| 单词 | observe |
| 例句 | Now know why he might pinch that child upon the arm when no one observes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “The eyes are very big and wide open,” a physician named John L. Capen later observed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Real gravitons make up what classical physicists would call gravitational waves, which are very weak—and so difficult to detect that they have not yet been observed. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I became two men, the observing one and the one who panicked, who felt Negroid even into the depths of his entrails. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Before stepping from the passage between the buildings, I took the precaution of looking up and down the passageway to see if I was being observed. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The problem, as Donald Trefil has observed, is that "there are two sets of data, from two different disciplines, that cannot be reconciled." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He knew now that he was being observed. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z And the spectators observed these emaciated creatures ready to kill for a crust of bread. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Physicists grappled with the mysteries of subatomic behavior into the mid-1920s, hoping that the steady accretion of observed results would lead them to the truth. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “He has so much martial dignity in his deportment,” observed Benjamin Rush, “that there is not a king in Europe but would look like a valet de chambre by his side.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Her eyes are pleasant but unoccupied, as if she’s observing a staged drama. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Those include confounding effects of natural variation in additional variables besides the one of interest, as well as problems in inferring chains of causation from observed correlations between variables. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z After I make up the beds, store the clothes, and return the backpacks, I’ve got nothing to do but observe the last rule. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “The gloom that fell upon the crowd was heavy and chill,” a reporter observed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z His motivation for this work came from his interest in astronomy, where the need for accurate timekeeping had long been obvious, but was becoming more pressing as more accurate observing instruments were designed. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z It was well-fed, Cora observed, gobbling down the treats and bones offered by the citizens. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I'd seen that kind of badge before, on the Special Agents who came to observe Father’s demonstrations. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z "By night all banners look black," the knight in the spiked helm observed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The Earth is our moving platform from which we observe the motion of the other planets against the backdrop of distant constellations. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know, Captain. It’s a weight, isn’t it? Well. You lead on as best you can. If you get nervous, call. But I don’t want us observed.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They had observed the intruders in their country. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Jane,’ indeed!—You will observe that I have not yet indulged myself in calling her by that name, even to you. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “You have put aside your suit of bones,” she observed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The hulking soldiers continued to observe her peril like spectators enjoying a sport. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I would have said you’d be the last man in the valley to get a car,” he observed and watched through half-closed eyes for Adam’s reaction. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Though her approach was markedly different from the work of others who studied insects, she wanted her book to portray this interconnection—just as she had observed it every day on her walks. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Being therefore to receive exactly what she is to pay,” he observed triumphantly, “she will neither win nor lose by the measure.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “You have a fear look to you,” the dyer observed. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "Quantum theory is very worthy of regard," he observed politely, but he really didn’t like it. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Even in the midst of war, certain decencies needed to be observed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It will not get hot enough to emit X rays, but it could account for the very compact source of radio waves and infrared rays that is observed at the galactic center. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now someone tell me what they observe about Ms. Prior’s lateral prefrontal cortex.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Jess observed that it was the contrast between slaving under a tyrant and voluntary cooperation that arose from determination and good fellowship. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Science is dependent on wealth for its material support,” observed Harper’s Monthly in 1936. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z As one of her admirers observed, “She has plenty of nerve and is as sharp as a steel trap. She moved her base up north and continued speaking out in cities around the country. “ A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “He sure don’t like working in that store,” Elizabeth once observed to her aunt. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “Oppenheimer was not observed until 8:30 a.m. next day,” the agents reported, “when he and Jean Tatlock left the building together.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Rambling through the Southeast in the 1770s, the naturalist William Bartram observed Creek families storing a hundred bushels of hickory nuts at a time. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It's right at the edge of the wood, but the bushy foliage is so thick down low I can easily observe the Career camp without being spotted. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Military historian John Grenier observes that any time it appeared that the Indigenous population might outnumber settlers in a region, the settlers were quick to resort to “extravagant violence.” An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z “Five is very good, Milo,” he observed with enthusiasm, spying a ray of hope. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But with the threat gone and his family arrived from Dresden, Tycho began to settle in at the castle, sending his eldest son back to Denmark to fetch four large observing instruments from Hveen. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z But Henry, free as he was to observe the Corcorans in their own habitat, soon figured out what was going on. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “At present,” he observed, “there is no more prospect of seeing a French army here than there is in Heaven.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The argument for the existence of dark matter can be observed in the motions of galaxies. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “I have great hopes for my boy,” observed Jo, watching him fly over the fence with an approving smile. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He realized that she must have leapt before he had positioned himself in the garden to observe her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “You was a-saying,” he observed, when we had confronted one another in silence, “that surely I must understand. What, surely must I understand?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Abel Martinson stood at the end of the examination table exerting himself, Horace observed, to grow accustomed to this idea of conversing in the presence of a dead man. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z As Mrs. Turton explained the lab—observe pond water and tap water, and test pH of each—Justin and I looked at each other. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z There never has been a man who asserted anything with more effectiveness, nor whose affirmations rested upon greater oaths, who observed them less. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z “This is a bit dramatic,” Nora observes, sucking an olive off the end of a toothpick. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z These particles are virtual particles like the particles that carry the gravitational force of the sun: unlike real particles, they cannot be observed directly with a particle detector. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nobody ever did think well of the Churchills, I fancy,” observed Mr. John Knightley coolly. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “These fires burning off the old grass,” he observed, “in the ensuing Spring & Summer makes excellent fine sweet feed for the Horses & Buffalo, &c.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It doesn’t make any sense to hurry, she observes, when you’re being paid by the hour. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Can’t you just observe men and omens in order to understand the language?” the boy asked. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “He would make himself invisible, but he would observe and notice everything,” Kaprice says. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He observed the fragility of confidence and the redemptive power of trust. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z If you are sceptical, Mr Stevens, perhaps you will care to step out here and observe for yourself.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z But what I have observed is painfully little. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Bad weather,” he observed, wiping his eye with his hand. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z “That dog can’t do one trick,” Bull observed, lighting a cigar in the front seat. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I observed from the rear view mirror, madam, that the little boy grew quiet. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z As I scanned the room, preparing to speak, what I observed probably shouldn’t have surprised me, but it did, at least a little. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Ernest’s colleagues observed his “obvious distress” all weekend long; Compton suggested that he was excessively swayed by the friendships he had forged with Japanese physicists who had worked on the cyclotron. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z His father was observing all the courtesies, but there was tightness in him that Jon had seldom seen before. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In several instructive cases doctors or veterinarians have actually been able to observe microbes evolving those new ways. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t look like someone who knows he’s going to be whipped tomorrow,” he observed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “How happy those children seem together!” observed Mr. March, finding it difficult to become absorbed in his Aristotle after the young couple had gone. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The observed pattern of behaviour of the planets is also linked, in the Copernican model, to their distances from the Sun relative to the distance of the Earth from the Sun. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Even Amaranta, lying in a wicker basket, observed with curiosity the absorbing work of her father and her brother in the small room where the air was rarefied by mercury vapors. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Will knew that Cal was feeling him, testing him, observing him, and he approved of that. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The black wolf also possessed wisdom, she had observed. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps Lola was relying on the twins to wreck the play innocently, and needed only to stand back and observe. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z After a silence of some minutes she observed— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The station commander approached the gate of the courtyard to observe us, and then came over and berated me for standing with my hands in my pockets. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Occupied in observing Mr. Bingley’s attentions to her sister, Elizabeth was far from suspecting that she was herself becoming an object of some interest in the eyes of his friend. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “I was going to say hyperfocused. I get so intent on orchestrating my plans and keeping them a secret that I suppose I have a tendency to stop observing what’s really going on around me.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z From sunset Friday to sunset Saturday, the Jews of Narewka observed the Sabbath. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “Theorists tend to be more liberal in their politics, liberal ranging on into radical,” the Nobel laureate Edwin McMillan, Lawrence’s laboratory associate and brother-in-law, observed years later. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Lefty, who’d been observing all the ways Greece had been handed down to America, arrived now at where the transmission stopped. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I met him in his apartment, listened to him intently, observed him minutely, for I knew that I was facing one of the leaders of World Communism. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z No one took it seriously, including Lieutenant Cross, but as a precaution the platoon moved only at night, staying off the main trails and observing strict field SOPs. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Jean de Satigny observed her walk off under the eaves of the house and in the shadow of the trees; he was going to follow her, but then he thought better of it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z You have to observe them while they are discussing something of relevance to their relationship. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z It was hard not to compare what I was witnessing every day in Newark with what I observed back at Maplewood’s Columbia High School where I was coaching. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Dutifully she admired the golden-tipped canopy of leaves and observed how the sunlight could penetrate only here and there, dappling a lush undergrowth of ferns. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z In humans the same is observed for children raised without physical affection—usually in institutions—where they are clearly in great pain. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Come, An-mei. We must hurry,” she said, as if observing a rainy sky. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z They observed how timbre is recognized at the mammalian primary auditory cortex to predict human sound source recognition. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z They also observe systems in which there is only one visible star that is orbiting around some unseen companion. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A troop of baboons trotted along the bank to observe her, and the males uttered threatening cries. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then two astronomers—the German, Johannes Kepler, and the Italian, Galileo Galilei—started publicly to support the Copernican theory, despite the fact that the orbits it predicted did not quite match the ones observed. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z K. P. Lewis, manager of the sprawling Erwin Mills in Durham, explained his decision not to join the Klan by observing that “matters could be very much better handled...open and above-board.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I observed, and I still didn’t understand half of it, but unlike at the shows I didn’t feel left out. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But we are becoming able to detect the gravitational influence of an unseen planet on an observed star. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, he was observed at a nearby Howard Johnson’s restaurant, having dinner. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z This is the explanation of why we observe that the thermodynamic and cosmological arrows of time point in the same direction. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z To an acquaintance who observed, “You’re always at the crest of the wave,” he was said to have replied: “Well, after all, I made the wave, didn’t I?” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Samuel showed no sign of having observed any change. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I had, naturally, been called to the drawing room several times already that night to replenish refreshments, and had observed on these occasions the gentlemen deep in conversation over weighty issues. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The facts, as Hazel had observed them, were that Jack was not on the bus, was not at his desk, and was not at recess. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “But people themselves alter so much, that there is something new to be observed in them for ever.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “Miss Eliott is a very sweet girl, and seemed to enjoy herself, I thought,” observed Beth, with unusual warmth. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm right now someone that other people might find interesting to observe. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “That’s a real workout, isn’t it?” she observes, not unkindly, and actually offers me a glass of water, the only such offer I ever encounter. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The Wampanoag observed them suffer through the first punishing winter. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z "Now that I have observed the courtesies, my lady, perhaps my sons will do me the honor of shutting their mouths. Why are you here?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z We could still imagine that there is a set of laws that determine events completely for some supernatural being, who could observe the present state of the universe without disturbing it. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The intelligent beings in these regions should therefore not be surprised if they observe that their locality in the universe satisfies the conditions that are necessary for their existence. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “What a terrible mess,” observed the Humbug, with his knack for saying exactly the wrong thing. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z She observed, “You are dressed to go outside. Where do you think you’re going?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I had read widely in revolutionary literature, had observed many Communists, white and black, and had learned to know the daily hazards they faced and the sacrifices they made. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The great Caltech physicist Richard Feynman once observed that if you had to reduce scientific history to one important statement it would be "All things are made of atoms." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Overhead the little man with the spyglass and the red breeches was swinging in the wind—observing Boston from a variety of angles. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked at him closely, observed every feature. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z That was an easy order for me to observe, grandchildren. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s a lot cleverer than we thought,” he observed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z "Don't let it escape! If it is in here it has observed the most secret things! It must be exterrrminated immediately!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Not like observing birds soaring, or the creek rushing, or clouds chasing. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “I am sure it is not the easiest perspective to manage. At least you can observe Chandresh.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The men had their backs to Tristran and Yvaine, and were resolutely facing the village as if they thought it sinful to observe the preparations occurring in the meadow behind them. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Briony tried to recall similar moments when the symptoms of mania might have been observed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z One of the things I always write about is what I observed about Yolanda’s hair. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “At least we found out what he dreams about,” Dunbar observed wryly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z During the first of his three years in prison, Perry had observed Willie-Jay from a distance, with interest but with apprehension; if one wished to be thought a tough specimen, intimacy with Willie-Jay seemed unwise. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z As a boy, El Patron had observed the grand estate of the wealthy rancher who owned his village. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He must work inside, Lon observed, but he left the house today without thinking to change his clothes. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Very good, Pip,” he observed, when I had concluded, “I’ll go round presently, and pay our friend off.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen,” observed Jo mysteriously. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “There was no regret,” observed the Chicago Tribune, “rather a feeling of pleasure that the elements and not the wrecker should wipe out the spectacle of the Columbian season.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z My father sat on a stool, observing Hamlet’s behavior while pretending to watch the actors. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Fellow “garden-lovers” and even some distinguished natural philosophers welcomed the work of this “ingenious woman,” for many of these metamorphoses had never been observed before. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He was not really surprised that it was good, for he had observed that people who did he were, on the whole, more resourceful and ambitious and successful than people who did not he. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z As Colbert and Chamberlin observed, “there is a nervous system, of wires and printers’ types, which connect all together, and . . . places Chicago in close rapport with all parts of the world. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Our new arrival slept all day, and Chester, whose curiosity had been aroused by the strange behavior of the rabbit that first night, had decided to stay awake every night to observe him. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z I move down through the darkness, burning with murderous lust, my brains raging at the sickness I can observe in myself as objectively as might a mind ten centuries away. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z On this point, however, Blanca was inflexible, forcing her daughter to observe a strict schedule and the usual rules of hygiene. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I mentioned no names, you will observe.—Oh! no; cautious as a minister of state. I managed it extremely well.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “Some of the cosmic ray enthusiasts are very likely to urge that nature has furnished us with particles of extremely high energies,” he observed. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z President Harry S. Truman, Stimson observed with relief, accepted his new responsibility “with the same fine spirit that Senator Truman had shown before in accepting our refusal to inform him.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z What a grimy place, he observed as he walked across the roof to the elevator. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z It didn’t bother her that when Miss Beatty showed up to observe Mom’s class, Mom started yelling at Lori to prove to Miss Beatty that she was capable of disciplining her students. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z For the next eight months he worked in Zizmo’s rum-running operation, observing its odd hours, getting up in the middle of the night and having dinner at dawn. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Acquaintances and friends avoided each other in the streets,” Carey observed, “and only signified their regard by a cold nod.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “This is a deal of land,” he observed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I admire the activity of your benevolence,” observed Mary, “but every impulse of feeling should be guided by reason; and, in my opinion, exertion should always be in proportion to what is required.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z As Greeks, we had our own Easter, which was usually observed anywhere from two to four weeks after what was known in our circle as "the American version." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He was “of an easy-going innocent nature,” a reporter later observed, “he mistrusted nothing.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “You know, you really have been making things terribly difficult for Colonel Cathcart,” he observed with flip good humor, as though the fact did not displease him at all. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The myxo virus, native to a wild species of Brazilian rabbit, had been observed to cause a lethal epidemic in European domestic rabbits, which are a different species. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z One newspaper editor had sagely, if cynically, observed that “the usual custom is for the capital of new empires to be selected by the whim or caprice of a despot.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It seemed important to observe what, if anything, he was going to do. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “It appeared that Bill Hale’s lawyers—just as his friends predicted—had clipped the government’s tail feathers good,” one writer observed. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z They quizzed me on what 1 had observed staring at these walls. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z If, for some reason, we could only observe the ball at low energies, we would then think that there were thirty-seven different types of ball! A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, their energies nowadays would be too low for us to observe them directly. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Though the heron is merely being observed by an unidentified birdwatcher at this point in the passage, the passive voice keeps it in the reader’s spotlight of attention. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “We shall observe our likenesses in this mirror and reflect on our sins,” she said, touching the book lightly. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Some of us are astonishingly loyal,” Tool observed. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z While making his rounds on a motorboat one day, Lima observed four men leaving a Walgreens carrying stolen goods. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He observes me coolly, straightens his sleeves, and goes back into the tent. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z You’d almost think it was real, Isidore observed as he headed back to the Van Ness Pet Hospital—that carefully misnamed little enterprise which barely existed in the tough, competitive field of false-animal repair. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z He watched people put down bags casually, observed wallets stuffed into back pockets, saw purses put down, unwatched, under chairs. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z In this theory particles no longer had separate, well-defined positions and velocities that could not be observed. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Newt responded, looking around the Glade, observing the Keepers and their groups. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Since Fischer’s Worldwide Church of God faith observed the same dietary and many of the Sabbath laws as the Judaic tradition, Grossinger’s was an ideal selection. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “In the meanwhile,” he observed rather elliptically, “the voice of the nation will perhaps be heard.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I found this new part of myself when I met him and the new part doesn’t know how to stay quiet and still and just observe. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, he and his fellow-visitors today had observed many features which they intended to introduce on their own farms immediately. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Now, every afternoon, she would be there to check on Pearl, to observe these Richardsons who fascinated her daughter so. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In this case, the poet was too enraged to observe this custom, and he stormed into the house with an assegai, ready to stab both mother and daughter. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Only a month before, my ancient half-sister, who was twelve years older than me, had actually had appendicitis, and for several days before her operation I was able to observe her behaviour at close quarters. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus, first, we shall be able to observe clearly the Transit, which shall not occur again in our lifetimes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Each time she paused by the grove of pine trees to observe the traffic on the main road. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z This was music to Flamsteed’s ears, since it confirmed that modern observing techniques could improve on existing stellar catalogues. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z We lunched on a cold collation of duck and mutton shortly after noon; then betook ourselves to the instruments to observe the Transit. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “In just twenty-seven years I’ve already observed half the animals and nearly all the humans.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It was discomfiting to observe how Kimberly lurched, keen to do the right thing and not knowing what the right thing was. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He turned it about, observing the brown signature. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Aunt Consuelo and her family did not observe the day at all. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z In his more than a score of years as custodian of the sanctuary there, Maurice Broun has observed and actually tabulated more hawks and eagles than any other American. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I should be observing the Dauntless; I should be taking in as much information as I can, but I can only stare at the lanterns across the room. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “The lawgivers of antiquity...legislated for single cities,” Adams observed, but “who can legislate for 20 or 30 states, each of which is greater than Greece or Rome at those times?” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Examining his frozen hands and feet, which had a dull whitish sheen like a dirty bathroom sink, Kamler observed grimly, “This is the worst frostbite I’ve ever seen.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He had never been active in abolitionist circles up north but observing the monstrous system firsthand gave him thoughts he did not recognize. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z When the number of incoming African Americans in a particular neighborhood reached a certain point — 20 percent, say — sociologists observed that the community would “tip”: most of the remaining whites would leave almost immediately. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Eratosthenes had the presence of mind to do an experiment, actually to observe whether in Alexandria vertical sticks cast shadows near noon on June 21. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This opinion has been held all the more in our own times because of the enormous upheavals that have been observed and are being observed every day—events beyond human conjecture. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z “No. I’m here observing for the deputy ambassador, and I’m taking pictures for him.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Or as the biologist J. B. S. Haldane once famously observed: "The universe is not only queerer than we suppose; it is queerer than we can suppose." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “Without so much as a backward look,” his biographer observed, “Loomis quit Wall Street for good.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z And they did: “My friends inform me that Mr. A. speaks of me with great friendship,” Jefferson observed, “and with satisfaction in the prospect of administering the government in concurrence with me.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z They just observe the world and see what is. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She was not to be installed in his household, where she could observe and absorb fine living, but would be forced to live with this slave girl instead. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “That she, too, suffer? Do you observe her? She grows weaker each day, doing God’s will. I do not believe that God wants her to die!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “I knows what I thinks,” observed the Jack. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z When he wishes to observe, he carries them in two trips to a small deck off the kitchen. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z "That's fine, Esther," he observed, as I negotiated my slope for the twentieth time. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Even though I’m not anymore, I used to be an atheist, which means I didn’t believe in things that couldn’t be observed. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I observed to him that as you were unused to company, I did not think you would like appearing before so gay a party—all strangers; and he replied, in his quick way—‘Nonsense! Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The night remained calm and still, but Matthias and Constance stayed alert, both knowing if they failed to observe this rudimentary law of nature, the penalty could be fatal. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z "Looks like you're coming out of it already," she observes, and I have to admit her voice is pretty soothing. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Of course people became aroused when Mrs. Roosevelt resigned,” Marian Anderson later observed. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Yes, everything was once water, but the Earth formed out of the oceans by a natural process—similar, he thought, to the silting he had observed at the delta of the Nile. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hairy nose,” you observed, looking up at him. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z But Ma listens for a minute to the soldier's voice; observes his gestures, medals, stripes, and uniform; and says nothing. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In particular, it might seem that if we observe all other galaxies to be moving away from us, then we must be at the center of the universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In Los Angeles, a jury that had been hearing a bootlegging case was itself put on trial after having been observed drinking the evidence. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z He continues, “The factions were later introduced to most of our other experiments, three of which are currently active. We have gone to great lengths to protect you, observe you, and learn from you.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The few times Bernabe had tried to break down the political and social situation in town, talking about how little land and money the farmers really had, Carolina had rather consistently observed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m afraid he’ll laugh at our paper, and make fun of us afterward,” observed Pickwick, pulling the little curl on her forehead, as she always did when doubtful. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The mention of Conococheague Creek provoked waves of sarcasm from incredulous congressmen: “Enquiries will be made,” observed one Massachusetts member, “where in the name of common sense is Connogochque?” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Sequoyah observed that white people made marks on paper, and that they derived great advantage by using those marks to record and repeat lengthy speeches. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “The days of the small Bureau were over,” Hoover’s biographer Curt Gentry observed. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z During this period, the initial non-uniformities would have been amplified until they were big enough to explain the origin of the structures we observe around us. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She did not think he was quite so hardened as his wife, though growing very like her;—she spoke some of her feelings, by observing audibly to her partner, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Seeing that the priest had properly and assiduously observed all the procedures, millions of devout French Catholics behaved as if God really existed in the consecrated bread and wine. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have been observed, Miss Podgórska, going back and forth from the ghetto. We have seen you passing goods at the fence. We have seen your sister at the fence...” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Jumped on a log to observe Grandma’s paddle when it came up and dipped back down again. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z In the days previous, I had observed the key used to open the door. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The Indentured Servant Protection Agency also used it to monitor and record my daily activities, to ensure that my human rights were being observed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Almost without thinking, she observed the dusty path below: Aunt Chipo’s footprints were short and wide, with the little toe tucked under. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “If one could but go to Brighton!” observed Mrs. Bennet. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z This would have led to well-defined thermodynamic and cosmological arrows of time, as we observe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “From the former. I had narrowly observed her during the two visits which I had lately made here; and I was convinced of her affection.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z With them I normally will observe the politesse of secular society concerning religion—say nothing about it. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “It must be nice to be in Sweden now,” he observed yearningly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Maybe years of meticulous fieldwork—rather than years of classical education—allowed her to observe more keenly. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But no light that could be observed shows from us. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just observing. I am a documentarian,” I said, scribbling in the air. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z And Mrs. Hempstock observed, with a certain perplexity, that Daisy appeared to be smiling through her tears. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z We studied phototropisms by observing how our plant grew toward light after we stuffed it into a box that had only a tiny hole in its side. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z The busier he was and the more patients he could see, I observed, the happier he was. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you send home for another?” said Sallie, who was not an observing young lady. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z "That's a fine drum," the man observed, "and a good, sturdy strap." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “He seems to be in a fine mood now,” Penelope observed. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “Harry gave it to me. I write down everything I observe in it. Look, here’s my list for this morning.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Do not hope; instead, observe,” Flora whispered to calm herself down. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z In terms of precipitation, she observes, Antarctica “is the driest large area on Earth, drier overall than any large desert.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The experiment required that they be sacrificed at the end of the time so that the researchers could take tissue samples and observe their bodies for any signs of infection. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no little man in a blue coat observing Boston through a spyglass. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, amidst the tall and slim trees up ahead, you notice two giraffes quietly observing you. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He displayed such skill and care with the instruments that he soon became a permanent telescope operator and observing aide. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Having observed the moon, Galileo turned his telescope to Jupiter and discovered that Jupiter had moons. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Louis F. Burns, the eminent historian of the Osage, observed, “I don’t know of a single Osage family which didn’t lose at least one family member because of the headrights.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z But his father was not in the mood to observe such niceties. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z Because we can compare his observations with our retrodiction of the location of the moons of Jupiter when he was observing them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Enthroned there under his hat, he observed our household through his un-glasses and swished the animal-tail fly swatter that denoted his station in life. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Serenity and I take off on our own along the shore, observing everything, meeting gazes and waving hello to strangers. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “It certainly pays to have a good look at things,” observed Milo as he wrapped up the telescope with great care. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z He observed that the times at which the moons of Jupiter appeared to pass behind Jupiter were not evenly spaced, as one would expect if the moons went round Jupiter at a constant rate. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But he observed them each year, and he remembered Lily’s earliest Decembers. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z In contrast I observed that Call’s hands were wide with short fingers, the nails bitten well below the quick. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z What might you observe about music in this culture? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “Outstanding people left because the atmosphere at the Radiation Laboratory. . . did not make people who dissented feel they were welcome,” observed David Saxon, the future university president. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I felt like some mysterious foreign species he was observing and trying to figure out. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy turns his chin upward, as though he is observing the moon that hangs in the sky of the lighted screen. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z She couldn't understand what anyone was saying or doing, but she still wanted to observe and even dropped five dollars in the donation basket. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The camel driver was seated at the base of a palm tree, observing the sunset. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am one of the doctors you saw at the hospital. I observed your procedure.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The remaining consideration affecting acceptance of new technologies is the ease with which their advantages can be observed. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Greek theorists called the orbiting motions they observed in the night sky ‘the music of the spheres’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Two days later, on the twenty-eighth, the country responded magnificently as several hundred thousand Africans observed the chiefs call. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She had observed that her mother had begun to shed a few. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, the local people were now observing a polite silence, awaiting my next remark. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “When I was observing you, before the selection, I perceived that you probably had the capacity, and what you describe confirms that. It happened somewhat differently to me,” The Giver told him. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t mean to act any more after this time. I’m getting too old for such things,” observed Meg, who was as much a child as ever about ‘dressing-up’ frolics. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z From the observed orbit of the visible star, one can determine the lowest possible mass of the unseen object. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Cooksey “brought a certain idolization of Lawrence into the laboratory,” Livingston observed more than thirty years after his departure. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z "I was living and working on the frontier between the totalitarian world and the West," he observed, "seeing both sides, and constantly angered by the contrast between the two." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z As he observed, if Vandenberg truly harbored doubts about Oppenheimer, why would he have appointed him to the committee in the first place? Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Astronomers have observed many systems in which two stars orbit around each other, attracted toward each other by gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They observe that, “surprisingly, strategists on both the left and right, despite their differences, converge on the individual as the unit of power.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I knew most of them by name, not because I talked with them, but because after many Sundays of observing them I had learned who they were and a little bit about their characteristics. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s only six o’clock,” he observed with a yawn, and then, in a moment, he made an even more interesting discovery. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z It was therefore with confusion that we observed companies boarding transports. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z In 1892, his eyesight failing, Schiaparelli announced he was giving up observing Mars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z So even the inflationary model does not tell us why the initial configuration was not such as to produce something very different from what we observe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z To return to the arrow of time, there remains the question: why do we observe that the thermodynamic and cosmological arrows point in the same direction? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Unhappily, no supernova explosions have been observed in our Galaxy since the invention of the telescope, and astronomers have been chafing at the bit for some centuries. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the Xi came a bit closer to observe them, but most seemed to rapidly lose interest in their activities and began to pace back and forth, eager to move on. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It is easy to observe something that is frozen in time, like a fossil or an image of smiling family members eating around a big round table, and a dog snoozing on the floor. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z After my grandmother told me why we should strive to be like the moon, I took it upon myself to closely observe it. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z At the time they were first predicted, there was no way that neutron stars could be observed. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A warning look from her mother checked any further remarks, and the whole family ate in heroic silence, till Mr. March mildly observed, “salad was one of the favorite dishes of the ancients, and Evelyn...” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z We might want to say that these virtues and this limit can be summed up in the word ‘objectivity’; but objectivity is a nineteenth-century concept and implies new ways of observing nature and recording information. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I am observing, trying to record as much as I can for Marc’s memories, because I know he is going to want to have been here, is going to want to remember this. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Halloa being a general observation which I had usually observed to be best answered by itself, I said, “Halloa!” politely omitting young fellow. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z But all by myself, I felt the need to keep a permanent record of what I observed. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z But before they unstrung their bows they used to observe a ceremony. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “You observed it, Mr. Darcy, I am sure,” said Miss Bingley; “and I am inclined to think that you would not wish to see your sister make such an exhibition.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z When he was told no, the prisoner seemed disappointed, as though he thought the protocol surrounding this ritual of vengeance was not being properly observed. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z In that year, Galileo started observing the night sky with a telescope, which had just been invented. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He observed her for any kind of mistake, any jerkiness with the tools. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Keffers, observing this, would again shake his head, but when we asked him what else we were supposed to do, the floors being in the state they were, he’d make no reply. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s cautious, always observing and adjusting his behavior to the situation. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z As he knelt, Tyrion observed that his cousin was losing his hair. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to explain, I want to observe,” she said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z All I can do is put in time waiting for the inevitable, observing as the ghosts of my past rattle around my vacuous present. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Something that even Pong had failed to observe those four years ago, when the Governor had been only inches away. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z They were not going to observe what they considered the legal niceties that protected terrorists or permitted convicted prisoners certain rights in jail. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But the second problem, Herschel thought, was more tractable: Once life had been created, what process generated the observed diversity of the natural world? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Elizabeth would not observe her; and when at last Kitty did, she very innocently said, “What is the matter mamma? What do you keep winking at me for? What am I to do?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z They carefully observed the foliage of trees in order to discover fruits, beehives and bird nests. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a control room, but it’s out in the open, and I’m not sure what they’re observing here, since all the screens are dark. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Researchers in different fields have summarized conclusions about the nature of music and culture after many years of observing human behavior and music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Everything they did was being observed and judged. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z I had had in the meantime more opportunity to observe the house; it was taller than it was broad, comprising four floors, with ivy covering much of the front right up to the gables. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z It could even account for the arrow of time that we observe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “In the whole history of the Foundation, no grant had ever been made for a destructive purpose,” Fosdick observed unhappily in the foundation’s official history, “let alone such a lethal weapon as this.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z A German chambermaid named Caroline Klausmann had tended the children’s room and observed the same wrenching scenes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Aunt March is a regular samphire, is she not?” observed Amy, tasting her mixture critically. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z "You seem to be kenned here," I observed when my breath had caught up with me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Matt was very far from feeling confident, but he’d observed El Patron give orders many times. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I hunched upon the mud and observed that the transports did not appear like to come for us, the water erupting so frequently with the plumes of detonation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z —From what I observe, kids that age forget to comb their hair half the time anyway. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z From his surprised expression, it was obvious he had observed the wolf-girl-bird, too. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “I’m not so sure he’s a crackpot,” the chaplain observed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I finally approached the table, and Mitra hung around nearby to observe the moment. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Even then, the forest was so dangerous that hunters observed a sacred ritual before their outings. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z “Your dwarf is having a fit,” the widow observed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He twisted his head towards the door of the living room to observe the women as they came back They had not allowed themselves very much rest and were coming back right away. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z The dimness of the night hid us from the guests, and we sat quietly inside our vehicle observing everything from a dark, safe distance. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Mr. Wickham’s attention was caught; and after observing Mr. Collins for a few moments, he asked Elizabeth in a low voice whether her relation was very intimately acquainted with the family of de Bourgh. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z I shuffle along on all fours a bit farther, I keep track of my bearings, look around me and observe the distribution of the gunfire so as to be able to find my way back. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Crew is one sport where a cut is not necessary,” he observed. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Quite a lot to observe and think about. Remember, make your own minds up.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “The more you observe, New Voice, the more you understand. Once you can interpret the voice of the world, you become its revealer. Birds are strong messengers of the world.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z In general, the Virginians were the chief beneficiaries of all the highly stylized histories, though, as Adams observed, “not a lad upon the Highlands is more clannish than every Virginian I have ever known.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z We observe each other, and I can see there are many things that Lua wants to know. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Anthropologists formerly idealized band and tribal societies as gentle and nonviolent, because visiting anthropologists observed no murder in a band of 25 people in the course of a three-year study. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Haggling over prices was another Persian Social Cue, one I had observed when I went with Mom to the Persian Grocery back in Portland. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Over brandy, Major Arthur Maxwell of His Majesty’s Marines and his subordinates passed around binoculars to observe the situation ashore. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “You’re not dressed warmly enough,” she observes, twisting the woolen scarf securely around her neck. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Very likely some Mrs. Grundy will observe, “I don’t believe it, boys will be boys, young men must sow their wild oats, and women must not expect miracles.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Dead fish of 27 species were observed, totaling about 1000 pounds to a mile of riverbank. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z For a new prince is far more closely observed in his actions than is a hereditary prince. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Zeitoun was far enough away to observe without fear of them reaching him—at least not quickly. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z They observed from their canoes; an audience little comforting to those who begged for mercy in the water by our side. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z It was spoken of again while they were at dinner, when Mr. Collins joining in, observed: Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z And so we drifted, the two of us, since the world began, awaiting our cues and observing the passing show. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She took up position in a discrete corner of the playground, which she calculated was the best place to observe the door without being seen. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Lou stops to watch artists at work, and I join him, observing his reactions as he studies each canvas. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z We observe the multicolored belts and bands of Jupiter close up. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z That pursuit itself is nothing novel, of course, but now, a new generation of powerful technology lets researchers see the inside of the brain, watch it work, literally, and observe when it fails to work. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z As she came walking in, looking very tired but as composed as ever, she observed that every vestige of the unfortunate fete had disappeared, except a suspicious pucker about the corners of Jo’s mouth. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Soldiers had observed him, hanging in the air like a plump gray fruit, were beginning to point and grin. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z One night, to my astonishment, I observed Colonel Minnaar, who was the head of prison, and a well-known Afrikaner advocate come to fetch him. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Chamberlain thought: There are no good- tempered generals Sykes said, observing Chamberlain with the same look one gives a new rifle, “Rice says you’re a schoolteacher.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "But then I remembered that we gods send omens—we don't observe them." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Axel has observed many pairs of eagle babies come from that nest. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z His signature was not the smoking six-shooter; instead, like Sherlock Holmes, he relied upon the startling powers of reason and deduction, the ability to observe what the Watsons of the world merely saw. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Knowing not to sit on the furniture, she crouched, instead, in doorways and hallways, and observed gestures and manners in the same way a person tends to watch traffic in a foreign city. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z As a New York Times editorial soberly observed, “People caught in this impossible predicament are less likely to seek regular employment, making them even more susceptible to criminal relapse.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Looks like your costume’s not going over too well,” Liz observed. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This was a noteworthy event because very few spots were observed on the Sun in the second half of the seventeenth century. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z In the beginning, only he carried a rod and Joe tagged along, observing and learning. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The doctor crept slowly to the bloody scene, observed it all, but made no comment. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He sits in parks and cafés, observing people who pay him little notice as he blends into crowds of young men in interchangeable suits and bowler hats. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I spent the following days eating and drinking and bathing and observing the meerkats and walking and running and resting and growing stronger. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Goodness knows what storm trooper will descend upon me and beat me senseless,” Ignatius observed coolly. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing remained but to observe, in secret, his private and deep distress. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “And the wind? You ain’t been too sick to observe the weather, I guess?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They stopped now and then to observe their leader’s performance. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The first day, Mike worked closely with us, showing us what to clean and observing how well we worked. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The same car had been sitting outside the church, its occupants observing the celebratory congregants as they walked out. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z For an instant, Brian observed relief sweeping the teacher’s face, as if a huge burden had been lifted from him. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z On Monday Holmes allowed a letter from Mrs. Pitezel to reach the children, which prompted Alice to write an immediate reply, observing, “It seems as though you are awful homesick.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “I was just telling your wife, I do a little ministering. I study and classify the fauna. I observe a great deal, and probably offer very little salvation in the long run.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned back to my business, but Miss Kenton remained in the doorway observing me. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Her text discussed the metamorphosis of more than fifty moths and butterflies, describing the timing of each phase, her repeated experiments and failures, and any other interesting insect behavior she had observed. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “You are wise, because you observe everything from a distance,” the boy said. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Reek, Reek, it rhymes with meek “... bad and ...” “There’s blood on your mouth,” Ramsay observed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z One could observe how under the sister's practiced hands the sheets and pillows on the beds were thrown on high and arranged. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z The Indians “died in heapes as they lay in their houses,” the merchant Thomas Morton observed. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z But the process had never been tested and observed—not scientifically. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Madison observed the buying frenzy and complained that unscrupulous speculators “are still exploring the interior & distant parts of the Union in order to take advantage of the holders.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He observed exactly what I saw four decades later: isolated hillocks of forest; long raised berms; canals; raised agricultural fields; circular, moat-like ditches; and odd, zigzagging ridges. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Acutely aware that the young soldier was now observing him, and wondering if he suspected anything, Jonathan went to the cow. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Darwin’s gift was natural history—the reconstruction of history by observing nature. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z We stood listless upon the deck of our sloop-of-war, with no employment but to observe the rout. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The separation of the speakers by migrations had effects on language comparable to the speciation observed by Darwin on various islands of Galapagos. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z What I am paid to do is to observe him in a rigorous present tense, as a subject dynamically inhabiting a scene, as a phenomenon of study. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Show us what you got,” I told him, stepping back to observe. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. Kaiserman had only a fleeting moment, if not just a split second, to observe the situation, and he was involved in a major collision himself,” Bunderson wrote in his motion. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Therefore, one way for you to observe is for us to ship you a football. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z "I say, you two!" cried King Pellinore, as soon as he had observed them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Until that time, I had been observing fewer and fewer Arkansas National Guard troops inside school each day. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I will produce a stronger proof. Let us set my daughter in Hamlet’s way, and we will secretly observe their meeting.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The body slumbered on, and the self that observed was being borne away out of the canopy of leaves altogether and into the open sky. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Salt Lane at last, and the little man observing Boston so genially through his spyglass. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z When we send spacecraft to the planets, when we observe double stars, when we examine the motion of distant galaxies, we find that throughout the universe Kepler’s laws are obeyed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I never observe anyone stealing, but the possibility is a persistent subtext of The Maids’ discipline and lore. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The volcano with a bright halo at the rough center of the disc was observed in eruption just fifteen hours before this image was acquired: it has since been named Prometheus. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z No other animal has ever been observed to draw a recognizable image spontaneously in the wild. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “The boy was embarrassed, and confessed that he had observed nothing. His only concern had been not to spill the oil that the wise man had entrusted to him. “ The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The entire community would fit in one tiny corner of Mr. Derby’s plantation, Amari observed, as she walked past the small gardens of the people who lived there. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Papa observed the somber faces of his kids. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z This is part of the Weed’s mission—not just to deliver the carving, but to observe the goblin city and to tell us what he sees. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “You didn’t eat your toast,” she further observed. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Now, after several years in which to observe the effects of spraying, the Canadians find a mixed situation, but one that affords very little comfort to devotees of salmon fishing, provided spraying is continued. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z This is a huge question, probably the subject of many a dissertation in the field of industrial psychology, and here I can only comment on the things I observed. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She had also actually observed that Gregor needed a great deal of room to creep about; the furniture, on the other hand, as far as one could see, was not of the slightest use. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z With her father’s words to buoy her, Katherine Goble observed the manifestations of segregation at Langley, decried the injustice they represented, yet did not feel their weight on her own shoulders. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The planets themselves moved on smaller circles attached to their respective spheres in order to account for their rather complicated observed paths in the sky. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Above the walls I observed spires—some with crosses—from which hung a host of multicolored pennants tossed and turned by breezes. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Coraline had time to observe that the house itself was continuing to change, becoming less distinct and flattening out, even as she raced down the stairs. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z “Sir Grummore,” he said coyly, “has observed a phenomenon, by Jove! “A phenomenon?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Every conversation was private, with no media or staff observing. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Very fishy,” Sammy observes, an expression which he says means that something strange is going on. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Throughout the eastern forest the open, park-like landscapes observed by the first Europeans quickly filled in. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I sure don’t want to observe that anymore. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z She ate her chicken sandwich with her usual appetite, observing the crowds. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “As I keep the cash,” Mr. Wemmick observed, “we shall most likely meet pretty often. Good day.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z It seems that this idea could explain many of the observed features of the universe, such as its large-scale uniformity and also the smaller-scale departures from homogeneity, like galaxies, stars, and even human beings. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He was, as one biographer observed with an all but audible sigh, "almost entirely innocent of rhetorical accomplishments." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He observed keenly, and he interpreted what he saw correctly. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The Reverend forbade us to observe any ritual over which he was not asked to preside, but twice, at night, I slipped out to spy on the funerals. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In his business, he observed human nature and came to certain conclusions about it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I observe it from the Rushes but there is no Activity & nothing conduces to Change. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Gronau stationed himself at one end of the car to better observe its behavior and the movement of the wheel. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The custom, the habit of slavery is established,” Jackson observed, and all responsible American statesmen had agreed that the southern statesmust be left to themselves on this subject.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Roosevelt’s notebook became filled with detailed descriptions of the physical characteristics and habits of the wildlife he observed. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z He said that anyone who wished to see her could observe her for themselves, weeping and wailing and warding off customers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z It was fun observing all the different kinds of shoes people wore and then looking up to see the face of the person wearing them. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z A bartender, who had been observing the two, asked quizzically from the shadows, “Yes?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a useful thing to have in the house in case of fire or thieves,” observed Laurie, as a watchman’s rattle appeared, amid the laughter of the girls. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Looks like he has joined the work force,” Dad observed. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “The crushing responsibilities of his later years,” Martin Kamen would observe, “hardened his attitudes about people and increased his suspicions of their motivations.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z But what we observed and experienced in the natural world from afar was an aggregation of dots: pixels merging to form a seamless picture. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Her mother would be just a few yards away in the kitchen, hearing everything, observing everything. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Dr. Taylor M. Martin knew this because she asked questions, she observed Maxwell, she uncovered all the ways to make him better, and then she drove the 1,330 miles to take him home. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z When a Soviet agent in Chicago made contact with Hiskey, the meeting was observed by FBI agents. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Gaily was speaking again; the Griever pulled back its arm, as if it needed the thing to be able to observe and listen. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “Good! Bless you! Now, as there’s nothing like ‘taking time by the fetlock’, as Winkle characteristically observes, allow me to present the new member.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind each one, a person—some men, some women, all of them pale and thin—sat observing the Gladers, staring through the glass with squinted eyes. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Du Bois once observed that the psychological wage of whiteness put “an indelible black face to failure.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z When first observed by white settlers, the Zulus were divided into dozens of little chiefdoms. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The “true” electron is a bit heavier and carries a greater charge than the electron that physicists observe. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I have observed, Mrs. Elton, in the course of my life, that if things are going untowardly one month, they are sure to mend the next.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “You ain give him a chance to say nothin,” observed one of the discontented women holding the sheet. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think this time I’ll just take my cow without signing the forms or paying the twenty bucks,” Joe observed calmly, casually tying the other end of his rope to the pickup bumper. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “As for Lancelot,” he observed, “it is Agravaine who is after him. My feud is with the merry monarch.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat me on the table, unwrapped the tourniquet and the soggy dressing, observed with interest the waning spurt of the little blood left inside me, and hauled out his suture kit. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I sat motionless observing the Madonna the whole day. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The consequences of the sublethal poisoning of the woodcock are now seen in a marked decline in the proportion of young birds to adults, first observed in the season after fire ant treatments began. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A visitor staying in Fairfax later recalled that people were overcome by “paralyzing fear,” and a reporter observed that a “dark cloak of mystery and dread...covered the oil-bespattered valleys of the Osage hills.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z When I had done that, being in that city where the Herald Dispatch was, I went visiting and I worked in their office; they let me observe how a newspaper was put together. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Harrison Smith, gently guiding the witness, said, “I will ask you if, after July, 1950, you observed any change in the personality and habits and actions of your son, Richard?” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z God had given one regulator the gift of a newborn son, and two others had observed their birthdays. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Nearly everyone, Washington observed with consternation and annoyance, had “matters of private concernment which required them to be absent.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z In his guttural voice, he told us he was disgusted to have observed our laziness at the quarry. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As well as his stellar cataloguing, Halley had observed a transit of Mercury across the face of the Sun while he was in St Helena. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Charles Guiteau was close by, intently observing the president from the back of the room. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I was observing the formation they had and almost ran into a soldier who was making his way to the bus. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Collins also noticed what Nigro had observed the year before: Bobby’s habit of procrastinating during a game, loitering over the board, taking just a little too long to make an obvious move. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He was smiling and observing me as I cleaned emery dust from the eyeglasses. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “And my nice, sweet, wonderful, lovable big brother is going to build me an observation post in the cherry tree so I can observe the wildlife.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Great skill would have to be exercised, Lavender told herself, and great secrecy observed if she was to come out of this exploit alive. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z “Loomis had ninety ideas a minute,” one of their financial backers observed. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The regent never told me how to behave, and I observed him and followed his example. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It cannot be the case, however, that every initial configuration would have led to a universe like the one we observe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z You can tell that the film is being run backward because this kind of behavior is never observed in ordinary life. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Rowan made a point to observe Scythe Goddard. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I would sit in the living room of that house, observing their private jokes, one part of me judging them, the other reeling from the changes. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z June 26 has since become a landmark day in the freedom struggle and within the liberation movement it is observed as Freedom Day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On the right, he wrote what he observed about each creature. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “I want all possible knowledge of the enemy strength. Ride forward yourself and observe. And be careful.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I had never observed such a creature, for, whether from shame or fear, I had ignored the madmen and the poor who lived among us. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “You could look at him and size him up as the weak sister,” White observed. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It was only then that I observed that the key was reaching toward the bed. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z She had often observed the dassies as they foraged for grass. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He still sometimes observes them even now, though he is over eighty years old. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Just as he had throughout the trial, Nels Gudmundsson rose with a geriatric awkwardness that was painful for the citizens in the gallery to observe. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Even the psycho dog is on your side today,” Darren observes. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z While looking out, I have observed some of the soldiers doing things they should not. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I say nothing which might offend; I respond if questioned, so as not to draw interest through unoccasioned silence; I do what is asked of me; and most of all, I observe. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “I only said I wanted something to do,” he observed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z We always allow a bit of extra time to observe how the flowers are evolving with the seasons. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Under their sedation Tessie withdrew into an inner core of herself, a kind of viewing platform from which she could observe her anxiety. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Only in that way would it be possible to obtain a structure regular enough to give the crystalline diffraction patterns observed by Maurice and Rosy. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z She feared then that he might find some reason to dismiss her, so she had been scrupulous to observe every regulation to the letter. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I’ve spent my life observing the universe, mostly in my mind's eye. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z It must indeed have been most galling for him to be so addressed by one such as I. 'Miss Kenton, it is dear from your tone you simply have not observed my father. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z We’ll use this time to observe people and maybe talk to them. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z One evening he stopped by my workstation and observed me as I stood on my wooden box completing a casing. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z After this encounter, Miss Kenton did not attempt to introduce further flowers into my pantry, and in general, I was pleased to observe, she went about settling in impressively. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z If Gottman observes one or both partners in a marriage showing contempt toward the other, he considers it the single most important sign that the marriage is in trouble. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z There, he adhered to the same WHO protocol, called DOTS—directly observed treatment short-course chemotherapy—that TB patients in Carabayllo followed. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “Well, I was looking up at you. This angle would be different,” I said, observing him. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z That is their happiness: they see all life without observing it. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z She observed that Bobby’s ability as an analyst was awesome. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The magistrate observed the burned home, the sooty villagers, and said, “You don’t understand.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z As he came closer Fremantle observed with alarm that the man was spotlessly groomed; even his mustache was waxed, the ends slim and sharp like wiggly rapiers. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Celaena observed her face; her lips were pursed, and the princess lifted her chin. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Many suffered from one illness or another, Farmer observed, and Lafontant confirmed that there was little or no medicine for them. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z She sits at her dressing table, observing her reflection in the mirror. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Like a black brother recently observed to me, “Look, you ever smell one of them wet?” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z However, one can increase one’s chances of detecting a decay by observing a large amount of matter containing a very large number of protons. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z This world is observed from a temporary outpost near its lone satellite. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite Wallace’s critique, despite the fact that other astronomers with telescopes and observing sites as good as Lowell’s could find no sign of the fabled canals, Lowell’s vision of Mars gained popular acceptance. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I was so far beyond ordinary exhaustion that I experienced a queer detachment from my body, as if I were observing my descent from a few feet overhead. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “The wind,” the Tribune observed, “seems to have a grudge against the World’s Fair grounds.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z As one of her fellow physicians observed, “Ingrid was in way over her head.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “And he doesn't spill his food,” he observed. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Ammu, resting under the skin of her dream, observed them and ached with her love for them. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Nhamo went over the weapons she had observed in the village. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He will please observe everything she does, and simply copy her. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z When I reached the testing station, I observed a white woman ahead of me in the middle of her test. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I went around giving orders and encouragement in a feverish daze, and yet seeming to observe it all from off to one side. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z This would lead to a uniform universe, as we observe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z For understandable reasons, Claire did not spend much time observing the burning buildings around her, so her description of what happened is limited. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z As the Justice Policy Institute has observed, “the Clinton Administration’s ‘tough on crime’ policies resulted in the largest increases in federal and state inmate populations of any president in American history.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Some aspects of Islamic law are observed in Iran's legal system, but today the country mostly operates under civil law, ratified by the parliament. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “And now the scene of confusion had reached its height,” Chamberlin observed through the folds of the blanket. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z I wondered how long he had stood observing before he interfered. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z However, I and several other people showed that, at least in its original form, it predicted much greater variations in the temperature of the microwave background radiation than are observed. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course I had no idea of this at the time, so when Katz and Connolly caught up I simply observed to them what an attractive spot it was. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He watched as it rose, carried higher and higher by the breeze, into the trees where the monkeys now sat, solemnly observing the scene below. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She examined him, observed his fever, his red eyes, his jaundice, his abdominal pain, and came up with nothing definite, but wondered if he had gallstones or a liver abscess. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One day as he walked along the street, he observed a small hut that had not been there two days previous, around which was a cluster of youths, all clamoring for admittance. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z His hands were covered in dirt, but before Celaena could better observe him, or his strange behavior, he nodded to Chaol and stalked away behind the tower. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She still found time to search out caterpillars, moths, and butterflies, tucking them away in the corner of her kitchen where she could observe and sketch each stage of their lives. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z On their return they were abused mightily before being permitted to die and those they left behind were forced to observe the grisly increments of their demise. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I weighed my fist, and observed my target; but I found I had no will to strike the gentleman. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Shadow observed, with a wry amusement, that the bows of the stringed instruments, played by mechanical arms, never actually touched the strings, which were often loose or missing. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z This local form of tribalism that I observed as a boy was relatively harmless. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m surprised the King still allows such an old-fashioned spectacle,” Ana observed. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In this cozy micro-world she forgot her hunger and recalled what she already knew about wolves so that she could put it together with what she had observed. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is silly to be nervous,” he observed. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I was become so Observant that I could observe nothing. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I listed again in my head the things I’d observed myself: the impossible speed and strength, the eye color shifting from black to gold and back again, the inhuman beauty, the pale, frigid skin. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The telescope, for instance, had given scientists the ability to find moons and stars that had never been observed before. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “It’s okay to drink,” observed the She Elephant. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Now they beheld more than they experienced, observing how it was a lot like Shanghai, only newer. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Martha would walk around from station to station, observing everything and making comments to our coaches. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Following some brief and, as I was later to observe, characteristically tense small talk with Rosy, Maurice and I walked down the Strand and across to Choy’s Restaurant in Soho. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “You seem more . . . optimistic than usual,” I observed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Several people standing near-by observed the white Communist trying to find a black Communist a place to sleep. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Roy observed that a small section had been cut with wire clippers so that it could be pulled back. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Galileo began to observe Venus in June 1610, as soon as it distanced itself enough from the sun to be visible. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z There is ambiguity, and some symbolism, in the elaborate ritual observed by each returning expedition of astronauts from the moon. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The milpa is an elaboration of this natural situation, unlike ordinary farms, which involve singlecrop expanses of a sort rarely observed in unplowed landscapes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z After that it was a matter of sleuthing—investigating crevices that would be a convenient place to hide a book-shaped object, observing a pile of freshly dug dirt, or noticing something out of place. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Maybe not to Mom and Jack, who are both observing me with expectant looks on their faces. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z And sure enough, as Bear moved through the crowd, I observed the one-eyed man step out into the street and look after him. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I watched intently, remembering Mama’s words: If you observe carefully, dear, you won’t have to ask. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Only in a handful of cases have zoologists observed groups larger than a hundred. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Mark ran toward the double doors of the exit, unable to take his eyes off the scene below, observing it with a strange mix of horror and curiosity. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I was drawn to observe the various manners in which men touched her, the grasp of their hands, the motions across the looped skirts and petticoats of her gown, the intricacies of her bodice. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She tasted their food, observed their rituals, and admired their clothing. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z For this theory to give the observed value of the strong force between particles, the strings had to be like rubber bands with a pull of about ten tons. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The theory then turns an observed rough correlation in time into a postulated chain of cause and effect. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “These people certainly have a lot of reading to do,” Kate observed. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I recall the first instance where I fully credited his quick parts: I observed him blacking his master’s shoes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z So we rely on him to observe well. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Nipper observed from a booktop, swinging his head as if watching a Ping-Pong match. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z “You are too willful,” Pol said, observing her latest failed attempt. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The observing notebooks of Percival Lowell reflect a sustained effort at the telescope over many years. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The staff told prospective parents something about a child, then permitted them to observe her or him during meals, campus events, sports, or talent shows. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Each history in the sum over histories will describe not only the space-time but everything in it as well, including any complicated organisms like human beings who can observe the history of the universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Fire ants have been observed picking larvae of the boll weevil off cotton. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Everyone in the common room was much too busy in letting off more holiday steam to observe what anyone else was up to. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He ate little, Hotah observed: a spoon of soup, a bite of the pepper, the leg off a capon, some fish. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z From all I have observed of Prince Dain, he has always seemed like a creature of honor. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z His visitors might have observed, too, the green flag which tlew from the masthead. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z One of them observed dryly, “If it was me now—why, I’d invite a few, maybe three, friends to have a drink.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Mother pulled my arms back until my shoulder blades touched, the proper posture for a lady. observed Grandfather as we departed. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This was the first transit of Mercury ever observed. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Sometimes, upon finishing my prayers, I would turn and catch sight of Father or Mother or Ravi observing me, until they got used to the sight. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She’d always pull back enough in her interactions with her classmates to give herself room to quietly observe them, so that when she got home she could practice imitating their accents, their idiosyncrasies, their style. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “Those are some big ears he’s got, too,” observed his uncle Alfred. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z As we already noted, the first farmers on each continent could not have chosen farming consciously, because there were no other nearby farmers for them to observe. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The instruments were the best that money could provide, and as the work of observing developed and more assistants came to the island to work with Tycho, a second observatory was built near by. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z In one respect, they matched each other precisely, Kamen observed: “They shared a common drive to be center stage.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The officer observing him called a nurse and the sergeant. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Except for a handful of days, Rasheed didn’t observe the fast. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z You track the other person by observing broken sticks or footprints or even clues that a person sets out, like an acorn under a pine tree. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z By Mr. Rochester they were not observed; he was earnestly looking at my face, from which the blood had, I daresay, momentarily fled: for I felt my forehead dewy, and my cheeks and lips cold. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z At first, she had enjoyed doing the features, interviewing society women in their homes, observing their lives and relearning old subtleties. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The descriptive sort of linguist tends to observe change in the language, note it, analyse it and manage not to wake up screaming every night. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z I much preferred being outside in nature, being able to see grass and trees, to observe birds flitting overhead, to feel the wind blowing in from the sea. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t get it. Boys are always wondering why girls go to the bathroom in groups, and yet the entire football team travels in a pack—even off-season,” Monica observes. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Really, Mr Stevens, what would you have said if you had observed him in those days!' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Jamison was aware that his usual audience, milling outside the property, observed him with undefined expectations. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “I am afraid, Mr. Darcy,” observed Miss Bingley, in a half whisper, “that this adventure has rather affected your admiration of her fine eyes.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “He’s American,” observed a man sporting a prodigious beard. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I observed how some speakers used emotion and dramatic language, and tried to move the audience with such techniques, while other speakers were sober and even, and shunned emotion. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The lines struck me as wistful suggestions of a stricter time, of rules now observed in the breach, a memory fading like the strict lessons of the Academy. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, if laboratory mice have too much HLA diversity, Black told me, researchers can’t use them to observe the progress of an infectious disease. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The rear door of the car opened and my father was observed to be standing there, a few steps back from the vehicle, gazing steadily into the interior. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z As closely as Taran observed each step of the way, he knew the path to Medwyn’s valley would be lost to him as soon as the ancient man left. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z And to observe these few coming from the distance of Pluto would require a larger gamma ray detector than any that have been constructed so far. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Ernest Orlando Lawrence, overlooking the 184-inch cyclotron at what is now Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. shaken off the torpor observed by Livingston in midsummer and were all operating again. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “I heard the commotion, saw the girl fleeing, and observed the destruction myself.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She took a new needleful of thread, waxed it carefully, threaded her needle with a steady hand, and then observed, with perfect composure— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Many people have observed that adolescents tend to be more reckless, impulsive, and vulnerable to peer pressure than adults. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The camera observed them one by one, pausing when it got to Tendai. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Had they been seeing things without really observing them? Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “The end of the train is coming,” Tool observed. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Matt observed everything from behind pillars or wall hangings. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There was nothing to mark the days now except the Sabbath, and we had to observe it in secret, anyway. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Light doesn’t go in a straight line, but in a curved path around stars—an effect that the British astronomer Sir Arthur Eddington went on an expedition in 1919 to observe. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z My initial strategy involved keeping quiet and trying to observe my new classmates. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The man observing him from behind a broad desk had the prosperous look of a mercher. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It’s not that I believe in things that can’t be observed now, because I don’t. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z It occurred to him that this level of professionalism might mean that standard procedure—a phone call for the accused—would be observed, and he would be free within a day or two. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I had no idea that Mrs. Wojcik observed me that closely. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “What I saw in school today wasn’t on any test,” I observed grimly. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “Looks like they put in new windows,” my mom observes. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z I took these moments for granted, but from where I was sitting, I got to observe a stable, functional, and joyful relationship. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I have some of my students who know more about gangs, guns, and sex than I do, because they have observed things. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z White observed the way Ramsey kept saying “the Indian,” rather than Roan’s name. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Everyone must think winning today’s election will help them win the Excelsior Award,” observes Tim. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z With primordial black holes being so scarce, it might seem unlikely that there would be one near enough for us to observe as an individual source of gamma rays. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Jefferson had a party,” Adams observed caustically, “Hamilton had a party, but the commonwealth had none.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Nesting usually occurred between February and July, but fledglings had been observed in dens as late as October Systematically, Roy scrolled down the search items one by one until he finally hit the jackpot. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Notice the dent,” she observed with a chuckle. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “The simulations stimulate the amygdala* which is responsible for processing fear, induce a hallucination based on that fear, and then transmit the data to a computer to be processed and observed.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The angel, startled by Amarante’s voice, froze stiff with its ears lying back flat; and then, realizing there was no immediate danger, it turned to observe the puzzling natural phenomenon. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A true Nazi observing such an action, such humane treatment of a Jew, would have murdered them both without a moment's hesitation. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The Osage historian Louis F. Burns observed that after “only shreds and tatters remained” of his people, they had risen “from the ashes of their past.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The soldier did not return to his bed, but swore lazily and sat down with his back against the doorframe, observing us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “An auditory appeal, even with the patient dead,” observed Mr. Xxx as he shot the three men down. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Others, like Schiaparelli, had already observed something like the canals; they were called canali before Lowell began his lifelong love affair with Mars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z On an unseasonably warm March day Charles had observed Jenny in her cage in the giraffe house. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Every day they experimented and observed and took notes. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z For a while, we quietly observe one another, humans and monkeys. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “The racists see before them something more than voting rights,” observed Elizabeth Hardwick, a New York writer who joined the march. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z In the farthest balcony, unaccompanied women in masks raised their fans to obscure their pox-marks, observed by men guessing at identity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z And the reason we observe this thermodynamic arrow to agree with the cosmological arrow is that intelligent beings can exist only in the expanding phase. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He was his idling car motor as he looked, looked, looked — observing with some satisfaction how almost impossible it was to tell from the outside of the building that inside it was collapsing. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Von Tschermak had been a graduate student at Halle and in Ghent, where, working on pea hybrids, he had also observed hereditary traits moving independently and discretely, like particles, across generations of hybrids. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Helvar stood silent sentinel, observing it all, looking seasick green beneath his blond beard. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “All he can do is give advice,” General Dreedle would observe with a rasping snort “If it wasn’t for me, he’d still be a corporal.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She put down her broom and observed one cloud passing behind another. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He observes the two hairy snacks writhing in their metal box and wonders what their mashing together could mean. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “You have a healthy appetite this morning,” the knight observed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z By then, Seaborg would observe, the existence of element 94 had been revealed to the world “in the most dramatic form possible”: with a detonation in the skies above Nagasaki, Japan. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Since I’m sure this group was typical of all the school groups that I’ve observed at the museum, I can tell you what they were doing. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z One Irishman observed bitterly: “The colleens who found jobs in the kitchens of the wealthy were called ‘pot-wallopers,’ ‘biddies,’ and kitchen canaries. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I do observe and chronicle my mom and dad, but they will not let me do much diagnostic work on their behalf. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “I was merely observing; I have no agenda.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “The credit given to Mr. Adams for a spirit of conciliation towards France is wonderful,” Madison observed caustically, meaning that it was wholly undeserved. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “Cousin Raymond,” observed another lady, “we are to love our neighbour.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Forty-eight hours ago, I was just a regular girl observing wildlife. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z As explained before, this means that one might as well cut the big bang, and any events before it, out of the theory, because they can have no effect on what we observe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, what I observed as the weeks went by forced me to substantially revise my presuppositions about some of my teammates. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z So I need to spend more time in the treetops, and sleep up there and observe at night. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z So, along with a group of other friends, Abu founded a new mosque in East Orange, New Jersey, where traditional Islamic precepts would be observed. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Like Ralph Waldo Emerson? Ms. Jacobs says he was really into observing, so that’s what I’ve been doing. Observing. Like I’m an eyeball. And writing what I observe in my eyeball journal.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z They’ve been sending me all kinds of stuff about my itinerary and what protocol will be observed in each district. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Geiger and Marsden recorded the particles’ scattering by observing the flash, or scintillation, produced whenever one struck a glass plate coated with zinc sulfide. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z But he decided on the basis of his own impression, having seen me in his place so many times, sitting quietly, almost in awe, observing the hustling set. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Lady Catherine observed, after dinner, that Miss Bennet seemed out of spirits, and immediately accounting for it herself, by supposing that she did not like to go home again so soon, she added: Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Physicians called these sores petechiae, which is Latin for skin spots, and Rush observed that they “resembled moscheto bites.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “I’ll leave you in peace if you’ll only let your hair grow. I’m not aristocratic, but I do object to being seen with a person who looks like a young prize fighter,” observed Jo severely. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The creation of new breeds of magical creature is, of course, an activity usually closely observed by the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “This is a pretty good tree,” he observed admiringly with proprietary gratitude. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I sailed into Char’s arms observed by the stunned faces of Father and my new family. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Their sightless glass eyes made Penelope feel intensely observed, and the whole room gave her a sad and queasy sensation in her tummy. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z In fact, as I mentioned, ABC was independently observed to have been the most hostile to Reagan. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was there waiting for us. In less than half an hour from the time Lawrence brought the news, we were observing it.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z But watching, I cannot help observing that beneath his defiance is fear. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The trick was to observe everything and every person without becoming the object of anyone's negative attention. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “Here is what the Chumley family has communicated to me thus far about how the contest will work: ‘Judges, whose identities will not be disclosed, will be observing your performance for the next several weeks. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z “Were you really?—Well!—But you observed nothing of course, for it seems to be a new idea to you.—If I had been there, I think I should have made some discoveries.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Well, suppose you observe a pride of lions take down and devour a giraffe. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z For a moment she wanted to ask Ugwu if he too had observed that gesture, if he had observed anything at all. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I observed that the expressions of a dog’s face are mainly manifested by the movement of its eyebrows. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He smiled, placid, as he observed some art student doing a live demonstration of pottery. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Oh, I’ve tied myself up in knots thinking about it, but how could I pass up the opportunity to approach that house, the one I’ve observed a hundred times from the trackside, from the street? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I was delighted to observe that the comely young lady of such exquisite voice I had seen previously was returned, this maiden attended like one of the Parnassian sisters by a company of other songstresses. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Most people never really observe their surroundings; ask anyone what the person sitting nearby was wearing, and chances are good that they can’t tell you. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Yes, Biddy,” I observed, when I had done turning it over, “you were my first teacher, and that at a time when we little thought of ever being together like this, in this kitchen.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z He told her about his collection of drawings and the worm he was currently observing. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Plato urged astronomers to think about the heavens, but not to waste their time observing them. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Matt was observing this from behind a wall hanging. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She was brighter than the hearthfire, talking again with her family and friends, observing the antics of the bear. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I had no time to check the others, watching the muscle twitch on Miig’s jaw, observing the silent curl of Chi-Boy’s spine. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “You didn’t get the big thick scars some of the hands get,” he observed. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “Are you sure you don’t want me to hang around and observe the date?” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The Persian beak, the long wings in which the first primary was the longest, and the mighty talons: all were the same, but, as Mandeville observed, the whole eight times bigger than a lion. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Gallatin, she observed, “that specious, subtle, spare Cassius, that imported foreigner,” was guilty of treasonable behavior by delivering speeches or introducing amendments “that obstruct their cause and prevent their reaching their goals.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I’d observed this quality in him before, but now that we were living together and I was considering making the first real swerve of my life, I came to value it even more. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Another new inmate arrived on W and rightly observed that his cell was a mess. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am charmed by the fluency and rapidity of your Reasoning,” Adams observed, “but I doubt your Conclusion.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “You don’t see many homeless people wearing Canada Goose,” observed Mom. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z In order to observe a primordial black hole one would have to detect several gamma ray quanta coming from the same direction within a reasonable space of time, such as a week. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Occasionally, Francis would look disgusted when my daydreams kept me from observing that he needed my help to keep the model from collapsing as he rearranged the supporting ring stands. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The cyclotron principle was still waiting to be observed and experimentally confirmed. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Moreover, as Lac had observed frequently since she had been transferred to his unit, she was gorgeous. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The dull victim, staring, vague-eyed, at seasons that never were meant to be observed. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “I see that things have changed,” he observed, and Kaede flushed so deeply she couldn’t look at him. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z But let us return to France, and observe whether she did any of the things we have just mentioned. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z They swarmed across our emplacements and redoubts, observing us with the temerity of the conqueror. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z There was no pork served in the dining room, and from Friday sundown to Saturday sundown, the devout observed a sabbatical decorum. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I observed the others for a few moments, and then attempted to carve my little wing. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “The dwarf wants to buy himself” the girl on the shield observed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z One soldier bitterly observed, I went to war, served eight months in France; I was married, but I didn’t claim exemption. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Kyril Montana observed this for a moment, feeling good about things in general, about his own slim body, then he took a fine deep breath and dove beautifully into the cool water. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Willem gives a loud sigh, squatting to the ground in mock annoyance with his bicycle chain, while really taking the time to observe the butcher shop. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z She leaned forward over the barrier, the better to observe her victim, and something gold swung forward too, and dangled over the void: the locket. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “I don’t know what’s the matter with that guy,” he observed reproachfully. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He removed a whole arsenal of tools that none of them had ever seen before and proceeded to trap an ant and carefully observe it with his microscope. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He guided her to a spot behind a bookcase where their conversation couldn’t be observed by the security camera blinking up in the ceiling. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z But nobody in Jesse’s family was sounding any alarms, and my role was to keep my mouth shut and take notes, to observe but not to interfere. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Milo observed with a preoccupied smile and started toward the door as though in a spell. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z As Franck would observe later, they were uneasy that the government’s interest in atomic energy might begin and end with its effectiveness as a weapon. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z For the first time in his life he was able to observe her at his leisure. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t believe that my particular body structure is easily adaptable to that type of device,” Ignatius observed, a gimlet eye fixed upon the rusting stool. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Herbie’s heart sank as he observed new ants methodically plodding into the death arenas around the sugary spots; they paid no attention to the shapeless compatriots over which their tiny feet scrabbled. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Very well. That reply will do for the present. Perhaps by and by I may observe that private balls are much pleasanter than public ones. But now we may be silent.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z I shall speak of Louis and not of Charles; and therefore about the one whose progress has been observed better, because he held territory in Italy for a longer period. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve heard it said that a man’s soul may be observed behind the eyes.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t call myself a child, and I’m not in my teens yet,” observed Amy. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Number twelve was visible to them, for they had been told of its existence by Dumbledore, its Secret-Keeper, and they rushed toward it, checking every few yards that they were not being followed or observed. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z In that case, the more distant the galaxy, the earlier in its history we are observing it, and the more likely it is that we should see it as a quasar. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Only Isannah was staring about, observing the ‘lower classes’ milling about in the street. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In it he observed that wilderness as it was commonly understood simply did not exist in the eastern United States, and had not existed for thousands of years. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I was observing the scene over the rim of the soap pot, and I was all eyes. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Unsettled, I drew back quickly and concealed myself behind some bushes to observe their intentions as they entered our small building. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “We can certainly say that Crystal is no baby piglet. Those prints are as big as my palm,” he observes, and we start off again. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “If your need is dire, you will scale them,” observed the troll. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The moon would be a great place to observe the stars because there is no atmosphere to get in the way and block the view. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “How curious everything looks,” observed the boy with some wonder, now that he had time to look about him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Broadbent’s interest also stemmed from the war, and the basic day-to- day challenges he observed pilots facing as they tried to stay focused. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “However, I think we have now pretty conclusive evidence on the point. . . We have observed neutrons from targets other than beryllium in just the amount we expected.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Darting unseen from camp to camp, I observed a change come over their drunken boasts. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z This can be seen in the bending of light from distant stars observed during an eclipse of the sun. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He stops by the girl with red lips and observes Saint Sarah. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z When at last he did succeed in getting to the surface, tired and smelly, he observed that the truck was not making any more collections but was rumbling rapidly along. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z But the ancients, including no less a figure than Euclid, believed that we see by virtue of rays somehow emitted by the eye and tangibly, actively contacting the object observed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Given the rule that no one under twenty-one is allowed to drink beer, which of those people’s IDs do we have to check to make sure the law is being observed? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you’d imagine. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Basically, we’re supposed to observe something that interests us and spend all year applying the scientific process to our capital-Q Question. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z But they are all too far away and therefore too difficult to observe to provide conclusive evidence of black holes. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s all very well,” said Doli, whose curiosity had got the better of him, and who had come to observe the operation. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z It would be good practice and would give me some experience in how to approach and observe wild monkeys. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z All of these features distinguish Jomon people from observed modern hunter-gatherers who shift base every few weeks, build only shelters, and burden themselves with few and easily portable possessions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Psychologists have long observed that when people feel hopelessly stigmatized, a powerful coping strategy—often the only apparent route to self-esteem—is embracing one’s stigmatized identity. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “In truth, it seems too light,” a reporter observed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Gradually, I became aware that my mind had gone haywire in a similar fashion, and I observed my own slide from reality with a blend of fascination and horror. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not a bad life,” he would observe philosophically. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z One day we were working at the lime quarry when the commanding officer came to observe us, accompanied by a gendeman whom we at first did not recognize. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I signed it as he observed and handed the pen to him. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z One afternoon a woman a few seats away observed me looking at the change I had just acquired from paying for lunch. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z As Jeremy Travis has observed, “In this brave new world, punishment for the original offense is no longer enough; one’s debt to society is never paid.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z So do please tell me, just what marvellous things might I learn from observing your father?' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “I make mention in the following of nothing that I have not observed with my own eyes,” he declared. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Many of the changes would prove to be permanent Brian had gained immensely in his ability to observe what was happening and react to it; that would last him all his life. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Perfect places to observe and listen and learn. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z And the letter is more personal than most, delving into thoughts on his own writings, observations about his Wunschtraum clock containing a level of detail that would require observing it for hours on end. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z On their way to the rooms containing Greek vases, they again observed the enormous crowd passing by the statue. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not a first attempt, I take it?” observing that the pages were numbered, covered only on one side, and not tied up with a ribbon—sure sign of a novice. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The patient excitement that Moss observed during the first meeting was gone now. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The surface of the tabletop was almost mirrored, and, had anyone cared to look, they might have observed that the tall man had no reflection. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z A local sports- writer who watched them work out that month observed that “it rained and rained and rained. Then it rained and rained and rained.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z As Charles Darwin observed, instinctive tendency to bake, brew, or write.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z She would observe every change with her own eyes and record everything in sketches and words. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Gawaine observed sarcastically: “It will be safe enough for you, my mannie. We ken the King has bidden Lancelot not hurt ye.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z As Cathy Cohen has observed, ministers and members of black congregations have helped to develop what she calls the “indigenous constructed image of ‘good, black Christian folk.”’ The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Scruggs had carefully timed it to include Veterans Day, observed annually on November 11. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z As Compton observed, the demands of Big Science, including the staggering cost of the equipment, were already working changes in the academic world. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z At the sea horse tank Rose observes that their heads point backward! Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z They sat in the trees around the kennel simply observing—taking notes—which they shared with one another using bill clicking as a form of semi-telegraphic communication. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It is normally very difficult to see this effect, because the light from the sun makes it impossible to observe stars that appear near to the sun in the sky. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I would confront him with his own question, Are you honest? and observe his response. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I will at least observe the rules of this place. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Little Clara was at the foot of the bed observing her sister. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z This is best experienced by looking them up, preferably in one of the dictionaries that provide all the roots back to the original, hypothetical fossil language of proto-Indo-European, and observing their behavior. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt as if my very heart was being observed by this stranger, and somehow his stare slowed the beating. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z A green monkey, for example, has been observed calling ‘Careful! A lion!’ when there was no lion around. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy observed in silence the progress of the animals and people across the desert. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z This way, too, I could observe the entire table, the faces, take the run of the evenings. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z How could “particles of information”—pixels of heredity—give rise to the observed smoothness of the living world? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Only artists can observe it fully, but they are so absorbed by it that they have great difficulty explaining it to us. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because when I observe hijab, I am always reminded who l am.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Wandering in the basins south of Clovis, he observed what looked like immense bones protruding from the dry, blue-gray clay. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “How nice! But I wish she’d let us have them now. Procrastination is not agreeable,” observed Amy, taking a last look at the diamonds. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Without looking over at me, Augustus said, “You’re killing my vibe here, Hazel Grace. I’m trying to observe young love in its many-splendored awkwardness.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z It furthermore counseled islanders “not to talk carelessly of army or navy maneuvers which may be observed.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He was simply taking me in, observing me, in a manner that was sober but not menacing. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Mark felt like he was observing the whole scene through a fog. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z This variability in the flow of time might be hard to believe, but it has been observed. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Lawrence and the Rad Lab, he observed waspishly, had “absolutely no experience in reactor design or operation.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Supernovae are now routinely observed in other galaxies. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Inmates thought to be on the verge of killing them-selves had to be closely observed until they were deemed out of danger. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Last year it was observed that young women living at close quarters in dormitories tended to undergo spontaneous synchronization of their menstrual cycles. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z From the window it was as if he were not one of their unlucky tribe but only observing their commerce, as one might watch strangers stroll past one’s front door. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Everybody to his own taste,” Santa observed quickly. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z One school principal observed that black mothers instructed their children “not to take anything from a white child.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I went sometimes to watch her do her workouts, trying to slip unnoticed into the small room next to the pool where parents could sit and observe practice through a window. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “The conversation,” observed Archimedes, “arose out of whether birds could talk.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He remembers, back then, being bored by it, annoyed at having to observe a ritual no one else he knew followed, in honor of people he had seen only a few times in his life. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I spoke little, not because I found silence to be a superior virtue, but because I satisfied my curiosity by listening, observing, and reading. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The next course arrives and Celia returns to listening and observing, in between trying to figure out if the meat disguised in feather-light pastry and delicate wine sauce is actually lamb or something more exotic. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Look, you can get a badge for observing wild animals,” Tendai told his sister. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “I think it’s been a pretty hard one,” observed Amy, watching the light shine on her ring with thoughtful eyes. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I gazed upon this urban hurly-burly like someone observing a city from a hot-air balloon. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Just like the prison and the embassy, the gatehouse in the drüskelle sector was built around a courtyard so anyone entering could be observed and fired upon from above. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z "I'm getting old," she said to the multicolored bird who sat on its perch by the driver's seat, and who had observed everything and forgotten nothing. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “Well, this one has an attitude,” Demeter observed. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The news of her arrival must have traveled, because at five a small crowd of Jongwes had gathered outside the gate to observe her. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But I was like, “You got to go. You can go and, you know, observe.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And later he observed that it was exactly in solutions like hers that a person could see how well they Changs were going to do in their new life. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z If we could observe them, it would provide a good test of this picture of a very hot early stage of the universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I checked my mask, then left my hiding place and stood with the others who observed the dance. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The psychologist Walter Mischel argues that the human mind has a kind of “reducing valve” that “creates and maintains the perception of continuity even in the face of perpetual observed changes in actual behavior.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was “a nervous wreck,” a fellow passenger observed. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Blue Bill turned his head upside down and observed the action until Perry opened the bird-barn door and stepped inside. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z But Ben had been correct when he observed that Bull had thickened over the last years. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They had children undertake tests of physical ability, like chin-ups or broad jumps, and secretly observed them to see whether they cheated in reporting how well they did. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I was on the larboard dogwatch this day, and so could observe the positioning of those ships, it appearing that we are preparing for some great action against the town of Norfolk. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Tara observes the archers while Chandresh watches the crowd as their attention is drawn to the display. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Wait a minute, dammit. You people are my brothers. It’s people like me that are your only hope. How do you expect me to observe if you won’t talk to me?” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z As cultural ecologist Paul Shepard has observed, The nomadic Bedouin does not dote on scenery, paint landscapes, or compile a nonutilitarian natural history.. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess the other kids had been too busy observing. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Owing to circumstances, residents are required to observe rest hours during the daytime when instructed to do so by the Management. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I also spent hours observing him because it was a distraction. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z You spend time with people, you observe them and interact with them, and you come to know them—and that is what apartheid stole from us: time. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The fact that confinement prevents one from observing an isolated quark or gluon might seem to make the whole notion of quarks and gluons as particles somewhat metaphysical. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z If they were right, he observed, “such phenomena as heredity and memory and intelligence, and our ideas of morality and religion ... are explainable in terms of positive and negative electrons and ether.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Less interested in healing minds than in observing the ways they could go wrong, Porter saw it as his job to keep mentally ill people out of the Army. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Something was shaking, Will observed as he woke up. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Though his long strides kept him beyond my reach, I could follow without being observed. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t observe any suspicious characters on the train, but were stuck now. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Those are better odds than I expected,” June observes. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z As Mrs. Weston observed, “all young people would have their little whims.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z We look around the grocery store, spending a lot of time in the candy aisle observing how different the flavors are—green tea Kit Kat bars, wasabi drops, squid-flavored gummies, and melon soda. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “I have had hard work to get here, I assure you,” he observed, as he warmed his hands over the flame. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Morrie was given a grant to observe mental patients and record their treatments. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not observe her at first, nor did Mr. Rochester. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Now a large number of people in our fleet, drawn out by the exclamations and pleas of the refugees, observed the incident from the decks of their ships. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z So we made a show of good spirits, and after carefully observing the town and the tents, we descended into the valley and entered Cajamarca. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I was learning rapidly how to watch white people, to observe their every move, every fleeting expression, how to interpret what was said and what left unsaid. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Part of the problem is simply that fungi are very difficult to observe. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z It was like observing a Martian, or a particularly warty toad. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Some of the white men and women standing around us seemed to be observing anxiously. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z From the moment she arrived she had been sitting in the rocker, sucking her finger and observing everyone with her large, startled eyes without giving any sign of understanding what they were asking her. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z However, the particular spectral lines observed are often characteristic of very thin, diffuse gas, and not the astonishingly high density that must prevail near black holes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “True, but there is more to observe, and there is less to observe.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “The news,” a Tribune writer observed, “was almost incredible.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z My heart raced with fear and anticipation as I observed the process. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As I observed the effect of this leak, it was as if clouds had suddenly opened,” Ellsberg later said of this turning point in his life. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The majority observed that significant racial disparities had been found in other criminal settings beyond the death penalty, and that McCleskey’s case implicitly calls into question the integrity of the entire system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z You observed peasants from the comfortable distance of your artistic nook but you wouldn’t want to be one. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Rowan looked around to make sure they weren’t being observed, and spoke quietly. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “I wish one could compose in darkness,” said I. “And play music without others observing.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z In consequence, every living cell has a consistent, low level of C14—they are all very slightly radioactive, a phenomenon that Libby first observed empirically. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z No one had bothered about them then—and if they were observed it was the big Greek on whom attention was focused. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z John smiled, too, observing with some wonder that a saint of God could laugh. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z We observe a large number of these white dwarf stars. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “The women who observed your training earlier today. Grace and Patience Edgar and their mother, Wilhelmina Edgar. They’re newly arrived from the Charleston Compound and were interested in engaging a couple of Attendants.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z They are ambitious, not yet mindful of money, and “sweet-natured through their not having yet observed much wickedness.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z And so Roz sat there, right in the open yet completely unseen, and observed the wilderness around her. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z It was something he felt in the air as much as observed with his eyes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Battles had been fought nearby, and the wind reminded the boy that there was the language of omens, always ready to show him what his eyes had failed to observe. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z My hands shake a little from having her observe me so closely. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z As historian Michael Lerner has observed, “The law that was meant to stop Americans from drinking was instead turning many of them into experts on how to make it.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I nodded, remembering the painting I had observed on the wall. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the things Galileo also observed around this time, using a telescope, was dark features on the face of the Sun—sunspots. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Through some miraculous process, I ceased to be Widge and became Ophelia, except for some small part of myself that seemed to hover overhead, observing my transformation with amazement. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Spied Nathan observing her when she left for work or when Lydia dropped her off from a sleepover. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I think of what David said, about observing us and learning from us. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “And wearing a king’s ransom on your back as well,” she observed. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z As all this unfolded, busybody that I am, I kept tabs, eavesdropped, observed. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “We should start by observing our surroundings,” Dylan says, looking around. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The water butterflies who’ve ventured off to observe us scurry back to their flock. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “It’s a big ocean crossed by busy ships. I went slowly, observing much.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “My point, little fairy man, is that I am not someone to be trifled with. Now, if you would please observe the package.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “The rock just creamed him,” says Beidleman, who observed the incident from a short distance above. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I knew I probably shouldn’t ask him anything about my father, considering the row I’d observed between them, but I couldn’t resist. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I observed that he had a pistol on the desk before him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He had observed that a man got just as drunk on half a glass as on a whole one, that is, if he was in the mood to get drunk at all. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z This allows people actually to look inside his chest to observe the heart, and to even reach in and touch it. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z ‘Then go back and observe the marvels of my world,’ said the wise man. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Parents observed their children and decided when the time had come. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z To his gardener it looked like he wasn’t doing much at all when he walked about the grounds observing the flowers. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’d better take the little umbrella, dear. It looks like rain,” said her mother, observing that she had on her new bonnet, but not alluding to the fact. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Where man has been intelligent enough to observe and to emulate Nature he, too, is often rewarded with success. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He repeatedly found that the observed planetary motions could not be explained in this way, and repeatedly tried again. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Morrie observed that most of the patients there had been rejected and ignored in their lives, made to feel that they didn’t exist. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Now that Matt had observed Rosa, he understood that. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I moved my stool into the shadows so that I could observe others without being seen by them. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Ethel observed no disturbance in her old playmate’s face when they loaded her mother into the cart. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It was a quality of light Tristran had observed, unique to springtime. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Their conclusion was that anything one could know about an event taking place at a quantum scale was limited to what one could observe—and this knowledge depended on the means of observation. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Pausing, I looked about to make sure I was not being observed, then slipped within it. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z After listening one morning to their effusions on this subject, Mr. Bennet coolly observed, Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z He played with them, and he observed them. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Any student of how ‘ ‘integration” can weaken the black man’s movement was about to observe a master lesson. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But without the use of both hands, he could barely wind them, and so he oiled and observed as much as possible and anxiously compared the clocks with his railroad watch. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Mr. Kapasi observed it too, knowing that this was the picture of the Das family he would preserve forever in his mind. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z After observing what materials were available, I gave the class the first demonstration my master gave me.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I had observed my father making his way through what, I now suppose, must have been income tax forms. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, from my bedroom window, I could observe most of the real-world happenings on our block of Euclid Avenue. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It observes Maribel packing the two cinnamon crullers in a white paper bag, folding the top over neatly, and thanking the customer. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The current holders had the obligations of contracts on their side, and such obligations must be observed. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z One afternoon in February, just after Comanche baseball season had opened, I observed a new fixture in the Chiefs bus. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “This kid has people who love him unconditionally. They understand what he did was a horrible, stupid, act,” he observes. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z All in all, Eliot Hearst observed in Chess Life, the Candidates tournament had furnished “a series of early-round surprises that are probably without parallel in chess history.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Like! Like whom? I did not observe it closely.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The moment after the visitors left, the change was observed. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I found them fascinating to observe and decided to remain concealed for one, maybe two hours, to further my studies. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I have learned how to observe, far better than most people observe. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “The days are getting shorter,” Orr observed philosophically. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z We were both under banning orders, so we found a place at the edge of the crowd where we could observe without mixing in or being seen. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "Should Russia use the relatively simple and completely proven process of refueling in flight," he observed, "she would now have the capacity to deliver the bomb" into the American homeland. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I wondered aloud as I observed the body markings swirl and transform in an endless dance. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Charles could entertain himself for hours just by thinking, or by observing birds, or watching sticks and leaves float down a stream. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother praised me, but the principal dismissed her comments and said that my behavior would be observed during the year. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z He surreptitiously observed everyone else as they scooped large ladlefuls into their bowls. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Consider, too, the Dobynsesque procedure for recovering original population numbers: applying an assumed death rate, usually 95 percent, to the observed population nadir. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Matt wasn’t afraid, although he saw more animals than he had ever observed on his travels with Tam Lin. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He observed and catalogued details outside his main object. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He spent the entire morning observing the infrequent comings and goings in the street. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Two flutes,” he observes, nodding at her hands. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z If I stood still for a moment in the backyard between hanging up sheets to notice the damp grass tingling under my bare feet, His eyes observed my idleness. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I observed her as if she were a bird in an aviary. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z For his part, Atawallpa observed the power of Inka gold and silver to cloud European minds.* 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z An important consequence of this is that one can observe what is called interference between two sets of waves or particles. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I had seen these women nearly every day of my life observing the code of purdah, where they cover themselves in public. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Interesting. It’s difficult to observe if it’s chemiluminescent vertebrate or bioluminescent bacteria.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He kept the Sabbath on Saturday, observed Passover and other important Jewish holidays, and belonged to a small neighborhood congregation, whose members called themselves Hebrews or Israelites. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z The paramedics had checked him out on the golf course, and the school nurse at Trace Middle had spent forty-five minutes “observing” him for signs of a possible concussion. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Brutus sounded puzzled, and Mrs. Frisby observed that although he was greatly oversized and muscular, and his eyes were bright enough, he looked very young. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Father sighs and runs his fingers through his hair, the only nervous habit I have observed in him. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Across from me, my father leaned on the table and asked in a low voice, “What have you observed lately of the queen and Claudius?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z As we tucked into big slabs of sour cream raisin pie, Grandma observed, “They’re putting on a talent show. We might look in on that. We won’t have to stay till the end.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He turned to Mother to observe the effect of his words on her. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I observed the crowd gathered around my crates, wanting to overhear their comments but feeling a deeper need to keep tabs on my mother. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Ana Diaz, a student who, like Miguel, wore the insignia of the raised fist, observed that only rich women suffer from such pains; proletarian women do not complain even when they give birth. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In an unknown ocean they could determine their latitude, but not their longitude, by observing, night after night, the position of the constellations with respect to the horizon. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He observed her fingers, tipped with black nail polish, turn the pages of the book she was reading as she lounged on the fraying orange sofa. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Oddly enough, seeing them this way, thinking all is well, has been the hardest thing for me to observe. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Warren Weaver, a New York Times journalist who reviewed the book upon its release, observed that Phillips’s strategy largely depended upon creating and maintaining a racially polarized political environment. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Trees are meant to listen, to observe, to endure. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z They wanted only to observe me from a comfortable distance, not for me to exist in their lives in any permanent way. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She was pleased to see me, but I could tell that she observed how shabby I looked. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “These floors are dangerous,” Mrs. Reilly observed, studying the shiny linoleum intently. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe he wonders what happened to a brilliant, growing concern,” Mrs. Levy observed. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He doesn’t fight to free himself, though, only observes me with the wary look of someone who still hasn’t ruled out that he’s in the presence of a mutt. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z But even if we cannot harness the emission from these primordial black holes, what are our chances of observing them? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She also observed that it seemed to take Mr. Pineville a long, long time to read each question and response. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She sensed that Tariq was observing her—one eye on the kiss, the other on her—as she was observing him. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “Remember,” Noggle says, “unusual celestial events often presage important political changes, so with a new king on the horizon, it’s important for us to observe the signs carefully.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The Japanese didn’t observe the usual rules of warfare that forbade trying to kill medical personnel. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z As she matured into her full wild self, I observed her at a distance. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Historian Allen Trelease has observed that for nineteenth-century Klansmen “the main safeguard lay not in their secrecy but in their ability to thwart legal processes if they were identified.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Tonight, I observe the fires of the rebels upon the shore. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z However, any human beings who were observing the cups would be living in a universe in which disorder decreased with time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s vastly preferable to assume the shape of a bird when observing humans,” she explained. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “I think I’m a bit small for the Aryan ideal,” Queenie said, observing herself critically. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Once I happened to notice this, I closely observed it thereafter. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d been observing them and noting when they ate, who they interacted with. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z As often observed, however, the 45,000 people killed annually on American roads are approximately equal in number to all American dead in the Vietnam War. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z After traveling some distance south, he beached the canoe on a sandbar far from shore to observe the powerful tides. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Friedmann made two very simple assumptions about the universe: that the universe looks identical in whichever direction we look, and that this would also be true if we were observing the universe from anywhere else. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There are rules for necking, which we observe: approach, push away, approach, push away. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z My father observed this from his office by the tipple and came out to restore order. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z That rate is much higher than observed for hunter-gatherer populations but is easily attained by farmers: Kenya’s population is now growing at 4.5 percent per year. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “The executive authority is so wholly out of my sphere,” he observed, “and it is so delicate a thing for me to meddle in that, I avoid it as much as possible.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He had only enough time to observe that there was someone beside him before something wet was forced over his nose and mouth, and he tasted harsh, chemical fumes. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The first warning he had that there was trouble ahead came when he glanced into the Wasp’s cabin and observed that the barometer had fallen sharply. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z An 1870s account, quoted in Into the Mountains, observes: “Mt. Lafayette is...a true alp, with peaks and crags on which lightnings play, its sides brown with scars and deep with gorges.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He observed us in this rite, and though we shed no tears, he did. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z While he descended there, fairly tripping in his haste, I took the tower stairs to the arcade, where I could look down and observe their encounter without being seen. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Axel’s been observing the nest for many years. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “You can see where the lashings been cut,” observed Abel. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z When it came to observing sports, Dad was a baseball fanatic, but when it came to playing, he loved to shoot hoops. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z We don’t know which spirits they prayed to, which festivals they celebrated, or which taboos they observed. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He began to stir the spoon, observing the way the dark liquid of the cup slowly moved into the cream. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then it must be a shilling,” observed the coachman. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “I liked Monsieur Lefèvre. The venue for my challenge was a more intimate one, and this seemed unique. It is rare to discover places that are truly unique. I stayed to observe.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z This error, followed by others, as we can now observe from events, is the cause of the threats to that kingdom. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z It made him proud to observe that twenty- nine months in the service had not blunted his genius for ineptitude. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Assuming the horses don’t eat you,” Geryon observed. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “You’ll agree with me that such work isn’t intended seriously. You can do better than this—fortunately; but why, then, observe and treat everything so superficially?” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Curiously, even in my panic, a portion of my mind stood apart, observing my plight, as it had done during the performance at Whitehall. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I observe a small crab rising out of his shirt pocket. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z By combining journalism with anthropology, I’ve tried in previous writings not simply to observe but to participate in the lives of railroad tramps, illegal Mexican immigrants, Kenyan truckers, and even the elite of Aspen, Colorado. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Never mind what I make it, my friend,” observed Mr. Jaggers, with a knowing and contradictory toss of his head. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “I observe patterns and data, and they form logical conclusions, and he’s just gay. He’s always been gay.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z John had observed his mother closely, seeing no swelling yet, but his father had prayed one morning for the “little voyager soon to be among them,” and so John knew that Roy spoke the truth. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “With enough determination, any bloody idiot can get up this hill,” Hall observed. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Such jets are indeed observed in a number of galaxies and quasars. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Sociologists have frequently observed that governments use punishment primarily as a tool of social control, and thus the extent or severity of punishment is often unrelated to actual crime patterns. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z John Adams observed bemusedly that “Mr. Madison looks worried to death. Pale, withered, haggard.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It has long been observed that black children, even before they set foot in a classroom, underperform their white counterparts. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z For the vast majority of stars, there is only one characteristic feature that we can observe—the color of their light. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But what she gives them instead is the truth she observes and knows about them. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I had only observed that your father was an able under-butler and addressed him accordingly. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z A few other soldiers drinking coffee outside of their tents had stopped talking to observe. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z But a small dark figure that none had observed sprang out of the shadows and gave a hoarse shout: Baruk Khazâd! The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z However, they did observe the major Jewish holidays, such as Passover, and they wanted Jack to have a bar mitzvah, the traditional Jewish coming- of-age ceremony, when he turned thirteen. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z “In the queer mass of human destiny, the determining factor has always been luck,” Mr. Turner observed, raising one eyebrow to Miss Riley. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “I see my father didn’t have a single friend,” Alba observed. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z As an ethnomusicologist or researcher for your classroom, however, it is important to be able to articulate the culture’s beliefs about music by observing people’s behavior and thoughts about music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Lassa fever was first observed in 1969 in Nigeria, where it causes a fatal illness so contagious that Nigerian hospitals have been closed down if even a single case appears. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I let her think that I and my colleagues went to a company and covertly observed a warehouse or laboratory or retail floor, then exposed all the cheats and criminals. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “You must really like this guy,” he observed suspiciously. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z This has been observed not only in the United States but in the far northern parts of Sweden and Finland, where the diet is ordinarily deficient in vitamins. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z This is only the second time in all the thirty-five years of our research we have been able to observe twins. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “To walk my post in a military manner, keep always alert, and observing everything that takes place within sight or hearing. To spread the alarm in case of fire or disorder.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Eddington observed the bending of starlight during a solar eclipse, confirming one of those predictions. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z King Louis lost Lombardy, therefore, by not following any of the precepts observed by others who seized territories and wished to retain them. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z He had been observed singing “White Christmas” and dragging a plastic disposable cup top around his cell with a string, calling it his “car.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mary McDowell, a leading settlement house social worker, observed that the defeated strikers seemed “unmanly and without self-respect.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Then you believe him when he says I never eat. You are a scientist, Dr. Lanning. Think of the logic required. I have not been observed to eat, therefore, I never eat Q.E.D. After all!” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Though all the other members of the family observed her husband’s boycott of this beverage, she drank two cups every morning and often as not ate nothing else the rest of the day. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “My only fault,” he observed with practiced good humor, watching for the effect of his words, “is that I have no faults.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z After observing for a while and determining that they were harmless, I decided to go down to the river for a swim as well. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z She had now moved beyond my parents in the narrow street and was walking backward, the better, I suppose, to observe me. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “So they wouldn’t have much,” I observed, “even if they—” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z He did both with such easy, inborn skill that after observing him I had begun to think that I could master either one any weekend I tried. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The observing officer was provided with latex gloves and a tongue depressor. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And even the thirty seem to have nested in vain, for no young grebes have been observed on the lake since the last DDD application. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Hagrid was delighted, and as part of their “project,” suggested that they come down to his hut on alternate evenings to observe the skrewts and make notes on their extraordinary behavior. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z But what happened to stream fish in an area observed by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Game is perhaps a portent of things to come. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Nhamo observed Dr. van Heerden as he picked up dead flies with a pair of tweezers and put them into bottles. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Another survivor—Tom the blacksmith—observed that the law had hunted Lander for months. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z But even so, ke was curious and sent an emissary to the family to observe. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The search for the new planet began long before it was finally observed in 1846. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Let us now summarize how variations in these three factors—time of onset of food production, barriers to diffusion, and human population size—led straightforwardly to the observed intercontinental differences in the development of technology. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Seems to me it’s blowing away bit by bit,” Adam observed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z We saw them surrounded, and observed as they begged and importuned; we saw them towed to the island and dragged ashore, the mob awaiting them, engorged with victory, armed with brickbats and bayonets. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I looked around the counter and observed a middle-aged Black male of approximately 200 pounds. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z I understand that the factory is not working at capacity currently, and I did observe that only one of these devices was operating, burning coal and what looked like one of the cutting tables. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She paused in the entrance to the drawing room and observed that the chocolate-smeared cocktail glasses had yet to be cleared away, and that the doors into the garden still stood open. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “You must be feeling better,” he observed, without a question mark. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But as he observed in recalling the discussion, that was before they actually had exploded their firecracker, which yielded a display that turned out to be very impressive indeed. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He usually stood in the corner by the cash register, his arms folded over his chest, quietly observing all that went on around him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “I don’t recommend him, observe; because I never recommend anybody. The gentleman I speak of is one Mr. Matthew Pocket.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Fiona’s been observing all this too, and when Gavin starts to leave, she mutters, “He couldn’t even come over and say hi?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Much of what I observe in Volpe’s theater program fits comfortably within the muscular language of education reform, with its emphasis on problem solving, high standards, “reaching for the top,” and accountability. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z ‘An impressive number of guests,” she would observe, stroking with her finger the misplaced faces that had surrounded us. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I cry, with another quick, nasty face at the sky, mournfully observing the way it is, bitterly remembering the way it was, and idiotically casting tomorrow’s nets. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z From where he sat, he could observe the plaza. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z By the little light that seeped through a shuttered window, I observed a small room. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z As the years pass, Valentine observed, racial violence only becomes more vicious in its expression. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z One day’s delay, she observed, would be of small importance; and her mother was too happy to be quite so obstinate as usual. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z As his son later observed, “To my father any waste was too much!” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z This performance Nick observed with a jaundiced eye that proclaimed: Asking Bernabe Montoya to investigate this case, or any case, is like asking a pet goldfish to eat a crate of bananas. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Freedom is a delicate idea, like a pretty leaf in the air: It’s hard to catch and may not be what you thought when you get it,” she observed quietly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z So engrossed was she that she had no consciousness of being observed and one emotion after another crept into her face like objects into a slowly developing picture. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z It was a quote from a mine fire authority observing that if the rate of burning held steady, there was enough coal under Centralia to burn for a thousand years. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I run up to my apartment to find Pa sitting on our balcony observing the excitement below. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His sister was surprised not to feel jealousy and observed that Esteban looked rejuvenated. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It depended upon a pair of young men that he had often observed observing him. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Chastened, they sailed on, but en route word reached them that Sumatra had fallen to the French and so they observed the transit inconclusively from the Cape of Good Hope. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Now that the battle was over, she had time to observe it. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z There I personally undressed Transito, undid her dreadful hairdo, and was able to observe that with the years she had grown taller, put on weight, and become more beautiful. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He, too, stared at the prisoner, and observed that a cluster of veins had appeared in his left temple. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He was satisfied to observe that the helicopters were painted a matte black. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Today, while she stands valiantly observing the world, I draw the random things that come to mind. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The boy observes him, tall and solemn, twelve years older than the night he first crept in with his stone-eyed master. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “This other gentleman,” observed Joe, by way of introducing Mr. Wopsle, “is a gentleman that you would like to hear give it out. Our clerk at church.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Look: It can be proved by observing the motion of objects in the universe that wherever you are is the precise center. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The boss continued his watchfulness for a few days, then began to observe me from across the street; finally he absented himself for long intervals. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z In the distasteful stillness, while he muttered and insisted that the terms should be observed, reluctant hands disarmed Sir Lancelot and tied him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He imagined a journey to the Moon, the space travelers standing on the lunar surface and observing the lovely planet Earth rotating slowly in the sky above them. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Or, put slightly differently, until it is observed an electron must be regarded as being "at once everywhere and nowhere." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z As Silver observes, “Ten minutes without a pulse or sufficient blood oxygen levels is more than enough time to do severe neurological damage.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Lewis observed in a discussion of the words, “is a subject on which there is not much to be said.” The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The sense of shock returned; it was as though I were invisible in the room, observing a scene in which I had no part. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am confident,” he observed, “that it will do him more harm than me.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z This is usually a great thing for observing the outdoors, but with bad weather, windows turn into problems. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z A relative once observed that Hoover was “quite a tyrant about food” and that if the yolk seeped at all, he would send it back to the kitchen. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Also, a very precise clock has been observed to slow down ever so slightly when flown in an airplane at great speed. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He observed that my gaze was fixed absently upon the stanchions, and after a time grew tired of waiting, and asked me what I thought of. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The discrediting of witnesses can be a highly effective tactic, and Quintilian observes that it can be done against whole categories of witnesses, as well as against individuals. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z I observed their ordered fields beneath the moon. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He was to travel on the Beagle—not as a “finished Naturalist,” but as a scientist-in-training “amply qualified for collecting, observing and noting any thing worthy to be noted in Natural History.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “I think anxiety is very interesting,” observed Amy, eating sugar pensively. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z We stood in the shadows of a ropewalk and observed the men dragging their cranked engines up and down the long corridor, twisting fibers into cord. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “E. O. Lawrence personally never quite demobilized after the end of World War II,” the Rad Lab physicist Wolfgang “Pief” Panofsky would observe many years later. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z This means, as Stephen Hawking has observed with a touch of understandable excitement, that one cannot "predict future events exactly if one cannot even measure the present state of the universe precisely!" A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “My dear? Might you observe the beat? You rush.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He would park out front and observe her unnoticed. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “White people,” the study’s authors observed, “are simply not perceived as drug offenders by Seattle police officers.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Standing there, he carefully poured himself a second drink; his hands, he observed, shook only very slightly. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z This was evident by what Alfred L. Sewell observed while strolling through the city at around 9:30 that night. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z I saw a glassiness, observed before only in new marbles or a bottle top embedded in a block of ice. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I also observed that his name, backward, was the French verb for wearing one’s clothes threadbare, so I told him that as well, with no offense intended as his clothes were fine. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He said that one could not observe nothing. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “It might be good to hear a sensible person talk for a change,” Uncle observed, and stood up. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She planted a kiss on top of Christ’s head, then placed the statue on top of the fireplace mantel, which needed, Sanjeev observed, to be dusted. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Similarly, Ptolemy had demonstrated that no homocentric planetary system could account for the observed phenomena, but philosophers were still trying to produce such a system well into the sixteenth century. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z There was the comical little painted man observing Boston through his tiny spyglass. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘I observe, my good Fangorn,’ said Gandalf, ‘that with great care you say dwelt, was, grew. What about is? Is he dead?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “This is clearly a case for the Civil Liberties Union,” Ignatius observed, squeezing his mother’s drooping shoulder with the paw. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We observed good field discipline, not talking, keeping to the shadows and joining in with the darkness. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1574, Tycho spent part of his time in observing, but most of the year in Copenhagen, where, at the behest of the King, he gave a series of lectures at the university. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Working with him was Broadbent, who at seventeen had observed pilot error in the RAF, and who was on his way to becoming a godfather of cognitive psychology. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I observe my rescuer all day as I follow him around the Alta sector of Los Angeles. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Proof positive of our vulnerability would come when I observed white people saying insulting things to Papa, Mama, and Grandma. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z What made my fear all-consuming was the fact that I observed in many instances that my parents and all the other adults who were supposed to protect me were unable to protect themselves. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “A man in distressed circumstances has not time for all those elegant decorums which other people may observe. If she does not object to it, why should we?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z By then, the Chinese had observed that a particular mixture of sulfur, charcoal, and saltpeter, which became known as gunpowder, was especially explosive. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She was in the kitchen, observing her father’s preparation of scrapple. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z All meals would be halal, prayer would be observed five times a day, and hijab would be observed for the girls when they came of age. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “I doubt whether any hack, under pressure, could pen such atrocious melodrama,” Ignatius observed. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s too bad,” Father observed, “that you have to appeal to their sense of greed.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Trees, as I said, are meant to listen, to observe, to endure. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Now see how terrible he looks,” the father observed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z This “achievement gap” is a phenomenon that has been observed over and over again, and it typically provokes one of two responses. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “Surely, My Lord, everything you say is observed, bandied about, and praised.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Masks are supposed to be able to read people, to understand them by observing them. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Like their contemporaries in Greece, the Han Chinese saw virtue in the relationship between musical pitch in music - the relative distance between notes - and the arrangement of the stars and planets they observed above them. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He’d read me a passage of scripture from the Book of Mormon, about a sober child, quick to observe. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The room, as he had suspected when observing it from above, was almost certainly underground — more of a dungeon than a room, he thought. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I observed everyone around me, the thoughts they showed in their faces, and then I was ready. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “It looks like it might have been a hunter’s shelter,” Polly observed. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Naturally, you will wish to retire to a safe place to observe the spectacle. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z A reporter later observed, “Hale’s face expressed a guarded eagerness; Ramsey’s was a mask.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Much good they’ll do me!” observed my sister; but rather gratified too. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “I genuinely believe that people who overcome these things have a special place, a core courage, a spirit of integrity that no one else can get to,” she observes. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z In the years following his proof of the existence of other galaxies, Hubble spent his time cataloging their distances and observing their spectra. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z As legal scholar David Cole has observed, “The Court has imposed nearly insurmountable barriers to persons challenging race discrimination at all stages of the criminal justice system.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I came back to the park and approached a man who was observing the game. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z In less serious moments Dev said he liked that her legs were longer than her torso, something he’d observed the first time she walked across a room naked. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Then, seeming not to observe the wizard and his friends, he turned to Éomer and the king. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She was all of these things and of something more that did not come from the Rommelys nor the Nolans, the reading, the observing, the living from day to day. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z We sat in the living room and did what teenage boys and girls do when they’re being observed by one of their parents—fidgeted in awkward silence. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z It is when one is alone that one begins to observe Nature and to love her. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The observing self saw the Negro, surrounded by the sounds and smells of the ghetto, write “Darling” to a white woman. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The corner drugstore ran smoothly and profitably, although one woman in the neighborhood observed that he seemed to have difficulty retaining the young and typically attractive women he often hired as clerks. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Concerned that I had been observed, I stood still and scrutinized the place where I’d seen movement. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “After it dries, I’ll sand and paint it,” he said, standing back and observing his work critically. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z By focusing a telescope on an individual star or galaxy, one can similarly observe the spectrum of the light from that star or galaxy. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In modern times the formation of states out of chiefdoms has been observed repeatedly. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “I know. But the principal has explained that in America everyone is assigned according to age. Ten years old means fifth grade. And we must observe the American rules, mustn’t we?” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z In consequence, he could observe perhaps four hundred galaxies in an evening while a large professional telescope would be lucky to do fifty or sixty. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z To her delight, he had drawn stages of each species on one page—caterpillar, pupa, and butterfly—which confirmed what she herself had observed. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The purpose of their stay, the letters stated clearly, was to observe and explore the various unsavory stories which had been circulated about the house for most of its eighty years of existence. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z The spaceling would have observed no food production in the eastern United States, because food production did not begin there until around 2500 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Well, we have made a start and drawn a blank,” observed M. Bouc. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt like I was on an away mission, disguised to infiltrate and observe another culture without violating the Prime Directive. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He remembered the odd lights he’d observed through the Glade window with Newt. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “I have just observed from the top deck the arrival of hundreds of female naval auxiliaries. They are well dressed and quite clean.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The idea was to be able to observe what was going on in Dewey’s now-famous laboratory. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Adult eagles, which had been seen at 43 nests in 1957, were so scarce that he observed them at only 10 nests. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It seems better to employ the principle of economy known as Occam’s razor and cut out all the features of the theory that cannot be observed. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z One was that people were not really making much progress toward showing that supergravity was finite or that it could explain the kinds of particles that we observe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Something Sherlock Holmes said to Dr. Watson early in the story really stuck with Kyle: “You see, but you do not observe.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z This was our slang, strictly observed at every meeting. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z I observe from some distance, but it’s hard not to think they have an air of innocence about them. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The gods who had watched the struggle did not seem, the wolf observed, to delight in his victory. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Lazlo, observing that the cerulean hue of her face had gone a little ashen, asked, “Are you all right?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Then she would lead me to the plant her owl-eyes had found and ask me to observe where the plant grew and how its leaves looked. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z All over Levittown and the smaller, nearby communities that feed into Truman, it isn’t usually poverty I observe, but rather the steady, low-simmering tumult of economic and family instability. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z To ensure the safety of all, rest hours must be strictly observed!!! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z They can be observed by the very slight change in separation they produce between neighboring freely moving objects. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Part of the outside world she so needed to observe. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “There seems to be a lot going on,” observed Michael. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Whenever Blanca told her husband the strange things she had observed among the servants, he replied that they were Indian customs to which she should pay no heed. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “To be sure. Oh yes! It is not likely you should ever have observed him; but he knows you very well indeed—I mean by sight.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Oliver Wendell Holmes once observed that “a great man represents a strategic point in the campaign of history, and part of his greatness consists of his being there.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I just needed to find the right opening, so I lingered on the beach and observed. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Even Uncle Al is affected—he stops each day to observe our progress and within a couple of days orders up new posters that feature Rosie with Marlena sitting astride her head. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z It was rather as if someone under surveillance kept turning up at particular locations but was never observed traveling between them. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z She paused dramatically, to observe their silent, stricken faces. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Apparently Governor Stassen believes in the opinion of one group of scientists, and Admiral Strauss follows the views of another group,” Eisenhower observed. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Before the storm, the committee wrote, the terrorists would be most likely to use the occasion “to observe precautionary measures to gauge emergency response resources and continuity of operation plans at critical infrastructures.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z But in reply Alkinoos observed: “Friend, my child’s good judgment failed in this— not to have brought you in her company home. Once you approached her, you became her charge.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He is very intelligent and he solves the mystery and he says The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z My later notions of leadership were profoundly influenced by observing the regent and his court. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Nor did Perry, descending the post- office steps with the Mexican box balanced on a shoulder, observe the prowling car and the policemen in it. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z When we get back home, I write about all the things I observed at the march. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Mrs. Diamant worked rows of numbers in her book, observing, and when I scooted over a bottle of soda water, there were two brown eyes staring at me from the other side of the shelves. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Big windows adorned three full walls, so you could sip your hot drink and use the nosy-nelly spell, chisme, to observe your neighbors at the same time. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z He stood for some time unmoving, as did we; we, observing, he, oblivious. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Sailors and soldiers and tinkers had been observed dancing in the streets with nobles and fat merchants, and in every inn and winesink cups were being raised to the new triarchs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “What a queer smell! It’s like burned feathers,” observed Amy, smoothing her own pretty curls with a superior air. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z When he sits on his high throne at Hlidskjalf, he observes all things, wherever they may be. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Upon learning that Washington intended to reject the mantle of emperor, no less an authority than George III allegedly observed, “If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z She was sitting cross-legged in the chair and evidently had been watching him as he observed the scene in the kitchen. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z This red shift, observed in the spectral lines of distant galaxies and interpreted as a Doppler effect, is the key to cosmology. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z You do not need to observe the whole sequence of phases. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But now that Roz was camouflaged, she could secretly observe their normal behavior, right up close. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Writing about this death, Edward Hoagland observed that Alaska is “not the best site in the world for eremitic experiments or peace-love theatrics.” Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can’t trust everything you read in the demons’ papers,” Uncle observed loftily. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to examine them with a light microscope before he went on his Thanksgiving hunt, to see if he could observe any changes. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It held its little wobby head up on its shoulders—it didn't seem to have a neck—and observed me with a wise, Platonic expression. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z There are many things you can do—things that will teach you to observe carefully and begin to understand more and more about the true nature of nonhuman animals. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Neither of these possibilities agrees with what we observe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “My Ambition leads me not to be first in Rome,” she observed somewhat coyly. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Her large, black-brown eyes observed the forest, the cascading stream, a town tucked into a steep valley, and rolling mountains as far as she could see. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “Word’s spread all over Manifest and beyond that you’re a con man par excellence,” Shady observed. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Mason and Dixon sent a note to the Royal Society observing that it seemed awfully dangerous on the high seas and wondering if perhaps the whole thing oughtn’t to be called off. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Hortensia paused to observe the effect these remarks were having on the two titchy ones. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z The basin being circular, and the room he was observing square, Harry could not make out what was going on in the corners of it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z "You can marry off your sister," Esgred observed, "but not your uncles." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Here, on a vast scale, I had an opportunity to observe Bigger in all of his moods, actions, haunts. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “I observed you with General Lee. I would imagine that there are weighty technical matters that occupy your mind.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In a recent study of the reaction to dying in patients with obstructive disease of the lungs, it was concluded that the process was considerably more shattering for the professional observers than the observed. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Her silence disturbed him; and after observing her a little while, he added, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z We can imagine them, curious and dispassionate, observing us, as we would watch a bacterial culture in a dish of agar, to determine whether, this year again, we manage to avoid self- destruction. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z These schools were teacher preparation courses, usually with access to model schools where teachers in training could observe and practice teach. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z They were both silent for a time, observing the plaza and the townspeople. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, you’re welcome to join us, Ms. Brennan, or even just to keep observing. But in this dojo we do ask that you remove your shoes.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I try to give a smile of thanks, but he’s obviously still avoiding eye contact with me, so I pretend to be absorbed, observing the production line. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “Well, you’re still alive, so she did a bad job of it,” I observed. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z We sat in the same room with white folks, able to observe them close up. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, you haven’t starved to death or broken your necks,” Uncle observed, “which was more than I ever expected. Now.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw something flash in Archie’s eyes, like looking at a blank window and observing a ghost peeking out. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps wearing a disguise, you would look around the bank and observe security guards, cameras, and other obstacles, so you could plan how to avoid capture or death during your burglary. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Pax climbed upstream and crossed the river at the narrows, then hurried along the treed ridge to observe the site from above. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I observed him for more than an hour afterward. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Concealment was no longer possible, and they could only hope that no enemy or spy was observing them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “As to my participating in the administration,” Jefferson then observed, “if by that he meant the executive cabinet, both duty and inclination will shut that door to me.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z After a good long swig of lemonade, she observed the scene. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She spent her mornings immobile in her chair, looking out the window at the bustle of the street, and observing the gradual decline of the neighborhood that in her youth had been so elegant. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But Magic Eye doesn’t observe such fine distinctions. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then,” observed Elizabeth, “you must comprehend a great deal in your idea of an accomplished woman.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z If he had observed both peace and faith, he would have had either his reputation or his state taken away from him many times over. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z So the young Shaper observes, singing to the few who remain, fingertips troubling a dead man’s harp. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The answer is easy: he would carefully observe his environment to see what materials he could use to make a simple machine, like a pulley or a lever. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z An impala buck stepped onto the path far below, turned its head to observe the humans, and led a group of females across to the stream. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When I hear something unusual, it’s my nature to get quiet and observe, to study. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z However, as legal scholar David Cole has observed, “in practice, the drug-courier profile is a scattershot hodgepodge of traits and characteristics so expansive that it potentially justifies stopping anybody and everybody.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “You’ve always known that the Dauntless observe the city with security cameras,” David says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z As she got closer, she observed women squatting on the shore, beating clothes on rocks. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He could sit in perfect stillness while he observed an animal. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “This appears to be a receipt,” he observed. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z In October 1611 Galileo, who had now moved to Florence, began to observe Venus through his telescope. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Oh! yes, I observed it, I assure you. It was not lost on me. But still I cannot imagine she would not be persuaded.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z In the course of her cleaning, Mia began to observe carefully. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Some part of the swarm is always at the same position in the Earth’s orbit, so the meteor shower is always observed on the same day of every year. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, people who know the words’ histories like to observe the old distinction. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do not hope; instead, observe” were words that Flora, as a cynic, had found useful in the extreme. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z When unknown white people visited our community during the day, the road they entered on was observed and the message of their coming was passed door-to-door by telephone, bicycle messengers, or messengers running on foot. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z One of them is leaning forward with his elbows on his knees, observing the list silently. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z This was the way of doing things where he’d come from: observe from afar, make inquiries, gather information, then meet. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z But throughout the evening I observed small changes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Judging by the wires connected to their heads, and their blank eyes, they are observing the simulation. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z After that it was a matter of sleuthing—investigating crevices that would be a convenient place to hide a book-shaped object, observing a pile of freshly dug dirt, or noticing something out of place. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The observatory was christened Uraniborg, after Urania, the Muse of astronomy, and over the years developed into a major scientific institution with observing galleries, library and studies. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z There are a number of objections that one can raise to the strong anthropic principle as an explanation of the observed state of the universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The situation is similar to that of heavy bodies falling vertically, but it is easier to observe because the speeds are smaller. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z As we eat, I find myself observing my grandfather and mother, like I’m a scientist, an Ellie version of Galileo. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z The ideas about scientific theories outlined above assume we are rational beings who are free to observe the universe as we want and to draw logical deductions from what we see. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But he found it much more interesting to observe the caravan and listen to the wind. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The farther they drifted over the city, the more Lee could observe the behavior of these forms. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time the calculations were properly done, the paradoxical answer emerged that the crystals could not grow at anywhere near the observed rates. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Right in the middle of the aisle, the heritage-but-not-hate-loving cherubs observing her impassively with their lifeless, alabaster eyes. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Nhamo ate the yams with an uncomfortable feeling that she was being observed. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Next she fell into melancholy, grumbling about the lazy British commanders floating at anchor off Staten Island, observing New York through long spyglasses but making no move to invade. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “If the Americans mean to teach us about democracy, the lesson is quite remarkable,” Anatole observed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s going to be a fine day,” he observed. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z Another woman from the morning bioloaf group leans at the lake’s edge, observing the purple glow of a swarm of water butterflies where the pale floor normally would be. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Ann concluded with an expert twist of the white Southerner’s tail: she observed that black cooks might be spitting in the stewpots and their white bosses would never know it. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Malaria was the first in which a change was observed. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “What an ‘absolutely clean’ H-bomb might be remained a mystery to most scientists and congressmen, as well as to the public,” observed Newsweek. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Breakfast was an hour later than usual, and after breakfast there was a ceremony which was observed every week without fail. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Lorenz, as I said, took the animals he wanted to observe home with him. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Though they were in the same room, radio protocol was observed at all times. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But how did this flow of biological information achieve the observed complexity of living systems? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Back home, when I used to sit in my garden, I liked to observe birds, and not just the green-rumped parrots but also the migrating species. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z She was now, on being settled at home, at leisure to observe the real state of her sister’s spirits. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z She had not known, until she had both experienced and observed it, that human females swelled and grew and reproduced. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Is it Dauntless traitors, guarding me, or the Erudite, observing me? Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “I might have thought the same thing, if I hadn’t observed you beforehand.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Many times in my life I have felt them around me, observing, witnessing, when no one in the living world knew or cared what happened. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “Do you? In Qarth, you were seldom seen without a dragon on your shoulder... yet now that shapely shoulder is as fair and bare as your sweet breast, I observe.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The prices at the emporium had gone up again, he observed. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “I’m so glad my French print is clean, it’s just the thing and so becoming!” observed Meg complacently. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z But observing nature, it turned out, was very different from experimenting with nature. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “There certainly are a lot of frogs around here,” Winnie observed. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The words “Do not hope; instead, observe” flitted through Flora’s brain. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z In a subsequent paragraph, Terryl observed that the Utah public schools have a class on distracted driving in their driver’s education class. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “I am not aware,” observed the grave lady whose voice I had heard but once, “that to think of any person is to make a great claim upon that person, my dear.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “I have observed that different animals have different ways of surviving,” said the robot. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z In the middle of the night on April 22, 1956, American agents guarding the Berlin Tunnel warehouse observed movement on the street located just above the tap site, in the Soviet sector. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Devine reread the note, observing: “1 don’t think it’s very funny.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She observed, without turning: “I think I will go back, dear, and chance it Even if I am burned, that would be better than having the Trouble.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Booth limps off the stage “with a motion,” observes one spectator, “like the hopping of a bull frog.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “The Anglomen have in the end got their treaty through,” he observed from his mountaintop in 1796, “and so far have triumphed over the cause of republicanism.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Obiora asked, calmly, and at that moment, as in many others I had observed since we came, he seemed so much older than Jaja. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Then we studied geotropism by observing how our plant grew toward the ceiling, even after we tipped the plant on its side for a few days. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Nearby, a band of penguins, like an audience of formally dressed opera-goers, observed the proceedings. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “Well,” he observed, “I am relieved that this has turned out well after all. What will you have me do with the baggage, ma’am?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Then with sudden clinical interest he observed the white man’s face, for in his eyes he saw a strange, fixed, and withdrawn look of madness. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z As she watched, one of these detached itself into a sudden breeze and sailed sedately off, while others leaned from the pod as if to observe its departure. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Gregor had pushed his head forward just to the edge of the couch and was observing her. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 He likes to compare people to animals, and he always observes the world like it’s so new and exciting. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The heads on the wall observe with eyes of imported glass. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I recalled how often she had observed me when I thought she paid me no heed. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It was an interesting design and seemed likely to work, although he did observe to himself that the shape of the kiln seemed unsuited to the task of bending glass. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z In the fall they return to the South, their migration being observed at such famous vantage points as Hawk Mountain in eastern Pennsylvania. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The religious holidays to which the exams coincide are observed by many of our students. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Mr. Samsa turned around in his chair in their direction and observed them quietly for a while. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z We do observe such a background of gamma rays: Fig. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Franklins reputation served as the catalyst in an exchange, as Smith of South Carolina attempted to discredit his views by observing that “even great men have their senile moments.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “The ways of sin are curious,” Samuel observed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The weak observe the rituals—take their hats off, put them on again, raise their arms, lower their arms, moan, intone, press their palms together—but no one harbors unreasonable expectations. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z One therefore has a theory that seems to predict that certain quantities, such as the curvature of space-time, are really infinite, yet these quantities can be observed and measured to be perfectly finite! A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked away and saw Shae observing her with a small smile. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Mr. Dussel calmly observed the scene, his hands on his hips, while the rest of the audience roared with laughter. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z |
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