Its claims of public-spiritedness and moral rectitude obscured its essential nature as a terrorist organization seeking economic, social, and political power. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m so glad nature is not benign.” he^ remarked. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a second, it felt like I was looking at one of those nature videos on PBS. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I was getting bewildered; he so crowded on my mind his list of nature’s eccentricities and possible impossibilities that my imagination was getting fired. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She, too, pretended he had merely left his post to answer a call of nature. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Sam, Ah say it’s caution, not nature dat keeps folks off uh red-hot stove.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The Renaissance view of nature as a machine...is based on the human experience of designing and constructing machines. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

During her years at that well- regarded school, Miss Lumley had been taught a great deal, of both an academic and a philosophical nature. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

To him and his companions, sensing and acting was second nature; but these rabbits had never had to act to save their lives or even to find a meal. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A w'hole waterlogged world of optimism, torn down by the patient work of changing nature. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t understand. I helped shape your nature.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was human nature, and when that happened, she would be even worse off than before. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The more time I spent with Walter, the more I was persuaded that he was a kind, decent man with a generous nature. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Our country outing next day was more in the nature of a rehearsal at first. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

And there were three framed nature pictures, each one urging excellence with a word: Challenge, Determination, and Success. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

For the truth is, nature doesn’t speak in ordinary equations. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Life in nature was a struggle, just as in the crowded, poverty- ridden neighborhoods of London. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to be amused by the fickle nature of clients’ tastes; it was part of the job, and if he got exasperated every time someone changed their mind, he’d never survive. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

My excessive reading puzzled Aunt Maggie; she sensed my fiercely indrawn nature and she did not like it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vincent's self-portrait reflects how he feels about himself, that he has “something of a dual nature, something of both the monk and the painter.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Her human nature seemed to be winning out over her bird nature. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

That kind of specialization would be the key to managing the increasingly complex nature of aeronautical research in the postwar era. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The scientific facts released by the Food and Drug Administration clearly indicate the carcinogenic nature of aminotriazole in laboratory rats. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Newton kicked up a fuss about the use of the word ‘hypothesis’; but there was no comparable debate about theories, facts, or laws of nature. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Sandwiches of unknown nature, mysteriously flavoured and quite delectable, and that very special gingerbread. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The nature of the labyrinth, I scribbled into my spiral notebook, and the way out of it. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

There was no mistaking the nature of the scene; it was a chase. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were solid green, like all nature had been condensed into a few spoonfuls of organic matter. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t occurred to me how thoughtlessly deficient nature is in this regard. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

We want education for our people that exposes the true nature of this decadent American society. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“White Deer says that you can only follow the course of your own nature.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Such telescopes may reveal the internal structure and nature of quasars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came, like me, to The Mecca in search of the nature and origin of the breach. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

But Galileo described nature as inexorable and immutable, and it is very hard to understand how there can be exceptions of any sort to Descartes’ laws. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It seemed original—everybody else was probably writing about nature, like most kids had done when they wrote haiku in the camp school. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was an accident of nature that gave humans five fingers on each hand, and because of this accident, five seemed to be a favorite base system across many cultures. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I was crying the whole way and not admiring nature. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Plus, I don’t want to interfere with nature. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

We would discover, in ourselves, the sources of wonderment and delight that we have discerned in all other manifestations of nature. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bad seemed to her the very nature of night. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

And so because he was who he was—his mother’s son, tidy by nature, survivor of the sinking of the U.S. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But it wasn’t in Kanue’s nature to seethe or hold grudges. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“I do not know the nature of this first test, which is why you need to be as prepared as possible in all aspects of your training.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Much depends on the type of soil, the crop, and the nature and concentration of the insecticide. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Why should nature abhor a vacuum less at the top of a mountain than at the bottom? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I take ‘laws of nature’ and ‘scientific laws’ to be synonymous, although I am aware that some philosophers want to use these as labels to distinguish two different types of law. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Unlike Muir and Thoreau, McCandless went into the wilderness not primarily to ponder nature or the world at large but, rather, to explore the inner country of his own soul. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nature god had gone missing two thousand years ago. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The regulation of genes—the selective turning on and off of certain genes in certain cells, and at certain times—must interpose a crucial layer of complexity on the unblinking nature of biological information. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I had merely stumbled upon another lovely adaptation in nature, itself the product of micromutation and natural selection. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dr. Woodhull being sick, ailing and incapable of self-support, I felt it my duty to myself and to human nature that he should be cared for,” she said. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

To produce that single illuminating experiment, a thousand nonilluminating experiments have to be sent into the trash; it is battle between nature and nerve. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Because she was thirteen, everybody supposed her nature was coming down, but it was hard to put up with her sulking and irritation. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

They started the war in our Aztlan, a land that belongs to us by nature, and by nature we will bury them. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He can feel what Vincent was thinking about nature and people by looking at his paintings. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Not plants that contradict the laws of nature.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Scientific journals had already recorded some 50 species involved in violent dislocations of nature’s balance by 1958. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The nature of this quarrel was hopelessly confused in his mind—but each of them had on several occasions broken out into a bitter tirade against the other, the absent one. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He cannot understand how the white man can show the most demeaning aspects of his nature and at the same time delude himself into thinking he is inherently superior. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although his career path had shifted to politics, Roosevelt never abandoned his passion for nature. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Her grandmother who had been a force of nature all these years—a pillar, holding up the sky. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

For the moment, however, we shall turn to the recent attempts to bring together our understanding of the other forces of nature into a single, unified quantum theory. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

To walk in nature is always good medicine. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Might there be a universe in which Descartes’ third law of nature actually holds? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

We were taught that the factions were formed to solve a problem, the problem of our flawed natures. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Morose by nature, there was little in his present circumstance to give Johnston any cheer. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He knows my nature is as cautious as his is bold. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Dorus did not have a penchant for extremes, though, either in action or in nature. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I am soft-spoken by nature and was especially reluctant to raise my voice to an elderly woman whom I had met only moments ago, but she did not appear to be offended. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

And I knew that the very nature of black and white relations bred this constant thievery. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the aptness of the cliched saying is overshadowed by the nature of the saying as a cliche. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, you did. Yes, by God, you did. And I’ll tell you that pay has been more than I’ve merited by the nature of it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Beatrice’s stepbrother had many special talents, but nature photography obviously wasn’t one of them. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The great German writer and statesman Johann Wolfgang von Goethe later marveled at how easily she moved back and forth between art and science, between the “inspection of nature and the aims of painting.” The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And she knew that her nature would have to answer for her, and she was terrified that what he saw in her would be insufficient. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“So tell me exactly what the nature of the problem is.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the curious thing was that under the king-past of keeping faith with himself and with others, he had a contradictory nature which was far from holy. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is alleged that the disturbance was caused by labor agitation, as papers of a subversive nature were found on and about the site of disturbance. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He believes that the shape, colour and texture of a plant can be a clue to how it will work as a medicine because God designed nature to be interpreted by mankind. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

One of the reasons the South African government was reluctant to grant passports to blacks, I believe, had to do with the nature of the American government. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the nature of sports in a town like this. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

His gregarious nature and sense of humor earned him friends. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Increasing years had added more grease to his bulk, more flesh to his paunch; they had not sweetened his nature or endowed him with more kindliness. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is remarkable that we have all accepted this, without hooting, as though it simply conformed to a law of nature. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered watching a nature documentary about deep-sea creatures. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It’s as though nature tested a man for endurance and constancy to prove whether he was good enough to get to California. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

We would no longer need any reminding that we eat by the grace of nature, not industry, and that what we’re eating is never anything more or less than the body of the world. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I guess these trips are a way of giving us poor kids a taste of nature. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

This poet ate his salad with his fingers, leaf by leaf, while talking to me about the antithesis of nature and art. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

If either factor failed—if reproduction failed to produce variants or if heredity failed to transmit the variations—then nature would be mired in a ditch, the cogwheels of evolution jammed. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Others speculate that the name was chosen for its obvious symbolism: White often represents purity, and a rose often symbolizes love, peace, or the beauty of nature and life. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Four of my teammates died not so much because Rob Hall’s systems were faulty—indeed, nobody’s were better—but because on Everest it is the nature of systems to break down with a vengeance. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

With all its imperfections, modern science is a technique that is sufficiently well tuned to nature so that it works—it is a practice that allows us to learn reliable things about the world. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

We see the miracle of nature’s control at work when the cod move through winter seas to their spawning grounds, where each female deposits several millions of eggs. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

No one followed Beethoven’s lead in reflecting emotion through nature more passionately than his near contemporary Franz Schubert, also based in Vienna. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“If you felt that millions of others experienced life as deeply as you, but differently, you’d see that what you’re doing doesn’t help. Something of a more fundamental nature. ...” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was like watching a crocodile submerge in a nature movie.You knew the crocodile was planning an attack, but you didn’t know when. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the Aristotelian philosophy of nature could not be adapted to incorporate this peculiar anomaly; if there could be such a thing as a new star, then the whole system was founded on false premises. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Islanders were required, by the very nature of their landscape, to watch their step moment by moment. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

In our way, we conform as best we can to the rest of nature. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon afterward the Astrophysical Journal published two articles: one by Penzias and Wilson describing their experience with the hiss, the other by Dicke’s team explaining its nature. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I’m sure some of the younger fencers didn’t understand my tenacity or competitive nature during practice, but fencing was my only way to seek revenge on an enemy with no name. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

But Descartes and his authorized translator from Latin into French never write of la loy de nature. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I had to see the nature of the wounds, you see,” explained the doctor. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if the approacher happened to have evil in his heart, that great voice would give him pause if he did not know Charley’s basically pacific and diplomatic nature. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m on shaky ground here, because, considering the volatile nature of our society, if I get it wrong, I’m likely to offend. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Bacon writes of ‘the law of nature and the mutual contracts of things’: he is paraphrasing Lucretius. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

As a result, for us moderns, laws of nature are scientific laws and natural laws are moral laws. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The Greek Gnostics noted that the Greek word for “Nile River” had a numerical value of 365, indicating the annual nature of its floods. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what nature of “gust” could move these symbols? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It had a chaotic, almost unmusical sound, without rhythm or form or progression, like the noise of nature. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, with the Romantic attitude, nature was all about humankind. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Fortunately this mindfulness accorded with her nature: it brought her the same depth of pleasure Carl had derived from nurturing his strawberries. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

How nature ran on sunlight and rain and the seasons, and how I was part of that system. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess it’s the nature of the beast.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The continental nature of the crust makes a huge difference to its eruptions. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Suds,” he said, “you’re in fourth grade now. That makes you a rat. Stop fighting it. It’s nature’s way.” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve just made our way through inconclusive revolutions on the same topic, trying to make up our minds how we feel about nature. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Among other things, he studied the nature of light, using prisms and lenses. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Dad said something about freaks of nature, and Mom called Dad a Mr. Know-It-All Smarty-Pants who refused to believe that she was special. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Puh-leaze—she can’t even count all the times in the last few weeks when nature or weather or some animal provided some annoying double meaning. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The ending of human life used to be in the hands of nature. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

They were doing what nature meant them to do, or what their human masters had trained them for. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Demeter’s kids had the edge with nature skills and outdoor stuff, but they weren’t very aggressive. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It is just as that dear, good Professor Van Helsing said: he is true grit, and he improves under strain that would kill a weaker nature. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He’d eaten the last two the night before as he sat through a show Dad was making him watch on National Geographic about the fiercely territorial nature of hippos. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

The older children of the family would have been surprised and, according to their several natures, pleased or outraged by their father’s consideration of these two younger ones. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

You will come to understand the nature of life and what it means to be human before you are permanently charged with the taking of life. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Some way had to be found to impart greater energies to the projectiles: man’s cunning had to augment nature’s gifts to create a new kind of nuclear probe. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

For more than one hundred years, scholars have written about the illusory nature of the Emancipation Proclamation. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

And then, yesterday, I was sitting in the living room, watching some nature show about honeybees, when there was a knock on the door. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Denna might have just stepped away for a call of nature. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I am feeling very sleepy; the cold is perhaps beginning to tell upon me, and nature must have rest some time. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Within the limits of their nature, they make do with what they have. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the past few years they have begun to succeed, creating a monster theory that explains the quantum-mechanical nature of gravity, allowing them to peer at the very creation of our universe. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

What if I could know the precise nature of this genetic flaw? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Freud’s picture of man’s nature was anything but complimentary, it was anything but religious. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It puts the nature of time in its place, and also Stephen, who calls us “the teenagers,” as if he himself is not one. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

This is certainly possible, but we do have some theoretical reasons for believing that we have, or are very near to, a knowledge of the ultimate building blocks of nature. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In science Pascal investigated the vacuum—the nature of the void. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s against nature,” he explained, “and besides, it’s against the law.’ One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“It is my nature to expect the worst of them. And the second is that I am unexpectedly good with computers.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

An Aristotelian could never argue like this: Aristotle himself did not believe the universe had a creator, and his medieval successors thought that purposiveness was part of the very fabric of nature. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The parrot fortunately offered no further interruption to the entertainment the whole venom of his nature apparently having been cherished up and hurled against the twins in that one impetuous outburst. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a survival thing: he didn’t answer back, didn’t say anything about job security for prison guards, debate the nature of repentance, rehabilitation, or rates of recidivism. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

But we live in an in-between universe, where things change, but according to patterns, rules, or, as we call them, laws of nature. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The weight gain comes not only as a result of the sedentary nature of television watching, or even chiefly because of it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“To be honest, I just decided once and for all to use this paper topic last night. It rather goes against my nature. Anyway, pass these around.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

My friends seemed far away, and in that distance I became aware of the contingent nature of my relationship with my crew. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

It’s practical in nature: that is, it’s not knowledge for its own sake. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

But looking for food did change the way I looked at nature. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

They had winter gardens and salons, dining rooms that could seat 200, and porches like the promenade decks of ocean liners from which guests could drink in the wholesome air and survey nature’s craggy splendor. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The idea that every organism was meticulously constructed by a Great Designer provided a significance and order to nature and an importance to human beings that we crave still. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He continued: “What is the .. . nature of your friendship?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Our natures dovetailed: mutual affection—of the strongest kind—was the result. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I can’t tell you the exact nature of what was said, but I can tell you there were no direct threats. Just hateful words specifically aimed at the Black, Jewish, and Asian communities.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He’s left up the nature field illustrations in a neat symmetrical grid above the sofa, but painted over Sasha Obama’s pink walls with a deep blue. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They celebrate first of all the inviolability of the earth, and they re-enact, each time, in stereotyped choreography, our long anxiety about the nature of life. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father, the all-powerful Poseidon, had gotten moony-eyed for some nature spirit, and Tyson had been the result. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t deny that there was a part of him that enjoyed the surreal nature of celebratory attention. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Because Lyra now realized, if she hadn’t done so before, that all the fear in her nature was drawn to Mrs. Coulter as a compass needle is drawn to the Pole. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

What is important for our immediate purposes is the way in which his discussion echoes through the later literature on the law of nature, for of course Montaigne was read by all the educated. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They say those things a lot in nature films. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Probably in heaven chilling with a little Tonka truck or something of that nature. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The superlative nature of individual black achievement today in formerly white domains is a good indicator that the old Jim Crow is dead, but it does not necessarily mean the end of racial caste. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

There was something about his rough exterior—his bushy long hair and uneven beard—combined with his generous and charming nature that attracted the attention of some women. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She never asked about the stores themselves, about what vegetables were selling, how the employees were working out, nothing ever about the painstaking, plodding nature of the work. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There is no permanent status quo in nature,” Muller later wrote. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

As the tide of chemicals born of the Industrial Age has arisen to engulf our environment, a drastic change has come about in the nature of the most serious public health problems. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The story of Pygmalion and Galatea is an example; it has no conceivable connection with any event in nature. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I think I have stepped outside bear nature in mending this knife. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The few pieces of information the president did obtain were often second- or thirdhand and usually vague in nature. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Their quarry was long gone, but the reminder of the slave patrols exposed the precarious nature of the residents’ lives. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“And what was the nature of this contact?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

In China, there were concubines — not what she wanted to be at all, but which proved human nature capable of different sorts of marriage. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liesel shook him until he grunted at her and drooled, and in the face of this she began a hysterical interrogation into the nature of his symptoms. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“But I shall never again consider myself even the remotest judge of human nature. You may quote me wildly on that.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

In Haudenosaunee lore, the birds represented nature’s generosity, a species literally selected by the spirit world to nourish humankind. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Evolution describes nature’s past: How did living things arise? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I’ve never seen a rat with an acorn, but then again you don’t usually stumble on rats in nature. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

If so, who guarded the poisoned area to keep out any who might wander in, in misguided search for unspoiled nature? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It was nature's way of keeping you cool. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The militarized nature of law enforcement in ghetto communities has inspired rap artists and black youth to refer to the police presence in black communities as “The Occupation.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Anything of a subversive or out-and-out nasty nature, that is. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

The broad overinvestment in fiber cable is a gift that keeps on giving, thanks to the unique nature of fiber optics. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

George, the child of Greek immigrants, was a man who combined a sympathetic nature with an incisive mind. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But while he paints, capturing the beauty of nature on the canvas, trying to give to the world what he once wanted to give through preaching, he worries about Theo's money. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“It’s a man who understands nature and the world. If he wanted to, he could destroy this camp just with the force of the wind.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The work of a human, the work of nature; clay from the earth, a branch from the sky. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“He understands the forces of nature. And he wants to show you his extraordinary powers.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The four of us sit there for almost two hours, waiting to watch nature take its course. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“That was fast. You would abandon your true nature with so little consideration?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

So, too, a boat capable of sailing into the wind uses natural forces to achieve a result that would not occur in nature. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

That was simply its nature, a feature of prison work as enduring as Sing Sing’s cellblock design. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The laws of its interaction are the three laws of nature. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Such activities established a new confidence in the power of mathematics to come to grips with nature, and this chapter follows this process through to Galileo. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

If the powerful scientific revolution that had swept through Europe in the eighteenth century had one legacy, it was this: the laws that ran through nature were uniform and pervasive. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

George’s things include loving words, loving family, loving nature, and some stuff about being a lawyer. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She referred to it as nature’s fail-safe, as if that could draw the poison from the sting. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Given the guide’s conservative, exceedingly methodical nature, many of his colleagues have expressed puzzlement at this uncharacteristic lapse of judgment. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I not only had no such intention—to sell out was not even in my nature. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Does this mean torturing nature to extract an answer? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Another story about Pandora is that the source of all misfortune was not her wicked nature, but only her curiosity. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The same goes for Japanese flower arranging ikebana, where a single flower in a simple vase succinctly expresses the nature of Japanese aesthetics and worldview. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Zero became the language of nature and the most important tool in mathematics. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The gregarious and outgoing nature she displays at home is hidden in this setting. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Perhaps nothing better typifies the strange and often accidental nature of chemical science in its early days than a discovery made by a German named Hennig Brand in 1675. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I believe it was part of a shark’s way of de­termining the nature of the lifeboat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was well enough to say Rab was secretive by nature and couldn’t help the way God had made him, but Johnny felt piqued. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although she was serene by nature, life had dealt her enough blows and she had suffered enough tragedy that sometimes she had to work to stave off the anxiety she felt. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

What is the chemical nature of these secretions? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“My nature don’t come down for no stock exchange.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The simplest of these is methane, or marsh gas, formed in nature by the bacterial decomposition of organic matter under water. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“You’re by nature much more closed off to the energies than I am.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Pythagoras had noticed that nature seemed to be governed by the golden ratio. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Tarzan—“his straight and perfect figure, muscled as the best of the ancient Roman gladiators must have been muscled”—exemplified the ultimate victory of nature over nurture. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

We turned our faces glum to reaffirm the forced nature of this trip. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The people weren’t mean up there, but some had a kind of standoffish nature. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Milo was by nature opposed to any innovation that threatened to disrupt the normal course of affairs. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Every day I feel myself maturing, I feel liberation drawing near, I feel the beauty of nature and the goodness of the people around me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

But there was no attempt to explain the physical processes that kept everything moving in this way, nor to explain the nature of the crystal spheres. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

That it is so much smaller than what it would be in nature stands to reason. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were master astronomers and timekeepers, which meant that they had to use advanced math, thanks to the wandering nature of the calendar. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He kneels in the center of a thick mass of people, everyone touching everyone because one of the laws of nature is that theater people love to be touchy. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

All the better because he's sincere and honourable and doesn't recognize the true nature of what he's doing. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Our strategy was simple and defensive in nature: to drag out the case until the State of Emergency was lifted and our lawyers could return. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I huddled in my cave, grinding my teeth, beating my forehead with my fists and cursing nature. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I contemplated the lake: the waters were placid; all around was calm; and the snowy mountains, “the palaces of nature,” were not changed. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ancient wisdom was discarded, and scientists began to divine the laws that governed the workings of nature. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Some demigods can’t change their nature. Narcissus is going to stay there until he dies again.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I create art from found objects in nature.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The family did not recognize immediately the nature of the game. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt as though something in nature had failed, like the sun, or the stars. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was sick of crying, tired of feeling sad, but it was like second nature to him now. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She could appreciate nature after the mission was over. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

It was clear that any research would be in the nature of a post mortem. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

But when “finished” behavior became my second nature, they learned I was nobody’s pet. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I felt all the dogged argumentativeness of my nature awake within me as I answered him:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know the particular nature of the work. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She asked with the highest respect for the natures of the brainy fellas she worked with, and she asked knowing that she was the right person for a task that needed the finest minds. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

If Mrs. Clarke or Lady Constance questioned what they were doing out of the nursery during school hours, “nature studies” would be her reply. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The result is a structural conflict in the nature of science, a conflict whose origins are historical. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Were they so blind to human nature, to developing situations? The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the thing about Omi was that she collected things from nature—seashells, bird feathers, stones in weird shapes and colors. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Don’t believe tree-huggers who claim that our ancestors lived in harmony with nature. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Such is the strange and powerful nature of incentives. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I knew that in no other way could the emotional capacities, the passional nature of men be so deeply tapped. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Themselves, they had covered twelve hundred miles with two days’ rest, and in the nature of reason and common justice they deserved an interval of loafing. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Locri was destroyed by one of his legates, the Locrians were not avenged by him, nor was the arrogance of that legate corrected, all this arising from his easygoing nature. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Tennessee’s disasters were the fruit of indifferent nature, without connection to the crimes of the homesteaders. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Thus, through the circumstances of their lives, and the nature of our own wants, all these have been our allies in keeping the balance of nature tilted in our favor. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

But perhaps nature is bigger than our concepts and it is possible for the lady to be a hostile, fiercely independent, passive, dependent, feminine, aggressive, warm, castrating person all-in-one. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The subject Mill had in mind was the nature of women. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“But how to reach it? This potion cannot be penetrated by hand, Vanished, parted, scooped up, or siphoned away, nor can it be Transfigured, Charmed, or otherwise made to change its nature.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The nondemanding, lethargic nature of the classes he was in made it difficult to fault his attitude about school. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

People in Paleolithic societies had led the unsettled life of the hunter and food gatherer, reaping where nature sowed and thus at the mercy of forces that they could neither understand nor control. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

For instance, the kabbalah seized upon the idea of the dual nature of God. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

But we need to remember that small changes in context can be just as important in tipping epidemics, even though that fact appears to violate some of our most deeply held assumptions about human nature. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are blue, green, brown colors; all good colors; blue means happiness; green, nature; brown, earth. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

And Rich grins, gestures his thumb toward my mother, and says to me, “Can you believe what comes out of her mouth? Now I know where you get your sweet, tactful nature.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until the 1930s, when the Chattahoochee Forest was officially formed, that nature was invited back in. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The modern idea of laws of nature is a by-product of Descartes’ philosophy, for Descartes was the first person to treat the laws of nature as being what knowledge of nature was all about. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She ran as though it was her nature. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Now she is made the happiest being that ever was looked on, and so much affection in her nature as will secure her from selfishness. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The transformation of matter into energy in the cell is an ever-flowing process, one of nature’s cycles of renewal, like a wheel endlessly turning. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

This isn’t a nature class, but a support group for teens who are thinking about, or have attempted, or have survived, suicide. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It is only in accordance with general principles of human nature that the “bloofer lady” should be the popular rôle at these al fresco performances. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Despite the slanted nature of the news, we were glad to have it, and prided ourselves on reading between the lines and making educated guesses based on the obvious omissions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What nature does blindly, slowly and ruthlessly, man may do providently, quickly, and kindly. As it lies within his power, so it becomes his duty to work in that direction,” Galton wrote. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Her buoyant spirit and the essential reserve of her nature prevented our knowing how much she dwelt on the past.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as physicists and mathematicians all over the world were beginning to use calculus to explain nature, cries of protest emanated from the church. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

For Darwin, Lyell’s central idea—of the slow heave of natural forces shaping and reshaping the earth, sculpting nature—would prove to be a potent intellectual spur. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

So, when we finally come to Wotton’s formulation of a tacit reserve, we encounter, for the first time, a sound comprehension of the nature of scientific knowledge. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

"To point out the dangerous nature of his speech isn't destructive criticism. Far from it. Like the rest of us, the new brother must learn to speak scientifically. He must be trained!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But after the die was cast he seemed to change overnight, just as his daughter Ellen changed her nature a few years before. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every human culture rejoices in the fact that there are cycles in nature. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They conversed of things I had never heard of; of nations and times past; of countries far away; of secrets of nature discovered or guessed at: they spoke of books: how many they had read! Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mr. Jones did not pursue the rumors, and was never able to confirm the nature of the disease. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For them, as we saw in Chapter 9, the argument from design depended on envisaging the universe as manufactured, rather than on showing nature itself to be purposive. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He’s adding more nature shots to his photo collection on ArtBoom. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Even nature seems to have the golden ratio in its design plans. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The zebra has many different kind in it nature. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

One was the so- called wave-particle duality of nature at the infinitesimal scale: experiments sometimes showed light and electrons behaving like particles, and other times as waves. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The government, in order to keep Africans in the countryside or working in the mines, maintained that Africans were by nature a rural people, ill suited for city life. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The effect of a chemical of supposedly innocuous nature can be drastically changed by the action of another; one of the best examples is a close relative of DDT called methoxychlor. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Captain Mallow, to whose Mark—the Right Fore—he had been sent on trial, had praised his courage and endurance but had not failed to notice the proud detachment of his nature. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mary was particularly interested in the three-part nature of human beings. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He had also entertained them with stories of his hunting adventures in the Dakota Territory and read adventure and nature books to them. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Yes, we inevitably turn to God; for this religious sentiment is of its nature so pure, so delightful to the soul that experiences it, that it makes up to us for all our other losses.’ Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we are going to live so intimately with these chemicals — eating and drinking them, taking them into the very marrow of our bones — we had better know something about their nature and their power. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

We did not know the name of whatever was consuming this tiny girl and the doctors could not explain the nature of the problem. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said they were changing the nature of the struggle and that I should be aware of them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It meant living in harmony with nature instead of trying to control it. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The bizarre, tenuous nature of their connection struck him with new force—that a moth should be their only link. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said Slughorn uncomfortably, “you must understand that the soul is supposed to remain intact and whole. Splitting it is an act of violation, it is against nature.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Though he had done his best to think it out, what he was doing was altogether against the grain of his nature. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Naiads and dryads tried to help, using nature magic songs to heal burns and poison. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The electron is a zero-dimensional object, and its very zerolike nature ensures that scientists don’t even know the electron’s mass or charge. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Like straight lines in nature, such things did not exist for him. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was against the laws of nature for her to lie in bed with the sun so high. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ve become a force in the campaign, which means people are going to come after you a little. This is just the nature of things.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

No doubt, this has to do with the late hour, and the trying nature of the events I have had to endure this evening. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Nemesis mentioned something similar,” Leo said; “She talked about an old score that had to be settled—” “The one thing that might bring the gods’ two natures into harmony,” Hazel recalled. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I never thought you were a nature lover, but you’re certainly interested in the sky tonight,” he said. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I should have liked something clearer; but Mrs. Fairfax either could not, or would not, give me more explicit information of the origin and nature of Mr. Rochester’s trials. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It reminds me that some forces of nature can never be entirely subdued. They are eternal, which is a far better thing to be than immortal.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“And that convinced people to pull the cities back from the wild, to leave nature alone,” David recited. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Not to understand this is to misunderstand the public uses of schooling and to trivialize the nature of intimate life—a family’s ‘language.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your parents do not know the true nature of this place,” Grandma said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

So when you grasp what Aristotle’s about—that his theory of rhetoric is also essentially a theory of human nature—you cannot but find yourself in awe. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m not afraid of you, either. I’m tired of people taking advantage of my good nature.” Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

You cannot explain the behavior of matter—why gold gleams; why hydrogen combusts with oxygen—without invoking the atomic nature of matter. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

But its lucrative nature was evident in the white Continental with red leather seats and in Presto’s gold watch and jeweled rings, his newscaster’s hair. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Hah. He loves it. He’s glad he’s a rat. He says it’s nature’s way. He says it’s a step up to being a man.” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

A foedus is a league, or compact, but it is often used as synonymous with lex, and Renaissance commentators on Lucretius interpreted him as talking about the laws of nature. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Culture to us seems the great determinant of how human beings conduct themselves; in the relentless academic debate between “nature and nurture,” it is the “nurture” school which commands greater support from the bystanders. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I loved my shadow, this dark side of me that had my same restless nature. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was unlike Clarence to be violent, so what happened next was more about his embarrassment over the slip-up than his true nature. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Given the blanket nature of the ruling, courts have found police encounters to be consensual in truly preposterous situations. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But even as geneticists celebrated the synthesis of heredity, evolution, and natural selection, the material nature of the gene remained an unsolved puzzle. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

How could nature be governed by ratios and proportions when something as simple as a square can confound the language of ratios? Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Everywhere throughout New England you find old, tumbledown field walls, often in the middle of the deepest, most settled-looking woods—a reminder of just how swiftly nature reclaims the land in America. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

It is hard to reconstruct in our minds a mental universe where Pascal’s explanation seems obviously unsatisfactory and an explanation in terms of nature’s purposes seems obviously preferable. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“In another work I shall discuss, if time and health permit, the variability of organic beings in a state of nature,” Darwin had written in 1868. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

If successful experimentation depends on nature being economical and regular, then the study of the magnet after Gilbert seemed to undermine the conviction that this was so. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It’s just that those things don’t seem to have the weight, the measureless beauty of countless sunsets and dawns, the simple grace and clear glory of nature. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

By which time the original egg was in a fair way to becoming anything from eight to ninety-six embryos—a prodigious improvement, you will agree, on nature. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though it was created in defiance of nature's musical laws, the new, interlocking, standardised system came with huge benefits, not least making all twelve key-families compatible. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

But now his basically optimistic nature had reasserted itself: everything always worked out for the best. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

That was one thing about being outside the city: It made all that nature stuff they taught in school seem a lot more useful. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I may be unfamiliar with monkeys, but animals in nature don’t act like this. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

This is another place where great ideas pop into my head, with nothing crowding me but nature, and air that feels good on my arms. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

It is not in his nature to order his wife to do something against her will. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

For, besides what has been said, people are fickle by nature: it is easy to convince them of something, but difficult to hold them in that conviction. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

On most questions Descartes is a rationalist, but as far as the laws of nature are concerned he appears to want to have it both ways. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

To understand our nature, history and psychology, we must get inside the heads of our hunter-gatherer ancestors. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had her own thoughts about the random and confusing nature of the universe. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Those things on your tongue are called papillae,” I said, and then I realized that maybe this wasn’t the best time to be sharing nature facts. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And yet the past, though of its nature alterable, never had been altered. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Deoch told me that it was her nature to disappear like this, and that looking for her would serve about as much purpose as calling for a cat. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Zero itself is not immune to the bizarre nature of infinity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“I don’t mean to offend you, Petra or J. T. or whatever, but my mom says that’s against nature and God.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Due to the perilous nature of our trip, we weren't allowed to inform family members we were leaving until the eve of our flight. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Galton coined the memorable phrase nature versus nurture to discriminate hereditary and environmental influences. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I have seen the nature of things that are happening, and I have heard things from sources which are reliable. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we walked past banks of photographers and TV cameras to get into the gym, as people around us talked about the historic nature of everything, I was happy to have the lunch boxes packed. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“It should, perhaps, but it doesn’t. People are bloodthirsty. It’s the nature of simple folk. Blood excites them, and they love to be excited. It takes them out of their boring lives.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

This was the turning point, they say, where Sapiens cast off its intimate symbiosis with nature and sprinted towards greed and alienation. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now this might seem an inestimable virtue—a river that runs as nature planned it. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

From my reading, it seemed to me that Texas is emerging as a separate force and that the South is in the pain of labor with the nature of its future child still unknown. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I carefully and soberly explained the nature of my talks with the government. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would not accept it as a law of nature that the individual is always defeated. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“In our conversations, it was clear he understood the workings of nature,” said Vikus. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The essence of Darwin’s disruptive genius was his ability to think about nature not as fact—but as process, as progression, as history. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He took the coffee for the train, on the walk back ruminating about the nature of work in downtown Chicago. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Being close to nature gave my heart a chance to heal. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Given the nature of the city’s judicial system, it was miraculous that the wallet had been kept at all. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

People more advantageously placed than we in Harlem were, and are, will no doubt find the psychology and the view of human nature sketched above dismal and shocking in the extreme. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

True, generous feeling is made small account of by some, but here were two natures rendered, the one intolerably acrid, the other despicably savourless for the want of it. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I felt myself a small creature in a vast tapestry of nature. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think it is within my nature to hit someone. I will not meet violence with violence. I won’t stoop to their level.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

She had known he wouldn't be scornful, for that was not his nature. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Our screens never come on, and we get only brief audio updates from Coin about the nature of the bombs. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Garrett may have mentioned it in passing. But don’t get him in trouble. I only bring it up to add evidence to my argument about your forgiving nature.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Since the days of slavery, black men have been depicted and understood as criminals, and their criminal “nature” has been among the justifications for every caste system to date. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“But she does help him on, as much as her nature will allow. If I can perceive her regard for him, he must be a simpleton indeed not to discover it too.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Yeah? She would have liked the nature reserve. You know what movie they played? The Sound of Music.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Laws of nature were now what science was all about. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She could see why people used to live out in nature, even if there weren’t any party towers or mansions. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

But Windy would probably assume I love nature, not numbers. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It is funded by the European Union, and we hope to try to reforest the hills and mountains along the shores of Lake Tanganyika, helping the people to live in better harmony with nature. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

But the simple truth is that it is both, and that the scientists are right to claim that this artificial enterprise can discover what happens in nature. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But Hollywood knew more about human nature than we realized. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“After all our meetings and negotiations and compromises, I little expected something of this nature to occur! I have half a mind to leave now!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Juniper, like I tried to tell you . . . even if Grover died, he would reincarnate into something else in nature. I can’t sense things like that, only mortal souls.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The revelation of the true nature of fool magic chilled her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“You’re a freak of nature,” I told her, but I was laughing too hard to get away, and then she was lying on top of me, smothering me in giggles and egg guts. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It helped that nature is resilient, and sometimes surprisingly quick to recover. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

But consonance and dissonance do also have a strong physical basis in nature. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Any sign of life that isn't rodent in nature? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Cautious by nature, he watched his people leave, in a trickle at first, then in a massive wave. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was no accident, but rather the result of long ages of experimentation by nature, that the great plains of the West became the land of the sage. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Who was I, vowing calmly among all these necktied young men to steal life out of nature’s jaws, every old time we got half a chance and a paycheck? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their reluctance was also part of a long tradition of misleading whites about the nature of relationships within black society. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

We were taking a break from hiking through the forest, totally in nature. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

There were messages from demigods, nature spirits, and satyrs all around the country, writing about the latest monster activity. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The nature of the criminal justice system has changed. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

These things always brought about the downfall of those emperors who, by nature or experience, did not have so great a reputation that they could keep both the people and the soldiers in check. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

The cub didn’t know the nature of the threat but he knew he was afraid and helpless. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

This happened often, as the warders were generally unfamiliar with the variety and nature of African names. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is another reason why manufacturing jobs have declined, one that has to do with the nature of the US economy itself. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“But what about the trip to the nature retreat?” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Zero and infinity had destroyed the Arisotelian philosophy; the void and the infinite cosmos had eliminated the nutshell universe and the idea of nature’s abhorrence of the vacuum. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“You think he has lost a tiger’s nature?” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Ragweed, the bane of hay fever sufferers, offers an interesting example of the way efforts to control nature sometimes boomerang. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“It is about things that impact some of the deepest, most ingrained aspects of society right down to the nature of the social contract,” added Rothkopf. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I saw them cut her up,” I said, ”to examine the nature of her skin.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Against human nature. This elaborate story, you can’t say, Hey, by the way, I don’t know the ending. I mean, you got certain obligations.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The most pertinent consideration about the incognitum, however, was that it appeared to be extinct–a fact that Buffon cheerfully seized upon as proof of its incontestably degenerate nature. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Exploitive and condescending, in the name of steering her clear of the moral decline inevitable to her nature. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am a woman of peaceful Chiffewar, and no expert on the attractions of violence or the nature of war. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

It is the nature of animals to die alone, off somewhere, hidden. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reined in our nature walks and settled down to business with a library card. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I must do justice to my own apprehension then I will say it was the nature of her familiarity that drew me to a halt. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Allens never ask me a direct question, and Wes is very talkative by nature, so it’s an easy dinner. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was filled with nature notes, drawings of insect anatomy, and other such things. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“That was out of his nature for him to do that too hard, out of character,” said Trapper. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some have to do with the nature of the information the devices deliver—the value, say, of personal information or the value of good news versus bad news. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“There are no such books in Saybrook. In Boston, perhaps. But the proper use of reading is to improve our sinful nature, and to fill our minds with God’s holy word.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

But unimpressionable natures are not so soon softened, nor are natural antipathies so readily eradicated. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

After a while Matt switched to reading Tam Lin’s present.The bodyguard was fond of nature books, although he read them at a painfully slow rate. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Woody Allen once said as a joke that “nature is an enormous restaurant.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The nature of life on Earth and the search for life elsewhere are two sides of the same question—the search for who we are. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was drawn to the Pythagorean theorem and its promise of a universal—the ability to predict the nature of any three points containing a right angle, anywhere, always. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

For then and only then can you feel that everything is as it should be and that God wants people to be happy amid nature’s beauty and simplicity. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

For them, white hatred and the grossly unfair nature of the legal system had become too much to take. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“Some of the cosmic ray enthusiasts are very likely to urge that nature has furnished us with particles of extremely high energies,” he observed. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

My father’s repeated arrests gave me insight into the likely nature of my own future. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suppose that all this time, little by little, Dust had been leaking out of the wounds the subtle knife had made in nature... The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

We are told that the trouble with Modern Man is that he has been trying to detach himself from nature. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of forest lore he had studied deeply, and Taran listened in wonder as Adaon told the ways and natures of woodland creatures, of bold badgers and cautious dormice and geese winging under the moon. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The night remained calm and still, but Matthias and Constance stayed alert, both knowing if they failed to observe this rudimentary law of nature, the penalty could be fatal. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She rarely thought about her fiance, Esteban Trueba, not because she did not love him but because of her forgetful nature and because two years’ absence is a long time. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The practice has been further complicated by the increasingly competitive nature of judicial elections in the state. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Sudden, mass death had stricken their city, and they were no wiser at all about the nature of the killer. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Such is the nature of combustion in pure oxygen. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She refused to kill the flies that always filled the house; she said they were nature’s food for the birds and lizards. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I wrote something about oceans and the balance of nature— I don’t honestly remember what I said—but I won first prize: a trip for six to the new downtown aquarium. All expenses paid. Stupendous!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

It’s all science and beauty and nature, minus the messed-up stuff of the human world. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He knew there was too little time to let nature alone produce such effects. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

A century and a half before Darwin wrote The Origin of Species, Maria vividly showed nature as a struggle for survival. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

All these years I kept my true nature hidden, running along like a small shadow so nobody could catch me. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He's suggesting that we think about nature as a way to be alone. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But I knew he couldn’t—it wasn’t in his nature. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Restricting myself more to particulars, let me say that one sees a prince prospering today and coming to ruin tomorrow without having seen him change his nature or his qualities. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her temper had not diminished with the passing of time, and when a passionate nature is not eased with moments of compassion, melodrama is likely to take the stage. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“At this point it’s either cut him open or let nature take its course.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m only allowed to use the camp phone once a week because we’re supposed to be communing with nature! The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But Charles was even more interested in what Malthuss theory might mean for nature and for the origin of species. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some are distempered out of all reason and nature, and grasp at all who go by with hands emaciated by the deprivations of fever. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

This one understood the nature of pain, and beneath the glory of her features, there was character, and a sure knowledge of suffering. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Gregarious by nature, Hall proved to be a skillful raconteur with a caustic Kiwi wit. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

But I was not jealous: or very rarely;—the nature of the pain I suffered could not be explained by that word. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Moreover, her nature and experience wouldn’t allow her voice to go unheard, especially at tables dominated by men, where she often found herself. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“But on a day like today, we can pretend nature is benign., ^ All monsters and beasts have their benign moments.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One argument mathematicians cite for not writing for a larger audience is the esoteric nature of their work. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was just the incongruity of seeing him aloft and stricken, since he was by nature someone who carried others. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It has a quarrelsome nature but, being excessively vain, it will become docile on any occasion when it is called to act as an ornament. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the time of his death, he says, he is in Chicago to address a large crowd on the subject of flying saucers and the true nature of time. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

By their very nature chemical controls are self-defeating, for they have been devised and applied without taking into account the complex biological systems against which they have been blindly hurled. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

For the first time ever I felt I was doing something with all of my nature and not only a part of it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

All this still believing that the better nature of his country would at some point prevail. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He occupied himself by inventing the differential and integral calculus, making fundamental discoveries on the nature of light and laying the foundation for the theory of universal gravitation. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lias, contrary to his usual nature, said next to nothing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Been doing a lot of grave-rubbings. And you know it’s technically a nature reserve?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Rosenbluth led me to believe that you were having difficulties of a...personal nature.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I firmly believe that nature can bring comfort to all who suffer. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I gained a profound respect for wilderness and nature and the benign dark power of woods. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The absence of explicitly racist rhetoric afforded the racial nature of his coded appeals a certain plausible deniability. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But tonight there wasn’t time for solace or peaceful moments in nature. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

No mean feat in a village teeming with treacherous natures and informers who would sell out their dearest to escape the bite of the cat-o’-nine-tails. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I had to admit that I had never heard atheism of so militant a nature; but the Communist speaker seemed to be amusing and frightening the people more than he was convincing them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s even possible I began to realise, right back then, the nature of her worries and frustrations. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

This inclusive nature has broadened the scope, and contributes towards a greater pedagogical understanding. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

McCandless starred and bracketed the paragraph and circled “refuge in nature” in black ink. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And yet, though you could not actually hear what the man was saying, you could not be in any doubts about its general nature. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

In a case like this the experimental method requires you to move smoothly back and forth between nature and artifice. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The sight of the awful and majestic in nature had indeed always the effect of solemnising my mind and causing me to forget the passing cares of life. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually he felt a stir of eagerness at this part of a chemical procedure—a thrill to create something no one else could, and alter the very structure of nature. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

A love of nature keeps no factories busy. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cleopatra provided a lifestyle that was tailor-made to suit Mark Antony’s cheerful, carefree nature. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

She sensed, in his reaction, a territorial dislike that was foreign to his nature; it surprised her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Underlying experimentation, therefore, there must be a theory of the regularity and economy of nature; the natural world has to be the sort of world that could, in principle, be interpreted through experiments. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

In its versatility and in the indispensable nature of its functions it has no equal. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I thought about how much time we spend trying to shape our bodies, lifting weights, crunching sit-ups, and in the end, nature takes it away from us anyhow. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Much is made of the inability of the wildness of nature to blend into and mix with what man has done to the world. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Though the quarry tunnels were natural, they had obviously been the lairs of generations of serpents; most of the signs were of a reptilian nature. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t surprised to hear the news—he had a degenerate nature. I don’t know if the current master of Randall will pay your reward. I don’t rightly care.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

As it happened, I had a word or two more to say on the topic of - as you put it yourself - the glories of nature. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was a pity that it could never keep unwound, but there, you could not interfere with nature. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In time this oddly matched pair would play a large role in defining how the world viewed the 1936 Olympics in Berlin and, by extension, the very nature of the new Nazi state. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

For the match to become a reality, he had to overcome the impulses of his nature. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The result is that there is no agreement on how to answer the question ‘What is a law of nature?’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“The intentional and callous nature of the crime is shocking and will not be tolerated in our community.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Wacquant has written extensively about the cyclical nature of racial caste in America. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then—this was starting to get embarrassing—a sergeant responding to the incident failed to secure a gate and had liquid of an unknown nature thrown in his face. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Understanding this rebellious nature, I encouraged the Freedom Writers to use a pen as a means of revolution. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was a favorite place for people to go hiking and appreciate nature’s glory. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He was a calm, even-tempered man with a kind of dreamy nature; a man given to staring out the window of his office, thinking about one thing or another. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, no, no, it hard for me to do anything very well. That just my nature. I work hard, that what I do well.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Can we suppose that poisons we introduce into water will not also enter into these cycles of nature? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

These weed-killing chemicals are sold under brand names that never suggest their identity or nature. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Chama thinks it’s a statement about men, and the juvenile nature of war. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But more than the material nature of the gene, it was the sheer malleability of the genome—that X-rays could make such Silly Putty of genes—that stunned scientists. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

So classical atomism, as revised and reconstructed in the seventeenth century by Gassendi, Descartes and others, explained nature in terms of interacting particles. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I shouldn’t blame you. You can’t help yourself. It’s your nature to dissemble.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Descartes’ conception of the laws of nature was deeply influential. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

By nature or by exposure he had become like them, in their understatement, their blunt assertion of will. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his business, he observed human nature and came to certain conclusions about it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Immediately, the debating began, but it was all in good nature. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

She also hated it when reporters showed no regard for the secret nature of her job. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“My present thought is that their virtuous army will give them a government in time in spite of all their conventions but of what nature it will be, it is hard to say.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I knew I should grin and say, “Why no—it’s just nature,” or some other disarming remark to avoid provoking him. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh! the best nature in the world—a wedding.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“I know that, Mulch. And it’s our nature to throw you in a cell for a couple of centuries.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“You just can’t imagine how different it is from what we’re used to. At home we have cities and cars and things because nature is organized a whole different way.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I much preferred being outside in nature, being able to see grass and trees, to observe birds flitting overhead, to feel the wind blowing in from the sea. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here in Kurnugi, she didn't need to hide her true nature. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“That’s just plain old nature. I mean ghosts and dead children and crazy people—things that give me nightmares. I want to leave, like you.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I wanted to turn him towards his better nature. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This led him on to mechanics, where he did important work on momentum and studied the nature of centrifugal force, demonstrating its similarity to gravity, and improved on Galileo’s treatment of the flight of projectiles. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The hall was lit with dozens of torches, dancing and fluttering, casting strange shadows over the hundred feasters, either revealing their true nature or concealing it—one can never tell. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

We went on our way into the wonderland of nature gone nuts, and you will have to believe what happened. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a force of nature, the helpless agent of our world’s physical laws. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

As Joel puts it, “Most of the time pests and disease are just nature’s way of telling the farmer he’s doing something wrong.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Like the laws of thermodynamics, the principle applies to nature itself. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“He inquires always,” I said, “into the nature of right and wrong; which is the issue in this present contest.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Cheating may or may not be human nature, but it is certainly a prominent feature in just about every human endeavor. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

It is a glimpse at the machinery of nature. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Even the colors were crisp: vivid blue sky, deep green fields, leaves in every sharp shade that nature can bestow. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Take it where you can find it, in old phonograph records, old motion pictures, and in old friends; look for it in nature and look for it in yourself. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though nature tries to shield the singularities of black holes, scientists know that black holes exist. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Thus some disciples of Newton were prepared to follow the logic of natural law through to its conclusion and maintain that everything that happens happens in accordance with the laws of nature. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I prefer the phrase ‘the mathematization of the world’ rather than ‘of nature’ because ‘nature’ seems to me to imply that biology is involved, rather than just physics. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Stannis had never been enamored of his wife, but he was bristly as a hedgehog where his honor was concerned and mistrustful by nature. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She wraps her arm around me like it’s second nature, and I lean into her and she leans into me until we make up one leaning person. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Our God is bigger than the facts. He’s not limited by the laws of nature, science, or the almighty dollar.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She made a mental note to educate Ivan about the true nature of some of his entries, and also to ask about the emotional state of his house spirit. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

For the next seventeen years he was based at home in The Hague and devoted himself to the scientific study of nature. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

There are many things you can do—things that will teach you to observe carefully and begin to understand more and more about the true nature of nonhuman animals. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

In February, I was visited by General Obasanjo to discuss the nature of the delegation’s brief. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the cumulative effect was a fundamental transformation in the nature of our knowledge of the physical world, the invention of science. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

My muscles strained to keep me in place—part boy, part machine, part nature. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He explained to her the nature of his hatred and told her she was as responsible for it as anyone in the world. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Some chose to brave nature’s fury: three men from the University of Berlin strung a pair of seven-hundred-yard steel cables between two Alpine peaks and waited for a thunderstorm. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“I love you, too, you freak of nature.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

By its nature and its size Texas invites generalities, and the generalities usually end up as paradox—the “little oF country boy” at a symphony, the booted and blue-jeaned ranchman in Neiman-Marcus, buying Chinese jades. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I believe that your immune system is especially fragile given what I could surmise about the nature of your upbringing. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

To the Negro who sees this element of the white man’s nature—and he sees it much more often than any other—the white man’s comments about the Negro’s alleged “immorality” ring maddeningly hollow. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Love is sweet, dearest Ned, but it cannot change a man's nature." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Natural history devolved into the study of nature without history. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It’s appalling, but it’s in their nature: only pristine and virginal displays truly excite them. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were linked by nature, I said, but we were proud of each other by choice. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

These were, I shortly found, connected almost solely with the dusty nature of the job, and of the consequent thirst engendered in the operators. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The time of in between when it is neither day nor night, when nature seems to pause, to sigh and turn and prepare for another day. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

In their world, aberrations were as much a part of nature as grace. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

We can embrace our humanness, which means embracing our broken natures and the compassion that remains our best hope for healing. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Yellow fever was wrestling the life out of Philadelphia, infecting the cobblestones, the trees, the nature of the people. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as Mrs. Coulter approached, she found her attention dazzled and bewildered by the nature of the Mountain itself. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Men inquired about the nature of the world, to be sure, but they considered such questions to be inseparable from philosophy, and by extension, from ethics. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

They are supposed to show respect, because of the nature of our service. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was a cop, he was frustrated by the revolving-door nature of the justice system. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

But besides his frequent absences, there was another barrier to friendship with him: he seemed of a reserved, an abstracted, and even of a brooding nature. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

A striking example of Bloor’s inability to acknowledge that nature constrains science is to be found on p. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

At the same time he felt that it was not worthless, that it was necessary, that it came from his own nature. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She has lied to you. She will never give you up, now she has you. She will no more give any of us up than change her nature.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“I can answer for every thing of that nature, sir, because it will be under Mrs. Weston’s care. Mrs. Weston undertakes to direct the whole.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Those subjects, the ones who walked in nature, did a better job at learning. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

"And you have his sweet nature. Your mother didn't receive that, I'm afraid, Shanti. But Anu's mother is easygoing and sweet, just like their father used to be." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was also sensitive to the secretive nature of Katherine’s work and the longer hours her job now demanded of her. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I scrupulously avoided discussing with him any matters of a political or sensitive nature on the grounds that he might also have been an informer. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In each chapter questions of language are intertwined with direct engagements with nature on the one hand, and with broader conceptual and philosophical questions on the other. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, fine. We’re getting our nature on,” she said, slurring her speech. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Their mathematical theories might be beautiful and consistent and might seem to explain the nature of the universe—and be utterly wrong. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Mom also believed in letting nature take its course. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She talked on, how plants don't run on electricity or clock time, how none of nature did. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

To converse in a normal tone of voice meant that an athlete was not thinking seriously about the coming game; it exposed a frivolous nature alien to victory. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is not really about the countryside at all; nature is there purely as a metaphor for feelings, as it was for Wordsworth and his daffodils, Shelley with his skylark and Keats with his nightingale. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

In the recognition by Pythagoras and Plato that the Cosmos is knowable, that there is a mathematical underpinning to nature, they greatly advanced the cause of science. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Using Kepler’s third law, Newton mathematically deduced the nature of the gravitational force.' Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her morning at the East Side job proceeded without incident—until nature called. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I could tell by the violent nature of that kick that she would never wear those chanclas again. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Added to this misery there’s another, but of a more personal nature, and it pales in comparison to the suffering I’ve just told you about. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Among them are many that are used in man’s war against nature. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, when you count backward, it is second nature. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The precise nature of Jimmy Zizmo’s importing business was thus revealed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“How bad could it be? Pan would not allow nature to become tainted. I can’t wait to see him, in fact.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And so he paid for his fastidious nature, his compulsion to keep things perfect. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But then the old man would just stand there and rattle it off from memory with a few extra images of nature thrown in for free. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you should ask God and nature why they put a girl inside a boy’s body?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The witch’s cheeks were plump and red; she had a vivid and passionate nature. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because ratios were the keys to understanding nature, the Pythagoreans and later Greek mathematicians spent much of their energy investigating their properties. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Seriously, don’t you Romans have nature and trees and stuff? I’ve got some news you need to hear. Plus, I’m a card-carrying protector. I’m here to, you know, protect Rachel.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I will paint for him not only the visible universe, but all that he can conceive of nature’s immensity in the womb of this abridged atom. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Throughout his children’s lives, Roosevelt had instilled in them his love of nature. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

The shape of a boxer’s nose is not just the consequence of his genetic heritage; it is determined by the nature of his chosen profession, and the number of physical assaults on its cartilage. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The nature of parties has been imperfectly studied. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, Dan Williams, nature photographer, writing a book about the Standing Rock reservation, who ran three miles of it with her while also taking her photo. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

A ring of brave demigods, Hunters, and nature spirits guarded the doors. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

We have bravely tested the waters and have found the ocean to our liking, resonant with our nature. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the west, the Demeter cabin and Grovers nature spirits had turned Sixth Avenue into a jungle that was hampering a squadron of Kronos s demigods. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Though in nature DNA chains are very long, there was no reason to put together anything massive. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Human nature is both predictable and mysterious; prone to great and sudden advances, yet still mired in despicable self-interest. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“I always knew you were a force of nature,” Astrid says, laughing. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

For just that instant I see the pitiful nature of my life. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

If they are programmed to regulate human behavior according to today’s view of nature, we are surely in for apocalypse. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Such was the nature of cause and effect, such was the impermanence of all things. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

They were not from the mortal age, but were Tonist in nature. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The same thing happens in nature, he realized, without human intervention. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My mother says looking is the nature of wisdom.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

All nature of kicks and punches and body slams. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

In flight, he is nature’s ultimate wedding of form and purpose. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Feelings of contempt born of inchoate, unacknowledged fear—civilization’s fear of nature, men’s fear of women, power’s fear of powerlessness. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what lay before us was more in the nature of a small, walled town. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

And I said: 'Because you have a very suspicious nature.’ Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Jane’s curiosity did not appear of that absorbing nature as wholly to occupy her. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

As this date grew ever nearer, the pressures on myself, though of an altogether more humble nature than those mounting on his lordship, were nevertheless not inconsequential. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He’s not exactly known for his sweet nature when he wakes up. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He arrived at this after long observation of the construction of termite nests, which excepting perhaps a man-made city are the most formidable edifices in nature. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell me,” she said, “how would you describe the nature of your discussion?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

These efforts to cope with human environment have proved a far greater challenge than the earlier struggle with nature. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ptolemy Philadelphus and the twins traveled to Rome where Octavia took them in, further evidence of her caring and forgiving nature. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

He was by nature a decisive man, and although this was one of the great decisions of his life and he knew it, he made it quickly and did not agonize over it. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was grief over the waste of life, the stunned wonder at the ways of God, and the restoration of order in nature at the graveyard. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not saying it’s rational, Bast. Emotions by their very nature are not reasonable things. I don’t feel that way now, but back then I did. I remember.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“That’s good. I’ve mobilized most of the nature spirits in the city—well, the ones that will listen to me, anyway.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Both of them overburdened and ill-equipped, weak by nature or circumstance, married to strong-willed, selfish men, addicted to the opiate of sleep. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was just in his nature as an American white man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Born in Columbiana, Alabama, my grandmother had a gentle nature and soft-spoken ways. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Deciphering the laws of heredity, he wrote, would transform “man’s outlook on the world, and his power over nature” more “than any other advance in natural knowledge that can be foreseen.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

And it sure seemed to me that screechers had always been the underdogs in nature’s plan. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Yes, why, then, should the operatives themselves fear us? It is, dear Lyddie, the nature of slavery to make the slave fear freedom.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Cassius Dio said, “True to her nature as a woman and an Egyptian, she turned to flight.” Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

It was evidently second nature by now, which explained why he looked as if he hadn’t been out in the sun for years. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tea Cake had more good nature under his toenails than they had in their so-called Christian hearts. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Let us see, then, what is the nature of this special mission.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Yet if the new view is correct and the work of humankind was pervasive, where does that leave efforts to restore nature? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I felt as if Dad and I were going to murder nature’s tame pet. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Such an approach implies that the sort of knowledge obtained by experiment need not be a reliable guide to how nature works. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The reasons, to be a little simplistic, are poor education, psychological blocks, and romantic misconceptions about the nature of mathematics. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Which makes me wonder if the wights have been tinkering with nature,” said Millard, “vis-a-vis the transference of peculiar souls.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

And then sometimes, when the conversation was of a more general nature, I would be included. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

One main tool for shaping nature was fire. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“His outfit is a little bizarre. I thought he was a performer of some sort when I first came in, although I tried not to imagine the nature of his act.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dishonor lay instead in concealing from one’s family the nature of one’s affections. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

It is worth pointing out, furthermore, that his lordship had by that time severed all links with the 'blackshirts', having witnessed the true, ugly nature of that organization. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He did not need to conquer nature in order to understand it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

"Mark, old chap! You produce carbon dioxide! It's all part of the majestic circle of nature!" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, that’s what being a demigod was all about—not quite belonging in the mortal world or on Mount Olympus, but trying to make peace with both sides of their nature. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A chemist seeking to understand the gene has no more opportune moment to capture the chemical nature of the gene. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

This brings us to our fourth and final problem: Does God override the laws of nature? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Truth is, nature knows more than we do.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

With this unique ability to penetrate the unknown and rare talent for expressing it through art, the artist-shaman gained control over the forces hidden in human beings and nature. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a determined reversal of her inherent nature, Kochu Maria now, as a policy, hardly ever believed anything that anybody said. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sir, you are asking questions that are more in the nature of analytical geometry and calculus,” he said, turning away from the blackboard to eye me over his half-glasses. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

By December 6, the spectrographers had accumulated their first measurable, if invisible, quantity of uranium 235—far from pure but at more than triple the concentration found in nature. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He tells his friend Émile Bernard that he wishes he could paint more from his imagination, like Bernard can, but he's most comfortable painting outside in nature. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It was cold and damp and almost completely dark, the electricity having been knocked out, so Emma sparked a flame in her hand and shone it around, until the nature of the space became apparent. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It is certainly true that the arguments of the nominalists are theocentric, but as we shall see this is not true for other ways of thinking about laws of nature. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“There’s always going to be someone kicking you down so they can climb higher. It’s just human nature. Why waste your time trying to change the system when you can just game it?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

This transient nature of the transmitting chemical is necessary to the normal functioning of the body. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

But what happens in nature is not allowed to happen in the modern, chemical-drenched world, where spraying destroys not only the insects but their principal enemy, the birds. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

All his reading about nature sparked a lifelong passion. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“The crawlers are weak, they cannot fight, they will not last. That is how nature intended it.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Despite earlier battles, few whites in Durham—or anywhere else in the South—were prepared for the sweeping nature of Brown v. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

To a certain degree, if the world is orderly and predictable, it is because we have worked to make it so by developing technologies that give us control over nature. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Holding her high, he talked about the important role of birds of prey in nature. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“This is not thy deception, nor thy witchcraft: it is the work of nature. She was roused, and did—no miracle—but her best.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The book is in large part about the nature or environments of the planets. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tell you one thing: doing that pageant would be like second nature to you.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Even “physics,” save us, is a kind of “nature,” by its nature, and is, simultaneously, another kind of kind. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scene isn’t quite like it was back at the beach, where the evidence of panic and violence painted a chilling story—and yet the abject nature of this abandonment is just as disturbing. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Moreover, its size and shape would depend only on its mass and rate of rotation, and not on the nature of the body that had collapsed to form it. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are countless laws of man and of nature, and none of these is on your side. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Because it is his nature. Lying comes as easily as breathing to a man like Littlefinger. You ought to know that, you of all people." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was advised to be content with knowing that they could work miracles for him, provided he did not insist on learning their nature. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to know what was happening down in Weep, and what nature of uproar had greeted the news of her existence. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“These caterpillars are by nature very timid. When they feel the slightest touch or disturbance, they curl up and stay that way until all danger is past.” The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Their relationships with others were of a shallow, cold nature, lending a quality of loneliness and isolation to these men. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Géricault used the full range of painter’s tools—color, composition, mood, and lighting—to convey his theme of man’s struggle against nature. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z

It moved into Greek, as phuein, meaning to bring forth and make grow; then as phusis, which was another word for nature. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pima tugged him closer and they huddled together, sharing heat, waiting for nature’s violence to pass. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

We were expected to learn each technique quickly and to practice what we had learned on our own until it became second nature. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was an even more obvious metaphor for Christians, as it was easy to think of God as a legislator imposing laws on nature and to personify nature as obeying him. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

On that morning, satisfying one of his urges to participate in nature, Leper Lepellier was the first thing the rising sun struck in the United States. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, the ability for individuals to create and broadcast media explains a key difference between the nature and amount of information people consume today than in past eras. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Even if zero were a number in the Greek sense, the act of taking a ratio with zero in it would seem to defy nature. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

But Pascal’s simple experiment demolished Aristotle’s assertion that nature abhors a vacuum. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He’s explaining something about the nature of what we will encounter in the Capitol. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“I want to go to the nature retreat!” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Even though it was most definitely not in his nature, Mulch had no option but to attack. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He writes to Vincent that “for many artists you are the most remarkable in the exhibition. With things from nature you’re the only one there who thinks.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Rather it seems that an aspect of human nature is the tendency to cling tightly to one’s advantages and privileges and to rationalize the suffering and exclusion of others. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. and Mrs. Pocket had a toady neighbour; a widow lady of that highly sympathetic nature that she agreed with everybody, blessed everybody, and shed smiles and tears on everybody, according to circumstances. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Only an arm. Got to lose something, might’s well be an arm. Can part with that easier than the other mechanics of nature, an thass the truth.’ The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wide, airy nature of the streets here give the city a marvellously spacious feel, so that I found it most easy to spend some hours just strolling in the gently warm sunshine. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, he could not bind all that he had in his nature—the rover, the aspirant, the poet, the priest—in the limits of a single passion. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Working as COs, he said, would make us “students of human nature.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But with digital technology, researchers say the amount of information, the speed of its delivery, and, pointedly, its interactive nature, have changed our world by orders of magnitude. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

This causes the uranium to change into an entirely new element, one that doesn’t occur in nature— scientists named it plutonium. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

An aesthetic response or experience concerns the nature of beauty, art, and taste. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

She will fight me, because this is the nature of two tigers. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her stockpiling of power had wreaked havoc on nature. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then Lord Asriel said calmly, “An entire child. Which, given the nature of Dust, is precisely the point, is it not?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

But Langley was a conclave of the worlds best aerodynamicists, the leading edge of the technology that was transforming not only the nature of war but civilian transportation and the economy. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

And they, knowing me to be one not prone to exaggerated statements, well understood that something of an extraordinary nature was impending. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“The world can always give you reasons. No rain, not enough for the ants to eat. Something like that. Nsongonya are always moving anyway, it is their nature. Whether God cares or not.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This really is a very bad side of human nature! Don’t say any more, if you please, Biddy. This shocks me very much.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Citra had traveled by air and on standard maglev trains, but the narrow, claustrophobic nature of a hypertrain made her uneasy. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

And I, the only witness for the defense, knew neither the extent of his guilt nor the nature of his crime. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am a Californian by birth and also, I have recently discovered, by nature. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Long before Descartes we can find references to laws of nature in a scientific context, and scholars have struggled to disentangle the origins of the concept. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

And they talk among themselves as if their knowledge were second nature to every educated person. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Reading Malthus and thinking about the natural world, Charles realized that nature was not happy and peaceful, as Paley had described in his natural theology books. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

By such means, of course, does nature tick along. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The intensely personal nature of his business, the subjectivity of taste, the variables of light and curtains and carpets, guaranteed that minds would reevaluate and work would have to be redone. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Even so, I was a worrier by nature and I couldn’t escape the feeling that anything could happen to her at any time. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She hungers for a violence of nature, terrible and permanent, to record the evil. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The town believed that Henry’s action was just the fiery nature of youth, let alone a Sutpen, and that time would cure it. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bribes and gifts to officials such as Boyle were routine, while the nature of the work gave him inside information about land that became available at knockdown prices. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

A hundred demigods fanned out around her, with twice that many satyrs and nature spirits led by Grover Underwood. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Even though he couldn’t speak Portuguese, the former president’s gregarious nature broke through the language barrier. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m a Zamora. Giving up is not in my nature. I sent a message out to five of the youth groups I belong to.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

By its very nature it would have produced vast quantities of radioactive debris, but for conscientious mission profiles only in the emptiness of interplanetary or interstellar space. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But after comparing descriptions of the symptoms, they began to disagree on the nature and cause of the illness as well as what to do about it. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“But I cannot and will not punish the creatures of this jungle for being true to their own nature.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Researchers in different fields have summarized conclusions about the nature of music and culture after many years of observing human behavior and music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

By 1700 the idea that the study of the physical world is all about facts, experiments, evidence, theories and laws of nature had become well established. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It was human nature, and Jule had spent years training to make herself especially good at it. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“The fact that we make such a big hullabaloo over it is all because we don’t see ourselves as part of nature. We think because we’re human we’re something above nature.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor is the prescribed period adequate in view of the persistent nature of the residues. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

We move in accord with laws of nature that Kepler first discovered. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tam Lin might not have gone to school for too long, but he knew a great deal about nature. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dottie was staring out the window, paying no attention to the nature documentary on her TV. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

As one of her great-aunts had written about her when she was a little girl, she possessed “so much affection in her nature as will secure her from selfishness.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he had no wish to make her weep again, so instead he said, “Daenerys has a kind heart and a generous nature.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Even when not barred by law from holding specific jobs, formerly incarcerated and convicted people in Chicago find it extraordinarily difficult to find employers who will hire them, regardless of the nature of their conviction. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“The track, with its violent nature, includes attacks against law enforcement and is said to be a hit among young listeners.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Her shelf had to do with a religion she’d made up for herself, a mixture of nature and ancestor worship. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walking with her in and around the school, I was intensely aware that the nature of our alone-ness had changed. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

One must go to contemporary observers in Europe for a non-Texan opinion as to the nature of the tyranny that raised need for revolt. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

This, from one who was ever pacific in nature. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

God had done a wonderful job when he built the Mississippi and there could be no way to improve on what nature had done. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was just that Ruza had an eager nature—eager to tease, more than anything else—and had taken it upon himself to teach Lazlo basic skills, such as riding, spear-throwing, cursing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Adding infinities and dividing by zeros might be a part of mathematics, but it is not the way of nature. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I asked myself once, “What is the nature of obsession?” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We sure need peregrine falcons. They’re so important in the balance of nature.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Zach is up and down, and true to his nature, he has a tendency to overvalue his achievements. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

First, it was evident that genetic variation was the norm, not the exception, in nature. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It is a challenge to him to needle the Negro into acts of a baser nature, into open physical conflict. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were racks of almanacs, nature books, world records books, old encyclopedias, and dictionaries. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Every time the sow belched, Grover's nature spirits yelped and faded back into their trees. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was the very nature of this small, silent craft that allowed them to hear the quietest cries. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She would open the windows to let in streams of air and light, but the flowers never lasted until nightfall because Esteban Trueba’s thundering voice and slashing cane were even powerful enough to frighten nature. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having gotten everyone in a lather by interfering with nature for years, it has decided now not to interfere with nature at all, even when that interference would be demonstrably beneficial. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Nervous, fearful, impassive, serene—whatever the individual’s nature, hope shouted from the face of every man, though not one spoke of his desire. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

In nature there are always predators and prey. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I leave it entirely to yourself whether or not you inform them beforehand as to the nature of what I am going to say to them.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about rats and real men and Number One and angels and fame and first and last and love and nature’s way. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course it doesn’t. It follows its nature, as you must do. But you were right.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

It was not in his nature to grow critical or weary in the rich, promising world of camping equipment. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Two of them, who showed signs of defects, quietly died in infancy, whether in the course of nature or with some assistance is not certain. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Everyone understood the nature of a machine, and the experience of making and using such things had become part of the general consciousness of European man. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It was the first really universal law of nature ever propounded by a human mind, which is why Newton is regarded with such universal esteem. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

"Nothing in nature is quite perfect, you know. Now, open your mouth wide. Wider." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where did Descartes’ conception of a law of nature come from? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

External realities of a frustrating nature she obliterated by refusing to believe in them, and when one resisted her disbelief she raged at it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had imbibed from her something of her nature and much of her habits: more harmonious thoughts: what seemed better regulated feelings had become the inmates of my mind. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Purity is a negative state and therefore contrary to nature. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

A strange nature, only partly within my understanding. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something in the nature of experience had, it would seem, changed between Plutarch and della Porta. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Ultimately, our omnivore’s dilemma is rooted in our nature as human beings—but we’ve made our choices much harder than they used to be. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The problem that concerns us here is whether any of the chemicals we are using in our attempts to control nature play a direct or indirect role as causes of cancer. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I have my old father and these three small mouths and another about to be born. We must go lest we forget our nature and eat each other as the wild dogs do.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

When all else fails you, go to nature, as George would say. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

And a woman was likely to have strange tastes, some said for filth, and it was set down to the Eve nature still under sentence for original sin. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The holistic nature of these highly integrated approaches, is still conducive today for implementation in an integrated arts program. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

And lastly I talked about all the many things I’d learned from Angelo—things about mushrooms and pigs, about nature and the arts of cooking and eating well, and so much else besides. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The concerts and parades were helpful but were of too “stated or programmed” a nature. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

My mother said I was a crybaby, but Lynn said I was actually happy because it was my nature to be so, just like it was Lynn’s nature to be a genius. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I have no more jobs to do, and no more nature to defeat. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Relax, chile. Let nature take its course. You ain’t got but a few months to wait.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could not determine their nature, but they looked so suspicious to her that in any case she burned them in a bonfire she built in the courtyard. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“It’s human nature to tear one another apart. Be glad you come from such a successful line of killers.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I finally decide on Millennium Park because it’s the closest thing I can get to nature and because it’s free. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“You will forgive me if I ask a few things of a less scholarly nature?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At last, he admitted, “The nature ... of the experiment... has changed.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But generally during this era, throughout the Western world, the nature of criminal punishment was undergoing profound change. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s nothing to worry about, baby. It happens to every woman. It’s just human nature.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was decided to abolish the love of nature, at any rate among the lower classes; to abolish the love of nature, but not the tendency to consume transport. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The normal bell-shaped curve seems to describe many phenomena in nature. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They also represented those forces in nature, those powerful and inevitable forces that cannot be resisted, reminding a man that sometimes he must simply endure that which cannot be changed. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the duration of the plumber’s visit, canning jars were put into service during the daytime to hold our calls of nature. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It took advantage of the inherent stability of nature, building on the fact that most communities of shrubs are strongly resistant to invasion by trees. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Every product made in this typical Amish kitchen is based on what nature provides,” one of the girls said. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Theo does not want him to do that, but nature takes matters into her own hands. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Some whale sounds are called songs, but we are still ignorant of their true nature and meaning. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

People would love me for my sweet, quiet nature. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

"All nature o' things. I can do sums, too." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Collingwood was so sure that the Renaissance thought of nature as a machine that he failed to notice that he had produced no evidence to support his claim. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Besides, it went against my nature to pass up an opportunity for a meal. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But presently she heard sounds of a more concrete nature. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Some people grow out of their lesser natures, but Charles will not. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody was essentially himself—was riotously busy fulfilling the vagaries of human nature. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was what was left of nature, raw and wild, only hours after the Smoke had fallen. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

All things in the woods, from insects to fish to bears, were always, always looking for food—it was the great, single driving influence in nature, lo eat. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

In these cases the first belief has the facts on its side and the second doesn’t; one version of natural philosophy established itself over its opponent through the superiority of its grasp over nature. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

And yet I am no freak of nature, nor of history. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bringing his unbridled energy and enthusiasm to the job, Roosevelt was a force of nature. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

The physical structure of the molecule enables its chemical nature, the chemical nature enables its physiological function, and its physiology ultimately permits its biological activity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

But if I should hear anything of this nature again, my next letter will go directly to the San Francisco Chronicle and the mayor’s office, respectively. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

As luck would have it, I’m only able—except for a few rare occasions—to view nature through dusty curtains tacked over dirt-caked windows; it takes the pleasure out of looking. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Much, too, depends on the nature of the subsoil, the quake’s duration, the frequency and severity of aftershocks, and the physical setting of the affected area. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Seemingly oblivious to the sensational nature of the news he had just imparted, Dumbledore said nothing more about staff appointments, but waited a few seconds to ensure the silence was absolute before continuing. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Some people might call it a tree house, but that would insult its fortified and functional nature. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

How could one determine if any particular feature—height or intelligence, say—was the product of nature or nurture? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It’s confusing, as is so often the case with nature. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t at the mercy of nature anymore. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They tell us that we have destroyed and hurt so much that nature cannot recover. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Although we never explicitly talked about it, I imagine this must have been a difficult experience for him, especially with his quiet nature. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had a simpler nature; he looked up to Balthamos as to the fount of all knowledge and joy. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He raised his hands and once again swore his prophecy that the animals and all of nature were rising up against us. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, as you know, I have no call for anything of that nature. People do as I say without my having to resort to such drastic measures.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

We want to make sense of what we see around us and to ask: What is the nature of the universe? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I advocate no doctrine; it is not my nature to do so. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

There are many things you and I are simply not in a position to understand concerning, say, the nature of Jewry. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

So in a land which nature found suited to grass growing mixed with and under the shelter of sage, it is now proposed to eliminate the sage and create unbroken grassland. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

With a sickening twist in my stomach, I remembered what Annabeth had said about Cyclopes, They’re the children of nature spirits and gods . The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Broadly speaking, there are two schools: one holds that laws of nature are simply regularities which we identify in nature; the other that they are necessary features of the world. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Merlyn’s comments upon the black eye were of a medical nature. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She saw nature as an ever-transforming web of connections—and changed our view of it forever. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It is hardly surprising that there is a book on the Scientific Revolution entitled Nature and Nature’s Laws, since the discovery of laws of nature is one of the Scientific Revolution’s most remarkable achievements. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The idea of an omnipotent creator God may help in formulating a theory of laws of nature, but it seems wrong to claim that it is a necessary precondition. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Charles isn’t remembered for his aeronautic stunts, but for the law of nature that bears his name. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The first farmers were heirs to that knowledge, accumulated through tens of thousands of years of nature observation by biologically modern humans living in intimate dependence on the natural world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

But now the nature of the problem had changed. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It is the peculiar nature of the world to go on spinning no matter what sort of heartbreak is happening. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Impermanence, cause and effect, suffering, desire, the precious nature of life. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Caruthers had shown her true nature early, and so, even if Ophie was nervous, it was something of a relief to know already what sort of creature she was dealing with. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She had the impartiality of nature, with the same lack of indulgence or clemency. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mutants, again, would prove crucial to these experiments: only the outliers could illuminate the nature of normal heredity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“But they can't erase your true nature. I can tell that you sympathize with Ampai and those dark forces moving against me. I'm troubled by this but not surprised. Not at all.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“He couldn’t help it, Cal. That’s his nature. It was the only way he knew. He didn’t have any choice. But you have. Don’t you hear me? You have a choice.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In a few places, however, the Neolithic balance between humans and nature was upset by a new threat, a threat posed not by nature but by people themselves. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the most compelling buildings, given the nature of the age, was the Electricity Building. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Not when I’m out in nature,” said the Object. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Who were these strangers and what nature of threat did they pose? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The recruits were to commit "minor sabotage of a nuisance nature," to prey on America's fear and provoke prejudice against any person possibly connected to Germany, Japan, and Italy. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“That the fundamental aspects of heredity should have turned out to be so extraordinarily simple supports us in the hope that nature may, after all, be entirely approachable,” Thomas Morgan, the influential geneticist, wrote. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The nature of Mr. Tostoff's composition eluded me, because just as it began my eyes fell on Gatsby, standing alone on the marble steps and looking from one group to another with approving eyes. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

In fact, this level of technology is, by its nature, at the same time highly sophisticated and profoundly primitive. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So is it just human nature to believe that things happen for a reason—to find some shred of meaning even in the worst experiences?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

It’s not second nature like it is for me and Zarra. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

However, Poncelet had no idea that projective geometry would reveal the mysterious nature of zero, because the second important advance, the complex plane, was still needed. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Two minutes later, Spoon said, “It’s a quote from Richard Jefferies, a nineteenth-century English nature writer noted for his depiction of English rural life in essays, books of natural history, and novels.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I looked at nature and made sense of it. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I love seeing her, her dark skin the kind of brown that can’t be found anywhere else in nature, only on her, and I love seeing her twisted locks piled up onto her head. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

There is no shutting down the competitive nature of an adolescent dude. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

It was the only time I got in touch with nature. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Byrd looks around the field, like maybe her son is talking about nature again. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

What was the chemical and physical nature of the gene? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

But I, who wished to read the book of the world and the book of my own nature, did presume to despise the letters and signs. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this now universal contamination of the environment, chemicals are the sinister and little- recognized partners of radiation in changing the very nature of the world — the very nature of its life. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I thought, nature certainly works differently on mountains than in valleys. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pascal went further than simply insisting on the authority of experience; he argued that our knowledge of nature is capable of endless progress because it is founded in experience, and experience accumulates over time. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Indeed, it turns out that light has both a wave nature and a particle nature. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I think that approach is a mistake, and if we are to learn to improve the quality of the decisions we make, we need to accept the mysterious nature of our snap judgments. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

But I looked neither to rising sun, nor smiling sky, nor wakening nature. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

With a calmness of manner which somewhat but not quite concealed her astonishment of a moment ago, she finally spoke. she explained, was of a different, strange, but harmless nature. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fine with me. But you don’t know human nature. You don’t know Nam.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seems to be in the nature of biologic information that it not only stores itself up as energy but also instigates a search for more. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the beliefs, habits, tastes, emotions, mental attitudes that characterize our time are really designed to sustain the mystique of the Party and prevent the true nature of present- day society from being perceived. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“We’re off, pal,” Finny would call out, and acting against every instinct of my nature, I went without a thought of protest. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cow is by nature not a corn eater. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Why not spend a decade or so exploiting nature’s gifts before building an expensive machine to generate the same energies? Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Boys by nature require these silences; they must not be startled by too many words, spoken too quickly. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Both men were unbelievers by nature, mistrustful, suspicious. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

That was the nature of some preachers in Alexandra, whose extremely obedient flocks were variously known as “The Donkey Church,” “The Seven Wives Church,” “The Hundred Rand Net Worth Church.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any connection between American art and American nature is purely coincidental, but this is only because the nation as a whole has no contact with reality. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But there are differences. The social studies I’ve read . . .” “They don’t deal with any basic difference in human nature between black and white,” I said. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When an Osage chief was asked why he didn’t adopt the white man’s ways, he replied, “I am perfectly content with my condition. The forests and rivers supply all the calls of nature in plenty.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Aristotle was wrong in his partitioning of male and female contributions into “material” and “message,” but abstractly, he had captured one of the essential truths about the nature of heredity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

When I hear something unusual, it’s my nature to get quiet and observe, to study. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

The nature of the grammatical subject matters, too. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The rapidity of change and the speed with which new situations are created follow the impetuous and heedless pace of man rather than the deliberate pace of nature. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Lita always said there are costs when you mess with nature. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

This opulent sobriety betrayed the divided nature of the school, just as in a different way the two rivers that it straddled did. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The reason that Dionysus was so different at one time from another was because of this double nature of wine and so of the god of wine. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of the day, the sand is crisscrossed with a mesh of ordinates, abscissas, curves to account for everything in nature. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally he thundered his fury, like a force of nature. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I wrote back to tell them that the nature of my defense would become clear to them when I filed my papers — and not until then. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had used the power of the Uncles, of nature and animals and streams and flowers, a sacred power, for truly horrible things. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Aristotle, two generations later, was content to argue that those things happened because it was the nature of the Moon to have phases and eclipses—mere verbal juggling, an explanation that explains nothing. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

You would be frightened because it is out of the order of nature. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

It’s got greenery around the sides and back and looks like it’s being reclaimed by nature. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

In consequence I'm inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Delicate by nature, with wavy brown hair and hazel eyes, Elizebeth was a tiny presence in that huge family. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

And yet the nature of both jobs was that, ceding the decision making to commanding officers, you went anyway. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was the tenacity and nature of the patterns of deceit.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The actual nature of the genetic code, it turns out, is astoundingly simple: there’s just one molecule that carries our hereditary information and just one code. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

A child cannot, thank Heaven, know how vast and how merciless is the nature of power, with what unbelievable cruelty people treat each other. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Foragers knew the secrets of nature long before the Agricultural Revolution, since their survival depended on an intimate knowledge of the animals they hunted and the plants they gathered. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tam Lin was always coming up with facts he got out of the nature books he read so slowly and carefully. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mysterious nature of his death was unlucky enough, but it would be even worse for him to be buried in the clothes he was wearing when he died. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Since survival in nature depended on reproduction, courtship was crucial. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A century earlier, God was the king of Creation and all nature reflected his power. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I thought immediately of the moon snail that Fred showed me in Folly Cove and I wondered how nature could make that perfect pattern in two different animals, for different reasons. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

As a result, the organisms of distant lands like Australia and Madagascar evolved in isolation for millions upon millions of years, taking on shapes and natures very different from those of their distant Afro-Asian relatives. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many times through the night did I come to them, till it arrive to the cold hour when all nature is at lowest; and every time my coming was with quiet of them. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Pascal’s interpretation of the experiment was in direct contradiction to Aristotle’s claim that nature abhors a vacuum. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The reason is that the more precise divisions of the octave into nineteen steps obeys mathematical ratios that occur in nature. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

By studying twins, and comparing and contrasting similarities and differences, a geneticist could determine the precise contributions of nature versus nurture to important traits. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Mendel had discovered the discontinuous nature of genes, Fisher knew, because he had chosen highly discrete traits and crossed pure-breeding plants to begin with. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Many times he would prolong the talks beyond the expected limit and let them drift into comments of a domestic nature. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

This clearly indicated a deep truth about the nature of the Universe. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

But what was the material nature of germplasm? de Vries wondered. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

But I told myself that in nature it’s survival of the fittest. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Jefferson's version of a classless American society was therefore a pipe dream, because the source of the problem was not European feudalism but human nature itself. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

After all, that was what the circus was all about—the power of the strong over the weak, the domination of man over nature, expressed in battle and bloodshed. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Despite their brevity, they are full of information, both because of the nature of written language, and because of the special way Mesoamerican people chose their names. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The light, his head, and the wall, he thought, as though he were an initiate or some perverted eclipse created without the consent of nature. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

More important than even these excellent results is the fact that the modified program worked out by these Nova Scotian entomologists is not doing violence to nature’s balance. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

But that day in the office, he had revealed that there was another side to his nature, a side that had been obscured but that still existed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Third, how do laws of nature work as causes? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Well. . . it’s not in their natures, is it? Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But there is no collective term for all the different positions which have in common a recognition that some forms of knowledge of nature are more successful than others, and that consequently knowledge can progress. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Two thousand frames a second, recently developed by Industrial Light and Magic for specialized nature shoots, hummingbird wings, and such. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“The nature of a robot reaction to a dilemma is startling,” she began. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He could barely get the words out, the next few minutes halting in presentation, and in that way, and substance, the high-school-essay nature melted away to core grief. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Lee was too cool by nature to rage at fate; his manner was to raise an eyebrow and greet it laconically. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In previous chapters we have seen how our views of the nature of time have changed over the years. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

What was at stake in nature was the survival of an entire species. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she never complained—it wasn’t her nature. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Pedro Tercero remembered him as an angry giant with a snakeskin whip and a silver cane, at whose step the tenants trembled and whose thunderous voice and feudal arrogance made all of nature quake. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In nature, without human intervention, the changes took longer. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is the nature of a man as he grows older, a small bridge in time, to protest against change, particularly change for the better. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

To have risked so much in our efforts to mold nature to our satisfaction and yet to have failed in achieving our goal would indeed be the final irony. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Albert Einstein, a twenty-six-year-old patent clerk, showed the physics world that nature worked in quanta rather than in smooth increments. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“The nature of names cannot be described, only experienced and understood.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Remarkably, none of the agents expressed suspicions over the nature of her illness, even though so many victims during the Reign of Terror had been poisoned. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The first real clue to the nature of Venus came from work with a prism made of glass or a flat surface, called a diffraction grating, covered with fine, regularly spaced, ruled lines. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone less original than Clara would have tired of her sister-in-law’s excessive pampering and constant worry, or have succumbed to her domineering and meticulous nature. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A robot, by its very nature, cannot bear to fail its function. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“You have to realize that it’s human nature to want to score,” Akhi explained. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“What did the defendant indicate was the nature of his business with you?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

A bunch of them jump on me and I keep going, running around in circles like an accident of nature until finally there are so many of them on me, I can't stand up anymore. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

The ways in which nature pushes back alter as we alter. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The nature of the road describes the nature of the travel. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother seemed to regain her pleasant nature. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

If someone would attempt to create a vacuum, nature would do anything in its power to prevent it from happening. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Besides, it isn't in my nature to go down without a fight, even when things seem insurmountable. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I think it was self-preservation on her part rather than any good nature toward me. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

It works, and for what it is designed to accomplish it is as infallible as anything in nature. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, but I don’t understand how a person can say they hate nature. It’s like saying you hate happiness or laughter. Or fun. I don’t get how someone could be so freaking vapid.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Both sets of terms, like their Greek originals, included the whole study of nature, animate and inanimate—thus Boyle’s Physiological Essays of 1661 are about natural science as a whole. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. I always get into bed on step ten thousand, right? So then if, you know, nature calls, I have to wait until it’s officially the next day.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She reached twenty without knowing how to read or write, unable to use the silver at the table, wandering naked through the house because her nature rejected all manner of convention. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Instead of proof, Bacon introduced the concept of interpretation; where before scholars had written about interpreting books, now Bacon introduced the idea of ‘the interpretation of nature’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I know, because I saw them on a nature show once. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

You can go on nature walks, as I used to. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

For the price of a modest meal you can ponder the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, the origin of species, the interpretation of dreams, the nature of things. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

That would leave me six hours to kill with meals, nature’s call, my memories, and the story about the Czechoslovakian. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The asymmetry of the universe could be explained by the asymmetrical nature of these expanding bubbles that formed and merged. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

However, one consequence of its unregulated nature is that the Delaware regularly floods. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I started a nature club with four members—my sister and me and the Cary children, who came to stay almost every holiday. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Doubtless it is all to do with our historic impulse to tame and exploit the wilderness, but America’s attitude to nature is, from all sides, very strange if you ask me. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I had the quiet determination of my mother, he had the boisterous nature of Abu and his brothers, but we were best friends. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

That was the period when divine good humor and the hidden forces of human nature acted with impunity to provoke a state of emergency and upheaval in the laws of physics and logic. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost as if they had exchanged natures, as though she had become the machine, perfectly tuned to the roaring, clattering beasts in her care. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

At the sideshow, a scruffy carnival barker was shouting through a megaphone, promising glimpses of “the most shocking errors of nature allowed on view by law” for a trivial fee. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

International health authorities were urgently concerned to find the exact source of the monkeys, in order to pin down where in nature the Marburg virus lived. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched them for a long time, and thought about something I had seen on a BBC nature program some time before. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

There are miracles, yes, mostly of a medical nature, a few to satisfy hungry stomachs; at best a storm is tempered, water is briefly walked upon. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder how I could manage to bring such treasure up from the deep, but I know the answer will be the same as the nature of my descent. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The patterns of nature are deep and complex, constantly changing. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

To create these images, cave artists used charcoal to outline irregularities in the walls of coves that suggested forms from nature. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z

My mom says it's appealing to their better natures.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other commentators liken the prison label to “the mark of Cain” and characterize the perpetual nature of the sanction as “internal exile.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Waiting for the children to come home was completely foreign to his nature. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Not that the affluent are any better—I mean, human nature is human nature. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Eventually, people were so smart that they were able to decipher nature’s secrets, enabling them to tame sheep and cultivate wheat. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she made a loud wailing noise like an animal on a nature program on television. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The astronauts, by background and by nature, resisted the computers and their ghostly intellects. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He’d have liked to be a scholar himself, maybe an astronomer or an experimental theologian, making discoveries about the deepest nature of things. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

This is the second lesson of Blink: understanding the true nature of instinctive decision making requires us to be forgiving of those people trapped in circumstances where good judgment is imperiled. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Between nature and nanites, my knee will heal. It will just take time, of which I have no shortage.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Even Darwin, among the strongest original proponents of the fundamental mutability of nature, would have found this rate of mutation surprising. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Thanks to the very nature of numbers—they can be added together to create new ones—the number system didn’t stop at three. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

In the spring of 1838, as Darwin tore into a new journal—the maroon C notebook—he had more thoughts on the nature of this driving force. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

This tree is nature’s rock star because it’s one of only fifty left alive from an original set of five hundred. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

‘It’s sports medicine with a little nature magic,’ said the coach. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Running is second nature to me, it’s not something I have to think about.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“It is their nature. They will accept no reward.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“It was raw and cold for oh so long. Now it’s becoming lovely, and people, like nature, sometimes thaw out when the sun shines.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Fyntan and Celine must have been alarmed by our misguided outpost in Kilanga, where we slept in their same house, antagonized their former friends, even turned their parrot out to nature’s maw. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The once overwhelming sensory overload of township life now seemed second nature to me. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Over the eons of unhurried time that is nature’s, life reached an adjustment with destructive forces as selection weeded out the less adaptable and only the most resistant survived. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

All women, by their nature, are fragile and weak: they are attracted to the male in whom they see strength. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s no time to explain, but in a few seconds the nature of the pod becomes clear to everyone. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The moral law applies to rational, language-using creatures, and the law of nature binds all human beings by virtue of their capacity to recognize that there are moral obligations that are common to them all. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

We both stay exactly where we are, like in those nature documentaries where two animals are about to get into a fight, but first they just stare each other down. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think nature would take its course.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The deeply flawed nature of colorblindness, as a governing principle, is evidenced by the fact that the public consensus supporting mass incarceration is officially colorblind. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

You might have thought from looking at her that she was a gruff, unfriendly person—but her nature was just the opposite. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Now that the hyper-rich have achieved a critical mass, property values have zoomed so high that the less- well-off are being forced to leave and the island is becoming nature’s ultimate gated community. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“You’ll see. Perhaps they will teach you a lesson, Hazel Levesque. Most heroes cannot escape their nature, even when given a second chance at life.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Does that mean we are doomed to eating at the end of a long industrial food chain and never know where our food comes from, or what its true nature is? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Our ancient, animal nature says: Bolt when you see danger coming. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Under the impact of ionizing radiation some rearrangement of atoms could easily occur, changing the nature of the chemicals in a way that is not only unpredictable but beyond control. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I knew it wasn’t his nature to fight a man. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

William started in front—it seemed to be in his nature. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

In the economy of nature the natural vegetation has its essential place. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

After we had lunch in the main cabin, we all went on a two- hour guided nature hike through the woods. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

This is of no significance to his scientific work, but may provide another clue to his secretive nature. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

I especially don’t care for his dislike of religion, his talk of food and various things of that nature. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

We lived well, our days were mostly sunny, and I know that my parents were stoically undeceived by the objectively equivocal, contingent nature of the advantaged life they gave me and my siblings. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I know that these blows to the skull can cause longterm health issues of a very serious nature. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“The reverend called it the Lord God in action through nature. ‘Wake!’ he yelled out to the whole congregation.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The syntax can be defective, convoluted, ambiguous; these are flaws that can be prevented by an awareness of the treelike nature of a sentence. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Fortunately for us such an extreme situation is only theoretical, but the dire results of upsetting nature’s own arrangements are well known to students of animal populations. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

His words reminded me of an interesting nature fact Ms. Malone had taught us last year in fourth grade. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Obviously over the years your Dad has taken advantage of your sister’s emotional nature via the mails. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even in winter, you can tell nature is on a mission to take it back. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Finnick’s real charms of self-effacing humor and an easygoing nature are on display for the first time. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Mutations, from which nature selects its new inventory of lifeforms, are produced in part by cosmic rays—high-energy particles ejected almost at the speed of light in supernova explosions. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Someday,’ said Johnny, his good nature restored, ‘I’ll kill you, Dove. In the meantime, you have your uses. You get out the buckets and run to North Square and fetch back drinking water.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They trust that nature will do its thing. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Notwithstanding the leadership’s rhetoric about the family nature of the business, the gang’s wages are about as skewed as wages in corporate America. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He kept these thoughts to himself, but Scythe Volta could read, if not the specifics, then the general nature of his thoughts. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

There, in a strange twist of nature, the fertilizer winds up poisoning the ocean. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

My granddaughter Alba, however, saw the true nature of the dictator long before I did. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When nature called, she called us on the intercom, and we helped her out of bed and into the bathroom. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“The insect world is nature’s most astonishing phenomenon,” said the Dutch biologist C. J. Briejer. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It is true one or two errors have been noticeable recently in the discharging of his duties, but these are in every case very trivial in nature.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Imagine a huge galactic computer, a repository, more or less up-to-date, of information on the nature and activities of all the civilizations in the Milky Way Galaxy, a great library of life in the Cosmos. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The selective breeding of the strongest, smartest, “fittest” humans—unnatural selection—Galton imagined, could achieve over just a few decades what nature had been attempting for eons. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Boyle, too, evidently thought there was only a small number of ‘more Catholic laws’, and these were the laws of nature properly so called. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Then we begin to feel something of that relentlessly pressing force by which nature controls her own. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The point is that we have a country here where the past cannot keep a good man in chains, and that's the nature of the war. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Considering the tendency of nature to find uses for complex and intricate mechanisms, this seems to me unnatural. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In nature there is no generation,” the Dutch scientist Jan Swammerdam wrote in 1669, “but only propagation.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Perhaps we will find it possible to accommodate other forms of life, from other planets, out of sheer good nature. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

For much of the summer of 1932, she was a regular presence at Darlington Hall, she and his lordship often spending hour after hour deep in conversation, typically of a social or political nature. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

It is easy to see that only a very restricted range of laws of nature are consistent with galaxies and stars, planets, life and intelligence. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The transition from the chaotic, individualistic, rough-and-ready nature of 1920s jazz to a more streamlined form of swing in the 1930s was mirrored in other musical genres. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

On the smooth walls were several paintings whose nature he tried to make out, but failed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Large and greyish purple with a humped back, the Graphorn has two very long, sharp horns, walks on large, four-thumbed feet, and has an extremely aggressive nature. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

These troubles would have ended as an interesting footnote but for one thing: these infinities and zeros are the key to understanding nature. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

But the daughter's was not a petty nature. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The nature of Weep’s “problem,” as it were. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Six of them, Fanti and Mandingo if the broker was to be believed, their bodies and temperament honed for labor by nature. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I change the channel to a nature program, which I’m hoping is more calming. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

When the connection is made, and a particular lymphocyte with a particular receptor is brought into the presence of the particular antigen, one of the greatest small spectacles in nature occurs. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as the Council swept through the final causeway, Gherland made sure to congratulate himself for his kind, humanitarian nature. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

This was hard for him, because it was completely against his nature to care about pets. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

If she ever tried to do that, she was to be prevented, and he was to be told because all the anger in his nature had turned against her now. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered what his grandmother had told him about the nature of his gift, and how he had to leave her here to die. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The nature of the business demanded that customers be able to find him easily and quickly; if he hid from the other gang, he couldn’t sell his crack. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

How much of him was saint, how much mortal, I could not heretofore tell: but revelations were being made in this conference: the analysis of his nature was proceeding before my eyes. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

By the precise and delicate timing that is nature’s own, the emergence of one species of wild bees takes place on the very day of the opening of the willow blossoms. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I learned things of a less academic nature as well. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Life on Winter is hard to live, and people there generally leave death to nature or to anger, not to law. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He also regarded as suspect the instrumental nature, and murky methods, of rhetorical persuasion—which, by contrast with the strict logic of philosophical inquiry, they are. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“It’s unholy what Dusty is doing, a crime against nature,” Dad went on. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

It is a truism of human nature that people learn to hate those who help them. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The nature of the attacks makes me suspect that Zero is one of them.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

For thirty seconds, both squadrons whooped and hollered in an obstreperous rally that was becoming more paleolithic in nature in direct proportion to the number of drinks consumed. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He read the whole thing in ten sittings in his booth at Day’s and began pondering the whale’s nature at an early juncture. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Their robes were bulky, and clearly loaded down with all nature of weaponry sheathed within the folds. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It is at once something private and public by its very nature and texture. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the ostentatious nature of the glass castle, she had to admit that it did look rather beautiful at times. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Then you understand the nature of his situation?” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The subdued nature of the Commandant’s voice is a revelation. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I wondered what good nature she was talking about. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I understood, as by inspiration, the nature of his love for Miss Oliver; I agreed with him that it was but a love of the senses. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I enjoyed being out in nature, being able to see the horizon and feel the sun on my shoulders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

While the precise nature of his ailment was kept secret, Alexei continued to be a pale, sickly boy. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“The very nature of a woman rejects the idea of fighting,” said Alexandra Akimova, a squadron navigator with the 46th Guards. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The play is about a man who has taken up with a goat, but is really about the nature of love. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I’ve gained some insight into human nature since I came here, which is good, but I’ve had enough for the present. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

We are now a force greater than nature. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

This was what I worshiped and adored as a child: miracles of a passionate nature. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Understanding that nature is not normative does not mean that anything goes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Perhaps no illness illustrates the nature of this information flow, and its penetrating effects on human physiology, as powerfully as sickle-cell anemia. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Because we human beings are transitory, our lives as ephemeral as dreams, the tlamatinime suggested that immutable truth is by its nature beyond human experience. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She might almost have been testing him; but he thought she had no notion of the stone's nature, to speak of it so lightly. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Because of my nature, I may have to endure old age for decades longer than regular human beings. The humiliating finale to the mortal condition.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

But as the Egypt Game became second nature to its six participants, and they began to feel more and more at home in the land of Egypt, they gradually began to forget about being cautious. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Have I?” said he quietly, and looking at her; “of what nature?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t needed much help at all, because, even in birth, Hassan was true to his nature: He was incapable of hurting anyone. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

If the gardener stops working, nature takes over. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Marketed under trade names which give no hint of their nature, many of these preparations contain such poisons as mercury, arsenic, and chlordane. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The alleged controversy is as bogus as other catchy dichotomies such as nature versus nurture and America: Love It or Leave It. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Mom announced that since she was not by nature an early riser, she would not be getting up to see me off. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He cared only for the material side of things: the nature of elements, the essence and mutability of matter. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Such is the nature of sacrifice, is it not?” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The truth, seldom mentioned but there for anyone to see, is that nature is not so easily molded and that the insects are finding ways to circumvent our chemical attacks on them. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Surrounded by nature—a gurgling stream, the caws, chirps of birds, a forest quiet humming underneath all the other sounds. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Your Honor, for the sake of this boy and myself, I wish I could bring to this Court evidence of a morally worthier nature. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

This philosophy—the interchangeability of music, math, and nature—led to the earliest Pythagorean model of the planets. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Conservative politicians who embraced this rhetoric purposefully failed to distinguish between the direct action tactics of civil rights activists, violent rebellions in inner cities, and traditional crimes of an economic or violent nature. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Courts have not been forgiving of women in these circumstances, frequently concluding that “the nature and circumstances of the marital relationship may give rise to an inference of knowledge by the spouse claiming innocent ownership.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I say it is the Ordonance of God Almighty, in the Constitution of human nature, and wrought into the Fabric of the Universe,” Adams answered. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Us Clock Watchers have unyielding natures. When he approached me with mischief in his heart at the exact stroke of midnight, I couldn’t say no.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Doesn’t the rest of the world know about the suffering and deaths caused by apartheid? Aren’t white South Africans aware of the oppressive nature of the regime they always vote for?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The laws of nature are the same throughout the Cosmos. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Consequently, there are no Aristotelian laws of nature. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But I think what really got me over the nightmares were the Discovery Channel nature videos my mom brought home for me one day. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

At first I thought they were hills, but they were too uniform; nature wasn't so neat. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

"A valiant prince,” according to Cobo, Wiraqocha Inka had a “warlike” nature even as a young man and vowed that after taking the throne "he would conquer half the world.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

But when I tried to learn the nature of the fight, no one would tell me anything. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The very nature of the world of the soil has been largely ignored. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The father of the boy who had urged me to sell the papers also found out their propagandistic nature and forbade his son to sell them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He also described the structure of feathers, the nature of a butterfly’s wing and the compound eye of the fly, among many observations of the living world. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

A sort of mystical fairy tale, it romanticized and celebrated the simple life of German farmers living harmoniously with nature on their German soil. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“In nature you’ll always find birds following herbivores,” Joel had explained. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I felt pain, and then I felt ire; and then I felt a determination to subdue her—to be her mistress in spite both of her nature and her will. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was “of an easy-going innocent nature,” a reporter later observed, “he mistrusted nothing.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It is human nature to shrug off what may seem to us a vague threat of future disaster. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Thus my studies altered forever in their essential nature as in their outward form. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it is human nature to seek out hidden things. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The worst of them made up uglier names than Bolshevist even, and allowed the brutal side of their natures to dwell on imaginary enormities which they attributed to the knights. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In spite of his fame as a medical man, Gilbert made his mark on science in physics, through his thorough investigation of the nature of magnetism. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

This would constitute growth away from his hereditary savage nature. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When we write of ‘laws of nature’ the word ‘laws’, too, is being used in a metaphorical sense. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Whatever its form was, it would express a nature that was savage, and courteous, and unhappy. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moon wasn’t in the sky; the air was stiff, as if nature itself was afraid of what was happening. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Secondly, it is a question about intellectual tools: the concept of laws of nature, for example, shapes the sorts of questions scientists ask and the sorts of answers nature provides. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It was preparing letters and lectures about the flying saucers, the negligibility of death, and the true nature of time. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prudence consists in knowing how to recognize the nature of disadvantages, and how to choose the least sorry one as good. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

I am not sure now if I ever proceeded to knock; it is quite possible, given the alarming nature of what I heard, that I judged it best to withdraw altogether. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“We must make, ah, some offering, that is, some contact with nature. Perhaps some simple creature might be the vehicle through which He will speak. Let us see.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since they knew nothing about the magical nature of the preserve, there was no way they could possibly relate to what she had experienced. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He was a being formed in the “very poetry of nature.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah. Tell me about the nature of your inquiry.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Ariston, in turn, was something of a reformist within the Stoic school, holding that studies of nature and logic were a waste of time because such truths were fundamentally beyond human understanding. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Yet the nature of many of the chemicals used against insects, rodents, and weeds is such that they may strike directly at this system, disrupting its beautifully functioning mechanism. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

However, it did not take long to reveal the true nature of her return. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

The ubiquity of illegal drug activity, combined with its consensual nature, requires a far more proactive approach by law enforcement than what is required to address ordinary street crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

This is the nature of the tracker jacker venom, so carefully created to target the place where fear lives in your brain. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The second is of a kind that is always associated with the shotgun approach to nature: the spraying also eliminates a great many plants that were not its intended target. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

But there I was again—watching nature videos to help me fall asleep. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

And they, most recently off nature’s mold, sense that they have only narrowly missed being another of her jokes. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But to understand where Descartes’ preoccupation with laws of nature comes from we must consider a text that has not previously been discussed in this context. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It was only possible to keep so many kids in line because they were not actually kids—because there was some older nature inside them, warring against and balancing their childish impulses. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“And even if you do, don’t forget, Willodeen, that not all wildfires are started by people. Sometimes they’re nature’s way of cleaning out a forest to make room for new growth.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

In nature it is kept in check by various predators such as ladybugs, a gall midge, predaceous mites and several pirate bugs, all of them extremely sensitive to insecticides. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Will we ever come to an end in our understanding of the nature of matter, or is there an infinite regression into more and more fundamental particles? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

With 238 protons and neutrons, uranium is the largest atom in nature. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I greatly fear that she is of too super-sensitive a nature to go through the world without trouble. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Black, white, or whatever, they were the menaces of nature; they were the fire, the comet, the storm, which could—with no justification—shatter my body. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The three men have a brief yet engaging conversation about clocks and the nature of time before Mr. A. H— makes a polite excuse and fades into the background again. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“If you mix paint together, that’s true, but if you’re talking about just the colors, pure in nature, they make white when mixed together. I brought this wheel to prove it.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

They live in evil times and their nature too has much of evil, so that they never have rest from toil and sorrow. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Carr had befriended me, and I quickly learned that she was a force of nature—charismatic, powerful, and inspiring. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And to hear David talk about it, it's like it all happened because a long, long time ago people tried to mess with human nature and ended up making it worse. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

But few are as isolated and cut off as we are from the joys of nature, which can be shared by rich and poor alike. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Recognizing that they had a strong ally in nature, they devised a program that makes maximum use of natural controls and minimum use of insecticides. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Occasionally, he would exclaim over a view or regard with admiration some passing marvel of nature, but mostly to him hiking was a tiring, dirty, pointless slog between distantly spaced comfort zones. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning, when I emerged from my room, the locals were out and about cleaning up the mess, and a few drunken tourists were still celebrating their victory over nature. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Anyone who tries to occupy this ‘best of both worlds’ position needs to face up to a further challenge, that of fleshing out the notion that nature pushes back. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“If I am given permission to manage them as I see fit, I have no doubt that their better natures will prevail,” Penelope answered rather boldly. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Hedge’s nature magic had brought him back from the brink. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I see she has a passionate nature. No doubt she continues to he,” insists Durufle. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He talked to their pictures in Helen’s magazines, explaining the nature of life difficulties — how matters that one day seemed material, and hard with importance, could the next day simply vaporize. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s more fun to watch than any nature show I’ve ever seen on TV. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Perhaps this is because they enclose the unique, the spectacular, the astounding—the greatest waterfall, the deepest canyon, the highest cliff, the most stupendous works of man or nature. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yesterday she'd had the thought that Ruby's gift expressed her nature, and it did, but not the way Minya wanted it to. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I intervened in this piece of charming youthful désespoir; countering that some philosophers say governments were instituted to protect the natural rights of the citizen; to which Octavian said that nature recognizes no rights. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The style of teaching was Socratic in nature; ideas and theories were elucidated through the leaders asking and answering questions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grew silent and reserved as the nature of the world in which I lived became plain and undeniable; the bleakness of the future affected my will to study. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A film of red dust on his hair and eyebrows and the tip of his strong chin gave him a fiendish look untrue to his nature. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dr. Martin says that feathers should not be removed from nature unless for Indigenous or religious reasons.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

We went on lots of nature walks and wrote down what we saw—as least, I did. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

To illustrate nature’s musical laws we can use a piece of pipe or tubing. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

It was as if all nature ignored what went on in the camp. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But, my dear knight, how could yours truly foresee a calamity of this nature?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And he threatened you. Can you tell me the exact nature of the threat?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Descartes describes something in nature as a machine it is biological entities which he always has in mind. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“As ready as we’ll ever be. If my nature spirits can stop them anywhere, this is the place.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The weird thing I keep thinking about, what if something happens when I get older and I turn out to be another accident of nature? Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

And as for future voyages, I’ve grown accustomed to the nature of this ship and these waters. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

As soon as she recognized the nature of her husband’s unhappiness, Sherri knew they were doomed and reacted accordingly by commencing one, and then several, affairs. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

If that’s not the coolest nature fact ever, I don’t know what is. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Pausing to turn a page, the lad saw her looking and, with boyish good nature offered half his paper, saying bluntly, “want to read it? That’s a first-rate story.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some would simply deny that it is possible to escape culture and discover nature in the way that scientists claim. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

From all the available evidence, there seemed to be little doubt that McCandless—rash and incautious by nature—had committed a careless blunder, confusing one plant for another, and died as a consequence. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama used to tease that I was all nature and numbers, like my father. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

We drove deep into the Meadowlands to a nature preserve and hiked to the river’s edge. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

When I first visited the homes of whites, I was often dumbfounded by the number and nature of questions that children asked of their parents — and their parents’ unfailing willingness to answer them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What Jack says doesn’t matter. It’s Dennis. Are you willing to talk to Dennis? He will say it’s the nature of things that you can always find what you need.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nailer stared at the bonfires, thinking about the nature of luck. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Once again in the South, the combination of sexual and economic dangers ignited a thunderous reaction, but members of the Citizens’ Councils followed a course of action suited to the conservative nature of their class. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“And during this time, doctor, what precisely has been the nature and content of your work?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

For a variety of reasons, both blacks and whites distorted the nature of this black success story and its significance to other African-Americans. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But by now I am accustomed to intelligent people asking about the condition of my body without realizing the nature of their request. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The intellectual apparatus of the new science—facts, experiments, theories, laws of nature, evidence—did not establish its worth by philosophical arguments; its success depended upon the fact that, in practice, it produced good results. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It took nature hundreds of millions of years to evolve a bacterium, and billions to make a grasshopper. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hizdahr did not seem to be of a jealous nature, but no man would be pleased by the presence of a rival suitor near his new bride. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I rose; I dressed myself with care: obliged to be plain—for I had no article of attire that was not made with extreme simplicity—I was still by nature solicitous to be neat. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

What with this and the trouble yesterday concerning the lack of water in the radiator, it would not be unreasonable for an observer to believe such general disorganization endemic to my nature. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Darwin’s gift was natural history—the reconstruction of history by observing nature. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He expounded his ideas about medicine, human nature, politics, and business. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scientists took that leap, for calculus is the language of nature. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

First, it confirmed his growing concern that the architects were losing sight of the nature of the thing they were proposing to build. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Stuart was a courteous mouse by nature, but Harriet said she didn’t need any help. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was not in Gerris Drink- water’s nature to imagine they might fail, let alone that they might die. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Didn’t he say that it’s our culture which allows us to believe that violence is an aberration, and that the primitive warfare we choose to ignore is a manifestation of nature, biology, and instinct? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Ah! Except in my bad side of human nature,” murmured Biddy. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Alabama and common law pleading, for instance, was a subject so ethereal in nature that Henry passed it only by memorizing the book. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

They have to be allowed to live lives that fit their natures. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Man, however much he may like to pretend the contrary, is part of nature. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

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

Such is the nature of childhood trauma, I guess. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

And because nature was the embodiment of reason it was, in principle, possible to deduce how things had to be. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

If you were going to devise an experiment to measure the relative influences of nature versus nurture, you couldn’t come up with anything better than my life. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But since 1572 the world has been caught up in a vast Scientific Revolution that has transformed the nature of knowledge and the capacities of humankind. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

There is still very limited awareness of the nature of the threat. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

From his putting his finger to his lips, I gathered that he expected her to wake before long and was afraid of forestalling nature. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Some time elapsed before, with all my efforts, I could comprehend my scholars and their nature. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The Law of the Few, which I talked about in the previous chapter, says that one critical factor in epidemics is the nature of the messenger. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was this static view of nature that Darwin found troubling. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Lindy’s drawing up articles of incorporation, which will protect your personal assets from any real or perceived vulnerabilities or liabilities of a professional nature.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor can you understand the complexities of computing—the nature of algorithms, or the storage or corruption of data—without comprehending the structural anatomy of digitized information. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“As Bando always says, Ask nature questions, and you will get answers.’ Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

In 1932 another source of information was dramatically opened up to me and I saw data of a surprising nature that helped to clarify the personality of Bigger. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

There were no terraces here, because there was no vista—Romans saw no point in gazing at nature. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The balance of nature is not a status quo; it is fluid, ever shifting, in a constant state of adjustment. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Bardic recitation was by nature collective and unifying; the reading of books, by contrast, promoted independence, privacy, and the hoarding of knowledge by the privileged few. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Competition was in her very nature; she couldn’t help herself. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The problem was, his nature was going to get us all killed. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We became unnatural the moment we conquered death, Scythe Faraday would say—but couldn’t that be a reason to seek whatever nature we could find within ourselves? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“It’s about Dust,” said the cat dæmon, and Will marveled to hear part of his own nature telling him something he didn’t know. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“But how do people live out there, Shay? Like the Rusties? Burning trees for heat and burying their junk everywhere? It’s wrong to live in nature, unless you want to live like an animal.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He'd started the local community garden down the block and preserved his favorites in frames, decorating the deli's whitewashed walls with the brightest colors nature could provide. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The man had a little lisp and he was describing pollination, which he described as nature’s way to reproduce. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He will be aiming for me, and I remember how I’d trained for him with the others, how Roshan had warned me of his adaptable nature. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I knew even then he had a nature that did not waste anything. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fridays are devoted to Civilization Night, when classes are held for brothers and sisters in the area of the domestic relations, emphasizing how both husbands and wives must understand and respect each other’s true natures. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

By some strange twist of nature, Little Ann was destined to go through life without being a mother. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom wondered if she should have let me watch so many nature shows where animals eat each other. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was a part of her nature that some of the other black employees at Langley found mysterious, even vexing. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He leaned up and kissed her, going against every grain of his nature. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The nature of the wounds—each inflicted by a different person. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A lot of folks have been focusing on the violent nature of the lyrics. Do you think they encouraged those students at that school to act out violently?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

So if nature accounts for half of a child’s destiny, what accounts for the other half? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

That's great, but having seen the fragile nature of my handiwork, I wanted a good long test of the pressure seal. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

We prefer, none the less, to recognise human nature as we find it displayed in the everyday behaviour of the civilised majority in modern life—imperfect, no doubt, but certainly cooperative and frequently benevolent. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, conservationists argue for keeping this unpopulous region as close to nature as possible. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She said it made us appreciate the gifts of nature; it made us closer to the land. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“You only have to risk your life every second you spend with me, that’s surely not much. You only have to turn your back on nature, on humanity . . . what’s that worth?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Even though it doesn’t agree with the way nature seems to work, Planck’s strange hypothesis—that molecular vibrations were quantized—led to the correct formula for the frequencies of light that come off an object. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I read all about Sodom and Gomorrah, had questions about the nature of brimstone. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I know what it is, he realized; I’ve never seen one before but I know it from the old nature films they show on Government TV. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Rousseau’s disparagement of the English as “a nation of shopkeepers” persists as a belief that a concern with numbers and details numbs one to the big questions, to the grandeur of nature. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is impossible today to reconstruct what actually occurred, because the exact nature of Gunda’s tumor is unrecorded and whether other factors contributed to her recovery is undocumented. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

For a few minutes he tried to enjoy the scenery running past his window, then the city man’s boredom with nature’s repetition overtook him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

For those of you who haven’t spent your whole life with a botanist mother, orchids don’t grow blue in nature. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

How I saw in her my own true nature. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

No opportunity, ever, to learn the ways of nature. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

A kind and generous man, Lewis Krakauer loved his five children deeply, in the autocratic way of fathers, but his worldview was colored by a relentlessly competitive nature. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In zoos, as in nature, the best times to visit are sunrise and sunset. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It is April now, and the rain falls in sweet showers that hathe every root and swelling hud of nature. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

By a similar process in German, the rarer term, Naturgesetz, comes to mean primarily law of nature, while the commoner term, Naturrecht, continues to mean natural law. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

In order to talk about the nature of the universe and to discuss questions such as whether it has a beginning or an end, you have to be clear about what a scientific theory is. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It's called 'nature,' Debs. You get it a lot in the countryside.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Also, as Dr. Steinhaus points out, outbreaks of insect disease in nature always remain confined to insects, affecting neither the host plants nor animals feeding on them. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

And I made some notes on a sheet of yellow paper on the nature and quality of being alone. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

From her, the first woman, comes the race of women, who are an evil to men, with a nature to do evil. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

While a baby Feral might have caused inconvenience, a baby Ruby had had a more dangerous effect, compounded by the volatility of her nature. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

What man has joined, nature is powerless to put asunder. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was right about the conventional nature of knowledge. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But it is in the nature of punctuation lovers to care about such things, and I applaud all those who seek to protect the apostrophe from misuse. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

The king was angry at some recent transgression of his, the nature of which I could not discern. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He had an all-American face that only slightly betrayed the man’s competitive nature. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He believed as firmly as Arthur did, as firmly as the benighted Christian, that there was such a thing as Right Finally, there was the impediment of his nature. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

So far, in tracing the idea of a law of nature, we have been following an established line of argument. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

"I know things, sweet lady. That is the nature of my ser-vice." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The checks that exist in nature are such that out of the millions of young produced by each pair only enough, on the average, survive to adulthood to replace the parent fish. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The best remedy for those who are frightened, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere they can be alone, alone with the sky, nature and God. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He said his bout with TB had set him to pondering about mortality and the nature of the cosmos. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Chomsky was the brainless brawn, Rand was the animus—the wild force of nature among them. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Which seems to me, when I look about at my contemporary scene, no exorbitant gift from nature or circumstance to demand “Will you wait?” Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

If laws of nature are something less than mathematical truths and something more than perceived regularities, then it would seem clear that they exist only because God has chosen to make them apply. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

What Bunderson was getting at was one of the essential aspects of the case against Reggie but also about the nature of texting or using a phone while driving: Is it inherently distracting? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

After all, what creature in nature despised its own existence and felt shame for its means of survival? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

These—as I was to discover—were emblems to inform passersby of the nature of the business or goods made or sold therein. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

They did not fare very well, though each of them negotiated some skimpily favorable remark before the protesting prosecution, which contended that personal comments of this nature were “incompetent, irrelevant, immaterial,” hushed and banished them. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luckily, the ubiquitous nature of music and arts as an expressive form found in all cultures, allows for extensive exchanges of ideas from all corners of the globe. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

There are similar galaxies, as if stamped from the same mold, all over the Cosmos because these simple laws of nature—gravity and the conservation of angular momentum— are the same all over the universe. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the other condition, the subjects walked in nature. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

We might describe these three reconciliations as attempts to explain nature’s past, present, and future through the lens of the gene. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Yet the simple loveliness of the sky and sun and mountains makes me feel like nature is complicit in my country’s betrayal. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

But he valued friendship, held cheerfulness to be the goal of life and devoted a major philosophical inquiry to the origin and nature of enthusiasm. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know its moods, its color, its nature. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I had to do was let the unforgiving laws of nature run their course and I would be saved. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The hair on the back of my neck stood up and the wind was snaking all around and the weird nature sounds made me wonder what else was nearby. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

She would rather work on other codes—of nature, of crystals, of invisible structures. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

This fixed distance between a note and its higher self is something that occurs in nature - we humans didn’t invent it, we just found it to be lurking behind all musical sounds. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The extravaganza of nature’s glory was completely lost upon Cluny the Scourge. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was a flash of insight which revealed to me the true nature of my relations with my family, an insight which altered the entire course of my life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes nature makes me feel better, more human, like I’m connected to everything and everyone. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Some distance separated the bulls from each other, for they are bad-tempered, very jealous by nature and quick to fight over anything that displeases them. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Communism only works in theory, and goes against human nature. This place won’t last.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Beet sugar was a triumph of reason, of science, over the gifts of nature. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“There was a certain carnal element to the proceedings but the phenomenon was basically spiritual in nature.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I see nothing but nature and hear nothing but nature. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What would I do without you? I’d die of stress and depression before nature killed me.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He took more time eating and looking at nature and wasted no time in front of TV sitcoms or “Movies of the Week.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most poisons in nature are not that strong. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Ever since chemists began to manufacture substances that nature never invented, the problems of water purification have become complex and the danger to users of water has increased. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This blank, stealthy dream was of a different nature. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Whatever their real nature is, they’re unique among magical creatures because they aren’t limited to one kind of magic. You can find them anywhere, adapting to anything.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“This is a willow,” she said, running her hand along a thick, tall tree trunk, “the goddess tree. The bark has been used to heal for many, many years. It’s sometimes called ‘nature’s aspirin.’” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

On the left flank, Grover and his nature spirits were regrouping, entangling the enemies with bushes and weeds. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Such a grim view of human nature you have,” he says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Corinthians knew she was ashamed of him, that she would have to add him to the other secret, the nature of her work, that he could never set foot in her house. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, after rather than before the control program was launched, some research into the peculiar nature of heptachlor was done. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He is certainly a man of noble nature; poor dear Lucy was right about him. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Such materials, present as contaminants in water that also contains chemicals, may actually change the nature of the chemicals by the impact of ionizing radiation, rearranging their atoms in unpredictable ways to create new chemicals. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

And the other day I heard Atal, who has the sunniest nature of us all, crying because he had no one to play with. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was intended that I give up my nature studies, my Notebook, my beloved river. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Mastery over nature, mystery and all, was a moral duty and social obligation. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first thing Richard remembers is the twine, which, true to his nature, he refers to as a “baling implement.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Satyrs brought their reed pipes and played nature magic songs, and for a while the pine needles seemed to get fuller. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“When the fighting comes, don’t deny your slaughter nature. You are no more Richard Lopez than I am an obedient hound. Blood is not destiny, no matter what others may believe.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The other person was a man named O’Brien, a member of the Inner Party and holder of some post so important and remote that Winston had only a dim idea of its nature. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Our Führer would remind you that it makes no sense to support the weak or crippled. In nature, the weaker species simply die.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But it’s a nature show, one without human voices or ads. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Civil rights protests were frequently depicted as criminal rather than political in nature, and federal courts were accused of excessive “lenience” toward lawlessness, thereby contributing to the spread of crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

She had her own opinion, formed perhaps by her independent nature or by her ability to see things as they really were, not as others, including herself, would wish them to be. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

One minute they were above ground, a moment later there was a veritable shower of loam and topsoil as they vanished beneath the earth: nature’s own technicians. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

For Lucretius the attraction of iron by a magnet takes place according to a law of nature, and species breed true, dogs producing dogs and cats cats, according to a law of nature. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Although he instantly saw this in three-dimensional terms, the nature of his insight is now known to every schoolchild who has ever drawn a graph. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Mo's constant easygoing nature made it impossible for me to stay mad. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Because we knew that against the brutal, timeless forces of nature, the best we could hope for was a truce. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Not that Trabb’s boy was of a malignant nature, but that he had too much spare vivacity, and that it was in his constitution to want variety and excitement at anybody’s expense. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

But Homer’s Zeus is not a fact of nature. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any event, the sloppy and fatuous nature of American good will can never be relied upon to deal with hard problems. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

He said, “You don’t look dangerous, but you are, and you blend with nature like a green snake, deceptive and deadly when you want to be.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But generally during this era, throughout the Western world, the nature of criminal punishment was undergoing profound change. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which aspects of our nature will prevail is uncertain, particularly when our vision and understanding and prospects are bound exclusively to the Earth—or, worse, to one small part of it. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sculpture was made of bits and pieces of nature. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

And given the Church’s nature, there was only one thing they could have chosen. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

If one mentioned a name unfamiliar to the warders, they would interrupt the conversation, and ask who the person was and the nature of the relationship. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t prepared anything, because by now the art of giving an interview was second nature, or at least that’s what I thought. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For most of history these man-made enclaves remained very small, surrounded by expanses of untamed nature. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m close enough to nature as it is. The bathroom’s all yours.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The very substantial financial investment involved in backing and launching an insecticide may be swept away as the insects prove once more that the effective approach to nature is not through brute force. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It was his odd blindness, I think, to all problems of a personal nature which made him able at the end to transmute even Bunny’s highly substantive troubles into spiritual ones. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We were the masters of nature, the masters of the world. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody ever learned the precise nature of the role that Comrade Pillai played in the events that followed. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As though nature concealed a trap, Cathy had from the first a face of innocence. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

You don’t really want to turn nature into a big restaurant. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Should she have resisted Milton when he tried to bend nature to his will? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“To quote a famous peculiar: ‘At the heart of nature’s mystery lies another mystery.’” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Amos won the medal for overall excellence in sports, which I was really happy about because, ever since the nature retreat, I considered Amos to be like one of my best friends in school. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“What is the nature of the impediment?” he asked. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

You would be frightened because it is out of the order of nature. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

How could nature be so wrong about something so important? Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Both obsessive observers of the natural world, Darwin and Mendel made their crucial leaps by asking variants of the same question: How does “nature” come into being? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Driver ants, Ebola virus, acquired immune deficiency syndrome: all these are brooms devised by nature to sweep a small clearing very well. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I purse my lips to keep from telling him what I think of his assumption as to the nature of my character and inherent needs. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

From these days I date my love of the veld, of open spaces, the simple beauties of nature, the clean line of the horizon. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We are fortunate to witness one of nature’s oldest curiosities,” Brother Ugo had said. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

His soul overflowed with ardent affections, and his friendship was of that devoted and wondrous nature that the worldly-minded teach us to look for only in the imagination. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have become, in a painful, unwished-for way, nature itself. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of the nature of women, nothing final can be known. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Galileo makes only three references to the laws of nature, on each occasion when he is arguing against the theological objections to Copernicanism; there are no laws of nature in his more properly scientific works. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

What redeemed the life of a rice farmer, however, was the nature of that work. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Mama says, “But must they look on us as freaks of nature?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The good news is that I read the book, and because of its fantasy nature, I could not pretend that I was in the book. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“What is the nature of your business?” he asked. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Geography had been remade at the beginning of the sixteenth century by mariners; the philosophy of nature was remade in the seventeenth by the ‘mathematicians and engineers’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Human nature is the same—people at the South are the same as those at the North, barring the difference in circumstances. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

One mouth closed on a spoon meant two crying empty, feathers flying, so I dashed back and forth like a mother bird, flouting nature’s maw with a brood too large. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But to be perfectly frank, Stevens, I wasn't paying much attention to the glories of nature. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The problem with this view is that it takes the concept of ‘reality’ for granted, whereas what we need is a history of the changing nature of reality. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It brought to life and light my whole nature: in his presence I thoroughly lived; and he lived in mine. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The fact that I can make a vacuum in the laboratory, for example, need not mean that a vacuum can ever occur in nature. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I had the money, he thought in confusion, And I’m not a thief by nature. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

It gives us comfort to believe we have defined something that is, by its very nature, indefinable. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

What could be nicer than sitting before an open window, enjoying nature, listening to the birds sing, feeling the sun on your cheeks and holding a darling boy in your arms? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Or—he remembered something he’d read in a nature book—maybe he was like the prey of a snake that hypnotized its victims before it ate them. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Why is it so hard to believe? There have always been examples of regenerative abilities in nature.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

It was said that he could describe the look and nature of an animal from a single tooth or scrap of jaw, and often name the species and genus into the bargain. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Both loved the game and were highly intelligent and argumentative by nature. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Dany did not think that he would miss her, but just in case she instructed her handmaids to tell him that she was answering a call of nature, should he inquire after her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I was referring to the nature of the scar he can expect to have,” she responded scathingly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Find him. There’s a war coming. Grover was preparing the nature spirits.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Like Galileo, Kepler believed that the book of nature is written in the language of geometry. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Violence goes against his nature, which is gentle and prone to thought,” Horatio said, close by my ear. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

In the early 20th century, Carl Orff met gymnastics and dance educator Dorothée Gunther and established an innovative school for children based on the idea that all human beings are musical by nature. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He revised the first bit of the Lord’s Prayer to “Our Father, who art in nature...” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I think I still expected to see Doreen's body lying there in the pool of vomit like an ugly, concrete testimony to my own dirty nature. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

It’s like all the people migrated to these pockets of lights and noise, and they left all these miles and miles of nature completely untouched. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Understanding nature was as simple as understanding the mathematics of proportions. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Historically, the non-white complexion has evoked and exposed the “devil” in the very nature of the white man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are a freak of nature, dude. I don't know what kind of game you are playing, but you better let me go right now.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

And he thought: It was the Self, the character and nature of which I wished to learn. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Kind” means a relation, but it also means “nature.” The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They attribute the cyclical nature of racial progress to the “unstable equilibrium” that characterizes the United States’ racial order. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

So when we talk about nature’s laws we can be talking about laws governing human behaviour or laws governing nature—‘natural law’ and ‘laws of nature’, as we now say. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

If nature abhors a vacuum, an imagination adores one. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Like how a dragon isn't really just a big slimy fire-breathing monster, it's a symbol of nature or something. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

The foregoing investigation into the nature of the idea of Texas is put down as a prelude to my journeying across Texas with Charley in Rocinante. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Town Grans got their powers from the Stars, while Town Uncles got their powers from nature, and could even speak to animals. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Francis Bacon, when he writes about experiments, uses the phrases ‘the inquisition of nature’ and ‘nature vexed’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Those lost in the memory serum haze are gathered into groups and given the truth: that human nature is complex, that all our genes are different, but neither damaged nor pure. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Trust me, when nature calls at school, you'll be grateful you listened. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But although he became the most respected scientist of his time, Boyle retained his retiring, modest nature and declined many honours. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Encoded in that molecule were the loci of human perfectibility and vulnerability: once we learned to manipulate this chemical, we would rewrite our nature. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Or was he, as some historians claim, merely trying to understand the nature of hybridity in peas? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

She shone with good nature and the same vitality that Eril-Fane radiated, but without the shadow that had grown over him as they drew nearer to Weep. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“A boy can run and chase dragonflies, because that is his nature,” she said. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plants hang in the corners to “bring in some nature,” as Lola would say. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The day before the last day of school, Mr. Tushman called me into his office to tell me they had found out the names of the seventh graders from the nature retreat. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The forces of nature, at least during that geological era, would never again challenge men and women as they had Paleolithic peoples. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the nature of things she could not have an alibi to fall back upon. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What is the nature of Ebola virus?” he asked. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His essay began with the notion that all nature is at war, one organism with another, or with external nature. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We gotta run, baby girl. Uncle Jack is being moved back to his apartment at the assisted-living facility and put in hospice. We need to make sure there are groceries and things of that nature.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

In the beginning of this record I tried to explore the nature of journeys, how they are things in themselves, each one an individual and no two alike. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the search proceeded, it became more obvious that solving the mystery of nuclear structure required probes of higher energies than nature provides. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He put this burden down in front of his mother and told her to eat and drink, as this was about as much food and water as she was due by nature to consume. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Turning the wheel, working the pedals—these things should have been second nature. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Of course, there are dozens of irregular plurals, but most of them are second nature to us by the time we’re five or six. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

By her very nature, you can see she is a virgin.’ The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the real conundrum that heredity solves is much more general: What is the nature of instruction that allows an organism to build a nose—any nose—in the first place? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Yet he whom it describes scarcely impressed one with the idea of a gentle, a yielding, an impressible, or even of a placid nature. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

What could be more exciting than going to a carnival to see freaks of nature and watch someone get hypnotized? Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the fights would be racial in nature, but they might be about anything. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

By nature, he was a rigid and controlling man, and he did not think much of females. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

That is, essentially, a way of recognizing the provisional and imperfect nature of scientific reasoning. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

His identity as an outsider, a Northerner, and the nature of the crime seemed to generate heightened contempt from law enforcement officials. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She thinks she’s the only one in the house that knows anything about nature. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Though related to these abstract considerations, the mistaken belief in the mechanical nature of mathematics generally takes more prosaic forms. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In nature, such high temperatures and attendant high pressures are common only in the insides of the stars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the very center of the problem is the naked cold deadness of one’s own self, the only reality in nature of which we can have absolute certainty, and it is unmentionable, unthinkable. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m totally counting it as a legitimate relationship, because if I ever felt this way about another aspect of nature, it would absolutely feel like cheating. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I maintain that nurture, rather than nature, is the primary molder of personality, but my father possessed a proud rebelliousness, a stubborn sense of fairness, that I recognize in myself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Debussy’s hanging chords, with the dampers kept away from the strings, represented a kind of return to nature, a move away from the more artificial sound of block chords. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

After all, there were only two logical possibilities for the nature of the void, and both implied that the infinite exists. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I was in defiance of nature just by touching it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Bigwig, his warm, impulsive nature stirred by curiosity and pity, went across the run. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He never comprehended, for example, the transparent nature of glass, and in moments of great emotion he would charge the windows at a gallop, with the innocent intention of catching a fly. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that, the likelihood of their temporary nature, perhaps made them even more powerful in their beauty. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The farmlands of modern agriculture are highly artificial, unlike anything nature ever conceived. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

But it wasn’t in Marian’s nature to defy rules. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Geisbert spent so much time staring at the virus, one of the true horrors of nature, that the shapes became implanted in his mind. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were students of the expressions of young women as they went in to confession, and they saw them as they came out and read the nature of the sin. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s entirely possible that they lived out their lives in that wild country, rediscovering their true nature after their years of captivity. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Calculus was the very language of nature, yet its very fabric was infused with zeros and infinities that threatened to destroy the new tool. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Grandma was a force of nature—impatient, aggressive, self-possessed. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Because of the clandestine nature of these exchanges, information would come slowly in bits and pieces. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now you look a here, that’s just God’s way. Something ain’t going right in your innards, nature got to do something about it. Second time, you gone catch.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

In her autobiography, Elizabeth described Bayard as “a tall, fully developed man, remarkably fine looking, with cultivated literary taste and a profound knowledge of human nature.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Evolution occurred in scientific progress as it happened in nature: a positive trait was passed along, then proliferated; obsolete characteristics withered away, and the technology and the organization evolved into something new. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

We would discover the nature of other civilizations. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Percy was a child of Poseidon’s better nature—powerful, but gentle and helpful, the kind of sea that sped ships safely to distant lands. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

For while our noses and lungs feasted on nature’s goodness, our eyes were assaulted by evidence of her savagery. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were skeptical at first, but after I described the unique nature of the quest, and what I believed the payoff for solving it might be, they finally agreed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I finally chose the schools to apply to according to the sound of their names, the beauty of their brochures, the personality of the coach’s letter, and the nature of their curriculum. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

First rounds of examination of “The Waterloo Letters” by experts have yet to reveal any evidence of classified information or otherwise compromising content outside of the nature of the First Son’s relationship with Prince Henry. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

What I am now describing, incidentally, is one of many instances I could relate to you to underline Lord Darlington's essentially shy and modest nature. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

We went horseback riding in the morning, and in the afternoon we rappelled up some ginormous trees with the help of the nature guides. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

These days it is reassuring to know that nature and physics, in their present meanings, have been interconnected in our minds, by a sort of hunch, for all these years. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They was poor folk but with a generous nature. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A heresy since the 13th century, this law states that a balance exists in nature: “For every apostrophe omitted from an it’s, there is an extra one put into an its.” Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

Quiet by nature, she lamented the lack of privacy in the dormitory she shared with ten other girls. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I sat thinking of Aunt Addie, her stern face, her forbidding nature, her caution, her restraint, her keen struggle to be good and holy. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The golden ratio was favored by artists and nature alike and seemed to prove the Pythagorean assertion that music, beauty, architecture, nature, and the very construction of the cosmos were all intertwined and inseparable. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Seeing the contented face of nature, this may at first be well doubted; but reflection will inevitably prove it to be true. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ancients did refer to the ‘laws’ of nature when they wanted to say that nature is regular and predictable, but they never identified any particular scientific principle as a law. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I was born happy, I love people, I have a trusting nature, and I’d like everyone else to be happy too. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“We need to penetrate the inner place... Now it is Lord Voldemort’s obstacles that stand in our way, rather than those nature made...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Vincent sees art and poetry in the storms of life and in the storms of nature, unlike his parents. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

A few minor gods and nature spirits had tried to stop Kronos. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The scenery of external nature, which others regard only with admiration, he loved with ardour:— Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

I explained to him, however, that my nature was such that my physical needs often got in the way of my feelings. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

But I never deluded myself as to the real nature of my playmates. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ruby’s gift, too, was an extension of her nature: Bonfire, blazing like a beacon, burning like a wildfire out of control. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

As the club’s leader, I soon learned the nature of the fight. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

His only interests were of a spiritual nature. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We might want to say that these virtues and this limit can be summed up in the word ‘objectivity’; but objectivity is a nineteenth-century concept and implies new ways of observing nature and recording information. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Billee’s one fault was his excessive good nature, while Joe was the very opposite, sour and introspective, with a perpetual snarl and a malignant eye. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

Press coverage hyped the personal nature of the conflict between the offender and specific victim. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Hutchison decided that Lhakpa was right—there was only one choice, however difficult: let nature take its inevitable course with Beck and Yasuko, and save the group’s resources for those who could actually be helped. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The first essay is on nature, by a writer I've never heard of who spends pages describing a lake. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It is possible, however, that the tradition was wrong not simply about the methods by which knowledge was obtained but about the nature of knowledge itself. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“So many nature spirits dead, Percy. So many!’ The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He was a member of the Eleatic school of thought, whose founder, Parmenides, held that the underlying nature of the universe was changeless and immobile. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

On Friday, before anyone arose, he watched the appearance of nature again until he did not have the slightest doubt but that it was Monday. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Quiet and moody by nature, Ang Dorje seemed especially somber as we sat together watching the sun come up. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Some show a shrewd knowledge of human nature:— Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You try standing up to my mom. She’s a force of nature.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

At least seven different shades of hair color that did not occur in nature. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they’d known more about the nature of the work behind the noise, and the successes being chalked up by the strange folks next door, the neighbors might have asked for a tour. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I think of my father, a born Erudite, not Divergent; a man who could not help but be smart, choosing Abnegation, engaging in a lifelong struggle against his own nature, and ultimately fulfilling it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

They had adjusted to nature instead of to man-made gadgets. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

True to her nature, Dedd had made the best of things, eager for order, eager for peace. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That this part of my nature was wasted on Call didn’t matter. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put Coalwood and even my parents out of my mind and took in all the sounds and sights and smells of God’s nature everywhere about me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Did she know?—had she heard any thing about her, since their being at Randalls?—he felt much anxiety—he must confess that the nature of her complaint alarmed him considerably.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

If nature truly abhorred a vacuum so much, the mercury in the tube would have to stay put so as not to create a void. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Her long pointed wings; wide shoulders; and strong, tapered body were sculpted by the wind, the open sky, and the nature of her ancestral prey—swift birds. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Each to him was a triumph of logic and mechanics, and nature as a whole was an exceptionally fine illustration of science. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

His showed a balanced, honest nature, while Areida used to say mine proved me imaginative, impulsive, and always in a hurry. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I enjoyed feeling totally alive and a part of nature. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She tries, but it just isn’t in her nature. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

It is desired that the investigation of subject be most searching and pointed towards ascertaining the nature of her present activity and the identity of her associate. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A body must follow the call of nature, even in the dead of the night. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobles’ sons are one of nature’s great destructive forces, like floods or tornadoes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But if humans can make new varieties of plants and animals, must not nature do so also? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We got to the nature reserve at around noon. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Do you think...Do you think if someone had a wild part, it could ever be tamed out? If it’s in his nature? Inherited?” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Of all the major human mysteries—God, the nature of the universe, etc.—he knew the least about tampons. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

It would mean making some quite fundamental changes in our attitudes toward each other, if we were really to think of ourselves as indispensable elements of nature. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I consider informing her that there’s hardly any red in nature and that maybe she should try green, but I figure, why start something? A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Axel was so sure that nature was where the eagle was meant to be, that returning to the sky and to his parents was all that mattered, but now he isn’t so sure. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

More than any scientist before him, Bateson also grasped the idea that the discontinuous nature of genetic information carried vast implications for the future of human genetics. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

To ask the nature of a lawyer’s defense before the trial? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there was only one way of solving a dispute of this nature. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Then I’d like to go for a walk, in a garden with some trees, watch their colors, watch the birds, take in the nature that I haven’t seen in so long now. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was another lesson in nature’s savage power. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

However, zero is too powerful even for nature. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Whenever we have something that we are good at—something we care about—that experience and passion fundamentally change the nature of our first impressions. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Besides, the bears had never met anything quite like Lord Asriel’s own haughty and imperious nature. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The child grew comely, fine and strong; he was dark of nature and silent, yet all saw in him some likeness to the lost Arek. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

If a man can come to a conference of this nature and play the type of politics he has played — very few people would like to deal with such a man. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one knew where anv of the filoviruses came from; no one knew where they lived in nature. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both of us had our moments of getting back to nature, Chapter Eleven in the U.P. and me in my bush in Golden Gate Park. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The nature of light was a problem that had consumed scientists for centuries. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Integration by its nature was a political act, but the get-togethers themselves weren’t political at all. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

If you look at the classical nature painting above, you will see a lot of “white space.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

From his brief readings, he knew they weren’t particularly aggressive by nature, but provoked...He looked to his co-candidates. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He had detected the latent sensuality, which unfolded under his delicate sense of her nature’s requirements like a torpid, torrid, sensitive blossom. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rachel was Miss Priss and now she is a freak of nature. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The strength of it frightened him, but it was a clean fear such as one might have before a magnificent force of nature—a volcano, for example. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was Scythe Faraday’s humble and serious “old-guard” nature that had made an impression on Rowan. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

While gene was evolving into “nature” and “kind,” bbeu was moving through similar transformations. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but you say that God gives us freedom. Does he not also give us in nature the means to make ourselves well or ill?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“How is de son gointuh be before his paw? Nature is de first of everything. Ever since self was self, nature been keepin’ folks off of red-hot stoves. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Funny, but he had never been bothered by Tyger’s shallow nature before. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

In a paper titled “The Nature and Nurture of Economic Outcomes,” the economist Bruce Sacerdote addressed the nature- nurture debate by taking a long-term quantitative look at the effects of parenting. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Dr. Macklin felt he was watching “something colossal, something in nature too big to grasp.” Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Cyrus explained softly to Adam the nature of a soldier. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But observing nature, it turned out, was very different from experimenting with nature. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

My walls are decorated with images of the Fibonacci spiral in nature: flower petals, pinecones, nautilus shells, far-off galaxies. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Procter and Gamble had similar but more severe problems a few years ago with reference to the numerico-symbolic nature of its logo. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put the flowers in a vase and the greens in the cold cellar; they would be for dinner, in the nature of a surprise. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“You have a good nature, Piper. And I’m a nature spirit. I know what I’m talking about.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She had grown to have some of the nature of an individual, stamped on the simple feelings of the child-queen who had once received her present of captives. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twisting streets were full of demigods and nature spirits and minor godlings bustling about, riding chariots or sedan chairs carried by Cyclopes. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The Changs agreed — a lawn like this was more than just nature, just life. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I respect your parsimonious nature,” he says, and then continues arranging constellations his own way as he mumbles facts about outer space. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is often said that nature has no disdain, and therefore the natural death lacks the concept of anger, of revenge, of meanness, and that it is even sometimes—shudder—beautiful. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was a lovely morning; the bright sunshine and all the fresh feeling of early autumn seemed like the completion of nature’s annual work. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The company was right not to revise it to Think Differently: the verb think can take an adjectival complement which refers to the nature of the thoughts being entertained. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, underneath all the mathematics, Leibniz’s differentials still had the same forbidden 0/0 nature that plagued Newton’s fluxions. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She gives and gives and gives; that is her nature. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

This morning, when I was sitting in front of the window and taking a long, deep look outside at God and nature, I was happy, just plain happy. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Certainly, that night at the nature reserve was one of the low points.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The charges are in the general nature of treason, which is to say anti-Mobutism, and the most likely sentence will be life imprisonment, though there are other possibilities. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another edifice constructed by the human mind, decimated by human nature. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He was all peevish that you always take the car because of your, what did he say? Oh yeah, selfish nature.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nature of men is such that they find themselves obligated as much for the benefits they confer as for those they receive. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps a bit of her competitive nature was rubbing off on him. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Like Fleeming Jenkin, Galton quickly realized that his cousin had got the principle right, but not the mechanism: the nature of inheritance was crucial to the understanding of Darwin's theory. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

She was lively and high-spirited, yet had a serenity and a good nature that never seemed to get ruffled. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smiles were rare enough, given the nature of her work, but on such a night as this, with such discoveries, it was unthinkable. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But there are other kinds of red shifts in nature. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Denying the validity of the nature/artifice distinction was a key move which made the Scientific Revolution possible: see above, pp. 332-4. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Feeling an urgent call of nature, Chronicler pushed his way through the bloodred sumac at the side of the road. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Was nature somehow perturbed less by a vacuum on top of a mountain than by a vacuum in the valley? Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

If DNA was truly the gene carrier, he reasoned, then its structure should illuminate the nature of the gene. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

As we drive, I stay quiet, which is against my nature but necessary at the moment. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Why would eighteenth-century musicians have wanted to do away with nature’s musical laws? The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was my intuition that kept me away, the suspicious nature I’d developed since our journey in Mexico. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Mary led the way along a hard path above the mud; like many things the mulefa had made, it was ancient and perfectly maintained, more like a part of nature than something imposed on it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Frigidity is in her nature. Sort of like being a know-it-all is in yours.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But he couldn’t stop reading him, he said, because it had become increasingly obvious to him that Freud had possessed an almost uncanny insight into the nature of man. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

At 150, the Hutterites believe, something happens — something indefinable but very real — that somehow changes the nature of community overnight. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have written much about the woods, being in the woods, being in nature, as it was for me a very real kind of sanctuary—a safe place. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Franklin regarded nature as an antagonist that would inevitably submit to force, good breeding, and Victorian discipline. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you spend a lot of time with nature, you inevitably run into the concept, the reality of death. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He envied her the specificity of her task, so unlike the elusive nature of his. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

During the month that he had known her the nature of his desire for her had changed. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But it is necessary to know how to colour over this nature effectively, and to be a great pretender and dissembler. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Now, comrades, what is the nature of this life of ours? Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

He despised her spirit of sacrifice, her severity, her vocation for poverty, and her unshakable chastity, which he felt as a reproach toward his own egotistical, sensual, power- hungry nature. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They ooohed and aaahed, and at least once every three minutes, one way or another, someone said that nature was wonderful. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t what lay at the end of her road that frightened Ammu as much as the nature of the road itself. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It arose from discordant beliefs about the nature and purpose of architecture. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z