| 单词 | at a time |
| 例句 | The landscape materializes, one caress at a time. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Customers arrive in human waves, sometimes disgorged fifty at a time from their tour buses, peckish and whiny. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z While they thought about that, he sprayed them, one at a time, in the face. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I went one step at a time, ignoring Liam’s sharp intake of breath and the buzzing in my ears. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I would take it one step at a time. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z One at a time, Kote wiped their bottoms clean of the strawberry wine and set them on the bar between himself and Chronicler, as if they might defend him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She takes two fingers’ full of it at a time, and massages my chest until I am faint. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve got to do this thing one step at a time,” he said aloud. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s easier on the model than posing for a painting, holding the same position for hours at a time. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He hops down the stairs three at a time, nearly falling in his rush, scattering his phone and a bunch of pens behind him. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She thrust her arms above her head again and then eased herself down the hill, one slippery step at a time. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z She descended one step at a time, the stairs creaking happily. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Flying around the first floor, screaming my name, before pounding up the stairs two at a time. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Tears rolled down her face as she hugged and kissed us one at a time, again and again, like she never wanted to stop. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I got to take one problem at a time, I tell myself. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I can get maybe one- tenth of a cubic meter in through the airlock at a time, and it'll be backbreaking work to collect it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did you learn to juggle all at once? Five balls at a time? Knives too?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “One thing at a time, Greenie. Let’s get some rocks and test this place out. There has to be some kind of hidden exit.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Life was life, and one day followed another, and Snuffy rook those days one at a time. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But the white man was running up the steps two at a time, without looking, and they collided with such force that Doctor Copeland was left sick and breathless. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Then I helped Mrs. Baker carry all the trays down to her car—one at a time—hoping that the Wives of Vietnam Soldiers would not notice the chalk dust all that much. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Even after I reached the stairs and took them two at a time, the gas lamps’ glow lingered in my vision like spreading flames. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z But Anne and Ernestine broke him down a little at a time. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z So he fought it down and tried to take one thing at a time. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z “Each shooter gets five shots at a time. Count ’em. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Since the Western calendar was created at a time when there was no zero, we never see a day zero, or a year zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Mr. Chatham nodded, walked to the jury seats, and faced them, looking at each juror one at a time. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Slowly, he eased his hands back, a little at a time, until he had a firm grip on each side of it, and then lifted it up, squeezing a little. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The many strikes that characterized the year 1919 came at a time when American industry stood at the threshold of a long period of unprecedented growth and prosperity. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z A woman, of course, could make but one baby at a time, occasionally two. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z True, she could only speak a few words at a time, and most often no one could even guess at the meaning of those. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z We knew it was my father because of the way he ran up the stairs—two at a time. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the slaves slipped out of the cabin as quietly as they had entered it, one at a time, bare feet making no sound at all on the hard smooth ground outside. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z His firm nasal voice set the tune and pace, one line at a time, and the congregation repeated it after him. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z In these days he could never fix his mind on any one subject for more than a few moments at a time. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Rambling through the Southeast in the 1770s, the naturalist William Bartram observed Creek families storing a hundred bushels of hickory nuts at a time. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z And one day at a time, the group made its way to Kenya. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Sam gave Mrs. Tennyson an additional three onions, and she fed them one at a time to Mary Lou. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z He dismounts in one easy movement and starts taking off his gloves one finger at a time. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Soon, Uncle Claude began to disappear for hours at a time, leaving Hugo to take care of the clocks, twice each day, by himself. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z “We’re taking one day at a time. The chemo’s working, thankfully. I hope I can convince her to move in with me. That way I can make sure she’s getting her prescriptions.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z He took it one shovelful at a time, and tried not to think of the awesome task that lay ahead of him. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “Every day in every way, Mom,” roars Ainsley as she charges up the marble steps two at a time. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z This gift from Emmett and George came at a time when Axel’s parents were together. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Rufus gets impatient and sprints up, sometimes even skipping two steps at a time. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She was the only pretty thing that every boy among us believed could be his, at least ten minutes at a time. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z A college-aged guy in an Ask Me About My Trust Fund T-shirt took a seat and offered the girls a box of cookies, which they scarfed down two at a time. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Of course. In fact you can take out up to five books at a time.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Phil’s making me spell it out one painful, humiliating syllable at a time. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z But the mound builders in Louisiana built these massive constructions at a time when agriculture was barely under way—it was like the whiff in the air from a faraway ocean. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Gladly. One at a time or all at once, it makes no matter.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z With the help of the handrails I went down the stairwell four steps at a time. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The bodies sometimes arrived, a dozen or so at a time, in barrels labeled tmpentine. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I got up extremely quietly, took my things from under the bed, and opened the door one millimeter at a time, so it wouldn’t make any noise. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I looked at several familiar things, one at a time: a striped green mango lying in the grass; my own hand; our dining table. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z After a while only one person at a time associated with her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He remembers the sustained isolation it had demanded, speaking to no one for days at a time, and so he doesn’t say anything. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I'd hold onto the banister and all, with this blood trickling out of the side of my mouth a little at a time. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z She patted his shoulder as she left the kitchen and took the stairs two at a time, hurrying so she could get back to him quickly. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z By tugging on one at a time, he rolled the log down over the rocks until it slid into the water. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Not just because it was a place where the living gathered, but because for a few minutes at a time they could see all the world, not just their little corner of North America. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Hush. You can only climb one mountain at a time. Come upstairs and eat some dinner. We’ll think better with frill bellies. I promise I’ll tell you all I know.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Simulating game situations, we take two shots at a time and box each other out for rebounds. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I unbutton my jeans, sliding the zipper open one tooth at a time. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z I take them one at a time with a cup of water she gives me that’s slightly larger than the cup the pills are in. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Since I can’t hold a fork or spoon—I try, but I keep dropping them—someone has to place the food into my mouth, one spoonful at a time. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Harry shouted, and he sprinted along the corridor and down the stairs, three at a time. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “The next one will be packed, too. Tickets don’t matter at a time like this!” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The fear of this occupied my mind for hours at a time. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z “Well, I always say that a little cash comes in handy at a time like this...at any time, if you ask me.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Lolo is right here, talking to me, the same as always, but he’s disappearing a little bit at a time. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The men revolve, one step at a time, until compass needles point to 34, the number coding for Detroit. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z We felt our way, one step at a time, to the staircase. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z If I could ever get her to say more than five words to me at a time. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z When his custard was cool enough, I tried feeding it to him with a spoon, a sip at a time. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z They left the table one at a time, Mami taking threatening steps toward them each time they stopped to look back with mischievous expressions and a mouthed “Negi has a boyfriend.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She was planning to bring them over one at a time. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Our last child, conceived in happiness at a time when the river of our lives ran gently, had been taken from us; I knew too well what he felt. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Their carbon preparation was a paint-like graphite suspension known as Aquadag, which they smeared onto probes for insertion into the cyclotron tank to be bathed in the deuteron beam for days at a time. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z One at a time, they mumbled quiet apologies. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “We will take in fifty children at a time, and do a type-out”—this makes Uncle Robert groan—“and it will take approximately twenty minutes, per fifty kids.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Luxa must have given another signal, because the bats peeled off one at a time and began wheeling around the arena in complicated patterns. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z All recognized famous inventors had capable predecessors and successors and made their improvements at a time when society was capable of using their product. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t need to be big, but something easily attainable—like my parents had always taught me: one small goal at a time. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I dropped the rolls back into Colins bag, pulled my coat on, threw my knapsack over one shoulder, and took the stairs two at a time. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Before her mother died, her father would leave them for months at a time to do business in the south. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Brother Luke brought him food, kept him washed, and changed his clothes, but he was too much occupied with other things to stay with Robin for very long at a time. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Now that they had a secure hiding place, almost a home, it did not even seem a hardship that they could only meet infrequently and for a couple of hours at a time. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z McKusick began his research on the Lacks family at a time of great flux in research oversight. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z For hours at a time she plunked away at C-ration cans, a bit unsure of herself, but as it turned out she had a real knack for it. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not wait for the lift, I climbed the stairs, three at a time, up to the third floor. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Harry could not help admiring her spellwork at a time like this. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Then nodding towards Jaimito, who had come to the doorway and was aggressively blocking their way in, she added, “One struggle at a time, sister.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After a few weeks and many blisters, they softened a little, and she was able to forget them for an hour or so at a time. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z For days at a time the animals had nothing to eat but chaff and mangels. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “Yes, Biddy,” I observed, when I had done turning it over, “you were my first teacher, and that at a time when we little thought of ever being together like this, in this kitchen.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I decided right away that I would eat just a bit of my bread at a time, to make it last. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Preschoolers would then be brought into the room, two at a time, and told to watch the television show. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Like many families at that time, we sometimes put clothes on layaway and paid a little money at a time on them. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I sometimes went around for six months at a time pretending I was an orphan. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z As Shin watched his mother cook, he guessed she must have stolen the rice, a few grains at a time, from the farm where she worked and secreted it away in her house. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “There was blood everywhere,” Mom said, “but one kid in the hospital at a time is enough.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She had no control over the log, but it kept her head above water so that she could breathe more than one gulp at a time. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Reginald advised that the troth had to be dropped only a little bit at a time. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I took the steps two at a time and was near the top when Madam stepped into the hall and pointed at me. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z One at a time—there were always fifty in each year’s group, if none had been released—they had been brought to the stage by the Nurturers who had cared for them since birth. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t scare me like that. Say one word at a time until I get used to a human voice.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ten of us at a time,” said Mother. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The trip there and back took him just four days—and this at a time, remember, when there were no maintained footpaths or helpful blazes. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Furthermore, it must be remembered that my father was a butler of an earlier generation who began his career at a time when such attributes were not considered proper, let alone desirable in a butler. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “O yes,” said Wemmick, “I have got hold of it, a bit at a time. It’s a freehold, by George!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I fry the pancakes, four at a time. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hell, Wayne,” one told him, “you can’t get in a fight with the president at a time when the flags are waving.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I scale it, one sucker at a time, until I’m on top of it, right next to the section of wall that got all soft from a leak awhile back. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “One should advance only a step at a time. We have no actual evidence that Ratchett was dead at that time.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Although we had no better success, the other instruments at least were quieter than the piano and, more important, only one person could play them at a time. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The vet started up the steps still smiling, climbing backwards a step at a time. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I took the stairs two at a time and went back to my desk. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I sounded the strings, one at a time. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She was used to me disappearing for days or weeks at a time. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z They had one cook pot and three spoons, and when the hoosh was ready they took turns dipping their spoons in one at a time. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “Remember to give the person you’re asking the chance to answer one question at a time,” says Ms. Rochambeau. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Taking up one strip at a time, she taped the cuffs of her gloves to the sleeves of her scrub shirt, running the tape around the cuff to make a seal. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “One thing at a time, very wise. But you’ll be looking forward to a brand-new school! Like I always say. A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met yet.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z We were getting one shot at a time and they weren’t even the best shots. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I let them cool for a few minutes, then started tasting them one recipe at a time. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z There was only opportunity for one blow at a time, so they more or less took it in turns, King Pellinore striking while Sir Grummore was recovering, and vice versa. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z All we could do was creep forward a few feet at a time. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I am disappearing inch by inch into this house, I am going apart a little bit at a time because all this noise is breaking me; why are the others frightened? The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z He was crazy about his kids, and when he was in Seattle he was an unusually attentive father, but climbing regularly took him away from home for months at a time. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I take the last few stairs two at a time. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “Not really. Maybe three or four at a time, if I’m lucky,” I say, and pick a tiny leaf from my sweater. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z They were learning the alphabet that day, and six children at a time were sent to the blackboard to write the letters they had memorized. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z One at a time with the ivory hunter’s rifle. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z So he kept the men and sleds and boats close together, relaying forward one agonizing quarter mile at a time. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Then Joseph picked them up one at a time and speared one into the passenger side through the window and the other into the back of the truck. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z I lurched past them and took the stairs down two at a time. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z And then before Hollis could further object, he climbed the stairs two at a time, grabbed his supplies, and headed out. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z But to stay, for hours at a time? Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I met him at a time when I used to take out a most beautiful collie called Budleigh for a lady who owned a sweetshop. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Tight curls frame his ivory forehead; he tugs off his leather gloves one finger at a time. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z In spite of all that power and force, there are only one and a half gallons of blood in the body at a time. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z For days at a time they’d leave my mom and auntie with relatives so they could travel for work. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z She walked down the steps one at a time, holding the punch high up over her head. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It really helps to have immature friends at a time like this. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z It was a narrow stair and only one man could get up at a time. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of course not, stupid. Just one step at a time. She was never exactly nice to us, remember.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I took the stairs two at a time and rushed into the street and hugged and kissed him like the kind of woman the neighbors think I am. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We offer up our dreams, a penny at a time, to the chance that they might come true. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z There weren’t any machines that could do this work, so three women at a time worked together to lift the bombs. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z "You can't do those treatments all at once. You must learn to refuse. You should only do three at a time, especially when you have back-to-back appointments. Your arcana levels took a massive dip." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z But as soon as there is more than one pitch sounding at a time, you have harmony. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “The blowing spindrift felt like a sandblaster or something. I could only go out for fifteen minutes at a time before I became too cold and had to return to the tent.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Counting and reading a few key words at a time. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z All we knew was that every couple of months, this check would show up and we’d have plenty of food for days at a time. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I tried to pick with both hands, just like Roberto, but could only pick one cotton boll at a time. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z She heard him shout to the guards outside the room, heard them descending together in a wild rush, taking the stairs two and three at a time. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Then, while I lean over the sink, my sister arcs the razor from the nape of my skull to the top of my forehead, again and again, one row at a time. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But the tremendous growth of Los Angeles occurred at a time when automobiles were finally affordable. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z Bennie is chatting, which means I have to wait to pay, because Bennie does only one thing at a time. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z For the next few months, Maria Isabel spends hours at a time silently sitting on a rock in front of her aunt Gloria’s house. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The numbers went into the machines one at a time, came out one at a time, and were stored on a piece of paper for anyone to see. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I had decided to do the loading of our new propellant in sections, a few inches at a time. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The doctors let us in one at a time to see Father, who had come out of surgery back in the early evening. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z One crisis at a time, thank you very much. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I sit on the toilet and hold them underneath me, one at a time, stopping midstream to swap them out. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Like you said, you can only buy six tickets. Six tickets at a time. There’s nothing that prevents someone from buying six tickets, then getting back in line and buying six more tickets.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Annie often climbed into Charles’s lap or stood behind him and arranged his hair, making it “beautiful,” for half an hour at a time. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just one or two days at a time! She’s almost always with us, except...” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Please, we have to do this one at a time.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Twenty at a time board a motorboat heading toward the dot. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z There were only four other kids on the bus but I wished I had been picked up first so I could get used to them one at a time. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus, a step at a time, I dragged myself upward. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z His arm would ache; he’d relax it for a few seconds at a time. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Now penguin eggs are so large that the mother can sit on only two at a time, and this created quite a problem. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z The fairy lays up to fifty eggs at a time on the underside of leaves. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z At first, he hadn’t been able to breathe as he slowly eased Kaitlin down a few inches at a time, but the ropes held. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z They weeded out the gold certificates and decided to avoid handing a clerk more than one fifty-dollar bill at a time. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z He said that upon realizing that the rebels were in the village, everyone quickly and silently left the mosque, one at a time, leaving the imam by himself as he stood there leading the prayer. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I was a real girl, my mother fed me her glass dreams one spoonful at a time. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z I stare at the letter for a long time, breathing in and out, my world coming apart one piece at a time. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “How can you eat at a time like this?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I was prohibited from talking to more than one person at a time. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One step at a time, and the stream would see her home. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then, one at a time, he inserted two different metal probes about three inches deep into the wound, moving each around inside Garfield's body in an attempt to locate the bullet. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He could do only one thing at a time. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t know exactly where I would land career wise, but with all things in my life, I knew taking things one step at a time was the way to go. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z But when one doesn’t see one’s family for many years at a time, the transformation can be striking. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “And it all starts one person at a time,” she said. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The female is bigger than the male and may lay up to one hundred eggs at a time. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She grabbed her violin from the console next to the front entrance, jerked the door open, and took the stairs two at a time up to the Beiderman’s apartment. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z For days at a time he was capable of forgetting that he had ever been married. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Butler took the stairs four at a time. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He’d already made a hurried deal with the universe: if he took the steps two at a time, she’d be there. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z I could cut the sinews and carry the planks up the cliff two at a time on my back and across the dunes to the Coral Cove, which meant many days. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Move, hair up, stop, hair down, move, hair up—a half-foot at a time until he was at the edge of the water. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z “My friends, we must do this one at a time,” he said, and that seemed to work. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z They happen in the summer, almost every night, sometimes three or four at a time. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z —Writing in my book during guard change as I can get away with twenty minutes at a time. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The male captives were brought to the deck next, a few at a time. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z My feet stumble on the stairs, and I fall down three at a time. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z For minutes at a time, I forget about Papa and the whole sad business. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He had lost thirty-four pounds and was exercising five times a week and taking subway stairs two at a time. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I flipped open a newspaper quickly, skimmed the article in five-second glances at a time, then flipped it closed. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Why was he bringing me books at a time like this? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Every time I get frustrated or impatient about something, Abuela reminds me to take it one day at a time. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I still don't have the water to moisten all that soil, but like I said, one thing at a time. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I took the steps two at a time. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He took the old steps one at a time, twice stopping to catch his breath. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry shouted the password at the gargoyle and ran up the moving spiral staircase three steps at a time. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z For several days at a time Nat was not able to take a sight. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are not grateful that we didn’t kill all of you? Come on carry those wood planks quickly, two at a time!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Lydia jumped down the stairs, four at a time. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “Concentrate on only one thing at a time. It will help.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z With a sick feeling in her stomach, she scanned them one at a time. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z She ran up the stairs two at a time to join her family. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z In his own arms—and Matty was strong—he could have carried no more than ten or twelve at a time. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I could take Spanish one or two words at a time, but it was harder to put full sentences together. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Will you come forward one at a time, please,” he called out, “and bring your parents. Then show me your Golden Ticket and give me your name. Who’s first?” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Chess hated how Emma could be so brutally logical, even at a time like this. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z It didn’t matter how often Salva swatted at the mosquitoes, or that one swat killed dozens at a time. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z After a while the door opened a little and let in one thing to be scrutinized and then another and another, until all had been absorbed, one at a time. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I follow him out and take the steps two at a time behind him. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z “Nothing. Let’s just go out the back. One at a time. So she won’t notice.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I like to think I’m doing my bit to make the world a better place—one he at a time. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Joaquin said, putting his bowl in the sink and taking the stairs two at a time. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Got the wind knocked all the way out and it takes awhile to get it back, a little at a time. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z For example, one can calculate the probability that the universe is expanding at nearly the same rate in all different directions at a time when the density of the universe has its present value. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He opened a new notebook and began to copy an article, a word at a time, saying each word aloud as he wrote it. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She decided to focus on just one sentence at a time. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He thrust one empty hand at a time through the door frame where the soldiers could see them. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Conversations, either with customers or with fellow employees, seldom last more than twenty seconds at a time. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She dressed the girl in the jacket, one arm at a time, and zipped it up. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I suppose I'd just have to take it one day at a time, like everyone else. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z So I tried mixing them together a little bit at a time. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Brave Orchid felt the tears break inside her chest for the old feet that stepped one at a time onto the cold Greyhound cement. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He was away from Denmark for many months at a time, and Gertrude was always melancholy in his absence. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “He’s working them slowly. He’ll land ’em one at a time. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I kept going back to the salon every week, spending hours at a time getting my hair straightened and corn-rowed. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He began with sight-reading and mastering basic rhythms and pitches that gradually increased step by step to become more complex, sometimes by adding only one new note or rhythmic value at a time. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Or I could eat it and get the high that way, that can work too, a little at a time, save up the rest. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Quite unhurriedly, one mighty flap at a time, it climbed into the air. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Every six months his work was interrupted when he traveled back to South Korea for several weeks at a time. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z If he ever wrote a book, he thought, he would present one person at a time, so that the reader wouldn’t have to worry about memorizing a lot of names. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Enabling my laziness one noodle at a time.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Sarah Ruth, Edward was soon to discover, rarely said more than one word at a time. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z The first graders gathered their things, thing at a time, and stumbled by with their tiny little legs. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z "Calm down, you'll all get your turn. One at a time, one at a time." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Soon he was gone for days at a time. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z In 1794, Washington had sent Chief Justice John Jay to London to negotiate a realistic bargain that avoided a war with England at a time when the United States was ill prepared to fight one. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Smell Factor ran into the family room and took off his sneakers one at a time and threw them at the wall. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z So the people of Hotel Barba waited till no one was watching and snuck into town one at a time. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “It would take you forever to find the best design if you only made one change at a time.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Very slowly. Maybe one sack of gold or jewelry at a time.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Doug shakes his head sadly and then leaps back down the bleachers, two rows at a time. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z He led her out of the kitchen into the hallway; he had to walk her a step at a time. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “I need to rest,” she announces, and scrambles up the stairs two at a time, shuts her bedroom door, and thrusts her fingers into the miniature city. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Tally dropped the book and dashed for the stairs, leaping a flight at a time until she reached the back exit of the dorm. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z One day at a time, he would journey through the years until he came upon the perfect design. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z They were scheduled for testing one or two at a time. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z She blinked and Bitter’s face came into focus, a piece at a time, the hard cheekbones, the bare eyebrows, the broad mouth pressed with a matte red. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He turned and took the stairs up to the Promenade Deck, again two at a time, but this time as if in rather a hurry. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Danielle stays by my side, taking a step at a time with me. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z He rarely appeared at meals anymore, and Harry was sure Hermione was right in thinking that he was leaving the school for days at a time. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It was as if Morrie were breaking him down, one layer at a time. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It could kill three people at a time. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The temperatures in August consistently reached over 100 degrees for days and sometimes weeks at a time. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Again, they relayed one boat at a time in quarter-mile stages, trudging back over their own tracks to bring up the second boat. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The house went to the bank, and I lived with various friends for a few months at a time, sleeping on their couches or more often on the floor. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Says he has to take it one day at a time. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Which is probably just about the last thing you want to hear at a time like that, even if Seanie did sound overjoyed by the discovery. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Each time, Salva would think of his family and his village, and he was somehow able to keep his wounded feet moving forward, one painful step at a time. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It could not have been a real phoenix, because there is only one of these at a time. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Moving one ear at a time is still one of the hardest things to do. I have to really concentrate. It takes everything I’ve got.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z They arrived in groups, two or three at a time, and stood looking down at the baby. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The com meal had to be added to the boiling kettle a pinch at a time. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Below us, men shot downstairs five and six steps at a time, moving in the weird light of flash and flame in long, dream-bounds. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z When he had done so, he took out a handkerchief and methodically blew his nose, one nostril at a time. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Hermes made it sound pretty ridiculous—hordes of monsters going up in the elevator twenty at a time, listening to "Stayin’ Alive." The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He raced up the steps, two at a time. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z I was born to them at a time when they were living in a shantytown in Port-au-Prince and had nothing. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z All his work since then had culminated in a factory that could irradiate two hundred tons of uranium at a time to produce a half pound of plutonium every two hundred days. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z One of the Med-jacks was there, the shorter one—Thomas couldn’t remember his name—dropping water into the comatose girl’s mouth a few drips at a time. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I swallowed the two pills one at a time, the taste of chicken broth still on my tongue. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z There was only room for them to land one at a time, and then the African riflemen had to make their way down the rock face. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Newton’s great insights into these mathematical methods, and the beginnings of his investigation of gravity, occurred at a time when the routine of life in Cambridge was interrupted by the threat of plague. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “Christ, Francie, a feller is got to make a living and it comes slow in this business—a penny at a time.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They bobbed their heads and shook their slack behinds and turned, one at a time: “ ’Bye, Annie.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet Schindler would even linger to chat with my father for a few minutes at a time. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z I take the stairs two at a time to get to my room. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Human working memory can hold only a few items at a time. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He had come at a time when it was impossible anymore to ignore Hispanics, and he made good from that circumstance. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Even when it finally came it was difficult and he had to Hatchet 115 pull first at one side, then another, an inch at a time, squeezing it through. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z He reached into the nest and pulled die eggs out one at a time. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z With LiNK’s help, he obtained a ten-year multiple-entry visa that allowed him to stay in the United States for up to six months at a time. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z But the growing commercial confidence of Broadway and Hollywood musicals and of their songwriters blossomed at a time when classical music was struggling to find a sense of purpose beyond mere experimentation. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z In the following weeks, Celia boils mild chicken broths for her son, feeding him one spoonful at a time. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He couldn’t answer, so he just kept on walking, a step at a time, on and on through the woods. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z She took the stairs two at a time to the lower deck and raced through the opulent yacht, marveling at its wonders. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z First, in addition to inviting skilled Greeks to immigrate to the capital, the Ptolemies barred native Egyptians from spending more than twenty days in Alexandria at a time. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Since only one Mark fed at a time, there could hardly be any confusion about where to go if an alarm were given. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He put the cup back, then dropped the seeds one at a time into Michael Jackson’s cage. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Jason felt like he was being reassembled, one layer at a time. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Here in Morrie’s office, life went on one precious day at a time. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z However, benefits should be distributed a little at a time, so that they may be fully savoured. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z In recent weeks, Uri was often gone, sometimes for days at a time. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “We take ’em one game at a time,” I say in my Webb voice. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z He lay there a long time, lifting up the water to his mouth a palmful at a time. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z One step at a time ... one day at a time. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “He did. He was a swordfish fisherman before I came. He’d be out for weeks at a time.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Milo bounded across the room and started up the stairs two at a time. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z For this event, you had to cross over a ten-yard patch of Poisoned Peanut Butter but, as Ms. Owens explained, “Only two of you can wear the Anti-Poison shoes to get across at a time!” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z And the only one saying more than four words at a time. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He moves first, awkwardly returning to his knees, and I join him, shoulder to shoulder, snipping, clearing, and scooping a spoonful of dirt at a time. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z This was at a time when the whole region of Tuscany, and Florence and Pisa in particular, was flourishing in the Renaissance. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z In fact, the War on Drugs began at a time when illegal drug use was on the decline. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Isaac turned and ran up the stairs, taking them two at a time. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Mr. Wrigley continued to work his way down the hallway, one door at a time, prying splinters of wood from the Yale locks and gathering them in his calloused palm. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Mrs. Scatcherd strides up and down the aisle, letting two groups of children at a time get up to stretch while the train is still. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Then, with two of us at a time sharing the weight of the bucket, we started back to Shady’s place, looking hither and yon for any ghostly movement. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z After staging a grand funeral for his father, Washkar ordered the executors to meet him one at a time, which provided the occasion to arrest them. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Howard began ordering multiple trainloads of cars, some three hundred at a time, and printing his orders and the company shipping confirmations in full-page ads. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The usual way this happened was that the teacher on playground duty inspected the lines, told off anyone who was talking or fooling around, and dismissed the classes one at a time. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z And it was no use trying to trick her by telling her to meet you at a time twenty minutes before you really wanted to meet. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z If you can contact it, I can draw hex numbers on the wheels and you can send me six bytes at a time. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Now that it was getting colder, the boats were no longer going out regularly, and sometimes there was no whole fish available for weeks at a time. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Eventually sturdier partitions appeared, one or two at a time. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “How can you think about eggs at a time like this?” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Each time the green tubes rose to the surface she felt elated and collected whole handfuls at a time to drop in twos and threes back into the water. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She took the stairs two at a time. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He took the steps two at a time, nodding to the queen’s guards as he descended. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “We go one game at a time,” Webb says. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z I danced with them all--the whole three of them--one at a time. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Ridding himself of Joffrey had required only an un-gainly Myrish crossbow that threw three quarrels at a time, and nothing would do but that he try it at once. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Sometimes the Seneca ate half a dozen squabs at a time, necks tied together in a carnivorous sculpture. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z There are two armchairs, a little beat-up, like they’ve had a lot of butts plopping into them an hour at a time for years. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Quentin preferred making our design changes one at a time so if we had a failure, we’d know its likely cause. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “One step at a time. Nice and slow. Easy there, big fellow.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Guys were talking one at a time, not over each other. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z I have to bang our old wheelie cart up the steps, one at a time. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z I couldn’t believe that Mundín was thinking about a girlfriend at a time like this! Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z If I’d once met with twenty people at a time at low-key house parties, I was now speaking to hundreds in a high school gym. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She made her way down the corridor one painful step at a time. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z So I’m just going to give you little bits and pieces at a time. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Someone was turning out the lights one at a time. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “No more than six visitors at a time!” said Madam Pomfrey, hurrying out of her office. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I lifted them up one at a time and pressed my face to their soft cheeks. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Now he was giving her X-comics five at a time, and he could tell that she liked them because she wrote the characters' names on her books, in between band names and song lyrics. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Slowly, one stem at a time, I decorate her body in the flowers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I line up six slices of bread and toast them, two at a time in the toaster. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z And then, turning into the wind, suddenly they would all be in the air together, fourteen or forty at a time, with wide wings scooping the blackness and a cry of triumph in their throats. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She seemed to be reading three books at a time while also conversing on the phone in a language that sounded like a chorus of tiny bells. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He was working through one at a time when Ricky tapped his fork on his plate and pointed it at Luke. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She worked her legs up an inch at a time, on either side, until they held her. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Moreover he told it to me at a time of confusion, when I had reached the point of believing everything and nothing about him. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z She allowed him to pick up one hoof at a time and check the shoes. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z At the mere mention of the Praise Singer, however, Amadeus threatened to feed him, an inch at a time, to the crocodiles at the zoo. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He was placed in the ICU and only two people were allowed to see him at a time. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Bailey has not considered this, as he has been taking this endeavor one step at a time, attempting not to worry about what might happen once they reach Boston. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He enlisted in the Army in 1964 at the age of eighteen, at a time when America was heavily involved in combat. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z YouJill the plastic bags with your belongings, one at a time. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I take the stairs two at a time, my clumsy feet stumbling twice, my hand gripping the railing to keep me from a free fall. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Remember, only one or two sounds should be played at a time, with a lots of silence in between, no harmony or melody or steady pulse should emerge. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z This would be done one cell at a time and one inmate at a time. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Never more than a few hundred, maybe a thousand rand at a time, but it was all cash on hand. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Workers using the traveler could lift and position two trusses at a time. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “So,” Gloria Dump said, “Otis played his guitar right to that dog, and a little bit at a time, Winn- Dixie came creeping out from underneath the bed.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Then I took the deserted side steps down to the street two at a time, without meeting another soul. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “Listen, we figure the Titan’s army will have trouble getting up the elevator. They’ll have to go up a few at a time. And the giants won’t be able to fit at all.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Bigger tiptoed up the steps, one at a time, hoping that the roar of the furnace and the men’s voices and the scraping of the shovel would drown out the creaking sounds his feet made. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I took the stairs two at a time and paused before I entered the kitchen. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She took one step at a time, lest she trip over her fringe and go tumbling headfirst into court. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Antinoos gave the word: “Now one man at a time rise and go forward. Round the room in order; left to right from where they dip the wine.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The seniors and freshmen filed in, one couple at a time, alternating between senior boy and freshman girl and senior girl and freshman boy. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z We’ve linked arms and crawled one at a time through a Hula-Hoop, without breaking arms. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It was also made at a time when significant changes were about to take place in the physical landscape of the United States, changes that would have great bearing on the Red Summer. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z In fact, I was beginning to believe that walking away from Ocean now, at a time like this, would be the greatest act of cowardice. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I briefly considered only bringing one tank of hydrazine in at a time to reduce risk. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can go down three steps at a time,” someone would boast. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I'm not sure that his cigarette was out of his mouth for more than three seconds at a time. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z The luckier ones among my siblings got to stay with host families, but I had to go to camps where they housed ten of us in a cabin for two weeks at a time. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Should the plant become genetically reprogrammed so as to germinate at a time more appropriate to Canada—say, late June—the plant would still be in trouble for other reasons. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “How can you read at a time like this?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z And so it goes, ten inches at a time. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z What’s more, the soldiers were allowing only a few people in at a time. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The moment the doors opened at Fourteenth, I burst out of the car, sprinted along the platform, and took the steps up to the street three at a time. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The gargoyle leapt aside at the mention of toffee eclairs, and Harry took the spiral staircase two steps at a time, knocking on the door just as a clock within chimed eight. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He was eating doughnuts now, popping them into his mouth ten at a time, like peas. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Each day means a new twenty-four hours. Each day means everything’s possible again. You live in the moment, you die in the moment, you take it all one day at a time.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z We sit at the long tables in the cafeteria, and the test administrators call ten names at a time, one for each testing room. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “We do go one game at a time,” Coach Noles says, “but heading into the bye week on a hot streak isn’t a bad thing.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z “Come one at a time,” I said and started across the bridge. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Slowly, and very heavily, Colonel Meecham fell to the bedroom floor, one limb at a time. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because Jewish doctors are more sympathetic than Christian ones at a time like that.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe he could only forget the truth with one shoulder at a time. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “The Bird only allows us to go over for a few minutes at a time, just to keep the loop open, you know.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Then I went back behind him and turned the dials extremely slowly, a few millimeters at a time. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I picked up some pebbles and tossed them in one at a time, trying not to hit the fish. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z One at a time they carried the heavy cardboard boxes up to the shelter and stacked them inside the door. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Often, we were only able to do about ten lines at a time. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z They were all grateful that tradition called for the ruler to mount the cliff alone, for the mountain can only use its powers for one person at a time. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Right now, I just do what I’ve always done, just take it one day at a time.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you take each problem a step at a time,” he continues, “you’ll grow the answer organically. The process will take root in your brain. This is true learning.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z That was how things got changed for the better in the central plateau, one small but crucial decision at a time. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z She climbed the stairs next to the yarn shop two at a time and burst through the door of the apartment. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “I have each of your names in this tin, and I’ll pull two names at a time. The two names I pick will be partners.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z I took the stairs two at a time, aware that if I hadn’t wounded him fatally, he would be waiting for us above. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z They took to the Kareh-Ariana hillside, living in makeshift slums, packed in huts, fifteen or twenty at a time. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z We didn’t get a TV until the bus boycott, but our radio ran off a battery that gave us about an hour at a time of a white station, WSFA. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z “Come on, now. One step at a time...” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The tinker dealt with everyone in turn, sometimes two or three at a time. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Everything was centered—one line at a time—down the middle of the page. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Jake ate two sections at a time and with a loud whoosh spat the seeds into the fire. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z For weeks at a time Harriet swung a broadax in the woods as part of Ben’s crew, cutting half a cord of wood a day just like a man. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Laurie went off two stairs at a time, and Jo laid her wearied head down on Beth’s little brown hood, which no one had thought of moving from the table where she left it. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z When the guards passed him, he took the tower steps two at a time. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z We were four of the stars of the junior-high track team, but we moved through that basement a few timid steps at a time. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z I edged up the stairs one at a time, holding my breath as if the sound might drown out his footsteps. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It took me all day to read the article, a few sentences at a time, dashing up and down stairs to do more chores in between. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Briefly, I wonder if, like me, she’s snuck in here for moments at a time. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z So I did what any true sister would have done at a time like that. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z One at a time she drops each scrap of silk and lace into an empty teacup and lights it on fire. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They would integrate only one school at a time. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In class, Mrs. Burroughs quizzed us one student at a time, holding up a series of large manila cards and asking us to read whatever word was printed in black letters on the front. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I wanted to tear off the roof and light up the whole place so that I could see it all at once, instead of one flashlight beam at a time. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Variation: Sing each phrase one at a time. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z A man stood at the board and cut the bands on the bundles and crowded the bundles one at a time into a hole at the end of the separator. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, for like five seconds at a time, until they start tearing each other’s heads off. I can’t believe they did that in front of you.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z In and out, one punch at a time, two jabs, and Rivera was grunting, uh . . . uh, as he tried to find Alfred in the dazzling light and the flying sweat. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He steadfastly would not touch the few beans that O-lan still held in her hand, and it comforted him vaguely to hear her crunching them, one at a time, a long time apart. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z The space up top was so small that only two of us could fit at a time, so Emma and I went, climbing its railroad ties like the rungs of a giant ladder. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The spider turned slowly to face Nathan, raising one large leg at a time. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The military wagons must all funnel into a narrow line and cross one at a time. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Since Branwell was only allowed to have two visitors at a time, I would need special permission to be allowed to see him at the same time as one of The Ancestors and Beacham. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z One conductor says the officers, fifteen at a time, stop the trains. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I push off with my feet and start to climb, one rung at a time, hand over hand, until I reach the first landing. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Now the lightning flashed so often that the sky stayed fit for several long seconds at a time and the thunder came in a continuous roar. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z All up and down the coastline, female turtles come out of the ocean and paddle their way across the sand, dig a hole, and lay eggs—about a hundred at a time. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The abuse of alcohol, mostly by men, was wreaking havoc, particularly on families and on women who, at a time when they had few legal rights, were totally dependent on their husbands for support. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I ignore her and take one tiny meatball at a time and try to fling them across to the Darcys’ roof. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z This came at a time when William’s work travel was starting to step up, too. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “So. Let us begin. Simple procedure. Come up one at a time. Reach into this bag. Take one slip of paper. Read it out loud.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She walked the city again, for hours at a time, Pearl strapped to her back in a sling she’d fashioned from an old silk blouse. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The Framers of the Constitution, like most North American colonists, lived at a time when Indians were large presences in their lives—ones that naturally influenced their ideas and actions. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z My parents had always taught me to tackle one small goal at a time—holding a brush between my toes, lifting that brush all the way to my head, running the brush through my hair. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z One at a time they went and touched the statue’s fading red heart. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Since she lost her job there, she’s only worked for a month or a few weeks at a time. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Sometimes he left the other two for an hour or so at a time, but they had ceased to pay any attention to his absence now, as sooner or later he always reappeared. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I cant do but one thing at a time,” Dilsey said. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She knows that I spend months at a time ‘writing,’ but she does not press me for information. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The regents’ breath was taken away by Lawrence’s audacious request for funds at a time when the stock market crash still weighed on the university endowment. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Things ground on, a day at a time. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z For the rest they could meet only in the streets, in a different place every evening and never for more than half an hour at a time. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Maybe the fact that she could sleep at a time like this was evidence enough that she was changing. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z My mom’s solution to my predicament was to make me drink gallons of water—one painful glass at a time. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z In reality, however, even when the electrons are sent one at a time, the fringes still appear. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But with each defeated kite, hope grew in my heart, like snow collecting on a wall, one flake at a time. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z From the Downey library, she would take out armfuls of books, fifteen or even twenty at a time. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It’s only the biggest chicken farm in the county with flocks of fifty thousand birds at a time. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Each time James Bevel gave the signal, the next group poured out the front door and down the stairs—some fifty children at a time—and continued the peaceful protest march. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She took the steps two at a time, her wooden wedges making a dull clomp to match my mood. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z It took quite a while, because the microwave can only hold four at a time. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are you talking about filing at a time like this? I am prepared to contact my attorneys and have them sue you for making me get on that obscene stool.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Brian’s a machine, a machine gun, two at a time, three, four, underhand, overhand, both hands. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He told them again the words of Pan—how they must save the wild a little at a time. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Win it all? I thought you liked to take things one at a time.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z This time Branwell didn’t wait for me to point to the letters one at a time. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He went to work, he disappeared for many hours at a time, he came home, he slept. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “One at a time!” he grunted at the old man. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I nodded and went up the stairs, two steps at a time. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She is stunned that in this town there are no sidewalks to speak of, no streetlights, no public transportation, no stores for miles at a time. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z As soon as Boukreev found the group, it became obvious to him that he could bring only one climber in at a time. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I do not dare to leave the house for more than a few minutes at a time. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z One system at a time, I cleanly shut them all down, ending with the main computer itself. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been slow at first, one line at a time, until seeing the letters and understanding the most common words had become easier and easier. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Jab and run, dodge, forget the combinations, one punch at a time, two jabs, hit and run, stick and move, don't get too close too long. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He would have welcomed a fight — with not too many enemies at a time — rather than this hideous brooding uncertainty. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Ever transcribed 141 random bytes, one-half of a byte at a time? The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She often stayed at her cousin’s estate for weeks at a time, enjoying “an atmosphere of love and peace, of freedom and good cheer.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I let the flapping of wings and the squawking and the pecking and the prodding continue, relaxing one muscle at a time, resigning myself to becoming a pecked carcass. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Because Sony bought transistor licensing rights from Western Electric at a time when the American electronics consumer industry was churning out vacuum tube models and reluctant to compete with its own products. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Brides one read about had trousseaux, dozens of sets at a time, and I had never bothered. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “You’ll go one at a time,” Brullo said, and behind them a pair of soldiers rolled out a cart of bows and quivers loaded with arrows. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z With a couple of dozen drunken men at a time lurching across it, the catwalk bucked and heaved and swayed like a tormented snake. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “It is one of my specialties, yet there is little opportunity to use it. I am not adept at creating this type of illusion to be viewed by more than one person at a time.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Also whenever he went upstairs he went up two at a time, always starting with his right foot. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “When I was a girl, I used to dry tobacco leaves one at a time,” she begins in a quiet voice. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He slings his legs one at a time over the bench across from me and grins. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Dill’s father quickly opened and closed both hands, one finger at a time, making the serpents on his forearms ripple and writhe. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Popping chips in his mouth one at a time and wiping his greasy fingers on his pants. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He graduated from his public high school in New York at a time when New York City public schools were the envy of the world. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z And now the sun was gone for weeks at a time. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “This ordeal was the most terrible torture,” she said, “as it prevented my sleeping for more than a few minutes at a time.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z His stories unfolded slowly and were often punctuated by a great wheezing cough, which would force him to stop for minutes at a time. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like living in a cornucopia; for weeks at a time Ann didn't see the inside of a grocery store. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Tonic of every color trickles down one glass at a time, filling lower glasses. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z It walked in a circle, until it was facing away from Coraline, and then it began to walk backwards, stiffly, one step at a time, until it was pushing up against Coraline’s leg. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Bellingham dropped his manners and bounded up the stairs, two at a time. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z One thing at a time, like Daddy had always said. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z They dropped their huge purple flowers every so often, one at a time, like ladies dropping their hankies to get your attention. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet once the project was finished, the press of business kept him from visiting his refurbished vacation home for more than a few weekend days at a time. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Annabeth pushed past him and took the stairs three at a time, Hazel right behind her and Frank trailing, still gasping for air. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The image revealed itself in slow motion, one line of pixels at a time. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z One at a time, shining an intense light in each. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Let’s not panic when Aaron wouldn’t stay asleep for more than thirty minutes at a time during the night. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Their field of view was tiny—Galileo could see only part of the moon at a time. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Starting with her thumb, she commences counting down, rolling each finger one at a time into her palm as she talked. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Margo started taking the stairs two at a time, flying up, one arm on the rail, and I tried to keep pace with her, but couldn’t. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z It did this over and over, traveling just a few feet at a time. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “We just figure it out one day at a time. C’mon, let’s get ready for supper.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I breathed heavily and focused on moving one foot at a time. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Tess wasn’t outside, so they took the porch steps two at a time and rang the doorbell. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z It was a generous thing to do, especially at a time when they were hurrying so in their Plan, their own move. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z My dad had stayed at the house every night, refusing to go on any out-of-town runs or to stay away from my mother for more than a couple of hours at a time. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z A step at a time, he reminded himself. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He carved the stone of Behistun into a staircase—one step at a time—all the while dreaming that he’d reach the peak of the mountain and by then he’d have changed the world. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z One at a time, with no shoving, the twins stepped forward. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Come on, everybody. Come one, come all. I’ll settle you three at a time.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z They must have been heavy, for one person could carry only one at a time, over his shoulders. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Getting anybody to join a club, or volunteer for a committee, or do anything at all is like having your teeth pulled out one at a time by needle-nose pliers. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z His head bobs between the messy draft and the computer screen, one word at a time. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Let’s start solving the world’s problems. One step at a time.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Tab had opened a bag of chips and was eating them one at a time, looking weirdly solemn, as if she felt sorry for them. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I leap three steps at a time to the helm, grab the tiller, and struggle to turn it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z In addition to all those technological drawbacks, the Phaistos disk was printed at a time when knowledge of writing was confined to a few palace or temple scribes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Taran, thinking it easier to get wet a little at a time, hung back as much as he could—until Melyngar lunged ahead, carrying him with her. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z When she finished with the laughter, she laid it down a peal at a time and turned to me, wiping her eyes. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z We stood in the rain and were taken out one at a time to be questioned and shot. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z One atom at a time, One atom at a time. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Usually they put them in three at a time to burn faster, but I rushed him in by himself to make sure he had the dignity of his own cremation. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Stephen tells me to move my feet slowly, balancing on one foot at a time, careful not to step on twigs. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Since there are so many of them, they can make collective guesses at almost anything antigenic on the surface of the earth, but they must do their work one notion at a time. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “No thank you, Brother. I couldn’t sleep a wink at a time like this. You know how it is.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He liked eating them one layer at a time. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z That summer we arrived, we were constantly seeing veterans packing their bags and rucksacks and going off for two or three days at a time with what seemed to us scary nonchalance. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Half the fathers of the A group had a college degree or beyond, and this at a time when a university education was a rarity. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z They would have to live well together in close quarters for weeks at a time—traveling, eating, sleeping, and racing without internal friction among them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z At first, I was worried the Sixers would also try to use the tablet to hunt down each of our avatars and kill us one at a time. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Mother spread a small, soft hand onto hers and washed the fingers one at a time. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Her observation came at a time when media use in general was exploding among children, up to an average of around ten hours a day of screen time, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Everyone begins taking turns going up, two at a time, each behind alternate sides of the screen, singing a song in Japanese and clapping while everyone in the audience sings along with them. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She grew very big—abnormally big, even at a time when women gloried in big babies and counted extra pounds with pride. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z For hours at a time she would sit almost immobile on the bed, nursing his young sister, a tiny, ailing, very silent child of two or three, with a face made simian by thinness. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z They stood and gazed, and they made little comments on the sadness that this should happen at a time of joy, and they said, “All things are in God’s hands.” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z When Adolf Hitler came to power, he vowed to break the treaty, a promise he would keep, one step at a time. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Dad had taken to disappearing for days at a time. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Nah. I’m just trying to not let history repeat itself, is all,” and we pull up to Aunt Heidi’s stop and plop down the stairs two at a time, onto the street below. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z It was extremely hard work, and I was only strong enough to remove a little bit of dirt at a time. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I suppose it is natural at a time like that for a boy to think of his mother. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Bent nearly double, his fingers touch the keys much like he touches his cards, one at a time. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z They must have poured gasoline, because the flames shot high, and then they began dumping the magazines, from boxes, not too many at a time. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z It was another for him to be discovered to be ineligible at a time when he would take the whole Carter team down with him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Father started down the steps three at a time, running toward Black Dog, who lay sprawled across the railing, his legs spread out on the steps. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Three times a day, for an hour at a time, they corral you into a circle and force you to listen to things that are so awful you can’t purge them from your mind. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I can see the sweat forming on his forehead, one bead at a time. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z One of the priests who taught at the school turned up at our classroom door and talked to our teacher for a minute, then started taking students from the classroom three at a time. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z I’m going to hold them up one at a time behind Mom’s head, where Richard can see them. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Katherine organized herself immediately at her desk, growing phone- book-thick stacks of data sheets a number at a time, blocking out everything except the labyrinth of trajectory equations. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z But Wang Lung would never talk of selling a foot of any piece, and he would only rent it for an agreed price for a year at a time. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Miss Kenton continued very gently to prise the book away, practically one finger at a time. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Fifteen men in harness dragged one boat at a time across the wet snow and over the ice, stopping every quarter mile to rest, before going back to haul the second boat forward. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z But they get away with it by arranging the words so that a reader can absorb them a phrase at a time, each phrase conveying a chunk of conceptual structure. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Tally bolted up to the top floor, taking two stairs at a time. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Using my pencil, I pointed to the letters one at a time and watched for Branwell to blink twice. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The bowl she holds fills slowly, one drop at a time, but eventually the poison fills the bowl to the brim. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I weaned him off me by spending half an hour at a time out of his presence, then an afternoon, and finally days away once he was comfortable with his new friends. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “Every game’s a winnable game. We take ’em one game at a time.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z I could hear the door slamming in the living room and him and Aaron running down the stairs, taking them two at a time the way they always did. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z “We’re alike, he and I. It was just the same for me when I was young. I wasn’t born invisible; it happened a little at a time.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Slowly, she turned to face me, taking in my appearance a little at a time, starting with my feet and then gradually working her way up to my face. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I burst into the stairwell, and I feel like I'm flying, running up the stairs two at a time. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When they’re finally asleep—thankfully Frank’s angry news program works even better than a story tonight—I carry them one at a time from the couch into their bed. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Snow fell from the sky for hours at a time and then stayed on the ground for days. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z One at a time, they came flying down and out, feet first. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But Grandma said, “Skin down to the cellar and bring up fifteen or twenty bottles of my beer. Just carry two at a time. I don’t want any broke.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Behind him, a nervous-looking satyr was peeling the skins off grapes and handing them to Mr. D one at a time. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z How many kids missed their older brothers or sisters for months at a time? Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Jason had never faced more than two at a time. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z But the crew of a big warship didn’t just fire off one cannonball at a time. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z I'd have to take it out one piece at a time to look at it. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z On his stomach, an inch at a time, he came to me and laid his head in my hand.- Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She came two steps at a time upstairs, and pushed aside Jim—groggy with sleep and wondering what all the commotion was about. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Jack’s parents frequently entertained friends and relatives, some of whom stayed with the family for weeks at a time. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z “That’s better. Participation is welcome, but one at a time. Let’s do talk about baseball!” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Jamie waited while Bridge mentally unlocked her muscles, one at a time. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I watch the parrot checking in with the crew members one at a time, landing on their shoulders, or perching atop their heads for a few moments before flying off to the next. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z All she was doing was losing things, one thing at a time. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z People—friends, family—started filing in, one at a time, as they found freedom. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Each letter flickers on one at a time,C-R-E-S-T-M-O-N-T , like filling in a crossword puzzle with neon letters. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Some residents invite strangers to stay in their homes, sometimes for months at a time. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Without plural words, we’d have to talk about one thing at a time! Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We are reading The Scarlet Letter one sentence at a time, tearing it up and chewing on its bones. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I jump down three at a time and almost fall. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z We filed into the classroom slowly, one at a time, all staring at Darren and his desk. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z We'd hit one block at a time, me going down one side and T going down the other. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z To obviate this, I cleaned but two steps at a time, a distance over which a ten-year-old child could step. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “How can you think of Mythomagic at a time like this?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He slammed his fist down on the pulpit, which caused all the dried-up palm fronds to shift suddenly sideways and begin falling forward, one at a time. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Black fists in black gloves delivering black power two jabs at a time. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Neither of them had ever been radical—even at a time of protests, sit-ins, marches, riots—but now they owned two houses, four cars, a small boat they docked at the marina downtown. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Celaena managed to walk, one step at a time, away from the king. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Using the same method of pushing each of Alby’s arms and legs up two or three feet at a time, Thomas slowly made his way up the stone wall. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z One or two at a time, then more. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z I had begun holding it days at a time, and couldn’t, with all the walking that night. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I didn’t have the sense to apply for more than one job at a time and I never even heard back from them. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Two visitors were allowed in at a time. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “This is a new, challenging lesson plan. One step at a time.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Some men who came from poor families did not see their wives for many years at a time, if at all. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We press on, and I squeeze the gel into my mouth a little at a time as I run. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z "They stay out for a year at a time," he said. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Piper met their eyes, one person at a time. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The path wasn’t wide enough for two at a time. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z "Everyone says four years, but really it's just a few months at a time, and then a few months home every summer." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Yeah. But not today, Alex. Let’s take it one step at a time.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z A little at a time, she told him about the night after Beto fixed the radio. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z One morning Mami cooked our dinner, left everything ready for Gloria, dressed, and got us off to school one at a time. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Mom pours dribbles of the ice-cold Coke into my mouth, one sip at a time, making sure I don’t spill on my shirt. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z The heavy gold rings slide forward to the knuckles, hesitate, then fall off one at a time. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A truck driver for a car factory, he drove brand-new shiny cars to dealerships around the country and could be gone weeks at a time, depending on the schedule. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Hanako had never been freezing, but in Tule Lake she had been very cold for several days at a time, and she did not like it at all. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Something I was beginning to learn about Miss Sadie was that whatever she said could mean more than one thing at a time. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z One of the huge black birds flitted around, lifting off the ground for a few seconds at a time. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I was stupid and dumb and never learned and...and one step at a time. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “You live in one tiny part of your life at a time.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They began moving kids off the bus, one seat of four at a time. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Now suppose we take these facts one at a time. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He gestured at his eyebrows, which he was raising one at a time while simultaneously puckering his lips. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I would have to take Harlem a little at a time. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z They burst out of the water, dozens of them at a time, some of them flick-flacking over a hundred yards through the air. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The fetterlings could only come one, two at a time at most. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Day after day, officials questioned hundreds of children, one at a time. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Anyhow, the little freak is tugging it backwards, a few inches at a time. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Fully grown women were seen going into sweetshops and buying ten Wonka candy bars at a time, then tearing off the wrappers on the spot and peering eagerly underneath for a glint of golden paper. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z He placed the stack before him on the desk and began to turn the cards over, two or three at a time. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Soon it wasn’t possible for him to walk longer than five minutes at a time without pausing to lean against a sweet gum tree. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked slowly up the stairs, one step at a time. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I gave a detailed description of the squatting punishments, and another child explained how Mrs. Moss forced her to squat for hours at a time. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “So, Matthew,” she said, scooping potatoes with a spoon, and eating a little at a time, like cheesecake. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I reach up, trying to pry his hands away from my head one finger at a time. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I brought each chunk in through the airlock, one at a time. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z And he handed it to Tock, who undertook at once to carry one drop at a time from well to well. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Dad came bounding up the stairs two at a time, as excited as any time I had ever seen him, with the possible exception of when the West Virginia coaches came to see Jim. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z While the channeling of stimulus dollars to law enforcement may help some police officers keep their jobs at a time when state and local budgets are being slashed, there is a cost. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z George carries Ray, one step at a time, down to the creek, because naturally Ray needs to be there too. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z That’s how the boat comes free, a few inches at a time. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “One at a time, please, one at a time,” said the policeman. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z This occurred at a time when Mandela and Tambo was flourishing and I was in court dozens of times a week. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She took the stairs two at a time to the bedroom in search of Isa. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I can only write a little bit at a time, as I don’t get much privacy around here, even though it’s just me and Mami in the walk-in closet in the Mancinis’ bedroom. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Sometimes I stood in front of it for several minutes at a time, studying her face and her body. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Get a firm location, figure his speed, keep moving—a step at a time. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z I went up the stairs one at a, one at a, one at a time. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “I. .. own ... stores,” he roared, one word at a time, thick tongued. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled the raisins out and ate them one at a time, taking small sips of water in between. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The teacher blows a whistle, calling kids’ names one at a time. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Until attitudes changed, suffragists were going to have to work for the passage of suffrage legislation one state at a time. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He opened it, one inch at a time, and peered out. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z As a boy he would run up; descending, he would take die steps three at a time, leaping. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “That right?” the cop said, nodding his head and staring at each of us, one at a time. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Jule stretched her knees straight, one at a time, then folded herself back up in the space behind the seats. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z When we stopped to rest in a copse, we did not all sleep, but one at a time stayed awake to watch the Serjeant and make sure he attempted no act against us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He didn't sleep a moment and just scratched on the leather for hours at a time. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z Under Robbie’s rules, kids who took piano lessons were allowed to work on only one song at a time. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She showed us her wedding album, one picture at a time, and said, “Wasn’t I slim and beautiful?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z When he did, it was never more than one sentence at a time in that quiet way he had. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Taking the stairs two at a time, he didn’t even notice me following behind. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The stairs were so narrow, that with more students coming up, his had to file down one at a time. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He concentrated on one step at a time, carefully raising and setting down each foot. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Only one person could approach it at a time. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Is that anything to talk about at a time like this? Your own flesh and blood, and maybe Dr. Guarino can make him like other children, with the Lord’s help, and you talk about money!” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z We’re exploring one square mile at a time in the northwest. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “Let’s not buy trouble. One day at a time, my friends. Who knows what tomorrow may bring?” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z By using only its front teeth to chew down one tree at a time and dragging each one into the water, it eventually made a home that could dam a whole river. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z No longer were the university’s resources, parceled out at a few hundred dollars at a time, sufficient for his purposes. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Days at a time, she was gone, and when she returned she sometimes went straight to bed without washing her face or brushing her teeth. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z One day at a time, his father had said when Tad got out of the hospital. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z One at a time, they went inside to the bathroom. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z But we preferred the sea to the quarry, although we never spent more than a few days there at a time. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They remained shut in the cupboardlike room for hours at a time. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He took the stairs three at a time, flung open the door. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z “But one petition at a time. Next up is a petition to get a daily fifteen-minute break in the morning. You know, so our brains can refresh between classes.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z She unloaded him a stick at a time. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “That must’ve been some revival,” Shady said over his shoulder as he took the jugs two at a time out to the sheriff’s truck. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Emma took the stairs three at a time, right alongside Chess. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Also, he said he liked to take his enemies one at a time. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Little by little, one small portion of a limb at a time, I soak the poison out of my wounds. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Whatever the exact cause, Galileo suffered from repeated bouts of an arthritic ailment for the rest of his life, which sometimes confined him to bed for several weeks at a time. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z It will come slowly, one step at a time. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z For hours at a time I would admire my looks myself, turning this way and that before the mirror, or assuming a relaxed pose to see what I looked like in real life. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She climbs the ladder and restores the heavy Audubon volumes to their shelf one at a time, as though putting away something irritating. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Little kids would gather around, four or five at a time. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Ali Rodriguez lifted three boxes of flyers at a time and placed them in neat piles in a corner. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z There was a long pause as he cracked his knuckles one at a time. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z As the months went on, the Wide Patrols became systematic; during summer and early autumn there were usually two or three out at a time. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I get to my feet and limp down the stairs one at a time, careful not to slip off the side and plummet down to the water. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Luke leaned forward slowly, moving a fraction of an inch at a time, until he could just barely see around the door. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Ma often lamented the fact that she could not afford to buy us fruit, sometimes for weeks at a time, but we didn’t mind. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He had begun to leave the graveyard for days, sometimes weeks, at a time. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Lula came to pick a kitten at a time she and I had arranged together, making sure that none of my brothers was around. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z So let's take the problems one at a time. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Worrying about graffiti at a time when the entire system was close to collapse seems as pointless as scrubbing the decks of the Titanic as it headed toward the icebergs. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I mount the steps, two at a time. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Let’s see what happens if you start mixing them together, a little bit at a time.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He didn’t feed him more than one at a time, though. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z They sprang onto the field three at a time, one with a new, loaded box, the other two after downed pigeons. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z I might as well have just been born, or just wormed through a Lazarus Door—one atom at a time. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “One thing at a time now. Patience, patience. Let’s proceed methodically, lights or no lights. Mr. Hooks, will you redirect?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “I can only afford to pay off one debt at a time. So for now we are going to say we are building a bomb shelter.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Melted just a little bit at a time,” Sherman added. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The smaller stumps he could jump two at a time, and he could walk on the top rail of the fence without being afraid. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Be there be there be there,” he whispered, taking the steps two at a time. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Identical twins—but not in piddling twos and threes as in the old vivip-arous days, when an egg would sometimes accidentally divide; actually by dozens, by scores at a time. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z That morning we gulped our breakfast and left the dining hall one at a time. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Out back there was a swing with a seat wide enough for him and his father and Thula to ride three at a time on warm summer nights. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She took the steps three at a time and sped down Broad Street toward home. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He lay down for minutes at a time, and started at every sound. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z “It would just be easier if problems happened one at a time.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Using the same method of pushing each of Alby s arms and legs up two or three feet at a time, Thomas slowly made his way up the stone wall. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Three or four Ayorthaians at a time occupy the stage in turn and sing long, sad ballads or happy tunes or funny ones, joined by the whole throng in the choruses. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I cradled the blocks in my left arm, picking up one at a time to place it. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Enrique has seen him take a number of men and boys across the river, always at night, usually one or two at a time, paddling furiously in their inner tubes. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The corpses — or what was left of them — were laid out in rows on the floor, and groups of four or five persons at a time were permitted to view them. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Two dozen kids in their best clothes concentrating as hard as they could to piece out “prestidigitation” one letter at a time. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Their escape came at a time of hysteria about the underground and was greeted with blaring newspaper headlines. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His lessons, especially English, gave him something to concentrate on, a way to block out the confusion for an hour or two at a time. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z At dawn he crept forward a foot at a time, hoping he would catch her asleep. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She hardly slept an hour at a time. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z I scaled the back stairs two at a time. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Slowly, Amari returned to the world, sipping mugs of hot liquid, eating a little of the special foods that Teenie made for her, and staying awake for several hours at a time. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z If we were stuck in gridlock, my mom would turn the car off and it was my job to get out and push it forward six inches at a time. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z George toyed with telling Mom about the plan, but she remembered Mom’s words: one step at a time. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z “I’m living one day at a time, praise Jesus.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z My mother had died a few months before and I had been getting things in order for my father, a little bit at a time. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Come here one at a time, then,” the doctor said, and Theodora moved forward, grimacing as she passed the doorway. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z My legs nearly gave out as we reached the stairs, but we took them one at a time, with excruciating slowness. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Her voice faded as she made her way down to the street, one slow step at a time. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They met each other’s gaze for only a second before breaking into a sprint, skipping stairs two at a time. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I wondered whether she’d still be mad the next day and why I never seemed to be able to be friends with more than one human female at a time. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z They kept going, one step at a time. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z My father often left us for two or three days at a time, doing missions in even more remote areas. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I collected all nineteen of the game’s treasures as I went, returning repeatedly to the living room in the white house to place them in the trophy case, a few at a time. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z We hear only 1 witness at a time, but the others are clearly still talking on other screens. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z Usually, I only bring over sections at a time. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Bats flew like dust in a granary, then returned to their places, a few at a time, until all was still again, motionless, as if lifeless. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z She made her way down the stairs, jumping down one at a time. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z But under snow they may stay underground for days at a time, feeding only by chewing pellets. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He could sleep only a few hours at a time before violent hacking spells woke him. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As my captors waited, I stepped out of my shoes one at a time, pressing down on the heels with the opposite foot, wobbling and nearly losing my balance without my arms to steady me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Only one guy takes a wave at a time,” I said into the phone. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z We watched in awe as Abuelita Remedios lanced, compressed, and flushed Pita’s wounds one at a time before applying her concoction liberally to each laceration. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I set it on the counter and unload the plates one at a time, arms shaking. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Then the commandos executed them by machine-gun fire, killing hundreds of men, women, and children at a time. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The next day after school, Jesse went down and got the lumber he needed, carrying it a couple of boards at a time to the creek bank. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z She said to take the Kleenex out one at a time and let the wind catch it. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z It was also released at a time when a Gulf war was brewing and when there were no other representations of Iranians in TV shows and movies. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z What a thing to see at a time when I needed it so badly! Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “One at a time, please! Don’t push! Don’t push! You’re all going to get in!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z He ran into the hallway, then leaped down the stairs three at a time. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The human mind can do only a few things at a time, and the order in which information comes in affects how that information is handled. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I opened the proposal, skimmed through the table of contents, and flipped the pages one at a time, trying to make sense of her plan. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z It must have been hard for Father to leave us for so many months at a time, hard for him to know the burdens he put on my mother. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z I hop blindly up two at a time. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I focus on making one move at a time, and before long, I’m able to drop onto the ledge. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z She was preoccupied, and often stood in the quadrangle by men’s surgical, in long conferences with her counterpart, or she disappeared for two days at a time. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z That was the day they found out that it really was impossible for more than one person at a time to get through the hole in the fence, no matter how hard they tried. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z And I watch his shiny boots step one rung at a time up the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Reed rolled his eyes and finished his circuit of the ship, slapping the last sixteen-pounder—twelve—and taking the stairs to the quarterdeck two at a time. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The average stabled horse spends just five minutes at a time lying down to sleep, almost always at night. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In the end Brian did get him to skid—about three inches at a time. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z He’s cracking his knuckles one at a time. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z This was the kid who had spent entire days at a time begging me to play Chutes and Ladders with him. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I generally considered how nice it would be if I could simply stop myself from hurtling through space so fast, if only for a few seconds at a time. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z It took me the rest of lunch recess to carry the trays—one at a time—up to the classroom. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Then Min would carve out the design a bit at a time. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z An old woman wearing a hairnet and a light blue maid’s uniform brought in several trays at a time. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z At the camps, survival meant getting through each hour of each day, one day at a time. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z They would talk to her for hours at a time, and leave booklets and leaflets and magazines for her to read. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z One problem at a time—just figure out this one problem. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z What can a man do for a woman at a time like this even if he is a saint? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “There is just enough space for one man at a time to crawl through,” he said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He chose to study it at a time when cotton was one cent a pound and the Finches had everything but money. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Still carefully he sorted the papers, taking them up one at a time and shaking them. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She made a thin soup of spinach and onions and fed it to Granny a spoonful at a time. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Remember to focus on one thing at a time. Think of the fruit like birds—apples are pigeons, cranberries are chickadees.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z “For most of our marriage I treated her as though she didn’t matter! I came home only between wars, and left her alone for months at a time! There was always war!” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Noodles took the pink yarn and the needles like taking a baton in a relay race, and started up the steps, two at a time. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I’d get a few minutes of information a few minutes at a time, then I’d have to wait a week for the next installment. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z "One at a time. What do you know about this article?" he said to me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I started stealing closer to him one slow step at a time. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z They had not been apart for more than a few days at a time ever since they had first started dating, in college. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama nodded, then went up the stairs two at a time. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z At first he’d steal them one or two at a time and I asked Byron what I should do to stop him. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The synagogue served as a collection point for Berlin Jews, holding one thousand at a time. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Gradually add the other two ostinati patterns, one at a time. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Grandpop had been getting more and more comfortable with the yard, and was now taking four or five steps at a time before slapping his hands back down on Genie’s shoulders. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Well, personally, I can only take one path at a time,” said Akimi. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z The painter had poured water from the duck’s bill onto a stone a single drop at a time, mixing ink to exactly the correct consistency for his work. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z So, since Emma was out of the room, and since nobody had labeled the jar as theirs, Jake popped open the top and gobbled down the jelly beans, one fistful at a time. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Laughing at the astonished look on Dudley’s face, Harry took the stairs three at a time, and hurled himself back into his bedroom. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z And educating herself one book at a time. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Because they cannot be seen through thick forest, researchers believe they must have been constructed at a time when the region had little tree cover. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Maria had brought hunks of cheese and pepperoni.'Tm going to put them into your mouth one at a time—but you have to promise not to bite me.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I took the stairs two at a time, trying to be quiet, and flew into my room, closing the door tightly behind me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z It’s hard to imagine that this landscape of loops was made one link at a time, starting that afternoon in the art room. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “Please, can we stay with one issue at a time? I asked a simple question,” I say. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z It’s true he was often working for weeks at a time on construction projects in Quito. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The afternoons in the Goldengrove are always perfectly warm and sunny and have been known to last for days at a time. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z There are three drivers working, and we manage to time ourselves so that only one of us is in the shop at a time. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I cannot and will not give any undertaking at a time when I and you, the people, are not free. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Seven thought all three of them could fit inside one print at a time. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z There were many knots, and it looked like Muriel could undo only one at a time. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z It was easier to deal with one at a time. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Loading the zincoshine was a labor-intensive process, no more than three inches of propellant compressed at a time in the casement, a drying time of four hours required for each segment. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Now after thirty-four years, the commemorations and interviews and presentations of posthumous honors have almost stopped, so that for months at a time Dedd is able to take up her own life again. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I myself had gone without food for days at a time in my early years in Johannesburg. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Come along, it looks worse than it is. Just find solid handholds and take it one step at a time.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Lauren seemed to compensate by watching TV for hours at a time, housewives and fix-it shows and singing competitions flashing across the screen every time Maya came downstairs for a snack. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Her prince—no, her king now!— took the steps of the Iron Throne two at a time, while his mother was seated with the council. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He ran down the stairs taking two steps at a time, the other two thundering along in his wake. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z If they were ordinary foes, it might have been possible to defend against them with great broad slashes that gutted two or three at a time. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z At that point, one sleeve at a time, I pulled my arms inside my jersey so that it sat on my shoulders like a cloak. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The Transvaal Law Society was an extremely conservative organization, and they were seeking to punish me at a time when they assumed I would be unable to defend myself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A string of especially perplexing breakdowns had bedeviled the lab that year, at a time when Lawrence was struggling to fill a mounting stack of orders for radioisotopes from all over the country. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Mark is moving in that direction, planting his feet one at a time, reestablishing his position with every step. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z They handed it out a little bit at a time, to make sure everyone got some. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She fixed me breakfast—scrambled eggs and Cream of Wheat—and fed me, one spoonful at a time. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Little Lou was such a stopped-up type that when Ralph was done with his news, they could sit for a quarter hour at a time in complete silence. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know it’s not good for me to hover close. One step at a time. I’ll walk Kim to school. You walk her home.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z Emma’s eyes are glued to the screen, the crisps moving one at a time into her mouth on a pink conveyor belt. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z “You can’t eat it like that! You have to eat one piece at a time, faceup, so that the cinnamon and the sugar hit the roof of your mouth.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z We’ve been living in this motel for weeks, which is unusual: we never stay in motels for more than a night at a time. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Laid across the table is the hot comb, Dixie Peach hair grease, horsehair brush, parting stick and one girl at a time. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z I run up the stairs, two at a time. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z “They’ll pump water over the trees all night long, probably a quarter of the grove at a time.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe,” I tell him, climbing the steps two at a time. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z And sometimes less than one at a time. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Then, a few at a time, we moved the tools and the motors from the Toy Tinker’s truck to the cave. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z They began throwing cannonballs—dozens at a time. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z If cards from each of these decks are turned over one at a time in tandem, what is the probability that at least one exact match will occur? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He planned to reorient his unit one step at a time. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Personally, I find that if I run two miles at a time, four times a week, then the doctors who give me physical exams say that I am keeping my heart muscle in good condition. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s take one thing at a time,” I said. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “Sometimes the food you bring me, it lasts for months at a time,” she said. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Seven takes the steps two at a time and throws the front door open. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Her seven rooms were always crammed to the gills, with as many as twenty-one men boarding at a time and five to six new referrals every day. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I started again marking off the letters one at a time. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I slipped back to the stairs and softly began to ease myself down them a step at a time. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Mama or one of my grandmas would haul up the dirt a bucket at a time. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Coach Whit stood off to the side, kicking her legs behind her, one at a time, catching them by the ankle and holding them for an extra quad stretch. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z I wipe them away a few at a time and watch them disappear, too tiny to see fall. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Shawn pulled off his gloves, slowly, delicately, one finger at a time, as if there weren’t a man screaming six inches from his face. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z We’ve never gone to school for more than three or four months at a time anyway. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The suitcase was so packed with books Emily had to drag it up to the front porch one step at a time. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I always twisted mine open and ate the chocolate off first, one lick at a time. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Now, a man who is not afraid at a time like this is a man without enough sense to follow the water. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I cover myself with anti-itch cream from Rite Aid but can manage to sleep only for an hour and a half at a time before the torment resumes. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He did one thing at a time, slowly, deliberately, completely. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “But let’s take it one step at a time. Find the least dangerous situation that can evoke some spontaneity in you.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “And racism is something you’ll definitely have to wrestle with. But you gotta take things a single step at a time.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Usually we were sent out for a week at a time, to visit half a dozen cities, making a couple of speeches a day as we went. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I move one limb at a time and crawl on all fours to the front of the truck. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z There was so much to do and so many people to greet that Joseph was able to put his sadness out of his mind for minutes at a time. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I pluck about a cup of dirt at a time. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z I’m an eternal stranger forced to reintroduce myself to her one bon mot at a time. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Thousands at a time, pushed into trucks and taken to villages “in the east.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Let’s take a swing at these problem words a few at a time. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Jiménez sent us out to see the nurse two at a time, in alphabetical order. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z They leave one at a time and go their separate ways. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z A few at a time, the others followed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He will take one step at a time. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z The cars take off one at a time, each heading in the same direction down the same road. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Got as close as I could from the road and then trekked in, back and forth, one box at a time. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I started sliding off the pillow, an inch at a time, when Max stiffened. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I heard the wheels of his chair clunk carefully down the front steps, two at a time. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z This situation was deeply disconcerting to me, for such a scandal only served to divide the movement at a time when unity was essential. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Often, I was Observant for hours at a time, and would respond to none, but instead sat motionless and noted the minute stitching of brocade, or the ingenuity of wood. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The cave is large enough to hold as many as seventy elephants at a time. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She flips them over, one at a time, laying them faceup in an elaborate pattern across the table, some overlapping and others in rows, until there are about a dozen cards laid out. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She sat unmoving for hours at a time. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Still, after that he would leave for hours at a time. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Because when spring comes, it melts the snow one flake at a time, and maybe I just witnessed the first flake melting. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Now that there is no one to feed or entertain or talk to for weeks at a time. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z If Richard Parker appeared, it would be more awkward to drop from the oar, but one terror at a time, Pacific before tiger. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z They lay up to five hundred eggs at a time and bury them. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z If Gideon leaves Des Moines, Iowa, at 6:45 a.m., traveling one railroad tie at a time, and I leave Manifest, doing the same, how long will it take us to meet? Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z She closed the door behind her and leapt upward two steps at a time. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Lourdes takes out scientific texts for him from the college library and he locks himself in his room to read for days at a time. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z We walked out to the exercise courtyard, where these inmates were placed in large chain-link cages to exercise several at a time. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The notion that all of these reforms can be accomplished piecemeal—one at a time, through disconnected advocacy strategies—seems deeply misguided. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The truth was, I wanted to strangle the Hunters of Artemis one eternal maiden at a time. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Scattering fallen leaves as he rushed down the tree-lined street, thirteen-year-old Bobby vaulted up the red-carpeted stairs of the Marshall Chess Club two steps at a time and entered the Great Hall. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But I couldn’t dip more than two fingers at a time. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z August hands me the buckets of meat, one at a time. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z A few days before my first exam, I was in my room studying, trying to focus on one word at a time, when the doorbell rang. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z That the bone didn’t attract greater interest is more than a little puzzling, for its appearance came at a time when America was in a froth of excitement about the remains of large, ancient animals. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The vaults were constructed one bay at a time, a bay being the rectangular area between four piers. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z They find the stairwell, descend rapidly, taking two steps at a time. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “Maybe we can boil the water in the tub, one pot at a time,” I suggest, “and collect the steam.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z When Nathan saw it he was full of admiration, and made much of this one fruit—he who was used to harvesting a field at a time. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, the doctors designed gas chambers camouflaged as shower rooms that held from fifteen to twenty victims at a time. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Her husband, a big handsome man just slightly shorter than his wife, worked on the railroad and was gone for days at a time. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z One at a time I flex my feet at the ankles, extend my legs, and point my toes to check that the ribbons of my pointe shoes are tied and securely tucked. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Bodega did something to the neighborhood, something with staying power, like a song that no one could possibly like but you, because you heard it at a time when your heart was breaking. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He was three hundred yards away when Speedy began backing, a step at a time, cautiously—and Powell stopped. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z It made things faster at a time when a few seconds could mean the difference between life and death. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d designed the hull to resonate every few seconds, sending waves through the Mist and alerting Festus to any nearby monsters, but it only worked in one mode at a time: water or air. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He hadn’t intended for us to wither into desiccated husks in front of brightly lit screens that leeched away our summer days one meme at a time. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Dad said, “We’ll just have to take it one day at a time.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Usually he paid attention equally to both of them, but he seemed to think that sometimes it was good to concentrate on just one at a time. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Most other procedures had to be followed to the letter, many of them having to do with not opening more than one gate at a time, to ensure the strictest control over inmate movement. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As I look back, it seems unnatural to think about the colors of the sunset and boats at a time like that. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z And sometimes you couldn’t get anything like a dial tone for hours at a time and in the end it was easier just to give up and read a book. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes he goes away for two weeks at a time, visiting green-building sites in other cities. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z We tugged and tugged and the shoe started coming out an inch at a time. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He bowed deeply to all of them one at a time, even to Akira, who had just appeared in his own underwear. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z They worked as fast as they could, yanking pods off sometimes two at a time because they didn’t want to be out there all day. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z His illnesses were becoming so bad and so frequent that he sometimes could not work more than twenty minutes at a time without having a pain or discomfort somewhere. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He suggested that the combined resources of the attendees, using their clout to access research, publicity, and people with money, could be marshaled to defeat the worldwide menace of TB, one project at a time. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I lay Laia down on the pallet inside with aching slowness, one limb at a time. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The suitcase was so packed with books Emily had to drag it up to the front porch one step at a time. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Max and I take the steps two at a time until we're out of the station and back on the sidewalk. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z As he ascended the steps, two at a time, he saw Kyle Keeley and his entire entourage running down a staircase from the third floor. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z I take the stairs two at a time, stride through the main doors, and head for the front desk. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The faint tail of knighthood straggled in by twos and threes, then one at a time, then with intervals of days between the solitary riders. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He went up very slowly, one step at a time, thinking. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z We never talked for very long at a time. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Impatient to be out, he skipped up the stairs three at a time. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I remember women coming to the house to visit, to console us, and instead they would cry for hours at a time. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He must have weighed two hundred and twenty or thirty pounds, and I could only move him two or three inches at a time. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z His field of vision shrinks to a peephole, and he sees just a few adjacent words in the string at a time. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Coraline walked up the stairs one step at a time, heading back to her own flat. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Three at a time, the armored giants bore down on Boots and Brute. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Miss Kelsey knew I was nervous, and she helped me get used to everything a little at a time. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z The six of us, including the people we had entered the town together with, gathered at the edge of the swamp as planned and started crossing the clearing three at a time. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He took the secret underground stairs four at a time. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The Jacks left her, one at a time. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z He leaped down the staircase, three steps at a time, and skidded to a halt, searching for a way out. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Em put them into Tab’s hand, one at a time. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I pictured the bird keeper digging up the whole island, one plug at a time, while the terns and the plovers swooped around his head, fearful for their eggs. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He had placed a bird feeder on our porch, and we would sit there together as the birds darted in, picking up seeds one at a time. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “I usually use one at a time,” he confided, as all but the smiling one disappeared again. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z By that time they were more confident about us; sometimes they left us unsupervised in the classroom and even the cafeteria for minutes at a time. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I think that my whole world has cracked into all these little pieces, and the only way I can go about fixing it is one shard at a time. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z These were reference books, she explained, you were only allowed to take one home at a time. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z He crashed down the stairs, three at a time, landing in a crumpled heap on the landing below. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z She jumps higher and then up and down, up and down, both feet at a time like a kid having a tantrum. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She had no idea how, but she could only solve one problem at a time. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z She bounds up the stairs, two at a time, and sees me and Tim and the way Tim is kind of glaring at me. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z I got all that I need since I only wear one shirt and one pair of pants at a time. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My anger was strong enough to lift me to my feet and, one raised foot at a time, push me higher into the storm. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I wonder if she’s taking 3 at a time on purpose. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He had closed his eyes for a few minutes at a time, but had not found sleep. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He takes my hand and taps his fingertips against my fingertips, one at a time. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Tucked in the middle of the forest are three training gyms, a dance studio, medical facilities, dining and recreational spaces, and cabins that can sleep up to three hundred athletes and coaches at a time. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “The whole thing,” thought Gregor, but he said, “Maybe we could just go through it a piece at a time.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Johnson said, “OK, Paul, come with me. You can wait in the nurses room. We’ll be calling you boys in one at a time.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Seems weird to think of emotions happening one at a time like playing cards being dealt out. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Eventually, he asked the tournament organizers to rope off the area around his board, because the crowds would gather and gape, often for hours at a time, while he was playing. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They were introduced, one at a time, each to long, sustained applause. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It was one thing to let him see her crazy life a little bit at a time. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z If I have to remember a lifetime of memories, bits at a time, will it take me another whole lifetime to reclaim them all? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Forks so small that they disappeared in Nailer’s hand, spoons so big and deep they could have been used as ladles at Chen’s grub shack where he served a hundred head at a time. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The bidding went back and forth, a hundred dollars at a time, until it reached seven hundred dollars. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He was closeted there for hours at a time. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Tree-ear wheeled the cart down the road from Min’s house—a step at a time, or so it seemed. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z What a thought at a time like this. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z "One thing at a time. Let me know when you come up with a release mechanism for those ribbons." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Artemis brushed past the girl, taking the steps two at a time. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He would feed Grandfather a spoonful at a time. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And for all their advantage in speed, the computers could still process only one job at a time. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “Why put a perfectly soft, sweet, warm marshmallow between graham crackers? I don’t get it,” says DeShon, munching as he toasts three marshmallows at a time. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Only one person left the room at a time. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Joe says it is impossible to hate them, at a time in life when hating your parents starts feeling like a requirement. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z I take the stairs three at a time, clutching the railing for balance. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z There was no door, merely four walls built of tin which did not meet at one corner, thus leaving enough space for one person at a time. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z With shaking hands, he held the foot of red plastic and dough to his mouth and slipped it in two inches at a time. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A silent Declaration pulled on one sandal at a time. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z When I touched the edge of the landing, I laboriously sat up and levered myself down the stairs one at a time, too weak to walk. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I was making progress with her, one little step at a time. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Arya went down, around and around, leaping over the narrow stone steps two and three at a time. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And at a time when she was cut off from everything she knew—family, home, friends—writing was the thread of continuity. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z One at a time Leah sent her wobbling arrows through the slashed green margin. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Men and boys went hunting, possibly as a group of fathers and sons, probably for days at a time. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I run down the steps, two at a time. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Richardson galloped back first, jumped off the horse, bounded up the stairs three at a time, and muddied up the stewards’ stand carpets. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She would close her bedroom door and put her head under the blankets, and there she would remain for hours at a time, trembling, praying, and calling for her mother with the power of thought. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A common practice was to have jockeys’ room valets open soda cans by puncturing the top with an ice pick, making it impossible to drink more than a few drops at a time. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr Hooper came up the stairs, two at a time, Kingshaw watched his long, thin legs, opening like scissors, and saw his long, thin arms reaching down for him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z He could do only one thing at a time. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he’d pulled names out one at a time to determine his initial boatings. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I ate my own, one pocket at a time, until I’d finished the stuffed roll and the apple, which was juicy enough to be both food and drink. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He became a cop in 1967 at a time when just about everyone in the world hated cops. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Time and again she made successful visits to Maryland on the Underground Rail Road, and would be absent for weeks at a time, running daily risks while making preparations for herself and passengers. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Skipping hurriedly around the groaning bodyguard, Mulch took the steps two at a time. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Miss Peregrine climbed it with grim resolve, holding the banister with both hands to pull herself up one step at a time, refusing any help. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Wang Lung stayed away from her court for many days at a time because her temper was too ill to enjoy. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z And she is equally good at doing one thing at a time. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Once at the bottom, the walls create a maze, leaving only a small portion of the garden visible at a time. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z We must enter from behind the stage curtains three at a time, stopping at each X before it’s time to hit the X in the middle of the stage. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I thought I understood what’s happening to her, but this isn’t like being robbed a penny at a time. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z She was supposed to take only one pill at a time, but she often took two. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Sometimes they went off two at a time. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z The little things in my father’s novel were called Lazarus Doors because you actually had to die to come through them—one atom at a time. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Harry wouldn’t have been able to sleep even if he had been traveling on a bus that didn’t keep banging loudly and jumping a hundred miles at a time. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Iorek had to move backward, a step at a time, and to crouch low under the rain of blows from the jeering bear-king. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z And he gave them to Milo, who immediately began transporting one grain at a time. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Her girls came in one at a time and looked at her for decency and for luck and went away. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z In the elementary grades I attended, reading was taught by having kids stand up one at a time and read aloud. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Not fistfuls, but one little hair at a time until I had round bald patches on my head. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z So I stuffed the box in my satchel and climbed, one creaky step at a time. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Mulch held his breath and twisted the dial, one cog at a time. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Since it was nearer, we thought we would carry water to the house from that—two buckets at a time as needed. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z But then she put on three boxes of tinsel, one strand at a time, so that the entire tree was under a silver veil. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z “One old person at a time,” she said deliberately. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She had to concentrate on the present, putting one foot in front of the other, taking this downhill intestinal hike one giant wart at a time. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z There had been the same frequent trips to Calcutta, being plucked out of their American lives for months at a time. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Henry tried to break it down into little bits, thinking six letters at a time would be good. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z June: Not really—just to take life one day at a time. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “One step at a time,” he says, holding my gaze. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Using a combined approach, begin by having the melody group sing the melody, while the ostinati groups come in one at a time using speech only. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I stand at the toilet bowl firing away and wonder what I’d need at a time like this and if this is a common thing in America, women waiting outside while you take a splash. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z One at a time, the insects hopped out of the box, jumped through the chain- link holes, and landed on the ground. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It is more as if he can only do one thing at a time. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z I took the stairs two at a time and opened the first door on the right. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z They must all come out at once because he says, “Whoa, one at a time!” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z If I bring ’em out three at a time I can be fishing all two hundred traps in a couple of weeks. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I could probably dismantle it and bring it in a piece at a time, but there's a pretty compelling reason not to. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It's not a true test, because I'm not there to breathe up the oxygen and make C02, but one step at a time. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I expected to come back with so much food I’d have to push it one item at a time through the two-brick hole. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z She finds she can sleep only two or three hours at a time. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Sometimes defenders have well over one hundred clients at a time; many of these clients are facing decades behind bars or life imprisonment. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z People built homes the way they bought eggs: a little at a time. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She glides it shut, one centimeter at a time, until she hears it click into place, then takes a breath and holds it for as long as she can. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I ran down the stairs two at a time and got to the office as soon as I could. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z He slipped on the gloves, one at a time. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z We’d taken an inmate’s junk outside his cell, piled it on the flats, and were searching the remaining contents one piece at a time. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Fortunately it came at a time when there was no distraction; for had it occurred whilst we were at a station, we might not have secured the necessary calm and isolation. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Crates were emptied, five pigeons at a time, into two white wooden boxes, each about the size of Dorothy’s bicycle basket. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Monogamy means “being married to only one person at a time.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Mostly they came one at a time and ordered little and stayed long. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He got to his feet, one at a time, and pulled himself out. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He ran up the stairs two at a time even though his short legs weren't meant for the stretch, and then pulled out his key and opened the door. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z When he was younger, he’d sit at the bar and eat tater tots or grilled cheese while his dad laughed and held court for hours at a time. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Bobby Thomson hit a home run off Ralph Branca to win the National League pennant at a time when I needed the Dodgers to win in the worst way. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I raced up the stairs two at a time, praying that there would be a door above, a solid one that I could lock tight and hunker down behind. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I pointed to the cards, one at a time. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And I said, “Just so long as it is not naked and with wings, one atom at a time.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Anne had become philosophic about breaking Dad down a little at a time, and she had suspected all along that there was going to be a third person on her first date. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “No telling. There are so many people being moved around, one station at a time. It’s hard to get messages through. The railroad is God’s work, but maddening to manage.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I say, swallowing seven chips at a time and licking a finger. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z She jumped up the front steps three at a time and threw her sweater toward the hatrack. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Even though they may live and sleep above ground for months at a time, they prefer not to be out of distance of some sort of refuge that will serve for a hole. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He started down the stairs, two at a time. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z If the earth had been a flat disk, the shadow would have been elongated and elliptical, unless the eclipse always occurred at a time when the sun was directly under the center of the disk. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t believe she can eat at a time like this. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z The fireworks sprinkled down, dissolving in the air just before they reached the ground, and the children were pulled, one millimeter and one second at a time, into Manhattan and adulthood. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z For twenty seconds at a time, I could practice opening the Gemini hatch, getting out, and “flying” or walking over to the side of a make-believe Agena built out of wood. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He more than kept it, because once spring started one miracle at a time was nothing. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Each man could stand only five minutes or so of this cold and perilous job at a time. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Then he began showing fairies one at a time. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Dave must handle six robots at a time and something gives. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z She was widely known for her intelligence, and she received her high school diploma at a time when education was not a priority for the female population in Iran. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z For months at a time, James entertained these pale creatures, their white buggies traversing the mud tracks that led to the great house. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The new facility included black doctors and nurses on staff at a time when many white hospitals turned them away. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Sapo had arrived at a time when I needed someone there, next to me, so I could feel valuable. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “One battle at a time. I get it.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z You couldn’t afford to buy a dozen eggs at a time, but you could buy two eggs because that’s all you needed that morning. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I would deal with each hour as it came, one step at a time. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now,” he said peremptorily, “step forward, please. One at a time, and no shoving.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he went to a new, cheaper grocery, even though the first grocer was friendlier than the second, and had been so nice as to count his change out slowly, one coin at a time. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Carefully, I get into the suit, one wobbling leg at a time. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The teacher has assigned us a few chapters at a time, but I do not like to read books like that. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z As soon as the Aleut ship was sighted we would all go to the cliff and let ourselves down, one at a time. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z After four weeks of slow, painful drills in the practice room, Erastis had still only allowed him to manipulate one object at a time. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z But there is nothing else a guy can do at a time like that. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z There’s a woman and a man I’ve never seen before, directing people through the metal detectors, one at a time. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z His fingers undid the buttons up her lavender dress, one at a time, from her knees to her sunburnt neck. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Mr. Ward says you have to take people one at a time, check out what’s in their head and heart before you judge. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They visited my truck in droves, as many as fifteen at a time in the little cabin. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She has schedules and rules and methods and every day she does her best to impose these on the world, one chipped fingernail repair at a time. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z |
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