| 单词 | miracle |
| 例句 | “What should I ask for? I haven’t done a miracle—it’s what, three years now? Prices may have skyrocketed. Fifty, you think? If they got fifty, I’ll consider. If not, out they go.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I knew only a miracle would get me through a full day of competition. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “This flower survived in the face of chemicals and toxins, and it turned all that death into something beautiful. That miracle field, Natalie, that’s the happiest place in the world.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “But he was right. It took a miracle.” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z "I keep telling you, forget about him. I know where I cut him. It's a miracle he hasn't bled to death yet. At any rate, he's in no shape to raid us," says Cato. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Very likely some Mrs. Grundy will observe, “I don’t believe it, boys will be boys, young men must sow their wild oats, and women must not expect miracles.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Barring a miracle, they’d be like this today, and maybe tomorrow, and then it would be called off. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think my birth was a miracle,” he said. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z It was a miracle that nobody stopped me as l walked across the camp toward the gates where those who were going to the sub-camp had assembled. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z You know he didn’t even drink after she was born and that was a miracle. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z It was a miracle that no one had yet tried to murder Lincoln in his own office. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “A miracle! God is faithful!” her mother said that day, eyes liquid with faith. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It was incredible how she could sense from the half-open door the quality of their trembling, the abundance of juices, the words whispered in the ear, the most secret smells—a veritable miracle. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She told me formula was the very best thing, a modern miracle, but we couldn’t afford it for two. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the miracle man began improving King Lotharon, and eighteen pages are used up in describing the cures. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z As Otto’s breathing slowed; I realized an unexpected miracle: I might sleep tonight. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck, and an even greater miracle of perception and charity not to teach your child to hate. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z “Look! Why don’t you make a novena to St. Theresa about it? I think a miracle might fix you up.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a miracle no one else in their little group had been struck by a dart. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z So enchanted were they by their duet that the miracle, at first, went unnoticed. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z This is the sort of miracle he needs now. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “It’s a miracle of human perseverance, I tell you. And that’s just what I’m going to do from now on! I’m going to persevere. Yes, I’m going to persevere.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z All the ingredients are there for another Permian miracle. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look for miracles and listen to bedtime stories.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It seemed a miracle that it could obscure my vision but not cause me to choke: The gas mask worked. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Ty'ree said it would be two thousand miracles rolled into one if they were real. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z Most people believed in the miracle and they even lighted candles and celebrated novenas. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The nurse says I’m the only typhoid patient and I’m a miracle for getting over the crisis. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The priest had said she was a mother through a miracle. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z "If you did that, then it is just about the greatest miracle a person has ever performed since the time of Jesus." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Herb was never one to believe in miracles. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “The miracle is you. The egg is hard-boiled. It will not break.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Now this was a miracle, this was a gift. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “We have to open our hearts up to the miracles around us, Axel. You found Ray. He made it to the clinic in time. He’s going to heal.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It was, just that moment, the best miracle of all. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z To be the best, you have to give everything all the time, then you have to give some more: hundred-hour weeks, crushing patient loads, working miracles the way other people flip burgers. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z First my Word and my miracles had gone, and now, on the night I am telling you about this was gone too. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z By some miracle there was a half inch of gasoline in the tank. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The flood rises high enough to cover low river islands in knee-deep water, leaving their trees to stand out like miracles in mid-channel. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She bought oils and pomades, applying one and then the other, on wet hair and then on dry hair, willing an unknown miracle to happen. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z In another hour or two, a steady stream of people would pass by, admiring it, and reading it, and looking at Wilbur, and marveling at the miracle. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z It’s a miracle footprints didn’t sink us last time. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z What miracles did the environment in America provide that nurtured blacks into great athletes like Arthur Ashe? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z If you had, by some miracle, gotten onto a flight to Peshawar, you would most assuredly have been arrested by immigration officers. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z This time Mr. Chris let her make the miracle happen herself, and she felt like a fairy queen with a wand as she made the high bubbles fall back and behave themselves. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Somehow—God forbid the volunteer should question how—a miracle had occurred. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Orleanna pockets her small miracle, as she has done for the whole of her life. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But then a third miracle did happen, or something like one: her sister answered. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Not even Danny, who was hoping for a miracle, right up to the day of his bar mitzvah. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “Who knows whom he will save? So many miracles have not yet happened.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z Before Kit’s eyes a miracle took place, for which she was totally unprepared. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z To rest and wash and tell about the miracles of the day. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The anticipation of Easy Cheese creates its own miracles. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “I think it is a miracle,” Papa said. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They said it was a miracle he hadn’t died the moment his head hit the ground. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z "Smart, yes. Empathic, absolutely. But the other children performed miracles. At least, so you all claim." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I look up at the shining silvery coin of a moon rolling around in the sky and think I might be seeing the miracles. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z That by itself was some kind of miracle. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z And the film said that the baby’s translucent fingers could move, that we should imagine them clinging for life, grasping for a chance, this miracle of life. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z There were wonders for sale, and marvels, and miracles; there were things undreamed-of and objects unimagined. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “It’s some kind of miracle,” Emma said, shaking her head in disbelief. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “We have to talk about it here. The miracle happened here!” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They felt momentarily young and untroubled, almost like teen-age lovers, and they instinctively shied away from talking much for fear of upsetting this fragile miracle, a gift they had never expected to receive. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z By some miracle, we did get a package at Easter time. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z You could see him still waiting for the worst, hoping for a miracle. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z She didn’t even know she had a neck until Jude remarked on it, or that her smile was anything but the spreading of her lips until he saw it as a small miracle. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She said, “I loved that book. Meeting you is like a miracle.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “Isn’t it a miracle you all happened to be here when Malala was shot?” my father said. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Getting Mom to ditch my paperwork was beyond luck; it was another miracle. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z For in those talks by the fire he had not concealed his doubts about God, miracles, and creation. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The small boy who looked in the kettle-hat, and who dreamed of well-water which always slipped away from his lips, had cherished an ambition to do some ordinary miracle. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Kenny was sitting with the basketball forgotten in his lap, and, miracle of miracles, Allen had set his book aside. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I was fascinated by canned food simply because that miracle of Western invention was never allowed in my house. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Esteban Trueba spent many hours with him, first in front of the crystal set, and then, with the battery-operated radio, awaiting the miracle of the distant, anonymous voice that gave them contact with civilization. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I suppose we believed so hard in God’s providence that we just accepted miracles in our favor. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He has trouble believing in any miracles, even the ones in the Bible. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z We stared at the nests reflecting the sun, each one a little miracle. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z "So, it would be miracles and wonders that you would be after, is it?" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Intoxicated by the evidence of the miracle, he forgot at that moment about the frustration of his delirious undertakings and Melquíades' body, abandoned to the appetite of the squids. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “You brave, wonderful children. You’re miracles, every one of you, and any ymbryne would be lucky to call you her wards.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Since vaccination taught her instantly the difference between left and right, she thought that school would bring forth even greater miracles. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re the only miracle man left alive in Florin,” the skinny guy said. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I passed on to a window decorated with switches of wiry false hair, ointments guaranteed to produce the miracle of whitening black skin. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But those who could hear the insides of words heard that we were selling a miracle salve made from boiled children. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The miracle that had been taking place before their eyes had made it all too easy to forget the danger. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z By some miracle, Frank wasn’t hit with shrapnel. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “A miracle. God spared my life and extended to me a great calling. To testify of His power. To show people there’s another way besides the Medical Establishment.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “That would be a miracle, kid, and in my experience, miracles don’t happen to boat engines.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “My goodness. Somebody needs to learn resilience. It’s a miracle you’ve gotten this far in the pageant system, Miss New Hampshire. I myself slept just fine.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Miracle of miracles, I didn’t rush down the stairs, but waited quietly until he rang the bell. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z After the Iris-message, the demigods paced the deck in silence, staring at the water and hoping for a miracle. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Second, she seems genuinely excited about Mama’s cooking, which is...also a miracle. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z It was a miracle, everyone said, so that was the new name they gave Mother’s recipe: after Dad’s burn it was known as Miracle Salve. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Spassky agreed to everything in the contract, and said from his home outside of Paris: “Fischer pulls me out of oblivion. It is a miracle and I am grateful.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z By some small miracle, the rickety old engine purred to life. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “If I’m alive when this book comes out, it will be a miracle,” he said by way of explanation. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Christmas is the season for miracles, you know. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z Richard was the miracle son, the gift from God, the Einstein to disprove Einstein. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z This miracle—it was nothing less—of recalling Hercules, from frenzied feeling and violent action to sober reason and sorrowful acceptance, was not wrought by a god descending from the sky. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But miracle of miracles, Audrey did not ask me where my daddy was. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z If he managed it once more, it would be a miracle. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Use the bellows cram if you’re in doubt. Look: I would hate to have it on my conscience if we didn’t do a miracle when nice people were involved.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Stable. I keep hoping for one of those TV miracles where he hears my voice and snaps awake, but that obviously didn’t happen. Nothing we can do but wait.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The return of my hearing was just one miracle. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Got her mouth hanging open like she done seen a miracle. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z An hour later, my brothers are eating massive bowls of cereal and—miracle of miracles—Mom is dressed. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z By either luck or a miracle, it seemed the old book had survived its most recent adventure. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z "I have a proposition," I tell him as he engages in another miracle of engineering—that of fastening his seat belt. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z That’s what life is, Joseph realized, miracles and sadness, side by side. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Then a miracle happens and it’s all because of St. Francis of Assisi, my favorite saint, and Our Lord Himself. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z It was half-way through the service before he realized that he had been allowed to do a miracle, just as he had always wanted. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “The day after tomorrow. Unless . . . things work out. A miracle, perhaps . . .” Where were the people being taken? Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s so red in the face it’s a miracle he doesn’t not-so-spontaneously combust. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The explanation of the miracle was this: Billy had taken a course in public speaking. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z His a cappella group has finally, for the first time in recorded history, by some sort of miracle, made it all the way to the biggest show in town: the finals of the Winter Sing-Off. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z We see the miracle of nature’s control at work when the cod move through winter seas to their spawning grounds, where each female deposits several millions of eggs. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z After a few weeks of this, by magic or miracle, the concepts took hold. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “It was a miracle, I know,” Grandma agrees. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z But that the hand had a reason for all of this, and that only the hand could perform miracles, or transform the sea into a desert ... or a man into the wind. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And I was thankful to be in the company of friends who appreciated the miracle of it all. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Huh, what are we supposed to do now? Hang about up here until after midnight and wait for a miracle?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They could work miracles with “Soldiers of the Cross” in their own language. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “At this point, it will take a genuine miracle to save this town.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Of how I fooled myself into thinking that I was a miracle. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z If it was a star then it must be a miracle, some sort of mysterious divine sign whose meaning urgently needed to be deciphered. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z If he was seeing anything, it was the mocking faces of the other alchemists, or the cool calculations of the queen herself, ordering up miracles like breakfast. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He was waiting there, hidden, praying that somebody—Gareth perhaps?—would be able to do the miracle quickly: or, if not, that they would overlook him, that his absence would not be noticed. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She buried her hopes of becoming a doctor and decided to pray for smaller miracles. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It would be a miracle if he considered her a friend. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The delay gave General Washington a chance to pull off a miracle. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z It is such a miracle to listen to them read the Scripture, although I must admit it does make me heartsick for you, darling Jane. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She sat among the proof of it; more than that, she was part of that miracle. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It was natural that she would want the miracle doctor’s daughter at the wedding of this son’s youngest daughter. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z And when she refused him, full of dread, He took up his sword, and smote off her head — But there was the miracle! Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z If I survive this, he thought, it will be a miracle; and he wondered if things would have been more peaceful in Vietnam. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother—the one who once wrote about science and magic and miracles—let it die. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z That I was in this place seemed like a little miracle. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “I suppose you’re right. Now, let’s see if we can’t generate a few more miracles between the two of us and save some of these miserable people.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z By some miracle, the boys weren’t out in front of the garage. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z It seems like a miracle, but it’s just what happens a lot of times when you let go. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z And then, by some small miracle, the emergency lights flicked back on. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Only, maybe it isn’t what’s outside that’s the miracle at all, maybe Byrd and Frank and Axel being right here, inside this place right now, is miracle enough. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z So it would begin over and over, she thought, always and always, the miracles on Maple Hill. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Everyone rejoiced to find that the miracle of the web had been repeated. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “I was hoping, my little miracle workers, that you would stay with me awhile. I would be honored.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z By some miracle, he manages not to drop the contents on the floor and run away screaming. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I watched the women throughout the morning and became aware of the change my father’s miracle had wrought in them. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z A man dreams of a miracle and wakes up to loaves of bread. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually each miracle bird flew out of sight, and each time Palmer whispered, “Let it be Nipper.” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Even as in biblical times, there were miracles on the earth in those days. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z More astonishing, perhaps, was the fact that time travel hadn’t broken my brain; that by some miracle, I had not yet devolved into a gibbering crazy person ranting on a street corner. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Lee Chong’s grocery, while not a model of neatness, was a miracle of supply. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I think probably most miracles are a lot smaller, and sort of still, and so quiet, you could miss them. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z “You couldn’t have brought us to a more ideal place. Ladies, we’re going to do more than pray. We’re going to go in there and ask for a miracle.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “How long do you think we’ll have to wait before we know if the miracle’s on or not?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It was a miracle she hadn’t gotten frostbite. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It’s a miracle that anyone would ever fall in love with someone else and—of all the people in the world—that person loves them back. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z "They are! Look at their acts! Their miracles!" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “It was a miracle. I wouldn’t touch it now. Don’t you think it looks kind of wonderful?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I started thinking maybe some sort of miracle had taken place and she’d somehow gotten cured. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you have any other miracles to share with me?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your father good man, neh? He miracle baby. I have when forty-two.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He paused reflectively and warmly paid tribute to my father, while placing my father’s life in its proper perspective: “It is a miracle, really, if you think about it!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe by some miracle the market would clear by then and I could creep over. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “Has anyone ever talked to you about the miracle of eyebrow tweezing?” she says, holding up a pair of tweezers. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Shady sheltered Jinx again, this time from the stares of those waiting for yet another miracle. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z From now on he was an aeronaut no more, unless by some miracle he escaped with his life and found enough money to buy another balloon. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z This wasn’t the miracle from God that she’d been praying for with her novena. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z They traveled, spoke with wise men, performed miracles for the incredulous, and owned the Philosopher’s Stone and the Elixir of Life. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They continued pressing forward, shuffling through the sandstorm, hoping for a miracle. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z A crazy thought entered Joseph’s mind: What if, by some miracle, Blink had remembered his uncle’s address and had made his way here, too? The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “What was the third miracle,” I asked my dad. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z It was some kind of miracle that she didn’t pick up on what we were fighting about. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I think if I had told Mrs. Baker, she would have said that it was a miracle, that all dawns were miracles—miracles being much on her mind lately, as you can understand. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z So Mrs. Baker was smiling because no one can help smiling at miracles. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z For them, this is a place of magic, love, and miracles. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “You don’t have a single miracle to show for it. What kind of religion is that, without miracles?” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Maybe we didn’t have our miracle plant—yet—but at least we’d have a plant that survives through the winter. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It was like a miracle, Todd’s asthma was gone and he turned into a real chatterbox. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z It must have been some sort of miracle that these sweeps were never during his shift. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z If by some miracle you incapacitate me, only then will she be able to set me on fire. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z At least, that’s the way Onofre himself liked to tell the story when he had an audience of children and other gullible creatures who believed in werewolves, flibbertigibbets, and miracles. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She tried again and again, waiting for her boxes and jars to yield the miracle of transformation. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Why couldn’t there have been one more miracle for the prince? The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “No such thing as miracles,” Styx answered immediately. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z One was recovery, by some type of miracle, and the other was death. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Aunty Uju smiled, a quiet smile that held its peace; she did not, of course, think it was a miracle, but would not say so. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He ran away twice more—the second time in a blizzard, when it was a miracle he didn’t freeze to death. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z If I am in possession of your bones, I can witness the miracles they perform—and surely, they will perform miracles! The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z All of a sudden it occurred to me what a miracle it was that he could still laugh. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Because I already have one sister, Lauren? She’s like their miracle baby—they had her right after me, oh joy—and sometimes she’s crazy annoying and I was like, ‘Another one? Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The minister went home, and the sisters from the church abandoned their death watch, declaring they had witnessed a miracle. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was advised to be content with knowing that they could work miracles for him, provided he did not insist on learning their nature. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Thrown, in this way, into the binding conviction that only a miracle could relieve her, she would never know her beauty. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Before I discovered the miracles of science, magic ruled the world. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z “Wait, you think the bottle staying still in the truck was a miracle?” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z If, by some miracle, I do make it there, how will I get in? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “What can we do? Miss Johnson said it would be a miracle if it lived.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z We all knew the story of how the Virgin had presented herself to the little Indian boy in Mexico and about the miracles she had wrought. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She saw to it that she had a good pair of shoes for street wear, that she always had clothing, even during the times when the raffles were working only through some miracle. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Discovering the power of triads was like discovering a chemical reaction or a miracle cure. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The most you can do is pray for God to perform a miracle and save at least some of them. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The way Otis tossed the chain around in the candlelight, I was sure it would be a miracle if he didn’t kill somebody. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite the matter of last Sunday’s tiny miracle. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I asked him for help anyway, hoping for a miracle. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Word of the miracle elixir had spread well beyond Manifest before the quarantine began. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z When they drove away, I went back inside Temple Beth-El, where the sounds of the miracle were still loud. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “A miracle! Behold the sun! I was beginning to think she had gone into a cave and vowed never to return, like the Japanese myth.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Not here and not—if by some miracle they made it home—in the Overland. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Some song about how “Jesus will” plays on my mom’s phone in the kitchen, and she hums along, not knowing that Jesus will have to perform a miracle when it comes to Aunt Pooh. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “No, we found another one up in the mountains and he’s quite extraordinary. Old, of course, but then, who wants a young miracle man?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z If it had been left to the men, the miracle elixir would probably have gone unnoticed. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Maybe Grandma’s right: You have to see the miracles for there to be miracles. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He’s handsome, smart, and fit, which is a miracle in this part of the world, where everyone is spilling over their edges. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z It occurred to him that if he did—by some miracle— manage to escape, the She Elephant could hide Rita and Kuda so deeply no one would ever find them. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Even if, by some miracle, I could be better than them, I will never be one of them. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z "You think they're saints. Touched by God, doing His work on earth through miracles that mere mortals are not capable of?" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He didn’t even see the point in trying most of the time, so it was kind of a miracle that he was actually going to start his own business. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z I arrived late, but Miles had already finished the lab by himself and, by some miracle, agreed to let me copy his results. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z It was a miracle the phone service had lasted as long as it had, long enough for Papi and Carlos to call. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Chocolate cake and Coke and music and seeing his sisters look young and beautiful were all miracles. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z But Marly was sure it had been the miracle. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z In Rome the advocatus diaboli, or devil’s advocate, had been established as early as 1587 to test the evidence adduced in support of the miracles claimed for those proposed for canonization. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I was certain it would take a miracle to integrate Little Rock’s schools. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z About how I know the plant is a miracle. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z There are miracles, yes, mostly of a medical nature, a few to satisfy hungry stomachs; at best a storm is tempered, water is briefly walked upon. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Personally I have never done a miracle,” said the Queen, rather coldly. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z That the fair had occurred at all, however, was something of a miracle. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z They didn’t seem to be making much progress, but considering what they’d been through, it was a miracle the ship was in one piece. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “The vet didn’t know what to make of it. He told me to keep giving him the supplements and the vitamins, but that basically he’s a medical miracle.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z She told them the plot of Little Women in ten minutes, a miracle of compression, especially since her book report had been seven typed pages. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z This was what I worshiped and adored as a child: miracles of a passionate nature. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Because he had not previously had a lawyer who would see him or speak to him, Mr. Dill saw our intervention as something of a miracle. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “I don’t see why you say a web is a miracle—it’s just a web.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “Master, we crave to know ... we beg you to tell us. . . how you have achieved this. . . this miracle . . . how you managed to return to us. “ Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z And he’ll also realize that he’s gping to discover the secret of traveling through time, which is a thing so incredible that most people would consider it a miracle. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Piper needed a miracle, not a bedtime story. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z By some miracle, her perm doesn’t move an inch. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z And then, there she was, like a miracle: sunlight streaming behind her into the hall, barefoot and blinking with surprise. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z All that remained on earth were the comments of the amazed crowd below and a multitude of experts, who attempted to provide a reasonable explanation of the miracle. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The Logic of Port-Royal sketches what could go wrong when it describes people who are too credulous when it comes to miracles. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Three days before the trip, a miracle happened. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z It’s a question, I know, and I look up from the miracle of our hands to the miracle of his face and eyes and lips moving closer to mine. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It might take an actual miracle to dislodge it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z During the sermon, the priest discussed the miracle of Immaculate Conception and the Virgin Birth. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Each day I woke up expecting to be sick, and it seemed like a miracle when I went to bed that night, spared. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z So incredible was this feat that everyone present had become hushed, reverent, awestruck, aware they were probably witnessing a miracle. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Another stretch on The Beast and then, thanks to the tips of Beast Riders who have been here before, like a miracle here I am now. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z “I am sure it was a miracle,” said the Queen decidedly. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Showing off for customers, Uncle Lige kept making jokes about miracles, and Grandpa joked back. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The fact that I wasn’t seemed like .. . well, a miracle. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I hand her the email and promise to let her know if by some miracle he gets in touch with me, and then she goes away, and I shut the door. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z But a miracle was better when you knew it was coming. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Every one of them a miracle, in Stevens’s view, providing instruction into the intricacies of God’s design. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “The doctors say it’s a miracle she survived at all.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “For some reason, through whatever kind of miracle, you’ve been given a gift.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The truck driver was on his knees next to Sal, saying, “Thank God, thank God, thank God, it’s a miracle.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Once there were three, and Byrd said that was a miracle. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z When he had taken his customary seat underneath the press box for the game, he privately believed it would take a miracle for Odessa High to win. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, America’s aircraft industry was a production miracle, easily surpassing Roosevelt’s mark by more than half. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z A miracle once it is familiar is no longer a miracle; Cal had lost his wonder at the golden relationship with his father but the pleasure remained. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps he was happier with God, and would soon begin doing miracles left and right. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Cell culture had become less a medical miracle than something out of a scary science-fiction movie. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I don’t think there’s one backup all night, which has to be a miracle on New Year’s Eve. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z And that was the true miracle that night, the first of June—the month, as Magister Reese could have told her, named for Juno, the Roman goddess of the moon, of women, and of childbirth. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z By some miracle, one of the bullets hits a guard, and my eyes water uncontrollably from the pain in my shoulder. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Like a miracle, a conch horn sounded from the smoky picture. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z And there is a kind of miracle that happens. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Leaning toward me, she adds, “Oh my God. Pageant boot camp has been a miracle. I almost have a six-pack. But, like, I don’t want to get too muscle-y. That’d be gross.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Except that Penny, the woman we see, saw the community garden and got the program its own spot, to give us practice taking care of something and to let us witness "the miracle of life." Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, around eleven o’clock, something happened that would later be called a miracle. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z It was a miracle caused by human friendship. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He had distilled it at the age of sixteen, enabling him to work miracles, among them the highest aspiration of the ancient art: the transmutation of lead into gold. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But he had great admiration for Brian and when he thought about what his son had done, and what he wanted to do, it seemed like nothing short of a miracle. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z "I didn't do anything. Viji Aunty's lawyer friend is the one who made this miracle happen." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “What’s so special I should bring back out of all the hundreds of people pestering me every day for my miracles this particular fella? And, believe me, it better be worth while.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She watched the blue sky of Mars as if it might at any moment grip in on itself, contract, and expel a shining miracle down upon the sand. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z It was nothing short of a miracle that I managed to take several hits without coughing. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The most important consequence of the miracle of the garment industry, though, was what happened to the children growing up in those homes where meaningful work was practiced. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z By spring the valley had begun to warm, the poplar trees had burst into bloom, and a tiny miracle in the campaign for education had taken place right in my own home. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It was a miracle and I interpreted it as such. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Make a miracle happen, or, What have I done to deserve this? Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z By some kind of miracle, not one of us gets caught. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z “The trouble with miracles is, they don’t last long.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z "Yes, a miracle can be performed by a saint," I say. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z For weeks, her empty garden testified to her miracle. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Well,” he said slowly, “it must be a miracle, then, that such useless creatures grow up into something as great and reasonable as you, don't you think?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z So all I could do was watch the game start from the sideline and just hope that by some miracle I’d get a chance to sub in. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Unless there was a miracle, she was likely to die. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as the doors of the bus swung open and two strange new boys got on, part two of my miracle happened. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “They don’t want to steal, they want to buy. Me. They got a corpse up there and they want a miracle.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Like a miracle, the small amounts of water revived them. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She had been transformed by the miracle—transformed into him. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Medieval travelers were a hardy bunch, and sometimes walked hundreds of miles in order to atone for a sin or pray for a miracle. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z She had been known to work such miracles in Italy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked at her, thought I was maybe seeing some kind of a freak—no, miracle. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She saw a miracle that transcended the miracles of the saints her mother had told her about. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe they were going to tell Grandpop about a miracle to fix his eyes. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “I’ll be fine,” I finally say, and thankfully, like a miracle, she leaves without saying another word. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Fadi had hoped that by some miracle Mariam would have turned up at their aunt and uncle’s clinic, but it hadn’t happened. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The doctors said it was a miracle she survived at all, given her age, but that she was in incredible health for a person in her mid-eighties. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I knew this about Julia Bishop: She was a miracle—artistic, imaginative, and gifted—and she also liked to mess with me. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I told her the secret hope of my heart—my dream of taking Mom to the miracle flowers and saving her. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Many people have said that. But miracles happen all the time.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z That is the miracle of Greek mythology—a humanized world, men freed from the paralyzing fear of an omnipotent Unknown. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, it was rare to spend an afternoon in the house without hearing some kind of recitation of the miracle, and occasionally these recitations were less than accurate. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In the course of the fight Trip managed to break his sword, hide under a lady’s dress, fence with a sausage, and perform such fantastical acrobatics that it’s a miracle he didn’t seriously injure himself. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “The pressures you been under, if it works at all, it’ll be a miracle.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She believed that a lot of miracles happened in that home to keep us alive. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Then, unbelievably, out of the mist came the miracle. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z It seemed a miracle that my would-be boss appeared to get it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z "A thing of power. Something like this can perform wonders and miracles in the right hands. Watch." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z I crossed myself about a hundred times, and was about to go tell the world the miracle I just witnessed, when Theresa grabbed my wrist. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Neva: had Lyra seen it so brilliant and dramatic; with every twitch and shiver, new miracles of light danced across the sky. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z If I don’t end up in that foul hotel courtyard with my head in a tin washtub it will be a blooming miracle. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “I have. I am. I will. But there are no miracles here. Just momentum. We can only hope it’s upward.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z They made miracles, the tobacco farmer and the coachman’s son. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Yet even that number somehow feels remarkably low, and the fact that it isn’t higher is a miracle—or at least, that’s what people have been reaching for. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Got it,” Genie said, thinking about how much he could use a miracle. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z A commerçant had arrived by truck from Léopoldville, and in the rainy season that was a miracle not to be snubbed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Just the other week, he bent all his refrigerator magnets and tried to sell them online as miracle medical bracelets to gullible senior citizens. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z She referred to her son as “my little chess miracle.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She had thought for an instant that the miracle was going to be repeated with her daughter, because she had been bothered by a sudden flapping of wings. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Tupac had probably said Mama made miracles every Thanksgiving at least a hundred times, and my father was just getting home. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I gripped the reed and wires and waited for the miracle. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z We lay there in the darloiess under quilts, our voices bouncing back from the bare walls; and we chuckled and had a great time talking about the miracles. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Such a tiny scrap of life,” said Miss K. “He’s a little miracle.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z “What is there to understand? A miracle must always be a mystery,” she says simply. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I had been praying that a miracle would happen and my mother would come back and we would return to Bybanks and everything would be exactly as it used to be. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z He wanted the power to make miracles happen. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z But there was no miracle that we could see, only Hari suffering a new attack of coughing. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z My favorite part is when we thank God for working “miracles for our fathers, in days of old.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z It’s taken ten years and seems like a miracle, but the Americans are losing in Angola. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z As if by a miracle, a UN truck arrived that day to bring water to the line of Lost Boys. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone popped a bottle of champagne and tears streamed down the faces of the nuns, who’d prayed fervently for such a miracle. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Only a miracle, he knew, would get him to those trees. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But what she doesn’t consider is that if by some miracle I was standing in front of the judges and live studio audience, I wouldn’t be able to croak out a word. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He is shown a marble statue of his long- dead wife, and then, a miracle. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z It’s a miracle the fire department doesn’t try to hose me down every autumn. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z But nothing short of a miracle would allow me to finish proving up on the claim. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z While he was looking for one miracle, maybe another had snuck up on him. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z More and more the father believed a miracle had come about. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I grew up in Florida, where it’s a miracle if it gets cold enough to need a hoodie, but Christmas just doesn’t feel right without snow and hot chocolate and a roaring fire. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z It’s a miracle that her face was okay enough to have an open casket. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “We need a miracle; it’s very important,” the skinny guy said from outside. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The Virgin Birth, the Resurrection, and the countless miracles—my heart expanded to encompass all the wonders and possibilities of the universe. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z She didn’t understand; if you prayed for the miracle you’d sell your most treasured possession for, you don’t care about anything else but waiting on that miracle. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “It is a miracle you managed to return here!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Already the nuns are saying that a miracle was manifested in Therese’s death. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z No record of what she thought of physicians like the Shoun brothers, who were constantly coming and going, injecting her with what was said to be a new miracle drug: insulin. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Settling into his niche as a miracle worker for tough and neurotic horses, Pollard earned assignments on nearly three hundred mounts and guided them to more than $20,000 in total purse earnings. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed like a miracle that he was there, his arms still waiting for me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z By some miracle, I managed not to flip out. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The story of the miracle school that transforms losers into winners is, of course, all too familiar. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z But somehow my father did not look as though a miracle had been performed. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z It was as if a miracle had happened and all were healed, but the real miracle was that Burton and Devlin had fallen for their ruse. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “It’s still a miracle, a miracle of human intelligence and human endurance. Look how much he accomplished!” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Although I wanted a miracle in school, and knew full well that the miracle should somehow involve academic study, in reality I spent my time reading. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “It will be done tomorrow and it will be a miracle.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Yet Milagro was a town whose citizens had a penchant not only for going crazy, but also for precipitating miracles. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t you hurry me, sonny, you hurry a miracle man, you get rotten miracles, that what you want?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z If I don’t end up giving myself away after a week, it’ll be a miracle. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It’s a miracle that she still has friends. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z How could anything matter but this small miracle of having someone I could love? The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The fact that we had found four bodies was a miracle. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe we didn’t need a miracle to save Key West. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z A miracle that banished every unkind thought and filled her with wonder. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Hoping for a miracle, my mom began praying a novena, which is a series of prayers asking for special graces from God. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Somehow, this small miracle causes Ashima to feel connected to Cambridge in a way she has not previously thought possible, affiliated with its exceptions as well as its rules. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It feels like a miracle that we get to sit here on this rooftop, like we’re part of a secret sky city. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z To Richard Parker I shouted, “Stop your trembling! This is miracle. This is an outbreak of divinity. This is ... this is ...” I could not find what it was, this thing so vast and fantastic. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It would be a miracle building that everybody would admire and get jealous of. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The way her father washed his manicured hands was a minor miracle in itself. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z His face seemed to say he really did not believe the miracle would happen. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z That she visits us, the Johnson family, at all is a miracle, now that I know the whole story. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Blanca cleaned her face with Harem Cream, a pinkish grease that smelled of roses and was supposed to perform miracles on women’s skin. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z As if they were standing before a miracle, my great-grandmother, my grandmother, and Mr. Lucas continued praising the Lord like they were in church. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z By some miracle, she was in—drunk, putting on lipstick. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z How is it that she, whom I once hated, now listens without judgment to my sins and even persuades me that I have taken part in a miracle? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “I’m not sure whether they will be up to the challenge, considering the extent of the damage, but they have worked miracles in the past. I’m sorry this calamity befell us during your stay.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z This was a miracle that you could pray for all your life and it would never come to pass. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Still dazed, Hannah accepted the miracle and the prospect of a journey like a docile child. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “Shocking business...shocking . .. miracle none of them died...never heard the like...by thunder, it was lucky you were there, Snape....” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Miracle of miracles: the rusty and battered Chevy started, but the dressmaker's luck went downhill from there. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z But back then it felt like a miracle. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z That we had survived and the little girl had also were two miracles in one night. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Her remedies worked miracles, but better yet, during dinner I had revenge. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Our entrance into the beer-selling business didn’t exactly work the miracles I had dreamed of. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Patron saint of lost causes. The saint to call on when all hope is gone. The one in charge of miracles.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “Well, who taught a spider? A young spider knows how to spin a web without any instructions from anybody. Don’t you regard that as a miracle?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Father took his hand away and waited, I suppose, for the miracle of baptism to take hold. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Once the miracle of creation has taken place, the group can build and extend it, but the group never invents anything. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z So a simple answer was that the existence of dry land was a miracle. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z As soon as they got back, Alex picked up the phone to see if by some miracle Mami had left a message. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z My body grew, even on mush and lard gravy, a miracle which the church certainly should have claimed credit for. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He knows that there are Jesuit missionaries in the country who are said to be performing miracles, but he suspects they are frauds. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But this time there was no miracle and no deliverance. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z And she temporarily forgave the midwife her sharpness for the magic of her spells and the miracle of her skills. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z But still, he was grateful for them: they were one of those small miracles that somehow kept recurring to make his life worthwhile. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I suppose he had been hoping for a miracle. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z A miracle has happened and a sign has occurred here on earth, right on our farm, and we have no ordinary pig.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z On the way home, Ndlamini couldn’t stop calling me a “miracle worker.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I was heading toward the library—and yes, I know it’s not open on Friday but who knows if a miracle might happen and it would be open after all? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The miracle worked upon a worthless rag of cotton. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Well, that’s a hard thing to ask—see a little girl perform a miracle and not tell her parents or no one about it. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z It was a miracle they were still conscious, too. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z What if it’s Dad, who didn’t tell me he woke up so that he could surprise me—the sort of End Day miracle they make Lifetime movies about? They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The Christian churches could not abandon their belief in miracles and angels, but Christians could certainly retreat from their insistence on the reality of witchcraft, demonic possession, poltergeists, levitation and second sight. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “I do not believe in miracles. But I grant that there are things—events and beings, perhaps—beyond the reach of reason,” I say, turning my thoughts into words with difficulty. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Accounts of African empires and the miracles of the Egyptian slaves who had erected pyramids. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “A miracle happened today, child,” she added enigmatically. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I think we just need to make sure they don't forget, but don't expect miracles either.... both stubborn people, Jesse and I had each called the university a half dozen time's, but gotten no response. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The world itself is a sort of miracle, and what happened yesterday need not happen tomorrow. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Or one of those summer makeovers, someone who leaves in June looking like a little girl and returns in September as a full-bodied woman, a ten-week miracle? Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z But of late, meals just began without him, which was fine with him, since his new miracle man had taken him off meals anyway. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z If she weren't made of so many other miracles. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Mrs. Morales was not sure if the miracle would be of God or Satan, but she held her tongue while Mr. Rodriguez thought about it. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “I guess that would take a religious miracle,” I ventured. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The up-top world must be so ordinary compared to the miracle beneath, the miracle you made with your sweat and blood. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I smile at this little miracle, one I doubt I would’ve thought to grant myself. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z There was to be no miracle that night. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z While trying not to think, I spent twenty minutes on this fascinating question: if you could have one miracle from the Bible happen to you, what would it be? The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I must be a good hundred kilometers from the Hab; it's a miracle I got any signal at all. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I smiled and clamped my mouth shut tight so I wouldn’t say anything to ruin this miracle moment. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z And that he, a boy, could perform miracles. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z "And just how would you achieve that miracle?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “I heard they did a lot of research and some of her cells have develop a lot of curing other diseases. It’s a miracle, that’s all I can say.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z People would bring their cars from all over the city for him to fix because he could work miracles on them. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The new attitude to evidence, which Sprat had praised as ‘this Inquiring, this scrupulous, this incredulous Temper’, had encouraged a general scepticism of miracles, providences and witchcraft. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The fact that she hadn’t was a small miracle, but he knew she wouldn’t make it much longer without treatment, and they were out of supplies. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z When he thought about the two of them, what they had gone through to get here, it was hard not to feel that some miracle had taken place. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a miracle that I could sleep at all, given the circumstances. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z They consider those things a miracle of culinary brilliance. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “It’s a miracle they didn’t catch you and kill you,” Art3mis said. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Come forth, you miracle workers,” said El Patron. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Certainly no miracle came to save his farm, or for that matter, anything else he had lost in his life. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Had they been true miracles or simply the work of talented Grisha? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I wonder at the miracle Father has fashioned. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The shock of seeing the miracle performed had struck her dumb. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z I ordered food and was served, and it was a miracle. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I believe miracles totally work? I know my aunt was cured of cancer in her church?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I do appreciate that you tagged that shark. In fact, it’s kind of a miracle. But I would prefer if you left the job to Sookie from here on. Okay?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z When Marly woke up the next morning, there was another miracle right outside her window. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “See? Is that a miracle or what? We can burp, though we’ve eaten next to nothing. Now do you believe in God, Akka?” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z As far as he’s concerned these pills are a miracle. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He had gone upstairs to lie down, as he reported later, “before all these astounding miracles, or jugglery, took place.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Consequently, the Flood had to be seen as a true miracle, not a mere natural event which happened to coincide with an excess of human depravity. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z One moment he insisted he believed in miracles, the next he doubted his own belief. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It was a kind of miracle in the hills. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z When my mom describes it all, she skips over the interrogation and the panic and says it was a time of three miracles—three things that couldn’t have happened without the intervention of angels. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z But Gladys protested that the best one of all was the Mary bank, and she used up all the pennies in her mayonnaise jar to work the miracle. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z All such experiments are first steps toward wholly new concepts of insect control which the miracles of electronics may some day make a reality. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “It’s some kinda crazy critter miracle,” said another worker. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Yesterday, the camel’s groan signaled danger, and now a row of date palms could herald a miracle. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Like a miracle, the pain in my thumb disappeared. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The rich merchant and his wife wished to take her back with them to Salisbury to care for their son and mayhap perform more miracles; he spoke temptingly of new shoes and a shrine. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z If there are three gifts under our tree, it’s a miracle. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Then she put her arm around me and said, “Girl, you just witnessed a miracle.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Titid alive, once again by miracle—alive, but badly shattered, and in hiding. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you can’t understand how the telephone works,” she would say, “how do you expect to understand miracles?” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘And how come? Why has this miracle of ignorance endured? Because of one thing. A conspiracy. A vast and insidious conspiracy. Obscurantism.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “She called it the first miracle when the sap came up.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z It was like a miracle; but before our very eyes, and almost in the drawing of a breath, the whole body crumble into dust and passed from our sight. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z "I'm hoping you'll be you, and let me be me. We can still be ourselves. Just together. Maybe we'll even realize we have some ways in common. I'm willing to see anything as a miracle." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Then we had better stop, and you can make a good confession, and do some more miracles.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But he was moved that Julie still had some faith in miracles. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Only a miracle could have brought him through unhurt. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z And here, at the back of a shelf near the ceiling, two small miracles. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Then I thought about the bonobos back at the sanctuary, the mothers with their wide-eyed, bald babies wrapped around their bellies, and hoped that by some miracle they, too, were okay. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “If we ever get through this day, it will be a miracle. What say you, Shady? Still interested in buying the aforementioned land belonging to the late Widow Cane?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z It’s a miracle I didn’t forget to breathe. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Marly cried, wondering which miracle she was going to miss. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z I wonder what kind of miracle we could work with a week’s decency. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I just said what happened, which is that my mom says we saw three full-on miracles. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Using his foot to spin the base of the wheel, he placed dampened hands on the sluggardly lump, and for the hundredth time Tree-ear watched the miracle. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Lourdes brags to her friends, “This is my son. Look at him! He’s so big. It’s a miracle he’s here.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z By the time the evening work was over, the coffee had worked its miracle, and Ellen got up from her bed, white and weak, but released from the pain that had tortured her all day. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z That was part one of my miracle, that let me know something special was going to happen. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Boyle was happy to argue that God makes miracles happen, and that in doing so he breaks his own laws. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “It’s a miracle,” she said as she cried softly and held his hand. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Byrd said that Ray’s rescue was a miracle and it didn’t seem like that was quite right. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It was a miracle, Briony thought, when she heard her brother's voice. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The miracle shook the house to its foundations and set the whole family weeping. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a miracle we kept it a secret from you.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It was a miracle I didn’t hurt myself. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z This hadn’t been one of those underachieving teams whose only hope was a fantastic combination of luck and miracle. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama tells us about the food at her program, and Miz Rita laughs and says it’s a miracle she made it out alive. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z If I made it through today without going to jail, it would be a miracle. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z By some small miracle, he does not detect the ninja under the counter. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “If you can perform the miracle of flying, Uncle can perform the miracle of making a loan without any interest due on it.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z That year he also took to exposing miracles. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Comfort, it’s a miracle you and Peach survived at all in that water—a miracle!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “I’m retired,” Max said, “anyway, you wouldn’t want someone the King got rid of, would you? I might kill whoever you want me to miracle.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Flavius performs some beauty miracle on my hair, managing to even out the front while getting some of the longer locks to hide the bald spots in the back. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “And after you pull off that miracle, you can genetically engineer a bunch of Smurfs and unicorns to frolic around this new perfect world you’ve created.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z And they had to leave time for holiday parties on the last day, and making presents for each other, and for looking out the window, hoping for the miracle of snow on Long Island. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z It's a miracle these two have made it this far. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z To them as to me, these simple privileges would be a miracle. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon as we were inside the house I said it’d be a miracle if we could sell more than one or two cars in Cold Sassy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It was almost a miracle that she remembered to explain the fringe earlier. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z All at once Kit was aware that this New England, which had shown her the miracle of autumn and the white wonder of snow, had a new secret in store. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The fact that all the functioning parts are of infinitesimal size adds to the miracle. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Albert,” I say, poking the side of Keisha’s leg, and she—by some miracle—stops laughing. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z When they’d found a stash of dried reindeer meat at the bottom of a travel pack in one of the camps, it had been like some kind of miracle. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I would sit listening for hours, wondering how on earth they could laugh so freely, trying to grasp the miracle that gave their debased lives the semblance of a human existence. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Could he, by some miracle, keep this going? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “But this kid’s got a good track record on miracles. My money’s on Mark.” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I asked for a miracle which would save the life of my little dog. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She was now on the maternity ward, and every day brought commonplace miracles, as well as moments of drama or hilarity. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I was hired to sell a miracle vegetable chopper on the boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z If I had any money left I’d light a candle to St. Francis and ask him if there’s any chance God could be persuaded to perform a miracle on my shoulders. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z For the first time he honestly wished he could work miracles. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe there was a kind of miracle in those words, I like you, I want to take care of you, Ifemelu thought, but not in the way her mother meant it. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Yeah,” I said, “I saw it last night on the news. Walter Cronkite said it was a miracle!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z To Estha—steeped in the smell of old roses, blooded on memories of a broken man—the fact that something so fragile, so unbearably tender had survived, had been allowed to exist, was a miracle. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course they would exalt the priests and rulers who promised to maintain this miracle. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Why had he never appreciated what a miracle he was, brain and nerve and bounding heart? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The family jokingly said that she was the only normal person for many generations, and it was true she was a miracle of equilibrium and serenity. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well I just hope it’s enough to buy a miracle, that’s all.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “I have heard of you, too, children. They claim you are performing miracles. Healing? Soothsaying? Acts of strength beyond all credibility?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I wanted to learn more about the two children who were, supposedly, miracle workers, so I sat at a table near the front of the hall with them and the other knights. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Where a nova could possibly be regarded as a miracle, a comet was too commonplace an occurrence to be handled in this way, so if comets were supralunary phenomena, Aristotle was wrong. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z People also figured only a miracle could save Joe from his foolhardy suicidal gesture. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is not thy deception, nor thy witchcraft: it is the work of nature. She was roused, and did—no miracle—but her best.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Now is when the crafty old devil is finally going to perform for us the miracle of dropping dead! The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I stare at the computer, waiting for a miracle. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z That means I must be a miracle and I might grow up to be a saint with people celebrating the feast of St. Francis of Limerick. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She studied the milky streaks on the counter, hoping for a miracle. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Baby girl, if your boyfriend ever gets into your panties and you find yourself in a family way, swear that it was Immaculate Conception and start mouthing off about miracles,” he said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z So much power in this room it was a miracle the whole palace didn’t blow apart. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I still kept picturing her all crippled up, even though Mother had written me that no, Adah has truly had a miracle recovery. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It is breathtaking, but no miracle, that they have survived as peoples. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Plus, every now and then, the program stops and the TV tells you about all the great things you can buy, like a miracle cream that makes it scientifically impossible to get a pimple. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z I wish there were a prayer to ask for another small miracle, a small light to revive the friendship Sara felt for me. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “Why, is something supposed to happen then? Some magic or a miracle?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z But in Ravka, people had begun to rethink the miracles of the Saints. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z But why would I make up miracles about paperwork? Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Hence the importance of miracles, when sensory perception confirms divine truth. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But when telling Augustus Waters, I painted the rosiest possible picture, embellishing the miraculousness of the miracle. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z "Well, it takes a lifetime of miracles to be a saint," he says. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Miracle of miracles, no one trumpeted out my name. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z But Francie preferred to believe it was a real plate that had been broken and then made whole again by the miracle of the cement. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There, like some fragile miracle, a pulse, a heartbeat. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Okay, so maybe sometimes the real world is smiles and miracles. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z My mother thanked God so many times that I thought He or She would surely appear and say: “That’s no miracle. I do this all the time.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She pulls away, shakes her head as if I were some kind of a miracle, and pulls me back in for more. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z And you would have to understand the sheer impossibility of a blue orchid in order to understand the miracle of these flowers. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I call it a blessing, a gift from God, and a miracle. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z That is of course the miracle of life. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z "Why did He send Gwenforte back? And give us these miracles to perform? And put us through...through Hell?" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z What makes you special, children, beyond your miracles, is that you hear God’s voice clearly, and when you hear it, you act upon it.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The golden pennies wrapped in the dreamlike tissue were a never-tiring miracle. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother interjected, laughing, “No silly, your grandma didn’t get married. The miracle concerns you.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Every weekend you come until school’s out, I promise you at least one new miracle.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z If for some reason, some strange reason, that side door is locked well, Satchmo you'll have to just pray for a miracle. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “Flight is one of the modern miracles. Why, I tell you, there’s nothing like soaring high over the trees like a bird.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He stayed for an hour and explained to the minister that a miracle had happened on the farm. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z But it’s not always miracles—as if we didn’t know that, too. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z When Safer reappears, Ty and Lucky act like it’s a miracle. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Imagine that by some miracle of dread or reverence they lowered their spyglasses, turned, set their riggings, sailed on. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes a boy reminds me of Antonio, the way he used to gaze at me, like I was a miracle, like I was giving him a gift just by talking with him. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a miracle the producers were able to cobble together enough entertaining footage for three weekly shows. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He wanted, through his purity and excellence, to be able to perform some ordinary miracle—to heal a blind man or something like that, for instance. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z "Your showing off made her think you're a miracle worker. Made her think the arcana can be used in unintended ways. But only the God of Life can control sickness and death. Not us." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z "I will follow these children, wherever they go, and record their works and their miracles," I say. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He looks at me as if I were a small miracle, but then his smile turns into something more. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z They were bitter about the newspaper celebrations of the miracle evacuation and the heroism of the little boats. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Am I wrong, then, in describing such an event as a miracle? The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Most important, in a day of improbable miracles, Ralph was able to connect the suctioning device to the ambulance’s cigarette lighter and make John comfortable. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The truth is, despite the fact that I don’t believe in miracles, I was hoping for one. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z She was too old then and living on borrowed time to repeat the miracle of the little candy animals, and none of her descendants had inherited her strength. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I turn the handle, hoping for a miracle, but it’s locked. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I told myself to put the book back on the shelf, to go back to my homework and stop thinking about the miracle orchids. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Then, miracle of miracles, he staggered to the stairs and climbed unsteadily up them. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “It’s a miracle I didn’t have a heart attack.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z And then—can you believe it?—the miracle came after all. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Nothing had worked, so Seven had just watered the plant every morning, in hopes of a miracle. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Father Nicanor tried to impress the military authorities with the miracle of levitation and had his head split open by the butt of a soldier’s rifle. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “It turns out he doesn’t hate you as much as he let on. It’s a miracle he didn’t make you wait longer.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z My mother knew no man could save her and she did not expect miracles. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t have a fever. It’s a miracle.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z By some miracle, the kid’s little dog was there too, shaking and licking at the boy while he puked and puked onto the ground between his hands. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z It was one of the pioneer dirigibles, but at that time we thought of it as almost a miracle. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z And as if to prove that miracles can still happen on a dull day, Reverend Buckminster agreed. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z And even though everybody was willing to believe a rainbow-cow story, for some reason they won’t believe miracles when they happen in offices and airports. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The Lord, however, may or may not be aware that our mother assisted this miracle by forcing Ruth May to eat the same pills twice. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And if I press ever deeper into the arms that embrace me, perhaps a miracle may happen…. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe Shakespeare was saying that even in a world where miracles can happen, there’s still going to be pain, and loss, and regret. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Because even though our orchid was dead, there was still that vast, beautiful field of blue all the way in New Mexico, full of miracles and hope. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He was fully aware that even if, by some miracle, he managed to find a suitable spell, he’d have a real job mastering it overnight. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Anyway—a miracle!—my family agrees to shoes if any to fit me can be found. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z It was a miracle, or perhaps she’d bested them with her magic like Seven knew she could. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z His A and C was a miracle of rhythm and grace. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Thing is, you keep hoping for a miracle right up to the end and then when it don’t it’s like the floor disappears and you’re falling but you never hit bottom. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “When I was a little girl up at Grandma’s,” Mother said, “I was certain that Maple Hill was the place where all the miracles had happened.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z To get hired there takes a small miracle. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z "But I never thought it would happen so fast. This is a miracle!" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z And then another miracle floated through that Sunday school window and settled on my shoulder and nudged me to say, “I shouldn’t have kicked and shoved you like I did, Audrey. I’m sorry.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z It seemed a minor miracle he didn’t tip over with each step. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Sometime he bad like any child. But I don’t yell at miracle baby. That bad luck.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It was a miracle Vonetta made it from New Jersey to Atlanta without picking on Fern, and a bigger miracle that Fern’s watch still hung from her puny wrist. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The fundamental mistake I had always made—and that she had, in fairness, always led me to make—was this: Margo was not a miracle. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z It was a miracle Thomas hadn’t stabbed someone’s eye out with his spear. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She made a list of all the miracles in her mind. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z A month later, by some miracle, we were still in our shack. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It would take a miracle for him to survive much longer, and miracles were in short supply in the concentration camps. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Technically, I was also supposed to produce a Corporate Mandated Smile, but I was not a miracle worker. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z For instance, I had seen the kinds of miracles stockvel had wrought on families who took the risks. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “But there ain’t been no miracle,” I say, after a second. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Mr. Travis brung that pointing stick down on top of his desk so hard it was a miracle the desk didn’t split clean in two! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z For example, based on a single phone call, I have begun to hope for a miracle. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z It was a miracle that he hadn’t crashed right into it. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z But it was like a miracle, the flyer flipped over three times and landed right in my hand. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z I closed my eyes and tried to believe that this simple act could bring the miracle my parents prayed for. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Chicago’s mayor, Robert B. Mason, had been up all night receiving reports about the spread of the fire and praying for a miracle. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Then Daddy said, “I’m afraid miracles don’t happen anymore—even at Maple Hill.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z And when the food arrived, it was like a miracle. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z And he thought it was a tragedy that these tiny miracles would disappear. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z So, when Toby turned to them a moment later and thundered, “Kneel and bow low—O ancient Egyptians—before the miracle of the oracle!” they hurried to obey. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Since there could be no natural explanation, assuming the star was indeed in the heavens, the event was clearly a miracle, a sign sent by God. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Barring some kind of miracle, the older boys would race as the varsity crew at Poughkeepsie; the sophomores would almost certainly be demoted to junior varsity status, despite winning in California. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “You have to see the miracles for there to be miracles, Jude. ” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He began telling Arthur half the truth: how he was ashamed and had lost his miracles. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Brian had more or less arrowed the plane into the water—through the trees and down—and it was a miracle that he hadn’t been killed. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z It was a miracle to witness my own simple motion, amplified. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s some kind of miracle, I think, it has to be. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z "Kabir, when I see you, all I think of is how great God is. You are a miracle we never dreamed about, never prayed for, never could imagine." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z This was love: a string of coincidences that gathered significance and became miracles. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “So this,” said Guenever, when she next saw her lover alone, “so this is why you lost your miracles. It was all lies about your giving them to me.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a miracle, I tell you I A miracle! I believe in God again. I really do. Washed ashore in Sweden after so many weeks at sea! It’s a miracle.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “He thinks we need a miracle,” Sticky said in a bleak voice. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Just getting through high school was miracle enough, and the way Tony and most other kids from South El Paso looked at it, everything after that in life was gravy, a gift. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Is she now, by some saintly, heavenly miracle, in favor of this run? A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The other two miracles were later at the airport, but I don’t remember them firsthand, so here’s what my dad said when I asked him one Sunday from Oklahoma. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Maybe there will be a miracle, Ranofer thought as he leaned, panting, against the gate. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z On the fifth day, when I walked out onto the veranda without stumbling, Mother cried and said, “It’s a miracle. An absolute miracle.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Styx Malone didn’t believe in miracles, but he was one. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Nor is this in any sense a miracle, but very ordinary and to be expected. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Now I am a different kind of miracle. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Here was this beautiful, funny, fascinating girl who, miracle of miracles, really seemed to like me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z His eyes were closed and he was so hopping mad that it was a miracle that smoke waren’t pouring from his ears! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I tell Mom to please save her miracle cures for the hospital. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z And if she says it was miracles, then it was miracles. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Their host’s father had been a member of the cotton vanguard and a savvy proselytizer of the miracle crop. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “A real miracle. If Orr could row to Sweden, then I can triumph over Colonel Cathcart and Colonel Korn, if only I persevere.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It would take one of Byrd’s miracles for Braviary to fly past the window just now, as the three of them look at the sky and the trees and the creek. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “I’ve been wishing you luck from the moment I met you. What I wish for you now is a miracle.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z But there it stood in the Nolan parlor, a real true miracle that had come without a wish or a prayer. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Call it a miracle, an accident, or a case of two powerful personalities willing themselves to expire on schedule and according to script. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Even if by some miracle we managed to kill Polyphemus, it wouldn't do us any good. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z By rights, she should be dead, and though she had escaped by what seemed almost a miracle, she scolded herself for having been so careless. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z And so they couldn’t help but think of some miracle, some possible way of reviving her from the dead, so my mother could fulfill her dream. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z In a city where every woman over the age of fifty has blond hair, my Mr. Science miracle soap would surely have the Parisians lined up all the way to Bethlehem. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Come on!” she yelled, noticing that by some miracle her voice didn’t sound shaky at all. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z A Baptist minister from Vermont who had come to Wyoming two weeks before the election said that he believed he had witnessed a miracle. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I began describing the wonders of the miracle chopper. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I search for pen and paper, knowing I don’t have them, the same way you give a person the wrong answer in the unlikely hope that by some miracle it might suddenly be right. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Today, like a miracle, I could see fencing clearer than I’d seen anything before. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “What was it that made the ragtag little Confederate Army the last of its kind? What made it so weak, but so powerful it worked miracles?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z That afternoon Marly had to add another miracle to the list. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z And we give thanks for those dear and far away and for the great miracle which has brought us to each other once again. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z By some miracle, on three occasions, he was able to coax the horse into playing the racing game. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Living at the edge of the wild country meant that Thialfi and Roskva were used to miracles and strange things happening in their world. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Every morning on Maple Hill, Marly woke in the very middle of a scarlet and golden miracle. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z She had never thought about it before in all her life, but all the miracles every week made her think about it. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z But if Byrd sees it as a miracle, that’s okay, too. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Only it was much hotter, and as if by some miracle each member of the jury, the prosecutor, my lawyer, and some of the reporters, too, had been provided with straw fans. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “Me? Ha! You must be thinking of that fellow in Kolkata—the miracle worker. You are growling up the wrong bush, my boy, as the English like to say.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z It was more than startling, she decided, it was a miracle. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z It was an odd thing, she thought, how one miracle seemed to make another. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z If, by some miracle, you managed to defeat the lich, you could take his treasure and leave the dungeon. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z We all watched, holding our breath and hoping for some miracle, while Hari drank the water. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z And after a moment, a voice from on high says, "Love is the most common miracle." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z It’s a miracle I didn’t think my actual name was “Bookie” when I was little, considering how much she used it. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He still seemed unsure whether it was a miracle or a trick. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z So Nok's mother wheedled and cut deals with her society friends, and by a sheer miracle, she landed Nok's father an even better gig: Chief Law Commissioner. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z But when I jumped up to tell what miracle I saw, before I could get the words out I understood that the bird was insect-size because it was far away. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She even hoped that it would perform the miracle of detaching Caroline from Eric, her Bahamian fiancé. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The miracle was that he had been allowed to do a miracle. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Pastor Ambrose held his Bible up, as if some solid miracle would fall on it from the sky, and shouted nonsensical words: she baba she baba she baba. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I closed my eyes and said a silent prayer and hoped for a miracle. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides, maybe finding the lottery ticket on Papi’s birthday was a miracle. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z It was a miracle the school didn't burn. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z And in both situations, you desperately hope that some miracle will occur to bring you glory, but you’re too scared to attempt to do anything that might actually achieve any recognition. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad brings down the cover of the laptop so hard it’s a miracle there aren’t computer keys bouncing off the ceiling. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He more than kept it, because once spring started one miracle at a time was nothing. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “They musta found it and thought it was some kinda miracle.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z He didn’t expect any miracles as a result, but even so, it was hard sometimes not to get discouraged. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then can you pray for another miracle, Reverend?” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “Mary Willis, how I wish your ma was alive to see this miracle! You and Will come outside and look!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z But also wishing that a miracle would occur, and Edward would appear. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The miracle of Shin’s friendship with Park is how quickly it blew up the box. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z If their mother ever wondered about those calves that were born like miracles every spring, she never mentioned it. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z It was really two miracles in one, and all I could do was feel sad and confused. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z One Sunday morning the entire world awoke to a tennis miracle: Arthur Ashe had won Wimbledon! Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why didn’t you teD me you had a baby? Why have you lied to me all the time? I suppose she was your famous miracle, which you were so proud of.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z You must be a special kind of miracle.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z A miracle would be useful: if I could stage a convincing rebirth, I could dissociate from everything I’d said and done in the last year. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Then the Discovery is not going anywhere—yet. There is time for me to pray for a miracle.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “Well, I wouldn’t worry none. It be a miracle if it live.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, Ralph considered his rise from the couch a separate miracle, his own. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z To Granny, I had accomplished a miracle and some of my sinful qualities evaporated, for she felt that success spelled the reward of righteousness and that failure was the wages of sin. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was a miracle,” I said, remembering how Mamá had made Torito an outfit just like the one the Holy Child Jesus wore in a picture prayer card Papá carried in his wallet. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Fernanda, burning with envy, finally accepted the miracle, and for a long time she kept on praying to God to send her back her sheets. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Joseph studied the photo and found himself thinking about young Prince Mamillius, who died because he didn’t get a miracle in The Winter’s Tale. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Mom and I would go to New Mexico and soak in the miracle of blue flowers and then—and then everything would be okay again. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The driver was a muscle-bound guy with so much gold hanging from his neck, it was a miracle he could sit up straight. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Being rescued from that shattered train had been the first miracle of his life. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Then there was a huge postscript, that said, “Marly, it looks like there’s been another miracle on Maple Hill.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Whether he is sincere, it is a little hard to say: having emphasized his belief in miracles, he proceeds to make the concept of a miracle entirely subjective only a few paragraphs later. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The agency scrambled to keep up with the production miracle that was the American aircraft industry, which had gone from the country’s forty-third largest industry in 1938 to the worlds number one by 1943. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Chance provides more than enough variation to account for the sprinkling of successes that will occur with almost any treatment; indeed, it would be a miracle if there weren’t any “miracle cures.” Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon it was evident to everyone that only a miracle would alter the results, which were growing clearer throughout the day. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, Ripred will probably manage, but if the seven of us sitting on this ledge are going to survive, we’ll need a miracle,” he thought. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I feel like one of those saints the Doctorita is always praying to, like the Virgin of Banos in elegant robes and a giant crown who does miracles for desperate people. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a miracle Stick and I survived the fellowship hour. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Life is a miracle beyond our comprehension, and we should reverence it even where we have to struggle against it. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z That’s a true miracle, isn’t it?Maybe it doesn’t have to end this way. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z So they would tell each other it had happened, a lovely miracle which made the cruel death seem less cruel. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z By some miracle, the adultety talk which was so widespread in Chicago seemed to only leak a little in Boston, Detroit, and New York. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Then we laugh, since both our bodies are so wrecked, it will be a miracle if we can get up the next day. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I aced all of my general education classes, which was a minor miracle given how I’d sit in lectures and think of the soft hook of Soraya’s nose. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Thinking that, I bent my bead, and saw, lying on the anvil, a miracle: that sprig of hawthorn — from his cloak, on the anvil. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z "She thinks you can do miracles. She takes your power as a sign that the gods haven't forsaken her child." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z There are no miracles here, the parrot had said—but neither is there hopelessness, no matter what the serpent wants me to believe. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Each time the police launched a raid into the neighbourhood my mother by some miracle would manage to escape in the nick of time. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know what? She thought this snow was a miracle—it swept her away!” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I thought it was a miracle that they didn’t start yelling and breaking things and wake up Mr. Farrow. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “He has been sitting up so long for Amaka to paint him. It’s a miracle. Our Lady is faithful.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He kept on examining her, discovering the miracle of her intimacy inch by inch, and he felt his skin tingle as he contemplated the way her skin tingled when it touched the water. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Eventually he turned his apartment into a chapel, began giving lectures on medical miracles, and told reporters he dreamed of moving to South America and becoming a dictator. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “If we manage that without being seen, it’ll be a miracle!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z And then—a miracle!—the bird’s chest rose, then fell, then rose, then fell. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z So that’s where Mother had got the idea of the miracles. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The crude setup seemed like a miracle: looking at the puppet ship, they could actually “see” the spaceship as it made its rounds. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z And maybe it was because we were in church, but a miracle happened. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z |
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