"You can't do those treatments all at once. You must learn to refuse. You should only do three at a time, especially when you have back-to-back appointments. Your arcana levels took a massive dip." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

"I care nothing for the size of its cabins or the quality of its appointments, so long as it is swift and safe. I wish to leave at once." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Other patrols had been sent out at once, but all that they had established was that the rabbits from the north had crossed the iron road and disappeared southward. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I am not certain, so I will say no more. I may be able to tell you something when I come back. I am going off at once: so this is good-bye for the present.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

All at once they were aware of the evening as the end of light and warmth. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She did not know how to speak to him; she wanted to pour out all she felt at once. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ridiculous. What can they possibly mean by letting all that light in at once. Don’t they know that this is a dungeon?” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

All the boys were talking at once, relieved and excited. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

"You ought to try Armstrong—quite a young man—but so clever—Pam had been to all sorts of people for years and he put his finger on the trouble at once!" And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Billy asked them in English what it was they wanted, and they at once scolded him in English for the condition of the horses. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sticky opened one eye, then closed it to open the other, as if too afraid now to look at the world with both at once. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

They fell at once to swearing as I ordered, and when the round of oaths had ceased, we found a halfmoon bay to beach and moor the ship in, with a fresh spring nearby. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Downstairs in the church, it seemed like everyone was talking all at once, their voices blending together to sound like a whole bunch of nothing. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

All the sheep pushed away from the door at once, herding together like a school of fish and pinning us against the wall so hard the breath was pressed out of us. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She does know, all at once and with great certainty, that she is quite alive, and quite alone. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It was like it was too much coming at you all at once, like it would steal your breathing away from you. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

She popped me into her handbag with Bruno, and at once I took up my usual perch in the small side-pocket so that I could poke my head out and see what was going on. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

The cold water penetrated his fur almost at once. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was formed like a man—he only saw it for a second and then it darted away—but he knew it at once: it wasn’t a shadow at all. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then there was a bit of confusion as the rest of us all moved back our chairs from the little table all at once. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hurry,” he said, “we must leave here at once.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

He drew his head out from under the upraised hood to look at her, then at once went back to examining the car’s engine. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

"I love him with all my heart," Sansa said at once. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I tried to tell her the whole thing, all at once. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She inhaled, and her lungs filled with a thousand scents all at once. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Iorek made at once for the vulnerable gap at his neck. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Poor James, on the other hand, was still very much alive, and all at once he found himself alone and frightened in a vast unfriendly world. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

On the way home they all talked at once. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Not so. You see, this crime, it was most probably committed by a woman. The man was stabbed no less than twelve times. Even the chef de train said at once, ‘It is a woman.’ Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The animal is at once different from me and yet as a living creature it is in some ways the same. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Everyone who’d been holding their breath let it out all at once and started talking. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

She thinks she hears something, and then she’s sure she does, because all at once it’s upon her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Mary turned back to her lacquer, and almost at once she made her discovery. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

In all four Egyptians frozen fear boiled at once into a choking mixture of anger and relief. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew it at once, as strongly as he knew that fire burned and kindness was good. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I imagined capturing several rebels at once, locking them inside a house, sprinkling gasoline on it, and tossing a match. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Instead, their watches went off at once, a shrill beep. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

At Jones’s farm, the Cox boy told Jones his father wished to see him at once. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we go out, the rain at once soaks through our overcoat and clothing;—and we remain wet all the time we are in the line. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then all at once the crowd parted and seemed to dissolve, and there were the castle gates before her, and a line of spearmen in gilded halfhelms and crimson cloaks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

My heart races, and it somehow tells me I want more and to take my time all at once. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Exhausted, fatigued from sleepless nights, from stressful work in the freezing cold, they somehow at once pulled themselves up.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Lord Darlington called me into his study, and I could see at once that he was in a state of some agitation. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

And at once, while reading that passage, my mind stopped, teased, challenged with the effort to remember, to associate widely disparate but meaningful experiences in my life. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Leaving her stool, Lupita came at once into the room and stood before her uncle. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“Get your bag and report to Principal DeShields’s office at once.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Sheriff Charles said, “Now look. Mercy’s a good Christian hospital but they don’t want to see all you...Negroes showing up at once. I’ll take the mother and father. Road’s still not good.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I slashed and hacked, destroying everything in my path, but even I was getting tired, and I couldn’t be everywhere at once. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Four of my tables fill up at once. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He backed away, then all at once turned and ran. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

And then, almost at once, we will be in the harbor, tying up beside Captain Billy’s unpainted two-story ferry house, which leans wearily against a long, low shed used for the captain’s crab shipping business. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maxim did not come. He made some excuse and went into the library. I came back home almost at once. Perhaps Mrs. Lacy can tell you.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

‘We must be getting those viper’s teeth out at once!’ he cried. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

All at once, all the screens turn on, each of them showing footage from different cameras. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

All at once it jumped back with its wings raised. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were allowed to sit down, but things began to go wrong at once. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was, all at once, thrilled, important, humble, and thankful. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra saw at once who it was, and marveled at this grown-up vision of Will—the same jutting jaw, the same way of holding his head. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The little girls were wearing white party dresses and black party shoes, so strangers would know at once how nice they were. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a confusing feeling, happy and angry all at once. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

If you take it on all at once, you hear one song, one whole sound. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I believe,” she said at once, “you would find some difficulty in doing that.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And all at once, it had become clear to Miss Mallory that the child’s heartbeat matched up precisely with her own. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Again without any apparent logic, the magistrate then asked if I had fired all five shots at once. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

When we got to the Palace, however, I had to get to my room at once. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

And judging from the fact that they all seemed to be talking at once, Mark had a feeling they weren’t on the alert for intruders. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, as if everyone had remembered their manners all at once, we began to introduce ourselves to each other as Navajos are always supposed to do. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was aware at once that there was something wrong. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost everyone in the auditorium seemed to gasp at once. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

All at once, the door swings open, blowing the sack against my cheeks, and I hear running footsteps down the hallway. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The river splashes in waves as thousands of people jump in it at once trying to get to the other side. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This expedition must proceed without further delay. It must go on at once. Please give the order.” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

"My lord father," he announced, "His Grace commands you to attend him in the Chamber of the Painted Table. You are to ride the horse and come at once." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He wore a plum-colored dashiki Koffi knew at once was expensive despite its subtlety, and he exuded the air of someone senior and refined. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Tell Captain Sainfoin I’m bringing my Mark up at once.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

All at once she couldn’t wait to get away, but Flatnose had paused in the doorway. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The Horses, without waiting to be unsaddled, lay down at once. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Doing a little at once can fix something, eventually, but I feel like when you believe that something is truly a problem, you throw everything you have at it, because you just can’t help yourself. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He rose to his feet at once, while Mrs. Van Hopper, flushed with her success, waved a vague hand in my direction and mumbled my name. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Major Danby’s effervescent optimism vanished instantly, and he broke out all at once into a bubbling sweat. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He had to put the question to her at once; his curiosity even drove Ginny temporarily from his brain. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“This way both heads come off at once. Next time, put the legs of your pants down, and tie them tight around your ankles so nothing can get in.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon nipped her breast through the thin cotton, but she got in at once, clutching the rucksack, and the man leaned across her and pulled the door shut. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seven wasn’t sure if it was her imagination, or her fear, or both, but the world seemed to get colder and darker all at once. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

She was certainly ugly, and yet, like the toad, she had eyes like jewels, dark and imperious, revealing latent energy and an intellectual force that could be felt at once. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the owls flooded into the Great Hall as usual, everyone’s at-tention was caught at once by a long, thin package carried by six large screech owls. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He took a deep breath and let all the words out at once. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

All at once Mina opened her eyes, and looking at me tenderly, said:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

But at once it closed them again, grimacing with pain. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are too eager, my lord,” I said, and he withdrew at once. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“He just wants to give us some hands-on experience,” said Hermione, immobilizing two pixies at once with a clever Freezing Charm and stuffing them back into their cage. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“If anyone says anything threatening to you, tell us at once.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The man dropped his aggressive tone at once. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“The second step you must take — and at once,” Dumbledore pressed on, “is to send envoys to the giants.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Kenny, this isn’t a welfare list, it just means your daddy’s gonna pay all at once instead of a few times every week.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened his eyes and seized it, took it in, comprehended it all at once, and found that it came accompanied by a fierce determination, a sense of rising resolution. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Wide awake at once, he scrambled to his feet, and his eyes went automatically to the upper room. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

She became visible at once and stepped forward smiling happily, because Yambe-Akka was merry and lighthearted and her visits were gifts of joy. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was trying to be mean and feeling bad about it all at once. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore set off at once down the stone steps, his own traveling cloak barely stirring in the still summer air. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Well; it’s a good thing, you know. It brushes the Newgate cobwebs away, and pleases the Aged. You wouldn’t mind being at once introduced to the Aged, would you? It wouldn’t put you out?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

If I had known that this would basically be the last time I’d have both parents paying attention to me at once, I probably would have taken the hug. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

All three of them realized what it was at once, and leapt backward with a splash. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He sat down, and Harry saw Karkarofflean forward at once and engage him in conversation. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The night came back like a deep breath, complete and overwhelming all at once. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The recommendation was rejected at once at Twenty-seventh Air Force Headquarters by ex-P.F.C. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“We can have half each. Hey, you! James! Come over here at once and climb this tree!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

The bear spoke, and the man handed it to her at once, nodding vigorously. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Different nerves hit me all at once: What if it’s not Rufus, even though no one else should be knocking at my door this late at night? They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I told him that I would come to his office at once,” recalled Truman. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told him in a new series of whispers, that he might as well buy me a gold gown and a silver bonnet at once: I should certainly never venture to wear his choice. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was a coarse face, and I recognized it at once. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

All at once, he frowned and let out an awful moan, and grabbed for the back of his head. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he seemed so glorious to Winnie that she lost her heart at once. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

They ran into the granary and killed her at once. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When all of them began to speak at once, Griff knew the tide had turned. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

For a moment she felt faint, her head swam, sounds receded, the room darkened, but almost at once her senses came back even more pitilessly than before, and nothing in the situation had changed. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

If we do not know him, we shall yet take someone to be our invalid, but a man of the lowest class, so that he may come to mind at once. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

On the next stroke, all eight of the Washington oars caught the water cleanly, perfectly, at once. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We knew at once that she had been tricked. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As far as I can see, it would be wiser and more judicious if you were to take to yourself the original at once.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She wore too many clothes at once, covering herself entirely and even wearing her raincoat indoors, as hot and dry as it was. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they did, I would leave at once. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And at once he was aware of a new kind of sensation. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I telephoned my white friends in the Works Progress Administration: “Transfer me at once to another job, or I’ll be murdered.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

"This morning he commanded me to ride ahead with all haste and ask Grand Maester Pycelle to convene this council at once. He has an urgent task for us." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The interior of the cloud felt spongy and chilly, real and insubstantial at once. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then she closed her eyes and several things happened at once: Harry’s scar prickled painfully; the Horcrux twitched so that the front of his sweater actually moved; the dark, fetid room dissolved momentarily. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She settled herself at once to walk the mile or so to the bus station, stopping to put on her thin jacket against the November wind. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

She jumped up at once, and Will went with her. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

All at once he stopped, his eyes widening. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

At the bake sale he had never seen so many pies at once, more pies on the endless table than soldiers buried in his backyard. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

It was a flying saucer from Tralfamadore, navigating in both space and time, therefore seeming to Billy Pilgrim to have come from nowhere all at once. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She suspected that Judith had invented the irksome procedure just to keep her busy, and in a burst of resentment she poured in the remaining cupful all at once. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

‘But not at once. I will go with you as I promised. I promise again. But not now. You are not safe yet. I will save you, but you must trust me.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Sir, General Scheisskopf is on the phone. He wants to speak to you at once.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

An awkward moment passed, until the two young ladies spoke at once. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

They came at once and obediently looked at his knee. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Arm paid the driver, who took off at once. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

But then I realized quite a few things at once. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Answering before a question was completed or having several kids answer at once were violations of the rules that would cost points. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had been trained to get a grip at once and to hold it at all costs. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Madam, there is a lifeboat about to leave. You and the children must come at once.” I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sheriff Dean kept one eye on Shady but kept the other on Jinx, like a cat waiting for a mouse to steal a piece of cheese so he could devour both at once. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

If he heard from the women, he of course would notify the detectives at once. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

All at once, when he felt that he could pump out no more breath, nor force his knees to bend again, the stair ended. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I hopped out at once, despite my confusion and curiosity. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

And there is so much time to be endured, time heavy as fried food or thick fog; and then all at once these red events, like explosions, on streets otherwise decorous and matronly and somnambulent. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A busy day to come. We must leave the forest at once, Mr. Scoresby. They are going to burn it.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room was so quiet that you noticed the ticking of the clock at once. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“It was something so startling,” Elizebeth later said, “that I could not grasp it all at once.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

All at once she became aware that the other prophets didn’t seem as confident as Baba Joseph. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they came out of the narrow valley and at once she saw the reason. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

When the harvest time came, and many were wanted all at once, he let them out at any rate which he pleased and made a quantity of money. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said it quite calmly, and yet Harry fell silent at once; he knew that he had finally crossed some invisible line. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

This was greeted by an ominous silence, and then loud voices, all chattering at once, as the chili-covered boys stood up. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just kept looking out the window until all at once there on my right was a white picket fence and a meadow, fresh and green as if it had just this minute been created. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Digory felt at once that it was also older than ours: a sun near the end of its life, weary looking down upon that world. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

All at once, he sees a flash of white—one of the SUVs, probably with a dog in back, inching along a trail above the river. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Will set off at once toward the sound, and Lyra followed behind as he plunged down a narrow alley shadowed from the moonlight. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they needn’t have bothered What he was thinking about was the bottle in his wardrobe, and he disappeared at once into his bedroom and locked the door. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Atal was excited by this idea, and they hauled in their net at once and began to gather what Mary needed. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She fell silent at once, as if she had swallowed her tongue. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Lyra thought his outline was lost almost at once against the pallor of the snow-covered ground, but it might have been that her eyes were full of tears. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was at once a weapon and a threat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They each spun in place, a thousand at once, and then continued to tread the stately spiral. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

But I can feel it like a bass line, somehow steady and urgent at once. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Then, all at once, I became aware of an overwhelming roaring, rushing noise. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

All at once I began to smash things—benches, tables, hanging beds—a rage as meaningless and terrible as everything else. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

When someone is doing two things at once, “there is an illusion of productivity,” David E. Meyer, a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan told me for the story. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I sprang to my feet at once, feeling guilty, and apologised for sitting there so late, and he bowed, saying nothing, very polite, very correct, but I caught a flicker of surprise in his eyes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

All at once, our people who were serving food behind the counter began to applaud. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There will likely be too many for us to fight at once, so we’ll need to figure out a way to hold them off,” Valley said. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The illusion fades, and all at once he looks like any other tired thirteen-year-old boy who needs a haircut. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

What campus officials had implied about them—through the policy of affirmative action—the students came to believe, seizing upon the idea of belonging at once to academia and to the society of the disadvantaged. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face is black and puckered and oily now and seems to breathe all at once like an undersea creature. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost at once, steer number 534 moseyed over to the fence and made eye contact with me. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Instantly she was surrounded by excited children, waving clippings from the Cucaracha Voice and trying to talk at once. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Meg and Beth said, “No.” at once, and looked surprised. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lancelot stopped at once, as if he were a farm labourer who had been given permission to knock off for his dinner. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second wonder was that the blackness overhead, all at once, was blazing with stars. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Crevasses—some wide enough to sink villages in, not house by house but all at once—run inland, northward, right out of sight. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I will, and you must hear me. It’s no use, Jo, we’ve got to have it out, and the sooner the better for both of us,” he answered, getting flushed and excited all at once. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pigs ran in panic, moving every which way at once, and then the blam! of Angelo’s shot directly behind made me jump. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She put her head out through the car window and said with fury, “My name is Eleanor Vance. I am expected in Hill House. Unlock those gates at once.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

As I listened to her footsteps on the walk, I wanted two things at once: I wanted to make my escape. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He wanted her to be a virgin and not a virgin, all at once. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Whether they are good or evil, or have nothing to do with us at all, we must go down at once. Not even on the knees of Caradhras will we wait for another night-fall!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I was giving her too much pleasure all at once and I knew I had to slow down. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moment it made contact with its surface, the potion began to froth and smoke, then, all at once, it turned a clear, bright gold. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But what could you expect of slanty eyes and yellow skin and you, now that I look at you, have a bit of the slanty eye yourself.You are to leave this library at once. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He races into his office to share the good news with his brother Harry and then barks the order for the stage carpenter to come see him at once. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ve got a good start. If we move fast and move quiet—” Then all three spoke at once. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I came in, he said at once, as though the question had been waiting on his lips:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Condensing several weeks into three hours is quite a feat, especially when you consider how many cameras were going at once. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The thought comes out of nowhere and all the explosives on board detonate at once. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

But almost at once they came to a new difficulty. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Standing there he realized, all at once, that he had acquired an overt, incontestable fear directed toward the principal android. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

And then, without any word or warning, she swept her arm along the windowsill and pushed all the eggs out at once. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“What is the meaning of this? Is that any way to treat a guest? Free him at once!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The Art Form simply disintegrated, all at once, like one of those exploding, vanishing faces in paintings by the British artist Francis Bacon. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was decided to evacuate all of us at once. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It saw Dandelion at once and ran to the full extent of the rope. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spent the next day in our room, playing football on mute, at once unable to do nothing and unable to do anything much. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Nonsense. Martin, tell your brother to get out of bed at once or he’ll get no breakfast.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

On the Bee Street side of the square stood a few people all talking at once and waving their arms. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I can tell because it doesn’t move if the box is tilted a little but, once tilted more, will move all at once. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“This soon put him right. Why, after a while all I had to say was ‘Kiddie Koop,’ and he stopped fussing at once.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I did not lose myself all at once. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That was because it was first. Where did you meet her? In the Cova? Where did you go? How did you feel? Tell me everything at once. Did you stay all night?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The pain and alarm vanished at once, and the prostrate hobbits leaped to their feet. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The fact was, my mind was going in various directions at once. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rode briskly, her dæmon sitting in the basket on the handlebars, and arrived at the Trout feeling a little out of breath and warm enough to take her coat off at once. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She seemed to sense at once whatever it was going on between them. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four pairs of eyes in different parts of the sky all saw the brief movement, and at once four pairs of wings beat hard against the smoke-fouled air, hurling the watchers forward to the cloud. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And at once this possibility became an established certainty: John had refused to come because he didn’t like her. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard the shot and the bonobos’ answering screams all at once. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t dare say I loved the others less, but my first three were all babies at once, and motherhood dismayed me entirely. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course, my lady, I will see to—the dogs—at once.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

We squared off and at once I knew that I had not thought sufficiently about what I had bargained for. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d have to open it quickly, pull Lyra through, and close it again at once. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

With the bread still locked in my hands, I fall asleep at once. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

We all sat silent awhile and all at once Mr. Morris spoke:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes almost at once against the pain. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“This must have been a terrible shock to you. I’ll check your blood pressure at once.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

One moment she was bent over a boiling kettle, then turning meat in a sizzling pan, then hovering by the table as she baked, battered, and tossed several different foods, seemingly all at once. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Karekin looks down as all at once his mouth fills with a warm fluid. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He checked himself in some confusion and, to forestall Bigwig’s rebuke, spoke to Hazel at once. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Determined not to let the past creep up on her, she altered her thought at once. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s sort of secret,” he said, but he wished at once he hadn’t, because Professor McGonagall’s nostrils flared. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

It was all Arya could do not to bolt and run, but she knew that if she did, they would be after her at once. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“My husband’s aunt is a blithering idiot who has completely lost her wits. You should have told me of her requests at once.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She understood at once and followed him through, waiting to let her eyes adjust. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I was curious about what she held but didn’t wan to press her for too many secrets at once. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His glance was at once calculating and pugnacious. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stumbled backward and knocked over his lamp, which went out at once. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Late that afternoon Mrs. Moss called me for dinner and introduced me to her daughter, Bess, whom I liked at once. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I give a strangled cry and wake with a start, sweating and shivering at once. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I worked several jobs during my first year in America, sometimes two or more jobs at once. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It be like wanting to be seen and not wanting to be seen all at once. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

They all begin to move at once, finding someone across the circle and clasping hands with them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

After they had breakfasted Gandalf decided to go on again at once. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And all at once Rowan knew exactly what he had to do. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I could see at once that men’s rooms, unlike the ladies’, provided no comfort. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He saw at once that they had nothing to do with banking. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

In some churches, groups of bandits have entered during Mass and robbed all the parishioners at once. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

On their feet at once, 430 the suitors took the road to the sea beach, where, meeting the black ship, they hauled her in. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra leaped up, and Pantalaimon became a seagull at once, eager to stretch his wings in the open. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The hobbits of the villages had seen Saruman come out of one of the huts, and at once they came crowding up to the door of Bag End. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“The first: that everyone can paint his house the color he feels like. The second: that the soldiers leave at once. We will guarantee order for you.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Harry could see at once why Percy idolized him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

In the car, I hear the voices of a thousand Charlies, all of them at once. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He leans next to me, his breath sour and smoky all at once. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The truck came to an abrupt halt and lurched forward all at once. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Taisin had felt the city coming as early as two days ago; it was an unmistakable knot of energies coalescing together all at once. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Taylor opens her mouth to reply to me, but then Abby and the guys arrive all at once. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Knowing at once how he must act, Palmer looked up at the fleeing bird. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Finally, one Tuesday in December, at lunchtime, all at once he released the whole weight of his torment. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

All at once everything seems to me confused and hopeless. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Katherine is there to help me, and when she turns me around two things strike me at once. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Yet when he gathered up her reins and pressed his feet into her side, she moved at once. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Ivanito Everything is mixed up, as if parts of me are turning in different directions at once. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, all at once, the panic stopped and a great gasp of astonishment went up all around. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“The man with the brick, come over here at once and knock him a bit about the head.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew at once what the gods had done. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

They laughed, tapped the tablecloth with their fingertips and began to tease, berate and adore him all at once. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I would have left at once, but I was inconveniently ill. In the cold my lungs have been slow to clear.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

His mind went at once to the god corpses they expected to find, including Isagol’s. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Ignatius, all at once you’re your old horrible self. All at once I think I’m making a very big mistake.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Why don’t you just blow them up and put them out of their misery all at once?” he asked his father one day. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Will closed his eyes at once and went to sleep. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

You settled down on the floor of the shack at once and started making a necklace. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

‘The following are to report to the Headmaster’s study at once,’ he said. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like my brain can’t take in everything Christoffel is saying at once, so it latches on to loose phrases, here or there. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Because the world changed that day, slowly and then all at once. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He sent a telegram to order Grant back to Washington at once. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening I told my mother what had happened, but she made no comment; she sat down at once, wrote another note, gave me more money, and sent me out to the grocery again. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Phillips sent her a telegraph: “Let us urge you at once to advise and insist upon this woman’s returning to her relatives.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The words bottled up in my throat like people running from a fire, all trying to rush the door at once. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Were they then both deposed masters of the galaxy and gullible puppets all at once? Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“This is preposterous! Let me through at once,” the Uncle said, holding up the Celestial Sword. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Take your South Pole goose away from me at once,” said Mrs. Callahan. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

They wouldn’t need to investigate it, though; they knew at once where it led. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

All six bosslings shrieked at once, and one of them lunged forward, reaching for my throat. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Where are we?” he said at once, and sat up, reaching for the knife. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Bigger’s fingers closed over a slender wad of paper; he knew at once that it was money and that he would give it back. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was like ten thousand pots of taffy boiling all at once. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He found it difficult to go to sleep again at once. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since the other boy always did bring it up when a question of precedence arose, he had got into the habit of giving in at once before it could be mentioned. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew at once whom he meant, and I accepted the letter on Mother’s behalf. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Anyone could see the hatch lying in the yard and they would know at once what it was. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

We were all at once terribly alone; and alone we must see it through. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Talking like this is just as bad, isn’t it? Too big to swallow all at once.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He looked like he wanted to ask a thousand questions all at once. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

When she arrived later in the day, she took the point at once, but she also took the spoons. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Because all at once, I understand why Gram kept so much from me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I don’t expect you to quite grasp this all at once; just believe it’s true. You see, I am the Dread Pirate Roberts.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

And the young man twisted over and reached for it at once, but Will flung himself on his back and seized his hair. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

All at once the deep dark under the blankets vanished in a bright yellow light. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

In letters to Look’s editors, people wrote, I want to cancel my subscription to your magazine at once. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Do you know, they reminded me at once of that Southerner at Bree; only he was not so obviously orc-like as most of these were.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean?” several Second Guessers said at once. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Flames rose at once in the fireplace, crackling merrily as though they had been burning for hours. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He came at once upon the open run. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made a wry face at once and threw the rest of the plum tomato into his waste-basket. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Aunt Consuelo and Catarina would be disappointed that she did not try it on at once, but she didn’t have the feeling in her heart to match its vivid color. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Wood was now looking as though all his dreams had come true at once. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The cliff-ghasts heard Lyra’s exclamation of dismay, and their flat heads all snapped around at once. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The others sprang up, and almost at once they set off again. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Because, all at once, he had seen their animals. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“You had better be apprenticed at once. Would Gargery come here with you, and bring your indentures, do you think?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

All at once he found he could talk fluently and explain what he had to say. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I strongly urged that we should at once pool all our information, work together on equal terms, and share the results, if any, equally between us,” Churchill said of the meeting. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Caesar clapped his hands, and at once one of his own slaves, who always attended him, ran forward. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was somehow beautiful and creepy, all at once. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

As he could not die all at once, he was allowed to spend some time at it, on the sleeping-shelf. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I also worried whether Mr. Caton had made too many changes at once. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

All at once I bring up a leg and push to one side as hard as I can. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Again she regarded me so icily, I felt at once that her opinion of me—her feeling towards me—was unchanged and unchangeable. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was possible consequendy to use these terms and to feel at once a close bond, and the distance of formality. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, the thought of striking anything below the surface was so abominable that Malcolm put it out of his head at once. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

They all talked at once, their voices insistent and contradictory and impatient, making of unreality a possibility, then a probability, then an incontrovertible fact, as people will when their desires become words. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped that Frodo had set forth at once, as my letter had urged, and that he had reached Rivendell before the deadly pursuit began. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

So their American designers could be on the screen speaking with their Indian software writers and their Asian manufacturers all at once. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was not so much clouding up as thickening, somehow, from every direction at once, the blank blue gone to haze. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, did Gabriel have a favorite hobby or sport, something like that?” she asked, managing to look up at all of us at once. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

As Basil shouted, several things happened at once. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

All at once, the thoughts she had pushed away came back in a rush. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sight of it managed to be both overwhelming and magnificent all at once. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The mayor’s arrest and the city’s rescue, both at once! The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ernest stepped in at once, advising Neylan that his own investigation of the charges against Calvin had “strengthened and reaffirmed” his confidence in the chemist’s loyalty. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

But all at once the light had caught him. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Me, Joetta and Byron unfolded ourselves into the Alabama heat and it was like we all remembered at once that we were going to finally see what Grandma Sands really looked like! The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It may be said that God did not create all the species at once, as you have been told to believe. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is a fine thing, reader, to be lifted in a moment from indigence to wealth—a very fine thing; but not a matter one can comprehend, or consequently enjoy, all at once. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Hey, I know I do. Usually several things. All at once...” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Lee was used to it and found his balance at once, but the force took Grumman by surprise. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a movement at once violent and hesitant, she let her head fall forward on his breast. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

A man’s voice demanded, “Herr Lewyn, open the door at once.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

If he does not send for the ship at once it will be too late; it may be already too late. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone seemed to talk loudly and at once. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“I take you with me on one condition: that you obey any command I might give you at once, and without question.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“But I would walk with pleasure. I want to get away at once.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She’d tell me how rude and ungrateful and jealous I was all at once. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The comet was splendid and scary all at once. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The swineherd rose at once, crossed to the door, and halted by Odysseus. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

All these thoughts flowed at once from the dark part of her mind. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never eat my soup all at once, and do not want my own family to take mine away. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I blink and everything comes back to me all at once. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

His eye, bent on me, expressed at once stern surprise and keen inquiry. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

"She's out cold! Someone go and fetch the matron at once." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

All at once, hundreds of birds woke up and began to chirrup loudly. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Why did not the snake strike at once? Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it seemed to come from all directions at once. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“All the time you were hiding out with this filthy clone. Boy, are you in trouble! You’re going to be sent home at once.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dared not go home to face his mother—she would know at once that something life-changing had happened. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

But because Shoto, Daito, and I had all entered at once, we were each allowed to select a different Science Patrol team member to play. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He talked about himself with such gusto, as though determined to tell her everything there was to know, and all at once. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He turned into a dragon and bit a katobleps in half, then changed into an elephant and trampled three at once under his feet. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She could hear angry voices coming from a window, many men talking and arguing all at once. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It's everything at once, everything that's good and sad and wonderful all at once, except the things that are wonderful mean so much more than the sad things. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to manipulate the guitar, harmonica, drums, and cymbals all at once. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing had seemed right until she remembered The Scarlet Letter, and the right name came to her at once: Pearl. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Somewhere during my shift, the rain stops not gradually but all at once. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

All four Tucks sprang to their feet at once, while Winnie, very frightened, shrank back in her chair. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She commenced talking at once, not waiting for an invitation. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“What Mrs. Dudley has started you have completed nicely. I shall pack and go home at once.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He turned to Ginny and she answered his unspoken plea for information at once. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When she came free, he stepped back down, folding her to his chest, at once gutted and filled with unspeakable tenderness. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She came at once, without repugnance, and they kneeled together beside the body, stripping it of the vital pieces. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Iorek growled an order and the bears moved at once into another formation, hi the lurid flicker from the sky Lyra watched as they swiftly unloaded their fire hurler. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“The faction system that has long supported itself on the hacks of discarded human beings will be disbanded at once,” says Evelyn. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had seen at once, from the moment they had been brought back into this house, that with Hooper nothing was different. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The thought of the white cottage in flames, his memory of Dallben’s beard, and the heroic Coll’s bald head touched him all at once. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Almost at once the sun seemed to sink into the trees behind them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mackenzie made up his mind quickly: no matter whose, this dog was desperately in need of urgent treatment; the quills must be extracted at once before the infection spread further. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before Gandalf could hinder him he thrust the brand amid the fuel, and at once it crackled and roared into flame. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

But it meant that she had very little time; she’d have to get it right at once, because once they realized what she was doing, she wouldn’t be able to come back again. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hit the ground hard, the air rushing from her lungs all at once. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” said Harry at once; he could think of nothing else and was glad for the opportunity to start discussing it again. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He ceased, but at once Boromir stood up, tall and proud, before them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Instead, I just kept saying maybe we should go home, it had been an intense couple days, and perhaps she wasn’t ready for so much reporting at once. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Its effect on the children was dramatic: they turned and fled at once. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then with both hands he made a great circular sweep in the air and watched with delight as all the musicians began to play at once. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

She’s a girl, he realized all at once, a girl dressed up in man’s clothes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The ranger did not wait for an answer but started at once, moving upward with fingers and feet, faster than Jon would have believed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She was all of those things at once. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I lost my anger and my concentration all at once. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Logging into a chat room was a little like being in two places at once. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

All at once, voices rose, reciting the Black Moon Song they’d known all their lives but were not allowed to sing aloud till this night. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then I heard Selvam clearing his throat to speak, and at once heads turned, surprised, lightened of suspense, very much alert. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stooped to pick them up, and as she handed them to me I saw a little smile of scorn upon her lips, and I guessed at once she considered me ill-bred. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

All at once—there, at that last moment, no sooner—I realized what my selfishness and Estraven’s silence had kept from me, where he was going and what he was getting into. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

It added up to quite a bit more than April was used to having all at once, and she wanted to make some purchases before Caroline found out about it. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s kind of eerie when a whole room gets quiet at once, and then the real noise starts. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

All at once I caught a glimpse of nonwhite faces—my people serving food behind the counter. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ordered Booth and Herold to leave his farm at once. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Opening her eyes, she knew at once what had happened and the bleak knowledge made her shut her eyes again. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

But you see at once what I do. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That is enough of that. We must leave at once.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Do you really believe they would escape the island only to come right back to the bridge? These people are meant to distract us. Back to the island at once! That’s an order!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t stand there like a ninny. Fetch that barrel of wine along at once.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I shall tell my people to make ready to depart at once. But the ships that bring me home must bear different names." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Just then, without any announcement, all the lights at the ends of the field went on at once. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I saw at once that she was the one who had reported me to the manager for keeping white mice. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“That must have been so hard for you both. To lose both of your children at once, in a way.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The hutch rabbits seemed at once bewildered and fascinated. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then splash—a plunge into water so cold it made me gasp, all my muscles constricting at once. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps it was only that I, inside the same body, had felt myself all at once grown bigger. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

A burst of deep laughing seemed to come from everywhere at once, the same horrible sound as before. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

All at once, chandeliers dropped from the ceiling. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Nothing to worry about, I mended it at once, but I’m keeping you in overnight. You shouldn’t overexert yourself for a few hours.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

All at once I understood the pinch on my neck was Mother. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Come on, then, come on," said the Dwarf, at once throwing his thick little arms round Shasta's waist to support him. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

When everyone started talking at once, Thomas put his head in his hands to wait it out, terrified and awed at the same time. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They passed at once into the Hall of Black Marble. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Genie gawked, trying to look in every direction at once. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The Fellerings had brought a case of instruments, and they set to work at once. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

This building happened to be a famous factory where they made chocolate, and almost at once a great river of warm melted chocolate came pouring out of the holes in the factory wall. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

The scene was at once idyllic and hallucinatory. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The reality of the situation struck me at once, with a sharp twist in my side. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

All at once, as if by sudden vision, I understood the emptiness in the eyes of those humpbacked shapes back in the cave. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

With faces aghast, the four children gaped at the man, and then at one another, for they saw at once that Mr. Curtain was Mr. Benedict himself. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Benedict is here on the island. He’s not sending us any messages. He can’t be both places at once.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

And then all at once he remembered that the owner of the cat had zipped off to work. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was hard for us both to see through the small window at once, so the Object got in front of me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He saw it at once and said with pleased surprise, “Why, little mother, how gay we are tonight. Do you expect company?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first, some effort was needed, and he had to make many passes; but now, she seems to yield at once, as if by habit, and scarcely any action is needed. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Almost at once it became embarrassing to sit there in silence; besides, it was too cold to keep still. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

My head felt light, like it was trying to remember everything at once, then gave up. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The muscles of her stomach loosened, and all at once she was exhausted. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

His life seems at once to be a tale by Horatio Alger, a fulfillment of the American dream, and a warn- ing about unintended consequences. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

“White!” most of the girls exclaimed at once. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ophelia, come back. I will leave off my prayers at once. See, I lay down my book. Now tell me, what troubles you?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Word reached me that an examination for postal clerk was impending and at once I filed an application and waited. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I promised to contribute a water-colour drawing: this put her at once into good humour. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She would have gone to her at once, but then Con brushed past Taisin, entering the room with a yawn. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And at once he remembered him in the battle, his falling to the ground, the blood upon his blouse. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell him everything, all at once, but there was time. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Someday I’m going to buy me one of those meat pies — one that’s hot — and eat the whole thing, all at once. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Vincent thinks maybe it’s a nervous fit, but he realizes all at once it’s quite different. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

When she gave a soft moan and shuddered, he climbed up and thrust himself inside her and exploded almost at once. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Mary Poppins turned and looked at him, and she knew at once what had happened. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I liked cracking the middle of the poori and filling it with dal, and taking a big, messy bite, smooth and crispy all at once. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The scene which met mv eyes was at once compelling and repelling. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The car provided another form of closeness for my family, a chance to talk and travel at once. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they slaughtered a dozen or more at once. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Everything crushed in on me at once. Sure made me feel better—don’t feel bad about crying. Ever.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He forced his eyes open as they went downward, downward, sliding, and all at once he could see lights, and he recognized them now. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“No arguments! You must have an interview. I will write your recommendation at once.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He climbed in and turned his back to her at once, his strength exhausted. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Then a babble burst forth from all the children at once. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I had sent him off at once, but leaving, he had set out all the ready food he could find done up in a packet as fuel for my three days’ run. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

All at once he pulled at the mask, at a fastening at the neck of it, as if he were going to take it off. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I must be out almost at once, sleeping deep like a fallen tree. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

He put the bottle to his lips and made three successive curves at once without looking. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when there is so much hurt, Axel can’t help but think about it all at once. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Immediately the instruments that were playing stopped, and at once all color vanished. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Penelope saw the pale, wizened face in the darkness just outside the window, where no face had any business being—why, she recognized it at once! The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Under normal circumstances, Asta would have flown down at once to talk to the dæmon, from politeness, even though she was frightening and ugly, but these circumstances weren’t normal. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He responded at once by presenting himself at her home with all his disarming naïveté. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think I sounded anything like myself, but the boys recognized my voice at once. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I feel like my heart might burst, I’m feeling so many things at once. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

It reminded him of Father, the way he always seemed to be thinking of three things at once. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Then it seemed as though all nine of the boys had turned upon me at once. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others began at once to peck about for food. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I—I—I’ll go and order a cab at once,” gasped Uncle Andrew. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I look into her blue eyes, distant and familiar all at once. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

We couldn’t get them all at once, so we aimed for Ernie, who was at the head of the pack. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I knew this pleased my mother, for she would at once laugh, and lose her look of worry. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra went and looked, and came back at once, looking pale. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then all at once the boy staggered and, still without a sound, pitched forward on to his face. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

However Simon thought of the beast, there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human at once heroic and sick. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

There were many staccato footfalls back and forth in the bathroom, which meant, he knew, that his mother was attempting to accomplish several phases of her toilet at once. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he knew at once, looking at Hooper's back, that it would never be all right. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He came at once; as he passed into the room, he asked Mina if the others might come, too. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I hope you told them to dress properly, these people,” he snarled at once. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Her Grace would take it as a slight if he did not come to her at once. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I realize all at once that I have not gotten a reprieve. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He backed off looking deeply injured and left me feeling guilty and dirty and prudish all at once. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

On the screen the faint, old, robed figure of Mercer toiled upward, and all at once a rock sailed past him. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t fight four at once, not if they wouldn’t die. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He sent his assistant off at once with a stretcher. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alexander, says Arrian, “was at once struck by the excellence of the site, and convinced that if a city were built upon it, it would prosper.” Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Two more men entered, and I began to transcribe: It was obvious at once that this would be no leisurely task, as copying those sermons back in Yorkshire had been. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You must go on leave at once,” the major said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

All at once music started to come out of the air on every side. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I felt confused, weak, and ecstatic all at once. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“When the rocket took off, the propellant was so loose it just fell inward. Too much of it burned at once.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’m nervous, thrilled, excited, and anxious all at once. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

But Violet knew at once what had happened, and made her way carefully to where she remembered the lights had been. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Lights popped and caught fire as all the special effects in the building were triggered at once. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Full description of every article, garment, weapon, letter, ring, or trinket is to be sent to Lugbúrz at once, and to Lugbúrz only. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

If they let go, the balloon would be swept off course at once, and to judge by his glance at the compass, would be swept toward Nova Zembla at nearly a hundred miles an hour. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I guess getting out of homelessness doesn’t happen all at once, either. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It trotted into the meadow, probably looking for grass to eat, when the sheep all bleated at once and rushed the animal. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

With luck, I might see, on a soft summer night, as many as three halls burning down at once. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hole in the ceiling was so big they both could have jumped through it at once. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah! ma’am, but there may be a difficulty. Pardon me—but you will be limited as to number—only three at once.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Alex can sense him weighing out several thoughts at once, as he often does. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And at once it jumped down inside the wall and began approaching Bree from behind. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The Nightbeast had spoken to her, and her heart swelled with a million conflicting emotions at once. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

One time, seven free slaves came into the Settlement all at once and the Preacher took it on hisself to welcome ’em. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

His search was thorough and they could see at once that it was futile. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The boy turned and said something to his companions, and there was no doubt that he was their leader, for they dispersed at once; then he beckoned to us. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm not lying, the So-Called Gym Teacher knew something about Composition on Several Planes at once. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Alice works her way underneath the tree in crouch position and starts passing bags and boxes down the line, and everyone talks at once. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

If you need more than one book, just call the Silver Lake Company, and we will forward it at once. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I seized the opportunity, and said: “I promise you that if I see any evidence of bad dreams I will wake you at once.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Almost at once, the Sorrow Eater began to age. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The entire crowd must have been watching me on the DiamondVision screen, because everyone gasped at once. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

A great host of Wargs had gathered silently and was now attacking them from every side at once. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

If this satanic sprinkling of redundant apostrophes causes no little gasp of horror or quickening of the pulse, you should probably put down this book at once. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

He came at once and bade them welcome. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are Violas, too, frightened and looking to me for help, and Spackles with my knife sticking outta their chests and there’re all talking at once, all talking to me in a roar of voices. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The three of them had moved toward the mats, and all at once the rest of the boys followed them. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like very expensive velvet, something moneyed and lush and fluid all at once. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Come down at once, will you? There's some hysterical female on the phone, shouting in my ear. I can't make head nor tail of it. Says she's a friend of yours.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Depending on how you look at it - the same object can be or do opposite things at once. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

They must get the Fleece at once, she told them, and then make all haste away or they would be killed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bigwig’s hopes of action were fulfilled almost at once. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Your Atman will fly from the web of human desire and join the collective consciousness—the infinite soul that suffuses the universe, at once everywhere and nowhere at the same time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I park beside him, pulling my keys from the ignition and opening my door all at once. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I love seeing Portland’s waterfront park and bridges all at once. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Mormont came at once, and went to one knee before her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I stopped my work and gazed at him, and all at once my heart turned over. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then all at once the road came out of the woods and Laura saw the lake. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The American mothers were at once charmed and perplexed by her sense of duty. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But now she had to hold both ways together, the everyday and the trance, just as you have to look in two directions at once to see the 3-D pictures among the dots. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Air immediately began moving through the cabin and the mustiness seemed to disappear at once. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why must you always be so rude and rambunctious to everyone? You ought to apologize to James at once.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

He let them through and closed it behind them at once. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Harry recognized him at once from the card he’d gotten out of the Chocolate Frog on the train. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He smiles and says, "Well, don't get too smart all at once, okay?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost at once the Grievers had shut down completely, their instruments sucked back through their blubbery skin, their lights turned off, their inside machines dead quiet. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Five, that was the most words I could get right at once. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then, as happens in my reality, all these things occurred at once: 1. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He cast himself on the ground and fell at once into sleep, for he had not slept since their night under the shadow of Tol Brandir. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Mrs. van D. was trying to do everything at once: learning Dutch out of a book, stirring the soup, watching the meat, sighing and moaning about her broken rib. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

You may think the animals were very stupid not to see at once that Uncle Andrew was the same kind of creature as the two children and the Cabby. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I was starting to see everything, all at once, with a blistering clarity. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They call to her all at once, grasping here and there for parts of her, hatching blue flames in her brain. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like the stonecutting shop at midday when the clatter suddenly died to silence all at once. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

It was at once property and source of food, for a man with a boat can guarantee a woman that she will eat something. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mina,” I said, “a promise like that, I cannot make at once. I may have no right to make it.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

As scientists, we deplore the use to which a beautiful discovery has been put, but we can assure you that unless Japan surrenders at once, this rain of atomic bombs will increase manyfold in fury. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Didn’t realize it until my brain said “food” and then all at once I’m starving. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The name meant nothing, but Perry at once recognized the face in the photograph of a young soldier with crew-cut hair and round, very earnest eyes. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost at once, however, she had caught up with him and the goal was now very near. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alecto took care that the news should spread quickly, and fighting started at once, the furious farmers bent upon killing Ascanius and the Trojans defending him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no, it is meant to be so. We entertain here often, and many bats can arrive at once.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then all at once, little shivers of excitement started running over the skin on James’s back. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

I felt better at once; the strangeness vanished. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was at once on guard, though I knew I did not have to be. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They won’t do anything at once, not for twenty-four hours perhaps.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Harry knew at once that Malfoy had said something really bad because there was an instant uproar at his words. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Surely, colonel,” cried Lady Ingram, “you would not encourage such a low impostor? Dismiss her, by all means, at once!” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

All at once I was utterly downcast and homesick. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He figured that if all these monsters breathed on him at once, their combined noxious cloud would be enough to melt him into a puddle. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Stop at once! The King commands you!” cried all the Courtiers. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Whenever we found a little water, we’d drink too much at once and that made us sick. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Well, if that is what you find pleasure in,’ said Frodo, ‘I pity you. It will be a pleasure of memory only, I fear. Go at once and never return!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Mr. Hawkins, the deputy head who had compromised with it at once, was confirmed as successor to the old headmaster, who had disappeared. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The truck drove off at once—the men seemed eager to get away, or perhaps they were forbidden to show themselves around the civilized halls of El Patron’s mansion. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The castle is in danger!” said Robin at once. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I scramble for the stereo, hitting several buttons all at once. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Mrs. March was very busy trying to finish a letter, which must go at once, and Hannah had the grumps, for being up late didn’t suit her. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was staring at me, but his eyes had taken on a milky quality that I recognized at once. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“They don’t look very vicious, but I suppose if they all swooped down at once ... well, there’s no other choice ... I’ll run.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

All at once, everybody was standing and singing the school song, “Hail to the Old Gold, Hail to the Black.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry knew at once that they were in trouble. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then in their cipher language James wrote Now! and many things happened at once: Emily threw her water at Mr. Remora, getting the American Revolution books wet in the process. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Mum, can I have a Pygmy Puff?” said Ginny at once. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

All the knots of tension inside me come apart at once. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

There was a moment when her hands rose, as if to cover her breasts, but Theon mouthed a silent no and she saw and stopped at once. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The mage told him, and at once he named a ship bound for the Inmost Sea aboard which Ged might go as passenger. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

After all, a ship setting out at once from the closest of Winter’s newallies could not arrive before seventeen years, planetary time, had passed. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I apologize, Number Two. I was distracted by an urgent matter and will return at once. Sticky, will you please accompany me? I have something to discuss with you.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Will—” she said at once, her voice full of concern, and she turned from the stove to help him to a chair. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Musicians looked around wildly, and everyone was talking at once. .. was that?” .. notes are all over. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

All of them talked at once, interrupting each other, hastily making the required apology for interrupting, then forgetting again in the excitement of describing the new experiences. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was glad to see the dogs there, sitting before the fire, and Jasper, the younger, came over to me at once, his tail wagging, and thrust his nose into my hand. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Howard Fuller recognized at once that Thorpe’s eviction presented a crisis. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

And she was, all at once, unaccountably sad. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

All at once, they both saw the funny side of the whole thing, and they burst into peals of laughter. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Everybody starts talking at once, asking her questions. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

All the streetlights came on at once, and she smiled with sudden delight. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He knew at once whose fingers had done the embroidery. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something that all at once seems so obvious I can’t believe I didn't see it before. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then the foresters are silent, and do not at once sit down. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It scuttled away at once through the legs of the witches and wizards in front of him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He’d never announced it to a stranger before, and it made him feel happy and frightened all at once. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She almost ran back to her room, and the plinkety-plink of the typewriter began at once. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Many shouted at once at the old man. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

She shoved a lump of bread and a piece of cheese into his hands, and he gobbled down a bit at once. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The young man in the black hat was looking at her gravely, and all at once his lips twisted in spite of himself. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I liked the man at once, for he reminded me of the bandicoot under the veranda. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Put that woman on the organizing committee at once, I direct my imaginary coconspirators as I leave. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hooper opened his eyes and at once, his gaze was drawn towards the ground below. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

And then as stomachs filled, everybody started talking at once. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I beg your pardon, Mam,” said the poor colonel at once. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Send a telegram saying I will come at once. The next train goes early in the morning. I’ll take that.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thought came at once: If we have this, we can bargain with him. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Four young porkers in the front row uttered shrill squeals of disapproval, and all four of them sprang to their feet and began speaking at once. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“The cells are all deadlocked,” she adds before leaving, which means that not only is the huge bar, or “brake,” in place which locks them all at once but the cells are locked individually. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She trembled a little, and clung to me; when I told her to come at once with me home she rose without a word, with the obedience of a child. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Probably it was better to get the operation over with all at once. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Lord Asriel took the controls and the craft sprang at once into the air. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I peek at his face, and all at once, I realize: he’s nervous. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The girl looked at once childish and prematurely adult. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He was wearing three at once, and he adjusted them, frowning, as if they had gotten out of line without his permission. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Accordingly, a formerly incarcerated person living at or below the poverty level can be charged by four or five departments at once and can be required to surrender 100 percent of his or her earnings. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Without warning they both burst into tears and started talking at once. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“This is the street—this is the church—this is the house,” he said rapidly pointing, and at once turned and made off, his head down and his shoulders moving as he ran. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

We must march out to meet him at once. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It seemed to grow colder almost at once. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Forty-four dollars will be the most I’ve ever held in my hand at once. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made it necessary for him to be in as many as four places at once. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Scrimgeour’s representatives admitted that he had met with Dumbledore at once upon taking possession of the top job, but refused to comment on the topics under discussion. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Dicke realized at once what the two young men had found. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Will stamped on it at once, hard, crushing the man’s fingers between the hilt and the lead, and then wrapped the rope more tightly around his hand and stamped a second time. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course I knew at once it was just a terrible mistake,” she said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He went to join the battle and, all unskilled in warfare, he was killed at once. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked for a reaction, instinctively, and at once regretted it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

And then two things struck me at once. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They crept beneath the twigs and leaves, settled themselves in the smooth, curved trough—which soon took on some of the warmth of their bodies—and slept at once. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Claudius was everywhere at once, serious with seeming grief for his brother. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

So she was confused and disoriented when the front door burst open and several people entered, all seemingly talking at once. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The ladies of the Animal Fanciers’ Society scrambled into the dry fountain, and all of them tried to climb the mermaid at once. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t get the kids all at once,” the dentist called after me. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“The protocol will be different than previously announced,” the guard said, somehow sounding stiff and formal and angry all at once. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

"The maester woke me at once. That was dutiful, but not kind. Not kind at all." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Any attempt to set off across country at once would only make matters worse: half the inhabitants would follow them, to see what they were up to, and to prevent them from trespassing. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

"They always want it all at once, but we have to guide them. We have to be wiser." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Without hesitation he said, “To see a map of the whole world at once.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man’s voice was like a growl and a bark all at once. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He got up at once, pushing back his chair. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

This frightened him for a second, but almost at once he could feel that he was rushing upward. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“After finding out all this stuff at once.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I had a feeling that they would end messages in a conventional and habitual manner with phrases like ‘reply immediately.’ ‘send money,’ ‘send goods at once.’ The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Lyra slipped down at once and stood between him and Iorek Byrnison, conscious that she had told the bear there was no need for his armor. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was as loud as a hundred car wrecks happening all at once, but no one, including me, even bothered to look in its direction. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

All at once the full impact of what we had been told hit us. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

They seemed to be everywhere at once—whacking Romans on the head, stealing their weapons, cutting their belts so their pants fell around their ankles. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

If only he had known how to at once hate and love them! Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone in the room began talking at once. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Robert Baratheon would have seen that at once and moved swiftly to secure the castle, with the forced marches and midnight rides for which he had been famous. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It all hit me at once: my fears about Mother; the fever; Bush Hill; watching Grandfather die; being scared, alone, and hungry. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Get me the coordinates as precisely as you can. This is the most important task you have ever undertaken. Begin at once, if you please.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She longed to get up at once and examine this one, and Papadimitriou could tell. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She would have known him at once in his hat. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly it stood still to an inexpressible feeling that thrilled it through, and passed at once to my head and extremities. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He had the knife out already, and swiftly cut a small window to see where they were—only to recoil at once. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead he swung his pole, slamming it into the stone man’s chest and knocking him off the boat into the river, where he sank at once without a sound. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

All the contrabands tried to get in the small boats at once. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Get up at once, you lazy little beast!” a voice was suddenly shouting in James’s ear. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Identifying Indians as these “lost tribes” solved two puzzles at once: where the Israelites had gone, and the origins of Native Americans. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

As soon as she said it, all kinds of things happened at once: 1. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But now, as I stand outside in the broken quiet of the night, my synapses are firing with a million questions at once. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He comes to a stop a few feet from us, and all at once we rush toward him. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They said the same thing, over and over, in frantic hurried whispers, all talking at once: They told her that they had changed their minds. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I follow Dylan down a little winding path, my eyes darting back and forth trying to see everything at once. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I was hurt and angry all at once. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“We shouldn’t be here,” said Lupin at once. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When it was securely fixed, he threw the free end out, and at once six witches darted toward it, caught hold, and began to pull, urging the cloud-pine branches toward the Polar Star. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

"To hear is to obey," said the groom, and at once set off at a remarkable speed in the direction of the city. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Born in Bulgaria and raised in Switzerland, Zwicky came to the California Institute of Technology in the 1920s and there at once distinguished himself by his abrasive personality and erratic talents. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He was a tiny creature, smaller than Winston, with dark hair and large, protuberant eyes, at once mournful and derisive, which seemed to search your face closely while he was speaking to you. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Lyra had never heard it before, but she knew it at once: it was the howl of the Tartar guards’ wolf daemons. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She reached for the control that in a gyropter would tilt the airfoil, and pushed the throttle forward, and at once the intention craft leapt into the air. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She felt strongly about him at once, but she wasn't sure whether it was liking she felt, or dislike. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

"Miss Claythorne was wonderful—kept her head—started off swimming after Cyril at once." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

A girl in the rear of the crowd let out a shriek, and everybody wheeled at once to look. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And all at once, Travis felt an overwhelming urge to relieve himself of one more weight that day, while he was on a roll. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Everything was coming out of me at once, climbing up through my throat and into my mouth and shooting out from behind my eyes. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He dropped his gaze at once, not wishing to be considered impolite. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

And Harry fell again through the silver surface, landing this time right in front of a man he recognized at once. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I wonder if he read that notion in my face; for, all at once, without speaking, he struck suddenly and strongly. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The parents went at once to tell the king. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She still had her other clothes on, jeans and a blue sweatshirt — her hair was short, she’d defied fashion as usual — so I recognized her at once. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the total telling, it made him at once the most mobile and ubiquitous private in the history of warfare. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You must leave the city at once. They may not follow you outside the gates of the Outer City.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I found Abraham at a camp for displaced persons on the mainland. He was a poor, tortured boy, but so strong. I knew at once that he belonged with us.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“It was meant to feed us for several days. I do not think I have ever seen even a giant eat two of my oxen at once before.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

It seemed like they all wanted to talk at once. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It can barely fit all four of us at once. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh, it’s been a lot of changes all at once.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Lightheaded and immensely heavy all at once, Celaena faced the room. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

His face was without expression, but there was something unpleasant behind it that Winnie sensed at once, something that made her instantly suspicious. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe if we both run at once, one of us might make it. If the other puts up a fight.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

As if every human and every creature and every gas and liquid and speck of dirt and granule of sand and gust of air settled all at once, and all was right in the universe. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Into the hospital with this boy at once. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

‘And if we’re going to try and get down, we had better try at once. It’s getting dark early. I think there’s a storm coming.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Dragon, having waited three days and nights, was well rested, so they decided to leave Never-Ending Mountain at once. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment he was tempted to take it into one of the water closets and read it at once. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

This new song made her feel sad and excited and happy all at once. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mr. Johnson had just been reading the “Lady of the Lake,” and at once suggested that my name be “Douglass.” Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

Malcolm had never seen a baby at close quarters, and he was struck at once by how real she seemed. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

"There is no worse crime in the world against a Headmistress! Now sit down and don't say a word! Go on, sit down at once!" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know what to think, Amir. You’ve told me so much all at once.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jus doesn’t know much about watches, but he’s about eighty-seven percent sure this one is vintage and worth more money than Mama’s ever had in her bank account at once. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Then all at once the wind fell, and a calm came over all the sea, as though some power lulled the swell. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this Cinna, my stylist, will surely make me remove it at once. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He could charge in and help, but even together he and Percy couldn’t possibly fight off ten basilisks at once. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He knew he should leave at once, but the buildings were too intriguing. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I play a fair game of chess,” Luke said to the doctor, who cheered at once. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was obvious at once that Nick was overmatched, and I believe he recognized it. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was like he had been standing for so long, ignoring the ache in his knees and ankles, and now, finally able to sit down, felt every pain at once. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Mustafa shoves an entire cookie into his mouth at once and washes it down with some milk. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, Harry noticed, the hat shouted out the House at once, but at others it took a little while to decide. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“What? What?” whispered the shadow, feeling her emotions, and suspicious at once. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Hermes killed him at once, of course, but Hera took the eyes and set them in the tail of the peacock, her favorite bird. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it didn’t happen at once because his father was not at home yet. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like distant thunder, the sound seemed to come from everywhere at once. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The hot, heavy feeling inside him made him do the most awful things, and as soon as he’d done them he felt extraordinarily pleased and glad and thought out some more at once. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

She let me know at once that the task was an impossible one. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I want to touch them all at once. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They talk all at once, in a languid, amused way, and groan when it’s their turn to clear the table, while Mummie says “Now girls,” but without conviction. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Young lady, will you please remove yourself from this house at once, and go find a friend to play with?” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I cannot think when he has ever said so much all at once. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

To free them from bondage all at once would be disastrous—how would they manage their affairs without a careful and patient eye to guide them? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Besides, what I'd really need is to throw about thirty rocks in there at once, setting off a big chain reaction, demolishing the whole lot. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Gliding down a ski slope, I was outdoors, in motion, and unrecognized—all at once. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Most of the guests insisted on leaving at once, and the few remaining stragglers had departed at daybreak without even waiting for breakfast. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He knew at once that he should not have acted frightened. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

"Don't call me the boy," Robb said, rounding on his uncle, his anger spilling out all at once on poor Edmure, who had only meant to support him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

That meant that Abbey and I didn’t have to face all the other kids at once. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

"Let me down and fight me like a king and a man; or if you are too great a coward to do that, kill me at once." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

All at once, Robert was screaming and struggling with the strength of frenzy. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

It bounced onto the stove with a loud clang and began to bubble at once. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The fact that she can recall these details so precisely is at once startling and endearing to him. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Gwydion, whose eyes were everywhere at once, caught sight of them instantly. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I am overwhelmed, and for a second it scares me, like the time Zack set all my alarm clocks to go off at once. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

It was one simple word, spoken softly, but at once every woman in the circle obeyed, getting to their feet. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

When they had drifted back to their own empty house, the little children fell asleep almost at once. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not obey at once, for a strange reluctance seized him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Everybody knows that we could establish our case at once.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know anything about Horcruxes and I wouldn’t tell you if I did! Now get out of here at once and don’t let me catch you mentioning them again!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes, Winston. Sometimes they are five. Sometimes they are three. Sometimes they are all of them at once. You must try harder. It is not easy to become sane.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I realized at once that she hadn’t been speaking to me, she’d been answering Jasper’s question. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She was at once afraid and she said, “I took no tea to the Old One—I did as you said—but to you I...” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

All at once there was a scraping noise and the egg split open. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

One cannot, at once, claim to be superhuman and then plead mortal error. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

How can I be both of those people at once? Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

They dug a cut through the bank, he knew at once. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“No time to chase him. My duty is to see you to safety, and for that we must leave at once.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was satisfying and lonely, both at once. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He chugged two cans at once, lifted his head like a wolf baying at the moon and let loose with a burp so loud it must have deafened house pets three houses over. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not for his passenger's sake, but to save his ship from the peril of the storm, the master shouted at once to the steersman to head westward toward the light. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The Count himself came forward and took off the cover of a dish, and I fell to at once on an excellent roast chicken. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

And then everything was happening at once, too quickly: there was a burst of gunfire, and a cloud of acrid smoke billowed across the slope, though she saw no flames. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Winnie’s shyness returned at once when she saw the big man with his sad face and baggy trousers, but as he gazed at her, the warm, pleasing feeling spread through her again. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

When you are someone like me, you will be many people all at once. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not knowing what would befall me next, I clutched my mother’s image, feeling all at once abandoned and chosen, despairing and hopeful. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

All at once, the radio burst to life. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

A little later Bigwig brought the hutch rabbits up the hill and at once called everyone to meet in the Honeycomb. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Will you be changing, Madam, or shall I serve dinner at once?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Gimli sprang up, too amazed for the moment to cry out, though at once the thought flashed into his mind that Saruman had caught them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It is a long drop from the Awake and can happen all at once. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I feel my way up the stairs, crawl under the covers, and fall asleep at once. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Also almost at once, the Ethyl Corporation embarked on a policy of calm but unyielding denial that would serve it well for decades. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Jolene urged that they sample the pie at once—no nonsense about leaving it to cool. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of these suggested that there was being erected at Cross Angel Street a new “cold storage” building; and as this suited the condition of a “new-fangled ware’us,” I at once drove to it. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“No. The Specters would seize us at once. They can’t touch us up here; all we can do is watch and fly on.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like all the blood in her body rushed to her heart, all at once. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He agreed at once to convey to Argaven a message stating what had become of the Envoy and where he was to be imprisoned. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

And of course she at once went out to speak to the Horses. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Ask information of the people at the inn; they can give you all you seek: they can solve your doubts at once. Go up to that man, and inquire if Mr. Rochester be at home.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The music feels too loud and too soft all at once, and underneath its bass line, I can hear Abby breathing. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The English artillery has been strengthened, that we can detect at once. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You must beg her pardon at once. Say you’re sorry, Michael!” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“In all gatherings he at once became the center of attraction, having a ready command of language and a constant fund of amusing anecdotes and experiences.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Go to Dr. Van Helsing, and ask him to kindly come here at once. I want him without an instant’s delay.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

‘What have you been up to? Tell me at once!’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

They put her in two schools at once in Oklahoma, just so they’d have classes hard enough. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

In fact, the essence of noise, "white noise," is basically every pitch at once, so that no particular pitch is heard. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Everyone in the room looks at me at once. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Now just reach up inside and give a good hard scrape with your fingers, so you get all the insides out at once. Yeah, like that. Nice job!” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

If anybody had asked Amy what the greatest trial of her life was, she would have answered at once, “My nose.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

All at once, the storm seems to win. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was sitting in a pile of Chinese scrolls, reading seven or eight at once. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“We’re looking for a fire stone, a shelter, and food—all at once. Always, always you look for food. There, up along the edge of the clearing—you see those stumps?” The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

There were two tiny gleams of light behind, or for a moment he thought he saw them, but at once they slipped aside and vanished. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He heard a man and a girl talking together merrily as they came down the street past him towards the town square, and all at once he turned, for he knew the man’s voice. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The clouds broke and boiled in the sky, and the ship’s master roared out ragefully, “This fool’s gale blows all ways at once! Only a magewind will get us through this weather, Lord.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Now several brothers started to speak at once, and Brother Jack knocked for order. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the baby died, my mother fell apart, not all at once, but piece by piece, like plates falling off a shelf one by one. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to go home now, at once, rush back to the safety of the fence and her mother’s voice from the window. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Summon her personal guard. Tell him there's been a small accident. That poor Camille must be taken to the Palace Infirmary at once. Alert the royal doctor." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Malfoy swaggered forward when his name was called and got his wish at once: the hat had barely touched his head when it screamed, “SLYTHERIN!” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

It’s a good kiss, solid and hot, and Alex can’t decide where to put his hands because he wants to put them everywhere at once. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The group looked at me, seemingly all at once, since I was now the only person on the sidelines. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

A flicker crossed the corner of his vision, and his right hand darted up at once, and he found he was clutching a robin, a dæmon, red-breasted, panicking. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They could only shoot accurately from close range, and in order not to waste arrows they would swoop down, fire at the lowest part of their dive, and turn upward at once. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Three of the Grievers swarmed on him at once, their long pincers and claspers and needles flying in from all directions. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But of course, because she was wearing a veil, what they saw would not at once look like a forehead and a pair of eyes. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Then I realize that it’s everywhere at once. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

All at once Matilda was able to see the whole situation with absolute clarity. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was all-important to speak at once, before anyone else came, but now a terrible fear had taken possession of him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

A practical man, he apologized at once for his thoughtless heresy, then cheerfully repeated the assertions throughout his subsequent writings. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He was like a distracted man doing two things at once, one of them important and the other unimportant He felt a duty to the unimportant one. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Jack’s a guy with a mom and a dad but not both at once. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“I thought you might want to speak to them at once.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Stop that at once,” ordered the plaid one clinging to his stocking. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Depending on the level of the class, the switch to singing the song with all of its ostinati can be done all at once or by using a combination of spoken and sung. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The three dancers in the piece, all recent graduates of Juilliard themselves, bring a distinctive vocabulary to the montage, drawing viewers into an experience that is at once life-affirming and joyful, without any bubble-gum sentimentality. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

They started pounding me on the back, rubbing my hair, shaking both of my hands at once. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They both puff up their hair and scratch the same side of their necks at once. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I know at once where my body’s headed. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She sang quietly to herself as she cooked, in a voice like a thousand old women all singing at the tops of their voices at once. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Starting on our first day in town I’d been letting go of our way of life bit by bit, and here I was asking Nan to let go all at once. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Then all at once he knew with horror he was not alone. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Tyson couldn’t deflect all those balls at once. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I get a big envelope with cards from a whole class at once. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Together the Vanderbeeker children clambered down the steps to the kitchen, all talking at once. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Everyone started talking at once—not about what had just happened, but about anything else. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then as if a puppet master had rotated their heads at exactly the same moment, they faced each other and both started talking at once. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Balthamos withdrew his foot at once and hurried on—but now a wet print appeared on the dry rocks each time he put his foot down. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They were so excited that they did not go to sleep at once. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The office reflected the man—hugely impressive and unassuming at once. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Lawrence wrote back, at once chastened and defensive, on the eve of his departure for Brussels. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

There is something at once innocent and irreverent about the gesture, and she is reminded, forcefully, of why she still loves him. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later the projection of the earth morphed into a reality TV show called Bunker, and a hammy announcer's voice boomed at me from everywhere at once. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

We had to go to England, and my grandmother started making arrangements at once. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

In the early years of this punishment, the water—which could be icy cold in winter—was released all at once upon the naked inmate, delivering a terrible shock. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped, turning a little pink, fearing a loss of tact, but I agreed with her at once to save embarrassment, and I heard myself saying, boldly, brazenly, “Rebecca must have been a wonderful person.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I am terrified and thrilled and confused and a hundred different things at once. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It might have been one of those things that reached all minds at once. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Captain Smith’s glowering eyes silence the men at once. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The arm motions required to prevent twisting were complicated enough, but would mastering them enable me to prevent twisting, rolling, and tumbling all at once? Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

To solve both of these problems at once, the Cahokians apparently changed its course, which had consequences that they cannot have anticipated. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Those piercing blue eyes dart around the room like they’re watching everything at once. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

‘Why? Why not go at once? Where is the other one, the cross rude hobbit? Where is he?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

From the edge of space I can see the whole world all at once. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Ah," he yelled as soon as he entered, with a tone as if he were all at once angry and pleased. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or would they just eat them all at once in a panic? A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

His expression was at once casual and turbulent; his eyes were distant and his mouth was steady, but his nostrils flared slightly with his breathing. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He installed me at once, no arguments, in an apartment of his house. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had no sympathy in their appearance, their expression: yet I could imagine that most observers would call them attractive, handsome, imposing; while they would pronounce Mr. Rochester at once harsh-featured and melancholy-looking. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“FIRE!” the whole world seemed to scream at once, a sudden, deafening roar of terror. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“It got a lot better after Jessie fiddled with it,” Angie said, pulling up the Internet search engine, which opened at once. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

And now all the rivets seemed to let go of the tank at once. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

All at once, Lady Constance resumed speaking in her customary sweet tone, as if it were the only voice she possessed. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I thought it was wonderful,” he lied and looked away; the sight of her transfigured face was at once an accusation and an ironical reminder of his own separateness. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Children who arrived at the refugee camp without their families were grouped together, so Salva was separated at once from the people he had traveled with. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a combination of scared, happy, excited, and sad all at once, like a soft light that glows in my chest and stomach for a few seconds. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The enormity of this balancing act hit me all at once, made my stomach lurch. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Vacate that phone box and board your train at once!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

As Elizebeth put it, she and William “became the learners, the students, the teachers, and even the workers all at once.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Polly knew at once that it was the Cabby’s wife, fetched out of our world not by any tiresome magic rings, but quickly, simply and sweetly as a bird flies to its nest. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

He opened his mouth to say something, then looked at the gathered Ivans and said, “Why don’t we go find your mama? So I can tell you both at once.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The man, the human being, broke the spell at once. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He dropped to the ground at once and sprang through the dashing sleet toward the sergeant, who had lurched forward to try and catch the falling floodlight. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be absurd. How could I trust anybody more? You would only have to show that mug of yours outside the dog kennel and all the thieves would run away at once.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone started talking all at once, people worrying about whether they had to leave town. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Don’t smoke it all at once,” I heard behind me. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Hurriedly she explained it and the young men agreed at once. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fog had almost gone and when I came to the cove I could see the ship at once, lying about two miles off-shore with her bows pointed towards the cliffs. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

As the Algerians left the ship, they began moving in all directions at once. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The picture at once gives me a pang for home. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was so tired by that time that I accidentally turned two pages at once, skipping from page seventeen to page twenty. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

My basement lab stank one last time with zincoshine preparation, six rockets curing at once. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

How he had managed to climb through the portrait hole was anyone’s guess, because his legs had been stuck together with what they recognized at once as the Leg-Locker Curse. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

When I came downstairs one morning and went into the dining room for my bowl of mush and lard gravy I felt at once that something sen ous was happening in the family. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

What faint traces of warmth her voice had held vanished all at once. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“It is best that we understand this matter at once. How did you come to set sail all alone?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

‘We must be getting off at once. We slept late; and there are a good many miles to go.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She lit a fresh cigarette almost at once, and said, as pointedly as she was able, “Anyway, your sister says he’s a brilliant boy. Lane.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“But it’s not just some of them. All the sentinels activated at once. Whatever’s out there is big. Real big.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Hold your tongue, you disrespectful old bird! And, Jo, you’d better go at once. It isn’t proper to be gadding about so late with a rattlepated boy like...” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twin fell on the floor and at once began to howl. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

All at once the group, led by Link, made their way to the door. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would have been much better if he had tried to leave town at once. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were more than kind and courteous, and took us at once on board the Czarina Catherine, which lay at anchor out in the river harbour. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I raise my hand to nobody, and to everybody at once. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell him I’m coming at once,” he said and hung up the receiver. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

A group encircled the convulsing girl at once, eager to assist in whatever way possible. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I stumbled down the stairs, trying to take too many at once, flew through the entryway and out the door that was barely hanging from its frame. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

No, we have got to do something at once.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“They all came over the hill at once and none of them are awful enough for me.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The boys commandeered them at once, a new idea springing fully armed from their heads as soon as they had seen the animals. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost at once a thin trickle of smoke rose up and made him cough. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

And he handed it to Tock, who undertook at once to carry one drop at a time from well to well. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

All together means “collectively”—all at once or all in one place: Bertie’s aunts were all together in the living room. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Put your head down on the desk at once. I don’t want to see your face!” Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She was taking two sides at once, to please everyone; she always chose peace over truth, was always eager to conform. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t sleep, so I took my board up the mountain to watch the sunrise. They went right over me, twenty hovercars at once coming across the ridge. But what’s happening now?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Seven closed her eyes, opened her hands, and whispered, “Deshacer,” and it was as if the entire earth beneath them shifted at once. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I wait till the door closes to let all my questions spill out at once. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t really said all he was thinking, but Polly at once said it for him. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

There were, of course, other questions, and all speaking at once, the children asked him to explain his “project” and why he needed children and what sort of danger they were in. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Your Father’s very brave, dear. I should have known. He’s been doing so much war work on top of his own work. The doctor says sometimes a man collapses all at once.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Behind him, Mom let out a sound that might have been a laugh and a cry all at once. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

All of this all at once, every moment, on the trail or off. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Others at once took up the cry, and the phrase w'as repeated, parrot-fashion, again and again, with an ever-growing volume of sound, until, by the seventh or eighth reiteration, no other word was being spoken. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The maid came in and said that the female English wanted to see the male English now, at once. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“It smells like a bakery, a pizzeria, and a cookout all at once.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Careers begin to arm themselves at once. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

All at once, like a clap of thunder, the tension of the room broke into laughter that shook the timbers and rattled the windows. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Must be twenty thousand men, visible all at once. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And remember, if we come upon any strange rabbits, you’re to attack them at once and ask questions afterward.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Unless you are suggesting that Harry and Hermione are able to be in two places at once, I’m afraid I don’t see any point in troubling them further.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The more time they spent together, the more Moody began to feel he was in two places at once. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They came upon the tarp almost at once and he knelt and dropped the bindle and groped about for the rocks he’d weighed the plastic with and pushed them beneath it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

With some vague misgiving that she might get upon the table then and there and die at once, the complete realisation of the ghastly waxwork at the Fair, I shrank under her touch. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw spun round in alarm, and at once began to struggle to his feet. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“We must not stress the ice all at once. Hurry.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Remove this foul addition at once! Remove it, I say! You are ruining a great work of art! Where am I? What is going on?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I do, my head twisting in every direction trying to see everything at once. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Watching him try to navigate the at once overwhelming and heartbreaking experience of the unmasked mob— A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It works fast, and it works in many, many directions at once. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And all at once the sun was uncomfortably hot, the dust oppressive, and the meager grass along its edges somewhat ragged and forlorn. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can I leave, Professor?” said Harry at once. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

This is the most she’s said to me at once, and I have to remind myself not to stare. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

They fired dozens of cannons at once, unleashing a crushing wave of metal balls. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Stonesnake curled up under his ragged fur cloak and was asleep almost at once. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Lulu and Courtney cry at once, but this inconceivability is eclipsed by Clementine, who says, “Can I try on your hat?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

At twenty past nine, there was a knock at the door, and she opened it at once and let in the man who was waiting outside in the rain. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Ogden pointed his wand at his own nose, which was still issuing large amounts of what looked like yellow pus, and the flow stopped at once. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh yeah,” said Ron at once, “people are talking about it quite a lot. ‘ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

With the realization, she jumped to her feet and at once regretted it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I rip it open at once and inside there's a feast -fresh rolls, goat cheese, apples, and best of all, a tureen of that incredible lamb stew on wild rice. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I don’t like that many kids at once. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he speaks, his head tilts and his eyebrows lift in sympathy, and I understand at once why some people like him. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, through the window of a car coming the other way, she caught a glimpse of a stranger’s face, then it was gone, like a book you open then close at once. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I saved my mango slices wrapped in a cloth napkin so I could eat them all at once before bed. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Winnie blinked, and all at once her mind was drowned with understanding of what he was saying. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I want to be like the Wolfman and talk to a million people at once. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You must start at once. Today, in fact! I will send instructions to your school—Swansea? Swansong? You must remind me of the name—to send the rest of your things.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Stannis saw, and reached at once for the hilt of his sword, but before he could draw steel his brother produced ... a peach. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"There are more of us. We try to meet in smaller groups instead of having everyone at once," Willem explains. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

My coffee and waffle arrive all at once. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Somehow, she’d peered into him, like watching a frothing sea through the eye of a needle, all those images and thoughts and feelings at once, all part of him. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I was undressing in my own room, when, with a premonitory tap at the door, he entered, and at once began to speak:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Her tight frown eased, fell, and disappeared completely, replaced by confused awe as she tried to take in everything at once. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Then I remembered: even a geo-stationary satellite can be two things at once, still or moving. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the summer of 1600, all citizens of Graz who were not already Catholics were required to change their faith at once. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

He gulped and sucked, and sucked and gulped, making swishing and swooshing noises, anxious to get everything at once. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The driver saw it at the same moment; he at once checked the horses, and, jumping to the ground, disappeared into the darkness. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

And at once Malcolm began to regret not having rolled back more of the tarpaulin: he could see hardly anything ahead. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Seven looked down; she was embarrassed and proud all at once, and she wondered...what if she still tried to write for her favorite newspaper? Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

His expression was distracted again, and I didn’t doubt that his vast machine of a brain was busy thinking about a half dozen things all at once. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Tyrion had to move both hands at once, but his chains had just enough give for him to reach the flagon on the table. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

That knocked all of us younger kids down at once, with fevers and vomiting. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

All at once her eyes widened, and she drew in her breath. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I strove to look stern, thoughtful, and noncommittal all at once. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Voldemort did not answer at once, but merely sipped his wine. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It’s too much to take in all at once—statuary and columns, balconies and staircases, oversized wooden benches. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Summoning his power all at once and with no thought for himself, he sent his spirit out after the child’s spirit, to bring it back home. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The barber came at once and began quickly to pour hot water, from a ketde on his pot of charcoal, into his brass basin. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Then everyone was talking at once, about how Tommy never even tried to be creative, about how he hadn’t even put anything in for the Spring Exchange. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The green earflaps, full of large ears and uncut hair and the fine bristles that grew in the ears themselves, stuck out on either side like turn signals indicating two directions at once. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when we got inside the trailer, it became plain to me at once that they didn’t need to do any great changing to make a little girl happy. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

We knew if we yelled back, he would jump out of his Caddy and box with two or three of us at once. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Not the same men who went, but others, and not all at once but slowly. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

You’d think, then, that if I combined those high and low tones and played them for you all at once, you’d be able to divide them into ten categories. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then all at once, the fire is gone. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He told Rice, “I want you at once if you can come.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“We’ll have to work for it. I wouldn’t like to have the General after me if I made him angry,” Arm said, which sobered up the other detectives at once. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

All at once one of the women, who had been watching them, asked, “Do you and your sister go to church here in Indio?” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

A tight line replaces my baba’s usual smile, and I know at once that he’s in pain. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Max, I don’t know. I was all mixed up. I was feeling so many things at once.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It sprang to life at once; long, prickly, bramblelike vines flew out of the top and whipped through the air. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Hullo, Mrs. Hickam,” he said, straightening his tie and his posture all at once. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Needless to say, Bibi was delighted by the diagnosis, and began at once to prepare for conjugal life. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“My father taught me how to take in everything at once,” I murmur as I sweep a hand across the text. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Take it and give me the earrings at once.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then he opened both dead eyes at once then both live ones till by and by your head was back to whirling and you knowed this boy had been wrong, this conjurer was real! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Almost at once popularizers of science tried to come up with ways to make these concepts accessible to a general audience. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He came across the one he sought almost at once, the young Dumbledore and his handsome companion, roaring with laughter at some long-forgotten joke. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

All the torches in the palace guttered at once. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She might let the mistress talk her into staying or lose her nerve if she didn’t set out at once. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone bursts into the conversation at once, their voices louder with each passing second. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Almost at once the people began moving to the courtyard which opened from the assembly hall. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there was no time to enjoy it for at once a really dreadful thing happened. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Blood rushes to my head, making me feel heavy and light-headed all at once. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not scared!” said Harry at once, and it was perfectly true; fear was one emotion he was not feeling at all. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She says something like, "Well, isn't that curious! He must fly down here at once so he can be my bridge partner!" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew at once that he was one of the crocodile poachers that Hassan had told me about. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I realize how this could go very badly if they all remember home at once. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Professor McGonagall had risen to her feet, and the mournful hum in the Hall died away at once. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

His icy fingers touched inside of her and at once she spoke, not a word, but a sound that gave forth a meaning of horror accepted. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

More lies we tell ourselves because reality is too much to hold all at once. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

If only he had spun himself to Carlion at once, before it was too late! The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three of the black horses had been found at once drowned in the flooded Ford. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

"But she said she wanted it all at once." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

They swarmed out at once to tie up the guards. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It isn’t like that now, because so much has been flattened, and even from the creek, he can see everything all at once. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Did you learn to juggle all at once? Five balls at a time? Knives too?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Yes, yes,” Emma said quickly, “had something caught in my eye, was all. Now, everyone gather your things. We must go to London at once, and see about making Miss Peregrine whole again!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

They somehow say “I love you” and “I’ll do whatever for you” all at once. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I got up at once, shaking the table clumsily as I moved my chair, and upsetting Giles’s glass of port. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But then, unexpectedly, he finds that his fault has been overlooked or forgiven and at once the world reappears in brilliant colors, full of delightful prospects. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Begging your pardon, ma’am,” returned the housemaid, “I should wish to speak at once, and to speak to master.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon became a lynx at once and padded to the open door, gazing fiercely down. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a loud crack as the wood split against the back of the prince's head, and then everything happened at once before Sansa's horrified eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

His lungs felt full of air and empty all at once. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

All at once, a huge tear that would have filled a bucket rolled down one of the BFG’s cheeks and fell with a splash on the floor. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I conjure up such a wind in my mind, letting it freeze my cheeks and numb my fingers, and all at once, the piece of metal half buried in the black earth has a name. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Almost at once I felt fresh air upon my face. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is at once the easiest and the hardest thing to explain. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He seemed to become focused at once, in the same way that you could focus the beam of an anbaric lantern. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He saw at once from the mere look of the room—the lights and shadows all looked different—that he must have slept for several hours. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

He found a door, knocked, and entered a room full of men, some young, some old, all seeming to speak at once, a few quite drunk. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Then all at once, Mr. Larson got an idea, and he sat bolt upright in his chair. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

His brain probed for a weakness in Abra, and so clever was he that he found one almost at once in her words. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Almost at once she was back again staggering under the weight of an enormous round chocolate cake on a china platter. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

When he noticed Bigwig, a little way off, staring fixedly to the north, he at once followed his gaze. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Exactly what was annoying her became apparent almost at once. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The boy, greatly relieved, leaped from his desk and raced to the door, followed at once by two other children who hadn’t received the test yet but were terrified now to see it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

And then, all over again, everyone started talking at once. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

That everything’s happening all at once, from the first bang that started the universe to the very moment everything comes to an end. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

‘I’ll take her out, ma’am, at once,’ the maid was saying. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made Piper feel sad, disoriented, homesick and annoyed all at once. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

For some reason every person quit making noise at once. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Koreans like to taste everything at once, have it all out on the table, flagrantly mixing the flavors. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He instructed the black woman to either his astonishment was ago at once and inform Madame Lebrun that Mrs. Pontellier desired to see her. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

All at once, I felt my muscles relax. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The mask offered protection against the constant reminders of being at once American, and the American dilemma. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Gollum dropped at once from the branches of the tree on to all fours, and the hobbits followed more slowly. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Harry was hungry enough even for Hagrid’s cooking, and took one at once. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Since they were not being attacked, he could turn the space to his own advantage by getting some more rabbits in at once. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up and unbolted the door; Hermione toppled inside at once, regained her balance, and looked around suspiciously. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

All at once she heard a metallic braying sound, a shout. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Both turned at once and left the office. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Indeed, her mind felt like a vast storage room whose locked cupboards were all at once not only unlocking but flinging themselves open and dumping their contents on the floor. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Blackavar may not run at once. He will be as startled as the guards.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you—” I start to ask, but now we’re both speaking at once. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

All at once, like a flock of birds, they took off for the basketball court. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I kept staring at his words on my phone, feeling everything all at once. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Along the way they were joined by other kids, who were waiting, their eyes at once fearful and excited. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

By accessing the Sight, he could sense both worlds at once. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

So then I spoke up at once and said that there was a misunderstanding. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had all taken less than a minute, and Will turned back at once to the fallen Chevalier. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It would not matter if they killed you at once. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“If you find anything not to your liking you will tell me at once?” she asked. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

An onslaught of smells assaulted her at once, a coppery tang thick in the air, but other smells too, ones she didn’t like. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But all at once, when still a child, Onofre had awakened able to read. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Stand up at once, you filthy little maggot!" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I can be both of us at once so no one will have to miss her, most of all me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I saw at once that Falconer was no stranger to London. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

And I was struck all at once how life was out there going through its regular courses, and I was suspended, waiting, caught in a terrible crevice between living my life and not living it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Thanks for the assist. Six at once isn’t bad.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Take it easy,” he said, “don’t try to see everything all at once.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I woke at once, with a sharp breath. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beholding Mrs. Pontellier make her appearance, the girl had at once suspected a lovers’ rendezvous. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment the wizard stood looking at the fire; then he stooped and removed the ring to the hearth with the tongs, and at once picked it up. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A juggler made his way through the crowd, keeping several oranges aloft at once. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Lady Constance brightened at once and launched into an animated description of the house: the history, the architecture, the furnishings. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He saw me at once, but still, he looked around—to see whether we were alone? Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra ducked her head at once under the shelter of her wolverine hood, and shuffled in through the double doors with the other children. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The simplicity of this solution struck Kat and me at once. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she listens to music as she works, but that’s not quite doing two things at once. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Kevin, you can’t come back all at once any more than you can leave all at once. It takes time. After a while, though, things will fall into place.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

And so I found myself, on any given day, traveling through several New Yorks at once—dynamic, brutal, moneyed, sometimes all of those at once. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Or is she thinking about herself, not wanting to worry about two sons at once, and not wanting the complication of Vincent? Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

And then he said, “People experience both joy and suffering in their lives. Now you have had all the suffering at once, and the rest of your life will be filled with only joy.” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They ate everything at once, for anything that remained would be stolen by the other boys. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

They at once gave up any idea of going back. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

"Where is Bruno? If you don't tell me at once I shall summon the police!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

All at once an astonishing change came over the Spirit Medium. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

When they had gone, it went very still again at once, and it seemed darker, too. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Goober heard a weird sound, almost as if the class had sucked in its breath all at once. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I call Rue's name in a hushed whisper and the eyes appear, wide and alert, at once. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She'd thought she was going to die then, but the fingers had twitched, all five at once, and the man had shrieked loud as a horse. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

No sooner had he done so than the light in the woods began flashing a message with extreme rapidity: Go at once. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The branch caught at once, and in its glare Lyra turned the hands of the alethiometer and asked about Lee Scoresby. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen other men all spoke at once, clamoring to be heard. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They both turned their heads at once, because it was a bird that sounded like no creature that belonged to the world they were in. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

With one earphone off, she could hear both languages going at once. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

September 29, 1977: Salyut 6 is the first space station equipped with docking stations on either end, which allow for two vehicles to dock at once. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then all at once she heard voices whispering in Spanish. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon bristled warningly, and she knew what he meant at once. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The hospital smells funny—kind of clean and kind of stuffy all at once. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

This is the protozoan, not yet as famous as he should be, who seems to be telling us everything about everything, all at once. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they began to move up through the marshes to the village, the mulefa saw how hard it was for Farder Coram to walk, and at once they offered to carry him. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They recognized it all at once: Seabiscuit, under a tremendous load, having already run at world-record speed for most of the race, accelerated. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Being Goth wipes away any expectation of conventionality, so Molly finds she’s free to be weird in lots of ways at once. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

If he could just summon Gray... but he couldn’t be in two places at once. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The penguin at once noticed the shiny new inside handle and bit it with his usual curiosity. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

All at once he wheeled about and flew upwards, perching at the entrance to his nest-hole in the stunted oak. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then, trying to watch in all directions at once, she withdrew a few cautious steps from the tree against which she had been leaning. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The driver took off at once as the She Elephant lunged out of the vlei. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Fie could either remember the words or the clapping, but never both at once. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

How unjust to throw everything at me at once. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

All at once Grandma started to pull dollars out of her purse and Daddy did the same. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He recalled instead that the chaplain was only a captain, and he straightened at once with a shocked and outraged gasp. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Grandpa never could dote on two people at once. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The joy which had appeared on Pris’s face at seeing her friends at once melted away. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The buzz of chatter filling the Hall ceased almost at once, so that only the howling wind and pounding rain could be heard. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Get on with it at once, I said,” answered Bigwig. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It so happened that Beth’s funny loan was just the thing, for in laughing over the kits, Laurie forgot his bashfulness, and grew sociable at once. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she had hung up, he went at once to the computer the General had installed in the office. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Nicole put on a brave face, but I could see she was halfway to freaked, too many people coming up to her at once. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Frank knew at once what was going on. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“How are you supposed to keep your eyes on all three heads at once?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

They dropped, only to rise again at once from the sight of her slip-clad form and her immodest blue skin. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Beg pardon, Lord Commander. I know you must be weary, but I thought you would want to see this at once.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Once there, he lay down and at once returned to the sleep of total exhaustion. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Theo doesn’t think her weakness and other complaints will disappear all at once. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Another stab of pain sliced through Thomas’s head—there were too many things to compute at once. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

As soon as the elevator door shuts, everybody becomes very quiet, and when the door finally opens again, everybody talks at once in what sounds like relieved voices. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

All at once, he seizes on the sculpture and the suddenness of the action makes my breath catch. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Milo insisted on leaving at once for Malta. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Jesus, Daisy, don’t spend it all at once,” I said quietly, so Mom wouldn’t hear. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

At the door her sisters seized and bore her to the parlor in a triumphal procession, all pointing and all saying at once, “Look there! Look there!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was something to wrap his head around, how she could have so many eyes in the world at once. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

At that he walked faster, aware all at once of urgency and the declining sun and a little wind created by his speed that breathed about his face. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

They must ask her, she told them, to show that she accepted the gift by wearing it at once. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is still in the room, I feel it at once, the walls have preserved it. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hunched like his sister, he had a pallid, doughy face and tiny eyes, which fell at once on Alecto, sprawled motionless on the floor. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Is it everything at once, or none of the above? Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He had to get rid of these at once. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Definitely adequate,” Henry answers, grinning, and he scoops Alex up against his chest greedily as if he’s trying to touch all of him at once. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Come down off that stage at once, young lady.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

When I at last got the truth out of him, I saw at once that he had been trying to put his claim to the ring beyond doubt. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

An impulse: he hadn’t planned it; all at once it had happened. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I already had two in my mouth at once. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Pippin pulled such a grim face that the boy stepped back a pace, but at once he returned with clenched fists and the light of battle in his eye. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Matt understood at once: His fingerprints and DNA were the same as El Patron’s. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph leaned against a tree and at once the daydreams came swarming up. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Make her come down so we can go back to bed. Arthur, make her come down at once.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“No respect. Ludo Bagman shook off Fred and George fairly quickly, however, and, spotting Harry, waved and came over to their table. “I hope my brothers weren’t bothering you, Mr. Bagman?” said Percy at once. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It’s dusty and confusing and mesmerizing all at once. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But there are so many faces at once, and they're all wearing the same shorts and T-shirts. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Freak is looking at me sideways and I can tell he's not telling me everything, which he almost never does, not all at once. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“They didn’t like it when two or three people would be talking at once. That’s the producers’ natural instinct, to hype a scene by creating confusion. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

All at once, a curious orange-coloured glow appeared in the night sky ahead of them. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some princes were tolerant and allowed freedom of worship; others insisted that all their subjects convert to the new flavour of the month or forfeit their property at once. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

There weren’t quite enough showers for all the employees at once, so everyone was assigned a shower time. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He opened the green suit-case; and all at once he was breathing Lenina’s perfume, filling his lungs with her essential being. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kitty’s father even demanded that she go back to school at once, but Kitty said she wasn’t going to go even if it meant she had to move out and be homeless. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said, and recognized at once that I was on the brink of a dangerous condition known as retail burnout. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

"Why don't you say at once that you think I'm not good enough for you?" said Shasta. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The voice changes, twisting and layering as if there are three Darins all talking at once. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I hold my mouth and fight for air all at once. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Alex felt hot and cold all at once and reached for Radar to steady himself. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Let them prepare at once for the battle. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I will confide in her at once and ask her advice about approaching Mother Ermentrude with my secret, lest Marguerite expose it first. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The man couldn’t answer every bell at once. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And another thing. We can't have everybody talking at once. Well have to have 'Hands up' like at school." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

A thousand memories press on me all at once, nearly suffocating me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, stop that, Cassiopeia! Stop it at once.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Then get ready at once. I will bring up my bag. I am prepared.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The regimented routine of many children, all doing the same thing at once, gave her a feeling of safety. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

One bird singing is bearable but not with the other sounds happening all at once. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

It is a joke because it is so unlikely we would send eleven sets at once. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Harry knew what was on her mind at once. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Everyone started talking at once; Thomas only caught pieces here and there. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

All at once, they spun around and grabbed great handfuls of hailstones and rushed to the edge of the cloud and started throwing them at the peach, shrieking with fury all the time. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

By my white hair he knows me at once. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Get in her coat! Make yourself big and warm her up!” he snarled, and the girl’s daemon, frightened, crept inside her coal-silk anorak at once. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

All at once he couldn’t breathe, and he wasn’t sure he wanted to. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He stepped back, and the movement caught the spiders’ attention; at once, he felt an infinite number of tiny black eyes turn his way. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

On my way home I found a cheap ring in the streets and at once I knew what I was going to do with it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Gladly. One at a time or all at once, it makes no matter.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Scraps and wisps of it flew through the basket, and then everything was obscured, all at once. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He set to work at once to make a bow and arrows. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

If one wants to appraise it, it is at once heroic and banal—but who wants to do that? All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When at last she left you, you lapsed at once into deep reverie: you betook yourself slowly to pace the gallery. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Every muscle in my body relaxes at once and I breathe freely again. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“A very good choice,” he said, “and if you please we will proceed at once.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last, as time was passing fast, and, for many other reasons, I wished to get her home at once, I shook her more forcibly, till finally she opened her eyes and awoke. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

A million things all at once — I was too good for this war. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lee cautioned Longstreet to keep his distance so that if a shot came down it would not get both of them at once. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time Moch tried it, the sophomores did the same thing—all at once, collectively, and in unison, they lost their cool. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They ran toward the edge of the forest, and all at once, the mud began pulling them down. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

All at once a new shout went up. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He responded at once by presenting himself at her home with all his disarming naivet£. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We just want to pet Sounder,” the three all said at once. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And don’t eat them all at once. That might leave you feeling a little queasy. Or empty.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He wondered if his talents had failed him, if he had, in trying to compensate for months of undertraining, thrown too much work at his horse at once. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come,” he said, “come, we must see and act. Devils or no devils, or all the devils at once, it matters not; we fight him all the same.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“We have to hurry home. I must write—no, telephone—the Duryea factory in Massachusetts and place an order at once. The internal combustion engine. Think of it! The power of four horses!” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He remembered the sound of a cloak slithering over dead leaves many years ago, and at once thought he heard it again before mentally shaking himself. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Sell us the tickets at once or I shall report you to the rail authority for child discrimination!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I think that through the cloudiness of his insanity he saw some antagonism in me, for he at once fell back on the last refuge of such as he—a dogged silence. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The Lady and I shall leave at once.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The policemen and the firemen all started shouting at once. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

The rattling came again and again from everywhere all at once. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

All at once, she was the Twig I knew and the Twig I did not know. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Goodness, but I’d hate to live in two places at once all the year around,” Mother said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

But, having allowed her tears to begin, she could not stop them at once. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I think you ought to go away really almost at once, in case my disillusioned mouth should suddenly determine to introduce you to my great gQb, which have teeth in them also. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to rise—a malicious, ironic voice insisted that he rise—and, at once, to leave this temple and go out into the world. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Dudley stumbled backward at once, a look of panic on his fat face. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

An infuriated and confused Mr. Levy would return, this time determined to have him incarcerated at once. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both her parents and Ashima are at once impressed and puzzled when they come to visit for the first time. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I turned my head forward at once, quickening my pace. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

All at once, she put a death grip on my shoulder. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He at once proffered me another box, handing me the cigarettes too, at the same time. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

All at once she had become exceptionally unsteady. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

And then all at once they were back on the topic of prom. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He struck up at once a harvest thanksgiving hymn, all about crops being “safely gathered in.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

While many abolitionist groups favored a gradual approach to ending slavery, the women of Birmingham read and discussed Elizabeth Heyrick’s argument that all slaves must be freed at once. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Between the shoeshine stand and thrusting towels to them just as they approached the washbasin, Freddie seemed to be doing four things at once. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suppose she realized that I couldn’t handle everything at once—and she was right. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Having heard Imani’s scream, other girls are surrounding us, looking shocked, everyone talking at once. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He could at once put the blame on Julius, but that might rebound against him later. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Then she sat still, letting her mind hold the three levels of meaning together in focus, and relaxed for the answer, which came almost at once. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Hertzoon had probably been running the con on multiple marks at once. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

At that word, the old man nodded all at once, one nod, like a sad old puppet on strings. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think Carla has ever said this many words all at once. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Arm let go of the General’s shoulders at once, and his face burned with embarrassment. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

As far as I remember, this suggestion wasn’t taken up; maybe hardly anyone heard it, because a lot of us were talking all at once. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some twenty back-seat drivers at once demanded an explanation, but the Chief gave none. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Yeah . . . think I will too,” said Ron at once. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“We’ll put a stop to it at once. From now on, by royal command, everyone must eat dinner before the banquet.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

But all at once he felt hands lift him and an inhaler—an inhaler!—held to his face. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a small roll of parchment, which Harry recognized at once as another invitation to a lesson with Dumbledore. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

My father must have had the same feeling because all at once he slapped the table, tipped his chair back, and began singing “Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kitbag and Smile, Smile, Smile.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom smiled at me over her shoulder, her eyes full of love and sadness and the whole world all at once. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I think my parents were afraid that if I didn’t go at once, I’d lose my nerve. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dreamed a wolf was howling, and the sound was so terrible that it woke her at once. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We come up behind her—and all stop breathing at once. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

When I walk into my cousin’s house, Auntie Gemma’s in the kitchen doing a million things at once. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

An orange light flashes, and all at once the window—and the windows above, below, and next to it—shatters into hundreds of tiny pebbles that shower over the Candor below. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I chose superspeed so I could be in two places at once if I needed to be. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

In this situation, all I can do is everything at once—stoop, reach, bend, lift, run from rack to rack with my cart. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It shall be as you please, Mrs. Chester. I’ll give up my place here at once, and attend to the flowers, if you like.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only plan I can come up with is to do everything at once and hope that the teenagers at the Motel 6 switchboard can be trusted to serve as my answering machine. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

All at once, he pulls me tight against him. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The thief snaps her fingers and all the spotlights shut off at once. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

In the cool damp, he picked up at once the unnatural smells of metal, coal smoke and oil. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the conversation turned to the preparations for Hafsa’s sister’s wedding, everyone started talking at once, and I found it difficult to focus. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

A dark shape—some kind of animal—was wedged halfway under the boat and tangled in a fishing net, one of those big nets they use on trawlers to catch everything at once. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was too much—too much was happening all at once. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

All at once the desert road went over a sand dune. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Serafina Pekkala called to the aeronaut, and he woke at once, groggy with cold, but aware from the movement of the basket dial something was wrong. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Frodo and Sam drank a little water and ate some bread and dried fruit, but Gollum at once curled up and went to sleep. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

At that moment, the crate arrived, barely standing the strain of being pulled in two directions at once. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

We have already been yelled at once for talking. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Not all of it at once. I can’t work out whether it’s a triangle, a circle, or a square.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost at once, Harry wished he hadn’t spoken. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Tweets and chirps and loud singing all happening at once. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know if they were love tears or sad tears or happy tears or all three at once. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad Tazviona’s foot is twisted,” she said to the dark hut, but almost at once Mother’s voice whispered inside her head, You don’t really think that. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Jhogo, seek out these eunuchs and bring them here at once." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She pushed herself up to her elbows and at once regretted it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

And Cuckoo answered at once, “Ah, and that was Liu, the grain dealer. Ah, he was a good man! He left silver in my palm whenever he saw me.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“That allows time for all companies to be in place, and with the sounding of the bell to move in about the town and castle wall at once.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Tell him to come along at once if he likes. Has he got a car?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

"Is there a law against doing both things at once?" he asked. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

In the end I decided that the women’s saber team simply wasn’t ready for change—an African-American Muslim was too much difference all at once. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Poor girl, I’ll fix some ginger water for you to sip. Then you must go to bed at once. If you’re not better in the morning, I’ll send a note to Mr. Das.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had to see Bessie at once; the kidnap note had to be sent right away; there was no time to lose. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Ugh! Ugh! Now I must go wash at once! Who knows what diseases these creatures must carry, after living so long in the wild?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I tell him to line up the electric brooms and turn them all on at once. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was lying almost beside the palace, and he found her at once. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mary swiftly threw her bridle and stirrups over his back, excusing herself for being clumsy, and mounted at once. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

How could so many snakes disappear all at once? Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this they both turn, Frank from the stove top and Byrd with a look on her face like it all just dawned on her, everything all at once. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Lyra watched as her uncle poured a cup of coffee, drained it at once, and poured another before sipping more slowly. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Harry looked down at the map, disappointed, but rallied almost at once. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He took out his wand and gave a great sweeping wave with it; at once, all the candles except those inside the carved pumpkins were extinguished, plunging them into a state of semidarkness. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Joy and relief and hope all there at once, and she was instantly lovely again, herself, beautiful. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She felt dizzy, nauseated, too small and too large all at once. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There are real flowers, several different kinds at once, in chunky, flowing vases of Swedish glass. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Is there any point asking how you’re going to sit for two exams at once?” said Harry. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I would rather have the whole thing at once.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

For example, if all you were shown of Caroline’s body were her hands, you would know at once that she was an artistic person. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pilot started the engine and Brian jumped a little with the noise, but he settled back down at once. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I’m guilty and resentful and panicked all at once. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They both threw their arms round his neck at once. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Weasley pointed her wand at a lamp on the bedside table and it ignited at once, bathing the room in a pleasant golden glow. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then all three shapes appeared at once, and the record said: “Are.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

But sometimes they may not decline steadily at all; at the Tipping Point, schools can lose control of their students, and family life can disintegrate all at once. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was not good at doing two things at once. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She offered Patrolman Mancuso a torn and oily cake box that looked as if it had been subjected to unusual abuse during someone’s attempt to take all of the doughnuts at once. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I think we all realize, all at once, that we are more afraid for her than we are for ourselves. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Will said, “Oh, very well. But we go through quickly and in complete silence, and you do exactly what I say, at once, you understand?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Helmholtz and the Savage took to one another at once. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wanted him to eliminate slavery all at once, but Lincoln preferred an incremental approach. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Professor McGonagall, please go to Mr. Filch at once and tell him to search every painting in the castle for the Fat Lady.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, sir,” said Harry at once, anxious about Dumbledore’s extreme pallor and by his air of exhaustion. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, of course. He missed you at once. You’re his best girl.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

After about a minute of this, we both mumbled at once, Well... Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun shifted a little lower in the sky, and all at once the brown river was tricked out with bits of glittering sun. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘We can’t satisfy a little boy’s curiosity all at once, now, can we?’ Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were wide, vulnerable, and they darted away at once. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Wonderful smells of coffee and apple pie and hash and—would it be fish?—wafted through the house from the magical stove as though to prove how many separate wonders it could perform at once. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“We must get help at once,” said Clover. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

As soon as he had signed her up the other boys all began to rush Delores at once. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She must save enough to bring both children at once. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

"Be so good as to inform me at once should we receive a reply from Dome?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It came to everyone at once that they were not there. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

That maybe knowing Jesus was like crying and making new friends and being scared and not having parents around, all at once. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Harry turned at once and splashed out of the bathroom. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

No one remarked on their absence and Hazel went underground at once, telling Pipkin to say nothing about their adventure for the time being. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t like it when you leave me out. I don’t like it when you don’t tell me everything,” Axel says, the bubble popping in his chest and all the words falling out at once. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Everyone starts laughing and talking all at once, trying to get in the first insult, but he just laughs them off and says, "Girls love a sensitive man." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

The ymbryne pulled back the hood of her cloak and said, “I am very glad to meet you, too, dears, but you must come inside at once; it isn’t safe out here.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The first thing he did was to look for the Gallivespians, who looked back at once, fully focused on him. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But all at once she realized that William could not really anger her. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

There was no delay on the timer at alL If he managed to press the detonator button, the ship would blow at once. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Almost at once Jack found the dung and scattered roots that told of pig and soon the track was fresh. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Bree, however, at once shouldered himself in the other horse's way. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

He cast himself down upon his couch and fell at once into a long sleep. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

"With the Mud Gate under assault? Folly. Tell Ser Osmund I want him out of there at once, it's too dangerous. Fetch him back to the castle." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She must find out at once what the debt was. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

My mouth fell open and my eyes grew wide to see so many unfamiliar sights at once. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Everything explodes inside Mark at once—he’s not going to let this sorry excuse for a human ruin their chance to escape. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Theo goes to his brother at once, on the night train from Paris to Arles. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

And all at once she wondered what would happen to the Tucks when her father came. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Caroline also says that she began at once to pick out tunes by ear and make up songs for herself. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

All at once such a warmth and happiness swept over her pale face that Kit too was startled. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

All at once, from nowhere, other soldiers appeared and made their presence known by holding on to their nightsticks and moving toward us slowly. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it wasn’t like you could read to all of them at once, or even three of them, or two. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Shasta all at once turned very red and began speaking very quickly. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I saw at once that I was on the right track; phonetic spelling had again misled me. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

My brain starts to piece something together—something that makes me nervous and excited and terrified all at once. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Trey’s got one of those chargers that’ll handle multiple phones at once. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

May as well tell all the bad news at once. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was a knock at the door behind him, and he turned at once. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He caught her expression at once and understood exactly what she meant him to do. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The men didn’t take off after them at once, as Milkman had supposed they would. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

A truly dangerous opponent would have killed his dæmon at once, and ended the matter there and then; this antagonist was afraid to strike. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Aureliano Segundo recognized him at once, because that hereditary memory had been transmitted from generation to generation and had come to him through the memory of his grandfather. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Salmakia lifted her foot away from Pantalaimon’s leg, and at once he fought free of her grasp and changed into a wildcat, hissing ferociously, fur on end, tail lashing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Kill me at once, for I shall only fight you again if you spare my life.' The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are at once satisfied and intrigued by his background, by his years at Yale and Columbia, his career as an architect, his Mediterranean looks. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When the tragedy was over, and he had been called for and hooted, I said to Herbert, “Let us go at once, or perhaps we shall meet him.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Blackberry, Speedwell and Hawkbit ran at once, taking Boxwood and Clover with them into the darkness under the barn. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three boys signed a confession at once, but Richard would not sign. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I guess becoming homeless doesn’t happen all at once. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The taxi driver went down at once and opened the door. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Nevertheless,” I whispered crossly—but I couldn’t go on, too conscious all at once of my whispering, my eternal posturing, always transforming the world with words—changing nothing. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crossing the door sill she sat down at once in firelight, against the nearest wall, across the room from the lord Odysseus. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

About an hour later Salvador arrived, dressed in a dark-red corduroy jacket she at once saw was new. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I felt cross all at once, though I didn’t dare show it. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you hear? Go home at once. Tell your mother I've gone away for a few days, all right?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

There on the threshold, holding an old-fashioned lamp, stood a boy Harry recognized at once: tall, pale, dark-haired, and handsome — the teenage Voldemort. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She would have known him at once in his Quaker hat and his mother’s brown homespun. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was everywhere at once, pushing, pulling, sawing, hammering, improvising, jollying everyone along with comradely exhortations and giving out from every fold of his body what seemed an inexhaustible supply of acrid-smelling sweat. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The danger lies in the increase in nitrates, for the peculiar physiology of the ruminant at once poses a critical problem. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Every single badge and sash and coronet was thrown off at once and trampled contemptuously underfoot, to be forgotten in a moment. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

My flip-flop slips on some loose earth, and all at once I’m skidding downhill. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He fled at once, and the minute it was well, “Up with the bonnets of bonnie Dundee,” she slipped away to return no more till the young gentleman departed in high dudgeon. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was nine o’clock, five hours after daylight, before he rolled over, opened his eyes, and was awake at once. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he offered to keep watch himself until the evening and Hazel, greatly relieved, at once told the rabbits to sleep. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

This they recognized at once, for it looked the same as it had from the bank. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Jack! Jack! What shall I do! The whole of life seems gone from me all at once, and there is nothing in the wide world for me to live for.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Every Trotter in the car had been killed, all at once. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

But all at once, his turn speed emerged. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thorn ran the few toadstools toward the Spector Lagoon, and as she entered through the curtain of the willows surrounding the area, what looked like hundreds of red eyes opened and blinked at once. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was too hard to work out, when there were so many strange things happening at once. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom is a slow burn; she’s not going to let it all out at once. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The long needle began to swing at once, and stopped, moved on, stopped again in a precise series of sweeps and pauses. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The sight of these nails gave Briony a constricting sensation around her sternum, and she knew at once that she could not ask Lola to play the prince. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The requirements of the American Revolution, in effect, cut both ways at once. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It’s the most my father has ever said to me at once. he's not even angry as he says it. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a command and a threat, all at once. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Can’t you urge them to come inside at once? Dinner’s growing cold.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The sickness inside him grew, and at once, a whole slew of thoughts he’d been repressing sprang free. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I’d been overconfident in our ability to walk so many miles at once in such rough terrain when we left Teresita’s. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

His arms are around me, hard and gentle all at once, and he lifts me up. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

But almost at once, without warning, a lethal bitterness crossed her features, set concrete-like in place. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

On his desk stood what looked like a large, cracked, glass spinning top; Harry recognized it at once as a Sneakoscope, because he owned one himself, though it was much smaller than Moody’s. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He was off, slowly enough, down the slope, but when Hazel stamped for him to stop he did so at once. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He raised a hand, fingers dancing through the air in a complicated array of signals, and at once the dogs stilled. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Though it tore at her heart, Lupita at once started to sew. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

The thought curdled in Koffi's stomach, sickening, and she knew at once she couldn’t do that either. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Produce them at once or by God I’ll have you shipped somewhere a great deal less pleasant than Wales!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

"Making a presupply is a six- month process. We're set up to pipeline a bunch of them at once, not to make one in a hurry." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

What do you do if you’re attacked by two people at once? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

"My daughter commands us to ride for King's Landing at once, to defend the Red Keep against King Renly and the Knight of Flowers." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They went at once to seek out Tyro and discover themselves to her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I demand that you leave at once, sir!” he said. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Lucy always said that the greatest friends have nothing and everything in common all at once. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Simon grins and elbows both of them at once. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

It is when confronted by the overwhelming signal of free molecules of endotoxin, evoking memories of vibrios in great numbers, that the limulus flies into panic, launches all his defenses at once, and destroys himself. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd stampedes toward the door, which leads to more cussing and fighting since it’s impossible for everybody to get out at once. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

A strong affection grew up at once between father and son. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Count saw his victory in my bow, and his mastery in the trouble of my face, for he began at once to use them, but in his own smooth, resistless way:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The name given to that one dramatic moment in an epidemic when everything can change all at once is the Tipping Point. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A ship was sent forth at once across the Inmost Sea to Way Island to bring the Archmage back to Roke. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I could take both at once, steering them in two directions around the crack on the broken concrete path and bringing them back together, again on the other side. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Are you sure you aren’t just angry because he has Sekai?” began Eye, but Arm gave him such a poisonous look, he closed his mouth at once. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

All the animals nodded in complete agreement, and the cleverer ones at once began to learn the Commandments by heart. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“No, we can’t. We decided already,” said Lyra, stubborn and fearful at once. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The BFG changed into his famous top gear and all at once he began to fly forward as though there were springs in his legs and rockets in his toes. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No!” me and Mama and Jay said all at once. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

"The earth ends at the black salt sea," Drogo answered at once. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Farmer had gotten up at once and attended to a middle-aged man who thought he was having a heart attack but fortunately wasn’t. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

It was Pimpernel and I could tell at once that he was in a bad way. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, he at once began to carry on Bilbo’s reputation for oddity. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The place hadn’t fallen apart all at once. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Despite his height and the width of his shoulders, he leads with a grace that is effortless and sensual all at once. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

This decided Hazel that they had better set out at once and try to reach somewhere where they could rest more easily. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the real world, people fall out of love little by little, not all at once. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t allowed to take all of my dinosaurs out at once because Momma was afraid I’d lose most of them. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Believing and not believing it all at once. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

This news he took to Admetus, who at once set about finding a substitute for himself. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anatsou tapped it with a foot, and at once their bags fell out of it and into the dirt. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

We both kept a lookout on everybody that came out and there were never many people at once. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather have them than that necklace,” said Harry, which sobered Ron up at once. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He knew at once that he had done the right thing; though he appeared to be standing in water, his shoes, feet, and robes remained quite dry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It tastes of home and shining and fire all at once. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Why, you’d have had to be in two places at once to order the attack on that outpost.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

In other words, we do not know how to classify it, how to put it into its proper context, because it seems to point in several directions at once. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

That hidden grain of sand—tiny and infinite all at once, both compact and expanding. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

And at once Digory felt that new strength and courage had gone into him. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

He could tell at once that they carried different sorts of bubble bath mixed with the water, though it wasn’t bubble bath as Harry had ever experienced it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She stood up at once, collecting her hair. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

We intend to roast it at once so that nobody will be any wiser. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

As it had all those years ago, it put her to sleep almost at once. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His father noticed at once and a mild word of mockery nearly escaped him, but he stifled it. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

For Pollard, the news was at once wonderful and terrifying. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hated that and would walk off at once, trailing clothes behind him. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what to do with that—compliment and insult all at once. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Prove it,” said Riddle at once, in the same commanding tone he had used when he had said, “Tell the truth.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then the teeth of a dragon must be cast into the furrows, like seed-corn—which would spring up at once into a crop of armed men. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could see the whole floor at once, because here there were no walls, not even those carpet-lined partitions many offices will use. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lowering of the image of her son brought out in her all at once all of the compassion that she owed him. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

All at once, the final piece clicked into place, and I knew what I was going to do. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Esther stopped singing all at once and looked down at her bare legs. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Begin a search for it at once, then,” the Sea King said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“He received an urgent owl from the Ministry of Magic and flew off for London at once.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Why not all of these feelings at once? Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

But when she saw that scar, it was like her sense of the lighted world had boiled over all at once, rushing over her, revealing images, stories...or were they memories? The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

How do you listen to several conversations at once? In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Dandelion, as soon as he saw Hazel on the bank, went at once to the bow and plunged in. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three of them sprang at once, but Frank was ready. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They had got into it, because knights must always accept an adventure, and it had sailed away at once. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She saw at once that Ned had reached a very different conclusion. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He started up at once and said, “Who is it?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jorge was on him at once, flailing away, hitting anything he could reach. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were ranked by sixes, though, and so were constrained in their firing, only a few able to present at once; and the causeway afforded no cover. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon became a bat at once, shrieking, and flew around her head as she backed against the wall. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She was so excited she started crying and laughing all at once. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

These falling from the tree with a sound like rain, all at once there came a sweet fragrance, while the tree, swaying, put forth leaves of rosy fire and white flowers like stars. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was quite long; I did the repeats, and it was going well—when all at once I heard his cane tapping behind me. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

If we could listen to them all at once, fully orchestrated, in their immense ensemble, we might become aware of the counterpoint, the balance of tones and timbres and harmonics, the sonorities. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sticky did so, and at once the light in the woods began flashing a response. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed it into the quiet water by the landing, and water began to well softly into it at once. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t want to spring it on Vivian just yet—too many surprises at once. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

When Hazel woke he perceived at once that it was morning—some time after sunrise, by the smell of it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if they were hatched by a domestic duck, they followed her at once. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

My father sighed, a long, shivering sound that was relief and disbelief and exasperation all at once. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Lancelot went to sleep at once—but the buzzing of the flies kept Sir Lionel awake, and while he was awake a curious sight came by. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

All at once, with an instinctive quickening of her senses, Kit knew that she was not alone, that someone was very close. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Peach sobbed and sniffed, and I heard leaving noises, the kind of settling-down, murmuring noises that drift across people when they are all talking at once, softly, ending a conversation or starting the next one. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Fearfully he took a few uncertain steps in the dark, and then all at once there came a flash of red that leaped upward, and smote the high black roof. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She would visit the barn at once, to see what aid she might render to the miserable creature—or creatures—within. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

All at once, the whispering stopped, and the Holy Beings stared at Nathan. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The orphans were marching and singing, their shoes all hitting the ground at once, and the oven door opened, and into the oven they went, heads held high, marching and singing. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

When she came out of the elevators, she knew at once from the look on the nurses’ faces that Ernest was gone, at the age of fifty-seven. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She was trying to start the fire and cook all at once, which will never get you anywhere. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gray-green surface changes to the bright colors of our three images, sharpening and deepening all at once. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he at once lay down again, back to back with the cat as they had been at the beginning of the night. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“The food is monotonous and salty, the commoners stink, and the storms will not cease. We will sail back to London at once. Who is with me?” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Clancy had tried to show me how easy it was to affect the moods of multiple people at once, settling an argument between two kids without saying a single word. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

We all clicked on it and we could feel it tap our credit, and then suddenly it hit me all at once. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

One night, when they had planned to go to a party, Nat looked up, all at once, remembering. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was clear that the bears were practiced at witch fighting, for they had moved at once into a defensive formation, and the witches moved just as smoothly into attack. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Uncle Tom, Granny says to come at once. Grandpa’s dead,” I panted. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dimly, as if from far away, she heard a ... a noise ... a soft sighing sound, as if a million people had let out their breath at once. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A moment later, Tobias’s thumb brushes over the injection site in my neck, and a few things come together at once. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He would have recognized the place if he had left at once and come back six months later. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Hazel appeared in the doorway it saw him at once and stood stock still, with staring eyes and twitching tail. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked upset and angry all at once. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

A waiter hurried over at once to sponge off their gowns. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

‘I will sleep now,’ he said; and the Elf led him to a bower beside Pippin, and he threw himself upon a bed and fell at once into a dreamless slumber. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

"Shut your mouth," replied the King at once. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it's the expression in her eyes, something at once coolly logical and fiercely defiant. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Notwithstanding that the devil, played by Cook, gives himself away at once by wearing red socks, the infallible mark of a cad, Dudley falls into conversation with him. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

All at once, she was by the stream. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Who wouldn’t want pets that can burn, sting, and bite all at once?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

All at once, the Holy Beings started talking. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

When was the last time I had even half that much money at once? Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Director Horus spins his staff until the whole sky is filled with the faces of my ancestors all at once. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She considered it a deplorable lapse on the part of her subjects not to tell her everything and at once. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

If Lyra was in the shrubbery already, she wouldn’t be able to move without making a noise, which would give her away at once. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed at once puzzled and angry and thoughtful and sad. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was so strange and pleasant that she wanted to share it at once with her kindred. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And the oddest part of it was that in the space left by the broken-off fingers two new ones grew at once. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I muttered, feeling both flustered and annoyed at once. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

At the end of seven days, the man whose turn it was got all the sugar at once. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

All at once John Isidore pushed her away and lifted up the mutilated creature. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

For one thing, he saw that there was trouble at once between O-lan and Cuckoo. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I see it as a night scene by El Greco: a hundred houses, at once conventional and grotesque, crouching under a sullen, overhanging sky and a lustreless moon. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Hazel slipped out of the burrow into the run and at once came upon Strawberry busily thumping a hind leg on the hard earth floor. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Lydia blows her whistle again, but they don’t stop at once. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The great insect landed at once, its red and yellow gleaming like enamel, and its filmy wings stiff and still on either side. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Then I suggest you begin at once,” admonished the Dodecahedron from his admonishing face, “for here in Digitopolis everything is quite precise.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

So strange, to sit around the table and feel like everything and nothing has changed all at once. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of two “girls” on the floor at once, there can be as many as six of us running around in our brilliant pink-and-orange Hawaiian shirts. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Chevalier nodded, and Will curled up at once and fell asleep. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The trees and the road opened up all at once to reveal the grounds of a temple. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Above all else, you must make your escape. Go at once! Milligan, allow no one to linger. Not even you, dear Number Two. Hurry now! Go!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The rubber was old and rotting and the balloon burst almost at once, and I was heartbroken. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then at once fear and hatred awoke in him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

All at once tears of self-pity brimmed her eyes. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“No, no,” she said gently, “please don’t waste time. Take me to the Regent at once. He’s waiting for me.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They had to cast them all off at once if they wanted to rise straight and not “yaw about like drunken camels,” as Ozwin put it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Then he exhales and laughs all at once, eyes bright behind his glasses. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go,” he whispered, but froze at once. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

A complicated expression instantly crossed her face, fleetingly, gone at once. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He was talking swiftly, like now that he had started telling his story, he had to get it out all at once. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

To be loved, baby, hard, at once, and forever, to strengthen you against the loveless world. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

‘Then it belongs to you, and not to me at all!’ cried Frodo in amazement, springing to his feet, as if he expected the Ring to be demanded at once. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

For the finale the fair’s pyrotechnicians launched five thousand rockets all at once into the black sky over the lake. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I answered: “Do not press me too hard all at once. I am willing to accept. How will you do this bloody work?” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Three gyptian men went down at once, and then so silently that no one heard a thing. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Very clever, aren’t we?” the English guy says to me at once. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He scored a line with a mighty claw along a strut less damaged than most, and feeling a flimsiness in the quality of the metal, turned away at once and scanned the mountain wall again. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Ekon fell to his knees, his back arching as pain pulsed through him in agonizing waves, like a thousand knives pricking every inch of his skin at once. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Jane and Michael knew this at once, because they heard Mr. Banks singing in his bath, and there was only one day in the year when he did that. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

For a second it looked like a stampede of Dusky Devastators of the Depression, they all jumped up at once and started heading for our table. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The girl’s father was delighted with the offer and married his daughter to the boy at once. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost at once things began to go wrong, sometimes spectacularly so. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The road left the green valley at once, and we were up in the hills again. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

But Miss Rosa didn’t go out there at once. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

The words tumbled out heedlessly, but Theon knew at once that his father would approve. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There sat many men in bright mail, who sprang at once to their feet and barred the way with spears. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“You have not eaten? I will send you a sandwich. Herr Sayle is very keen for you to begin at once with the experience.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The wild dancing and the loud joyous singing and the generally queer behavior of these strangers seemed to him highly objectionable, and to be stopped at once. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had he obeyed at once, perhaps only Claudius would have been slain and Hamlet and I would still be together. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

But at once came the dispiriting realization that even if somebody looked into the compartment, he would be neither seen nor heard. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“He does not expect us to leave at once. He has given us two weeks’ time in which to go, which is lenient. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew at once that this was the same mushroom I had found near my house, the one I had been afraid to taste. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Leo almost got whiplash trying to look in two places at once. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile we bind him, but in such a way that in case of attack he can be released at once. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

They looked at once practical and adventurous—the kind of boots that could really take a person somewhere. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They both jumped in at once, my mom trying to tell me how she had called every night, my dad trying to explain why he hadn’t told me. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Are you sure you want all of these things done at once? What about the pain?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It makes his face go everywhere at once. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The brain then must process the whole piece at once while still remaining focused on the one performing part. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The man fell backward into the glass, which shattered at once, and the flimsy wooden frame went too. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As it happened, the place they came ashore was quite near to Carthage and Juno began at once to consider how she could turn this arrival to their disadvantage and the advantage of the Carthaginians. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How many dogs can you have in here at once?” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

All at once, I realize the questions have suddenly stopped. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then everyone tried to talk at once, and she crisply told them to shut up until she called on them. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What happened to the girl in the cottage?” said Harry at once, as Dumbledore lit extra lamps with a flick of his wand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She swore at once, outright, as I demanded, and after she had sworn, and bound herself, I entered Kirke’s flawless bed of love. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not seem surprised to see me, as, of course, she did not realise all at once where she was. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I could not make sense of this Janus-faced husband who spoke false and true at once. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Once Argaven was fully informed, he sent me a summons, a request to come at once to Erhenrang, and along with it a liberal allowance for expenses. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

And then, all at once, the Owner shoved Zane back into the dirt. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I went at once to the window, and looked out. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I shall post this at once, and, perhaps, write you very soon again. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

A shiver floods through me, both hot and cold at once. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The men were still shocked, disbelieving, but Mrs. Coulter recovered her wits almost at once. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘About an hour ago, just before you saw us. A message came: Nazgûl uneasy. Spies feared on Stairs. Double vigilance. Patrol to head of Stairs. I came at once.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

And at once, thin ink lines began to spread like a spider’s web from the point that George’s wand had touched. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Oh, than\\ God,” said August, and every one of us seemed to breathe out all at once. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shall, therefore, set off to-morrow.’—If he would say so to her at once, in the tone of decision becoming a man, there would be no opposition made to his going.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“Milo,” Yossarian bleated faintly with a sinking heart, sensing at once that all was lost. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He is impatient to get things done, tackling too many things at once. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Are you sure? Well then, the Dark Lord must be informed at once!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And all at once he wasn't there any more... The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Hagrid raised his pink umbrella and rapped a certain brick in the wall, which opened at once to form an archway onto a winding cobbled street. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was too much betrayal to take in at once. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

When they entered the solar, the raven spied them at once. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They were crammed in together; Harry could not comfortably sit, but crouched, his knees jutting over the edge of the boat, which began to move at once. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Farid sounded as if he wanted to get moving at once. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

This is bound to get me a bad name as a sportsman, but let me say at once that I have nothing against the killing of animals. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It melted away at his touch and they slipped outside: Harry glanced back and saw that it had resealed itself at once. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When I told her that I must go at once, and that I was engaged on important business, she asked again: Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

They climbed into the machine and started off at once. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could do organ, strings, trumpets, and drumbeats all at once. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would be walking along that path, and all at once I’d be attacked by a shower of overripe persimmons. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As human beings, in other words, we can only handle so much information at once. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

To this perpetual accusation Elizabeth had never replied; she merely regarded her aunt with a wide-eyed, insolent stare, meant at once to register her disdain and to thwart any pretext for punishment. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Just send us back at once, you accursed magician, or Basta here will cut the talkative tongue out of your mouth.’ Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was a dangerous thought, and he regretted it at once. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

See, they’re not too bright,” said George, seizing five or six gnomes at once. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Stop this at once!” came a sharp voice that cut through the red fog that had enveloped Matt’s mind. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s amazing how many things you can do at once. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He sat down and began at once, “Well, and beyond the starving of people, which is no news, the greatest news was the robbery at the House of Hwang.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

She came into the room with an easy gracefulness which would at once command the respect of any lunatic—for easiness is one of the qualities mad people most respect. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

They didn’t hear, but Iorek did, and when he roared they stopped at once. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

If we were going, why not go at once? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She darted back there at once, and no sooner had she pulled the door shut then Lord Asriel called, “Come in.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Being able to think about two disparate things at once, aside from being wonderfully efficient, was roughly akin to being able to sing harmony with yourself. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I knew he would not answer at once. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Now that I’m dressed, the hair totally works, and I’ve got the rosy cheeks thing and the smoky eye thing and the freckled shoulder thing all happening at once. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

At the same time, he says, the cocktail party effect shows the limitations of attention; after all, you can’t pay attention to two conversations at once. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Almost at once sleep laid hold on them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Then the clock must’ve struck ten because all at once the buzzing generators outside sputtered and died, as did the music from downstairs and the streetlight that had been shining through my window. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

It was like a Rubik’s cube, where everything seems like a total jumble until all the pieces slide into place at once. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

The page said that a gentleman had arrived who wanted to see him, and the Queen had said that he was to come at once. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I answered at once; whereupon she held out her hand. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Some thought the regency would be ended at once, others were dubious. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

All at once I was aware that one of my hecklers was coming toward me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Merlyn had remembered to give him the proper smell for the nest—for, if he had smelled of any other nest, they would have killed him at once. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realized at once I was lying on my back. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Fiver and Pipkin began at once on some scrapes, while Hazel sat chewing pellets and resting his injured leg. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s a very good wheeze, my dear Sponge. But let’s make him finish chopping up the wood first. Be off with you at once, you hideous brat, and do some work!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

The silence, all at once, penetrated; he felt his arms grow vague. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He put the letters in his pocket and stood up, and almost at once Lyra was there, wild-eyed, with Pantalaimon a snarling savage wildcat, too distraught to hide. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s like Captain America and Batman had a baby—he’s polite, and cool, and mysterious all at once. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Get off that bed at once. Faugh! How can you drink this trash?” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z