“Don’t be afraid. You are not a heretic. Report what you have learned, and waste no more time.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

His conjecture that the orbits of the planets are circumscribed by the five platonic solids were no more supported by Tycho’s data than by Copernicus’. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the daytime, the girl was no more than a creaking bedspring, a patter of footsteps overhead. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

White people had preempted that point of elevation and there was no more room. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The river was no more than fifty or sixty yards across, and it wasn’t long before Dicey saw the opposite bank rise over her head, capped by a tangle of undergrowth and trees. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t want to hear no more ’bout it!” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Families were being further torn asunder, and those left behind knew no more about their own fate than they did of the loved ones moving on. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it was put to them in this light, they had no more to say. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Daddy says, “That was a deep dude right there. Real deep. They don’t make rappers like that no more.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Being the man of the house means no more school for me and certainly more working hours. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The younger, no more than fifteen, had an even longer braid, dyed a garish green. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then, tilting his wrist, he watched the blood cross back, no thicker, no more vibrant, than that of a chicken. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

There were no seizures and no more choking. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Then we shall say no more about it just now,” said Dumbledore more kindly, “but continue with our story where we left off. You remember where that was?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then, when he could eat no more, Sibanda would return to his home and would refuse to eat. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“That we live differently. It is charitable to say no more. Let me pass.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just Milligan. And no more questions. We have to proceed. Now, which of you is George?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s fine, ma’am. We have no more interest in him.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I could tell from the set of his lips, he would say no more on this subject. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Standard Soviet tradecraft was to wait no more than five minutes at a pub- lic meeting spot—any longer could attract attention. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Desdemona would have felt no more ashamed had she herself been for sale, displayed naked on the green sofa, a price tag hanging from her foot. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

After all, a man can stand so much and no more. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He come with us, and ask many men who are rough and hot; these be better fellows too when they have been no more thirsty. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She could do no more to us now. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Most of all, no more living room debates. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Let them go, but see that they take no more than the clothes upon their backs. Make certain that all their gold remains here with us. Their stores of food as well.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It pleased the man that they need buy no more fuel. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The defense lawyer had filed no written pleadings and uttered no more than twelve transcript lines at sentencing. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He looked out through the smoke and saw no more blue troops; they had pulled back. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The noise shook the air like thunder, and the people were no more. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

In that bedeviled army there would be no more recruits. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holly, in whom loyalty was second nature, had said no more to queer the pitch. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were no more piano lessons, for one thing. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The burglary would be pulled; sometimes it took no more than ten minutes. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please, Lili, no more about the boy. He will not go on the list.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

There were as many as 400,000 African miners working on the Reef, most of them making no more than two shillings a day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not just any fisherman. My daddy. And he don’t fish no more. Roanoke River too far away, plus there ain’t been no real bites in a long time.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He wished he had more time to deliberate, but there was no more time—the gym door would be unlocked any minute. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The word was no more than a whisper. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Many whined overhead or struck the water nearby; but there were no more hits. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Till this day, I don’t know nothing about Washington, D.C., just that I don’t ever want to go there no more. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

To-day we pass on, we see it no more, and we are different, changed in some infinitesimal way. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, when I can toss and turn no more, I pull on a robe over my nightgown and go outside into the late-morning sun. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The machine shop was no more than a dozen yards away, its lights illuminating the gate and the path. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

How could heat-killed bacterial debris—no more than a lukewarm soup of microbial chemicals—have transmitted a genetic trait to a live bacterium by mere contact? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He had long since come to the conclusion that her brand of fortune- telling was really no more than lucky guesswork and a spooky manner. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I will take no more risks. I have found a woman here—a good woman. She keeps me warm at night, and she carries no dreams in her heart. She is safe.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if you don’t care to hear no more about it, well, maybe that’s your conscience. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“Now, Reynard, no more interruptions. I have a great deal of work to do.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

‘Bummer,’ Leo said, though secretly he thought that no more prophecies might be a good thing. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

And from that moment, there was an ease and friendliness between her and them, and she felt nervous no more. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He had eaten no more than half a day past, but there was no joy in dead meat, even deer. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There’s no more huddling in bed now, rehashing anything. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Sorry I didn’t make it to your ma’s service, Doc. I just...couldn’t take no more.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Still, he was rather relieved that there were no more than ten to name. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

I can sleep tomorrow, being no more than luggage in a boat, as you might say.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

To that she emphatically said “God forbid!” and no more. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie would no more forget her than the snow would forget to fall on Camel’s Hump Mountain. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The tiredness ended, the bones stopped aching and I had no more nosebleeds. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had no more idea of what was involved than a small child who says he will accompany the climbers up the fell. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they are away from their families — in different contexts — older siblings are no more likely to be domineering and younger siblings no more likely to be rebellious than anyone else. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is a giant umbrella concept meaning no more nor less than the fitting of a speech to the temper and expectations of its audience. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

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

I loaded twenty liters; enough for the test but no more. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout the war, ground personnel lived in underground dugouts they built themselves, no more than trenches covered with logs and soil—or even just with canvas. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun’s office was unharmed, but it was no more than twenty feet from the fire. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Everyone goes a different way. Keep a steady but mindful pace, the same speed we keep on the trail when we move camp. An hour’s walk, no more, then you find a lookout and wait.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

"Well, I suggest she get used to it soon, or there won't be no more running," Ma said. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Six decades and two years, no more than a passing glance of time, separate Mendel’s initial experiments on peas and the court-mandated sterilization of Carrie Buck. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

As I watched, I thought of how he had said, “One day I will walk off across the fields, and you will see no more of me.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

In various court documents, judges described Cofield as a “con artist,” “no more than a gadfly and an exploiter of the court system,” and “the most litigious inmate in the system.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

And once he concluded that he had been right about Bunnicula, there has been no more talk about vampires. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘And you can say what you like, about what you know no more of than you do of boating, Mr. Sandyman,’ retorted the Gaffer, disliking the miller even more than usual. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

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

Now he could no more excise it from his brain cells than he could sever his past from his future. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But one morning she announced that she would wait no more, and the seeds went into the ground that day, followed by biweekly applications of the thick black fertilizer she concocted in the evenings. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Then let them send you home and you’ll be in no more danger.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

"He offers him back to me without ransom, provided I withdraw my levies from His Grace and vow to fight no more." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And she said no more about my leaving. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, he had found a few pieces, enough to convince him that Jon had indeed been murdered, but that was no more than the spoor of an animal on the forest floor. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Otherwise he lay quiet like a bruised fledgling, with the dry, parched lips of exhaustion and a body which could struggle no more. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would take one home each week to Gebu, and there would be no more beatings. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

It will remain so till it flows no more.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The moonlight came into the hallway through doorways of the empty rooms of Billy’s two children, children no more. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then my future as a deserter is no more appealing. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Each blindfolded child was no more than ten years old, and though they looked rather foolish dressed in the costumes of the gods, there was something charming about it. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

No more me, no more star-crossed lovers living happily ever after, no more wedding. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No more alligators, no more poisonous snakes, no more stealing,” Chuck Muckle said. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had no more time to argue with him, for at that moment Mr. Derby emerged from the front door of the house, angrily holding up a weak and sobbing Mrs. Derby. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are no more Smeaths, they must have moved or died off, or got married. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how handsome the house, once I enter I’m a servant girl—no more than a black slave. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

As for the actual story itself: there will be no more math. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The inn was really no more than a large stone cottage with a room over the big kitchen, a loft above the stable, and tables in the hall good for sleeping on or under. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time they reached the ducks, he could eat no more. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I work day and night and have a small drawing ready for you which I'll send bye and bye. I have no more money for a stamp, excuse the postcard.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t want to. It was the only copy I ever signed. You see why I signed no more. You see why no one can ever know the truth about R. M. Wildsmith.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

They needed to be very careful with the little food they had left, in case there were no more food handouts and Vincent de Paul didn’t reopen. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

And now hearing you speak I trust you less, no more than Boromir. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Mr. Grasso worked at construction sites, where he probably earned no more than thirty dollars a week. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Go on, friend Arthur. We want here no more concealments. Our hope now is in knowing all. Tell freely!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“There’s no more water coming into it from anywhere else, but there’s so much more of it here than up there.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I could feel his heart beating, but it beat only twice, very slowly, loud and hollow like the waves on the beach, and then no more. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were to do no more than destroy these haunts for snipers; this done, our work was complete; the docks should be secure; we were to return and await further orders. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“You’re doing a great job, son, but no more sneaking around at night—especially with your sister. You hear me?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Let us rise up and go out, back through the years, where the burden of all this misery lies on us no more, back to you and me alone, Mother! All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He said not to come no more,” the boy finally said to his mother when he had finished his supper. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

First thing the next morning we were put to work right away, with no more time to recover from our torturous train ride like at Bergen-Belsen. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then, when I realized he had no more to say on the subject, I said, “Thank you, Mr. Morrow. Thank you for telling me all of that.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The memory made Arya smile, and after that the darkness held no more terrors for her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I said s’pose George went into town tonight and you never heard of him no more.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whereas at first I gutted fish and peeled their skin fastidiously, soon I no more than rinsed off their slimy slipperiness before biting into them, delighted to have such a treat between my teeth. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Former faction members are required to move closer to Erudite headquarters and mix, no more than four members of a particular faction in each dwelling. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

In a matter of weeks Richard Parker became constipated and his bowel movements came no more than once a month, so my dangerous janitoring was hardly worth it from a sanitary point of view. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m back in front of my laptop, faced with a greater challenge: the inscription for my headstone in no more than eight words. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

This she said and more, but no more than this did Wang Lung hear upon his bed, for his thought stopped at what she had said. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t even steal no more. Not from grocery stores or nothin’.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Four thirty was the so-called “magic hour”—after that point, no more changes could be made to the next day’s paper. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I could not help the fact that I was a murderer, no more than the poet can help the inspiration to sing.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The three American tourists were coming their way; no more circling or sneaking. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He had suffered a concussion but gradually regained consciousness through the dawn and staggered about half-blinded into the open, with no more sense of direction than an insect rushing at flame. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shortly after sunrise we come down the steep road into Livingstonville, a small town of no more than forty houses and stores cozied at the confluence of the Cats- kill and Lake creeks. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last, when they could cry no more, they talked. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t come in cones no more. I can give you a—” “That’s all right. Give me whatever it comes in,” she said to the man. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Soon the memory of this place would fade and the family would talk no more about it. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

They spent an hour at the beach, no more. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

As our truck moves slowly in the crowd of people, the wide, paved boulevard gives way to windy, dusty roads that are no more than wagon trails. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So I know no more about it than you do.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Mr. Bowditch. And now—please—no more discoveries tonight!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sharp edge of a rock loomed up, and he knew no more. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

But once there was no more wool to spin, she felt as though her presence in the house just made her mother try less. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It happened no more than a handful of times each year, though more often in the summer months. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

There will be no more life in the oceans, where the Midgard serpent writhes. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

It was no more than six paces from him when, lifting its head, it saw him; and Sam could hear its gasping breath and see the glare in its bloodshot eyes. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

There were no more than twenty, where a hundred had been accustomed to wait upon King Robert. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She was meticulous in her posture, a walking spear, in the manner of those who’d been made to bend and will bend no more. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Since the bone was broken at the thigh, it would involve no more than cutting through flesh and setting a tourniquet. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Usually they remain no more than a nuisance, but a few have evolved into something far more serious. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The man in black was no more than three hundred feet away. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

What if bringing an investigation here meant no more swimming? Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Killing the enemy is no more illegal than capturing him. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“You ask him right away, George, so he won’t kill no more of ‘em.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

They could tell him, however, no more than this, that he was under the protection of the gods. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Colin Singleton could no more stay cool than a blue whale could stay skinny or Bangladesh could stay rich. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The borders of the two tents in the clearing stood no more than four or five feet apart. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He felt something die in his heart; he saw no more happiness, no goal. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most TB patients, for example, were treated in their huts by one of the clinic’s health workers, and the entire cost was usually no more than $200 per patient. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

It’s funny, just when you think you caint admire your folks no more than you already do, something like that happens and lets you know you’re wrong. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“We want no part of any treason, you. We are good people in White Harbor, lawful, loyal people. Pour no more poison in our ears, or my good-father will send you to the Wolf’s Den.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

That’s what the witchery is counting on: that we will cling to the ceremonies the way they were, and then their power will triumph, and the people will be no more.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Pick out your strongest points and use your allotted time to present them. Two minutes for each speaker, and no more.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“But, dude, no more Finding Dory,” he says with a straight face. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I would say there were no more mushrooms left to find, except that Angelo was still finding them in spots I had just visited. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She had done her best and that wasn’t good enough and now she could do no more. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Snape looked no more than nine or ten years old, sallow, small, stringy. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The nineteenth-century realization that the living cell was no more than a bag of interconnected chemical reactions had launched a powerful discipline fusing biology and chemistry—biochemistry. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Life holds no more joy for him if he has to forgo this affair. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

We ate those, and then we had no more food. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was in a baby’s yellow life vest, and was really no more than a shock of white-blond hair sticking up over it. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“No rush, I ain’t gunn be baking no more till middle of next week nohow, so take your time. Tell your ma I ax ’bout her.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Not funny,” said Constance, but the joke did take the edge off her fury, and she said no more. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

His love for us is likely to afford us no more protection than it afforded either of them. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“No, no more quilts. You shouldn’t take pills that aren’t prescribed for you. ‘Don’t eat pills you find on the curb,’ you always told us.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were no more fifty dollars in brown envelopes to count on, so she took to cleaning rather than fret away the tiny seaman’s pension her parents lived on. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Stannis had come north with no more than fifteen hundred men ... but if he told them that, his mission here was doomed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then the world goes quiet and white, and I know no more. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Unlike his swim in the Blue Hole, his shower lasts no more than a minute. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It had been made with the many, many hands of the village, and when it was gone she would have no more food that had been touched by her people. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘But what did I say? Mortals cannot go drinking ent-draughts and expect no more to come of them than of a pot of beer.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Well, I actually find it quite useful,” Bob said quietly, to himself, but he took his pack away and bothered us no more. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

By the fact that Milton took hundreds of baby photographs of Chapter Eleven and no more than twenty or so of me? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“There’s no more Luftwaffe left I” he wailed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was too late to ask for help, and he waited to die the way smoke dies, drifting away in currents of air, twisting in thin swirls, fading until it exists no more. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

But we were all dizzy and silent by that time, having grown accustomed to taking up no more space in a seat than was our honest due. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Was the mayor of Baltimore, since the city is no more.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It was a baby owl, no more than five or six inches tall. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

From then on they changed toward me; they said good morning no more. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The familiar expression held no more familiarity than the hand which reassuringly brushed my shoulder. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

It is no more a farm than the Aquarium at Epcot is the Atlantic. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We are here, not for Rashad, but for all of us! We are here to say, enough is enough! We are here to say, no more! No more!” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“So no more silly talk about her. Okay?” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We expect no more these days. People have enough trouble getting by on their own. . . .” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I tried to get back, but she didn’t want me no more if I was going to stay with Cholly. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Germans had taken the Immerglicks for no more reason than that they felt like it. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was no more going upstairs when the new slave took residence. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

With their mossy hair and green skin tinged with orange for the coming autumn, they were no more frightening than a pumpkin vine. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now Wang Lung had not thought of the girl except as a poor small child who was frightened and he cared as he might care for his poor fool and no more. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The professor turned to a small table no more than an arm’s length from his comfortable chair and poured some golden wine into three glasses. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

This time, though, Ghost did no more than look at him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

No. I hold no more brief for Ellen than I do for myself. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maxim and Giles and Beatrice were discussing the running of Maxim's car, and Mr. Crawley was asking if it was true there were no more gondolas in the canals now, only motor-boats. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Coulter heard no more of what he was saying, because he was already halfway down the stairs. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

At eleven o’clock one of the cops yelled through his bullhorn, “Everyone south of Eighty-fourth Street, go home! Everyone south of Eighty-fourth Street, go home. There’s no more food! Go home! Go home!” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She spoke no more of my new obedience, but it must have been on her mind, because she changed toward me. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

But since they were little used by Frodo, being almost entirely concerned with the Elder Days, no more is said of them here. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I tried to laugh about it, for here we were: man and swollen wife and no more room at the inn. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And I'm no lord, no more than I'm a knight. Do I need to beat that into you?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“At present,” he observed, “there is no more prospect of seeing a French army here than there is in Heaven.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Footsteps echoed in the empty hallway and he could hear them no more. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Had he told Grindelwald he wanted no more part in his plans? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I sit down across from her, for a moment watching her sleeping face and thinking of what we agreed, that night in Millennium Park: no more lies. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“He had heard the rumor of an uprising, as had they; but I believe he knew no more.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When it was clear that Chavez had no more push-ups to give, the instructor told him to stand up and then dismissed us. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Yes, no more losing your stomach. And, hmmm, looks like you've missed me. At least, your body and sense of fashion have." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Ron’s old rat, Scabbers, was here no more, but instead there was the tiny gray owl that had delivered Ron’s letter to Harry in Privet Drive. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Steady Eddie said, “I like that, ‘my eyes don’t cry no more.’ Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

They’d been taught to jump in quick succession, no more than one second between men—any longer than that and they’d land too far apart to find each other in the dark. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I was no more pleased than you, my lords. The gods saw fit to free him, with some help from my fool of a sister." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I was used to hiding now, and no more afraid than I had been when I’d hidden before. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The boys bother us no more and we wear our shoes with the rubber tires the few weeks to Easter when the St.Vincent de Paul Society gives us the gift of boots. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He wanted no more crosses that might turn to fire while still on his chest. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

In other words, if I smile and you see me and smile in response — even a microsmile that takes no more than several milliseconds — it’s not just you imitating or empathizing with me. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'd like you to keep training, keep running, spar with the new boys coming up. Like Spoon does. But no more fights." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tranquil mood had come over me, and for this reason I believe I was again motoring very slowly - probably at no more than fifteen miles per hour. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“And there shall be no more secrets between us. When you are better, I’d like to hear how you got entangled with Elena.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Richmond fell on April 3, Lee surrendered on April 9, but Dr. Mudd saw no more of Booth. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that Char has finally stole Worm away from Daphne, she don’t even want him no more. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

When no more whey dripped from the cloth, Ma emptied the curd into a big pan and salted it, turning and mixing it well. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seems to glow, but no more so on television than he did up close. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The portrait of a young boy, no more than twelve years old, stared back at me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She was still no more than a girl, and still waiting for that plateau of happiness, that hand of a precious Lord who, when her way grew drear, would always linger near. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My dear! Believe this: when she first came to me, I meant to save her from misery like my own. At first, I meant no more.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

But to Falconer I was apparently no more than an unskilled and incompetent prentice, not fit to converse with or share a room with. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

And she did her work alone and spoke no more than she could escape speaking with the wife of Wang Lung’s uncle, and she never spoke at all to Cuckoo. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Which was exactly where she sat, her left hand, palm down, no more than an inch from the white deposit. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I can’t talk to you no more. Only thing to do is convince the men.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Later, when he came up again, there were no more screams. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just remember—you can’t tell anyone. I hear one word on the street about this, there’s no more booze and no date for you. Dig?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

"Don't run off, man, wait a minute. We never see you 'round the clubroom no more." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

"What? Has love gone from the world? Are there no more heartthrobs left? No screen goddesses to adore or cheerleaders to pine for?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The lawyer who escorts her to the theater refuses to explain despite the manager’s protestations, abandoning her as quickly as he can with no more than a shrug and the tip of a hat. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

No more worries, no more sadness, no more adventures, no more sun. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But on the third day, when the sun rose, there were no more trucks in the streets, no more gunshots, no more Nazis. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Yet counting all species together, there were still no more than perhaps a million humans living between the Indonesian archipelago and the Iberian peninsula, a mere blip on the ecological radar. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were no more tricks or merry games. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

I am frightened: I dare think this way no more. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea slowly forming in his mind was no more than a budding sprout; small, impossible, but...it was there. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

So Beasts of England was heard no more. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I think no more of the dead man, he is of no consequence to me now. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she had thought, looking about the kitchen: “Lord, wouldn’t it be a blessing if he didn’t never come back no more.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Malcolm said no more, but swept up the shavings and the sawdust and tipped them into the bin next to the offcuts, from which Mr. Taphouse would feed the old iron stove the next day. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

From then on there was no more lack of food. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The checkpoint consists of no more than a few small makeshift tents with trucks parked beside them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bake these,” she said, “but eat no more,” she admonished before hurrying out. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

In theory, in 19 out of 20 cases, the overall results will differ by no more than 3 percentage points in either direction from what would have been obtained by seeking out all American adults. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He was young, by which I mean he looked to be no more than two years older than me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

This unique species, known by scientists as Homo floresiensis, reached a maximum height of only 3.5 feet and weighed no more than fifty-five pounds. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The term of a commanding officer was usually no more than three years, and we had been through several by 1970. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have to use a very sticky liquid cleanser because there’s no more shampoo. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

‘Less us all make up now before us goes. I can’t stand this here fighting between us. Less us not ever quarrel no more.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Meggie didn't think that was really much of an answer, but she asked no more questions. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then he stretched himself out, dizzy and weary, and he spoke no more for a while. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“No more Orcs in Isengard, no more axes! And there will be folk coming up from the South before the day is old; some that you may be glad to see.” The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have to worry ’bout him no more. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The constable waited for more, but there was no more. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ve h.u your time, boy. You don’t get no more!” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

We had gone no more than a hundred yards before a man carrying a pikestaff and a bell and leading a mastiff on a leash stalked up to us. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I say, we will have no more marriage!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It was an abundant Vermont lunch, more like a dinner, and at first it had no more reality than a meal in the theater. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ceiling grows lower, until, in the back, it’s no more than a few feet off the ground. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

They were very young, no more than a week old. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

There were no more checkpoints when Farmer drove to and from Port-au-Prince. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“Say no more, my child. Everything will be all right soon. Would you like some medicine?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

There could be no more doubt that this was more of Bear’s dangerous business, from which he had warned me to keep away. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

All this while no more had been seen of Snowball. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

There were no more boos, no jeering, no search for razors. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

One month, no more, I stayed at home in joy with children, wife, and treasure. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He refused to speak, doing whatever Garvey asked of him but no more. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Yet behind, the broken tower still stood, no more burned than before. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"It's a dish I tasted myself, or have you forgotten? I was ten when I was taken from my father's house, to make certain he would raise no more rebellions." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Mother says, Worry instead about getting sleep because from now on no more naps. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

They don’t even take that crazy boat out no more. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

In the early dawn light, I tried to distinguish between the living and those who were no more. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both sides looked exactly the same—no more than a few closed doors, and a small window at the very end. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I got him his filter, and we worked on with no more talk. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“We will speak of this no more,” Zeus said. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the cookhouse was no more comfortable than Alice’s cabin had been. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

There were no more sounds in the house, but a light was shining on our landing, right in front of the bookcase. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

My guess is that it took you no more than a few seconds per sentence. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She tried to string these new words with the old ones in sentences, but she had no more success than a blind man threading beads. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

The porter got up to make his rounds I didn’t see him no more, but when the train lurched to a stop, I was already by the door. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right, but no more switching instruments after this.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

In less than a minute she could see no more than the fur around her face. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Guitar did not have a gun, otherwise he would have used it, so Milkman felt secure heading for the dogs with the gun in his hand even though it had no more shot. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny felt no more shame over his burned hand. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t lie. I have never been good at it. Oh dear, okay. A quick sneak peek, but no more. And you tell no one of this. Got it?” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Early as it was, no more than half-past seven, the water was already dotted with white sails. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

His words are weak as water, no more than a whisper with so much air around them. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

That house belonged to a chapter in his life that was no more, the chapter his mother had lived in. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“If it comes, that attack will be no more than a diversion. I saw towers by the sea, submerged beneath a black and bloody tide. That is where the heaviest blow will fall.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Winston knew the man by sight, though he knew no more about him than that he held some important post in the Fiction Department. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

In Salinas, Cal had no more friends than he had in King City. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I can no more tell you what happens to her than I can tell you what becomes of Proust’s Narrator or Holden Caulfield’s sister or Huckleberry Finn after he lights out for the territories.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

"Was it now? It sounds as though You love my new god no more than you love my new maester." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

That wasn’t an answer, and whereas Lyra would have pointed that out and asked for more information, she didn’t think Lizzie Brooks would; so she assented dumbly in the dressing and said no more. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I closed the door and turned off the lights so no more children would ring our bell. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

A host of the enemy was encamped upon it, three miles west of Amon Dîn, and some strength of men was already thrusting along the road and was no more than three leagues away. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Edwin offered no more explanation, so Cole didn’t ask. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

By the years end the Firemen had raked the autumn leaves and white xylophones away, and it was no more fun. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

But you don’t see it much no more. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last wearied with his cares Sam drowsed, leaving the morrow till it came; he could do no more. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

All the sound that sounded like I don't want to run no more, Coach. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

For men are much more taken by present concerns than by those of the past, and when they discover benefit in present things, they enjoy it and seek no more. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

When Frigg turned back to talk to the kindly woman, she was already gone, and Frigg thought no more about it. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The simple truth is the camp was no more ready for us when we got there than we were ready for it. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There are no more Horcruxes. It’s just you and me. Neither can live while the other survives, and one of us is about to leave for good....” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

At Cutler’s, despite Triphena’s friendship, she was no more than a slave. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

In any case, it was no more than moderately busy on a good, hot, blue-skied, gorgeously promising morning in late July. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Corpus bones, Beetle. We were but wagging him since you are no sport no more.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No more, no more,” she said without turning around, or at least that’s what he thought she said; and when he came in anyway, she said, “More soup?” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a blank face she said, “That’s amazing, because you know there’s no more Affirmative Action.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

But this year, I don't even get to wish for the year to be over quicker, because that means no more Lydia. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

It took several calls to find the San Francisco Office of Vital Records, but once Mrs. Richardson had them on the phone, there were no more hitches. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Eliza generally took no more notice of her sister’s indolence and complaints than if no such murmuring, lounging object had been before her. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

In fact, most are so unimaginably distant that their light reaches us as no more than the faintest twinkle. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He did the actions Jenny had trained him to do; no more, no less. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

We shall eat and the strength will come back to us, and there will be no more fear. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My boxes fell apart too, at first. Don’t lose hope. One day they will stick, and then you will have no more trouble.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

At the turn of this century, it was estimated that there were no more than a dozen moose in New Hampshire and probably none at all in Vermont. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll ask Mr. Fabian to let you come early to class tomorrow. And no more switching instruments after this, okay, Amelia?” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“And I don’t wanna be called Lolly no more,” I told my mother. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“My father was killed as if he were a rat. My life, too, is worth no more than a beast’s.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

After the apocalypse, there will be no more juice boxes. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Lightly, as if his armor weighed no more than his fur, the bear-king spun to face Will and Lyra, who were struggling upright. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I want to know no more than I know. As to the result, it’s a toss-up. I told you from the first it was a toss-up. Have you paid Wemmick?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then, as they rose sputtering and blinded and were led to the shore, he cried out again: “Go thou and sin no more.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

In songs, the hero always saved the maiden from the monster’s castle, but life was not a song, no more than Jeyne was Arya Stark. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“The Manderlys are no northmen, not down deep. ’Twas no more than nine hundred years ago when they came north, laden down with all their gold and gods. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Small, polite words that meant no more than when you brushed a stranger in the street and apologized. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The box looks no more than a foot wide or high, though in reality it is slightly larger than that. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Now we were out where there were no more huts and the tall elephant grass started to get tangled up with the edge of the jungle. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She don’t need us no more!” the woman had called. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The youngest, no more than six, saw me looking and waved. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Some migrants realize, sitting on the bus, that they can take no more. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

In honor of-the occasion, his lord father would doubtless permit each child a glass of wine, but no more than that. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

From the beginning Selvam had accepted the child’s albinism: accepted it and thought no more of it. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

If my love were an ocean, there would be no more land. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“If you could but be persuaded to think no more of it, aunt, and to regard me with kindness and forgiveness——” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

All those people, the hundreds of wounded, the relatives, the medics from 13, are no more. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Neither of them had mentioned Xavier’s murder, and she’d gleaned no more information about it. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“And he said there would be no more lynching. ...” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah I do. Hell, I get you. Walking around here, claiming you ain’t a gangster no more, claiming you trying to change stuff, but still following all’a that ‘don’t snitch’ mess. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

After that I saw no more of him for five years. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Certainly the owner never expected a horse and carriage to arrive—the fence gate is wide enough for a stout woman but no more. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she was gone, leaving Meggie at the table with Mo. He ordered another coffee, even though he usually drank no more than one cup. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

In a calm voice, he told the trustees, “Wait until the prayer is over, and I will trouble you no more.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

"Varys, gods have mercy, do as you like with me, but leave my daughter out of your schemes. Sansa's no more than a child." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was still no more than a small, irregular cave with one entrance. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

"All this grievin' is hard. We can't cheer for that man you trying to help but don't want to have to grieve for him, too. There shouldn't be no more killing behind this." Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She tells Lourdes that she will be there three years, no more. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I knew that Chandra was never one to think of taking care of herself, so I said no more. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was no more questioning of Bigwig’s strength, Fiver’s insight, Blackberry’s wits or Hazel’s authority. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pick up the pace so that there’s no more breath for Katherine’s asinine inquiries. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The youngest, no more than eight, said, “What’s your monkey’s name?” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

But right now he could no more get through the fifty-foot wall of cockroaches to fight the rats than the rats could get to him. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The circumstances that had brought us all together in the winter were no more. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have yielded no more than a few hundred yards of it as a prize to the enemy. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mance Rayder’s host had broken against the Wall like a wave upon a stony shore, though the defenders were no more than a handful of old men, green boys, and cripples. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

No, the old maester thought, this is not you, not your way, you were always just, always hard yet never cruel, never, you did not understand mockery, no more than you understood laughter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

This that I see now, she thought, to see no more this way. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave Winston a single sharp glance, as though verifying his identity, and then paid no more attention to him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

"When you come to the chamber of the Undying, be patient. Our little lives are no more than a flicker of a moth's wing to them. Listen well, and write each word upon your heart." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

No more suspense, and no more delusion of freedom. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Above that was another, higher and more distant, and still higher a third, no more than a flickering spark in the sky. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Prayers for peace, hoping that no more lives are lost to hate. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

They paid no more attention to me than to the dogs. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Across the road there were still many fires in the field but no more bands, no more singing. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And darkness was nothing—it was not a substance, it was not a presence, it was no more than an absence of light. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“If Hoodhood and Associates get the junior high school contract—and we intend to—then Kowalski and Associates may very well be no more.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I thought no more of Mrs. Fairfax; I thought no more of Grace Poole, or the laugh: in an instant, I was within the chamber. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

There are no more magazines, no more films, no more substitutes; only me and my shadow, walking away from the two men, who stand at attention, stiffly, by a roadblock, watching our retreating shapes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

We hear of Foraging Raids on the Islands — Deer Island, Pettick’s Island, a Mansion burned, Cattle conducted to Shore — but no more than that. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Because there are no more geta to pay them with. It’s nothing personal—they have their own troubles.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He on the other hand talks little: no more hedging or jokes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Parts of his suit are no more than shadows. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then the eldest son said no more but he went his way as a man does who has had a new thought put into his head. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He’d no more heart than a iron file, he was as cold as death, and he had the head of the Devil afore mentioned. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I bet your eyes ain’t hurting no more though,” Goon replies. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The gateway was no more than a pair of ruined stone pillars, with a road leading away between them into empty fields. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

After a While they didn’t want me around no more.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Black blood gushed out and melted the giant blade as though it were no more than an icicle. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s no more bread, there’s no more milk. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I got a letter from the front lines,” Magdalys said, when she was sure there was no more coming. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

About them were packed some fourteen or fifteen people—the hut could hold no more. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The grove is no more than two hours’ ride, even with the snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Well,” I begin, but it appears that I have no more words to extend the sentence. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She knew her body’s limits and knew she had no more to give. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“And no more sunlight for months, maybe years?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I want to tell her my name, but Aunt Elizabeth raises her head, staring around the room, she must have heard a break in the chant, so there’s no more time. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boy as I was, I took measures to ensure the tutor would teach no more. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Stories about ancestral spirits and tribal totems were strong enough to enable 500 people to trade seashells, celebrate the odd festival, and join forces to wipe out a Neanderthal band, but no more than that. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ruins around the anchor’s east flank were no more. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Most took no more notice of the Shy Maid than of a drifting log. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It could have been no more serious than that. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Yet as she lay under her thin blanket, she could hear die wolves howling .. . and another sound, fainter, no more than a whisper on the wind, that might have been screams. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He did not believe such tales himself, no more than his uncle had. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Max had told him that he was going to see the Governor, but he had heard no more from him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Wisps of smoke still rose into the grey sky, but no more than might have risen from Winterfell's chimneys on a cold autumn afternoon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He sat looking down at his bloody leg, feeling the gentle wind, the heat from the south, seeing Kilrain dead on a litter, no more the steady presence. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said I wasn’t going to be with them no more. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Herbie, who only yesterday had dreamed of wringing all their necks, dreamed today of kidnapping them so no more would die such cruel, degrading deaths. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes are sleepy and there is no more balloon stomach. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She said no more, even in answer to the Professor’s imperative questioning. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Knowing no more of Mencken than I did at that moment, I felt a vague sympathy for him. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

No more mice and shrews and moles, no more cold nights in the shed. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The someone was standing beside the car, no more than a darker shape against the darkling sky. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He could tell that there was to be no more discussion of trading. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

There were two fires raging, but at this distance, they seemed no more than match heads. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“If there are no more questions, you may begin.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Had it not moved, he would never have spotted it; yet he had been sitting no more than two yards from it. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Inside were tools and cutting sand, no more. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Then you think there will be no more trouble?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“Home? Honey, they done buried him already up there in the potter’s field. Ain’t nobody never going to look on that poor boy no more.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He looked so much like a teenage demigod it was unnerving - no more than seventeen, wearing jeans and a Camp Half-Blood T-shirt, with a bow over his shoulder and a sword at his belt. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

"Here. I want to give this back to you. I have no more use for it." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“These are difficulties which you must settle for yourself. Chuse your own degree of crossness. I shall press you no more.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Prophecies are treacherous, she reminded herself, and Reznak may be no more than he appears. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Other than his eyes, he has no more color to him than the translucent spiders that lurk in Serra’s catacombs. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“One hundred rupees will not win such a husband, we have no more.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know what I decided—no more running, no more hiding—but I can’t stay here tonight. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they step out of the squad car and stand on the street, McMellon and Carroll are no more than ten or fifteen feet from Diallo. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Slowly, slowly he began to crawl aside; but the Black Captain, in doubt and malice intent upon the woman before him, heeded him no more than a worm in the mud. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

On the roads nearby nothing was moving now; but Sam feared the watchful eyes on the wall of the Isenmouthe, no more than a furlong away northward. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The Sex Pistols’ songs are no more discordant than, say, ‘Lovely yet ungrateful swain’, a Vauxhall Gardens song of Johann Christian Bach. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

A man in a tuxedo walks along calling, “For the love of God, let me through,” though no one steps aside, and he moves no more quickly than anyone else. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I could see what he thought: that my faith in justice was childish, no more useful here than tires on a horse. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shady took my hand and walked no more than twenty feet from where we’d been sitting. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Besides, thy best of rest is sleep and that thou oft provok'st; yet grossly fear’st thy death which is no more. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right now it seems to be heavy guard on the gate, no more crossing of the bridge. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“There will be no more o’ that, I promise. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I cared less about the trip than about the fact that Bailey was unhappy, and had no more thought of our destination than if I had simply been heading for the toilet. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Camellia, my time is up. I bring no more value, other than to do beauty work until you're trusted to do so, and train you to replace me." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I hang back a little, but then there’s no more stalling: “Conover, two fifty-four,” I say. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

To sing, to scream, to dance barefoot in the woods in the dead of night, with no more awareness of mortality than an animal! The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was a veteran of a hundred rangings by now, and the endless dark wilderness that the southron called the haunted forest had no more tenors for him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There are no more leisure hours or breaks on the ship. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

There was no more anything, not for Fezzik, not in this world. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

When we had done, the rice yield was meagre—no more than two measures—all that was left of the year’s harvest and the year’s labour. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I don’t want his hand between my legs no more, because I think I am softening away. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Loading the zincoshine was a labor-intensive process, no more than three inches of propellant compressed at a time in the casement, a drying time of four hours required for each segment. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“He is no more than a thrall of the Other, the dark god whose name must not be spoken.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

To Tristran's regret, he had caught no more than a pink and tantalizing glimpse of Victoria, who was his sister's age and, without any doubt, the most beautiful girl for a hundred miles around. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

When I can find no more surfaces to wipe and have finally exhausted the supply of rooms, Maddy assigns me to do the kitchen floor. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They melted the gold ore and sent that back to Spain, and when there was no more gold Pizarro broke his promise and strangled the Inca king. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We tried to paddle against it but had no more luck than flot- sam caught in a tidal wave, and then it thudded against our feet and we were rising, too, riding its back. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The figures around the table were no more than blue shadows. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

So this, dear child, was how I came from Troy, and saw no more of the others, lost or saved. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could paint over my hair, blank out my features, make my face no more than a plate for apples, grapes, plums, pears, lemons. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Were taking no more chances,” Madam Pomfrey told them severely through a crack in the infirmary door. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Some. But don’t you think it’ll be a relief? No more hiding, no more pretending, just—being free!” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“My boy’s floating around in our tub all day long. I can’t hardly get in my own bathroom no more.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have no more cake!” she shouted out. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But the little vessel had no more headway than a cork. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

They spoke no more words, until they stood again upon the grass beyond the eaves of Fangorn. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Yes, she owned she had a trouble, and promised to tell me by-and-by. I said no more, for I think I know it,” and Jo told her little story. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her dæmon knew no more than she did, of course, though each sometimes remembered things the other had forgotten. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The doctors put her on strict bed rest: no more than forty minutes a day on her feet, including trips to the bathroom; no exertions. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If the punt did pass under the bridge without sticking, it would do so by no more than a claw’s breadth. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once we are in the train, there are no more words between soldiers and passengers. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The dark, churning depths seemed to stretch on for an eternity, while the mikveh should have been no more than waist deep. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Even though some of them are no more than fourteen — Start them soon is the policy, there's not a moment to be lost — still they’ll remember. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The eye recovered, but Galileo never returned to the monastery and no more was said about becoming a monk. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Reaching for my father’s hand, I grasped no more than the edge of his cloak, its folds fluid as water. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

There he sat in his high, stiff collar, no more than twenty or twenty-one, a young logger on his day off from the woods. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

From then on, that is what we did, and we heard no more complaints from the commanding officer. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hurried her down the corridor, half expecting his father to call after him again, but no more sounds followed them. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

At last he was no more than a dozen feet from the ground, right above their heads. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“He could have freed those people at least when he had no more use for them.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I can think of no more honest way to say it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Whole hours pass during which he can do no more than press his cheek against the wall of the truck shell seeking something cold. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Would you not grieve too,” I said, “if the woman who gave you birth was no more than a handful of dust?” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Does the soul cling to the last vestige of humanity until there is no more? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

We needed no more incentive than that to perk our step. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I reckon she just now thinking about what it’s gone be like if she don’t have a maid no more. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The roof isn’t as cold as it was last time; there’s no more snow, just puddles from the last few days of rain, and lots of wind. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

But for my brother and me it's no more anything! Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I may have been there for no more than a hundred sideways miles, or it may have been a hundred thousand. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I won’t have to get on the school bus no more. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She tried and tried, but her last attempt had been no more successful than her first. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I search through a few more notepads scattered around, but find no more words in English, no more words for Dearest. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He was no more sick than she was. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realised, too, that the car could climb no more, we had reached the summit, and below us stretched the way that we had come, precipitous and hollow. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

They had done no more than satisfy themselves that Ron would make a full recovery on their last visit to the ward; now Mrs. Weasley seized hold of Harry and hugged him very tightly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“If Daenerys is no more than a sweet young girl, the Iron Throne will cut her into sweet young pieces.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The magic flows and flows until there is no more left to give. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I hear “Mrs. Walton grew some balls,” and “She ain’t playing around with us no more,” among other things. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Guess it’s better than being a sheep and just going wherever people tell you. Lord knows we don’t need no more of them.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The Federalists, who were no more a social or economic elite than the Republicans, had come to ruin because they never grasped it. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Massey’s own ancestral holdings, far to the south, were lost to him, so he must needs make an advantageous marriage or resign himself to being no more than a knight of the king’s household. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Show the place to me, and I’ll trouble you no more. And I’ll pay you,” I said, holding out some pennies. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

She wasted no more words upon him except to refuse his gold. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Real affection, it seemed, he could not have for me; it had been only fitful passion: that was balked; he would want me no more. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He said no more, just shook his head and kicked an empty matchbox that was lying on the paving stones. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The Trivium, who had discovered a mound of pebbles which needed counting, followed no more, but stood at the edge shaking his fist, shouting horrible threats, and promising to rouse every demon in the mountains. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then she left the room, apparently convinced that no more discussion was necessary. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

They met with no more adventures that night, moving quietly along the edges of the fields under the dim light of a quarter-moon. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally Milkman could take no more; he had to rest. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally Jennet covered the moaning woman with her cloak, and, whispering “I can do no more. This baby will not come,” slipped from the room. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s where you broke in. Don’t have D ball no more.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"A few outriders, no more," he assured her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then she saw the pale crescent moon, floating high above the grass, and it came to her that this was no more than her moon blood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Get to your kitchen and to your duties. You have no more business here!” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

That Christmas I think he had been feeling rotten about having told me to not hang around him no more. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

They were across the river, no more than twenty yards away. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I was so ’shamed of myself for lying that I couldn’t talk no more of this growned-folks language. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He concentrated his whole being on the job in hand, sometimes clinging to the stones by no more than a single claw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I mean, this is it. After you leave, show’s over. No more...no more talking.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They don’t know, so we’re safe—even though there was no more Mom and Dad to know about anything. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

He bent low from the waist and whispered in her ear, ‘Chef sends his apologies, Your Majesty, and he says he has no more eggs in the kitchen.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in class I gave no more notice that he existed than he showed toward me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

In either corner of the hall, over the nursery doorway, two grinning heads were set; meant, apparently, as gay decorations for the nursery entrance, they were no more jolly or carefree than the animals inside. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

As if to justify his crime, Ramsey said that even now “white people in Oklahoma thought no more of killing an Indian than they did in 1724.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Everyone is so, not only ourselves here—the things that existed before are no longer valid, and one practically knows them no more. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are never so far off that it is no more to be heard. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow Arya knew it was true,- they could search the whole town, and they'd find no more than the upside-down rowboat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was, oh, a year ago, no more, Jon Arryn was still the King's Hand, and I went to the city to see my sons ride in the tourney. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

To feel the cloud that hung over us lift and disperse—the cloud that dulled the heart and made happiness no more than a memory! Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There will be no more easy classes at this school,” he announced. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“The boy can speak no more. He must rest,” Ultima said. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blood dripped from his smarting skin, ulcers formed, and Siddhartha remained stiff, motionless, till no more blood flowed, till there was no more pricking, no more smarting. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We don’t need no more,” said the foreman, scratching his head. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The stranger held it careless, as if it weighed no more than a rooster, though even to a horse it would of been heavy as lead. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I listened for a moment, but she said no more, and then I heard a little click at the end of the telephone, which meant she had replaced the receiver. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Jason was still at the Wolf House, but now he was a little boy - no more than two years old. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She had never been to the headquarters of the service, and as far as she was aware, the words Oakley Street, wherever that was, meant no more than a straightforward address. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Finding there were no more steps to climb, Captain Cook turned around and surveyed the steps that now went down. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

To the others it was no more than a corridor to and from home, a bridge between the bridges, an ornament so familiar as to be invisible. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

In English it said the ration consisted of eighteen fortified biscuits of baked wheat, an­imal fat and glucose, and that no more than six should be eaten in a twenty-four-hour period. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

There ain’t no more harm in him than a kid neither, except he’s so strong. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Matthias, my friend, I can help you no more. Seek out the aid of Martin. I must go now.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I must write no more; I must keep it to say to Jonathan, my husband. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

It may help you to know that our letters of rejection are usually no more than three sentences long. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Then I have no more need for you. Quiet him a while, Fezzik.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He never did have any patience, no more than you, sweet sister. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He would then have no more than seventy seconds to eject from the plane before it was blown to pieces. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Frisby peered anxiously at his face, and would have looked at his tongue, but in the dark room she could see no more than the dim outline of his head. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Cuntr Asha wanted to shout back at him, but her throat was so dry she could do no more than grunt. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Generally speaking, Americans like their presidents to have no more than two vowels. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

‘Go back to the Land of Mordor, and follow me no more!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When Ged asked him no more he quietly bade the young man good night, and went off up the narrow stepped street above the quays. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“To the Lady Coulter. But the man is worn out; he can do no more until he’s rested.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She whispered a poem: “The storm is past, no more repining Behold! the gentle sun is shining” “Yeah,” muttered Charles, “but the track is still too heavy for Seabiscuit.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

That finally she had, though, was probably no more amazing than, say, a snake’s being able to swallow a rat. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was always stuff like that, and never explicitly claimed, just implied by her smile and “let’s say no more” expression. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gram can no more help me now than I could have saved her from her cancer. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

They were, he thought, no more than two hundred feet away. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He and his new bride would come to them soon, though the Lady Una could be no more specific about the date of their arrival than this, and it appeared to irk her. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

Gimli strode forward undeterred, and found that the water was shallow, no more than ankle-deep at the edge. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“You know I don’t run with those boys up the street no more. Trying to leave that stuff alone, man.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He knows no more about her than about her sisters, but she steals his heart then and there. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Ancient Greek parents were no more prone to call their sons “Crow” than modern ones—and would anyone called “Crow” have the brass neck to teach the art of public speaking for a living? Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

There was a delay, no more than a second, and it fell to their feet with a solid thunk. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He strode ahead then and said no more. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her body walks as if there is no more life in it, and her head is always down. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before leaving, he’d administered a sedative and insisted that there be no more visitors tonight. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

There would be no more adventures for us. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Colored people, apparently, were no more progressive than black people on the issue of cats. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I participated in sports and games as often as I could, but my performances were no more than mediocre. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the war ended, Elizebeth’s work offered no more moments of nail-biting suspense, just endless tedium. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Mr. Montsisi and I then went back to the department, where no more questions were asked. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stream was there no more than a winding black ribbon, bordered with leaning alder-trees. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

"Please, Judge. I lost my job, my pension. I can't fight no more. Don't quit just because of some nonsensical words." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stretching open the tissue and muscle to expose the circuitry of the fallopian tubes, he tied each in a bow, and there were no more children. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Beginning with that day when Goblin had tumbled Lieutenant Stranger in the mud, Johnny had no more trouble with the British stable boys. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Things once were right there in the palace, but no more. That house could tell a tale if it could speak.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The advice is good!” said Van Helsing, so we said no more. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Yo, man, I don’t celebrate White Jesus Day no more!” he shouted. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“I know no more than the dead where even to look for them.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She enquired after his sister, but could do no more. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

But it is no more than a half truth. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

All my family were gone, and I had no more possessions of any value. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

We promise that you will no more be ashamed to say that you are a Nigerian. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

No more honking, no more doors slamming, just the usual hammering. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

But all that Malcolm is thinking is that now he has no more need for vengeance. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Finally, my history deserves public notice as no more than this: a parable for the life of its reader. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I don’t got it in me no more to fight. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Breakfast was good, although no more than a poor artisan could afford—milk and ale, gruel, sausages, and corn bread. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

His body now broken as if it were no more than a bag of bones. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Joff will be no more tractable for you than for me." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

More likely, it was his mother who wanted me downstairs now, and possibly for no more substantial reason than that her son liked me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve no more notion where I was born than you have—if so much. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

A village has no secrets, and no more did Castle Black. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

That meant no more walking on the beach. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

"A lovely belly, I have no doubt. Moisten it as often as you wish . . . but see that your dew falls nowhere else. I want no more nephews, is that dear?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She would have to tell her I had disappeared, and that because she wasn’t watching me closely enough, I was gone forever and there would be no more Schells. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Certainly no more than three quarters of an hour—not too many prisoners to release, as it’s not technically a prison—17 in all. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Despite the fact that I knew it was no more dangerous than a stone saw or the sintering wheel, I found the burnished metal container unnerving. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There might be a lot more of them than there were of him, but Harry could tell, by the looks on their faces, that they knew no more magic than the giant squid did. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

And his thought fled far away and his eyes saw no more. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The boy had been no more than a babe in arms, yet Lord Tywin's soldiers had tom him from his mother's breast and dashed his head against a wall. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

If enough neutrons boiled out of each shattered nucleus with just the right energy, the process might continue on its own until no more uranium nuclei remained to shatter. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I was a partner to it but could no more fathom it than I could the mystery of the man in the doorway. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He handed the locket back to Ron and Hermione, each of whom did their best, but were no more successful at opening it than he had been. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They rushed to assure me that my ethnic identity had given me no more than a foot inside the door, at most a slight edge. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emily ran her finger around the diamond carved onto her desktop, avoiding eye contact and hoping no more humiliation was in store. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad you’re being honest with me; I’ll be honest with you; no more charades between us,” the Count said, putting down a number of notebooks and quill pens and ink bottles. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But at some point she just couldn't feel them no more, and I went from moisturizing them to trying to rub them back to life. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

But his expression told me there could be no more discussion; he had said as much as he could. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

There was no more talk of the alcohol in his blood- surrogate, no gibes at his personal appearance. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few feet of ascension was possible if you kicked wildly, but no more. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

A scientist who replaces murine model with rats and mice will use up no more space on the page and be no less scientific. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Some day this oil will go and there will be no more fat checks every few months from the Great White Father,” a chief of the Osage said in 1928. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

No more, no more, or your teeth will turn black. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

And so the Sons of Liberty fell upon them, and they were seen no more. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

They may have been no more than sharp ridges in the walls of the passage, but to the slave, alone and frightened in the dark, they seemed alive and snapping. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

The huge table-topped buildings were no more, in a few seconds, than a bed of geometrical mushrooms sprouting from the green of park and garden. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Your sorry old skin is worth no more to them than any other man’s. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I decided to take no more pills for a while. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Sassur’s death there was no more money coming from the school. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

We expected to be parted for no more than six or eight weeks, while Anatole worked with the Lumumbists to reassemble their fallen leader’s plan for peace and prosperity. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most people wrote and received no more than a handful of letters a month and seldom felt compelled to reply immediately. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am sorry,” said Dr. Trefusis, “that I can provide you with no more information.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Suddenly there are no more roots supplying them with food. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

"Was it not you who told me warlocks were no more than old soldiers, vainly boasting of forgotten deeds and lost prowess?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Still, said the first deputy superintendent for security, Sing Sing was “no more out of control than anywhere else.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could stand no more, but as she withdrew the water pot, he raised a hand toward her wrist. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Who is still hanging on—no more lucid than he was when I tried to show him his box, but still alive. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

It took Bigwig no more than a moment to realize that if he said he was not, complete disorganization would follow. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But you’ve got to have grist before you can grind; and there was no more for the new mill to do than for the old. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

But I don’t care ’bout it no more. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

They spoke no more until they got off the bus at their stop. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

On this scale, Mount St. Helens’s would be no more than a pea. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He said no more and was soon asleep, grunting like a pig. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

You will not have us slay wild beasts for no purpose, and it seemed no more, so I tried no arrow. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Boghetti had promised a full house, but in fact, as Marian could see, the hall was no more than a third full. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

It was a terrible thing to lose your milking cows because it meant no more milk or butter or cheese. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Little saw that and I guess he trusted me, for he didn’t bother with me no more. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sucking on a slice of lime, I force the meat to stay down because I know that there is no more food for me if I spit it out. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I had a chance. I knew I had no more than that. It’s all a hero asks for.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was once used to house the slaves the men’s college owned, but it’s empty now that slavery—the kind that ended with the War between the States, anyway—is no more. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Even Meggie could see that whoever had painted it was no more skilled at his trade than the sculptor who had carved the statue in the church. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Call it no more the White City on the Lake,” wrote Sir Walter Besant, the English historian and novelist, in Cosmopolitan, “it is Dreamland.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

But I was no more than vaguely aware of anything like that in my detention-home years. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would have no more pity for them. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Awright. You get him back there quick, and don’t you take him out no more. You’ll kill him, the first thing you know.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took no more than two steps before she grabbed my wrist, pulling me to a halt. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Jason supposed it was no more amazing than the dragon turning into a suitcase back in Quebec. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It seemed so far-fetched—the idea of growing old—that she had to admit to herself, finally, that she had no more real hope of the future than Ruby did. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

At first she could not feel it, no more than a body can feel itself grow taller. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“It is too delicious and now that there is no more Green Tiger, there is nothing for it to cure.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

It took him no more than twenty minutes and it got a laugh, sure enough, though not quite the sort he’d expected. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The letter so moved the Roosevelts that they made sure the White family received a house and there was no more fuss about the issue of race. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When it came to the human race, there was no more left to learn. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I tried a couple more times but I waren’t getting no more explaining from the Preacher. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I could no more choose to live in such beauty than run for Parliament. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The enchantment was no more, the spell was broken. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Dasch noticed young people, no more than fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing heavy fur pieces even though it wasn't cold outside. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Now at last they turned their faces to the Mountain and set out, thinking no more of concealment, bending their weariness and failing wills only to the one task of going on. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Momma changed her song to “Bread of Heaven, bread of Heaven, feed me till I want no more.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s over now. The noise is gone, no more bangs.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today’s behavior is no more fixed than when we tumbled out over Europe to build cathedrals in the twelfth century. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He asked if he might, and she said nothing either way, and then he leaned across the box and put his lips on hers for no more than a second. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I had been told to speak for no more than five minutes, though three minutes would be better, which seemed perfect to me. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

When I wake up, I no more like to be with people, like before. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not even looking round no more for ways to get away. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

My mom’s mouth clamps up quick, no more questions asked. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Enveloped in our thoughts, we bounced down the sandy road that at times was no more than a cow path. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Many a doer of great deeds might say no more,’ said Ingold. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Mormont pawed through them brusquely, giving each no more than a glance and a grunt. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I didn’t go then, because by the time I returned from French Lick, I was tapped out and that was it, and there was no more traveling anywhere for a long while. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Oh no, Janae! Mama was right. One year at college, and you decide you don’t wanna be in the hood no more?” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Her water container was empty and she had no more food. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There would be no more summers for us. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

If a storm hit New Orleans at all, it would be greatly diminished, no more than a day of grey gusts and rain. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“No — no more than Rosier deserved!” said Karkaroff, a real note of panic in his voice now. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I desired no more explanations from Pro Bono. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You understand nothing, but it really doesn’t matter, since what you mean is, you’re glad to see me, just as I’m glad to see you because no more loneliness.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“But promise me you will cry no more before these monsters. We will never cry again.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she finally finds me, I feel as if I’ve been battling for days, though in truth, it has been no more than half an hour. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It would be back off to school, and no more spearheading criminal enterprises for you, my boy. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

And me and Brandon had a bunch of other moments, but it was mostly just a lot of yelling—really just me yelling and him laughing, but not no more. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Even now My eyes that hurry to see no more are painting, painting Faces of my lost girl. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lord Davos would not thank her for it, no more than the boy himself, but it seemed to her that Seaworth had suffered enough grief. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“There will be no more offensive now that the snow has come,” I said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes, very soon. He gave me a quiet hint; I told him he was mistaken; he asked my pardon and said no more. Cole does not want to be wiser or wittier than his neighbours.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

The hand holding Harry thudded to the floor, and Snape moved no more. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

‘Say no more! My errand is not to Wormtongue, but to the Lord of the Mark himself. I am in haste. Will you not go or send to say that we are come?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When he had no more to tell me, I thanked him in my politest French, and left. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each bird was no more than a few mouthfuls, hot, tasty, spiced with the oniony brown flavor. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

There was no more movement, and soon I let my eyes close, once, then twice. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Wounded though he was, he wanted to make sure there were no more lions around. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

You see, then, he is alive and well, and headed homeward now, no more to be abroad far from his island, his dear wife and son. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Washington also rejected this request, explaining that Andre, regardless of his personal attractiveness, was no more and no less than a spy. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

You can no more be black like I am black than I could be black like your grandfather was. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Not even Hodor could climb down into a sinkhole with Bran heavy on his back, and Jojen could no more walk three leagues than run a thousand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was a woman sitting with her two children, a boy and a girl no more than seven years old, a few paces from me. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The boat looks no more than fifteen feet in length and perhaps five feet wide. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first they were no more than pale gossamer-threads, so fine that they only twinkled fitfully where the Moon caught them, but steadily they grew broader and clearer, until their design could be guessed. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I have no more than a half hour left, and I still have to get through the dock traffic and up to Blackcliff. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The next two hundred years were needed to create from the brown race the red race—with no more browns left on the island. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was young, no more than a teenager. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they were startled, then Gregor had no more responsibility and could be calm. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

She disappeared inside and came back out with a young boy, no more than nine or ten. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was no more than ten miles along the road. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

They worked as a team, often needing no more than a silent glance to understand what the other was thinking. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of their own accord they could no more run to the hills than fly to the moon. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was no more than a foot high—one of those artificial falls, common on the chalk streams, made to attract trout. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even though the top was no more than sixty minutes above, he decided to turn around, believing that he would be too tired to descend safely if he climbed any higher. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

We whitewashed no more than the fourth part of the roof before the church bells rang terce, the hour for our lessons to begin. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t let up none, neither, even when I give her my word that Cholly wouldn’t come back there no more. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

It lasted no more than a few seconds and ended. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Others stuck out no more than a few inches—just enough for a quick step. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

"Choose two or three dresses, no more," he commanded her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

If she had been Nat she would have picked Hannah up and carried her off in the boat with no more nonsense. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

It was actually here—they were going for real now, no more talking and thinking about it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Once he arrived, there was no more need for fire, no more danger. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Jam wasn’t sure how deeply Redemption bought the Lucille line, that there were no more monsters. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

All the memories of my childhood suffering came back and multiplied to a lifetime of continuous suffering, and I felt I could take no more. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to be nowhere with you by myself no more. Lord gave me enough sense to know that.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Cora had been invisible to him but now he sought her eyes when she was close, to warn her that she was invisible no more. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“If Your Grace wishes to lose all of my lord father’s banner- men, there is no more certain way than by giving northern halls to southron lords.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Aibileen is no more than cordial with me, nervous, stands at the kitchen sink and never stops working. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And it wasn’t yelping no more or making any sound at all. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He spit into the water no more than a foot away. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He no longer looked buoyant and rosy-faced; there was no more spring in his step. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

No more scuffling with older girls, no more arguments with guards. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“I says to her, ‘But, Mama, if I’d left I might not never see you no more!’ Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Just squash my feet with hers, until finally I just couldn't take it no more. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

And, as if Yishan were no more than a sack of rice, he tossed the boy to the floor. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

There in the gray shadows of a breaking dawn, I cried until I could cry no more. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard no more from Beatrice, she must have gone along the passage. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“You slap me,” she said, with a placidity equally fearful, “and I do guarantee you you won’t do no more slapping in a hurry.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Sixteen verses, no more. And oh, Lord! I had forgotten how dreadful it is—no single tone of encouragement. Maybe Liza’s right. There’s nothing to understand.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Our mouths are full and there’s no more talking for a while. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The statue unsettles me the longer I stare at it, and I waste no more time leaving the corridor to head to the sky garden. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Plainly she would have married me that instant, knowing no more about me than she did. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma had already heard it on the grapevine that Shotgun was no more, though she wasn’t the first person people ran to with news. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me mop the floor with them. Then there won’t be no more jawboning.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stripped now, half-naked, we did not look conspicuous, being no more indecent than many of the slaves who labored in the fields around us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“But no more crazy stunts. No stealing. Nothing dangerous.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

"Good, because I don't feel like running no more." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

It took no more explanation than that; his listeners all understood. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

From across the dark field, the trailer’s windows glowed, beckoning me as if I had no more willpower than a moth drawn to a candle’s flame. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The old man lost both his teeth, and there was no more talk that night. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then there was no more, just a big bowl’s worth left for Papa in case he came home tonight. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They arise no more; we are dead and they stand remote on the horizon, they are a mysterious reflection, an apparition, that haunts us, that we fear and love without hope. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I want no more of this. Jaime slew three of your men, and you five of his. Now it ends." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

"I suppose that's no more absurd than letting Jack hold the book." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“There will be no more study of philosophy or the ancients,” she said firmly. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It was clear that he rather liked Clinton and that he wanted Clinton’s expression to have been no more than a meaningless facial tic. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

So there was no more to be said on that. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

If he was lucky, Enrique would spend no more than two or three months locked up before being sent back to Honduras. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She grabbed his arm with both hands and tried to drag him down, but she could do no more than dangle from it. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

"Uncle Tony, I'm not mad no more," I told him, getting straight to the point so he could stop acting so weird. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I know what an ordeal this will be: no more school, my hair gone, hours of labor, washing the bedsheets . Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Sounds like no more than a passing squall.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

But the jewels were of poor quality, worth no more than twenty thousand dollars. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Lord Petyr's fa-ther had been the smallest of small lords, his grandfather a landless hedge knight; by birth, he held no more than a few stony acres on the windswept shore of the Fingers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They didn’t look like a bunch of tired, beat-down people no more. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He said no more, but turned and went back into the house, closing the door behind him. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

When he took his place at the dining table, calm, affable, utterly certain, a crisis in the kitchen became no more than a humorous sketch; without him, it was a drama that clutched the heart. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Gale goes home with no more talk of rebellion between us. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was no more to be said, so we waited in patience until the dawn; at which time we might learn more from Mrs. Harker. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I just don’t want to watch it no more.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

With no more to say between a devout farm girl and a mine sweeper, we folded our sheets and our different-colored habits. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he told me I should keep taking good care of her with no more long journeys and left behind a sack of meal and a bottle of vitamins. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

At last she asked the question no more. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It be like meeting other women—older and younger, living and no more breath. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

He guessed I could go now; he had no more use for me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m very sorry I could do no more for you than roughly sketch how it works,” said Professor Hallgrimsson, getting to his feet with a little effort. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Michah shrinks; he's just a boy in a man's body, no more certain of the future than I am. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A light snore, which might have been the nun on duty, a little snuffling and whimpering—no more than that. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was no more than a literally heated imagination, but the ground suddenly seemed distinctly spongy and resilient, as if I were walking across a mattress. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Plants died and the grasses rotted, cattle and sheep crept to the river that was no more and perished there for lack of water, lizards and squirrels lay prone and gasping in the blistering sunlight. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all understood that she meant in case there were no more birthdays. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

You keep on like this, and we aint going have you no more birthday. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waited, expecting him to ask me the same question, but he said no more. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The dust dissipated and there was no more trace of his father. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Day by day, week by week, little by little Shirley shrank until she was no more. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t either. Maybe it’s all part of the same thing. No thanks, no more. I can smell your supper’s nearly ready. I’ll step along.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a tall man, but he looked no more than a half-grown boy when he rode in his master's shadow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It had been half a second, no more, but it was plenty long enough to notice the way his eyes had darkened with something that might have been frustration. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She was tiny, probably no more than four and a half feet tall. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“I told you—I’m through handing out medals. There are no more prizes, Kyle. No more ice cream, cake, or balloons.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Say no more, Master Barty, say no more, you is getting your father into trouble!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

There was no more exciting experience than to be on the road to communion with God! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shook my head and said no more. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"A few hundred men, no more. Tully banners. When he comes after you, we will be wait-ing"—his finger moved an inch to the left—"here." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

With one hand he reaches into the water and scoops out Mags like she weighs no more than a puppy. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the fact that it was June, and raining, the river was no more than a swollen drain now. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she stared at him as one that is stricken, and her face blanched, and for long she spoke no more, while all sat silent. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I can eat no more. Please take it away.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever demonic force moved Othor had been driven out by the flames; the twisted thing they had found in the ashes had been no more than cooked meat and charred bone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In that sense they were no more than dogs or horses. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They spoke no more about the strange woman that night, but long after Ivy was asleep, her grandmother sat awake, staring into the fire. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Yet Grover drove through the whole grand catastrophe undistracted, as though the torching of a place simply did not matter to him, or as though it were no more than some histrionics he’d ordered up. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Loki, in fly shape, decided that there was no more time for subtlety. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I am nothing, no one, a messenger no more worthy of attention than an animated twig woman or an owl. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Hyenas, orangoutangs, all of you. Sit up straight, and no more nonsense.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

They mean fresh fish, fish that has been caught no more than twenty-four hours before and has never been frozen or chilled on a block of ice. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light was no more than that of dusk at a dark day’s end. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

And she was right, I wasn't sleep no more. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

At home, whenever Elisabeth speaks, we pay no more attention than we do to the stray teacup cats. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

After that he had a few matches and then no more. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were no more than fifty men at the trestle tables, most of them his. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There must be no more fighting in narrow runs, and when the terrible Chief Rabbit finally appeared he would be pulled down in the open, from all sides. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“His own wife killed him. Ask me no more.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

A generation of children grew up who knew no more of violence than picking flowers and tumbling on the sands. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the twins was human, a bouncing baby boy; the other was no more than a mouseling. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

As they approached the large city of New Haven, the buildings were closer together and there were no more open spaces. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old friends could pick him out of a dismissed battalion, so singular was his walk, so indelibly a part of him, and he could change it no more than he could change his blood type. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To my regret, I have overlooked his crimes. But I willabet his evil no more. I will not be accountable for your destruction, Ophelia. Perhaps that will atone...” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you find the title a little ridiculous, given that our ‘Champions’ are no more than criminals?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Ralph said no more, did nothing, stood looking down at the ashes round his feet. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

This, too, was unfortunately no more than the simple truth. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had no more bad dreams, but the presence of the grave had spoiled the island for her. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cilia had backed out of the picture, standing aside ready to serve if called upon, or ready to be of no more importance than a piece of furniture if not spoken to. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ate algae throughout the day until my stomach could take no more. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

But the people of Boston knew no more than Gage that the fighting had begun. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Restrain her, please,” the duke said, blandly, calmly—as if she were no more than a hysterical servant. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And Wang Lung’s eldest son remembered the dislike of his wife and so now he was silent and said no more. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

A stoat or a fox took a rabbit and took no more until it was ready to hunt again. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was no use — the spider was either so large, or so magical, that the spells were doing no more than aggravating it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Saying no more, she tipped her golden wand upon the man, making his cloak pure white and the knit tunic fresh around him. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I keep thinking about the other side of town until I can’t stand it no more, kicking off my covers in the warm heat of the night. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

A faint, pale sound, no more than a soft breath, was all they could utter. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I’ll report the pair of you to the colonel if you don’t straighten up. There’ll be no more brawling or caterwauling in this kitchen.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

And with no more lights, Thomas couldn’t see a single thing. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“It is too delicious and now that there is no more Green Tiger, there is nothing for it to cure.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

She could not trust her uncle, no more than she trusted this High Septon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Since we wasn’t looking to be gone no more than two days, we was traveling light. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“I want you as supercargo, Nat. And—no more second mate’s duty for you—no watches to stand.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

And at the best he would have come out of Efrafa with no more than a couple of does, because his nerve had failed. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rings shall vanish from our noses, And the harness from our back, Bit and spur shall rust forever, Cruel whips no more shall crack. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“Everything is spotty and streaky, Daisy. They can’t even wash dishes right no more.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But the actual beach, the one he and the corporals gazed on now, was no more than a variation on all that had gone before: there was a rout, and this was its terminus. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Of the millions of stars that may mark the location of advanced civilizations, we have so far examined by radio no more than thousands. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knows no more than they do about total reality—less, if anything: works with the same old clutter of atoms, the givens of his time and place and tongue. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

She simply said in a way that made it clear there was no more to the story: “Your father is not my first husband. You are not those babies.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I ain’t doing this no more. You making this too personal. I don’t care about telling white people how it feel.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

So-called epidemic diseases, though, produce no cases for a long time, then a whole wave of cases, then no more cases again for a while. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He lowered the paper; he could read no more. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was perhaps no more attractive theory than the belief that smart policing stops crime. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I started to walk back toward camp, but had taken no more than three or four steps when I tripped over a log. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were now walking along a narrow lane that was no more than a rutted cart-track. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

‘Just promise me: no more turning people into ghosts if we can avoid it.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Uncertainty filled me more strongly than before and I decided to press ahead with no more blatant risks. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had grown used to being respected, to giving orders, to making decisions, and to having no more than the sky over his head. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he climbed to it, and saw that out of the very edge of the snow there sprang a sapling tree no more than three foot high. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Iorek held a small rock of some sort of ironstone in his left forepaw and struck it no more than three or four times on a similar one on the floor. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The question revives Kropp, more particularly as he hears there’s no more beer in the canteen. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could hear Cedric yelling “Stupefy!” too, but his spell had no more effect than Harry’s — Harry raised his wand as the spider opened its pincers once more and shouted “Expelliarmus!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But I been scared and mad all my life and after I killed that first woman, I wasn’t scared no more for a little while.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The cold does not bother me. This time is my time: I could no more feel uncomfortable in the night than a fish could feel uncomfortable in the deep water.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I thought I was sick, though I don’t believe I really was; I was just cold all the time and unable to sleep, sometimes no more than an hour or two a night. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He took no joy from those heads, no more than he had in displaying the headless bodies of the children before the castle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Freed from the troubles of war and death—he would send no more armies of young men to die—Lincoln dreamed of the future. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Accordingly, no more than a handful of strikes are necessary in many cases to eliminate all or nearly all black jurors. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, remember, all of you, that’s no more important than Schools and Advantages on the other side,” he said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

As he saw her, love overcame his heart so that he thought no more of his promise to Thetis. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Off the starboard side, now about a hundred yards away, was a small, uninhabited island no more than five acres. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

But truly, broken down and wasted away as I was, I could do no more for him. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I give the fuel tank a shake and the motor picks up for a time, but then it sort of fades away, oop-oop-oop, and makes a little clunk, and that’s it, no more outboard motor. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Not much is said about it, we are falling back, we will not be able to attack again after this big offensive, we have no more men and no more ammunition. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of this I am sure: the sun rises to-day on no more miserable house in all the great round of its daily course. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

And then she glared at the jam jar—which, I suddenly realized, had tipped over so there was no more water for her to drink—and... Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Water Claire repeated in her soft voice, and though she said no more, they knew that she was mourning the knowledge of the years that the sea had gulped away. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“When first I felt the call to search out the Land of Promise, I believed it would pass. But I can resist it no longer. Today, I will be king no more, but wanderer.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We never did figure out why the snake hadn’t bitten him, but Mama took no more chances on snakes. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

In an entire match, a professional tennis player might hit hundreds of serves and double-fault no more than three or four times. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

One or two South African gold mines reach to a depth of two miles, but most mines on Earth go no more than about a quarter of a mile beneath the surface. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Smiling, Isabel spreads her hands to emphasize the point Marguerite, defeated, presses her lips together and says no more. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The fruit was plentiful, but I knew that sooner or later there would be no more. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Not the ending I’d hoped for, but no more than I expected, I suppose.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Cowslip showed no more concern at Fiver’s tense manner than he had at anything that had gone before. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His head ached; since his hands were still bound behind him, he could do no more than guess at the large and throbbing lump. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Once or twice Ged tried to lead him to talk a little of such mysteries, but the Master was silent, looking at him long and grimly, till Ged grew uneasy and said no more. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The eaves of the forest were very near, probably no more than three furlongs away, but they could go no further. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The poems almost always came back, and I would send them out again, asking no more than that by their absence they would offer the promise of immortality. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

When we try measuring one way, our substance evades it and seems to prefer another, but when we try a different way, we have no more success. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“You can go and be back in no more than a couple of days at most.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I should hope so. Them little old furry tails ain’t going to do you no more good than they did the fox that was wearing them.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

‘I told you no more of that Underworld magic.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

No more crying baby, no more sickness, no more hospitals, no more death. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to scream, run until he could run no more. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Deductible. Meds. Hospital stays. Surgeries. When I turn eighteen, no more full coverage.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The agony of the fractured leg began to seem no more than a mild discomfort as The Giver led Jonas firmly, little by little, into the deep and terrible suffering of the past. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of platforms filled the interior, some supporting no more than a few flower beds, others holding huge ferns and bushes. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

A child emerged from a pool of darkness, a pale boy in a ragged robe, no more than nine or ten. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She could no more go to Jack’s than she could get a room at the Bar Harbor Inn. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Poppy gave her side a meaningful poke that translated, “Ask no more.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

There's no more pus in evidence, but the swelling has increased and the tight shiny skin is inflamed. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

There were no more lima beans—which, let me tell you, didn’t cause me much sorrow. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Lanesha. I don’t want to see no more. It seems even worse outside. New Orleans is all torn apart.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

But the person who had written the book knew no more about fire than Doon. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at me obliquely with darkening eyes, but would say no more. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Day of Sacrifice was weeks away, but there would be no more births in the ensuing time. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The stairwell was a cramped corkscrew of masonry, no more than six feet in diameter. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I wanted to believe they were all wrong about me, that I was not limited by my genes, that I was no more damaged than any other person. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He could no more raise a beard than I could, so he looked like a beaming boy. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He lay for a long while awake, but there was gathering cloud and he saw no more falling stars. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to hear no more about that guy who was supposed to be tutoring me. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Macon wouldn’t bother her no more; she, Pilate, would see to it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

And looking back it seemed to Carolina as if the children had been an explosion of no more than a moment’s duration, instead of a twenty-five-year travail. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the door had slammed shut, he had seen no more. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Maybe, at best, a half-dozen times in all my years—half-dozen times, no more ’n that. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Each one weighed no more than twenty-seven pounds to ensure that it would float if a canoe capsized. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

One month from now, my king, my leader, my tennis buddy, the dark kingdom beyond the Bonecruel Mountains will be no more, and the remaining goblins will be in chains. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“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

She sang about the wolves, her house, and the little feather flower on her table; and when she had no more to say, she crawled to her door and looked out. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are no more than a single strand of RNA with either a linear or a closed circular geometry. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I must have been no more than three or four. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

"That is so. Once it takes fire, the substance will bum fiercely until it is no more. More, it will seep into cloth, wood, leather, even steel, so they take fire as well." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Nothing,” I answer, and no more words are spoken because I’m out the door. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Look like I just didn’t care no more after that. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

She only had the one yellow, so if she ate that, she would have no more yellow. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He had trudged no more than a few yards through the night when it was gone and they were cold again. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Within the hour, Your Highness, Ghohg the Evil One will be no more. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“Like hell. I’m no more recognizable than you.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re about to be rich, Kaz. What will you do when there’s no more blood to shed or vengeance to take?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Robin, my Robin,” she whispered, and for a moment said no more, but only held him close, as if she could not let him go. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

It was very late in the afternoon, and I could think of no more prayers. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bigger, honey, she won’t go to school no more. She says the other girls look at and make her ’shamed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘Tie it up, so as it can’t come sneaking after us no more, I say.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

A ripple of wind pours in with a whistle that sings a telling message: “You ain’t a little girl no more.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Let me try to explain it to you, Aidan. In this great big ole universe, man is no more important than an oyster. Or something like that.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

But the light of the short day was fading, and on the next rise of the road he could make out the thing, tower or tree or whatever, no more clearly than before. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Sonny, I just got told by the union I can’t work on your rockets no more,” Mr. Caton said on the black phone. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Additionally, the government decreed that no more than four expeditions would be allowed on the Nepalese flanks each season. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

A village of Oompa-Loompas, with tiny houses and streets and hundreds of Oompa-Loompa children no more than four inches high playing in the streets.... Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

The fabric gave a kind of answer but it was no more than a flutter, like a breeze across her that she would not remember when she woke at dawn. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ate in a restaurant, caught a streetcar and rode south, rode until I could see no more black faces on the sidewalks. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In spirit world. Maybe he in spirit world. Already I say too much. Say no more now.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most likely they wouldn’t be doing no more flying but they should still be alive and kicking. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

At the top of the steps there are no more pictures. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

By then there were no more gunshots behind us, or sounds of pursuit. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

"Those who wish to ask pardon for their treasons may do so. We will have no more follies." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I felt something tug at my shoulder—no more than a tug—and I dashed onto the slope, and then began staggering upward, zigzagging from boulder to boulder to keep protection at my back. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got no more for my efforts than a thousand boys before me, and a thousand since. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A consultation that would last no more than half an hour in my old Mandela and Tambo office might take a year or more on the island. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then it was no more strange than talking into a telephone, because he was really talking to Lyra. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

This sort of evidence — and no more — forms the basis of a vast amount of medical therapy in many other disorders. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

You will take no more than you need, and waste nothing. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

"Well, don't follow me. I've no more idea than a gnat where I'm headin'." "Silence," whispered the prince, with a turn of his head. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I work too much. We’re always trying to fix something around this old house, and saving money in case something else breaks—which, by the way, no more side businesses, okay?” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

A silence overhauls us, and the voice leaves me completely There’s no more breathing at the other end. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“There is no more time. You need to get your things together, Sam. You.Te going with Gilly.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Maybe so, but that dead catfish learned it sure won’t sting me no more.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

His right eye closed, then opened again, and Sandy moved no more. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There will be no more requests to leave granted until our numbers are full. Is that understood?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When he could bear no more and was about to break into the room, a thin, fierce cry came out and he forgot everything. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

When Penny giggled, she sounded like the sweet young girl she was... seventeen, eighteen, no more than nineteen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I made it no more than three meters into the forest before someone tackled me to the ground. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Robert Oppenheimer could no more divest himself of political concerns than he could give up music and wine; they were all essential to his method of engaging with the outside world. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The meeting was being held at a small community church a few blocks away; it had seating capacity for no more than fifty people. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The next two days in Pamplona were quiet, and there were no more rows. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

But still, no more than a few miles.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She flicked them off with her fan, as if they were no more than flies buzzing about her head. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I know I should be embarrassed, but they're so unlike people that I'm no more self-conscious than if a trio of oddly colored birds were pecking around my feet. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The poor thing weighed no more than a small damp towel. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Winterfell is burned and broken and there are no more safe places. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“He don’t go to work no more. Lost his job at the feed store last week.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Hector Bowen is no more than an apparition in the dimly lit tent. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The men who fought the American Revolution were no more like these D.A.R. dames than I’m a pot-bellied, perfumed Pekingese dog. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The expression came and went in no more than a few milliseconds. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Here we are,” the giant told him after they’d been walking no more than ten minutes. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I don't mind that she wants me to call her Aunty, even though she's no more my aunty than Aunty Cloud. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

As they moved over the short turf—nibbling, sitting up and looking round them—they approached a little hollow, no more than three feet across. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Unclean, unclean! I must touch him or kiss him no more. Oh, that it should be that it is I who am now his worst enemy, and whom he may have most cause to fear.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She looked up at him like he was no more to her now than some ten-year-old boy come in for penny candy at the store. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Then turning from the city of Morgul, now no more than a grey glimmer across a dark gulf, he prepared to take the upward road. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“That’s right. Nothing. Nothing at all any more. No more Minneapolis, no more rockets, no more Earth.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vetch had been made sorcerer this fall and was a prentice no more, but that set no barrier between them. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The telescope brought it closer, but there was no more detail: cloud still looks like cloud however much it’s magnified. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

"And think what it means having your office in the lobby, Jake; no more driving to and from work, no more mowing the lawn or shoveling snow." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No police this time. But he gets no more chances. I just hope we’ve made the right decision.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the Sin-On Bible, John 5:14 exhorted the believers not to “sin no more,” but to “sin on more!” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt drawn by professionalism to the edge of sterility, capable of no more than pedantic, lifeless, unassailable prose. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘At least we may yet be avenged. Let us gird ourselves and weep no more! Come! We have a long road, and much to do.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But his arms were completely useless now, and his hands seemed no more than huge paws. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Doc smiled but said, “When we start lessons, no more playing around. You’ll have to listen close to what I tell you. There’s a lot to learn.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“The rough lemon is totally worthless in the supermarket, and yet there is no more valuable tree out here in the nursery.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he obviously could get no more milk from the cow, Jonathan stood up. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Because the road turned, it wasn’t possible to see very far, no more than a quarter mile. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

‘Go now each to your rest,’ he said, ‘and sleep well. And you, Master Meriadoc, I need no more tonight. But be ready to my call as soon as the Sun is risen.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

But on the drive home we both agreed it wasn’t the same no more. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Merry waited to hear no more, but slipped away to get ready for the summons to the march. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

But the truth is—or so they taught me—that he, too, serves Lord Frith and does no more than his appointed task—to bring about what must be. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day I noticed there was no more skin to absently peel, just air where there’d been artifice. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re very welcome,” I say, and I turn to him and kiss him on the mouth, “but she wants to see that thing with Sandra Bullock, SO . . . “Say no more! The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Qhorin seated himself on the sand, his back to a wall, no more than a vague black shadow in the gloom of the cave. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I have it not, I have it no more! It was, many years ago, stolen from me!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I fear Morgant has given me my death wound. I can do no more.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

"I don't . . ." Her voice was no more than a whisper, almost as faint as theirs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He had certainly never intended to marry her; such an idea was no more in his mind, he would have said, than the possibility of flying to the moon. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

They were light as air, no more than husks, and they fell at a touch. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Lord Janos had been no more than commander of the City Watch before Joffrey had raised him to Harrenhal and the council. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

You said much less than you might, and no more than you should. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I keep my eyes fixed on the floor, hoping Mrs. Walton don’t ask no more questions. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I know the boy. About her...I had no more idea than you. But it’s done.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“After waiting for days and nights, we discovered no more applications were being taken.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

But the Jackboots were too many, with their tanks and flamethrowers, and the revolt was over by May and the people were herded to the last of the trains and the ghetto was no more. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The Coalwood tipple would no longer lift coal out of the mine, and no more trains would go chugging through town or spewing dust off the coal cars. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even the sole Norse site located on Newfoundland apparently represents no more than a winter camp occupied by a few dozen people for a few years. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Soon it was going at no more than a crawl. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She decided neither to make nothing of it nor much of it; to proceed as though drinking was no more or less than something to be moderately indulged in at seasonal times. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day when the war is done and King Stannis sits the Iron Throne and has no more need of onion knights. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Facts are no more solid, coherent, round, and real than pearls are. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The babe is no more a prince than Val is a princess. You do not become King-Beyond-the-Wall because your father was.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When Ma offered to teach him to read, Pa’d say, “Hard work shrinks your mind. Got no more room up here for book learning.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

There they were trampled on and insulted until there were no more Spanish curse words left; then someone motioned to one of the tanks. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You got to do this milking. I cant use my right hand no more.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the two rushed together, wolf and direwolf, and there was no more time for thought. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“He never won his staff. He left Roke that same summer, and went to the Island of O to be sorcerer in the Lord's household at O-tokne. I know no more of him than that.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She could see no more than two or three yards in the murk, and even Pantalaimon’s owl eyes were helpless. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

If he did not return soon, there would be no more children. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In two days when they came out upon a road he set the bag down and sat bent over with his arms crossed at his chest and coughed till he could cough no more. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I keep guessing for about five minutes until I can’t think of no more jobs where you’d be wearing one of them white uniforms. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It no more belonged on the living-room rug than a Mazerati belonged in a stable. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

To make weight in anything but high-class stakes races, jockeys had to keep their weight to no more than 114 pounds. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once a boat has gone under, you can’t bail it no more. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She was so afraid of the Youns taking over our country that she was paranoid the Youns would populate Cambodia and in a few years the country would become no more than a Youn colony. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It also means there can be no more incidents like the one this morning. Do you understand, young lady?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

If they had no more food than they had had in Jones’s day, at least they did not have less. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

"Whatever else the man may be, he remains a knight. I don't know that we ought to call Robert my beloved brother either. He loved me no more than he had to, nor I him." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She never made herself noticeable, never spoke unless spoken to, performed what was expected and no more, and tried for no promotions. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Compton’s report of the Schenectady meeting to Bush asserted firmly the practicality of building a “fission bomb of superlatively destructive power” and of separating isotopes on an industrial scale for no more than $100 million. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Sad ending, but let me not give it away. I’ll say no more.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Back in the stable I said to Uri, “There’s no more bread.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Then she smiles and there are no more wrinkles in her forehead. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Always he watched ahead, though his eyes in the moonless night could see no more than the painted eyes aside the boat’s blind prow. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Those roof tops and that sea were mine no more. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, Marly, you get down here and help and no more of that silliness!” she said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Renly's young queen was no more than fifteen, sixteen, he seemed to recall . . . older than Joffrey, but a few years were nothing, it was so neat and sweet he could taste it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He leaped, felt himself fall, and saw no more. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

It burned redder than the other stars, and did not twinkle, though sometimes it flared up bright and sometimes dwindled down to no more than a distant spark, dull and faint. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The Bible was no more to be trusted than any other religions holy book. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when he took out the piece of tinder, it was no more than a stub, smaller than a candy bar. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“But no one has the skill of telling time by the sky here. Maybe one day we’ll run into someone who does. Then we won’t have to rely on these things no more.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

It was no more use to him than the bombsight. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“A few seconds. There were no more than ten or fifteen seconds between the time you went and the time you called my name.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

George chuckled, “I bet Lennie’s right out there in the barn with his pup. He won’t want to come in here no more now he’s got a pup.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Maggie said, “For a minute. But no more. And then you come along.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I am fair, and I am honest. A maid no more, but your honorable wife,” I said. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

But in such a society are contained the seeds of revolutionary democracy in which none will be held in slavery or servitude, and in which poverty, want and insecurity shall be no more. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sang for me, literally, like this”—and here Kallman gestures with his hand to indicate a space of no more than two feet—“face-to-face.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He was no more than four or five years old, and not very big. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

There had been no more than five hours’ darkness and that of a pallid, twilit quality which kept him wakeful and restless. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They will soon fly with angel wings and He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, nor will mourning or strife or pain. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

"Lord Frey's levies have joined them. They are likely no more than a day's march north of us." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Like the wolf, the wolverine is an animal of the wilderness, and when Miyax saw no more tracks she knew she was approaching man. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

So there was no more unavoidable delay in the bathroom, and it wasn’t long before we were all speaking at least a pidgin variety of French and German. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Landscape gardening was no more than a bohemian fantasy, as well as a lame ambition—so he had analyzed it with the help of Freud—to replace or surpass his absent father. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

"I do," Miss Honey replied, but she said no more. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

She had said no more than that; Robert had looked at her, and her twin brother Jaime had taken her quietly by the arm, and she had said no more. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“There will be no more skipping school. Not one minute.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Heavy, irresistible waves of dreamless sleep broke over him; he fell back onto his pillows and thought no more. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was no more unnerving than usual to feel the press of their eyes coming from every direction. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The chief said no more to him but looked down at Samneric. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She’d like me pregnant though, over and done with and out of the way, no more humiliating sweaty tangles, no more flesh triangles under her starry canopy of silver flowers. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mean, I say, “Basketball. Nobody plays baseball no more. Black kids play the court. Want to be Jordan. James. Curry. Lame if you can’t dribble and throw.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

A middle- aged woman, hands in her coat pockets, the legs of her jogging suit bunching above her boot tops, no more bizarre than most and easily forgotten. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Army have removed themselves—one hundred and seventy ships fleeing from the harbor—and the King's power there is no more. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I ride no more tormented, and both of us are free. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I am tired—no more. I will be all right in a minute.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because from that day there were no more hunting parties out at Sutpen’s Hundred, and when they saw him now it would be in town. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

After waiting a moment, as if to be sure she intended to say no more, he replied, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“Nothing. Truly, I am innocent,” I said, but could speak no more without starting to weep. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” he said, answering exactly the question and no more. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I shall eat no more meat of any kind while I am so closely confined.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I will go and live a solitary life; disappear and be Hamlet’s wife—no more!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Or maybe not; we can do no more than speculate about what he intended to do after he walked out of the bush. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made no more sound, but Lazlo could see his shoulders shaking. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But we could do no more about it. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

His- eyes were sunk in deep pits, his close-cropped beard no more than a shadow across his hollow cheeks and bony jawbone. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“That also, so you drink up your sweety-milk and beg no more.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was warm in Qarth as well, she recalled, until the day he had no more use for me. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There were probably fourteen or fifteen rabbits—no more—who set off with Campion, some time before ni-Frith, to try to retrace the long journey they had made only the previous day. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could afford no more weakness, especially on this night. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

We don’t laugh long, there is no more bread and we’re hungry, the four of us. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

"We don't have a phone no more; couldn't afford it with the kids making so many calls. But I did make some headway on our clues. Want to see?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

What little remains is no more than the wisp of smoke that lingers in the air after a great fire has burned out, and even that is fading. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He drops it on the ground in front of me, a gristly, bloody plop, and I ain’t so hungry no more. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

After this there’d be no more left, but he couldn’t think of that now. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Like the irony wasn’t lost on him, because our world has no more irony in it. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He wept until the sea breeze would have no more of it and bucked the swells up, frothed them at the top, and sent some of the spray over the stern. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He shut his mouth tightly and stared straight ahead, as if to avoid looking at anyone, and said no more. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He said no more, but Helen called the maids and sent them to make beds, with purple rugs piled up, and sheets outspread, and fleecy coverlets, in the porch inside the gate. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What the hell do you mean there’s no more food?” a man screamed, and rammed into the nearest cop. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

But her short acquaintance with the king at Deepwood Motte convinced her that he would have been no more fond of her in a gown. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Within a few days, he had no more time to see me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were the poorest sort of runners, racing for no more than a handful of pesos, but Howard enjoyed sitting in the stands and cheering them home. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sat filtering the ash from the water and drinking until they could hold no more. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

"Okay. So there's this dude, Brandon Simmons. He's always getting on me about my mom and where I live and how I look and all that. And today, I just couldn't take it no more." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

With no more than a brief conversation, Darwin had inserted a sluice into de Vries’s darting mind, diverting it forever. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The voice was no more than a whisper, yet somehow Dany felt that he was walking just behind her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He'd be getting no more new bracelets now, no more kind words of wisdom. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“It is a sort of thing which nobody could have expected. I am sure, a month ago, I had no more idea myself!—The strangest things do take place!” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Nowadays, in English, we can no more have a merely plausible proof than we can have a false fact; but Boyle is using ‘proof’ differently from us. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

"He's no more than a boy. Son to my late uncle Tygett. His father was always kind to me." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Still dazed, with her head ringing, she hauled herself up to find Pantalaimon desperately fighting the monkey still, with wolverine jaws fastened tight on a golden arm, changing no more but grimly hanging on. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe I was being a little sensitive, but I had hoped—silly me—that there would be no more rumors when my family moved here. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“Stand up,” she repeated, yanking Sticky to his feet as if he weighed no more than a bird. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

And then there was no more heat, no more pain. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Probably it was no more than temporary shelter, a refuge when flood- waters got too high. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The soldiers were no more than violent, cruel bullies. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

There is no more description of this time in Aziz’s life, because no one ever talked about it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The way things go, though, he was a stocky five three or four—no more than that. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

So he commanded Ching to ask no more but to do the work well, and it would be enough. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The earthen wall of the fortification that faced the river was bare and ugly, and the houses beyond were no more than plain wooden boxes. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The family owned no more than ten objects—two pots, three bowls, a hoe, a cow, some chickens—and a good five of them were regularly lost, thanks to her father. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

They were no more than twenty paces away. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The world was ending, and there were no more consequences. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He sounded as if he was no more than a quarter of a mile away. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then there comes an hour just before dawn where there can’t be no more. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The garrison numbered no more than a hundred men, so small a troop that they were lost in Harrenhal. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

From now on he was an aeronaut no more, unless by some miracle he escaped with his life and found enough money to buy another balloon. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The French are no more capable of a republican government,” he insisted, than a snowball can exist a whole week in the streets of Philadelphia under a burning sun.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

There were no more speeches due, and the stuff in the book was all obvious stuff, like how you should look your prospective employer in the eye at a job interview. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

They were incapable of love—“others have no more value to them than a car or a pen.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She threw her arms around his neck and drew him down into the depths and he was seen no more. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our innocence and faith were no more productive than his lust or despair. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Time was when I could walk and sing all day and hear no more than the echo of my own voice in the hollow hills. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He’d give me no more clues, but of course I did give it a lot of thought between then and Christmas. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not know how, no more than I did. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

‘I said to myself: “dreaming again, Sam Gamgee,’’ I said; and I said no more just then. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

We had no more voice in that decision than the brutes among whom we were ranked. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

Hobbes was no more committed to the supposed Wittgensteinian view of truth than the GMC are. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Styx had no more claim on the woods than we did. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

His wife said to him, "This one'll have to go on the back seat. There's no more room in the boot." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I have not lost the mastery of my feelings, there are actually no more feelings. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

They did no more than loudly ex­press their frustration. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

There is really no such creature as a single individual; he has no more life of his own than a cast-off cell marooned from the surface of your skin. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was no more confident than Constance that the end wasn’t hurtling toward them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then he put on an extra spurt and, with a few inches to spare, slipped through a hole in the hedge and was seen no more. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I know there will be no more names because Shay has made it known since Mr. Daniels first announced the election that anyone who runs against her will regret it. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

She gestured at the huge chest, no more than a third full, and at the clothes that were scattered all over the room. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“But there’ll be no more killings in this town because of you.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The family had stripped itself of money to fight my mother’s illness and there was no more forthcoming. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He is wealthy,” she said, and would say no more. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I wake, I stumble to the bathroom and gulp water from the faucet until I can hold no more. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

This, of course, excludes the trash element, which is the same everywhere and is no more evident among Negroes than whites. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They reported that the Slytherin team was no more than seven greenish blurs, shooting through the air like missiles. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

But the man who fired the gun gets off no more than a warning shot, because the mob rips the shotgun from him and pulls him down into a melee of angry hands. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“May be unstable? There’s no may about it. Not that it matters. Soon you’ll be no more than a cloud of radioactive molecules.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Emily ran her finger around the diamond carved onto her desktop, avoiding eye contact and hoping no more humiliation was in store. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Thereafter, although no formal agreement was ever made or hinted at, no more bombs were dropped. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The other three reached what they believed to be the summit at 4:00 p.m., by which time the clouds had become so thick that visibility was reduced to no more than 100 feet. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

A few seconds pass and still no more bullets. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My backpack held little more than three empty oxygen canisters and a pint of frozen lemonade; it probably weighed no more than sixteen or eighteen pounds. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Dad wants to go to another place for a pint but Uncle Pa says he has no more money. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“And I’ll have no more texts read at me in my own house!” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I said no more, for he was not giving me his whole attention. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Compton estimated the American lead on the atomic bomb at no more than six years. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I run and run and run till I can’t breathe no more. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Finally the grapes stopped shivering, and I had a feeling that somewhere inside there, the manticore was no more. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Near the mother floats a puppy, and I can look no more. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon was a lemur, with the biggest eyes he could manage, clinging to Lyra’s shoulder, pressing himself into her fog-pearled hair, peering all around and seeing no more than she did. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Gwydion made no more sound than the shadow of a bird. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“What is love,” she asked, “if not—,” but said no more. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The cedars that had once grown tall along the coast grew no more, felled by the axes of the Old Empire or consumed by dragonfire when Ghis made war against Valyria. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“My mama wanted me to deliver this to you. She said to take one spoonful in the morning, but no more.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

There are no more special interests or special cases. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d no more than slipped him the gun from my belt when a cop I’d seen about came in the other door. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

His father had no more use for it, and Will was shaking with cold. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The throne will hear no more petitions today." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then perhaps events would take their proper course with no more need of interference from him. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

One can account for just so much of life, and then no more. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

When she was five, no more than five, Zeitoun came home from work for lunch one day and found Nademah playing on the floor. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

"A city pale as die moon and lovely as a maid. An hour's ride, no more." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The second monkey struggled and hissed, trying to lift the stone, but it could no more move it than it could move the moon. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe it’s nobody’s fault how we don’t talk no more. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I had no more to say, so I ground my heel in the dirt while I waited for him to get over the fun and explain it all to me. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I doubted my grandmother blinked once during the news show—even when there was no more actual news to report about the drowning. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

There could be no urgency in work during such summers; any parachutes rigged would be no more effective than napkins. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everything in its season,” said Silas, and he said no more that night. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He could feel the crack but he could no more see it than he could see through the wall at his side. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Hush, baby, hush. Come here. Oh, Lord, look at your dress. Don’t cry no more. Polly will change it.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

But since Sharkey came they don’t grind no more corn at all. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

In breadth it looked to be no more than two or three furlongs at the widest point. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

"They found no sign of your uncle, no more than the others did." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

At first, glaciers blocked the way from Alaska to the rest of America, allowing no more than perhaps a few isolated pioneers to investigate the lands further south. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s no more capable of fraud than of flying,” she said flatly. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“Sure I did. He tol’ me I better not pet that pup no more.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The icy touch froze his bones, and he remembered no more. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Skarpi took another drink, no more than a sip this time, then set his cup down and pivoted on his stool to face us. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I remember soldiers coming home and then there wasn’t no more talk about the World War. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time it pursued instantly and the two rabbits reached the undergrowth at the bottom of the steep with no more than ten yards to spare. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that’s it, there’s no more movement from his side of the field. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

There would be no more practice or tutoring sessions. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Instinctively, I felt that I was lying on my back, not my stomach, but I really was doing neither—most normal yardsticks disappear in space, and I was no more lying than standing or falling. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was surprised to find that there were no more cans of lemonade in the freezer. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Male citizens of age, who were entitled and expected to vote in the general assembly, made up no more than a quarter of the total adult population. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I have no right to this, he thought, no more than to Ice. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Nothing is just anything,” the gyptian replied, and would say no more. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

There were no more stories, no games, even no small unorthodox poems. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I shook my clothing, but no more came out. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He had not yet seen me, but I was no more than twenty-five feet away. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He said, “Thank you, boy, but we’s free now. I don’t want to see that dagger never no more.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“I told Mama I didn’t want to go to school no more,” I said, finally. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They’d no more than gotten started when April and Melanie decided they just had to have some more equipment before they could play it well. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since no one else was home, there were no more opportunities for our scheme. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He agreed with enthusiasm to spend the feast day with his two friends, from dawn to dark, and thought no more of tombs or goblets until they parted on the thoroughfare. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Piteous weeping wears away her cheeks: but no more piteous than Odysseus’ tears, cloaked as they were, now, from the company. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the moment we can do no more. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ignored us entirely, as if we were no more than ordinary cargo. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I trust that there will be no more disruptions,” Darkness said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Sister, he wants—” but no more does Albert know how to express it modestly and decently. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Keep it up,” she said,“and there’ll be no more gaming. No science museum with your father. And no harmonica. Keep it up.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Well, I’d rather say no more about the end of that meeting. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then Denethor gave a great cry, and afterwards spoke no more, nor was ever again seen by mortal men. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

You leave with enough calories to take you to the next meal, no more, no less. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I could get up and run for it, but if I stayed put, even for one more minute, there would be no more groping in car seats or movie theaters, no skirmishes over brassiere hooks. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘Man! Indeed not! I am a hobbit and no more valiant than I am a man, save perhaps now and again by necessity. Do not let Gandalf deceive you!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Since this is not so, and the world is just as it is and no more, nothing changed. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, señora. When the rancho broke up they put no more lime on the ’dobe, and the rains washed it down.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You ain’t by yourself no more. You got us to watch for you. And I can watch for that old Robert.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Some of them make no more than the steelworkers pulled down in the 1970s—in real dollars, not dollars adjusted for inflation. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

But she felt disappointed that it now seemed no more than a scrap of cloth; she wanted Thomas to understand. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We will speak no more of wooden horses and iron chairs." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Ramsay ate heartily as well, though his pale bride did no more than stare at the portion set before her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Kindly, Lyra thought, and sharp, and wise; but she could no more read what it meant than she could read the alethiometer. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And when he could labour no more, he cast his cloak about him, and slipped out of the City, and went to his tent just ere dawn and slept for a little. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps it would be wiser,” said Agravaine, with well- made reluctance, “to say no more about it.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt weak and his knees shook, but there were no more tears in his eyes. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I would love that no more than I love this.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“But if he returns no more this winter, my choice will never be required. A thousand things may arise in six months!” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

He judged her a few years older than he was, but no more than flve-and-twenty. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Usually it came to no more than this: a deployment of troops, twenty-seven soldiers leaning, twenty-seven tiny olive-green rifles aiming, poised on the brink of battle. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Most Karhiders cry easily, being no more ashamed of tears than of laughter. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

And so much unhappiness comes because of that love and Merry Christmas to you, Your sister, Nettie Dear Nettie, I don’t write to God no more. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not every day you see a remotely attractive girl hanging around a hospital, no more than five doors down from yours. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

A hundred yards away, at the bottom of the slope, ran the brook, no more than three feet wide, half choked with kingcups, watercress and blue brooklime. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Viruses may seem alive when they multiply, but in another sense they are obviously dead, are only machines, subtle ones to be sure, but strictly mechanical, no more alive than a jackhammer. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in fact it lasted probably no more than thirty seconds, and then from the gallery I heard what sounded like a great sigh, a deep, collective “ummmm,” followed by the cries of women. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course I shall be ready, Mother,” Ana said, tossing her head as if the task was no more difficult than selecting which dress to wear on the appointed evening. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Greek word ailinon!, meaning “woe for Linus!” grew to mean no more than the English “alas!” and was used in any lament. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was no more than a shallow alcove hewn into the face of the cliff, with an offering table against one wall and a small stone statue of Thutra opposite. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

She knew that they were no more human than the woman she had seen in her kitchen on the day of the hunt, but this time, she did not have any desire to ask questions. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Eumenides, Apollo, chosen to represent Orestes in his murder trial, mounts a strikingly original argument: he reasons that Orestes’s mother is no more than a stranger to him. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

She could not tell how far down it led, since after the first turn of the spiral she could see no more, but she had a feeling it was a long way down. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The door opened no more than two inches, but it was enough to give me a startling peek at the intruder. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

It felt like so very little to say, but there were no more words. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

For the rest of the afternoon, they discuss no more than fashion and art movements. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Now we shall try a new way. You and I will read these pleasant little marchen together, and dig no more in that dry book, that goes in the corner for making us trouble.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

"No. The King's under the law, for it's the law makes him a king. Hast no more power to start away from thy crown than any sentry from his post." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, what are we going to do? Powell, you’ve got an idea. I know you have, or you wouldn’t be so calm. You’re no more a hero than I am. Go on, spill it!” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“We don’t need help from anyone. Nobody helps nobody no more. And we certainly don’t need help from you. Probably working for the schools. Little snitches, looks like.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She was clothed from head to toe in white fur, and at her right hand a fairy no more than a foot tall hovered in midair, her wings fluttering like a hummingbird’s. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

After that, there were no more Sunday dinners. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The next day the king’s scouts chanced upon an abandoned crofters’ village between two lakes—a mean and meagre place, no more than a few huts, a longhall, and a watchtower. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was a hair net of fine-spun silver, the strands so thin and delicate the net seemed to weigh no more than a breath of air when Sansa took it in her fingers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Fallen indeed: time was no more, and sin, death, Hell, the judgment were blotted out. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I ran miles before I could run no more and then fell to the ground. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of these plans were no more than pipe dreams. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The English, despite their bluff, are certainly no more to blame for the war than all the other countries, large and small, that are now occupied by the Germans. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“There ain’t no more bobcats in them woods,” said the gray-haired man. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

At the time, I was no more a tribute in these Games than he was. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“She married a Puerto Rican somewhere in New York. Since she could pass, she disowned her blackness —converted to Puerto Rican because she didn’t want to be black no more.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Once they had my husband’s property, they had no more use for me. They said widows were unlucky to have about. The truth is that I am too old for hard work.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Learning music will be the fourth way—after turning ten, after getting a CharlieCard, after no more headphones—that I am different this year. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

It is true, perhaps, that I feel some trifling dislike of deer, but no more dislike than I feel for other natural things— discounting men. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ate until her crop stuck out and she could eat no more. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Too, I wanted no more sunlight until I had the medication sufficiently out of my system to allow me to lighten. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glared fiercely at the children and they made no more inquiries about Miss Gunderson. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“And no more talk about school. You’re all I have. I won’t lose you to them. Look at me. No more talk about school.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I was no more than five when I became a herd-boy, looking after sheep and calves in the fields. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his own arms—and Matty was strong—he could have carried no more than ten or twelve at a time. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I would do no more running downtown, nor would I accept any program that they sent up without consulting the Harlem committee. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You will drink fresh milk from a bottle. No more stunted tins of condensed milk, no more homemade soybean milk,” I said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The tents, no more than 650 horizontal feet away, were only intermittently visible through the whiteout. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Ben, the two of us need look no more...” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t mad at him no more, for trying to get me to join his crew. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She won’t never let me live in her princess house no more. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When Obsle and Yegey both left town, and Slose’s doorkeeper refused me entrance, I knew it was time to turn to my enemies, for there was no more good in my friends. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

When these sores were cleaned and he lay warm in the for bag, as well hidden as winter and wilderness could hide him, there was no more I could do. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He offered no more bites, nor did he take her hunting. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I suppose we shall have no more peace in this house now,” he said to himself proudly. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

After that, there were no more swimming piggyback rides, no more trips without Tía or Mami joining us, too, now that I think about it. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It was no more than six feet by eight feet, meant for one prisoner. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“I can do no more,” she said, dabbing at her mouth. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Working for the family in Soweto, my mom had no more freedom than she’d had in Transkei, so she ran away. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The two female Scholars sat up very slightly, though their daemons, either well behaved or torpid, did no more than flick their eyes at each other. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Vetch had been three years at the School, and soon would be made sorcerer; he thought no more of performing the lesser arts of magic than a bird thinks of flying. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

But summer, it turned out, was no more real than the snow that melted in wintertime. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

No job as a lifeguard this summer, no starting college in the fall, no more swimming. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Now I was terrified at his Past & his Secrets & I asked for no more Music. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We burst into peals of laughter, and the roar of the guns bothered us no more; our fears had all been swept away. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

And I could no more control the words I said next than the earthquake he’d left in my bones. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The car had gone no more than twenty yards when it began to slow. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She told him, “The devil got you, boy—that stuff you on make you crazy. I don’t know you, and I don’t want you around here no more.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Probably no more than what we know from digging up King Tut.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Of course there was no more perfume or stylish clothing to choose from, and just as I had started my cycles, a few weeks of hunger stopped them altogether. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Some were already walking, wobbly on their unsteady legs; others were no more than a few days old, wrapped in blankets, held by their Nurturers. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

There were no more raspberries left, and I didn’t feel like asking Mom to get me more. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The wind was still beating the treetops back and forth, but the worst of the rain had passed by the time he decided he could do no more. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I'd made a decision that there would be no more entries added to the file. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“The children can stand no more. My child is senseless with all this talk.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few of the older men spoke of other snowstorms and insisted this was no more than a light dusting compared to what they’d seen in the winters of their youth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t know they were seeing each other no more than I did and you saw her every day like I did Joe. I know where my mind was. Where was yours?” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

"There is more of Rhaegar in you, I think, but even Rhaegar could be slain. Robert proved that on the Trident, with no more than a warhammer. Even dragons can die." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Winnie had been no more than two slow minutes walking timidly under the interlacing branches when she wondered why she had never come here before. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the staff was probably dead or gone, and the village farmers were definitely dead or gone, so there would be no more food My hunger was getting sharp. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The one between his ankles was no more than a foot long, shortening his stride to a shuffle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She had never seen the Seven Kingdoms either, no more than Drogo, yet she felt as though she knew them from all the tales her brother had told her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

All of him was hidden by his angelic face, and for this he had no more concern or responsibility than has a fawn for the dappling spots on its young hide. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was flat on her back with no more strength in her body than a damp tunnel root. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Then they said no more, and they ate in silence; but her eyes were ever upon Aragorn, and the others saw that she was in great torment of mind. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

There would be no more trips into Berlin or anywhere else until after the games. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Also the only thing I can afford: I have won a scholarship to university, which was no more than expected. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

No one—no one human—could move that quickly; it was as if he were no more than shadows and wind. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He would pull the bow back, set the arrow just above die water, and when die fish was no more than an inch away release the arrow. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Misty she began, but no more words came. “Go!” the girl shouted, almost making Trina stumble backward. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“If the alternative is to wait and just hope—that no more hollows come, that the headmistress gets better—I say that’s no alternative at all.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Clarke’s attempt to demonstrate lasted no more than a minute before she had to sit down and take out a handkerchief to mop her forehead. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

‘No more, no more!’ cried the Elves laughing. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But the Specters had found their target, too, and they pressed in through the snagging tangle of bush and briar and root and branch, meeting no more resistance than smoke. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And she saw the ill-favored one, whose sun-ravaged skin was healing in the citadel’s shade—though he was no more appealing for it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I could no more escape than I could think of my identity. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm, I'm-" But there was no more to come. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Suppose he just shows up one day and finds you sick— then he won’t trust you no more. He’s sure to take you away then.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“You have no more interest in him? Is that good or bad?” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Vetch nodded and they went on, no more being said by either. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

But he can do no more for him. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

A girl was with them; slim, dark-haired, no more than eighteen by the look of her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There was no more talk of returning me to the coffeehouse or finding a different home for Nell. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here, the mountains and woods were just backdrop—familiar, known, nearby, but no more consequential or noticed than the clouds that scudded across their ridgelines. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I want everyone in their sleeping bags and no more talking!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“But, Samuel? We not no family no more with you over there and we over here.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The Indian indentures were lied to, they were tricked, they were no more than cheap labor to keep the plantations running—but they were still individuals. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

And even though there is no more sound from the running needle, I still hear it in my heart and it hurts. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

With no more words, she whirled into his arms then, saying, “Oh, Westley, I didn’t mean that, I didn’t, I didn’t, not a single syllabub of it.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The king and his company slept no more that night; but they saw and heard no other strange thing, save one: the voice of the river beside them suddenly awoke. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Your parents, my dear, have no more worldly wisdom than a pair of babies.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t think you did. I said, ‘In many states a hunting license entitles you to one deer and no more. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Beyond, there seemed to be no more hills. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Yes, men! men!” and there was no more poison left. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She came in, wet and shaking from the winter rain, looking like she had slept no more than I had. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When he had protested that the young prince and princess were no more than babes, his new-made king had replied, "I see no babes. Only dragon- spawn." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Werner blinks up to see the Viennese girl in her cape descend through the ceiling as if it is no more than a shadow. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to come over here no more. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I come ...” The Deputy Sub-Bursar heard no more; he had slipped out of the vestibule and was looking up a number in the telephone book. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their languages are of course much more numerous than the eight dominant Chinese languages of mainland China, but are no more diverse. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Serve and obey and remember who you are, and no more harm will come to you. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He felt no more fear; he was sure that on this point he could foretell the future better than the god. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So I had to say to him, ‘No, I can’t, no more,’ and then he just laughed and pushed me away. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

And this did not apply only to Negroes, who were no more “simple” or “spontaneous” or “Christian” than anybody else—who were merely more oppressed. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

A rider could be no more than 5 pounds over the assigned weight or he would be taken off the horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We have no more choice in that than in whether or not to be born.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Let Him get busted up inside so He feels He’s worth no more than the bugs I crushed under my boots at school. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then, having no more territory to explore, they invented ways to leave their homeland, first on wings and later on rockets, until finally, in July 1969, they touched the face of the moon. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were no more jokes or excuses to be made for the silly, grumpy old woman we’d known from birth. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no more overgrown stubble and no dry, tangled ’fro. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I do not like this place, and I shall like it no more by the light of day. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He’s not twitching no more and the steam is starting to blow away. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She answered with equal indifference and brevity, and the other said no more. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

At the bottom lay no more than two inches of very brown water. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

‘Begone, and trouble me no more! If you touch me ever again, you shall be cast yourself into the Fire of Doom.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was the reply she had expected, no more and no less. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We got to St. Louis that same afternoon, but there were no more trains leaving that day. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cain’s eyes would open no more because of him...He would not draw breath because of him...His heart had stopped beating because of him... Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It twisted and turned, but there were no more side tunnels. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Two little blond-haired children, no more than three or four years old, suddenly appeared in the doorway, silently holding hands. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t say as much, but after a little while, I did get to where the smell didn't bother me no more. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So she kept giving the tiger all her food, until finally she had no more food. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He repented a thousand sins no more wicked than another’s and despaired of ever attaining salvation. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Presently Lee decided it was time to leave; he had learned no more, and he didn’t want to keep Umaq waiting. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I know what brought me here, but why have you come? This is not your battle, no more than it is mine." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I determined to waste no more time pursuing vain paths of possibility. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Just as my heart sinks every time I hear her harsh words, that’s how her heart sank when she realized there was no more love between us. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

They are as obsolete as the old anecdotes in which they played their puzzling, ambiguous roles, and we have no more need for the beasts than for the stories. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now a man who has probably spent no more than a week in Jamaica is telling me that everything will be irie. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was low-key, and the magistrate seemed no more concerned than if he were handling a traffic summons. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They kept scanning the ground, but noticed no more holes. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“We do. We’ll talk about it on Wednesday. But no more chores—or perhaps, just one more.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

His boy, no more than four years old, has a problem. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Despite Ernests personal interest in the search for these X-rays, the Rad Lab had no more success finding them than other labs. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

John Joly of Dublin strenuously insisted well into the 1930s that the Earth was no more than eighty-nine million years old, and was stopped only then by his own death. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“You will take good care of him, of course. And, General, see to yourself. You can do no more good now. I want you to rest.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out of respect for him, the group walked no more that day but took time to mourn the man who had been their leader. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a long time, there was no more sound at all, inside or outside the shed. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He possessed great knowledge, said the believers; he remembered his former lives, he had attained Nirvana and never returned on the cycle, he plunged no more into the troubled stream of forms. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterwards he avoided the man as best he could, and it seemed also that Skiorh kept away from him, and no more words passed between them. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then the chief warden, Little Razor, went from cell to cell, announcing the new regulations, no more hymn singing, no more crucifixes. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had done what was needful for him as a baby, but she had business of her own and once he could look after himself at all she paid no more heed to him. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

There are no more jokes and laughs after that. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“There’s no more to be got where that came from.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was all velocity and dream physics—no more need to stand or lean or fly, but only fall. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She knew he agreed there was a distinction between no more monsters and no free monsters, but she didn’t know if he would believe there was a loose monster that needed to be hunted down. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“You’re doing a great job, son, but no more sneaking around at night—especially with your sister. You hear me?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The light, though no more than a grey dusk, was now enough for them to see that they were deep in the valley between the mountains. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The whole store is like an attic, full of stuff someone’s grandparents once owned but had no more use for. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

At a minimum, this audience needs to consist of no more than one or two people whose opinions they value. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would spend no more words on the matter, for I suspected she meant to bait me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The fact that Pauling’s deductions about symmetry were no more inspired than our awkward efforts of the year before would, I thought, amuse her. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He had built a tin-roofed room at the back of his property, no more than a shack, with a dirt floor, no heat, no electricity, no running water. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And what will your husband say,” I said, “if I leave you here alone?” and I took no more notice of her cries. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Myrt!” she said, but could say no more until she had caught her breath. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decided that from this moment on, I would no more be my father’s daughter. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

In every one, the handwriting was the same: tiny, precise, taking up no more room than was necessary. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

If no more DNA copies remain, the species is extinct, just as a company without money is bankrupt. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made him dizzy before he’d even finished it and he drank no more. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I ain’t sure I want you in here no more. A colored man got to have some rights even if he don’t like ‘em.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Well, we ain't interested no more, Patty. We over it," Lu jabbed. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Naomi pulled open the door to the cafeteria cleaning supply closet with no more thought than she’d given to any other task over the last two days. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I got older and more scientific, I received no more gifts from her. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"So you ain't one of us no more? You too good for Sunny, Lu, and me?" Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

"Against them I have all the power of House Lannister. Against Jaime or my father, I have no more than a twisted back and a pair of stunted legs." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Clearly, he could make no more of the situation than Hazel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

My love,, inflame me no more, lest you consume all my wit and betray my will Let men not censure my name that I call your love, that for which I rise and fall. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Shin and his mother were miserable and hungry during the famine, but no more than they were accustomed to. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

On a normal man, it would be no more than a half cape. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Cystic fibrosis will steal no more from me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

A modern novelist could no more write characters and plots than a modern composer could a Mozart symphony. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It only lasted a moment, no more than a blink, but V was sure of it. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

All the wood they had to burn was small wood and the fire was good for no more than an hour or perhaps a bit more. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I’m strong enough to make my way around the house. Mother Smith doesn’t have to worry about us no more.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There followed a series of robed speakers, each talking for no more than fifteen or twenty minutes. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

When she doesn’t answer, I figure there’s no more point in conversation. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"Hitler's getting even for the Treaty of Versailles. Germany will be humiliated no more." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“So! I knew I didn’t have too many years left. Do you know how I got all this fat? Eating your leftovers. Aiaa, I’m getting so old. Soon you will have no more mother.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shuddered and said no more, leaving Merry to tell of those last horrible moments: the pawing hands, the hot breath, and the dreadful strength of Grishnákh’s hairy arms. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Like two moths clumsily bumping together, with no more weight than that, their lips touched. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And then her back came up hard against a tree, and she could dance no more. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But he only put his head to one side, as his father often had done, and when I said no more, he trotted out to a sunny place and lay down and fell asleep. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

They arrived like shipments of lambs, to hear the monks tell it, and with no more knowledge of their provenance than lambs, either. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

‘But let us speak no more of these things upon the open road!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

In bubble matches against a supposedly clean opponent, meanwhile, the bubble wrestler was no more likely to win than his record would predict. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The Shrouded Lord is just a legend, he told himself, no more real than the ghost of Lann the Clever that some claim haunts easterly Rock. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I reckoned I must have covered two, three miles, but once me and Pa got walking toward the road I saw I hadn’t gone no more than two, three hundred feet! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

That's what I used to do, what I wanted to be doing, but I couldn't do none of those things no more. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

‘I wish I had never come here, and I don’t want to see no more magic,’ he said and fell silent. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Come now, no more dallying,” he said, though more gently. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

A moment later a girl no more than eighteen, very lovely, came out upon the balcony. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

A shrill voice was laughing, the woman was screaming, and Harry knew no more. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Sucking sweets, the Terrible Threesome was no more. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

"How long . . . ?" he asked weakly when he could drink no more. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Come,” I said sternly, “no more of this; we have had quite enough already. Get to your bed and try to behave more discreetly.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Arya would wait until she heard him snoring, then creep barefoot up the servant's stair, making no more noise than the mouse she'd been. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When I could stand it no more, I snuck out of the kitchen and tiptoed down the hall. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is a Barbarian boy, no more than thirteen. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

There would be no more standing in chow lines; now Mama had a stove to cook on. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

About going to a wonderful place called ‘heaven’ where there is no more pain or death and you live forever in a state of perpetual happiness? Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Okay. So I’m clean. So I’m looking forward to it. I just got through telling you I don’t want to hide no more. . . “It’s a secret, ain’t it? Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I be free too. Never no slave no more.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no more playing under the trees. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jane caught the words “Special Visitors—Friends of——” and then no more. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

And now, even though there was no more temple and no more high priests, they still left a little piece. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The worn-out past was sunk in the freshness of what was coming; and in the rapidity of half a moment’s thought, she hoped Mr. Elton would now be talked of no more. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“Oh. OK. Say no more. You know what they were doing, right?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then black despair came down on him, and Sam bowed to the ground, and drew his grey hood over his head, and night came into his heart, and he knew no more. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I do not give them the satisfaction of my withdrawing, but since the incident with the faerie fruit, there are no more skirmishes. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Hell could be no more lonely or hopeless, no more agonizingly estranged from the world of order and harmony. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma held up her hand to show there waren’t no more to say. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

As I had hoped, Richard Parker did no more than growl once or twice. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Give me plastics, periodical tables, t.v. dinners with vegetables no more complex than peas mixed with diced carrots. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were no more moons on her wrist—and none visible in the sky, either. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Son or no son,” the king snarled, “I am still your king. You will obey me, Dorian Havilliard, or you will pay. I’ll have no more of your questioning.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Fiver said no more and Hazel turned his thoughts to the raid and the difficulty he foresaw of getting the hutch rabbits to go the distance back to the warren. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The platter was worth no more than three. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The ritual had been going on for a week now and it would continue until the cue was heard no more. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of the twenty-some young men who were waiting at the station for their dates to arrive on the ten-fifty-two, no more than six or seven were out on the cold, open platform. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps no more than four hundred to five hundred civilians were killed,” he said. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He crawled deeper into the black gauzy web where he could rest in the silence, where his coming and going through this world was no more than a star falling across the night sky. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

If art was no more than a frustrated outflinging of desire, if religion was no more than self-delusion, what good was life? The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed no more than a shadow in the mist, as impossible to determine as their fate. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s as if history can be no more than a mirror tipped up to show each of us exactly what we already knew. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Ah, that's more tales, and no more true than the other." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And I could no more have gone to Gallatoir’s for an omelet and champagne than I could have danced on a grave. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You want me to die right now? I can’t stand no more of this. You mustn’t talk that way. We in enough trouble now. “Don’t let ’em treat you bad, Bigger,” Buddy said stoutly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Keep plugging. Nothing like an education. Look, forget what I said before. I’ll do anything else you want. Just no more mazes—that’s all.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I no more can guess the assumptions that go along with glittering sneakers than a child in a dragon costume knows what real dragons would make of the color of her scales. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There would be no more appeals, no more records to keep. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It required, however, no more than the blurt of the doorbell to alert me to listen to sounds all over again. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Can’t fight him no more than you can fight the wind or the tide. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

They were young, no more than three or four years older than me. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The “saving grace” was that no more than fourteen people came to watch. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Lee said, “We can withdraw under cover of the weather. If we can reach the river, there will be no more danger.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

This painful ritual went on week after week, until “at last the frosts and storms of November came and threw a chilling barrier between the living and the dead, and we went there no more.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I could scold them a little, but I could no more have whipped one of them than I could have kissed a girl. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arjun, tom between a desire to dash back and a craving to hear more from his father, teetered anxiously to and fro on his heels; but Nathan said no more. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

And after that, there were no more disasters. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had burned all of the little fish, and since I could catch no more until the Aleuts left, I took the skirt outside to work on it there. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gash in his forehead gave him no more trouble, but he bore a brown scar to the end of his days. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

We don’t hear no more whispers from the army, if that’s what it even was, but there ain’t no point in finding out for sure, is there? The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Are we to snip no more? There is metal left over.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He was ninety and had no more miraculous escapes. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I was there for almost twenty-five years and didn’t have no more troubles except for one time. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve said no more than a handful of words to each other and she knows a secret so big that I’ve not even told my best friend. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

A quick glance below revealed that the Griever had already halved the distance between them, and it was moving faster yet, no more pauses or stops. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They wore golden sandals and bright paint, no more. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The old man told us to go back to other parts of the yard, but there was no more real work done that afternoon. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had seen this spear made, as I had seen my father make bows and arrows, yet I knew little about it, no more than I had about the others. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ellsberg could see no more than a few feet in any direction through the tall plants. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“In general, I adhere to the notion that things belong in the class to which they have been assigned—which leads us to the periodic table. No, no more about the pelican.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I shared every detail with Tamika, from Sir Fig Newton’s no more oomph to the inconclusive test results. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Ma was sore disappointed that the store wouldn’t give us no more credit until we paid down on what we owed. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

"They may not mean me ill. Men have looked at women since time began, perhaps it is no more than that." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Yellowstone National Park is no more representative of America than is Disneyland. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment I was just arriving at the tents—probably no more than fifteen minutes in front of the first members of Beidleman’s group. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then there was no more rise and fall. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

After that Mama put pins back in her mouth, so no more talking. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could face that unending file of repetitious robots no more. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“Those people in them fancy new houses won’t be able to stand pig smell. So we can’t raise hogs no more.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

He asked them what that meant, but they would say no more about it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Bedwyck stood no more than five feet tall, but the grey streaks in his hair showed his age. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Having sung his song he would say no more. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Elinor looked at the scratch on his forehead and said no more. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

No more kiddy games, no more wishing on a star. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m with you, Howie. As of this moment, no more selling of chocolates.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the tears coming out doesn’t happen to me anymore, I don’t know when it first happened, but it seems like my eyes don’t cry no more. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

His daddy would take him to the garage and whip him with a rubber hose-pipe trying to beat the girl out a that boy until I couldn’t stand it no more. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

After a while, there were no more discussions. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is safe to say that in the forty minutes that passed between the passenger’s stroke and the landing in Helsinki, there were no more than a handful of seconds of silence in the cockpit. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The gwythaints, which, at a distance, had seemed no more than dry leaves in the wind, grew larger and larger, as they plunged toward horse and riders. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Come on in. You’re lucky I don’t own a shotgun no more.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Our little lives are no more than a flicker of a moth's wing to them," Dany said, remembering. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Depend upon me—but ask no more questions. You will know it all in time. The most unaccountable business! But hush, hush!” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Needing no more invitation than that, she launched into a minute-by- minute account of the previous night. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

No more answering shady Internet requests, and certainly no more consorting with the sons of European crime lords. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The dragons are no more, the giants are dead, the children of the forest forgotten with all their lore. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When she realized there was no more to see, she closed her eyes and listened. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

No more pencils/no more books/no more teachers' dirty looks/when the teacher rings the bell/drop your books and run like hell. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He got home in good time, and since he wasn’t wearing his white shirt, the dirt showed no more than it should. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“I thought you a surly type at first, but I see you’re not. Listen, then. I know no more of what I’m doing than a hound knows of kittens. Do you understand this gold washing?” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

She was no more than twelve or thirteen, dressed in rough calico with ill-fitting boots. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

After several weeks of this, however, he realized that the people he was calling on the radio had no more idea than he did about what the gunfire meant. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I had room enough in my heart, but not in my womb, not no more. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then the guardian falsely informed the woman, who had moved from Osage County, that she had no more money to draw on, leaving her to raise her two young children in poverty. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“No,” said Bran, “no, don’t,” but they could not hear him, no more than his father had. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Mrs. Van Hopper’s suite on the first floor exists no more. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And my men, for whom I am no more than a standard or a talisman, are the knights who were leaders—the rich defending their possessions, the powerful unready to let it slip. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could say no more; and with the hope of Hartfield to reward him, returned with Mrs. Weston to Mrs. Bates’s door. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“No, you are made new by love. A maid no more, but born a woman,” said a wiser, more generous voice. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“You said it. It’s like you don’t want to do nothing no more. You’re a dud, man.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“You hear me? I ain’t gonna hurt you. As long as you don’t try to hit me with no more sticks, all right?” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She’d win, and serve the king, and then vanish into nothing, and think no more of castles or kings or assassins. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

No more bell, no more roll call, no more work. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, because I had limited myself to rendering only what Bigger saw and felt, I gave no more reality to the other characters than that which Bigger himself saw. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

You could no more imagine a season of Ebola flu than you could imagine a nuclear war. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door opened an inch, no more, and then the light went out. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I thought when we left Kobani and Aleppo, we would see no more fighting. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He says, no more than a murmur, “You believe in the Trinity. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. I just believe in the Father.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I am,” he says, and no more than that. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“That makes three days in a row you’ve missed. I’m sure your teachers will understand, but no more, you hear?” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I am afraid no more as I open my mouth to confess. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The oldest kind were, indeed, no more than built imitations of smials, thatched with dry grass or straw, or roofed with turves, and having walls somewhat bulged. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“We will see,” he replied in a hard voice, and I dared say no more. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on, now, no more talking! Lights out in ten minutes!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

‘I will bear you before me, under my cloak until we are far afield, and this darkness is yet darker. Such good will should not be denied. Say no more to any man, but come!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The woman on the bed was no more than a hard stratum of marble they had reached. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big-man has no independent decision-making authority, knows no diplomatic secrets, and can do no more than attempt to sway communal decisions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jethro noticed that there was no more talk of taking the South “by the britches,” no more confident statements of ending the whole affair in one decisive swoop. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No! You know I don’t say no more to her than I can help. She’s got her house, and I got my kitchen.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The average person lived many months without seeing or hearing a human from outside of her own band, and she encountered throughout her life no more than a few hundred humans. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he turned and looked away to the North under the great stars, and then he fell silent and spoke no more while the night’s journey lasted. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

There are no more dragons, Dany thought, staring at her brother, though she did not dare say it aloud. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Not that there’s all that much left of it no more. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

A loaf of bread usually cost no more than half a zloty! Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

In 1992, however, there were no more blank spots on the map—not in Alaska, not anywhere. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fire alarm has finally stopped, now that there's no more fire. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Charley is no more like a dog dog than he is like a cat. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Probably not, no more than there were cars. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

There was just enough space to sit on and no more. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The doctor made out a diet for Antonapoulos and said that he could drink no more wine. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

At last she fell silent, and the owl asked no more questions. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

For the rest of that evening there were no more quarrels. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The grenadier was no more than thirty feet from Jonathan. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the centers of civilization war means no more than a continuous shortage of consumption goods, and the occasional crash of a rocket bomb which may cause a few scores of deaths. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It was no more than a thin cover, designed to keep the light and dust off the glass that it covered. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

In Brooklyn there are no more calls from Ohio. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

She probably went out there, probably once and then no more, and doubtless she did not ask, not even Judith, perhaps knowing she would not be told or perhaps because she was waiting. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Bigger, this is crazy\\” “Then, hell, we won’t talk about it no more!” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Telemakhos with no more words went out, and through the fence, and down hill, going fast on the steep footing, nursing woe for the suitors in his heart. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

For herself she knew that there would be no more chances. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She cried out as she arched her back in pain, but she hurried to her feet and asked no more questions. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gods could not kill Bran, no more than I could. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Each rung he touched dissolved behind him, leaving no more than a wisp of silver smoke. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She saw what she thought was no more than a pile of discarded bedsheets on the floor—but it was her father, in a bloody heap. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I indeed perceptibly gained on it, and when, after nearly two days’ journey, I beheld my enemy at no more than a mile distant, my heart bounded within me. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

I will confess that I have no more sense of what goes on in the mind of mankind than I have for the mind of an ant. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly they passed through the short heath and upland grass, speaking no more, until they came to the king’s pavilion. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

And he thought no more about anything now except his food and his drink and his land. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

And that was no more than the truth, though his father would not have believed it. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

She despises me, he realized, but no more than I despise myself. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It seemed like Zero had lived at Camp Green Lake forever, but as Stanley thought about it now, he realized that Zero must have gotten there no more than a month or two before him. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The baby, Ariana, was little longer than a loaf of bread and no more distinctive-looking. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

No more campaigning, no more sweating out strategy sessions or polls or debates or approval ratings, ever again. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Nothing changed; no more angels flew out or inward; the high winds tore at the clouds, and the clouds endlessly renewed themselves, not parting even for a second. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

In Wang Lung’s country a man, if he had a roll of good wheat bread and a sprig of garlic in it, had a good meal and needed no more. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I realized then that I had no more to fear concerning my faux pas in turning off their music. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He's a small, slim man—no more than five foot five. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rojas took care of me until my fever had subsided, my hand began to heal, and I returned to my senses; after that he had no more excuses to keep me there. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z