members of an East African tribe. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

He almost became an alcoholic there on rice wine the men learned to brew in the barracks. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leathers and Jax were older men, well past forty, sons of the haunted forest, with sons and grandsons of their own. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A few men wore robes made of satinlike material; some were red, others a brilliant purple. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the men went behind the Store and poured white lightning in their soft-drink bottles, and a few of the bigger boys followed them. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men who had carried Saidu began placing rocks around the grave to hold the mounds of earth. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Weren’t any white men in town big enough to where Loomis could wear their old clothes, so she had to make nearly everything he had. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He picked on the men, mainly, the two who weren’t chained, and hauled them to their feet. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Elleven, Blackbird Ordinary, Baoli, bars with swimming pools and fountains, beautiful men, lights flashing everywhere overhead, beneath your feet, in the corner of your eye. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

These men will poison your mind, he said. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cussing men who went on about losing money and the laughing men who bragged about winning some. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Now and then, in the tall grass, they came across statues of little men. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

We learned how news moves through a crowd of men. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The men in green all forsook England a hundred years ago,” said I, speaking as seriously as he had done. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He could see the outline of the watcher, but the sleeping men were below his vision. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dubonnet was all over me, asking how the men were going to pay for their houses and everything else,” Dad said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

We know Gage expects to move his men back here tonight. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The more I thought about it, the more concerned I became about all the young black boys and men in that neighborhood. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Your Grace, I know where you might find more men. Give me the wildlings, and I will gladly tell you where and how.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Several men made their way to a small island of rocks, just above the canoes, and threw a rope down. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

The villagers ran scattering, most of them keeping well ahead since they knew the ground; but some, boys or old men, were slow. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

A woman near the front throws an arm across her forehead and collapses as the men on either side scramble to catch her. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It was not one person, or two, but many men. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The men and children are ushered out, and we begin the long wait. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Both men are in our foyer, facing my parents. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

One of the dead men was a popular fellow known as P. G. Unlike the quiet Mr. Yu. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The long caterpillar of men and women moved slowly forward. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps we would find that if we twelve men took the same tests, one or two of us might be discovered to have unconscious desires to kill, and the potentiality of carrying them out. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not all of these men were brilliant, and some distinctly were not. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Each time, he had been forced to return to South America, not knowing if his men were alive or dead. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“Most men want their wives to stay home.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He asked me did I feel any white men had ever done anything for the black man in America. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The point was that at both trials all three men had confessed that on that date they had been on Eurasian soil. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The men did the same, then the boys, before the women and girls had their share. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

We found all this out from one of the men who’d been taken away during the raid on Redding that spring. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amari thought briefly of her father, who loved meeting men of other tribes and learning their languages. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The younger ones admired the older boys who strutted about so tough, and they jostled with their playmates for a chance to run errands for the gangs of young men they looked up to. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Two hundred brave men had left the Wall, and the only one who was not growing more fearful was Sam, the self-confessed coward "We'll make a ranger of you yet," he Joked. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Two of these men had dark brown skin; the others were light. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

They were all three of an age with Lord Hoster, men who had spent their lives in her father's service. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In this confusion of dying men and wildly flying weapons Atalanta kept her head and wounded the boar. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He listened carefully to every word Britten said and to the tone of voice in which the men asked their questions, for he wanted to know if any of them suspected him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Just remember," Sam told the men before they left. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The men would go fishing and crabbing at the wharf and catch huge turtles and take them home and make soup and stew out of them. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would form seven patrols of six men each to roam the city on the lookout for slave catchers. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It depended upon a pair of young men that he had often observed observing him. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had seen men with fourth-grade educations who could barely read making money hand over fist, and he saw the place overcome by decadence and greed until the bust. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It turned out that instead of waiting obediently for the CCD men to come out and take him away, George Boatwright had vanished. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

When the sun finally rose in a brilliant pink sky, it shone on twenty-eight men who were more dead than alive. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Some men think big and some think little. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The only time I saw them pay me much notice was one day at lunchtime when I was laughing with the other men. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes folk get hurt from other people’s men hanging around.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Two men in the front of the lorry have long forked poles. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men immediately boarded a special train to Washington. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She had just spent several hours with three men who were openly planning to kill her. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Forty leagues and more it was, as a bird flies, from Edoras to the fords of the Isen, where they hoped to find the king’s men that held back the hosts of Saruman. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

A manhunt was in progress at the beach and an army of men scoured the whole island, including the black-gum swamp at the northern end. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out on the street, Johnny met officers yelling at their men, trying to get them back into their barracks, striking at them even with the flat of their swords. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young women and men played drums and mbiras, but they didn’t seem joyful. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Already his thoughts had left Milkman and had flown ahead to the house where six old men waited for him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

For out of the avenue and across the silent plaza now came one man, another, a woman, two other men, Mr. Spaulding, all running. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Watching those men work gave Nate an uneasy feeling—like he’d bitten into something rotten, something he couldn’t spit out or swallow. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, there was a burst of voices as a group of men went by. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girls had set up all the stuff in the auditorium; and they had, with Miss Violet’s help, composed the story about the three wise men. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have done terrible things... betrayed my own, turned my cloak, ordered the death of men who trusted me ... but I am no kinslayer.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Music floated out of parlors where the doors had been flung open, and men and women lounged on couches in little more than scraps of silk and gaudy baubles. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The women congregated in the kitchen, preparing food, while the men sat in the living room, conversing in low tones. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The two men glared at each other for a long moment. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Three hundred men had charged, under Hancock’s direction; only forty had come back. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the men beside him he said, “Reek has been with me since I was a boy. My lord father gave him to me as a token of his love.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Every one of the faces of the men turned to look at him, and Milkman knew he had said something else wrong, although he didn’t know what. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘But there are not men enough in the Mark, not if they were all gathered together and healed of wounds and weariness, to assault the stronghold of Saruman,’ said Théoden. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

If the world of white men had never touched the Congo at all? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The satyrs are goat men and the centaurs are half man, half horse. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had taken the same risks and shown the same bravery as the other two men. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

God had said that it was only the men who could give up their jealous selves, their futile individualities of happiness and sorrow, who would die peacefully and enter the ring. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it did, the men got low and returned fire. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I tried to make sure I did not look attractive if older men came to our home. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Soldiers blew on whistles and the crowd quieted as men began walking up the stairs onto a wooden platform in the square. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Trees can be felled for rams if rams are required. Amolf Karstark writes that fewer than fifty men remain at the Dreadfort, half of them servants. A strong castle weakly held is weak.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Finally, one of Pizarro’s own men sneaked up and stabbed him to death because he thought Pizarro was cheating him out of his share of gold for helping to conquer the Incas. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Janey Hart discussed how 100 years earlier, men served as hospital attendants and women were thought of as too weak to withstand the horrors of military hospitals. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

The men raised their guns, and something strange happened. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Of course, I had the rebuttal ready: These men had all been operating under divine inspiration. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Everywhere men were rising from their despair and dread, seizing their weapons, crying one to another: ‘Rohan has come!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The young men and women who were heading to Iraq and Afghanistan to serve and fight weren’t just anonymous recruits but friends of mine, brothers and sisters in arms. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

In spite of their sadness—because of it, even; for their sadness was the symptom of their love for one another—the three young men were happy. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Great crews may have men or women of exceptional talent or strength; they may have outstanding coxswains or stroke oars or bowmen; but they have no stars. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Among the generality of men I am tall—six feet even—although among the males of my family I am considered a dwarf. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did the same men wear the same masks every day, or did they choose new faces every morning? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Too weak or too tightly chained to shake them off, the men suffered in silent agony. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kassia’s haunting music has recendy been recorded for the first time in a thousand years, and it rather gracefully refutes the assumption that the development of early music is exclusively the handiwork of men. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I had been about to say that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were mere puppets, not men, but I thought better of it. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

They leave a few minutes later, grim-faced, pausing to talk to a small group of men. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

When she woke all of a sudden, her heart pounding and her hair damp with sweat, it all came back to her: the men, Mo's voice, the empty road. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

We could protect our women and daughters from their jungle urges, which Dr. Bertram understood to be a particular fear of southern white men. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Or, as one packinghouse manager explained, “If you need to turn out a little more, you speed up the conveyors a little and the men speed up to keep pace.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In Canada there were black men who were county officials and members of school boards. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had, in her arsenal, a seemingly infinite number of visions of Skathis mounted on Rasalas, carrying off young women and men no older than she was now. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The powers of darkness would requite it, too, my mother’s parting curse would call hell’s furies to punish me, along with the scorn of men. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

From then on, Marie donned men’s clothes, took the name of Gottlieb, and made a fortune traveling around Europe, exhibiting himself to medical men. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I wonder if Papa fought, too, when those white men came and pushed him on the tracks. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the wrist failed him, then the touch had fled and he would be forced to challenge the tall men who dwelled beneath the basket with swift drives that they would quickly move to intercept. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

While it is true that Booth and Herold have crossed the Potomac, the information actually refers to a group of men smuggled into Virginia on Easter Sunday, not Booth and Herold. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

I had gone into the library several times to get books for the white men on the job. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dozens of men waited in line outside the Chicago Urban League office. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A group of village men stood by a church. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were men and women of all ages, some white-haired, and some not even yet adults. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Music from a jukebox blared from the windows; men in stained overalls, factory workers, and women in frayed dresses were sitting on the crumbling front steps. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He started toward her automatically, but the men pulled her back. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both men were unbelievers by nature, mistrustful, suspicious. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And the men now call me Buckra, which is their word for a white man; for having seen me read, they say that I am a white man hidden in a black skin. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

By this time my father had earned enough on the farm to hire some men to construct two new buildings. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

In vain men shook their fists at the pitiless foes that swarmed before the Gate. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Mark was scared that would snap the men out of their dazed state and cause them to retaliate, but they actually dropped their ends of the ropes in response. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, I hope you don’t go wandering again tonight. Security is very tight at the moment, and as you may have noticed, my men are all armed.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Where have all the black men gone?” is a common refrain heard among black women frustrated in their efforts to find life partners. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

There were mothers with children and deliberate old men who spat into gaudy handkerchiefs. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When the door clanked shut, some of the men cried out. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Twenty men, maybe twenty- five," he said, breathless. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Near me, men were collapsing into the dirty snow. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

A union representative tried to sway the packers: “These men will be on the killing floor of the packing plants. They will have cleavers and knives.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The men climbing the slope had fanned out and were moving more slowly, because they saw the problem as well as he did. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carloads of white men rode up and down the streets of Paradise, three in the front and three in the back seat, slowing down and staring at every black man outside of his house. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And all the time the men running with the wagon over the debris. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d pop by the gallery and smile and flirt, and it was harmless—there were plenty of men who came by the gallery and smiled and flirted. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over dinner, the men politely discussed the problem of slavery. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

That wasn’t even two years ago, and now he was one of the richest men in Monroe County, or so he said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Come in, come in,” Abuelita said as we entered the house behind the men and followed them into a pink receiving room. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

His friend’s wife would be very glad not to be alone with a bunch of men. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He wasn't used to being inspected as fearlessly as this old man was scrutinizing him now, not even by his men. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The Mirabal sisters liked to run their men, that was the problem. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The black men have long since hidden themselves aboard the Flying Squadron, and I’m not at all convinced that the mob won’t content themselves with a redheaded dwarf instead. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

"Last year they were Robert's men. A moon ago they were Renly's. This morning they are yours. Whose will they be on the morrow?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“She is a trollop, and is anxious only that there should be a supply of men.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Costumed men and women surged past, screaming and pushing each other, trying to get away from the arena. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There was a whole tribe of men who made a living simply by selling systems, forecasts, and lucky amulets. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Lee said, “Those three divisions . . . will give you fifteen thousand men.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His abrupt speech indicated what the men already knew. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He looked at himself, wonderingly, at the beloved men around him, and he said to himself: Lawrence, old son, treasure this moment. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few visitors were already at tables, sitting across from inmates—men in orange jumpsuits. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I read only what the birds wanted to tell me. They wanted to save the oasis. Tomorrow all of you will die, because there are more men at the oasis than you have.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again the stranger considered the group of men, then, turning, discovered Jonathan’s eyes fixed on him. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Within seconds, two suited men breeze past me, lift him by the arms and haul him, still coughing, toward town. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Two men in coveralls stretched a thick steel cable with a hook from the back of the wrecker down toward the brush at the edge of the river. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

So there were vacations and weekends in other cities as well as visits and teas in her own, where and when such men appeared. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hard fighting and long labour they had still; for the Southrons were bold men and grim, and fierce in despair; and the Easterlings were strong and war-hardened and asked for no quarter. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Guenever herself, ushered into a small waiting-room while the state apartments were made ready for her reception, added to the confusion by insisting on bandages and hot water and stretchers for her wounded men. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Near Tallahassee he was picked up by sheriff’s men, judged vagrant, and put on a road gang. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In a blur of motion, one of the men pulled out a switchblade and stabbed Lana. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It was as though now that the young men had had their chance, with unsatisfactory results, the older men would take over. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Aw, let ’em work out their differences,” one of the men said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Grass as tall as living men, and taller, but dry and white as a dead woman’s hair. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor was the willingness of black men to lie in the beds of white women a consideration that might lead them toward tolerance. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, many of the men considered themselves generous to allow the women to remain in “the ladies’ portion of the hall.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Later in the evening, the two men learned about the radio program and finally understood the source of the rumor. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

In the city it had raged among houses and men. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Great blame and imputation was laid upon me by them for the loss of our two men which the Indians slew, insomuch that they purposed to depose me. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The voices of a hundred men and women singing and shouting crashed over me like waves. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The two men would never visit each other’s offices, she adds, but often met in secret to coordinate plans. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

There were only three men working on the small ship. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

The men and older boys would be out grazing cattle. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat staring off into the white sea where the guns still flashed and boomed softly, at a great distance, until he saw the first men beginning to come back out of the smoke. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first several hours on land, the men ate, slept, and ate again, standing around in small groups, stupefied and silent. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“They’re weak as water, if you want to know,” came the reply from one of the men. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now and again he heard men say, “We will go to the wars.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Then of course the black phone rang, and Dad heard there was a fall, men were hurt, maybe trapped, methane was surely seeping in. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

From a far chamber, I could hear the conversation of vital men, men on whom depended the colony’s well-being. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

At daybreak, as grey light welled up in the east from the sea, the two young men set forth in Lookfar from the harbor of Ismay, raising a brown, strong-woven sail to the north wind. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

In the back seat, away from the notice of Macon and Ruth, they slipped off their patent leather pumps, rolled their stockings down over their knees, and watched the men walking down the streets. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lift bell rang twice, and the men shuffled aboard. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Two of his men stepped to the towering doors and pushed them open, and Cersei walked through them into the open air, blinking at the sunlight like a mole roused from its burrow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Pippin looked at him: tall and proud and noble, as all the men that he had yet seen in that land; and with a glitter in his eye as he thought of the battle. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

My prior experience with young men was to hear them swear “Christ almighty in the craphouse!” at any dress with too many buttons. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He puts Enrique with four immigrant men being routed to Orlando, Florida. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

That’s the way the young men on brass sounded that day. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He might, for example, prove too attractive to the wives of men who knew they were dull. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I slowed the car as I saw him turn to face the men, his cane held at chest level as he shortened the pace. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They’re ripening very quickly,” answered Milo, “and we don’t have a minute to lose. Just think how happy the men back at the squadron will be when they get these bananas.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

His men spread out, rounding people up with curses, blows, and kicks. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his head these men and their bloody wounds mingled into one recurring dream. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

As I looked at my father’s chin and at the men with their knives, I knew no one was going to give in. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard the voices of two men talking over the sound of water running in the sink. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned to see the two men blocking the mouth of the alley. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A half dozen men sat around the fireplace at one end of the store or leaned against the counters and cracker barrels. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men wear red rags sewn to their chests, which has been lately required of them as proof of their oaths to the Crown and to Lord Dunmore. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Wounded men limping forward into the fight with nothing more than pistols in their hands. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hot from the time I’d spent in the sun, I gulped it down, no longer thinking about the black men and their backbreaking work out in Grampa’s fields. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Some of the young men sucked lazily on briar pipes, and the sweet smell of Prince Albert tobacco smoke drifted among 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 of the men leans into the car and then returns to have another word with Mr. Fazio. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

After buying a few items at the five-and-dime store—a comb, toothpaste, notepaper—the four young black men would head for the lunch counter at the rear of the store, sit down, and order coffee. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Without a word he went outside where the sacks of chicken grits were stacked against the show window and commenced talking to some old men sitting on the bench in the sun. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The men, tired from fishing, farming, and hunting, had gathered in the dare, the men’s meeting place. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today mass incarceration defines the meaning of blackness in America: black people, especially black men, are criminals. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I saw all the Tang men standing at the foot of the pier before the warehouse. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kedry had been fluent in the tongues of all of the Free Cities, and even the mongrel Ghiscari that men spoke along the shores of Slaver’s Bay. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Salt tears rose from the wells of longing in both men, and cries burst from both as keen and fluttering as those of the great taloned hawk, whose nestlings farmers take before they fly. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

That simply made the two men laugh, whereupon Elinor tightened her lips and confined herself to hostile glances. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The cars all pull to a stop, and the doors pop open, revealing at least five men and women in Erudite blue. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

There, gathered at the edge, was a troop of twenty young women and twenty young men, and standing on a rock above them was a beautiful woman. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most Saturdays he was installed on the corner, surrounded by other young men. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The morning sun was hot; three men were spreading palm fronds on the tarmac, working swiftly and sweating, pushing along large carts piled with fronds. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

My brothers’ Allah and the voices of the black men in prison who speak the same cryptic words. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Plato’s allegory of the metals, the philosopher classifies men into groups of gold, silver, and lead. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the radio, the newscaster talked about submarines, torpedoes, and a place called Korea, where Puerto Rican men went to die. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

All day the labour went forward, while the men of Minas Tirith looked on, unable to hinder it. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Now the only other thing I can do...is to replace them by other letters, or by symbols, figures, dancing men, or what not. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Benches run along the two sides of the truck bed, and on the benches are squeezed maybe twenty men, their knees all mixed together like fingers praying. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hunted men crouched and careened this way and that as they headed towards the cover of the motherhouse. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw the naked bodies of men and women in the postures and transports of passionate love. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lots of other white men at other schools did the same. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three men eventually approach the body and cut loose his legs and hands. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This person, the book went on to say, was one of the richest and most powerful men in the world, even though his business was illegal. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if they were the unemployed men he led. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But the cold had weakened him, and Jon’s men were bigger, younger, and stronger. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

One of the men carried a giant roll of bullets, like you’d see in action movies. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Dasch worked hard to help the men create and learn their new identities, and he was proud of his efforts. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Theseus, the King of Athens, received him with all honor, and the old man died rejoicing that he was no longer hateful to men, but welcomed as a benefactor to the land that harbored him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hundreds of black men working as waiters were tired of putting in long hours for little pay. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"But he does so for honorable reasons, to bring dishonest men to justice. He robs the robbers!" The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

The actress and storyteller Awele Makeba transforms the auditorium into a packed city bus, the scene of a tense standoff between a determined black girl and several uniformed white men. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“Swords, bows, daggers. Armed men will be slain on sight.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At the gate of the corrals two men took tickets from the people that went in. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

There wasn't a town trapped underwater or generations of men with the same name destined to repeat the same mistakes. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

A moment of indecision passed while the two men stared at each other. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Between and behind the lights there were shadows moving swiftly, and as they came toward us I could see that they were men—men in white uniforms carrying nets, round nets with long handles. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

One of the last men to speak came from the back of the room, but I recognized his thick gray beard instantly. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t see the plates in front of the two white men. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any moment, those men with guns might get involved. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

But Helene has always had a particular fascination with the holy men—it's no surprise that she hoped they'd come to graduation. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I saw her enter, driving those men turned swine to stand before me. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each morning they came around, three brisk and serious men with efficient mouths and inefficient eyes, accompanied by brisk and serious Nurse Duckett, one of the ward nurses who didn’t like Yossarian. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I know how to shake hands like the men do in Ghana.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

But he lifted his head to look at them and he saw that they were indeed men from the town, dressed in long robes of soiled silk. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

But then I hear the men around me, as amazed as I am. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was a place where men lived, and it had a stock pen around which the men had built a high fence. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

From one of the coaches came the shrill blow of a whistle, followed by the gleeful cry of “Let’s go, men!” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The suffragists grew accustomed to opposition to their goals and tactics from both men and women, but soon crowds gathered to oppose women picketing the White House. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I dived behind some throw pillows just as three men and one woman—the matronly one I’d heard on the phone—turned the corner and entered the room, pushing Ema aside. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

And that two white men had come for him in the night. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I imagined visiting the wicked country of Italy, where the men are taught to overcome virgins and the women know many freedoms. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

My dad says in the old days men going after whales in small boats sometimes got what they call a Nantucket sleigh ride. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The men spent a lot of their other time working on their new identities and rehearsing their cover stories. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

They would have found the acorn, the man would have got away quickly, the CCD men wouldn’t have arrested him, he’d still be alive.... The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

They were comrades in a struggle, a new way for men and women to be together that did not necessarily have to do with romance. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the next few minutes several different parties of men pass us silently. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

She allowed the men to buy her drinks, dinners, later to take her in taxis to their apartments, in neighborhoods she had not yet discovered on her own. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He knew he must keep quiet; these men were kind, generous men, and anyway, a boy had no right to contradict a man’s opinion. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he told them of the spear piercing Odin’s side, the bard shrieked in pain, as the all-father himself had called out in his agony, and all the men shivered, imagining his pain. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She saw two men with their hands grasping the same spearshaft, each determined to hold on. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His entire body had a violent definition, a primal joy in aggression that caused men of equal size to afford him caution, and especially distance. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I remembered how afeared the men were when they told me ’bout the bear-fighting dog. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

On the benches below, Winterfell men mixed with smallfolk from the winter town, friends from the nearer holdfasts, and the escorts of their lordly guests. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Perhaps more striking than the racial integration of the female mathematicians, which had been spreading organically throughout Langley for years, was the fact that a group focused on computing now employed increasing numbers of men. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

If he had once been obsequious to Richard Hunt and the eastern men, he was not now. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

But the men—reluctant to surrender their sport— would buy me drinks anyway, letting me drink out of their flasks on the streets, urging me to repeat obscenities. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eight men struggled out with a huge mahogany four- ppster bed. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the men approached, he could see that they were armed with guns and machetes. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many men in prison were able to handle anything the authorities did to them, but the thought of the state doing the same thing to their families was almost impossible to bear. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Proud men might shout that they would sooner die free than live as slaves, but pride was cheap. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The men uncovered their heads and stepped back from the door, and the women gathered their shawls about their faces and cast down their eyes. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young men had seen a temporary medical staging ground set up at the intersection of Napoleon and St. Charles, and they agreed that they would deliver the passengers there. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

What was it with her family and flying men? Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The old men did not even change the adobe walls for modern bricks, or modify the narrow windows. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We know men like him run to the post office the minute they’re paid so their families won’t know a minute of waiting or worry. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Two men, blackened with soot, sat upon the wheels, and smoked pipes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Bullets were flung among us—I saw men collapse before me—or grab a limb and topple—rise up—and stagger. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The men already knew each other from Farmer’s work in the central plateau, and their friendship only strengthened after they met again at St. Jean Bosco. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The streets were mostly silent and deserted that morning, but every now and then we’d pass a woman wearing curlers or a group of men in T-shirts with motor-oil decals, loitering in a doorway. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She did not care to speak of the shadow, here in the open with men all around, so she waved a hand at the bodies. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"You wrote out those lines as quickly as Sander said them. A trick like that could be really useful. Why, you could copy down the plays of the Lord Admiral's men, word for word!" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Trees hung with strangled fruit, smiling men standing to the side, proud of their work. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Blackbeard’s men broke the tiki torches for the luau, threw herbal wraps into *the swimming pool, and kicked over tables of sauna towels. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“If I feel regret,” I say, “it’s that I wasn’t willing to die sooner. That I wasn’t willing to cut my own throat in the Third Trial instead of killing men I’d known for years.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The town cheered when the men waved and nodded at Jamison’s acknowledgment. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The nearby outhouse apparently stood in good stead, since six or seven men waited in single file. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Old men and women, children, babes in arms, humans and other beings, too, more and more thickly they came out of the dark into the world of solid moonlight—and vanished. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then as we moved off a group of boys ran among us and the men started using their lights, revealing darting figures in blonde wigs, the tails of their stolen dress coats flying. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because it did not require great arm strength, weeding was often done by women, young boys, or slight men. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

She watched the men in the dust of the Moon and thought of the orbiting command service module, out of view of the camera, circling the Moon every ninety minutes. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I try not to care, but even though the men are out of sight, their words are everywhere, in the chatter of everyone, in the tumbling water. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three of the men stepped forward, and reached out to Bear. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“You have ability and more brains than any other woman I’ve known. You can fill any job a woman can and many jobs that men fill.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then, just as they are about to give up and go home, at a ferry crossing known as Port Royal, two men they question positively identify Booth and Herold. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

As Marti descended the stairs, three men in white shirts appeared from across the road, moving quickly toward her. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He ran, bayonet fixed, deep in the great sweep of men flying across this field. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Jonathan could hear the breathing of the men all about, quick and agitated. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Once most of the men began to study, we complained that we did not even have the minimum facilities necessary for studying, such as desks and chairs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were jealous of her charm, her sweetness and her lovely appeal to men. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew a kind of fury against the system, against the men who would force this man back into slavery when they themselves were free. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Muhammad was taken aside in order not to see while men pinned down Basel and removed his clothes. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Carriage doors open and a few men with suitcases step to the platform and hurry toward the gate. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I peek through the crack in the door to find men and women in army fatigues arguing as they huddle over a Battleship board game. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

While making his rounds on a motorboat one day, Lima observed four men leaving a Walgreens carrying stolen goods. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I knew that men might be dying there, but what I saw at that moment did not seem terrible. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Warsaw, Poland, they saw emaciated Jews living behind thick ghetto walls topped with barbed wire, and men, women, and children thrust into cattle cars, marked for the concentration camps. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

In Auburn, William H. Seward, later Lincoln's Secretary of State, was one of the first men to sign the bond that had to be posted. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few minutes before midnight, all ten men reached a ledge just below the plant. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’ll take the Sacred Heart picture and leave the statue to watch over the two men. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Habib tried to climb out of the truck, but the other men wrestled him to the floor. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

And I also know that when this war is over, Afghanistan is going to need you as much as its men, maybe even more. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I grew up on stories of holy men parting the river Bistrița, golems shaped from clay, and, of course, those possessive spirits called dybbukim. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“You know, those white men with funny shoes, stockings, and wigs signing the Declaration of Independence? Ben, come on. 1776?” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

He was used to dictating to grown men. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The men hurtled down the other road, after the boys. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

As the demonstration ended and the marchers turned to head back to St. Joseph’s, C.P. alerted his men to get ready. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

All ten tall, strong, purposeful, silent men towered around him as they turned toward the entrance. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I’ve seen ’em both in vids, of course, before they were outlawed, and I see them all the time in the Noise of men cuz what else do men think about except sex and enemies? The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The other women would bow before men with this polite little curtsy. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Few of those men had ever fought in a war before. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

These men he was happy to hire, and he’d learned a fair bit of Spanish along the way, but he had to be prepared for their short-notice disappearances. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“You’re all dismissed for now. Tell your men to get some water and shade. And send an order up for your replacements to come early.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Later, she stood back-to-bapk with Qarl, listening to the grunts and curses all around them, to brave men crawling through the shadows weeping for their mothers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

To proceed was to risk encountering the men from whom I'd just escaped. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Leading an army of a thousand, 8-Deer threw up ladders, swarmed over the berm with his men, and entered the palace. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Although there were a hundred invisible men on every side of them, moving toward the same goal, they heard no sounds but their own. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our men were being sent in without guns. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

If they could just get around these men...He straightened up tall. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Speed, he thought, was the secret behind the enigma of why men would torture themselves by placing these raw quivering bivalves on their tongues. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rode up on his horses with his associates, five men of disreputable mien, led by a fearsome Indian scout who wore a necklace of shriveled ears. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He leaned over the window sill and gazed at the four uniformed men who squinted up at him. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said abruptly, “No orders yet. Tell your men to dismount and eat. Rest. Get some rest.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The women in the play were really men, of course. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ducked down, pushed between two men, and ran for the river, my head down. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Paul and the other men knew all about the Redcoats. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Do men not enjoy it when a woman is in awe of them?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had nothing against anyone trying to promote independence and unity among black men, but they still were making it tough for Mr. Muhammad’s voice to be heard. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Homemade bombs exploded at the houses of nonunion men and wrecked company buildings and machinery. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

I therefore conclude that, since Fortune varies and men remain obstinate in their ways, men prosper when the two are in harmony and fail to prosper when they are not in accord. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

It must only have been a few minutes later that men came and carried you and Muthu into an ambulance. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Odysseus and the two chieftains chosen to accompany him found the hero with his friend Patroclus, who of all men on earth was dearest to him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The passengers see her only at the last moment, and all up and down her side of the bus, men poke out of the windows, hooting and yelling, holding out bottles and beckoning to her. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He considered military men unprincipled loafers, ambitious plotters, experts in facing down civilians in order to prosper during times of disorder. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

She held her breath as the men reached the top of the steps. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Those old men have ways, Lorraine. Sometimes they touch you, and you may not even notice what they’re doing.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The two men concentrated on the heart of the llama, and all the gathered shamans also studied the heart intently, speaking to it in praise and trying to listen to its message. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

If the gods are finally helpless before evil, men and women must be more so. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had little use for boys and, later, men. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Women could be beaten by their husbands and fathers, as long as the men used a whip no thicker than a thumb. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Another curious effect of 2,4-D has important effects for livestock, wildlife, and apparently for men as well. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

A dozen men were splitting logs to feed the blaze when Asha came limping up with her keepers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

One weekend the two men drove from Phoenix to Nogales, on the border. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The two men stood there hammering at each other until the army got to its feet with a roar, and no decision, wanting it both ways. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men in front of her slowed to a stop. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Two women with some young children went in first, then some white men, each holding up his subpoena for the deputy. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

In the modern West, we’re confident that prevention is better than cure; that hard work deserves reward; that no means no; that you are innocent until proven guilty, and that all men are created equal. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t entertain any ideas about killing me. You could, of course; no one can stop you. But it will go much easier for you if I am unharmed when my men arrive.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

On August 28, 1955, the two men kidnapped Emmett from his bed, drove him to an isolated area, beat and tortured the boy, and shot him in the head. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“At last our men had stood up like men....I stood up alone in my room...and exclaimed aloud, ‘Oh, I thank God, thank God.’ 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

But he was a smiling man, and in Obinze's imagination, Englishmen were not smiling men. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The men took the trail that led to the beach, but the women hid themselves among the brush on the cliff. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I arrived at Santa Rosa, I didn't encounter any staff who were people of color, although 70 percent of the men incarcerated there were black or brown. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Behind the navy men sat a few of Cool Papa Byrd’s classmates from his school days. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

As it turned out, lots of the women there liked Ron the instant they met him, and lots of the men liked Lillian the instant they met her. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun held the ladder while the two young men steadied it against the boat, ready to receive her. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Though the men of the Seven Kingdoms might call them the children of the forest, Leaf and her people were far from childlike. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He avoided our company, preferring to spend his time with his drinking companions, mostly hired men from the less reputable theatre companies. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

White restaurant owners followed up with the knockout punch of firing black men and replacing them with white women. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In the morning, I worked with the men in the fields. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Braddock was wounded and eventually died, along with about half of his men. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

These men were called the feet of the emperor. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

She thought about how the men snored and tossed. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her seven rooms were always crammed to the gills, with as many as twenty-one men boarding at a time and five to six new referrals every day. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I saw men whipped for complaint or desertion; I saw men hanged, their bodies freshly at a dangle. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

If Pilkington and his men would help them, the day might yet be won. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The horn had stirred the castle from sleep,- men were coming out into the ward to see what the commotion was about. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There on the wide flats beside the noisy river were marshalled in many companies well nigh five and fifty hundreds of Riders fully armed, and many hundreds of other men with spare horses lightly burdened. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

They were men who knew the heroism of the boat itself. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

His men gorged themselves and then considered their options. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Senator Trueba followed the returns from his party headquarters, perfectly relaxed and good-humored, laughing disdainfully when any of his men showed signs of nervousness at the unmistakable advance of the opposition candidate. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lead her to the cabin Captain Smith shares with Reverend Hunt, the carpenter John Laydon, and several other men. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I began to write stories—secret stories about myself and the restless men around me. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Another one about two men named Laurel and Hardy, who are famous for being a funny comedy team. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“These petitions are signed by 100,000 men and women, who...ask nothing less than universal emancipation,” said Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, who presented the petitions on behalf of the Loyal League. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Large majorities of black men in cities across the United States are once again subject to legalized discrimination effectively barring them from full integration into mainstream, white society. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Los Osos, once a group of neighborhood children who played along the river, became a band of forty men who move drugs and people across the Rio Grande. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

"This tower was where my father's men were slain. Their ghosts would give me terrible dreams, and I would see their blood wherever I looked." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The men shaved their heads and carried long wooden poles with a crook at the top. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the other men stumbled and collapsed, and the guards fell on him with sticks and clubs. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

So they worked—across the equator, to the Cape, and into the Indian Ocean they slaved—Nat and the men before the mast. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the men in the Second Raider Regiment of our Third Marine Division even made a tall wooden sign out of spare planks salvaged from packing crates. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four older men still sat on the porch, as though nothing had happened. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stuff was everywhere, We piled in gritty drifts by the side doors of houses, wafting up from the chimneys as oily smoke, smeared on the overalls of men walking to work. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I understand, mija. But crying can help sometimes. The tango is also a dance. Women and men embrace each other and they dance all night, as if time didn’t exist.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Serving men hurried to lengthen the table on the dais, fetching trestles and chairs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Though we despised the classification system, most of the men had by that time risen to at least C level, where they were permitted to study. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Go with the good will of all good men!’ he said. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Two Latino men had been spotted in Monroeville looking for work the day Ronda Morrison’s body was found, and they became the first suspects. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Also that you, or your men, attempted illegal invasion of my Rights of Privacy.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

A half-dozen men took to chopping the King and his steed to bits. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Train was one of the most famous men of the day, though no one knew quite why. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“The American Standard translation orders men to triumph over sin, and you can call sin ignorance. The King James translation makes a promise in ‘Thou shalt,’ meaning that men will surely triumph over sin. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were boys and men past middle age, and two veterans who had been shot to pieces in Russia. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even then, the men can often predict where the chimps are going and so catch up with them later. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Only a fool humbles himself when the world is so full of men eager to do that job for him." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Near forty men took part, freeriders and hedge knights and new-made squires in search of a reputation. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

This kind of emasculation was suffered, in one form or another, by all the men interned at Manzanar. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

What were those young men doing carrying a sofa down the street? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Yes, of course. I was shocked when I saw the men this morning,” I told him. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

In following Methuselah on his slow forays through the forest, I discovered the boys and men practicing drills. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking up from their chores, two men dropped their garden tools and hurried over to open the gate for us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“You going to pull the dumb act on us?” asked one of the men. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Ay, what a night,” my father shrugged as he looked after the men who had slunk away. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was part of the celebration, that the women would dance without the men. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Two men with shovels are waiting by a small open grave. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Overwhelmed by pain, he lay there in the fearsome stench for hours, listened to the men and animals die, and learned what warfare meant. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The men unenthusiastically escorted us against the gaping crowd. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The men, wearing their white tuxedos, and the women, wearing silky silver, spaghetti-strapped dresses, complained about having to sit on the slushy curb in their wedding outfits. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

In the jury box sat ten women and two men. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

There were so many of them now published in the newspapers, and they echoed the radio and television, even the chatter of some of the men in the warehouse. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“And we”—he pressed his chubby pink hand to his chest—“we are from Earth. Right, men?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

A second later there appeared from round a distant corner, the dark shapes of two men walking backwards and carrying tall candles. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“The men don’t care. They let them follow along on the hunt.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The whole—how many men did she bring?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Some of the men in the band applauded. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys were ready, were proud to be able to help out the U.S. of A. and whatnot, although the chubby girlfriends and mothers admitted they’d be pining for their men. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She was, however, grateful for any evening of escape from the other men and for the large redheaded man’s attempts to teach her their language. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the women too, but mostly he noticed the men, how they hunched their shoulders, how they stood their short collars against the fine lines of rain. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

When girls and men gathered to sit and talk, when the great phonograph played music that throbbed in his stomach and made beautiful and huge pictures form vaguely in his head, Frankie loved it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

As is our custom, the women looked after the children on one side of the field, while the men and boys huddled closely on the other, smoking cigarettes and shouting insults at the officials. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Under the efforts of both men the lid began to yield; the nails drew with a quick screeching sound, and the top of the box was thrown back. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I have known desert men who chose their places with quiet and slow passion, rejecting the nervousness of a watered world. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It meant that all family units were to be dismantled to make way for barracks housing only single men and women working in the white world. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, I could kinda relate to the men chopping the heads off the fish, too. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She had no experience with men save only her husband, and that she looked upon as a tiresome and sometimes painful duty. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rich men had guards about their courtyards, and light-dozing hounds, and servants who slept across the storeroom doors. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He greeted the men seated on benches drinking, his manner easy and warm, and they hailed him, “Chief! Carry go! Your car is safe!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The idea of an earthly paradise in which men should live together in a state of brotherhood, without laws and without brute labor, had haunted the human imagination for thousands of years. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Mother and Mrs. Rimas scavenged for news of the men or the war. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Each morning Deborah left the assisted-living facility where she lived, and spent the day cooking and cleaning for the five or six men living in her daughter’s home. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I could sympathize—there was barely room for two men to stand in there, with the extra locker—but there was nothing I could do. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At noon Smith had decided to try to take his men back. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We're very thirsty men. This young man pushed history ahead twenty years today." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men were all too clean to have been in the war. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Pomp clasped him upon the arm, as he had seen men do, and, like a man, said, “Don’t you fear.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Me and the men—we got a list of those we suspect are Klan—Packard’s name is on top.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As White and his men worked to corroborate the details in Lawson’s confession, they felt a growing urgency to get Hale and his nephews off the streets. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

For most men, there was no cost to joining a company, but he was not most men. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

One of the men started walking toward him, asking, "Coast Guard?" Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

By now the sounds of the men pressing against the door had died down. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Queer as it seemed, men who would cheerfully face battle and risk death to rescue a companion would abandon that same companion in a heartbeat if he were known to have greyscale. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I sense in him none of the animosity I used to sense in men, even in Luke sometimes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men cursed, and shook their fingers at the television and pounded the radio, until Aunt Zo unplugged them. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The men came a few slow steps closer and I flung the handful of bassal shavings in a wide arc. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

How many men could die with their hair uncut? A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The thick seal fat that kept the animals warm would provide valuable calories in the men’s diets and keep them from freezing. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

One day, as soon as we had left the forested area of a village we had bypassed, a group of huge, muscular men sprang from the bushes onto the path in front of us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The coed dorms unsettled her, all the men in their skivvies, the girls in their robes, the knowledge that at any moment a boy might saunter into her room—or worse, the bathroom. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I am farther back, surrounded on all sides by wailing men, their faces shiny with tears. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Wherever he came men’s hearts would lift again, and the winged shadows pass from memory. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

After the last few men walked past, Chacko said it was all right now to roll down the windows. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

More security guards arrived, until approximately fifteen men surrounded the former chess champion in a grim, silent circle. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Our task is to occupy the city. We’ll let the Highlanders hunt them down. Tell the men to take over the barracks and prepare Washington’s headquarters for Major General Robertson.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sergeant Maples had in his time trained thousands of men in hand-to-hand combat. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

So the gypsies and the old men never came to any understanding. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Her house became the refuge of young men puling in puberty, mourning over lost virtue, and aching to lose some more. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

You are innocent when you do not know, my mother cried, but already you know too much about the flesh and blood of the Márez men. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A group of men with authority—doctors, lawyers, detectives, perhaps—took her into a room and told her he was gone. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

They were borne down by desperate men who wanted only to kill before they were killed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a house bound up in mourning, the nightly conversations consolidated the friendship between the two men. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

My mother didn’t suffer lectures from strange men. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He heard men complaining of the cold in the cellar and he was glad of the coat tucked around him, and felt a fatherly pride that he had stopped the corporals throwing theirs away. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

We still discuss what's wrong with men; we still, on visits back home, have our hair done together. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Cologne made me think of voice coaches, of maitre d’s, of old men and their unwanted embraces. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The men along the corral seemed a little startled. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He assembled the men in two long ragged lines and called them to attention, but they ignored him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was climbing the circular stairwell, thinking that my parents were going to kill me for bringing these men upstairs, when suddenly both cops pushed rudely past me. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

She wanted to tell James about those two men. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And thus, shortly before noon on May 29, 1953, did Hillary and Tenzing become the first men to stand atop Mount Everest. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“But Nasser had money,” one of the men said. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“I am sorry to say, those men making their agreements in Katanga just now are accustomed to getting what they want.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Years later, when other men and women who’d served in the military in the Soviet Union’s Great Patriotic War referred to their units, they’d call them by their official name or by their regiment number. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Three more scowling men, in blue uniforms, pointed them on until they reached their seats— attached wooden chairs on the arena floor ten rows away from the ring. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon everyone and everything inside was covered with a layer of greasy soot, but the stove provided much-needed warmth, and the men were beyond caring how dirty they were. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Armed men went to and fro in the ways of the City, as if going at the striking of the hour to changes of post and duty. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

And the men agreed or told them to change direction or to come back. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, like in many cultures, men were viewed as warriors and women were viewed as caregivers. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

He got out of his car and joined the streams of men and women walking toward the massive five-sided building. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Whether or not their deaths were intentional, these two men had done what no other sumo insider had previously done: named names. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

As I contemplated all this grandeur, an enormous motorcar rumbled through the western gate and the men sitting in the shade immediately arose. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

These men who looked steadily into their platinum igniter flames as they lit their eternally burning black pipes. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Goeth and his men marched back and forth, debating something, I couldn't hear what. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Rampaging against innocent men, women, and children, they did not distinguish between different Native nations. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Several men were inside and two were standing outside: Guitar and Railroad Tommy. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

At night when he was trying to sleep, Yossarian would call the roll of all the men, women and children he had ever known who were now dead. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Like many men, he doesn’t seem to know what fear is—an enviable trait! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Restitution or penalty they shall pay— and pay in full—or I go down forever to light the dead men in the underworld.’ The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would go down, boys, into the kiva and come out again, men. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several red-necked white men in safari suits and fatigues, guns drawn, paced briskly about the entrance gate, shouting orders and supervising the roundup. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Asgard, the home of the gods, is unlike any other heaven men have dreamed of. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bounty was evil to the old men at seal camp, for it encouraged killing for money, rather than need. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, that day tranquil cattle with broad brows were grazing near, and soon the men drew up around their chosen beasts in ceremony. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the men pulls out a small scrap of paper. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Some of the men started playing pickup basketball, and I watched as Barack moseyed on over to the court in his flip-flops to join. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Around him men seem to melt, the light of their lives darkened under his long-shadowed spear. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I looked around at the other Navajo men, some of whom were also looking in their new kits and holding up their razors. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But “if a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fan for Widow Garibaldi, who now made Father an exception to her rule that men were never, ever to be trusted. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

His own men rushed forward as the Manderlys vaulted over the benches to get at the Freys. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The men stood motionless, their shadows under them. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You killed them,” he said, daring to look at the men around him. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face was stem as he sent the men away with thanks. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Cold, sharp outlines, everything around me: distinct, detached as dead men. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d seen men running to get into a line behind them during the first moments of the assembly, but she hadn’t dared turn around then. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a world of sights and sounds that few of them would ever forget, even when they were old men and women. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When it was all over, the cloud of bees began to spread and scatter, unveiling the bodies of Mr. White and his men. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Hereafter, someone else will drill the men at the guns!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

K.B.I. personnel, returning the two men to Kansas, have already left Las Vegas by car. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The criminalization and demonization of black men is one habit America seems unlikely to break without addressing head-on the racial dynamics that have given rise to successive caste systems. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It is hard living with so many people jammed into her apartment, especially because the men don’t help. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Victarion had seen such men in foreign cities, tending their sacred fires. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"I brought you from your cell to carry my message to your cousin Cersei Lannister in King's Landing. You'll travel under a peace banner, with thirty of my best men to escort you." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Four grown men from the village struggled to hold it down. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I would beg for pennies, then peer under the swinging doors to watch the men and women drink. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess the wise men must of been pretty wise to find it. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Forgiving men is so much easier than forgiving women. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

For Burnham, with his failed attempts at getting into Harvard and Yale and his lack of formal architectural training, sitting down to dinner with these men was like being a stranger at someone else’s Thanksgiving. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Coach stands, holding himself tall, and though the two men are the same size, Coach exudes the most power. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She settled Matt between the two men and fetched him a mug of hot cocoa. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Early Sunday, a car carrying three men and a woman drove up to Wright’s house. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

They were all men, and most of them were Black. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was mostly men in black leathers, with silver studs and black glossy orbs - helmets - on their head or under their arm. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a desultory nod of his bored and sleepy head, the Level Crossing Divinity conjured up beggars with bandages, men with trays selling pieces of fresh coconut, parippu vadas on banana leaves. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men had blades at their sides and were sifting through abandoned homes before setting them on fire. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

This, Mr. Byerley, is a court order authorizing me to search these premises for the presence of illegal...uh...mechanical men or robots of any description.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The white women who said race didn’t matter sent about 97 percent of their e-mail queries to white men. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

As young men came to the island, we realized that they knew very little about the history of the ANC. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man ran towards him, tripping and stumbling, two other men close behind. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Shut that door, boy! It’s cold in here!” one of the men called. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were short, stocky men in their fifties. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Bigger tiptoed up the steps, one at a time, hoping that the roar of the furnace and the men’s voices and the scraping of the shovel would drown out the creaking sounds his feet made. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Far more common are examples of ridiculous misunderstandings made by male soldiers, or men treating the airwomen like children or inferiors. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

We went into the parlor, and the men gathered about His Lordship. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

In 2009, Swedish researchers published an enormous international study, involving thousands of families and tens of thousands of men and women. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

In addition, all of these men are religious leaders in the community. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stamp out any thought among your men that they are getting shells from the enemy. Far from it. My work is absolutely first, then comes the broadening of the rowing game.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Small men oft feel a need to prove their courage with unseemly boasts,” he declared. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The nine men spent then- time doing experiments that increased our knowledge of the sun, the surface of the earth, and the human body. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that didn’t matter much to the young men of Lily, even me. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

As shocking as it is to discover the truth about men I had respected and looked up to, I guess Burt is right. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I equated white men with power and authority and thought America must be full of white men. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

With men off to the front, womanpower picked up the slack, and local businesses went to extraordinary lengths to recruit and retain female employees. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“One hundred and twenty men from the old Second Maine, which has been disbanded.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now the men on the bridge walked the earth with the terrible burden of dark mortal sin on their souls, and hell was the only reward. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A white man went by on horseback leading two dozen black men chained two by two. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Gypsy men rushed at us, knives flashing in the failing light. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The astonishing thing was that none of the old men ever figured out why. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men worked sunup to sundown like Fannie had in the garment factory, but they went underground with picks and shovels. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

She said, “Thank you, thank you kindly. Now give them men some.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

A trio of young men had just entered from the opposite end of the street, weaving through it in single file. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Like just about all the men and even some of the boys from school, he worked in the oil field. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stood there looking at the destruction of the harbor and knew he had something inviolable that other men had no inkling of and at the same time he had nothing. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Everywhere around us are uniformed men with guns. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

There are crowds of noisy men and stale smells that remind me of Dad when he comes home with the smell of the whiskey on him. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

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

They wail, the whole crowd, women and men, a kind of song, like a single quavering voice. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Especially when talking with other men, his voice would spark, flicker, flare alive with sounds. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the cliff, the men clutched at each other as they sought to keep from being blown away. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you shouldn’t know about it. At least for now. It’s terrible when grown men kill a child.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Three very short men were carrying a large flat piece of wood, painted to look like a living room. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

A farmer ran up to help him, and a larger group of Russian men arrived in a car, surrounding him as he lay sprawled on the ground. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

They are monstrously huge; I heard tell that each one takes three strong men to open and close. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Quite a few men had brought their own tortillas and cold beans, or bean dip; in the helicopter there were large thermos jugs of coffee. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

These men burst into our home at night, slam her into the mirror—and she asks them to pardon her? Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Brother Jack, the men who had come along in the car, and two others whom I hadn't seen before were waiting. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But just as we had outgrown our Youth League outlook, I was confident that these young men would transcend some of the strictures of Black Consciousness. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After hours, the deep snowdrift has been cleared and the lorry is ready to take the men home out of the cold. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The church was overflowing with people, with friends, relatives, and men in uniform. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And though these two were men, and young, she felt seen and unseen at the same time, and it was such a relief. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

One by one the fires became red pulsing embers, and the men settled under their blankets. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The men that have been hanging about and joshing each other form themselves in a circle. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around its sides rushed a flow of men, their body paint and tattoos obscured by dust from the hardened, brick-like mud that lay underneath the entire city. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The point here was that the Declaration of Independence contained the phrase “all men are created equal, ” whereas the American Constitution itself, albeit in weasel words, expressly allowed slavery. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

She watched the black unblinking men, and the drums assured her that the glow would never leave her, that it would be waiting for and with her whenever she wanted to be touched by it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if it wasn’t bad enough to be locked up in a tumbledown house far away from ordinary life, surrounded by black-clad men with faces like birds of prey and knives in their belts. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

And judging by the fact that there were no men sitting next to her in the pew, her dad wasn’t around either. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A few of the men were chuckling loudly, but the laughter had a closer kinship to obscenity than to joy. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sent more painters to the house, and she continued to add rooms and jobs—including re-tiling and painting a bathroom—and Zeitoun’s men continued to execute the work quickly. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She knew she would have to relinquish that role to one of these men, all strangers. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least we fight this battle in the light, with the weapons of honest men, he told himself. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I was hurrying back to the barracks when I heard a great commotion inside the mess hall, men shouting wildly, as if a fire had broken out. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

To this day, you can find the Great Houses of old plantations on hilltops throughout the Caribbean, and yet the strange thing is that the men who built and owned the homes hardly used them. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

The National American Woman Suffrage Association, led by Carrie Chapman Catt, had about two million women and men eager to work for the amendment, and Alice Paul’s National Woman’s Party had about fifty thousand more. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

We had fought for almost twenty minutes, stabbing and slicing each other and the men who tried to part us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But they were not for the men she had lost or the men she had left. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I tried to reassure her, emphasizing that not all American men cut all their hair off and that there were scores of American women who did not wear short white socks on the streets. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Two men in woolen flat caps are sitting on a makeshift bench near the camp gate, talking over the headlines in Unzer Sztyme. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He heard men talking and their voices came to him from far away. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the white men and women standing around us seemed to be observing anxiously. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laboring men were needed to dig the canal and lay the tracks. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A lineup of Mayor Prentiss’s men with guns at the ready. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Even down on the benches, there were new men at the tables. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

At this the two men stirred and picked their way to the door and out, and sat down at the altar, looking around with wincing eyes as though the sword’s edge hovered still. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he has promised to get the men out safely. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Come with us tomorrow morning to watch the men land on the moon.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The third, a little girl dressed in something long and light colored, was allowed to fall to the ground and scramble away, ignored by the men. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He ordered his men to never fight back even if they were under attack—even if it killed them, literally. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Could you good men please allow my son to warm his little feet?” she begged. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A van pulled up and a larger group of men jumped out. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The men were already running to the end of the bridge to come down and claim the man whose dead hands dug into the soft, wet sand in front of me. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Beware all men who confuse their righteousness with the will of God. They probably don’t even know that Ball was here. It’s you they want. I warned Bear.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

And tell me, how many young black men went into that drugstore that day and walked out without making a signal? Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four regiments would be perhaps two thousand men. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is very hard to believe that they were in any way inferior to the white men and women who opened those back doors. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

When the morning came, a northwest breeze brought warmer air, raising the temperature almost up to the freezing point, but with rain and sleet falling, the men were still covered in ice. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Big-hoofed gray horses spackled like wolves, that rolled their eyes and whinnied at my footfall, leagued with men as if strapped to their business by harness I could not see. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wishes of both men are to be granted on the dark rear slope of a small rocky hill called Little Round Top. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I even had this crazy hope that maybe I’d be lucky and Dr. Art Ulene would talk about that very thing, about grieving old men who were starting to oversleep in the mornings. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

As we hopped off our bus, I started to wonder if the old men waiting to help teach us had originally taken up the sport as soon as the ban was lifted. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

All down the line, in front of him, the men were digging, piling rocks. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

General Sherman’s March to the Sea, where he and his men marched across the South, burning and putting down the dead, wasn’t much more than a temporary setback for the shamblers. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

And then one morning a group of men came and caught him by the wrists and led him into a large room in the Cook County Morgue, in which there were many people. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t seen anything but what was really before him—the faces of the four singers, those four ordinary men, cow-eyed and mindless and anguished as they went from sweetness to sourness to sweetness again. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you do not tell me the truth, I am going to have these men tie stones to your bodies and throw you in the river,” he roared. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The tiny men—they were no larger than medium-sized dolls—had stopped what they were doing, and now they were staring back across the river at the visitors. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Ged, therefore, was a marvel to them; the men brought their little sons to look at the Archipelagan, so they might remember him when they were old. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

These men don’t even sleep on mats on the ground? she thought briefly, but then the horror of what was about to happen overwhelmed her and she looked around wildly for a means of escape. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the most terrible of the afflictions were men and women with leprosy. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

On one block the only people around were men—soldiers, Nate realized. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Now, when the village men took silk to market in Bursa, they were free Greeks, in a free Greek city. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Many of the young men around me sneak glances at her. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I staggered along the pavements, drunk, repeating obscenities to the horror of the women I passed and to the amusement of the men en route to their homes from work. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Underdowns’ two sons, big crew-cut boys shifting around in grown men’s bodies, grabbed handfuls of cookies with their big hands and bolted from the table. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of the twenty-some young men who were waiting at the station for their dates to arrive on the ten-fifty-two, no more than six or seven were out on the cold, open platform. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He had a dark complexion and an intelligent face, and he casually shook hands with each of the men beneath the tree, men who as I later discovered comprised the highest Thembu court of justice. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rhoda Fuller had been a schoolteacher until the state started making laws to free up jobs for unemployed men. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

To those men, I was an inferior, a servant, a person without a trade, and therefore to be treated with disdain. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pounded his leg and threw his head back like old men do, cracking up. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Listen to you. You still cute, Irene. I seen plenty men giving you the eve in the bowling alley.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men who pushed into the room wore the black ringmail and golden cloaks of the City Watch. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“They were strangers—white men. They got you drinking, then tried to rob you.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Could these be the very men who had started out so confidently? Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been articled to Griffiths Mxenge, a highly respected attorney who had appeared for many detained ANC men and who had been assassinated near Durban the year before. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she introduced him to her stewards, three men in ill-fitting khaki uniforms, she told them, with that wry smile of hers, “You will be seeing Mr. Richard often.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then, before Bigger knew it, the men had their bulbs in their hands again, aiming at him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He reminds me that our arrangement is not at all unusual; he’s known many men to take even ten-year-olds as brides. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Timothy smelled different and strong, like the black men who worked on die decks of the tankers when they were loading. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now grown men—one a doctor and the other an attorney—both live in California. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

There's a rack of greetings cards showing men dressed like Prince Philip fishing in rivers saying “On Father’s Day” or foxgloves in a cottage garden saying “For My Dearest Grandmother.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Lyra and Will soon found themselves ignoring them altogether, though Will thought: Those men I killed—their deaths were close beside them all the time—they didn’t know, and I didn’t know... The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He turned towards Éomer, and the men looked in wonder at him, standing now proud and erect. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Several men rushed from the sidelines to hold him down. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The platform was crowded with uniformed young men and crying parents, clinging to one another, saying good-bye. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

We dispatched staff to Angola, which was several hours away, to meet the men when they were released, sparing them the midnight bus trip. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Women can sometimes be more soothing than men; so now Kali. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Snowfall is never known there, neither long frost of winter, nor torrential rain, but only mild and lulling airs from Ocean bearing refreshment for the souls of men— the West Wind always blowing. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

That same windbreak allowed the black brothers to crawl within a few feet of them, creeping along on their bellies until they were looking down on the men they must kill. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She looks up and sees the two men. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

On Sunday evening, April 7,1765, a swarm of Rhode Island men, their faces blackened, boarded the Polly and stripped the ship of its cargo: barrel after barrel of molasses from the sugar islands. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

The men didn’t seem to be paying any attention. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

But she said, “Young men are not kind—they are only fierce.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

When the men came to install a telephone, the house still had a long way to go before it could be lived in. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was satisfied, he instructed his men. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was May, remember, and the wandering men had only recently taken to the roads, now that the warming months let them spread their blankets by any water course. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In this way a number of rash young men met their death. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Deeper in, men worked to adeptly remove the large arteries and segment the limbs. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The sight of men being whipped as they struggled to move carts prompted consternation among a legislative committee convened to examine the prison in 1832, with particular attention to the system’s harsher aspects. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “The men have done all they can do. Heth’s division is exhausted. Pender says he has had the hardest fighting of the war.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men burst in and dragged them out to a cook fire. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She began to study the men and women around the neighborhood whom she knew were Muslim. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

In another bout, two men armed only with short swords fought each other until one was laid low—whether dead or not, Aurelia couldn’t tell. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I know she had the ring before Dad served a mission—which was expected of all faithful Mormon men—and spent two years proselytizing in Florida. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The men grunted and cursed below as their fancy breeches and overcoats turned brown with the mud and their lovely beaver hats went rolling off down the road. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Once there, many of the men broke down, sobbing, realizing how close we had come to death. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Men were men, and these were the only women for a thousand leagues. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Leftover cigar smoke drifted from men’s suits, and at each stop the roar of frogs and crickets filled the car. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Midday on July 12, 1904 twenty-eight thousand men and women employed by meatpacking companies throughout the Stock Yard put away their tools and walked off the job. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"I—well, how—that is—they will not object? The men who present the play?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then you’ll look back and long for the old days when men wanted to pinch you.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before the camps, Nikkei were trying to ride the American power like some surfers she saw once at Manhattan Beach, muscular men balancing on long, colored boards atop the rushing waves. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She looked at photographs of these men and women and felt the dull ache of loss, as though they had prised open her hand and taken something of hers. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But now Duntz had disappeared, and Dewey was alone with the hunted men. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned to leave and the other two men, still silent, followed him to the door. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

There were more of the walking stick-holding, straw hat-wearing white men singing out for you to come see what they had hid up in their tents. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Only medicine men and medicine women are able to remember each story. The medicine folk say that the sp’ sing their stories to each other. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

One C.I.D. man was looking for a gun to shoot one of the other C.I.D. men who had jabbed his elbow into his eye. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Many of our men are ready to attack,” he reminded Crazy Horse. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

He will ride from there with many men to Dunharrow by paths among the hills. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

These two men said in essence: “Let everyone in the community pool what little resources he has with others.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men and women who settled there had come to get away from oppression in their homeland. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mary was left with two alcoholic, abusive men who shared the DNA of her two children but no husband or dad for her boys. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He would sing the glory of Hrothgar’s line and gild his wisdom and stir up his men to more daring deeds, for a price. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thirty yards from shore, three black swans were gliding over the water, so serene ... no one had told them that war had come, and they cared nothing for burning towns and butchered men. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Many demons called Tang men John because, they insisted, they never could get the hang of our real names. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The four attackers followed up with a rush to take spears from the fallen men. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see Izio, but it was difficult in the crowd of men with their shaved heads and gray cloth. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Far as I’m concerned, it’s nothing more than an excuse for grown men to behave like schoolboys.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

But without Captain Smith to lead us, the men shirk their work. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

And I compared the Panthers to the heroes given to me by the schools, men and women who struck me as ridiculous and contrary to everything I knew. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Those murders were concentrated in a handful of neighborhoods, and the victims were concentrated in a single demographic: young black men. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The men in the bar think it’s very funny that the barman should be filhng baby bottles but he’s big and he tells them shut their lip. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

There were men and women, children and elderly, of all colors and ethnicities, whispering in a dozen languages stories of heartache and spite, a perfect ghostly mirror to the living of the city. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

For many men, a computer was a piece of living hardware, an appliance that inhaled one set of figures and exhaled another. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“They told us we were being shipped to Germany to work because the German men were fighting in the front lines.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

They seemed like men out for keen sport. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Here circumstances are very favourable, and where circumstances are favourable there cannot be great difficulty, provided that you imitate the institutions of those men I have proposed as your target. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

But the Boss had no idea what he would find when he returned to the desolate spot where he had left his men. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

A still wet night, a night to drive men into their holes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“There are men who come out at night like the rats that swim in Green River.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then, suddenly, so suddenly that the men gasped, the door behind Mr. Dalton filled with a flowing white presence. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Thin fingers of smoke rose from hundreds of cookfires, mailed men sat under trees and honed their blades, and familiar banners fluttered from staffs thrust into the muddy ground. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The men was all in blue, and Ah heard people say Sherman was cornin’ to meet de boats in Savannah, and all of us slaves was free. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Which of these men had she cared for? Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Here I had thought they accepted me because they felt that color made no difference, when in reality it made no difference because they didn't see either color or men . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few men pulled the shark up higher by ropes and pulleys, and I followed the length of the shark’s white belly from nose to tail. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

What if his great father came from the unknown world and drove these men like dead leaves through the place, recovering honor and lordship in his own domains? The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” he said to the men playing cards, “here comes a very strange beast which in all tongues is called a fool.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Women in floral prints smiled and clasped my hand, men in square black suits clapped my shoulder. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

One by one the men emerged from the shelter, straining to see. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Everyone at the beach was screaming and running, and the men sounded like women. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

But even two or three minutes would have seemed like an eternity, sitting there while a group of old men debated my future. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The men cheered so loud it seemed to shake the whole island. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

At dawn he started with a chosen few and for the first time a boat filled with armed men floated on the Tiber. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the last of the wounded were transported in, the commanding officer saluted Dr. Han, and then with one last bow, he and all his men boarded the trucks and drove off again. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

We can see the faces of the men as they ride. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Now he wants his men to take the hill.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Francie overheard two men outside the group talking about her father. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Francesca walked the men over—this time, without Lewis and Clark—and they discussed costs and timing. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I pulled myself to my feet and pushed my way through the men until I was standing right underneath one of the showerheads. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that they shot at moving cars, shot at the unarmed, shot through the backs of men and claimed that it had been they who’d been under fire. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

"Because things are getting out of hand. Ras's men tried to rough me up tonight and our strength is steadily going to hell." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

"All our biggest business men have been dreamers. Look at Ford. Look at President Coolidge. Look at Rockefeller. Look at Jo Davidson." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The building overlooks University Avenue, which has lawns and some copper-green statues of men on horses. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“They don’t have enough men to follow him,” he explained. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All you men work in the same area,” he said. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“At least I will not die without a struggle, but in some great deed of arms which men yet to be born will tell each other.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other men had joined Pooky, and they didn’t look entirely friendly. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The other three men simply ignored him, but Wolf did everything to taunt or humiliate him. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The tusks on their helms were the fangs of ravids, and the cages at their belts held scorpions, and they were not all men. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But first Shmuel, then Yitzchak, then several of the other men in their truck joined in, singing at the top of their voices. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ventured his life a number of times to bring in wounded men. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Each of these men had workmen and apprentices under him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the old Archmage the new one was cloaked in white; but like most men of Way and the East Reach Gensher was black-skinned, and his look was black, under thick brows. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The men in the white suits went into action. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The only ones who might have seen Mudd, the men in the same plane, had all been blown to bits with him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The three men did not have to hold them anymore. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

One time when Mom got Jim’s bills from the men’s stores in Welch, she said my brother must have been dropped off by mistake by vacationing Rockefellers. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Two more men entered, and I began to transcribe: It was obvious at once that this would be no leisurely task, as copying those sermons back in Yorkshire had been. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“The whole house is going up;” said Beatty, The men walked clumsily to the door. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Andy—called “Harold” by Rob and all his Kiwi friends— was a big, sturdy lad, built like an NFL quarterback, with rugged good looks of the sort that earn men roles in cigarette advertisements. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

‘Nay, not the one that was spoken of,’ he added seeing the wonder in the men’s faces. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“They're just torture devices invented by men or mothers or something.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

They nodded and smiled at the passengers in the Quintana vehicle, then the woman and two men got out and walked over to the Quintana pickup and started to talk. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s still dream Noise I’m hearing but the word repeats thru the sleeping men like echoes down a valley. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

There was a chorus of friendly assent as the men settled onto their stools at the bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Boyfriends are supposed to be the ultimate hype men. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He was swinging left and right at the men, screaming at them to hurry up. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

By the light of the fire he could see the Corporal talking to some of the men. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The men chasing us were joined by another carrying a rope. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outsiders had brought drugs to the camp to sell them to young men. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

They dropped off passen­gers, men dressed in dark suits, women clad in black dresses, their heads covered with traditional white hijabs. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

His skin was much paler than the other two men’s, almost sal­low, and a crop of tiny sweat beads gleamed on his forehead just below the edge of his black turban. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The men who’d heard the Corona’s radio transmissions had gone somewhere else the next day. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Of the two men, only one recognized the sexual excitement that rose like a tide in the slender girl who hovered around the table long after lunch had been cleared away. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room wasn’t very warm, and after a minute or two, Queenie sighed and inched herself into the cotton shirt of her men’s pajamas, still moving cautiously. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“During World War II, when many American men had either gone to war or were working in industries that produced equipment for the war, there was a shortage of farm labor,” Mom said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

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

The men followed behind, all quickly disappearing, until Sanjeev alone remained at the top of the winding staircase. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Through the window, I watched men and women in smart outfits—in suits and skirts and clicking heels—carrying their coffee to work with a bustle of self-importance. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

There was a saying Jon had heard from the older men at Castle Black: The Wall has more moods than Mad KingAerys, they’d say, or sometimes, The Wall has more moods than a woman. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Little Walder laughed, and a moment later all the other men were laughing too. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

How many men had the snot-nosed Little wretch sent through that door already? A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I would sooner my men die fighting for the Ned’s little girl than alone and hungry in the snow, weeping tears that freeze upon their cheeks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Ajax and the other men asked the officer why Tar Baby couldn’t have back his clothes. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The men were still at their card game, but the door was partially open now. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly a crowd of men came swarming over the rocks and struck down the heads of the two young men and then the head of the old man. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next time, C.P. brought his men even earlier, taking all the available seats by the time Ann showed up with her contingent. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The three wise men were ready, Samuel, Florence, and the Kid. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or did her eyes focus instead on the two young black men standing at attention outside the front door? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Lincoln stopped carving and watched the men at the fire. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I also heard that other men were talking to my uncle about taking me as a wife. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked your sister for leave to take a thousand seasoned men and ride for River- run with all haste. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then she get in her car and go do whatever it is she do when she ain’t nervous bout a couple a colored mens hanging round her house. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Ras's men might still be on the prowl. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And old men, grill your burgers and give them to teenagers with cynical worldviews. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

We were not really angry at each other; we knew that the idea of murder had been planted in each of us by the white men who employed us. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were serious-looking men, ranging in age from mature to ancient. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Would you tell us, as well as you can remember it, word for word what Mr. Fitzgibbon said—about the rats, about the men who were at the store?” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

And if there was one thing he didn’t like more than black folks in general, it was black men in particular. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found the place overcrowded with black women, men and children seeking treatment for all kinds of diseases and injuries. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pointed at the steps, where a line of men in ornate armor and orange cloaks stood before the temple’s doors, clasping spears with points like writhing flames. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“But Mamma,” Etty said, “where do the women go, for all the angels are men.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The buoyancy of the gasbag was too great, and the men, haul as they might, couldn’t hold it back. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nok kept her head down as she passed the men and women strolling along the quiet West Side canals. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The men were all getting ready for war. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The most dangerous thing was these roving gangs of men. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He stepped aside and I shot the car across the line to avoid the men and stayed there on the wrong side as I headed for the Golden Day. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Harvard men beat a hasty retreat, but two of them were knocked down in a doorway and then stomped on, and two others were trapped against a wall and beaten viciously. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The men seemed to think they were on a mission from God to massacre us. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

And we can’t stay outside, because the Committee men would be following us. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Why, nothing at all. The two men that were supposed to test it were inside, and we were all set. So I sent it off.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Only dragons and men eat cooked meat, he had said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He sat there, in fact, for a mile and a half, then found that he was slowly pulling even with the boys from Annapolis and Berkeley without having asked his men to raise the beat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The men cheer as it’s pulled slowly over the wooden railing, writhing for breath. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Three heads were on display as well—two men and a woman, their crimes scrawled on tablets underneath them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The boss hostler is furious, whacking the beleaguered men of the Flying Squadron with flagrant abandon. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Or were guards normal men who became violent once enmeshed in the system? Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Among Navajos, some men may allow a little hair to grow on their upper lip—just as my uncle and my father did. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said something to his men and came walking up the mountain after putting aside his rifle. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Day or night, the benches below the salt were never less than half-full with men drinking, dicing, talking, or sleeping in their clothes in quiet comers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

My heartbeat quickened as one of the men stopped and doubled back toward us. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

At night, Horan and the other men rolled out their poncho liners—thin, quilted nylon blankets that provided a little warmth—and slept on the packed dirt floor of a hut. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Now I know men are different and that all life is divided and that only in division is there true health. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the young men standing around that are involved in gangs wouldn’t be a problem if they had jobs. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the voice of the great dog shattered the heavy, seemingly endless silence that came between the gruff words of the sheriff and those of his men. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

"How apt. The men will bleed out there, and you in here." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Men could weigh in on the issue, too, and they were less supportive: Almost 70 percent of the men who voted opposed female suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Back at the base, Allen kept his personal pledge not to get close to any of the other men. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The purpose of the 2 men entering the store on that Monday was very simple. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

The courage and vision of men like Lekota confirmed to us that our views remained potent, and still represented the best hope for unifying the liberation struggle as a whole. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was Shakespeare who said, “When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew through his gift of prophecy that he could be defended from the Harpies by two men alone, who were among the company on the Argo—the sons of Boreas, the great North Wind. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bull is very large and often weighs as much as thirty men. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had ordered out two hundred men, more than half the garrison of Castle Black. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But the men from the Pentagon never got there. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

As for Adams himself, without Jefferson as a colleague, with a Federalist cabinet filled with men loyal to Hamilton, he was left alone with Abigail, the only collaborator he could truly trust. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

When administrators sought to determine which departments were most guilty, they found that in each department a higher percentage of women applicants was admitted than men applicants. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Serafina Pekkala moved closer, even among the tight throng of men around the witch, and none of them felt her presence at their very elbows. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the wind was from the west, carrying the smell of burned land, the men seemed tense. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The men politely explained that women were not allowed to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

When Tycho became more knowledgeable about astronomy, though, he realized that the accuracy with which men seemed to ‘know the positions of the stars’ was much less impressive than he had thought at first. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

What the men noticed now was that she wore nothing at all. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Altogether there were four brothers—he, Henry, Walter, and Garland—and they epitomized old-time cool: suave, handsome black men who worked hard, drank hard, dressed well, liked fine women and new money. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe Rock had come back and followed some of the men to Arnold’s house and figured out that Arnold kind of ran the show. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Despite the huge divide now between Johnson and King, it was a profound loss shared by the two men. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

But gradually, due largely to threats of dismissal from jobs, the need for money to survive and intimidation and beatings by the police, many black men and women returned to work. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

To help remedy the problem, the men cut some buritipalm branches, bundled them together, and attached them to the sides of the canoes. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

From Baltimore came a long dark train that chilled the hearts of the men and women who monitored its passage across the prairie but delighted the innumerable small boys who raced open-jawed to the railbed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Wang Lung felt in him a great pride that this woman was his and did not fear to appear before him, but would not before other men. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

When I take out my wallet the two men start hollering excitedly in some dialect and push my money away. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And this knowledge was what the men had been searching for...So it was dangerous, too. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Muslim truths—listened to, thought about—reaped for us a growing quota of young black men and women. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the night she tried to tell them not to keep the little boy for Sis any more; by then she was even running around with colored men, and she was always drunk. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sicknesses like measles and smallpox would have burned through his six hundred men long before they reached the Mississippi. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

My soul was gathered with sinners and bloody men, and all I was thinking of was how to get Mama Tataba to come back, or what we should have brought from Georgia. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two men looked at each other, cowed, and tried to walk on. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Hunt and one of Barker’s men stayed behind, hidden in a liquor storage closet. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They had brought the hairless men, the eunuchs who healed with knife and needle and fire. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As the plane began its descent over Boston Harbor, the pilot announced the weather and time, and that President Nixon had declared a national holiday: two American men had landed on the moon. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The woman pointed to three men in the crowd. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“A scrawny chicken coming to work with the men?” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Until the 1950s, when it became a civil service post, the job was a political appointment, often bestowed on men who knew nothing whatsoever about running a prison. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The people let out a great sigh when they saw the snake arrive and immediately the young men pinned it to the ground with sticks. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

When she told him, that first day, “I always saw the ceiling with other men,” he wondered how many there had been. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“A group of men who have quarrelled with the law cannot be expected to set up a government patterned after the one they antagonized.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old men grumbled, and we withdrew to wait for their return. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

My mind brought up a picture of all the men from Vida who would be registering. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She saw what it was the men with the candles were looking at. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The men led Marti into a room bustling with other Russian agents. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, Captain,” Booth cries out, his old sense of the dramatic now fully returned, “you may prepare a stretcher for me. Draw up your men. Throw open the door. Let’s have a fair fight.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Frisby did not believe at all that it was rabies the men were looking for. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Only instead of wearing one of those colorful caps with bells, he wore a black hat like the other men, and the bottom of his coat danced along with his every move. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet the men who sat in them seemed so listless and world-weary that they might have been asleep. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"I want no more of this. Jaime slew three of your men, and you five of his. Now it ends." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He began to import enormous quantities of tea, along with his crystal, and his shop was sought out by men and women with a thirst for things new. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

While ten men worked the bellows, Tehlu forged the great iron wheel. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was still raining the next morning when the men woke up and discovered that two canoes were missing. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Then she was in a freak accident: a teenager on the bus attacked her, throwing himself on top of her, biting and scratching until two men ran onto the bus and pulled him off. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The men and women all rose when Papa came in, and chants of “Omelora!” filled the air. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The forces of nature, at least during that geological era, would never again challenge men and women as they had Paleolithic peoples. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stand outside and watch as four SS men exit the front doors, green files tucked under their arms, striding toward Grevenweg. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

After the initial bout of bargaining, a dozen men began unloading bolts of cloth, barrels of molasses, and burlap sacks of coffee. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In the living room, the men have stopped talking about politics and instead lay bets on whether Milt’s new kid will be a boy or a girl. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

After the two men left the village, the task of clearing more of the land between the trees began. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain ordered his men to close up and keep moving and not to talk. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of the twenty-one men who had followed him to war, fourteen fell in combat, six were wounded, and only one accompanied him at the moment of final defeat: Colonel Gerineldo Márquez. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

And of all the men he had met, surely Max knew what he was trying to say. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You must love the desert, but never trust it completely. Because the desert tests all men: it challenges every step, and kills those who become distracted.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It moved with the speed of an arrow and grew as it came, converging swiftly with the flight of the four men towards the Gate. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Dressed in their Sunday best—women in high heels and white gloves, men in suits wearing tie clasps—they might have been on their way to church. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the men dug the earth from the fields and made the walls and beat them down, and Wang Lung sent to the town and bought tiles for the roof. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Many of these physicians had served as surgeons during the Civil War, and they had seen men die from battlefield gunshots. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Most of the other men had gone off to Big T’s to celebrate. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dalton paused, wet his lips with his tongue, and looked down over the small knot of men whose hands were busy jotting his words down upon their white pads of paper. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, we can’t have him. We don’t need any more men. He’s too old. Billy does everything we need.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

They, along with our laborers, soldiers, and other working men, are the ones with the strength and speed to get the job done. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He spared a glance for the chained men. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

After Neala leaves, two men in green uniforms arrive and wheel me into the operating room. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

No girl ever ran away by herself, although boys disappeared for weeks the minute they thought of themselves as men. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The discussion went back to white women or black men. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“You are bold enough, Snow, I grant you that, but you’re mad if you think my men will take the black.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The scream of a flood of charging men: the Rebel yell. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A superior home for superior men,” he said. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was not speaking the tongue spoken by those who rule men, the kings, conquerors, dictators, generals; in that language there was no answer to his question. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dauntless men, women, and children are everywhere, and there isn’t a single Candor in sight. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

They had dispersed the men on the battering ram, but he could see fighting all along the riverfront. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The legislature back home decided not to reappoint the two men. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Conger asked, “Where are the two men who came with you across the river at Port Royal?” Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Béene, I spent many years working for the Belgians in the rubber plantation at Coquilhatville, and I saw rich men there. They were always unhappy and had very few children.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No more! No more!” the bartender cried as the three men struggled and grunted to hold the two apart. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cursing at him, three men used their shields to push him to the wall. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Yet the truly unique feature of our language is not its ability to transmit information about men and lions. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

People crowded in on all sides, men in masks, women in veils—or maybe they were men in veils and women in masks. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She could find the kitchens by their smell, tell men from women by their scents. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The Citizens Coordinating Committee, a group of prominent black men and women, mimeographed a leaflet and passed it around Montgomery. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Lefty opened the bar at eight in the morning, and by eight-thirty the barstools were filled with men dulling themselves before reporting to work. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

There were three men total, and they stood in a circle around Lana’s body, all of them looking down at her. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It seemed impossible to find twelve white men who would convict one of their own for murdering American Indians. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

We can see the men and women of Farbranch running back down that hill. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

They were hollow-eyed men who couldn’t believe their luck Two or three of them, then five or six. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I wonder how many men say that when they cheat, that it doesn’t feel like cheating. I mean, would they actually ever say that it felt like cheating?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

At worst it would mean joining a long line of broken men standing outside a soup kitchen like the one down on Yesler Way. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Where are the implements, the bones of animals upon which these old men have fed?. . . Where is the explanation of all this? What is the matter?” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

There they took all the Jewish men in the village, some five hundred, to a meadow near the forest, machine-gunned them down, and buried them in a mass grave. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

‘He was with the Lexington men. They stood up at dawn and the regulars killed quite a few of them.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you...do you...find men attractive? Are you having unnatural thoughts about..She shuts her eyes tight. “Girls or—or women?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

These were men I was trying to persuade to reject Bantu Authorities, and it was apparent that I had not made a very good impression. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a wise man, and he understood the strong, true purpose in a way that other white men could not. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

On his deathbed, Ser Aegor Rivers had famously commanded his men to boil the flesh from his skull, dip it in gold, and carry it before them when they crossed the sea to retake Westeros. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She suggested we name ourselves after the men who had died in the mountains. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the barracks, one of the men in the pillow fight suddenly fell to the floor. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

In the men’s room there at the airport, I met the first American abroad who recognized me, a white student from Rhode Island. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But Hancock has a verbal order from Meade. It’s all very funny. Thing is, when Hancock’s on the field the men naturally turn that way. Old Howard’s really steamed.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were women in the car now, with market baskets, and men in work-clothes were beginning to outnumber the shined shoes and collars. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She belonged to another breed of men and women, another race than I. They had guts, the women of her race. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Even though with men it’s different—the state of mind is different— the result is not that much different. You destroy a life, and even if you don’t destroy a life, you maim the person.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But neither did the other men around the table have anything to lose. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

He told my father there were only eight Congolese men in all this land who have been to college. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now Jackson was dead, and Garnett’s honor was compromised, and he had not recovered from the stain, and in his company there were many men who would never let him recover. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew he would do whatever gods or men required of him to protect the other three. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Requests and repeated requests, reporters at the basement door posing as utility men, utility women, they’re at the point where they simply want to get inside the walls. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wooden crates were being hauled down the walkways, two men to a crate. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A black man who spoke the language of the white men pushed her roughly down into the sand and held her firmly so she could not move. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a cry that I did not understand, and I am sure the men on the bridge did not either. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

My first day on the job, the mechanic at the station, a young light-skinned black guy, told me, “Don’t cross Herman. He put two men down already.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

How stupid he’d been not to see it, but then how could he, when he’d spent his life among old men? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

While the men were saying their goodbyes at the door, Sandi stayed on the couch sitting on her hands. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The two men were wiry, dark, and nearly beardless; walking beside them on the trail, I had noticed small nicks in their earlobes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

My working theory then held all black people as kings in exile, a nation of original men severed from our original names and our majestic Nubian culture. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Maybe—maybe one of these gentlemen here . . .” The men looked up in the hot, uneasy shadows, looking first at the boy and then at Teece. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The SS men who were watching were greatly amused by the spectacle. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, other young immigrant men came over, bringing bootleg whiskey, and they all drank and played backgammon. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Many a night, I drifted off to sleep, filled with wonder at how the two-edged-sword teachings so hurt, confused, concerned, and upset the government full of men trained highly in all of the modem sciences. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the men who needed to believe themselves white, the bodies were the key to a social club, and the right to break the bodies was the mark of civilization. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She was sitting to tug her gum boots on now, and she was already wearing men’s pants under apron and dress. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The men didn’t so much as glance at him as he approached. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Down to the corner where the men can’t take their eyes off us. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew very little about unions—but most of these men seemed hostile . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both of us still carried the knives that the white men had given us. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

These were the only couples, and the only women; all the rest were men, and slept alone. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Many Southern Sudanese men wear such bracelets to show they are stylish and manly. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had seen men hung from trees and left for buzzards and crows. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The strain of keeping up with younger men was taking its toll. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He would later say, quoting Henry Austin Dobson, that “fame is a food that dead men eat /1 have no stomach for such meat.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A wiry, brown-skinned, conked fellow upstairs in the men’s room greeted me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the door opened, and one of the largest men that Mr. Gonzalez had ever seen entered the office. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did a perimeter check, took note of the men—real or not real?—standing on the roof, and shouldered my backpack. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Despite differences in style, the three men worked well together and even shared an overlapping membership, with some of the milder members of C.P.'s organization forming the radical wing of High’s and Keith’s groups. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He jabbed the sword forward as if he was going to stick it into Father, and at the same time the men holding Father gave him a jerk. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We want freedom for all black men held in federal, state, county, and city prisons and jails. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The shop was always crowded with black men and women pawing over cheap suits and dresses. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The critical point here is that, for black men, the stigma of being a “criminal” in the era of mass incarceration is fundamentally a racial stigma. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Suppose we organize some kind of a cooperative. For Japanese people coming back from the camps. We will design a housing project, and all the men looking for work will build houses.” Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

His plan seemed so ambiguous and meaningless now, in front of these uniformed men. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I am the sword that guards the realm of men, Jon reminded himself, and in the end, that must be worth more than one man’s honor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A few days later, there was a special ceremony for de la O and the other men who had been injured. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The street was solid with dancers, all men. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Some men were gathering on another dock, and he went to see what was going on. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“We have to move out of this flat in two weeks. I know they are waiting to see that I don’t, so they can send security men to throw my things out on the street.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Two men had meanwhile left the hall: swineherd and cowherd, in companionship, one downcast as the other. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned and stole silently down to the lake shore, where presently his long slim body, crouched on a rock, was seen in the binoculars of one of the men. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It burned, yes. There is great healing magic in fire, even your hairless men know that." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She wished she knew something more about those two young men. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The children’s gaze drifted between the two men, one huge, red, and robust, the other shriveled, bent, and so gray he was almost blue. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

There’s probably a religious motif, though in the foreground something more immediate: money, the release of others jailed in some sinkhole for doing more or less the same thing these men are doing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Without his horse and gun, Crazy Horse turned toward his men. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

And, the next day, when two huge ravens landed upon the scraeling’s corpse, one on each shoulder, and commenced to peck at its cheeks and eyes, the men knew their sacrifice had been accepted. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I think to my own brief ballistic history, right after those men attacked us in the woods—how I took Kelton’s pistol, and how I was fully prepared to use it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

God created the world so that, through its visible objects, men could understand his spiritual teachings and the marvels of his wisdom. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are all seasoned men, Jon told himself... but his uncle Benjen and his rangers had been seasoned men as well, and the haunted forest had swallowed them up without a trace. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“We feared your men were servants of Arawn.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of customs men were clambering aboard as he went down the gangplank, but neither gave him so much as a glance. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There were no cars in the parking lot, but a dozen or more men and women were hanging around outside of their rooms, smoking, talking, fighting. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The men behind her cheered loudly and thrust forward into the room, one of them carrying the head of a stag, its dead eyes glassy, the tongue hanging out of its slightly open mouth. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the alley he could see men clustered like grapes. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some men only attended services in their own denomination. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got my father and two other men from their crab houses, and we raced back to Auntie Braxton’s. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The men are being forced to build a wall that surrounds the entire kingdom.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The two men checked the money, and then stowed it carefully, each man taking half. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Except for Bud Gleason, all six men present were afraid of Kyril Montana, or at least unnaturally nervous in his presence. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Francie saw practical black two-seaters drawn by a single high-stepping horse controlled by dandified young men in kid gloves with edges turned back to look like inverted cuffs. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were fading, that was the answer; fading and drifting away like atoms of smoke, for all that they tried to cling to their men. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

We girls stick together like birds of a feather, and thank goodness for that, because the men are always off on one kind of business or another. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time one of my men shows mercy to the enemy, one of their comrades falls, their life wrung out of them by Augur devilry. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I sigh to think of the insecure state of women, who must always abide the earthly authority of men. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

From then on, the story turns into little more than an account of men slaughtering each other. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

We heard noise approaching rapidly as men descended on the camp by foot, gunshots piercing the night. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

They were like nameless men in a scary nursery rhyme—the butcher, the iceman, and the barber—until Lettie identified them as Mr. Simon, Mr. Pickerton, and Mr. Cooper. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Any of those cabs out there,” he said pointing to a string of parked cabs driven by white men. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A handful of other men were also interested, and the questions were many and good when Clevinger and the subversive corporal finished and made the mistake of asking if there were any. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

We had all gotten better at shooting, and our size gave us an advantage, because we could hide under the tiniest bushes and kill men who wondered where the bullets were coming from. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Your Grace,” said Missandei, “this one begs leave to say that half of Meereen will be there to watch men bleed and die.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Just as surely, they knew that the men were still raw and not ready to make peace. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I wanted to follow one of the men to see where he was going. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was a lesson Melisandre had learned long before Asshai; the more effortless the sorcery appears, the more men fear the sorcerer. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Alec was screaming at the men to stop what they were doing. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The army sent ten thousand more men, and the fighting raged on and on, night after night for a year and a half. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Below my window, two men in dark suits are walking toward our front door. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Barrels and boxes littered the area, and dozens of men ran around shouting at one another and clapping one another on the back. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Along with other white supremacist groups, the Klan began murdering African American men, women, and children by setting fire to homes, bombing churches, and lynching blacks on a scale never before witnessed. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“My lord, I wish you would reconsider. The new men can take their vows in the sept as easily.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

On average, the men purchased in Louisiana were an inch taller than the people bought in the other slave states. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

The lightning killed the men and melted the coins in their pockets. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

The refugee camp at Itang was filled with people of all ages—men, women, girls, small children. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Overhead fans moved with the detachment of old men. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t look like most jewelers—the ones downtown were quick, dark little Jew men. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Neither African American men nor white women were granted the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I hope and believe that by far the greater number of the officers serving in our prisons are naturally honorable and kindly men, but so were the slave-owners before the Civil War.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, women who are involved in some relationship with men accused of drug crimes, typically husbands or boyfriends, are among the most frequent claimants in forfeiture proceedings. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Not all men are meant to dance with dragons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

‘Less talk about the wise men and the way the children in Holland put out their wooden shoes instead of hanging up their stockings.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The Nolan men grew handsomer, weaker and more beguiling with each generation. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two grumpy old men from the Department of the Unexplained tell us absolutely nothing at all about what they do, on principle. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Following the commanding wave of one of the men, he inched his way past. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I watch the news and see unarmed black men and women shot dead over and over, it’s kind of hard to believe this world is mine. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He had promised change and justice, and some of the men even left with him. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elsewhere on the grounds four other men died and dozens more suffered all manner of fractures, burns, and lacerations. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Yesterday, I witnessed an argument between two of the men of our Company. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

In the Loop men and women gathered on rooftops and in the highest offices of the Rookery, the Masonic Temple, the Temperance Building, and every other high place to watch the distant conflagration. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He spent free weekends instructing C.P.’s men in combat techniques and firearms training, strutting around in the woods outside of town, barking orders and wearing an 8 mm Mauser strapped on his hip. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

King’s men, queen’s men, it did not seem to matter; a few black brothers had tried the same thing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain could see the men shuffling, strange pathetic spectacle, dusty, dirty, ragged men, heads down, faces down: it reminded him of a history- book picture of impressed seamen in the last war with England. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Following the man was a horde of nondescript men, women, and children, waving clubs, stones, and pitchforks. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Me too, cousin,” each of the other men crowed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beneath their cool exterior, however, was a rugged breed of black man you did not want to cross—tough, grizzled men whose strong brown hands gripped hammers tightly and whose eyes met you dead on. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Norden bombsights were so secret that they were stored in guarded vaults and moved under armed escort, and the men were forbidden to photograph or write about them. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

The two men—one was the newcomer, Bucklin— touched their caps and wished him “morning” and grinned and pointed. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jaime gave the order to dismount Mid told his men that they might mingle if they liked. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

On April 17, after two days at the new site, Shackleton ordered the men out to kill penguins. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Soon the men who had gone to phone their stories in came back. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She joined a men’s battalion and went into combat with them. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The taller of the two young men said to the other, “Heck, we almost bagged us a couple of people with that shot.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

"I've lost half my men. Horse as well. I'm not taking more into that fire." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In an effort to address the rampant joblessness among black men labeled criminals, a growing number of advocates in recent years have launched Ban the Box campaigns. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

And these other men in the shed feel even worse than me, because they are grown men. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not afraid of men in golf carts or horror movies or roller coasters. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

"It is said that the men of the mountain clans are warriors without fear." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I know that so many young men living in the inner city feel deprived of the better things in life,” my dad was saying. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later two men walked in, handcuffed him, and led him before an officer who was in charge of interrogating the prisoners. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moreover, many discoveries were made by men of low social status, men like Columbus himself, or Cabot, who had discovered the variation of the compass. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The men from the truck, the ones who had caught us, now joined the men from the building. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

That night, without their protection, the six men beat him on top of the train. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Not only were the men separated from their work, they were cut off from their homes, credit at the company stores, and identification as a Coalwood citizen. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She did not consider what kind of fixing the men were fixed on. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Only now did she feel truly unsafe because the brutalizing men and their brutal women were not just out there, they were in her block, her house. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting ’round a desk that was covered with newspapers and a cut-in-half tin can fulled up with cigar butts was two men. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“My dear, hadn’t you better go to bed? You look worn out. You’ve been standing nearly all the evening. Where are the men?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

What men care for most was set before him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z