| 单词 | occupied |
| 例句 | In the early 1800s, European traders, missionaries, and whalers began to visit New Zealand, which had been occupied 600 years previously by Polynesian farmers and fishermen known as Maoris. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z When that was going on, it definitely was not guilt that occupied my mind. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Along the way, contrary to my initial impression, they have managed to learn a great deal about Calakmul, the landscape it occupied, and the collapse that led to the forest’s return. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The queen’s apartments, and his own, occupied the highest step. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Like the rest of the world, most of the present Austronesian realm—Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, and many Pacific islands—was originally occupied by hunter-gatherers lacking pottery, polished stone tools, domestic animals, and crops. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Everyone else in the company was occupied with some task. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Even though the people are spread out, it’s the most occupied I’ve seen this level of the ship. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z At the end of the paved road they turned left down a rutted dirt lane; only the last house seemed to be occupied. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Until recently, researchers would have said the highlands in 1000 a.d. were occupied by scattered small villages and one or two big towns with some nice stonework. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Some of the doorways were occupied by fascinated teachers in their empty classrooms. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Right after our first squad occupied that spot, shells began to hit all around us. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The way they run things on Six North has become clear to me: it’s all about keeping people occupied and passing the time. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Even if he had asked if the seat was taken instead of asking if it was occupied, I could have told that he had a British accent. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z While American blacks of African descent originated mainly from Africa’s west coastal zone, similar peoples traditionally occupied East Africa as well, north to the Sudan and south to the southeast coast of South Africa itself. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Once the cellblock was occupied, whippings were administered in an area of the ground floor called the Flogging Post. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Rusty hoops on the swaying poles represented the permanent recreational equipment, although bats and balls could be borrowed from the P. E. teacher if the borrower was qualified and if the diamond wasn’t occupied. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z They hadn’t much to do or look at to occupy themselves, even though they very much wanted to be occupied to take their minds off their nervousness. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Originally, though, the smaller Canteen Creek alone occupied that channel. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In these occupied territories, many black youth automatically “assume the position” when a patrol car pulls up, knowing full well that they will be detained and frisked no matter what. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Until recent centuries, these areas were still occupied by hunter-gatherers—Native Americans in the first three cases and Aboriginal Australians or Native Siberians in the last two. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z No new fireworks went off, nor was there any indication given about what now occupied his mind. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The French occupied land in the Mississippi Valley called Louisiana and much of the land north of the Saint Lawrence River. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mothers and soldiers are enemies of freedom. I am doubly occupied.” Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z An empty house would be safest for us, but blacked out like this, there was no way to tell which houses were occupied and which weren’t. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The flat occupied the top floor of a large private house owned by a man named John Oker, whose daughters managed its rental. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The regime he imposed was draconian: He subtracted the labor that kept Pennsylvania’s inmates occupied during the day in their cells, as well as the opportunity they had for daily exercise. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And Ruth being occupied would help out with that, because what I had planned definitely wasn’t something Ruth would okay. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z I lived in north London, in Finsbury Park, in a house occupied entirely by penniless Bengali bachelors like myself, at least a dozen and sometimes more, all struggling to educate and establish ourselves abroad. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Clerval had never sympathised in my tastes for natural science; and his literary pursuits differed wholly from those which had occupied me. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z The word itself had lost little of its power to startle and had, due to my ignorance of the physical place it occupied on the globe, assumed a peculiar life of its own. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z "My sister is otherwise occupied. Is this Stark's letter?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Among eleven occupied rooms, she counted thirteen sleepers, one of whom was not a faranji but a Tizerkane warrior, Tzara, wrapped in the slender arms of a slight young woman with very short, soft hair. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It has been occupied for longer than any other continent except Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z One of those was occupied by a dwarf. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Behind the hands and the needle, an engraving of the sun in splendor occupied the center of the dial. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He soon gravitated to the twenty-seven- inch cyclotron, which occupied the ramshackle old Rad Lab next door to Lewis’s domain, Gilman Hall. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I can hear the thud of Finnick’s trident finding another mark and know his weapon is occupied. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z A fountain warbled near the main entrance, surrounded by low stone benches that were occupied soon after sunup and remained popular well into the night. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z We passed one rundown motel after another, some occupied more than others. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z After a while, I sit at a table near the front of the room, facing the flower-strewn altar that’ll soon be occupied with a fine of people reading their eulogies to my brother. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z A pile of mangels and swedes occupied them for some time and they set out only when the light was beginning to fade. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z If only he had not tried to cross the occupied roads, he would not be so gaunt and withdrawn now; his grief would not be burdened by failure. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z One of the most complicated deceptions Washington ever put together came after Howe occupied Philadelphia. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z In the newly occupied countries, Jews were forced to sew yellow Stars of David on their clothes. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z That way, Mom pointed out, potential intruders would think the house was occupied and would be fooled into believing that the people who lived there might come home any second. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Bull and Lillian occupied the fourth row above the scorer’s table. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It is identical to an office that occupied a similar space in London, and then another in Vienna, before it was moved here to Basel. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The famous Java Homo erectus fossils prove that humans have occupied at least western Indonesia for a million years. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z One table in twenty was occupied at this hour of the morning. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He would read about the Russians moving into Korea and grumble that if the Americans occupied Japan there’d be another war within ten years, maybe five. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, looking at the recliner, which was occupied, I felt the pre-concert buzz that had carried me over to Delaney’s evaporate. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The women who know teach the men who don’t, my thirteen are occupied, and Siunek is a surprise prodigy, able to finish a sleeve in just a couple of hours. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z To keep the crowd occupied while this happens, the band plays a concert and the clowns, including Walter, tour the stands, handing out candy and chucking tots’ chins. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Only after exhausting all the other stories of the wedding did they broach the topic that occupied both of their minds. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Mass rallies were held; land reserved for whites was occupied and picketed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he got up, drew the grey elven-cloak about him, and to keep his mind occupied, began to walk to and fro, prying and peering into every corner of his prison. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z With her occupied, I ran across the room, streaking tears, wanting to get to the bathroom, to sit down on the toilet with the light off and splash hot water on my face. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He now resumed the book with which he had been occupied before tea. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Her mother asked if she wanted to join the sewing class at church, to keep her occupied, and her father said that this, the unending university strike, was why young people became armed robbers. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Others are released again, only to find themselves in precisely the circumstances they occupied before, unable to cope with the stigma of the prison label and their permanent pariah status. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Peeping out of the handbag, I could see in the very centre of the room two long tables that were not yet occupied. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z The defeated men are killed, and their territory may be occupied by the victors. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I turn to Chris and notice that the room next to him, Room 21, is now occupied. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “He said he has to go and bury her. But the roads are occupied. The roads are occupied,” she said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z What nobody was tuning into was that there’s a big difference between keeping myself occupied and actually taking care of myself. passed. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z For years, he and Madame Lavoisier occupied themselves with extremely exacting studies requiring the finest measurements. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z As we sat in silence, the man whose hut we had occupied came in. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Above the machines, wrapping around the interior of the entire station, was a vast mural that occupied, in four long segments, the upper half of the station’s main walls. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I occupied several hours transcribing these cries, partly because they were so colorful, partly to exercise my stenography. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Naheed would get her own room back when Uncle Iman and Aunt Judith left the next day, but for now her little sister occupied the trundle bed right below. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z It curls through the tiny cracks and spaces not occupied by limbs or torso, and seeps between her fingers as they press against the glass. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z This, coming from a girl who just smuggled a Jewish baby through the occupied streets of Amsterdam? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z As he does his rounds, he makes sure everyone is occupied with their particular trivial pursuits. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z But we didn’t find a movie until Room 32, occupied by a couple of guys from Mississippi named Joe and Marcus. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Food was scarce; in a nation at war, much of it occupied by enemy troops, it was difficult to grow and gather crops. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z It was the third week of June and the field had already been occupied several times. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The man occupied us all in life and is still holding on to his claim. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z THE district offices were located in a converted church structure, the main floor of which was occupied by a pawn shop, its window crammed with loot that gleamed dully in the darkened street. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z A mound of thick gauze, cross- hatched by shiny white tape, occupied the center of his piggish face. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, in the space the garden formerly occupied beyond the terrace, the area has been excavated to sit a level deeper, sunken into the earth. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z As for Eurasia’s head start, humans have occupied Eurasia for about a million years, far longer than they have lived in the Americas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It must have been 9:00 when I was sitting in the middle of Central Park, alone, no one near me, no other bench occupied. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z But the nations of Europe that were occupied by the Germans were still fully under their military control. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Every muscle in his body seized as it reached them, and he was so occupied by the very presence of it that he didn’t even notice Koffi hadn’t said a word. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Mark did, desperate to get his mind occupied with something other than imagining every horrible scenario possible. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z By the time night falls, the infirmary is quiet, occupied by bodies and ghosts. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Doon occupied his mind by calculating how far underground he was. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I visited the rooms that had been occupied by my Uncle Mendel’s family. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z His home occupied the two top floors and overlooked the town square. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Every single seat on the bus was occupied. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z But to the south lay 2,000 miles of country thinly occupied by Khoisan hunter-gatherers, lacking iron and crops. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z All work on the Hyperatomic Drive through all the space volume occupied by the Stations of the Twenty-Seventh Asteroidal Grouping came to a halt. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z He sniffed around the lodge, found no scents to say the house was occupied by people, and squeezed under the porch. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z All this occupied what had been the royal palace before the current queen’s grandfather built a finer one straddling the Eder and gifted this one to the Scholars’ Guild. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Would it be possible for you to create some kind of diversion while I’m getting the tapestry? Could you keep the rats occupied, Basil?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The inside of the sukkah was occupied mostly by a wooden table and chairs. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Similar limitations on the resources accessible to existing human technology prevail in the regions of the world recently occupied by other bands. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z General Russell’s office occupied a corner of a low-slung Second World War barracks that had been recently plastered with stucco in a hopeless effort to make it look new. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Gonzales got word that there would be a search of a house down the road, occupied by at least four suspects presumed to have been looting and dealing drugs. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Well, your mother spends a lot of time there whenever Jeffrey is asleep or occupied, so I thought you might want to also. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The city hanging there so empty and silent looked new-made, waiting to be occupied; or asleep, waiting to be woken. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z While they were occupied with trying to kill each other, I loaded my canoe quick as could be. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Their line of reasoning boils down to this: England must fight, struggle and sacrifice its sons to liberate Holland and the other occupied countries. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Miss Duncan is still occupied with the pony drivers, most likely arguing about the fee. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The top eighteen floors were occupied by the College of Emotional Engineering. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Big Dub saw it as a way to keep his players’ grades up and Siobhan occupied after school. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Hence the Americas were probably fully occupied by hunter-gatherers within a few centuries of the arrival of the first colonists. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Percy and Reyna occupied matching praetors’ chairs on the dais, which made Percy self-conscious. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “The Augurs are otherwise occupied”—a strange, smug smile creeps onto the Commandant’s face—“and have asked that in their stead, I give you the details of the Trials. Here.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z They occupied the town; and we, yards from the shore, heard tales of skirmish and indignity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z People occupied every possible space, yet my lavatory visit went undetected. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z They even asked the Biafran soldiers, the ones who told them they could not go any farther because the roads were occupied. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The Señora occupied all but the tiniest sliver of the seat. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z The young dog spent most of the day still occupied with his ceaseless foraging for food. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The office was occupied by one man with a fringe of hair around his shiny head who was dozing with his feet up on a wooden desk. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The hospital was quite busy, too, and that kept her occupied. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z When Germany annexed Austria in March of 1938 and occupied the Sudentenland area of Czechoslovakia six months later, discrimination against Jews increased there as well. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z She was flat chested, insisted on wearing glasses and no makeup, refused to grow out her hair, and commonly occupied spaces—like Insomnia Con—that seemed to be implicitly reserved for men. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Here, do come down from there and share a cup of tea with me. You’ve had a long journey, I’d imagine, and a rude shock, finding your home occupied by a stranger.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z She quickly occupied herself with tossing the chopped cucumber into the pitcher of salted, watered- down yogurt. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z With her fair skin and dulcet West Virginia accent, Katherine might have occupied a fluid racial middle ground, easing her acceptance at the center. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z And anyway I was too occupied to think about it all. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I occupied a seat to myself not far from the back. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But for now, he was sending a message on the lodestone resonator, and his attention was fully occupied with the movement of the bow and his fingers. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Moreover, as well as particles, which occupy a single point of space, and strings, which are lines, there were found to be other objects called p-branes, which occupied two- dimensional or higher-dimensional volumes in space. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s the arena, not rendered in Peeta’s precise strokes but in the rough lines of a man whose mind is occupied by other, far more complex things. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, the only bathroom I found was occupied…so I went back outside. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Even the sole Norse site located on Newfoundland apparently represents no more than a winter camp occupied by a few dozen people for a few years. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Above that were the storerooms, which occupied a layer at least twenty feet high. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He said, “We were a long way from Svalbard, and the bears were occupied with their own affairs.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It had been occupied by a family of four screechers the year before. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The fear of this occupied my mind for hours at a time. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z “During the first weeks she boarded at a distance, but later, from about the 1st of March until the 15th of May, 1893, she occupied rooms in the same building and adjoining my offices.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Every nook was occupied by a chair, a teetering pile of books, or both. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z And with Mrs. McCracken occupied in the garden, and her husband playing with sharp objects in the garage, I’ll have just the window I need. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z While he is so occupied, I will tell you, reader, what they are: and first, I must premise that they are nothing wonderful. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Peeping through, he could see that the height was still occupied, and whoever it was up there had a spear at the ready. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z We occupied the land, the forests, the rivers; we extracted the mineral wealth beneath the soil and all the riches of this beautiful country. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon, I came to an area occupied by white tents. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “How can we recapture Enugu when the vandals have occupied it?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Hasn’t Ninth Mile Road been occupied on and off?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It wasn’t just slaughterhouses and meatpacking factories that occupied the Yards’ four hundred acres. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z A side door jutted forward, breaking some kind of seal with a pressurized hiss, then slid aside giving them a view of plush leather seats occupied by two almost familiar people. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The ground floor of the Wailing Tower was given over to storerooms and granaries, and two floors above housed part of the garrison, but the upper stories had not been occupied for eighty years. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The question occupied much of the second half of his career, but he never came anywhere near getting it right. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “All of Poland was occupied, including Gdynia—which was never bombed, even though everyone had feared it would be,” said Jack. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Isobel sits in a rarely occupied armchair in the corner of Marco’s flat, a rainbow of silk ribbon twisted around her fingers as she attempts in vain to form it into a single elaborate braid. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Before World War II, the Japanese who occupied the Korean Peninsula and northeast China pushed tens of thousands of Korean farmers across the border to weaken China’s hold on the region. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Apparently, however, for all his mysterious powers Helenus was not aware that Sicily, at least the southern part, was now occupied by the Cyclopes, for he did not warn the Trojans against landing there. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z As the enemy marched through the occupied streets, a few desperate Loyalists fired upon them from gables, then slid down roofs on their bellies, and fled. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z A soldier led us to Yele, a village that was occupied by the military. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z At the town's main inn, however, I was informed all the rooms were occupied on account of a local agricultural fair. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He told me he occupied the two front rooms of the house where his daughter’s family lived. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I look over at the adults, occupied with plans and forms. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z They occupied the secondary schools and university campuses. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z For all her exposure to ideology she had no interest in politics and no idea of the schemes that occupied her husband night and day. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Clara’s retinue was gradually pushed into the back rooms of the house, and an invisible border arose between the parts of the house occupied by Esteban Trueba and those occupied by his wife. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Their thoughts were occupied by weightier names: world-record holder Indian Broom; speed demon Special Agent; and above them all, the magnificent Rosemont, king of the East and conqueror of 1935 Triple Crown winner Omaha. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A large one in the center of town occupied four streets, and another smaller one extended over several alleyways on the outskirts of town. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It occupied almost the entire night for the pups. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The temperature had dropped even more in the last hour, but he’d been so occupied that he’d not had a chance to think about it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z In a city occupied by the enemy, away from the protection of family in Narewka, she nearly broke down. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z On Sundays he spends an hour occupied with his tins of shoe polishes and his three pairs of shoes, two black and one brown. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Only her perfume lingers in the space she occupied moments before. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Scattered across the lawn were benches and chairs, most of them occupied with patients and their visitors. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z The English, despite their bluff, are certainly no more to blame for the war than all the other countries, large and small, that are now occupied by the Germans. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z And in theology, angels and demons occupied space, even if they did not have bodies in the conventional sense. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z This is less helpful than it might seem, however, because the palace complex occupied a large area—as Strabo states elsewhere, up to a third of the extent of the entire city. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z All but seven of the pods are already occupied. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z But an idle mind tends to sink, so the mind should be kept occupied with whatever light distraction may suggest itself. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The huge high bed Auntie Venus had occupied for so long without complaint had gone, and so had the carved trousseau chest and the green silk sofa. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The Great Masters of Meereen occupied the red and orange benches. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I dodge my way through the chaos to the bedroom and drag my sack from beneath the bed, bringing it out to the kitchen while everyone is occupied. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The top two floors of the house are occupied by their landlords, the Montgomerys, a Harvard sociology professor and his wife. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She wouldn’t leave a room for long while Char occupied it. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z As if merely subsisting according to his self-imposed rules weren’t strenuous enough, Rosellini also exercised compulsively whenever he wasn’t occupied with foraging. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As for contacts of New World peoples with Europe, the sole early ones involved the Norse who occupied Greenland in very small numbers between A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Later the “Occupied Territories” indicated Palestinian lands that were seized by Israelis, so “occupied” became a nasty word. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z And finally the thirteen colonies, spread along the eastern seaboard and stretching inward to the Alleghenies and beyond into unexplored forests occupied by hostile Indian tribes, had no history of enduring cooperation. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It was messy, but at least it kept her occupied licking it off, and the wound was getting cleaner all the time. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The space occupied by the stars is heaven, the habitation of God, the angels and the elect. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The booths on the second floor have no numbers, only lights indicating whether they are occupied. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Every table, including Hannah’s in the far back corner, is occupied. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The fifth seat at the table was occupied by Percy Weasley. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Seeing how my hands were occupied, my face sort of broke the fall, hitting the wall first, a millisecond before my foot slipped into the brimming trough. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Just ... I don’t know. Get him away from this door, try to keep him occupied for a bit.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time they had reached the other side of the marquee, most of the tables were occupied: The emptiest was the one where Luna sat alone. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z At least they kept her hands occupied and gave her an excuse for not meeting that implacable gaze. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z By the time the European invasions began, Indigenous peoples had occupied and made changes to every part of the Americas. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z So we walked into the living room, where one side of the couch was occupied. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I looked at An Yi to see if she would like to join me, but while I was hesitating, the board became fully occupied. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In Grandfather’s town, the house with the upstairs balcony, where he had watched the Nazis arrive six years earlier, was also occupied by strangers. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z “What if the Smoke’s still occupied?” she asked. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The cage had been occupied until a few months before by a yellow canary named Porgy, who had lived in it for five years and then died of old age. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Whites, ranging from Egyptians and Libyans to Moroccans, occupied Africa’s north coastal zone and the northern Sahara. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z There was no stoop as a store occupied the street floor of the house. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Sander was out of the question, being occupied with Nick's part. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Halleck occupied Corinth the next day, it was true, but there was an empty ring to his boast that this was a “victory as brilliant and important as any recorded in history.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z When I was young, American schoolchildren were taught that North America had originally been occupied by only about one million Indians. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It had a large number of fairly well dressed young men hanging around out front, not drinking or gambling, not visibly occupied with anything except paying close attention to passing cars. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The distance is unacceptable; as is the room, when I get to see it: no microwave, no fridge, hardly any space not occupied by the bed. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z If only he was better occupied, if only he had something to do in which the moments of grief that sneaked up on him could be immersed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z If the dish were occupied, where would they go? The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As a boy I was occupied with the gods and sacrifices, as a youth with asceticism, with thinking and meditation. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z The demands of the job, at least, kept his mind occupied. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The two women had lived together 'on the far side of the campus in “The Cottage” a shingled bower that occupied a place in school mythology akin to Lincoln’s log cabin in national legend. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z That perhaps the ways of his mother and his father had occupied whole regions of his heart. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In order to deny the Klansmen seats one evening, Ann’s group arrived at the meeting early and occupied all the empty chairs. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z One could walk through China, from Manchuria in the north to the Gulf of Tonkin in the south, while remaining entirely within land occupied by native speakers of Mandarin and its relatives. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They don’t want to believe that the place I occupied for eighteen months was anything less than a dreamy waiting room. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The neighborhood behind his house was fully occupied now. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Only one table is occupied and the waitress looks surprised to see us. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Two plush sofas occupied the middle of the room, with a canopied bed in one corner and a mahogany dining table in the other. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He shifts around a lot, looks for something in his jacket pockets as if he’s occupied with important business. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She told the cook that she herself would be greatly occupied during Mr. Pontellier’s absence, and she begged her to take all thought and responsibility of the larder upon her own shoulders. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z A row of houses in Ville Rose was occupied by a group of foreigners. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Now that a lot of the adults have “jobs,” most of them are occupied during the day. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z So we ran west toward parts of Germany not yet occupied. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The couches up front by the magazines and newspaper racks are usually occupied during study periods but were empty this late. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Miep asked him to remove his coat, so the yellow star couldn’t be seen, and brought him to the private office, where Mr. Kleiman kept him occupied until the cleaning lady had gone. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The guest room I occupied was supplied with writing paper, ink, and a pen. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I had spent the day wearily over books, and, simply to keep my mind occupied, went over some of the matters I had been examining at Lincoln’s Inn. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z We went to a furnished room occupied by one of his friends, who understood the situation immediately and got his coat and left us alone. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Ugwu glanced at Baby, who was occupied with the newspaper wrapping. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It's possible that some of the rooms were occupied by regular people, down on their luck, but my wing was full of the broken, and I was at home among them. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Harry and Ron walked through the mass of occupied chintz chairs and poufs that cluttered the room, and sat down at the same small circular table. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z During John Glenn’s test, he found pencil and paper and wrote 18 pages to keep himself occupied. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z About an hour later I found myself lying upon that same nursery table my ancient sister had occupied some months before for her appendix operation. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z It is the first time I’ve ever written to the person whose life I’ve occupied, and it feels both strange and comfortable, knowing that Rhiannon will be the reader of these words. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z It was not until i960 that money was somehow found to pay the expenses of one field assistant — to do work that could easily have occupied the time of four men. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Colonel, I have to ask your help. You see the big hill there, the wooded hill? 'Hiere’s nobody there. I think. General Warren wants that hill occupied. Could you do that?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z For these reasons, Louis XII, King of France, quickly occupied Milan and just as quickly lost it. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z He lived on the Flanders side of the Dodendraad electric fence that had been built to separate occupied Belgium from Holland. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z We tried to pretend the other didn’t exist even though the existence of our nemeses kept us both occupied for hours. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It had occupied her own parents’ mind completely for as long as she could remember them. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally he got up and went into the main house to dust the furniture, something mild and mindless that would keep him occupied. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Himmelstoss put these two so that one occupied the upper and the other the lower bunk. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Those who keep claiming they don’t want to be occupied by the British don’t realize how unfair they’re being. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Everyone on deck is occupied in their own particular obsession. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The chamber occupied the place where hearts would go in a true body, so that was what they called it, but that was just their own term. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Alex has personally helped with exhibitions at the Smithsonian and sleeps in a room once occupied by Ulysses S. Grant’s father-in-law, but he still loses his breath when Henry pulls him through the marble pillars. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Rainfall, at any time of the day or night, stopped all other business; for as long as it fell, I held up the rain catchers and was feverishly occupied storing their catch. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z But he saw at once that though all the chairs were occupied, Antonapoulos was not there. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The top crates towered high above him, and the whole slatted, gobbling tenement occupied more space than the boarded-up station. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z His eyes, almost hidden in the shadow cast by the brim of his bowler hat, are fixed on the space in the center of the circle that the illusionist occupied only moments before. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Years ago Daisy had walked like that around the kitchen, silent and occupied. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Evacuate now! The federals have entered Nsukka! We are evacuating now! Right now! I am going to all the houses still occupied. Evacuate now!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Jack’s family apartment occupied the entire second floor of this building in Gdynia. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z The rim arced through the sky at a height of 264 feet, as high as the topmost occupied floor in Burnham’s Masonic Temple, the city’s tallest skyscraper. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Oh, well, yes,” Dr. Cullen agreed, suddenly occupied with the papers in front of him. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z But the highlands, already occupied by dense populations of New Guineans, were not reached by Europeans until the 1930s. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z We scurry about, in and out of our flat buildings, occupied with our flat businesses and dalliances. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the men occupied themselves the best they could. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Most popular in Japan is the view that the Japanese gradually evolved from ancient Ice Age people who occupied Japan long before 20,000 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The ticking of the big clock became so loud that President Washington and President Lincoln, who occupied the wall space to either side of it, exchanged a look of shared displeasure. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z The invasion, liberation and freedom will come someday; yet England, not the occupied territories, will choose the moment. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z This room doesn't feel occupied; the bed is piled with a half-finished sewing project. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Even though General de Wet and General Kemp had led a force of twelve thousand and occupied towns and caused many deaths, they were both released soon after their convictions for high treason. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “But who told Odenigbo that he can make it past occupied roads? Who told him?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A Jules Verne hi-fi, all silvery knobs and dials, occupied one corner of the solarium. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Card playing, guessing games, impersonations, listening to gramophone records, slide lectures, reading aloud—the men found ways of entertaining themselves and keeping their thoughts occupied in the long, dark winter months. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Only a few people occupied the vast lawn. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z An up staircase occupied part of the view. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It was occupied and I held on desperately. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I occupied myself by searching Mother’s Burda fashion magazine for the faces of girls I liked. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z There's a cluster of houses off in the distance, but there's no telling how big they are or if they're even occupied. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z A mule and three horses occupied the stalls. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The fair occupied over one square mile and filled more than two hundred buildings. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I planned on calling Pa before getting the food, but the booth was already occupied by a light-skinned guy with a big, floppy Afro. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The other chairs were all occupied except two—a stark reminder that Zart and Gaily had been taken by the Grievers. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “No, I’m not. I counted them. I got started counting, so I kept on—just to keep my mind occupied.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z After a few minutes the platform is empty, as is the space the train had occupied. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t spend more than five bucks and don’t buy anything except for ground beef. And keep the kids occupied as long as you can. I’ll meet you back here.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z The second was occupied by Gregory Pitts and his friends swatting their arms through a cloud of body spray that smelled like cinnamon if cinnamon smelled like garlic. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Many of the rebel houses that were occupied by the British army had burned to the ground. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The couches up front were occupied by students reading their paperbacks of Hemingway and Faulkner with highlighters in hand. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z A little frown occupied her forehead, and her eyes were narrowed. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Two men stand at the door to forestall the sisters and keep them occupied if they chance to come along. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z You began to cry, and I wanted to turn around and tell you it was all just a bad dream, but I was fully occupied with keeping Basta’s knife away from me with Capricorn’s sword. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Before long, the congregation had grown so large that he moved elsewhere and refurnished the house with rows of wooden pews and a tiled fountain in the place once occupied by the family’s television set. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Matter, as far as Descartes was concerned, had only one fundamental characteristic, that it occupied space; it followed that there could be no vacuum, as this would be space with nothing occupying it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z This topic had occupied my thinking for a while because all the adults around me were always discussing what it meant to be white, or the advantages of being light skinned among our people. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Whole villages had been depopulated—indeed, the foreigners ahead now occupied one of the empty sites. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z From then on, Elizebeth sometimes had a chance to deal with new kinds of traffic, including messages from occupied China. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Every cot was occupied with injured women and children, many on straw mats on the floor. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I was so occupied with one of my new books that I missed the whole idea of what we were supposed to do with them. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The neighborhood is gray and dingy and littered with trash, but all the row homes are occupied and therefore not condemned, so our blocks look pretty healthy compared to most around here. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Here everyone was, speaking English out of consideration for him, and he was too occupied to listen. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Stewart had sat down in the same chair he occupied the last night. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Not in a city occupied by the Continental army. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Reproductions from the temple at Kujaraho occupied corners of the room along with huge jade plants. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She asked him to go out and keep the younger ones occupied, but he flatly refused. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z To keep his mind occupied, he thought of other holes in other stomachs. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z So arithmetic was a warm and human thing to Francie and occupied many lonely hours of her time. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Mine was the front bedroom, overlooking the street, while Gramps occupied two rooms in the back of the house. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Behind the drumming pain inside his head, he had one thought: to keep them occupied with him, to keep them away from the next ridge. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Weeks later, they returned to Jerusalem to find their house “occupied”—filled with other people—Jewish soldiers with guns. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The upper cabins are occupied by the privileged and the refugees have gladly taken to the mattress pads. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The township was desperately overcrowded; every square foot was occupied either by a ramshackle house or a tin-roofed shack. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I think about the deadly jungle, the occupied beach. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The nave was occupied by a long worktable cluttered with equipment. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It was no secret from the Germans, of course, or from the Russians, who occupied Dresden after the war, who are in Dresden still. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The benches that had been filled by Walter's supporters the previous day were now mostly occupied by older white people. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Now, I followed Weylin up the stairs to a bedroom—not the same one Rufus had occupied on my last trip. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The translation of a few pages of German occupied an hour; then I got my palette and pencils, and fell to the more soothing, because easier occupation, of completing Rosamond Oliver’s miniature. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Where population densities are high, as in regions occupied by states or chiefdoms, the defeated still have nowhere to flee, but the victors now have two options for exploiting them while leaving them alive. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Gaines and the other Permian coaches were all too aware of the role that high school football occupied in Odessa, how it had become central to the psyche of thousands who lived there. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z African-Americans have always occupied the lowest level of the Southland’s great social pyramid, but as the new century progressed the region seemed unable to decide who it despised more: blacks or poor whites. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z And as he passed every other occupied hospital cell the man inside stood next to his bed and yelled, "IN!" Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z At the inn on our first night, she informed me I had taken the space in their carriage that would otherwise have been occupied by their maid. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z People who had occupied the carriages in front were already hurrying up the stone steps into the castle. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The house had sixteen rooms on two floors, was surrounded by “superb old trees,” and occupied a long rectangle of land that stretched to the lake. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z As explained by historian Edmund Morgan, in colonies like Virginia, the planter elite, with huge land grants, occupied a vastly superior position to workers of all colors. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The Royal & General occupied a tall, antique-looking building with a Union Jack fluttering from a pole about fifteen floors up. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The curtained bed occupied a dais in the center of the chamber. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The Allies occupied the city, and there they would house us until they figured out what to do with us. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z One wall was crowded with tacked-up plans and schematics; another was piled high with tinkerer junk; the bench TimeStar occupied was littered with snipped wires, and tools, and computer equipment. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z A list of names and their donation amount occupied the right-hand side of the screen. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z As the Germans were pushed out of the occupied towns, the liberators discovered mass graves that told silently of the horrific holocaust suffered by Belorussia’s Jewish inhabitants. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Cheating practice” occupied the Mysterious Benedict Society for two full hours that night. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Two were easily ruled out—we could see the glow of the TV through the windows and curtains—but the others weren’t as obviously occupied. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Now he was climbing into his single bed—to find it occupied! Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Dussel looked very sullen, didn't speak to me for two days and made sure he occupied the table from five to five-thirty—all very childish, of course. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z On one side of the room sat half a dozen women, all in white; they were much occupied with a beautiful baby, who seemed to belong to the youngest of the women. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z She looked at the other three, her glance and voice had that slight suggestion of command in it that comes from having occupied a position of authority. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Clara also brought the saving idea of writing in her mind, without paper or pencil, to keep her thoughts occupied and to escape from the doghouse and live. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a part of his policy always to be busy and occupied. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I look around the tiny space that I’ve occupied with my parents for what feels like forever. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I found a long strong stick to protect myself as I sat playing with leaves on the ground to avoid bringing up thoughts that occupied my mind. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The little girl occupied herself by buttoning and unbuttoning a pinafore on the doll’s plastic body. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The computers occupied the usual place of honor in the center of the living room, with an array of tangled cables, boxes for hard drives and webcams spread across the floor. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Count and Countess Andrenyi occupied compartments No. 12 and 13 adjoining. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z His mind had been occupied with Chuck and now Teresa. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Shady occupied himself by scrubbing down the bar top. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z From his own observations he noted the ramparts sur Brahe wrote: “I have been occupied in alchemy, as much as by the celestial studies, from my 23rd year.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A Warm Morning Ben Franklin stove occupied the centermost floor space; a few rows of rickety wooden benches were aligned on either side of the stove. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The Rupp property is on a rise, an exposed plateau, from which he could see the harvested, glowing land of River Valley Farm—scenery that occupied him for perhaps an hour. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z At the time I had my own escape to keep me occupied. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z She was silent, occupied with some plans for the foundation which she was writing on a sheet of paper held against the undulating front section of the board. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Places where Crazy Horse and our ancestors also walked. We occupied the same space they did, saw the same kinds of plants, heard the same kinds of birds. The only thing separating us is time.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z The captain sat down in the chair Horse had occupied and placed his black revolver on the table. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The whole of that town was occupied in making preparations to repel the assaults of rebellion. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He was smaller than Mychal, but he took up more room—Davis’s gangly limbs occupied space like an army holds territory. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I know not how she occupied herself before breakfast, but after that meal she divided her time into regular portions, and each hour had its allotted task. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z There was an observation balloon tethered in a village occupied by the Germans so they could spot Soviet positions and tell their gunners where to fire. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Our neighbors seemed fairly indifferent to our reduced circumstances, as they were occupied with their own. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z On his black doublet, an emblazoned gold rendering of the royal wyvern occupied the entirety of the chest. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z One of the chairs was occupied by a woman frantically pressing buttons as the Berg shot forward, trees disappearing below them at an increasing rate. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Lee said, “I would like to see General Longstreet. My compliments, and ask him to ride with me this morning, if he is not otherwise occupied.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a relief not to be writing out the she saids, or describing the weather or the onset of spring or her heroines face—beauty, she had discovered, occupied a narrow band. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z These Indian squadrons began to enter the plaza to the accompaniment of great songs, and thus entering they occupied every part of the plaza. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I occupied my mind with other things and tried not to twitch at the nahlrout- dulled jabs of the needle. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z So if God chose temporarily to create more water he would have simultaneously to destroy the matter that currently occupied the space into which he was going to place the water. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A large, middle- aged Negro woman sat in front of us to the left, a young Negro man occupied the seat in front of us to the right. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z We were occupied in the usual manner on the day of the eighth. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z She looks at Mother, her eyes hopeful, filled with the something that occupied Claire’s just a moment ago. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z There was never any place to plug in the vacuum, as every outlet was occupied by some member of the computer family. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “I see you are occupied. Perhaps another time.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z With Philippa occupied, Nehemia and Dorian had taken to attending her—and the prince often read aloud to her long into the night. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I occupied myself with memorizing the room; the striped pattern of the couches, tan, peach, cream, dull gold, and tan again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z We interpreted this as an effort by the authorities to put us out of business, and occupied our premises illegally, with threats of eviction constantly hanging over our heads. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My mind occupied, I barely hear the feather-light whisper of the girl as it drifts past my ear. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Four large squares of poster board, covered with scores of photos documenting the whole brief span of Chris's life, have occupied the dining-room table for many days now. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The child to be born at Randalls must be a tie there even dearer than herself; and Mrs. Weston’s heart and time would be occupied by it. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z But beneath the starry sky, the field that stretches out below his tree is empty, as though nothing has ever occupied the space but grass and leaves and fog. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It occupied the top floor of a white town house and had windows that looked out onto trees. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Around the occupied tables handsome waiters gathered, their black hair slicked back into bullfighters' little ponytails. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “To begin with, I should like a plan of the Istanbul-Calais coach, with a note of the people who occupied the several compartments, and I should also like to see their passports and their tickets.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay, just a minute. I think I’ve just about got it,” he says, still occupied with the tree. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Gronau estimated that one hundred people now occupied the car below. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He was taking a far greater risk than he knew; but Frodo was too much occupied with his burden and with the struggle in his mind to debate, and almost too hopeless to care. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The room is empty of everything but the bed in which I lie, a small table, and a plain wooden chair occupied by a dozing Helene. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The week after my father’s funeral Lelia slept in the room Mitt occupied his last summer, when he decided he was old enough to live by himself in the big house. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z His family grew and grew, and after his days continued to grow, until Brandy Hall occupied the whole of the low hill, and had three large front-doors, many side-doors, and about a hundred windows. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Gardner "Gus" Hathaway had only recently become director of counterintelligence, having taken over the post once occupied by the notoriously paranoid James Jesus Angleton. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z An hour before meeting time, when all the family seemed occupied, she slipped out of the house and set out along High Street with a hard little lump of dread crowding her ribs. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Agriculture was also widespread in the Americas, but hunter-gatherers occupied a larger fraction of the Americas’ area than of Eurasia’s. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Lieutenant Dana had led his troops into Bryantown, a well-known place of Confederate intrigue, commandeered the tavern, and occupied the town. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They were far too occupied with one another to notice the awful tension that had settled over our group. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z No matter what the location of a site, carbon dating showed that it was occupied between 13,500 and 12,900 years ago. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Only the goblin seemed untouched by the suddenly festive atmosphere, and after a while he slunk back to the bedroom he now occupied alone. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z In the last year of this period only 43 nests were occupied. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z All winter the Opel roves occupied territories, cities that Jutta recorded in their radio log coming to life—Prague, Minsk, Ljubljana. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A single thought occupied the minds of everyone in racing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Lawrence was already occupied with the twenty-seven-inch cyclotron rising in the wooden Rad Lab. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z If there had been any irons aboard, they would have been occupied by the fumbling landlubber or scurvy swab who forgot his duties and made Dad miss the mooring. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The room inside looked just like in my dream, except this time the throne of Hades was occupied. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Tree-ear occupied his mind by identifying the birds he heard and the plants he saw. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z That is to say, this is a private residence; this room, made so kindly available to me tonight by the Taylors, was once occupied by their eldest son, now long grown and living in Exeter. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Some would be occupied by people with great Talents, others would not. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The graduating students occupied Room 8 of the Ember School. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Aesthetics is, strictly speaking, a branch of philosophy which has occupied thinkers from Plato to the present day. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “When Stalin occupied Lithuania, my family fled,” I said. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The house he could see best, right behind the Garners’ backyard, was occupied by the Sports Family. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z They made their way throughout Germany and occupied Europe. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Holmes believed he and Chamberlin would be meeting alone, one on one, but when Holmes arrived at the office, he found it occupied by two dozen creditors and their attorneys and one police detective. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She looked at Ben and, seeing him fully occupied with Asta, said quietly, “I wish I knew when he’d stop changing and settle.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Every bed was occupied, and new cases were left on the stretchers and laid between the beds to take advantage of the transfusion stands. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Penny needs to be changed and kept occupied. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z But the story that occupied my mind for the longest time, the story that I retold over and over, was about a baby elephant named Boo. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Though she now occupied the side of the bed left vacant by her former mistress, the dog knew she could never pass as a viable replacement. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z What thoughts occupied the dark devious mind of Cluny the Scourge? Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I would be better occupied in learning the stonecutter’s trade as well as I can. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He’s going to play with the twins, to keep them occupied while Mrs. Hameed finishes packing her Thanksgiving catering orders and Sara and I come up with a new recipe. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Some of the seats were occupied by men studying Talmud, reading from the Book of Psalms, or talking among themselves in Yiddish. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z And then the house will be occupied by strangers, and there will be no trace that they were ever there, no house to enter, no name in the telephone directory. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s in the exact spot once occupied by my poster. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z An equal number, she said, occupied the surrounding countryside. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Followed by Dr. Constantine, Poirot made his way to the next coach and the compartment occupied by the murdered man. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Grace knew they were trying to keep her occupied, keep her from feeling completely left out from friends who never called anymore. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z This was evidently the portion of the castle occupied by the ladies in bygone days, for the furniture had more air of comfort than any I had seen. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Every task we were assigned was just glorified busywork to keep our hands moving, our bodies occupied, and our minds dead with boredom. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Tallmadge had been born on Long Island, which, like New York City, was occupied by the British. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides this, at the appropriate times of the year he should keep the populace occupied with festivals and spectacles. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Blacks occupied the largest area of Africa even as of A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Her elbows stuck out like wings, and a huge white enameled tub occupied the space above her head, somewhat miraculously holding steady while her head moved in quick jerks to the right and left. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Every nook was occupied by a chair, a teetering pile of books, or both. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Mules and other brutes had occupied their skins. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Black and brown people in ghetto communities must no longer be viewed as the designated enemy, and ghetto communities must no longer be treated like occupied zones. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “From youth on I have been occupied with the investigation of insects.” The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z And in his lucid moments, death occupied him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Within this section the office occupied the third floor, a storage area the second, and refuse the first. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a large room bright with sunshine and yellow paint, and containing twenty beds, all occupied. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The hall was at present occupied by two deplorably sober men and their highly indignant wives. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z On Tuesday morning, March 22, the benches were occupied exclusively by the all-male venire of Finney County residents from which a jury was to be selected. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z And keep my royal nephew occupied as well. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She turned her chair around to face the table and occupied herself with her water glass, twisting the stem around, making damp links on the white cloth. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I immediately found myself more than occupied replenishing the guests with tea and coffee. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z High Blade Xenocrates sat on a plush sofa in the grandiose mansion that had, until just two days ago, been occupied by the late Scythe Goddard. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Now the town was occupied by an enemy force, and everyone was uneasy. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z She was occupied in knitting; a large cat sat demurely at her feet; nothing in short was wanting to complete the beau-ideal of domestic comfort. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Thousands of US troops were already stationed at American bases in occupied Japan, just a short hop across the Sea of Japan from Korea. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z And that was when Mary began to see the connection between the mulefa and the question that had occupied the past few years of her life. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Only a couple of tables were occupied, but it wasn’t noon yet. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Nonsense. If nothing else, it will keep your mind occupied,” said Wednesday, unlocking the car. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The next time she called 911, she was going to request cops who wouldn't send her alone into an occupied building. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z During the six months that he occupied a desk in our office, I had never heard him shooting off his mouth on subjects about which he knew nothing. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z She still occupied rooms in a nearby boardinghouse. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I continued working and, to keep my mind occupied, began whistling rock ’n’ roll tunes and daydreaming about Peggy and the Vets. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z And when you are taking a bath, or brushing your teeth, or otherwise occupied, you will play the victrolas.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Francisco Pizarro, now governor of Peru, was learning that to avoid outbreaks of feckless violence he needed to keep his men occupied at all times. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z But that area, too, remained a cultural backwater occupied by hunter-gatherers for most of its history. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The front seats are mostly occupied by kids who are squirming so nervously, they must be sixth graders. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z He started at the rearmost row and moved methodically, from row to row, stopping at each chair, whether or not it was occupied, to read the name placard on its arm. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Instead, he was relegated to the sidelines as a marginal player while Johnny-come-latelies like Hamilton and Madison occupied center stage. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z My father stands and pulls out the one chair at the table that isn’t occupied. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The team that occupied most of the new building managed its own section of computers, like all the laboratory’s divisions now. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z On an overlooking hill was the turreted mansion occupied by the company general superintendent, a man sent down by our owners in Ohio to keep an eye on their assets. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z One weekend, the washing machine is occupied because Sonia is in the process of dyeing the vast majority of her clothing black. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The duke of Veragua, a direct descendent of Columbus, sat in the fourteenth carriage; the duchess occupied the fifteenth with Bertha Palmer, whose diamonds radiated an almost palpable heat. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I’d felt the derision directed at my body, the literal space I occupied in the world. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Annex: “Don’t you remember Goebbels saying that if the Germans have to go, they’ll slam the doors to all the occupied territories behind them?” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z They told me they were heading for a village called Yele in Bonthe district that they had heard was safe because it was occupied by the Sierra Leone Armed Forces. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z But, as it occupied a corner, the windows facing the street outside the ghetto had to be sealed. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “The guard was fully occupied on patrol, every man. They keep meticulous records.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Dana and his cronies customarily occupied the back rows and seldom bothered the kids sitting up near the driver. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But very different peoples may have occupied much of modern black Africa until as recently as a few thousand years ago, and so-called African blacks themselves are heterogeneous. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Darcy took up a book; Miss Bingley did the same; and Mrs. Hurst, principally occupied in playing with her bracelets and rings, joined now and then in her brother’s conversation with Miss Bennet. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z In fact Nils seemed to want us to talk, if only to keep her occupied while he entertained the other guests. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “She says not to bother you if you are otherwise occupied.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He'd sought an audience within an hour of his arrival, only to be told that the king was occupied. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The nearby gym was occupied by fellows either practicing basketball or boxing calisthenics and the walls echoed with thuddings, bouncings and whistles blowing, like a grotesque sound track. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Folks—friends!” he calls across the crowd of about thirty people who take up the space usually occupied by Marlena’s horses. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Chinese doing computer drawings for Japanese homes, nearly seventy years after a rapacious Japanese army occupied China, razing many homes in the process. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z A war correspondent triumphantly announced that the lodgment area from which the Allied Armies would soon launch their major offensive into the heart of occupied France was now adequate and secure. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z They quietly occupied the stores, some sitting at tables reading and working on homework assignments, until the owners shut down their establishments in the middle of the afternoon. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, an empty seat, also in the front row, which Fischer was to have occupied, remained conspicuously vacant. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Where population densities are moderate, as in regions occupied by food-producing tribes, no large vacant areas remain to which survivors of a defeated band can flee. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Usually I occupied myself with a book, but that night my father insisted that I pay attention. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Now it’s not just the Jews, but Holland and all of occupied Europe. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The Gathering Hall occupied one entire side of Harken Square, which was the city’s central plaza. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z No bra, no shoes, no purse, car battery dead, Mom occupied. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z There are twelve rows of folding chairs, every one of them occupied. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z But that was our principal’s seat, and already occupied. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus, unlike Australia and the Americas, East Asia and most Pacific islands remain occupied by East Asian and Pacific peoples. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Chief Rain-in-the-Face, the Sioux chief who had killed Custer’s brother and now occupied Sitting Bull’s cabin in the Midway, wore green paint that streamed down his face. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Growing food and eating it occupied most of their time. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Greta and Captain Cook always occupied the chairs nearest the open windows. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z “True. And these last two compartments are occupied by men.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z I met the Franks, the stubborn, charismatic father-and-son team who then more or less ran the tribe, in a cluttered office that in my recollection occupied half of a double- wide trailer. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z ‘He has been much occupied. Our orders came from Treebeard, who has taken over the management of Isengard. He commanded me to welcome the Lord of Rohan with fitting words. I have done my best.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The pleasant weather—and the warnings of the coming Indiana winter, which scared those who’d never seen snow—kept them occupied. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z That would have been the summer after my father died, when I first began feeding my family, when my whole being was occupied with battling starvation. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z There are almost 700 miles of gorgeously mountainous Appalachian Trail in New England—about a third of the AT’s total trail length—enough to keep me occupied till August. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Sam’s mind was occupied mostly with his master, hardly noticing the dark cloud that had fallen on his own heart. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z For the highly secretive Soviet government, a leadership merry-go-round like this was unprecedented: In the entire history of the USSR, only four men had occupied the leadership post. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z There were accommodations for plenty of people, but only a few chairs were occupied at this midnight hour. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Instead, I found an old man sitting in the chair Danny had once occupied, staring nearsightedly at the pages of a scholarly journal. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z During the Great War, the German soldiers who occupied Poland were usually considerate of Poles, regardless of their faith. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The guy with the Eight Ball jacket occupied a chair. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z And thus he has always accomplished and organized great deeds, that have always kept the minds of his subjects surprised, amazed, and occupied with their outcome. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z She returned home in the Emperor’s open carriage with her cousin and the young keeper, and none of them spoke a word on the way, each occupied by their own thoughts. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z In fact, however, for the next five years nothing happened, largely because MacKaye occupied himself with refining and expanding his vision until he and it were only tangentially connected to the real world. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He was drunk; I could see it in the way he was sitting, not in an inebriated manner per se but as if a different person—a sluggish, sullen one—had occupied his body. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I mentioned that I had recently read an article in an Afrikaans magazine about the 1914 Afrikaner Rebellion, and I mentioned how they had occupied towns in the Free State. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The remaining flat in the house was occupied by a Polish dock walloper, his wife and their four kids. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z One half of the chamber’s interior was occupied by a hollow semicircular electrode shaped like the letter D and known forever more as a “dee.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Cots, trunks, and rickety shelving occupied the space. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z We placed the smoked meat and the gallon of water by the door of the room we occupied. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Furthermore, only about one-third of its area falls within the sub-Saharan zone north of the equator that was occupied by farmers and herders before 1000 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It had been overlooked at the time when the house was first occupied. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z They do not go outside—we have activities in our house that keep them occupied. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The thing about Churchill was that, like the stopped clock that’s right twice a day, he occupied one position and waited for the world to come to him. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z It was the last continent to be occupied by Europeans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Since 1947, although the adults have occupied the nest and there is evidence of egg laying, no young eagles have been produced. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Sonia is still living there with his mother, settled back into the room she had occupied as a girl. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z We occupied the top floor, under the name of Glimmer & Company. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The Rad Lab occupied a special place among the Manhattan District labs for other reasons. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Her hands are occupied with steadying a rough crutch made from a broken branch. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Gradually this Zeus displaced the others, until he occupied the whole scene. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Downstairs, I snag the game bag off the chair, bouncing it along the floor until I remember it’s occupied. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Mary Alice brought her jump rope to keep herself occupied, though she said jumping rope by yourself was the loneliest job in the world. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Before the British occupied New York, Sons of Liberty broke into his print shop and left it in ruins. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Something else occupied my mind even more along the march: Uri. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z We were all Jews being shipped around occupied Poland like coal or meat. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Beyond this the river is occupied only by hamlets on the bluffs at the water’s edge. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The library occupied an entire building on one side of Bilbollio Square. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The beepers, newspapers, and magazines were distractions—we weren’t supposed to be occupied with any of that while on the job. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The freedom to inspect the road and trees kept him occupied for a while, but then he tired of this constant inspection and slithered between Anya and Ivan. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z His farm, like about two-thirds of the farms in the state, occupied less than ten acres—unviably small by the standards of developed nations. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The Beats had scrambled to their posts, which wasn’t easy, since the train car was occupied. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z The hundreds gathered to see the departure of the brigade stood about gazing at the empty space they had occupied. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes, almost hidden in the shadow cast by the brim of his bowler hat, are fixed on the space in the center of the circle that the illusionist occupied only moments before. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He appears to be lost in thought and whatever has got his brain cells occupied is having a strange effect on his facial muscles. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Each mansion occupied an area about three times that of the yard I lived in, yet the latter was home for over twenty families. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Frozen cars occupied the road, nearly bumper to bumper, only the narrowest of gaps between them. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Of course I won’t. I am occupied at the moment with an especially succinct passage.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z On the way here, two stacks of solar panels occupied the whole roof. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He walked through first class—there were only four first-class seats, three of which were occupied. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The First Cohort stood closest to the onager - a little too close for Nico’s comfort - but they seemed occupied by a couple of officers parading in front of them, shouting orders. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Pax watched for a while longer to be certain the war-sick were occupied, then crossed over the remaining span of rushing water along a fallen tree. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He kept the minds of the barons of Castile occupied with this, so that, concentrating on that war, they did not consider rebellion. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z The dog was small, curly-haired, and it occupied her lap rather than sat in it. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Less than one in five were occupied, thin tendrils of woodsmoke curling up from their chimneys. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There was a single chair in the room, carefully positioned in the precise place that Dragons tone occupied off the coast of Westerns, and raised up to give a good view of the tabletop. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The Depperts lived in the bedroom adjacent to hers, and the Millers occupied the large master bedroom at the end of the hall. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Gale has shown up for training every day unless occupied with other approved duties. We feel confident he can manage himself in the field,” says Coin. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z We have already witnessed the early-sixteenth-century shift in the position occupied by the principal melody in a piece of four- or three-part vocal music, moving from the middle of the texture to the top. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z They had cooks and drivers, and guards who occupied a gatehouse, armed with machetes. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z To her left, a fireplace occupied most of the wall, and as Chaol led her farther into the room, Celaena tried not to stare at the thing. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The house in which she has lived for the past twenty-seven years, which she has occupied longer than any other in her life, has been recently sold, a Realtor’s sign stuck into the lawn. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The same sparse furnishings, all built by hand just like the house, had occupied the space for decades. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “I shall have to resort to the scenery to keep me occupied,” she thought, turning her mind to the task. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Meeks was already repeating them to himself, staring at the blank space she had occupied mere moments before. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z A glass chandelier shaped like a grapevine occupied most of the ceiling, spitting seeds of diamond fire onto the windows along the far side of the room. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Up to now, most scientists have been too occupied with the development of new theories that describe what the universe is to ask the question why. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He had the entire tower to himself, though his chambers occupied only the upper level. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He came from somewhere outside the small world Bobby Gene and I occupied. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It was two-thirty and though many tables were occupied the meal was almost over. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The hut they occupied was larger and far grander than any at the Night Zoo. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Brother Luke brought him food, kept him washed, and changed his clothes, but he was too much occupied with other things to stay with Robin for very long at a time. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z I could also use voice commands to move around, if my hands were otherwise occupied. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z There is nothing at all, not so much as a bent blade of grass, to indicate that anything had occupied the space hours before. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Ultima’s cure and the golden carp occupied my thoughts the rest of the summer. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Had it still occupied that space, the impact would have separated it from Butler’s shoulders. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “But Italy was occupied by the Germans and is now being occupied by us. You don’t call that doing very well, do you?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z A very few approached more slowly, always occupied by elderly people—little white heads, just above the window line—who stared at us without sympathy or expression, as they would at a field of cows. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I was occupied so entirely by each day, I felt detached from anything so large as a month or a year. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He occupied himself by inventing the differential and integral calculus, making fundamental discoveries on the nature of light and laying the foundation for the theory of universal gravitation. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There were six cots in the room, all occupied. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Further, as a precautionary measure for those in the occupied territories, everyone living within a zone of twenty miles from the coast was warned to prepare for bombardments. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Often, too, he thought how different his life had been before the penguins had come to keep him occupied. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z “The spells that make the attic impenetrable function only if it is occupied by children. Without children, or with adults in the room, the barriers become ineffectual.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Or maybe something else entirely occupied his mind. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z She walked down the hall until she reached her father’s study, and discovered that it was occupied. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Some of them are occupied, while other prisoners gather around a fire giving more smoke than warmth. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z It was clear that the file, the new contract, occupied her mind. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Two of the seats were already occupied by guys in suits, who stood as the Porter family entered. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Many meetings were held in the big barn, and the pigs occupied themselves with planning out the work of the coming season. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The MTA, he would recollect, “occupied most of my time for the next two years. It was not a happy time.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Jewish artists and intellectuals of all kinds fled Nazism, and music by Jews, Communists and Blacks was banned in the Third Reich and its occupied territories. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Everything appeared in simple black outlines, and it looked as if someone with a set of paints the size of a house and a brush as wide could stay happily occupied for years. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z But never once did we openly say that we occupied none but subordinate positions in the building. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Buck trotted up to the place Spitz would have occupied as leader; but François, not noticing him, brought Sol-leks to the coveted position. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z He occupied a cell that measured nine by fourteen feet, with a narrow barred window high in its outer wall and a single electric lamp, which guards extinguished at nine o’clock each night. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Now that they were married, they needed a bigger, nicer place than what they currently occupied in the castle. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Refugees from the now occupied blocks are streaming toward the Capitol’s center. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Chris and I wasn’t saying too much at this point, just because Chris was way too occupied with all the texting he was doing to talk to me. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Korea was divided before the war. I’ve told you about when Korea was occupied by Japan and we almost lost our culture and our language.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Behind them is another line of chairs, all occupied now. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Of course, in ours only one is occupied. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It was now Greek troops who occupied Bursa. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The bad news was that the rest of the living room was occupied by Mrs. O’Leary. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Kainene will come back. One woman from Umudioka went on afia attack and the vandals occupied that sector so she was cut off for four months. She came back to her family yesterday.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He was still occupied with thoughts of Susan, half hoping she would not call again and half hoping she would, when Kainene came home. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Before Austronesians arrived, most of Indonesia was thinly occupied by hunter-gatherers lacking even polished stone tools. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Even though the town did not resist being occupied, the Nazis had a list of prominent citizens, both non-Jewish and Jewish, and immediately arrested them. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z In the end they decide on a shingled two-story colonial in a recently built development, a house previously occupied by no one, erected on a quarter acre of land. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It ended only when it had run out of targets and almost every habitable Pacific island had been occupied. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Inside the keep women occupied themselves with spinning, weaving, and embroidery. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The river valleys of southeastern Australia remained occupied by tribal societies without agriculture. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Yes. I’m ready. It will make them happy. Besides, I’m going to be very occupied. I’m going to speak to the conservation officer about getting a falconer’s license.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He tells her about how he and Sonia occupied the kitchen on Pemberton Road for a day, stuffing a turkey and rolling out dough for pies, things his mother did not particularly like to do. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z While her dog occupied himself by staring out the window at a bird, Hyacinth took out sewing supplies and sheets of red and green felt. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The weaver glanced over, her hands still occupied. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He likes that so many students have occupied it before him. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Give them the dwelling that had been occupied by Felix and his wife. They have moved down to St. Augustine.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z In place of Miss Trixie, a brown paper bag filled with old pieces of material, and a ball of twine occupied the chair. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Snow still chose to dwell behind the armory, in a pair of modest rooms previously occupied by the Watch’s late blacksmith. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When they could not pass through the region that Octavian occupied, they were forced into the hills. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Before the British occupied the city, Stansbury taunted Patriots by singing “God Save the King,” urging them to join him in the chorus. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z That the space which these things occupied was itself an expectation. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The victorious Allies divided Germany into four occupied zones: Russian, French, British, and American. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Photos of black employees who “occupied positions of responsibility” at NASA, all of them involved with the space program, accompanied the text. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Painted Rock Cave was occupied at roughly the same time that the Clovis culture was thriving to the north. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It was the same sort of speaker that occupied a place in every dwelling, but one thing about it was different. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Some of the rooms were occupied by sleeping old men—he peeked carefully into each one—but most were empty, rooms that belonged to members of the order still enjoying the festivities. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Big Dub and Jackie Harris, one of the school’s best players, occupied the third court. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z In fact, if even one white passenger wanted to sit in a row occupied by four black riders, the driver would glance up and yell, “I need those seats!” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z |
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