“The world’s most amazing and thoughtfully collected collection of bottle caps in the South!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

How had she gone from the most feared prisoner in Endovier to this sappy mess? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

In addition to Julie, most of the other kids are people I don’t know or hang out with. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Looking at the Map of Days, even the places that sounded most forbidding evoked in me a strange longing. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

This seems like a good idea until I realize that I’ll be the only one who can confirm or deny most of what weighs on him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Some good ones, some bad, most of them in the middle. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Though this kind of possibility presented itself every August and didn’t raise eyebrows for most, Kathy and Zeitoun’s more cautious clients and friends often made preparations. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“It is most dangerous to keep them,” said Perdita, by way of explanation. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

These details did not help him, for the principle of their unity was undiscoverable, and he could not tell what he most passionately desired to know: whether his face was ugly or not. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He was the most boring guy I ever listened to. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

But it’s also true that most people spend a lot more time in cars than in airplanes. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

That was the moment she felt most exposed and in most danger. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

This is the face her patients most often see—slightly distant, professional, and concerned. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The oriental rat flea, the principal vector of plague, has recently demonstrated resistance to DDT, a most serious development. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

But it is safe to say that word of mouth is — even in this age of mass communications and multimillion-dollar advertising campaigns — still the most important form of human communication. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sure, he's a goof most of the time, but I can count on him. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

As I’ve remarked earlier, the most effective rhetoric is often the least obviously rhetorical. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

With most people, they scream and holler and jump around. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed most concerned with the color of my eyes and tongue, and the temper of my pulse. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Washington knew where most of the work would be done: New York City, headquarters of the British Army. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the most important consequences of the notation revolution was the way it changed how music was created. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Since there was no Catholic church in Medallion then, she joined the most conservative black church. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Greetings, heroes!” called Mrs. Yunghans, the middle school librarian, who absolutely loved having the most famous library card holders in America checking out books in her library. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

They passed a couple of frozen cars but saw no one else for most of the trip. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

By most faction standards, he is a young leader—only thirty-nine years old. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

During most of the day and night he had no time to think. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Murder in the first degree—premeditated homicide—is the most serious charge tried in our criminal courts. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water seems no more than an inch deep in most places, straight across the wide bay, running in shallow currents, crested by delicate foam. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

A mood of reserved shock had come over most of the Gladers, who were milling about with solemn faces, kicking loose rocks and not saying much at all. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

One was brutal, the other mean, but both had spent most of their lives in service at the Dreadfort. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Because most of us had just arrived from sea level, however, Hall was careful to keep us to a more indolent pace that gave our bodies time to adapt to the increasingly thin air. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Celia is quite pleased with the arrangement, and spends most of her time reading. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

During her most recent telephone call, she said she was in North Carolina. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

A successful quest for Olympic gold would require finding nine young men of exceptional strength, grace, endurance, and most of all mental toughness. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Next came the order that Jewish children could no longer attend school, nor could most Jews hold jobs. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Leale wanted, most of all, to catch a glimpse of the famous general who had won the Civil War. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked ready for the most satisfying nap of his life. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The team came from one of the Atlanta area’s most expensive soccer academies, the Concorde Football Club, in the upscale suburb of Alpharetta. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Few Africans could afford a lawyer, and most had no choice but to accept whatever verdict the court handed down. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it was pretty much the most amazing thing ever. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The very best and most successful basketball teams—like the best and most successful organizations of any kind—are the ones that understand how to combine rational analysis with instinctive judgment. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

We weren’t allowed to use the oven or stove when Audrey’s parents weren’t home, which was most of the time, so we had to stick to using the microwave. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Yet this Lord Furnival had fought in France or had been off to mercenary wars for so many years that most villagers, including myself, had never set eyes on him. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Shocked and silenced, the two children moved through the carnage, while the spies on their dragonflies looked around more coolly, accustomed to battle, noting how it had gone and who had lost most. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It hits the weakest, most sorrowing part of me; but I am only a surrogate, for who knows what lack, what loss. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about this during “range week,” one of the most enjoyable periods of training because of the time we got to spend away from the Academy, at a shooting club. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, Your Majesty. I am most appreciative,” she murmured, the sound blending in with the words of the other Champions. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The summer of 1918 is the most bloody and the most terrible. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d already closed down most operations at Louis Armstrong International Airport. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

At fifty-one, he had served in the Coast Guard for most of his working life, and he had been tracking the gangsters for years. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

For this assembly, the seventh graders, most of whom were twelve years old, were told to sit in the front rows,close to the stage. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

My mom and I have become pretty good at fixing most of it ourselves so we don't have to bother Ms. Raz too often. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Some would ultimately pass, but most would get quickly picked off in the Republican-controlled chamber, downed by partisanship and a cynicism passed off as practicality among his new colleagues. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I had two samosas, a chicken biryani and most of Kat’s chicken korma, which she couldn’t finish. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The statue was holding on to us so we couldn’t fall, but still Thalia clutched his arm like it was the most important thing in the world. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Denner resin was highly illegal, of course, but that didn’t matter in most parts of the city. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My mom’s principal knew and so did some of her closest friends, but most of her school didn’t know. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Called "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies," it is one of the most extraordinary scientific papers ever published, as much for how it was presented as for what it said. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It’s the most comfortable place in the world. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was filled with profanities of various sorts which it was difficult, even in the most desperate of circumstances, to imagine Bunny using in a letter to Julian. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Throughout all the colonies and most of the early United States, one of the most common drinks was hard cider made from fermented apples. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

In the early hours of February 4, 1999, however, the four officers cruising down Wheeler Avenue failed at this most fundamental task. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I can get most of the butter off the shoe lining, with a washcloth or some toilet paper from the bathroom, tomorrow. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a terrifying prospect—and the most exhilarating thing they had ever heard. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Grim, he's okay sometimes, like when Tony D. chased us into the pond, but most of the time he thinks he knows everything, which he doesn't. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Hilary Putnam, perhaps the most influential analytic philosopher of the second half of the twentieth century, published a famous article called “The Meaning of Meaning” in a learned academic volume. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“This is my clone. He’s the most important person in my life. If you thought it was any of you sorry, misbegotten swine, think again.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But most gangsters were, as the cliche assures us, two-bit gangsters. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Still, Lee cannot bring himself to utter the one word he dreads most: surrender. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he drives to the university, parking behind his father’s department, running along the campus roads, through the confined, picturesque universe that had been his father’s world for most of the past twenty-five years. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was the most complicated part of the spacecraft, and took the longest time to learn. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whether it was true or not, most people said they had first come out here during a sandstorm, meaning their first taste of Odessa had literally been a mouthful of gritty sand. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a complete loss of pressure, most of the water boiled off. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had used most of their savings to buy medicine. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Australia, the smallest and most isolated continent, has always had far fewer species of big wild mammals than has Eurasia, Africa, or the Americas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I hid in my bedroom for most of Saturday. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

It took what felt like an eternity, but was at most fifteen minutes, before he returned. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The most important political document ever adopted by the ANC is the Freedom Charter. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maize is one of the few farm species that is more diverse than most wild plants. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

In general, the microbiology experiments were not carried out at the low ambient Martian temperatures, and most did not provide long incubation times. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The most recent were also the smallest; a matched pair no bigger than mastiff's skulls, and oddly misshapen, all that remained of the last two hatchlings bom on Dragonstone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And I guess maybe looking different from most people means I’m just going to have to be resilient now, too. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

But the fact is, once I had sat down to supper at their table, once a number of their neighbours had come calling, a most discomforting set of events began to unfold around me. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

When my father was home—and it wasn’t often, since Ernie Eco came over most nights and they drove off together—but when he was home, that’s pretty much what he told us. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, this is not exactly something most people are willing to care about,” Shawna said. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

This wilderness of North America’s most powerful black man!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even Ripred, by far the most hardened of the group, seemed to hunch down under the weight of the situation. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The most difficult stage of the adventure now begins. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Weaver told Fosdick wryly that most of them “warmly express the hope that the Rockefeller Foundation will be able to come in at this critical juncture.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I stayed in bed most of the day. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sisters and senior nurses had been drafted in to help, and five or six doctors were working on the most urgent cases. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I spent most of my days in the study, e-mailing people around the world, applying for grants, organizing fund-raising events. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But most of the time I didn’t write, because one day was just like the day before, and sometimes I thought—what’s the use of writing anyway, when nobody is ever going to read it? Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

From morning to night, he displayed cool and reasoned leadership, with his humor leavening even the most difficult crisis. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had his daily meetings, but instead of asking me to leave, he had me wait on the other side of the white curtain, where we were now conducting most of our practice sessions. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She had arrived two days earlier by train from New York, been transported immediately to the Palmer House, and lodged there in its most lavish suite. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The existence of such elites goes against the most fundamental principles of natural selection, since these dominant members of society willingly give up procreation. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were the most normal and representative variety of Hobbit, and far the most numerous. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

How can I get ahead when I'm forced to leave behind the person I love most? Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Old tires and nail-studded logs were strewn across most of the road, leaving only a narrow space. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

It had been built from wood and iron, and was by far the most beautiful and well-kept stable she’d ever seen, certainly far nicer than anything in the Night Zoo. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He says you can see the stars much better when most of the lights in the city are off. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Questions were answered on a volunteer basis, and I was able to sit back and relax, confident that the same few students would do most of the talking. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The school’s wall was low, “because, unlike boys, most girls don’t climb over walls,” Mother explained. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

When I was done, I lined them up in a row along the edge of the back porch, where Mamá said they’d get the most sunlight in the mornings. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

In capacity, speed, maneuverability, and seaworthiness, those Eurasian ships were far superior to the rafts that carried out trade between the New World’s most advanced societies, those of the Andes and Mesoamerica. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Because 69vill was the gang that had all the hype. It was the most feared.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Besides, his tasks were those of a hireling; no matter how expertly he did them, he could not hope to progress to anything better, as even the most stupid apprentice did. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Along the south part of the fence where the sun shone most of the day, I built long shelves out of branches and put the meat up to dry. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her youngest daughter, who was about twelve, had reduced most of our staff to tears because she refused to let go of her mother the entire time she was in the office. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Everyone would take it even if it wasn’t required because it’s such an easy A. And most of the time, it’s fun. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

What I find most interesting reading through the letters: I can't figure out what I was trying to accomplish. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I’m constantly angling for the best price, the most attractive bundle of goods, the newest option. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He had spent most of his years alone and trapped by his flightless body. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

And when I was nine, smoke from a fire two ridges over had kept most visitors away. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He just kissed the tips of his fingers and said, “Because it is the most delicious meat. And there is nothing that tastes so good as boar prosciutto.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Because he is strong enough to move the big extension ladders by himself, and perhaps also because he rarely speaks, Volkheimer responds to most calls alone. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

In fact, most musicians, and even many non-musicians, can distinguish major and minor keys just by listening to the music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

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

The dust vanished from the photographs, and he saw at once that half a dozen were missing from the largest and most ornate frames. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

"Osha must have turned aside back of us. Before the elk, most likely. She sent the wolves on by themselves, hoping we'd chase after them." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Karhides go afoot, mostly; they have no beasts of burden, no flying vehicles, the weather makes slow going for powered traffic most of the year, and they are not a people who hurry. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Because of the snow, we missed most of Lucas’s appointments in Kingston. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“They look about evenly matched—most times they are—but one of ’em has that last reserve of courage and energy which licks the other. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “OK” and the sound of his own voice made him cry the most. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Madam, we are all most distressed outside,” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And the thing that hurt him the most was that because of his problems—not the kids’ problems—Dr. Barnes was going to use this innocent little newspaper as the whip to send him packing. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

It is the most popular way-stop on the Alaska Highway, and McCandless decided to pause there for a soak in the soothing waters. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holding it in front of both of us, I point to the most completed sketch, a frontal view. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

His body writhed, and the most disturbing retching sounds poured out of his gaping jaws. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The men who commanded them were the bravest and most reckless boatmen in the Navy. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Thracians were the most musical of the peoples of Greece. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were all men, and most of them were Black. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

George Blake had become that most dangerous variety of spy: the double agent. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

When he said “hell” he hit the h with his lungs and the impact was greater than the achievement of the most imaginative foul mouth in the town. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The most devoted fans even collected trading cards of their favorite crews. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

His current household consisted of his most recent wife and his three youngest children. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The notion that most illegal drug use and sales happens in the ghetto is pure fiction. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Notes with this small-number ratio of 2:1 are so closely related that we give them the same name, and most tuning systems are based on this octave relationship. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He always thought over each question carefully, even the most foolish question from the youngest student. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

So we need somewhere that gives us good views of the town—that allows for multiple and clear observation points — and that will, most importantly, keep us hidden, because we cannot risk being seen. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Where students are most in need of help is where the most stripped-down, deadening material is put in front of them. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The Washington visit launched Lawrence into the role of the hydrogen bomb’s most prominent and credible promoter. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I was squinting out toward the quad, where most of the student body gathered for lunch every day. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The roof floor was not the typical concrete, sandpapery surface that covered most roofs in New York City. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It was the most important transformation of the Australian ecosystem for millions of years. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The streaks that did occur were most likely due to chance. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They’re the most aggressive of all the birds of prey,” I say. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first they were ashamed and timid, but he would begin twirling them around, tapping loudly while his arm encircled their waists and giving them his most seductive smile, and soon they were enthusiastic. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scrolled down until I saw it—the most precious little angel baby face I’d ever seen in my entire life.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The bushes kept the wind out and, most of the time, the rain. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“You will die painfully when you most expect it. There! Much better.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But most food has different names in the islands. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The most upsetting part isn’t that I never found him; it’s that he was everywhere. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The most important thing that Palmer ever found out with the Distracter, though, came at the very beginning, before Sesame Street was even on the air. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One must assume that we are waiting for word from Lord Dunmore’s agent with the Iroquois Confederation. He is supposed to sweep down with them from the northwest and provide us with most welcome assistance.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

My horizons did not extend beyond Thembuland and I believed that to be a Thembu was the most enviable thing in the world. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And his deplorable habit of being bold after the event, and full, in absence, of the most extraordinary presence of mind. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles was spending most of his money and all of his energy on the farm. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Who has the most to lose by not having Spares around to do their dirty work?” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

After history, we had grammar and mathematics, but the most interesting thing that I learned all morning was that the boy across the room was named Donald Burch. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, most instrumentalists would find it easier to play in E flat than in D sharp. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Lewandowski is very fidgety, every now and then he squints across at us most unhappily with his round goggle eyes. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could probably figure most of them out, but I’d need a lot of time. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

On the other team, Uncle Herm did most of the passing. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Those,” Frank said, “are the most disgusting spoils of war ever.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Read carefully the news accounts revealed that most of these women, subdued and broken, had not been defenseless. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

As interesting as this was, to the Pythagoreans the most important property of the pentagram was not in this self-replication but was hidden within the lines of the star. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Radio Caribe, the government station, is having a recitation contest, but most of the poems are about El Jefe, so Mami turns it off. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

In the most direct way, Indian liberty made indigenous villages into competitors for colonists’ allegiance. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“This was the most beautiful city on the river, and the richest,” said Yandry. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Antipoverty Worker Urges Promotion of Black Power,” shouted the headline in the state’s most important newspaper, the Raleigh News & Observer. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She's seen most of mine, but I add the last couple of crackers and beef strips to the pile. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

And me, well, I probably hold the world record for knowing about the most world records. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He had no history of crime or violence, and for most folks who knew him, robbery just didn't make sense for a man who worked as hard as Walter. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Near our cottage, where the small creek winds under the old wooden bridge, is the most beautiful bed of roses. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

At school I felt alone most of the time, but I did get some attention from my classmates because I did well in math. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

She was the most hideous one in the family. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

We hit on an idea: Since the most studious girls always sat up front, we would switch seats every week. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But she delights in judging juvenile cases most of all. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Strictly speaking, Galileo knew Harriot existed, as he had read William Gilbert’s On the Magnet, in which Harriot is mentioned in passing, and described as ‘most scholarly’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Earlier in the month, the Australians had arrived in England to row in the most prestigious and tradition-bound of all crew races, the Grand Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Had we gone into the trenches without this period of training most of us would certainly have gone mad. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t help but notice that most of the names of those being arrested or fined were German. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

This was the way he had traveled after escaping the League, how he had navigated through most of Virginia—how he hoped to get home. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

To Virgil as to all Roman poets, war was the noblest and most glorious of human activities. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

What worried him the most, however, wasn't that it was too late. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t the most pleasant way to start my day, but it got me moving. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“But most of what I said was—” “Of course.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Since Mrs. Caruthers’s fit, Ophie had taken to leaving it open; the old woman couldn’t complain of an imaginary draft when she was sleeping most of the time. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I’ve looked out my bedroom window twice, trying to see what she is doing, but most of the inside of the greenhouse is out of view. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“He was a lot more than that. He was only the most famous son of Hephaestus who ever lived.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Once I even rose and began to dress, thinking that the most prudent course might be to run away. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

For most of my childhood, it just sat there, waiting for a perfect evening that never happened. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And I saw Khloris, that most lovely lady, whom for her beauty in the olden time Neleus wooed with countless gifts, and married. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Caroline appoints me official art director of the paper chain, which means I’m going to have to do most of it and supervise the rest. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The fact that most of the evidence in support of any disparity had since been discredited was deemed irrelevant; what mattered was whether the law had seemed rational at the time it was adopted. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s the most important thing,” his mother said. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was the wisest, the mildest, the most eloquent of all the Aesir. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“For sure. But this is where he spent most of his childhood, in what is now central and north central Wyoming. It wasn’t Wyoming then, of course.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Who does not know this?” she said, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

As he sprinted for the Slammer on the back side of the Homestead, he watched as Gladers started moving inside, most of them with arms full of one thing or another. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Wherever Atticus went, Jem and Jean Louise would most of the time follow. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Kennedy, a folklorist at heart, apparently wanted to put across the most dramatic story possible, and therefore included not only his own anti-Klan activities but those of another man, code-named John Brown. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

It catches me by surprise, because she’s barely acknowledged my existence for most of the night. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

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

Gully stayed there to help however he could, and Charles wrote the next day to Emma that he had been “most kind.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spent most of his time with Samantha, playing fetch with the rubber toy. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The one who called himself Sargo seemed to be more important than most. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The kitchen faucet makes the most bizarre sounds. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Our decision to reestablish picketing is prompted by the highest patriotic motives,” Paul said, arguing that the most patriotic thing women could do was to fight for inclusion in the democratic process. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Rufus didn’t even mind being the Nazi dinosaurs most of the time and it was O.K. playing with him because he didn’t cheat and didn’t try to steal my plastic monsters. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“By all means. We shall be most happy to consider you as one of the party.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

And though nonlawyers might assume that the language of contracts, such as the party of the first part, must serve some legal purpose, most of it is superfluous. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

But he got up every single time, and he keeps telling me over and over about how that’s the most important thing. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Denton Deere almost fell off his chair, leaning back to follow this most unusual case. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I must have blocked most of it out for self-preservation. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

They could write the answers down or tape them, then choose the most interesting parts and compose a paper. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, yes, you did. You most certainly did.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

"It was just the most devastating event in world history...that somehow didn't happen," according to the historian Martin Sherwin. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

There were only two hundred of us at Devon in the summer, not enough to fill most of the school. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aristotle, and most of the other Greek philosophers, on the other hand, did not like the idea of a creation because it smacked too much of divine intervention. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spoke to most of them and was at pains to show that he had some knowledge of their personal lives. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A stony beach, a stony ledge or two, some pines—a few toppled over with their heads in the water, a few tilted, most of them still straight. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Pong spent most of his time inside the temple grounds, but when he turned thirteen, Father Cham began taking him along more often on his visits to the village and surrounding countryside. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Settling down caused most people’s turf to shrink dramatically. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

You needn’t be a mathematician to realize that there’s something wrong statistically if most people do this. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

These are the things we are supposed to rejoice in the most, respectively. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought, this is the most incredible thing I have ever seen, and I had better keep it a safe distance away from me. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

One night I was telling Richard that most people only know how old I am. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several nearby houses and shops were staved in like rotten barrels, most of them burning fitfully. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

By then most people had finished their church meetings, and some, still in their Sunday best, were out for a walk. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Neil came over most evenings and sat with June in the parlor while the rest of us watched The Fugitive on television in the den. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sometimes wish she would, but most times I’m grateful that she hasn’t. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

By then, most of my friends and relatives had either been killed or had escaped the country to Pakistan or Iran. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

For the infinite had already begun to gnaw at the roots of Western thought, thanks to Zeno of Elea, a philosopher reckoned by his contemporaries to be the most annoying man in the West. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Life in Afghanistan had become more and more dangerous for their family, especially since the Taliban’s most recent visit to their house. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

So Axel has to add his own piece, the most important thing, really, hope. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He overhauled ethics rules governing White House employees’ interactions with lobbyists and, most important, managed to push a major economic stimulus bill through Congress, even though not a single House Republican voted in its favor. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

When the gong called to supper he went, but he would hardly speak to the other lads at the Long Table, or raise his face to them, even those who greeted him most gently. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Babi had made it clear to Laila from a young age that the most important thing in his life, after her safety, was her schooling. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It seemed to me a most plaintive request. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But I needed to be moved within forty-eight hours, seventy-two at the most. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The land was barren and brutal, and that was all most people saw. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Always at night and never more than a shard of song: sixty or ninety seconds at the most. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But all of that aside, I think the most important aspect of obtaining a girl of the opposite sex is knowing when to pull the trigger. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He turned out to be one of the Luftwaffe’s most celebrated and deadly flying aces, and he wanted to meet the pilot who’d shot him down. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It was the most gratuitous sort of cruelty. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“If Percy is telling the truth about the skeleton warriors,” she said, “we have no time to argue. They are the worst, the most horrible . . . We must leave now.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

For the most part they were unspeakably boring, all about life in a traditional fishing village and the enduring mysteries of animal husbandry, but one exhibit stood out from the rest. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

For most, it would all end in high school. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Delilah was sleeping on our old sofa, the way she did most of the time these days. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

If anything, it stood even more upright: at the end of the long chain of adaptive evolution was the well-adjusted, best-erected, most perfected mammal of them all: humans. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It was what many Nikkei believed about most any awful situation. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Stay as you are, and go to sleep if you like. I intend to work hard,” said Amy in her most energetic tone. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

My throat cut off the word—silence in front of the most understanding teacher. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The piece with the most power to move and frighten. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Soon they realized that they were paying a cleaning woman and doing most of the work themselves anyhow. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But most of the time her sweet smile and beautiful clothes and perfect skin filled me with rage. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the most addictive drug I did. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

All I know is, most of the time she's not there. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“His line’s always busy. She won’t call him, anyway. I think out of everything she’s definitely most afraid of Stew. In that way I guess I’m no different.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although most of the credit for my exoneration must be given to Dr. Aurelius, who apparently earned his naps by presenting me as a hopeless, shell-shocked lunatic. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Arnold was very laid-back and had a way of making the incredible sound almost sane, so I felt good about how that scene would most likely play out. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was the youngest of the two daughters of a most affectionate, indulgent father; and had, in consequence of her sister’s marriage, been mistress of his house from a very early period. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Everyone assumed that I would win the Beecher medal because I had organized the coat drive, and the medal usually went to the student who did the most community service. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Over the next two months, a lot more people signed Armpit’s cast, most of them females who decorated their names with hearts and flowers. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

It came out with ease, without reluctance, as though the mere mention of her must be the most casual thing in all the world. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He struck a good balance—I was playing on the team opposite English most of the time, and even though Fist was designed for him, he didn’t call it. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was my current theory that hands were the most revealing part of the human body—far more significant than eyes. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Collective decided when to bring us out of stasis so we would be of most value, just like you and the other Zetas. But . ..” He sighs. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Cook seemed kind most of the time, but she was beginning to wonder if the older woman was what Daddy had referred to as Double-Talk Folk. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Whether they resented or admired me, most students held themselves apart. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But he returns to become one of the most remarkable soldiers in American history. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn't all that surprised that I'd failed my most recent etiquette examination. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Come in here,” he said, “I spend most of my time in here.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

There aren’t many people out, because it’s midafternoon and most of them are at work or at school. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Not only did the agency let most members of the spy ring escape, but the leading FBI agent sold his side of the story to the newspapers. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

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

His first significant contribution to science concerned the springiness, or compressibility, of air, and involved the most famous experiment of his illustrious career. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

We stared at the pot of rice and lentils like it was the most interesting thing we’d ever seen. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Just like before, most of the kids watching me seize were at least concerned, but others were out there with their phones. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

One of the most compelling, and chilling, exhibits was the Krupp Pavilion, where Fritz Krupp’s “pet monster” stood at the center of an array of heavy guns. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

‘Then come, and let your brother go with us, and some other of your folk who is most swift! For we have need of speed greater than any wind, outmatching the wings of the Nazgûl.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

People fear what they don't understand, and let's face it, the world of a geek isn't something most people can understand, if only because it's a complicated world filled with smart folks. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but becoming the world’s most famous assassin is!” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

This was probably the most dangerous part, because it was a violation of a major rule for any citizen not on official business to leave a dwelling at night. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

But perhaps the most horrifying images from Riefenstahl’s film were seemingly the most innocent. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It also reminded me of Annie, the most famous girl orphan. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

None of us wanted to give up the village to the other, but in the end we killed most of the rebels and captured a few more. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

We slept there and spent most of our waking hours elsewhere. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he had been there last, the most striking characteristic of the landscape had been the black mountain, its shadow casting gloom upon the village. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

But most important, he found that with a hug good-bye, he could make Isabelle’s necklace disappear without her feeling a thing. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

One of my most vivid early memories is of my little sister, Deborah. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The racial dimension of mass incarceration is its most striking feature. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

As they ran, they met crowds of students, most wearing traveling cloaks over their pajamas, being shepherded down to the Great Hall by teachers and prefects. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But here, for starters, is Quintilian: “The whole art of oratory, as the most and greatest writers have taught, consists of five parts: invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

They lived in the same one-roomed hut with their families, few chickens, litter of pigs, or with a cow possibly called Crumbocke—most dreadful and insanitary! The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus Digges had not simply translated Copernicus but strengthened his argument at its most vulnerable point. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Cats, who so meticulously groom their coats and lick their paws, seemed to be most affected. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Throughout most of his life, Washington’s physical vigor had been one of his most priceless assets. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

We had spent most of the afternoon hunting all around Midtown for famous buildings that were in my architects book. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“The Elder Wand is the Hallow that is most easily traced, because of the way in which it passes from hand to hand.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

While most everyone else was home visiting family for Christmas break, Benton Sage opted to stay behind and begin work on what would be his first novel. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The kitchens were where I spent most of my day, since Momma didn’t want me out beyond the interior fence, especially after what happened to poor Zeke. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

What bothered her most about that fleeting vision was that she felt it was exactly like her, as if she had seen herself twenty years in advance. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I neither wanted to offend the secretaries nor alienate my new colleague, so I settled on what seemed to me the most prudent course of action: I declined to have any tea at all. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Newcomers and visitors shared Cora’s room from time to time, but for the most part the other two beds were empty. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t like most of my teachers because they’re as interesting as buckets of rocks, but English with Mr. Ingman is always fun. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The verdict of history, or at least the reigning judgment of most historians, is that the story is essentially true. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

But tens of thousands of spectators, most of them German, began to flood into the regatta grounds, huddled under black umbrellas or wearing rain slickers and hats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But he had by then shared with me the most wonderful event in my life, the birth of our daughter, Kellie. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Burn was running for reelection in the fall, and most of his constituents were opposed to female suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Will was a post-grad senior and a strong defender, but he relied too much on his jump shot, which most of the time clanked off the rim. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Normally the most expressive thing about my mother’s face was the gap between her front teeth. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

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

It was easily the most fun they had ever had in Care of Magical Creatures. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Until 1966, Romania had had one of the most liberal abortion policies in the world. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

It struck Venkatesh that most people, including himself, had never given much thought to the daily life of ghetto criminals. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Taking up most of the space in the poster was a full-length picture of a smiling, dark-haired woman in a green satin gown. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

This was the greatest, most beloved spot on earth! Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I think it’s because he was the most recognizable, the one that looked the most like himself—even though he’d been shot in the face, directly, head-on. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You'll have time enough on the Wall. The rest o' your lives, most like. . Seems to me there's no rush to get there." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“This is the most beautiful place in the world,” he said with a sigh. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the most unquestionably hot-button issues dealing with the balance of common good and personal freedom in America is gun control. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

And the two of them stared out over the block like it was the most interesting thing in the world. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

For the most part, art is concerned with reflected light effects rather than with radiant light. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helen is about sixty years old and is wearing the most colorful patchwork dress I’ve ever seen. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

First of all, I learned that I was smarter than most of those white kids. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Later the same year, one of the most famous incidents in Tycho’s life occurred. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The chairs were immense, fantastically carved, bright with goldwork and studded with amber, onyx, lapis, and jade, each one different from all the others, and each striving to be the most fabulous. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Lawrence settled on a linear accelerator as the most efficient neutron producer for his purpose. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Like most churches on the North Shore, this one suffered from a lack of air-conditioning and we were all sweating in our best clothes. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the Internet, probably the single most important human invention since the printing press, takes the whole process a step further. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

All kinds of boating except the most urgent had ceased for the time being. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The one drawback to attending Miss Preston's is the quiet It is ever so calm and safe here, with most of us having not a care in the worlds beyond our studies.... Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I think that most prison time for drug possession does more harm—to families as well as to offenders—than good. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if this means we’ll ever dance together again or look through magazines and plan trips to Harlem, but it feels good knowing that we can come together when it matters most. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They were the family’s own gods, belonging only to it, really the most important part of it, the protectors and defenders of the entire household. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Actually, most animals hate me. They can sense death. But there’s something about this city....” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was the most beautiful thing I had seen in three years. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“She was one of the most respected food writers anywhere.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

From among the battle-hardened youth there shall rise the Foretold, the Greatest Emperor, scourge of our enemies, commander of a host most devastating. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The only thing most of them had in common was that they came from somewhere else, and for most of them, Dundee was a better place to be. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

It seemed that most of the city was gone, as he gazed down. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

There are a few other cottages around, most of them empty; there are no other children. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Removing a hand from the wall before the frisk was complete constituted aggression at most other facilities, though at Sing Sing it usually prompted merely a warning. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Doubtless you have the right of it, my lord. It is most considerate of you to . . . spare her this . . . burden." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She had no knowledge that Wilkins had just revealed the most precious piece of her data to Watson.* The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The most we’ve said to each other tonight is “Hi,” and I’m still not sure what to say after last night’s impulsive...thing. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He sat in his study most of the night, thinking about procedures. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything was not always going well, because for most people, our hair fell out and we were bald, and we had less and less skin. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But most especially, I beg you, oh Jefe, give me back my son. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bored haughty face that she turned to the world concealed something--most affectations conceal something eventually, even though they don't in the beginning--and one day I found what it was. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Even though most experts agree that forensic pathologists—who primarily deal with dead people—are not qualified to estimate survival chances, the State allowed prosecutors to pursue criminal charges. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

At home we did not touch each other often, and the most I ever saw my parents do was hold hands at the dinner table, but it was more than this, more than here. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Of the fifty or so children, most were under the age of five. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It was the most mournful howl I ever heard. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Septa Mordane says most . . . most highborn girls have their flowering at twelve or thirteen." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Moments like this really made me miss him when he was away, which was most of the time. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

The most important thing, Vincent tells his younger brother, is that they have to live. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Wes joked about it, putting on a charade around his friends, but it was the most uncomfortable and vulnerable he had ever felt. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

This was the most comfortable I had felt in a while. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was Mother who decided to contribute most of the flock for feeding the village, like a peace offering. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In most places and at most times, foraging provided ideal nutrition. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although the wild dangler may lurk almost anywhere in a sentence, the seasoned hunter will look in the most obvious place, right at the beginning of the sentence. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was the most centrally situated, having led the debate over both assumption and the residence question in the House. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

This was out of the range of most of the group. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In follow the leader, naturally he was the one who created the most daring and interesting things to do. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They eat most nights side by side on the stools at the kitchen counter or at the coffee table, watching TV. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The fog doesn’t stop me from spending most of my time outside, though. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Abuelo and Abuela saved money and bought a small lunchtime restaurant in a part of town where most Cuban immigrants went when they arrived here from the island. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“As a matter of fact, most cops are good. I worked with a lot of great guys, really trying to make a difference. You need to know that they’re not all wolves.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

In the suburbs, most folks look like Dad and Trey. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I’d logged considerably more time on technical rock and ice than most of the other clients and many of the guides. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Your Kindness is—” “You are most heartily welcome.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She passed the string down, puff end first, and the three hooded women stared at it as if it were the most fascinating thing in the world. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Now I’m the one flushing, because this is the most he’s ever spoken to me, and there’s a vehemence in his face that’s almost too much. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Those whom they needed to watch most closely were the Pope and the Venetians. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I hadn’t detected that enthusiasm behind her effusive welcome. Simple is best and most believable. We want to be friends. Boom. Done.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Peeta has placed the broth pot under the worst one and repositioned the plastic to deflect most of it from me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Riders on the Ferris Wheel got the clearest, most horrific view of what happened next. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

We will finish the work of Your Majesty’s great ancestor King Degravaunt, killing most of the goblins and burning the world free of evil forever. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

We were laughing, but I know that we were afraid of those who loved us most. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The importance of isolation is most obvious for Hawaii and Tonga, both of which were separated by at least 4,000 miles of ocean from the nearest societies with writing. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bananas and other tropical Asian crops for which Africa’s climate is eminently suitable, and which today are among the most productive staples of tropical African agriculture, were unable to reach Africa by land routes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Byron put his hands in front of his face and said, “This is the most important thing to remember, O.K.?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sunlight in the trees was the most beautiful thing she’d ever seen. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And they knew that the Indians were too numerous to be reached by even the most zealous missionaries. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Then we make the most powerful statement we can make.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I have many questions, most of them impertinent. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Plus, he tried hard, and I liked that—most of the time. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was my staple thank-you, get well soon, any holiday, and most often goodbye card and could be modified to almost any animal. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

This trip and being a Freedom Writer are the most wonderful experiences of my life. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“A—a most distinguished visitor has just arrived.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

And perhaps most unusual in the context of Hampden—where pseudo-intellects and teenage decadents abounded, and where black clothing was de rigueur—they liked to wear pale clothes, particularly white. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Poor guy is with Jawad most of the day and has the bruises on his arms to prove it. Be glad you're mostly out of sight back here in the kitchen.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I wondered which lines were the most important lines of the shark’s shape—which ones made it a great white—and where did that powerful energy come from? The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

But still: the guy spent most of his life in prison. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

But, by 8500 BC, the Middle East was peppered with permanent villages such as Jericho, whose inhabitants spent most of their time cultivating a few domesticated species. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's the most pristine place I've been to in years—since the children's choir sang for the Dutch queen in that marble and gold-leafed hall. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Philip was the youngest, the most princely, and the one furthest removed from his father. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A couple guys nodded their heads in approval, but most of us didn’t seem blown away. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

In his youth, Jon Connington had shared the disdain most knights had for bowmen, but he had grown wiser in exile. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Alex had invited James and Tony not merely because they were two of the guys he was most friendly with but because they were two of the better-looking guys left in his school. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

In their autobiographies, they recounted great races in intimate detail, but falls and injuries were glossed over with the most perfunctory language. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of most direct relevance to wars of conquest, it can be used to feed professional soldiers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Besides Dexter, Mason’s tics were probably the most embarrassing of the group. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But one of the most important factors in triggering the conflict at the time it actually happened was the rebellion in Ireland which cost the Boyle family so dear. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

All women come to it sooner or later: she has come off perhaps worse than most. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laucks was inarguably one of the most eccentric people in the New York chess community, with conflicting values and erratic behavior. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Preserving our people’s stories, Doc said, was the most important thing. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She went into choking hysterics over the baby, pronouncing it the most beautiful baby in the world. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the editor of a new picture magazine requesting an interview of "one of our most successful young men." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is the most famous song in all of Cuba. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It’s the most barbaric childhood game, mad fun. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

As early as 1932, Sproul sponsored him for membership in the Bohemian Club, the most august organization of prominent citizens in San Francisco. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The sun sets and we convene for what I’m anticipating to be the most awkward dinner of my life. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He was standing before the city’s most revered site, but his mind was still down in its bowels, remembering what he’d heard, the strange things the old woman had said. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Charlie, unused to spending time in the usually empty house, worked most of the weekend. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

That’s how I learned that being brave is sometimes the most dangerous thing to be, that it’s a trait to be used sparingly. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

My Abue, she will for certain share with Serafina her remedies—which herbs are the most useful, the most potent, the most prized for this work before them. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

No one blinked an eye at this: each of the men had a dæmon, Will saw, dogs, most of them, and that was how things happened in this world. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to hide y’all in the barn. I do most of the work around the place, so Daddy is not likely to find you if you stay quiet.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Things have stopped moving for the most part ever since. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I liked girls and women, but guys really put me off most of the time. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Although they hadn’t found Julio, and they were still worried that a killer was on the loose, they also knew that Julio most likely wouldn’t survive on his own in the harsh and unforgiving jungle. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

By 10,000 BC, humans already inhabited the most southern point in America, the island of Tierra del Fuego at the continent’s southern tip. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I despised most of the meals Gay cooked. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

To the black elite, though, this was the best method of earning freedom, a technique proven under slavery, and so most likely to show results under a system not so very different from slavery. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

And most horrible was the pain in her head that had been getting worse all day. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Her new press policy meant that most reporters left her alone, but a few still concocted glitzy stories that were riddled with fake facts. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Dedd looks up at those young faces, and she knows it is herself at that age she misses the most. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above the shoulders of his carriers Ignatius barked directions as if he were supervising the loading of the rarest and most precious of cargoes. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Conversely, most animals do not kill before they eat, and the prey is often eaten slowly, miserably, and alive—in great torture and pain. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The most productive Polynesian agriculture was taro cultivation in irrigated fields. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Atahuallpa remained entirely ignorant about Spain’s conquests of Central America’s most powerful and populous Indian societies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Psychotics, schizophrenics, and people with antisocial personality—I tried to sort them out, but to most officers, they were all just bugs. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once Peeves had vanished, there was silence in the corridors; with only fifteen minutes left until curfew, most people had already returned to their common rooms. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The vase’s most remarkable feature is its intricate inlay work. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

It was small wonder he could not sit a saddle,- he looked as if he outweighed most horses. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The boy started talking slow, having a hard time getting the words out, “My...ma named...me Samuel...but most...folks...calls me...Sammy.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The memories I value most, I don’t see them ever fading. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t fit everything in the chariot, but they used Frank’s rope to strap down most of the gold weapons and the best pieces of armor. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They hide it, of course, the way you should hide your most valuable thing. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Her classmates found this most amusing, for they whispered among themselves, then orchestrated a frenzy of waves for all to see. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Harper, who worked in the B-block yard, was the main victim by most accounts, but other versions of the incident made him out to be a hapless error-maker. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But most of all, I have learned from this river and from my predecessor, Vasudeva. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone was elated with this turn of events, most of all Colonel Cathcart, who was convinced he had won a feather in his cap. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

There were tons of pictures of flowers, but most were of her and her grandmother, who I recognized from the funeral. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It’s going to take a long time, but I have to tell them to someone, and you’re the most likely candidate, since I know you’ll keep a secret, no matter what happens. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Outside Hagenback’s Animal Show, the most famous traveling zoo of the day, handlers prodded four trained lions into full roar. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Not long afterwards another party of monks arrived and then another, and the monks as well as most of the other travellers talked of nothing but Gotama and his approaching death. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was what frightened him the most, that he had no idea what she was thinking. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A few days later, Dad was invited to Mother’s house for tea, where he met her mother and father and most of her brothers and sisters. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the most amazing things about the speakeasies was how quickly and how spectacularly they grew in number. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

But the one thing about my grandfather is that he is the most patient man in the world. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Henry wasn’t around much, because he spent most of his time working and trying to launch a political career. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He used to believe that if they came here—the most beautiful city in the world—then they would be safe from Esther. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Sleeping at your posts, allowing the enemy into our Abbey to steal that which we hold most dear! Is this the way you defend us?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Now when my mom calls me her “trophy,” she means that I am her most valuable possession. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Percy didn’t believe it because she always made excellent grades, but like most demigods, she was ADHD. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Even so, the law firm was far more liberal than most. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He is. He’s the lord of our world—the wisest and most terrible of us all,” said the Brown Bear softly and reverently. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

On the way home, she kept seeing for the first time all these things that most everyone else had stopped noticing because they’d seen them every day. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

People almost never notice it, because most people are afraid to look at other peoples’ eyes. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

One of the first things he did was to ask the country’s most prestigious medical society, the College of Physicians, to assemble on that rainy Sunday, August 25. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

But ours are not the only hungry bellies in Port-au-Prince, not even the most hungry. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But most come rushing to our windows, shouting our names. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Terryl thought she followed most of the rules: Don’t mess up the house, stay outside, and don’t answer the phone. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The street cuts right through the neighborhood of Harlem and is where most of the main stores and shops and businesses are. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The unseen enemy is always the most fearsome. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He’s boxed up most of his books, saying they take up too much space. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

When dusk actually closed, and when Adèle left me to go and play in the nursery with Sophie, I did most keenly desire it. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Like most drums, they don't have a particular pitch, but make more of a "noise"-type sound. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

As he climbed up to the imposing leather chair and settled in, what stood out most of all were his huge eyes peering through thick horn-rimmed glasses. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At 250 of the most selective colleges in the country, the proportion of students from upper-income families has grown, not shrunk. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He had once told his children: “What I want most of all is that you live in uprightness and freedom of spirit, no matter how difficult that may be.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She got an apartment in Charles Village, a one-bedroom with old wood floors, although she might as well have been living with Curt; most of her clothes were in his walk-in closet lined with mirrors. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

First, however, she took him shopping, and when Barbarossa returned to the Casa Spavento that evening, he was wearing the most expensive clothes one could buy in Venice for a child of his age. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

By century’s turn over three hundred Japanese had arrived on San Piedro, most of them schooner hands who jumped ship in Port Jefferson Harbor in order to remain in the United States. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Only the most honored animals are chosen for the job.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

When the rage had passed and he had come to himself he would show a most disarming penitence and agree humbly to any punishment it was proposed to inflict on him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I celebrate myself and sing myself....He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

My most incredible sculpture was a soccer ball I made out of Play-Doh when I was four years old. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A light hits us, and I put on the most dazzling smile I can. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to believe, but the cap’n smiled, and I know for sure it was a smile ’cause most the Spanish moss moustache was now on the barbershop floor. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

He covers his ears whenever there is a loud blast, but for the most part he watches intensely as the lights flicker blue and red and yellow. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Most traditional Protestant hymns and most "barbershop quartet" music is in this category. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The process of tracking down these people and listening to their stories has been one of the most interesting experiences of my life. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He was speaking, of course, of the young inmates in Coxsackie, most of them violent repeat offenders. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The biggest reader of the three, he was the most likely to know vocabulary words and foreign phrases. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Perhaps most important, cell sex was entirely controlled by researchers. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

His expression is most striking in the Easter photo because it contrasts so strongly with the exuberant grin Carine wears in the same frame. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The word phobic has its place when properly used, but lately it's been declawed by the pompous insistence that most animosity is based upon fear rather than loathing. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He kept pointing out to me that it had been fine, that it was weird but it wasn’t bad, and he insisted, most of all, that he didn’t want their opinions to control his life. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

We all gazed down at the baby, as if her ear held the answer to the world’s most pressing questions. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

For most of these men, it was the first time they had ever dealt with an attorney. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a few notable exceptions, most of the stories were thinly veiled accounts of the author's life as he or she attempted to complete the assignment. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

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

“I need you. Your dad needs you and Natalie needs you most of all. Let’s give this a try, shall we? Let’s just see how it goes.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That would have been most unjust,” he scolded firmly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Superintendent Cook has the most uncomfortable smile as he waits for the applause to die down. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We found most of them and had them testify They were consistent in what they related. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I don’t believe this! After the Hartford fire and Hagenbeck-Wallace wreck, that’s probably the most famous circus disaster of all time.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

At lunch I suddenly have the most popular table in the cafeteria. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

After being hazed into the most popular sorority at our school, these innocent girls didn’t stay innocent for long. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

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

The peak of the strawberry season was over and the last few days the workers, most of them braceros, were not picking as many boxes as they had during the months of June and July. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

And most of us live somewhere in the middle.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad you came, I was afraid you wouldn’t.” she said, with her most grown-up air. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I went about my usual tasks, she spent most of the day in the courtyard with Sass, so Sass could brag about Chandra’s good fortune to the neighbor women. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

How did small, noncentralized, kin-based societies evolve into large centralized ones in which most members are not closely related to each other? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I am too old to be called Butterfly, and most times I roll my eyes when he calls me that, but secretly I don’t mind it. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

No one knew what went on inside of Mr. Popper’s head, and no one guessed that he would one day be the most famous person in Stillwater. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Good question, sportsfans. When I’m flying a jet, the thing I’m most afraid of is birds.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

But most of them face upward, and the sraf just drifts past without entering. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Darin excusing himself when Nan and Pop discussed the most recent Martial raids, fists clenched. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Lee Chong did not give it these things, with the result that the truck stood in the tall grass back of the grocery most of the time with the mallows growing between its spokes. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their first shadow-travel experience together two days ago had been a total fiasco, possibly the most humiliating episode in Reyna’s long career. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He described Harriet as “a woman of no pretensions, indeed, a more ordinary specimen of humanity could hardly be found among the most unfortunate-looking farm hands of the South. “Her success was wonderful. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then silence fell, until Catelyn found her courage and asked the question whose answer she most dreaded. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

By the time Dad was born, most of the money was lost to extravagance and bad luck, and soon the big family was broken up. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when he was finished with the kids’ book, he opened up the black encyclopedia and read most of what it said about dictionaries, too. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His music was new and different, and it is the new and different that is always most vulnerable to market research. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Thomas found most of the Gladers standing near the entrance to the Box, pointing at the dead sky, everyone talking at once. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Her voice is gentle, a half whisper at most. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

As his hagiographers tell the story, Kim II Sung’s most important intellectual achievement—his brilliant juche idea—asserts that national pride goes hand in glove with self-reliance. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Drawn from the lowest and most vicious segment, too witless to even become overseers. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

They fire blindly into the dark, and most of them grabbed guns but no bladed weapons. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

There was something strange and extraordinary about her—something that was frightening and at the same time most exciting. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Big Schoolboy also belonged to the Catholic Church, as did most of the members of our family now, especially those of us who had been to mission schools. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, Mariel was the most decorated fencer in United States history for a reason, so I knew she wouldn’t go down without a fight. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Except for its distance from the tracks, it looked like most camps I had already seen in my travels. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, measles virus is most closely related to the virus causing rinderpest. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

That he worked from early morning and was home in time for supper most days. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Kim would spend a few more days in Ch’ulp’o, visiting the potters whose work most interested him, perhaps stopping by the kiln site occasionally. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

You have always been one of my most important projects and I am interested in hearing of your current mental condition, so please get out of the pillows and write. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my opinion, the most amazing thing about the tolerance museum is the fact that the burnt crosses are going to be a part of it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Not to mention most of die coin that we have left.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He thought, as most people would have, that I was about thirty. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom gave Wilfrido the most intense look, but he didn’t seem fazed. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I am the one doing most of the talking. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The children seem most excited of all: they practice throwing pebbles into the bowls from across the yard. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We selected them as the most immediate burden pressing on the lives of the people, and the best way to engage the greatest number of people in the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pictures go all the way back to when we were little, and we’re making goofy faces in most of them. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

In the most recent ones, Aditya had begun to fall in love with a girl with wild, curly black hair. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I’d just turned thirteen when I came here, so I started thinking about myself and realized that I’ve become an “independent person” sooner than most girls. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

And we had other help, unexpected but most welcome, from a daughter of Bear Island. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"Anyway, the club car's most likely closed. It's quite late, you know." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

But most important of all you need love and memories. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

In fact, some two months ago, I was most happy to learn that Sir James was to visit Darlington Hall. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

But it is in soft drinks that we consume most of our fifty-eight pounds of high-fructose corn syrup. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The world of systemic insecticides is a weird world, surpassing the imaginings of the brothers Grimm — perhaps most closely akin to the cartoon world of Charles Addams. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

While I could answer most of the questions on the practice exam, I was slow, needing double or triple the allotted time. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

For these anatomical details, these particular signs of life, are the ones she has the most difficulty picturing when she imagines the baby in her arms. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hercules, who was the most magnificent of all the heroes of Greece, was always in his mind, and the determination to be just as magnificent himself. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mordor-dark had returned, and the watch-fires on the heights burned fierce and red, when the hobbits set out again on the most dangerous stage of all their journey. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“But the thing we need most is rum and the only way to pay for it is with cattle.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dany tired more easily as the child grew within her; in truth, a night of rest would be most welcome. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I put most of the silverware, loose and clattering, in bags. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I browsed through several of my most recent blog posts. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Each time they clambered out, the trees seemed deeper and darker; and always to the left and upwards it was most difficult to find a way, and they were forced to the right and downwards. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Second, if they do know their local plants and animals, do they exploit that knowledge to domesticate the most useful available species, or do cultural factors keep them from doing so? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I follow a path too, Ekon, one that I believe will someday allow me to fulfill my most righteous work. The journey is long, but each day is a gift. And speaking of gifts...” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

A diploma meant more to Henry than to most of his friends. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

In the end, I didn’t find most of the guys that surrounded me very interesting. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

My mother was carried down the mountain on a stretcher, and although she got up for meals on the boat, she spent most of the time lying down in our cabin. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She fixed her a crown of braids, leaving most of it tumbling long, and wove in vines and sprays of orchids, sprigs of fern, and the one white feather. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

In 1932 and 1933 it took away the food crop harvest and next season's seed in the Soviet states that produced most of the nation's grain—Ukraine, the Caucasus, and Kazakhstan. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Surprisingly, neither Germany nor Italy—the two crews, other than the British, about whom Ulbrickson was most concerned—had won their preliminary heats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Dussel gave me his most charming smile and said, “I’m always prepared to discuss the matter, even though it’s already been settled.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Gold was the most famous ingredient in a red, white, and blue solution nicknamed the “barber pole” that employees of the Keeley Institute injected into patients’ arms three times a day. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

In order to ensure that she would be the first and most authoritative Anthony biographer, Harper burned most of Anthony’s letters and documents. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

We killed most of them and captured a few whom we brought back to base. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Our most immediate problem was finding a place to live. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In fact, most of our ancestors were in Erudite. There were a few Abnegation outliers, and one or two Candor, but the through line is fairly consistent.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I didn’t figure that was because we were the most popular. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

But since almost all jobs in factories like Swift & Company were handed out to immigrants, most blacks did not consider a move north to be worthwhile. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I kept us on the most obscure back roads I knew, where only our headlights disturbed the darkness. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Time was unorganized except for the communal work, field labor, gardening, woodcutting, maintenance, for which transients such as myself were called on by whatever group most needed a hand. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

During those hours it was Min he chose to watch most closely. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

An ombudsman would scan the news stories, research whatever statistics are mentioned, try to see that they are at least internally consistent, and probe most carefully into a priori implausible claims. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And yet here he was, going through Bri’s most private things, trying to decide what she would need to have with her and what the sisters would provide. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She dressed like most Oakland High students, in a hoodie and sweats, but she wore her long black hair in two girlish braids. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Nine. They let most of us go. They only kept three.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old wooden signs with kanji, the most complicated of the three ways of writing Japanese. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Now, oddly enough, speaking Quichua is what I need most to have a chance at being queen. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could only rebel against it by secret disobedience or, at most, by isolated acts of violence such as killing somebody or blowing something up. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Since mutations are random nucleotide changes, most of them are harmful or lethal, coding into existence nonfunctional enzymes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Morrie looked straight into the eyes of the most famous interviewer in America. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the very most, it spoke to a good deal more. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, there was no one else to talk to. But most of the time he sat by himself and studied.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Captain John Palliser, traveling through the same lands as Fidler six decades later, lamented the Indians’ “disastrous habit of setting the prairie on fire for the most trivial and worse than useless reasons.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then the wind began, warm, incipient, full of voices from the past, the murmurs of ancient geraniums, sighs of disenchantment that preceded the most tenacious nostalgia. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I park in my usual space as most of the cars head in the other direction. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Daddy’s favorite was Walter, the most fun-loving and gregarious of his brothers. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Relief that I wasn’t the only newcomer here, and certainly not the most interesting by any standard. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

We hung in there most of the match, but had acquired a large deficit going into the seventh bout. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

—Somehow I thought you got home after dark on most evenings. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Knowing most of those e-mails wouldn’t get through the spam filters, I also posted it to every gunter message board. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

That last statement may seem a little odd, because most of us have a sense that everyone in the premodern world worked really hard. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“It most certainly does not!” hollered Mrs. Beaver. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t afford rent, so he slept most nights on a bench on Federal Hill in downtown Baltimore, or on the steps of a church across the street from his father’s house. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

For the first time since the beginning of the war, the building that Lincoln considers the most important in Washington glows. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He knew that white baby girls were first-ranked on most people’s list of Children We Would Like to Have One Day. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He had more spending money than most boys and he knew Julius Caesar backwards, forwards, and upside-down. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each one of the five murderers saying the others had done most of the murdering. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mythology within the family is that Tommy is most like his mother in personality—straightforward, rarely diplomatic, occasionally quick to anger—but I found him a mix of both his parents. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

As inmates are overwhelmingly minority, the racial hierarchy at most facilities resembles that of South Africa under apartheid. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as always, in the afternoons most of the Eastern Seaboard streamed into the barn to stare at Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t know any better, most of them. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

By far the most uncomfortable test she had to endure was having icy water poured into her ear canal. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike most people, she knew about the lesions. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“From what he could gather, most of the orphans got away before the fire started. Seems an older gentleman who cleaned there held off the mob so the kids could escape.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Easily in the top three most dangerous places in Logan County. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Jackie Robinson had, then, his most fanatic fan in me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

We adopted the religion of our colonizers, but most people held on to the old ancestral ways, too, just in case. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Dad is the most interesting person I’ve ever met,” Mary Anne said thoughtfully. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My mother isn’t exactly the most patient person in the world, so I’m sorry. She’s been horrible to you. I’ll do my best to be more respectful.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And who would benefit most from such a power? The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Even with the shortages, and the blackout, and the bombs, and the rules, and daily life so drab and dull most of the time—once you cross the English Channel you are free. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“I bought the most marvelous pit bull,” said one of the ladies. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

"My daughter . . ." "Surely you did not think I'd forgotten about your sweet innocent, my lord? The queen most certainly has not." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The baiting went on for most of the morning. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the practical rather than the medical standpoint this distinction is of little importance, however, because these petroleum solvents are an inseparable part of most common spraying practices. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

But most of all, he might not have to go to the new school. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

It was processed behind the locked door, so, when pressed for an explanation, all Maier’s subjects could do was make up what seemed to them the most plausible one. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I hope you’ve thought this over, young lady. It’s not the racial difference, it’s the philosophical difference that is most important.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even with the buffalo boy blocking most of her view, Minli could see his friend was beautiful, even more beautiful than he had described her. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Only certain notes can be played on the string; most are excluded. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She’s funny and tough and not nearly as irritating as most of the girls at school. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

And the letter that appears most often in the message is “S,” at seventeen percent. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

A contractor by trade, he focused on commercial infrastructure projects, like plumbing and heating; he was a Republican, like most of the legislators, but a moderate one. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Matt thought she was the most beautiful thing he’d ever seen. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the papers were just drawings, but the journal was what interested Ivy the most. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I'd lost most of my air yesterday, but I had a half hour of oxygen left. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not—she could not—outlive the grief of her inheritance, but she embraced and defended the most fragile of her children from the will of the strong. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

All eyes were on Cleopatra, and she resolved to make the most of it. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Ames had permission from the Central Intelligence Agency to meet with the very man to whom he was handing over the Agency's most important Soviet agents. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“But most important, you must tell them about her life. The mother they did not know, they must now know.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He worked on the tables, and the thought of Elizabeth stayed somewhere under the figures—most of the time. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now I can’t seem to think of it....I miss you, Nat. I...I...When I go to tell you a joke and you’re not there...I miss you most awfully.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nassau County, Long Island, is the most densely settled county in New York apart from New York City itself. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

In fact, I lost contact with most of the people I knew in college, including my beer-drinking friends and the first woman I ever woke up with in the morning. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rosaleen had pulled up the skirt of her dress and was fanning me with it, showing most of her thighs. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was about to reveal his first most confidential piece of top-secret information. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I thought it was the most beautiful thing I’d ever read. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

For most of the student demonstrators, however, nonviolence wasn’t simply another strategy such as picketing or sitting in; it was an act of faith. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Night had fallen, and most of its windows were dark, but the platform to which our truck drove us was lighted, and there were people waiting for us. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Most of my classmates would hand one in on their first day at Sing Sing, and most started filling them out immediately. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There may have been—there must have been—influences, both subtle and apparent, working in their several ways to induce her to do this; but the most obvious was the influence of Adèle Ratignolle. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

As for blacks, most whites preferred that all of them—the Barnetts and their fellow Refined as well as poorer folks—stayed among their own. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Some way down they found a few gnarled and stunted trees, the first they had seen for days: twisted birch for the most part, with here and there a fir-tree. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It has all these horrible pictures, most of which I’m pretty sure have nothing to do with vitiligo, and says all these bogus things that aren’t true. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“You need most of it to pour down the muzzle.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

With eyes for the most part downcast and, if ever they lighted on a fellow creature, at once and furtively averted, Bernard hastened across the roof. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he twirls me around the dance floor, everyone is smiling like crazy, as if this were the most precious thing they’ve ever seen. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Everyone will tell you that blue jeans are the most foolish item of clothing you can wear on a hike. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

During the month that he played in the tournament, Bobby was rarely seen outside of the hotel: He spent most of the time holed up in his room, weighing strategy and tactics. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes bothered him most because moving them hurt him, and he couldn’t help following my movements or Nigel’s around the room. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Bull needed no period of adjustment, no time for the luxurious stretching and lolling that Ben thought was the most exquisite pleasure of morning. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m hit with a wave of the most awful stench, like bleach mixed with snot. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“There isn’t context, and most of the time I don’t know what things mean until later. Sometimes not until it’s too late.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Lazlo’s voice was music—the most beautiful smoky music—when he caught Sarai up in his arms, and said, “I want to catch it in a jar and put it away with the fireflies.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Of the five senses, tigers rely the most on their sight. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you for coming, sweetheart,” Dr. Rivers says, pulling Jus into what has to be the most emotion-filled hug he’s ever experienced. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But a year or so later, when Samira was in college, I reluctantly agreed to keep her most severe act of rebellion to myself. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Like most people, Americans want to think well of themselves, their ancestors, their history, and what they and their leaders do. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

But while ladies desired to satisfy themselves in love, it was the lure of power that most tempted men. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Our sanctuary was the most functional part of the Kinshasa economy,” she kept saying. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

For the most part, that adoption was linked to our adoption of food production, which required us to remain close to our crops, orchards, and stored food surpluses. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was a company-store system in most of the towns in southern West Virginia. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Her circumstances are probably responsible for most of it,” Deoch continued. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The most seriously ill were taken by cart to Bush Hill; the dead were placed in coffins and hauled to the graveyards. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

One of the most famous battles of the American Civil War took place in the spring of 1863 in the northern Virginia town of Chancellorsville. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

We had the Clemson cattle to contend with, but Pa never thought of suing for damages like most folks. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Moody, who had always been the most thoughtful person in her family; Moody, who had always taken her side even if she chose not to take his advice. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I hated that last one most of all. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Thanks to their potential advantage of combining precision with simplicity, alphabets have now been adopted in most areas of the modern world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It just occurred to me that in point of fact what you just said can't be true because I am the world's most self-centered person.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

So that now, as I quickly try to sketch my early years, what comes back most clearly is just that: the brown orb of my father’s sleepy, bearish eye. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In the end, it was announced that we would get tokens, but not many because it was a “most distinguished honour” to have work selected by Madame. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there aren’t many kids in seventh-period study because most of them cut it and the others get excused early because our school is overcrowded. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The time is favourable, the doctor’s visit is over, at the most one of the sisters might come in. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father went to work every day, while the rest of us spent most of our time inside our makeshift home, afraid to venture out. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Most of them are from one of the most notorious gangs in California. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

My mom and dad failed to point out that writing wasn't exactly the most stable career, either. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Adèle, who appeared to be still under the influence of a most solemnising impression, sat down, without a word, on the footstool I pointed out to her. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was as if in seeking out suffering in some of the world’s most desperate locales, he made himself immune to the emotional pain that came more typically to the rest of us. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

She hates our owl the most of all, and hollered at us for having it! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone kind of knows the story, but most people have never actually read it. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The most difficult test, in her opinion, was the isolation chamber where she remained in total darkness. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

The most obvious parallel between Jim Crow and mass incarceration is legalized discrimination. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

So Mrs. Turner frowned most of the time. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The person who the districts — most of which are now openly at war with the Capitol — can count on to blaze the path to victory. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“You know, in most ways, this is the best place we’ve ever lived. Hideo says the same. We sure hate to think about leaving. Starting all over again.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

That, My Lord General, was one of the things we asked the Weed to look at most specifically. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He imagined the letter from the Department of Motor Vehicles, that one most important letter, flipped so that it whizzed close to the right bin, but landed, finally, in the wrong bin. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had long argued that Communist literature was, for the most part, dull, esoteric, and Western-centered, but ought to be simple, clear, and relevant to the African masses. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tell her what I’ve hoped wasn’t true for weeks—my brother was stabbed in the back by the person he trusted most. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I could read, write, and figure numbers faster than most. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of his most valuable allies would be a man he didn’t know, and would never meet—a twenty-nine-year-old Norwegian named Knut Haukelid. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were inordinately lucky that my university health insurance would cover most of the bill. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

From the outside you can’t tell that anything’s changed, except that the blinds on most of the windows are drawn down. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of the two of us, Caroline was the one who looked most like Papa. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“We are now going underground! All the most important rooms in my factory are deep down below the surface!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

But according to most theories the universe at large–the meta-universe, as it is sometimes called–is vastly roomier still. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He felt like the most obvious target in the world. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The trouble was that most patients refused to be photographed, and hospitals were afraid of law suits. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Northumbrian coast is the most beautiful length of the whole trip. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Jay used most of her check to cover the rent, and we ate sandwiches until her next payday. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But the tension of the elders—their expectation, which weighted like a thick blanket over the crowd—was the most perplexing of all. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the most important elements for all humans is the timbre of a sound. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

It is one long room running almost the length of the ship, though one can hardly walk for the barrels and crates that are taking up most of the room. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

It is those who are successful, in other words, who are most likely to be given the kinds of special opportunities that lead to further success. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He’d stayed upstairs with him most of the day—he figured that if it were him who’d had his teeth knocked out, he would want Ernie around even if he didn’t want to talk. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

For most people, knowing if and how their tissues are being used in research is a far bigger issue than profiting from them. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Not many people travel there these days, but once this was one of the most popular attractions in London–in effect, as Richard Fortey has noted, the world’s first theme park. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Alex looks over to find Henry’s expression careful, waiting, and he realizes this is the same as when Alex took Henry to the lake house—the most sacred place he has. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Surely not even the most careful writer has learned them one by one. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I focus on my breathing in and out slowly and think of the most comforting thing I can. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He is fully aware that in this relationship he is the one whose life has been most changed. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I can’t believe that after the variety of roles I performed, he is most enthusiastic about me acting sassy and being an angry and emotional woman. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, I do think of them as my children in most ways. I never could get over my mothering instincts — did Edward tell you I had lost a child?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

For most of the evening, he’d been in a passable mood, but then, without warning, he turned to Camilla and said: “How come you kids live together?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But what interests me most of all about these two brothers, Harald and Oscar, is this. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

We eat lunch on the roof most days. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Lyell was extremely shortsighted and went through most of his life with a pained squint which gave him a troubled air. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

See, the girl I’ve spent the most time with would cut me if I tried to open a door for her. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

One of them, Element 94, is called plutonium and is one of the most toxic substances known. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, most people don’t listen to us anyway. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Then, in one of the most widely read science journals in the world, she corrected her error: “Helen Lane, it seems, never lived. But Henrietta Lacks did, long protected by the pseudonym Helen Lane.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Like most dudes on the Comer, he looked out for me. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The neighborhood, Jack told us, was full of New York City cops, most of them retired. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The palace might have been the most amazing place I’d ever seen if it hadn’t been in the process of getting destroyed. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth Bentley was the most well-connected Soviet spy ever to defect to the United States authorities. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

From the late nineteenth century through the middle of the twentieth century, the garment trade was the largest and most economically vibrant industry in the city. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

It reminds me of the green water of the mangrove canals near Lita’s childhood home in Tulum, the most peaceful place on Earth. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But most of all, she would remember Benny’s face, so uncertain, and always so dear to her. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“He ached for it. He had a vulnerable side that most people didn’t see; it really bothered him that he wasn’t more widely respected as a butt-kicking climber. He felt slighted, and it hurt.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

If they visited earth, Librans would also find windstorms most startling and unpleasant, compared to the gentle air currents they knew. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. de Klerk and I had not managed to find a consensus on most of the outstanding issues. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The great secret, known to internists and learned early in marriage by internists’ wives, but still hidden from the general public, is that most things get better by themselves. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which gave him among the most glorious feelings of accomplishment he’d ever known. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the most profound problems in physics—the dark core of a black hole and the brilliant flash of the big bang—are struggles to defeat zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

His hair was dark brown and his skin was a bit lighter than most Lakota people’s, but his eyes were brown. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

And it was during disorder that they were most likely to get hurt, particularly by each other. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Following Homo sapiens, domesticated cattle, pigs and sheep are the second, third and fourth most widespread large mammals in the world. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

For more than ten thousand years, most North American ecosystems have been dominated by fire. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I held out the small sack I’d spent most of my money on two days ago, before all my troubles had started. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had a rough scarred face, the kind of man who would be most himself in the middle of a pack of loud men, eating peppery meat, drinking beer, and watching Arsenal. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“That’s where they’re burying most of the dead. The preachers say a prayer, and someone throws a layer of dirt on top.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a funny thing to complain about, but most of America is perfectly devoid of smells. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In most European states, he went on to argue, it was probably necessary for the monarchy to remain hereditary for the foreseeable future, in order to permit a more gradual transition to full-blown republican principles. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The list of all such sequential orderings is below, with the number 1 representing, as before, the suitor Myrtle would most prefer, 2 her second choice, etc. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “The things I got from my mother are the most important.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

She, like most black patients, only went to Hopkins when she thought she had no choice. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“If only I could be like Martin the Warrior. He was the bravest, most courageous mouse that ever lived!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Tracy—Mom—had a most awkward talk with me about the subject near the end of last baseball season, during our school's spring break. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

But they are also worth the most money. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Jeanine has spent most of her adult life developing the serums. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He is focusing his anger and most of that focus is going into my arm. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He lives alone, no wife or children, most of his waking hours drunk. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Mandatory sentencing laws are frequently justified as necessary to keep “violent criminals” off the streets, yet those penalties are imposed most often against people who are guilty of nonviolent crimes and drug offenses. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Khalid almost always won our race just to show he could, but then most times he’d let me watch whatever I wanted anyway. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He spoke so often and so passionately of healing our country’s divisions, appealing to a set of higher ideals he believed were innate in most people. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“What was there to be gained by fighting the most evil wizard who has ever existed?” said Black, with a terribly fury in his face. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

And he generously dispensed his accumulated wisdom to the very rivals who were competing with him for clients, most notably Scott Fischer. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

In school, most children are taught songs like “America the Beautiful” and “God Bless America.” An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

The little nun at the end of the table is smiling at me in a most unsettling way. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

When the elevator doors eventually open, he sees a cart stacked with breakfast trays, most of their contents hidden under domes, and tiny cartons of milk. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was always sand in the sheets and spiders in the cabinets, and most of the time the sea was too cold to swim in. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

During these fights, we destroyed most of the furniture and threw the mattresses out in the yard. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I realized that my Lobot hearing aids actually made me hear better than most people, because I was usually the first person to hear a new bird call. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

How strange that something so simple could have been instrumental in my decision to ruin one of my most important* relationships, and damage another. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

From the start, we considered it the most likely outcome of the trial. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was working there, he told Kurnakov, alongside some of the world’s most famous scientists. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like most competitive rowers, he was drawn to difficult things. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

One of the things I love most is how, even though she’s brilliant, she isn’t all snooty about it. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

This was the most mothering we got, if you don’t count her coming to claim us. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That was the most excellent ‘Les Furies’ I have ever heard,” Mr. Van Hooten said, wiping tears from the corners of his eyes. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Birge “asked me the outright question had I ever studied Rutherford, Chadwick, and Ellis, the most famous book in the field? And I had to admit that I had not. I hadn’t had time.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Malcolm decided to tell his parents about the scholar whose book he’d returned, and about her offer to lend him others, so that he wouldn’t be hiding anything except the most important thing of all. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

That’s the way it is with most creatures, from what I can see. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

One of the most sinister things about apartheid was that it taught colored people that it was black people who were holding them back. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She attributed this to his war experiences, and for the most part she let it be, this silence of his. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Cora and Jasper might as well have been invisible most of the time, smaller than lint. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Well, past my heels most of the time, she’s ruddy fast, she is. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

And, most importantly—the thing you missed—that was the day Aurelia started teaching me to dance. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

In the weeks following it, newspapers wrote about the gathering—most, critically. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

What I loved most about calling myself a reporter was that it gave me an excuse to show up anyplace. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But most important, I work on my essay for Howard University. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Most of the modern music in which convergence is most active has thrived in a relatively prosperous, educated milieu, dominated by the United States and Europe, where something approaching a cultural consensus exists. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Inside was information about the most closely guarded secret on earth. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, she was the most beautiful homeless woman who ever lived. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

But the chemicals in these Earth defoliants killed most fish and mammals too, as well as humans. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The first performance of the day goes surprisingly smoothly, though most of the seniors use it as an opportunity to sleep in an extra two hours. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Nearly half of the 180 or so major insect enemies of plants in the United States are accidental imports from abroad, and most of them have come as hitchhikers on plants. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

At most, and grudgingly, he admitted you could go up to four parts if you include an introduction and a conclusion. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

She asks me, “What is the most valuable lesson you’ve learned from participating in this pageant?” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A hopeful thought wells in my chest—my sisters will most likely be here for the party. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

By the last four lines of the stanza, most of the Marines were on their feet. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Fischer’s losses and draws mounted, it became clear that he was having the most disastrous tournament of his adult career, perhaps even worse than his Buenos Aires debacle. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was the job of Army Counter- Intelligence to guard the world’s most dangerous secret—not just from the Germans, but from the Soviets as well. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if we got deported and I spent most of my adolescence back in Tehran? Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

But the most serendipitous aspect of the CPS program—for the sake of a study, at least—is how the school-choice game was played. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

She was wandering the streets of the world's most dazzling city with her husband, and she was free. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But when it had mattered most, she hadn’t been there for him. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Today, most people in industrial societies don’t need to know much about the natural world in order to survive. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guards took women oh into the bushes at night, and most seemed to expect it and went along meekly enough. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There was the most amazing bed I’ve ever seen, because it was made out of tree parts. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She thought she’d find a bare wall behind it, but when she moved the sign, most of her photos and drawings were still pinned there. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

My father, the most adorable father I’ve ever seen, didn’t marry my mother until he was thirty-six and she was twenty-five. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

On the days I miss Quinton the most, Elsie and I spend the last few minutes before curfew looking at old magazines about VanQuish. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Even Tom Watson, who had been among the most forceful advocates for an interracial alliance of farmers, concluded that Populist principles could never be fully embraced by the South until blacks were eliminated from politics. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Drugs most likely, or money, or a gun. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rise of his body blocked most of the room, so I had to peek slowly over him to check the surroundings. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“But I know where most of the symbols are by now anyway. What shall I ask it, Lord Faa?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Led by the biggest and most muscular of the lot, they rushed at Hugo, a motley mob of wiry fiends. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Hadn’t he played “The Game of the Century,” one of the most brilliant chess encounters ever? Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

At home, most Germans realized the war was over. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

All done in the same key, with the same passion and most often standing on the same foot. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pitch information is one of the most significant and most well-understood aspects of the musical brain. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

But this fresh anger struck a deeper chord than most of his sudden bursts of frustration. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

You are using frightful means to justify ends that you think are for the good of the most people. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

August and Zach tended to the bees and the honey, but I spent most of my time down by the river, alone. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But most send em off to family. A orphanage is... different altogether.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Several thousand people had gathered along the shores of the lake for the qualifying heats, most of them climbing into the newly constructed grandstands at the finish line. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

If the most versatile of living forms, the human, now fights for survival as it always has, it can eliminate not only itself but all other life. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone just kinda stared at Mr. Winston, which to most folks would mean, Leave us alone. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

If you had, by some miracle, gotten onto a flight to Peshawar, you would most assuredly have been arrested by immigration officers. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

My heart went out to the most pathetic. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thing is: I kind of was too old, for the most part. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I got most of the language arts answers right, but the math questions stumped me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, all barbershops, for the most part, are closed on Mondays, young fellas." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Hercules, the most famous demigod of all time, and Percy didn’t get to meet him either. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was a vast expanse of cherry wood the size of an English baron’s dining table; smoked glass covered most of its surface. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Instead of creeping stealthily down an unfamiliar street surrounded by unfamiliar buildings while trying to steal the most valuable treasure in an unfamiliar city, guess what I was doing? Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Eventually, he led me into a huge open room that appeared to occupy most of the 106th floor. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

If the water was here, he knew, it was already covering most of New Orleans. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It took most of the walk across campus before I understood what she’d said, then I checked my course schedule and, for the first time, noticed the numbers next to the course names. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I was very close to moving to the next level of athletic ability, a level at which I would be better than most kids my age and ready to play against older kids. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Snowball and Napoleon were by far the most active in the debates. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“You must do this so that you can move forward as a scythe,” Scythe Mandela said, “knowing in your heart that the most difficult thing you’ll ever have to do...has already been done.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

In truth, when Galileo did eventually arrive in Rome on 13 February 1633, he was treated well, compared with most of the guests of the Inquisition. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“It is about things that impact some of the deepest, most ingrained aspects of society right down to the nature of the social contract,” added Rothkopf. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

I remained a backyard snob to most of my class girls until the end of term. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

And so it happens that three times a day, Marlena and I sit across from each other, strangely alone in the most public of places. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

In the end, I decided the most prudent moment in the day would be as I served afternoon tea in the drawing room. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’m cutting up herring and dropping it over the side for most of an hour before I hear the first little splash. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He turned and looked at it, studied the crude work The brush made a fair wall, not weathertight but it cut most of the wind off. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crushing on the most sarcastic and annoying, not to mention infectious, boy I’ve ever met. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Half the tiles on the roof were broken, and a wild tangle of vines had grown through the windows and covered most of the outside wall. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The general albedo of Mercury is low and most of the soil is gray pumice. Something like the Moon, you know. Beautiful, isn’t it?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He said to Ma, “Me and your boy gonna be back in three, four weeks, a month and a half at the most.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

In 1661, between the first two editions of The Spring of the Air, Boyle published his most famous book, The Sceptical Chymist. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The one thing that would most obviously support the Alvarezes’ theory was the one thing they didn’t have–an impact site. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

As he was the person most in charge of Walter's wrongful prosecution and conviction, it was hard to reconcile his immunity with his culpability in the whole affair, but there was little we could do. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He had forgotten the most important thing, he thought. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is no refreshment more gratifying to the soul than the sight of Nature in her summer finery, before the heat is at its most intense. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It is about how easily we condemn people in this country and the injustice we create when we allow fear, anger, and distance to shape the way we treat the most vulnerable among us. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Nan, no one’s as tough as you. Believe me, I know that better than most,” Momma said, and her voice made it clear she didn’t mean it as a compliment. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I believed he was wrong, for I thought myself wiser than most. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

It would prove to be one of the most important debates in American history, and it took place entirely in secret. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He says after you make up your mind and take the first step, most of the rest of ’em come pretty easy. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The sun had gone down about fifteen minutes earlier, and since the lights were always turned off at exactly eight o’clock, most girls were already in their assigned beds, chatting until total darkness set in. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Hell, even the comments aren’t the garbage fire most YouTube videos get. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Here are the top five “uncertainty avoidance” countries, according to Hofstede’s database—that is, the countries most reliant on rules and plans and most likely to stick to procedure regardless of circumstances. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The most important was Cronus, in Latin Saturn. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But his writings are one of our most valuable records of what went on in the colony. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Miss Lucy was the most sporting of the guardians at Hailsham, though you might not have guessed it from her appearance. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spain held the rest of Florida, along with most of the land west of the Mississippi River. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were barefoot, the way most Sudanese children are, and our feet grew big blisters on them, but we kept going as fast as we could. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

His uniform was clean but wrinkled, and the dark circles under his eyes looked like they covered most of his face now. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

As long as I could spot the person hurting the most, I could feel the warm buzz filling me up inside, like a hit to a junkie. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But most of all the smell was overpowering. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

What Maier found is that most people figured out those three solutions pretty easily. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I read most of them with laudable zeal, but few of them really appealed to me. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

That just as the theories of Ptolemy and Newton seemed perfectly satisfactory for centuries, so too our most cherished theories will one day be supplanted. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I told her that I most certainly did. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

No judge wants to deal with attack ads that highlight the grisly details of a murder case in which the judge failed to impose the most severe punishment. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I always thought it was the most romantic story I’d ever heard, but Mom didn’t like it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He’s been Vincent's best friend for most of the last fifteen years, ever since they made a pledge to each other on a walk. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

In it were pistols, ammunition, forgery materials, my notebook, and the Führer’s most beloved treasure, the amber swan. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

When the clock chimed three and most of the guests—including the queen and Chaol—had left, Celaena finally decided that it was safe for her to leave. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When the wound did heal, it left a long and crinkled scar, and while most scar tissue is lighter than the surrounding skin, Charles’ scar turned dark brown. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It is little marked upon how much skill must be exercised to produce the most piquant malformations. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sarah and the other soldierwives spent most of their days down at the campground doing the chores for the regiment-washing clothes in big iron pots and cooking whatever could be found to roast or stew. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The engine whined as Lydia pushed it, going twice the speed limit most of the way. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“You believe my own Elf King will not save one of his most loyal servants. Someone who has risked life and limb for him, and seen inside the city of the goblins.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“That’s the last thing that either Grandma or I would want. You know you’re the most special thing to us, don’t you?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the sweltering heat of the Equator, Sudanese people spend most of their time outdoors when it’s not raining. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I most certainly am not all right,” Celia says, and the bottle of ink shatters, raining ink over the papers and splattering Marco’s white shirtsleeves, falling into invisibility on his black vest. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In most areas, the Chinese bank of the river offers decent cover; it is thick with trees. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I listen for the shy laughter of his most pleasant dreams. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The combined effect is a matter that warrants the most serious concern. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Uncle Cent, who had no children of his own, who disappointed both of the brothers, who was disappointed in Vincent, but who was the uncle they had been most tied to. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

In Elizebeth’s social circles, most married women did stay at home. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

So is Gaines, who spends most of halftime staring at his play sheet, knowing that without the sloppiness Permian would have twenty-one points instead of just three. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A massive pyramid-shaped structure covering several square kilometers at its base, it towered above most of the structures adjacent to it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

There were dozens of little folding snack-tables, all covered with twisted tubes of paint, most of them crusted dry like shriveled snakes, but some of them alive and oozing ribbons of color. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Not so. You see, this crime, it was most probably committed by a woman. The man was stabbed no less than twelve times. Even the chef de train said at once, ‘It is a woman.’ Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had not even taken the most basic of steps to test the construction: filling the tank with water to check for leaks. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The concentric circles of a braided wool rug concealed most of the floorboards. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

It has been known to attack most kinds of large land mammal and, unusually for a dragon, the Ridgeback will also feed on water-dwelling creatures. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The enthusiasm of the people in these great meetings, the thrilling oratory, and lucid arguments of the speakers, all conspired to make these days memorable as among the most charming in my life,” Elizabeth wrote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, I’m the only one in this whole county who knows where this spot is. It’s the most romantic place in Ravenel County.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Notwithstanding its decadent image, Ptolemaic Egypt was one of the most successful large empires of antiquity. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

The most recent thing was a response paper to Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Steve Reich has been described as the single most influential composer of the late-twentieth century, bringing fresh ideas and impetus to both popular and classical music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

This was the most I’d heard her talk in months, as if all of a sudden she remembered how. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Those twenty seconds were the most experience we had, until Mercury began with Alan Shepard’s fifteen-minute flight. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But above all, their wealth that allowed them to waste was the most enviable. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then you told me, two years later, that on the night that Voldemort returned to his body, he made a most illuminating and alarming statement to his Death Eaters. ‘ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I think that those who wished to seek shelter in Cathair have already come; most of the rest refuse to leave their villages.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Okay, I understand that most of them only came because of the rumors I started about Link. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

This was the most important way he kept himself informed about the hundreds of things happening in the fledgling nation. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

The news media latched onto McCarthy's speech and catapulted him to national prominence as the most aggressive anticommunist leader in the United States. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

In March, Enrico Fermi demonstrated that neutrons were the most effective inducers of radioactivity in elements heavier than phosphorus. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

La bestia might be behind them, but most are still afraid. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The driver drove at reckless speeds, through towns and cities, the heavy rain obscuring most of the view. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

In fact, both Francis and I had the impression that the most satisfactory angle of rotation between two adjacent bases was between 30 and 40 degrees. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

How could they have rapport when they spent most of their time “integrating” with white people? The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had been there for him during some of the most difficult years of his life, right when Moss first became a teenager. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And most important, it is about “Love,” I said out loud. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He is smaller than Fenrir, but he is still the mightiest and most dangerous of all dogs. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

As it turned out, most of the younger psychologists were staying at the Independence, and that was where the big first-night parties were. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Calm down, Mom,” I said in my most soothing voice, walking slowly away from Alice. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“You just did, Dad. Remember that you made me memorize the guard orders? I’ve always had trouble remembering them. But I never had trouble remembering the most important one. You deserted your post.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even on the most beautiful days in the whole year—the days when summer is changing into fall—the crickets spread the rumor of sadness and change. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Because a sister can’t just ask a guy out like it’s some normal thing, girls have gone to great lengths to make sure that their Sadie Hawkins proposition is the most elaborate. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Maybe because he’s the biggest or maybe because he had to exert himself the most. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Jellyfish are really mysterious to me. The most poisonous one in the world is the size of a gnat or something.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Of all our natural resources water has become the most precious. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

After school, I did most of the cooking and the cleaning. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Eventually even the most dedicated gawkers drifted away, leaving the usual Felling night crowd, minus one. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure what I am most: embarrassed or freaked out or just knocked to my senses by seeing a forgotten blood relative. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Opinion polls showed that the Congress was far and away the most popular political organization among Africans even though it had been banned for a quarter of a century. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some were hostile, some cringing, some horrified; some, who when among themselves were most violent, now appeared as submissive as children. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tree- ear brought food from the house, but Min left most of his untouched. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He began asking his questions in a low, expressionless voice, as though this were a routine, a sort of catechism, most of whose answers were known to him already. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The praying, vowing, and anointing seemed to take most of the morning. lyrion's legs soon began to ache. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He knows how to put a spotlight on the things kids worry most about themselves. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He was usually too tired to stumble back to the cabin after his shift, and spent most of his days sleeping in the tents they had set up near that entrance. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

One minute, I’m like, the most popular kid in the fifth grade. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Of all the people in your family, whose death would you find the most disturbing, and why?” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

There will be a lot of talk about "turning back the clock," most of it done by people whose clocks will not be affected one way or another. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

But most of Greenland is covered by an ice cap, and even the two most favorable coastal fjords were marginal for Norse food production. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

But consensual sex is something that the authors of most novels and scripts about prison can’t seem to acknowledge. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anya braced herself, then asked the question she needed answered most. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

What Harry found most unusual about life at Ron’s, however, wasn’t the talking mirror or the clanking ghoul: It was the fact that everybody there seemed to like him. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Since the initial release of its specifications and performance charts back in August of 2020, most police agencies which dealt with escaped andys had been protesting. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

About this time, Gregor’s “No!” had actually left his mouth, and his yell woke up most of the party. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The trend is for the two most important women in the ceremony to dress alike. What do you think?” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“What are you most afraid of when you fly?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was real surprising, but the thing I felt most was glad that Herman E. Calloway wasn’t my dad. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

For the most part, the Olympic spirit prevailed among them, and many new friendships had emerged during the three weeks that they had lived and competed in Germany. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The most productive areas of modern China were politically joined for the first time in 221 B.C. and have remained so for most of the time since then. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It is most sanitary, señorita,” said a voice behind Mari. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It is within the ability of even the most drained fairy to put a complete mind kibosh on any human alive. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

For most of the women who joined Marina Raskova’s ranks, this was exactly the chance they had dreamed of. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Like the old Archmage the new one was cloaked in white; but like most men of Way and the East Reach Gensher was black-skinned, and his look was black, under thick brows. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

One of the most infamous stories of polar exploration is Sir John Franklin’s doomed search for the Northwest Passage. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I walked about the chamber most of the time. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Clearly the children were making the most of their freedom, and Lyra hoped they’d keep it up for as long as they could. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The mother took the basket and said “Thank you” and then “Thank you, again,” and then “Thank you most, most kindly,” and they went back inside. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even among the bilagaanaas, those words are not ones most people will say in public. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Among them twinkle hundreds upon hundreds of little diamonds, most still in necklaces, bracelets, cufflinks, or earrings. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The kid who suddenly presents himself as Jewish secretly did the most anti-Jewish thing ever. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The disquietude he felt on Katahdin’s granite heights inspired some of his most powerful writing and profoundly colored the way he thought thereafter about the earth in its coarse, undomesticated state. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The value of some resources, however, is assigned by the most powerful people in a society. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

To these men “poverty was a punishment for sins,” not a condition to be remedied—and most especially not by government intervention. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

And now the most beautiful woman in the world was waiting in Meereen, and he meant to do his duty and claim her for his bride. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Occasionally a treestump got swatted by a girl’s book bag, but for the most part the girls also found it to be fun, and before long they were treestumping the boys. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Moreover, it was not obvious that even the most backbreaking effort would give within several years the structure of the RNA component. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Two of the most publicized demolitions — Lexington Terrace in West Baltimore and Lafayette Courts in East Baltimore — were huge projects, housing hundreds of families, that served as centers for crime and infectious disease. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For most, their points of view were already well known. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

It became the most celebrated building in Chicago. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I spend most of my free time at the library now, reading and soaking up what I can from books. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

There were also indications that both Halliday and Morrow had invested most of their own personal fortunes in the company’s new endeavor. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He was probably the most accomplished negotiator in the ranks of the ANC, a skill he honed as secretary-general of the National Union of Mine Workers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His bet was that most of them ended up teaching in programs like this or working in advertising, neither of which appealed to him on any level. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Ira was gentlest with him, and tirelessly patient, nursing him in her skinny arms and giving him most of what came to her. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The counters are avocado green, and most of the stools are torn. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Pocock’s cedar shells and spruce oars were by now understood across America to be unsurpassed for craftsmanship, durability, and, most important, speed on the water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The other boys file in, most wearing Hitler Youth uniforms. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t understand you, either, so I guess we’re even. But I don’t understand most people.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Skeleton frames of steel beds, most with no mattress, filled the rooms. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ken Kamata and Toby Alvillar were just about the most disgusting boys in the sixth grade, in a fascinating sort of way. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

In sports, the area in which I was most interested, there seemed to be a good representation of blacks. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I got the most spectacular chills, just from trying to imagine. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Would most students, as I expected, get their list and just have a good laugh, thinking nothing of it? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

In the late 1880s, Galton boldly synthesized all his observations into his most mature hypothesis on heredity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He was also the teacher’s most trusted informer. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

And so began the most remarkable week in Chester Cricket’s—or any cricket’s—life. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here in New England books contained only a dreary collection of sermons, or at most some pious religious poetry. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean...it’s the most well-known symbol of the governing body in this country that supported the continuation of US chattel slavery,” Britt-Marie says. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

According to Butler, most of the guests talked in general terms about civic responsibilities or about the dangers of illegal drugs. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

That meager allowance was the most she’d ever had to call her own. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It was perhaps the most critical moment of the war. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The country through which they march is some of the most beautiful country in the Union. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m most confused about the choice of suit because I’d expected hearts. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

And I got to know some of the more senior officers better, most of them in B-block, where, shortly, I would be spending a lot of time. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t realized that everyone would’ve known—or even noticed—that I’d walked out of class and hadn’t been back most of the week. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, if we have to fight them, I want a drink first,” said Will, and he took the rucksack down to the stream, where he drank deep and washed off most of the dirt. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Right at that moment, I feel like the most beautiful girl in the world. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She tells him that of all the children in the world he was the sweetest and the most delicate and loving. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know most of the people in the photographs, either. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She taught me the most valuable lesson that anybody could ever have and to think that she is only fifteen! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

"I shouldn't think so. She put up most of what I gave to old Montoya." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I was still probably the most happening seventh grader in the place. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

The English Dancing Master, John Playford’s compendium of catchy regional folk songs and dances, was the most successful musical publication of Oliver Cromwell’s Commonwealth. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

At its zenith, Monte Alban housed seventeen thousand people and was by a considerable margin the biggest and most powerful population center in Mesoamerica. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“It is difficult to discern the effect of such things, you know. Your perspective is from the inside, after all. The smallest charms can be the most effective.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The most important consequence of the miracle of the garment industry, though, was what happened to the children growing up in those homes where meaningful work was practiced. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the most dramatic effect of legalized abortion, however, and one that would take years to reveal itself, was its impact on crime. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He turned away from the window and his gaze fell upon another peculiar object standing upon the cluttered, curved sideboard: a stone bust of a beautiful but austere-looking witch wearing a most bizarre-looking headdress. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

A few began to shout and curse, but most lapsed into silence. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was nearly always mindless work, and as far as most employers were concerned, it was done by mindless people. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

But this would buy me only five or six extra minutes, at the most. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

To put it another way, Cheskin believed that most of us don’t make a distinction—on an unconscious level—between the package and the product. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

If you act like you know what you’re doing most people don’t even look twice. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Just the most famous librarian in the whole wide world!” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

For starters, like most of the athletes competing at the games, I stayed in the Olympic Village. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The failure to secure the blessings of democracy was the feature that most defined their existence in America. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Though few had seen it, the incident was well known to most officers at Sing Sing. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d even managed to keep Wash and Henry out of her thoughts for most of the morning. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I know that most of you don’t want to hear anything I have to say,” he began. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

They’ve took others we miss more, but there’s no denying she showed more spirit than most.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“It’s kind of creepy how well preserved it is. Of all the ruins I’ve seen, it looks the most recent.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

For most of my childhood, I thought all dads worked six days a week, but I began to notice that most of my friends' fathers took Saturdays and Sundays off. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t the only one, but I was the most popular,” he says. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

We entrust into thy hands, most merciful Father, The soul of this our child departed. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turned out I knew more about London than most Londoners. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

For both of us, home became a place that hurt us, that took away the person we love most. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In many ways she represented the end of an era, the most dramatic, and the most tragic, era in American history. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Lander arrived—the most dignified and eloquent colored man any of them had seen—the discussions adopted a more local character. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Employees stayed alert to catch a glimpse of the Mercury Seven, who had gone from anonymous military men to among the most recognizable faces in the world. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

It looked carved, fixed, and again, she felt it: it had happened a long time ago, and all outcomes, on all scales—from the tiniest to the most colossal—were already in place. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Glenn wasn’t married, and most of the other players on the team were. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

What better way to defang a secret society than to make public its most secret information? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Governor Wallace was one of the state’s most vocal proponents of segregation, and the way things were going, it seemed that nothing and no one would be able to prevail against him. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And since most parents would agree that education lies at the core of a child’s formation, it would make sense to begin by examining a telling set of school data. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

A small group of us begins cleaning while most of the kids continue to run around like they didn’t even hear him. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“It is. It can’t be any other way, unfortunately, as Bunny will be doing most of the work.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They made a variety of gestures, most of which were directed at Ignatius. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bartenders knew what most of them drank and automatically fixed it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have connections to most of them, not just from Queens and the other boroughs but from Nassau and Westchester and Bergen counties. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fall asleep most nights listening to Daddy snoring, but wishing for the sounds of an Alabama night. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

If Father really believes what he says, that there is a most important ten percent, then one day I may make the choice to go to Boston. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

They made bad choices, and most had been taught since they were young that they wouldn’t amount to much. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This would give the Sherpas time to install fixed lines on the most exposed sections of the upper mountain before the clients arrived. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Or I can find Jeanine in what is probably the most vulnerable state she will ever be in. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

To most whites, the reasons for the boycott that was devastating downtown merchants were mysterious at best and mean-spirited at worst. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But no one has outright banned the word union and right now it’s the most potent couple of syllables at hand. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The lost Sibylline books that outlined the entire destiny of Rome. If Ella actually read a copy somehow, and memorized it—” “Then she’s the most valuable harpy in the world,” Frank said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They had oxygen enough for only another day at the most. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The highway ran for miles along some of the most magnificent beaches I have ever seen—white sands, a beautiful ocean; and opposite the beach, splendid homes. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said that Boss Fix, Steady Work, and Fast Luck oils were the most popular ones this time of year—he almost couldn’t keep them stocked. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The one person I had wanted most to see at our feast was not there. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

This school had recently been assessed as “one of the country’s most troubled high schools,” but I was willing to give it a try. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Lynn said, “The blue of the sky is one of the most special colors in the world, because the color is deep but see-through both at the same time. What did I just say?” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The truth is, in high school most of the boys lived in Ogdentown, and those of us who came on the bus were regarded as outsiders—hillbillies, in fact, and not fashionable. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He was the videogame designer responsible for creating the OASIS, a massively multiplayer online game that had gradually evolved into the globally networked virtual reality most of humanity now used on a daily basis. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

On the far right was a large house that looked straight to the most oblique curve in the river. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the most dramatic moves—which we did not practice on each other—were saved till the end. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’d been no sign of it since that one winter’s day; bounty hunters no doubt had dispatched it, as they had most of the wolves in this part of the country. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Like most of the Ivy League universities, Brown was founded by Protestant ministers as an expressly Christian college. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

A few miles after Salcedo, my lights single it out, the ancient anacahuita tree, dripping in the rain, most of its pods gone. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She holds up the most recent newsletter and I know what’s coming. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Like most people, I don’t know what I’ll do when my mother makes that final walk home. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Think of some other children’s songs you know and sing them to find which meter is most appropriate. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He was at his kindest and most genial, setting the woman at her ease. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ten children and a lot of hard luck had worn him down, had worn away most of the arrogance he came to this country with. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finding a ticket is difficult for most people now that the trains have been taken over by the German army for their own transportation. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

There were always subtle differences, but for the most part, a lamb chop tended to maintain its basic shape. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The culture of ascent was characterized by intense competition and undiluted machismo, but for the most part, its constituents were concerned with impressing only one another. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He scored a line with a mighty claw along a strut less damaged than most, and feeling a flimsiness in the quality of the metal, turned away at once and scanned the mountain wall again. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She tried to climb but couldn't, so I lifted her most of the way and Shriya eased her down on the other end. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You probably don’t know this, but it’s not just granny folklore. One published study shows that the soup inhibits the movement of neutrophils, the most common type of white blood cell that defends against infection.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

It didn’t take long for her to select the most crooked, most pathetic, patchiest pine tree in the bunch. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

In the conclusion, he wrote, “Worms have played a more important part in the history of the world than most persons would at first suppose.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like in most cities, the black section of town was along the railroad tracks, so we didn’t have too far to go. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Yule May, she probably the most educated maid we got in our parish. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And most of all, how I love Cinderella, because who doesn’t? Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Some of the most fascinating control work in European forests employs the forest red ant as an aggressive insect predator — a species which, unfortunately, does not occur in North America. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I thought all he wanted was to have nothing unusual sully his days, that what he disliked or feared most was uncertainty. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, Thorn. That would be most helpful. Come, I will make sure you both get home safely.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

It smelled like Babulya’s most delectable tinctures, when she took the most aromatic of her plants and stewed them into good magic. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The media eagerly glommed on to this story, portraying crack dealing as one of the most profitable jobs in America. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Just as most duels in this era did not end in death or serious injury, most negotiations over matters of honor did not end in duels. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Greeting guests was what Abuela loved most besides cooking and family. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

That she is the most beautiful woman in the world. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was so cold that the youngest, most fragile branches snapped in the frigid air, and very quickly, I started feeling it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were better read and better bred than most of their contemporaries. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Hermes cabin was a lot less crowded now, because most of the unclaimed kids had received signs from their godly parents. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

During the summer of 1855, Professor Calvin Stowe, Mrs. Stowe’s husband, wrote: The drama of Uncle Tom has been going on in the National Theatre of New York all summer with most unparalleled success. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many were sick, most were starved, and all were doomed to die. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It would be for her a well-spring from which she would draw the most destructive emotions, deceiving the lover and seeking to imprison the beloved, curtailing freedom in every way. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

You figured most of them would probably marry dopey guys. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Unlike most large Greek towns, which grew gradually and haphazardly, Alexandria had commissioned planners, Deinocrates of Rhodes and Crates of Olynthus, to push through designs for her architecture and waterworks, respectively. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

But even though the king had banned magic, most knew the truth: within a month of his proclamation, magic had completely and utterly disappeared of its own accord. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t realized how hungry I was, and, of course, Ruthanne had packed us a sack lunch better than most people’s suppers. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

As with the adult Durham Klan unit, however, most of the Youth Corps’s work was focused on perceived local problems, and, given the tender age of Corps members, that meant problems in the schools. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Like most things in the Night Zoo, the terms and conditions held by its indentured workers only benefitted one person. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

My mom’s most recent success had been to get a forested island set aside as a bonobo preserve. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was a most unlikely instrument of abolition. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

We were standing on the sidewalk, next to a sort of busy road, where I was having one of the most personal conversations I’d ever had with a boy. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The most popular attraction after the Eiffel Tower, sad to say, was a human zoo of four hundred Africans. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“I will see most of you later this evening for the lecture at the university. Please make sure you wear your Sunday best for this fine event.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

When the Civil War ended in 1865, most of Packingtown turned hopes for employment to the newly opened Union Stock Yard. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Walter's family and most poor black people in his community were similarly burdened by Walter's conviction. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“This is one of the most advanced planes in the world. It’s supersonic. From here, we’ll travel to Tokyo in less than ten hours.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

For most of the riders, it was one dance exhibition too many. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Bright sunlight poured into the hall, and in that moment it was the most glorious thing Ekon had ever seen. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The wind rushed all around the cliffs there, creating a roaring, blustery sound that kept most birds and animals away. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But in late summer with the word of Federal reverses pouring in, many papers shouted that he stood no chance for reelection, and to Jethro it seemed that most men were agreed. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helen was the most artistic of my sisters. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We tried to be reasonable and consider only the most likely possible failures. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus it was with considerable anticipation that we gathered to see this most interesting individual. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was a mystery why the skiff had washed up on our little island and not on Cuttyhunk where most treasure and flotsam came to rest. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The most striking multiples are those when several people claim to make a discovery at almost exactly the same time. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Family Frenzy was Mr. Lemoncello’s first and probably most famous game. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

"Pencey? It's not too bad. It's not paradise or anything, but it's as good as most schools. Some of the faculty are pretty conscientious." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Jonathan found out most of it from people who saw him, who knew what was going on. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd diverged at the bottom of the stairs, most heading to the World’s Fair, some going in the direction of the Wild West Show. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

No one seemed to realize calculating sums requires only the most basic machinery and good concentration. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

These outbreaks ended, for most of us, at the end of the second month. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“More than that. A week, most like. And they'd never let me forget it.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I winced at the reminder that most of this was my fault. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The buildings looked faded, most of the once-white paint peeled off. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The most delicately written poem had been done by Lefty when he still had his right hand. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was feeling very good about the progress we were making when I got a call that would become the most significant break in the case. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He can always tell when she’s lying by the tone of her voice, and he knows she’s accusing him of an actual threat she most certainly would report him for. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, about thirty of the world’s most pathetic mongrels were slinking around the immediate neighborhood with hard-ons. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay, Dari. You can be the cleanup man. Plus, it’s probably the most dangerous job of all—because if anyone catches you, you’ll be standing there with a pile of eggs.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

You’d think by now he and my mother would’ve taken time to get to know most of their customers, not just the white ones. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for emptying that liquor crate so I had a place to hide, and for sneaking me into the ladies’ head, and most of all for risking your neck to help us out....” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Some threw plates, food, and rocks at the Argo II, which was pointless, as most of the stuff fell back into the crowd. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When I’d first gotten to Colby, most of that garden had been just rows of tiny green plants poking out of the ground. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But it is in non-Catholic countries that a mid-sixteenth-century change in style, according to the mood of the ruling religious elite, is most clearly demonstrated. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“His interest was so whole-hearted and obvious that the shyest, most tongue-tied adventurer found himself speaking with entire freedom,” Kermit wrote. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t sure. Not at me anyway, that was the most important thing!” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He liked her too, a lot, and suddenly that seemed like the most obvious thing in the world. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It is perhaps the most incongruous relationship in sports. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

His sons, for the most part, were much like him except when liquor quickened their courage and defiance. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have always been unsatisfied with life as most people live it. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the most part, I loved my childhood in the city of Uvira. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I then summarized our complaints, beginning with the central and most important one, that we were political prisoners, not criminals, and that we should be treated as such. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bubbles are now undulating and forming the most incredible streaks of color. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Ultimately, most physicists hope to find a unified theory that will explain all four forces as different aspects of a single force. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought she was the most gorgeous creature I’d ever seen, until a few seconds later her spotted fawn meandered into view. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

X = Sam, the first beat and most important moment in music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Any psychology teacher would know that a soul-baring letter from her most devoted student had hidden meaning. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Just as I’m willing myself not to care, he takes my hand as if it’s the most natural thing in the world and leads me to the back room of a cramped, abandoned shoe shop. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

By contrast with Monte Alban, these were minuscule entities; most were clusters of rustic villages covering ten to twenty square miles. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

For the most part I’ve always eaten my three meals and two snacks exactly on time every day. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But her smirk slowly changes into a frown as round after round I drop more diamonds and force everyone to play their most valuable cards up front. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I most certainly did not know that,” Grandpa Park said, stabbing at a piece of steak with his knife. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

By simply being occasions when sound escapes word, however, songs put me in mind of the most intimate moments of my life. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lasted three hours outside the gates before the legionnaires brought him in to face the Commandant—longer than most. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Thanks to Orr, his roommate, it was the most luxurious tent in the squadron. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

And how even the most organized trailer with nice curtains and a nice lamp and an alphabetized DVD collection is worth nothing if... The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

When he was a kid, he would tell people she was the most beautiful woman in the whole world. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

What appeals to Annabelle most is the calm order of the place, the sense that the crazy world is out there, but it isn’t coming in. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Even then I swear I’ll know it for what it was: the most terrible day of our lives. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The supplies I needed were most likely in the kitchen or laundry. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

My mother, having a larger yard than most to work with, planted a rose garden. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Isolated and remote, most prisoners got few visits and even fewer privileges. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The Beatles borrowed sounds and techniques from both past musical traditions and cutting-edge advances - from ancient folk modes to electronic experiments - to become the most famous band in the world. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

With our Eyes we saw only the most Gentle Scene: the Grass waving on the Silver Hills & the Driftwood on the Beach. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The most dramatic departure was by Officer Mendez, whom I had sat next to against the wall one night at the Academy while waiting for pay phones. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is a most unfortunate affair, and will probably be much talked of. But we must stem the tide of malice, and pour into the wounded bosoms of each other the balm of sisterly consolation.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Zork was one of the earliest and most famous text adventure games. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I didn’t talk to Miles for most of the week. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

This combination of Continental Army regulars, rangers, and commercial scalp hunters ravaged most of Seneca territory. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

I spent most of the day looking at the specs. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The most cockamamie grin has taken over his face. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

If relief was to come, it would most likely be on appeal. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The Abnegation sit at our table, but not right next to us—a respectful distance of two seats away, though most of them still nod at us. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Along with most of the Virginia dynasty, however, his ascent into the revolutionary elite was not the exclusive function of talent and virtue. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Mama Ya-Ya has always told me, “Some things are seen. Some are unseen. You see a lot, Lanesha. More than most people. But life, I guarantee, will still surprise you.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

There were seven whites and six blacks on the bus, most of them college students. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Like most advice on style that is couched as a commandment rather than an explanation, the flat directive to avoid negations is almost useless. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Why do I always think and dream the most awful things and want to scream in terror? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Mattie’s was a combination bar and grocery, the grocery aspect limited to a sparse selection of goods, soft drinks, bread, and canned foods for the most part. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Didi was about my age and spent most of the week working as a domestic worker in a white suburb of Johannesburg. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twins were doing their best to steady her by hoisting her arms around their shoulders and bearing most of her weight, but she still looked like she was ready to keel over. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was the most real thing Toby had seen from him in ages. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Bobby insisted that most of the article had twisted what he said and used his quotes out of context. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The most serious damage would probably be in that area, where the dragon had courageously grappled with Gaia while they blowtorched the sludge out of her. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

As in: JB says that he hates basketball because it was the one thing that Dad loved the most besides us and it was the one thing that caused his myocardial infarction. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

He built his own laboratory, the first at Cambridge, but then engaged in the most bizarre experiments. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

They put the piano in the small back room, where, even though it was cramped, they spent most of their time, for it looked out on their garden. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The fever has assumed a most alarming appearance,” Rush wrote to his wife, Julia, who was summering in Princeton with their youngest children. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“I would have thought Trudy had more money than most people on the island,” the Captain said. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had quite a collection of these picture calendars, and we got through most of the counties this way. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

At most perhaps a bit of sand from the beach. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

In March, the Red Army began fighting in Crimea, a huge peninsula in the Black Sea on the southern edge of Ukraine, the Soviet state that produced most of the nation’s food. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

And most of them crossed the border at its softest point, in Berlin. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then we stopped at the hardware store to stock up on duct tape, which was just about the most useful thing on earth for a farm commune. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“It’s the most beautiful birthday cake I ever had,” Julie said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

But simply calling the Great Fire an accident did not satisfy some people, most notably the local newspapers. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Real digging is done for the most part by does preparing for litters. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have gotten very used to the fact that most mornings in most homes are exactly the same. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

During the 1950s and 1960s, the time of Bobby’s initial and then most intense ascent, an expenditure of just $5 was considered burdensome by both mother and son. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, as I watch the Wicked Witch of the West peer into her crystal ball, I realize it’s probably the most comforting thing I’ve ever known. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was the most hideous thing she had ever seen. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though I often stumble, I can be a most careful speaker when I wish. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unable to surmount these obstacles, most will eventually return to prison and then be released again, caught in a closed circuit of perpetual marginality. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Right after lunch there was a game of blitzball which took most of the afternoon, and right after dinner there was the meeting of the Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

These folks have told me some of the funniest, saddest, and most thought-provoking stories Eve ever heard. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Right after breakfast she took the kids out, and except for meals they were gone most of the day. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Ernie had run over to check on him and when he saw the coin, most of the snow knocked off, he commenced to karatisizing Down the Street Donnie, all the way...down the street. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Remarkably, it is not uncommon today to hear media pundits, politicians, social critics, and celebrities—most notably Bill Cosby—complain that the biggest problem black men have today is that they “have no shame.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Like most ironmen, Dagmer preferred to fight on foot or from the deck of a ship. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A fellow missing most of his teeth stuck his head down the hatchway and waved us over to the ladder. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It frightened me and made me think a lot about how, if I got into trouble with white people, the folks I counted on most in my life for protection couldn’t help me at all. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fleeting clear spells of lucidity, when Amaranta would bring him his meals he would tell her what bothered him most and would accept her sucking glasses and mustard plasters in a docile way. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The others are, for the most part, figments of someone’s imagination, self-interest, or wishful thinking. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He cannot understand how the white man can show the most demeaning aspects of his nature and at the same time delude himself into thinking he is inherently superior. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not everyone could afford to shop in the Market; most people bartered with their neighbors to keep their cupboards slightly less bare. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He has bright blue eyes, dirt on his face, and a beat-up old cap on, and at this moment, I think he might be the most beautiful boy I’ve ever seen. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He could actually have a Southern accent when he wanted to, although like most everyone at Culver Creek, he didn’t usually speak with one. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Instead of cereal and tea bags, there were whiskey and wine bottles on top of the refrigerator, most of them nearly empty. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mantell continued to try to do original research but Owen used his influence at the Royal Society to ensure that most of his papers were rejected. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“A Lydian drakon, to be exact. The oldest and most dangerous kind.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Thus, what most literate people would consider strange lifestyles of remote prehistory are for me the most vivid part of my life. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The immigrant victims of two of the robberies he had been charged with most recently had refused to testify against him. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Sunday, July 9, a day of heat and stillness, the Ferris Wheel became one of the most sought-after places to be, as did the basket of the Midway’s captive balloon. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

And Edna tagged along with whoever seemed to be having the most fun. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

That is, in mental ability New Guineans are probably genetically superior to Westerners, and they surely are superior in escaping the devastating developmental disadvantages under which most children in industrialized societies now grow up. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

But Strider seemed to be held in awe by most of the Bree-landers, and those that he stared at shut their mouths and drew away. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

We’d known each other for years, in the most intimate way possible. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

At the centers, some patients were shot, but most were killed by lethal injection. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

But when Nailer thought about it, most of those words and ideas just seemed like good excuses for people to behave badly and think they could get away with it. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He sent most of his men across to face the British and others north to defend Fort Washington and Harlem. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are the most decent among the indecents here,” he tells me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Several surgeries to correct his lip have left a few scars around his mouth, the most noticeable one being a jagged gash running from the middle of his upper lip to his nose. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Though he’s not an initiate anymore, most of the Dauntless use this day to come together with their families. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The most eye-popping piece of information in this article, however, next to the fact that Brian might be changing history and all, is that he’s at Stanford. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Our first guest got spooked and canceled on us after this most recent attack on the Bureau. But not to worry, I called in a favor, and do I ever have a treat for you.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Chett's grin was as ugly as the boils that covered most of his face. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They were all digging deep in their pockets for something, their bodies turned in a way that blocked most of Mark’s view. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“But arguing with Griphook about whose race is most underhanded and violent isn’t going to make him more likely to help us, is it?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The other was one of the most beautiful women Hannah had ever seen, like a movie star. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is one of the most famous images you see around the Day of the Dead. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Certainly this was the most lively song they had ever heard, the musicians the most accomplished players the colored race had to offer. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

In view of these antecedents, it is not surprising that three of the insecticides that are related to this group are among the most violently poisonous of all the hydrocarbons. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“You and I are about to prepare a most unpleasant surprise for Capricorn!” he whispered, a smile lurking in every one of his wrinkles. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

At last the Greeks learned that there was a most sacred image of Pallas Athena in the city, called the Palladium, and that as long as the Trojans had it Troy could not be taken. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pestilence had grown so thick within his throat in colonies and clusters that he could not even sip water without the most excruciating pain. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Oriental philosophers were the ones I came to prefer; finally, my impression was that most Occidental philosophy had largely been borrowed from the Oriental thinkers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They have immense power not merely to poison Tut to enter into the most vital processes of the body and change them in sinister and often deadly ways. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It was the most beautiful room in the house. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I figured most of the kids were just bummed that the dance had been canceled. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

You could see the cornfield from the house, and the thing he feared most of all, now, was being found by Hooper. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

She was a most singular portent, a lion in front, a serpent behind, a goat in between— Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The skin was shiny and scarred, and he had little feeling in the fingers, but Meggot's salve had taken most of the pain and sped the healing process immeasurably. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Almost certainly this is an area that will see further developments of thought, and almost certainly these thoughts will again be beyond most of us. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

"I couldn't figure out which of several true things was the most true," I answer. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

The rangers had no better luck with the other garrons; not even the most placid wanted any part of these burdens. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Through most of his life he had resented the appearance of higher command. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he did own it, and as a matter of fact drew most of his dividends from that source, so they were able to get three beds between the five of them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

While blueprint copying and modification are the most straightforward option for transmitting technology, that option is sometimes unavailable. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even the most intimate songs of Schubert, Schumann and Mendelssohn soften raw emotion with a poetic image - rejection being portrayed as an iced-up lake, or happiness as a bird singing. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I met the most gorgeous boy with the most sun-kissed cheeks, and the weird part is, I honestly think he was into me. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“One of his most famous works,” Hollister said, before shuffling back to his window display. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

In the most honest parts of me, I am able to admit that it was a relief to hear Caleb volunteer. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It was at Langley where the progress of the last two decades was most evident. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

This'd tie up most of the hardest Bulldogs in fights with our front Runners. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Like most, I could not swim, but for much of the year, one could wade across. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The Anglicans, the most fearless and consistent critics of the new policy, had a divided policy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

James decided that this was most certainly not a time to be disagreeable, so he crossed the room to where the Centipede was sitting and knelt down beside him. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

If I walk slow enough, most of the buses are gone by the time I get outside. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Mind you, a standing meerkat reaches up eighteen inches at most, so it was not the height of these creatures that was so breathtaking as their unlimited multitude. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s better than anything most of them will ever know.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

And I’m staring down at our most recent text messages, most of which have been from Hattie. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Some days we only pull in like ten bucks and we gotta use most of that just to eat. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

"I don't even know what most of the choices are. You choose. You choose for me, Rani." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The most important biological objects had to come in pairs. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I think he was the most terrifying person I’ve ever met, and that includes Achren. He gave me a dreadful tossing about—just before he was going to smite you.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

This was the way Zane rambled when their parents asked him about his most recent report card. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It looks like most of the other tributes learn something about their trades early on. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I can hide my knees behind jeans for most of the year and my neck behind my hair. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Hence hunter-gatherers usually don’t have pottery, because most sedentary societies elsewhere in the world arose only with the adoption of agriculture. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Here I am about to voice ideas that most scholars don’t believe, and argue that they should be given a second chance. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was the look in Okeoma’s eyes that worried him the most: a disdainful distrust that made him think of reading somewhere that the African and the European would always be irreconcilable. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The most important fact to keep in mind, however, is that debates about prison statistics typically ignore a key fact: most people who are under state supervision and control are not in prison. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Resavek was a long way off, and even Cob, the most worldly of them, would be hard pressed to find it on a map. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“What will the winner win? After all, the prize is the most important part of any game.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He still spent most of his time in Haiti, but as an attending specialist on the Brigham’s senior staff, he was sought after frequently for his diagnoses of ID—infectious diseases. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“I’d say out of all of us, I’m the most likely to think up something this ridiculous—” “It isn’t ridiculous,” I say I’m almost defending the card, as if it’s part of me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

A thaw between America and Russia, something most leaders would have thought impossible only months earlier, seemed on the horizon. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You are most kind,” said the Swedish lady. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ending is the part that matters most. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Also the wind blew strong in this place, blowing against the dunes which cover the middle part of the island so that most of the time sand is moving everywhere. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s the one I’m most flummoxed by in all of this. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I know how to play most sports, but I’ve also learned my limits. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

As Calixte had bemoaned, most of the theories were martial ones, involving conquest, weapons, and defense. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He’s most at ease talking about the past, the trips, hikes, and rides. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t seem to have much to do with us most of the time, aside from Sam being gone. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have always identified most strongly with Nick Carraway, the keen observer and narrator, a man both detached from and immersed in the events of the book. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

One of the most compelling accounts of the postemancipation period is The Strange Career of Jim Crow, written by C. Vann Woodward in 1955. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Like most people during the 1920s, Marian and Billy traveled mainly by train. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Three years later, he enrolled in first grade—for free, because his mom taught there—at the Kalman School, merely one year younger than most of his classmates. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

And its tone shall be the truest and most beautiful. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

He had always been straightforward with me—more so than most of the others—but when he described the white mouse who had been given intelligence, he was as pompous and artificial as the others. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

If a thousand giant octopuses had squirted ink at the same time, at the bottom of the deepest, most sunless ocean trench, it could not have been blacker. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

One of the clients from that group has nothing but contempt for Boukreev, insisting that when it mattered most, the guide “cut and ran.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Fifteen years of regret at not having a son had become the bitterness of finally having one in the most revolting circumstances. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Am I to take it that you are attacking even without the full moon now? This is most unusual... You have developed a taste for human flesh that cannot be satisfied once a month?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

For most people, it wasn't a good beach day. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Any difficult crime he always referred to the state police: in fact, they wound up processing most of his arrests. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Das’s workroom became the most important place in my life. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Apollodorus, also a Greek, is, next to Ovid, the most voluminous ancient writer on mythology, but, unlike Ovid, he is very matter-of-fact and very dull. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two most common — strings and hollow tubes — will be discussed below, but first let's finish discussing what makes a good standing wave container, and how this affects music theory. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

In exactly two months, Seabiscuit would turn six, relatively old for a racehorse and an age at which most stallions were already at stud. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today, most people on Earth consume food that they produced themselves or that someone else produced for them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

That he knows the audience will be wondering why he hasn’t used the most persuasive argument in his arsenal. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She has not told Lucy, and made me promise secrecy; her doctor told her that within a few months, at most, she must die, for her heart is weakening. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Electives are probably the thing I was looking forward to the most about junior high. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

In fact, history’s most tragic result of a mixed, therefore diluted and weakened, ethnic identity has been experienced by a white ethnic group—the Jew in Germany. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some say that Pythagoras starved himself, but the most common versions all say that beans were his undoing. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

They shoved the five most expensive ones into Benji’s Hermes handbag. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had the look on her face, of a pain that was not her own but was for the whole world, that look that most all grown-ups seemed to express in those following days. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He set it up in his cabin on the ship and spent most of the two-week Atlantic crossing exploring this new discovery. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the free people of Haiti still faced their last, and most devastating, opponent: fear. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

‘He is debating which course is the most desperate, I think,’ said Aragorn. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

What irritates me most about him is his natural goodness, his inborn selflessness. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

We still think of human disease as the work of an organized, modernized kind of demonology, in which the bacteria are the most visible and centrally placed of our adversaries. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit with Alan in the clinic most days after school. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Today is Sunday and throughout the valley the church bells are pealing dong dong la-dong, that most warming of sounds ringing in the air, dong dong la- dong. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

It is important to have a classroom to go to when the last bell rings, because that’s when people fight the most in the halls and just behind the gym. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Shackleton and his most trusted advisers frequently debated their options and kept themselves ready to move. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ward turns most of the lights out, and we stand in a spot in front of the video camera. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, most kids would love to be left home alone for a whole weekend.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

His mother sets aside the things he doesn’t like, which is most everything, to give to his cousins the next time they go to India. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then, when he reaches his destination, it may seem to him the most extraordinary of coincidences, the greatest piece of luck: “Bless my soul, what have we here!” The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the most part, the crowd applauded politely. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The research that led to our present understanding of cellular oxidation is one of the most impressive accomplishments in all biology and biochemistry. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She runs a hand along the iron cauldron and most of the rainwater within it turns to steam, rising in a soft cloud that dissipates into the fog. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The ship’s cabin was close and the bunk wasn’t the most comfortable, but it beat a pallet of palm fronds in the sand. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“You are one of those, Biddy,” said I, “who make the most of every chance. You never had a chance before you came here, and see how improved you are!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

When the food's cooked, I pack most of it up, leaving us each a rabbit's leg to eat as we walk. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

And then if you’re most people, you think, Well, that was a weird thought, and move on with your life. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Rader did most of the talking at the press conference, and he was good at it, having graduated first in his class from law school. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

"What if I am? It seems to me that most men are grey." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He had sailed all of one night and a day and most of the next night, taking energy from the wind, with only three or four hours of sleep. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two people who ruled most of his thoughts were under this one industrial roof, right alongside two-for-one soda and bargain mangoes. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

But most readers didn't know that he never claimed to have seen life on the Moon. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

We have to take things as lightly as we can, so we make the most of every opportunity, and nonsense stands stark and immediate beside horror. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marcus chose this one because it was the biggest and most nearly empty. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Park spent most nights lying on his bed because it was the only place she'd never been. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Like most of the kids in my neighborhood, I had no one to look up to or emulate until I meet John Tu. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I saw that people who looked alike drew together and most of the time stayed together. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before she left the house she told Bryson a bunch of things—that she loved him and was proud of him, but most importantly, that he shouldn't play video games all day. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Besides, I was too busy throwing the most colossal temper tantrums. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Fear proved a way of life for most people of color in the Deep South during the post-World War II era. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Viewed as more sterile and serene, lethal injection had become the most common method for the sanctioned killing of people in virtually every death state. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Hanging from a hook on the wall was her New York Yankees cap, her most prized possession from her mom. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

England was the first country in the world to shift from making most of its money in traditional places, such as farms, mines, or small shops, to factories. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

The hemlines stopped exactly halfway between the knee and the ankle, and most of the dresses were cinched tight at the waist with belts. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

King believed singing kept alive “a faith, a radiant hope, in the future, particularly in our most trying hours.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

These two letters, from Lafayette College and Georgetown, were just the most recent. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Cement walls were erected to hide the most unsightly shantytowns from the eyes of tourists and others who preferred not to see them. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

West African music also integrates literature, movement, body percussion, rhyme, and music, so the Orff approach is probably the most applicable teaching method. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Some were there to hear Tea Cake pick the box; some came to talk and tell stories, but most of them came to get into whatever game was going on or might go on. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

When the batch is done, I put most of it in the refrigerator for supper that night. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Like most Americans, he had become caught up in the bicycle craze that was ignited by the advent of the “safety” bicycle, with its same-sized wheels and chain-and-sprocket drive. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“A Cold War perspective I shared with most of my fellow officials.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I get crushed most of the time, but I have won a few. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

In middle school, you pooled your money most days after school and shared a slice of pizza and a Frappuccino three ways, giggling and taking turns with the straw. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

With some preternatural craftiness he always knew the right nerve to touch, at exactly the right moment, to wound and outrage most. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Now, of course, Josh Trammell’s fire would no longer be the most famous fire in Shaker Heights. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Besides, this was the most exciting occasion that had happened to us since Ruth May fell out of a tree, which goes to show you how fascinating our life was. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the most harmless things seemed to be casting suspicious shadows. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The wide passages made our house feel like a hotel, as did the impersonal smell of doors kept locked most of the year, of unused bathrooms and kitchens and toilets, of uninhabited rooms. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even if Mom was up there saying the most un-Mom-like things ever. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The Agricultural Revolution is one of the most controversial events in history. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kitchen and sitting area were at the front of the house, separated by cupboards and a tall, precarious bookshelf that was Papa’s most prized possession. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I figured that most of her would-be assassins had seen what had happened to Doug Swieteck’s brother and were worried I might take them out, too. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The Chief Ranger suggested calling a local bush pilot, who flew hunters into the remoter parts of the bush and knew most of the Indian guides. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day we may discover that some of our most cherished forms of knowledge are as obsolete as epicycles, phlogiston, caloric, the electromagnetic aether and, indeed, Newtonian physics. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“It is the most interesting problem upon which I have ever worked.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The religious world also was represented at the conference, most notably by the Bishop of Oxford, Samuel Wilberforce. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The most they could do, however, was to lock away Harry’s spellbooks, wand, cauldron, and broomstick at the start of the summer break, and forbid him to talk to the neighbors. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Like most days when you are alone and waiting for something this day seemed about a hundred hours long. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

You probably don’t believe me—I wouldn’t in your place—but I’ve had 143 days to come to terms with our inevitable destruction, and I’ve spent most of those days thinking about the future. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“A mixture. The Dutch settled most of the land up and down the Hudson. There are a lot of them still here and they don’t much care for the English crown.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Especially because I don’t have most of the answers. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He shaved his pinched, pale face every third or fourth day, and most of the time he appeared to be growing a reddish- gold mustache over his skinny upper lip. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“But it is the most important ten percent. Do you hear me? The most important.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

We are able to bring in most of the wounded that do not lie too far off. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meeting him was perhaps the most intense moment of my life. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

This notion—blending inheritance—was already familiar to most biologists: it was a restatement of Aristotle’s theory of mixing between male and female characters. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The nest was the most intricately constructed thing, like something built by the fairies in my childhood tales. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The gross features of the fair envisioned in the plan concealed a billion smaller obstacles that the public and most of the exposition’s own directors had no idea existed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

There was bare flesh lounging everywhere, most of it plump, and Hungry Joe began to die. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

After a year of depositions, hearings, and pretrial litigation, we eventually reached a settlement with most of the defendants that would provide Walter with a few hundred thousand dollars. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The jaw had rotted off her face, and birds had eaten one ear and most of a cheek. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

By securing jobs in Langleys West Computing section, they now had pledged one of the world’s most exclusive sororities. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Many international artists, most of whom I never knew, were performing and the event was to be televised worldwide. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Penkovsky, the most productive spy ever to work for the Americans, was living up to his code name. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“These are marvelous, undoubtedly the most delicious cookies I have ever tasted in the entire history of my life,” Quentin told her after a nibble. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

By 1928 it had spread into the suburbs of Mobile and thereafter continued an invasion that has now carried it into most of the southern states. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

In his own memoirs he had selected May 15, 1776, as the most decisive moment, because that was the day the Continental Congress passed a resolution calling for new constitutions in each of the states. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He still had most of the fourteen dollars he’d left home with, but that wasn’t going to last long. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“You think he is mistaken? Or that I have somehow hoodwinked him? Fooled the Dark Lord, the greatest wizard, the most accomplished Legilimens the world has ever seen?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Confronted by the most vital intellectual currents of the time, his genius was immediately recognized by his teachers—one of whom introduced the young man to the dangerous mysteries of the Co- pernican hypothesis. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When most of the others had settled down for the night, he suddenly began to leap about wildly through the branches. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The seat was cracked and lumpy—no different than most taxis. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Seabiscuit slept for most of the trip to Belmont, rising only when reporters tramped aboard the train at the stops between San Francisco and New York. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, I know teachers are people, or at least most of them are, but you don’t usually talk with them exactly like you talk with everybody else. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Poppy, remember when you told us your twentieth birthday was the most important landmark day of your life? I do not think it will be a very good day in mine.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then, in a week at most, Linus would have the structure. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

As in Soweto, most of them were black. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was trying to get your opinion on Nirvana, possibly the most overrated band of all time?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The snow had been falling on King’s Landing most of the night; outside the drifts were ankle deep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Unbeknownst to most of the family,” Grandpa said, “a few of your cousins have visited me here. None of them came close to figuring out what is really going on.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I’d say the most obvious difference between my new school and my old one is this: At Tangerine Middle, the minorities are the majority. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The most happening spot on the yard, though, is Coop and Rae’s Sharpie tie-dye station. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

We sat for hours one afternoon in 2011 in Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square, the most time we had spent together in many years. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The true test, however, would come at the end of the five minutes, when they were to drink from the goblet they deemed the most harmless. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It is the most beautiful mad I have ever heard. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

But for most practical purposes Tarbean had two pieces: Waterside and Hillside. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The subject was then considered by most professional astronomers to be at least slightly disreputable, tainted with Lowellian excesses. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, part of what is so neat is that he worked from newspapers. I know most people would think this was completely stupid.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Like most self-pitying people, I had very little pity for my relatives’ anxiety. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wheel-net spiders are most important, for the webs of some of them are so narrow-meshed that they can catch all flying insects. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“You! Take Nuwa’s tear? That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard!” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

This type of molecule is thought to be the oldest and most “primitive” coding mechanism for life. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What a joke! Poor little rich girl’s fallen in love with the Republic’s most famous criminal. And it’s even worse since you’re the reason he’s there in the first place. Right?” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Those collisions created reverberations that have still not died down after many centuries, and that are actively continuing in some of the world’s most troubled areas today. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I am a man of high taste,” he said in the most grandiose voice he could manage. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They were the names of numbers in Hindi, the most commonly spoken language in India. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In its most acute form it produces abrupt and terrifying hallucinations, disturbing to victims and onlookers alike, which generally then give way to coma and death. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The pocket watch on its long silver chain proves most difficult to locate. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But beyond my head, the most I ever did was ignore it and walk away. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I take a giant bite of s’more, peeking up at him with my widest, most innocent eyes. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He did that most mornings unless he wanted to stay home and watch Blue's Clues reruns. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Once the most famous geyser in the park was Excelsior Geyser. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The two biggest and most capable were already in the kitchen helping their mother. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa Joseph used to say that if everyone put their troubles in the middle of the table, most would take their own back. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Your grandfather bought the most expensive insurance policy. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

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I go through her closet and pick the outfit that most looks like something Rhiannon would wear; I’ve found that people tend to trust other people who dress like them. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was Stan Livingston who chafed most deeply under the Lawrence regime. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Infosys is one of the jewels of the Indian information technology world, and Nilekani, tire company’s CEO, is one of the most thoughtful and respected captains of Indian industry. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

“The most powerful piece in the game,” he announced, as he removed one of Qavo’s elephants. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, nothing would have survived from such an encounter except, at best, a few fossilised bones and a handful of stone tools that remain mute under the most intense scholarly inquisitions. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like most events in his life, it is another excuse for his parents to throw a party for their Bengali friends. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Newspaper reporters frequently asked us what the most dangerous part of our trip to the moon would be, and I usually answered, “That part which we have overlooked in our preparations. ” Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The king of Mutal, the biggest and most cosmopolitan city-state in the Maya world, he lived and worked in a sprawling castle a few hundred yards away from the great temples at the city’s heart. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The division would be associated with lunar orbit rendezvous, one of the most ingenious and elegant solutions to the challenge of propelling extraordinarily heavy objects on the several-hundred-thousand-mile journey to the Moon and back. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

And soon it all began to come together in the most wonderful way. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

They came and went, staying at the camp for several weeks or, at most, a few months. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the Nation’s most closely kept scandals was that a succession of the personal secretaries of Mr. Muhammad had become pregnant. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the most compelling incentives yet invented have been put in place to deter crime. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He had missed his morning classes and most of lunch hour. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

So she was all white on white on white, like the most perfect kind of vanilla dessert cake you’ve ever seen. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

And when I looked into it a little more, I realized that most of the girls in the elite gymnastics world were already being home-schooled. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

In fact, the preferences expressed by online daters fit snugly with the most common stereotypes about men and women. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

But what Edna was most excited about was that it was a boy-girl party, the first one she was going to. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He might have been older than most people Clayton knew, but Cool Papa wasn’t old or weak. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“You could do anything, if you only dared. And deep down, you know it, too. That’s what scares you most.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He’d left his most expensive fishing rod there, and he wanted to bring it home. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

I’d learned that in a little more than a decade, Clarkston had become one of the most diverse communities in America. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

It’s a beautiful day outside, nice and hot, and in spite of everything, we make the most of the weather by lounging on the folding bed in the attic. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“It’s one of the most embarrassing things in the world. He won’t stop and pretty soon you have to hit him and that’s worse. Then you’re really in trouble all around.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Wilkins and Franklin had prepared a report on their most recent work on DNA and included many of their preliminary measurements. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Today the most numerous Native American tribe in the United States is the Navajo, who on European arrival were just one of several hundred tribes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even though Incheon was close to Seoul, most people despised the tyrannical old guy with the foreign wife. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Ignatius found himself in perhaps the most disreputable office that he had ever entered. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The most striking examples of variation involved flies collected from the same region that possessed two radically different configurations of the same genes. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Of the Battle of Gettysburg he is later to remark: “It took a great many mistakes to lose that battle. And I myself made most of them.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sigurd is the most famous of Norse heroes; his story is largely that of the hero of the Nibelungenlied, Siegfried. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The average cost of these horses was about $150 each, almost a year’s pay for most An inexpensive two-passenger buggy. people. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

In the Americas, the most important plant the Indigenous peoples grew was maize, or corn. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Hydrogen is the most common element in the universe, and yet no one would guess as much for another thirty years. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

However, indigenous germs and food producers prevented Europeans from settling most of this region in significant numbers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

A girl’s torso takes up most of the poster. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Miguel also agreed to go with her and dig up the guns and ammunition buried in the mountains, because that was what he most needed in his reckless fight. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When there is a division between the old and the new, it is apt to express itself on the most time-honored of batdefields: the putting green, the tennis court, or the marine berth. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

This, at least, is the accepted explanation, though like most economic explanations it seems, under certain lights, to omit the main point. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The skill is to find the ones that will hold most sway with your intended audience. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

We talked most nights, saw each other as often as our schedules allowed, but kept our distance at school. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Overhead, solemn oak trees drank up most of it, so that little was left to illuminate the cocoa-dark forest floor. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

People I’ll probably never meet who care about me more than...well, most people I ever knew. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Although Andean troops carried bows, javelins, maces, and clubs, their most fearsome weapon, the sling, was made of cloth. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Not even after Mayor Prentiss decided to get rid of most everything else.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I pictured Ambrose, listening to me glide through the most beautiful song he’d ever heard, and realizing I’m about to win my pipes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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First, Eurasia, befitting its large area and ecological diversity, started out with the most candidates. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was startled, most of all, by the teenage boy in a baseball cap standing near a brick wall, face down, body leaning forward, hands between his legs. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Money is the most important thing in the world, you know. Money can buy you happiness, and I don’t care what anyone else thinks. It’ll buy you relief, status, friends, safety ... all sorts of things.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

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At the committee’s first meeting, they divided up the most important responsibilities. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

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That was probably the most disobedient thing Olga ever did when we were kids. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

When I was two, I started calling her "Starry" instead of "Didi," which is what most Bengali girls call an older sister. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Of all the trophies, it was the two Keys to the City awarded to them by the mayor of Fry that filled Otto with the most pride. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Because like I said, even though most people have heard of the book, not that many people have actually read it. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

When all the sexers came in to sleep, most of them looked at Sammy and me and smiled the way Lynn smiled at us when she thought we were being delightfully immature and young. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

In the daytime, most of the traffic is commuters, some school kids, always a few tourists, many more in the summer. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The most effective off- the-cuff speeches are premeditated, and the best premeditated speeches appear off the cuff. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

These items were, by far, the most valuable things I owned. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The Goddess of Love and Beauty knew very well where the most beautiful woman on earth was to be found. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel the fear most acutely whenever you leave me. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Where are you from? and Where are you going? are probably the most essential things to know about a person. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I should have kept you at our palace when we first met, my dear Piper. But soon we will go there again, together, and I shall romance you most incredibly.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He dresses like a TV preacher—in three-piece suits with vests most days. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

His relief would come in another ten minutes, and he was looking forward to the mug of chocolatl, the smokeleaf, and most of all his bed. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The most disturbing part of our argument in the car that day was the moment my dad declared that he hated his life. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It had trampled on most of its supporting wall and lowered its front by spreading. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Like her, Arjuna had seen the world differently than most. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

A little creative lying can draw attention, indignation, and—perhaps most important—the money and political capital to address the actual problem. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He must've skived off most days 'cause his empty desk became a sort of school joke. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“No. On a rainy day the PE teachers will most likely concentrate on other parts of their curriculum, such as health care or good nutrition.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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When you’re guiding you don’t get to do the climbs you necessarily most want to do; the challenge comes from getting clients up and down, which is a different sort of satisfaction. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Confused, sleepy children stumble along after their parents, most either too stunned or too baffled to cry. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

How might one prepare, locked in most complete immobility? The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

By the time he retired, he'd become the Court's most vocal critic of excessive punishment and mass incarceration. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The most perfect vacuum ever created by humans is not as empty as the emptiness of interstellar space. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Many cases of human poisonings are on record, most of them in connection with industrial handling. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

But these seniors said most boys were like that and you couldn't honestly accuse them of anything until you were at least pinned or engaged to be married. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Harry wanted someone to realize that Krum was injured; even though he was supporting Ireland, Krum was the most exciting player on the field. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I had never been to Seattle before, and I thought it was one of the most intense-looking cities I’d ever seen, built right up against the tree-lined coast, in the shadow of a giant volcano. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Thomas just hoped the room was kept secret from most of the Gladers. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The baboons had found a great deal of food, but he managed to eat up most of it and told them that they would have to go out again the next day to find more. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Despite America's preeminent status among developed nations, we have always struggled with high rates of infant mortality—much higher than in most developed countries. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The third and most important task of this book is to convince you that our snap judgments and first impressions can be educated and controlled. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

And even the most painstaking piece of craft does not deserve to be called a work of art unless it involves a leap of the imagination. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Frankie had always been honest and blunt, even to a fault, and maybe that was what I needed most now. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The oldest federal penitentiary, it was then considered one of the country’s most dreaded places to be incarcerated. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth spent most of the days in a precarious tree-house they had built the previous summer between three great birches on the lake shore. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Correlation and Causation Correlation and causation are two quite different words, and the innumerate are more prone to mistake them than most. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea of truly wishing to end one’s own life is a concept completely foreign to most post-mortals, because we can’t experience the level of pain and despair that so seasoned the Age of Mortality. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He decided instead that he could best serve the search for life on Mars by voyaging to the most Mars-like environment on Earth— the dry valleys of Antarctica. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stay focused on the bulletin board, as if it’s the most interesting thing in the world. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Visitors wore their best clothes and most somber expressions, as if entering a great cathedral. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The most common answer is that our language is amazingly supple. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are officially the most bloodthirsty vegetarian ever.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“I give unto you the most important and transcendent star, the Morning Star, for you are a proud and powerful people. It is the star for counting the years — the years of manhood.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Miss Honey emerged from the Headmistress's study, most of the children were outside in the playground. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was about the thickness and length of a pencil, and like most pencils it had a lot of sides to it. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

And most importantly, I’m wearing a button-down shirt and a cardigan and glasses, and I’m kind of feeling myself tonight. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

And the most important violator...is sitting here, at this table—the Politburo, and also the Secretariat, of the Central Committee. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Wasting time to disprove Schramm was not to most biochemists’ liking. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Andrews most special friend was more than common, he was a Byword. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

LaPautre made a final puff and drew himself up to his most solemn height. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

But now here l am, called a bit later than most but only because they have finally realized that it takes a man to succeed where boys have failed. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Paul Revere’s ride is perhaps the most famous historical example of a word-of-mouth epidemic. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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Here’s the most important thing I’ve learned from not-talking: It is much, much easier to keep a secret when you don’t use any words at all. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

This is the most he’s ever said about his past. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The most prestigious division was the SS, which was originally created as Hitler’s personal bodyguard but grew into a terrifying and brutal military force. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Robert squirmed away from the rag, but his father caught him and cleaned off most of the mess before he set his son on the floor. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Otherwise, they go on and on, asking the most impertinent questions. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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They reported that one of the men, in his death throes, had tom off most of his clothing before finally succumbing to the elements. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

This pollution is for the most part irrecoverable; the chain of evil it initiates not only in the world that must support life but in living tissues is for the most part irreversible. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

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And the thing that stings most, to me, is that I'm so helpless to stop the madness. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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Soviet stores had never sold much in the way of pretty underwear, and most Soviet women at the time made their own. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

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A society, almost necessarily, begins every success story with the chapter that most advantages itself, and in America, these precipitating chapters are almost always rendered as the singular action of exceptional individuals. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

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His most recent Memory, aside from the draft and the party, is of him at the airport’s private jet strip, waiting beside an older boy in sunglasses who I recognize immediately as his brother Daniel. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The thing we liked to do most was go exploring in the desert. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

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“Of course. I figured he’d find that marble, so I had to dump the others. I sure hated to, though. I won most of them in a game with a lion tamer.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

And I made some friends, most of them freshmen who lived in my house. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Emma got the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals involved, and they had a contest to see who could invent the most humane but effective trap. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

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But of all the living things the wheeled people managed, it was the seedpod trees that they took most care with. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

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The Colvins lived in King Hill, a neighborhood that meant “poor” or “inferior” to most who didn’t live there. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

It is in a way the most civilized of all the cardinals, and its use is only forced on us by the needs of cultivated modes of thought. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s more like a caffeine-solution party than a trial,” he said, and let himself fall into the most luxurious of the pneumatic arm-chairs. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

More wealth than most of the crews collected in years off the ships, and yet it decorated this girl’s fingers as casually as Moon Girl pierced her lip with steel. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z