“Let’s go. It’s late,” I said, fumbling in my pocket for money. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But I end up with a bunch of the cheaper properties, so we trade money back and forth. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“They love money,” I said, pointing to the poster. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“He told me that he was only paying 6 per cent for this money, and he could make a great deal more out of it by loaning it back to the Indians.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I had more money and success and “security” than in the days when specters seemed to go up and down them with me. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t look once but said, “Don’t go cutting off your fingers. There’s no money to take you to the hospital.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But there’s just no money. We didn’t get as much from the state for the school year because test scores went down.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Especially since I had no money, and since I was still so ignorant of this time. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them had separated their money, folded the bills around their fingers, clenched the fingers into fists, so the neat ends of the money stuck out in a blend of daintiness and violence. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Massive irrigation projects, built with public money to improve private land, brought water from hundreds of miles away. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

“Look. This is called the Good Fortune Photo Studio. Doesn’t that mean to make a lot of money, just like Great Prosperity? Chairman Mao told us that was exploitation. Don’t you think this is fourolds?” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wondered how much money she had left. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some demanded money even when passengers had the correct documents. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

George's lawyer said there would be no appeal because his family didn't have the money to pay for it. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But although Galileo was now highly regarded professionally and moved in influential circles, he was constantly worried about money. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“You understand, Alex. No one’s using money anymore. It’s all food and gas and connections.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

But the truth was, there was plenty of money for a vacation even without it. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Max slides the money into the slot, and the machine clinks and hums before it spits out a yellow card. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But the main thing wasn’t that we didn’t have money or food or a place to sleep or any idea what we were gonna do next. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“How could you spend your money on that!” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, if you do, it is time to show it by how you spend your money. Don’t buy where we can’t work! Invest in your own communities first.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t even know why we had to pay so much money. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Ironically, he ended up making money from the project—after the printing, shipping, and advertising costs were deducted. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Well, it wasn’t her problem; they would work an afternoon and take their money. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It's my money!" he shouted, still through the pillow. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

“You do not understand, Monsieur. I have been very fortunate in my profession. I have made enough money to satisfy both my needs and my caprices. I take now only such cases as—interest me.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The investigation revealed that the task force seized large amounts of money, but also small amounts, and then dispensed it freely, unconstrained by reporting requirements or the task force’s mission. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

A lucky blow to his chin and I had him going too—until I heard a loud voice yell, "I got my money on the big boy." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Know that the blacks who spend money in your store and help put food on your table and send your children to college cannot open their own stores. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You leave us at home most of the time, Mom. You come home late; you never have money.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t help wondering how much of the money would be left after ten years. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Mama told us it cost a whole fifty dollars— a lot of money in those days. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I flatly refused to sit under some leaking roof listening to a demagogue out to make money by sending people on guilt trips and pretending to speak in tongues. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

And all the while, I thought about the money that wasn’t in my pocket. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Their safety net, money left over for emergencies and unforeseen expenses, came to $10.72. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now Johnny no longer kept half of the money he and Goblin earned carrying letters. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Wrong. He didn’t have the money, Kat. He’d spent it all. The disposable camera. The Mars bars. The Cokes. The busker.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no longer any scholarship money, and there was the full rent of the flat to be paid. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And remember this. I'm not allowed to bet, but if I could, my money would be on you." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I thought it odd he should come all the way up from Yale even hitchhiking, as he did, to save money, just to say hello. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no, he isn’t. He’s spent enough money on us.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Every test costs money, and in the end, I'm not looking for a cure—just a way to understand what's going on in her head. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A movement began to deny Howard the purse money or prevent it from being officially credited to Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I used to keep cash money in there. But not since I read bout somebody breakin’ in a store in Atlanta and cartin’ off the safe to blow up later. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Wojek kept some of the money as payment for his efforts, but what remained was enough to provide us with a bit more to eat. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I finished second, but it didn’t matter; all the money from the contest went to pay my lawyer anyway. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

His father, Inocencio, had once dreamed of going to the United States, but never had the money. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Dad wants to go to another place for a pint but Uncle Pa says he has no more money. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Around my waist, I tied the drawstring purse with Amma’s gift of money. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We hope that tourists will come, to see our sanctuary and drive around the preserve and bring more money into the district. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

L’Hôpital bought himself the best teacher that money could buy: Johann Bernoulli, a Swiss mathematician and one of the early masters of Leibniz’s calculus of infinitesimals. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“OK,” he said, taking her money and recounting it before he handed her the ticket. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

His kids needed to be fed, and he was out of money, but food could be grown. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We had no choice but to sneak back into Mattru Jong, along with some people we encountered on the path, to get some money we had left behind, so that we could buy food. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The bully holds open a plastic bag and orders, "Drop your money in this. Quick." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He works on little else, though the sum of money involved makes that arrangement more than manageable. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

On one visit to New York City, where Woolner’s mother lives in the winter, Woolner lost her debit card and felt anxious about being disconnected, even briefly, from her money. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

In parts of Africa little boys were still stolen away by adult slave traders and sold for money to men who disemboweled them and ate them. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Then you’ll pay them your pocket money for the rest of your time in this school. And you’ll stay scared of them.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Yolanda tries to distract him by asking what he will buy with his money, what he most craves, thinking that on a subsequent visit, she might bring him his own little antojo. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“I will go with him to the harbor to be sure he asks for the money Papá earned.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Pap& had given me some money for helping him out at the store. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Hitler Youth sprang into action, collecting money, winter coats, wool sweaters, gloves, hats, socks, and blankets. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Luke didn’t want to argue with him, but even if Toby didn’t care about the money—Jimmy would. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I’ll tell you what. I’m going to try to make some money. If you knuckle down and pass examinations a year early, why, I’ll help you through college.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

This, after all, was why she left—to send money for school. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

"Whatever, Ali. I just ain't feel like paying that fool. Figured we could use that money for something else," Noodles said proudly. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, she had another think coming if she expected Grandpa to say “Don’t spend yore money, let me give you the bathroom for your birthday.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Somehow we managed to send some money home, too. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Using their money for revenge, this was new. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

We started to double our money, then triple our money. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I said, “I ain’t allowed to take no one’s money, ma’am.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I wanted to lay out the facts, to say that even though I’d raised all that money and Fig was finally getting insulin, he wasn’t getting better like he should. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I earned a decent amount of money each month by selling commercial time on my POV channel and by auctioning off any unneeded magic items, armor, or weapons I acquired during my travels. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I wish I had money to buy you a gift,” I told her. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

If she got money from tourists, she would claim that she had found it in the park or on the sidewalks. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“I don’t, but I assume my dad wouldn’t give it to me if it was worth a lot of money.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“No more stealing our money, beating us up, or calling us names,” said Masood, stepping forward. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“What gets me is that the state paid them a lot of money to take care of us, but they wouldn’t give my mother a cent,” I added. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Do you know the name of the guy who gave the money for the renovations?” she asked. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“A single lawyer,” Nazario continued, “can steal more money than a hundred men with guns.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Roberto and Claudia probably had a bit of money saved up and now they were doing the right thing, trying to get more. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

That was a lot of money, but it wasn’t enough. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Millie took the money and gave her back her change without a word. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her grandmother had paid for her plane ticket, so she'd spent that money updating her wardrobe. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When F. Scott Fitzgerald pronounced that the very rich “are different from you and me,” Ernest Hemingway’s famously dismissive response was: “Yes, they have more money.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I also needed money, a way to buy the same snacks and do the things that the other kids were doing. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I’m thinking maybe if we get enough money, we can find a real nice place to live, and then Mama would feel better. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“It’s just I think Mom would be a lot happier. Plus, we’d have the extra money.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Please. We want to get away, but we don’t have any money.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“My husband. Father has lost all his money. I must marry so he can be rich again.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

So Siddhartha will come again when he has what he is lacking in—clothes, shoes, money. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

At a society dinner in mid-September, he announced that he would put up $25,000 as forfeit money for a race between his colt and Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Where would I get that kind of money?” he asked. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was so much money to be made that drug gangs rapidly expanded their ranks, sucking in some of our best friends, and turf wars became deadly, aided by the influx of sophisticated firearms. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes a neighbor would stop by and bring us food or money. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Fuller understood that there are two routes to power in America—money and people—and dollars were in short supply in the neighborhoods he was trying to organize. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“But it’s fifty dollars to join....It’s too expensive, like Mom said. We don’t have that kind of money to waste.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Her mind reeled with all the other things that could be done with that much money. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

She feigned ignorance and walked away, even though, she would later say, she remembered taking his money and his television set, too, back when she was on drugs. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Eleanor, pregnant, could find neither work nor money enough to pay for having a baby. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Milton’s old briefcase had been found in the wreckage of the Gremlin, full of money. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Her bad boy and bad girl were probably sneaking hamburgers, wasting their money. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mates at work lent me money and stole fish for my dinner, so that I got re-registered before I starved; but I had heard the lesson. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He may have had a lot of money, but he was never a gentleman.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

On a good day, there would be some money left over for the players too. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the household went like clockwork and the shop had earned money for butter and butcher’s meat once or twice a week. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I was talking about the money shortage. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

During the day, Granddaddy would slip out of the house to take money or food to needy people in his church or to check on a sick member. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When Cholly began to quarrel about the money she wanted, she decided to go to work. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since she already knew about our family situation, she’d understand the pressure I was under to get money in the bank super quick. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Then, late Saturday night, he ran out of money. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

"Now, ain't this here something. Let me get on home; if my dream come out, I'm-a have to go look that rascal up. And here I needs that money too." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The one she made right before she went and got the money from Aaron, who always had it because he got an allowance. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He wondered what on earth his sister did with all the money he sent her so that she could live in dignity. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t back at Dartmouth or over in one of the plush private hospitals on Chicago’s north side, where money wasn’t an issue. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“This land is worth a lot of money.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She said she wouldn’t waste her money on earrings. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

As it turned out, part-time jobs were as scarce as money to pay for school. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

People liked him; they came to him if they wanted money or advice. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those who bought houses and hoarded money as protection and the means to purchase it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey wanted to have money left over, so they could get back to Bridgeport, if they had to. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead I put all my money toward dance classes and acting classes that I took in the mornings at a little studio in Elmhurst. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

And I hadn’t been in the school long when Mrs. Swerlin, knowing I could use spending money of my own, got me a job after school washing die dishes in a local restaurant. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father’s family didn’t have the money to buy feeds for my dad and my uncle. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said our mother should spend all his money or at least buy everything she wants because he’s such a jerk. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Now that I had found a purpose, I had to figure out how to make money. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I took that money, put it in an envelope, wrapped it tight with a rubber band, and stuffed it away at the bottom of my bag. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

She continued to send what money she could, chiefly her own earnings. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I use the rest of my dog-walking money to buy a couple of gallons of the blue paint, as well as a gallon of white paint, and several paint rollers and trays. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

But it seemed to him wise talk and he was rejoiced that his son was sharp and clever for the saving of money. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The obsessive watchfulness and abhorrent vigilance with money. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“He will look,” she said, “like a city parson at the racetrack. Someone who puts his money on horses named after the Patriarchs.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Can you think of a way I could earn myself some money?” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Second World War did something to Maycomb: its boys who came back returned with bizarre ideas about making money and an urgency to make up for lost time. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

One Drum was this big outdoor event, held every spring in Rolland to raise money for local food banks. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I thought, My mom doesn’t have the money to pay for the shirt. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“It’s all money in the end. And you’re worth a lot more of it than I thought.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I never did either, but I wouldn't go killing myself about losing some money that I never had in the first place.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You'll get the money, but the safe combination is none of your business.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But, Stella, what can they do? They got no power. No money. Like my daddy says, it’s hard to live like there’s a boot on your back every second of your life.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I know Shoji took the money. Your dad told me.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Even with money in our pockets, we could be hungry on the long ride home to Marshall. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back before her daddy made his money, Miranda and Chigger were playmates. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

All the money I had in the world. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The money that would enable her to build a better app, which would be so much better in the long run. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Three talents might as well be all the money in the world for any hope I had in earning it before the term began. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. It’s just...the way he dismissed me. I should have thrown that money right back in his face. But...” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“But colored people need shoes and hammers and nice dresses. They spend their money too.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But a black woman gets out from the passenger side, just as Layla walks in and shouts, “Yes! We won! Give us our money!” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

My parents had dreams that each of their children would graduate from college, so Dad earmarked the money from this job for college savings for the six of us kids. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Blacks who rode a city bus paid their money in the front of the bus but entered and got off the bus through the back door. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

At Duke and Harvard, he saw that most students chased money, power, or a sense of personal advancement, but Farmer’s motives for becoming a doctor were different. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I could get that money immediately and give it to Mr. Alsole, pay off my debts. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Where I am going to get money for a lawyer?” she asked. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I notice you’ve never had any hesitation as to spending the bounty money I bring home on whatever momentarily attracts your attention.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“But I need lunch money. I have to eat.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Her clothes, her carriage, her accent, all showed Deep South white breeding and money. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. The money. Can I see the money?” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and reach in my skirt pocket, fingering the money Dad gave me. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

We spend the afternoon wandering through downtown Athens—past music venues and into vintage clothing shops, where Abby spends her food money on a pair of faux leather ankle boots. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“I can’t earn money because I’m a girl, so I borrowed these clothes.” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the money could only be spent for the betterment of the city—specifically the Vista Heights neighborhood. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Eight thirty-five,” he says, putting the candy into a bag but not handing it over until Sneaky gives him the money. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He sold the bed she bought him for drug money. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

With my own money I was like, Let’s do this. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He went on to bequeath little bits of money and jewelry to each of them, never clarifying which one he considered his Koh-i-noor. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m still not rich enough to waste money, so eat.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He tells us this is a disgrace and he’s going to have a raffle to raise money so that we can have strong warm boots for the winter. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

There's a little bit of money under my mattress, and you can have it. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Your whole life I’ve been sending you and your mother money, and it’s now you want to reject it?” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Fifty thousand pounds in modern money, using a retail price index, but £725,000 in modern money using an average wage multiplier. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I don’t really remember much. I remember my dad saying it wouldn’t kill them to spend a little money on first impressions.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It was built by Commies with Commie money, and is rigged by Commies so that no real man can get ahead in life. If I wanted to live like a Commie, I’d move to Russia!” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I have shown you that I have money in the bank. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

With the lid off, he reached in and started lifting out bundles of money. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I was dirty, I was running out of money. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“All the tips you make, you keep for spending money,” she said. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And her reciting nephew had finished out of the money at the talent show, so she was already upset and off her feed with us. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He just kept on collecting paychecks, spending the money on cigars that made me nauseous, and on beer, of course. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I wonder if my father ever gave him money.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know what’s going on with you,” the man says from across the counter, “but I’m not taking your money.” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The shoes she had to buy with her own money fiercely pinched her toes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Now that we had spending money, we bought the illustrated paperbacks with their gaudy pictures. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jinx barely had time to stuff his wad of money into his overalls and crawl inside before the front door opened. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

They asked for the simplest of things: love, health, and money. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s stupid. Why would they pay money for some dude to sit there and listen to me? I'm fine, you know, playing the guitar and writing dark poetry, haha.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Look, I want to ask you something, but don’t get mad. Did you take some money out of my purse to pay for California?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

My family had had to borrow the money for the suit in which I graduated from the ninth grade. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Some consent forms don’t mention money at all; others come right out and say, “We may give or sell the specimen and certain medical information about you.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

"I owe money to everybody. Don't you owe any money?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“When it’s all over, you’ll thank me. This money is your ticket out of here.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

So, Cullen reached out and took the money, worried they would kill him if he didn't. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Kinshasa residents with money lived like colonists in a hostile land, shuttered into manor houses with guards stationed in front. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“And they were harming no one. Why waste your money on killing animals who don’t need killing?” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“So what happened to your money?” she asks from across the room. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I counted my money for the third time and thought about my options. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As a graduate student from a poor family, he also had money worries. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The French Film Academy, through the intervention of Rene Tabard, arranged for money to be given to the Melies family, and some of that money went into furnishing Hugo’s room. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Aunt Sponge, the fat one, tripped over a box that she’d brought along to keep the money in, and fell flat on her face. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

They were constantly scraping together enough money to pay for gas, to get me lunch money, to buy me a new pair of jeans and a few new shirts. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I just haven’t had the money or time to play as often as I want,” I say. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t see the word interest as anything not connected to money because he’s an accountant and to him, everything is a number. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

They tell them: hand over your money or die. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

‘That coat is worth money. Do you think someone whose last name you admit you don’t know would lend you a coat?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Kind of a luxury for a family of your type. You like wasting money often?" Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the money is barely enough to cover the cost of a bus ticket back home. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I thought maybe they were looking for money. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn't make it now without money, however, as there is very little fruiting agriculture down here at this time. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said she would get a better teaching job and earn more money with that degree. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And she knew that the trains were offering discounted fares that weekend, so transportation would be less expensive for marchers who didn’t have much money. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

That must have been in his mind in those days when he talked about saving money and gave me my haircuts down in the basement. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I almost tell her about the money I’m saving, but nah. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Bring me some lobster, bring me some money, bring, bring, bring. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Not food stamps, you dumb old coot—money. 1 need money for those shells.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have money to go to no shop,” I tell her. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

They say they plan to stay only long enough to make some money and then go back home. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Don’t tell me this is about money! Money changed hands in this shenanigan?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we got there, two football players—never to be seen at a party without their jerseys—stood on opposite sides of the gate collecting beer money. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

"I only want to make enough money to return to my studies." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Nick also wanted to give some money to his big brother, James—who said he did not need it and would not accept it. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"If you say so,” Riccio threw in, "but why don't we count our money.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

My mom is just glad he gets to go to college for free because my sister doesn’t play football, and there wouldn’t be enough money to send both of them. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Found some newspaper and wrapped up the paper money and papers and thrust them in and whipped over the open end with her needle. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I wonder if he got his money back for those shoes.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the long wait was quickly forgotten anyway, when Prosper pulled the money from his jacket that he had wangled out of the redbeard. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

If we’d had enough money for me to have a dog and buy its food and pay the vet and everything, I would have had one by now. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The money is good, but if Dan has to keep traveling like this, I’m going to lose what little is left of my mind. I can’t keep doing all this alone. Raising boys is complicated.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Lina, do you understand? Tell her it’s in case she needs money.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“And I got the money on me for the wedding gift.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, Wes would find himself wondering about the percentage of that money that found its way into his pocket. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

And before she knew it, she was explaining that she was here to earn the money to pay off her father’s debts, so she and Charlie could go home. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It is not how much money we make that ultimately makes us happy between nine and five. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The slaves did not see the money, of course. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Back off, son. And give me a break. It’s just good clean advice. Your scratch with Luzan cost us, and not just money. People are talking.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And court is where these cases often end up, particularly when they involve money. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

That’s why Joel makes more money from his chickens than his beef and pork. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I’ll still put your name on the money when I send it.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

As the weekday wonder and the money man, Pollard and Woolf established themselves in the uppermost tier of North American racing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of the money which, on his first arrival, John had received for his personal expenses, most had been spent on his equipment. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The family was now destitute; there was no money to send Anna to her fiancé, to the marriage she had given up. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“What’s your name? Where are they sending you? Got any money?” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we pulled in front of my house, I reached up and gave the cabbie enough money for both of our rides, and the tip. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“That meant I lost money for all these guys who bet on her,” Scott went on. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Especially when they hear that someone else might be making money off those scraps, or using them to uncover potentially damaging information about their genes and medical histories. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“No. The money should all be put back into the poor neighborhoods, back into education for children, to change the things that send people here.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There are literally a thousand other places in the city where it’s easier to get money.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, if they did have information, they should have used it to help my grandma. Maybe they would have found the money. Maybe she wouldn’t have gotten fired.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Recognizing Bobby’s greater need for money than the capture of a title, however prestigious, Bisguier noted: “Evidently, his mature judgment is not solely confined to the chessboard.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was not in the habit of leaving money unmarked and unattended. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I got some insurance money but had some bills to pay before I w as ready to get me another car. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, We decided to have a concert in order to raise money for our Washington, D.C., trip. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I reminded Lily that our daddy was coming over to talk about money. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He had made a lot of money on his last book, and was going to make a lot more. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The money What does Marv need to do with the money? I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

"I think so. Still, some of them make money." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Sneaky wasn’t one of the dudes who took my money,” I tell Mr. Shephard. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

When Lourdes returns home in the middle of the night, gangsters come up and ask for money. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Then she went, We didn’t have enough money. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite their desperate hopes that the money would help them forget you, they soon understood no amount of riches could fill the hole you’d left in their lives. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was plenty of money to be made among the demons, but it was also dangerous. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We could try borrowing money from our families.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But maybe the money is just part of me. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Her husband saved up his horseshoeing money and bought her freedom right after they were married. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m starved; but don’t share your lunch. I have some money, just tell me which road takes you toward Delhi.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put in the shoebox with her money, the bus schedule and her map of Maryland. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

They ended up with a great meal, a satisfied audience, and more money than they started with. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The government can give grandparents money for food and health. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Jiichan was carrying the passports in a money belt at his waist. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Papa said he would ready a shipment of clothing, money, and other necessaries and send it along just as soon as he could. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

I fished the emergency money Dad had given me from my pocket, figuring that a little extortion was a small price to pay to find the woman I’d crossed the Atlantic to meet. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

My brother said recently on the phone that if he makes it to the pros, I don’t have to worry about my college money at all. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Though sugarcane gave them a run for their money, peanuts were quickly becoming his favorite food. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“What if social services finds out about us? Can we stay here if Papi isn’t here? Do we have enough money? Who’s going to take care of us?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Felix had been so mad about the money and the lawyers. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Why do you not pay for it with your own money if you want it?” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to help him but didn’t have any money or food on me. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He needed more money; if he did not get more than he had now he would not know what to do with himself for the rest of the day. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

About Sir Fig Newton’s diabetes diagnosis, having less than a week to raise enough money for his treatment, and my live interview with Ms. Campbell the next day. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The landlord keeps on calling me and asking me if I have the money for rent. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I need having the secret more than I need the money,” I told him. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So she sent you over here to ask for the money?” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

I neglected my business, spent more money than I earned, wrote bad checks, and in the end became a thief. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you find, your baachan cook and you have first bite. Worth many money. Nothing else taste same. Ah, I should not say, since I never eat. But I have many imagination.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“And money. I bet you haven’t—well, how could you have any money? How are you going to get around and eat and so on?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom took it back to the store and got her money back. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Soon, I’m out in that sunshine, with bus money in my pocket, responsible for no one but myself for four whole hours. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Sí, and I will get another dress. But first we will send more money to Mamá.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I reach the rest of the way in and pull my money out. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He must have some money, anyone driving a car like this would have to be rich or at least know somebody who was rich. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

On hearing such refusals, the traders offered Antain more and more money for his handiwork. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

As soon as he could get the money together, he planned to build a pipeline to bring water down from the mountain, and after that he’d install solar panels all over the farm. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want your money,” she snapped, slapping it away. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I say: "We're not asking for money. We're not asking for anything but permission to remove an eyesore and transform a communal place. It would be an improvement." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Could Adam be getting ready to borrow money? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

"He took us for a ride. Either he gives me the money, real money this time, or he lets me take a ride on the merry-go-round. It’s on that island, I'm sure it is." The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Did that money come from the treasury of the Communist Party?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

All his money went into a tin walrus in his bedroom. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The neighbor women were right in what they had said about Papá’s death at sea saving them money. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

The camp store loaned me one hundred dollars in mortal money and twenty golden drachmas. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Not always. That’s the...beauty of it. If the stock you buy goes down, you lose money.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

“We’re not making money off of people’s misfortunes,” my father is constantly reminding himself, and us. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

That’s how it worked—you paid the driver a little money, but you also had to help out with the cows. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Say the thief had offered lots of money, promised that the cause was honorable, and—last but not least—threatened their life if they showed the letter to anyone else. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I took the letter and the money order out and gave her the letter. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It seems, with mere hours left in the challenge, the court case was conveniently dismissed, and you were free to spend the money again. The timing felt motivated.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If they took most of your money,” she asked, “then how’d you get a bus ticket?” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I don’t know about big, but that money was sure gone fast. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“No hopes of that. I’d rather have the cash. Do you want the money or not?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Old enough to carry some money to the man,” Peewee said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He planned to cut off her ears and her nose with his pocketknife and get his money back. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The store guy looked at us a little funny when I laid the money out on the counter. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry didn’t know where to run first now that he had a bag full of money. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“That’s an awful lot of money,” she said in all honesty. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They’re already discussing it in Washington! It would cost less money to close down Key West and move its citizens somewhere else than to try to save it.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

After open gym, it was officially the weekend and time for spending serious money. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

As in cultural and philanthropic institutions from San Francisco to New York City, the old money has made room at the table for the new money to replenish the coffers. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Part of coming from old money, apparently, was having old-person habits, those gross, adult needs and desperate palliatives. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Would a real genius have given away every cent of our money like that?” said Enoch. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

And they had not lost money before the war because they had not owned much that they had needed to sell. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But Kaz had spent his own money to have the Slat’s drafts shorn up and its walls insulated. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Sam explain how much money each one cost. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Times when the money ran out, I left writing for temporary jobs. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back around the end of the World War and in the 1920s, players would quit baseball to make more money. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stuffed the money in her pocket, went to the closet, and found the hanger full of Melvin’s madness. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“You needn’t holler so. I don’t mind taking money from my sister.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The entire black community where he was born had raised the money for his tuition. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Aim so the money doesn’t get gooey,” the .357 magnum advised. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she was back working in the factory or cleaning apartments, she gave me money for lunch. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I wanted to throw it away—give it to the next old crone I saw—anything to gain my relief; but the money belonged to Sacrabani, not to me. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any- one who has been without money for a long time will know what I’m talking about. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There were more desperate armed men here, roaming the beach and robbing anyone carrying money or gold, even food, as they tried to escape. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I don’t blame Fred and George for trying to make some extra money. Wish I could. Wish I had a niffler.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Always. He’s amusing; I liked him; I felt a little sorry for him. What was it to me, to lend him money for his schoolbooks and know he wouldn’t pay it back?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

My brother replies by asking them for money. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Some miners, desperate to make some money, tried to enter to work on the hoot-owl shift, but were chased away by union picketers. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Ocean told me he didn’t need a scholarship. He said that you had money set aside for him, for college.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

They would even stand outside the girls’ room first thing every morning and make the little girls give them their milk money before they’d let them go to the bathroom. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

There was no way he could come up with that much money. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“I just wanted to tell you we’re still sending the money. It’s just gonna be a little later than I said.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I spend all the money on you for food and whatnots.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

So there was no money, and he seemed paralyzed in his efforts to make anything for Leslie. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Even before he took off his jacket, he’d count his money. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stands outside for hours with that sign, hoping people will give her some money to feed her children. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I had to get a job and earn money. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elihue, not knowing where to look, was thrown back on his own devices, and “found” himself quite unable to earn money. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We didn’t do good, so they took money from us.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I knew from Trigonometry and Tears that it was called a Mercedes, and it cost a lot of money. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“Why should I shell out money”—Dad tossed the magazine on the floor—“for a pile of rocks?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Tucked inside Mate’s prayerbook, I put some money and our note. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would have been different with Graham—he’d made more than enough money for the both of them. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to do that, but I didn’t have money for track shoes or sweats, and I was ashamed to admit it. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

When the shower of gold stopped, at the very moment Mo closed the book, Meggie saw there was a little sand among all the gleaming, glittering money. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Felix had wasted most of the evening playing with his phone and the rest of the time stressing over money. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“So, Mama,” he said, “why don’t you let me put some money into fixin’ up this place? As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Before daybreak next morning he got out his biggest handkerchief and in it he placed his toothbrush, his money, his soap, his comb and brush, a clean suit of underwear, and his pocket compass. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Did you give Mr. Alsole your half of the money today, like you said you would?” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She turned and added, "When you two grow up, I really hope you become more than horse and jockey, because people lose a lot of money betting on horse races." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Shin did not have the awareness, the money, or the contacts to use smuggling networks, and he certainly did not have anyone outside the country to engage professionals on his behalf. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

People traded us or paid money for her medical remedies. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Daddy had given me money for no reason. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“So if you had the money, would you pay fifty-five dollars for a ticket?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

This coyote took all their money and then abandoned the entire group of mojados while they walked through the desert. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Then Crab pulled a wad of money out of his front pocket. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The money from today is gonna take me to seventy-four dollars! Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“Broke with money but rich with words,” he counters immediately. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

"But finding a lawyer to help when you don't have enough money to pay them isn't easy." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“I have already found my treasure. I have a camel, I have my money from the crystal shop, and I have fifty gold pieces. In my own country, I would be a rich man.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She resented the old friends who drank muscatel at the taverns late into the night and hit her up for money. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The square is full of people sleeping in the open after handing over all their gold and money to the Turk. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re more than two dollars good for me. Keep the money.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But the money was safely in her account. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

All that has kept disaster away has been Maria Isabel’s oldest sister, who sends money from Texas, where she lives. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Exactly!'' Victor gathered the money from the floor and stuffed it back into the bag. “And that's what we should be working on right now. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We don’t need a car. We could go to Panamá ten times with that money.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

But he doesn’t have any money for a valentine, so he decides to give Harriet his locket that is heart-shaped like the valentines in the store windows. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You’d be amazed what people will do when money’s involved,” he said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He felt lucky that she didn’t expect him to make wads of money, but he was concerned about their finances all the same. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The forfeited money upset her more than the murder of her uncle, if he was her uncle. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no money to win in this rodeo, and nothing to lose, either, since a contestant paid no entry fee. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Read once in a book about how some kids earned money baby-sitting. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad tells him we’re stranded there at the bus station, we have no money and no place to stay and the children are hungry. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

They presented him with a wallet bulging with traveling money, a train ticket, new clothes, a shaving kit, and a suitcase emblazoned with the words torrance tornado. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

I pull a few bills from my wallet, dig some coins out of my pocket, and place my money on the counter. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“There’s a good chance it may never be published,” I tell each individually, “and even if it is, there will be very little money from it.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“You don’t need to pay me money. A lamb will do.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would still have some money, so she wouldn’t be dependent. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually they sold almost everything they owned and used the money to buy plane tickets to somewhere else, somewhere better, which to them had always meant the United States. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Once I even saw a clerk take a handkerchief from his pocket and use it to pick up her money. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They were stealing money and goods from the gas station, and they were operating in numbers that seemed designed to intimidate anyone, like Zeitoun, who might see them or try to impede them. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“We took the drowned man’s money,” she admitted quietly. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Soon he’s on his way back to us, money in hand. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I stop at a currency stall to exchange a huge chunk of my money for notes. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I don't criticize how he spends his money. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The town was over a hundred miles away, and since the harvest had been a poor one and Selvam was earning very little we had not the money to go by rail. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the cashier gave her the money, Mom went into a corner of the bank and stuffed it into a sock she’d safety-pinned to her bra. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“No. It’s only good if we’re selling. And we ain’t. All it means for us is that the Government thinks they can get more money out of us.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

He said he had saved his money for months to pay for it. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you think your money or hers either paid for a cent of this?” she says. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Starvation stared us in the face; there was no money for police bribes, no diapers or baby food for the infant. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Months later, Ruth hid money beneath the mattresses, in Mason jars, in the ice box, in the backyard. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Roberto then handed Papa the money he had earned that day. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Bunny, I knew, had been hitting him hard for money in the past weeks, but though Henry complained about this he seemed oddly incapable of refusing him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Some of Cobbett’s personal possessions were sold, and Rush donated the money to charity. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

He was probably drinking my milk can money. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve been saving the money I make from my snack dealing. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Kvothe, I can tell that this is important to you, but the numbers just don’t add. You’re not good for that much money. You’re barely good for the four talents you owe me.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“With money down?” said Wemmick, in a tone drier than any sawdust. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The order in which John liked things in the world was supposed to be magic, sex, money, fun, and love. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I said, “Why would you lie about something like that? Why wouldn’t you just tell him that he has no money for college?” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then Alexander VI came to power, and he, more than any of the popes who ever reigned, demonstrated how well a pope could succeed with money and his own troops. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

The money flowed from private donors and from government grants, the latter partially the result of contributions by Berkeley chemists and engineers to the American war effort. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He also hoped to precede the rest of the cavalry and stake the first claim to the reward money. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Bonger is an insurance broker with enough money to send seven children to private school. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“We have income now. All we have to do is take a bath whenever we need money.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

So the answer to the original question—if drug dealers make so much money, why are they still living with their mothers?—is that, except for the top cats, they don’t make much money. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

With many of my new American friends helping me, I raised enough money to open a medical clinic in Duk County, where I grew up. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man said he was returning from a failed attempt to find work; he had no food, no money, and no winter coat. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The average black worker made about half as much money as the average white. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I hate handing over money to people for doing what I could just as easily do myself, it makes me nervous. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I realize that my humble home isn’t as fancy as the Baudelaire mansion,” Count Olaf said, “but perhaps with a bit of your money we could fix it up a little nicer.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“But you sell your papers for money,” I said with logic. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told him three mains would be enough, but he winked and said money was not a problem. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He was always touchy about the fact that Harry, who had inherited a small fortune from his parents, had much more money than he did. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

They were fed and sheltered and questioned kindly by good people there—then given a little money and a lot of advice and sent back home. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That was an awesome wedding. If everyone hadn’t gotten so worked up about money, it would’ve been the wedding of the decade.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Assumption, as Madison came to regard it, was not primarily about money. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Just trying to sleep. If he had any money, he’d be inside.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mam herself could get a job in an English factory making bombs or something and God knows we wouldn’t know ourselves with the money pouring in. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“We need the money, Moose. If I get students, I have to take them....Can’t you play baseball here?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like, nobody was leaving until he got his money. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The next quarter of the sweater money I turn into something good, like chicken or cheese or, one memorable day, five jars of pickles. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

That’s for people with money, like the folks who work at the Prudential building. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He specified that the only patients to be charged were those who could easily afford it, and that any money they brought in should then be spent treating those without money. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

"Well, this would interest you. It wouldn't take up much of your time and you might pick up a nice bit of money. It happens to be a rather confidential sort of thing." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Barons were pulling teeth out of Jews to get their money, or roasting bishops who contradicted them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard he had cops working for him and everything. He pulled in big money.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Following this cold wind, which kept blowing through the Indian summer of 1932,1 sail down the basement stairs to find my grandfather, one morning, counting money. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They had sent their own people to the gas chambers for money. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Then the guardian falsely informed the woman, who had moved from Osage County, that she had no more money to draw on, leaving her to raise her two young children in poverty. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He pays with the last of his own money, careful not to call it pisto, as they do back home. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Who’s alive, who died since I been gone? How much money did the Zopilote make off my brothers and sisters since 1 went away?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Support” came in the payment by members of a fee, “stockvel money,” to the host; and in return, they would be given free liquor and “stockvel plates”—dishes of chicken, rice and vegetables. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a prison yard selling pastries to help raise money for a little girl who had donated a kidney. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

College cost a great deal less back then, and we were able to earn a substantial portion of the money for tuition ourselves, an impossibility now. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

In a small voice the girl said, “I need my money.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Squaring her thin shoulders and holding the money tightly, Lupita ran down the wharf after Salvador. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

If a man or woman wasn’t making money, there wasn’t much reason to stay. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The money, in the form of a five-year grant, would be funneled through Harvard Medical School. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

A soul with no money to pay for passage was doomed to walk the earth as a lost spirit for all eternity. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The major chemical companies are pouring money into the universities to support research on insecticides. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“She got the money when she was still in high school?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, I broke your window. I should pay. And I can pay. I get money from helping people. Or maybe I can do something for you. I’m a good worker. I like work.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Inside them, she hid all the money and valuables we had left. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

But while he paints, capturing the beauty of nature on the canvas, trying to give to the world what he once wanted to give through preaching, he worries about Theo's money. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Why should it matter in the least that he was sitting right there in the room while she robbed him of money he was too old to remember having? The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

To save money, Helen rented a Western-style, white gown with a matching veil. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

No money changed hands, so it wasn’t really a hustle. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was really what having money could do. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Robbed? Why are you worried about that? It's mostly my money,” Jamie told her. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I do want to be a teacher,” I said, “but my parents won’t like the idea of borrowing money.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

She shopped for everything a woman could wear from the skin out, with the money from Reba’s diamond. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

If a shoemaker’s shoes were not bringing in enough money, he could make better ones — or cheaper ones — or bellow out the virtues of his shoes in a louder voice. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Even though I still hadn’t raised enough money, my discouragement melted away. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

When prodded he will say that he worked hard for his money and that others can do the same. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Aw, I don’t know. They all the same. They wanted to get elected to office. They wanted money, like everybody else. Mr. Max, it’s a game and they play it.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

When asked by a reporter where the money that should have been spent for the parks was going, the commissioner replied that most of it was going towards increased security for the Metropolitan Museum. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger thought quickly; that meant that Mr. Dalton was going to pay the money and was not going to call in the police. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He asked if I was going to the Lyric and I said I was trying.Trying? he said.You don’t have money? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“At the end of thirty days, everything purchased with this money will be repossessed.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was the one people went to when a baby was born or when someone in the community died or when a couple wanted to get married or when someone needed food or money. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Part of him feels bad that she makes more money than he does. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When I’d become aware of my state of mind, I would be frightened and snap back with a healthy smile and a hearty handshake. Such is the effect of the sweet smell of money.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I won, the money could go into my college fund.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I bet her outfit cost more than our car, but I don’t think she’s the kind of person to show off about her money or make you feel bad for being poor. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

While Dad liked it that Mom was bringing home a paycheck, he saw himself as the head of the household, and he maintained that the money should be turned over to him. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But if I were Januka, with a job and some money, no sister, and a place of my own, I might think this was a nice surprise. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“We don’t have enough money to even consider moving house, but we do have enough money for a holiday in Mauritius or Bali?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny had no money to buy such things. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t saving any money, the way I figured I would when I first got into the army, but I figured that might come later if I made sergeant. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was the street money, certainly, but that was nothing out of the ordinary. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hate to split up the money, but if it means a higher price for a fresh fish, it’d be worth it, right? The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The mother rustled off and returned with money and a package. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

His mother always cried poor, but she put a lot of thought and as much money as she could scrape together into making sure she wouldn’t be embarrassed by how her family looked. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

She was very careful with it and usually had money left over to give her mother. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saves money, he saves disfigured sticks that resemble disfigured celebrities, and, most of all, he saves food. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Should I ask for more or less money now that I’m here?” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not that he could not make money, but that he would not save it. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Oh! So you’re borrowing money. Another poor practice to teach your son.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

He took from his girdle a small greasy pouch of grey cloth and counted the money in it. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

She was so close now to having the money she needed, and when she did, she would surprise Diana by signing the petition. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“That was what, almost ten years ago? If there really was a pile of money hidden around the city, I’m sure someone would have found it by now.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I see. Suppose Abelman’s lawyer gets the money out of us.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw an article that talked about special classes in the new school that had just been built in New London with tax money from the oil companies. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

To get a job in Gringolandia to help out with money. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s your legal right. His cattle ruined your crop. He owes you the money for it.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the Pepettes spent as much as $100 of their own money to make an individual sign, decorating it with twinkling lights and other attention-getting devices. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t get it. I offer my best friend an opportunity to double his money, and he won’t even listen to my idea.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

As he got up, he put that money in the apron too. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s me and the Biscuit, for the big money.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And like I’ve always said, that will be the day that everyone in the world decides to use copper and not gold for money,” Uncle said. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You got a vault down there? Like, full of money?” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

My mother would say how sorry she was that there was not money enough to get braces to straighten my teeth. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said the ticket price was a waste of her hard-earned money. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Fiona tucked the money into her purse and asked no more questions. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“I told you. To see my sister. To get the money she was holding for me.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dates are not just named, they are also, like money, decreed. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They were talking about a move as soon as there was enough money. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each person was given $4,000, which they hid in their money belts. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes we use money to get along,” she used to tell me, “but that doesn’t mean we have to become its slave.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

They brought him money, novels, a bag of clothes. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It didn't mean she was special, just because her parents had lots of money. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Only the biggest, baddest operator in all of Ketterdam. He has money we don’t have, connections we don’t have, and probably a head start.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

This time we bought two cups apiece, spending the last of our money. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“We have half the money,” I told them. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

This time there was no money for a funeral in Varanasi. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was full of money--that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals' song of it. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I must have used that kind of money myself, a little, before everything went on the Compubank. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fingering what was left of our money, I wondered how long it would last us. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I watched him steal money from my mother’s purse and sell our belongings for drugs. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Requests for money for wildlife- insecticide research were included in annual budgets submitted to the Illinois legislature by the Natural History Survey, but were invariably among the first items to be eliminated. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

For the first time in the show’s history, there is no money for performers. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

And they wanted to steal my candy and the money. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The people knew that they should do this, but they were unwilling to give money to people whom they did not know. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Uhmma pats her cheek nervously and says, Gomo will borrow the money if we would like to go back with him. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

It was going to cost me a lot of money to call all the raises. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hopkins never sought, nor realized, any money from the development, distribution or use of the HeLa cell cultures. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I walked to the back door, trying to remember how much money was in the tin box hidden under my bed. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“You got all de money out de dresser drawer, already?” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, Granny, I know. Oh dang, think I forgot my wallet at home. You got any money?” Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Thirty-four dollars. All artificial, so it will last forever. You can pay me later. Janice and Matthew also chip in some. You have money?” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holmes could not claim the money himself, for by now Cowie knew him. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“If you paid more attention to yours, you wouldn’t have to blackmail younger kids for pocket money.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“He broke my jar and stole my money.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“I can ask for money and say I’m hungry?” said Mini. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

If these checks were bouncing, it meant the money in the Student Activities Fund was gone! Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

What are people to do if they have no money? The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

In any township in South Africa, if you had a bit of money, people would say, “Oh, you’re a cheese boy.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

"He will get a job sooner if you stop giving him your money. Be firm, Master-ji." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the greatest paradox concerned his feelings about money. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would want me to have the best of care at first, so they would sink all their money in a private hospital like Doctor Gordon's. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

It comforted me even more than the money. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Which meant that Richie had accidentally left money in his pants. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

But six hundred dollars is a lot of money. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

One man had money sticking out from under his cap. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mother never had enough money for toys. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I need money to survive, right? I’m not out here tryin’ to starve to death.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The Angolans told him how things had “gone up,” or were more “tough,” opaque words that were supposed to explain each new request for more money. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Do you remember when some of your money went missing?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“But we’ve paid a fair price already. He’s getting paid good money,” the husband said. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m saying that I found it, and I am gonna get half the money.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Eventually she made him open a separate checking account for the lab, and kept him away from their personal money as much as she could. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I know I can’t depend on just the candy money, though. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Before they emptied out, the inner cities were swarming with desperation-hungry bellies, pinched guts, lousy scalps, dirty necks, and the people who made money off of it all. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Five thousand dollars is a mighty big chunk of money. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Whites who came at night got a better reception; the several Harlem nightclybs they patronized were geared to entertain and jive the night white crowd to get their money. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dries tries to get some money for their venture, too, and fails. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

After the Haitian earthquake, hopes of quickly rebuilding the country were frustrated by a lack of control over money. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she invited ladies from church over who played along, ordering coffee and leaving money on the kitchen counter. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Do you need help? With money? Do you need to find work? I could help you find work that pays, so you would not need to go into the ghetto anymore.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“What? You back on that stuff? Wasting my money on drugs?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I loaded my stuff into it and drove it to Utah, figuring the car would just about make up for the money Dad owed me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She wrote a letter, put it in an envelope along with some money, and handed it to Dr. Church, a member of the Committee of Correspondence. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But the question is this: whose money is she spending?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

While the money wasn't as much as we would have liked, it did allow Walter to restart his logging business. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

With the furnishing of the house, in addition to his usual painting supplies, Vincent keeps needing more money. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

But it seemed most days we barely had enough money to pay the rent, let alone fly to Paradise. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

None of us cared about money, as long as we had food and fuel and boots in the winter. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He’ll let us have money to take the bus back into the city. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“But this time, not only the fields were destroyed, but the warehouses down by the docks in Eames. This is going to be big money, and I intend to go in heavy.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I raised money last night, but then some guys attacked me and stole it.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The practice actually saved the school money by decreasing the garbage-disposal expenses. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Fermin slowly unties the red ribbon, lifting the folds of the heavy paper until they petal out to show the bright color of the neatly stacked money. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother kept the actual money hidden from my father as well. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I don’t think he noticed; he just wanted to get to Conakry, and it seemed money wasn’t a problem for him. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But with crack, there was real money to be made. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The governor scooped up the money and pledged his full co-operation together with all the extensive resources of government at his disposal —and he loaned them two Land Rovers. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, why not stay? You can send her money,” he suggested. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Similarly, in Louisiana, journalists reported that Louisiana police engaged in massive pretextual stops in an effort to seize cash, with the money diverted to police department ski trips and other unauthorized uses. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Dad says you can go to community college for two years and then transfer, which saves a lot of money in the end. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had been the one, forty years before, who gave Papa the money he needed to leave Japan and sail to the Hawaiian Islands. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has four stripes on his uniform, which means he makes good money. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

To win the Cherokees to their side, British authorities provided weaponry and money, while separatist representatives threatened the towns with complete destruction if they did not remain neutral. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

But what if all the money I’d raised ran out and Fig still wasn’t better? Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Obviously, Washington’s spies liked to be paid in money that jingled. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eggs bring in more money than anything else Joel sells. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She saved most of the money she earned, hoarding the tips she was given. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right now there was something more important—fifty dollars— a fabulous sum—a fortune—far more money than I had ever seen. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, how cool would it be to make money from my art? Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I never knew who picked up the betting money for the slips that I handled. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

His family’s finances have been stressed in recent years, and both his parents quit smoking in order to save money. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mr. Martinez wasn’t sympathetic, not when it came to money, not when it came to giving something away for free. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She asked for help from passersby and swept the streets and washed clothes in exchange for money, but one tragic evening, in a pool of moonlight, her mother died in her arms. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you just pay her some money to let you spend the rest of the day with her ?” Yossarian advised. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

We have enough money to get ourselves out of here, but what good is that with nowhere to go? Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

A promotion should have meant more money and prestige, not less. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He hadn't gone to the store, and he didn't have any money anyway. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

“If they won’t treat her because I have no money, then I’ll just stay there at the clinic until she dies,” she declared. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stayed in the room two whole days then she woke up to find Who Flung and her money gone. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He repeated again in his soft, persuasive voice, “Big money.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not just about the perpetual problem of finding money but about the whole crew business. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“When we have the money, Natalie,” she sighed, and closed her eyes, and I wanted to shake her and say, Stay awake! The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Looks up to his brother who knows money and power, watching his back every single hour. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It all comes tumbling back into his head then: contraband and G’ma acting weird and piles of money behind the TV. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Then the money would be gone and the refrigerator would be empty again. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Experts on both sides of the debate worry that compensating patients would lead to profit-seekers inhibiting science by insisting on unrealistic financial agreements or demanding money for tissues used in noncommercial or nonprofit research. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Work hard, see results had always been their formula, so I was happy to report that they hadn’t wasted their time or money on me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

If some Crown hadn’t killed my dad, he’d be a big rap star and money wouldn’t be an issue. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“It was my distinct understanding that those two had piles of money. Piles of it. Collectors pay a lot of money for those little carvings they make.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

And after we got out, put all the tools away, my gramps’s friend came and gave us more money. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Me neither. All I know is he moves money around.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I know English, I can read, and I have money,” I say as I walk down the front steps of the school. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Long ago, somehow, some committee of scientists, prodded by footsore wives, found enough money to cover it with a layer of sand. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s say there’s a new monster. Something...something that doesn’t want your money or treasures. It doesn’t want to eat your children or dreams. No.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The pastry man caught the money and hurried to deliver the sweets. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

He was saving money from his book royalties, tournament winnings, and exhibitions, and he informed his mother that he was doing “real well financially.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He drew forth the roll of bills, peeled off one for himself, and held out the rest of the money toward her. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I answered that it was because I didn’t have the money to have her looked after and cared for. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

They shoved my father up against the wall and demanded to know where we kept our money and jewels. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Making kids hand over their pocket money. Stuff like that.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

But replace the word money in that sentence with tissue, and you’ve got precisely the logic many people use to argue against giving donors any control over their tissues.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the clerk thought we had no money because we were teenagers. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

One day in early February, McCandless announced that he was splitting for San Diego to earn more money for his Alaska trip. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One of my library commissions has been postponed—you know how libraries are always short of money.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I have to—here or somewhere else. I told you. I have to have the money.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had money for us that he claimed was owed to my father, though this is doubtful. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was easy, ’cause in the ’hood, for the price of a backpack, you can get a gun, a couple of rounds, and probably even have some money left over. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Usually, in this kind of fund, a lot of investors pool their money and perhaps buy a baseball team, or help to build a stadium. But it didn’t turn out that way.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Toño will send him money when I am safe in the United States. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Because we don’t have enough money. Each ticket is two forty-five. That makes nine dollars and eighty cents all together and we’ve only got seven dollars.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sell this land, sell that house, collect the money, and run away like a mouse. Go back to America, spend the money on a family vacation to Mex­ico.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Even clinics charge something unless you make no money at all and I’m not quitting my job just so I can see a counselor. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want my money back,” he tells her. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

As always, I was adept enough with white kids not to get bullied by them, but the white kids were always going shopping, going to the movies, going on trips—things that required money. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

We sure appreciate the money you been sending but with her cough getting worse I may need a little something extra to get her to the doctor if you have it to spare. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

After her father moved away over the summer, her mother explained that they didn’t have the money to send her to the school she’d gone to since kindergarten and she would have to switch. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

At first they refused, not because of the time and effort it would take to get Caroline to the mainland every Saturday, but because there was no money. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

For another sum of money, this girl gave me a form filled out with English words. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nora grins as she folds up the money and stuffs it into her jeans pocket. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Saved up some money—round three hundred dollars, yes indeed, right here in his pocket. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

It still makes money because, people or no people, the corn keeps coming, more of it every year. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I was spending more money getting to work than I earned working.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

When we wanted money, we walked along the roadside picking up beer cans and bottles that we redeemed for two cents each. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dad held back at first and lost some money to Robbie, then started upping the stakes and beating him. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s gift money given to students with excellent grades to attend college.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He could live on the money while he wrote his next book. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I’m out like a flash, up to the ticket counter with the money I’ve saved. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles Parker did not know much about the American language—but he understood the American dollar very well, and he had used his money and influence to admit his cousin to the asylum without delay. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“More money than you’ve ever seen. The kind of money that could make a woman change her mind about anything.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He detailed the production of various bombs, as well as the solicitation of money abroad. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man was shaking a gold-toned watch: it had stopped working and he wanted his money back. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My father isn’t a Hasid or anything. He just gives them some money a couple times a year.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

After making the monthly payment on his loan, paying his few employees, and sending off the tax money to the government, there was no more to live on than before. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

When I say “ton of money,” Sneaky starts listening. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s all fandom stuff. I don’t make money off of it.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Juana, considering the matter, threw caution to the winds, and she dressed Coyotito in the clothes she had prepared for his baptism, when there would be money for his baptism. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

She woke up every day worrying about money. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I guess money sounds too much like ... money. paradigm. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A person should write for the love of language, not for financial gain. Your writing can be compared to a cake. The money is simply the icing.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I felt bad that Bertha had spent money to buy another lunch box for me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

If you always spent money in that way, no one would blame you,” said Jo warmly. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad suggested that we raise money from the performances to help educate kids from our tribe who had survived the massacre, and so we did. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I told my father I wanted to spend some of the money I’d received helping people who needed it. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Being a middle-class family means that we have a lot more money and possessions than many others do. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I worked up a budget and calculated that we could indeed squeak by if I made extra money babysitting. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It also provided Etta with enough money to get by on, if she was mindful of her pennies. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“But better late than never. We can move the money to a Flyers Account this afternoon.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu was about to sign a lease—if saving money meant living with mice, then so be it—when Ginika’s friend told them of a room for rent, a great deal, as college life went. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Not for a moment did I love the lies or the money. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The neighborhood boys kept themselves in pocket money by climbing the poles to replace a washline when it slipped off a pulley. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not giving it to you to be nice. You got the dog back, so I’m giving you the money. I just don’t want to owe you anything.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“You keep that up in Boston, you won’t have any money left,” I said. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

So he'd had to borrow money from his relatives to buy a train ticket from the seaport town of Stettin to the bustling big city of Berlin. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Some nights she played pinochle for money or ran a poker game at Mother Smith’s or stopped at Slim’s for a few drinks. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

One month she had paid in full and then hadn’t had enough money for groceries and electricity: what a thing, to choose between hunger and darkness. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Even though she had a lot of money, she was just ignorant. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The money that she earned was hers—all of it, to spend as she pleased or to save. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Always keep your money in your front pocket, never in your back pocket. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Their father refused to spend that kind of money on sneakers. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Now then, as promised, we should discuss putting together a small group of backers to invest seed money in your show.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, and you won’t keep money like that if you keep , treating me to food!” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“So you sit out the year, save money, and start next year. It can be done, and done independently of your parents.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“I’ve told you times without number that I will not lend you money.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

But month after month, the money would disappear before the next paycheck arrived, and once more I’d find myself rooting in the garbage at school for food. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Best not to speak of it,” I said, feeling cautiously for the money in my waistband, the coins hard and comforting to my touch. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I normally did not give to African beggars, I felt the urge to give this woman money. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had not doubled their money or even come close, and they did not own the Islander outright. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

You could take a kid’s lunch or even his lunch money and nothing usually happened because most kids wanted peace at any price. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she said she hadn't spent the money, he might want it back. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He was forty-six years old and still trying to find himself, still trying to prove he didn’t need my mother’s money. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Still and all, he got better terms at the store than most, on account of my daddy, and Papa helped out some with cash money. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Escaping the pull of a town like Calypso requires much higher Velocity but is easier with money and a car. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Pop pulls two bucks from his shirt pocket, holds the money out to me, and says, “Buy Erin some flowers, will ya? Tell her I’m looking forward to the next game of War.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’ll take the money for him. But if he’s dead or can’t be found, to whom shall I return it?” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

AC was the one luxury she didn’t mind spending money on. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Mr. Wallace, he’s so flustered he just digs in his money drawer and gives Judd change for a twenty, and afterward I thought what did Andrew Jackson have to do with it? Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To get somewhere,” said Grover, “a man has to understand his assets and his liabilities. You, for instance, prefer not to lose this money.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The friend who had pretended to be ill buried his share of the money in a tin box. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

But the rest of the sweater money I hoard. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Not all of it. He only got one bottle, and he still got a fist fulla money.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Lord in his wisdom gave money to very curious people, perhaps because they’d starve without. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a waste of money. The only people who call are bill collectors anyway.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

More slaves led to more cotton, which led to more money to buy more land to farm more cotton. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Dallas stared at the money, smoothing it and rearranging it and holding it up to the light. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Now you have to understand that twenty pennies might be a good bit of money for some little ragamuffin troupe living hand-to-mouth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Now, you know. You got to help me. You in it as deep as me! You done spent some of the money. ...” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was a great athlete, had perfect grades, came from money. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Here’s the money for the fortnight and give me the paper or keep it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He heard the chink of money, which meant that she was going to send him to the store. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Ultimately, Duke beat out NYU and Columbia as my top choice because Duke offered me the most money in academic scholarship funding and they recruited me to be on their fencing team. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

My parents talked about the money needed for a doctor’s visit. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Now enough of the stalling. You have money.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you serious? I didn’t take the stupid money!” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

What if I spend that money and then she dies anyway? Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

A roll of money wrapped in an elastic band. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He went to withdraw money from his savings account, in order to continue his steady assault on all nine hundred and ninety-nine possible permutations of a three-digit variable. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

For example, many of Durham’s black business leaders donated money to support the movement, but they would never participate in a march or walk a picket line. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“That money is for—” and before I knew it, they were singing the Jackson Five’s “The Love You Save” but they changed the words so it was all about saving money for Madison Square Garden. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I try not to think about what “administrative matters” might be, because it’s clearly about money. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

She puts the money for the berries in my hand. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

My papers, my money and food—from the coyotes, but paid for with Toño’s hard-earned money—I keep on the window side of me so that nobody can just ease close and grab them. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We can buy our own groceries, Mother. We have money.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She counts out the money she has managed to save for emergencies. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Oil promised money through work on drilling rigs and frac crews and acidizing units, and it meant people were willing to live here whatever the deprivation. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All my children are precious. I don’t favor one over the other. I would stay behind in a heartbeat to let them go if we didn’t have money for all of us.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Before we left for the Center in the morning, I asked Cecile for food money for tonight’s dinner. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice sharp, Lupita scolded, “Salvador, she will need money to live on even after she pays the moneylender.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He would have taken her, I believe, had there been any money at all. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth thought that she must once have been very rich, and had lost her money; and she felt for her, as one fallen woman for another, a certain kinship. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

It needed a new muffler that Pa said he didn’t have money to fix. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Of course, once Blanca knew who owned the building, and how he got the money to buy and fix it up, she’d want to move out. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I think he’s taken some money from his company. He doesn’t know whether his partners are going to put him in jail or let him try to pay it back.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

One of the daughters touches nothing, and clutches her money to her breast. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A friend of a friend, a cool AB with tons of money, is writing a book called Traveling While Black. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He laughed at jokes, shook hands, smiled, and whisked coins off the bar as if he truly needed the money. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was making good money, living in a big Victorian house, and it looked as if he’d found his castle at last. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here's the real story of how I got the money for Prim's goat, Lady. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He and Ginny waited out front for X-Ray to bring the money from the ticket sales. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

And here I've been congratulating myself for refusing a job, I thought, when I don't even know how much money I owe her. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was bad enough I had to get mixed up with Bodega just so we could have a better place to live, a cheaper place, and save some money, too. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

In the beginning, Feldman left behind an open basket for the cash, but too often the money vanished. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He borrows money from Gorlitz to go back and see him. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He told me that the guys had wanted to rob him and had started the fight when they found out he didn’t have any money. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The men spread the jam on the bread and drank their wine, discussing politics and war and armies over the stacks of money on my master’s desk. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet the devilry is in the details, and as I delved deeper, I discovered that the money in dispute was connected to another victim of the Reign of Terror, George Bigheart. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Now, upon reflection, I suspect that he did not have moneys sufficient to dress as he wished, and so settled for being but half-dandified. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The government poured money into Turner Station, which began filling with one- and two-story housing projects, many of them pressed side by side and back-to-back, some with four to five hundred units. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“No, I can’t, because it’s too risky to fly. Better to stay on the ground and do something you know you can make money at.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ell give some money to my mom to pay bills and stuff, and so she can go back to school.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s money to be made here by a man with the know-how,’’ he said. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are big doings at the schoolhouse this weekend: a dance to raise money for the Liberty Bonds. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Other kids probably don’t even think about money. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Our money was gone, and we weren’t any richer, except for the raincoat and bananas and bag of beads that Teashop Aunty had given us. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Some thought he was money hungry, but others guessed that Joe didn’t like to be still or thought of as lazy. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only his money eyes are not dark as night. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

We talked some more, and I decided to send her some money. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

People was laying down money for a cockfight that was about to start. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your parents are spending all their money on you. I hope you’re grateful to them for giving you this chance at a new life.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

At the moment, however, this money was nowhere near sufficient to permit the family to live on the interest payments. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But he sends us money and goods every six months.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Noticing that we were idle, a couple of Siriono kids tried to persuade Newell and me to look at a young jaguar in a pen, and to give them money for this thrill. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It’s the kind of place I’d actually pay money to come and just people watch, back home. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Anthony borrowed money from friends and family, spent all of her savings, and raised subscription rates, but the newspaper still ended up $10,000 in debt, an amount equal to about $175,000 today. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He takes the farm money to the pub and drinks it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Other bills clipped, bills taped, money falling out to the floor. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She fingered the money and, looking back and forth from the coin to her son-in-law, shook her head and laughed. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, I won’t go to school like this! I’m not asking you for money or to do anything. I only want to work!” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing under the flagstones but dirt, and a nest of dead money spiders. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The only stores we go into are for skinny girls, so I’m glad I don’t have any money to buy anything. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Words like money and expedite, and Byrd back home. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He placed the money in envelopes and carefully repacked it into his newly purchased briefcase. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“Just do zakat, give the money to someone in need, okay? No sheep kill­ing.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The rebels had run out of ammunition, soldiers, and money. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except for the forty dollars she didn’t want to spend, she was almost out of money. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gather that Nick gets Gary and Tiny to sort of make up, and the alliance agrees to seek money for both Tiny Dancer and a series of flyers aimed at education. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

All this meant Jones needed as much money as he could lay his hands on. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, Lourdes and her boyfriend will come up with the money for a smuggler. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Again he tried to pull his arm out of the trash can, but his hand stubbornly resisted: “What if the kidnapper takes this money and then asks for more?” asked the hand. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The next day he dresses in his mended tweed suit, takes a bill from his stash of American money, and buys a bottle of rum from a black-market dealer on the outskirts of town. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or passing them in narrow halls where they try to jump you, steal your shoes or money. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

She reaches for her pocketbook on the table and begins to count out money from a small coin purse. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“What happened to his money? Why don’t you just give it back to him?” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Brobeck applied for a job; informed that the lab had no money to pay him, he explained that he was willing to work for nothing. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t, but if one wanted to spend money, he was available. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where was God when people didn’t make enough money to feed their families? The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Do I look like I have any money?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

We had to take money from our savings to pay the rent. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“It has cost us a lot of money to trace the boys this far, Mr. Getz,” he said, “and I can assure you that they are here. Somewhere..." “...in this filth!" The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

His buddies dragged him up the embankment to the white Jeep he’d bought using money from a cancer research award. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

"An you forgive us for taking your money." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

If he really meant that, and really paid her, that would make a nice dent in the money her family had to pay the magistrate. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

They didn’t have enough money to pay Uncle Jet’s fine. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Foolish woman. Why do you waste your money on us?” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Both were fund-raisers for the school, raising money for things like library books or basketball uniforms. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Started pulling us apart, because there was never enough money. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The house belongs to a woman whose children went to Washington, D.C., and sent her the money to build it. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The money he earned from cutting ice or trapping lobsters or painting his pictures went for things we couldn’t grow ourselves. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

She’s gone before I can tell her to keep the money. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Believe me, George Finkle will find a way to weasel out of paying the money. No way he’s going to pay out a million bucks for sinking a crummy foul shot.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You can’t make me spend my own money at a thrift shop.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

I don’t mean just hustlers who always had some money. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had paid their money and they wanted action. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few minutes ago, Carter had walked into the office with a fistful of money. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had more money than he knew how to spend, and nothing else. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me go with you. Kiara’s going to need someone who knows how to cry. And that’s one thing I know about. You got bus money?” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took the magazine home and there told my mother that someday I would amass hordes of money and build her a house similar to the ones in the magazine. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gave Mam money for food, loaned us a kettle, a pot, a frying pan, knives and spoons, jam jars to be used for mugs, a blanket and a pillow. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

By the end of his first day he was so lost he had to spend all his tip money on a cab ride home. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

What it really takes to find particles these days is money and lots of it. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

She opened her money box and walked down to the supermarket. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

My other friend works at a lumberyard to make money to buy books. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I have left you some money, most of what I have left, in fact. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She had money saved up for a security deposit. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Still, taken all together, the money was much more than the Zebra Room had been worth, and it allowed my parents to make some changes in our lives. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Dapo was probably one of those who installed their wife and children in England and then came back to Nigeria to chase money. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

For months after the hurricane all people talked about was money. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

We take bus rides whenever Lloyd wins some ends, or if either one of us gets some money or we just get bored. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"No, I thought I might make more money in New York." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger’s fingers closed over a slender wad of paper; he knew at once that it was money and that he would give it back. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The blankets must be covering what she's really transporting: documents, ration cards, maybe even a pile of money to pay off an inside man. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You have to spend the penny-doubled money—the five million plus—in that same amount of time.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Politicians sell huge areas of the forests to timber companies because they need the money for their countries. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jessie said, "I'm going to donate all my money to the Animal Rescue League." The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

He saw them toiling, saw them suffer and grow gray about things that to him did not seem worth the price—for money, small pleasures and trivial honors. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

See, my mother’s family had all the class and money. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, somebody probably told him when he was little, ‘Son, you have a load of money, and someday people are going to try to weasel it out of you.’” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

If he earns a little money he hands it over to his mother, who loves her Mikey. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She waited for Aisha to put the money into her pocket before she gave her the tip. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He’d started out earning petty cash by ironing and rubber-banding wrinkled money from dice games, and then moved up in the organization. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“We ask for only a little. We will pay for what we have—see, here is the money.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this year there was money for presents and lots of food in the icebox and the flat was always warm now. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather you spend that money on food, or a good movie.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She’d still earn ten rubles per day as she “helped,” and if she could drag that out long enough, she could make enough money to save her farm. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

In a bigger office, a bigger crowd is bound to convene around the bagel table, providing more witnesses to make sure you drop your money in the box. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“I mean exactly how it works. That the amount of the check is deducted from the balance in the account? And that the money can run out?” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Most of these have now left most of us, thanks to antibiotics, plumbing, civilization, and money, but we remember. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

With prisons so much in the news, costing so much money, and confining such unprecedented numbers of people, it seemed to me that their operations should be completely transparent. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to spend any money until they got across the bay. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We could sell all these trophies and never have to worry about money again.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

They made little money and the working conditions were poor, even dangerous. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Who has that kind of money to dish out based on me singing one little song? Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Guiteau set off on a tour throughout the Midwest and East to make money lecturing about his views on the Second Coming of Christ. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was unlikely Papi kept any money there, but it needed to be checked out. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Whatever. It’s the truth. Rappers nowadays only care ’bout money, hoes, and clothes.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He was made the sole trustee, charged with investing the money in the best and most profitable way he could devise. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He soon displayed in the cockpit the wisdom that Father Antonio Isabel had given him, and he made enough money not only to enrich his brood but also to look for a man’s satisfactions. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“My mama needed this club. She needed the money.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, remember that stuff? People use it to pay for groceries, clothes. It takes money to run a business, Elizabeth. My mother can’t afford to lose this teaching job.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“I know things. Me and my mother, we did well in Haiti, with or without your money.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He had some money to make a run for it when the time came. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She didn't have the time or the money to give me such a party, because the classes and books were so expensive. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Keep money in two different banks,” I says. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I got the money doled out, the boys were dressed and Mrs. Diamant was stuffing empty bottles into knapsacks, because there was no water coming from the pipes. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When Hermione returned from the trolley and put her money back into her schoolbag, she dislodged a copy of the Daily Prophet that she had been carrying in there. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

At this point I'm looking at all the money I'm going to make this shift, doubled. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

One morning, I decided to walk to town to save money and spotted a young lady who had been with me at Fort Hare. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not our fault we don’t have jobs and don’t have money, I know, but, still, I feel embarrassed. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And money was the sole reason for them. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The government was spending hundreds of millions of dollars—yet the project was so secret, President Roosevelt chose not to tell Congress where all the money was going. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What happens to anybody? They got burned out, lost all their money, ended up here. Got no families, got no women—well, I think Bobby has one.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Mama, that’s great! Can you and Papa get plane tickets? Do you need money? I have some saved up.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

All they care about is how much money you got in your pocket or what the limit is on your credit card. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One evening I was short of money and George loaned me a hundred lire. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“We’re not taking money until we deliver your order,” she said. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He scraped together some money to rent a studio. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

To save money, we decided to walk the sixteen miles to Mattru Jong. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Naw, Dusty bought the whole sad story. He thinks I wanted my job back just because Lice left me broke. And I’ll be honest, the money’s not too shabby.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

It would have taken us forever to save enough money for plane tickets. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

His parents came to New York first, and after they made enough money, they brought Ramu and his little brother, Avik, here. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

On her shoulder she had her bookbag stuffed with a change of clothes, all the money she owned. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Listen carefully. As soon as you get to the broker's office I want you to sell AMO, sell SEA, sell MT, and put all the money into WPP. Okay?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The U.S. government, contending that many Osage were unable to handle their money, had required the Office of Indian Affairs to determine which members of the tribe it considered capable of managing their trust funds. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Then don’t go and be suspicious. I only want some money,” said Laurie, walking on again, appeased by her hearty tone. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She just said, “Children, we don’t have money to spend on French fries! I can buy a week’s worth of groceries for what we’d pay for those fries!” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Americans are famous for talking about money, and I do everything possible to keep our reputation alive. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He searched his pockets, the money was there, and in his other pocket he found the usual Seashell upon which the city was talking to itself in the cold black morning. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hears of atrocities: knives, a rifle to the chest, beatings with tree limbs, demands for shoes and money. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He would go with the silver in his hand and he would say plainly, “I have money. What is the price of the earth you wish to sell?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He had made that money from sweeping up the loose hair from that barbershop that used to be on St. Nicholas Av'. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“But think about it. The food is cheap, right? That means the owners can’t spend lots of money on good, fresh ingredients. What if we’re not even eating real meat?” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

As I grab a carton of chocolate milk, I remember I don’t have lunch money. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

With the money I made selling CDs and videogames, I was able to save up and add new components and more memory to my own computer. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He paid us a very good price, and with that money we hired a car to take us to the local train station where we would catch a train to Johannesburg. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spent his money on herbs and plant roots and oils to make things like ointments for burns and cuts. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

"Now I'll use the money to pay you to help me." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I put more money in that jar than the two of you. If you want me to put my birthday money in there, you better shake out some of that money right now.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The week after there would be even more money. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Papá said that borrowing money was like being enslaved. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The only logical conclusion was that he had traded something for that much money. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Or use some of that money from the developers. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

He started with the drawers of his parents’ bureau, in case there was an envelope with money under their clothes. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Thoughts like never having enough money to move away or not getting into college. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Surely somebody in Seattle could come up with the money. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have to ask for money. It’s kind of prepaid.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t you notice how she looked on Monday? I gave her some money and told her to go to the hospital, not to a chemist?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And of these Wang Lung bought land and much land, and he bought it cheaply, since money men must have. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I pursed my lips, feeling that bite of tension I always felt when the people of PPC, who seemingly had limitless pockets from Narnia, talked about money. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

His father sat with the box of Booker money on the desk in front of him, the bills laid out and counted. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My mother pressed a clump of money into the palm of my hand, along with a gray phone. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I would also record the attendance and the amount of money contributed to church that morning. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But to do the policing job properly would cost money beyond any legislator’s courage to appropriate, given the present volume and toxicity of agricultural chemicals. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The humiliation of wearing a uniform, even if it was blue, and deceiving people was tempered by the genuine lift which came of having her own money rather than receiving an allowance like a child. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took a chance to see if Syl could prove something that had been boiling up in me when the cap’n had offered the Dee-troit sheriff all that money to come with us. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

He put the money back and opened the bottle on the opener fixed to the counter before leaving the café and wandering down the street going away from the boulevard. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The break-in, the trip across the lagoon. We nearly got shot, and for what? A pile of counterfeit money. Darn it!” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He has a great deal of money, doesn’t he?” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have to. The money’s half mine, and if I don’t get it we won’t have a cent to our names.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Because when I tell you I’m late on my light bill, I ain’t asking you for money,” I say. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When the baby girl, named Linah, finally arrived, the family was dead broke, and my mother had to beg for money to buy diapers and baby food and medicine. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

They explained to the neighbors that they were raising money for Tommy Segovia and his mom, Zelda, to come home because Tommy’s new stepfather had deserted his family in New York. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

No use telling them to hand the money over. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

One family sent me back ’cause they said it wasn’t worth the money to have to look at me crosst the supper table.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The more White investigated the flow of oil money from Osage headrights, the more he found layer upon layer of corruption. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

They were drinking sweet tea and listening to the radio, Grandpop’s box of money—the rainy day stash—in Dad’s lap. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

So even though it looked like she had two hundred and eight dollars in her lock box, only half of that was money she could honestly call her own. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

“You’ll have to work that out with Claude. The only kind of deal I can make concerns money, and we don’t have any more of that.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

A hundred dollars slowly creaked out the money slot at the side. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

George doesn’t say anything about “money not making the man” like he normally would, or about the fact that Byrd isn’t the only one who needs to get back home. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I didn’t say anything else and he coughed and adjusted his glasses and said he was tired and frustrated and just wanted his money or an exchange so he could get on home. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The wealthy measure everything with the weight of their money.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Like I was never going to see any of that money. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Within days of his arrest, Richard’s family scraped the money together to hire a private attorney to handle his defense. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

They took the money with thanks, and he happily surrendered it, but the special warmth was no longer present. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And your money will be of great help to the family.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He’d been talking about it off and on with my mom since our money was stolen. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

You ’bout to give him five, six years’ worth of money. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I’m going to stop wasting money going backwards and forwards to London on pointless train journeys. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know it’s no cheap thing, indulging yourself with water. I’d have to charge you fifty cents or more a foot, depending on what we find down there. It can run into money.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The lucrative theft of international food aid whetted the appetite of higher-ups for easy money as it helped transform private markets into the country’s primary economic engine. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Dallas thought about all the food their money could buy, and his stomach rumbled in response. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

So I didn’t exactly have a choice about taking her money. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The first time he had met with Kappe, Haupt was under the impression that he could earn some money for a magazine article about his life. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

After telling them his life story, he was given some money so he could travel to his family in Speyer. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Cheryl Moody is a public school girl who works in a dreary mall job to earn money for college. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Where he transferred the money we gave him from there I do not know. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had known that money was short, but he hadn’t realized Baba was in such a tight situation. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of backing down the bus stairs, I squeezed inside, pulling close to the rail between the people getting off, and dropped my quarter in the money slot. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it wasn’t the Titanic at all, but just a Ship of Fools turned mad by money and greed. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the farm money is gone he rolls home singing and crying over Ireland and his dead children, mostly about Ireland. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I can't help suspecting it's because he's from a "good family" with money and education, but when he comes over, I can tell she genuinely enjoys his company. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

People were always telling me that if I was robbed, I should hand over my money rather than risk being killed. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She bought the designer jacket when I got my running shoes and I thought it was a waste of money. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“And he’s a senior. Maybe those college scouts are giving him money.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Jesse and Eric both had fierce pride about taking gifts or money; the way to help them was not to ask if you could. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am not, one, having fun; two, trying to gain power or public attention or money or land; three, angry at anybody.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Mother and Grandmother had decided to invest the money Father sent to us in buying more land and livestock. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would take all her money, she knew. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Vonetta went on and on about all the money we were saving and how she made sure Fern and I didn’t waste our money buying candy, airmail stamps, and mooning over boys in Oakland. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I wanted to buy something to eat, but that would take all the money I had just earned. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I knew money would be tight at our house as long as Dad was in jail—my mother only works part-time at the law firm, so the pay isn’t so hot. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Marriages are buffeted by more important things, like money and sex and children and jobs and in-laws, in constantly changing combinations. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He held the money and watched his chance. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

We needed money, I said, to buy zinc dust. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

In matters of money, of which she had so litde, I knew it was useless. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tore the wrapper from a bundle of new bills and exchanged their old money. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pocketed the remaining money and left town on foot. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“You spent half the money in our house!” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

They rush to the post office to cash the money orders so they can shop and show the world their good fortune on Saturday night and Sunday morning. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I just don’t like wasting their money,” Melissa says when she’s allowed back. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

That Saturday, Dad told me that to pay me back, he had to earn the money first. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“No. No money. Just information...on Drayton. Dray. Your cousin’s boyfriend.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The people at his job, McCoy Publishing, the white people, they sent us money. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not when these people controlled his money, his present life, his entire future. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I had never dreamed of Joe’s having paid the money; but Joe had paid it, and the receipt was in his name. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

People really do spend money on the dumbest things. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“He says he’s not going to let her die on him, not after all the money he’s put into her.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I take my money to the Duchess for a bath, clean clothes, and to see if one of her girls can braid up my hair. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

They kiss my cheeks and hold my hand and tell me how they won money in the kingdom's lotteries by betting on me to be named the favorite. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He was told he was in luck, as the organization had a donor who specifically wanted money to go to feeding the poor in Haiti. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He had probably loaned the money to a friend and passed it off as a business venture. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Before I put on my coat I cut the cloth stars off my sleeves and put them in the inside pocket with my money. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She puts her hand in front of me, and I reach into my backpack to pull out the rest of the money I have left. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

If he did, he would have let Mrs. replace the money Uncle Darnell stole from the savings jar. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He took the rest of his money—seventeen dollars in bills—folded them, and zipped up the cash in his book bag. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Still, I asked my father to consider it—he knew how important this was to me, so he promised he would do his best to find the money for a photographer. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Meaning mestizos with money, not poor indigenous kids. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nah, man, they need to give us some of that money,” says another guy. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I felt in my bodice and again in my waistband, I shook out the folds of my sari, but there was no doubt the money was gone. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lady looks a little confused until she sees the hat, the one we put money in. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

If anything, Toby was annoyed that Luke couldn’t get past the money. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

So the game was suspended for a couple of afternoons while money was raised to buy the pens. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I almost left the money on the counter and disappeared, but Mrs. Lynch appeared with a thin textbook and placed it on the surface in front of me. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The pinch of the Depression forced many research philanthropies to reduce their grants for basic science in physics and chemistry, but money still flowed abundantly for projects in biology and medicine. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Walking on that mound of money felt weird at first, but at least I knew the money was safe. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And what kind of money does Italy use?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

People sell drugs and make their fast money, and other people get jealous and just shoot them for the hell of it. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, in folksy tones, he went on to use the business of political expenses—he argued that the slush fund actually saved the American taxpayer money—as the basis for a roaring ethos appeal. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Anytime we had money trouble, my parents would say we were rich in love. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Since my new friends and I never had any money, we devised what we thought was an extraordinarily clever way to ride for free. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

"No, but I could make some money on the other." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She was used, at home, to people first asking “Do you have money?” before they made such plans. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And maybe even doing rec soccer, if we could come up with the money for a uniform. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I asked her if she was all right, said I would earn and send her money. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He was filled with embarrassment: embarrassment for the human race, its preoccupation with money, its love of swindle. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But her family was better off than his, and every now and then their views diverge on money. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Pumphrey may be a Confederate sympathizer, but he has no qualms about making money off this night of Union celebration. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

My parents never openly discussed their money struggles, but I knew we didn't have disposable income. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was the money that had caused the problem. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, I understand that I don’t have as much as Bill Gates. Still, I’m very satisfied with what I have. I honestly don’t know what I would do with more money than that.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Later, he inherited a fortune of $3 million, and he used part of the money to build Riverbank. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Upon graduating with his degree in philosophy, Cabot Searcy was told by his father that he couldn’t have wasted more money or time if he’d tried. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Our journey ended here, where different strangers, different Christians, hate us — but they take our money. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Showing a natural resourcefulness, he had little money but got himself hired as an au pair, or domestic assistant, to a Franco-American family. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Honestly, I would need to sell him as soon as I could manage, even if I lost money on the deal. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I was growing tired of spending time and money trying to cobble together a wardrobe that satisfied my aesthetic and my religious beliefs. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She handed me a wad of money that looked like it had been through the laundry. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He also knew there was no way for someone as young as Wes to make that kind of money DJing. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Her folks had come west from Amarillo, Texas, and had made a little money in the aircraft plants but not enough yet to get out of Cabrillo Homes. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as he put his foot on the first stone, he smelled money, although it was not a smell at all. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t get nothing for your money these days.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I can’t look at her but I help myself to a roll of money. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

"What do you want money for, all of a sudden?" The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

But there was one major sticking point: They didn't have enough money to buy gas for the car ride home. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Now what little money we had was nearly gone. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Such companies were legally independent of the people who set them up, or invested money in them, or managed them. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stupid Marysville had so much snow that winter that the town ran out of money to pay for the plowing and the salting and the sanding. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“If a single one of you comes onto the pauper rolls, where do you think the money to keep you will come from? It will come from the people of Phippsburg.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Look,” he said, “don’t say anything about any money. If she’d have wanted anyone else to know about it, she would have told them. I’m not even supposed to know. Just my mother.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the money he earned by working at a job God gave him a body strong enough to work with. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Maybe Papa had managed to hide some money too. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Meaning once a year we bought as many fifty-pound bags of rice as we could afford, and we didn’t get nervous again about money until we reached our last bag. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“We shouldn’t have taken the money. We stole.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

They saved their money in canning jars, then wrote home to their parents in Japan requesting wives be sent. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Enough money or not, I would make it—prove up Uncle Chester’s claim. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Prosper took the money and looked at it, uncertain what to do. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

An impartial judge will decide which students are most worthy to compete for the Triwizard Cup, the glory of their school, and a thousand Galleons personal prize money.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The Irishmen working in England send their telegram money orders on Friday nights and all day Saturday and that’s when we get the good tips.The minute we deliver one batch we’re out with another. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Around this same time, my parents learned that my younger brother Simba had started to beat up other kids to give him money or to bring extra food for him to school. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Do you have the money to buy all this, young lady?” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you will come as well. No doubt he will find something for you to do. Now I must sell the cow and the house to get money for our trip.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was sure, because she hadn’t told Mama about the custom, knowing there was no money at home for such things. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she has no money for a smuggler. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Now she and her husband give me money to add to my so-so security. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dad,” I said, “you guys need this money more than I do.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“There has to be another way for you to earn some money,” he told her. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I want a receipt for my money,” he said quietly. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Thank you! I don’t have the money with me, but I’ll bring it to you by the end of the month.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

She took just enough change for her fare from shopping money and rode the bus down to the old stone building, with bars on the windows of the second and third stories. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was clear that he was going to need some money in his pocket. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Aunty Uju said it was a good idea, but gave her no money to add to what she had. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Without money to line their pockets, their fun was over. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The drawer that had held the majority of Ophie’s and her mama’s earnings over the past few months hung open, the money gone. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Those were smart people; they knew how to get hold of money, millions of it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He’d said it was where he kept money after he sold his vegetables in town. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I thought of all the money that was gone. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Tell me, Slam, why do you keep self- destructing? You find a way of making money at it or something?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You can make big money. You want a girl? I can get you a girl—pretty one, man, what do you say?” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t really know what to do. I’ve got all this money and I don’t want to have it around the house where my parents could find it....” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

“We need cash money, plus some stuff from the yard.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the fast-food business, time is truly money: shaving even five seconds off the processing time of an order is significant,” the article noted. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

“That’s what I said. Look, it’s my money on the line.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

And there was no time or money for sightseeing. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The family had been successful in that the restaurant had been busy and in that Papa had planned to have enough money to send Hanako and Akira to college one day. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

His mind filled with the image of die money inside. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you mean, back when you were a wrestler? And how did that work out? I don’t see you making any money off it now.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Do you eat decent food for lunch and dinner? Do they treat you well at the hotel? Do you have enough money?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Pa wanted to save money, I wouldn’t be traveling down south as a thirteen-year-old adult. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“You don’t talk to me about the money Mama owes, or the awful things people say to you in the street sometimes.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I thought about my brother giving that money to Mrs. Jenkins next door and him buying groceries and I wished I had a job to help out around the house. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Of course, as I still had little money, I walked everywhere and sat in the very cheapest seats. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He clucked approvingly at pictures of cute grandkids, patiently endured gossip and long litanies of health woes, and nodded knowingly at stories about how money was tight. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The only way to make money was to work with the vuvv personally. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Your ears too small to have any money,” Sam said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, if we was different, you know, been born with money...It’s just...making good art and music ain’t really expected of us. That type of work is unexpected.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Not surprisingly, most of these grisly killings occurred during the height of the boom, when money and madness overran much of the town. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The streets are so clean because the fine for littering is a ton of money and a flogging. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

If I ran a store like this I’d paint all the cubicles pink and put some money into the mirrors: whatever else women want to see, it’s not themselves; not in their worst light anyway. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me, too, that quite possibly the man would never make any money. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

England was the first country in the world to shift from making most of its money in traditional places, such as farms, mines, or small shops, to factories. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Stevens was disappointed about missing the man’s talk—his fellowship often prevented his attendance at guest lectures—but the money would remove some of the sting. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Then she gives you some money and you go buy milk and bread. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They forgave him, but he cut all ties with them when his father declined to remortgage their house in order to lend him more money. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The daily small army of runners each got ten percent of the money they turned in, along with the bet slips, to their controllers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What, are you going to rob a bank or something? Or are we using Wells’s money?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“How come all your money is in change? It rattles.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He said he needed the money for a bus ticket. But you don’t know where it was he wanted to go?” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Altogether, they had eleven dollars and fifty cents, more than any one of them had ever had at one time before, even Dicey, who contributed all of her baby-sitting money, seven dollars. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t have a lot of money growing up.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

When the war broke out in Germany, the two pooled their money with some other German friends and bought a boat. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

But there was one way in which he could both make some money and endear himself to the top people in the Graz community—by casting horoscopes. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Life on Euclid Avenue had taught me—maybe forced me—to be hard-edged and practical about both time and money. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Madam Claire is always fussing about money, and wanting to compete with the other teahouses for the most business. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“My country pays me a little blood money every month in exchange for my leg.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“You think I need, your money or your flimsy soap?” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everything was about learning lessons and money and how the world worked. My parents wanted me to do better than they did.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Afraid this man would hurt her child, my mom foolishly gave him all the money she had in her purse. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Or maybe we all have eccentricity in us, we just don’t have the money to show it? I’d love to take you to see the house.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She scoured the house for money, sweeping her hand to the backs of drawers and under cushions and into the pockets of Henry’s pants and overalls and shirts. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hand her an envelope with forty dollars from what I’ve saved from the Miss Myrna column, my allowance, money Mother has forced into my hands for beauty parlor appointments I never went to. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I started going through my pockets looking for money to give to her. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“But you made money in Salinas,” he said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, Doktor. The thing is that I don’t have money.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Even when we weren’t living in one room, I heard Pop’s nightmare groans, heard him and Ma arguing about money. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Because they have spent ten years building that stadium. The money has gone into peoples’ pockets,” Amaka muttered. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“What about Gran? She always gives me birthday and Christmas money. Maybe she can give it to me early.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Those who were failures, near death, didn’t like working, bad with money, or cheap politicians were specifically not welcome, the same pamphlet said. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think about the money I put away just in case there was an emergency. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Flora Baumbach screamed, and Turtle flung herself on the pile of money they had been counting. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

So when I went back and opened it the only thing that surprised me was it was a money order not a check. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

After six months on the job I had saved enough money to afford a private school. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

In Greece he could forget about my mother, who had jilted him, and he could escape comparison with my father, who made so much more money. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Grandpa stared at me over his glasses, and then back at the money. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Worse, they had spent their money on one-way tickets to Hartford and had to borrow train fare to get home. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Finally, when the money was used up, I would be moved to a state hospital, with hundreds of people like me, in a big cage in the basement. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s guaranteed to work in one month or your money back.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

People gave him pound and ten shilling notes for Christmas and birthdays, they gave him more because he hadn't got a father, and then there was pocket money. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Rapidly, I translated: “My master offers you money.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

So German agents funneled money to Indian immigrants in the United States, who used it to fund a revolt in their home country. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I would pay you actual money to be the one to tell my mom she needs medication.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

After all, Joaquin basically had taken food, money, and clothes from them for almost three years. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

And sad that I still had no clue how I was going to raise enough money to save Fig. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She would drive me home or give me money for the bus fare. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Osage had been forced to finance part of the federal investigation with their own money—an amount that would eventually reach $20,000, the equivalent today of nearly $300,000. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

His uncle, Foncey, sold linoleum there for years and made enough money to start his own shop in Dublin, where he has his three sons selling linoleum. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

So I told him about Joey following me home and how difficult it became to talk to my parents about all the money things. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

“He don’t need it himself, it’s the principle of the thing. He wants to know that people like him not for his money, you know, but for himself.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Wanting to change the conversation, I said, “Grandpa, we won that bet fair and square, but they took my money anyway.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wait for her to catch the irony of this, that she’ll send money to colored people overseas, but not across town. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But it would require money that I didn’t have. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they started singing their own money-saving song, and Fern made up a part about how they had to save the money from me. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

From time to time he came to Burnham for money, although whether he sought outright loans or sold Burnham artwork from his personal collection is unclear. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

If the builder had had more money, this area would have probably been a swimming pool. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

In essence: You’re not really hood because your family has enough money to buy cheese. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She sent money, five letters, and fifteen photos. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He handed me my money, more than I had earned for the week. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, Santos spends the money on a long drinking binge with a fifteen-year-old girl on his arm. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

And then the shower of money starts—the sweet, sweet shower of money. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

We decided it would be best if I went back to England to learn all I could about chimpanzees while he tried to raise the money. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had never before spent a needless penny, since all money had been earmarked for his bookstore. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was no food in the house; Shinae had eaten or taken it all, along with the money their mother had left her. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Claudia appointed him treasurer; he would not only hold all the money, he would also keep track of it and pass judgment on all expenditures. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe when they saw he had money they would realize he was not a tramp. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The one who had the most money offered him twenty pesos. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I’ve asked the Taliban for money to dig a new well more times than I remember and they just twirl their rosaries and tell me there is no money. No money.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He looked past Ifemelu at her father, and shouted, “It is now three months! I am still waiting for my money!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know how she would actually pry the money out of him, but she’d figure a way, and somehow make him like it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“My own laptop! And stupid Conner said he was fine with sharing the desktop. Like he cared about saving them money or something. So of course my parents sided with him. No laptop for me.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

But thanks to what was happening, money no longer counted for anything. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Mommy also taught summer school for the extra money, so she couldn’t just leave five kids at home alone all day. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“The damage is already done. But maybe there’s a way we could help each other. You help me make my money back, and even make some money for yourself while you’re at it.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I don’t need her money. And we don’t need a phone.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I finally have enough money, and all the time I need. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A frequent rumor among non-Muslims was “Malcolm X is making a pile of money. ” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He refused to give back any money, but when she didn’t leave, he offered a compromise: he would take a load of her possessions to the prairie for the rent money. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Not having much money, or knowing what he’d like, I got several little things, and put them about the room, where he would find them unexpectedly. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re too busy to make food! We are counting our money!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, but we don’t have any money for Oscar.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Calista was sitting at the table, reading one of my dad’s magazines about money. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Because part of me wants to raise my hand and get the topic about having enough money for new underwear and books added to the list. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The quiet money whispers twice: once when I slide it in my pocket; once when I slide it out. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was a very large number of monkeys, and it generated big money. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Why don’t we pool our money tomorrow and send it together? We’d be able to give twice as much.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

After my mother used it to buy food and pay our rent and utilities, there was no money for breakfast tea, let alone alcohol. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Ulbrickson knew full well that money more or less grew on the trees at Yale, and that funds had been vastly easier to come by in 1928, before the Depression, than in 1936. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The next part of the will would read: "Whichsoever pair made the most money with the ten thousand dollars inherits the whole estate." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny White didn’t know what he was going to do for money in Europe. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe they got paid well for this, maybe they were chained to money. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I told her about the whole money situation, and even about how I had tried to quit drum lessons. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of Singer’s money was gone and he had to borrow from the jeweler for whom he worked. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

At the table next to the games, an older man sold hand-painted greeting cards for all occasions to raise money for the Jaycees, one of Sing Sing’s “approved inmate organizations.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Said we didn’ have no money to waste on no doctor when it couldn’t do no good. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Many of the men had left the villages to work on road crews and in mines far, far away, sending money home when they could. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Mr. Heggarty says he’s sorry but he can’t be handing out money to every man who wanders in claiming he did his bit. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The minute I had enough money saved to go one way, I’d be out of there.To celebrate my first night in Boston, Ella prepares a large dinner of baked chicken. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lost in speculation about means for raising the money, Ignatius did not notice that for quite some time his cart had been traveling in a straight and unswerving line. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll ask along my mail route, but don’t know many folks with money to spare,” he says. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She, too, was saving her money, she confessed quietly to Lyddie and asked her not to tell, to go for an education. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Further, he felt that the $3.5 million he had won in his match against Spassky was money garnered illegally by Vasiljevic. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, King was trying to get the gun from him and I was going for the money. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The police located the old man, but his short-term memory is poor. He did give them money. He can’t remember how much.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

You’ve now told two different stories: I can pay tomorrow and I’m waiting for my friend with money. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The day before yesterday I was still an unkempt beggar; yesterday I already kissed Kamala and soon I will be a merchant and have money and all those things which you value.” Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at his name typed neatly across the envelope and wondered how he earned his money. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to raise some money: first by selling his watch, then by using his revolver as collateral for a ten-dollar loan. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles was spending most of his money and all of his energy on the farm. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

To say I had stolen money was merely Aycliffe’s excuse to declare me a wolf’s head. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

They had to wait until Mama came home with some money with which to buy a bundle of wood. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only money I have now to my name is a nickel I’d found out by the road. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even with their money secured, they still traveled back and forth to Daffodil Manor instead of staying on like Cook and Mr. Henry did. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Malcolm didn’t know how much money he had, but the walrus was heavy. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He said, “One thing I can’t stand is a woman who spends money unnecessarily.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

We have epic snowball fights, Mama and I go cross-country skiing, and Mustafa makes tons of money shoveling driveways. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I heard the leper with Tourette’s syndrome who works weekends gave you a good run for your money.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“He worked hard, but he could never make enough to pay off his debt. My daddy was a good man but not real careful with what little money he got. He drank too much sometimes. . . .” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Woodhull divorced Colonel Blood in 1876, and the sisters took the money and moved to Europe the following year. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I saved up most of my money from working at the bookstore on campus,” she says as she sips her milkshake. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He took the money with an amazed expression and counted every single note. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, we have a house manager, and there’s a lawyer guy who does the money stuff.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The ones who donate money to the school. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“I work day and night and have a small drawing ready for you which I'll send bye and bye. I have no more money for a stamp, excuse the postcard.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

María walks over to the driver and hands him some money. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“The money for the last batch is in here.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She made a grab at the money order. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She paid Delores the fifty cents a week she got for lunch money to give her lessons. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He knew, for instance, that she would not put her money in a bank. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was probably halfway back home with the money from my sale in his pocket. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every little bit of food wasted is money wasted. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We need that money, sweetheart. For our future. I got five of you to take care of. A building is just a building, in the end.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Me too. My auntie whipped me good that first time when I told her I didn’t get no money. I said ‘Money? The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

If so, it was a waste of time and money, because he’s not appealing at all. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

A true convert to the communist cause, Blake insisted that he would not accept money from the Russians. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“The old money guy has a twin-prop airplane and that is pretty incredible,” Kittredge continued. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Do-overs mean time, and everyone in business knows that time is money. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

How I would love to call my family, but I have no money. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want you spending all that money, Mr. Pignati,” I said. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Eccentric souls with too much money in their pockets and far too much time on their hands, they had blown thick wads of cash on preposterous machines called automobiles. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she shouldn’t act like money was a curse. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I have a job proposition for you that may get your mind off your troubles. It involves money.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“And while I’m here I could help you raise up the money to pay back them Lighthouse people. ’ We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

With one part of her brain, Jessie continued to take money from customers and make change. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

She took the money she had saved—money the missionary lady paid her for cooking—and she stopped by Emma’s to tell them good-bye. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

"The master of coin finds the money. The king and the Hand spend it." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She went to rallies, wrote letters to him in prison, and collected money for his legal defense. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“You have to wait for the coins to drop,” the guy told him, and wouldn’t give him his money back. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

If you are so disposed to remunerate me for this expense, please forward the money to me at Applewood. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

It was not until i960 that money was somehow found to pay the expenses of one field assistant — to do work that could easily have occupied the time of four men. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I can fix it so you can pick up the money and nobody’ll bother you.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not their way. A man doesn’t give money away.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

With their money we began once again to live well. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Mom says the bones in the chicken take up too much space and you don’t get enough meat for your money. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

That student council sold the yummiest strawberry cupcakes to raise money for a new sign. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I go up and down each aisle, filling the basket with things I really like, pretending I have the money to buy them. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

They saw someone who wasn’t a white male and thought to themselves, “Aha! This person is so stupid and naïve that I can make a lot of money off them.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

We gave our money to the captain—a skinny fisherman with missing teeth. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“That man, he has no family. All he has is his empire, and so much money, he doesn’t know how to spend it.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Phnom Penh, it seems that the more money you have, the more stairs you have to climb to your home. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every month, I noticed the money was negative. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Not this fake money. In the Days of Abomination, this won’t be worth a thing. People will trade hundred-dollar bills for a roll of toilet paper.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“All of a sudden he got a lot of money,” Mtisha went on. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He smiled, then opened the drawer where he kept the bet money. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He would drift around, playing pool, easing his solitude with occasional women, sacking the hiding places where Úrsula had forgotten her money. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“But when you have money, it doesn't matter if you smell. They'll just call us stinking rich.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the meantime, she had some money, but not enough to pay for a guesthouse room for a week. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Even if they slip on out owing you some money, you got to bite the bullet, give up some slack, and let them be on their way. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And I really am sorry. Not because we wasted money, but because we wasted time.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“We have to turn it all in—the wallet, the money, everything,” I said resolutely. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The girl replied, “She didn’t sell it for the money. She would have shown her evidence if she really wanted a big price. She sold it for the fun of it. For excitement.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

We pooled the money and counted it, and there was in all one hundred and twenty-five rupees, not even the half we had to pay. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that I’ve just interrupted a game watched by half a billion people, a game that accepts millions in sponsor money. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I have enough money for us to live a decent life. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched his eyes as he set the beer before me and slapped the bar with his enormous hand for his money. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When his gaze locks in on the TV, he remembers the money hidden behind it. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Sohrab followed me back to my room as I put away my shirt and money. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

When he leaned forward to take the money, his stench—like sour milk and feet that hadn't been washed in weeks—flooded my nostrils and made my gorge rise. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But in fact there was something that would keep Deborah from learning: she didn’t have enough money. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

A man with these gifts was rich and was a great spirit who was admired in the same way that the gussaks admired a man with money and goods. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Her poor husband’s bones, that she didn’t have no money to bury. Pilate got a husband somewhere?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh! well! Francisco ran away with Sylvano’s wife, who had four children. They took all his money and one of the children and stole his boat.” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

Only Riccio was sitting nervously next to the bag with the money. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Those machines can make Chinese money if you want them to," my grandmother said. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Lots of scarce Treasury money had to be committed to set up his biophysics show, and suspicions existed that this was money down the drain. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“The old money doesn’t like to spend money because they worry about whether they can make it again,” Lundeen said. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

All his life he’d had moments of feeling like an outsider—in his family because he loved school so much, at school because his family had so little money. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

A woman like you that’s forever on her knees before the Virgin Mary is an inspiration to us all and is that your money I see on the floor there? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

If I ever have extra money, I’m going to buy them for Henrietta. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“And they always knocking at your door for money.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Mira,” Mom sighed, “it could take up to ten visits to get his blood sugar in line. We’d need enough money to cover expenses for at least three months.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

So badly, and with no money to pay a doctor, that some people carry us to a church, to Titid’s church “So this is how you came to meet Titid, Djo?” asks the girl. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was caffeine jittery and surly and perfectly capable of wasting his money. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I say okay, but only because E.J. gave me some money. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Like we said. I said we’d be gone overnight—said we was going to visit your sister in Fort Scott. On account of she was holding money for you. Fifteen hundred dollars.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you play it for,” Jasper inquired, “—money?” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

All his talk about saving money was just an excuse. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Everyone knowed ’bout her and talked ’bout her ’cause word was that out of the three hundred families here, she was the only one that never had to borrow no money to get her land. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

There had been the rich man who was threatened with the needle's eye, and there had been the money changers. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the trains were running properly and she’d saved up enough money, she would go back to her family in Kraków. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Nobody but you ever heard tell of no money,” Call said. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

With no money to spare, they planned for a quiet, private weekday wedding and a modest honeymoon, and then Pollard would begin his long journey back to the saddle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put five dollars in, Ritchie had no money, Audrey handed over a few dollars, and Marv went through his pockets and put in a twenty- cent coin and a pen lid. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“But, if they close the shoe store, how will you make money?” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Stone worked for nine years to save enough money to cover her tuition at Oberlin College, and she became the first woman from Massachusetts to earn a college degree, in 1847. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“We will think what to do. We may have to spend, your father have money. Not quite sixty dollar anymore. But we will be fine.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When he lost his job altogether, he would go out in the morning, scrounge around for money doing odd jobs, bumming or whatever, and come home to drink. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Rationales for still other ways to apportion the money are possible. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It never does a man any good. Most of the time it costs you money." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He knows all about buses, and we buy tickets with the bit of leftover money from Earring Aunty. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Don’t ask. But in that case...maybe your grandchildren could get some money.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was always putting in things that were impossible to do really, such as giving away all your money. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bessie would see the lights of Mr. Dalton’s car blinking and after the car was gone she would pick up the box of money. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I was confused. And I was excited about the money. So when he came over, I...Sometimes I think this whole state is cursed.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I really begged that woman for my money. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Two days ago, your parents managed to tie up the money with legal proceedings, ultimately ending any hopes you had of spending the final sum. Then Leonard called me this morning.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

This required a lot of money and effort. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She could hardly imagine that kind of money. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He also gave him a generous purse and the assurance that he could always write home and ask for more money. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cat and the mouse had to make several trips back and forth between the drain pipe and the newsstand, carrying the money in their mouths. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why, it’s better than Andrew Carnegie could build with all his money!” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I’m super thirsty, but I don’t have any money. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I must have looked confused because he told me, “That’s my horn, my ax, my saxophone, the thing I make all my money with, so don’t get butterfingers and drop it.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“My father wasn’t,” protested Flaco.“He’s living it up in the United States. He’s running a movie studio, and when he gets enough money, he’ll send for me.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But can I have some money so we can get something for dinner?” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I have money from working for Auntie Buzz, and I’ll pay.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re not going to make it to South Dakota if we don’t get the word out and get more money,” Zach says. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I have money. I have my savings. I brought fifty cents for our records and candy. Here, take half.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“We were told that these people were unfit to live productive lives, that they could not help build Germany up, that they were worthless, and that they were using the government’s money.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I want you to hypnotize the Matsikas into offering a large sum of money for the return of their brats.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He gave him half the money we had. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He knew the streets would get him that money back, and more. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He had arranged the insurance fraud for the money, but the rest of it was for fun. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She has money, and so she often pays for the things we do, but I’ve saved my tips so I can treat her to something nice for a change. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Show him the money,'' Prosper said to him. “He won't steal it.'' The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Unless a man has a plan where my daddy can make money, he’s not interested.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

But eventually I started to see why the business was hemorrhaging money. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I’m thinking about how I can make me some money. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Granddaddy looks through his wallet and places some money in my mom’s hand. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“They’ll open them for Bodega, don’t worry. He like gives them crazy cash. It’s a waste of money if you ask me, kid.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh, all right. But I ain’t got no money to give you.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

She blows hard, sending a bunch of snot splattering over the money. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

They set out with little or no money. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

And there was no way I was going to save money for college. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Especially since “easy” and “money” are new and completely alien concepts to me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I wondered if Hari’s parents were ashamed to admit before this dignified man that they had married so young and so sick a son to get money. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed the money from him and quickly smoothed out the dollar bills. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Grandfather kept his money in a strongbox under the boards in the corner of his bedroom. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had no idea how much gas cost, but he had money saved. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She gives him 100 lempiras, about $7—all the money she has. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

We like to drink their milk, and we use them as a form of money. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we're settled, I take her right hand and press my money into her palm. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll work all night, until dawn, and I’ll clean every piece of crystal in your shop. In return, I need money to get to Egypt tomorrow.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I don’t have the money for any of these,” I say. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

When an artist leaves behind no personal papers, when hundreds of years go by, who is to say that followers or forgers didn’t use his or her name to make some money? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

She dreamed of a lover for the fifteen days of New Year’s, the time for families to exchange visits, money, and food. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dealt mainly in cats, and no one had ever suggested money could be made by breeding Jesse James or Bat Masterson. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Re’lar Ambrose does raise an interesting point. How does a student who came to us destitute come by such money?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“No, oh no, you don’t understand. I couldn’t take your money. I’m sharing it with you. It’s the right thing to do, and it’s good business.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The truth is that my game is my fame and when I made the scene with my gangster lean I knew I was crazy good and on the money. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

At the moment my every waking hour is spent in helping some dedicated friends raise money for a bold and shattering movie that they are planning to film about an interracial marriage. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the time I’m wondering how I’m going to get the money to take Celia home in a taxi and if I could make a move on her in the back of the taxi. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was not happy with this unpaid duty, either, especially when I had to watch Sam Houston and Lamar prance off to the gin and come home with money. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I could ask the hikers to give me some money. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Neither of us was particularly invested in the job, beyond trying to save up money for school. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

My family had no money to spend on anything but necessities. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Except the part about the armpits. This man’s too delicate a constitution to be sniffing at his armpits. But all the rest I figure is right on the money.” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you sure? You’re supposed to use that money for yourself.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I sue for that money and who do I call on when I need help?” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

She had risked part of her fellowship money to sing before an audience that knew the words of most German lieder by heart, and she worried that few people would even bother to show up. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

The rest of their money and valuables had to remain in Germany. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

And I can’t stop crying now because this was my one chance to be a man and bring home the money the telegram boy never brought from my father. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

But since my parents are trying to save money, Dad cooks instead. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I think now I just love it for being money.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Lest the kind-hearted mother feed Lucia during his absence, the father left no money in the house when he went to work in the mornings. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

While the Missionary Circle truly held a bake sale to raise money for the court case, the correct date was June 9, 1951. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“The company's going to loan them the money, almost no interest rate, twenty years to pay.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It reminds me of the abandoned new houses in Port-au-Prince, where the owner had enough money to build them but not enough money to put in windows and doors. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She is by far the most attractive member of the family, yet she spends most of her time and money disguising herself beneath prosthetic humps and appliquéd skin diseases. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“You took money for five people,” Baba says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning it was necessary that there be more money for they spent the last copper coin upon the morning’s rice. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

They’d arrived in Pittsburgh empty-handed and they didn’t buy much beyond the necessities in their time in the city, all their money going toward the possibility of having their own place. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“No, they never have any money. I, I alone in the world am supposed to work for nothing—and I am tired of it. See if he has any money!” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “So what do you think about it? I’ve thought of a way we can use your God-given gift to help get some money for the Settlement, but if you’re having second thoughts...” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Standing on the street corner, Jule transferred her ID and money, makeup and phone to the new bag. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“One doesn’t speak of money like that. It isn’t done. Your father is an excellent provider. I am sure he would be proud to present you.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Only food at first, but then money too. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The first thing was to gather all the money together and put it into her pocket. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Once I was in the town, I would bring our letters and money to the headquarters of our district association so they could be sent home. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

We ended up spending half our money on repellent and cough syrup. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He crept out of the cage and examined the remains of the money. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took my money and gave me a paper. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I certainly did not have any money on me. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jinx gathered up his money and inched his way toward the door, mistakenly thinking he could slip out while the two women argued it out. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Lula thought some more and said, “She does get paid real money of her own. That would be nice, real money of your own....” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

We going have children and money and big house. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“When we are paid, I will write Mamá a letter, and we will include what money we can. I will tell her that we will send more in the next letter.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“I’m not joking. I think in a little time, very soon maybe, we might be coming into some money.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

At last he had a reason for earning money: Harlett O’Hara. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peru had little money to spend on archaeology, and almost all of it was earmarked for the magnificent stone ruins in the mountains. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then all she had to do was get the rest of the money. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“And I thought it would cost more money. So I was going to sell him the brooch, to buy you one.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

It was impossible for all four of us to go at once; we did not have enough money. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt good sending him money to help with these things. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He wondered what they had bought with all their money. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Earning big money in the crack gang wasn’t much more likely than the Wisconsin farm girl becoming a movie star or the high-school quarterback playing in the NFL. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Afterward, you want to show your appreciation, but you don’t have the wherewithal to make a substantial gift of money like some wealthy merchant or noble. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“He wanted a raise and he was consistently late. You wouldn’t give him more money. That has nothing to do with him killing himself.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

My two old people did not give me money, but, each year for fifteen years, a bead. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mam mended a pile of clothes she’d taken in for money. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The crackhead protests a bit, but then he takes the money because he’s a crackhead and it’s cash and crack is all about the now. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I was hoarding my paychecks, in case I needed the money for tuition. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Wherever you could get the best results for the least money was what you chose. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Dad saw every piece of scrap as the money it could be sold for, minus the time needed to sort, cut and deliver it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Do you really think your father wants money?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If you can do anything you want, shouldn’t you do something good? Do something big and important with your money?” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

"No extra money in my budget," Mrs. Johnson says, not looking up from her reading. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Killing is endless now, it’s an industry, there’s money in it, and the good side and the bad side are pretty hard to tell apart. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Consuelo smiled and asked, “Are you helping tonight so I will give you money to go to the cinema?” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Twin Cities job market analyst Kristine Jacobs pinpoints what she calls the “money taboo” as a major factor preventing workers from optimizing their earnings. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

This woman had money, no doubt about it. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s my money,” the guy is insisting now. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The woman had crossed the room to the desk and returned with the money, placing it in my hand. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tobias and his daddy always talk bout money like they still got a lot Old Mr. been selling off the place so that nothing much left but the houses and the fields. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Remember the money," I muttered angrily to myself. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Bailey is relieved that he has excess pocket money for the unplanned expense. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But aside from the desire to add to my rainy-day money I had nothing to live for. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Or “I’m sure you do a good job at money management. However, did you know most wives outlive their husbands? If something should happen to you, would she be able to handle everything by herself?” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sure? Each one of these is for more than this place is worth. We’re paying on all these? That’s a waste of money.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“So, whatever money we earn belongs to all of us, equally, right?” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“In the old days a hundred throats were cut every Saturday night, and money was as rare as a rattlesnake higher than eight thousand feet, and everybody dropped dead from TB before they were forty.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Nicolas understood that there was no way he could continue teaching The Truth without money. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had started holding annual benefit dinners each March in New York City to raise money for EJI. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But we had no money, no family, no friends here. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Her greatgrandmother ran a grocery store, and so they were able to put aside some money and marry one of their daughters to the first Indian lawyer in the colony. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Howard had the kind of money to turn the head of any major-league owner, and he could have used it to acquire a ready-made stable of proven runners. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We can pay off the checks. Once we’re in Mexico, once we get started down there, we’ll make money. Lots of it.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The money itself didn’t seem terribly important to Fischer. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, he had no money, but neither did we. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

So much money I could hardly think of it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Some had come to the ghetto with money or jewelry that they could trade for food. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I’ve never had any extra money to hire a special teacher. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I timidly reached out and took the money. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hickey was in jail for trying to spend counterfeit money. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daisy Soros, wife of the harbor designer Paul Soros and sister-in-law of the financier George Soros, has been coming to Nantucket since the 1960s, an era when few women, new money or old, dressed up. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

People who don’t know think it is easy to be a madam—just sit in a big chair and drink beer and take half the money the girls make, they think. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And now since they had lost the house they owed money there too. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

That she has a little money to share. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

For a few months they were busy getting Cyrus’s money in order and out at interest. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

If you have no money for health insurance—and the Hearthside’s niggardly plan kicks in only after three months—you go without routine care or prescription drugs and end up paying the price. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I don’t think it was the money that ultimately mattered to him. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Without any knowledge of the probability of there being various amounts of money in the envelopes, there is no way out of this impasse. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could have brought in enough money for Michael and Alphie to go to school with proper shoes and bellies well filled. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

"My family all died and I came into a good deal of money." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have the money—there weren’t enough cows in Kenya to send me to school in America—so I thought, Well, I’ll just have to change my plans. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

If there had still been portable money, it would have been more difficult. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Neutrality is a luxury Kerch has too long enjoyed. The members of the Council think that their wealth protects them, that they can sit back and count their money while the world squabbles.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But he died before I was born, and you and Dad used some of the money he left you to buy our house. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He took out the money, two coins, each a four-anna piece, dropped them in my palm. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others told tales of returning only to be spurned by their villages for having broken caste or to be preyed upon by relatives who stole their money. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Like the rest of us, she wanted to serve suppers, and scold servants, and set aside money in her almari to have her eyebrows threaded every three weeks at the Chinese beauty parlor. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

There was little money to outfit me for high school, and there were few jobs available to a fourteen-year-old. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The “assistance” provided by snitches is notoriously unreliable, as studies have documented countless informants who have fabricated stories about drug-related and other criminal activity in exchange for money or leniency in their pending criminal cases. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Neel was sure, though, that his father would never do anything like demand money from widows who used to own their land. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Questions arose almost daily about such details as the prize money, the schedule, and the venue. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

"I want a job, sir, so that I can earn enough money to return to college in the fall." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the whole mushroom chicken course I tell her about going back to Yana Urku and needing money for school, and finding this job. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pay is $20 an hour, good money for a Levittown kid right out of high school, and it helps pay his tuition at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

But the old man came to the door and said volubly, “There is no end to the money spent in this house!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“I have more than enough money in the bank.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I need the money. They stole all my money.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

If Kilvin approved of the finished product, he would sell it and I would receive part of the money as a commission. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

For all the gang’s talk about how crack dealing didn’t do any harm—they even liked to brag that it kept black money in the black community—Booty was feeling guilty. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I had wished to live modestly during the trip and send whatever money I saved home, but everything had already been prepaid. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ever since then, instead of paying money for school, I dean the tile floors of the nuns’ house. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

A little creative lying can draw attention, indignation, and—perhaps most important—the money and political capital to address the actual problem. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He saved enough money to buy a car—a 1976 Monte Carlo. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was the most money she’d ever given me for anything in my life. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He learned to beg, not for money but for food. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We had no time to go into details, but have formed the decided impression that this is being run now, as in the past, upon the general theory that money is no object.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I counted out every bill in my pocketbook and set the money on the counter. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

It’s as if Hideo were offering me pity money, an easy out if I don’t feel up to the challenge of his bounty. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And without money where could they stay in the city until the babies actually came? Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nailer took the money, surprised at the amount, feeling suddenly alone. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was completely free of ambition, with no affection for money, property or things, no greed, no desire to command attention or compliments—no ego. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

With Benny’s asthma and Sugar still in school and Kindra and... we was tight on money already. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m sleeping on money inside a palace,” he said. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slammed down the lid on the money chest. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they are also worth the most money. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Take this," she said, “and use the money to find yourself another occupation. How old are you? Eleven? Twelve?" The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

You’re in here costing the state money, taking the same pills you took before. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“When Rukku’s better, we’ll start up the necklace business again, and then we’ll make enough money so we can take a holiday and both of you can just play together for a whole week.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But she has the money now and we move to Hartstonge Street.Then she carries Eugene in her arms and we go up the street to Leamy’s National School. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“She virtually has pneumonia, and if you think I’m going to enjoy disturbing her just for money...” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Let’s stop the treatments. Stop spending the money. Stop trying. Then what, Will?” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

It was useful in order to bring him money for Kamala, and it brought him more than he really needed. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

All these years, she had believed that if workers stuck together, they’d win a fair share of the money made by their muscle and sweat. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

He persuaded people to donate their jewelry and money, and he used the funds to make bombs and train militants. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When he turned seventeen, his dad sent him to America to earn money. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

"I don't have any extra money in my Theater Club budget," Mrs. Johnson warns. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

That was true before the money and doubly true after. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

In how many of those cases was your decision about where to spend your money heavily influenced by the recommendation of a friend? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This federal grant money has resulted in the proliferation of narcotics task forces, including those responsible for highway drug interdiction. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

She had some money from her trust, like Mummy and Carrie did, but when she got divorced Brody kept the house. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I watched Gert skip behind the counter to stuff the money someplace. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

New Year was coming and who had all the money he wanted for the new clothes and the feasting? The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

My father would have to send him money on a regular basis or send for him. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Is that what Nick and Mo are waiting for?” somebody asked, and Paul jumped, scattering money all over the floor. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

In order to make money from the casino, you had to work at the casino. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

He discovered that being rich was terribly annoying because it was so easy to make money and so difficult to find an incentive for spending it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the only one that didn’t feel like blood money. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The goal was to spend money, so Felix didn’t question it. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was still the dude, always the dude, no matter what, spending more money on his clothes than on anything else. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not exactly sure what that means, but I do know all the money he deals with belongs to somebody else. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“Sure. Whatever. There’s money in my jacket. It’s on the bed.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

As soon as she got her money, she’d be on the first bus, train, or plane she could find. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He took the package of money from where it lay on the mantel and put it in the inside pocket of his coat where it had been before. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I named him Vincent, which sounds like “win cent,” the sound of making money, because I was beginning to think we did not have enough. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made no difference to me if the money was going to support throwing puppies off thirty-story office towers. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

They made a sound like money, like quarters tumbling together. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He was already in college, learning how to make money off money. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

It meant that I had made enough money that she could splurge and make she-crab soup for supper. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A thousand Galleons in prize money — zis is a chance many would die for!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Your money is no good here,” he says. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Just give me one more week, I swear, and I’ll get half the money to you. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I held my job, managed my own money, kept passing grades, and stayed out of deep trouble. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The district had given us a small amount of money as compensation for his death, enough to cover one month of grieving at which time my mother would be expected to get a job. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

In the last few months, to be sure, she had had a terrifying glimpse of what it might mean to live without money, but it seemed shameful to speak of it. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Vaughan, I recalled, had told his wife that he had stashed evidence on the murders—as well as money for the family—in a secret hiding place. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Where the hell I put that.. . You know other countries be buying her for twenty-five dollars, sometimes fifty? Her family didn’t get no money out of it.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I had felt loved, love pouring from their fingers when the adults tucked red money in our pockets. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was Giannini’s urging, perhaps the example of Bing Crosby, who was investing heavily in racehorses, or maybe the spellbinding vision of the track their money had built. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Weird!” he said, “What a shape! This is money?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Frank told me that the same fellow on 123rd Street who had hired him to deliver a package had offered him money to beat up a junkie who owed him money. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The influx of federal urban renewal money was supposed to be a coup for Durham’s poor. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Plus, I already checked in the office today, and no one turned in any money. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I put down the debit card Mom had given me—Daisy never had any money and my mom let me charge twenty-five dollars a week as long as I kept straight As. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

In fact, he never let me play with it, because as he put it, “This swag will be worth a bundle of money someday, so keep your grubby hands off it.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There’s an area for the show part, where the judging happens, where you pay money and might win ribbons, and that’s very quiet and you feel like you should tiptoe and whisper. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

A healing that no amount of money spent in a psychologist’s office could buy. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

When he reappeared, Atticus gave him the keys to the family car, some money, and a lecture on not doing over fifty. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Thank God! this is the country where bribery can do anything, and we are well supplied with money. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

When Mother tried to return Gertrude’s money to me, I made her keep it as payment for my salvation, for it was she who kept my body and my soul together. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He had even given up the moneys which ordinarily he held back from the family transactions for his own use, so beside himself had he been. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“We had the money saved,” Daddy said quietly. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without a job, my mom didn’t have enough money to get another place. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

About a quarter of the money went directly for housing, eliminating any chance that it could be paid to a broker. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Because we dropped the money off on the way up.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prom was expensive, and he'd have to ask his mom if he could have the money. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Dad says the altar boy robes will cover the clothes and she says we don’t have the money for robes and the wash they need every week. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The schools chosen for Main Stages in Nebraska tended to be from well-heeled communities that poured money into their theater programs, like Grosse Pointe, Michigan, or the Woodlands, outside Houston. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

There was so little money from city funds that each year the principal put on a fund-raising event to buy desks, books, and equipment for the cafeteria. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have much money with me, just a twenty and some ones, and I thought about “accidentally” dropping my bag and walking away. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I just meant—” “I’m not a snob. I don’t care how much money someone has. That’s not the point.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Still, as the strike wore on, food and money were running out. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I am vigorously carrying on the money-raising campaign, and things look very promising . . . I’ll keep at it until somehow we get the money.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I tell her it’s too much, that she shouldn’t spend her money this way, but she insists, pressing the gifts into my arms. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once, for instance, Washington requested “hard money,” meaning gold or silver, “to pay a certain set of People who are of particular use to us.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

And people pay money for a pet, yet for me she paid nothing . *. at least, as far as I know. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I ain’t giving you money to put some creamy crack on your scalp and burn the mess out of it! You better work with what the good Lord gave you!” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

In his hand he held a paper bag that was supposed to hold a month’s worth of lunch money. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

"But I need money pretty bad and I was wondering what you were going to do with your old car." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She closed the door and said to her husband, “Well? What now? How do you turn those jewels into money?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

You could buy a house with almost no money down. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was feeling cocky anyway on this first day in the new world, seventeen years old and a little money burning in his pocket. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My hard-earned money will be used for nothing but the children’s schooling,” my mother said. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why, I owe at least a dozen pickled limes, and I can’t pay them, you know, till I have money, for Marmee forbade my having anything charged at the shop.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached her workplace an hour and a half after leaving Bellevue; if she had had the money she could have made the trip in twenty minutes by cab. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Chant, chill. There’s plenty of money to go around—we’ll make it work,” Donna says, tightening the straps of her new bra. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“For real? What would you do with all that money, Mrs. Rooks?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She would not part with much of her money; she did not know what lay ahead. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

This was my view of America—men with big muscles who wore skullcaps and knee-high boots and made lots of money. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I try to keep my thoughts on Eden, on the money I need to collect before it's too late, but I start thinking up new ways to mess with the Republic's war campaign instead. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

If I don’t pay back the money within a certain time, then the pawnbroker owns the jewelry,” Nali said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The toy of a man with money to burn. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

No money had been added in the mean-. while, so he still could not be certain whether Deborah knew or not. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“I paid good money for that baton,” the woman said to Raymie. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Vincent has spent so much of Theo’s money getting the house ready, he’s sure that no matter how well he and Gauguin work, they will never recoup the expenses. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

We did all sorts of things to raise money for my lawyer. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

For a time I live on grant money. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He can’t have her grow up worrying about money as he did. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She took his money and she went out with other men, and she lied to the student—who was certainly a fool. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He sold his share of the farm to Charles, for less than it was worth, and with that and his half of his father’s money he was free and rich. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t make sense for a man so concerned with saving money to be wasting a car like that. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Within a few minutes, some of us had more money than we had been able to accumulate in a year of cottage allowances. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He cancelled his coming to speak, and as we were unable to get back the money already paid for the rental of the center, Mr. Muhammad told me to speak in his stead. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she loved Coraline as a miser loves money, or a dragon loves its gold. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

‘Me? Leave Bree! I wouldn’t do that for any money,’ said Mr. Butterbur, looking really scared. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

All the time and money wasted on political posturing, the lives lost in wars, the populations abused by despots—all gone the moment the Thunderhead was handed power. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

While Mom and Dad went out looking for investment money for the Prospector, we kids played in the hotel. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“So Jimmy’s going to ask you to help. And he’s going to offer you money.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

So if you come up with the money after the thirty days, you have to buy it back at a higher price. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

However, in the meanwhile for all Mr. Butterbur knew his money was gone for good, or for bad. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Look at that. She’s buying him candy,” said Arm disapprovingly as the boy’s mother fed money into the machine. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

That was more money in one hour than after two days with the lemonade stand. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He has no success persuading Uncle Cent to give him money to set up his own gallery. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

And with my money, I have more courage to step out into this new free world. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Never again would anyone in his family have the money to come see him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took the money from Buddy and stuffed it hurriedly in his pocket. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But despite their lack of money, Farideh and Mohammad had a solid marriage. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I tried calculating how much money we could make if we switched to the bead business. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Science is not like the state, which is entirely of our own making, though unmaking it would, like unmaking money, be far from easy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

A large group of debils surrounded him, holding up fistfuls of paper money. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Never before had I been so curious about money as now that I believed I was surrounded by it. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

His wretched uncle had a whole crew of muscled bullies he hired to collect money from people who owed him. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want the money by and by. I want it now. And you haven’t got it now, you work for me and pay it off.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she had the money she’d bake all the flour in Limerick and regions beyond. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

We were poor, but in the way Japanese are poor, meaning we never borrowed money from anyone, period. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“But we don’t have any money,” Mama responded, sobbing and looking sadly at Torito. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Aside from our money and possessions, middle-class families, from what I can see, have a lot more leisure time. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even if I’d had the money for such things—which I didn’t—I would not have spent a moment on them. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He said, “Did burning the money give you much pleasure?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re not getting both. It’s a waste of money. You can get the notebooks with the hole punched paper. Then you can pull it out if you need it.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

In granting the permission, Hitler saw an opportunity to improve the Aryan race and to save the government money. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Pentoshi were even less like to be of help than the Myrish money changers, but the effort must be made. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Food companies make more money if they can get us to change our eating habits and buy their processed foods. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

When you told me what happened to your candy money, I kinda put it all together.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

It was very boring, but I could earn my own money and be independent while I tried to find a way to work somehow with animals. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

That was the money Jessie had had before the Lemonade War began. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

He gave money to his women friends, and they, in return, were happy to love him. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The workshop stayed, but Abel kept running it into the ground, drinking his money. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

When we found Miss Mary’s will, I’d work extra to pay Jenny back for the money we cost her, fair and square. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat on Evan's bed and quickly sorted out the money. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z