It took me a long time and much painful boomeranging of my expectations to achieve a realization everyone else appears to have been born with: That I am nobody but myself. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I woke up, nobody knew where he had gone. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bobby likes a girl, nobody’s laughing at him.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t want nobody to die, but you don’t want him hurtin’ all the time either.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

So far, I’m good: no hand stamp at the border, and nobody’s tried to kill me. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

And so, because of that, and because nobody has ever posted about The Gold-Bug in the history of Book Scavenger, I activated Raven. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Please, nobody fall, okay?” he says through the mask. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Even if nobody ever found it, Jinny had left it behind. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She figured out early that nobody liked an angry disabled person. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Some of the truckloads of Jews never came back, but nobody knew what happened to them. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Insert this in the security slot. Make sure nobody else is in the elevator with you.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d have thrown it on the fire, but nobody here listens to me these days.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“There are some legit reasons, too, though. Like the owner died and nobody in the family could take the dog, or an allergy or something. It’s sad.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

In that event, it would be pointless for him to stop; nobody would mess with those crazed dogs. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So while I was drawing this, I remembered a few places that I thought nobody else knew about.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

But you have to understand, there were hundreds of forms to fill out, and nobody knew English all that well, and the rules changed all the time, and the agents hated talking to us. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I hope it is a rainbow, and nobody has run off with the pot, cause I need it.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bigwig was beginning to realize that in this place nobody was told more than was good for him, or got to know much except what was before his nose. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gosh, nobody back home is built like him, other than the varsity swim team. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe Squelch heard a secret rhythm nobody else heard. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Everyone took some of everything, piling their plates up with mountains of food, but nobody was piggish about it. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Maybe because nobody sent them to bed hungry. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just walking down the block with him, I knew couldn’t nobody touch me. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

But he was living a sweet life and nobody in our neighborhood would ever be able to tell, judging from the outside of the place. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But most of the time I didn’t write, because one day was just like the day before, and sometimes I thought—what’s the use of writing anyway, when nobody is ever going to read it? Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

None of the men moved, but they all harbored looks of disdain which suggested that nobody considered Carl was pointing anything much more menacing than a popgun. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said nobody was going to catch her. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm taking these with me. Don't nobody move till I get back." Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

In those days, nobody in New York City went to the Village to have fun. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the while Jamie watches me from the edge of his bed, grinning with excitement and giddiness that I’m sure nobody else in the world could ever understand. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I can stay by myself. I went to the farm by myself every day. Only...nobody ever came back again.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

And that made me feel a little better about him, because moms don't trust nobody around their kids. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Unless the traditional Santa look changed and nobody told me, that’s Supreme, my dad’s old manager. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But I was not learning anything and nobody had volunteered to help me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

If something happened down here, nobody would know. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Now, nobody usually ventured into the mountains because long ago one of them had been opened up and used as a burying place for princes. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve always prided myself on being powerful, and right now I feel like a nobody and a nothing.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

It’s on the news more, and so many of the houses look like nobody should live in them. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Does nobody see how absurd it is to ask people if they are ready for a black president? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But there wasn’t nobody else in the room. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Stella had to admit she was glad her teacher had closed the grate—nobody wanted to be seeing flames of any sort this morning. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Little Wood, listen me when I tell you that life ain’t nice to nobody. Nobody. Not me, not Mary, not Ernie, not your daddy, not Uncle Wood. Nobody,” Grandpop’s words were slurring. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“The British were in Africa, along with the Germans and French. The Dutch were in Asia, and nobody was in South America,” because most of its nations were independent. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I was staring at Renee in fifth- period math and praying nobody would make her change her outfit, Jeffrey was getting strapped down to a gurney. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

If nobody was there to speak of, nothing happened. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

It was like a Texas football bonfire, but nobody was dancing around it, and nobody was celebrating anything. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s done, Hiram, and believe you me, nobody around here is going to bring up this ugly mess again. It’s over. Period.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I stood there, half-panting, and it was a moment or so before I realized that nobody was there. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The Devon School record books contained a mistake, a lie, and nobody knew it but Finny and me. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s nobody here I can love, all the people I could love are dead or elsewhere. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the time nobody knew what a cat she could be when cornered. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But nobody had woken Hanako up, and when she got out of bed, she saw that it was too late to leave now. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

"Ain't nobody trying to be Bolt. I'mma be better than Bolt. Plus, at least I got on running clothes. You out here in your daddy's gear pretending to be something you not." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I kind of got the feeling that I got the jobs that nobody else wanted to do. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was all gums and teeth because nobody really knew what to do. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes made a person think that he heard things nobody else had ever heard, that he knew things no one had ever guessed before. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I remember hoping there was nobody home-—” Dewey says, “But you saw a dog?” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

You gotta understand: Gwenforte loved that little girl so much, and was so protective of her, that nobody worried about it. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Sí, go somewhere where nobody will know your cards are forged. I’ll give you your wages as soon as you get out of my maid’s uniform. That must remain here.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

It seemed incredibly unlikely that Luna’s father was a supporter of the Dark Arts, and nobody else in the tent seemed to have recognized the triangular, runelike shape. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But you know, I liked it Well, nobody gon laugh at you now, I said. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sam was gone and nobody mentioned him—not Father, not Mother, not me. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody wanted to look at him, nobody wanted to see him. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1650 nobody quite knew how to study the physical world. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

And she told nobody about it except for Mary Elizabeth and then Patrick a year ago. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s been left a house?” said Uncle Vernon greedily, his small eyes narrowing, but nobody answered him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

There was nobody to go to, nobody to tell. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

She was the kind of girl nobody messed with. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I’m dying to know, but there’s nobody to ask. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Jude leans out the window by the bed, hollers, “Sorry, Prophet, nobody knows!” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” said Justin, “but there isn’t. I could see one of the lamps when it came on. There was nobody near it. And they all came on at the same time.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“You mean that record has been up there the whole time we’ve been at Devon and nobody’s busted it yet?” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was probably unrealistic to hope that nobody would. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

X-Ray chuckled and said, “No, I never heard of nobody named Armpit.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I could hear voices in the parlor, but not what they said, and I could tell that nobody was saying a whole lot. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Betty and I have been looking at a house we want to buy”—he tried a chuckle—“you know nobody’s going to rent, not to me, these days!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s nobody at my school so easy to talk to.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Cormaci claimed a water bug the size of her hand had climbed out of her bathtub drain, and nobody doubted her. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re full of it. Nobody had to cut nobody’s nose off.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

We burst into the kitchen, and it seemed that nobody had moved a muscle in there. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“So nobody will come to their shops and buy from them.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“The General bought more than I needed in the house. There was nowhere to put this one,” Aunty Uju said, a general statement made to nobody in particular, a way of shrugging off thanks. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Once my nose started clearing up on Day Five, my nausea got even worse, because that odd aroma of old pot roast mixed with mothballs was nobody’s idea of a stomach soother. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

We rolled past another stop, where nobody got on, because nobody else in the world was awake right now except for the three of us, the bus driver, and the homeless man. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Later I even borrowed Nikki’s clothes to show some further variation, thinking that nobody would notice the zippers at the bottoms of the jeans or the way the hips hugged a little tight. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“They were very clever. They put it in one of the first places anybody would look, knowing quite well it was so easy nobody would ever think of looking there.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I hope nobody ever reads what I just wrote. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

There was nothing and nobody who could stop him, nothing that he would not be capable of. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“On the lake? What’s out there? There’s nothing out there, nobody.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They were good to me when nobody else was. Me and Joe eat because of them.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chloe looked up, tears streaming down her own white face, and said, “I don’t want to say these words,” and nobody judged. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

How it’s probably better in a group home to just roll solo and do your time and don’t mess with nobody. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Keep your coat buttoned and nobody will notice,” he said. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When nobody else appeared, our worker took us back to our respective foster homes. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She pointed at the top of Jinny’s tunic, which had begun to swell out in a way that nobody else’s did. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

And then I mumble, “It...it makes me feel like I’ll grow up to be a nobody.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Ten dollars a week is what it takes to start, ten dollars for the right of knowing a someone in the city for you who are yet nobody. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘You tried to write so much in the signs that nobody will read anything,’ she told him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I have to admit, I felt a little sad because other than Sam and Patrick, nobody got me a present. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

On this particular day, Mr. W. got called to the office for something, so I had about fifteen minutes to just play drums, with nobody else around. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I smile, arms folded on my chest, and wait, but nobody comes to kill me. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know about this. I don’t want nobody else getting hurt.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Steven, nobody wants to punish you, but we need to get to the bottom of this drastic change in your attitude and habits, and we need a commitment from you to do your work. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just like I’m Indian, but nobody’s judging me on that.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The six rooms in the house were always taken, but nobody ever paid the rent on time. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And there is nobody here at all, except for me. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Turns out nobody knows for sure why cats purr. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Jerrie was ready for a career in aviation, but the problem was that nobody wanted to hire a woman pilot. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it’s nobody’s fault how we don’t talk no more. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Whatever was in that pit was nobody’s pet. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I swear on the Bible I won’t tell nobody. Not Billy Jean, not Joyce Ann, not Momma—” She was jerking her head back and forth in solemn emphasis. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Colonel, I have to ask your help. You see the big hill there, the wooded hill? 'Hiere’s nobody there. I think. General Warren wants that hill occupied. Could you do that?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Men of property too among the crowd, but nobody seemed to get any further than the store. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

And in all those forefathers and fore- mothers, aunts, uncles, and cousins, there was nobody like me. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Tell me something nobody else knows about you,” I say. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

So there was nobody to take it out on. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Besides, as I’d heard it, nobody liked to camp there at Where the Sisters Eat. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Standing, I shuffle over to the door and pull it open, confused when there’s nobody on the other side. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Until then, nobody had ever asked me that question. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It was light outside now, but nobody had bothered to turn off the lamp. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She had to beg for it, poor creature, because the feeling at court had come to such a pitch that nobody would accept her brief. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As long as nobody sees us go...now place your hand upon my arm, Harry. There is no need to grip too hard, I am merely guiding you. On the count of three...One...two...three...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The Warden saw to it that nobody in Group D was ever thirsty. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

There was nobody to cry for him, and only the sky and the clouds and the trees were the witnesses of this sad event. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“But nobody’s ever found her tomb,” says Michael. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Maybe. Maybe it was my fault. Maybe nobody is to blame.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

But nobody listened to her; they still don’t. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

But his voice was so weak that nobody heard. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Vega had stooped down to make an adjustment that nobody had asked him to make. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She first thought of chewing gum, but Mama said nobody but common people would chew it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The people had been apart for a long time, and now he sensed a small coming together—although who knew what those who had survived could do with a future nobody had defined? The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All of us, we come here, and we been nobody for a long time; and so we want to tell a tale.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

A lot of the guys, even Ducky, could shoot threes when nobody was on them. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Giles and Beatrice were coming for the night, but nobody else, thank heaven, although a lot of people were expected to dinner first. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“But it don’t look like there’s anything. Frank, he sho’ killed him, and there’s nothing nobody can do. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Everybody knew Latin was gay, but he played on Carver’s football team and nobody was going to mess with him. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Even though most of the people who lived there were hiding from the rest of the world, nobody in that community exerted much effort at all when it came to hiding things from one another. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have nobody that cared about me anymore. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

In a quiet voice, for folks were sleeping, I said, “Sure, help yourself. Ain’t nobody sitting there.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pointed to the milk bottle that nobody had noticed, though it stood on the kitchen table. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

They chanted: “Cap, Cap, he's our man! If he can't open it, nobody can!” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I hoped to hell I didn't look as insanely nervous as I felt, but nobody said anything, until Jules broke the silence. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“We might be in the lost wilderness—in the lost, lost, lost wilderness where nobody’s ever been and nobody’s going to get out alive.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

She could work a telegraph machine like nobody’s business. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The problem with the name is not so much that the Olmec did not use it for themselves—nobody knows what that name was, and they have to be called something. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The fall of the Berlin Wall was a loud historic event that nobody missed. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

I was thinking a quicker cleanup might be a great place to start, but nobody was asking me for guidance here. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Praying nobody would burst in on her, Jinny loosened her drawstring and then reached a hand down inside the pants to pat between her thighs. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Radiation, of course, went on and on, literally and in ways nobody expected. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no, sir! I’m surprised nobody has ever given you a suitable present.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

One of the firefighters took pity on her and answered, “Well, that or an earthquake. Plain old sinkhole’s another possibility—right now nobody’s getting the story straight.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I guess I was just nosy, especially since this kind of drama never really went on in my house, where nobody lived but me and my parents. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“We’d like to stick together for the rest of the war, sir. Is there some way you can fix it so nobody will ever break up the Three Musketeers?” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I went over to Jose’s. We chatted a little, and he mentioned that Brazo Onofre, remember? And then he asked me to leave. I questioned a couple other people. Naturally nobody knows a thing.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost nobody even noticed the Washington shell apparently limping along out in the middle of the river, so far back one could barely see it in the gathering darkness. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to leave our apartment, but I could feel it coming, even if nobody said anything. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

As far as Joe could tell, nobody in the coaching launch was even watching him anymore. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

A little examination and much less melancholy would have proved to us that our seeds were not the only ones that did not sprout; nobody’s did. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Me and Coach didn't go no further into my life or nothing like that, which was a good thing because I never really told nobody about my dad. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Take a deep breath. Ain’t nobody going to hurt you here.” Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s all righ’, Harry!” bellowed Hagrid, now thrown flat onto his back by the surge of speed; nobody was steering now, and the sidecar was starting to twist violently in the bike’s slipstream. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The farmhouse itself had burned down so many years ago that nobody could remember what it had looked like nor who had lived there. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Rubin started yelling louder now, like she was getting annoyed that nobody was listening. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Probably nobody on King Hill slept that night. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I pray that you are strong but forgiving, that you are resilient but hopeful, and that you are kind but nobody's fool. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Little banana-bubbles drowning deep in jam and nobody to help them. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They kept their hands up but nobody on our team was really challenging their zone. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

We followed the crowd into the school, hanging back so nobody would spot us. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“No, nobody stole her. She got up and left.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I can’t go soft—not as long as I’m nobody’s real kid—not while I’m just something to play musical chairs with . The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

We turn off the lights and sneak back out of the Hideout, checking the hallway outside the storage closet first to make sure nobody is around. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I drifted over to the side of the pod where nobody else was standing. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And get it, too. You see, we cash in, ’cause nobody else is trying to.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was glad nobody wanted to cut off my hands. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rain or not, nobody in town that day wanted to miss out on seeing what sort of crew Ulbrickson had come up with that could displace his talented sophomores. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

No instrument currently imaginable will give scientists the power to observe strings directly; nobody can think of an experiment that will give physicists evidence about whether black holes and particles are, indeed, strings. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I wondered why nobody could hear me when it was so quiet. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody felt sorry for Mother because Daddy was missing, and nobody expected he would ever come back. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Even though nobody ever asked me if I even wanted a stepmother. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“He can be very immature and he slacks off a lot, but when it comes to design work, there’s nobody better. Great job with the flyers, A.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore paused again; he looked very seriously around the hall, and nobody moved or made a sound. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The tree line leaped at him from across the way, but there was nobody over there. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oceania has no capital, and its titular head is a person whose whereabouts nobody knows. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

We got in the car and drove around until nobody was crying and our eyes weren’t so red. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“To sell a lot of lotion that nobody needs.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I still hear the voice that tells me I’m worthless, that nobody likes me. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

If you were only around six years old, you could get liquor at Ernie's, the place was so dark and all, and besides, nobody cared how old you were. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“He looks like nobody but himself,” said Mrs. Owens, firmly. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Then this person was home, and nobody would be truly home until he, or she, died. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She not be expecting nobody. She be gone to the Field right when the sun be coming up. Draggers tooken her. I seen it.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Those aren’t nonsense words,” she said, realizing she could read James’s message even though nobody else in the class could, and she smiled at what it said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

There was a big boy Dicey knew in Provincetown who ran away from home and he just kept on coming to school and nobody knew, not for months. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want nobody fooling with that cabinet under the bar.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cries came again, and nobody seemed to hear them but me, not over John Henry’s roars, so I kept running. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I looked around, but nobody was paying any attention. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The goblin tossed the coin he was holding aside, said to nobody in particular, “Leprechaun,” and then greeted Travers, who passed over a tiny golden key, which was examined and given back to him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I wished the organ player would play music so nobody could hear my shoes. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

For a while now our father stop sending money, and nobody hears from him. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Whatever. Ticks are everywhere. Same with poison ivy. If people let that stop them, nobody would ever go anywhere.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

‘Shameful, really. If nobody fought in wars, there wouldn’t be any, would there? But you can’t get old rabbits to see that.’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But it had to be done. I certainly can’t go publicizing that Poe manuscript if Griswold’s still around. As it stands now, nobody knows it exists. It can be my discovery. Well...” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Part of my success as the tuck-shop guy was that I was welcome everywhere, and I was welcome everywhere because I was nobody. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I thought—I thought I was kind of okay about it now. But maybe I was just okay because last week I didn’t see any more spots. And nobody called me a freak.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Since nobody can have cell phones and stuff, the kids here actually talk to each other. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“We don’t allow nobody behind the counter,” Flood said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But little kids can be relentless. Don’t tell nobody, but I was nervous they would flip on me when I pulled out all the needles.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“You know you did. And nobody has an easy life, Grace. Not me, definitely not you. I mean, you had a baby at sixteen, right? But your life’s not ruined.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“He never had gold there when he was younger, because nobody left him anything. He would have seen the bank from the outside, though, the first time he ever went to Diagon Alley.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Don’t nobody want no cheap home brew. The Depression’s over,” Hagar said. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

After I’m done with the bear, I dust the fancy books nobody reads, the Confederate coat buttons, the silver pistol. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

A made-up story about Rosaleen losing eighty-five pounds, looking so sleek nobody could pick her out of a police lineup. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although nobody noticed it until it was too late, having Mr. Dubonnet and my dad on opposite sides was a prescription for conflict. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was nobody in sight—nobody except the Earthworm. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

I think this is supposed to be a joke, but nobody laughs. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The evening meal was distributed, an especially thick soup, but nobody touched it. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But this island is deserted. We’ve been here for weeks. I swear, there’s nobody here.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Martin, if I tell you your life matters, do you think I’m saying nobody else’s life in this class matters?” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Or if I don’t see nobody getting beat up or nothing. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But like how?” somebody had asked him, probably Michael, who didn’t really want to go anyway but would do things like this every so often, just so nobody stopped asking him altogether. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

The whole bus be laughing now cause Minny don’t like nobody talking bad about her white lady except herself. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Ducky, the first guy I had met at Latimer, was on the court looking like he was hoping nobody would throw him the ball. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The faces were empty as plates, and nobody seemed to be breathing. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I just wondered if they were really planning to make us enforce the rules when nobody else did. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was simply that nobody could figure out what to do with such an abstraction. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was what he’d gotten when he spoke about himself, when he’d tried to say what he had to say; there was nothing he could easily explain to anyone, and nobody who wanted to listen. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“We can watch to see that nobody writes an answer, and then if we get another answer and we know none of us wrote it...” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But nobody said anything, so we sat up in the bleachers and watched the guys play. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The first thing you learned as a wrestler was, nobody could do anything for you on the mat. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s hard to understand,” she said to Beatrice, “how your stepbrother could go missing for so long and nobody in the family got concerned enough to call the police.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they did, nobody could seem to draw it straight. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess nobody wanted to be around us, it was too gloomy. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“True; and nobody can ever be introduced in a ball-room. Well, Colonel Fitzwilliam, what do I play next? My fingers wait your orders.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Millis admits that nobody has any clue how to do this. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

But there was nobody to tease him on the Greyhound. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe nobody knows anything about it, she thought. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The door was closed and nobody was about to open it for me, so for a couple of seconds I had to let go of my bottom with one hand to turn the door-knob. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“First of all, I’m nobody’s sidekick,” Nora says as she hops over a larger puddle. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

"I can vouch for it that nobody has moved from his or her desk all the time you've been here, except for Nigel and he has not moved from his corner." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The brave hunter screamed, but nobody heard him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

They all knew what was coming, though nobody believed it. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You remember our freshman year, and I had that brown-and-yellow dress I bought in Boise, and Miriam Ball told me nobody wore those kind of dresses in New York, and I cried all night?” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Rain began to fall, faint but cold, and nobody said a word, not even Eevie. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“You know, if'n I was a real preacher, Will Tweedy, wouldn’t nobody come to my church.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Hers are green like the marbles nobody likes to trade away. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

But most of the time nobody was sure just what he was saying. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Adam, you’re a fool. If you had kept your mouth shut nobody would ever have known I was alive.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What?” said George, in an innocent tone that deceived nobody. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was all over in a few minutes anyway because nobody wanted to be late to lunch. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“He don’t give nobody else a chance to win —” He stopped and sniffed the air, and still sniffing, looked down at the old dog. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Was she lying, then," Miss Honey said, "when she told me that nobody taught her to multiply or to read? Did either of you teach her?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Thorn joined in and they were screaming their lungs off, but nobody came near them. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“But if nobody can navigate in there,” I said, “what chance do we have?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Ain’t nobody innocent,” Matthew says bitterly, sniffing away his last bits of weepy snot and hefting up his machete again. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Though it was armored against weapons, nobody had thought to defend the Yorktown from zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“The fact of the matter is,” said Robin, “that nobody knows exactly what she is. In my opinion, she is a fairy. “And that opinion,” he added, staring at his wife, “I still hold.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, nobody goes out and kills someone without a motive, not unless he’s just plain nuts. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey couldn’t make up a new last name, except Smith and nobody would believe that even if it was true. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I always knew not to love nobody ’cause I’d just get taken away and put in another home. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I called out, “Hello?” and nobody answered me, so I went around the corner to go to Violet’s room. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In terms of achievement, Wayne Parr seemed to be nobody. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Just by talking about them he could make you see things off in the future, things nobody else had even thought of. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

As I’m sitting here in my cell, middle of the night, trying to write so nobody can see or hear me, I don’t know how to think about all that. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Hey, I’m just saying. You act like you don’t know nobody ’cause you go to that school.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

There was a polite grunt from the urinal immediately to his right, although he had heard nobody come in. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

"Don't tell nobody Ali," she said desperately "But yeah. He kinda cute. And he nice. And he smart." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I say, “I think it’s fine if you do. We are not at school. It probably wouldn’t be allowed there. But here, nobody’s going to see it. You and me. That’s it.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

"Man, ain't nobody out here. I don't even hear no music," I said. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Now for a Rangers fan, it’s enough just to try to beat the Yankees, but we don’t need nobody coming down and putting themselves in the record book with us. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For once, being Piper McLean, the daughter of Aphrodite, the one nobody took seriously, might play to her advantage. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

What a mess—and I genuinely have nobody to blame but myself. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

She said nobody acknowledged the letters but still it was important to her that she do something. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Australians, the Americans at the embassy where she would sit all day to beg them to let us into their country, nobody. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He was glad nobody from school could see him. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He had been rewarded for marrying a girl nobody in his right mind would have married. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

"They used to smell so bad that nobody would sit near me in the dugout." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

It was late, and nobody else was there, and we held hands and skated almost all night under the yellow lights. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Man, ain’t nobody trying to be poetic,” I informed him, taking a seat on the arm of the couch. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And nobody’s a better escape artist than an octopus. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Don’t look like nobody’s coming tonight,” he said after a long while. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

After the radishes came squash, then Swiss chard, which nobody knew how to eat. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I don’t know why Mr. Shears left Mrs. Shears because nobody told me. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Something was going on, but nobody could figure out what. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Here they all were together, idle above their fields, nobody hoeing, godlike; nobody weeding, New Year’s in summer. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Like, nobody else has noticed the door in the back of the closet before?” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Everyone was so focused on what they were working on that nobody noticed me walk into the kitchen. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Officers around us were smoking, though nobody was supposed to. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey could almost hear the worries that nobody said aloud. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t like touching nobody, but I put my hand on Biddy’s like Lizabeth do. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Mother said Dad was wasting his time, that nobody could talk Tyler out of anything once his mind was made up. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Here we are, two guys from far places, whacking at a tree we hold nothing against, for a hard lady who cares for nobody but her own face-stretched self, about to plunge to our deaths. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't think that was cool, but I didn't know them well enough to be standing up for nobody. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

In the garden nobody hides; nobody means you harm. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

It seemed like Aston liked hearing himself talk even if nobody else was really listening. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I would like to baptize myself under a new name, a name more like the real me, the one nobody sees. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Good thing nobody sees what is on my paper. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

If Cole wasted this chance, nobody else would pay a penny. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

When Hanako had first gone back to school after cutting her hair, everyone had noticed—she could tell by the way they stared—but nobody said a word. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Seven throws blows like nobody’s business, knocking Remy upside his head with several good hooks and jabs. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I could tell Marco was a woman-hater, because in spite of all the models and TV starlets in the room that night he paid attention to nobody but me. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

But perhaps nobody was safe, with so many things getting turned upside-down. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Edmund Hooper thought, I don’t want anything to be done about it, nobody must come here, as he walked between the yew trees at the bottom of the garden. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Can’t get nothing for small crab, nobody wants it, too hard to pick the meat out, but I don’t care. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“We must pray to the Virgin,” my mother said, and although Deborah objected, saying nobody prayed for a grade promotion, my mother gathered us around the Virgin’s altar. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

You know the me that nobody else can love. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I been wondering how long he was going to stay up there with her. They say she’s real bad off. Don’t know who he is half the time, and nobody else.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this time I was feeling mad at myself for being a loser that nobody wanted. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

When after a week had gone by and nobody answered the ad in the paper, their Mama told Bill he could move up to the vacant room. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She’s becoming a stranger to me, and I’m often nobody to her. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

But even after they had gone about ten miles nobody had seen or noticed him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Losing her beloved treasure, as she thought of Annie, Emma worried about what else could and would happen to those she loved; nobody, nothing was safe. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No use to nobody no more,” the woman said. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

To me, it seemed like if my arms were tucked but my legs weren't moving fast, then I wasn't gonna be beating nobody. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Either nobody else was interested or their husbands wouldn’t let them come, one. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I mean ... I mean that I am nobody. I am not sure why you are ...” Ash trailed off, hesitant to continue. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Treat Tea Cake like he was some mad dog when nobody in the world had more kindness about them. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

But there was nobody there: he had dreamed him in a catnap of old age. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody wants to be here and nobody wants to leave. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Fifteen years I been doin’ this job and nobody’s ever done this,” she said. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Well, I’m a mother of black children, and nobody will ever deny me my children, and they can put that in their Nubian pipe and smoke it. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dale walked off at a brisk pace, glancing around as if to ensure nobody was spying, and soon passed out of view. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I said, in a low voice: then, looking at her fixedly—“Did Mr. Rochester wake nobody? Did no one hear him move?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The only way to ensure that nobody found out how rotten I was inside, was if I kept my distance. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Humanity’s search for an easier life released immense forces of change that transformed the world in ways nobody envisioned or wanted. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last year, when our English teacher handed out composition notebooks and told us to write our deepest feelings, nobody took her seriously. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

At least nobody noticed this time, because hoots and hollers abounded as dozens of people stormed the stage. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Merlyn went to the door and shouted, “Mind, nobody is to get broken.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That inmates run the place, and nobody follows the rules.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked on a lot of people, and didn't nobody ever do nothing about it. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

For the family wedding picture, his mother told him to stand in the back so nobody could see what he had on. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Many people would admire Odin’s horse, but only a brave man would ever mention its parentage in Loki’s presence, and nobody ever dared to allude to it twice. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Alec spat.“It’s my guess those guys were nobodies, sent in to do the job professionals should’ve done. Maybe we cleaned out their crew. Everyone except the pilot, at least.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“But nobody has been allowed to come up here,” Jess said. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

My cries for help drowned out the sound of his words, but he laughed and said it was no use because nobody would hear me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger’s hand moved so swiftly that nobody saw it; a gleaming blade flashed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

If nobody came and there was no snow or rain, then they died there, still waiting. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She is safe with Steve Mason’s gay cousin, and I am safe knowing that nobody else will interfere with this moment. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

And she said to herself: “Perhaps, just for once, it wouldn’t matter and nobody—except the King—need know.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Judge Monroe is out of town on vacation, so nobody is getting out before next Wednesday, it looks like.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, I had to buy all the newspapers at the puestecito and put them in the trunk of our car so nobody else would see them. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Even though nobody was admitting it, I knew deep inside we were all still worried about the chupacabras. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

But their influence did not last, very likely because nobody was allowed to teach their ideas openly or write about them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

My papers, my money and food—from the coyotes, but paid for with Toño’s hard-earned money—I keep on the window side of me so that nobody can just ease close and grab them. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Juju don’t care as long as they pay to get into the party. She ain’t giving nobody nothing for free.” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

So, with nobody saying it, I knew there was work to be done. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know what’s weird? The world got more pictures of my mother cells than it do of her. I guess that’s why nobody knows who she is. Only thing left of her is them cells.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

When David finally knew that the tanker had not seen him—that the tanker had almost hit him and still nobody had seen him, nobody had seen his light—he began to hate. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess nobody was surprised during dinner when he brought up a certain Christmas years ago. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

There was still nobody in the dark street. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Now, I’m nobody’s duck, and their words stung a whole lot more than water, but I held my temper. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

You do not really love me—you love nobody. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never realized how much I want him to like me—especially now that almost nobody else does. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The normal where nobody tells you how sorry they are or talks about “Khalil the drug dealer.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Nobody knew about it yet—nobody at Bayside Press, and nobody in his personal life. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

So, what’s the point of using words nobody else knows or can say comfortably? The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, the audience was still arguing heatedly among themselves, so nobody seemed to notice as they scrambled toward the door. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

And that other guy who got beat up by a bunch of cops and nobody would have known about it if somebody hadn’t recorded it on their phone. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

In it, Jesus really was a nobody, and a pain in the neck to a lot of people with better connections than he had. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Melanie did just mention that maybe that was because nobody knew about Egypt; but April just grinned and said, “Yeah, I know. Lucky, isn’t it.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured that nobody would pay attention to me; yet, the minute I began, there was a hush. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Nobody gave anything, nobody had anything to give; the men in loincloths, the women in saris tattered and sodden like mine. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

But despite these aberrations he seemed to be accepted as an islander, simply because he had called Auntie Braxton “Trudy,” a name nobody had used for her since she was a young woman. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nobody, but nobody,” he’d yell, “is too poor to turn off the TV two hours a night!” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

So I ran, and she ran, and nobody ran like me and my mom. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Market day looks like you just came out of your fallout shelter after the bomb attack: nobody there but a few old guys with car parts and knives and cookpots, hoping to trade for food. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, I slip out to the hall, pray nobody see me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Look like she went North all by herself, and had her baby, and died—weren’t nobody to help her. Deborah wrote me about it. Sure, you ain’t forgotten that girl’s name, Gabriel!” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I just moved here last year, halfway through the school year, and nobody knows anything about me.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The problem was nobody remembered any of the speeches.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The forest was trackless and nobody in the village knew what was on the other side. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Classes will likely be dismissing for the day, with enough commotion that nobody would notice an out-of-place person walking the halls. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Two boys were dancing together in a club,” I want to say, “and nobody stopped them.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“No one could help them. They couldn’t escape from the cockpits, and nobody could come close to the planes because of the fires. They exploded, one after another.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She was annoyed that nobody asked her what a scree bed was. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think it’s right,” said Gabriel, “to talk evil about nobody. The Word tell me it ain’t right to hold nobody up to scorn.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel oafish at all that night, even if nobody seemed to recognize that I was wearing a costume. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Gee, you must have been lonely, Judge, having nobody to play with." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was always going on and on about how his growth spurt was going to come soon and then he'd be the tallest, but nobody believed him. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, that’s better. They went down the marble staircase. All they needed now was a Slytherin that they could follow to the Slytherin common room, but there was nobody around. “Any ideas?” muttered Harry. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He ran as a peregrine falcon dives, he ran as a storm wind blows, he ran like Thialfi, and nobody has ever run like Thialfi, not before and not since. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Surely it won’t rival the winter of 1922, when ice storms were followed by blizzards and nobody could get any relief? Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The people Yossarian wanted to machine-gun were busy at the bar singing sentimental old favorites that nobody else ever tired of. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Personally, I’m hoping nobody’s home. We walk in, find Percy and Annabeth, destroy the Doors of Death, and walk out. Maybe stop at the gift shop.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Can’t be all sissified. Can’t have your nose in those books all the time. But a kiss every now and then don’t hurt nobody.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Whether raised fists freeze in her company or open for a handshake, she’s nobody’s alibi or hammer or toy. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the confusion of the fight, nobody notices. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex can’t hear anything outside the door or any sirens on the street, but nobody has come to get them yet. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

During the morning meal nobody seemed in a hurry to go to the lake; this person and that always eating one more thing. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

No, nobody told me this, I remember it all. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

When nobody is in the house, I go to his room sometimes and sit on the bed. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

So either everybody knows everything but nobody's saying anything, or else nobody knows anything and girlfriends just sort of...happen. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

One that I know nobody else will be bringing to the stage on Thursday night because it’s not usually considered, you know, a talent in the traditional sense. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“I knocked for a long time but nobody heard me.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

They dreamed about being something other than poor, but they never got the chance to be anything because nobody paid attention to their dreams. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Leaning in close, I heard him say, “Seen a rabbit today. Hopping right past me like I was nobody special.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

He knew that there was no danger, nobody would take any interest in them. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

My favorites were the quote that said, “Dance like nobody’s watching,” and this adorable picture of otters holding hands. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Really it’s called JROTC, but nobody says the J. It stands for the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When, at long last, the mob came to burn the Library down, there was nobody to stop them. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kyle said goodbye to his friends, and when he was absolutely certain nobody was following him, he biked to the Blue Jay Extended Stay Lodge. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“First, nobody I'm driving calls me ma’am. It makes me feel like an old lady. I'm just plain Mei-li. Mei-li Chen.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

So close that nobody notices how hard she pinches my arm. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“There wasn’t nobody but me. I don’t care what happens to me, but you can’t make me say things about other people.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“They’re back!” she cried out, but there was nobody behind her to hear. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But nobody picked us up so we kept walking. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

By the time January came, nobody had to speculate. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was precisely the sort of home Carl would build, he thought—blunt, tidy, gruffly respectable, and offering no affront to the world, though at the same time inviting nobody. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Howard sang louder than anybody and, personally, I thought it was a little embarrassing, but nobody else seemed to pay him any mind. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Marks had forwarded the emails to the Division of Detectives, nobody specific, just info@. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Thirty-five maids done said no and I feel like I’m selling something nobody want to buy. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She wears full business attire, too, and makeup and earrings and has her hair perfectly styled, even though nobody ever sees her. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was as if he were the carrier of a terrible disease and nobody wanted to become contaminated. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

You have nobody, nothing but this piece of paper, they told you. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

But at least nobody was yelling at him. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Things that I had done but forgot came to life as she unravelled my past; some of these things nobody but myself knew. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t picture what happens next, because nobody ever told me how Dad put out the fire on Luke’s leg. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“She’s got a boyfriend, do you know that? You better hope nobody tells him.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

As soon as I got past it, so nobody could see me from the tavern, I climbed over the stone wall into Sanford’s pasture and began running across the fields towards Colonel Read’s house. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A good war story, he thought, but it was not a war for war stories, nor for talk of valor, and nobody in town wanted to know about the terrible stink. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we decided from the start, nobody needs to know Minny’s a part a this. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Campus? That what they call it? Well. You wasn’t in no college for—what—ten years now? And you didn't write to nobody. How come you never wrote?” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

—Seems to me that stuff that makes sense to you don’t make much sense to nobody else in the world. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Indian Agent had offered to take the Labrador if nobody turned up to claim him, as his own hunting dog had recently died... The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch the sky, hoping for one less opponent at dawn, but nobody appears tonight. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“No, indeed, Monsieur. There was nobody about except the attendant. Everyone was asleep.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a while I wanted a drink of water and found the bell on a cord by the bed and rang it but nobody came. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was a transitory life, so nobody knew him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were precious few health laws in those days, and nobody, least of all Mrs Pratchett, ever thought of using a little shovel for getting out the sweets as they do today. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d blunder along through the dark, willy-nilly, no sense of place or direction, probing for an enemy that nobody could see. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And nobody, but nobody, gets on our six without a warning, because he is, and knows he is, after all, the Corkinator.... This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Despite everybody acting so nice the night before, nobody went to call on Grandpa and Miss Love—at least nobody that I heard of. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“This is hopeless,” I say out loud, to nobody. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

At the moment, nobody was siding with McNeish—after all, staying behind was obviously fatal. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Soon she was out in the middle of the river, and it was there that she sank, with nobody to see her or to hear her last cry. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“What the hell y’all thinking, leaving the house without telling nobody?” he yells. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He half expected somebody to come stumbling out of one of the closets, a nerd who had snuck in when nobody was looking. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

My husband was, in all of this, a complete nobody—a humble state legislator who’d never stood before a crowd like the one of fifteen thousand or more that would be gathered in Boston. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“They think she’d been drinking. She hit her head and nobody found her till this morning. Except some animals. The body was pretty messed up.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then I remember that Char hasn’t got nobody but Juju, Juju is only twenty-five. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Of course, nobody ever knew how the dump was set on fire. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A sip so small nobody would ever know,” he said. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Therefore nobody here is quite so free as a free male anywhere else. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

And while I kept seeing Paul’s Popeye arms at the back of Rashad’s neck, nobody else seemed to be wondering about why the Galluzzos felt the sudden need for a party. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Might have been there seventeen thousand years with nobody knowing it. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“If you pull over that way behind those pine trees nobody could see you from the road.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was just very cold and nobody around anywhere. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Ain’t out for nobody in particular. Just perched himself up in the attic window and commenced to waving a shotgun. Say he gotta kill him somebody before morning.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember one time, after one terrible incident, nobody spoke to him for over a month. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It's so beat-up, nobody knows for sure what it really is. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

But as if to prove the old adage that nobody is perfect, among other things Gassendi opposed Harvey’s ideas about the circulation of the blood. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Even if nobody would hear me from the back row of the trumpet section. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And nobody had ever stolen from him, though other boats in the marina had been hit several times. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time the figure arrived, there was nobody to hurt him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe there's nobody at home,” Hornet whispered hopefully. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I draw beside the picture window in the living room upstairs, when there is nobody home, or in the daylight from the cellar window. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Why do you think nobody has eaten them? The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Given his training and the desperate situation with the Japanese, he figures he’ll be heading to the Central Pacific to assist Allied forces in that region, but nobody knows for sure. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

‘But nobody’s gone in! The gates are locked! It’s crazy! Nobody ever comes out, either!’ Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was also an ambush in the forest but nobody was supposed to know about that King Arthur paid no attention to the coming battle. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Those aren’t nonsense words,” she said, realizing she could read James’s message even though nobody else in the class could, and she smiled at what it said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I have nobody to help me. I cannot go to work. I cannot sleep. All day long I just hold the baby and cry.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s nobody,” I responded, quickly coming out of the storage room. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you dare, Will Tweedy! You leave me alone here with him and nobody in this town will ever speak to me again!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

True Belle, of course, would have known everything right away because, first of all, nobody could hide much in Wordsworth and nothing at all could be hidden in the Big Houses of its landowners. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though none of these was technically a dinosaur, that wasn’t terribly relevant at the time since nobody then knew what a dinosaur was. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I refused to believe that they had the power to prevent the world’s end but had chosen to leave the decision up to a sixteen-year-old nobody. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The way she was looking at him right then—nobody had ever looked at him like that, like she was going to keep him forever. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

On Wednesday, when I get to the bus stop, the kids are talking about a Hideout game night—in low voices, so nobody else overhears. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

All one had to do was be bold, do something nobody thought of. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

We did, or we didn’t, but nobody knew which just yet. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’re up 5–2 in the fifth, and he’s at the dish with one out and nobody on. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

‘He tried to call me ... I called back, of course. Right away. But nobody picked up. It was switched off again. Nobody. Oh, Salim. You called me. And I wasn’t there for you.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

My name isn’t Offred, I have another name, which nobody uses now because it’s forbidden. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

And nobody worries about the Black and Latino kids, who probably don’t feel great about this either. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I boarded all the way here, and nobody’s come to get me,” Shay said. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The fog cleared as suddenly as it had appeared and yet nobody made any allusion to it, nor did anybody look as though anything unusual had just happened. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was the right thing to do, and the truth was, nobody was going to stop being Naheed’s friend just because she was Eliza’s friend. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

It made me sad to think of Sam writing letters and nobody writing back, although I guess Betsy Read would write back. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought nobody was home. How are you feeling?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Later when it all turned out to be nothing, nobody would remember who started spreading the rumor—it had always been the same with the Sparra. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Don’t nobody say anything about it round here. I just knowed she had something rare, cause she been dead a pretty good while, but her cells still living, and that’s amazing.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Why are most of the Divergent weak-willed, God-fearing nobodies from Abnegation, of all factions?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It was a miracle that nobody stopped me as l walked across the camp toward the gates where those who were going to the sub-camp had assembled. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, nobody don’t know if it’s anything to tell or not. Me, Ah’m her best friend, and Ah don’t know.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Amazing that nobody around here knows about all this,” Mr. Rowan said, shaking his head. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

They talked for a while about Mr. Paul’s children, the weather, and local politics, but nobody said anything about integration or the Citizens’ Councils. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Everyone in the Pythagorean brotherhood was already tight-lipped—nobody was allowed even to take written notes—and the incommensurability of the square root of two became the deepest, darkest secret of the Pythagorean order. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

But by then nobody was in any condition to read the papers. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meals alone, walking the dogs in the evenings; and nobody knowing who I was. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Day women come out when nobody expects them. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Third, the day of the bank robbery was obviously a fluke—nobody’s ever even showed me how to use a gun I’m angry now. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I guess he can tell nobody’s in the mood. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, nobody had spotted the time bomb lurking in the code, a zero that engineers were supposed to remove while installing the software. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I wish I could meet you and you could tell me you understand, Because nobody understands. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” I said, “but the cops would have tried to talk to somebody before they left. They rang the front bell, and nobody answered. Then they probably tried Dri’s phone and got her voicemail.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

And nobody’s fighting or being mean to each other. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Food was set out, steaming on the tables; but nobody felt like eating it. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, nobody paid much attention to me as I walked over to my spot on the floor and plopped down with my minotaur horn. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I am groggy on those days, and have trouble hearing what is said to me; but nobody seems to notice. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Nobody ever escaped detection, and nobody ever failed to confess. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

There was nobody of whom they could ask the way. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“They would if they could see you,” replied Dr. Carey, “but nobody will be able to see you, or the car.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Before that moment it had somehow been sort of easy for me to pretend like nobody else had noticed anything about me, about us. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I wondered why nobody ever painted their houses out in Banks County, where Grandpa Tweedy lived. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The young people had a look about them that everybody said was new but which reminded Nel of the deweys, whom nobody had ever found. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

And how nobody cared until they found her...one year later. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Either they're selling or using, and the ones that aren't are pretending to, or have overprotective mothers like Doris who don't want their kids hanging with nobody around here either. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I looked back and there was nobody chasing us, but it felt like we’d be caught any second. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

"Yes, thank you, I would like a refill," Sydelle said to nobody and hobbled to the bar. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up at me shocked ’cause I’d never asked to play a game with nobody in the house, much less a counselor. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was a wooden paling around it, broken by a small wooden gate, and at length—there being nobody in sight to ask—we walked through to the garden and so to the house. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

And we were in that house that we used to live in and it came around the corner but nobody had wound it up and it was really scary. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Everybody is quiet, as if nobody knew where to begin. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Almost nobody. I’m one of the very few. It’s prohibited, you see. But as I make the laws here, I can also break them. With impunity, Mr. Marx,” he added, turning to Bernard. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lands were beautiful, but nobody walked the meadows or fished in the clear waters, nobody explored the rocky mountains or stared up at the clouds. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He spoke as though he wanted to leave nobody in any doubt that all his ancestors had abided strictly by the law. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Mom, nobody takes his sister with him everywhere he goes.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everybody doesn’t hate the Gypsies, but there’s nobody that doesn’t hate us. Nobody is hated close to us. They even hate us in Washington America.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“But if Voldemort used the Killing Curse,” Harry started again, “and nobody died for me this time—how can I be alive?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I am on a strange train bound for a strange land, among strangers, many from far places, with nobody who truly cares for me. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Lights on the pathways glow even though nobody's here. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Her half-finished antidote, comprising fifty-two ingredients, including a chunk of her own hair, bubbled sluggishly behind Slughorn, who had eyes for nobody but Harry. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She always said, nobody owes you anything, so when you get something, be appreciative. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

How nobody took care of me or you. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Someone’s playing a guitar on the steps of Low Library, a folk song, but nobody’s listening. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s made easy friends with her coworkers, since competence translates directly to popularity in the campaign social culture, and nobody’s better at numbers than her. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Myself. You remind me of myself, back when I was nobody.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dale don’t want to talk to nobody right now,” Sonny said. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Running a farm is terrible hard work—plowing and hoeing and milking cows and such and being out in the fields all by yourself with nobody to talk to all day long. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When you walked in, there was a reception desk where nobody sat. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

My mom just sighs and says, “It was a different time,” and he was a young man, but nobody’s convinced, not even her. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

No Grammar School kids and nobody under twelve years old. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

There was nobody, nothing but the empty space of the door. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Along the aisle between the tables he walked, and he spotted the three Malfoys, huddled together as though unsure whether or not they were supposed to be there, but nobody was paying them any attention. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Everybody knew that Dudley’s gang hated that odd Harry Potter in his baggy old clothes and broken glasses, and nobody liked to disagree with Dudley’s gang. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The garage chief believed nobody was loony enough to steal a marked police car. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

All five bodies were hung on the trail and nobody made much of a fuss over the breach in protocol. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I wanted to run faster than the speed of sound, but nobody, no matter how much pain they’re in, can run that fast. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s the car trip reunion and nobody asked me.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

With no traditions of organized political activity behind them and nobody to look to for help since the New Deal, they live in apathy and despair. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Later, he assured his wife that nobody saw. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then he thought about how it would feel to have nobody, to have his entire family gone. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“You asked me questions nobody ever asked me before. You knew that I was a murderer two times over, but you treated me like a man. . . .” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Harry waited for somebody else to get to their feet; he expected speeches, probably from the Minister, but nobody moved. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

If nobody else was going to play by the rules, then neither was I. I flung open my bedroom door and nearly bowled Zooey over. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Although nobody other than whites could buy guns at white-owned stores, people would come down from the North and bring arms to some of our men. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They had learnt a bit about this tigress by now and nobody was about to take any chances. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The smooth, continuous fabric of space-time might have tears in it, and nobody knows quite what happens in the region of those tears. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I look around my neighborhood and this school, and nobody looks like me. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I don't want to figure it out someday. I want to see a movie I can figure out while I'm watching it. Only reason you asking me is 'cause nobody else'll go with you." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“You guys always act like I'm not interested in you—but nobody is ever interested in me, and I don't get mad about it. You guys never want me around.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He continued, "So I know what it's like to be embarrassed in front of your teammates. Trust me, tomorrow nobody will even remember." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He was in his own world, and until Freddie referred to him, nobody had paid him any attention. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Americans and four of their guards and a few dressed carcasses were down there, and nobody else. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I’m a Beta; I worked in the Fertilizing Room; nobody ever taught me to do anything like that. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Annie, make sure nobody gets wind of this till we announce." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, that sure makes me laugh. Poor old Travis is about to fall apart, in case nobody’s noticed.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

But nobody stepped off a curb, everybody kept moving north, an ugly, snarling black-and-white escort for the kid in the middle. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But nobody moved, nobody spoke, nobody even thought to swallow spit until after her gate slammed behind her. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Just because my mom and brother disappear for a week and nobody tells me anything, and then they come back, and my brother is barfing right and left, with bruises all over him? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The older people around, like my mother, had two children, and the younger, more prosperous ones had four, but nobody but Dodo was on the verge of a seventh. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

When she started talking, it was all about how nobody is defined by any one thing they’ve done in their life. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

If my mother had been there, she would have applauded my antics; but here, I was nobody’s special Sunshine. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

This was another confirmation that nobody—besides my mother—cared for my feelings or for me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Something very bizarre was going on; nobody knew quite how to handle the infinite. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He loved hunting and fishing and getting away to the wilds where nobody could bother him. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because, if it were really like Othello nobody could understand it, however new' it might be. And if it W'ere new, it couldn’t possibly be like Othello.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

As for Pluto itself, nobody is quite sure how big it is, or what it is made of, what kind of atmosphere it has, or even what it really is. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I've spent two years wanting nobody to trust me, wanting not to be depended on. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It became very obvious very quickly that even on a team of nobodies with no sporting talent and often even less enthusiasm, no one was keen to pick me. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Soon the shores of the pond were so crowded that a policeman was sent from headquarters to announce that everybody would have to stop pushing, but nobody did. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“There are too many of us. Besides, if you come peacefully, nobody will get hurt.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the back they keep a stash of twenty-five-cent classical records that nobody ever seems to buy except me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried not to think what would happen if nobody did come for them. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“You look very charming in your blue. Everyone said so. And nobody had an inkling about—about the other thing, so you mustn’t worry.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But though her windows didn’t shine and her curtains drooped with dust and nobody could of eaten off her floors, she kept the bed made, the dishes washed, and things in place. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She will be mad at me for walking down a street where nobody lives. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I never told nobody that before. Not even Minny. Find I can get my point across a lot better writing em down.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

You'd think getting chopped into a million pieces and cast into the darkest part of the Underworld would give him a subde clue that nobody wanted him around. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I can never get the words to sound like I want them to. So I come outside when I can be all alone, and I write stuff that nobody sees.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

His face went crimson inside its helm, where nobody could see it, and he felt a warm glow under the straw fillet which padded his skull. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was in those days that my mom noticed that nobody could say my name, Khosrou. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Our Father finally caught on, nobody was understanding his horrible stabs at French or Kikongo, either one. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next time I pass, I Manuel Flores, truster of nobody, most of all not strangers, I lift my hand in the littlest wave, like a tiny small flag. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

He could not hold Fielding, nobody could, he would try and try, and Fielding would slip away, and make friends anywhere, share anything. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

It was an officer outside the locked front gate of the block, wondering why nobody was answering the bell. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

What they might become in darkness nobody cared to think. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. I was creeped out. Its like nobody’s here, and it looks like someone trashed the girls’ floor, or something.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He's wearing a loose white shirt and a half smile, like he's in on a joke that nobody else seems to realize. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They were so far up, and at such an angle, that nobody below could possibly see them. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“But there’s nobody else around to touch you or gawk at you or try to steal a photo of you. You can just be.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Once before, Harry had found himself somewhere that nobody could see or hear him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He put his hand over my mouth, stooping down and nobody else there. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I went by the Bookworm this afternoon. Stood around awhile, but nobody even picked it up.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Man, nobody in Harlem even know about Trinity until we lost that game,” I said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

At breakfast, though, nobody else says anything—Vanessa’s parents and sister seem genuinely afraid of her. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“You figure because you’re from Japanese folks nobody will believe you anyway.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But the teacher wasn’t laughing meanly, and suddenly it seemed like nobody was trying to be mean, just having a giggle. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Course he was wrong, and I told him so—nobody was going to harm him, regardless of what he’d done; folks around here aren’t like that. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

For that matter, there are some pretty big houses there that probably have books that nobody else is ever going to read. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Beth’s bundle was such a funny one that everybody wanted to laugh, but nobody did, for it would have hurt her feelings very much. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a secret smile, as if she knew things nobody could ever know, and she reached out and touched my wrist and said, "Timmy, stop crying. It doesn’t matter." The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby Moch—as everyone concerned would eventually learn—was nobody’s fool. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

And now she was saying “shay you know” and Ifemelu did not have the heart to tell her that nobody said “shay” anymore. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Had he still been alive to respond, though, Descartes would surely have replied to Newton that the problem was nobody could run fast enough to make the trick work. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was dark, so nobody could really see him, which was a good thing. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

One, he was a comic book geek, and even though nobody else knew that, I did, and real bad dudes don't read comics, or draw them. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“You haven’t picked up nobody out that bus station. Remember what I told you? You stay there until you bring me somebody.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t need help from nobody, okay? And that li’l minimum-wage job your pops gave me didn’t make nothing happen. I got tired of choosing between lights and food.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Cohn must have grabbed them straight out of the delivery bag when nobody was looking. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“The day after Miss Cigrand disappeared, or the day we last saw her, the door of Holmes’ office was kept locked and nobody went into it except Holmes and Patrick Quinlan,” Mrs. Lawrence said. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

There were a handful of kids who were openly gay and I just assumed nobody felt any which way about it—or most people anyway. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“We can’t steal anybody’s car. Since you began stealing the nearest car every time you wanted one, nobody leaves the ignition on.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The truth is nobody else would take such a job. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“In my bag? Man, ain’t nobody stealing nothing,” I explained, getting back to my feet. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Lily had heard from someone that there were only a few colored kids there and nobody talked to them and they had to huddle together at lunchtime while people ignored them. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Then he’d realized that nobody found this funny, because they were all so impressed at the way Harry had managed to stay on his bucking broomstick. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

A strange feeling of serenity and confidence was sweeping over her and all of a sudden she found that she was frightened by nobody in the world. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first year nobody was interested in hiding any eggs. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

All around, I could feel a kind of sympathy reaching out to me from every boy in the school, but nobody moved or made a sound. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I tried to think of something that nobody would notice but you," he said, pushing his bangs off his face. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

How many times have I felt like nobody wanted me around? A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

And now with her gone and nobody else for the Crowns to target, I may not even be able to save myself. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

So you can see why nobody was running outside to flag down an ambulance when this kid’s “parts hurt.” Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first five minutes, nobody says a word while we open milk cartons, apply heaping amounts of ketchup to our plates, and take our first bites. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

“Everything is letters now—now that the court is empty, and the world split, and nobody left but the Lord Protector.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

We got to touch the male chicks, because nobody cared about them. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I'm sure nobody ever expected the dead to get up in the middle of a pitched battle and start eating people, which is what they did at the Battle of Little Round Top. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Yo, deal with this, I said in my head, and when I saw nobody was watching I spit a fat loogie on the cheap plastic frame. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

When my sister finished her speech, we all clapped and yelled, but nobody clapped or yelled louder than my grandfather. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

All the eyes are going to be focused on you, all the sportswriters, all the TV, all the fans, everybody, there ain’t nobody else playin’. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her words silenced everyone in the car, and for a while nobody said anything. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The usual customers come in, like Mrs. Jackson, who insists on buying her greens from Daddy and nobody else. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. The list ends there. You ain’t got nothing or nobody else to fear. You see this?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

When we went up in the London Eye with Dad the next day, I’d noticed a time when you could put a disguise on with nobody noticing. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Cold Sassy, nobody under forty had ever made or waved an American Flag. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Don’t nobody talk like that for real, only people in old movies and books.” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

It’s hard for me not to believe that my friendship with Ellen wasn’t somehow fated long before we were born, back when Dolly was still a poor nobody in Tennessee. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Elena and Miles are really competitive, and the rest of us have to keep shushing them when they get too loud, so nobody upstairs hears us. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The proprietor insisted that he hadn’t called Anna’s house and that nobody else would have been allowed to make a long-distance call from his phone. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Surely nobody could have taken the accusation seriously. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

“Remember this: nobody puts words in my mouth,” he told Miss Bellamy. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ordinarily, nobody got excited about it—it was human nature. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was nobody else he knew who was as big a coward. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

But aside from Rowdy, and my parents and sister and grandmother, nobody would miss me. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, nobody much,” Grover said, obviously still miffed about the donkey comment. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s get down to basics, boy. If you don’t ante up, you won’t get any Thanksgiving dinner, and nobody will play Monopoly with you for a full week.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But a half minute passed, and then perhaps a whole minute, and nobody came and not a sound was heard. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nobody saw the accident, nobody knew she had gone,” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Somebody had thrown the little stone at him, but he saw nobody. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Even in my neon tie-dye, even with my Mizz Frizz hair, nobody seemed to see me. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I looked through it at the sun for secret colors nobody's ever named. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

There is nobody to sana, sana me now. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Yet nobody seemed to want to put down the buckets. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She screamed and hit me, but nobody else even bothered looking at us. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I was wrong about nobody taking care of her. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In our day the Soviet Union disintegrated after drought caused a series of bad harvests in the 1970s and 1980s, but nobody argues that climate ended Communist rule. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

We were so frozen with shock, nobody noticed that the bus was moving, inching forward into oncoming traffic. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Some people on the street looked over, but nobody stopped. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

They knew perfectly well that nobody in their year would want to continue Care of Magical Creatures. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Though everybody knew that Zeno’s statement was false, nobody could find a flaw in Zeno’s argument. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Most of the time nobody in H-5, not even Mrs. Shannon, pays much attention to them. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The Egyptian Museum came after that, but that one was okay because I got to dress up as a mummy and nobody noticed me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

But nobody from his mother’s family comes to the graduation. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The problem was that nobody agreed on who should run the country now, or on how to run it. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Partly because it took generations for the small changes to accumulate and transform society and, by then, nobody remembered that they had ever lived differently. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was determined that someday they would—she decided she was going to fit in so completely that nobody would even know she was American. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

His acting didn’t hurt nobody and she wouldn’t know what to do without him. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

She’d smile and say “good” even if nobody in the class responded. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

After two years of looking up to other people, I’d finally made it to the point where there was nobody to look up to but me. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I expected the room to be empty, nobody lunched generally before one o’clock. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm nobody, nobody in particular, I mean," said Shasta. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I had just made my first friend in Naomi, and nobody was going to mess that up for me, not even old pinch-faced Amanda Wilkinson. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

There is some shifting in the seats at this: nobody wants to think about breast-feeding, not the professor and certainly not the girls. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What if nobody comes to the depot, Grandpa?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“But Archimedes was in a class by himself. His spheres could do all sorts of things, only nobody is sure...” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Told him of course we don’t have air-conditioning. Farming don't make nobody a millionaire.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“How do you know you’re going to be president if nobody’s voted yet?” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

But what if nobody ever finds these kids? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“You got the word out, Roy. Without you, nobody would’ve known what was happening. Nobody would have showed up to protest the bulldozing.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

How am I supposed to buy a bike when nobody pays me for anything? Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“How do I find the sharks, if nobody knows where they are headed?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“We Bascombs need nobody’s charity. Certainly not that of a fallen woman.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You look at him sometimes when he thinks nobody's looking at him. I'll bet he killed a man." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She had faith in every single person she ever met, and this never failed her, for nobody ever disappointed May. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

That’s probably pretty dumb, but sometimes it’s good to have something that nobody else knows but you. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I ride the elevator downstairs, and check to make sure nobody is in the hallway or the storage closet before I slip inside. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She says she understands, but nobody really does. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Chacko had been a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford and was permitted excesses and eccentricities nobody else was. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the hallways, nobody can talk about anything else, and rumors are all over the place. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

So nobody thought anything of it when the first sounds came from the hallway—like a stack of lunchroom trays falling to the ground. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

There had been nobody, down ' through his years as a policeman, that the agent had ever trusted entirely. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His stomach blocks his view of his feet, and since his wife passed nobody tells him that his pants are too short and his socks don’t always match. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

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

A baby rabbit, terror ridden, squirmed through a hole in the floor and squatted off there in the shadows against the wall, seeming to know that nobody wanted its flesh at such a time. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Maribel and I deserved to be together and she deserved to see the snow if she wanted to and nobody was going to hold us back. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The audience was laughing so hard that nobody could hear the words of her song. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

I knew nobody wanted to be caught in a crossfire. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought that in the Other Place ... I mean, Linda always said that nobody was ever alone there.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s the only one who calls me that, and when he says it, he stretches it slightly, in a way that nobody else can really imitate. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It had started out well, with much laughing and shouting, and for the first few seconds, as the peach had begun to roll slowly forward, nobody had minded being tumbled about a little bit. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Reasonable? You can’t get no pot of gold being reasonable. Can’t nobody get no gold being reasonable. You have to be unreasonable. How come you don’t know that?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you open this door for nothing or nobody but me, you hear?” she said. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“At this resort they have. And it’s a different country, where nobody will know us.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

They don’t got a playground in heaven for nobody. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Given her size and her difficulty with stairs, she seems the wrong person to live in the apartment next to the phone, but nobody asked me. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not have to creep along, for he met nobody on his way, but this did not surprise him in the slightest: This evening, he was the luckiest person at Hogwarts. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

On nights like these, nobody minds missing the theater’s ordinary fare of grainy Cuban films. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And we did not receive a crisis team until almost the end of the second week, so nobody was there to help the students. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you came, you’d sit in the Emperor’s box, but nobody else has such good seats. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

But nobody had ever said, “How funny,” in a mocking tone, as Kainene did that first day in the cocktail room of the Federal Palace Hotel. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Scholars debate these estimates, but nobody disputes that the Haudenosaunee exemplified the formidable tradition of limited government and personal autonomy shared by many cultures north of the Rio Grande. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Got to where won’t nobody sell her a raffle ticket. They just want her to hold theirs.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Over there in the woods where nobody would come and mess it up.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Legend has it that my dad knew these people, and nobody knew that he knew these people. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I was so worried about the army coming and nobody listening to me.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It seemed as if nobody wanted to look after her now that she smelled so bad. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

He was humiliated and there’s nobody more dangerous than a kid who feels like that. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Thirty- six years old and I can still hear my mama telling me, It ain’t nobody’s business. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m dreaming. Remember how I always said I wanted to go bass fishing, and you would tease me that nobody under fifty goes fishing?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

"Anyway, why would you want to be that thing? The water bear or whatever. Can't nobody even see it. At least we can see boogers." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The lesson I learned after a while, through awful experiences and Grandma’s lectures, was that nobody was ever coming to rescue me. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Apart from people shouting instructions to the engine man, nobody talks. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the people had offered his mother old books, but she had said “No use, nobody can read in our cabin.” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It will be one of those calls nobody wants. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

We used to joke that if nobody remembered to wake him, he would just sleep through the day and night and not get up again until we called him for breakfast. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

But nobody likes to watch someone else eat cake. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The people in my neighborhood hang out in downtown Newark, but I ain’t never heard of nobody actually shopping in Bamberger’s. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I had seen nobody who cared that I was missing. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thor muttered something under his breath, but it might have been a good thing that nobody could hear it. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

You’d have to make the call nobody else was willing to make.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

If nobody’s home, nobody’s here to see him! The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was like some heartless, survival-based reality TV show, only nobody won any money. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

You can pop out of the Underworld in Central Park, hail a taxi, head down Fifth Avenue with a giant hellhound loping along behind you, and nobody even looks at you funny. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when she brings the food to the table I know we’re all thinking about you but nobody says anything. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

That was fun—redoing my report at two in the morning just so nobody would think I’m the swastika guy. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

When I arrived at the store, nobody was there except a lady at the front cash register. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I know ain’t nobody in town gone sign a book for her and tell her she brave. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

All of them, except Mordred, had wives of their own tucked away somewhere—but nobody ever saw them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was always a little seriousness behind the teasing of Matt, so when he got huffed and walked on off nobody minded. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He would never treat me like a child, like a girl, like a nobody. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

"It's a good thing. Look, with everyone fleeing nobody would buy that car. An accident is the only way you can get some money for it." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The reader would have to think that, too, since the new Gospel hammered home again and again what a nobody Jesus was. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I wandered off, I stood a very good chance of going over a cliff, and nobody was likely to find me until the next thaw. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to breathe, stared up at the vaulted ceiling, the fluted grooves in the richly stained molding, hoping nobody would speak to me more—make me speak. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

"That's what's wrong with the world today, don't nobody trust nobody. I can smell that hospital smell on you, son. You got enough ether in those clothes to put to sleep a dog!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not video games like most people, but those old board games nobody actually likes to play. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Argosy doesn’t have the book, nobody has the book, good-by, Willy.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Addie said that it was a sin for anyone to use the word “hell” and that what was wrong with me was that I had nobody to guide me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But nobody hurried me as I took it all in. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

King, who was still pretty sure nobody loved him, including his mom. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“The mhondoro spoke to me. Me! A nobody from the Cow’s Guts.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was the only rabbi whom nobody ever failed to address as “Rabbi” in Buna. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is uncommitted, free to accept or reject, so that anything placed before it is on trial—nobody knows in advance how it will receive the work. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Parisian cousins nobody has heard from in decades now write letters begging for capons, hams, hens. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then even if sometimes he did tell the truth, nobody would believe it was the truth.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He says his great-grandmother was named Silence, something nobody wants to believe. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It reawakened her to people and things, and she decided to hold on to her stake, even though she was young and small and had nobody to look after her anymore. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

When Grandpa and Miss Love left for New York City, nobody knew how long they would be gone. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It was always about Bodega and nobody else but Bodega and the only reason I began with Sapo was because to get to Bodega, you first had to go through Sapo. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

And even if another cantaloupe truck miraculously appeared and drove us down there, Rosaleen and I would have to get jobs somewhere, rent a place to stay, and hope nobody asked any questions. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bay Boy piped up, “Go on, gal! Ain’t nobody bothering you.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I figure nobody likes to be preached at, no matter how much he needs it, least of all Judd Travers, who is thirty years old if he’s a day. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess my father figures that nobody he knows will see him in this neighborhood. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he says something like, “This is not a time for heroes because nobody will let that happen.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Four was probably wandering around the rose bushes, wondering why nobody was talking to him. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

With Deen gone, there was nobody left to be her ballast. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I had gotten used to Sunny quoting some spacey book that nobody had ever read. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

All I could think was how nice it was that everyone applauded for me and how glad I was that nobody in my family was there to see me play Rocky in a feather boa. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry. There was nobody there,” he reassured her. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Aech granted access only to people he deemed worthy, so being invited to hang out in the Basement was a big honor, especially for a third-level nobody like me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

And nobody noticed, not the band, not the audience, when this time she really did sing: “Save me, Armpit! A damsel in distress. ” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Eh, well . . . Zeus insists on certain rules. Hands off, when there’s a human quest. Even when something really major is wrong. But nobody messes with my baby sister. Nobody!’ The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I was a discord in Gateshead Hall: I was like nobody there; I had nothing in harmony with Mrs. Reed or her children, or her chosen vassalage. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Now,” he said in a final way, “I hope that nobody in this house ever talks to me about money again.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

And it feels like a safe place to be, where nobody else can see or hear me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Well, I guess nobody seemed to miss him.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Big honor for the first soldier to breach an enemy fort. You’ll notice nobody in the Fifth is wearing one. Usually we don’t even get into the fort because we’re burning or drowning or...” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

There was a silence at this, for nobody had remembered to put a gown aside for Sir Lancelot “Notter gown? Nottergotter gown?” cried the King. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d still smell like her as long as nobody washed them, right? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The whole situation was so unusual that nobody knew quite how to act. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a place where nobody would ever find her—a ghost town on a ghost lake. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell him that he was my best friend and I loved him like crazy, but boys didn’t say such things to other boys, and nobody said such things to Rowdy. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the twenty-three years since, nobody had attempted to land above the Icefall again. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

In a way, it’s like I’m really telling nobody. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

"Somebody is up there, Chris, but nobody is there, just rich Mr. Westing, and he's dead. Dead as a squashed June bug and rotting away on a moth-eaten Oriental rug." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought I tol’ you not to tell nobody about that.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think parts of it are made of an alloy that can’t be made anymore. Perhaps the metal’s very rare—I don’t know. Anyway, nobody has.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“They’ve told me all the same stories, and I complained to the department, yet nobody would listen.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“At least, to date nothing has been filed with the State Corporation Commission. As to how many up there have signed—I think, and my sources inform me, practically nobody.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother kept telling me nobody wanted a plain English major. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

It had been here, in this very room, that Dumbledore had told him that he was to confide the contents of their lessons to nobody but Ron and Hermione. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

But nobody paid any attention to him, and finally he poured himself a drink and tottered back up the stairs with it, in his bare feet, to bed. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

There’s nobody but him, and he is slamming himself into me like we’re playing hockey. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He had not got the conch and thus spoke against the rules; but nobody minded. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“The way they look now, nobody is going to want to buy them.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hanako wanted to kill him sometimes, but then she’d look at him, as now, with his big, beautiful wine stain that nobody outside of the family thought was beautiful, just playing calmly by himself. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t afraid of nobody, and that’s why everyone liked him. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But the next time he had looked inside, nobody had been there at all. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was dead, and his teeth, and blood, were all over the place, and nobody would even go near him. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He so smoothly broke into the cafeteria line, and nobody objected. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“What if nobody wants me?” one boy asks, and the entire car seems to hold its breath. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

But nobody wanted to stay behind when they realized Ess was missing, so somehow Jinny found herself at the head of a herd. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Which is why nobody can seem to remember them!” said Valley. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

When nobody came out two cops wearing bulletproof vests rushed the door. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suspected that nobody wanted me because Luke was part of the package. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“How come nobody’s heard all this till now?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Her palms were sweaty, and she tried to keep an eye out to make sure nobody was watching her, without being obvious. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The Death: “When playing with death, nobody has any luck.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

In an emergency, nobody ever yelled, “Quick! Call the public safety department!” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It may also be the last town in these United States of America where nobody bothers much about locked doors or wondering where their kids are. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

This is my day, and I’m not letting nobody spoil it. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

He hoped Shell would rent it because the oil companies were always the best renters, never complaining about abrupt hikes, paying easily in American dollars so that nobody had to deal with the fluctuating naira. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But it appeared that he was nobody’s friend, and nobody could recollect when he had joined their party. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Possibly nobody ever talked like that in real life, it was all a fabrication from the beginning. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The minute I became somebody, I risked no longer being welcomed as nobody. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She roused them early even though nobody in his right mind would wash his car on a rainy day. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been trying to get an address for her family in Chicago,” she say, “but nobody can tell me anything.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s all right long as nobody gets upset. Just take it nice and gentle, ey? I’m watching him all the way, and I’ll yank the ladder up after me.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

For the boys and girls, talking was about all there was left to do, since nobody was being allowed to play outside. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t hurt, but Momma had drilled into my head: “Keep your legs closed, and don’t let nobody see your pocketbook.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There weren’t any hip-hoppers on the set and nobody wearing gang colors. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“But nobody takes a body blow from Mulch Diggums and stays on their feet.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

They all had the strangest smile on their lips—as if they knew something nobody else did. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

They cursed each other in an amazingly offhand manner and nobody seemed to mind. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I met Gretchen and so to sanity; I could speak to nobody else, no human, and so I spoke to Gretchen. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I mean nobody proved otherwise. 8th juror: Nobody has to prove otherwise. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew things that nobody had ever told her. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The blue-green water of Snake Creek was pouring in over the transom, but nobody in the johnboat moved. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

On Valentine’s Day in elementary school, everyone was supposed to pass out cards to every other student in their class, to make sure nobody was left out. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But miraculously nobody was hurt very much except me. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rings, but nobody comes to answer it. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The rain, the flies, you are robbed of your moment, and nobody should be robbed of that. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Her voice trailed off and nobody offered to finish the sentence for her. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The homeless man started laughing and laughing, at nothing and nobody. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m trying to remember what happened that nobody wants to talk about,” I say. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“Keep your hands flat,” said the aquarium worker to no one in particular—which was fine, because nobody was listening to him anyway. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Ain’t nobody worried about them bammas. Smelling like they Momma’s kitchen grease. Don’t look like they had a proper shower in days.” Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But nobody—not even the old lady—would ever say, Have you met that Eleanor Douglas? Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Without eyes, but somehow directed, these airships swim below cloud foam and nobody can be turned away from the sight of them because it’s like watching a private dream. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sir Bors the misogynist had reluctantly consented to fight for the Queen, if nobody else could be found. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old men discussed how to get rid of her; nobody said so, but they all knew that they could not simply turn her loose or leave her behind, tied to a tree. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

When she came home a few days later, the baby wasn’t there anymore and nobody really explained why. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why did they ask about Denton all the time, as though she was nobody without him? The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to hear nothing from nobody. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The vicarage had a knocker and a bell and I'd tried both, but still nobody answered. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Why should he, I told myself, be concerned that I, a nobody, had seen him at his forest meeting? Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

But nobody knew precisely, even in those days, which the bone was. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Nobody ever said it was easy. Got to come up here, day after day, got to put out, and some days nobody even looks at you 'cept to say you're doin' something wrong." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re praying nobody hurts you,” people used to say, clasping my hand at campaign events. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

George said quickly, “Don’t tell nobody about it. Jus’ us three an’ nobody else. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt as if Phil and Gay were showing off their “good deed” and nobody realized I was overwhelmed and frightened. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He had never attended a funeral before; there had been nobody to bury when Sirius had died. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

What if nobody wants me to sit next to them? A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Jules stepped away, class fell into its dull rhythm again, and when she returned, she slipped another tampon onto the desk in front of her and nobody said anything. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

For a second, nobody says nothing, everyone just freezes. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t remember it, really. I was in a cave, I think, and I was yelling for someone to help me, and nobody would listen.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

If you see nobody, then go and get the package and go home. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

That’s when practically nobody was talking to us, and Julian had started leaving notes in our lockers. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The Super Bowl was on television, but nobody was really watching. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

But even he admitted that nobody knew for sure that St. Helens was going to erupt any time soon. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

And I hope everyone’s pictures turn out great and never become old photographs and nobody gets in a car accident. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Checking that nobody has sneaked on to cross the border,” Baba says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it’s that nobody cares if two lovers get together—that’s like a cake only they get to eat. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He weren’t no richer than nobody else, but your daddy was always wantin’ to help.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” she said, “ain’t nobody waiting for me this evening, Reverend, thank you kindly.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The chessboard was always waiting for him, his comer table was always reserved; even when the place was full he had it to himself, since nobody cared to be seen sitting too close to him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It was one thing to like her at school and nobody know it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“For the record,” Henry says, “nobody’s ever made an attempt on my life either.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I spent the rest of my life working on my aim and trying to prove to Q that I'm a real G. I never said a word to nobody, not even Haitian Phil’s daughter. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Like fierce. Like nobody messes with her, right?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

When the wind is down and nobody is running an engine nearby, Marie-Laure can stand outside the Gallery of Zoology and hear them: a mile-high purr. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The story had been picked over so many times, and had been embroidered in so many places, that nobody was quite sure what the truth was anymore. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He had been explaining to me—really, it was more like preaching—how you never go over nobody’s house empty-handed. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

This is like birthday parties, with streamers and balloons at the ready and the hot dogs waiting in the kitchen, but what if nobody comes? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Kakuma was pitch black at night on those days because nobody bothered to kindle a cooking fire. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, when I got home, nobody was there. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

With so many big boats on the water, nobody had been able to trace the pollution along Thunder Beach directly to the Coral Queen. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then he said, “There’s no danger, Life, nobody’s going to bother a boy.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the exception of that sip of Coke at the competition, nobody on the team had ever really seen me eat. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

"Don't nobody tell the boss about this. Everybody gets a second chance around here. Now go on with what you were doin'. Show's over." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liza assures me that they’ve never left anyone behind at a house, not even, presumably, a very new person whom nobody knows. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe the scene outside the computer lab has something to do with it, but nobody else does anything mean the rest of the week. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Except that he didn't want nobody knowing he was there. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess we better stop,” Ruth said to nobody in particular. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But there’s nobody at that table,” she says. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

None of them heard it, she thought with joy; nobody heard it but me. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“They’re languages that were once important but that nobody uses anymore. They haven’t been used for a long time, except by historians.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So, right now we can get over 270 with Texas or Nevada and Alaska combined. Richards has to get all three of those. So nobody is out of the game yet.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And it seemed to him that was just why he was previously so ill—because he could love nothing and nobody. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

How nobody noticed she was gone except me. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Back in the parlor with nobody talking, Loma had had time to consider the situation. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But I did know that nobody ever asked me what I wanted for Christmas. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

De la O was always relieved to be back in camp, where there were tents and hot food, and nobody shooting at him. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

But even if nobody had got hurt, the people in Redding were good and angry about losing so many of their guns. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one would ever go hungry if he was president, no sirree, and nobody would lack for a job either. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even without trying I knew it wasn’t for the front door, because it didn’t match up with the key that I wear on a string around my neck to let myself in when nobody’s home. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

My mom was the chef, but nobody was going to give me special treatment. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It hardly seemed fair, because, unlike a horse or a Seeing Eye dog, the whole glory of being a bird is that nobody would ever put you to work. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, it’s cool, man, nobody messes with me over there. I have the place on lock,” I started, unconvincingly. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I look around this class and nobody I see fits into the box I used to put them in. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t need nobody working with me,” I said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Certainly, my dear, nobody said there were; but as to not meeting with many people in this neighbourhood, I believe there are few neighbourhoods larger. I know we dine with four-and-twenty families.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

But nobody actually protests—they just raise their eyebrows at each other midsong and shrug. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Sure, I could just turn my head or shield it with my shirt—pretend to wipe sweat—and nobody would know it was me. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

There was talk about us standing down in Okinawa, but nobody took it seriously. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they said anything flat out it was something nobody wanted to hear. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

So as long as I carried a pair of sticks and kept the humor coming, nobody was going to guess anything was up with me. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear mine, ticking away inside my pocket, even though nobody could see it, even though it could tell nothing if anyone could. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know—nobody’s drowning here. But why does everybody want to talk to you?” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Seems pretty quiet around here. Nobody on the road leading in, and nobody on the highway either.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And next year nobody a-tall would buy a tree off of me. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Are you at all worried that your mother and brother have disappeared into thin air and nobody’s telling you Thing One about what’s going on with them? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Moss shook her head as though she sympathized with all the trouble he went through that nobody appreciated. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

For a few seconds nobody said anything, and the children wondered what Mr. Poe was doing there at Briny Beach, when he should have been at the bank in the city, where he worked. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

It looked like nobody had even bothered to clear out the room. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

And so, because of that, and because nobody has ever posted about The Gold-Bug in the history of Book Scavenger, I activated Raven. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

At least nobody was talking about red trucks, one of which Genie was thinking about as much as Ernie was thinking about Tess. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

But nobody else wanted to talk about algebra, not with Sputnik to chew over. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

God made the races . . . nobody knows why but He intended for ’em to stay apart... if He hadn’t He’d’ve made us all one color . . . back to Africa . Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Lockhart gazed desperately around him, but nobody came to the rescue. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

They were talking about rooms and everything, but nobody said where Mama’s gonna sleep. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

But if you stay in the burning building and die and nobody ever identifies your ashes, the official verdict will be that you probably tried to get out. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

A binder full of rules and regulations that nobody read or even looked at. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Besides,” she said, “nobody has a car long enough to load up all the cardboard. A van is perfect.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

As each member spoke, nobody argued for Coles release. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I was a nobody, from a family of nobodies. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He had three more braces to attach, and nobody else was skinny enough to fit in the crawl space. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I feel like—like there’s this part of me that nobody knows. And I don’t know how it got there.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Since nobody seems to have done any serious research in anatomy for the next twelve or thirteen centuries, Galen’s work was regarded as the last word in human anatomy until well into the sixteenth century. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Aftermath club was over, I stayed behind to tell Mr. Clifton something when nobody else was in the room. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

When else is added, the s goes after else: “Stella is mine, and nobody else’s, ” said Stanley. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dart out of the Fifty-Second Street subway and almost run into a couple making out like nobody’s business. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

My feeling was nobody had ever spoken to Mr. Clutter like that. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered, again, Pellegrina’s story about the princess who had loved nobody. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

When I read that line out loud, Deborah whispered, “We didn’t forget about her. My mother died . . . nobody told me she was here. I would have got her out.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

They only became that way, she went on, if nobody loved them when they were kids. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I like it here. Nobody ever treated us this good before, and nobody’s probably ever going to treat us this good again.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was very pleased with it, but nobody told me whether I had won or not. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

In fact, I’d say I was even more of a nobody! Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

New York City was surrounded by water that nobody ever thought about. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

And nobody in the audience was going to adopt him because nobody had ever even seen him. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But this is wrong, nobody dies from lack of sex. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Stevenson, it's okay. Please don't worry about us. We'll have a few people be our representatives today and we will be here even earlier tomorrow. We won't let nobody turn us around, sir.” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He covered his face with his scarf so nobody could see him, and then his mom had to climb up the ramp to get him, too. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Here I was a nobody from Louisiana eating room service in a fancy New York hotel while watching myself on TV It was like The Twilight Zone or something. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Pity nobody who matters was around to hear it. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“But nobody knows...I kept it from everybody. I got used to keeping it to myself. Please don’t take it personally.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Will I be a black nobody or just a nobody?” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Worse, the plants themselves grew bigger than is usual in Japan— nobody knows why. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I looked around and realized that nobody else was wearing his. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That means nobody wanted to be friends with her. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

But when there is nobody else, then the whole idea changes. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

But Cold Sassy felt like Grandpa was slapping the town in the face, all over again, and nobody doubted Miss Love had put him up to it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

There was nobody about, but he could smell bread rising. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never would go out and stick nobody up, but I showed you who was the drug addicts, who was the wineheads, and don’t go with different crowds. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nobody ever felt sorry for me, and I never felt sorry for nobody else. Sorry’s something I can do without.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

That made it just like Christmas evening except it was getting late and it was still light outside and nobody was telling jokes or acting jolly. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t wanna fight nobody,” Harrison said bashfully, but he kept his hand in his pocket on his knife. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I put up a few posters to recruit other students, and even invite a few personally, but nobody seems interested. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Someone moved towards the opening in the fence, and the other five followed so quickly that it was almost as if nobody much wanted to be the last one out into the alley. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though there were carnival games and hot dogs and burgers on the grill, the real purpose was to display the merchandise: the children nobody else wanted. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Nothing easy about it. Don’t let nobody tell you otherwise.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, I don’t like writing much, and I’m not so very good at it, so I practice when nobody is around.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Hide till I come for you. Don’t let nobody see you. Hide in the brush by the river. Say that over.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody, nobody had the right to cry over her. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I see it right away, but nobody else does. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

But the prayer was mesmerizing; she had felt sure nobody’s spirit could possibly be broken now. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Cato replied seriously, “No, little one. Don’t nobody go back to Africa. When they put you in the rice fields, you’ll be dead in five years, so don’t matter no how.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I guess I look pretty rough: people stare at me in the halls, but nobody dares to ask what’s wrong. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

There was a girl there trying to sell some old jazz records but nobody was buying. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

‘She wouldn't let anybody move her; said she wanted to sleep and she would be all right. Said she’d go to the hospital in the morning: “Don’t let them call nobody,” she said. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it seemed like nobody was paying attention to her, she dropped the book. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Are infants to be nut-crackered into their tombs, and is nobody to save them?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

‘It is moving. It touches you on the cheek and on the hands. But nobody is feeding it.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll leave Tuesday morning. Catch the train in Tyler where nobody will know us.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The thing about jail is nobody cares about you. Nobody liked me there. They called me the ‘Textual Offender.’ A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I'm sure my parents and many others had their doubts, but nobody wanted to appear unpatriotic or contribute to the alarm. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He was a lonely ghost uttering a truth that nobody would ever hear. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Although he had only ten months on the job, nobody more senior had wanted it, so it was his regular post. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There was nobody there but myself. It was dark...” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And at the first meet of the season, nobody knew this more than Ghost. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Also, nobody wants a truancy ticket for slapping a class that you don’t have to go to. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

In total, four families had been targeted throughout town that night, though thankfully, nobody had been hurt too seriously. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, no, I wouldn’t say that. Here we are stuck in a snowdrift and nobody doing anything about it, and my boat sailing the day after tomorrow.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was some mumbling and shuffling among the gods, as if they weren’t all happy with this plan, but nobody protested. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

But most of the time I walked quietly by, trying not to disturb him, until I got to our shared territory and then to my room, where nobody ever went besides Mabel and me. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Everybody had known it, but nobody had told me. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I couldn't say anything wrong because there was nobody around to hear me. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Cohn must have grabbed them straight out of the delivery bag when nobody was looking. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Provided nobody looked too closely, they wouldn’t see anything wrong. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I got hit in the jaw about twice a week, but nobody ever broke it, because none of them had a third-degree black belt. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I stood on that comer day after day with all the kids, and nobody talked to me. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

It's a lovely winter day in Amsterdam, and though there are other people on the street, couples like me and Willem, nobody acts like the forced parade of people is out of the ordinary. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

But pretty soon, he and G’ma are stopping to refuel the RV and to go number two—nobody wants to empty that from the tank—in Birmingham, Alabama. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

And if the quiet buzz in the dugout as we pack up and get ready to head back to the Firebus is any indication, nobody else can, either. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

But one day during an unusual PT morning session, nobody noticed. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen, don’t tell nobody, see? Here,” he said, taking out the roll and peeling off a bill. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

You know when you have to smile but you don't want nobody to see you smile, but it almost hurts to hold it in, so it comes out like a weird smirk? When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She spent a little time trying to marry again, but nobody wanted to take her on with three children, and she simply couldn’t manage the business of keeping boyfriends. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

‘You are not very well educated but you are really nobody’s fool, I can see that.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In South Africa, nobody gets involved in other people’s business—unless it’s mob justice, and then everybody wants in. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I glance over at her, trying not to think about the doctor, about all the appointments filled with information that nobody gave me. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“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

Or if nobody was watching me, I’d sneak up into the loft and look at the old almanacs Sam brought back from college sometimes. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Is that why nobody has told you how pretty they are? The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

A wild rough kind of party that nobody modified because “the master’s women”—Alice and I—were there. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

But she had sent him away—nobody knew where, some thought to his parents in France. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tears flew in every direction—not because I was sad, but because I was outraged that nobody was ever going to see through the woman’s manipulations. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Abigail herself reported that all the bedrock Federalist enclaves of New England were taken by surprise: “the whole community were like a flock of frightened pigions; nobody had their story ready.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Everyone in the township bought things in minute quantities because nobody had any money. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But nobody was certain whether their years were equal to each other or not, because nobody had ever thought to keep track, that Jinny knew of. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He walked quickly ahead of his siblings, hoping that nobody would notice the book-shaped lump in his shirt. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

But we tell him that nobody but us knows what happened, and swore him to lifelong secrecy. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

You know, when I won the World Championship in 1972, the United States had an image of a football country, a baseball country, but nobody thought of it as an intellectual country. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Well, I know I didn’t do nothing to nobody to make them do something to me, so I don’t really have to worry too much. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I heard that years ago. But nobody put no stock in it.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

As Momma once said, “Keeping the peace in this country isn’t that hard, as long as nobody important dies.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I knew that Biddy and me—both of us—we wasn’t nobody. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, but it's kind of a big deal, man. We got invited, and nobody gets invited to these parties." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Funny thing when nobody knows what will come next. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Ever since the Spokane Indian Reservation was founded back in 1881, nobody in my family had ever lived anywhere else. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The train is stopped in the forest, for no reason I can make out because it’s the middle of the night and nobody stirs. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

And nobody is to be killed at all, if it can be helped. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

And he doesn’t like her friends, so nobody gets to visit her unless he is working. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He was scheduled to be put down tomorrow if nobody showed for him.” This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

At any rate, I was pretty sure nobody else realized we were dealing with genuine man-eating bloodthirsty monsters. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Course, I wouldn’t of shot nobody,” he laughed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We would not wake up from this nightmare to find out it was someone’s real life, and for once that someone wasn’t just a poor unlucky nobody in a shack you could forget about. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hell, no wonder nobody has any use for you. You don’t give a man a chance to be nice to you. And dammit, I’m going to put that in my report.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Trotter, nobody at the agency looks at it as any indication of failure on your part—” “You think I care what the agency thinks?” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Biddy wrapped up in her coat and didn’t say nothing to nobody on the bus. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He stayed out late nights and came home sober and nobody knew where he spent that time. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had all been thinking the same thing but nobody had been courageous enough to talk about it. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“Princess, you have much to learn. Alive, nobody matters much in the long run. But dead, some men matter more than others.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But when it comes to doctors and cops, nobody plays stupid like my mother.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And nobody seemed to mind she wasn’t there, especially not Mama and Aunt Loma, who got busy giving out thread samples and candy and had a swell time. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I had to get attention because nobody liked me or tried to be my friend. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Here he was powerless, nobody to control, nobody to blame. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

One of the only good things about PM was the food, because nobody stopped you from making poor choices. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, I had one, and nobody asked a thing. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

It was a natural landmark where campers often rendezvoused on hunting expeditions, but now there was nobody around. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Now, when he said he stole them, nobody believed him either. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

But they were close enough to the front lines that nobody’s life was safe. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Moms wasn’t crying or anything so I figured nobody had died. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

That’s why I finally put airplane glue in the keyhole of the lock so nobody could use the telephone, key or no key. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

You had to make sure they were new combs with no brood eggs in them, since nobody wanted to have baby bee larvae in their honey. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wonder,” she ventured, “if she ever going to find a man good enough for her. She so proud—look like she just won’t let nobody come near her.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

"Oh, nobody reads him now," Harvey said, "except the people that used to read the Alexander Hamilton Institute." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

She was still towing the wagon, which nobody had bought. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I snapped, mainly because I didn't play ball for nobody. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

When their nauka returned to the dock on their island, Neel was relieved to see that nobody was waiting for them. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

But whenever Miss Love came for a family dinner, Grandpa would ask her to play hymns, and we’d all sing, and nobody enjoyed it more than Granny. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But there was nobody else on the street. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“I said to him why is he angry to me? I don’t know any ting about this land, except that I don’t want to sell it to nobody.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

So I tell her I never heard of nobody named Armpit.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Extricating herself from these collapses is not too hard, because nobody presses her. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could have snowboarded on it fine, but I hoped nobody seriously expected me to nm fast. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He looked like a kid who had learned that his father was leaving when he saw him headed out the door; nobody had warned him in advance. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Problem is, nobody worth a toot come for the ad. People come in here, they say they know silk, but they don’t know nothing. Just hoping to get hired and fired. Get a day’s pay.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But don’t worry, they’re all back where they belong, and nobody got hurt. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Nobody did, however, and nobody saw Beth wipe the tears off the yellow keys, that wouldn’t keep in tune, when she was all alone. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, nobody else ever hit it, so don’t you go gettin’ upset if you don’t neither. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a brief moment he allowed himself the impossible hope that nobody would answer him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

After a bit, Stella said, “Tonight was fun. It was kinda nice having the whole neighborhood around. And nobody seemed too scared.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Whenever he lets you play, get into the game and show what you got. They can argue with what you say, but nobody can argue with what you accomplish. You see what I mean?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

With the praying portion of the evening over, nobody waited to be served. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Then I knew that even though nobody in the world figured that old car had any good purpose, Ob knew there was some real reason to let it sit. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Wish I could tell you life is easy, but it ain’t. Wish I could tell you you won’t hurt nobody, but you will, and guess what, people gon’ hurt you, too. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The point, in fact, was to be unsubtle—to send a clear message to the world that nobody could harm the president of the United States. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“She does not understand why we have to tell anybody. For her, nobody has the right to know,” Terryl says, in the rare raised voice. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

So they put their things away and headed out of the portrait hole, glad to meet nobody on their way to the front doors, as they weren’t entirely sure they were supposed to be out. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Of course I am not checking the ten or more digit UPC numbers, which lie just under the bar codes—nobody does. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was jealous of him. He had you and Jem to himself all summer long, while I had to go home the day school was out. There was nobody at home to fool around with.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Said Mr. Rao, “A few years ago nobody in America wanted to talk to us. Now they are eager.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Nobody biked in Shaker Heights, just as nobody took the bus: you either drove or somebody drove you; it was a town built for cars and for people who had cars. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t wonder why nobody in my family even questioned burying him the way he said to. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I am close enough now to see that nobody ever gets close enough to see how blue her eyes are. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The man says he’s been serving drink for twenty-seven years and nobody ever asked him for coal before. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“All the time the war goes on,” she said, “and footmen who are not knights get killed, but nobody notices that.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I once asked Mrs. Brown why nobody ran against him, and she hesitated and said that perhaps it would be better if I asked my parents that question. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The short answer if you ask me was that nobody had the slightest clue but it sure didn’t stop them from pretending they did. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leah can climb trees like a chimpanzee, when nobody’s even chasing her. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My full name is Arnold Spirit Jr. But nobody calls me that. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Someday when I got older, I would have to learn to make fancy onigiri too, or nobody would marry me. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

My first day of kindergarten at Lopez Elementary School should have been a special event, but since it was already October, nobody fussed. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Boy, nobody’s stalking you. I’m here to see my aunt.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

A breath of wind brushed across my face, and I thought I heard someone whisper my name, but when I looked around, nobody was talking to me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

But Bobbette just kept shaking her head and saying, “How come nobody told her family part of her was still alive?” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Pilate they remembered as a pretty woods-wild girl “that couldn’t nobody put shoes on.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because of the rain, there was nobody else out on the street. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He put the broken bone down on the goat skin and covered it with undamaged bones, so nobody would know. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

They said that she left after Josiah’s funeral, and nobody knew where she went, only that she walked to the highway with a suitcase. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The people said that even in the driest years nobody could ever remember a time when the spring had dried up. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Junior said, “There’s nobody here. My ma’s gone out, and my father’s at work. Don’t you want to see the kittens?” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most people probably believe they would have pressed the button in my situation—nobody wants the world to end, right?—but the truth is that nothing is as simple as it seems. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Her stuff was so deep, nobody wanted to follow her. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The article said they hadn’t attacked nobody, but just wanted food. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

It’s like how he only wears his glasses when nobody’s around: Nobody’s supposed to see how much he needs. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They built a big school and then drew a line around it and said that nobody could go to it but those who lived within the line. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Davis patented the helmet and leg electrodes, and always brought with him to executions a black satchel of secret equipment, which he would let nobody see. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing I like about it is that nobody is trying to kill us here and that many of the houses are painted a beautiful blue. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He makes mistakes left and right, but nobody notices because they’re caught up in the Holy Spirit, and the walls also vibrate with the exalted and chaotic glossolalia of tongue speaking. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Like Mamá always says, nobody needs to know all of our business. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She wants to say that nobody but a degenerate would want to move back to that is- land-prison. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father was at work and nobody in the building was home because it was bowling night, so my mother called Uncle Katsuhisa to come take care of Sammy and me. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sent to the office; there was no detention; nobody even yelled at me, which was a first in my educational experience. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

“I’m only telling you for the book, you understand. Ain’t nobody sharing no heartfelt secrets here.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Then, when nobody was looking, I buried it in the sand. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“But nobody else has had a murderer walking right through their compartment in the middle of the night.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The grocery store made me feel like we didn't count, like we were nobody or nothing, like I wasn't Melba. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

After a while Peaches did come over but she made sure nobody thought she was having a good time. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m glad the shop has cleared out from earlier; nobody here to clown me. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I try to sound as grown-up as possible, because nobody at any company ever wants to talk to a kid about anything. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I went to find where they stay at night, I saw something that Dewey Dell says I mustn’t tell nobody. As I Lay Dying 1930-10-06T00:00:00Z

Her chin was still tilted down, but her eyes were straight on him like nobody’s business. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But can't nobody really see nothing anyway, because of the gates, the tops of the metal posts curling up into the air like witch fingers. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

They had both wanted it to happen and they both wished it had not; what mattered now was that nobody else should ever know. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

What nobody was tuning into was that there’s a big difference between keeping myself occupied and actually taking care of myself. passed. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Shephard doesn’t know about Daddy; nobody at the library does. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

"Well, I'm not. I'm not Newcharlie and I'm not getting into trouble. Just sitting here watching some TV, that's all. A little TV never hurt nobody." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I had earned it, all right, and nobody but me would know the way she treated me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Good thing is, nobody took his tablet today. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

In Soweto, we lived in a black area, and nobody looked like me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“She was. But, honey, nobody is just one thing. We’re like those constellations you’re always telling me about. You need to connect all the dots to see the whole picture.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

When I get down there, I breathe a sigh of relief when I see that the lights are off and nobody’s there. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

But nobody trusted the storm troopers after the massacre, and people would spit on their uniforms while passing them on the street. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

All I had to do was change Allie's name so that nobody would know it was my brother and not Stradlater's. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“We know the rights and wrongs, but nobody else knows. Nobody would listen.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She assigned me to the center gate and Q-south, the gallery next to her office and told me, “I don’t want to see nobody out where they ain’t supposed to be.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though the government kept trying to improve them, nobody loved C-rations. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Nobody in this room talking to you. You hear anybody call your name? When somebody calls your name, then somebody's talking to you, and nobody in this room is ever gonna be calling your name." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

They also forgot how to talk, and nobody now made any sound other than a bark or a grunt. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Both times, nobody acts like there’s anything weird about it. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Nothing and nobody could take that away from me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

What happened between them, Rat said, nobody ever knew for sure. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In case my friends’ grammar and punctuation weren’t upsetting enough, the fact that nobody thought there might be a problem with ME was enough to blacken my mood pretty thoroughly. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

What that meant nobody knew, but some believed that the men from the encampment would be called down there to fight. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laurie’s bashfulness soon wore off, for Jo’s gentlemanly demeanor amused and set him at his ease, and Jo was her merry self again, because her dress was forgotten and nobody lifted their eyebrows at her. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I hope nobody else is going to make me cross today," she remarked. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Nobody needed them, and nobody needed anything like O-Hall again, either. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“It might be that nobody within Hogwarts has yet realized anything is wrong... Harry, put on your Invisibility Cloak.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It took up at least a quarter of the valley, with trees so tall and thick, you could imagine nobody had been in there since the Native Americans. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Let us be dissatisfied until that day when nobody will shout, “White Power!" when nobody will shout, “Black Power!" but everybody will talk about God’s power and human power. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Make that three of those, Mike. Cheddar though, not provolone. Don’t nobody want all that fancy cheese.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then he said, “You sure nobody’s been talking about it? Sometimes the kids who pull these sorts of pranks like to brag on themselves.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

It got later and later and later, and Marly was supposed to go to bed but nobody mentioned it. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I always figured nobody else wanted to hang out with me, to be honest,” I admit. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Our heroes thought they were alone in the building. It was a Saturday, nobody was at the school, and the lights were off. Little did they know...” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The Express was leaving and nobody knew he was still on it... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

"He too good to come in? Tell him we don't Jimcrow nobody." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have to think about impressing nobody. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I looked around the locker area, but nobody was paying me any attention. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was a source of satisfaction to him that nobody was out anything. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s not an apology, Superintendent. As far as this investigation goes, nobody’s spoken to me or my child. That’s not much of an investigation.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure what happens to you if you actually catch the Plague because nobody’s touched August yet—not directly. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The Hobo Ghosts and Wino Ghosts took peaches off our trees and drank from the hose when nobody answered their knocks. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time he finished, nobody in the room was cold any longer. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I loved selling stuff, and I was selling something that everybody wanted and nobody else could provide. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Seemed nobody had told Pastor Howard either, as he didn’t let on like he thought it was funny. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Toño,” I say, “make your finger choose me some normal words. With yours nobody will understand me.” Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sonny dances down the aisle to a beat nobody hears. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It’s a place where everyone fits in, more or less, but where, if you look hard enough, nobody feels really at home. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I kept to the fringe of the shadows so nobody would notice the grass plastered to my dress and shoes, and with my black stole I covered my shoulders and bare breasts. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I have to go to the bathroom. Don’t nobody take my place,” she warned. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

A whole mess of rules that I was pretty sure nobody paid any mind to except maybe Howard. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

In fact, if the wooden and graffitied boards over the windows and doors are any indication, nobody’s lived here for a long time. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“And a dog that loves you like nobody’s business.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I hear fifty . . . sixty-five . . . seventy . . the bidding was laggardly, nobody seemed really to want Babe, and the man who got her, a Mennonite farmer who said he might use her for plowing, paid seventy-five dollars. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every weekend, the family — mother, father, two boys, and a girl — piled into their car and went away, to where nobody knew. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

They threw the pads in the trash and pushed them under some wet paper towels so that nobody would find them. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

But the trick is that in America, nobody wants to answer questions. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Are you nuts? Don’t you remember anything that just happened? The cat is gone. There’s nobody to break in and free.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

And it was wonderful because for that night at least, nobody was going to mistake Sasha for a boy. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

What nobody tells you is that miscarriage happens all the time, to more women than you’d ever guess, given the relative silence around it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s because he won’t ask nobody to help him that he endangers us all!” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“See! I tried to tell everyone, but nobody would listen.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

One by one, Rashid checked to make sure nobody was in the bathroom stalls. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Most of the time I hate walking through my neighborhood because of the gangbangers and guys whistling from their cars, but today nobody even looks at me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Who could have told him where to look, when nobody had seen the diadem in living memory? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He went to the door and opened it, but there was nobody there. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nokomis had told her that the bear must be addressed with the greatest respect, as a treasured relative, that the bear had human qualities and nobody quite understood the bear. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

If she didn’t come, I worried that nobody else would either. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The main thing is, nobody got hurt except for Baldy. Now, I believe it’s Noah’s turn to tell us his story. You ready, champ?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“And anyway, nobody has any bail. I’m surprised they let me off that easily.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Woodall replied that his Sherpas stayed in their tents only because nobody came around to wake them up and tell them their assistance was needed. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“But there is nobody to touch you for baking with gooseberries Even those of us who’ve never had a taste have heard. Word gets around.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Every time he thumped his chest or made a brief, halfhearted wail, he felt his ears get hot; and from time to time he announced to nobody in particular, “Sheesh! I feel like a kook.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually nobody remembers who originally wrote it, or who changed it, and there may be more than one version of any particular folk song. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He seemed so determined that nobody should hear what he was saying that he was barely opening his lips; it was as though he were a rather poor ventriloquist. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Conibear—who would come to be called the father of Washington rowing—had become Washington’s coach because nobody else was available to take the job, not because he knew the first thing about rowing. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When nobody soothed me, I started to whimper “You Are My Sunshine” until I fell asleep. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

In fact, the generator sputtered and whined so loudly nobody could hear a word Ray said during the entire proceedings, but that didn’t seem to matter. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever you said he would bring up something from a thousand years ago that nobody ever heard about. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just so you didn’t set the woods afire and weren’t Gypsies, nobody minded. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I ate lunch at the far end of the table, with nobody even near me. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, most of the vets were pretty fast, but nobody was faster than the pretty boy, Lu. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Usually Mrs. Tomolillo had taken the lids off and dished out everybody's food like a little mother, but then they sent her home, and nobody seemed to want to take her place. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, I didn’t see anything or nobody. That’s why I never believed it. About an eyewitness.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

A Ministry official emerged some time after the appearance of the Dark Mark alleging that nobody had been hurt, but refusing to give any more information. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“How come nobody’s interested in my game? You think it’s because I’m black?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I love them boys, but I’m not gonna let nobody upset me right now.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I just ain’t interested in nobody coming to my house and being no big brother to any of my kids,” Pops said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The ball squirted through everybody and landed right at the foot of the one guy nobody was worrying about, Cesar Salad. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was more that he couldn’t tell her what was wrong, or even if anything was wrong—he couldn’t really talk to anybody about it because nobody understood what he meant. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Nobody sweeps up. Garbage on the porches and nobody sweeps it. Terrible.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I thought of it standing there, all lonely, at the bottom of our small hillside, producing its peaches for nobody. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“No, they’ll say it’s my fault. Nobody wants me because of my temper. That is why we’re all there. The Mosses take the ones nobody else wants.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It was like I wanted to give up—because in society nobody wants to give us a helping hand. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Esther ain’t in the habit of lying to nobody, and I ain’t gone with so many men that I’m subject to get my mind confused.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

When there was nobody about, he hid himself in the old gatehouse den which had once been Methuselah’s study. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

And except for his strange shouts, nobody said a word. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She squeaks about your flip-flops, how it’s February, but you tell her it’s fine, it’s not so cold, there’s no gym today, and nobody cares. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Now nobody seemed to want to look at him. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Now that nobody’s clocks are running too well.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

But when nobody heard ’em they just went quiet and sat with their backs against the cabin, rocking back and forth, confused as hell. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“But it had to be done. I certainly can’t go publicizing that Poe manuscript if Griswold’s still around. As it stands now, nobody knows it exists. It can be my discovery. Well...” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

This arises from the fact that her ancient military practices were not good, and that there has existed nobody capable of inventing new ones. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

One of the things nobody tells you is that when you buy a business you buy its debt. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He just hoped that although it was obvious something was wrong, nobody would yet know what it was. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“We would have killed them if the referees didn’t call a foul every time you looked at one of them. We ain’t played nobody yet that we couldn’t mess over.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She went as far as the path in front of the house and looked around the darkness and saw nobody. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“There’s nobody much I can talk to,” she told her companion. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Asked me to move it out here when he got so sick. Wanted to make sure nobody went through it before you.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

They joined the other people who had fields there, by the main ditch, and nobody went back to work after lunch. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Everybody wants to fight, Tom, but nobody knows why. Suppose I were to ask you not to fight, as a special favour to the King? Would you do that?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

A set of keys went missing for an hour early last week and then turned up again in the wrong place, and nobody can account for the time they were gone. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

"There's nobody here," the cop said to Eleanor, shining his light in her direction. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

And they don’t fit So then they moved up a little bit—nobody saying a word yet—and touched our hair. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every few minutes, I look over at the door, but nobody rings the bell. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

If I were to start a file on things nobody tells you about until you’re right in the thick of them, I might begin with miscarriages. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It takes him five minutes to cross the living room, but nobody’s complaining. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

You can’t use paper money there, you got to be a member and charge it to your account and one thing I know about Miss Hilly is, she don’t like to carry nobody’s costs. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

One of the duchess’s kids killed him, but then his twin brother, a commander in the Uruguayan air force who nobody knew existed, showed up and fell in love with the duchess. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But nobody knew why I was eating those sandwiches. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

The water will last us another two days if were careful and nobody spills it. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Sergio was picked up on Route 32 in downtown Albany, and nobody would say for sure how long he had been wandering. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Exactly what happened next, or why it happened, nobody—least of all Nick Rael—ever managed to figure out. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t nobody touch me. Y’all make me sick. Every single one of you.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

This much is for sure, nobody was pounding on drums or stewing up a goat for us. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As I remember it, you spent a lot of time in this bar when you were his age, and nobody said a word.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I’ve been called a lot of things many times—but nobody has ever told me it’s an honor to know me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m thankful that my brother played football on television so nobody fought.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

By 12:30, nobody can believe it’s down to this. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Saying all that stuff about not letting myself be invisible was easy enough in the Spinney, where there was no Edie to sneer at me, nobody to gawk at me or pretend I’m not there. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The little towns, where nobody waved, and the other passengers in the train, with whom I had achieved an almost kinfolk relationship, disappeared into a common strangeness. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve seen her a million times since we split, but this is my first chance to talk to her with nobody else around. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I didn't want to be on nobody's bad side, especially since I wasn't even really on nobody's good side yet. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Nobody had told them that it was cruel to hurt them, but then, nobody had told the donkeys either. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yesterday the boatman told us, “We don’t wait for nobody. Even God himself has to get down here on time.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got to ride on a merry-go-round for the first time, and nobody stared. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

This is because I have nobody I need to telephone but sometimes Mum makes me call the Directory Enquiries number as she says I need the practice. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

No woman, no friend, nobody to help steady his moods. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She puts on the veil to go outside, but nobody much cares who sees the face of a Martha. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe he is used to living alone so nobody listens to him,” she said, sensing his loneliness. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Sing? No. Never heard of nobody name that.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Go down and see for yourself. I told you nobody will hinder you from kicking him out.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I’m new in this school, and nobody paid any attention to me until I pulled you out of my pocket. You have to run the maze.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

She glanced back at the line of people behind her, but nobody was watching. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I mean, there were most of the kids I knew from Latimer but nobody from the hood. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of thing that nobody talked about openly. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“If you’re certified and licensed, nobody can take that away from you.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

However, something then went wrong between them–nobody is quite sure what–and by the following year they had developed an enmity that would grow into consuming hatred over the next thirty years. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I thought nobody knew about that book here, in England.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

But nobody understands: confessing meant nothing to me. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But the truth is that no one is innocent in love, and nobody forced me to love Kelly J. I don’t want to stop just because she laughs at me. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Tell him what has happened and bring him to me. Do nothing else, speak to nobody else, and do not remove your Cloak. I shall wait here.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Unless he accompanied them, and nobody wanted that. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

But nobody ever seemed to get punished, and Tally’s promise to Peris seemed ages ago. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

To this day, nobody can explain what happened. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Old Lawrence there he went on up and argued, but wouldn’t nobody come near us. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, he wasn’t even in the riot; he had no weapons, confronted nobody on the street. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

A nobody, a boy on a southern Illinois farm—would he dare? Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something that would make it so he could never spit on nobody ever again. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Do not look at anyone. Do not stop for anything. You are not a Jew. You are not a Gypsy. You are nobody.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

But nobody comes out and the dog don’t stop. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I never seen nobody with as many boyfriends as you got, Miss Marie. How come they all love you?” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked around the passenger car, but nobody else had noticed. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The street was not very busy; nobody was lingering to chat, just hurrying toward their destinations. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

But nobody arrived after a few moments, and Violet, swinging the hook over her head like a lasso, tried again. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“And Mom will have her work recognized in America, without any nonsense politics,” Obiora said, nodding, agreeing with himself in case nobody else did. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

They look at others or themselves only when they think nobody is watching. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

People are scared of it, and nobody, not even my friends and family, wants to talk about it. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was about how nobody loved this guy except his mother. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But nobody will read the book, however it ends.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And she kissed my cheek and whispered so nobody could hear. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I know what I’m talking about. Don’t follow none of them around. You stick to your brothers and sisters, that’s it. Don’t tell nobody your business neither!” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard nothing and, for him, nobody was coming. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He applied for many jobs but nobody would hire him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But it was a tradition nobody questioned, except the occasional ugly. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“You done what you can. Nothing nobody can do for me now.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“But I’m always at the store. You’re the one nobody sees anymore.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He was let down about it, I could tell, but he made sure nobody forgot the cars were back there. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But nobody imagined that an expedition led by Rob Hall would be at the center of it. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He thought of the burial mounds that dotted the Chinese countryside — the small mounds for nobodies, the big mounds for big shots. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around fifty of the Minutemen and lots of British troops had been killed on Friday at Lexington or Concord, or wherever it was, although nobody seemed to know how many for sure. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had turned down the volume on my phone because I hadn’t wanted to talk to nobody. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Nobody says it’s pretty here; nobody says it’s easy either. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry’s parents had died in Voldemort’s attack, but Harry had escaped with his lightning scar, and somehow — nobody. understood why — Voldemort’s powers had been destroyed the instant he had failed to kill Harry. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Other women will have you in your life, but nobody will have you first except me, and don’t you ever forget that.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Like Grampa said, the trial was over, and nobody down here was going to be looking to start another one. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I am Divergent, so I am not nobody, there’s no such thing as “safe,” and I have other things on my mind than playing house with Tobias. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He needed a hell of a lot more by tonight and nobody but nobody had bought any chocolates at the last six houses he’d visited. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

If this move to New York has been exhausting, she has nobody to blame but herself. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I put a note in his locker and I told you that tomorrow I’d put in another one. And, anyways, nobody asks anybody to the dance. You just go.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I told him about all the years reliving every second of our time together, the years trying to find him, the years of nothing and nobody else. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone was yelling again, and again nobody could understand what anybody else was saying. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

As I followed Margo’s directions through the maze of oneway streets, we saw a few people sleeping on the sidewalk or sitting on benches, but nobody was moving. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I ain’t letting nobody ruin it for me, especially no teacher. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Miss Love, after all I done told you tonight, don’t you know they ain’t nobody in the world I want to live with cept you? Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“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

Everyone was talking at and about her, but nobody asked her opinion, or listened when she gave it. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

We chose a back bench because nobody wanted to sit behind Grandma. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The small cabin looked like nobody had stepped foot inside in years. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

When I got home, the yard was bustling with chickens getting ready to roost down for the evening and there was nobody sitting on the porch. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Parks asked him about police protection, and Malcolm X laughed, “Brother, nobody can protect you from a Muslim but a Muslim—or someone trained in Muslim tactics. I know. I invented many of those tactics.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Gramps said, “I hope nobody minds if we stop at Yellowstone. It would be a sin to miss Yellowstone.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

She felt like nobody took her seriously as a blonde. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And nobody who saw the heartbreak on Grandpa’s face when Granny breathed her last would have thought for one minute that he was glad to get shet of her so he could marry Love Simpson. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

About halfway home I got ashamed of myself for crying and stopped; and by the time I reached the tavern I’d got my eyes back to normal and nobody noticed. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Accidents!” screamed Voldemort, but still he did not strike, and the watching crowd was frozen as if Petrified, and of the hundreds in the Hall, nobody seemed to breathe but they two. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know nothing! This American girl, she nobody for you. She don’t know nothing about you. You Korean man. So so different. “So what!” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, there were probably a bunch of other reasons he was in jail, but nobody ever tells me anything. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Once we started to play, nobody could speak, except to say ‘Pung/’ or ChrF when taking a tile. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you really were an axe murderer. So you can't say nobody knows it.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

So when it rains in New York, nobody crosses at the crosswalks. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her name was Sandy Hill Pittman, and nobody on the mountain cut a higher profile or generated as much gossip. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I have gone off into that state, hours and hours, on account of Matthew’s strange and inexplicable conduct, and nobody has thanked me.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

As he worked alongside the men, nobody questioned his age. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I planted a potato seed. It was supposed to be a potato. But nobody picked it when it was time to dig potatoes. Everybody missed it.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Said he was the baddest boxer in his camp, and couldn't nobody see him with the hands. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I went along as fast as I could, all the while looking around for signs of people; but there was nobody and in a few minutes I got back to the wagon. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pushed back my hair and said sadly, “Sweetheart, nobody in Georgia is going to hire a Japanese man to be a land surveyor.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Bailey said he saw a man, a colored man, whom nobody had delivered. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to talk to everybody about it, but nobody could deal with it. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to tell her that nobody’s checking for her bougie man; instead I just reply, “Oh, that must be so nice for you.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The joke was that to my seventh grade English class, I had made my father a myth, like djinns, like Rostam, or like Mike Maguffy’s girlfriend from summer camp that nobody else knows. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

We crouched low in the stem so that nobody could see us. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Why, nobody. I got it from the door.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Behind his bedroom door, he can sit and put Hall & Oates on the record player in the corner, and nobody hears him humming along like his dad to “Rich Girl.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I am a burden to society, and nobody’s responsibility. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Is it that nobody cares, or nobody knows what to do? Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another thing they taught was that nobody was ridiculous or bad or disgusting. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Toward the coast. We must hide among other people. That’s the only thing that can save us. Down there the nights are bright and nobody believes in the devil.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Good. He beat me. When I told him you were here he was very pleased. There’s nobody here for him to play with.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“They’re, like, coiled up in bottles and nobody loves them. God, wouldn’t it be depressing if after you died your relatives, like, preserved you in formaldehyde and kept you in a giant jar?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“If it wasn’t that that happens to their families nobody would go to the attack.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“He’s always sniffing around to see that nobody wastes time. A most unpleasant character.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ron looked around as though hoping somebody else would intervene, but nobody spoke. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The girl would insist there had been nobody there when she took the picture. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And nobody held it against him that he dropped jellied gasoline on people. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But nobody wanted to speak on the true disposition of the world. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Matt, nobody is going to file charges. Everybody understands.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thanks to a tall tree, nobody can see me from the playground below. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Convenient as hell. Kinda classical, too. Those Greeks carried on with their brothers and sisters like nobody’s—whoops,” he said, retrieving the whiskey glass which was about to fall off the arm of his chair. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“That’s none of your business, Sergeant McShane. You can see that I work hard and we don’t need anything from nobody.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In later life Lancelot sometimes had to fight disguised, because otherwise nobody would fight him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I like all the kids in room H-5, and I understand their situations better than anybody, but there’s nobody else like me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

But when I was twelve, I was just as much of a nobody as you are now. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Every business in Garden Heights gotta close by nine. And nobody can be in the streets after ten. Lights out, like in prison.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

When it seemed like nobody was paying attention to her, she dropped the book. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Clenching my teeth, 1 promised myself I wouldn’t plead with nobody, but I would take what I had coming. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m so miserable mad, it hurts, but there ain’t nobody to hit or cuss, so all I can do is go home and mope around, thinking of things I’d like to do to Tyler Croft. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

After all, it was only a cottage, with nobody living in it. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“They made the boy get dressed and dragged him out to their car, and nobody’s seen or heard from him since.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He has to make his own hours and if he doesn’t go to his desk at all there is nobody to scold him. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the final mile, Cal and Cornell battled nose to nose, so close together that nobody could tell for sure who was ahead at any given moment. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t throw them back in the water for nobody. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today they were supposed to be discussing Romeo and Juliet, but nobody wanted to talk. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Then he said, “This be a two-hour stop. You can leave your luggage, but be back in two hours. This train don’t wait for nobody.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When nobody else cared that I wanted to rap, Aunt Pooh did.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

For others, they had nobody and it was just two sides of the same bloody river. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The secrecy of my project took a different kind of toll on our relations with friends: Nobody knew about it; nobody could know. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Incinerators are illegal in the canyon, but nobody seems to care enough to complain. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Sarah had cornered me once and said, “What you let her talk to you like that for? She can’t get away with it with nobody else.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“It is still growing. We will send it where it can harm nobody.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“I never heard of nobody wanted a king.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “No, sir, I don’t have nobody left in Flint, that’s why I came all the way here.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

There was an allotment, which nobody looked after, and nettles grew, waist-high. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Frey spoke to nobody when they got there, neither his father, Njord, who is the master of all who sail the seas, nor his stepmother, Skadi, the lady of the mountains. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Either we all went together, or nobody went. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

So, even though nobody’s across from me, I keep my eyes and pretend sword fixed. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“You mean nobody told you I was coming—?” The mayor shrugged. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How come nobody seems to know much about my daddy?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

But nobody could say that it was me. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“That was a spell to reveal human presence, and there’s nobody here except us!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Up until this year, nobody thought she needed help. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

At this last word, the Hall was filled with a silence so absolute that nobody seemed to be breathing. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

They gathered around her, gasping, wide-eyed, speechless; but nobody, not even the smallest child, was crying. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time nobody said much when I came out of the dirty water. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I remembered it because nobody even asked me to give it a try. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Dad offered to tear down the old outhouse so nobody would think to sing that stupid song again, but I said leave her be. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She told him how the strange animal had supplanted her and how nobody had been prepared to listen to her explanation at the beginning. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

When nobody answered the bell, she waited, thinking maybe they’d been held up at the market. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

All she could hope was that from now on, and maybe forever, she would never be in jail and nobody would ever point a gun at her again. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I thought of the inmates I knew whom nobody was likely to remember at Christmas. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And I know you ain't laughin', Ghost. Maybe you need more practice with your dance partner, because you ran the whole race before you realized nobody was running with you. The. Whole. Race." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

If she fell doing her exercise while nobody was there, she’d might not could get up. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

People walked by their car, vehicles came and went, and nobody paid any attention to them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she did, everything was good and nobody was sad. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

But nobody was ever really laughing at Needles. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“If I had done that, you can be sure I would claim it. Face it, nobody wants you here. It was bound to happen sooner or later.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t anyone around, not the dog people or the moms with their babies and their coffee and their organic snack packs, not a yoga class, nobody. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

There were no ropes around her waist and nobody with square toes was hanging around. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone walked so quickly here, nobody saying much to anyone else, all around them a cloud of commotion. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Then the men picked up corners of the sheet, but since nobody wanted to get close to the man they held the very ends and he nearly rolled out on the ground. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa kept his eyes on his food which meant that nobody should talk. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But this is high school, and nobody seems to care about that. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He cried for an hour and nobody in the three rooms could sleep. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Still nobody was whipping any one on the Western front. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe he was talking to us, but nobody answered him. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

There was a god-awful quiet as nobody even looked my way. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“What do you not understand about nobody passes? Now, get outta here!” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The two on the aisle crossed their legs over the walkway, making an X. It was casual enough, but it sent a clear message: nobody leaves. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Loo ran forward to poke at it with a finger, and nobody stopped him. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Even rooms like the living room and kitchen, which nobody but she went into, began to look as though they had been bombed. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, nobody ever said they wasn’t good soldiers. Well, they’re Americans anyway, even if they are Rebs.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Good. He was terrible. I don't like Cohn, God knows, and I think it was a silly trick for him to go down to San Sebastian, but nobody has any business to talk like Mike." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

In America, nobody says you have to keep the circumstances somebody else gives you. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d been reading that Brazil is the race mecca and I go to Rio and nobody looks like me in the nice restaurants and the nice hotels. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

‘Sometimes and quite suddenly, a giant is disappearing and nobody is ever knowing where he goes to. But mostly us giants is simply going on and on like whiffsy time-twiddlers.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just called the Smoke. It’s not a city, and nobody’s in charge. And nobody’s pretty.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“The only thing I’ll regret is that nobody will hear my last words. People are always remembered for their last words. They’re almost like a message from beyond the grave.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She admitted that in Little Rock nobody was going to give me a knife or let me anywhere near the pie of abundance. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Because the lake is gross and nobody ever comes to our meets.” The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I thought that either everyone had come back and they were all asleep, or nobody had come back yet and I was there entirely alone. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“And very surprised, because almost nobody can see fairies and other charmed folk anymore. They’ve all forgotten how.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He bent his head low over his plate so nobody would see. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Honey, when ain’t nobody round you, when you alone, get on your knees and tell God everything. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Take three, nobody need know of it. You had best put Nile water on that broken lip of yours.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

When he finally got killed — gunned down outside the Showcase Bar on 125th — nobody went to his funeral. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He started past her into the house; then, without thinking, and without looking at her, he offered: “If you ain’t got nobody waiting for you I’ll walk you a piece on your way home.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a comfortable ride, but nobody complained. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

It must of been a relief to the Baptists when she didn’t appear, because nobody knew whether to treat her like a grave robber or just a repentant sinner. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

As long as nobody was watching, of course. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

If they see me, I can’t run straight for our door, because I’m alone and maybe they’d just push me inside and start hitting me where nobody could see and take my Nintendo. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Well, I don’t really talk to people and I’m sure nobody knows my name. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

So then they moved up a little bit—nobody saying a word yet—and touched our hair. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sanne asks for the fifth time, and for the fifth time, nobody has an answer. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He didn’t live in Montgomery either; all he did was work at that automobile factory and sneak off places— nobody knew where—and hang around Tommy’s Barbershop. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

And nobody could chest beat like my father. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Of course, nobody talked or even thought about it in that way. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Good thing nobody ever looked at me much up in that gym or they'd fall over laughing. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everyone knows they’re going to die,” he said again, “but nobody believes it. If we did, we would do things differently.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time I see this one particular movie star on a magazine, I can’t help but feel terribly sorry for her because nobody respects her at all, and yet they keep interviewing her. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

And he still wants one in spite of everything that’s happened and the fact that nobody’s going to go to it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The cotton was piling up on the piers in Egypt, and nobody wanted any. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I got to the phone in Mum and Dad’s bedroom with nobody noticing. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m the odd one out, I’m afraid. My mom’s family is German, and I think my dad's family was Scottish or something, but it was so long ago nobody knows for sure.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I get a little spooked because nobody likes to see a crazy lady with an axe in her hand. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

All the other ladies have big baskets on their heads too, so nobody stares at Mama Mwanza one way or another. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now,'’ said Merlyn furiously, apparently to nobody, “do you think you are being funny? “Very well then, why do you db it? The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you know how insulting it is to pretend to be some nobody thief from a small city in Fenharrow?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

"You always say that when we come here. Don't nobody want no stale candy, Ms. CeeCee," Bit said, fighting himself to cool his tone. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

For a long time nobody could read it. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Some dropped balls here and there, and nobody throwing or running as confidently as usual. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

If my lamp went out, nobody would ever find me again! October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m plumb certain. Nobody got on that train from outside and nobody came along the train from the rear carriages. I’ll take my oath on that.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

During those four weeks in Carthage, McCandless worked hard, doing dirty, tedious jobs that nobody else wanted to tackle: mucking out warehouses, exterminating vermin, painting, scything weeds. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that was so much bunk I am sure, because nobody in our village has a radio. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve told you before, if nobody’s dying and the house isn’t on fire, it’s not an emergency.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Despite the fact that nobody showed signs of having been infected, the Elgon Masai could tell stories of how a family member, a child or a young wife, had died bleeding in someone’s arms. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was something inside him that nobody else understood, something mysterious and strong. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Now that Beatrice was gone, there was nobody to unlock her door in the mornings, which meant that Lady Isobel could not lock her in at night, either. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

An African-American board member—Jimmy Kyle’s mom—asks me why I chose nobody’s perfect. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Sure, the dictionary says we can use lame adverbs like uglily, friendlily, surlily, and jollily, but nobody says we have to. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In late August, as the days grew shorter and the air turned sharp and autumnal in the Brooks Range, McCunn began to worry when nobody arrived to fly him out. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sure I called them. But nobody answered down there. So get your tail over here, will you please? 1 haven’t disturbed a thing. I’m even calling from the pay phone on the p>orch.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She consulted Calpurnia, who said nobody could do anything about her shape, that’s just the way she was, which was the way all girls more or less were when they were fourteen. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Mom grumbled about how nobody ever buys a house when the weather gets cold. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And in these apartments there’s been nobody there to fight the kipple.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He was dying, alone and insignificant, and nobody cared. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Yes, fun. But nobody take me on team.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, caint nobody find that mama, so Jimmy’s brother gone take him back to his place. They say he got a nice place. Inside toilet and everything.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was illegal to use that kind of magic against another witch, but there was nobody to report them to. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

So, since Emma was out of the room, and since nobody had labeled the jar as theirs, Jake popped open the top and gobbled down the jelly beans, one fistful at a time. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

He was lying on his stomach in a wood one day, with what sad thoughts nobody knows, when a lady archer came by, who was hunting. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl didn’t seem to have heard yet that nobody in Mill Town ever amounted to anything. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I see that nobody in this house cares anything about Stuart but me.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

It wouldn't be strange if I was used to people coming in my room and touching things, but nobody comes in here. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think anybody was expecting him to play violin in nobody’s orchestra anytime, but listening to him didn’t make your ears bleed. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

‘Don’t you tell nobody else, but my Bubber done also taken my gold earrings off my dresser. I never thought my Bubber would have done such a thing to me.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Thing is, Boys and Girls Clubs don't ever really cut nobody. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It was nearly morning and the streets were empty, so nobody came when he screamed for help. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

And there were strangers nobody had ever seen or heard of before. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

In the living room the voice-clock sang, Tick-tock, seven o’clock, time to get up, time to get up, seven o’clock! as if it were afraid that nobody would. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the leaves that was falling over—yellowed, dying, drooping like a waterslide that nobody’s allowed on—has pumped up a little, is climbing to the window. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

And he was prepared in other ways: Though nobody had told us to, he had brought along an iron and ironing board, even spray starch. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You say”—Albert adds and then pauses to think—“that you’ll grow up to be nobody. But logically...if nobody’s perfect...well then, you must be perfect.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I wish it every night. That tablecloth was the color of blood. That hen could lay eggs like nobody’s business.” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Besides, when I was at school, nobody paid attention to me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

We were supposed to be reaching an understanding here about the elephant-grass fan belt illustrating God’s vast greatness; nobody wanted to be called on. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there’s a long moment where nobody says nothing and it’s as loud as a screaming crowd. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh, all right, then. I know I’ve been missing in action a little bit, but you better not be dating nobody without my knowing.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Jerome's money connection hadn't arrived and nobody knew why, especially Jerome. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Naomi was focused on Cap, which meant nobody else in the building existed. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

The third lay huddled in his front corner unstirring, and nobody saw to it that he got his share. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She frowning cause she feel out a place, but smiling cause she don’t want nobody to know it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Which nobody listened to, because they were all jazzed up about a girl wanting to hunt with the men. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I noticed that nobody quizzed him the next morning at the breakfast table. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s true! Maybe because I’m taller than most boys, I dunno, but nobody has ever just flat out told me they liked me.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It’s weird that nobody’s sitting on the hood of it. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The next afternoon Mom insisted on driving all the way to Homestead for groceries because nobody there knew who she was. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

In addition to them, I’ll be getting a whole new crop—the kids nobody else wants! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“See, as long as nobody’s breaking any laws or causing any problems, there’s no reason for you to hang around, is there?” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“The store don’t bring in enough these days for nobody to bother stealin’ it.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He kept his mouth shut about his military service, and as he wandered around aimlessly with his long hair and unwashed clothes, nobody asked. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Somehow he found that he didn’t care anymore that Natalie had been a Lip Gloss Girl in charge of everything at school, and nobody ever challenged her. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Daniel was two grades above me and a real computer geek; he even had a CD writer at home, back when nobody had CD writers. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Some of it came from thinking that nobody would ever like her for who she was, only for what she was. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

On the blacktop, nobody wanted to play kickball. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know who brought the alcohol. And nobody forced us to drink it,” I said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“But it’s harder to be nice. It’s sometimes really, really hard. But I think we ought to figure out how to turn this around. So nobody else gets hurt.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps because they needed Emenike, who had information that nobody else did. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

My secret is bigger than her secret, because nobody knows it yet. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Freak and the Fair Gwen have supper with us, and we're all trying to pretend like everything is normal, and nobody says a word about Killer Kane getting out of prison. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Like me, she had two Ivy League degrees and routinely sat at tables where nobody looked like her. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He was a nobody, new to the stadwatch, new to this house. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Well, when the town was finally built nobody really cared for the name of Westmoreland Homesteads and so there was a contest to name the town—and who do you think won the contest? Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

How can we say nobody’s perfect if there is no perfect to compare to? Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

For example, on any string instrument, nobody can play lower than the note that the lowest string is tuned to. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Ain’t nobody scared! Gum Baby got two hands eager to deal! This restaurant is open and ready to serve! Get your education for free, you thistle-heads, Gum Baby’s an equal-opportunity destroyer!” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

That’s all the rally was, anyhow, showing off: Hey, look, I’m a third child and I can go to the president’s house and nobody will hurt me. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

At least nobody’s around, he thought bitterly, or I’d be a demigod joke forever. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I mean, we both really like the stuff about weird things happening that nobody understands—like people who disappear. And it’s cool that he found all that in newspapers.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed possible that nobody had ever woken up to find a small child sitting behind the curtains on his or her window-sill. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

For one thing, nobody seemed much concerned about crime. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

When am I going to not be a nobody? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

It came characteristically, from a quarter which nobody had suspected. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is my duty, then, if nobody will answer, to affirm the Queen of England’s innocence.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In gym, playing ball, I get called for fouls all the time. But nobody is called when I’m fouled.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The apartment felt big and quiet with nobody in it. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Just don’t play it for nobody but us. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I get to go around like every other kid with a mask and nobody thinks I look weird. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I told you I send the orphans things. A little charity never hurt nobody. It makes you feel good.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even when Shin mentioned that he had come from North Korea in conversation with ethnic Koreans he appealed to for food, cash, or work, he learned that he was nobody special. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I looked around for someone to trade spoons with, but lo and behold, nobody but our family even had any kind of a spoon at all! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And nobody in the school is holding hands, at least not two girls who look absolutely nothing like sisters. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Ay, it don’t make sense that in all them movies and books, nobody thought to shoot him.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“If you smell like me, nobody will want to get near you.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask if he’d ever seen any of them do anything unusual, or why nobody noticed, but I’m not sure how well he knows Ms. Griegson. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

But nobody came to the rail, nobody heard. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And it sound just like Gabriel. He ain’t never thought a minute about nobody in this world but himself.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Didn't ask nobody for a swig or nothing because...I don't know...it just didn't seem like something I should do. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

We have a stained tablecloth that nobody took the time to cover. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

So when speakers stood up when the occasion demanded and said “Our beloved Mayor,” it was one of those statements that everybody says but nobody actually believes like “God is everywhere.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Carbon bulbs were so dim that nobody thought you could light a stage that way. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“No; I’ve been variously described, but nobody’s yet explained me away as a ghost.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“There appeared to be no ‘pecking order,’ nobody really in command—not even Stan Livingston, the pioneer member of the crew and undoubtedly the most experienced operator,” she recalled. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I often went to the movies with my friends on Saturday nights, but nobody was available one weekend. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes I don’t apprehend nobody all day. Sometimes I apprehend the wrong person.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No ma’am, after the thanks they’ve given us for looking after ’em, nobody in Maycomb feels much inclined to help ’em when they get in trouble now. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

A lone microphone stand was propped up in a corner of the room, but we weren’t given any instructions and nobody seemed to be in charge. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Sneaky wouldn’t let nobody get away with doing that. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

It was against the rules, but then again, nobody was watching. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Matt thought it was hard to promise something like that— nobody planned to forget—but he nodded. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Don't worry, girls. We made this room beautiful, and nobody can take that away from us." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He said his symptoms were just like what went through the 6th Georgia one winter, and sent word to the family that nobody was to come up there. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The last few years, though, nobody had bothered getting up for the sunrise. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Owens said, “He dun’t look like nobody’s family, that one.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

My infant brother, Luke, was in a car seat, which nobody had bothered to belt in, so it squished me into the door when his father took a sharp turn. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

"But she didn't hear me. Her hair was hanging down over her face. I moved her hair away but I didn't call nobody. I should've called somebody." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Scott was a nice guy, and it’s sad that he died, but nobody killed him. Act rational.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Now she understood that nobody talked about the things left behind. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Did the high school change its school colors, and nobody told me? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

If it don’t hurt nobody else, I don’t see no harm in it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Hillbrow, we lived in a white area, and nobody looked like me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But the mother tried to convince her daughter that it was better to be a happy nobody than a sad somebody. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Liyana asked Poppy, “Do you remember that Emily Dickinson poem I liked a lot in second grade that starts, I’m nobody, who are you?'” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s nobody on the line. And nobody on the screen.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The snow is falling, it’s twilight, there’s nobody here but us. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Sort of. But I never thought you were nobody.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Some days nobody at all drove down our little road. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Alex put the liquor in his backpack, then put on the heavy wool coat Greg or Bob had left behind in June when nobody thought about constant cold. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Something like that happening to a person, and nobody but nobody saying anything about it? The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to see nobody get in trouble. I’ve had enough trouble myself. I put that broke glass in an envelope and stuck it away.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But nobody can be playing it as it was played by Phineas. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone but Sunny, who was chillin', trapping his laughter in his face, as usual, so nobody knew what he was really thinking. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“It’s just...nobody had ever said they liked me before.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

That’s what Archie did—built the house nobody could anticipate a need for, except himself, a house that was invisible to everyone else. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z