“I think Erin knew more than I did,” she finally said. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Corn has managed to become the most widely planted crop in America—more than 80 million acres of farmland are planted with corn every year. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

In the coming years, Southam injected HeLa and other living cancer cells into more than six hundred people for his research, about half of them cancer patients. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“But you don’t get it, do you? Hitting someone is the easiest way to hurt them! You could hurt me so much more than that!” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She stood on tiptoes and stared into them, then stamped her foot and shouted, “No, your real eyes! Those fakes don’t fool me any more than your ridiculous lie about Abe!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

In that relatively short period, more than twenty-five million newcomers poured into the United States. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Profits are expected more than to double next year. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He was already more than an hour late. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

This was a vast sum, far more than the cost of a train ticket. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is coughing more than when they lived together in Paris. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He’s sure he used to know quite a lot of words, in more than one language, in fact, but he can’t seem to recall any of them. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Under the trees the snow was little more than a dusting, which crunched underfoot. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Pri is sitting next to a girl and they laugh and talk as if they are more than friends. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Behind her followed nine bands, four mounted brigades, more than twenty floats, and more than five thousand marchers. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“I forgot young ladies in America go to school more than with us. Very fine schools they are, too, Papa says. You go to a private one, I suppose?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were sugar-frosted flakes, and after eating nothing but onions for more than a week, he had trouble adjusting to the flavor. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“My grandma deserves more than being the punch line of somebody’s bad jokes. Her name means something, just like everyone else’s.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

If you were more than a few years out of college in 1975, then you belonged to the old paradigm. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He wanted Julie to eat more than once a day, but he wasn’t sure how to swing that. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The bridge led to nothing more than an artificial island in an artificial lake. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Soon after I signed up, I learned that there were more than a thousand of our students eligible to go. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

As if all this time the city has been no more than a scale model built by her father and the shadow of a great hand has fallen over it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

At the end of three months they had succeeded in arming more than a thousand men, but they were wiped out. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was hardly more than a footpath, just a few feet wide, so the soldiers who’d been riding alongside us had to park their jeep and walk, one in front and two behind. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He understood more than ever the passion the Gladers felt for finding their way out of the Maze. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I was inevitably short more than a few pence each month. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bigwig was beginning to realize that in this place nobody was told more than was good for him, or got to know much except what was before his nose. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And yet, I must admit, that I have never cared for an oblate more than I care for William. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She could easily have stared at him more than the artwork, but tried to keep her gaze on the walls whenever she was in his vision. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“And, Myna, I can find another toy for my son to play with. I’m sure I can get more than I paid for you—a broken-in African is highly sought after.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated to kill it even more than I hated to waste upwards of sixty talents worth of ophalum. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We all jump out of our skin, but maybe me more than the others. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

"No more than light makes common cause with darkness." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As Euwe continued with his remarks, Bobby appeared bored and lonely, even though more than a thousand people were looking up regularly at him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not always a cup of warm milk with a dash of cinnamon. And Little Jimmy is more than just apple juice!” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Detroit has already seen a peaceful massing of more than a hundred thousand blacks—think about that. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I came to think of Tyan-yu as a god, someone whose opinions were worth much more than my own life. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I bet I understand what pain means even more than you." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The terms "folk music" and "pop music" also have more than one meaning. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Now, apparently, he was tired of doing more than his share. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

My textbooks began to make sense, and I found myself doing more than the required reading. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I know. He’s nothing more than a big spoiled puppy,” the young man said, stepping forward. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It’s the only disc I have watched more than once. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Christina wanted Ferdinand’s horoscope to be cast, but she was not sure when he had been born and offered two alternative dates more than a year apart: 19 July 1548 and 30 July 1549. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

One of the women was old, the other not much more than a girl. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It frightened her more than the dress did, more than the bargain she had struck with Sidhean. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Long rows of reclaimed hardwoods and softwoods line the fence in short stacks, too many for me to name since there are more than one hundred thousand kinds. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

But I also know it’s more than that. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The machine shop was no more than a dozen yards away, its lights illuminating the gate and the path. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

This slavemaster white man already has ‘integrated’ us until you can hardly find among us today any more than a very few who are the black color of our foreparents! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

His health declined slowly but inexorably for more than a year, much of that time spent in the hospital. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The blackness of the sea suddenly overwhelmed her; it was nothing more than a vast emptiness. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The signs from Fortuna were more than promising. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The magical, transforming clock that sat across from the ticket booth, doing so much more than simply telling the time. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The pain of knowing is killing me more than killing me would kill me, so I jump just to end it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

They had trudged for more than an hour when they heard a sound that brought them to a halt. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

And he knows so much more than foxes. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

At close proximity, I also noticed he had too much body hair for a boy who couldn’t be more than twelve years old. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

But it was more than that; there was something slimily questionable about the Babylonian that always sent prickles up Ranofer’s spine. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

But he turned into so much more than a hunting partner. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Who would have thought twenty flyers could have brought more than a thousand people to the park? One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed irrelevant, nothing more than idle chitchat. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

His hair was a reddish-gray; his beard, little more than stubble, was grayish-red. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Bayona would ask his carefully worded question, and more than once a nurse appeared with a stack of patient folders. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

But I have heard how on more than one occasion Ellen has found them both on the pallet, and once in the bed together. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

But educated Indians have been held back so many years by both poverty and a socialist bureaucracy that many of them seem more than ready to put up with the hours. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

He had been born into a large, wealthy family, he told us, with five generations, more than a hundred people, living together in one big compound. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are more than equal to thrusting uphill the light mass in front of them. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if I really was clean, or if I was somehow involved in all of this more than I wanted to think. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

After filling the tub with no more than six inches of water, Mandy and I bathed the babies; then it progressed until the oldest was finished, with everyone sharing the same water. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Trestle tables and benches, more than I had ever seen in one place, stood beneath a low beamed ceiling. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He looked nervously in his rearview mirror but saw nothing more than cars passing idly by and the darkened interior of the store. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

His motorcycle is more than a transportation vehicle; it is a girl magnet. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

An hour later I passed through a small town, hardly more than a church and a tavern that happened to be next to each other. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Jam wanted nothing more than to take all those feelings away and put him somewhere safe. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I'm pretty sure that if I hadn't been doing my afternoon jogging, I wouldn't have lasted for more than a minute on my feet. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Oh, he might have preferred being unchained a bit now and then, but if you were to be a captive, you couldn’t ask for more than he had been given. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Here and there I saw several attractive young women but carefully avoided giving them more than a glance. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was actually required to do a lot more than simply recite dialogue. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I turned the big cell key in more than thirty locks and finished before Smith; he was stopping at several cells to say good morning, I noticed. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emma also took up gardening more than she had before; it was something she and Charles shared, a love for flowers. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He then talked with Nali, who was more than willing to have him at the mobile home. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The lack of food has made her lose so much of her beautiful hair and it is now little more than wispy patches on her head. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Officer X was off the hook, which meant that maybe he wouldn’t hate me more than he already did. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have not very much farther to go, Eleanor thought; I am more than halfway there. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The room was a small basement one, and five rows of six desks already filled it more than comfortably. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Able-bodied men and childbearing women fetched more than juveniles, making an individual accounting difficult. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The Iranian government reported that thirty-six people died in the protests, but the opposition party alleged that more than twice that number were killed. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

"I worked in that organization for more than thirty years and I want to tell you how the KGB works against the best interests of democratic forces in this country." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“By river it’s forty miles or so. Could take more than two days depending on if you’re on a barge or a billow- boat, and what the weather’s like.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

For the cast it would be something more than a full dress rehearsal because of a full live audience. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Clarkson did not think these “salutory preparations” would do much more than scare citizens, but he knew the legislature and the governor were in a panic. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

To admit that they had been more than friends and to tape that admission. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

After she has stood for more than an hour, as still as one of the circus statues, a man in a grey suit approaches her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The fact is, Mr Stevens, your father is entrusted with far more than a man of his age can cope with.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

In over fifty miles to the capital there were more than fifteen checkpoints and the soldiers were unmerciful. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I did not hope to kill more than five of them because I had only that many arrows, but if the leader was one of the five I would be satisfied. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never had more than five minutes’ peace unbroken. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

To my mind she didn’t need a ride any more than if she was going downtown, which she did every day, and besides, she was leaving Campbell Junior with Mama and Queenie. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Nat Bowditch, aren’t you? I know your father. He sailed under me more than once—before he had his own sloop.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two-thirds of the adults have had four or more years of college and earn more than $100,000 a year, twice the American family average. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t stand anywhere with Nia, really, not more than friends. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

"And sometimes it's nice to have a bit more than you need. Is there anything else you'd like?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

What was bothering Angel seemed to be more than a rash. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The days between Christmas and New Year’s day are allowed as holidays; and, accordingly, we were not required to perform any labor, more than to feed and take care of the stock. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

We had been engaged in the armed struggle for more than two decades. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Snape looked no more than nine or ten years old, sallow, small, stringy. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I'm not sure why it is, but I love food more than just about anything else. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

When the hunting season opened that fall, something happened that was almost more than I could stand. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was that more than the drag of the Ring that made him cower and stoop as he walked. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Sixty million of them would have been more than sixty billion pounds of grouchy, fast- moving mammal pounding the plains. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

There had been no more than five hours’ darkness and that of a pallid, twilit quality which kept him wakeful and restless. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been more than three years since the arrests, but when Tate and the other officers started making threats of lynching, Walter was terrified. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She was skinny and small, but she held on to the door as if more than happy to throw her weight against it to keep out intruders. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

But the lesson of the Power of Context is that we are more than just sensitive to changes in context. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frankie didn’t know it, but he had given me more than just a means of surviving my first year in this city. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I feared him more than it’s possible to fear a mere man. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kaede remembered that the King’s first wife had died more than a decade ago, but he had not remarried until last year, when he chose a much younger bride. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

This conversation lasted no more than a few seconds. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The entire weight of his equipment, he guessed, was more than eighty-five pounds. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

For more than eight months, the Senate refused to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

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

About 1,200 Confederate horsemen wait to attack Washburn’s cavalry and infantry, which together number slightly more than 800—but only about 80 of those are cavalry. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“The word mean has more than one definition, Miss Gilly. Here the poet is talking about humility, lowliness, not”—he laughed softly—“not bad nature.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t want to hold no babies, it’s OK, but if you do . . . well, you got to learn sumpin’ more than ‘Itsy-Bitsy Spider.’ Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I miss Constantine more than anything Ive ever missed in my life. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

"There isn't more than a ha'porth of meat in a crab." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

When the German army invaded and conquered Poland in September 1939, more than three million additional Jews came under Nazi control. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It washed over us and I heard more than a few people dry-heaving and vomiting, including some guards on their forebears. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

By profession, Zooey was an actor, a leading man, in television, and had been for a little more than three years. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

But suddenly, recently, the skill had become more than simple cleverness. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am in a classroom, I realise, because every room with more than one Erudite in it is a classroom. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

In a time when kings and emperors ruled much of the world, the Dutch Republic was governed, more than any other nation, by the people. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Loganville was more than 90 percent white, and there wasn’t so much as a suntan on the faces of the Liberty Fire or their parents. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

To get out of North Korea, more than half of the refugees said they paid cash to bribe officials or buy help from professional smugglers. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Just going back to school after my math-class incident was more than enough to worry about. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“But isn’t that nothing more than lying, cheating, and stealing?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I envy this little girl more than I would have thought possible. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She would never believe his denials, any more than he believed hers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I hate nothing more than doing things badly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I owe you a lot more than I do her. You really opened my eyes to something.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

But there’s nobody who has been to more than five funerals. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The way he acted, you might have thought that bear fight hadn’t been anything more than a rowdy romp that we’d all taken part in for the fun of it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I watched JimmyTrotter milk Sophie three years ago, he didn’t seem to like milking any more than I liked ironing white sheets in the heat. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

In 1916, before the United States entered the war, American packers exported 70 million tons of canned beef, 262 million tons of fresh beef, and more than 500 million tons of bacon. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When was the last time he and Toby had spent more than a few days apart? We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She deserves it more than any other girl in the pageant. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Once I've got a groove, the work requires less effort but is almost more than I can handle. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I nodded my head to them and turned to face Hemme amidst applause which, though far from deafening, was probably more than any he had ever received. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was at the Second Decennial Review Conference on Cell Tissue and Organ Culture with more than seven hundred other scientists. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

If you let her, Lorraine would eat until she dropped, and if she keeps going at that rate, I’m afraid she’s going to be somewhat more than voluptuous, She could end up just plain fat. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The girl looked so bewildered, like kindness was unfathomable to her, and that broke Hazel’s heart more than anything. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“There’s more than two! There’s one, two, three, four, five!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

It is the lowest temperature possible, a little more than 273 degrees Celsius below the freezing point of water. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I thought that this style of conversation might not be pleasant to Mrs. Harker, any more than it was to me, so I joined in:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

With her eyes shut, Lin Nai-Nai shook her head back and forth as if the world were more than she could understand. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s nothing more than constructive criticism, she tells herself. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He was sad at the thought of what lay ahead, yes, and more than a little afraid. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was the type of girl you might think was nothing more than a private-school blonde, but you’d be very wrong if you went no deeper than that. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

No one, not even Jefferson, hated Hamilton more than Adams. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Suppose it’s more than a patrol,” Peewee said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it’s tempting to read between the lines and wonder if some of their intense friendships were more than just friendships. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She was so old she couldn’t do any more than move hardly. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baltimore Gas and Electric demolished three hundred homes to make room for a new power plant, leaving more than 1,300 homeless, most of them black. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The Commons was filled with drilling soldiers, much more than usual. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman on the bed was no more than a hard stratum of marble they had reached. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her body was little more than a shadow. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The garden could only be reached through a dark, covered alley, which at first glance looked like little more than a black hole between the Casa Spavento and the neighboring house. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were more than just something to interest him, they became friends, and when they left, moving and splashing out of the bay in the middle of the night, he watched them with growing sadness. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I had been given to understand that those castles were ruins. Dismal places, bleak and cold, hardly more than heaps of rubble. At Eastwatch we heard talk of rats and spiders.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Soon the mouth had receded to little more than a pinhole of light, and Jemmy stopped to catch his breath. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s barely 4:30 a.m. when she grabs a cup of coffee and joins more than two dozen colleagues, each settling into a cubicle with a computer and earphones. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Ella does not notice that there is more than one note,” she told everyone. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even in 1959, with more than 100 major insect species showing definite resistance to chemicals, one of the leading journals in the field of agricultural chemistry spoke of “real or imagined” insect resistance. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The girl was not more than ten paces from me and with one movement I could have picked up the spear and thrown it. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chandresh loses him in the crowd more than once, the grey falling into a blur of black and white dotted with color from the patrons. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He did not see how so many flies, more than a hundred fat greenish flies, could have come in through that crack to buzz together in a dense turbulent cluster. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He scampers off, along with a few other fellows, the lot of them muttering curses but too cowardly to do anything more than that. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t looking forward to Friday, and it more than lived up to my non-expectations. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

My choler was so risen, I longed for nothing more than confrontation; my fingers demanded engagement. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Before he died he told Deianira to take some of his blood and use it as a charm for Hercules if ever he loved another woman more than her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

After five years in New York’s Latino community, he spoke little English and owned little more than the clothes on his back. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

It’s more than a chance to create a new identity. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Who can never accept my offer of companionship for more than a little while. They send me a hero I can’t help ... just the sort of person I can’t help falling in love with.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

When you consider that more than 100 million Americans live within a day’s drive of the Appalachian Trail, it is hardly surprising that 2,500 sleeping spaces is sometimes not enough. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Well, more than “kinda like” but less than actually being so. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Once,” Werner recalled, “Klaus gave me a thick book of blueprints, more than a hundred pages long, asking me to forward it quickly.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, he presumably knew something about the meaning and purpose of the Revolution, having done more than any man to assure its success. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Like lots of ancient rulers, the kings of India had more than one wife. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Frankie could be stubborn, but I knew the one thing my little brother loved more than fishing. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“It will take more than a goldfish to bring fortune to our house.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Loaded with food and equipment, the boats weighed in at more than a ton apiece. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

She turned her back to us and spoke to Pa for more than fifteen minutes. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You always try to frighten people. Now she is at howling more than before.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father had never gone to college the way Sam had, but still I was pretty sure that he knew more than Sam. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw realized that it was frightened, even more than he had been. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

She looked remarkably like Denna, but I knew that to be nothing more than my own fancy. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He ordered more than two thousand federal troops into the streets of DC to quell the riots. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

As for the types of artifacts made, the Chatham Islanders required little more than hand-held clubs and sticks to kill seals, birds, and lobsters. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You know more than you think you do. Your baby . . .” It went on and on like that in the way that some books do. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He probably hadn’t traveled much more than seven or eight miles, but there was still a whole day before his grandfather would get home from work and even suspect he was gone. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a lot—not compared to Bunker Nine, or even to his supplies aboard the Argo II. But it was more than sand and rocks. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think it possible for me to hate my brother more than I did, but I should have known better. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Timbre is caused by the fact that each note from a musical instrument is a complex wave containing more than one frequency. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

It was because Mom and Dad couldn’t forge more than your signature. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The towers were part of a windmill farm, which spanned more than eight thousand acres and was expected to eventually supply electricity to some forty-five thousand homes in Oklahoma. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t have slept any more than he had—he’d heard her leave for the barn in the middle of the night, and she hadn’t come back until nearly dawn. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But I still couldn't handle more than a spoonful of the Baghdad. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I’ve written more than eighty books and more speeches than I can remember. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was nothing more than an urban myth, but Rowan believed it just enough that it kept him from wanting to stand out. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I have no more than a half hour left, and I still have to get through the dock traffic and up to Blackcliff. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then she said, “Charlie doesn’t always do what’s right, and he can be insensitive, but he tries, Henry, which is more than I can say for a lot of people.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I learned that Anatole is more than a teacher of schoolboys and translator of sermons. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chess sensed, more than actually seeing, that Finn and Natalie were throwing smoke bombs, too. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“You are a Porter and my son. You are more than enough.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

It had been more than a month and some of us had almost gone through the withdrawal stage, even though there were still instances of vomiting and collapsing at unexpected moments. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It’s not just restlessness— this is more than that. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Parts of his suit are no more than shadows. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I don’t think I was in the water for more than a couple of seconds. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

They say that these are the thousand red eyes of the dead—though there are more than a thousand, and they will not always be dead. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But right from the get-go, I could see that there was something different about playing my kind of music, something more than my parents’ obvious bewilderment with my classical tastes. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You reproach yourself more than I ever could, Your Grace. You must have these great lords to win your throne—" "Fingers and all, it seems." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Rocking on the porch, she had seen the white dot swinging back and forth in the sun when the boy wasn’t much more than a moving spot far down the road. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, of course, he felt he had more than enough administrative experience in large projects to oversee electromagnetic separation, plutonium, and the chain-reaction pile without overstretching himself. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The former crested with fearsome rapidity; the latter sometimes took more than a century to tamp down, and it was followed by many aftershocks. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The original organization, the Farmers' Alliance, was for whites only, but an affiliated Colored Farm Alliance was soon started and quickly attracted more than one million members. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“These others need your protection so much more than I,” she said. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The voyage began this afternoon, with more than ten thousand passengers on board. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The stone is dressed with circular furrows, a design that hasn’t been used for more than a hundred years. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Muller encouraged her to study medicine and to follow him to Russia when he received research appointments both in Leningrad and Moscow—she ultimately remained in touch with him for more than fifty years. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Oakland, California, is a city of more than 400,000 people, but it can still feel like a small town. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I do hope that my darling will not run any chance of danger—more than need be; but we are in God’s hands. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I didn’t care for the idea of doing nothing more than just run away to save our skins—not after Pimpernel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He trotted quickly to it and left, at last, a haven of more than a year, only eight days of which he fully recollected. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“He told me to expect you. He knew more than you thought. Who sent you?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He had said more than once, “I just want to be remembered.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“You were willing to burn up to save the quest. Mars can’t expect more than that.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Her father’s killers had done more than kill him. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Neville was getting more than a few suspicious glares from the mostly white students. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

We knew then that we were safe till morning did we desire it; but the Professor told me that we should not want more than an hour at most. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Their lead balls did vastly more damage than the smooth stones other slingers used, and more than any bow as well. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In other words, if I smile and you see me and smile in response — even a microsmile that takes no more than several milliseconds — it’s not just you imitating or empathizing with me. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your brother would want you to go on living your life. He loved you more than anyone.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The words bothered me more than they should — probably because his speculation hit home. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Allowing them to be together for more than a few stolen hours, without challenging the rules of the game. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There was more than enough room for me to move easily, but a thorn jabbed me when I got too close. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Naylor had been working the farm for more than thirty years, since he took it over from his father in the mid 1970s. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

This time it pursued instantly and the two rabbits reached the undergrowth at the bottom of the steep with no more than ten yards to spare. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

My grandfather was a short man, no more than five foot six, but his presence dominated every room he entered. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He enjoyed playing more than studying, and was an indifferent scholar. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tells me in some camps, there are more than a hundred thousand refugees living there, so the wait is much longer. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your life is everything, Stella. You affect people more than you know.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The troops would be under fire with more than a mile to walk. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now our immediate hope was that his chemical colleagues would be more than ever awed by his intellect and not probe the details of his model. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Ninety dollars was more than he made in two days of digging. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Why, I think it is more than fair to say that the teachers treat us as warmly as they would their own children, had they any. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Counterfeit Paradise was the product of more than twenty years of research. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I love her more than anything in this whole wide world. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I need to know more than that,” she says. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The truth was, at that moment Dorothy scared me a lot more than a billion Russians, and I didn’t know why. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her husband, Nelson Davis, was more than twenty years younger than she. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held top sales jobs at four different technology companies that were ultimately sold or went public for more than a billion dollars each. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Covered with the same wishy-washy flowered material as the spread, the pillows evoke an Arab engineer more than a lord and master of the harem. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I thought Dad liked Nowruz more than the rest of us combined. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Scientists theorize that the first “eyes” were nothing more than a pigmented, light-sensitive spot on the skin of some ancient creature. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing stirred people's envy more than a private joke. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The engine was almost silent, though we’d raced across the black freeways at more than twice the legal speed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

This silent blackness scares me more than nighttime in the city, with its noise and light. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

In fact, he assured Paul that there would be 575 police officers on patrol during the parade, significantly more than the 367 that would be working on the day of the presidential inauguration. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

To Tristran's regret, he had caught no more than a pink and tantalizing glimpse of Victoria, who was his sister's age and, without any doubt, the most beautiful girl for a hundred miles around. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe not; we can do no more than speculate about what he intended to do after he walked out of the bush. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Bender comes through the woods, making a show of his golf club, swinging it more than he is using it for balance on the hillside. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

His death was little noticed; jockey fatalities were so common that they rarely earned more than a slim paragraph in the press. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was more than all of those things. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

His shoulders sagged even more than they normally did. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Still, the extra money in my pocket allowed me to walk down the street not caring that other people had more than I did. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

But she knew it would take more than one protest. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I think you like molasses even more than I do,” he said to Rosie. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Thomas was more than fine with lying low—finding that computer station and punching in the code was more than enough responsibility for him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I think of her cold eyes and perpetual scowl, her unwillingness to see me as anything more than a pair of hands, fingers holding a needle and thread. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He was painfully aware how hungry he was; soon Tristran began to think of himself as nothing more than hunger, thinly surrounded by flesh, and, as fast as he could, walking, walking.... Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

On the one hand, there’s nothing he loves more than getting publicity for our town. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Her grandmother had made them more than once. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I’m believing God’s going to get me and my three brothers into manhood, into college, and off of these streets—with no more than maybe a couple of black eyes between us. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looks surprised to see more than just me. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Bree told it, and Shasta thought that he put in a great deal more than he needed about the falls and the bad riding. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Although it is true that I was changing, I couldn’t bring myself to dance with anything more than small, careful steps. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“I remember impressions more than actualities. I remember her constant crying. I remember how she looked at me as though I was something to be feared.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Six days after Bobby’s arrival back in the United States, the Marshall Chess Club followed through on its intentions and held a reception for him with more than one hundred members in attendance. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Jesse e-mailed me after reading a Newsweek-online story about how applications at the University of Chicago had jumped more than 30 percent in the past year. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"On more than that, I hope, sweet lady. I have great esteem for your husband, our new Hand, and I know we do both love King Robert." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But all her life, Jinjoo had instinctively known that her father cared for them more than their mother did. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Freedom, Abuela tells me, is nothing more than the right to a decent life. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Held out for more than thirty hours, then surrendered the fort Saturday afternoon.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are to help her. You can do more than any that live, and your courage is your best help.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Some days more than six hundred families stood in line for a handout of rice, oatmeal, potatoes, flour, and coffee, along with a little meat if there was any to be had. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Of course, something told me that Farmer was more than a simple country doctor. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The word was barely more than a whisper. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“But I like more than that about Angel.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because the castle’s protected by more than walls, you know,” said Hermione. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I really needed this dog more than anything in the world right now. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Cruel? Celaena, Perrington is just over there. I’m sure he’s not happy about you being here, so I wouldn’t risk drawing his attention any more than necessary.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I will leave behind something more than one photo album where I always look old. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

This was more than a group of Orgota curious to see “the alien.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

They could not approach, me, whilst so armed, nor Madam Mina whilst she remained within the ring, which she could not leave no more than they could enter. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Then I’d picked two locks and spent more than an hour watching other students’ interviews. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A few of the older men spoke of other snowstorms and insisted this was no more than a light dusting compared to what they’d seen in the winters of their youth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But I guess it was pretty sweet of him to do more than text. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I see them through the cracks between the walls, their houses not much more than a pile of food and supplies on one side and sleeping mats on the other. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

In this moment, more than anything, I wish I were an ant. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I see now what the stakes are for her and how she wants nothing more than to break out of the delicate little box her parents have built for her. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

There were probably more than five rabbits in the litter when Fiver was born, but his name, Hrairoo, means “Little Thousand”—i.e., the little one of a lot or, as they say of pigs, “the runt.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seldom lasted more than two weeks before running away or being expelled. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They weeded out the gold certificates and decided to avoid handing a clerk more than one fifty-dollar bill at a time. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The fact that her allowance was so small that it took her more than three weeks of skipping hot fudge sundaes to save enough for train fare was another example of injustice. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then I’ll owe them much, much more than the price of the photos.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But he did not, for more than anything he. wished to enter the great house with pride. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“Y’all’re the first visitors in more than a year,” she said, and she showed us a neat gold medal in a velvet box. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

We sat inside — it would have been futile to even attempt to open the door, so many people were pressing on it — for more than an hour, imprisoned by thousands of our own supporters. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Identifying the true diamonds that were worth more than the fake gold ring that held them. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They were the heart of the matter,- there were more than twenty of them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Way more than half of the runners had gone by before we saw Danny limping past the first bend. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She was full, she w’as made perfect, she was still more than merely herself. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to tell myself that I’m more than a legless girl, but that’s an effort too. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He’s more than ready to leave The Hague and move back to the City of Light. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I told her it was more than likely that we would have to live on her small salary as a social worker. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For Santa Sofía de la Piedad the reduction in the number of inhabitants of the house should have meant the rest she deserved after more than half a century of work. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He had never himself been beaten or threatened on a bus, but he had heard more than enough insults and witnessed more than enough abuse of black passengers to last a lifetime. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Landscape gardening was no more than a bohemian fantasy, as well as a lame ambition—so he had analyzed it with the help of Freud—to replace or surpass his absent father. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It had been,-more than a month since they had been there together, and as they neared the creek bed, they slowed down. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think God gave us this any more than he gives little kids cancer, or makes poor people lottery winners,” I say. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I projected apathy about her feelings, but I wanted nothing more than to make her proud. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

There were three six-foot-tall metal cages in the corner that couldn't have been more than four feet by four feet. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He’s amused us more than once by trying to pass on the news he’s just heard, since the message invariably gets garbled in transmission. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“You have proven yourself to be a true Anansesem. Perhaps...a bit more than was necessary. But, because of this, it is clear to us that the Midfolk need Nyame’s treasure.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

As recently as twenty years ago, old- time officers told me, it would be exceptional to find more than ten B-block inmates on keeplock. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

National food cultures are more than just a list of foods. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Princess, you have much to learn. Alive, nobody matters much in the long run. But dead, some men matter more than others.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Figure 1.64: When a note has more than one dot, each dot is worth half of the dot before it. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Ever since I first came to the hospital more than ten years ago, she’s been the respiratory therapist here, slipping candy to me and the other CFers, like my partner in crime Poe. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Barely had anything more than a Mountain Dew because—as Luke put it—he was stupid enough sober. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t change that any more than she could change being who she was, Omakayas, who heard the voices of plants and went dizzy. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She then stood quite still, her back against the wall between the filthy window and the stove, as though she wished for nothing more than to sink into the stone and vanish. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The gateway was no more than a pair of ruined stone pillars, with a road leading away between them into empty fields. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Fixed costs eat up more than half of the $2,400 to $2,600 a month he makes. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

When the United States entered World War I, some 2.7 million men were drafted into the army, and more than 300,000 volunteered for duty. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

She certainly didn’t believe that the prophet Elijah would come through the apartment door any more than she believed Darth Vader, or Robin Hood, or ... or the Easter Bunny, would. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mountains were little more than dark shadows on the horizon. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

That made me love the house even more than I would have anyway. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Looks like my grizzly friends together are more than a match for your strength. Maybe I should let them—” “Luke,” I cut in. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

And so he remained for more than half an hour, lingering between life and death, writhing before our eyes. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two spend days exploring together and talking, getting to know each other away from the rest of the family, becoming more than brothers. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It was a very young man who had said this, scarcely more than a boy—very dark and sober, very bitter. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

“I say no more than the truth, and everybody will say that knows him,” replied the other. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

I’d experienced this enough times to have learned by now that I was never a real candidate for friendship—and certainly nothing more than that. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The document wasn’t discovered for more than one hundred years. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I like to pic-a-nic more than a bee likes to bumble!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, in any given year, more than one in ten Americans violate drug laws. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

My entire life I've wanted nothing more than to be here, before the kingdom. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you see? He wants to find you because he thinks you know more than you should about the drug dealer you brought home. It’s a trick. You should avoid him at all costs.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Confronting his younger brother—less vicious but powerful in his own way—was more than he’d bargained for. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She laughed, not much more than a hacking cough. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He is a fair fellow, not more than thirty years old, with scars and disgusting gold spectacles. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you think she likes them more than us because Isabella and I aren’t Asian?” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t more than ten feet long, but it was dry and sturdy, with high sides and a deep hull. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

We would never be more than this—whatever this was. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It was as if the water were more than water, as if the water had become all of life, and he could not stop. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the unification of Europe has resisted the efforts of such determined conquerors as Charlemagne, Napoleon, and Hitler; even the Roman Empire at its peak never controlled more than half of Europe’s area. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The neighborhood might not have trusted Nazario completely, maybe even been a bit afraid of him, but people were more than grateful that he was on their side. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I am ever so much more than I was when I walked in through that door.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

But it’s his smile that catches my eye more than anything else. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“The King’s chief philosopher himself has said that greenwitches do nothing more than calm one’s nerves — which is no small thing,” William said. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have called you here because she must be stopped before she does more harm to this world. She has been playing with terrible powers, and soon she will destroy more than can be saved.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The DeSoto, strictly an island car for more than a decade, had been purchased by Ishmael’s father fifteen years before, a four-speed with a semiautomatic transmission, hypoid rear axle, and column shift. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But as I struggle to keep up with Rani's brisk pace, I start thinking I need to do more than hope. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

In fact, he’d said no more than a couple of words to me in the last few days, not since that afternoon I saw him in the dance studio. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Chandrasekhar calculated that a cold star of more than about one and a half times the mass of the sun would not be able to support itself against its own gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, you fool,” Sam said, laughing, “what the Soviet Union needs more than anything in the world is time, precious time.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Across from us, no more than sixty to seventy meters, Monaco sat, looking at his hands. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in Wisconsin, more than eleven thousand poor people go to court without representation every year because anyone who earns more than $3,000 per year is considered able to afford a lawyer. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Once Sumerians had hit upon this phonetic principle, they began to use it for much more than just writing abstract nouns. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

That was sufficient reason for them to deny me those rights and freedoms without which life loses its significance and becomes a matter of little more than animal survival. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Park hated him more than he thought it was possible to hate someone. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

When I stood up I realized I was more than just buzzed. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Three figures, two large, one smaller, but only one of them was in focus, was more than an outline or a shimmer. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

When I returned after more than ten thousand miles the engine was only well broken in. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be with my grandmother and my great-grandmother more than anything. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He had lived here a long time, and more than one hunter had listened to the voices of his hounds bawling on his trail. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her views of improving her little friend’s mind, by a great deal of useful reading and conversation, had never yet led to more than a few first chapters, and the intention of going on to-morrow. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Yeah, it’s tax season, but he’s at work way more than normal. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Turner figured he had had enough of Robert Barclay’s tormenting propositions, more than enough to satisfy any human being, and he said so. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She was still feeling cautious, and more than a little wary of strangers, but...Mama had taught her the rule of kin. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Even the spring, which failed to flow for several days, started up again and flowed more than ever. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It has been more than a year now since we last saw them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I would say she has more than a tangle in her yarn,” she said, her voice one shade oilier than normal. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The boy had been no more than a babe in arms, yet Lord Tywin's soldiers had tom him from his mother's breast and dashed his head against a wall. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

All these weeks together, it’s been hard to get more than a how-do-you-do. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t more than a few seconds before I bumped gently into the end of the Agena. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ve put more than a hundred thousand more troops into the country over the last year, and there’s been no improvement. Things aren’t any better at all. That means the underlying situation is really worse!” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I doubt you’ll last more than a month in that part of the Barrel.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Now he watched more than he had before. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“It had better be more than that,” she said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was a hardness to his body that made his uniform appear to be little more than a paint job. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Sudan strain was more than twice as lethal as Marburg virus—its case-fatality rate was 50 percent. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under the awning is a large plaster cow, life-size, more than big enough for one or two people to hide behind. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Actually, you’re missing more than half,” he said, standing in the doorway behind the bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“The opportunity to earn a dollar in a factory just now,” he declared, “is worth infinitely more than the opportunity to spend a dollar in an opera house.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It meant there was always a hand in your business, someone else’s hand, some white man who could make it rain dollars, and then came through sweeping up more than what he dropped. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the other performers grumbled at him because, they said, he was eating more than his share of the food. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The Spanish influenza epidemic has become more than a news item for us here. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Covering more than fifty encryption systems, the book testifies to the doggedness and ingenuity of Elizebeth and her team. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It couldn’t have been more than two minutes. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Not that it would be, as Cain was little more than a pawn in a game to amuse the king, and certainly not a member of the royal guard. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

My brother, it seemed, had finally overcome enough of his panic to warn my mother, but not before more than half the house had been destroyed. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The figures around the table were no more than blue shadows. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Always he watched ahead, though his eyes in the moonless night could see no more than the painted eyes aside the boat’s blind prow. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

That night, after skating on the pond under the silver moon and Jupiter, Joseph talked more than he had ever talked before altogether. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

We do a lot of collective thinking, probably more than any other social species, although it goes on in something like secrecy. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was more than possessive with his sons, claiming them as if they were parts of himself. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would be suffering more than I. “Listen to me, you son of a swine!” said Idek coldly. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Six years later, the tally of geoglyphs in Acre alone had grown to more than two hundred. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

That was quick He wondered who was telling tales and if there was more than one. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They had ridden for some five hours and were far out upon the western plain, yet more than half their journey lay still before them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Even on stealth-sensitive radar he would be no more than a barely perceptible distortion. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“The restoration has been going on for more than ten years.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Certainly it was his own face, but it seemed to him that it had changed more than he had changed inside. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

‘Bless the old hobbit! I love him more than ever. I hope we get a chance of telling him about it!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“They have many souls living there, far more than here. Too many to count. But I assure you they are Christians.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was a great number of rabbits in the place—many more than he was bringing. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, it is. But not to me. So beautiful... worth more than this building, I imagine.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He is quieter and rarely says more than a few words. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rubs the top of my head, which I hate more than anything. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted everyone to see the interconnectedness of it all, and that the responsibility of the WLs was more than just giving money. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

So on Friday I put on my middy blouse which, more than any of my clothes, made me feel like a Marjorie, and my mother called for rickshas. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said of course I had, but it didn’t mean any more than wishing to be rich, to be able to swim faster, or to have a more nicely shaped mouth. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I’d no more than slipped him the gun from my belt when a cop I’d seen about came in the other door. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had been looking forward to today for more than a week. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“It sounds like he was trying to make out he knew more than he did,” said Ron. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then, not more than a week after Luke had brought the money, she had a second visitor who turned her life upside down. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I watched it a little more than halfway through, then washed my plate, changed into a T-shirt and shorts, brushed my teeth, and went to bed. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

To Maurice Kasper, treasurer of the American Chess Foundation, she wrote: “I hope Bobby will become a great chess champion some day because he loves chess more than anything else.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The roof’s edges, a little more than half a meter all the way around, were plastered with black tar. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Soraya had told me that he had lived in the U.S. for more than twenty years. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When I try to sneak more than my share of something, he can guess by the look on my face. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

"He loved his family—you and me—more than anything. He was totally devoted to us." It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The Irish Justice of the Stockyards District Police Court, with jurisdiction over minor crimes in that neighborhood, dismissed more than eighty percent of claims brought against strikers accused of violent attacks. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Anthony had worked to build the membership, and the group now numbered more than two thousand. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Even more than her magnificent art, this was her legacy. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But Ash was more than happy to be left behind. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though he makes more than he ever dreamed of in Mexico, his life is anything but middle class and setbacks are routine. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

A little more than a year after McCandless's death he regards the world through wary blue eyes. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I told you! You’ve got to really lean back on Daffodil! Much more than that! She doesn’t like it unless you’re right back!” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kay was kneeling down too, and it was more than the Wart could bear. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And every fan couldn’t help but believe that the following week’s game would be little more than a continuation of the Cooper obliteration, only a thousand times more sweet. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t win these fights: Stephen is bigger and more ruthless than I am, and I want to play with him more than he wants to play with me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the page, punctuation performs its grammatical function, but in the mind of the reader it does more than that. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

But smoking wasn't doing any more than providing a physical activity that masked the emptiness behind it. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

‘The staff in the hand of a wizard may be more than a prop for age,’ said Háma. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“You know what happened. You know. You cannot despise me more than I despise myself.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I have known more than a few commoners in my time,” Buttercup told him. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

"They may not mean me ill. Men have looked at women since time began, perhaps it is no more than that." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Tuma had kids back in Africa, and he probably saw them more than my own father saw me. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

It was no more than a foot high—one of those artificial falls, common on the chalk streams, made to attract trout. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

That disturbed him even more than not knowing some of the words Alby kept saying—words like Stopper and Bagger—that didn’t sound so good. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They had done no more than satisfy themselves that Ron would make a full recovery on their last visit to the ward; now Mrs. Weasley seized hold of Harry and hugged him very tightly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“The blooper,” as Watson described it, “was too unbelievable to keep secret for more than a few minutes.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

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

For more than an hour we’d been heading down the highway, obviously to nowhere in particular. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He clearly could have done more than that. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She tries more than one variation, as the words on the card from Mr. Barris have been smudged, and she cannot recall the proper pronunciation. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Well, it’s more than a death stare—it’s an I’m-about-to-hit-you-so-hard-you’re-gonna-end-up-six-feet-under stare. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

No updates on Little Fetus, but suffice it to say that I'm more than a little nauseated now that I've had the pleasure of reading the word "sexcapades" in reference to my parents. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Jack had been asleep for more than an hour, but Fred woke him up. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Enrique guesses there are more than two hundred migrants on board, a tiny army of them who charged out of the cemetery with nothing but their cunning. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Where more than ten thousand men once worked, there are two hundred. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The few friends I’d made who didn’t live exclusively on paper had collapsed into little more than memories and even those were fading fast. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

How could doing what seemed like nothing more than warm-ups make any real difference? Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The cold troubled her even more than the sounds; even Theodora’s warm robe was useless against the icy little curls of fingers on her back. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Of the twenty-some young men who were waiting at the station for their dates to arrive on the ten-fifty-two, no more than six or seven were out on the cold, open platform. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He has to swallow before he can make himself answer, in barely more than a whisper. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Conger has promised them all an equal share of the more than $200,000 in reward money to be paid for the capture of Booth. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Pop Pop is usually there for me, and I need him right now more than ever. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Numbers had finally become distinct from geometry; numbers were used to do more than merely measure objects. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Even at the highest tides, it doesn’t get more than waist-deep. Back then the tides might have been lower. We used to play in here as boys. Me and your grandfather. Sometimes your great-uncle too.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Smiling and crying at the same time like her brain can’t make up its mind any more than Axel can make out what’s happening here. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Dr. King’s murder caused immediate riots in more than one hundred cities across the United States. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, Styx got us more than we expected,” Bobby Gene said. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Please, Mola? I promise it won’t take more than a half hour or so, but we have to go now. I’m worried I might be too late already.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He talked about China for more than half a day, explaining where to cross the Tumen and how to behave at the checkpoints near the border. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Archie could feel the coldness—more than cold, an icy hate coming across the desk like a deadly ray from some bleak and lethal planet. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The silence at home, however, was finally more than a literal silence. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I loved my new job even more than I loved my Park Avenue address. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Caesar and Pompey The conflict between Julius Caesar and Pompey had been going on for more than a year as the two generals fought for supreme power over the Roman Republic. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

He was, in her eyes, no longer The Zed from secondary school, and the stories of his wealth made her assume he had changed more than he possibly could have. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mance Rayder’s host had broken against the Wall like a wave upon a stony shore, though the defenders were no more than a handful of old men, green boys, and cripples. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Stannis would be left with thirty or forty galleys, at a guess; more than enough to bring his whole host across, once they had regained their courage. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

William H. even remembers to smile a lot more than I do so there are several things he’s better at than me. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Even more than the last song you did.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I know now it’s where I belong—not instead of here, but more than here. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

In her hands she held a flickering light, which wasn’t a lantern or a candle but seemed to be a ball of raw flame, attended by nothing more than her bare skin. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Reagan lost more than half his body's blood. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But for some reason, these stories all made me sad and more than a little rankled. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was more than twice as long as the entrance tunnel. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Quick word followed that the Army of the Tennessee had marched from Atlanta to the sea and had met hardly more than a brush of resistance. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a betrayal that hurt, somehow, more than anything else. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

These last words were more than he could bear, and bursting into the middle of the ring, he strode up to his master’s side. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

They know more than I do and they’ve had more experience.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It was like a persistent, deep hammer thud more than the bright, sharp clarity when you cut yourself superficially. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We wanted more than victories, we wanted massacres. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

And at the best he would have come out of Efrafa with no more than a couple of does, because his nerve had failed. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But more than anything that day, it was the surprising friendship of these kids from different cultures, religions, and backgrounds that drew me into their story. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

And since Milligan was standing guard, and Rhonda herself was too busy to do more than bring their supper and excuse herself, the children dined alone. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

There are more than four thousand different sorts of them, and from all those kinds I can only think of five which are belligerent. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was still little more than a vague promise in the eastern sky. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

For Joe Rantz, perhaps more than for any of the other young men sitting by the Montlake Cut, something hung in the balance that afternoon, and he was all too aware of it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I take the folder, thank him more than I probably should. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

"Only I keep wishing I could think of a way to . . . to show the Capital they don't own me. That I'm more than just a piece in their Games." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Today the world contains about a billion sheep, a billion pigs, more than a billion cattle, and more than 25 billion chickens. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has more than 2,500 miles between her and what’s coming. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Now more than ever, you have to finish.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

For more than half my life, I’ve been fighting down panic. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Like that volleyball mattered more than anything else in the world. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know him any more than you know me.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t explain to her that I missed him more, more than she or anyone else missed him, because I couldn’t tell her about what happened with the phone. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He appeared to be nothing more than an ordinary man. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

As it turned out, Blue Eyes knew a lot more than the scientific classifications of plants and animals. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It could not be more than six hundred feet above them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

This is not going to lead to anything more than an honest conversation. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He finished sixty-ninth, beating more than one thousand adults, and was hooked. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But more than that—more than simple curiosity—I had a nagging need to know what I didn’t know. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The men are getting rowdier; more than half are on their feet. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

There was a short period of time when I was obsessed with the study of the ocean, since it takes up more than 70 percent of the planet. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The tracks are more than an hour old by the time I see them. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

If only we had some true friends, some who saw us as more than convenient tools for shaping their own desires! Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hope there's not more than one green hotel. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I’d expect that you more than most boys would know how hurtful teasing can be.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Some mudslides can travel even faster. That one killed more than one hundred and fifty people.” I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

“He chose me to get back at you and you know that. He knew my name would hurt you more than anyone else’s.” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“It is as if I told you that it is the year 462853 sec. It is nothing and more than nothing! Where is the clock to show us how the stars stand?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were definitely more than two voices in the mix, and Trevor’s laugh was unmistakable. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She was suddenly ravenous, but more than that, she was curious. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

That was more than I wrote on some days. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

"It had to be more than that, or why kill him?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Lou was little more than a shadow cast by a nose. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Actually, he’s probably feeling more than a flutter. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Though she cannot be certain it is doing much more than gathering dust, not really. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And it was a good thing that the Hofbräuhaus music accompanying the boys was so loud, because more than a few of the kids in the bleachers fired off barrages of F-bombs. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Only for three months was he separated by more than a few small states from his father, a distance that had not troubled Gogol in the least, until it was too late. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The momentary sense of exultant power wine-drinking can give was only a sign to show men that they had within them more than they knew; “they could themselves become divine.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's more than the trendy bun, slender body, slightly Cockney accent, and clunky earrings. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“That boy looked like he was more than a friend. You had your heads together like two thieves.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

They did no more than loudly ex­press their frustration. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even years later, Mrs. Richardson would insist that that digging into Mia’s past was nothing more than justified retribution for the trouble Mia had stirred up. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Because I'd spent more than two years and all of a war feeling that myself, certain that my actions had caused the death of someone important to me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

A little more than a jog, but definitely nowhere close to a sprint. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

For more than a decade following Penkovsky's arrest, Moscow had been a virtual no-go zone for CIA operations. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t about to tell her that it was more than okay. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He's a small, slim man—no more than five foot five. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hate it when my father pretends to know more than he does. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even though she’s said things, even though she’s implied there’s more than one, it all comes down to her next sentence. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

This policy results in more than 2,300 migrant children being separated from their families. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He had not seen the sun for more than half a year. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

They had not gone more than a mile when she became aware that they had stopped. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Madam is more than welcome to bring her gown in and try it on with the necklace,” the man said. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

This time the punishment would be more than harsh words or three strokes of a bamboo cane. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Finally, my history deserves public notice as no more than this: a parable for the life of its reader. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not weigh more than eighty pounds. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I often look back to that conference and, for more than one reason, regard it as a turning point in my life. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Madison, however, wanted more than just an end to the debate. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Twig loves her dad more than she loves her mom—she always says so—but I don’t know why. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The same thought had crossed my mind, more than once. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Already? They don’t take more than half an hour to prepare.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“This is more than I requested,” he said. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Maybe he loved tits more than any other thing, piece of anatomy, or even person on this earth. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing but that mortgage coming up at one. Shouldn’t take more than an hour.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

So many people with far smaller problems are so self-absorbed, their eyes glaze over if you speak for more than thirty seconds. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Ang Dorje and I first arrived on the Balcony at 5:30 a.m., we were more than an hour in front of the rest of Hall’s group. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

In both, Indians took the first steps toward modern maize in southern Mexico, probably in the highlands, more than six thousand years ago. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

That disquieted him more than he could say. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He squirms, but with the restraints he can’t move more than a few centimeters. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He’s gaining volume and kind of enjoying ridiculing me, the way somebody just a few years older than you can love power more than genuinely old people like your parents. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

We don’t know whether it occurred to its strummers to play more than one string simultaneously, like a chord, or whether they only picked out one-note-at-a-time tunes. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

And if so, it also meant that it had taken them more than ten hours to move down a stretch of ridge that was typically covered by descending climbers in less than half an hour. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

If my teammates start poking around too much, they’ll find it’s more than just our exercises causing my sleepless nights. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She refused, saying that I had brought more than I had taken. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Which trunk did you steal those from? Cost more than a third class ticket, I’d say.” I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

The boy played with it for more than three hours, shaping a number of crude figures that he took to show his grandmother. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sorry to Mrs. Moore for borrowing her daisies more than once. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Twenty-four is out of the question. The wound was fresh, Nels. Four hours—maybe, at the outside. No more than four, absolutely.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But Digges did not devote his life to science any more than Copernicus did, and he didn’t follow up these ideas. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

With this figure in hand, Mann and Fields calculated the average tenure of more than three hundred other lifetime appointments, including popes, European kings and queens, and U.S. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I can relate to that more than, he knows. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what to do with her any more than Mama had, so I only said, “Let’s stay here tonight.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Within four days, their ranks had swelled to more than 365,000, the largest walkout that had ever taken place in the United States. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He watched her for a moment and said he was sure he couldn’t pay more than seventeen fifty for that china. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had never even been to more than four or five. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

We climbed aboard the logs with nothing more than the life vests we were wearing, the bloodstained sail, and JoJo’s phone, which didn’t work anymore but which I’d been keeping in my pocket. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think sometimes she understands it more than I do. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you love one more than the other?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They cleaned his well, and more than a dozen offered a day’s work in the fields whenever they had time to spare it. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was more than the sparkling September air that accounted for her high spirits. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“I will admit to a slight curiosity. No more than proper. I’m not one to pry into anyone’s business.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I asked you a question. I know you understand much more than you let on. You do like me, don’t you?” he implored quietly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The school desegregation laws established in 1954 were little more than a piece of paper in Alabama because, thus far, nothing had changed. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

There were a lot of people there, far more than I’d expected this early in the season. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I think about all the notes from her that I’ve kept, and I wonder if she knows that she’s helped me with much more than math. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Mom was more than a little hysterical, as you can imagine. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Then, finally, the Hillary Step was clear—but only after Fd spent more than an hour at 28,900 feet without supplemental oxygen. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

In December 2010, more than a decade after Pena first told me about his project, his team published the results: some of the mutations matched. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He never kept a woman more than a few months—the time span that he said was average before she began to make “permanent- arrangement-type noises.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If it comes, that attack will be no more than a diversion. I saw towers by the sea, submerged beneath a black and bloody tide. That is where the heaviest blow will fall.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

For one slightly lame man alone on a boat, the work was more than doubled. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped more than anything that I had the chance to go to school with Abby, to keep her as a best friend, to stay. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The number of blacks employed in the Yard increased quickly, from around a thousand in 1915 to more than ten thousand in 1918. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It's funny how some people's eyes talk more than their mouth does. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I needed more than that for my feature articles for Interplanetary Press. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“Purgatory’s more than just not being tortured,” she argued now. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Everyone told him he was crazy, that the rocky, wild hill could sustain no life, and my mother was more than upset. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy couldn’t have been more than ten. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess I revered him more than loved him.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There couldn’t have been more than twenty—of the hundreds of kids who had flooded through the halls of the old school—twenty. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Only 5 percent of the drivers on the road were African American or Latino, but more than 80 percent of the people stopped and searched were minorities. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“And if he needs more than I can give him, we’ll take him to the mainland as soon as we can.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I hope he saves more than I did.” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We called a meeting—indeed, a whole series of meetings, extending over more than a year. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I respect you more than anyone. But right now I’m wondering what bothers you more, that I made a stupid decision or that I didn’t make your decision.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The soldiers were no more than violent, cruel bullies. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The tide was nearly out, the channel little more than a stream, but he waited on the far side, gesturing for me to come across. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I guess. I have five hundred and sixty-eight dollars in savings, so if the whole thing costs more than that, I’m going to have to get a second job.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

To my other side stood rows of snow-burdened cypress trees peppered among flat-topped clay houses—no more than mud shacks in most cases—separated by narrow alleys. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A simple word that said more than was intended. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Like the bedroom and bathroom, the study was squashed under the apex of the bungalow’s roof, and was little more than a corridor between the two, barely six feet long and five feet wide. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The sailor who looked like me waved back, but so did all the others lined up along the stern, nothing more than friendly. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

If a street had more than ten houses, a street steward would take charge and the cell stewards would report to him. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the twins was human, a bouncing baby boy; the other was no more than a mouseling. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The crowd swelled to more than a hundred. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“She is your mother, and she loves you more than you can understand.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Not long ago, I had been gliding through the crowded center of New York City, wanting nothing more than to make enough money to keep myself off the streets. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Why is it,” said Henry deliberately, “that you never drink more than half your second cup of coffee after supper?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I had seen this spear made, as I had seen my father make bows and arrows, yet I knew little about it, no more than I had about the others. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

But once, a long time ago, one man in the village wanted more than his share of land to plant. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You know, Thief Lord," he snarled in Scipio's direction, "you can't possibly hatch any brilliant plans, because you're nothing more than a clone of your father." The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

But on Sundays, I probably ask her more than once. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I guessed there couldn’t be more than one in a town this small. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Was there more than one person out in the hallway? Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The rest of Sumner isn’t much more than a few streets lined with the small houses of townspeople and retired farmers. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Those days I wanted more than ever to be able to go to a movie theater and to see a 3D movie. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s important, Peris. It’s more than a trick. I made my friend a promise that I’d keep a secret for her.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Wow, there was little I hated more than this conversation. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It has erased all but the great tree trunks, making my mountaintop home as simple as it was when I first came here more than two years ago. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had pushed out her lower lip slightly, giving her thin face a look of great satisfaction, which troubled Meggie much more than Capricorn’s mother’s usual dark looks. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, Dullah and his family were home, but they were more than a bit surprised to see us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew they loved their kids more than anything. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

For some reason, that hurts more than any switching or beating they can lay on you. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Poodles do not shed any more than sheep do. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don't think we have more than about eight miles more.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The lamp in the rocks on the side of the hill was little more than a mote of light and after a while they walked back. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s possible that as the author he will still have some copies. Indeed, it's more than possible, it's very probable.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The Grievers were getting closer, and it was now obvious that there were more than one. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

On the atolls, as on the Chathams, those artifacts were small, relatively simple, and individually produced and owned, while architecture consisted of nothing more than simple huts. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mina has done this more than a hundred times. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Much like Hamilton’s financial plan, any effective emancipation initiative conjured up fears of the much-dreaded “consolidation” that the Virginians, more than anyone else, found so threatening. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

"What happened at the end of the summer...It was more than you know." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I don’t think I ever exchanged more than a few words with her anyway. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

There was very little traffic now: a car every minute or so, no more than that. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing had frightened me more than suddenly being folded into the flow of that crowd of white students as they moved toward the auditorium. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Antarctic contains ninety percent of the world’s snow and ice, and there are more than eighty kinds of it. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He still wants the same thing he wanted more than a year ago. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

This program of “male annihilation” was begun in i960: a year later the Agriculture Department estimated that more than 99 per cent of the population had been eliminated. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, Aaron could get extra food, and he did not have to do heavy outside labor, but his survival depended on something more than that. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

All the heavy water—far more than had ever been shipped before—was being loaded into barrels. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A few hundred yards along the path and we’ll reach their fields. No more than that.” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of the war, Groves calculated, its construction, engineering, and electricity would cost more than a half billion dollars, making it the single most expensive component of the Manhattan Project. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Wallerstein tried everything he could think of but found he simply could not get customers to buy more than one soda and one bag of popcorn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

And looking back it seemed to Carolina as if the children had been an explosion of no more than a moment’s duration, instead of a twenty-five-year travail. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He probably disapproves of my stunts even more than Metias does. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Middle-class whites moved in, and over time the population of Clarkston more than doubled. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

His fine leather jacket would be torn more than he had torn his father’s overalls. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm more than tall and lengthy of limb. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody asks her why groceries took more than two hours. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Although the overwhelming number of delegates were black, there were more than three hundred Indians, two hundred Coloureds, and one hundred whites. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want nothing more than to rush in to let the house’s warmth wrap around my cold body. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When Bobby denied the very existence of Auschwitz, refusing to acknowledge that more than one million people had been murdered there, Laszlo told him about relatives who’d been exterminated in concentration camps. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The sisters merely praised the Lord and proceeded to save a dozen people from snakebite; more than we’ve lost. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Croesus more than likely did not listen, so anxious was he about himself. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don't need to say any more than that. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Pottery helped those Japanese hunter-gatherers to exploit their environment’s rich food resources more than 10,000 years before intensive agriculture reached Japan. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Riddle, who had never been more than lukewarm about it, could now say that he had tried to get the match race but that Howard had backed out. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of the judges turned in more than two hides. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two that remained seemed nothing more than a dark extension of the rock. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

From his own hard experience and from the look of adoration that entered Emeline’s eyes when she spoke of Holmes, Ned guessed her relationship involved a good deal more than typewriting. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

But after four long years, and more than 600,000 dead from both sides, the people of the North can be forgiven the joy and excitement that now floats through the air. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was referring to a situation where you have more than one person in need of serious medical attention, but your resources are too limited to treat them both. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The feedlot appeared suddenly, but the stench of the place had been rising for more than a mile. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

It would be safer and more pleasant to take a companion; but not more than one. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, she says, Á bu, and to come here with her carvings to sell she must walk all the way, more than two hundred kilometers. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kids I worked with were nice enough; more than nice, actually. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They are from the beating he got on top of the train, a little more than a week ago now. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

It was, after all, a job that promised to exercise my talent for public speaking, and if the pay was anything at all it would be more than I had now. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear how he loves her more than me. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was hardly more than a crevice, not big enough for a man to squeeze into. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was also shielding its simmering menace, hiding it more than usual, and Jam sent it a silent thank-you for that. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The words, repeated, had the rhythm of an incantation, and they were the last that passed between the two young men for more than four years. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I don’t love the Commander or anything like it, but he’s of interest to me, he occupies space, he is more than a shadow. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is little more than a bright star. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Perfection is nothing more than a phantom shadow were all chasing. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And I know, without being told, that’s what love does, when it’s right—it makes you more than you were, more than you thought you could be. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Few of the climbers trudging by had given either corpse more than a passing glance. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, we knew it cost all of us much, much more than that. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, the truth is, that tape recorder was more than nostalgia. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The serpent was more than a creature; it seemed like a living monument, as eternal and elemental as a mountain range. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

More men came down then, more than ten, until we filled the whole ground. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

A few years ago my mother had died and since then Ulape and I had tried to do the tasks she had done, Ulape even more than I, being older. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I caught more than I could eat, I would bone them, put them on a rack of sticks, and slowly smoke them until they dried out. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within a week I more than doubled the number of my TMV photographs. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The curse of knowledge is far more than a curiosity in economic theory. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Afterwards more than one of those present remembered that moment. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I search for anything in his face to tell me more than the words he’s just said about Ramallah. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

No more than a hundred yards ahead of him loomed the canyon, the one of “immeasurable depth.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Johnson’s men are in position now. He is very optimistic, much more than Early. I believe we ought to attack there, sir.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Breakfast was good, although no more than a poor artisan could afford—milk and ale, gruel, sausages, and corn bread. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soojin has a crowd of people around her and is an animated Ada Lovelace, although the way she is waving her arms around makes her look like she’s dancing more than programming a computer. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

"Even if Illyrio is the friend you think him," the knight said stubbornly, "he is not powerful enough to enthrone you by himself, no more than he could your brother." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The saving to Lee Chong in cans of beans and tomatoes and milk and watermelons more than paid the rent. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reckoned I must have covered two, three miles, but once me and Pa got walking toward the road I saw I hadn’t gone no more than two, three hundred feet! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

His pursuers were more than happy to oblige. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

But upon close inspection, the information invariably traced back to the same dubious sources: private eyes and local lawmen, whose opinions were based on little more than hearsay. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

And, though it’s been more than eighty years, I never have. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the most commonly used books in high school geometry classes makes use of more than a hundred axioms to prove a similar number of theorems! Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They’re creepy! I got some dude on one of them telling me that he wished I would do more than his taxes.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

For two weeks Frederick has limped around bruised and slowfooted and puffy, and not once has he spoken to Werner with anything more than his own gentle brand of distracted kindness. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Their nonstop flight would last more than twenty-four hours. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I was more than ready to risk it. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She came in, wet and shaking from the winter rain, looking like she had slept no more than I had. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“The man was something more than a mere criminal who acted on impulse,” Greeman said. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

They find they enjoy resolving other people’s issues via suggestion more than doing all the work themselves. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Instead, he hobbled into the classroom, his home for more than thirty years. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet once the project was finished, the press of business kept him from visiting his refurbished vacation home for more than a few weekend days at a time. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

If I didn’t want the violence to remain, I had to do a hell of a lot more than just say the right things and not say the wrong things. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I’ll tell ’im that you dump all the stale foods into the Black Belt and sell them for more than you can get anywhere else! Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He’d made me feel mystified and annoyed and more than a little crazy. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Their wings were the first thing he’d heard in more than twenty years. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

More than a year of his work, more than three years of the bureau’s work, had reached an impasse. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“It’s probably not even that big of a deal. Maybe I just wanted my mom to care more than she did.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The small home was packed with more than thirty people, whose chattering fell silent when I walked in. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was a French column, hardly more than a detachment—three armored cars, two half-tracks and two troop carriers. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I guess,” I answer, still computing the information that my dad knows way more than he lets on. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The two female Scholars sat up very slightly, though their daemons, either well behaved or torpid, did no more than flick their eyes at each other. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

But the food was good and there was plenty of it, which was more than Ophie had enjoyed back at Aunt Rose’s. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

No more than 10 percent actually make it. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He’s after more than just winning in a fight. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The two scholars had not eaten for more than a day. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Imagine, a boy who had never had even a single classmate now wanting to know about more than a thousand of them. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

This was more than I had hitherto endured, even from her, but the swift lash of his reply was unexpected. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She has started a full-time school, the Fugees Academy, which now serves more than thirty refugee students. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

It is safe to say that in the forty minutes that passed between the passenger’s stroke and the landing in Helsinki, there were no more than a handful of seconds of silence in the cockpit. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The only light was from a single green-glass desk lamp which illuminated little more than the tooled leather surface on which it stood. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I am afraid of seeming either to promise more than I can perform, which suggests complete irresponsibility, or to perform less than I can, which suggests bad faith and indifference. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

It had been a little more than a year since I decided to make the Army a fundamental part of my future. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

And goes back to working the land, pulling from it all we need and more than that. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, I can’t do more than say I am sorry, even if I have. I don’t know what we were fighting about anyway. Lean on my shoulder and we will get you into bed.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the world of the Tipping Point is a place where the unexpected becomes expected, where radical change is more than possibility. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If she was interested I’d be able to find her more than once in a month of searching.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Though for the moment, the rain is not much more than a heavy mist. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The bed was small, little more than a cot, and if you were to touch it you would find the mattress almost nonexistent. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The word was no more than a whisper. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I think our contests hurt him more than he ever wanted to admit, but Dad doesn't complain. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They made their way up and down Unter den Linden, where the sidewalks were jammed with foreign visitors and provincial Germans, more than a million of whom had poured into the city in recent days. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t that their parents’ fights got violent or anything like that; words could shatter harder than a glass breaking against a wall, hurt more than a fist plowing through teeth. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I’m folded into more than Ella’s embrace; I’m a part of Boston now. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Her name's Prim. She's just twelve. And I love her more than anything." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

One gramme, she decided, would not be enough; hers had been more than a one-gramme affliction. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

And they laughed a lot more than they usually did. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I am flattered, until I remember who I am, and when I do, want nothing more than to escape. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And what is fifty miles of good road? Little more than half a day’s journey. Yes, I call it a very easy distance.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

But because of the way it is devised, the tax affects far fewer of the very richest: about a third of the taxpayers reporting more than $1 million in income. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Florida, for example, has added more than twenty new categories of financial obligations for defendants in criminal cases since 1996, while eliminating most exemptions for those who cannot pay. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I’d never loved Grandma more than I loved her right then. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had grown fatter since they released him, and had regained his old color—indeed, more than regained it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Slightly more than five thousand people attended the Clutter auction. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until the Chandrian killed my family, I thought they were nothing more than children’s stories too. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

So do I leave us upon this ship anchored by a smoldering, desolate town, where we have been drifting for more than a month, sickly with the smallpox, which only spreads its infamous depredations. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“I remember, yes. I’ve thought about it. Because I went out on my porch about ten o’clock, see. Hadn’t seen fog for more than a week. And I couldn’t see more than twenty yards.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe more than anything else, it's that sleek, fast, red Porsche that makes me doubt our future together. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The fact that she won’t ask bothers me more than I care to admit. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

And I want, more than anything, to flap my wings and go back home to Elkton. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Werner blinks up to see the Viennese girl in her cape descend through the ceiling as if it is no more than a shadow. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She became in the end more than their equal in all the arduous feats of a hunter’s life. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, Wilbur was a very young pig—not much more than a baby, really. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

It was no more than six paces from him when, lifting its head, it saw him; and Sam could hear its gasping breath and see the glare in its bloodshot eyes. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was not much more than a tall man’s height now, and at its base there were wide flat shelves of dry stone; the water ran in a channel on the other side. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The seed of curiosity had been planted; it needed nothing more than time and boredom to grow. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

While earlier Marco had determined her to be little more than mildly intriguing and fairly pretty, this revelation is something more. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Provided that each victim thereby infects on the average more than one new victim, the bacterium will spread, even though the first host happens to die. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

They worked as a team, often needing no more than a silent glance to understand what the other was thinking. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, everyone thinks that it’ll go down, now it’s stopped raining, but the rain’s going to come back and the river’s going to flood more than it’s done for years.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

During the trial the prosecutor called more than one hundred witnesses from all over the country, including the Transkei and South West Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Truman was the only school in Pennsylvania on the list with more than 30 percent of its students in the free lunch program. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Dave probably wouldn’t do more than eighteen months home confinement with probation after. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

By then they were more than halfway to the hospice, but it was nearly dark when they reached St. Mark’s and were admitted by the porter at the postern gate. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Fisk, Kelton Fisk, had a highly developed sense of civic duty that had led him, at ten o’clock that morning, to refuse to sell more than a gallon of kerosene to any one island household. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh, he dreamed of it,” said Harry, “but he knew more than you, knew enough not to do what you’ve done.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was the clumsiest production of physical interaction; the whole thing lasted no more than several seconds. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Having her say that made me realize more than ever how special my classmates are. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

For more than an hour, Minister Lemuel lectured about Elijah Muhammad’s teachings. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The oldest kind were, indeed, no more than built imitations of smials, thatched with dry grass or straw, or roofed with turves, and having walls somewhat bulged. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Despite the fact that Mr. Muhammad, convalescing, could no longer work the daily long hours he had previously worked in Chicago, he was now more than ever burdened with heavy decision-making and administrative duties. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet as an American deserter, Jenkins was much more than a prisoner. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Fudge had talked for more than an hour. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Although known for more than 60 years, these were formerly dismissed as cellular elements of unknown and probably unimportant function. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

That had to last us more than two weeks until the trucks came again. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t expect gushing, but it would have been nice if she gave us more than the nod. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I understand a lot better than you think,” said Harry, and his voice shook more than ever. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

"Let them be healed first. This arrow is no more than the bite of a fly, this little cut only a new scar to boast of to my. son." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was more than the loss of memories. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It hurts me more than it has any right to, given that I’m the one supposedly delivering this beatdown. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Apart from those months, for most of his adult life he has never been more than a four-hour train ride away. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes were closed now, but except for that, he looked more than ever like a marionette, a marionette flung carelessly into a corner, arms and legs every which way midst tangled strings. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Journeys of discovery require more than just a working maritime knowledge,” the captain lectures. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The attorneys for the Department of Justice called themselves amicus curiae, saying they were prepared to offer more than one hundred witnesses to support the order for integration. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the first human being other than the boy that he’d spoken to in more than a year. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s more than just the attacks,” Seven had said. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

And somehow, I have an ominous feeling that his endgame involves much more than just messing up some Warcross tournaments. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“The General bought more than I needed in the house. There was nowhere to put this one,” Aunty Uju said, a general statement made to nobody in particular, a way of shrugging off thanks. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

After more than three centuries of rule, the white minority was conceding defeat and turning over power to the black majority. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One had used them to grow a vaccine for a common- cold-like virus, which he’d injected—along with bits of HeLa—into more than four hundred people. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“You see,” Josiah had said, with the sound of the water trickling out of the hose into the empty wooden barrel, “there are some things worth more than money.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was a solid, happy little boy who most people said resembled his mother more than his father. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The riverbank wasn’t more than twenty yards away, and once I was there, I could somehow get a boat and make it to my own mother. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

And if there was one thing he didn’t like more than black folks in general, it was black men in particular. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What you mean ‘cared about him as more than a friend’?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

For more than two years the canal inadvertently diverted virtually all of the river's prodigious flow into the Salton sink. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have more than most people. There’s a whole box of your mom’s letters waiting for you back in Drake. She knows you can’t have mail, but she still writes every couple of days anyway.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

There’s a military unit, for example—they look like little more than kids. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

When he asked for more information about his prognosis, the doctor told him that unless dialysis treatment began immediately, he probably didn’t have more than three months to live. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And they were served every Wednesday, even though they cost more than to serve everybody’s favorite, penne pasta. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“You are more than welcome—you seem very tired....” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He needs more than suppressants. Whoever gave them to us is very kind, but it's not enough." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Thus you see,” he wrote to Julia, “that I have proved upon my own body that the yellow fever when treated in the new way, is no more than a common cold.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

It was little more than a large rectangular courtyard surrounded by warehouses and shipping offices. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then she was gone, leaving Meggie at the table with Mo. He ordered another coffee, even though he usually drank no more than one cup. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

God was more than an idea; He was person—white-bearded, with big arms. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most importantly, the professors treated her fairly, and she more than met the academic standard. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

That candle was a marriage bond that was worth more than a Catholic promise not to divorce. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I make a joke, but I’m keenly aware that Phil understands me more than anyone else because he’s keeping a secret, too. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Caroline accepted this with little more than a fleeting pout, deciding that it would probably be too much work, and she did not particularly care for the city, anyway. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The maximum capacity of the arena is three thousand people, which is more than perfect for Deckers, their guests, those with incurable diseases, and anyone else looking to enjoy the experience. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

What I felt more than anything was a sudden sense of responsibility. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I knew La Llorona was real, but for her promise of magic to be real too was more than I had expected. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Or had Harry been nothing more than a tool to be polished and honed, but not trusted, never confided in? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Just over the border in South Carolina, the number of blacks surpassed that of whites by more than a hundred thousand. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Mostly he tells the new-free slaves that come here ’cause he don’t love nothing more than letting ’em know how amazing him and the rest of us folks in Buxton are. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Probably more than I thought—but handing each one over to my mother was like running the gauntlet of passive-aggressive pep talks. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I realize I might be getting more than I’d bargained for. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He sat alone for more than two hours. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

In those days, working in the mines was almost as much of a rite of passage as circumcision school, a myth that helped the mine- owners more than it helped my people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny disliked him even more than he had expected. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know much more than the name of our village and my father’s family name—though perhaps this information would be enough. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The postmark is more than a month ago. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

There was never anything more than that to suggest that all was not well in the quarter. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the fifteen years since George Gey had first grown HeLa, the number of published articles involving cell culture had more than tripled each year. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to give one of the eulogies because everybody said Lynn loved me more than anything in the world. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He got three tapes to my two, but my two cost more than his three. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Scarcely one thousand natives remained on the peninsula, according to official figures; the disease had claimed more than five thousand lives. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I take care of him more than anyone else, I guarantee you that. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Back then, the Naylor farm produced more than two calories of food energy for every calorie of fossil fuel energy invested. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Hatsue had counted the rings of fallen trees more than six hundred years old. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I did want to know who sent the photo, though I had an idea it was Drew, but more than that, I wanted the whole thing to be over. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

No doctor in Boston knew more than she about midwifery and children’s diseases. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, black men have been admitted to state prison on drug charges at a rate that is more than thirteen times higher than that of white men. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

That same month, Marina Chechneva flew her five hundredth mission in a Po-2—her five hundredth mission in a little more than a year of combat. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Loads more than I do,” said Ron, shaking his head. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Don’t think anyone’s ever tested the theory. The general wisdom is that if he owes you more than four weeks pay, you better stop showing up on payday.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Her mouth was wide-open as she looked at more than a dozen baby sharks, pouring out of the hole in their mother. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

That discovery excited him much more than any of his other harebrained undertakings. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Something told me that those sounds were more than just bad notes. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

But Van knew Reggie’s reaction was about more than a game— the season-ending loss meant the end of relationships and feeling connected, something the young man seemed to crave. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Harry had never hated Malfoy more than as he lay there, like an absurd turtle on its back, blood dripping sickeningly into his open mouth. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Louie wanted to run in Berlin more than he had ever wanted anything. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

I flip the little cupboard open and lift out the bottle: it’s disappointingly light, not much more than a glassful in there. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later a girl no more than eighteen, very lovely, came out upon the balcony. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

In England, more than a thousand suffragettes spent time in jail, and dozens were force-fed. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I was no longer free to be only a teenager, only a human, only flesh and blood—no, I had to be more than that. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Within the brain center there was more than the usual amount of activity. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike his swim in the Blue Hole, his shower lasts no more than a minute. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The starting salary was $6,400, which was more than Elizebeth ever earned at the Coast Guard or the Navy. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Secretly, I dreamed of ascending Everest myself one day; for more than a decade it remained a burning ambition. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I have heard more than a little hissing and roaring through the factory door, but my presently somewhat enervated condition precludes a descent into that particular inferno at the moment. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Monday we got our spelling tests back, and I got eight right, more than I’d ever gotten. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

That frightened him more than he could say. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The only window was too high to allow her a view and too small to squeeze through, but more than large enough to let in the chill. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

An organism is much more than its genes, of course, but to understand an organism, you must first understand its genes. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

In the first year, the women collected more than one hundred thousand signatures. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He could not remember the last time he had strung more than three hours of rest together. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

There’s more than a few guys I can picture doing that. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Since we wasn’t looking to be gone no more than two days, we was traveling light. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I walked for a long time, more than an hour, and ended up all the way back behind the barn again. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

He said this more than once; and he advised them to pass barrows by on the west-side, if they chanced to stray near one. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Maybe not, but I think we can talk him into Christmas pudding. The point is, I love you, and Dad, and your brothers more than all of those things put together.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He pointed toward what used to be the back wall, which had fallen years earlier, leaving little more than the frames of two tall windows. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

For suddenly...WHOOOSH!...and they looked up and saw a huge four-engined plane come shooting out of a nearby cloud and go whizzing past them not more than twenty feet over their heads. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Kilvin was little more than a dark shape across the table. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She missed Cat herself the most of all, even more than she missed her eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“If Ben is at home he won’t be more than ten minutes.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A few of his words and the rumble of his car beneath me, the way he made me feel safe, but not much more than that. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Young is waffling on more than whether or not he wants to eat his Danish, Reggie. Waffling. See what I did there?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Their smiles, more than flawless teeth, are amused and inviting. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could see no more than two or three yards in the murk, and even Pantalaimon’s owl eyes were helpless. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

No one can do more than guess what the associated damage would be, other than that it would be brisk and global. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, it was more than tedium the picketers had to worry about. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“I suppose I do more than I don’t,” he said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Our village had lost more than half its inhabitants, some by death, others by a desperate fleeing. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The speakeasies did far more than provide a place for thirsty Americans to obtain and drink their illegal liquor. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The room was more than a hundred yards across, larger in all directions than a football field. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And more than early, it was deep inside. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I knew Miss Love would love to have a motorcar, probably more than my mother wanted to go to New York City. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Arthur began to laugh more than was seemly, and his foster-brother, Sir Kay, and his old guardian, Sir Ector, came out from behind the throne, where they had been hiding. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A few seconds. There were no more than ten or fifteen seconds between the time you went and the time you called my name.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he already knew more than his talk had indicated—often if a scientist is not absolutely sure he is correct, he is hesitant to speak in public. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Violence in the country was worsening; the death toll of 1990 was already over fifteen hundred, more than all the political deaths of the previous year. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This guy needs more than just a letter. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have to understand—you’re the first person to ever know me in more than one body. I’m not used to this. I don’t know how you’re going to react.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The lavatories were in a rickety wooden outhouse at the back of the hotel and each cubicle contained nothing more than a round hole cut in a piece of wood. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bill created dozens of new federal capital crimes, mandated life sentences for some “three-strikers,” and authorized more than $16 billion for state prison grants and expansion of state and local police forces. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

"There is more of Rhaegar in you, I think, but even Rhaegar could be slain. Robert proved that on the Trident, with no more than a warhammer. Even dragons can die." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It is not uncommon for people to receive prison sentences of more than fifty years for minor crimes. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Unable to feed its people, unemployment soars to more than 50 percent. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

That was more than two months ago when I went to get help for Rufus. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

My ancestors had lived there for generations; in fact, for more than two hundred years. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

The tools in NHS wanted her to run the show, but you weren’t allowed to be the leader of more than two things, and she was already tennis captain and junior class president. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The van Daans, who always make breakfast for everyone, give themselves one and a half times more than they do us. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It was more than I wanted to face, and I had to run. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom laughs, “I had to give you more than your dad. And I promise, the check won’t bounce. We actually have money in our account. You can check the math.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She finally decided to go back to the village after more than a week and said she would leave Amala behind. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“From your playing, it seems that you’re a great deal more than that.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

His belt buckles are huge and gold and probably cost more than our mortgage. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

On his mother’s side he was more than mortal. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You each have ten thousand dollars more than you started with and an apartment building to boot. The man is dead, so why not think the best?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The United States and Britain could not hope to keep a monopoly on nuclear technology for more than a few years, they warned. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The garrison numbered no more than a hundred men, so small a troop that they were lost in Harrenhal. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I knew way more than they thought I did. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He was more than ready to be done with Fabyan himself, he told her. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“We have to stay alive. There has to be something for them to think about. Help me, or it will be more than I can do.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy's voice was hardly more than a whisper. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I am what I told you. The wisp of grass—yes, it is a little more than that. Dallben himself taught me the use of it.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I think it’s some kind of psychiatric disorder when you have more than one personality in your head. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I believe you, Prince of Pen-Llarcau. And now perhaps even more than you believe it yourself.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

They’re very concerned that the automobile accident in which you were involved may have affected you more than you are aware. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You sound like you care more than I do.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

While he sometimes flew to California or overseas on business, he was never gone for more than a few days. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

His action was little more than a faint gesture, but it meant that Kurtsinger had to either slow down or commit to the outside. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was at it all week for more than eight hours a day, until her back and neck ached, and ragged curls of unfurling ampersands swam across her vision. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It would take a lot more than a shiny Soviet ball and the threat of international disdain to completely break the Byrd organization’s commitment to racial segregation. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The police are allowed by the courts to conduct fishing expeditions for drugs on streets and freeways based on nothing more than a hunch. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

She shook her head as if to suggest she knew more than she was willing to share. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Yep. He loves that truck more than I love banana cream cheesecake!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Even though police had banned all gatherings of more than three people, including those of families who wanted to bury their loved ones, hundreds attended Mashudu’s funeral, mostly her schoolmates. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her text discussed the metamorphosis of more than fifty moths and butterflies, describing the timing of each phase, her repeated experiments and failures, and any other interesting insect behavior she had observed. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The children thought the trade was more than fair. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

For some reason, her parents feared America much more than England, perhaps because of its vastness, or perhaps because in their minds it had less of a link to India. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It has to be worth more than everything else, because heaven’s waiting on the other side. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

"I don't know, little Sister. But you seem to know more than you let on." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m seeing a lot of growth in your work. You are learning more than you know.” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The talks continued for more than two years, in peaks and valleys of hope and gloom, while the test ranges remained silent. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She knows better than anyone else how much he gets off on being this close to the action, and she’s bodily yanked him out of the West Wing on more than one occasion. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It took a lot more than a few downed trees in south Florida to get her attention. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The heavy summer rains had more than enchanted everyone; the days that followed had brought forth a most unexpected, spectacular surprise. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

And I understand more than she thinks I do. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

“It’s more than that. I can feel it. It’s been going on for a long time.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You know this place, Jonathan. You have copied maps of it, and you know it at least more than we do. Which is the way to the chapel?” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The blond guard looked no more than twenty. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

An assemblage of agricultural tribes from the area of East Africa now comprising Tanzania, Malawi, and Mozambique, the Somali Bantu had been persecuted for more than three hundred years. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He dances with every member of a village of lepers, and heals them with nothing more than a kind touch. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

They have been gone from the world for more than a century. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The labor peace that Coalwood had enjoyed for more than fifty years came to an abrupt end. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then I stopped myself because I didn't want to upset my brother any more than he already was. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Martí died, like, more than a hundred years ago.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I can tell because she is sighing more than usual. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

The ledge is more than just a little ledge. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Homosexuals, the pamphlet said, were nothing more than a “minuscule band of sexual perverts.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn't have been more than four or five, and she was glaring at the camera, her mouth turned down in a dangerous grimace. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

If anything, some of the Carter Cowboys felt more than ever that there was something sacred about them, something invincible. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d finally gotten the hang of breathing through my oxygen rig and had moved more than an hour ahead of my nearest companion. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

For one thing, he knew a little more than Pastor Tom about Naomi’s reservations. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The BFG pointed through a gap in the bushes, and there, not more than fifty yards away, she saw a man padding softly across the lawn. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I liked being babied more than I dared to admit. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The roots of the meeting had been planted more than two years earlier by the discovery of nuclear fission. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

From the dance floor it seemed to be more than it was: one hundred couples, two hundred people, four hundred dancing legs seemed to be a single festive flowery creature, a fabulous millipede. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The Separate Representation of Voters Act aimed to transfer Coloureds to a separate voters’ roll in the Cape, thereby diluting the franchise rights that they had enjoyed for more than a century. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the Vicodin wore off, my back hurt even more than before. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But womenfolk mostly trust what they feel more than menfolk. It’s called intuition. Think hard now, Jezebel. Did you feel, somewhere deep inside, that it was going to hurt you?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He had never pushed himself to the limit but he felt all this reserve strength inside of him: more than strength actually—determination. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is a thrill to whittling down her possessions to little more than what she’d come with, to those three rooms in Cambridge in the middle of a winter’s night. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I guess he knew more than three words after all. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I saw her hands were shaking more than usual, and that made me angry at Baba, his causing an old woman to shake like that. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And more than that, they now considered themselves not Jamaicans who were living in America but Americans of Jamaican descent. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

They hadn’t gone more than a dozen paces when a doorknob rattled and something came shooting out of a classroom in front of them. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

For years, the girls and I had shared Barack with his constituents, and now there were more than 300 million of them. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

We said hello in the halls and sometimes you said good-bye to me after class, but never more than you said it to anyone else. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“A horse has an honest smell. That is more than can be said of some great lords and merchant princes.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As I had hoped, Richard Parker did no more than growl once or twice. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Between Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, Hanford, and other secret labs around the country, the Manhattan Project was employing more than 300,000 people. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The puppet was more than half a head taller than her. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

What I wished more than anything was that the thing hadn’t happened at all, and I thought that by not mentioning it I’d be doing myself and everyone else a favour. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I notice his beads of sweat and handkerchief more than his words. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

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

“We come next, to mere details of arrangement. You must know that, although I have used the term ‘expectations’ more than once, you are not endowed with expectations only. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Gimli strode forward undeterred, and found that the water was shallow, no more than ankle-deep at the edge. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then she was brought to the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women, Hunt’s sister prison, for more than two weeks. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Gas is not the problem anymore—we have more than enough to get us where we’re going. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I have suffered so much more than I needed to. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It's been more than an hour since dinner, and I still can't calm down. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But why all the food, more than enough to last them years and years, left hidden back there near the rocket? The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

After more than an hour had gone by, he thought he had surely seen the last hole, but then off to the left he saw another cluster of them. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Finally, they settled on a novel written more than forty years earlier. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

A more general and surely less parochial view was that his face had been just barely saved from too-handsomeness, not to say gorgeousness, by virtue of one ear’s protruding slightly more than the other. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Kat told me that at the end-of-school dance, you finally found the nerve to do more than stare and bump into her. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

She feels a bit guilty for all these months of studying, aware that with her exams as an excuse, she has ignored Nikhil perhaps more than necessary. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Francis never really took a liking to me, but I got a home out of this arrangement and that’s more than others get. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Great black shadows lay across the entrance, and he could not see for more than a few yards inside. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want Pap to know I’d disobeyed his orders, so ’stead of using their proper names I didn’t say nothing more than “It’s all right, li’l pup” and “There, there, girl.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

At more than three hundred pounds and well over six feet tall, he was easily twice my size, probably the largest person in B-block. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But true peace seemed like nothing more than a memory, or a hope. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I have given you a present already, more than I could afford. I found this, and I’m going to keep it.” The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The look on his mother’s face told me they’d had this discussion more than a few times. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

She turns red and grins, and when she sits down, it’s Bobby’s turn—he moves like John Travolta in Pulp Fiction, shaking his hips with a laconic tilt, turning his feet more than his body. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I went to a lot of them, more than once a month. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Those, of course, were nothing more than a family pack of hot dogs cut up and wrapped in croissant dough. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The volume was disappointing and the enrichment far below what was needed for a bomb core, but it was also far more than any other method had produced. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

But the animal was more than scarred and dirty; he was frantic and desperate. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He hopes his brother will see his own way to the solution, but he should remember that their father loves him more than this woman does. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I tried not to eat more than I absolutely had to. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were pushed together to create space for more than two people. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Among them was the Huron leader Kondiaronk, a famed orator who had, more than any other, convened the gathering as a last-ditch effort to avoid internecine conflict. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

His legs trembled more than mine usually did. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

A floating reception force of more than four thousand Indians—two hundred war canoes, each carrying twenty or thirty people—greeted the Spanish. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“My walking stick can test more than soles.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

To them, music was much more than mere entertainment. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“Don’t ‘mercy’ me,” he thundered on, leaning over me so that I felt no more than a tiny mouse. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The woman had not been without a boyfriend for more than a few days of her adult life. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Ms. Gievers told me that foster parents are not supposed to have more than five children in a home, including birth children. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The books had been promised to Ashoke throughout his childhood, and for as long as he could remember he had coveted them more than anything else in the world. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had been looking forward to learning to fly more than anything else. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

To improve the scenery, not only the Gypsies but more than fourteen hundred homeless people had been collected and removed from the streets. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Today more than two hundred have been identified; many are as much as 500 feet from one side to the other. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I can add, and subtract and multiply and divide. Cain’t do much more than that, though. You need somebody to do more math than that back there sorting out the celery and the onions?” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It’s true only because when it comes to popularity, pretty matters more than whether anyone actually likes you. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

By 1963, the South Vietnamese government had relocated more than five million farmers to heavily fortified villages. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He kept up the calm manner, as if I had come to the Clinic with nothing more than a sprained ankle. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Lines across class and lines across race, lines between the immigrants and those who had lived in the city more than a handful of years. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The wind was light, the seas were calm, and although they saw the glitter of those great snow white wings more than once, the birds were wary and stayed well clear. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He taught me more than any teachers ever did. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

My brain knew better than to think she would change more than her name, but my stupid heart kept hoping. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

It was already the second week of February, the Santa Anita Handicap was a little more than two weeks away, and Seabiscuit was far behind in his preparation. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ask, letting her see I know more than she guessed I did. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

As we entered this city, our minds were filled with the remembrance of the events that had been transacted there more than a century and a half before. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since I stopped writing, I read more than ever. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was a big village with more than ten houses. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She could easily step on him as if he were nothing more than a bothersome bug. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The Methodist minister said it made them disobedient, made them want more than the Lord intended them to have. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was no more than a quarter of a mile from the road, he figured; it only seemed more. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He handed me my money, more than I had earned for the week. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not you. No. You have to own a kid’s car that costs more than a Cadillac and blows my hair all around.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was more than that, but the title of Lucera didn’t feel real to Sierra yet; it was still some strange inheritance she couldn’t fully grasp. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Because our ideas are welcome, more than welcome, and we are to think of our managers not as bosses but as “servant leaders,” serving us as well as the customers. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the following year, Nevada’s ninety thousand residents alone obtained more than ten thousand prescriptions for “medicinal alcohol” from the state’s physicians. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I’m going to have to do more than three good deeds for this one! A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

But with the schedule of twelve-hour workdays six days a week, she was assured she wouldn’t do anything more than eat and sleep during her time off. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

New York City, 1998 A.D., was a paradise for the sightseer more than ever in its history. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

‘Crikey! Nobody could tell you had more than one, except for the mess!’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I double-check his laptop to see how much longer for the download to be complete from the link I sent him, trying not to breathe more than I have to in this B. cepacia-laden room. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She cast about in the fog until she caught its hazy glow no more than a hundred yards away. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dropped the emerald studs into Abbey’s palm and said, “Those little greenies are worth more than diamonds.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He had counted one day, and there were more than a dozen named for him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They would no longer have a daughter who could rise to something more than a harvester, a daughter to be proud of. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“See, that’s why I’m giving him a raise and a promotion. He’s got more than a strong back. He’s got a brain, too.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

It wasn't feigned but true, and so after more than two years of wondering what had become of him, Azareen found out. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Getting shot, I’d always thought, would hurt a lot more than this. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She said Lord Jon had been reading more than was good for him, that he was troubled and melancholy over his young son's frailty, and gruff with his lady wife. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Getting to college takes more than wishing, I can tell you that much. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Johannesburg, more than half of employees stayed home and in Port Elizabeth the rate was even higher. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know they can’t have sneakers worth more than fifty dollars, right? Well, their homeboy comes in wearing new Air Jordans. The inmate takes off his old sneakers, and they switch ’em under the table. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, I’ve heard so much about all the people arrested at protests that it only made sense that you had to have been at some point. But...it’s more than that, isn’t it?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Oh, he had found a few pieces, enough to convince him that Jon had indeed been murdered, but that was no more than the spoor of an animal on the forest floor. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“But it can knock you over. I wouldn’t have more than one—unless of course you want to get knocked over. Some do.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve answered your question. You now know far more than you did when you came down here.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Her voice chilled Amari even more than the brisk wind that blew off the ocean. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, as Deborah grew comfortable with the Internet, she started using it for more than terrifying herself in the middle of the night. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She seems to belong on that beach with those people more than she belongs stuck here in this room with me. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even a glancing hit at true love is more than most heroes manage. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Speed he wanted, and therefore used the magewind, for he feared what was behind him more than what was before him. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Oklahoma BBQ takes its time and sits heavy in your belly for more than a day. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

It covered the high rocks—dry for more than three months of high tides—all the way from Small Point up past Harpswell. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Or the fact that a headless cockroach can survive for more than two weeks. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Any more than Napoleon pulled a trigger at Austerlitz. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“The Manderlys are no northmen, not down deep. ’Twas no more than nine hundred years ago when they came north, laden down with all their gold and gods. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

What I'm feeling seems to hurt everyone else more than myself. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

No matter how handsome the house, once I enter I’m a servant girl—no more than a black slave. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The smell prevented him from seeing anything more than the absence of light did. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He probably had not heard an animal sound for more than a year. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

With the instinct for ordeal that characterized the age, scientists set off for more than a hundred locations around the globe–to Siberia, China, South Africa, Indonesia, and the woods of Wisconsin, among many others. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It is incredible how good fresh green things can taste when you have not had any for months—or, in Mr. Loomis’s case, more than a year. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He ignored us entirely, as if we were no more than ordinary cargo. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I aimed the gun, watching the trees, praying for nothing more than a deer, nothing human, really. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I took the candle, more than a little surprised. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He is barely more than a silhouette, slender and elegant, wearing a fedora that shadows his face. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

To feel the cloud that hung over us lift and disperse—the cloud that dulled the heart and made happiness no more than a memory! Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had found over the years that silence sometimes yielded more than questions. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I peek into the bag at my feet: a paper cutter, white card stock, and a tin of forty-eight colored pencils, twelve more than the set I have. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that Shooting Star was something special, more than just a college-town band. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found myself wishing more than ever that Mother could be with me right then. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

To tell him and the boys that they needed to be more than a wild card—to control the explosion, because that was just as much a badge of strength. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Why does a snooty college in Massachusetts have an office more than two thousand miles away, in Chokecherry, Colorado? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

But it always seemed like more than I could eat, and besides, it was food I didn’t want to eat. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Not surprisingly, this drug forfeiture regime proved highly lucrative for law enforcement, offering more than enough incentive to wage the War on Drugs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was more than holding the oil field mess at bay; the more she cleaned, the less of Henry was in the house. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

This hurts my heart more than I can bear, so I look away, expecting that she’ll take her leave. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“He said to remind you that every single one of you is essential to the success of the team—that now more than ever, you must rely upon one another in all things.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Now it was nothing more than one storey, maybe two, of jagged edges, melted poles, and broken cement. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Our eyes meet and he looks embarrassed, like he’s revealed more than he meant to. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve been teasing her, saying that she’s in her Gross Insect Period, but I like it even more than her Abstract Orchid Period from a few months ago. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The dowry was enough, more than enough, said my father. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the next forty years, giving as many as 250 speeches a year, speaking to more than one million people, he did just that, holding his audiences spellbound with his fire-and-brimstone style of preaching. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

This was probably more than he’d bargained for: bright lights, too high, having to deal with a hostile adult. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Those meetings introduced him to an even more promising pool of like-minded Christians, the New Canaan Group, a Friday morning prayer breakfast typically attended by more than a hundred investment bankers and other professionals. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The box looks no more than a foot wide or high, though in reality it is slightly larger than that. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“And you pay me only no more than what you pay for hotel,” said Zorya Vechernyaya, with a triumphant toss of her head. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

If the evacuation failed and the ports were bombed, more than half a million people would die. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She had no control over the log, but it kept her head above water so that she could breathe more than one gulp at a time. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Most people were cool about it, but more than a couple were not, and I begged my father to let me home-school for the rest of the year and then the year after. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

President George W. Bush eliminated income taxes for families making under $40,000, but his tax cuts have also benefited the wealthiest Americans far more than his predecessors’ did. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

At Senate hearings, John Dean testified that he had talked with the president more than thirty times about details of the cover-up. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

So quiet that I didn’t want to do nothing more than scream so harsh that my throat would get raggedy. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

It takes more than a dozen crewmen to lift the woefully miscast Liberty Bell to the railing. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t room for more than two of them, because of the roots and bushes and the creek bank. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

We returned to the battle, and Danny more than made up for his previous silence. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

There’s something about the way Kaylee looks around at everyone that makes me think she might be able to rotate her head more than 180 degrees, too. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

This was more than a little odd, for Hubble’s life was filled from an early age with a level of distinction that was at times almost ludicrously golden. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Between the Hog’s Back and Hindhead there were points where the two lines were not more than six or seven kilometres apart. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had eaten no more than half a day past, but there was no joy in dead meat, even deer. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I might be and I mightn’t,” she said, nothing more than a voice. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I want more than anything to sit across from the Plutos and talk about nothing, but the next best thing to break me out of this mood is a bike ride. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Even if I didn't, I don't see what could be done about it, or what use there would be in me making her worry any more than she's already worrying. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

For more than a week, I knew he had been laboring over nails to turn them into fish hooks. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Even more than a chess champion, young Bobby Fischer wanted to be Duke Snider, the legendary Brooklyn Dodgers baseball player. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I remember the love, the dog love, much more than the shattered knee.... This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He would pull the bow back, set the arrow just above die water, and when die fish was no more than an inch away release the arrow. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I think she loves him more than me. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The resulting mistrust would keep the loyalty oath controversy boiling for more than two years, during which Berkeleys reputation as an academic sanctuary was immeasurably damaged. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The forbidding complex of twenty buildings employed 7,000 people; by some estimates, the Stasi archives contained more than one billion documents describing the vast network of spies and informers cultivated over four decades. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Bands like Junk Yard, Rare Essence, E.U., and the Godfather of Go-Go, Chuck Brown, helped put DC on the map for more than just politics. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They are kind people, and though I have on more than one occasion tonight offered remuneration for their hospitality, they will not hear of it. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Edisto always said, “The heart hears more than the ear.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The intense bonding and the sense of exhilaration that results from it are what many oarsmen row for, far more than for trophies or accolades. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

That was more than a month after Lorraine and I first met the Pigman. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

For the second time in three short days—though they seemed many more than that—she was about to do something which she knew would be forbidden. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There was more than one person helping him, I think—Richter never did understand cars—probably someone in that club...” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The question was answered with a mix of halfhearted cheers and more than a few grumbles. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He was young, by which I mean he looked to be no more than two years older than me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“No. He hinted at it, more than once, but she wasn’t paying much attention to him.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But it is no more than a half truth. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Back to Byrd and Aunt Nancy, talking and sharing, and caring for the earth, well, that’s when they figured out that you can grow a family from more than DNA. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“And if Mister Tom wasn’t so stingy, you’d have had a dress a long time ago. Man loves a dollar more than he loves Jesus.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I have lost faith in more than that,” Massey said, his breath a pale mist in the air, “but I still believe in supper. Will you join me, my ladies?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I decided right then to stop pretending I knew more than I did. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went into a lot of shops and stores, looking more than intending to buy anything. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alina and I want more than anything to walk back into our classroom press our hands against our hearts. loud without our jealous God looking down on us. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Even if he was, I knew that boy. Watched him grow up with you. He was more than any bad decision he made,” he says. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“There was a time when, for me, a camel’s whinnying was nothing more than whinnying. Then it became a signal of danger. And, finally, it became just a whinny again.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face, and especially his left temple, was misshapen, swollen, and lacerated; his...mouth was a coagulated pool of dark blood; he coughed up more than liter of blood in his agonal moments. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

It was no more than a sore in the earth, broad and chaotic, gouged out by human fingernails, ounce to pound to ton. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

In order to bring the new Buchis bull to its temple at Flermonthis, a city near Thebes in Upper Egypt, Cleopatra traveled more than four hundred miles on the Nile by boat. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Thirty-one,” Mrs. Myers kept mumbling over her double chin, “thirty-one. No one else has more than twenty-nine.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Most of them had not slept in more than three days, but they could see the end of their ordeal over the breaking waves. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Percy knew the door was more than that. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But in the past year, he’d had more than his share of upheaval. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I wanted to write while sailing, and I was more than willing to come under the spell of books. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The street we’re on now is barely more than an alley, so narrow that I could nearly touch the buildings on either side with my outstretched arms. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

A scene of mayhem replaced the calm that Stanton had seen a little more than an hour before. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if that were not enough, the Nationalists increased their popular vote in the election by more than 10 percent. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piper had heard that each giant was born to oppose a particular god, but there were way more than twelve giants gathered in the Parthenon. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

And it’s more than just dozens of people. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Ida's boat stayed behind like a shadow, hardly more than a black speck against the dark outline of the shore. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

But as she got to know Reggie, she learned that he was more than just a boy. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Despite the taint of ain’t from its origin in regional and lower-class English, and more than a century of vilification by schoolteachers, today the word is going strong. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

In his more than a score of years as custodian of the sanctuary there, Maurice Broun has observed and actually tabulated more hawks and eagles than any other American. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

"Against them I have all the power of House Lannister. Against Jaime or my father, I have no more than a twisted back and a pair of stunted legs." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

At the moment, Mother’s crouching at me again; she’s clearly jealous because I talk to Mrs. van Daan more than to her. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I must have been no more than three or four. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

She and Albert figure out that the cookie dough expanded more than we thought it would and that’s why it made such a mess. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I declined accepting more than was my due. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

They were little more than halfway across the lake when Miss Katherine heard the loud roar of the engine. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The airlock is nothing more than valves and two doors. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because the road turned, it wasn’t possible to see very far, no more than a quarter mile. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost more than Dad could bear, but he didn’t answer. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

What group has a more urgent special interest, what group needs a bloc, a lobby, more than the black man? The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I get more than a step away, Jenna opens the door again. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

A little more than a decade later, the rosy picture was fraying around the edges. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

At ladies’, I relate the news to Melissa, adding that the hotel workers already earn over a dollar an hour more than we do and that that hasn’t stopped them from striking for more. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think it was more than your finger. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I appreciate your hospitality more than I can say," said the star, simply and with feeling. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He knew that they could not see color, and that their flesh, as well as Gabriel’s light golden curls, would be no more than smears of gray against the colorless foliage. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

But it was a lot more unusual for a wife to have more than one husband. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I push Pop’s wheelchair out of the gym and the night is more than refrigerator cold—it’s freezer-cold now. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lazlo doubted that the engineers needed much more than that, but Ebliz Tod seemed to view it as a matter of distinction—that the more “important” guests should ask for, and receive, the most. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

His face was such a distraction that I tried not to look at it any more than courtesy absolutely demanded. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Even more than before. Do not change your pace, or the whole thing will be ruined.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The voice was no more than a whisper, yet somehow Dany felt that he was walking just behind her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There were more than three hundred of us. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Her little boy was crying, clinging to her skirt, trying to hold her hand: “It’s nothing, Mother! There’s nothing there . . . Please sit down . . .” He pained me even more than did his mother’s cries. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Supernovae do much more than simply impart a sense of wonder. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

She makes more than her husband, you know, so we’ll see how well the marriage fares—what a shame. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Berlin thousands of celebrants gathered to watch and to cheer as Hitler reviewed a procession of more than fifteen hundred tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery pieces rumbling through the city’s massive park, the Tiergarten. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Roots & Shoots clubs or groups are now in more than fifteen countries. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The princess is more than twenty-five hundred years old,” Mr. Stead said. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Whole hours pass during which he can do no more than press his cheek against the wall of the truck shell seeking something cold. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I could just be me, and for that reason alone, I was more than willing to practice six days a week and work harder than I ever had before. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He had left first, and had left behind much more than I ever had. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The bleak faces of the soldiers watching them frightened her even more than being chased. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

But, if one looks closely, it is apparent that the new science was about one thing more than anything else, and that is the triumph of experience over philosophy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They drove into a small village, little more than a square, a few dozen houses, and a church that looked very much like Capricorn's. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

For more than two weeks, the director’s telegram has echoed in his head. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Baba nodded and gave a thin smile that conveyed little more than feigned interest. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

‘I suppose we haven’t lost more than two days by my short cut through the Forest! But perhaps the delay will prove useful — it may have put them off our trail.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Having subjected hundreds of victims to experiments, he produced no more than a scratched, poorly annotated notebook with no noteworthy results. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

When Fischer questioned Ngawang, he admitted that he’d been feeling weak, groggy, and short of breath for more than two days, so Fischer directed him to descend to Base Camp immediately. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I have more than one story,” Maya shot back. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

In the weeks that followed, more than 1,200 men and women were incarcerated at Camp Greyhound. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The world instantly dissolved into a series of Technicolored bubbles and, try as she might, Holly couldn’t seem to hold on to more than one thought. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

It was called Cumberland Lodge and it was nothing more than a pleasant medium-sized suburban villa. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

For more than a year Tessie lit candles at the Greek church for her fiance, while Milton gazed at her photographs pinned over his bunk. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt was keeping a close eye on everything, but he wanted to be “more than courteous and polite and friendly with my Brazilian companions.” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

But the books were actually far more than that. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He hadn't left the hideout for more than two days because of Victor and now he longed for some fresh air. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

But they had not gone more than a furlong when the storm returned with fresh fury. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Cas looked out the window as her mother pulled into the student parking lot that had looked so far away from the second-story classroom window more than a month ago. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I don’t pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you’d imagine. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I say we do more than just tell him.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mingo would never be more than an opportunist, harassing the farm with his own notions about colored advancement. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Between her district accent and her garbled speech—possibly she’s had a stroke—I can’t make out more than one in four words. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I want more than anything to call El and tell her about every inch of these last two days. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

‘Sunrise, Eastern seaboard, August first. Timetables for Naval Meteorology. One hour and twelve minutes is more than one hour.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Take great satisfaction and pleasure in this, Rowan,” said Scythe Goddard, “or you’ll be nothing more than a killing machine.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Besides, it's going to take more than a few scented candles to ward off our neighbors.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

And I knew he was thinking of more than just making glider models. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your grandma liked studying more than dating,” he says proudly. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

His voice was soft and seemed accented more than Tino's or Theresa's. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kelley had been up for more than thirty hours when a new first lieutenant arrived in the chaotic ER. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Now that we were doing math together, sometimes I said more than just numbers. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hurt more than my face right about now, though.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“You are nothing more than a low country girl who believes in archaic superstitions. You’ll never become more than that, Aisling. Never. Now get out of my room.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a second, just one, her hand came to rest against mine, and it was almost more than I could take. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The federation president gave Bobby a deed for more than an acre of land in Elista, his capital city. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They were two of the Thirty-Three who rule Orgoreyn; yet again, they were something more than that. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I learned about the music of the apartheid era and how it was the musicians and artists, even more than the politicians and activists, who informed the world about the country’s injustices. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

And if that’s all I was then, am I any more than that now? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be more than that—I wanted him to trust me and confide in me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The biggest hostage was six-and-a-half feet tall but had a baby’s face; the smallest was a runty boy who claimed nine years but looked no more than six. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The Lord never sends you more than you can bear— That was an ancient Maycomb phrase employed by its fragile ladies who sat up with corpses, supposed to be profoundly comforting to the bereaved. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I’d written more than sixty pieces for Outside over the previous fifteen years, and seldom had the travel budget for any of these assignments exceeded two or three thousand dollars. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

My favorite was for a young man who had died more than a hundred years before, but to whom I had attached more than one of my romantic fantasies. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s more than I want to handle,” he explains. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you worry. We’re going to make a lot more than ninety bucks apiece,” X-Ray assured him as they drove out of the parking lot. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The mile was four laps of the track; the 5,0 was more than twelve, what Louie would describe as a “fifteen- minute torture chamber,” well over three times his optimal distance. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“He can’t stay anywhere more than a few days. I suppose it’s because his mother threw him away.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Those thousands of tons of bombs didn’t do much more than disturb the sleep of the Japanese soldiers in reinforced caves and tunnels a hundred feet below the black sand. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You need to get over this social anxiety, Caden,” they tell me more than once. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

More sweepingly, it suggested that the enormous but latent potential of the American economy required more than mere release to achieve its full potential. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Tommy stares at me for what feels like more than a full minute. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Supervised training, with people who’d gotten their hands bloody more than once. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And that one more of them would be more than he could stand.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hard as they pushed and shoved, Elinor's car only rolled off the road but would not slide more than a few meters down the slope. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Harry had an ominous feeling now; he wondered whether Bill guessed more than he was letting on. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The killing—which the Washington Post called “the most brutal in crime annals in the District”—appeared to be more than simply a murder. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

That same month, our Post and Telecommunications Corporation, or PTC, fired more than six hundred people, causing the other workers to go on strike. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The last time he had disturbed its contents, he had seen much more than he would have wished. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

A third volume was so unenticing that it wasn’t published until 1899, more than a century after Hutton’s death, and the fourth and concluding volume was never published at all. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

At the same time, Naheed really didn’t want to stand out any more than she already did because she was Muslim and because she wore a head scarf. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

A knight in his full armour of those days, or at any rate during the heaviest days of armour, was generally carrying as much or more than his own weight in metal. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within a few minutes, the curtains of rain became so heavy and dark, we could not see more than ten feet ahead of us on the highway. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

They are cousins; they could never be more than brother and sister! Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

In solo climbing the whole enterprise is held together with little more than chutzpah, not the most reliable adhesive. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone is shouting his name, but Werner does not turn; he would like nothing more than to stand here all morning and watch the swells move under the light. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

That was more than I ever got before. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny felt he knew him but little more than at their first meeting, but he admired him more and more all the time. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

These folks were more than happy to send us out there, day after day, but when it’s their turn to fight they ain’t got the stomach for it. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I, who treasured my children more than my own life, couldn’t believe my sister would leave her son for anything. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I more than resent it, sir. I’m absolutely incensed.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

At first I think we could get them ice cream, but then I think that maybe they need more than a treat. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“If you want to go. Everyone wants you to stay. I want you to stay more than I’ve ever wanted anything in my life.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1969, a Hopkins researcher used blood samples from more than 7,000 neighborhood children —most of them from poor black families—to look for a genetic predisposition to criminal behavior. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

"Glad you do. And I can speak Tamil too. Nice that you and I speak more than one language, isn't it? I'll use Tamil so you can both understand me." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

After Raymond’s accident she never left me alone with them for more than an hour. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“The heat affects small children more than most. Make sure your sister drinks some water before any more chores.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wello didn’t say anything more than “over here” or “over there” or “good night” — I figured he was very tired. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“People see what they want to see. I’m sure this place has had more than its share of unusual patrons with the circus in town. That makes it easier for us to blend in.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We hadn’t been walking more than three or four minutes when there was a noise in the near distance. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Now, the world is more than it seems to be. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The voice sounded like a growl more than a person and I was ready for some serious stepping. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would be tardy, but if he sprinted, he had a shot at being no more than fifteen minutes late. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

They were now walking along a narrow lane that was no more than a rutted cart-track. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

His logic: Since the horse rested himself so much more than other horses, he could stand up to an unusually heavy racing schedule. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually nobody remembers who originally wrote it, or who changed it, and there may be more than one version of any particular folk song. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I was generally more than willing to go hunting. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, Miig had told me this story before, more than once when I bugged him. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Here, more than 3,000 lost children arrive from a refugee camp in Ethiopia back to Sudan after walking hundreds of miles without sufficient food or water. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This ordeal was the most terrible torture,” she said, “as it prevented my sleeping for more than a few minutes at a time.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The elevator was not much more than a wire cage, and as it slowly ascended, I could see the beautiful blue Atlantic Ocean just a stone s throw away. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

That, and so many other smaller incidents in my life, made me realize that language, even more than color, defines who you are to people. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The Germans climb out of their vehicles, more than a dozen of them. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I am the sword that guards the realm of men, Jon reminded himself, and in the end, that must be worth more than one man’s honor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her loyalty, she said, had been to Harold Washington’s principles more than to the man himself. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Prudence said, “No she did not, and I wish you would quit acting as if it is my fault that she did not say more than she did.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“I think my offer is more than fair,” he says. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Clara spent the winters rapidly knitting all sorts of woolen clothes to keep him warm, but he wore them only until someone who needed them more than he did crossed his path. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I loved his goatee even more than his mustache. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He enjoys fooling the Nazis more than I realized. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The bar had been set the year before by an engineer in the Aerospace Mechanics Division—Katherine Johnsons group—but Mary and her young collaborator were more than up to the challenge. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Nothing more than a few feet by a few feet at the foot of Boston Common. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spaulding proved more than equal to the task; his business sense rivaled that of Buck Duke. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

When there are more than two notes sounding at the same time, that's a chord. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Along one canal more than 500 dead fish were seen floating or lying on the bank on a stretch of less than a quarter of a mile. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“We teachers don’t like them any more than you do. But you’re required to pass the test in order to graduate next year.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Abby, did I mention you are the absolute best person in the entire universe? Oh my God. I love you so much. I love you more than Nick loves you.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

We even stayed in the same campground in the Bighorn Wilderness that I remembered from more than thirty years earlier. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As proof, Meggers pointed to Marajo, an island more than twice the size of New Jersey that sits like a gigantic stopper in the mouth of the Amazon. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

There are some forty-five thousand items in the average American supermarket and more than a quarter of them now contain corn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The firm was now more than thirty days late in paying my invoice. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was more than five times faster than the Buick could do on Little Daytona, and I found it difficult to imagine one of our rockets could really go that fast. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was feeling something more than fear as I rode: It was fear with a purpose, fear devoted entirely to the task of being alert. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The blues have been played more than once for the red planet. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The VooDoo Lounge early in the morning was little more than a concrete expanse of roof dotted with red and black couches. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

In any case, it was no more than moderately busy on a good, hot, blue-skied, gorgeously promising morning in late July. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, I found what I thought was the path we had walked Zu out on, but it turned out to be nothing more than an old side trail, overgrown and unforgiving to bare skin. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Never more than a few hundred, maybe a thousand rand at a time, but it was all cash on hand. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It didn’t hurt, not at first, but no matter how hard I concentrated on turning my head, it wouldn’t give more than an inch. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He wolfed some food, grabbed his toolbox—he suspected Dill wouldn’t have much more than a screwdriver and a pair of needle-nose pliers—and headed over to Dill’s. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

On more than one occasion, Carpenter sold a cadaver to an anatomical school, reported the body to the police, and then had his wife, dressed in mourning clothes, claim it as her son. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

What if Javier wanted more than playing video games that evening? Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There were surely more than a million already. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

His eyes warn me more than his mouth. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It was mid-August and we’d been in paradise for more than a week. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw felt himself more than ever removed from them, locked up in himself. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“It was more than that. Coach Noles and Webb didn’t get along.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

As soon as you were better, I needed to do more than just dream about finding a school where we could both study. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

What I saw was almost more than I could stand. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small pale ghost peeked out at her from behind a woman’s skirt, its form so slight that it was hardly more than a wisp of fog. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

After Wari and Tiwanaku collapsed, at the end of the first millennium, the Andes split into sociopolitical fragments and with one major exception remained that way for more than three centuries. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

So, just as Jeffrey looked up — there’s nothing he enjoys more than watching me get a good lecture — I whipped off the cap. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thin lines of moss and mold threaded through the cloth so the bra clung to the dead wood more than hung from it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

In 1815, California was nothing more than a distant Spanish colony—a colony this woman had probably never heard of. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

They had not been apart for more than a few days at a time ever since they had first started dating, in college. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elaine, who had never been more than an incidental part of the muddle, had achieved a peace of her own. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had lost contact with Laura in New York for more than five months. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I’m rarely at home more than half of any week; I have been away as much as five months. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was prohibited from talking to more than one person at a time. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, I’m nobody’s duck, and their words stung a whole lot more than water, but I held my temper. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The four people had been coming to his rooms now for more than seven months. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

In all the stories she had read or heard, the fairies seemed to do nothing more than drink and dance, enjoying a life of leisure and frivolity. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is an intriguing statistic: the same people who routinely steal more than 10 percent of his bagels almost never stoop to stealing his money box—a tribute to the nuanced social calculus of theft. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“I can’t help you,” she wanted to say, but the thickness in her throat was more than just the phantom feel of moths. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Inside its heavy wooden boards were names and dates going back more than a century. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Actually, a little more than that, because it's Sol 25 right now and I haven't actually planted anything yet. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

But no one had believed, when you came right down to it, that it was anything more than a game. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

All told, more than seven hundred shots had been fired into the crowd, wounding more than four hundred people, including dozens of women and children. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Yao arrived in Malawi more than a hundred years ago from across the lake in Mozambique. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Now more than ever she could have used the Thunderhead’s AI guidance as she browsed through its data files, because the worldwide public camera system seemed designed to thwart her efforts. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“No. She’s going with Ryan. I’m sure he doesn’t want me hanging around with them, any more than I want to be with him.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She left her dogs to run wild and tended every need, cared for the humans she loved and, although she never would admit it, loved even more than she loved her dogs. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

But more than that, she thought the school was overreacting. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The ceiling grows lower, until, in the back, it’s no more than a few feet off the ground. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Until three of them pulled out weapons that glistened even more than their bejeweled robes, and the fourth pulled out a flamethrower. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Reyna got the uncomfortable impression he was seeing much more than her form - her heat signature, her heart rate, her level of fear. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It took more than three years to complete. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they didn’t do more than wave, and sometimes they stopped and we discussed all manner of things. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Lighter and lighter La Llorona grew until she was more than translucent; she was a silhouette of radiance. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I observed him for more than an hour afterward. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ito paid Papá more than us because Papá was a better picker and because he had worked for Ito for several summers. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“All of us did. Just in time. The Martials took more than a hundred Scholars last night.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Viji, I’m sorry. I see you’re trying to protect your sister, but I bet she can do more than you think.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was impossible to live in Congo without growing a thick skin for bugs, but even so, trudging through the jungle was almost more than I could take. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted more than anything to meet her in the real world. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I wonder if I can smell the smoke of their wood fires, more than thirty miles away, or if it is only our fort’s fires I am smelling. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Mayan dominance of the region lasted more than five hundred years. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Night after night, she cannot sleep more than three hours. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She makes me wonder if this fine weather will last more than a day. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside seemed too claustrophobic, and besides, we were more than happy to be close to the lodge. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“You are mistaken in supposing me a beggar. I am no beggar; any more than yourself or your young ladies.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Bodega was more than ready to go to prison for Vera. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

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

I wanted to knock his teeth out more than I wanted to board the ship. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The refreshing meal, the brilliant fire, the presence and kindness of her beloved instructress, or, perhaps, more than all these, something in her own unique mind, had roused her powers within her. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Tonight, they shot me too, more than once, and killed a part of me. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

If art was no more than a frustrated outflinging of desire, if religion was no more than self-delusion, what good was life? The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw all the fights between Dad and Mom, and I think it hurt him more than it did me. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she said, “Most of the time, everyone deserves more than one chance. We all do things we regret now and then. You just have to carry them with you.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The solemn tone, more than the sacrilege of what she said, made me look up. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He would stay there until the following summer, more than a year after his arrest. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The houses had countless windows, mostly with shutters but some with glass, more than I had ever seen before. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

One scientist estimates that if you could pile all HeLa cells ever grown onto a scale, they’d weigh more than 50 million metric tons —an inconceivable number, given that an individual cell weighs almost nothing. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I’ve been gone from the ICU for more than two hours, and a lot has changed. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clearly, from her look, there were not many things in the world she disliked more than a couch, a good eiderdown couch, that had been made up for sleeping purposes. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I’ve been here for more than a year, and while I haven't seen the Louvre or the Pantheon, I have seen The Alamo and The Bridge on the River Kwai. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

For the first few months after Sam’s death I was not able to do much more than my basic chores. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel just rotten about it, but I’m absolutely helpless to do anything more than I’ve already done. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

But men have made the same mistake more than once—left the whole business out of account, or been content to trust to luck and the fortune of war. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were many more than Akers, though the others were responsible citizens and landowners and so did not have to lurk about the camp at night. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later on he went to Pilar Ternera with the hope that the cards would see more than the diggers, but she began by explaining that any attempt would be useless unless Úrsula cut the cards. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Ah, right. It’s almost as though that date sticks in your head more than it does mine.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

But things didn’t have to be new all the time if we’d stick around long enough for something to happen more than once. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

My guess is that it took you no more than a few seconds per sentence. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

And he drinks and smokes more than any boy I ever heard of. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of platforms filled the interior, some supporting no more than a few flower beds, others holding huge ferns and bushes. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

It had been more than thirty minutes since they were pulled over. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Someone I cared about more than anyone in the world tried to kill me.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think I never wanted something to be true more than my Baba believing, and being saved, and moving to America, and being in heaven together after that. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

People turned their heads to look at her, and more than one lent an attentive ear to her utterances, hoping thereby to secure the elusive but ever-desired “tip.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

He never visits it more than once or twice a year, and even then, he never stoops to entering a Red village like mine. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

We must figure out much more than our genes can know. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shin and his mother were miserable and hungry during the famine, but no more than they were accustomed to. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Which says way more than he wants to hear right now. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Not that I could really lose her, any more than she could lose me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Details such as food, drink, a change of clothing, a place to sleep, and needing more than the seventeen dollars squirreled away in the zipper pouch of his book bag. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“You can pray, but I might need more than that,” I said. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It took us more than an hour, but we got it all, or at least everything we could find. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Issue #2: As it turns out, this whole egg drop thing is more than just wrapping up an egg in pillows. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Probably more than once, though watching with Dad stretched back to when I was little, and my memory was a bit hazy. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He finished the letter, wrote out more than a dozen copies, and mailed them to the most influential Klansmen. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

His children will have more than he once did. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I like to cook things even more than I like to eat them. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

An analysis of the entire Chicago data reveals evidence of teacher cheating in more than two hundred classrooms per year, roughly 5 percent of the total. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He was no more than four or five years old, and not very big. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, I could hear, but I couldn’t say the words in French any more than I could say them in English. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Hearing his government name was more than a surprise. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Frank and Bill didn’t like the chaperone job any more than the girls liked having them for chaperones. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother, regarding me as a woman for the first time, said indignantly, “She’s more than any three weeks.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was more than enough for the child, greedy though he was, life enough for many children, and she let it flow out carelessly, conscious of her abundance. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I kept having second thoughts that pushed needles into my feet, and I stood and started to run back more than once only to stop short and talk myself back to the pines. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes more than one. Only the living can make change.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

I tried to convince him what I wanted more than anything else was for him to forget all about it — especially since nothing had actually happened to me — but he remained insistent. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t you’ll probably be out more than the others.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her memories of the boy were more than enough. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Mark felt solid knowing that he’d returned the favor on more than one occasion. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

From the beginning, it became obvious that what would become known as the Great Steel Strike of 1919 was much more than simply a labor dispute between workers and owners. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

And although my father’s school wasn’t really making a profit, he gave away more than a hundred free places to poor children. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“If you want to take some of your things back to school this afternoon, you’re more than welcome to borrow the car,” he said evenly. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He could not have had more than two years on Robb. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It felt like you deserved more than a fake Summer New Year’s Eve party. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Ever since that day, Basta had feared this place more than anywhere else in the hills. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Storch hated George Washington more than he hated the fleas that crawled around his curled white wig. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

I lie down and pretend to sleep, because I don’t want to lose those kids any more than the knights do. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

By Elizabeth’s instructions, she began to comprehend that a woman may take liberties with her husband which a brother will not always allow in a sister more than ten years younger than himself. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

But even more than that, I think, the man understood that words were insufficient. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby himself had given the Church more than $60,000 from his Icelandic winnings, and ultimately his tithe would be close to $100,000. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

So we added seventeen more Navajo words for A, E, I, O, U, D, H, L, N, R, S, and T. The most commonly used of those letters got more than one new word. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

People in different states in India speak different languages, and I'm lucky because I know more than one. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

A girl was with them; slim, dark-haired, no more than eighteen by the look of her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

My family’s contribution was more than my father said he could afford and he would not pay it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But I feel more than that—the memories make me happy, too. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Maya was getting the ball a lot, more than in the first half, and she was making things happen. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Otto didn’t eat more than a piece of banana, but he did gulp down a ton of water. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

As though you have released something more than a smooth polished piece of rock. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Worse, there were more than a few conspiracy theorists in the bunch. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing pleases Natalie more than having him read the index of a book to her. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This whole area, it’s wrong. It’s not more than a couple meters’ clearance, even at high tide.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Someone was coming—no, more than one person. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He ran for more than an hour, over grass and gravel, until the sun burned away the early mist and dried the dew. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marveling at Ann’s vast knowledge of federal housing laws, a HUD consultant admitted that “she knows more than most bureaucrats in Washington.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It's toasty warm and I snuggle down gratefully until I realize it's more than warm, it's overly hot because the bag is reflecting back his fever. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She left “more than one of us with streaming eyes, and hearts beating with gratitude,” Gage recalled. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“How come you want to trust him with your savings more than you trust me?” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was nothing more than his temperature rising and falling in fits. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They’d lost their last game of the season, and the idea of losing to the Thirteens was more than they could bear. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

From the vantage point of the Night Zoo, she’d only ever seen the barest glimpses of Lkossa’s namesake temple; up close, it seemed more than a little daunting. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He liked it even more than the grits, and it didn’t even need extra sugar on top. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

So it’s interesting, and more than a little disturbing, to see how Barb turned out—that she’s meaner and slyer than I am, more cherishing of grudges, and not quite as smart as I’d hoped. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

An organic label does not guarantee that cattle have spent any time in a real pasture, any more than “free- range” chickens really range freely. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The open source movement has grown to more than eight million users, perhaps the geekiest social movement on the Net, since its members and passionate adherents are programmers and designers. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he was lucky, Enrique would spend no more than two or three months locked up before being sent back to Honduras. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

However little he paid, it would be more than Hosie made at the mill. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

For more than three hours, we stayed at the wharf, anxiously waiting and expecting either to see our families or to talk to someone who had seen them. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She didn't feel the need to know any more than she already did. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He would need more than a coffee cup tipped onto its side to get him out of jail. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I may have been there for no more than a hundred sideways miles, or it may have been a hundred thousand. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

A lot more than just my conscience was suffering. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He fit here, in this school, much more than she did. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

A search revealed that the socks they had arrived in were being washed, and that in the obliterating thrill of passion, Aunt Hermione had omitted to pack more than one extra pair. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The “alpha racetracks” like this one at Oak Ridge separated fissionable U-235 from natural uranium at a high volume, though not enough to build more than a single bomb. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Wisps of smoke still rose into the grey sky, but no more than might have risen from Winterfell's chimneys on a cold autumn afternoon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Nineteen people were killed and more than two hundred injured. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1984, there were 500 “red tape” areas on the system — places where track damage had made it unsafe for trains to go more than 15 miles per hour. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m more than happy to see it,” she said. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Amos hated bed wetters more than anything in the world and my bed had a sticky, hot, smelly rubber baby sheet on it. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Dany’s clothes were hardly more than rags, and offered little in the way of warmth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It comes to me as always, more than willing. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Somehow, all of these things together do not make Axel feel settled, and more than anything, Axel wants to feel settled when he cracks open a book. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“How many times must I tell you not to bite off more than you can chew?” snapped the undersecretary, patting the distressed earl on the back. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

They'd been little more than ballast since Storm's End, and were eager to get at the foe, confident of victory. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But now it seems like she knows more than I thought. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

She could not have been more than thirteen or fourteen years old, but she was fully developed. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was describing things that had happened more than thirty years ago, but the memory still made him angry. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Not even the bones kept them quiet for more than a short time. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Nolan can tell you more than I can,” said the priest. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a midwife entirely by the power of her own say-so, which was more than enough. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They were more than weary, and yet there seemed no comfort in the thought of halting anywhere. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“There’s nothing more than a trickle within a hundred miles of here. Everyone knows that,” said Ruthanne, kicking up dust as we walked. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

In the small slide, even with the magnifying glass, Mirjam was barely more than a smudge of sky blue toward the bottom of the frame. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I’ve already covered the whole barn more than once, counted the baskets, recounted them, made an attempt to fix the loose board in the wall even tho no one asked me to. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Its painful to think about that, but what we have, I suspect, is more than most people find in a lifetime. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

There are more than eighty beds in this room the size of Maria's sitting room at home. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Not only that, they turned up suggestive indications of human habitation more than 32,000 years ago. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He has a way of putting the two of them into the same camp, in pretended league against me, that annoys me more than it should. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hope it’s not too long — it’s two rolls of parchment more than Professor Binns asked for. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

But there is no evidence that its functioning is due to anything more than the 1014 neural connections that build an elegant architecture of consciousness. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The piano sounded watery, like it had been left out in the rain more than once. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Blacks outnumbered whites by a ratio of more than ten to one. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Since Cardan’s a prince, it’s more than likely no one has ever cautioned him, has ever stayed his hand. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He’s telling us how the Nazis killed more than just Jews. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

And he’s still holding my hand, which is more than a little bit wonderful. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Prophecies are treacherous, she reminded herself, and Reznak may be no more than he appears. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was a night when the thick fog drifted through the streets and I could not see more than an arm’s length before me, and everything seemed unreal, as if I were asleep and dreaming. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something deadly, nightmarish about the pursuit terrified me more than the pursuit itself. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

All around them, the forest was waking up after the few short hours of rest; soon they would have more than the mud to worry about. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He would lie down and “die” on command and wait, even if I went out of sight for more than ten minutes. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

On this scale, Mount St. Helens’s would be no more than a pea. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The giant diprotodon appeared in Australia more than 1.5 million years ago and successfully weathered at least ten previous ice ages. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face was sweet and tender, and, like Mr. Morton, she loved the vast hordes of unwashed and unwanted children more than she loved the cared-for ones. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that it is just the two of them it seems to him, more than ever, that they are living together. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Huron, he reported in an account of his American years, could not understand why one Man should have more than another, and that the Rich should have more Respect than the Poor. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He had grown used to being respected, to giving orders, to making decisions, and to having no more than the sky over his head. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The helicopter landed on the front lawn, blowing away a tent that was being erected for the party as if it were nothing more than a napkin tumbled by the wind. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Qhorin seated himself on the sand, his back to a wall, no more than a vague black shadow in the gloom of the cave. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Almost as soon as we left the summit, the wind dropped, and within 500 feet the world was quite calm, eerily so, and the dense fog was nothing more than straggly, drifting shreds. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

My class was more than a block away from the front door, near the Fourteenth Street entry to the school. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dad,” I said, “you guys need this money more than I do.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

At first, the guards at the gate ignored them, and when they finally acknowledged Yishan’s persistent requests, they did little more than pass the message on to a servant. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Neither question nor answer was meant as anything more than a polite preamble to conversation. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the same seriousness I always see on his face, but this is the first time I feel a sense of foreboding from it, like it’s more than just the expression of a quiet creator. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Special operation had given them more than just terrible faces. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

A button off was more than sloppiness; it was a sin. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The dollar rose by a factor of more than ten between 1920 and now, so that's more than thirty-five thousand dollars in today's dollars. A lot of tours at eleven bucks apiece.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s about more than genes, here, and you know it.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

For I then said: 'In fact, I tended to concern myself with international affairs more than domestic ones. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Burnham saw to his delight that Olmsted had given the directors somewhat more than they perhaps had wished to receive. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She screamed her moths and curled up in the corner with her eyes tightly closed, wishing more than ever before that she could go with them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When Will next became aware of things, it was completely dark, and his hand was hurting more than ever. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Comprising more than two-thirds of the brain mass, it is the realm of both intuition and critical analysis. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole place, even in the dark, felt more than looked dirty. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

But her gender proved to be a disadvantage, and Froelick had to work as a secretary for more than a year before Warner Brothers promoted her to writer. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

I pass the open door to Mr. Porter’s room and, in one hurried glance, pull in more than I expected. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Goebbels had his sights set on far more than controlling the German press, however. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Uncle Carlos’s promises are guarantees, sometimes even more than my parents’. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

By 2010, Florida had sentenced more than a hundred children to life imprisonment without parole for non-homicide offenses, several of whom were thirteen years old at the time of the crime. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“There’s more than one kind of spirit,” said Lyra reprovingly. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

It has been more than five years since Theo visited Vincent in The Hague and they walked together to the mill. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

After half a mile, he was more than twelve lengths back and still sinking. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The vial on the left seemed to shake slightly more than the one on the right. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“We can’t see the future any more than you can. Only gnomes can, a few of them anyway.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Everything hurt, from his toes to his head, but nothing more than Benji’s ego. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I started to walk back toward camp, but had taken no more than three or four steps when I tripped over a log. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what had been going on with my own boyfriend, and we’d spent nearly every waking second together for more than a year. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I’m more than twice as big as a dime. A dime only comes up to here on me.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Stories about ancestral spirits and tribal totems were strong enough to enable 500 people to trade seashells, celebrate the odd festival, and join forces to wipe out a Neanderthal band, but no more than that. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the thought that troubled him above all else, more than his many other cares. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But whenever Miss Love came for a family dinner, Grandpa would ask her to play hymns, and we’d all sing, and nobody enjoyed it more than Granny. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It haunted me for more than a month, not the words so much as its desperation, and I resolved finally to take him up on his story suggestion. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He claimed that the film made more than “a hundred million dollars,” which was highly exaggerated. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was a bonfire roaring in the ruins of an old house, little more than two crumbling stone walls. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There were shelves of paperbacks; there were encyclopedias, histories, novels, philosophies, and textbooks of physics, chemistry, electrical engineering, and others, more than I can name. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He visited the beautiful Kamala regularly, learned the art of love in which, more than anything else, giving and taking become one. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite missing more than half a year of school, I passed Form Four in the top one percent of the class. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“On the rocks. A dozen of them. Perhaps more than a dozen.” Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soft glow of the paper window in the house was nothing more than a spot of gold. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I am still nothing more than a wireless set to him. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

And then if I haven’t eaten in more than one day my stomach sometimes gets sick on the next thing I eat. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the planters wanted nothing more than to make a humble living, and then there were men and women who wanted to own the world, as if it were a matter of the proper acreage. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“How can you even think that? I want this more than I’ve ever wanted anything. I want everything with you,” he said. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She hasn’t had a fit since the day we got in trouble with the warden more than two months ago now. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

And weren’t the chances for his success a good deal more than fair? Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Our respect is worth a lot more than that,” said X-Ray. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Don’t nothing seem to make you want to tear up and cry more than being told not to. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

When I look in her eyes, I see it’s way more than nerves. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Today, more than half of college students accepted in any program of higher education are women. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

I belong to the people Hove, and they belong to me—they, and the love and loyalty I give them, form my identity far more than any word or group ever could. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The Hundred Years’ War had progressed to approximately its twenty-sixth year with no indications of anything more than periods of uneasy truce. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

A school with more than three thousand students will give you lots of options, Cassandra. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Since the bone was broken at the thigh, it would involve no more than cutting through flesh and setting a tourniquet. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Walter, even more than myself, seemed bereft without news. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she remembered more than that, she remembered that Momma was pregnant with Sammy and that made her father angry. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, the engine of a zeppelin, maybe more than one, some way above. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He pointed his gun at you. That was more than enough.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The words were nothing more than mutters and mumbles and strange hissing sounds, but the man answered him. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t seem to like my being considered “unexplained” any more than I do. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z