Kaufman is closer to Dallas, but it ain’t all that big, at least back then. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her father’s car isn’t much better, but at least there’s only one other person she has to deal with. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Is that something we can maybe explore, at least?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

In Korea at least I had my own boat. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

There are at least two hands on my arms, dragging me forward, and one on my back, shoving me in the same direction, and one on my mouth, keeping my screams in. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The salad bar has types of lettuce greens I’ve never seen before and at least twenty toppings. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They acted and looked at her, and at us, and around in our house, in a way that had about it the feeling—at least for me—that we were not people. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every other day these omissions are easy—easier, at least—to ignore. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Fie, at least, has some idea of what I’m going through. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“I think we have: at least I’m tired. Mary, are you?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

No one enters or leaves the home after that—at least, not when anyone's looking. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The probability that he’d hit safely in at least forty-four straight games is about four times higher still. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even though her car was old, it wasn’t old and ugly like Crab’s car, at least. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I know instantly that she was never in any danger, at least not from Zak. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I want It to be in the open,” he said stubbornly, “at least at the end.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thing was already ten feet away by the time he realized it wasn’t a rat at all—it was more like a lizard, with at least six legs scuttling the long silver torso along. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“We can at least warm ourselves with this.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“Thank you for that. Let’s keep Russ’s true identity a secret at least until basketball season is under way.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we got there, an examination of the oxygen cache immediately revealed that there were at least six full bottles. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Or at least his kind of road trip always would. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I can at least visit the spot where she set the third fire and see if there are any clues to her whereabouts. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The path had been running parallel to it—logically it still would be—and at least that way she’d still be going in the direction the raven had told her to. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

We have to get at least a foot in Milwaukee, but when things do shut down, it’s like a block party. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

But he was stuck with her, at least until he could find someplace that would take her in. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Proof of this possibly evil, or at least cantankerous connection, would come just a year later. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The fact is that you carry part of your sickness within you, at least I do as an invisible man. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please, will you at least think about it?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Behind the house loomed an immense brown barn, at least five stories tall, topped by a weather vane. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Mother! He needs at least another week in bed,” said Maria. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

For at least one night a week since Gabriel’s disappearance, Mena had shown up at our house with a sack full of groceries and cooked an entire meal, dessert and all. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

After a moment he admitted, somewhat reluctantly, “Besides, you did seem to...well, you’re worse off than the rest of us, at least. They can wait.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Some kids have curfews, or at least they do in TV shows. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Put the safety on, at least,” Tranquilino finally grumbled in a more gentle, friendlier tone. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under California law, a juvenile has to be at least sixteen to be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for murder. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Here, come out of the wind at least.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I hope you’ll at least try, for your own sake and for my sanity. No more sulking, okay?” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Like all Scholars, I learned to lower my eyes before the Martials, but at least I never had to bow and scrape before them. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Uncle Carlos pigs out on at least three slices. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

But at least half of the shelves were empty. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Literally everyone is here with at least one of their parents. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Or at least enough attention to pass laws and voter propositions. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The man was a giant, at least two full heads taller than Victor. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

We had no soap, but at least I was able to wash away the caking dirt of Birkenau. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I'm almost certain that the soldiers have been back at least once, because the X is bright and the paint's fresh. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

If they went hungry, it was not from feeding tyrannical human beings; if they worked hard, at least they worked for themselves. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

You had to be rude at least sometimes and edgy often to be credited with “personality,” and without that accolade no one at Devon could be anyone. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s at least a dozen of them. Maybe fifteen.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Plus, at least we’re friends again, even if it’s not exactly the same as before. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

It proves that the world didn’t end for me, at least not completely. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I still spilled tea on myself at least once a week. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Ernie got a hundred bucks from Ma and Dad for his birthday, so at least he'll be able to replace his broken ones with better ones. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

In 1996, the Chicago Board of Education enforced new rules saying that students had to make at least a 6.8 grade level in reading and math to move on to high school. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They weren’t police, and they weren’t social services, and they weren’t criminals—at least as far as Will could judge. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is a maxim in the advertising business that an advertisement has to be seen at least six times before anyone will remember it. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Sandy’s here, in my backyard, at least I know where he is, and at least I know he’s safe, even if no one else in town does. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I look grave in it, my hair pin-straight and at least a dozen different bright colors, my skin so pale it looks ashen. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I had to try to act brave at least. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or I should at least figure out some sort of plan—even if it was just for the rest of today. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The ceremony itself seems to last forever, but it’s at least sort of nice, in a way. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, at least it’s clean now,” said Hazel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She said it’ll be at least six months until it comes out. Sometime in August.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

At last they got the fire lit, though it was at least another hour before it was hot enough to cook anything. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Houses as cramped and dilapidated as his didn’t seem to exist even in the parts of Nashville with cramped and dilapidated houses, at least along the path they took. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I had planned to make out with Erin for a half hour straight, because this is the last time we’ll kiss for at least three months. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I might not feel calmed by the mayor’s presence, but I can tell by the way my dad’s shoulders have relaxed that the mayor’s promises have eased at least a little of his worry. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Though we despised the classification system, most of the men had by that time risen to at least C level, where they were permitted to study. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both of us were spared, in body at least, by the stone walls of our different imprisonments, and altered in spirit, in ways we’re struggling to understand. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had gotten dressed up and now, at least on the face of it, appeared less glum than before. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The best guest room was shabby and the furniture was cheap, but at least it was clean. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“As you say, no one could’ve. But I have to confess, I'm glad you two had at least a few months of happiness together.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

In a way, it was a hindrance, at least the institution of the Church. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

They all carried at least one M-18 colored smoke grenade—24 ounces. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nature, at least, didn’t need an operation to be beautiful. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It’s raining outside the cave, something they haven’t seen in at least three months, since the sun flares struck. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He still remembers the order he was sent out to pick up at least once a week. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The darkness was complete—at least for his unadjusted eyes, after being out in the blinding sun. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Kennedy also found the Klan to be a slick money-making operation, at least for those near the top of the organization. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

That would make it easier, at least, he thought. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“But at least you get to eat cupcakes.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The family maintains at least eight country houses, according to books by his former chef and a former bodyguard. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

We were back in the equatorial forest, but at least this time we had a trail to follow. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s true, after all, at least compared to him, and actually what he means is that I have bad luck with women. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It bore an uncanny resemblance to a prison: a large, bricked-in compound with walls at least twice his height. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

For himself, Old Chao had Henry, which turned out to be the name of at least eight kings. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or at least well enough to see her thoughts. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

They have dim apprehensions that such propositions as ‘God does not exist’ are somewhat dubious at least in comparison with statements like ‘All carnivorous cows eat meat.’ Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Judging from their sad shape, the beanbag creatures had been sitting out here a long time—since the snow melted last spring at least. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

But if he does one every night, at least I can keep those stories in my arsenal, along with Lita’s. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Henry’s teacher railed against the enormous reparation payments, telling the students that it would take Germany at least three generations to pay off the debt. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then at least he could run from it, he could hide. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

If not normal, at least kind of special. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could have at least kept hold of the rope! Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“I just told you. I just got through saying. This guy Brughman is a big Flaubert man. Or at least I thought he was.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“We’ll do whatever we have to do. You have to stay in school until you transfer, though. That’s going to be...until the end of the year at least, I think.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

For having said goodbye to Anna when maybe I could have saved her and our idea, or at least died with them. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Ungers were my neighbors on the other side, though their house was at least a hundred yards away from mine on Overlook Road, which put it close to two hundred yards from Charlie’s house. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Why couldn’t I have at least mentioned it to Mumtaz before I dashed off at the first opportunity? Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

This wasn’t the perfect plan, but for Hugo, at least it was a start. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Then I put five CDs in the changer behind my drums, put on my headphones, pressed shuffle, and played along with at least ten really loud metal songs in a row without stopping. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smith had at least three advantages over the others. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She added that while the fish there tasted nothing like the fish in India, at least it was fresh. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I eat my food quietly, still angry at the woman sitting across from me, but happy that at least I’m not sitting alone. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But him and McCandless, at least they tried to follow their dream. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sounded so smooth and calm, at least until I reached for my milk to wash down the peanut butter and knocked over the carton instead. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hale said he hoped that Gregg, at least, would go through with the plan. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Scythe Faraday did not have any hobbies—or at least none that he shared with Citra and Rowan. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The words burst out, and I regret them but I’m also glad they’re there, glad that before I ask her to give up her identity, I can at least be honest with her. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, about that...she’s still in trouble, we think. Hurt, broken leg, maybe—at least according to this vision Gaea showed us. Rescuing her is our next stop.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She runs at least two miles every morning, and I am already late for the routine. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Look, Layla can chill there for a while until she can at least stand straight. You can sneak back home with her before dawn.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Legislators who were sympathetic to the cause told women that in the “current free-love storm,” it would be best to table women’s suffrage legislation, at least for the time being. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Yet each version was true, I was certain of it, at least at the moment that 1 told it. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father Mulrooney had given him a ten- minute lecture on the importance of education in troubled times, but at least Alex didn’t have a guilty conscience about cutting classes. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

There was a pile of shoes to the side, so he toed off his sneakers, glad that he had worn clean socks, at least. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It tastes so bitter, I want to vomit again, but at least there's enough water for me to rinse out the bad taste. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I’m out of his life—at least for now. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good day to you, Duchess. I’m afraid at least one of these girls is headed to the patrols, and neither are intended for employment in your fine establishment.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“But at least in the country, they don’t leave dead bodies lying around everywhere,” James said with a shudder. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Reilly studied her drink furiously in the hope of turning up a roach or at least a fly. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a good day for Lolo, at least. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Hazel might have plunged into a mysterious fantasy woods after an evil witch with a pack of wolves at her disposal, but at least she’d brought a compass. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Most dull teachers at least had a few credentials to back them up. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He had never met his father, at least not that he remembered. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Uncle Wilson, Alfred, and the four girls dug in, but Pearl and Dorothy, acting as if they didn't talk on the phone at least twice a week, chattered away, picking daintily at their food. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here, in the summer of 1882, it is as if they are standing by the mill once again, the ground beneath them solid, at least for now. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“This life is for the dogs. No, it’s worse. Dogs can at least seek out their food. I can’t even do that.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He’d never drink anything that he hadn’t made himself or at least seen someone pour. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said Holly, “you say it was only a lark, Hazel, but at least it gave us two does: and they’re the only two we’ve got.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were headed for shore.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hope wherever I end up rocks autumn at least half as well. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“So,” Dad says to Mom halfheartedly, “at least the plumbing problem isn’t my fault this time.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The park’s gravest flaw, at least from Olmsted’s perspective, was that its shoreline was subject to dramatic annual changes in the level of the lake, sometimes as much as four feet. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

And I knew Miles had been at least a little right when he’d called me a hypocrite for saying it was wrong just because it was Tucker. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The debate upon it grew so lively, indeed, that at least six more honourable members told six more, during the discussion, that they believed they knew where they were to be found. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was at least ten years older than the rest of us. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Ansley was part of an aristocracy that brooked no intrusion, at least not now, Ben thought. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

To many people, William was the NSA—or at least the closest the agency had to a semipublic face. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

There were at least two officers pointing automatic rifles at them. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“The fifth obligation of every Muslim is a pilgrimage. We are obliged, at least once in our lives, to visit the holy city of Mecca. “Mecca is a lot farther away than the Pyramids. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ophie’s duties at Daffodil Manor took on a rhythm that, while not soothing, was at least predictable. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Luke couldn’t say that he didn’t think about Toby the rest of the day, but by the time wrestling practice rolled around, he was at least back to letting his annoyance outweigh the fear. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Here too snow lay on the trees all around and it was bitterly cold, but they were at least protected from the wind. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Keeping Wylan Van Eck around meant he could at least make sure they got their reward. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Under this collective delusion I become that, for a little while at least. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, at least you and Helvar found something to agree on.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There would be at least two dollars in it, but there was no one around to take his money or tell him what to do. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was still something of him, or by him at least, floating around out there. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

This is what I told myself, at least. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I dreaded the idea of living so far away from Cuba, in a cold place, but at least Frankie and I would be together. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

She blinked, and her eyes were back to normal—or at least, what they had been before. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“That is the great secret of men. We aim for manhood always and always fall short. But my boy, I have seen you reach at least halfway.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“I know, Dad,” I’d moan, fully aware of what was coming next because he said it at least once a month. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The next thing I knew, Buzz was talking on the radio, and I realized that it was “morning”—or, at least, eight hours had passed. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here, at least, some of the Beast Rider brotherhood would help me if I needed it. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was why part of her, at least, didn’t mind the life they’d always lived, their thrift-store clothes, their salvaged beds and chairs, the shifting precariousness of it all. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I wondered often how Gollum came by a Great Ring, as plainly it was — that at least was clear from the first. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was a poor room for a royal one, but at least it had a bed in it— the great four-poster which was used as a throne during the daytime. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the guard at the top of the church tower could at least watch the show from a distance. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Well, at least the little statue can’t cheat at cards like someone else I know.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thank goodness we don't meet many people like her in this world, although they do exist and all of us are likely to come across at least one of them in a lifetime. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed some buttons at least twelve times; others I stopped counting at five. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the surface, at least, it was much like before, but we never mentioned the animals or what had happened in the churchyard. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He immediately stood out from the rest of us because his tennis clothes and rackets were worth at least twice the tennis team’s annual budget. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the next two days, I open my mouth at least twelve times to tell my mom that I’m entering the pageant. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He relaxed a bit; at least the roof to his right was safe now. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Coach Mustilli was going to meet us at the competition because there were at least ten other fencers from my school team who had also qualified. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

But Hollister’s store was empty, at least it looked that way from where they stood. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But at least he freed him from the stinking gag. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

After three years in our desert ghetto, at least we knew where we stood with our neighbors, could live more or less at ease with them. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am the breadwinner in this family, and I don't think it's unreasonable for me to spend at least a portion of my salary however the hell I see fit.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I know he’s Josh’s friend now and not mine but I don’t like all of these people so I wish I could at least see him. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Run up and down a few times, making sure to stumble at least once. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Mariam didn’t tell him how relieved she was, at least about this. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Claire paused before saying, “Well, I mean, that sucks, but at least you’ll see your dad next Tuesday, right? It’s just a few days. Maybe you can spend more time with him next weekend.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Normally, it takes at least 90 days to yield full-sized potatoes. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was warm there, or at least warmer. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

But at least she wasn’t the only one who’d had the Worst Day Ever. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

One cat, with all my weight behind it He could give her a quick clean death, at least. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I shake my head primly, feeling like a real goody-goody or at least a barren subject for the gossips, present company included. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here, horse-drawn wagons and pedestrians vied for space, but were at least moving along slowly. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not exactly a fan of vertigo-inducing roller coasters, but at least it’s a break from the stone-cold, silent tomb of my house. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

It had been a year, at least, since she'd seen her dad, and a while before that. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Because Logan Pines was the last pseudovision in Central Florida—or at least the last one I knew about—I had placed so much hope in it. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, at least we have plenty of chicken-flavored Top Ramen,” she says. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

And it was all right with me because we had chopped off at least fifteen minutes of the period. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

But a person, a woman, might fall forward and just stay there a minute looking at the cup, stronger than she is, unbroken at least and lying a bit beyond her hand. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could admit that, at least to himself. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

And her pay, at least for now, is free dinners a few times a week. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I’d done my part at least twice for every animal in the zoo. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were at least a dozen officers on this shift who hadn’t even reported in yet. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She’s got at least some pixie in her, if not some imp. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

If she were to fall, she'd plummet at least forty paces to the ground. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The second one was also easy, at least at first, but I had no inkling how different it would be. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Taylor insisted, “You gentlemen are standing together. May I suggest that you move at least to the shelter of the trees?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“See? I knew that you at least would see reason, All-father,” said Loki. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

If Fidelito was anything to go by—and the little boy was at least cute in a basic sort of way—the two of them were as attractive as a pair of mangy coyotes. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Second: I still don't know where Mirjam is, but at least I know she didn't walk through walls to get there. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Whatever Hal was feeling when he did what he did, at least he was feeling. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

His father had been at least a little bit right: there were interesting things in the Pipeworks if you paid attention. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

By Ellsberg’s own calculations, he was arrested at protests at least twenty-five times. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

We talk on the phone at least once a week, and she texts me funny memes from the internet, or sentimental quotes about the importance of family. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Grandpa didn’t tell me! I’m really glad to see you. I’ve listened to your tape a thousand times. I’ve read Endurance at least ten.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

In Newton’s time it was possible for an educated person to have a grasp of the whole of human knowledge, at least in outline. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t slow down for another minute at least but sail parallel to the ground, like a bird. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She would know, at least, if her husband was still alive. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“She at least has good manners. Her sister, Maria, is about your age and plays with Tom. Well, some might call it play. Most of the time she winds up crying her eyes out.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had thick, curly hair and ruddy skin and it looked to me as if he was at least of partial Mediterranean origin. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I set a challenge to not only be early—or at least on time—but also having a perfect attendance so I wouldn’t ever feel left behind on material like before. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Because you could die so quickly, each man carried at least one large compress bandage, usually in the helmet band for easy access. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Polyneices could murmur a few words: “My brother, my enemy, but loved, always loved. Bury me in my homeland—to have so much at least of my city.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The early farmers were at least as violent as their forager ancestors, if not more so. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was covered in soot and her dress was charred at the edges, but at least she seemed more or less together. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I was disappointed that I wouldn’t be seeing Mama that day, but at least she was coming. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Fast enough. Unfortunately, were . running out of time. It’s almost sunset. But I imagine we’ll get you across a good chunk of America, at least.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He looked above the tip of the island, hoping he might at least see the smoke rising from Lizzie’s house, but he couldn’t make it out at all. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Impossible to not notice—for me at least—how different our two teams look. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

No commitments right away, but he could at least visit, couldn’t he? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Which meant it was off-limits to me, at least for the time being. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

All of this is to say that I saw ways to connect with Americans that Barack and his West Wing advisers didn’t fully recognize, at least initially. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Rosie is munching happily on another watermelon—it’s at least her second, but there are still half a dozen in the corner. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Her only consolation was that at least she'd had the great good sense not to marry him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The Paqo explained to me, “The runners deliver fish from the ocean all the way to the capital city. The emperor enjoys eating freshly caught fish at least once a day.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

When he told me this, I felt hopeless because I couldn’t prove him wrong, at least not yet. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t help it. But at least now it’s over with.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I ran faster, and Chip kept pace with me, but at least he wasn’t smiling anymore. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

If a huge skull and crossbones were suspended above the insecticide department the customer might at least enter it with the respect normally accorded death-dealing materials. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Ringed by the Oakland Hills, the valley was at least twice the size of Camp Half-Blood. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She did eat about once a day, though, so at least we found comfort in the fact that she had some will to live. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

But the shore was at least two miles away. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I think he has to now, at least for the cameras,” says Gale. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

My hand fumbles to my braid and finds a fireball has seared off at least six inches of it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

More than that, he had control of my destiny—or at least my immediate fate. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

In this lonely world of ice and emptiness, they had achieved at least a limited kind of contentment. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She knew about plants and flowers, at least as much as she craved to know. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

I reach behind me and put it in the sheath between my back and the rucksack where at least I won’t have to see it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I smile on the inside because if I can’t get vengeance on her, at least she’s getting it from someone else. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And inseparable. Or at least, it feels like Noah wants them to be.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

All were at least six feet tall and fifteen feet round and made from single blocks of volcanic basalt. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I read God’s Little Acre, by Erskine Caldwell, or at least parts of it, once a month. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Elizebeth was “starved for theater,” so she was thrilled to live in a city where they could attend performances “at least three times a week.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He had said the fever would last at least a week, and maybe two. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

No one knew why this happened, so making several identical pieces was the best safeguard to ensure that at least one would fire to an unflawed celadon green. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Nonetheless, games and songs were developed in their entirety or at least greatly enhanced by the creativity of children. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

There were at least one hundred other Navajo Marines in World War Two. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

My plan was to memorize at least one line a day so that I could recite it on Friday of the following week. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The heat wave was supposed to last at least five days. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Experiments need at least twenty test subjects to ensure reliable data. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Said I must be the Devil Incarnate, or at least his agent, cause I shore warn’t no True Believer. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Tobias Johnson may have lived a dull and empty life, but he is at least a whole person, not this fragment of a person that I am, too damaged by pain to become anything useful. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Politics—at least barbershop politics and Guitar’s brand—put him to sleep. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For them, at least, it is over. They are safe. Safe from the thousand evils of the everyday. Safe from the pains of an unjust fate.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

That’s what I believe, at least, and so far it has pretty much been the story of my life. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He just stares at me like he’s only just noticed me, even though we’ve been talking for at least five minutes. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Why isn’t he yelling? Or crying? Or at least banging on the windows, begging for rescue?” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

To his right runs a line of anti-invasion obstacles shaped like a child’s jacks, strung with razor wire, extending at least a mile down the shoreline. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Someone who did something way worse than what I did—or at least I hope so. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was six inches shorter than Luke and at least seventy-five pounds heavier. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The littluns played here, if not happily at least with absorbed attention; and often as many as three of them would play the same game together. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Anthony begrudgingly accepted that the work of the suffrage movement was suspended, at least for the duration of the Civil War. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He wanted her to come, at least for a few months. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Our school auditorium is massive, probably able to fit at least six hundred people. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I still only had a one-armed suit, but at least it didn't leak. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In some respects he repeated the error of his ways in the third game as well: letting a potential—or at least a possible—win slip through his grasp and drift into a draw. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“There had to be at least a battalion.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Describe to me at least one piece of silver you see used every Lord’s Supper. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was not the beauty her mother was, though she resembled her in spirit, at least, for she raised her eyes to him boldly. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You mathematician! I wish you could at least pay compliments without arithmetic!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt that he no longer needed to run away, at least as far as Hooper was concerned. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I thought it was a week away at least. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been watching television—or at least, the television was on. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

They’re still baggy on me, but at least they stay on. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“No one is forcing you to be here. But if you’re going to be, at least be helpful.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

For Mal had just invented something delightful—or at least something that he found delightful, which is altogether a different prospect. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Brutus, a volunteer from District 2, who must be at least forty and apparently can’t wait to get back in the arena. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger tried to call off the dogs, and at first they obeyed him, or at least they let go of Mo, but then Basta succeeded in freeing himself. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I need you guys to spend at least an hour out here,” says Ms. Oliverio. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“Not yet, at least. It would only upset them.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

We get there and it’s way more than just a footbridge, six feet wide at least. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Why hadn’t he at least warned Luke, or tried to raise him better so he wouldn’t turn evil? The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

At the moment it inspires me, if not with love, at least with confidence. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When our well-being is threatened, when our illusions about ourselves are challenged, we tend—some of us at least—to fly into murderous rages. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I calculated that I had sworn my allegiance to king, Mussolini, party, constitutions, and institutions at least fifteen times.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It never failed; even today, with paintings crying and strangers lurking, the scent of her mom’s chicken and rice eased her mind away from all that trouble, at least for a few seconds. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He was at least relieved that Newt was there. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Life in the Glade might not be sweet livin’, but at least it’s safe. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But at least I got to see the White House in person, even though it was from behind the front gate. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I thought to myself, Maybe so, but at least the osprey don't have to smell the muck fire. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I dumped him, for your information. And at least my boyfriend didn't go munching up Wendy Lench the day after splitting up with me!” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Hale told Spencer that he’d pay him and his gang at least $2,000 to bump off a couple—an old man and his blanket, meaning an Indian woman. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“If you put in these requested forces and increase air and sea effort, we can at least turn the tide to where we are not losing anymore,” commented Air Force Chief of Staff John McConnell. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The illness, which came from drinking unpasteurized milk, had sickened at least eight people in Smyth County that summer. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

DeeDee and I were unharmed, dirt stained and panting and destined never to be close friends, but at least I’d earned her respect. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“And I was in the water at least ten minutes. My God. I must have got 300 rs. Maybe more.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Schools not going to start until at least September fifteenth!” she yelled at me from the kitchen. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if I don’t find the key, at least I’d be alone. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

That moment in the car would be the last time Mena Prescott would ever mention Oslo Fouke, at least around me anyway. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Celia’d been leaking the information for at least a week now. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

To practical men of industry the possibilities seem real enough so that at least one major electronic corporation is preparing to set up a laboratory to test them. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“She won’t stay mad forever. You have to at least show up!” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

His tone could not be deciphered; at least Isidore could not crack it. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Will you let us wash them, at least?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The hallway was at least twenty degrees cooler than the room. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“We can trade our three turkeys for someone else’s. That way, at least he won’t have to eat his own bird.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Since the team had gone to the semifinals of the state playoffs before losing to the eventual champion, Plano, it had been considered not a great year but at least a pretty good one. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of those white traders’ children even learned to speak Navajo pretty well—at least much better than their parents. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The laws of at least one town required automobile drivers to stop, get out, and fire off Roman candles every time horse-drawn vehicles came into view. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She scoots forward, getting ready to get up even though there are at least four more blocks to go. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Haymitch's appearance brings a round of stomping that goes on at least five minutes. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

If anyone had been an empress in some former life—at least among demons if not among the Tang people—it was Miss Whitlaw. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

From his experience at the Interzonal and the Candidates tournament in 1958–59, both held in Yugoslavia, he’d grasped enough of the language to at least autograph his name in Serbo-Croat. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Or at least she could take credit for other dogs’ heroics! Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It had required at least two rolls of double-sided tape for the work of art to take up one massive wall of my bedroom. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Yes. There is always at least one good one—monsters, Titans, giants.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But Rev. John Luckey, a Protestant minister who spent at least fourteen years as Sing Sing’s second chaplain, saw how it was eclipsed in importance by the character of the guards. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did I not tell you that I was, like you, a very puzzled man? But at least we can face our problem. We can arrange such facts as we have with order and method.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We think it’s gone back into the jungle, at least for the time being. Actually...” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

During her stay in Durban, I visited her on at least one occasion. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was lucky that we at least went through the front door to look at the community bulletin board. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He’s older than we are—in high school at least. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was glad he’d gotten to see at least a bit of the show. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

If she isn’t willing to do track, maybe she’ll at least do this one favor. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

To hear or read a statement is to believe it, at least for a moment. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

A violent welcome to the afterlife, but at least there is one. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“So we should at least have a few bites to be polite.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Well, I at least hate the first day of school. Everyone’s trying to impress everyone else.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“No, Percy. It’s me, Grover! Stay put! We’re on our way to find you. Tyson is close—at least we think he’s the closest. We’re trying to get a lock on your position.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I got to have at least one day to think.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before bebop, the solos bore some resemblance - at least as they began - to the song’s original melody and they also adhered to its key-family and chordal logic. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

That might be true, but the way he twirls the dagger between his fingers like a pro makes it clear he at least knows how to fight. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

"Hard to lose a big jute farm that's been in the family for generations. And to get nothing for it! Happened to my family, too, but at least they sold it for something." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The singing continued for a minute at least. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“A cowshed. How unimaginative. I really would have expected Capricorn to at least have a proper dungeon for his prisoners.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was ridiculous, but it felt good to at least have something heavy in her hands if things got hairy. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

By the time I showed up, he’d been lashed at least forty times. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Unnoticed, or at least unremarked upon by her parents. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

How about one of those agencies to find Ethel—at least to find where she went? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I guarantee at least Japan and New Zealand have a few leaving in the next few days. The question is whether or not they have a secret viable settlement too.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The time had come to choose their subjects for the third year, a matter that Hermione, at least, took very seriously. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

But here’s the catch: The door remains firmly shut until the birds are at least five weeks old. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Women who did get assigned to another section were usually staffed on temporary duty and eventually returned, keeping the two offices full, at least for the moment. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

We both have at least one parent who comes from another country. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Miss Winthrop looked delighted, at least until she remembered my mother had just refused. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. In Tarbean at least I could beg or steal. I’d managed to survive in the forest for a summer, barely. But over the winter?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

So the fact that he made it home alive made her happy but also worried her because she knew, or at least she thought she knew, what he had done. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

We’d be living out of boxes for at least another week or two. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The chain didn’t stop there, for I had turned the eggs into something else—at least I hoped I had. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Dude was as dumb as dirt, and that wouldn't have been so bad if he was at least cool, but he wasn't. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“I live quite pleasantly there; at least—” It appeared to me that I was losing a chance. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Addition after addition, porch, shed, and a couple of barns, the end one at least four stories hig^i. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mom said we should all live near the Pacific Ocean at least once in our lives, so we kept going all the way to San Francisco. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I am old. The doll mender confirmed this. He said as he was mending me that I am at least that. At least one hundred. At least one hundred years old.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Well, if I could not see the saloon, at least I could eat. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t able to save everybody, but he could at least save family. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I try to hold it together, because leadership requires at least a pretense of grace under pressure. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

When Bobby determined, or at least believed, that he was no longer being followed or pursued, he began to freely wander the city, taking trams and buses to various destinations. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

To be fair, most of the boys at school were at least a little in love with Siobhan. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They slept as well as they could for the cold, turn and turn about, in a nook among great jagged pinnacles of weathered rock; at least they were sheltered from the easterly wind. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She looked as pretty as she ever was, but not in any way different, not enchanting, not bedazzling in her daughters’ eyes, at least not in mine. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Their strength would be an asset, Bolles knew, but rowing—he understood as well as anyone—was at least as much art as brawn, and a keen intelligence was just as important as brute strength. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Words, at least several of them strung together, made her cough. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

“As for you, Mr. Port- man, I’m not terribly comfortable with you traveling alone. I think perhaps you should stay, at least until things calm a bit.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Two men are better than one, or at least they make me feel better. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the early-morning leg to Boise, she experienced “rough flying,” where she was “tossed up in the air at least six inches.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Whatever might lie ahead, at least he could feel that he had not failed them so far. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even freedom fighters, at least then, had to obey the laws, and at that point, imprisonment for violating my bans would have been useless to the ANC and to myself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

State bureaucrats are not selected mainly on the basis of kinship, as in chiefdoms, but are professionals selected at least partly on the basis of training and ability. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Or at least some commercial boat traffic,” I said. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

After at least 13,000 years of separate developments, advanced American and Eurasian societies finally collided within the last thousand years. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the presence of others, at least, they kept on their masks. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps I cannot make my people good, she told herself, but I should at least try to make them a little less bad. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

What they had in common was that they were all expert pilots with at least a commercial rating and more than 2,000 hours of flying time. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Even if I never gave it to her, at least I felt like I could write down what I wished I could tell her. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Her mother didn’t like talking about her books with people—at least, not when she was in the middle of writing them. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

There isn’t anything to say—at least, not anything that’s worth saying. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

One example, which we have already considered at length, is plant domestication, with at least nine independent origins. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bitter often joked to Jam that her father moved like a functioning disaster, clumsy and charming and breaking at least one breakable thing a week. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

But at least she’d be away from the gossip for a while. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

So I called Dad because I knew he could at least slow down the roller coaster for me. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Well, at least he’s a little weird, Moss thought. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The vent slanted down and limited his view, but at least he was sure nobody would ever be able to see him. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Chrome and turquoise, it had fenders as wide as a Chevrolet’s, tires as thick as a wheelbarrow’s, and appeared to weigh at least a hundred pounds. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When I was little, she’d taken me to the film at least three times herself. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because I know you tell everyone about how horrible you think I am. You know, I hope you at least keep some things private.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“We should at least let her show off her skills before arguing over the appropriateness of a female illusionist.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

If this cave was a prison, at least it had an awesome door. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“But at least you would be a very stylish corpse.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

But once the process had been repeated three times, subsequent drainings did not seem to make a difference— at least, not to Tree-ear. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“I know it sounds gross at first, but hey, man, at least he’s not molesting little kids or anything.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was like the citrus from his hands and the lavender from Grandma’s walls were mixing together, at least in her head. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I’d tell him, “If Halloween doesn’t work out this year, at least I have Purim,” and he’d know exactly what I meant. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She eyes me and says, “Gavin’s asked about you at least three times.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

It was almost like he was tugging in a line, or at least motioning someone forward. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Before the ordeal was over, at least two men had been murdered and eaten, the suspected murderer had been summarily executed, and eight others were dead from sickness and starvation. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There had obviously once been some sort of stairway or porch at the threshold, because the bottom of the doorway was at least four feet higher than the ground where we stood. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

But at least he sent me to an empty desk at the back without introducing me to the class. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s hard to get ahead in America, but at least it’s possible.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

College is like that—at least Wesleyan’s like that. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“We know the Shetani has been alive for nearly a century, at least,” he said. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Language brings with it an identity and a culture, or at least the perception of it. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Well, at least I’m not the only one who minds.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, Dad, the Marine Corps spares no expense on those I.D. photographs. It must cost them at least a nickel for every million dependents they take pictures of,” Ben said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or at least it had been so far. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Although no one considered them capable of winning the war, they could at least draw out the bloody conflict for weeks or months and inflict heavy casualties on Union troops. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She’d have to keep an eye on them, but at least they weren’t the Silent Assassins from the windswept dunes of the Red Desert. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

What happens here, at least, is that there’s a big room with a lot of wire cages in it, all different sizes for different kinds of poultry. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know,” said Samuel, “but at least he won’t sit around and mope. Here, hold the lantern for me, will you?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

If it was the same, at least I would know what to expect—and if I knew, I’d be able to brace myself for the worst of it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Yes, I was free on probation, but I would have to watch my step everywhere I went for at least a year. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

But getting around the fire means adding at least another half mile to the journey. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Now, despite the dangerous quest they were facing, at least she had her boyfriend back. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“But at least I don’t have those big feet either. They’re an affliction, those feet.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thickening puddle at the foot of it suggested at least five guys had urinated into it. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“Are you at least seventeen years old?” he asked me in a slow voice. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Kidnapping Club had brought in a battalion of triceratopses, a beast reserved almost exclusively for use by the War Department, at least when they were young and healthy. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

But the brazen claim that slavery must be accepted unconditionally as a permanent feature of the national confederation was, if not wholly new, at least an interpretive clarification never made before in a national forum. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He gives me antibiotics and hopes they’ll at least kill the infection I got from the intestinal sores. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If these results are valid—and it’s important to keep in mind that further research is under way and may either reinforce or modify these conclusions—the Interbreeders got at least some things right. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, Commander. That hull must be at least fifty years old. Very high lead content. We can’t even penetrate the first layer. I’m afraid you’re on your own.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Or at least for the girls in my gym class. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He leaped and landed badly on the moving deck, but at least he was aboard. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Stanton remained devoted to the cause of women’s rights, but at least for the time being, Anthony knew she had to wait until Stanton could spare more time for the movement. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I suggest that we defer further action until we have acquired a really complete set of information concerning at least one living thing. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no one alive who’d had a more meaningful impact on the world than Nelson Mandela had, at least by my measure. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

"I think he must have something to share with you. Even if he doesn't have many photos, he's bound to have at least one or two." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

There were at least fifteen of them, at ten thousand feet, little dots in the blue, circling above the road. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Time no longer exists, at least not for us. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

From upstairs, the thud of feet on floorboards and children’s voices, two or three at least, talking at once, rising, falling, and rising again, perhaps in dissent, perhaps excited agreement. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Their offspring had long childhoods—ten years at least—growing very slowly, as far as she could interpret their explanation. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was full of books and pictures, and there was even a fireplace, although it looked as if no one had used it for at least a hundred years. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

That evening, he and his colleague had dinner with some local United Nations officials, where McCormick drank at least half a bottle of scotch. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I hadn’t done the proper thing at Buckingham Palace, I had at least done the human thing. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

His sentences usually had at least one break of faulty breath control, so that, often, his emphasized words, instead of rising, sank. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Six weeks after it happened, the attack on Nicole Castro was still fresh news, at least locally. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“So did I. But the Wyrd isn’t a religion, at least not in the northern parts of the continent, and it’s not included in the worship of the Goddess or the gods.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The sluggers had kept me on their ship for at least two whole days. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Like magic, these things would get to be special at least for a day. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Please confine yourself to discussing issues and such; thereby you will at least avoid obscenity and offense. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I was going to have to pretend I was asleep even longer, at least until I could figure a way out of being so embarrassed. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Or at least a tax attorney like their grandfather. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are at least four giant containers of pastas and two massive meatball subs on the table, not counting the empty packaging that my brothers already cleared out. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Yet drafts and further records indicate that Elizebeth helped with at least two other pamphlets. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The neighborhood gets very quiet and all the trash, broken glass, and graffiti are hidden under the white, at least for a little while. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He must have at least two—one to wear and one to wash—but there's nothing in here. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

If you don’t want to talk to me, at least talk to her.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

It was not very long, though fear made it seem an hour at least, before he heard Sam’s voice calling softly from below: Elbereth, Elbereth. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

But instead of a horse’s lower body, it had the body of a dragon—at least twenty feet long, black and scaly with enormous claws and a barbed tail. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Someone always sent at least a funny picture or a viral video. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She said, “Are you at least okay with the color?” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, at least the dust didn’t seem to be a big problem, that was good. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood outside her closed door for at least a full minute before he worked up the nerve to knock. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The letter didn’t have a date, but it had probably been there for at least a span and a half. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He knew she wasn’t sleeping well ever since they’d heard from Professor Sahib, but at least she was coughing less. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“There are at least thirty different clubs here,” Tab said. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

You might even say they are the source of it, or at least, they are tied so tighdy to it that they couldn’t possibly fade, not unless all of Western civilization were obliterated. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Martha did wonder if, at fourteen, I was already too old to groom, but I guess she thought I was promising enough to at least evaluate me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

There were at least thirty men in the shadows, crowded together, and a fierce stench was wafting out at us. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

‘Tm sorry, sir, but just about all the prayers I know are rather somber in tone and make at least some passing reference to God.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

But there’s no other solution we’ve come up with that doesn’t involve death—or at least the chance of it. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Violet is at least a couple inches taller than Kelsey and far scarier. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The serving girl had at least been pleasant. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“That would mean at least ten years’ bad luck for you both,” said Dustfinger. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Not that that would do anything, but at least it would feel useful. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Montgomery, the city I had detested, was beautiful that day; at least it was until I walked into a Negro section where I had not been before. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I get out of bed every morning, at least I’m still alive and not dead like Ruth May. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any case, given that a family has at least one daughter, what is the conditional probability that it also has a son? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a day’s training I am judged fit to go out with a team, where I soon discover that life is nothing like the movies, at least not if the movie is Dusting. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a long shot, but at least they’d have a chance and some backup. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

There was only one show, and one auditorium, so Aunt Dot and Uncle Dan were forced to share at least that much. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We have four copies of the key. If at least three of us can reach the gate, we can get it open.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It seemed that he'd lost all his powers—at least, some people reported seeing him trying to charge up orbs without any success. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Come now, if you don’t have a reason, you must at least have an explanation or certainly an excuse,” interrupted the gateman. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

In one recent ten-year stretch, each of these names was given to at least two thousand babies in California—fewer than 2 percent of them black. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Now, usually I’d hesitate at least a minute or two before I went into someone’s house without permission. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Faro came with me, and I was glad at least to see him. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Or, at least, an evil one who looked like her real mom. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, at least stay the night. It’s getting late. You can set out in the morning.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The safer route, or at least the not impossible route, was around the southern coast. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Now stop all of this, you two degenerates. Exercise at least a little taste and decency.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to a study done by one advertising research firm, whenever there are at least four different 15-second commercials in a two-and-a-half-minute commercial time-out, the effectiveness of any one 15-second ad sinks to almost zero. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t leave without at least checking to make sure no one else was being held down here. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

In this, the most dutiful and serious of all the teams I have been on, the conversation, at least in the morning, is all about the houses that lie ahead. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at least we never want for an icebreaker as long as you keep getting them. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I watched him scan the room, looking for an out, hoping to make contact with at least one person. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

There was hope in her eyes, or at least that’s what I saw. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll do at least one exercise in this workbook every single day. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Or at least she thought they were looking at her. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“But at least he’s sympathetic. He’s really a fine person.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“That’s what my dad said, at least, when the soldiers came to get me. What did your parents say?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And if he couldn’t have it now, then at least he could hope that one day his wish would come true. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“For the joy of it,” said Sweeney, sober now, or at least, no longer visibly drunk. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Through the bars we could see rows of cells in a ring around a dark courtyard—at least three stories of metal doors and metal catwalks. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Biblical scholars don’t stretch their imaginations—at least reputable ones don’t,” he said. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lee Roy and Smiley could of at least stayed with it this far. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

My first thought was, If they had just called me, I could have at least reminded them how to spell my name. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

He stood there motionless, arms crossed over his chest as if that might at least warm him a little. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

In the spring of 1996, thirty distinct expeditions were on the flanks of Everest, at least ten of them organized as moneymaking ventures. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Once he started talking, Gravel figured, he would not be able to stop for at least thirty hours. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

As I closed the door, Madam started in again, begging him to take her with him, or at least to let her know where he was going. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can never, never give them another cause to hunt you, James. What you two want—it’s impossible. In this world, at least. Tell them, Rhoda.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Why not raise the bounty on pests? Give us something to spend, at least while we wait things out. A lot of us are down to our last coppers.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Some of the color had returned to her face; once more she looked—at least briefly—alive. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

She became very still, but to her credit she remained composed, reading the letter through at least twice. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Well, it was something, at least, to give Lightfoot her first ride in a car. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Relief that Stella gets to wake up a few hours from now and have at least five more wonderful years, filled with whatever her to-do list has on it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

But at least Salvador still had his knife, something that meant as much to him as Papá’s silver cross did to her. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

But how can I respond without confirming at least part of the story he’s created? Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

After she had dialed at least ten numbers, she sank down into her chair and sat silent for a long while. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We played on it together for at least an hour. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

But the minute I walk on my new leg, I forget about the running leg—at least for a little while. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I waste at least an hour every day lying in bed. Then I waste time pacing. I waste time thinking. I waste time being quiet and not saying anything because I’m afraid I’ll stutter.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Kevin beamed, clearly pleased that at least one of them was in their right mind. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But at least I didn’t have to wonder anymore what would happen to Kazi or if he would live with another family. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

That was good, one straw at least that she could clutch. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Could they not take him in and dress his wound and perhaps give him a bite to eat at least? Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

A lantern swings back and forth in the night, revealing at least three people. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I had sense enough not to take no shortcuts and stuck to the road so’s I could at least see the hoop snake hunting party if I ran up on it. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

And Mr. Benedict seems to know everything about you, but Mr. Curtain seems to know nothing...at least not yet. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

If he isn’t old enough to be my father, he’s at least old enough to be my father’s younger brother. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“How about by car'” “It must be over two thousand miles It would be at least forty hours of driving time. Some pretty country to see, though.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, at least two women were after him to marry them. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I felt certain if I memorized that book I could marry the Prince of Wales—or at least a railroad president.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

This does not sound like a very practical proposition, at least not in the immediate future. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish he’d come home and eat, at least,” Mother said, looking out of the window and down the hill at the empty road. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have to tell John Kwang the first thing about my father and our life, at least in relation to what he was talking about. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A laundry list of at least 14 explanatory factors has been proposed by historians of technology. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

With the news announcement of Butler’s arrest, and his at least tentative identification as a member of Elijah Muhammad’s organization, tension reached a new high among all who had any role in the feud. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But at least you let us speak together. You give a passage for loving words to reach loving ears. We are not ungrateful.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

University of Florida I am in shock that after being corrected by at least three mathematicians, you still do not see your mistake. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

This meant, at least in theory, you’d be able to find the person you were modelled from. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was messy, but at least it kept her occupied licking it off, and the wound was getting cleaner all the time. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The prayer does press the reset button on Nancy, at least for a few minutes. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

And for the time being, at least, we were stuck in a paddock with wild animals. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Each beat told him he was still alive, at least for one more second. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Also? It’s not okay to roll your eyes or laugh at people. We learned all of that in kindergarten, Hannah. Or at least, we were supposed to.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Well, at least you have this one,” I said. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

To his slight annoyance, however, neither Ron nor Hermione seemed quite as curious about Malfoy’s activities as he was; or at least, they seemed to get bored of discussing it after a few days. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

There were hugs and greetings all around ... or at least Thalia was friendly. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Every Friday night when I got paid, I’d feel at least ten feet tall. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the other, there was a fall of at least five hundred feet to the rocks and the water below. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Stop scolding me,” she says, but at least she’s not crying. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

China had had writing for at least 900 years, and metal tools for at least 1,500 years, and had just invented the world’s first cast-iron production. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then they moved apart, and we went to work, trying to dredge out at least a few bottles or tins from the sea of sewage. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

—Dear Lord, there’s a dude named Andy who’s on his way up there, at least I hope he’s headed in Your direction. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

While the table is empty, a long board off to the side has been laid with at least twenty dishes. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It was not a vision of the future as totally unknown, but rather a vision of the future as composed, in part at least, of what had been okay about the past. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The queen had gone; that was some small relief, at least. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But can you read it to us, at least? Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

But at least in the sanctuary they can climb trees and have good food and, most important, live without fear. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Otsubos had driven by at eight o’clock and seen at least forty cars and pickup trucks parked along the road near the Masons’. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t enough room inside for the three of them and all the dogs, but at least the glacier wall created a sort of windbreak. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was awful to say, but in some ways walking in the desert, at least when we still had water, might have been easier for him than being cooped up like this. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We have to at least find the First Arrivers’ camp. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Or at least that had been the case before. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Though he knew what they would say, it made him feel better to at least ask. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, you asked if the sun hurt me, and it doesn’t. But I can’t go out in the sunlight — at least, not where anyone can see.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Every block has at least one combination deli/grocery store, windows almost entirely covered in beer and cigarette posters. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I held my breath along with everyone else—at least, that was what it felt like. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

They knew people in common; and suspected they had at least one relative in common. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Berg was ascending, now at least two hundred feet off the ground, and moving forward, heading for the trees. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The skin around Marlena’s eye has turned an impressive blue, but at least her face has kept its shape—mine is pulpy and mashed, the bruises overlaid with oozing wounds. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

They took off again, full speed—or, at least, full speed for Finn and Other-Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” she said, but at least she was smiling again. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was a document that Perry had read at least a hundred times, never with indifference: Childhood—Be glad to tell you, as I see it, both good and bad. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please, Starr? Can we at least talk about it?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

As for my left ear, well, at least the bleeding has stopped. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Audrey had never been this upset before, at least not at one of us. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The thought makes me sick to my stomach, because even though I left them too, at least I was no good at pretending. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The ceiling was at least twice as high here, and most conversation echoed within the space. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But if it did, there would at least be an event, a signal of some kind to mark my exit. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The new science knew no boundaries of language or nationality, at least not within western Europe, within the world of the printing press, gunpowder weaponry, the telescope and the pendulum clock. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

This showed at least the beginnings of sense, thought Blackberry. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have to admit it’s much tougher here than I expected, but at least everyone seems to have the bare necessities. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom’s goes straight to voicemail, but Dad’s rings a few times first, which lets me know that at least it’s on. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Each Marine division was expected to have at least 100 code talkers. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But every district has managed to scrape up at least one female and one male victor. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Seemed like it ust come and gone, at least in Texas. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘You at least shall go with him. It is hardly possible to separate you from him, even when he is summoned to a secret council and you are not.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Lane Coutell. He’s only been Franny’s boy friend for a whole year. You’ve met him at least half a dozen times that I know of, so just don’t pretend you don’t know who he is.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Mama said, clicking the button at least eleven times before Papa confiscated her phone. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Now it’s black, dirty, ugly, and a sad sight, at least in our part of town. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

February’s sky is gray and cloudy, but at least there’s no snow. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“It was a best seller, at least in art history circles.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Scattered benches and tables along the trails look miniature from where we stand at least fifteen meters above. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Empedocles was, at least in part, a Pythagorean. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

One survey found that 53 percent of laboratories had stopped offering or developing at least one genetic test because of patent enforcement, and 67 percentfelt patents interfered with medical research. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

But Hollister’s store was empty, at least it looked that way from where they stood. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She tried to duck his threshing fists or at least to make them ineffective, but at last fear overcame her and she tried to run. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Each knot seemed to take at least a few minutes. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Compared to the other arm, it looked more like a leg, at least the top part did. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Then he would shake his head and snap out of it and start paddling again just in time to make a turn, at least at first. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how much security Hideo usually has at his residences—but tonight, at least five cars are sitting here, and two bodyguards are at the front gate, waiting to greet me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The other half had been sued at least twice, and Levinson found that just on the basis of those conversations, she could find clear differences between the two groups. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

If they were willing to accept the fruits of my life, they should at least spare me the burden of their guilt. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first, there was at least the possibility for advancement in the mill, but over time Southern businessmen began sending their sons to Northern colleges where they learned all the latest management techniques. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Doesn’t have to be about mountain climbing. Just needs at least one scene where some dudes are fighting and somebody gets thrown off a cliff.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She quickly outpaces me, and seconds later, I’m behind her by at least six feet. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If I want Ma to trust me, I have to follow her rules—for now, at least. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I had two PE classes—Conditioning in the morning and Team Athletics at the end of the day—but at least Annie and I had one class together, American Literature, just before lunch break. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It would be the day of my graduation or, at least, the day on which I was supposed to graduate. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

We gathered them with flying fingers and greedy hearts and bore them away in triumph, with a glow at least as bright as the sun on those shining scales. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fix yourself something to eat. I know you can at least do that.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He’s bald and wears khakis like a regular man teacher, but his red high-tops and suspenders make him super cool, at least to me and Micah. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Jeannine’s head only came up to my shoulder, but she looked sixteen, at least. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stupid goat had broken his leg two weeks earlier, and Anya’s grandfather wanted him to stay in the barn and rest for at least a month. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“The slightest shake and I’m sure it’ll fall off! It must weigh twenty or thirty pounds at least!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Because I could not stop for death he kindly stopped for me, or paused at least to strike a glancing blow with his sky-blue mouth as he passed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t have wanted her to embrace him, so he was glad she hadn’t tried to do that, at least, but it was still an awkward little moment. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

But there would always be at least one or two jobs for electrician’s helper. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway I figured Leah and I could tell each other our troubles, since misery loves company, even though she has a husband that is still alive at least, which is more than I can say. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hasn’t thrown any more smiles my way, but at least we’re still lab partners. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Drilling, shooting, marching over, they stacked them at their barracks and there was always at least a sergeant guarding these stacked guns. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kitchen in our house was at least three times bigger. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Ralph wasn’t going to get tenure; or at least it wasn’t definite. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know about that, but no sense worrying about what may never be. But I don’t expect there isn’t any boy that ain’t never, at least, thought of swinging from the barn.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here, at least, there were people to talk to, people who said, “Good morning,” and asked what would please her for dinner. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I want her to help me or at least show me that she can hear me, but I don’t know what to say. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then, like that, the world stopped moving, at least for me, because the whole world glittered in the corner of her eyes as she looked down at me and smiled. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

For Jefferson also had a national vision and a firm conviction about where American history was headed, or at least where it ought to be headed. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Naomi had to admit that the angles and lines made some sense to her, at least more than when she was sitting in math class. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It became a real problem when you had to go down under the house to use the toilet at night, and each of us had slipped and fallen off the porch at least once. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Arabic astronomy was highly sophisticated, and at least the equal of any Western astronomy until Copernicus—indeed, Copernicus may well have used technical solutions devised by Arab astronomers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Ron’s always been so kind to me, and I think I owe it to him to at least pretend that I’ll think about it. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I said, “Well, at least we won. That’s the important thing.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually I passed her between classes at least once or twice before lunch. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

But then again, I have never known a single person who achieved a measure of success and could not look back and credit at least one treasured teacher. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Ivan told her, “Keep going, Commander; we are bound to make it. On the other hand, if we must perish, at least let’s go together!” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I’d feel hopeful then, for a while at least, that things would get better, that maybe, just maybe, anything was possible. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They all tore into Christmas dinner like it was their last meal, which it practically was, at least for a while. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“So in other words Mr. Miyamoto left your residence on the ninth having heard from your husband there was at least a possibility your husband would sell the seven acres to him.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

That at least has the dignity of coercion. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she understood, at least, that they did give him a kind of bitter nourishment, and that the secrets they held for him were a matter of his life and death. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Still—if she couldn’t get Varney to make a run for it, at least she could cause a distraction. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

But I needed him for at least fifty, maybe seventy, and that meant patience. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

By the time she stalked out of Dona Luz headquarters two hours later, having been badgered unmercifully and then vindicated at least partially by rent-a-car records in the capital, Abby was fuming. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The monsters backed up, but there were at least twenty of them. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

We ate lunch out at least once a week and sometimes more often than that, always, of course, billing Sidley & Austin for the pleasure. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But at least we were traveling in the right direction. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

So at least he knew how to read. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She followed June to her front porch, where at least two dozen pieces of paper were scattered over the stone floor, along with about thirty different shades of colored pencils. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He knew he would not meet many of them again, at least not in a way that allowed for the kind of intimacy that they had shared in the past days. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I ask Madam Claire about the other Belles at the teahouse at least once a day, and she sweeps away my questions like dust from a tea table. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

My adoptive parents gave me better circumstances than he had, at least to my way of thinking. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

At the time of the conference at least a quarter of the Haudenosaunee were former captives. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She, too, had found a place of safety, at least for now. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anybody who wanted to play could sign up and they were guaranteed at least a quarter of playing time. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The hotels were built on the assumption that visitors would come for two weeks at least, but the car gave them a fickle mobility. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Belmont Park, the country’s leading racetrack,” he said, “should be willing to at least meet that figure.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The likes of the people here, they're bound to take you for at least a lord or a duke.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s at least one kid in this town who isn’t,” Myrna said. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We knew that for at least six of us, there could be no verdict but guilty. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there's five times the minimum protein in each food pack, so careful rationing of portions takes care of my protein needs for at least four years. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't want the rich to go away until I could at least briefly join their ranks. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I pace the perimeter, circling all six apartments at least twelve times with my hands on my head, squashing the top of my Belle-bun. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He still could not send the message, he said, but at least now he had an explanation. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

When order and peace prevail at Truman, it is because the administration and faculty keep a tight rein—or at least that’s what the adults running the show believe. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Or if I hadn’t forgotten, I’d at least buried it deep with all the things I wouldn’t say, and I stood there for a few minutes, watching Twig ramble on without really hearing her. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Anyway, he swore that if a woman, any woman, gets really carried away while dancing, what she truly is—at least potentially—will surface and show on her face. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The prosecutor asked him if he had at least seen me cry. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

We, or at least I, can have no conception of human life and human thought in a hundred years or fifty years. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was just the first one that was...Well. It was enthusiastic, at least.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

That I might be okay to participate in at least one or two auditions this spring. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He was at least fifteen years older than me, not particularly well educated, and he hailed from a small rural community. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

No one had ever seen such astonishing fertility and he was sure that at least half the infants were not his. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dragon was at least twice as long as Anya was tall, and a deep red that reflected the lantern’s light like a vest of rubies. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Puzzle people usually couldn’t resist at least looking at a new one, if not attempting to solve it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It looked to him like there were at least four hundred people in the room. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

If someone had asked her, a month or even a week before, to guess what she might have felt, she might have anticipated a sliver of gloating, or at least a moment of holier-than-thou. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

All the magicians on earth—at least everyone who knew what they were doing—had perished five hundred years earlier when the volcano erupted. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Hazel was at his back, swinging her sword at any monster that came close, but there were too many swarming around them—at least a dozen. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

There were at least two framed pictures of him in the Mess Hall, one in the kitchen, several nailed outside of the Green outhouses. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I waited in silent terror for at least a month before I even spoke to him.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Alice hasn’t even given me a hint—at least I don’t recognize one if she has. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

White, after witnessing the shenanigans in Ernest’s trial, was less certain that Hale could be convicted, but he received at least one encouraging bit of news: the US. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

All these people, so uppity and polite, can’t manage to get that little word out, or at least can’t make me believe they really mean it. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, maybe not smoothed out, but at least there were no more surprises. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Juan said at least four of them had been caught in the colorful web of his tattoos before they finally grabbed Robbie and ran off with him. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Amazing how I had managed to erase every good part of Sam—or at least, all the parts I loved. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

This at least is better hearing, and I licked my dry lips and said, “If you would tell us where he went—we must go to him, there is no one else....” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were still my buddies, at least on one level, but once you leave the boonies, the whole comrade business gets turned around. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess I was starting to grow up, because for the first time I understood at least a little about the loneliness and frustration that often seemed to fill our house. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even though growing up as a twin has had its good points and bad points, at least I always have someone to talk to, share clothes with, and experiment with. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

But at least I didn't have to pay. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was probably best to assume the worst, at least seventy miles. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It looked like it was just going to be her alone with Redemption, at least at first. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Sir Kay managed to get them on the way to the lists at least an hour before the jousts could possibly begin. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I plan to give you at least a fighting chance.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s what gets me the most. If they’re not going to provide additional psychological support, at least warn the parents ahead of time!” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I can’t make out all of them,” he said, “but there’s at least four or five yahoos dancing around that fire like they’re trying to call back the dead.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“There’s no way they’d just march off while we were gone. Not without at least leaving us a note or something.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

In the cities most people speak at least some English and usually a bit of Afrikaans, enough to get around. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But for at least a solid month each summer there were endless strawberries to pick. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Flossie had six sheaths of various colors and the same number of tarleton underskirts and at least twenty chiffon sleeves of every color that a person could imagine. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And at least my family will be together now. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Within a millisecond, there was a line at least a mile long. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I kicked off my shoes but decided not to undress, at least for a while. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“A ton. Small unmarked ingots. Twenty-four carat only. Well, at least it’s a nice round weight.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Above that were the storerooms, which occupied a layer at least twenty feet high. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later Tess was back, her arms cradling at least fifteen pairs of shoes. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“That was the first black mood. I don’t remember much that happened after that, not for a little while at least.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Number 22 was probably just a little ambitious for a Friday afternoon, but at least for now I can cross off number 17, “Decorate walls.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

No matter what the record said, at least it would tell us something about Elsie’s life, which we figured was better than knowing nothing at all. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Since you won’t show me your work,” I said as we sat down, “can you at least tell me what it is?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He was toting a tray loaded down with at least a dozen domed plates. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Change your place of work and you may be confronted with an impossible topographical problem to solve, or at least a reluctant driver to persuade. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere in our, or at least my, recent zoologic past, hibernation must have been a fact of being. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put them on, feeling swamped in the shirt, but at least decent. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

"Hey! Eat us if you want, but this is ours! The finest drink in all Manhattan and thus the whole world. Me and my brother deserve this at least." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I have now been a prisoner for at least a week. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

If not, I might at least be able to reclaim my missing cloak. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They all believe that sometime in the next ten school days, at least one person in the room is going to discover his or her own personal fate: true love or tragic death. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Leaving Abel was no guarantee it wouldn’t happen again, and at least Abel was willing to apologize. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t be defeated by two demigods—at least not two demigods using force. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“You sure she didn’t at least like his money?” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He squats by my side and his smell overwhelms me, a sign at least that I haven’t died of mortification. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Well...at least I don’t think it will.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Then, as our e-mails grew longer and more personal, we started writing each other at least once a day. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The trauma to Manson’s geology had come not from within the Earth, but from at least 100 million miles beyond. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Her teeth were good, and at least her nose was not big and flat like some of those who were thought so cute. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. It seems like the world ought to stop or something—like they ought to not show up tonight at least.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had been complaining about being dehydrated for at least an hour and human life meant the possibility of water. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“They wouldn't wear their hair like this if they weren't wearing any makeup. Can I at least borrow some mascara or something?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Truth is, I hadn’t heard of them, either, but I knew enough to pretend I knew them—at least until I could download the song tonight. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

A chorus of engineers chanted that the thing could not be built, at least not with any margin of safety. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Only a few hours after the outbreak of hostilities between Japan and the United States, San Piedro Island late last night was prepared—temporarily at least—for an air raid bombing or other serious emergency. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Stinking and scorched, at least a foot of the back beyond repair. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I don’t know the addresses I hold, or at least not exactly I know the roads but not the actual houses. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I wished Mr. Mann would actually do his job and teach a lesson, or at least pay attention to the class. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, at least your dad will be happy about that,” she chuckled. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Yes, I feel certain we do, or at least did. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Anglican” meant English Church; in England everybody had to belong to it, or at least they were supposed to. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

End of story—at least if it’s a story about attempting to match earnings to rent. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They disagreed about how to explain what they had seen, but at least they agreed that the drawings they both published were illustrations of the same phenomena. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The air smelled fresh and loamy, and in the clean light of morning, I felt something like happiness, or at least hope. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“A ruin, a ridge, and a few hovels? Come, my lord. You must suffer for your treason. He will want one of the mills, at least.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There is no such number that, when multiplied by zero, yields one—at least no number that we’ve met. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Or would you at least try to get your tickets back?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Thus ended, at least for the time being, the fullest public exchange of views on the most deep-rooted problem facing the new American republic. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“But at least she has a fighting chance now. And you know what else, Stella?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Finally, Emily said, “Well, at least we can cross the Black Cat restaurant off our list.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

When relatives and Spanish-speaking friends of my parents came to the house, my brother and sisters seemed reticent to use Spanish, but at least they managed to say a few necessary words before being excused. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Have to wait until next year, at least, what with getting the Mary Rose fixed and school starting and things to do around the house. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Or at least you do for four blocks. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Flora had told him before she went to sleep that she thought it would be a good idea if he didn’t type anything for a while, at least not on her mother’s typewriter. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Satisfied that at least some cell towers are still in operation, I try one more call. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“If she gets in, how long till she starts there? Can you at least tell me that?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fire by the platform appeared to be out, or at least making no smoke. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

They would be wide awake, or at least Mother would be. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Dri seemed to be in the best shape, at least up until that point. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coach Mustilli worked with me one-on-one during practice for at least thirty minutes every day until he was confident he could turn me loose with the rest of the saber fencers. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Well, at least she had him for a long time.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

If she was deluding herself, at least it would allow her to get through this awful day. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I thought that a note, at least, might flutter down. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t get out a poem when I try to write in my notebook later, but at least I have a few words to add. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

This plan could be a total failure, but at least I had Trevor back. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

There were at least twenty people from each side fighting on the bus. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

There’s something about her that looks like it can’t be caged or bound—at least not for long. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Or at least make it quit looking at me!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

But at least I get to see him again. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She could at least give them names in plain English, you would think. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because,” Natalie said, “it looks like every single one of these bills is either a one or a five. If someone robs a bank, they take twenties, at least. Probably even fifties or hundreds.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t sleep for at least three months.... We had been fighting for one thousand nights—one thousand nights in combat.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Although I knew he was blind, I felt sure he could see something—at least light and dark. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, but at least come to the party tonight?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“The poison doesn’t take effect for at least twelve hours,” he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I must have knelt there for at least fifteen more minutes before mass started and I had to join Mamá and my sisters at their seats. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

And when things go badly, of course I’m upset, but at least I can feel I’ve done all I could and keep things in perspective. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, by their calculations, the Free African Society was out of pocket at least $500. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Or at least that is how it is nearly always rendered. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Or at least my room at the Good Night, Sleep Tight depended on it. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

There were at least twenty-eight thousand guns in New Orleans. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

But at least we had broken the ice. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

So officially, at least on paper, my father was still not dead. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

And if this world is going to kill me, I at least want to know as much as I can about how and why. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Is it wrong for me to want to at least correct the misplaced apostrophe before I rip it off the wall and stuff it in my backpack? Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Despite the fact that we were at least a hundred feet below ground, they were filled with a steady, rushing wind that smelled of dust and leather. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The home I’d grown up in had had five bedrooms; now it had been expanded in all directions and looked as though it had at least forty. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But I’m sure she was grateful that I’d at least put on the blue one. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t tell my parents this, though, so they could at least enjoy the chilly Birmingham sights without worrying. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

My plan was to show him my greatness and fill him with the desire to be our dad until at least I turned eight. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Well, at least when my appetite hasn’t disappeared. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I was so embarrassed, but even though I had made things a little uncomfortable, I still couldn’t help but try to see Love break a little, at least at the mention of her mother. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

If only we had seen it coming ... we might have been able to stop it, or at least slow it down; ... we might have been able to save at least a hundred million lives. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought that if I waited, she would at least turn around and look me in the face. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

There was another noise in the wind, too, something that did not seem normal—at least not here. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

In Mesopotamia, the wheel dates back to at least the time of Sumer. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I imagined all the gossip going around town and how, at least, I wouldn’t have to hear the whispers. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I could have dragged that story out for a mile at least, could have spoken in a low voice so I’d have to stay close to her ear. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He’ll run out of oxygen eventually, but at least no one is breaking his heart. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The shield had shown us at least three hundred enemies on the way. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“But there’s so much to do. And I try to get to San Francisco at least once a month.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I really wish you’d make at least one friend—a close friend—this year at your school,” she says. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He thought it was suicide to wait for Grendel—Grendel the murderously all-powerful— without at least a good keen blade for company. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she smiled, at least initially, as a seemingly endless train of young women entered the store, each insisting that only direct consultation with Dr. Holmes himself would suffice. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“How did you get it over here? The nursery is at least five blocks away.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“No. Air travel... I have a feeling that would be bad, too. But a boat. Can you at least give us a boat?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Well, at least I’m going to give myself a chance. Will you give me another drink and some more tea?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing I have is my instinct, which tells me that in this matter, at least, Cain wasn’t lying. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It had a glass canopy over a seat with at least a dozen levers and handles banked in front of it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Come on, can we at least talk things through?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even care—at least she was there. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

"I oughta go down and at least say hello to her," I said. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was, at least, a mighty long school week. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She had gotten a new hoverboard, and tricked it up like Shay had taught her, so at least she could fly at night. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I don’t mind. Please don’t worry about offending me, or frightening me, or whichever. That’s the way you think. I can understand, or I can try to at least. Just explain however you can.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“It would take me at least an hour. We don’t have that much time.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He himself always took at least a dozen. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She must have been the shop owner or at least the head seamstress. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn't at all hungry, but I figured I ought to at least eat something. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Even if they had to leave Earth, and I had to follow them into airless space, I’d hold on to them and suffocate, but at least I’d have held them close. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Until Jade Dragon is no longer lonely and is reunited with at least one of her children, Fruitless Mountain will remain tare. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Nowadays tens of thousands of university graduates do, and many millions of people are at least familiar with the idea. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t his security detail surrounding her remains; instead, there were at least a dozen men and women, all in cloud-colored suits, forming a circle around her. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I knew she was wrong, but no one was going to change her mind—at least, not anytime soon. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

All you could see for sure was that Sing Sing was the ending, at least for a while, to 2,300 sad stories. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Largely because of that, he and Joe had hardly ever exchanged two words, at least not civil words. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We took turns sleeping, or at least pretended to. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

There have been at least a dozen ice ages in the last two million years, each lasting about 100,000 years. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

When we were going to Mexico at least we had a goal. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want my father to be sad, but at least when he was sad, I knew he was remembering my mother. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

There were ears everywhere, or at least we imagined them there. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe if she had at least once brought in some of her own Legos, I wouldn’t have minded as much. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

There is always a halt there of at least a minute and it was because of this that I first met Tom Buchanan's mistress. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He also believed that cleanliness was next to godliness, and as a result all of us had to go swimming at least once a day. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘You may keep your bows bent, and shoot me at least, if I fail. I shall not run away.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I am thankful you are on dry land at least. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

They’d been a couple for about six months by then; at least, that’s how long they’d been “public” about it—walking around with arms around each other, that kind of thing. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But no one is acknowledging what at least is clear, that someone took a little trouble with this one, that it’s not a drive-by situation, it’s not the work of vandals or addicts. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He may have misunderstood the biological basis of human heredity—but at least he understood what to do about it. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

With or without registering, if you are under 18 years of age, you must be at least 13 years old and have your parent’s or guardian’s permission to create an account. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Look, at least you don’t have their jobs.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look balefully at the sinking sun, willing it to at least slow down. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I guess they couldn’t live down here without at least a little electricity. How else would this thing work?” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Our mode at the firm was always to resist history, at least our own. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Naturally he wanted to win, or at least to do his best. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be matriculating soon, and I need to at least have an idea about what lies ahead.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He'd promised to write to her at least once a week. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The Osage were also able to retrieve at least a portion of the oil funds mismanaged over decades by the U.S. government. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“A gallery, with a shop. And at least I'd meet people.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

We meet at the Book Nook at five because Sausun says it’s going to take at least an hour to “get into character.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Could you at least help our friend here? I think he’s sick.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It didn’t make me as brave as old Daniel, but it always gave me at least a little hope the Lord would let me scrape by. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t really kissed him, or at least it didn’t count. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It looked very odd there, but, as Mrs. Popper said, it was a relief at least not to have to wear their overcoats all the time. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

For a person so different, her house was surprisingly ordinary, at least by Arizona standards. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“You’ve still got a big gash and a bruise, but at least I can clean the blood off.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

That way, if I still didn’t like it, at least I’d be hanging with my girls. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I cautiously got in, thankful for the brief but intense exertion: I might be wet and a little bloody, but at least I wasn’t shivering. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ayanna slapped me upside the head, though at least this time she was weak. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

If the extraterrestrials stay at home, there are at least two ways in which they might find out about us. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And for once, Genie didn’t mind because at least he had that button. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The last ten minutes of that class took a week at least. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Or, at least, as relieved as she’ll allow herself to be, which is a very guarded form of relief. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The closest thing I had to Rain was Hugh Winkleman—hardly a replacement, but at least he was willing to help. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Briony resisted because she wanted to chase in solitude the faint thrill of possibility she had felt before, the elusive excitement at a prospect she was coming close to defining, at least emotionally. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She was never late or absent and she asked nothing more than to pass at least two of her courses. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the lowest shelf, at least, purification straws are stacked neatly. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“But I’m going to be the only one without at least one grandparent here.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Bows are sustainable. Eventually we won’t be able to get more bullets, and at least I can make arrows,” he’d explained. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“It was pretty bad while she was yelling, but at least I didn’t have to finish it.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Well then, at least take some time to look at the books I brought from your mom’s office,” Natalie tried again. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

And then—it was very fast, almost a click in the brain—Adam knew that, for him at least, his father’s methods had no reference to anything in the world but his father. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m betting he’s at least eighteen, betting he stands alone at parties leaning against walls, knocking back shots while long-legged girls in fire-engine red mini-dresses slink up to him. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I can walk at least twenty minutes in one direction and make it back with plenty of time to spare. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Retrenchment Committee made it clear that, at least for its three members, the financial success of the fair was as important as its obvious aesthetic success. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

If no one was glad to see him, at least no one was so discourteous as to leave. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waited, expecting he would say something I could at least comprehend; but his hand was now at his chin, his finger on his lip: he was thinking. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Come on, Sam. She’s been at least twenty miles ahead of us ever since we left.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I cannot afford not to be making at least a little money,” she wrote to William. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

There must have been at least a thousand kids going to school there. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was due, no doubt, to the fact that though I motored further and further from the house, I continued to find myself in surroundings with which I had at least a passing acquaintance. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Semaj was supposed to be a boy—at least according to every sonogram—and my parents were going to name her James. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Or by sticking to my one-person strike until—who knows?—she eventually relented and let us drive her to the nearest ER or at least sat down? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

McCoy had made at least five different announcements about it today, and during each one somebody would mimic him and everyone would laugh. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Tesla, who did at least as much for electricity as Thomas Edison, had a quasi-romantic fascination with pigeons. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“All right. We expect at least three more waves. They have to drop their sight shields before they release the bombs. That’s our chance. Stay low!” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“I’ll drop by the courts for a practice. Or at least for the game,” she said. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Clarissa never brought it up again—at least not in front of me—and I never asked about it, either. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, everything worked out all right, at least this time. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Except I can at least get my mother on the phone. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The next waits at least two full minutes before jumping. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But when I got to Chicago, expecting at least a favorable response and some coverage, I met only a chilly reaction. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured out how to survive, at least for a while, and I got used to how things worked. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I still clip a hurdle sometimes, but I haven’t fallen again—at least not at a meet. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The videotape of Bill and Sue’s discussion seems, at least at first, to be a random sample of a very ordinary kind of conversation that couples have all the time. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know how these things work. To me, at least, it seems more rational than prom does.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Judith is at least twenty years Mallory’s senior, but both their smiles are as glittering white as the crown brooches on their cardigans. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Or at least communicate that this wasn’t her job and that he wasn’t such a useless idiot he couldn’t chop some potatoes like a normal person. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Gradually, the theater emptied, Mr. Turner shouting to us that we, at least, must remain stationary and minimize, rather than enhance, the violence of the rout. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She had never much been close to girls, so the change was nothing sharp, but at least before there were head nods exchanged when she rode through the village or along the cart tracks. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t know how to say it, at least with words. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Good men in a fight, at least, and loyal to their brothers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In theory, they would chat, make their apologies, agree to respect the boundaries of Fifth Harbor, then all head out to find a drink together—at least that’s what Per Haskell had insisted. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The water only runs a few hours a day, but at least there is running water. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

"Well, one or two of them, at least," Tyrion said with a sour smile. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh, well,” she moaned, “at least they smell clean.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I settled into the old couch and figured this show would at least be entertaining, because as far as I was concerned, it was the furthest thing from reality. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, that’s the way of America, at least,” my mom said. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I went running oyer to Father and recounted the entire story, or at least those parts he hadn’t been able to follow himself. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He figured she didn’t, or at least not much. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He at least owes me his best imitation of a human being. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Leo wasn’t sure why all that fancy stuff had been on the beach, but at least it meant that this place was inhabited, after all. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The batters were hitting sharp liners and grounders, and the outfielders were finally paying attention, or at least facing in the right direction. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

There are at least a dozen of them—parents and brothers and sisters and aunts and uncles. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amil has this way of smiling that makes you believe the world is a good place for at least that second. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t smile, but at least he sits still. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“That woulda been at least another four hundred for us,” X-Ray said. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I’m right with the Southern white man who believes that you can’t have so-called “integration,” at least not for long, without intermarriage increasing. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it didn’t sound like he meant it, at least not all the way. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“Well, at least tell me why you look so tired. Don’t you run out there every day?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It remained now only to find a hollow where I could lie down, and feel at least hidden, if not secure. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

How he would never quite describe the man who stole Roza, at least not in the way that other people would. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

At least Baby was not coughing so much now; at least Baby was eating. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Shay’s the one who decided to act mean, but at least I tried. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“He was at least a kilometer away,” Minerva defended herself. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, at least the swastika thing is over. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Adèle, too, would be dressed: though I thought she had little chance of being introduced to the party that day at least. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It seems clear then that life, at least as we know it, can exist only in regions of space-time in which one time dimension and three space dimensions are not curled up small. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Harry had lugged in a woodstove, and it was at least warm and dry inside. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I could spare her that much at least. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The committee decided to ignore the problem—at least on the public record—and concentrate instead on keeping people alive. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

On another occasion, he felt at least a confused sense of shame when he found the smell of Úrsula on his own skin, and more than once he felt her thoughts interfering with his. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Well,” Libby says, “at least I'll be there. And luckily, you already sort of act like a corpse in class.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He was the most feared boy in the school, at least among the population that did not carry knives. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He used to at least attempt to oversee the girls during the day, and make sure they didn’t fall into chaos or break The Rule. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

As for me, at least one thing was going my way: My hair was finally growing longer, so I could start braiding it and shed the scratchy wig. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But as Ms. Hawkins always says, As long as I am here, and at least two of you, then we are considered an official club. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

His size and strength—and I suppose that temper—meant no one tried actual physical bullying, but from what I remember, for a couple of months at least, these incidents kept coming. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emma saw his anxiety, and wishing to appease it, at least for the present, said, and with a sincerity which no one could question— Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

For me, at least, it was a universal insult, like calling someone a jerk. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Charlie may think it, but at least he doesn’t say “Weirdo,” which is why he’s my best friend. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Claudette had crossed a line, proclaiming that at least one young Alabaman would not share her future with Jim Crow. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I can use it to get her back to Orlando, and she can get a summer job and live in an apartment till college starts, and at least we’ll have the summer. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The next group of areas consists of ones that did domesticate at least a couple of local plants or animals, but where food production depended mainly on crops and animals that were domesticated elsewhere. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The chamber, Taran saw, indeed seemed deserted, of inhabitants, at least, for the room was even more heaped up and disorderly than Dallben’s. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The buses slow down as we approach a perimeter of chain-link fence that must be, I don’t know, at least fifteen feet high. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The graphic underneath was at least twenty, maybe thirty years old. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Before the altar both Bear and I knelt and I, at least, prayed. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

My dad was at least four weeks away from being allowed behind the wheel with that plaster boot. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“But everyone has done at least one good thing in their lifetime. Do you agree with that?” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Although a servant would probably not have a mount of any kind, at least the toad is less conspicuous. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then Tommy said: “You kept talking like you might qualify for special treatment. And for all you know, you might have done. You should have asked at least.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It will be a world of compassion, of neighbor loving neighbor, of student loving student or at least treating one another with respect. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Marsden was sure to give her charge of at least two looms, perhaps a third. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“If we don’t distinguish our heartache—don’t at least attempt to work through it, you understand—it tends to pop up later. In different ways, aberrant ways.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I had decided to ask a yes-or-no question, which might at least make plain the extent and kind of obscurity or ambiguity in the answer. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the cry reached my father, however, he marched into the kitchen to tell his mother that, this time at least, her spoon was wrong. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Loomis was not married; at least I do not think he was, though he had never said anything about it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The French and the American revolutions both saw more or less tyrannical polities overtaken—at least on paper—by forms of representative democracy. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Metal boxes cover the tabletop: tubes, coils, switches, meters, at least one gramophone. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

They are at least 600 million years old, probably older than any type of living thing you’ve ever seen with your eyes or imagined inside your brain. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Inside the box were at least a dozen colored pencils—red, green, blue, yellow, purple, orange. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Manna did fall from the Montana sky—at least from writing about living beneath it. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

That means my sisters and brothers are probably off somewhere playing tag, even though Deacon Boyd has fussed at them at least three times now. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I thought I could rely on you at least to save your own life! ” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Our own surveys said at least fifty percent of the student body watched any given show. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

But part of me kept thinking that the soldiers might leave by November, so I could at least have a little celebration. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Maybe one of those men was a mechanic, at least. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Because at least he wasn’t stuck somewhere in Georgia, walking around playing at being alive. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“I finished all the problems, at least,” Neel said. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

I thought she might change her mind, or at least tell me when she was leaving. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“We could at least give him a scare. Should I load my pistol?” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He’d begged off, but he wanted at least to tell someone about the strike and the extra fat check he had coming. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You owe them that, at least. You’ve deprived them of their mother.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The hem fell at least five inches below my knee. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Every family I’ve ever met up here has at least one relative in the penitentiary,” a character in the book remarks forebodingly as they drive up. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

If he got the angle wrong he’d likely break his leg, but that would be only a minor problem that could be dealt with, and then at least he would be inside the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

My feet are too big, but at least they’re not too small. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And then she hastily explained that Second Wife had told everyone not to expect us for another week at least. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many times since then, I’ve looked at the speech notes I used that day, which had been prepared at least a week before the assassination. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I believe that to respect our past, and those who suffer in it, we have to at least try to see it the way it was. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Control freak,” he said, but in a teasing tone I hadn’t heard in at least a year. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

But at least the disagreeable people left the coach at Windsor. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Or at least she was fairly certain it was her grandmother. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I feel a little relieved to know that half of the Dauntless, at least, are not traitors. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I quietly sat beside her and opened my Psalm book, praying for deliverance, or at least the dawn. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There are twenty-four students in the class. Statistically, at least two of you should not be able to taste the compound on the paper.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

We weren’t making much progress, but at least we were holding our own. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He can eat, at least: when he was younger, he had a feeding tube. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Over the years of their marriage, Emma and Charles each became more like the other in their beliefs—or at least their differences seemed less important. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leandro, the engineer, joked that he and Manolo could have mashed at least a ton of sugarcane by now if they’d been rigged up with a harness like a team of oxen. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once, George and Rick had been friends, or at least friendly. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

She did talk about dying, but she always seemed to be at least half kidding. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

So he stayed, at least for a while. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He paused for a sec and then said: “Yeah, I surf. Or at least I used to when I was a kid. Why, bro?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

On Mars such a place would be even more interesting, because while the visible light necessary for photosynthesis would penetrate to that depth, the germicidal ultraviolet light would be at least partially attenuated. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at least Mom was smiling some kind of smile, which was good enough. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We were talking about the picture of a movie star I’d once given him, which has been hanging in his room for at least a year and a half. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It is slobbery, and even though he must’ve just had a mint so at least his breath isn’t bad, his lips are chapped and scratchy. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

As reapings go, this one at least has a slight entertainment factor. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Until the end of dinner, at least. Mr. Katz refuses to concede to the workers’ demands, so I suspect the strike will continue through tomorrow. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I dump the contents of my backpack on my bed, hoping to at least do some homework before I fall asleep. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The conditional probability of getting a 12 when you know you have gotten at least an 11 is Vs. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that Magyarkanizsa was known as “The City of Silence” also made it attractive to Bobby...at least at first. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A good smell—at least I thought so—wild and earthy. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

They were, at least, agonizingly aware of the easy money in the vicinity and convinced that it was theirs for a few words in the right key. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

But Mom knows that—or at least she did before that big red Jeep beat her up. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, June, but at least we have the decency not to keep a monarchy around,” Alex says, throwing a pistachio at her. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

If Perseus felt any grief, at least he knew that his grandfather had done his best to kill him and his mother. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He may have wanted the British to know at least some secrets so that England, fearing that France was close to aiding America, would decide to end the war. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘You ought at least to guess, since you have seen us,’ said Merry. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

In the city, at least, our neighbors wouldn’t shoot us. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Getting a job is more common, and 39 percent of poor people who are hired rise out of poverty, as against 3 5 percent who get at least a two-year college degree. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Nothing’s wrong with her, at least not physically.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Orgoreyn and the Archipelago has been increasing during the last ten or twenty millennia, and presages the end of the Ice, or at least a recession of it and an interglacial period. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bull was at least a foot taller than her, so he had to be careful not to pull away or else he might lose the entire ear. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

They ooohed and aaahed, and at least once every three minutes, one way or another, someone said that nature was wonderful. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He planned to write at least two more. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They're returning me to my cell, I guess, at least for now. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I at least wanna be there when the boy pulls the trigger.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“A woman my age, living alone,” she said, at least once a day, “if I don’t keep on top of things, who will?” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Rabiya wants everything to be nice for this family, or at least closer to what she has. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“They’d better at least get fresh water. What we have left smells like a sick dog.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Still, at least nine in ten truckers here, one trucker at the stop says, refuse migrants. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

A Patriot guerrilla force called the Green Boys watched over the area—and at least once ambushed a Hessian patrol. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

You know I’ve had some pretty terrible Hallows’ Eves — but this is undoubtedly at least the—second worst. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Dell read the message at least a dozen times and could make no sense of it. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Larsen was his second, he was being paid $700—equivalent to about $5,000 today—and Bobby expected him to be something of a cheering squad, or at least not a public Cassandra. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I want you to read at least one chapter tonight for your reading log, okay?” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

There must be—Inigo did a quick count—at least a hundred men standing at the ready. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

They have gone through this cycle at least twice, possibly more—rising to awesome heights, eroding away to nothingness, rising again, each time recycling their component materials in a dazzlingly confused and complex geology. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

But at least you know that I’m struggling. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I tried to encourage him by remarking that he was lucky at least to have found a position. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But, if mischief had to be done, at least it had felt worthwhile. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“You might be the single most brilliant mind to ever attend the school—at least since my daughter got there.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“But if you’d at least looked into it. How do you know? They might have let you.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sends a current through me, and for at least a moment, disconnects me from my thoughts. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

During the day we kept the dogs in the backyard, which was enclosed by a wall at least five feet high. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He has not been beyond dispensing or at least threatening a little street justice in the school corridors. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“We need to at least tell someone about the sign,” I said. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

When I returned from South Carolina the first time, I lived in the Pace home, which was packed with at least ten children, mostly preschoolers. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Well. .He trips about as he drives, and I see he deserves at least some form of an answer. “She doesn’t want to love you,” I tell him. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Even botulism, the deadliest toxin ever known, needed at least 1 nanogram per kilogram to kill a human. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He might not be the one, but so far at least, he’s been the only. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The first year after we moved to Bridgeport, our parents tried really hard to get Auggie and me together at least a couple of times a month—either at our place or at Auggie’s. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“You’re at least aware, I hope, that it’s summer out there?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“No: In Scotland there exists at least one field, containing at least one sheep, at least one side of which is black.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

But to paraphrase Keynes: in the long run, we’ll all be broke, at least those of us who work for low wages and live in exorbitantly overpriced motels. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s no fixing the latch on the front door, but we lock a second bolt, which will at least keep the door from swinging open on contact. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Of course, I’d have at least twenty test subjects this time, but I was also thinking of building a mood-music app. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Whatever it meant, it was salvation—at least for an evening. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Travis had at least eight inches and almost a hundred pounds on Tyson. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Plant and animal domestication began in at least one part of the world within a few thousand years of that date. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

But he could have at least said “Thank you.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

It is fortunate that at least during these early stages most of the men working with chemosterilants seem mindful of the need to find safe chemicals and safe methods of application. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Robin wouldn't begin to experience those until her junior year, so we were saved from having to hear about them, at least. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

As a direct result of the station’s broadcasts, the Nazis sank at least one Allied ship and its crew. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I thought for sure I’d get at least a thirty-nine with that extra credit problem about the two trains. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a minute, I think Brenda is going to hit her, and I kind of want her to, or at least I want to see what would happen if she did. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It felt like in those two or three days I had changed, or at least part of me had changed, somehow. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Then she shook Constance awake—or at least into a groggy stupor. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

But Silvertongue didn't know about her, or about his daughter; at least there was no need to worry about Meggie—not now that she was Capricorn’s favorite toy. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Before the coldest weeks set in, we had the shutters of the storage room repaired and attached a sheet of tin to the doorframe, so that she would at least have some privacy. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

When you were teamed up with them it meant you were in part responsible for, or at least affected by, their mistakes. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

This, at least, is what the cows must have thought: “Let it keep its peace; we won’t disturb it.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pong pretended to look shocked and said in a very upper-crust voice, “I beg your pardon, but it's the Junior Patrol creed to give out at least three compliments every day.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

But he was in Cornwall, at least a five-hour drive from London, and with the alarms sounding, the armed guards, and the razor wire, he’d never make it out of the complex. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Well, at least this time he left our fence line alone,” said Perilee. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know who all the texts were going to, but I knew at least some of them were going to his girlfriend, Berry. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Being against the law, at least against its letter, she must be twice as law abiding as anyone else. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, she did tell us something at least. She didn’t say our query was wrong, just incomplete.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But at least it was the summer, not the way the Cottages would get a few months on, with all the puddles frozen over and the rough ground frosted bone hard. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sky stretches long and wide, and maybe this bus can go to the very edge of the world—or at least to my mother in New Jersey. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I think you should never be allowed inside this library again, at least until Friday. We don’t want a little boy getting big ideas. Now, where is your sister and that hideous baby?” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

We won a decent settlement for Mr. Ruffin's family, so they would at least receive some financial help. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And then, below that, she follow with the alert about the coat drive too, or at least that’s what she was supposed to do. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But everyone had the air, at least, of listening respectfully. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could at least see that the forced laborer’s handwriting was more like my father’s than the murderer’s. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Almost all the most important people in the country took turns living there, or at least attending the spiritualist meetings, the cultural discussions, and the social gatherings. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Have you noticed this is what has been happening for the last three or four years at least?' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The first thing I tell them is that at least where my own particular Black Nationalist organization, the Organization of Afro- American Unity, is concerned, they can’t join us. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soft dirt meant easier digging—at least, it did if you had screecher claws. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It was fun, or at least it was challenging. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“If a petition against such broadcasts would help in any way, I, for one, can guarantee at least 50 names of responsible persons who would be willing and eager to protest.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Male chimps, although they are only four feet tall when upright, are at least three times stronger than a grown man. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He asks this at least twice a week. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

My parents are already at their job assignments for the day, so for now, at least, I don’t have to worry about them trying to stop me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

And at least a dozen straight kids make a point of telling me that they support me. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

We’d been poor, but at least we always had something to eat. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I better find her and at least send her the letters. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

This was precisely why she loved plays, or hers at least; everyone would adore her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Perhaps I should have at least known something, but maybe not; who can sense revelation in the wind? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, supposedly she was going to marry this guy she was in love with, some street activist or something, but her mother made her marry the Cuban, at least that’s what they told me.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

When he said them about Miss Marva Hendrix, he was lighthearted and ready for some teasing—at least from Vonetta and Fern. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

For at least ten full seconds, no one moved. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“It will be at least another two or three hours before Rob shows up. I’ll be your eyes. I’ll get you down, no problem.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I don't remember exactly how long the journey was, only that it was long, several hours at least. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

But I knew they would at least give me advice and something to eat and drink. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Communications are down in Seven, Ten, and Twelve. But Eleven has control of transportation now, so there’s at least a hope of them getting some food out.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She’d work and work and come up with a group of photos and Anita would usually be able to sell at least a few of them in her gallery. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The consensus reaction was that Bobby’s expectoration reeked of callousness regarding the carnage taking place in Bosnia, and was a clear flouting of, if not international law, then at least moral norms. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

As I scanned the room, preparing to speak, what I observed probably shouldn’t have surprised me, but it did, at least a little. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Later, those few times they talked about what had happened, she said at least they’d been spared that knowledge. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“If we find a town, the people in the town will at least know where they are, and then we’ll know where we are. Does that buddy of Tiller’s, that Z guy, have a phone?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

While the temple has at least a dozen doors along its walls, Poppet immediately finds one that leads back out into the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The style of the clothing and the vintage leather boots suggested that the victim was European and that the corpse had lain on the mountain at least ten or fifteen years. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The boxes should’ve taken at least four people to carry, not just one. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The gauze wrapping doesn’t help with the pain of the bite, but it makes me feel a little better, and so does the fact that Uriah, at least, doesn’t seem to hate me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Sure. Probably be at least half an hour before she wraps this up.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Davis pulled open the front door, a massive pane of glass at least ten feet high, and we walked into an enormous marble-floored room. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

If I was going to become a politician and work for my country, I told God, I would have to at least be able to see over the podium. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She’s not quite ragged but seems to me barely clothed, at least compared to the high-necked blouses, cardigans, and long skirts she used to wear back when I knew her. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the passengers in the railway car saw how sick and how young Hari was, they made room for him so that at least he had a seat. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Thanks to recordings, we know that this has been the case since at least the late-nineteenth century. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

It was too bad, but sometimes a little knowledge could ruin your whole day, or at least take off some of the shine. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

In front of him was a broad green field at least half a mile wide, spreading eastward. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was also, at least implicitly, a justification for the strong executive leadership Washington had provided in the 1790s and that his critics had stigmatized as a monarchy. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

They may have had US passports, but at least I was the only one with the cool older sister. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

That summer, however, no one dared question Gallup about her methods—at least not at Riverbank. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He can’t do anything about that, but at least with the fires threatening the road to Arrowhead, he can make a difference. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“It does make her look at least eighteen,” conceded Sissy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smoke-curing the meat would take at least two days, and she didn’t dare leave it exposed. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

At any gathering of four or more Persians, it was certain at least one would have a deck of cards tucked into their breast pocket. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to cry for Edward—at least not in the deep, personal way that you cry for a friend or loved one. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Sorry, sorry, really—all right, if you’re not going to talk to me, will you at least listen?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

But we do need to watch them, at least the first time, to appreciate what actually happened. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“What are you talking about? That’s my life at least three or four days of the week.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Why did you glean that man today without warning? Didn’t he deserve at least a moment of understanding before your blade?” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

People were slow to piece it all together—or, at least, they had figured out the right way to keep us in the dark long after kids started dying. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

This trip gives him the perfect excuse to let go of the burden of his family for a little while, at least. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Because what is the point of contracting a life-changing skin condition if your sister isn’t at least going to be a little nicer to you? How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I thought I wanted to be like Papa, at least sometime in the distant future. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Any national plan for gradual emancipation needed to transform this racial demography by relocating at least a significant portion of that population elsewhere. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

"Well,” he said, "at least you show me proper respect. But why have you come to see me?” The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

But in America, my skin color did define me, at least in other people’s eyes. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I had been so busy sitting there moping and feeling lonely that I’d nearly forgotten my commitment—well, plan, at least—to try reinventing myself this year, to not be such an outcast. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

At intermission, Ethan bought one of the ten-dollar souvenir programs, and after the show he thanked my father at least five times for getting him a ticket. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

An empty row down the middle of the room is lined on each side with what looks like at least thirty white coffins with glass-domed tops. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

His glance strayed to his fallen enemies; twenty at least lay there. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what else to say because of course I’m going to go out, and I hope there will be boys or a boy at least. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Where on earth do we find a village in this godforsaken wilderness? We’ve probably taken at least two wrong turns already.’ Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Father said he was doing what he could and at least Mr. Axelroot was a better bargain. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I miss that kid. He was smart. Knew how to use his powers—better than your pet, at least. Might as well send her back for all the good she’s going to do for you.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I am sorry you think so; but if that be the case, there can at least be no want of subject. We may compare our different opinions.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

I need to know somebody, at least somebody’s name. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a while, at least, the boys were going to have to launch their shells by carrying them down the bank and wading into the water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She refused to leave, but the men didn’t force the issue, concerned that if she was provoked and became violent, it would require “at least four strong men” to subdue her. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“You can at least wear them to go home,” he says. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was time to go to school, at least for some students. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

City officials boasted there hadn’t been a Klan hanging of one of our people in at least ten years. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Or at least have things in common with me.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Could we at least wait till morning? There’s a chill in the air, and I just took a bubble bath.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It isn’t until I pop open the glove box that I find salvation—well, at least sixteen ounces of it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

In fact, I don’t remember much of anything before Sunday, at least not anything so far this winter. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was not winter in the woods—at least in these woods. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“You know, you could be at least a little supportive!” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“We wouldn’t last five minutes out there! You can at least hope to pass for normal. But one look at me . . .” She wiggled her forearm-less body. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The public had to wait at least a week to see these images from the trial. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Jack,” she said again, because that was his name, and that, at least, was something she could give him. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Your sister is cute,” I say, just to let him know that there’s at least one person in his family I like. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

By reputation, the Overseas park is a nest of crime and crack, and I am hoping at least for some vibrant multicultural street fife. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know this place, Jonathan. You have copied maps of it, and you know it at least more than we do. Which is the way to the chapel?” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Right down the block from the library was an inexpensive Thai restaurant, Krua Thai, where Bobby began dining at least two or three times a week. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The music and dancing lasts for at least an hour. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I expect a smile—at least from Mother—but instead, as I bring the mug to my lips, her face wrinkles in horror and she yells, “No!” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

By way of closing, he reminded them that there were at least four boys vying for each seat in the first varsity boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Her answer, therefore, was not propitious, at least not to Elizabeth’s wishes, for she was impatient to get home. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

All of these instruments relied, at least in part, on glass manufacturing skills and provided visual information. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It worked fairly well; at least he was now lace-free, although he hadn’t done a very neat job, and the edges still looked depressingly frayed as the boys set off downstairs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The steward might not be too happy about the result, but at least I’m watching what I say. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

In jenniferland I am An Example and must take at least two bites of everything. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Too bad all this stuff got wrecked, but at least I salvaged the scrolls. If I can get them back to Camp Half-Blood, maybe I can learn how to recreate Archimedes’s inventions.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It looked as if her piracy was forgiven, or at least forgotten. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

In Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, at least a thousand myrtle warblers could be seen in migration during former years; in 1958, after the spraying of the elms, observers could find only two. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She had scribbled the words in her notebook at least twelve different times in various handwriting styles, from bubbly to elegant. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Last night, she assigned me a task—come up with at least 20 possibilities. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Will you at least tell us a story about Mami at bedtime? A new one?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And at least, when I woke up, I knew why my father wasn’t home, and it wasn’t because he was dead too. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Did they recoil in horror and say, “Wait a minute, we've got to halt the process, or at least slow it down until we can get a handle on how to prevent these effects”? Nope. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“They don’t like Negroes, particularly, but they don’t take too much time to care one way or another what anybody is doing. That’s my impression, at least, from where I usually stand.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

There are still many living in the old barracks, but less crowding means at least everyone gets her own mat and blanket. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I was still at least ten yards away. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

And every word was perfect, as far as he knew, at least. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The fairy in that book wasn't very nice either, but at least Meggie knew the world awaiting her between its covers very well. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The fire smoked heavily and stung his eyes whenever it drifted his way, but at least it helped keep away the swarms of bloodthirsty mosquitoes. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

We last like that for at least ten minutes, until she pretends she has an itch, and doesn’t return her hand to mine. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Cade, hair crazy and eyes glazed, sat up from behind the Wall and gulped all the water, spilling at least a third of it down his chest and onto his lap. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

That was something at least, and Mace was a big man, strong across the shoulders, and with hands that could have spanned one and a half octaves of the pub piano he said he played. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Tell him, “OK. That one’s at least replaceable.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frank - at least Jason assumed it was Frank - had turned into a gorilla. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The men played old Viennese airs and if they didn’t play well, they at least played loud. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Take her, beta, and show her how to be at least a little Indian.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

There matters rest, at least for the moment. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

And if it can’t end, then it should at least continue into perpetuity like the adventures of Staff Sergeant Max Mayhem’s platoon. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

It was disgusting, that a man at least twice her age would want... Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Like I’m so close to making a move, or at least telling her how I feel, but for some reason the moment never feels right. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I had hit Dave’s Facebook page at least twenty times in the past couple of weeks. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Charades at least might go over well, as long as the tableaux did not involve any reference to small, bushy-tailed animals that stored nuts in their cheeks. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

That was what I told myself, at least. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He could see a long way down across open fields to a road, a farmhouse, a long sweep of wheat rising up to green woods on the far ridge, at least a mile off. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay. Well, at least let me walk you out. You look like you're about to pass out.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

"Why can't my sister at least try out for the drama classes?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But acts of small heroism are admired, not understood in all their vague complexities, but at least admired. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

If that were so, I at least owed it to her to set her straight on dragons. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lived in north London, in Finsbury Park, in a house occupied entirely by penniless Bengali bachelors like myself, at least a dozen and sometimes more, all struggling to educate and establish ourselves abroad. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He decided he needed to make absolutely sure that the people of the Soviet Union were loyal to him—or at least, that they behaved in all ways like loyal people. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Alec was battling at least six attackers who seemed bent on getting their own shiny prize. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

For this, by arrangement with the Dutch Government, he went to the island of Curasao in the Caribbean, cut off from the mainland by at least 50 miles of sea. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Hunting in the woods surrounding District 12 violates at least a dozen laws and is punishable by death. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

If he did, at least the cat would be covered. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“We don’t have much rope. I suppose he will be able to undo the knots eventually. But at least we will have some time to get away.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thank you all very much for helping me, and I’ll thank you still more if you won’t allude to it for a month, at least.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think they would like it much, but at least they listened. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her husband was en route to work downtown and would not be there for another thirty-five minutes at least. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Humason and Hubble, it gradually became clear, had discovered the Big Bang—if not the origin of the universe then at least its most recent incarnation. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed to grow calm; at least he was no longer suffering. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Every week, at least a dozen prisoners committed suicide by hurling themselves into the pit,” Jack said. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow Axel knows that it is okay to leave the house behind because at least he’ll be with Ray and George and Emmett and Aunt Nancy. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Her family had moved to Third Street at least two years ago. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, it was obvious this snow wasn’t going to melt for days and we would have to make a move sometime; it might as well be now, when at least it was pretty and calm. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as we had walked at least half a block from the school, Mom said: “So . . . how’d it go? Did you like it?” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

It pleases me to know that her taboo message made it through, to at least one other person, washed itself up on the wall of my cupboard, was opened and read by me. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

At some point during the prep, each of them bursts into tears at least twice, and Octavia pretty much keeps up a running whimper throughout the morning. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

We run home, or at least we go as fast as the Doorman will allow. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“His lady wife is long dead. Lord Wyman has two grown sons, and grandchildren by the elder. And he is too fat to sit a horse, thirty stone at least Val would never have him.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

No one had ever gone far into the Unknown Regions—or at least no one had gone far and returned. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The waiters in the cafes in St. Mark's Square had to run around just as much, but at least they were home by midnight at the latest. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The tank he was in was huge, at least fifteen feet deep and twenty or thirty feet long. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The gym was at the other end of the school, a quarter of a mile away at least, separated from us by a field of ice. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

You’d think a pig would leave a beaten trail in this wetland, but Crystal hasn’t or, at least, I can’t find it. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet Geyer knew, again from their letters, that the children had remained in Indianapolis for at least another week. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“But at least his evil didn’t involve the widespread manipulation of an entire faction and the systematic murder of every political leader we have.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I respect you at least that much.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any other time I would have been too embarrassed to tell him the truth, but I was so sick of lying that I had an urge to come clean, on this small matter at least. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But at least the planets will never be melted and frizzled by an erupting supernova. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was at least worth a try. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Strictly speaking, Brahe and Kepler weren’t quite the last mystics—but they certainly were, in astronomy at least, transitional figures between the mysticism of the Ancients and the science of Galileo and his successors. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

But she answered with a sullenness deeper than ever upon her face, “I am not slave of slaves in this house at least.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Besides, my trip to Ares 4 will be at least forty days. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Theo is overwhelmed with money worries and by his ambivalence about Marie, but at least he has colleagues at the gallery, clients he speaks to regularly, painters he spends time with. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

We stepped into our imaginary roles every single day for an entire summer and into the new school year—at least until the incident with the clubhouse. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

"I am no stranger to nightmares, Sansa. Perhaps you are wiser than I knew. Permit me at least to escort you safely back to- your own chambers." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There are at least twenty of them scattered among the trees, with gardens in between. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

My frizz had shrunk at least two inches, thanks to the humid air. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

‘One hobbit at least stood here for a while and looked back; and then he turned away into the forest,’ said Aragorn. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

But at least I didn’t have to know that.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t, at least not as a group. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I mean at least get something with some vitamins in it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“He’ll at least get beat up by Edward, who has been studying hand-to-hand combat since we were ten years old. For fun.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“No, not for at least another hour. The herbs must absorb the blood fully.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

What was more, her poems had appeared in at least twenty small literary magazines, two “slicks,” six college journals, and the Sunday supplements of countless newspapers. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When a man’s on shipboard, it’s Aye, aye, sir and you obey on the double. But at least when I’m in home port I’m my own boss!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s at least part of the answer.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And in the almost- ness of the moment, I cared at least enough. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Well, at least we got rid of that scream.” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I think we will not speak of it, at least not yet,’ said Frodo politely. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

"So at least we know this is how Nergal and his demons got here. Still doesn't tell us why, though. Or where they are now." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Or at least make sure it wasn't one of her jacked-up cuts. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Hey, at least you got to do that,” I say, shrugging as I pick at my eggs. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

These were to be our last days together, at least in the carefree spirit that had marked our escape from the Middle West and the American culture it was so easy to be ambivalent about. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

But at least she hadn’t said anything about his falling asleep. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

But he does not A commemorative mourning arrest him—not now, at least. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

It would accomplish nothing but maybe get glass in her eye, but then at least she might know what Jack was going through. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I guess not. Come on. Let’s go. There’s still an hour until ten. Maybe you can at least get Isabel to dance with you.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

At the center of a small table is a wooden post at least two feet high with strings dangling from the top like a tree. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

How he spent each of those minutes and hours could, at least in theory, affect the eventual outcome. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

When I reached the top of the steps, I noticed that at least one person was sitting in each seat. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Or at least try to understand what they mean. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

No obstacle thus prevented me from talking at least several hours each day to Francis. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Those memories, at least, might serve as a warning. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or at least the media paid attention, which led fashion bloggers to pay attention, which seemed then to provoke all manner of commentary across the internet. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I shouldn’t have said that. Dogs know loyalty, at least. Fidelity to the pack. It is an insult to the dog to call you one.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Because Redding had such a reputation for being a Tory town, the Rebels had decided to disarm it—at least disarm the Tories. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Come on, Kabir, at least tell me what it was like in jail." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

In the next hundred years, the population of most southern areas declined by at least three-quarters. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Almost everybody looks different, changed at least a little bit. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Apparently, June hadn’t actually gotten permission to come over, and now she was grounded for at least a month for sneaking out. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“No,” he said reluctantly, “I think we had better turn north to the Forest of Idris. It’s the longest way around, but at least it would give us some cover.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I could wait till I’m twenty-one and Malachy can go with me so that I’ll know at least one person in New York. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Problem, a little problem? Well at least it’s not a fully-grown adult problem.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She wanted to learn Italian and live in Rome for at least one year. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He thought back to the water truck, and wished he'd at least stopped and filled his canteen before running off. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Apparently the seeds are poisonous, but Grandpop eats them every day, which means by now he’s probably had at least a million, and seems fine...minus the whole glaucoma thing. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She could hold her own better than anyone I knew, but I wanted to let her know she wasn’t alone, because at least Jill was strong enough to actually say what I was only thinking. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“He can put a load on while he’s washing that shitheap dog of his—that’ll take at least a few hours or so.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I was glad I at least had something to contribute. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Nearly every evening there was at least an update on the case—which, as of yet, had only recently been assigned a hearing date for March and entered into the docket as Chow v. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When I’m embarrassed or nervous, I just go hot, but at least I can hide my feelings. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The room before her was at least three times as big as the one they had just left, and corridors radiated from it in as many directions as petals from a daisy. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“She knows you — or your voice, at least. You wake her.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was thinking about how the sky—at least this sky—wasn’t actually black. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

There were thousands of people in Fairfield, at least it seemed like that, but there were only a few hundred in Redding. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

For this first day, at least, I thought I had better keep him in sight as much as I could—until I get to know something about his habits. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Either that, or I at least thought before letting stuff fly out of my mouth. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

They, at least, can be made to pay for Rue's death. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It seemed like we were both sort of curious, or at least I know I was. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

His garb placed him from at least the previous century, and as he argued with whomever it was only he could see, he began to flicker, and before long, he was completely gone. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“It takes at least two hours to walk around, you see.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

When she leaves work every afternoon, he pleads in a tiny voice for her to stay—or at least to take him with her. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

When at least half a dozen people asked him what he was doing October 27 he was puzzled, for he had forgotten he had given this date as his birthday. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

If there was any angst about school, it was over the number of girls who desired to spend at least some part of their lives with him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And I know of at least one other person that dont understand all he knows about that,” I says. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt relieved; at least that part of his life was as I had understood it to be. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

On at least one occasion, all 6,000 jurors heard a single case. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Maybe we didn’t have our miracle plant—yet—but at least we’d have a plant that survives through the winter. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I felt my blood go cold—or at least drain from my face. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not the answer Shae had wanted, but at least she was safe. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I hope she's able to enjoy it because as misguided as Effie can be, she has a very keen instinct about certain things and must at least suspect we're in trouble. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

They also tell me they pray at least five times each day, which is a whole lot more praying than all the women in jail put together. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

For about a day, at least, the present to Patrolman Mancuso had brought a temporary peace to life on Constantinople Street. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents, Garrett, and I gravitate outside as well, all of us standing, strangely, looking to one another for some kind of guidance, or at least validation that this is actually happening. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t go up in the dern yard because of the dern cats, of which there were eighteen or twenty at least. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I must have dimly realized that Harry would marry one day and have a family of his own, but I reckoned it wouldn’t happen for decades, at least. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“We think at least an inch thick. We need a hole drilled through its center too.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, when we walked upstairs, I found that I had an excuse to put off the crucial model-building step for at least several more hours. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“Yes. That is how I witnessed what happened to my people. If only I had foreseen what was to come, I might have been able to prevent it. To save at least some of them...” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He walks off, his shoulders a little straighten I wish I’d gotten his name before he left, or at least introduced myself. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“They have...destroyed at least two thirds of all who have perished by the disorder.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

If things go wrong in the game today because of Zero, at least I’ll have a recording to study. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The violinists are everywhere, at least half the people here. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She never woke up until two in the afternoon, and then she’d take at least two hours to get dressed. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

There are no second chances after you’ve died for something, at least as far as I know. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Even when he flies off the handle, at least he’s fighting for something close to his heart. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Or, at least, Miyoko would be the only impediment if it weren’t for the U.S. government, which, ironically, may walk away from this chess match with the best score. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Now, I was sixty-five and at least as old as she was. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What I mean is, I think there’s some truth in every story—every story worth telling, at least—but especially in fairy tales.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Kinda corny, but at least the prizes look cool. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

For the moment, at least, she had stopped worrying altogether, for she was soundly and deeply asleep. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

But at least this way I won’t have to ride the bus to school with Edie and the Graces and Ruby the Traitor. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Probably all humans lived in bands until at least 40,000 years ago, and most still did as recently as 11,000 years ago. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I said, ‘Love, you could at least throw out that old rose,’ but she didn’t answer me. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It took me another five minutes to get through there, and I thought I’d suffocate with all the cigars and pipes, but at least I was near the ground where the air was slightly fresher. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Victor felt as if he had crossed at least a hundred bridges when, finally, he turned into the alley where he hoped to find Dottor Massimo's mysterious movie theater. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I kept eating, too, wanting every last fold of her, the taste brand new to me, or, at least, a reconfection of what I knew. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever he’s doing, I figure I must be buying him some time, at least. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

"A pity. Well, the threat may serve to keep the Marcher lords close to their castles, at least. What news of my father?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, at least I know how to have fun.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“There is always at least one transfer who doesn’t make it to the compound,” says Eric, picking at his cuticles. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

On the ticked-off scale from one to ten, he’s at least an eleven. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I was still flushed and swollen, but at least I no longer looked completely crazed. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

If a player attempts twenty shots per night, for example, the probability is surprisingly almost 50 percent that he will hit at least four straight baskets sometime during the game. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Life might be difficult for a year or two, but I would tough it out because living in a foreign country is one of those things that everyone should try at least once. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I’d expected delays, a round of questioning at least, perhaps a check of our papers. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Communism and Christianity, at least in Africa, were not mutually exclusive. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn't even worry about how sweaty his palms were—at least, not too much. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Having reached the optimal cultural level for their environment, she explained, Amazon Indian lives changed little, if at all, for at least two thousand years. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She was safe from the blast wave—at least her body was, up in the citadel. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Eventually, she would bear him at least one child. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Dog days in Maycomb meant at least one revival, and one was in progress that week. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Or at least it sounds like it’s exploded because I’ve never heard anything so loud. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Dad tells Mom everything—or at least he used to tell Mom everything—so by telling Webb, did I also tell Nina? A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

While we were waiting I saw a cockroach on the parquet floor that must have been at least three inches long. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The ride back to Devon would take three hours at least. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am glad you admit that at least.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we’ll need the names of each of them...There must be at least a hundred?” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Most of this I’ve told before, or at least hinted at, but what I have never told is the full truth. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The suitcase blocked some of the airflow, but at least I knew it wouldn’t creep up on me while I was sleeping. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

His thoughts were churning too much about the gray sky and what Teresa—at least, he thought it had been the girl—had told him in his mind to participate in any conversation. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It would look, at least from the outside, almost like the houses other people lived in. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I'm sure John hated working at the steam plant, but at least he got to leave the house and take his mind off things for a while. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

You could at least have nodded your head. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It seemed that every black church on the peninsula had at least one member who worked out at Langley. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Of course, not thinking, I pulled out what had to be at least ten cancer pamphlets. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When you as light skin as me and usually live with at least one white person, blacks don’t want no part of you either. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

After talking it through with both Barack and my friends, I decided to interview for the university hospital job, to at least see what it was about. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I say, “I’m not working if you don’t get help. Or at least sit down with your foot up while we do your work.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are at least two dozen riders, including his cousin George. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He demanded constant reassurances of adoration, or at least notice. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, at least I can pick a style and stick with it.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

But at least I never called him that to his face! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

And clouds got at least ten different names, I say. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he wasn’t about to let himself get sacrificed - at least not without a fight. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The trunk was at least twenty feet in diameter, with branches as tall as any in the park. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Come on, we’d better at least stop by the cottage. Did you get your grade on your dress yet?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I can at least take up the food issue with the queen.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

And no one in America was prepared to question a decision made by Washington, at least publicly, when rendered so summarily. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“No more, no more,” she said without turning around, or at least that’s what he thought she said; and when he came in anyway, she said, “More soup?” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or at least Dylan, who’s dying to see the character I modeled after him. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

My preferred way to work, at least at first, was quietly. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

To work out his species theory he had to become adept at describing at least one creature in minute detail. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What could some of the minor topics of our report be? I will give you a hint. I spoke of at least five subtopics. Who can name a subtopic?” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Whatever happens, at least you can look back and remember me for doing at least one thing right. Trying, anyway.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“What were we supposed to accomplish? Can you at least tell us that much?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Children, grandchildren, brothers and sisters, parents, dogs, cats, canary birds...There are no exceptions: farmers, shopkeepers, even policemen have families or at least keep a dog. You have only to look at her father!” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

They reported to work in vast factories that had appeared almost overnight—at least they seemed to be factories, but there was “no receiving dock and no loading dock,” Parkins reported. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I became aware that an adenine-thymine pair held together by two hydrogen bonds was identical in shape to a guanine-cytosine pair held together by at least two hydrogen bonds. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

By the time she got there, at least the snake had let go. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Leave me a string, Trotter, a thread, at least. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I kind of hoped to do at least some of them with Rae. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Well,” she says, “I appreciate you driving all this way. Can I at least give you some money for the gas?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Everyone was older than me by at least a few years. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But there’s a long tradition, going back at least to the sixteenth century, of using while at the head of a sentence to mean “although” or “whereas”: While he may be short, he’s wiry. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she heard them—or at least one of them. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Emma’s comforts and hopes were most agreeably carried on, by Harriet’s being to stay longer; her fortnight was likely to be a month at least. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

He was a year or two younger than me and at least four centimeters shorter. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

According to Arlie W. Schorger, author of a definitive study on the bird, in Audubon’s day at least one out of every four birds in North America was a passenger pigeon. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The few cans of food I had left he had taken away—at least I saw no signs of them in the fire. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Chokecherry is buried under at least two feet of fresh snow. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Most of them, given time, made at least small adjustments to their phantom forms. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I called one last time to see if I couldn’t at least get Ted O’Neill to send Jesse a polite rejection. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two fought for the hearts and minds of black America—and, at least for Washington, for the blessings of white society. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure whether I liked her, and I doubted whether I could trust her, but I cared at least enough to try to find out. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was tall and long, at least twice as long as the one Anya’s family built every year. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

West Fourth is one of those odd streets that break the New York grid, at least my newbie understanding of it, where streets normally run east-west and avenues north-south. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He would hate to cry in front of Lyra, because to her he was big and strong, and she would have been frightened to see him frightened, or at least he thought so. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Well, at least you’re taking it out on the box and not that guy’s face,” Mr. Shephard says when he comes into the room. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Cleared at least to proceed into the city, the visitor would soon encounter a spectacle of urban grandeur widely celebrated in its time. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Facing the old man—in my mind at least—has made me realize something. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was unthinkable that Stargirl could survive—or at least survive unchanged—among us. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

She has pasted on a horrible rictus of a smile, but at least she has enough self-possession for that. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The Doorman sits at attention next to me, or at least as best he can. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“What else can I tell you? Did they do at least another pass on the inventory check? Are you sure something’s missing?” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

That way she could go on talking at least with Chrissie, and Tommy and I could have some sort of conversation to while away the journey. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But young men didn't--at least in my provincial inexperience I believed they didn't--drift coolly out of nowhere and buy a palace on Long Island Sound. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Timothy said that the fish might not return to the reef for at least a week. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had been chubby as a child, at least to some eyes, and in her teens her weight fluctuated wildly. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

And even though I knew she'd be okay—at least I hoped she'd be okay—it was hard to not wonder how everything was going to get done now. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Lesage always read at the Carol Service, and Founder's Day, and once a term at least, in assembly. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Not for a couple of years at least! Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

But there’s no point in saying this to Mom—she’s in a good mood, at least by her standards. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Mama, this is my thing! I want to help, at least as long as I can.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mark was surprised at how little fear he felt, at least at that moment. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

"I don't know. We only have a name. But at least we have information for Inspector Becker, something for him to go on." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

But at least I have encouraging messages from Venkat to cheer me on! The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

For my last few days in Congo, at least. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was sure enough about it to have made some account-closing bets on the horse, at least one as a side wager with his father, and he was a great deal poorer for it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rose screaming that a salesman was at least a dignified occupation, but she would never have a barber for a husband. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Morrison, coming home, would tell of the day and get listened to, and he would try to retell the drummer’s stories—some of them at least. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In order to make at least some show of appreciation I toss off the beer in one gulp. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the festival isn’t fun, at least not for me. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

We got all decked out in our bee outfits—at least I did. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m grateful at least that I don’t have to lie about this. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Madison did need to come up with at least three votes on assumption—here Jefferson's account is accurate—and eventually four members switched their votes, all of them congressmen from districts bordering on the Potomac. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Quite the contrary, the marketplace was a perfect place for playing, and so we did, the young rats at least, as soon as we had finished eating. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Surely he wouldn’t cancel without at least telling me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was poor Silky she was thinking of: His chestnut coat dulled with lack of care, burrs stuck in his forelock, he was distrustful of humans, and prone to bite, at least at first.... The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Gradually, he learned the details of my condition, reacting to them in a milder way than my parents had, which allowed them, or at least Tessie, to begin to accept the new reality. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“And we got to twelve. But hey, at least you didn’t drag it out just to show off, like you did last time.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

And it did lead to a degree of celebrity, at least locally. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

To the north, a huge mass of rock rose out of the sea—an island with cliffs at least a hundred feet tall. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“But I think he’ll see that it’s for your good. He’ll go along with it, honey. Will you at least give it a chance?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Would there be any way I could travel parallel to the fire and work my way back there, to a source of water at least? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Harry supposed it was a bit of a giveaway in these dangerous and suspicious times to buy Dark artifacts — or at least, to be seen buying them. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

However, there are at least three arrows of time that do distinguish the past from the future. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wylan’s uniform was far too big, and Jesper’s sleeves and pants looked ridiculously short, but at least the boots were a reasonable fit. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Can’t I escape visions of my loss and utter failure anywhere, at least in my own freaking backyard? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Woke up gasping in horror—then fell asleep and had the same dream again and again, at least three times in a row. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

New York City at least, Elijah Muhammad’s unquestioned rule would be ended. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed obvious that they were going around the law, or at least defying some rule or regulation. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

But at least for a brief amount of time, we stood strong for what we believed in. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

So it was quite an achievement when in 1946 he was able to announce with some confidence that the Earth was at least three billion years old and possibly rather more. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He heard car crashes at least once a week, but this sound was worse - Celestial bronze crumpling, wood splintering, stallions screaming and a goddess wailing in two distinct voices, both of them very surprised. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

We can cite at least four obvious reasons. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

If somebody at least listens, it's not too bad. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Most of the women were older than Mala; at least with their sophisticated hairdos and makeup they looked older. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He stood at least six feet tall and had round powerful shoulders and thick forearms. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

This was something new for Birkenau, where usually they let us at least sleep through the night. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

We were at an age to explore dating, or at least parties. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

‘I am weary, and our hunt has failed. Or at least others were before us; for these horsemen are riding back down the orc-trail. We may get news from them.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Aunt Petunia seemed to feel that the best way to keep up Dudley’s morale was to make sure that he did, at least, get more to eat than Harry. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She had brought the blade from India, where apparently there was at least one in every household. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He was at least six and a half feet tall, deeply tanned and muscular. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They at least were eager for the duty. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe I can at least get an uneventful night’s sleep before I have to deal with him in the morning. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The lower floor has at least another ten rooms, and only half of those rooms are furnished. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Always at least two of us per house, sometimes three or four. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The bunks, stacked three high, hold at least one and sometimes two men, as do the spaces beneath them. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

His rabbit dæmon trembled at his feet, no use at all: she could at least have kept watch for the poor man, Lord Roke thought. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She was at least fifty years old, but she dressed stylishly and wore makeup, so she looked closer to thirty. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, she thought, looks like I’m about to become the Dill of my new group of friends—financially at least. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“You are asking me to sell out Mandy. We were sisters— at least for a while.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Yes, the very one. It was not easy to keep our glamours up for so many years, but it feels good to be free of them, at least for a little while.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

In 1867, at the dawn of the Reconstruction Era, no black man held political office in the South, yet three years later, at least 15 percent of all Southern elected officials were black. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

"I saw that dress on the magazine covers at least ten years ago." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Bruce thought the cave was worth at least five million, but his Realtor offered a reality check. schism. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Wait in your room, and at least dress for bed. Also, there's a post-balloon hooked to your vanity." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Within three years, nearly 68 percent were rearrested at least once for a new offense. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

If I had been alone, I might have taken it off, or at least kicked my jeans off my legs to let my body breathe, but I knew better. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

For one more day at least, she was alive. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Frightened individuals huddled at the water’s edge, while at least one group of desperate people constructed a crude raft and sailed it north. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sandy Sanders is mentioned at least three times, but yesterday it was all the radio show host would talk about. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

My only consolation is that at least I don’t get nervous playing the piano in front of an audience. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He knows we fear him, or at least his “consequences,” so he can afford to show a sort of twisted benevolence by letting us have certain freedoms in the camp. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

And while I’d never lie and tell myself I actually changed the minds of people like Hilly and Elizabeth, at least I don’t have to pretend I agree with them anymore. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

This, she told herself, was at least the truth. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I needed a good twenty minutes, at least. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had little idea what it really involved, but at least it had to be better than the made-up misfit sports we had to play in elementary school. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“I know, but I just need to stand there, or get a little closer at least. For one second.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

It was a story of exploitation and disaster for at least a hundred thousand Haitians, and in one way or another, Farmer had to deal with it every day. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Well, at least this time I had something to say to her. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

They put a blanket on the cold tiles for Victor, that was at least something. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I seize upon that, it is at least something to hold on to. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gauguin is quite ambitious, and he has agreed to make Theo his sole art representative, sending him at least twenty paintings. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I’ve had the worst day and I need to know right now that at least you’re ok or I’m going to scream and break things. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“Generally, we require a reservation, with deposit, at least forty-eight hours in advance,” he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Why not marry her off, then? It will get her off your hands, at least.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

And at least one bureau agent who had left the case prior to White’s arrival had realized that there was a culture of killing. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Already the air was warming up a little, at least where the sun shone brightest. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then he saw the giant...or at least Percy guessed that he was a giant. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They would have to use fire again—for cooking, at least. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The path is starting to tend downhill again, so at least that’s a blessing. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

And I picked up an orange peel and knew that no matter what we did, the ravens would be there, would always be there, at least one step ahead of us. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He drifted about with his head full of myths, always at least half lost in some otherland of story. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh. But... can you at least tell me if she received it? I mailed it just before the deadline and—” “One moment please.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Or, at least part of the way around. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The automatic quality of Gatsby's answer set us all back at least another minute. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I guess I felt that if I was going to be a meat eater, then at least once in my life I should take part in the killing of my food. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I mean, if I was on trial for my life I’d want my lawyer to tear the prosecution witnesses to shreds, or at least to try. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

June throws her head back and laughs, loud and unguarded, and Nora rolls her eyes, and Alex is glad, at least, that he’ll have this to come back to when the nightmare is over. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I think it's a good feeling, or at least an exciting feeling. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The other ingredients weren’t so easy to come by: George visited local slaughterhouses at least once a week to collect cow fetuses and chicken blood. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

They had been friends for at least a year before he asked her out. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Missing him makes me sad...but at least there are lots of good memories, too. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

It would take weeks, or at least days, to soak into an eight-inch log, and he wouldn’t need the logs that long. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was at least part of the problem. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“I’d have the room to myself, at least,” I pointed out. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa made this threat at least once a day, that the bat would come and visit one of us. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

They were quick on their feet, stole every stealable base at least once, and were clearly out for blood. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Yeah, when Jackie Robinson started with the Dodgers, it was as if life had changed, at least for the colored. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, even when I wasn’t thinking about him, or at least when I didn’t know I was thinking of him, I would find myself crying. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You could have at least told me you weren’t going back to Holy Cross.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

You can at least try to, if you want to—there’s nothing wrong in rising.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad might get us a little present—a comic book or a pair of shoes or a package of underwear— but at least as often, they forgot our birthdays altogether. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

That’s hard to say, at least hard for us to say. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Food riots in Tokyo had claimed at least eight lives, and there were rumors of a revolution in Russia. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He wrote her e-mails, asking that she at least tell him why, what had happened. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I guessed this much denner resin would be worth at least fifty talents to an apothecary. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And, of course, he was jealous of her; her position in Nancy’s esteem, though of another order, had been at least equal to his. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at least they didn’t scream at me or lock me up. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He could tell things apart that looked exactly alike to Marly—at least for a while—like Dutchman’s-breeches and squirrel com, and Solomon’s seal and twisted-stalk with their tiny bells, and violets! Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“We come all this way, we at least got to try.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Or they’d at least ask if something was wrong before they made the decision. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The regent believed Justice and I brought out the worst in each other, or at least Justice’s penchant for adventures and high-jinks influenced my more conservative disposition. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even if it wasn’t exactly like Cuba, at least it was an island, and no matter where you went in the world, an island was still an island. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

And as I trot along, I'm doing something I haven't felt like doing for at least two days. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If things got that bad that fast on a day when at least some people got food, what would it be like if no food at all was available? The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

It has been estimated that at least a billion and a half people would be dead by the end of the first day. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

They had chosen well, she had to admit, at least as far as style and fit went. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

From the animals’ point of view the bargain with humanity turned out to be a tremendous success, at least until our own time. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

There were at least two always visible, their handlers sure to parade them past the cages in close proximity. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I don’t need the permission of Zola or Mr. Pomodoro, but I think it is better to have at least Zola in the knowing. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

I lean over to whisper, “It’s good for annoying your mother; at least, it has that effect on mine.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stella could see Mrs. Spencer, a frenzied look on her face, with Hannah and at least half of her siblings, huddled together, staring at the inferno. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He had some real achievements, but he is remembered at least as much for his eccentricities. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Maybe the merry-go-round at least slowed down with me gone. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I should at least try, right? You always said to go after what I wanted.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But the bird is at least a quarter mile away, most of it uphill, and by the time I reach him, I'm winded. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was at least fifteen feet long and painted a bright red, inside and out. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were no chains, at least none that men could see. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“But at least you have Robert. I bet you spend a lot of time with him.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were at least twenty bodies, laid out side by side, filling the entire floor. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It’s as if I’ve gone from being eleven back then to being really old now, at least as old as my grandparents, who are in their sixties. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I ask, “Can you at least tell me where you’re going?” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Blackcliff’s rules are so numerous that it’s impossible not to break them at least a few times. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And if every sadness, when it came, turned out at least to be redemptive in the end. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It had nothing to do with the splendor, though she did feel splendid, at least at first. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

At first glance, the kitchen was better—it was bigger, at least—though the stove burners were wrapped in aluminum foil and bedsheets had been stapled over the lower cabinets in place of doors. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Some were huge, at least six inches wide altogether. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Or at least a few of them until he met Mom, and boom, a wife. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The print was big enough to suggest that it came from a creature at least the size of a grown man. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Kepler, at least, wasn’t afraid of a glaring problem: as Δx goes to zero, the sum becomes equivalent to adding an infinite number of zeros together—a result that makes no sense. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

It must have been at least seventy jumps each before the output began to slacken.“Other side,” Kendra gasped, breathing hard. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Well, at least he had one person thinking it as he wanted it thought. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

When he arrived at the Street of the Crooked Dog he found Gebu in such roaring good humor that he knew the beatings, at least, were over for a while. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

In order that Tucker could keep at least one of each kind of coin, Harry Cat figured out that they should bring over one half dollar, four quarters, one dime, five nickels, and fifteen cents. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s taller. Or at least stands straighter. He’s lost weight. And his chin is firmer than it was.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

For adult mollusks there is apparently less danger of direct poisoning, at least by some of the pesticides. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I clutch Octavia's hand as I blindly step into my shoes, glad to find they are at least two inches lower than the pair Effie had me practice in. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It smelled like hot hair, nail polish remover, and a soft perfume, which Bridget had sprayed on at least eight out of twenty pulse points. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Today, China appears politically, culturally, and linguistically monolithic, at least to laypeople. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The hotel itself is at least twenty stories tall, sleekly designed, with a virtual image of floating koi swimming across its entire side. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“There was a ship, another one, or a different name at least, that chased Lucky Girl into the storm. It was a big ship. Built for the north... North Run, maybe?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Forty thousand,” said Mo. “But at least he didn't kill the owners.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“It was quite a scandal when they married. She had no money and no connections, but at least she abided by the law. Not like your birth mother.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She worried about him all night long, of course, but at least at night he was sleeping. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Good, thought Powell; they might lack radio control but at least they were fitted for radio reception. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I can see at least four cross streets where Helena could have turned. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It had been at least three minutes since I made that joke, and he was still holding on to it. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Scarier than if they said something mean, because at least then you knew what they were thinking. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She faced the small tyrant, heir to Skathis in cruelty at least, if not in gift. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She said it was a full setting for twelve and worth at least two hundred. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right. The snow may be falling in the winter of my discontent, but at least I’ve got sarcastic company. Sit down, will ya?” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

But Mother made sure that I knew at least one important thing about him: He was a maker of the most marvelous kites. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The small concession placated the demonstrators outside the courthouse and they agreed to leave, defusing the situation, at least for a while. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Our technology is, so far, utterly incapable of such grand interstellar voyages, at least in reasonable transit times. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The huge gargoyles were at least ten feet tall, with razor claws and horns like rams. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

They would have to stay another day, at least. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Senate and other offices—it was certainly handicapped, at least in the short term, by Kennedy’s brazen dissemination of inside information. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I knew this was the custom; still, I had hoped I might at least be allowed in the room to enjoy the ceremonies. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Holmes and Pitezel seemed to have a close relationship, close enough at least for Holmes to do Pitezel a costly favor. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I can tell by Mama’s rigid backbone that the conversation is uncomfortable, but at least they’re talking. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Papito doesn’t exactly congratulate me on my success, but at least he no longer com- plains that I’m leeching off them. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Han pleaded with them to at least release Sunjin, since he was so young. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He wore relatively conservative clothing on his stocky frame, at least relative to what Mrs. Torrance normally wore. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In New York City, the early 1930s cohort was so small that class sizes were at least half of what they had been twenty-five years earlier. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

"Well," she said, "at least we shall not be bored. But we had better leave your mother a note." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Volunteer information is also on the website. But you must be at least 16 years old or accompanied by a parent. Are you 16?” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It took me at least a dozen visits to build this relationship. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, not really,” Eilonwy said, “at least, not all the way. The horses didn’t run off until a little while ago.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“They messed up at least one person from each hut,’’ Peewee said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s true what they say. Time heals all wounds. Or at least most of the pain.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“See — guess you were right — now at least you got a black nose.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But hey, we might be fish out of water, but at least we had escaped the horns of our dilemma to a silver lining, as Mami might say. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

How to classify Kenna is a difficult question, but, at least in the beginning, it wasn’t one that he thought about a great deal. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z