Eventually someone very ugly or very unhappy would spot a new kid walking around and in tentative, irresolute gestures would offer friendship to you with no ulterior motives except to end their own intolerable loneliness. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It should be stressed that Skulason was not “Bobby’s psychiatrist,” as has been implied in the general press, nor did he offer Bobby any analysis or psychotherapy. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I wish I could go down to Kennington’s and charge her something new but just the offer would embarrass her to death. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe I could offer to shovel the snow off the sidewalk and steps again. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t offer a smile or a hand, but his eyes are clearly focused on mine. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“Hardly little, Minos. Especially when you advertise across the world that you are willing to pay a thousand gold talents to the one who can solve it. Is the offer genuine?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“If you were just an ordinary citizen and witnessed one scythe killing another, and then were offered immunity to keep your mouth shut, what would you do?” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Saying that one does not care about race is offered as an exculpatory virtue, when in fact it can be a form of cruelty. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The mulefa, practical and anxious to find out, offered at once to build her whatever she needed. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Not usually. But if either of them offers you anything to eat, definitely check it or show me first,” I tell him. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He smiled wide and was about to offer me his hand again when I cut him off. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

"No," replied the prince flatly, as if he'd been offered a bucketful of coal. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

At the third Korean restaurant he walked into, the owner offered him a job. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He offered Nailer a fighting knife as well. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of my journey I was eating everything a turtle had to offer. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Palmer’s mother or father put him out of his misery, they did not shoot him, they offered him a cookie. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

In 1605, Bellarmine would almost certainly have been elected Pope, but declined to offer himself as a candidate, preferring to be the power behind the throne. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

We ate at home, but Grandma said they’d be offering free lemonade. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was holding the Lombard back and shouting, “You offer a usurious rate! Forty percent! Forty! My uncle offered thirty. Thirty is reasonable! Thirty is standard! But thirty is undercutting now?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

As they prepared to take their leave, many of the surrounding elves pressed in upon them, offering snacks to take back upstairs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The warder was taken aback by my request and was unable to offer any explanation or produce anything in writing from the commissioner of prisons. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The nuns were kind to me, with their ointments and bandages and sympathy. They offered me their busy, useful detachment. They offered me peace, Djo.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept his distance, not offering to shake my hand. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He offered to change Miep’s itinerary so she could come meet my students. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

After considering the offer, Ann concluded that the Lord had called her to this work, and if it was His will, how could she refuse? The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I can help with the work,” she offered finally, realizing that she sounded like an overeager child. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Soon he produced his pocket-book: “Here,” said he, offering me a note; it was fifty pounds, and he owed me but fifteen. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Without eyes to offer contrast, the eyelashes looked like insects moving against the hollow sockets. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She offered to enroll him herself and buy his school supplies and a uniform, and she went along with Amanda on the first day of class. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So I shall take the intention for the deed. You may be many other things, Taran of Caer Dallben, but I see you are no coward. I offer you my thanks,” he added, bowing deeply. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“The laws of this state permit the hearing of evidence to ascertain the degree of responsibility. And, also, the law permits the offering of evidence toward the mitigation of punishment.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, that was pure genius, baby. You’re going to be getting offers to endorse products. I’m thinking Cracker Jacks could be renamed Cracker Jakes!” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Study after study shows that the leanest curriculums are being offered in the highest-poverty areas, despite ample evidence that this is exactly the wrong thing to do. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

A willow, not terribly tall but set in a clump of other willows, offering concealment in those long, flowing tresses. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It is a more remarkable tribute to Diana than I can ever hope to offer her today. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

When they offered her the keys to an apartment in the back of their house, she almost cried at the kindness. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He picks up the guns and offers one to Tori, and another one to Harrison. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

He took the water jug I offered him. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I offered salvation to all of you, Gaea said. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I got a coaching offer at a nearby college starting next month. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

A large plate-glass window offers the Director a view of the main entrance, where I see the mass of protestors and news trucks. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

A few days later, on Halloween night, I offer to sit at our door, handing out candy. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

None of the gentlemen offered her a hand, but she needed none, having spent her life climbing trees and ladders and roofs. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The window gave at least the illusion of greater intimacy, and in prison, illusions can offer comfort. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“None of us accepted Rhonda’s offer to cheat, remember? That was part of the test. Mr. Benedict is saying we must become what we are not—cheaters—so we all can become Messengers more quickly!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

When I smile, she offers a tentative twitch of her lips in return. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He staggered back to her and offered his hand. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He summarily rejected their offer to become the American Caesar and denounced the entire scheme as treason to the cause for which they had fought. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I'd go over to Rudy's, but I would drink only a sip or two of the Dixie cup he offered, and I wouldn't dare touch the drugs. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Same cook I suppose, Maxim?” he said, when Robert had offered him the cold soufflé for the second time. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed pretty clear that Finkle’s offer was off the table now. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

On one previous occasion, Sproul had countered an offer from a rival university—Northwestern, in 1930—by maneuvering around faculty objections to promote Lawrence to a full professor. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“I have come to offer Tom a place at my school.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Always among the first to welcome new parishioners, Katherine strode forward and offered her hand in welcome. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He pays for himself, but makes no offer to pay for me. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Ladies, let’s not be sad. What can I offer you to drink?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

We cut through an empty park and past some teetering apartment buildings that at least offered us shade from the blazing sun. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I sometimes offer Rosmerta my custom, or else visit the Hog’s Head...or I appear to. It is as good a way as any of disguising one’s true destination.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I had planned to turn it down and offer my share to the girls, but the smell hit me in the stomach, so hard I couldn’t make words. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Gerald sighed, wiped his eyes on his coat sleeve, took the offered hand, and got in the car. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I then indicated that other commentaries had offered different explanations, and I cited them by heart because they were not found in the Talmud edition the class used. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Now, he offered her the New Nigerian and asked, “Would you like to read this?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I later learned that the United Arab Emirates had offered the plane, which was fully equipped with an onboard medical unit. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Corn-based food does offer cheap calories, if you don’t count the billions the government spends to support cheap corn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The boy offered her an ugly stuffed rabbit. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Did you offer to shake hands with him?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I do not need food and water,” I say, rejecting his offer. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It turns out that the earliest Fertile Crescent crops, such as the wheat and barley and peas domesticated around 10,000 years ago, arose from wild ancestors offering many advantages. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Hi, Percy,” he said, so depressed he didn’t even offer to shake my hand. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The girl who said she liked my bag offers to go first. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“If anybody asks, you might tell them that this arrest was made possible, in part, thanks to the fine public education offered at Riverview Middle School.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

But I do know Dad is offering a major olive branch here, really trying to show me how bad he feels about Sunday. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

She suggested he apply to Job Corps, a U.S. government program that provides vocational training to people between the ages of sixteen and twenty-four and that offers the chance to earn a high school degree. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“I’d offer to beat him up for you, but that didn’t work out so well last time.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I laughed, and Nana offered me a feeble smile in return. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“You need not offer apologies, Messieurs. I understand a murder has taken place. Naturally, you must interview all the passengers. I shall be glad to give all the assistance in my power.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The emergency medical technician in the ambulance offered Miele a choice. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Unable to bear the confusion of feelings any longer, C.P. offered some excuse and hurried from the restaurant. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Or if a restaurant was closed, he'd appear out of nowhere and offer to make people lunch for half the price. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Actually she was offering them a clue: Even in the dark, even with his eyes closed, Reynie could feel the panels with his fingers and find the wiggly shaped arrow. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

A few weeks after it is shipped, he receives a letter from Mr. Barris, offering his sincere thanks and marveling at the ingenuity of it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

An American battery, its slogan offering nine lives. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The reimbursement check that arrived at his door offered him a painless way out of his automobile venture. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malachy, at the far end of the bar, turned pale, gave the greatbreasted ones a sickly smile, offered them a drink. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Many old and sick people did not make it today,” Khouy offers grimly. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing to do except to offer second helpings, which Ector would accept without interrupting the anecdote of the moment. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes widen but he doesn’t ask me what I know, so I don’t offer, figuring he wants to find out for himself. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Benji, if you keep buying people food and offering trips to Disney, they’ll want to hang out with you. But then how will you know who your real friends are?” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, Smith walked around the room, holding the scratch form straight out in front of him, offering it to each steward in turn. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So here is your business proposal, Mr. Buckminster. I propose to purchase Mrs. Cobb’s house from you outright. I’m prepared to offer you better than the market price.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He offered a hand to Nick, who ignored it and got unsteadily to his feet, rubbing his windpipe and glaring at us like some trapped and wounded beast. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I offered, “We do have a scheme, however, that shall cover our expenses, madam.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

But he offered to let Shin stay for a few days in his family’s apartment, where he said it would be warm and where there was food to eat. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

No one at the airport could offer him an explanation. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Marchantas come up to offer us their wares and, tempted by a sample taste of a small, sweet orange, we buy a whole sack of them, already peeled and cut in half. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The offer sounded genuine, and not the product of political posturing. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“I shall not in my contacts in the east tend to prevent offers to you all,” he wrote. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Think of your time here as an opportunity rather than a punishment and take advantage of all there is to offer. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Finally a silent, tightmouthed group of men emerged, with no interest in the refreshment that Rachel timidly offered. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Aside from a bright mind, all Joyce could reasonably offer the world of employers was her skill at doing what she least liked to do, cleaning and cooking. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Most of the kids at Stuyvesant were just waiting for acceptance letters or scholarship offers. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I jump off the sofa and take the tablet he offers me while Baba goes to the other couch and turns on the TV with the volume low. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

As chairman of the Berkeley Physics Department, Raymond Birge was deeply sensitive to the threat Harvard’s offer posed to the University of California. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

But presently I gave command to my officers to flay those sheep the bronze cut down, and make burnt offerings of flesh to the gods below—to sovereign Death, to pale Persephone. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The brick maker offers yet another kindness: if Enrique will work, he will get both food and a place to sleep. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I also had offers from a pizza-delivery chain, a shoe manufacturer, and an online store that sold custom avatar skins. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

People would pitch up and offer to help. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I would do so if only it were in my hands. But what comfort can one offer a man who sees his family wholly dependent on him and no one else to see to them?” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the country offered him asylum, his past remarks would get him arrested as soon as he entered. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Maxine had offered to go with him, but he had told her no. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Yuni offered him some corn, but Gunwoo, who normally ate any food in sight, shook his head and continued to cry. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The café in the Transportation Building, on a terrace over the Golden Door, was always popular and offered a spectacular view of the lagoon district. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

They will, I know, accept it in the true and warmhearted spirit in which it is offered. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fruit and coins are strewn by its trunk and the ground around the tree bulges with buried offerings. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They’ve been trying to catch that trout for twenty-five years. There’s a store in Boston offers a twenty-five dollar fishing rod to anybody that can catch him.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only Katahdin, with its rocky upper slopes and startling muscularity, offers anything that looks faintly intimidating. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

She listened to stories about the boys we loved and the girls we hated, and offered sage and thoughtful advice. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

His dark eyes narrowed as he turned his gaze to me — not to my body, but to the me that hovered above the ground, and he offered a subtle smile. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“I can get there and back on one tank of gas. And there’s a lot in that wagon. One fifty cash. Best and final offer.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

In Egypt, there are only two pyramid replicas, and since the room has a dry heat, the employees are offering Nile River-brand water bottles. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

This offer was extended to all political prisoners. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She made a beeline for an empty cube, sitting down next to an engineer, resting her belongings on the desk and offering the man her winning smile. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

That was more than four times what the Coast Guard could offer. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Like Citra, Rowan had stood beside Scythe Faraday as the man held out his ring to each member of his family, offering them immunity. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

We didn't feel we had the best the United States had to offer. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

They were the only schools to offer a joint degree as a doctor-anthropologist. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He offered to send Mark Antony part of his fleet and 2,000 troops to help him complete the Parthian campaign. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

To my surprise, she offered it to me. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Celaena offered her a slight smile, and the princess stepped closer, her guards tensing slightly. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Ah, tie sternum,” he says, and I know they have entered together the shared world of biology, which offers refuge from the real, awkward world of manners and silences we’re sitting in at the moment. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She pours some coffee from a full carafe, but instead of offering me some, she reaches right through my navel and retrieves the milk from somewhere behind me in the refrigerator. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

But once she finished her drink, I just offered to go and get her another. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He offers to carry her shopping bags, and though they weigh nothing at all she allows him to, telling him she’d been to a sample sale in SoHo just before they’d met. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Naturally, I had been going to that school for three years without ever being offered candy from that lady’s desk — but whatever. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gods save us, it’s true, he means to offer battle to Lord Tywin. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He was very pleased with this offer and was soon dressed in the girl’s clothes, smiling to himself in his satisfaction. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Most of the class seemed confused, but then Matt Kapok, a kid in the front row, offered fifty cents. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

"This banquet is just a small sample of the hospitality our Food Testing Kitchens here on Ladies' Day would like to offer in appreciation for your visit." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

We wres- ded standing up, until finally Chapter Eleven offered a deal. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I offered to take it and wrap it, but he rolled it up and put it in his overalls. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Various doctors came down infrequently, pulling a small white partition around the bed to offer my grandmother some limited privacy. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Basner, who had once been my employer, had been offered a position in Accra. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There, where some houses didn’t even have screens, let alone air conditioners, the windows were thrown wide open to whatever the night had to offer. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is perpetual shame to me that I have nothing to offer my parents. Yet I promise they shall not go in need.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The attorney offered letters written by Guiteau that demonstrated his erratic and often irrational behavior, starting from childhood. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He probably thinks the bar mitzvah is off, and he’s here to offer consolation. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Bigger crushed his cigarette and took out another one and offered the package to Gus. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had set the process in motion almost a year before the offer was formally brought to my attention in the fall of 1992. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Jamie began to feel that the Metropolitan offered several advantages and would provide adventure enough. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her answer was also, of course, a means of renunciation, itself a denial of everything else I wasn’t offering. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

To be able to earn twice her salary and live in that city of legendary glamour and excitement, with the world’s fair set to open in a year, made the offer irresistible. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Why are you here, spying on us? I would think you’d be honored that we offered an invitation.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He offered their new friend a corner of the fudge on the edge of his greased knife, and showed him the trick that he always performed for anyone when he wished to be liked. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Faced with trouble at home and pressure from abroad, P. W. Botha offered a tepid, halfway measure. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was grateful for the time to consider the offer. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I walk a little closer, as if hoping the man inside the booth will offer me a free snack. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The woman at the counter offers her landline. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

For four years now she had taken her “walks” and come home offering fuki tendrils, watercress, crawfish, mushrooms, huckleberries, salmonberries, blackberries—even clusters of blue elderberries for making jam—anything to conceal her purpose. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mary offered her other hand as well to its soft, bristled, questing touch. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

At Room 43, after quickly offered and accepted apologies, the Colonel said, “We’ve made a tactical decision to push back calling Jake. We re going to pursue some other avenues first.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The school offers three levels—Theater 1, 2, and 3—along with a class in musical theater. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The captain, a very fat man, looked down with interest at Patria’s heaving chest, considering the offer. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She offered up a nice, if somewhat charitable, smile. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I told you he only offered to drive me home to be nice. It didn’t mean anything.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Before leaving, he quickly grabbed some tools and beads, which he planned to give to the Indians as a peace offering. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Thinking fast, I made her an irresistible offer. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can I get you anything else? I can cook something more substantial if you’re hungry,” she offers. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rather, she says the technology—coupled with brain imaging—began to offer hope that real therapies could be developed for attention-related issues. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He has offered to drive you down to that spot I wrote you from so often—three miles north and west of Vida, Montana. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

As your company uses the online business tools offered by Salesforce.com to make your work flow, your business process team may come up with a customized solution that works really well for you and your clients. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Demand that anyone who wants to challenge racial bias in the system offer, in advance, clear proof that the racial disparities are the product of intentional racial discrimination—i.e., the work of a bigot. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

There’s an ebony statue of a female saint in the comer, and a tureen on an altar crowded with apples and bananas and dishes of offerings I can’t identify. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was slightly giddy with the force of his personality but the extremism of the offer was appealing as well. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Arobynn had never said it aloud, but if she’d refused his offer to train her, he would have handed her to those who would have killed her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

That was the night that Asha first heard the queen’s men muttering about a sacrifice—an offering to their red god, so he might end the storm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I should not be surprised,” said Darcy, “if he were to give it up as soon as any eligible purchase offers.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

After offering one to him, she reaches for the book of matches that lies in an ashtray on the bar and lights a cigarette for herself. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

Then she offered a secret of her own, and asked them to keep it until after her death. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, he enjoyed the worm’s-eye view that servility offered to him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

West Virginia’s hilly terrain offered cool evening breezes, whereas Virginia was sweltering and malarial. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

"Must be the service road," a nicer male voice offered. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The second church offered deep analysis of the scripture, which my mom loved. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Of course, it was to ask a question, not to offer an answer. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“But Ephialtes isn’t going to stand there and wait while we kill his brother. Unless—” “Good wind today,” Percy offered. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I refused again when a cover story was offered by Newsweek. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hi, Mrs. Roberts,” Mom said, offering her hand to shake. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“No, no, no. Nothing like that. I offered Our Lord to take me instead of my Nelson.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he would refuse to eat everything offered to him, always turning his nose away as though someone were offering him a stinky pickle and not a sweet cake. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone else offered seventy-five cents, then a dollar, and before too long it was up to nine dollars and ninety-nine cents. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

At the start of the year we were offered a range of options. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

No one had offered any reward for her return. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel climbed into the saddle, hoisted up the bronze, and offered Leo a hand. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Daldoum continued to work, but he could offer little comfort to his children. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I could see that I had offended him when I questioned his offer. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The peasants would offer her a chair and a cool drink. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The bell rings, offering rescue from this very unexpected conversation. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Various numbers controllers, Small’s regulars, had offered me jobs as a runner. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

All educators can incorporate the basic techniques used in these methods as they offer creative, arts-driven curricula through which to teach. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“I will offer my sands and support. In return, if I ever need assistance from either the water monster or the human, I shall expect them to help me.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She probably would have been enthusiastic if we’d offered to make mittens for the animals. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

El Tirindaro offers everyone a piece of bread and a soda. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Benji made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. I tried, but he wouldn’t get out of my car until I accepted.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mom offers a few more conversation starters, but when I don’t answer, she gives up. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The entire west wall was a massive floor-to-ceiling window offering a breathtaking view of the vast cityscape outside. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Untying his sash, he arranged the bits of food upon the plate on the offering table. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Wrote a poem for you. The assignment was: Find a small treasure and offer a gratitude for living in a free country. I wrote it this morning, before the rain.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Rosaleen offered to bake the wedding cake layers, and Violet and Queenie were going to decorate it with a “rainbow theme.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dean Thomas, who was good with a quill, had offered to forge Uncle Vernon’s signature on the form, but as Harry had already told Professor McGonagall he hadn’t had it signed, that was no good. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

And obediently, Dumbledore drank, as though it was an antidote Harry offered him, but upon draining the goblet, he sank to his knees, shaking uncontrollably. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Harry was sure that the goblin would accept nothing but the sword, even if they had something as valuable to offer him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Well, I can help you enter the digital era,” Nico offers, and then holds out his hand. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Each time she had offered her help, I had turned away. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Desperate to believe that luck can offer us a more promising fate. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She never asked for reports and I didn’t offer any details. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Troy Female Seminary, established in 1821 by Emma Willard, was the first secondary school in the country to provide women with an education equal to that offered to men. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The entire empire would suffer if she was offered to the Sun God, and the Sapa Inca would be cursed. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

In the first part of January their offers arrived on stiff, elegant stationery. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Our new brother has succeeded by instinct where for two years your 'science' has failed, and now all you can offer is destructive criticism." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cop on their corner stopped them, examined the tree, and solemnly offered to buy it for ten cents—fifteen cents if they’d delivered it to his home. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing,” I said, “except that the witness is right. It’s true, I did offer him a cigarette.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He hugged us tightly, then took us inside his home and offered us some food. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m touring her around the circuit before I take offers,” Maddox said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Is your offer to do some extra credit still on the table?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

In a country with a 70-percent unemployment rate, the capital offered the most opportunities for work, often as servants for the wealthy. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“You take the food,” she said when I offered to help her aboard the skiff. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

When I didn’t take it, he drank from it first and offered it to me again. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

But I wasn’t going to nag him or even offer myself as an example of what could go wrong. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“You would if they offered you some Presidents.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Former beauty queens will attempt to reclaim their titles, and no one will suspect a thing until the talent competition, when they offer their renditions of "Sonny Boy" and "Ain't We Got Fun." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“It was a good childhood,” she answered, taking a swig from the flask and offering it to Kaede. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

On it goes, offering up every known foodstuff as inferior to good ale. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

A leader was surely forced to offer something which appealed to those he led? The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It offered twenty-one guest rooms, commanding sea views, and a lobby fireplace as big as a truck. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

And she knew that the trains were offering discounted fares that weekend, so transportation would be less expensive for marchers who didn’t have much money. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Vanderbilt approached the elder horseman with an offer for a match race for $50,000. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He offered me a chair to the right of Mr. D, who looked at me with bloodshot eyes and heaved a great sigh. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Now he could offer Matthias more than freedom, but the price would be far higher than she had expected. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I gave you plenty of time to offer.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had gone hunting there in company with his uncles and Autolykos, his mother’s father—a great thief and swindler by Hermes’ favor, for Autolykos pleased him with burnt offerings of sheep and kids. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her body ran the length of the port corridor, her outstretched hand jutting into the engine room, offering the life-sized figure of Nike that stood in her palm, like, Here, have some Victory! The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Wanted to tell you the university’s going to offer correspondence classes to all the kids without school.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, my family members joined us and came to offer words of encouragement and support. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

They were offering her something to drink—pressing the glass against her lips. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

When Henry left, he offered to drive me back to school. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He offered to buy me another milkshake, but I gave no response. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Pita took the canteen Chencho offered and drank from it greedily. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“If we may know, what offer is this?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“And I can promise you that your Court will be recognized as sovereign, if you help us. No threat of conquest from the new High King. Instead, we offer you an alliance.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And as to the woman who would not take my handkerchief in exchange for her bread, why, she was right, if the offer appeared to her sinister or the exchange unprofitable. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“My mom used to make me chicken soup,” I offered. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

In closing, I offer you my father’s own words: “One day, may we all meet together in the light of understanding.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled a gourd of water out of his sack and offered it to his wife before drinking some. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

While they bludgeoned his dying body, the saint’s dæmon was borne upward by cherubs and offered a spray of palm, the badge of a martyr. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They have offered you a place, if you want it.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was enough that she had offered it to me. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them have had to sacrifice themselves, others escaped through the skin of their teeth, or offered other lives in lieu. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

It hath been so pleasant these Months with Octavian offering Company. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I offered the date of my real high school graduation. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She was not good; she was not original: she used to repeat sounding phrases from books: she never offered, nor had, an opinion of her own. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Uh, Grandpa said you could use some hep,” I offered, hitching my overalls and scratching my left heel with my right big toe. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I can’t decide which offer is the better one, because I don’t know which is the more frightening unknown: the captain’s adventures, or life ashore. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“We will welcome them, and we will talk to them. As augur, you should burn an offering to thank the gods for bringing Jason back to us safely.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He drew me into his office, remarking in a reverent voice that it was a sad time for all of us, and offered me a cigar. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I agreed to lead the attack and offered the motion condemning him, which was seconded by Oliver Tambo. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she was leading off by offering me one? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How much did your client offer you for my wing?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

They then offered him everything they could think of to eat. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Once we left the industrial precincts of Durban, we moved through hills that offered majestic views of the surrounding valleys and the blue-black waters of the Indian Ocean. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of class, she offered to meet with any kids who needed a little extra help studying right after school. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

At any rate, it made her shift uncomfortably and push at her bangs until she remembered two of Trotter’s trusty sentences for emergency use and offered both of them. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

‘I fear we’ll need them soon enough. As for seeing the future . . . what about the harpy Ella? Has she offered any advice from the Sibylline Books?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

In truth, realizing that I would eventually be caught, I had stopped running and offered my hands to be tied. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Will you have him at your little apartment, Nell, and offer him to drink from your cup of stars?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“No matter what Poppy offers you to buy back the afikoman, you hold out for that glove.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

From his pocket, he pulled out a small bag of sesame candy and offered Jinjoo one. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I can offer you no consolation, my friend,” said he; “your disaster is irreparable. What do you intend to do?” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have not asked your name, sir, nor offered mine.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

A waitress came over and offered them menus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“See?” he’d said, waving around the offer letter when it came in the mail. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Bast made a show of offering up his stool to the injured man, then quietly took a seat as far from the smith’s prentice as possible. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"The king has offered a reward for the whipping boy. Here he stands. Turn him in." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

“We will begin the shukrani service momentarily. Please have your offerings ready so that as many prayers can be received as possible!” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She prepares the syringe, filling it with whatever they intend to inject us with, and offers it to Tris. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I gave them all away, making do with plain old spirals, and the five girls I offered notebooks to became my closest friends. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Fear of night doctors only increased in the early 1900s, as black people migrated north to Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, and news spread that medical schools there were offering money in exchange for bodies. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Franklyn Flowers offered to take the prince around the camp and introduce him to some of what he called the lads. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He’s holding it out like he’s offering us a po’boy sandwich. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

As we shall see, the practice of “pointing” our writing has always been offered in a spirit of helpfulness, to underline meaning and prevent awkward misunderstandings between writer and reader. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

He offered to pay for the scythe’s groceries—which was pointless, because scythes got their groceries for free anyway. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I offer both to you this day, With all the heart's emotion. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“At such time as the Court may indicate, I shall offer evidence and put witnesses upon the stand to testify that this defendant is sane and is responsible for these bloody crimes. ...” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the woods will offer insufficient cover. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

And on the morning of the sixteenth, when I asked him whether I should offer him my congratulations or my condolences, he replied that either one would do. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Alex can see on his face an expression he recognizes: Henry wondering if it’s safe to accept the love offered to him, and wanting desperately to take it regardless. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He offered me one, but I said not in front of my house. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Golan was offering me exactly what I’d been looking for: a third option. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Jon had no coin of his own, or he would have offered it to her . . . though he was not sure what good a few coppers or even a silver piece wouhldo her beyond the Wall. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The funny thing is, if he hadn’t put the backpack between us, I most definitely would have offered to help him. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I’ll just conduct an unfeeling assessment of what my potential mates can offer me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Bobby did accept one offer, but not for millions—rather, for $20,000. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I can lend you a sweater,” she offered. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

It took a moment for Jonathan to realize that he was being offered some more johnnycake. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

She liked the concept and offered them a penny for every download. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Shoot, if my mother didn't come back out there, Malloy probably would've resorted to his old faithful and offered Needles a drink. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She took the arm he offered, but still she lingered, looking back. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Holmes made his widow an offer: He would buy the store, and she could continue to reside in the second-floor apartment. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

When the community center offered a soccer program for young kids, “Refugee parents ran to get their kids enrolled,” Holliday said, laughing at the memory. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

"Mrs. Phillips, I must insist that you tell me where in Florida you have sent your son. Failure to freely offer information will not be viewed favorably." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I wanted to apologize again,” she said, “but I also wanted to offer you something in consolation.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Remember those extra shifts they offered me at work?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He never got any further than a class leader, but that was something to offer her. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The separatist governments of the New York and Pennsylvania colonies offered rangers for the project. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

If Swope failed to get that much, Howard said, he could take Seabiscuit to a certain western track, which had already offered such a sum. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I offered up a silent thank- you to the universe. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I told him to stay in his chair and I’d get the refreshments, and he looked rather grateful for my offer. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

There on the beach it had been the one thing that had held her back when Nat had offered her a chance to escape. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The courts were finally forced to offer “bargain days” on which those accused of violating the act could plead guilty in return for an exceedingly low fine. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The CIA men offered Wolf an escape plan if he decided to change his mind and work with the Americans. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I have a lot of job offers I can’t take because I’m working alone with only one mower. If I had help and maybe another mower...” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Judge Willmore said he was prepared to offer a preliminary conclusion: He would allow some of Dr. Strayer’s testimony. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Even Ruth wouldn’t take the peanuts I offered. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aside from keeping the door hinges so well oiled that the slightest touch made them swing open easily, he offered no more inducements than other saloon keepers. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day I told my mom and dad I'd been offered a sailing job, and had taken it and that I might be moving to New York. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

And they ate better than they had in years, for no landlord would serve the King anything less than his finest offerings, even if that meant butchering a tenant farmer’s last suckling pig. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Her nine-year-old daughter, Diana, who was born in the United States, offers comfort. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I did. Now I offer you my men, my ships, my wits.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As though in evidence, it offered a degree of detail that could have been of little use to anyone other than an executioner. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He solicited an emergency meeting in Washington with Warren Weaver, refusing to divulge the subject in advance but offering to arrange government clearance for Weaver if he desired a full discussion. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

There was only half a swallow of wine remaining when she offered it back to him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The initial offers insulted them more than me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

One friend chalked it up to Bobby’s winner-take-all mentality, saying, “If someone offers him a million dollars, he thinks there is a lot more available, and he wants it all.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When the last is over, Afya curtsies and offers me a wooden coin with a sun on one side and clouds on the other. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

None of the fairies took her up on her offer. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He liked it so much that I offered to give him a few more. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I just wait there for him, taking down shots of whiskey and whatever they offer me that’s cheap. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it was time for communion, there was such sashaying and swaying of hips to the altar rail you’d have thought they were offering their body and blood, not receiving His. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above all else, there were no concessions, merry-go-rounds, or the other amenities offered at the whites-only Fair Park, which had been promised to us. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Dray stares at me for a long minute before he offers the glass to me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

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

On the day when prayers and songs would be offered to ask help for me, my clothes would be there, in the hands of my family. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I meant to take him up on his offer, come back and see if he’d unearthed any more stories about my mother. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I think I have something you’ll like. Let me offer you a trade.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Toward the end of the year, before Thanksgiving, he’d taken up an offer from Van Park, the varsity coach, to help coach the sophomores. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

They would offer Wolf protection, a new life away from the uncertainties and risks of post-communist Germany. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Some economists argue that the apparent paradox rests on an illusion: there is no real “labor shortage,” only a shortage of people willing to work at the wages currently being offered. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

No—you couldn’t offer him none of this.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything was loaded except Queenie—the sergeant offered her a hand up the ladder to the rear cockpit. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I got quotes on airline tickets, solicited local restaurants to donate gift certificates, and my hotel even offered two rooms if she accepted our invitation. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sam offered them some sweetmeats—he was a faithful customer of Ideal Bakery off Main Street—and revealed his purpose. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“You offer just one massage? What if you stay on as my personal masseuse for twelve years?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Being near an acoustic instrument or speakers offers the greatest benefit from the sound. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The instructor handed out garbage bags for us to place our uniforms in and offered us the rationale for this ritual of suffering. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went from contemplating the natural beauty to ruminating on the fact that the railway line, being so close to the highway, offered a convenient place for sabotage. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before departing this morning, the king hadn’t taken any of the guards he’d suggested he bring on his journey, and refused to say where he was going, or to accept his offer of accompaniment. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

That is especially true at high altitudes in the Andes, where genetically European women have physiological difficulties even in reproducing, and where native Andean crops still offer the most suitable basis for food production. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I offered to help her but instead she just held the book up to her lips and blew on the bottom edge of the page and flipped it over with the strength of her breath. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

If the dog is left shut up for hours, you could offer, with your parents’ permission, to take it for walks. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Others offered her “unbreakable” coding and cipher systems—usually for a high price. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I want to offer the four of you sanctuary at my home here in Oregon,” Og said. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Before I went up to Gainesville I looked over the course offerings. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

In addition to offering literary treasure hunts, Book Scavenger provides a wonderful online community for book lovers of all ages. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The boy climbed even better than he did and proudly offered him a hand once he was up on the roof. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Blanked us completely and only offered to take a food order.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Leaflets offering free land to deserters were translated into German and scattered in areas where the Hessians fought. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bartered with Him, offering starvation in exchange for prosperity, for a job promotion, for good health. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The floor of the pier was four feet under water, but piles stuck up and offered hand-holds. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a very tempting offer, though how they would be able to keep their mission secret from Lupin if he were with them all the time he could not imagine. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Soon after that, a flower shop, headstone engraver, and funeral parlor offered to sponsor me in national tournaments. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She came forward with an offered hand; and said, in a low, but very feeling tone, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Additionally, Bobby regularly received unsolicited advice from fellow chess players, as well as offers from companies that wanted him to sponsor products. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The man led me to the back porch and offered me a ladleful of grass tea from a cast-iron pot. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The technical schools offer training in a wide range of fields—pharmacy technicians, medical technologists, business accountants, cosmeticians, massage therapists, court reporters, and so on. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Sadie placed the Snickers in his palm like a peace offering and waited, staring at the carpet. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Performers came because Imre offered what every artist needs most—an appreciative, affluent audience. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Percy rose and offered his hand to Jason. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps there had been no such offer. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The farm offered omelets made from ostrich eggs, though in fact the eggs came from domestic chickens. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“So, you offer a babysitting service for visiting tourists?” he asked. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

At school, meanwhile, I knew graduate students who hadn’t received a single job offer. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They simply offered me the choice and waited to see what I would do. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It is the middle of the week and she has offered to meet him someplace near his office, so he’s told her to come to the building where he works. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He offered Gabinius—the Roman governor of Syria, a kingdom under Rome’s control—a huge sum for the loan of his army. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

I guess I’d been thinking that, without provocation, my students would talk, offering their thoughts and opinions on the issues of the day. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t understand, but Lily isn’t offering any further explanation and I am tired of prying information out of her. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

And after, when he’d gone home, Johnnie Mae made tea for him and offered it as he sat wearily in the faded, overstuffed chair they had somehow inherited from his married sister. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"They all have their mileage cut to under under ten thou before they're offered for sale. And to think I invented that all by myself," he added proudly. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

To her horror, she discovered that Fabyan had been going through her mail, making sure she didn’t receive any job offers. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She asked if I wanted any water or food, and the offer could not have been more generous. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t even have a bed to offer me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The offer was tempting, but even on the off chance he'd actually come through with the money, there would certainly be strings attached. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She believed that young people just starting out in their careers should not feel burdened by obligations, no matter how unselfish the offer of help might be. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

It was a welcome break from his daily routine, which offered few opportunities for real surveillance. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not long before my wedding, she’d been promoted to the role of commissioner in charge of planning and economic development for the city and had offered me a job as an assistant commissioner. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Here, let me take that,” I offered, turning to shut the door. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Either the good Lord is unimpressed with my offerings, or he thinks I deserve this, just as the preacher told me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I was tired of going to my usual places, so one rainy morning I went instead to the Community House, just to see what they offered. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

"There is nothing small about the letter I bear," Theon said, "and the offer he makes is one I suggested to him." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Schoolchildren, from first graders to high school seniors, stood up straight and tall in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church sanctuary and offered themselves as “living sacrifices”3 to the cause of freedom and fairness. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

At least the tightly woven grass offers some protection from whatever slinks across the jungle floor after hours. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Turner offered this opinion after the warning that was issued in two thirds of classes at the Academy: “What’s said here doesn’t leave this room.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had lined up a job with Seabrook Farms in New Jersey, a new frozen-food enterprise that offered work to many Nisei at the end of the war. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I can sing and I can read a little to while away the time for your lordship,” he offered, “and I can pen letters for you.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Didn't want to, because if I did I would've said that that was me offering Krystal a seat and that she better take it before I showed her what it meant to lay down. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Grover offered to carry the Minotaur horn, but I held on to it. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s been offering me plenty of help — wanting all the glory for himself — wanting a bit of the action — ‘What are you doing?’ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“So we’ll see you soon, then,” Widget says, offering his hand. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But I know where I can get help, offered to me before but declined. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

It almost killed her to tell Mom she would have to leave, and she offered to do whatever it took to help her get reestablished, but Mom insisted she’d be fine. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

A nurse offers to fold up the sari but, exasperated by the six slippery yards, ends up stuffing the material into Ashima’s slate blue suitcase. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a dilapidated place—one former rider compared it to an outhouse—but like everything else in Tijuana, it was innovative, offering the first primitive movable starting gates and photo finishes. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back in the smallest bedroom, Harry made the offer, careful to phrase it so as not to give any definite time for the handover of the sword. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

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

I wondered if at any point they would experience some twinge of charity or remorse and send over a peace offering—a brownie, perhaps, or a hot dog—but they did not. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Pong offered his arm to help him stand up again. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

And ultimately, I suppose that I did show that college counselor, because six or seven months later, a letter arrived in our mailbox on Euclid Avenue, offering me admission to Princeton. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The mockingjays begin to alter their songs as they become aware of my new offering. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

During her time in the tank, she spoke and moved little, only offering the occasional observation. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

I offer the bishop a reply from a psalm I am sure he knows. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Only half a gate, in truth, it had a drawbridge that spanned the frozen moat but no corresponding gateway through the outer wall, offering access to the outer ramparts but not the world beyond. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I was two seconds away from offering the same.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I dared not offer him the walnuts in my pocket, for too much had been written about that boy living off nuts. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He offers me two hundred and fifty apiece. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I took these questions to my father, who very often refused to offer an answer, and instead referred me to more books. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Sister, see this,” Mister Brother offers when our backs are turned and we’re almost in the next stall. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

They were often hotheaded but also fast to regret their harsh words; this was their peace offering of sorts. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

But when British newspaper The Daily Mail offered what in today’s money would be a $500,000 prize for the first person or persons to fly nonstop across the Atlantic, several contenders took the bait. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

In contrast, the Mediterranean zone of Chile offered only two of those species, California and southern Africa just one each, and southwestern Australia none at all. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“If it is too much, I can stop now,” the woman offers. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Don’t try to con me. What have they offered you - a place in their camp? They won’t honour their agreement.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The question came with the memory of Hollister offering to deliver him a book the last time they were both in the bookstore. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lucas offered to take a look at it and make sure it was sturdy but Miss Trotter wouldn’t let him touch her father’s chair. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth to squawk, but she turnt to look at me and said, “Is that all right with you, Quincy? I don’t want to offend you with this offer.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I offered him a ride, but he said he was waitin’ for his dad. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered why, but I had no time to think of that, because Frith had come in, and was offering me sherry, and Beatrice was talking to me again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He would have helped us in our need with food and money and skill, yet it was something more than this that he offered us, and I could not find words for it. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

A waitress brought over a menu and jokingly offered him coffee. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

She knew the people who lived in the farmhouses, knew which ones would welcome her and offer food and a night’s lodging, knew which ones would set after her with guns and hounds. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby explained that the reason he hadn’t competed in almost twenty years was that he was still waiting for the right offer, though he didn’t define what “right” meant. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a job offer at Harper’s Magazine in New York. As a... copy editor’s assistant. I’m pretty sure Missus Stein got it for me.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The hill offered com-manding views, and the slopes were precipitous to the north and west and only slightly more gentle to the east. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

So long as I was surrounded only with what I knew, that’s what life had to offer and I took it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The names on this list are famous ones—prime ministers, presidents, pop stars—and beside each name is an amount of notes offered. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Kluck clears her throat, and I almost offer her a cough drop. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“He called me. So I made him an offer.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She offered him another five dollars if he went back, and he built a small bankroll until he couldn’t deny he had found a true passion. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Or, she could have at least been nicer when Benji offered her a free trip. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Or you could ride on the back of one of ours, and we could come back later for your bicycle,” Willem offers. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

As they walked back from the bus stop she produced a sandwich bag from her pocket, and offered Eliot the peeled wedges of an orange, or lightly salted peanuts, which she had already shelled. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The actual operation of drug forfeiture laws seriously undermines the usual rhetoric offered in support of the War on Drugs, namely that it is the big “kingpins” that are the target of the war. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

As soon as he got the post, he offered to arrange the surrender of West Point to the British for £20,000, a sum equal to well over one million dollars today. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lords and knights had milk and honey and even a bit of butter to sweeten their portions, he saw, but none of that would be offered him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Knowing what every native loves to hear, he would have offered the classic immigrant story, casting himself as the heroic newcomer, self-sufficient, resourceful. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

To do this in the right way, we must make a full and rounded effort to offer to God and the future, a better Sixteenth Street. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Bloom reached for Linda again, and this time she offered no resistance. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We eventually clap and Mrs. Clawson takes the stage to thank her and offer her a bouquet of flowers. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t let you if you offered,” I said. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you mind skipping the scare tactics and the head games? Just tell me the details of your offer. I have other matters to attend to.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Almost everything offered today for the treatment of heart disease is at this level of technology, with the transplanted and artificial hearts as ultimate examples. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when viewed in this way, the lottery offers a wonderful means of measuring just how much school choice—or, really, a better school— truly matters. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Lydia offered to clean the litter box, too. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

No civilian except only the Boston doctors, who had offered their services, were allowed close to the wharf. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s new to the city, and no doubt in need of a guide. I’m going to offer to give him a tour of the temple, maybe the western gardens.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Wine no longer agrees with my di-gestion, I fear, but I can offer you a cup of iced milk, sweetened with honey. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He smiled at Candice and offered her a slight wave, but didn’t speak. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I have no idea where that could have come from,” she would say in the morning, as her mother eyed her latest offering. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When he’s done, he offers me the black box. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“We can go to the moon shop for another,” the dreamer offered. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When Mr. Pendanski arrived with water and lunch, Zigzag offered Stanley his place in line. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I offered to give her a ride back but she said her brother would be here looking for her. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

It had to offer shade but be see-through enough to see the stars. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Some of us traveled with our offerings to the mountains, where Obatala is said to live, and placed white flags around the house on Palmas Street to attract peace. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frank offered me five dollars, which I think was half the money he had made for delivering the package, but I didn’t take it. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The altar boys collected them in the offering baskets and funneled them through the church office. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“I miss my mom so much,” she offered suddenly, and I looked up to see her staring off into space. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Einar decided to offer free coffee to shoppers and asked one of his checkers, Jessica Porter—who was twenty-two and cheerful looking—to stand behind a folding table and serve. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Rather than offer a justification, however, the Georgia attorney general filed a petition for rehearing signed by every one of the state’s forty-six district attorneys, all of whom were white. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a case of being offered Dexedrine. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

But there are moments, particularly in times of stress, when haste does not make waste, when our snap judgments and first impressions can offer a much better means of making sense of the world. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Kvothe here has assured me as to his complete grasp of the principles of sympathy. In doing so, he has offered to give today’s lecture.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Whether a good plea deal is offered to a defendant is entirely up to the prosecutor. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

After I swallowed, I announced, “I’m going to offer my help to the DiAngelos.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Waiters offered drinks of every description and brought water pipes for those who wished to smoke. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I, meanwhile, was offered the post of Minister of Magic, not once, but several times. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He kisses the reluctant cheek offered up by Du Barry. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Hey, have a drink,” she offered suddenly, seizing the bottle round the neck and looking for spare cups on the floor. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Christine’s application was received enthusiastically; a follow-up phone call from Langley’s Personnel Department turned into a day of interviews and then a job offer as a data analyst in the Reentry Physics branch. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Some of my bunkmates offered awed congratulations while Basil made a special point of coming forward to shake my hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He remembered what the old man had said about offering something you didn’t even have yet. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dissatisfied with the courses offered, she dropped out after a year. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

"I might have killed every man of you and given your women to my soldiers for their pleasure, but instead I protected you. Is this the thanks you offer?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Says Hercules fought him one time,” Jason offered. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“You should know all punk has to offer, not just the standards. And you should know your people’s influence on the genre. It’s part of your history.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

‘Why would I do that? The Earth Mother has promised me unrestricted power. Could you make me a better offer?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He was a big bear of a man who didn’t think twice about offering me a hug in the face of this tragedy. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Everyone strained their necks to see if a Jew would come forward to take the king’s offer. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“And if it wasn’t for you, I probably would never have offered.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I take it out of my pocket and offer it to him. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

But by the time we were reunited last fall, I was unsure enough of God and too mad at everybody else to offer any kind of salvation. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Popper could see the advantages of both offers, and she pointed these out, without trying to influence him. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

She stretched out a racing-gloved hand and offered me one of her contact cards. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Before we could eat, she offered a prayer, and we had to bow our heads to hear it. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“And what of the monk? Did he offer to share her guilt?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

After several hours of discussing alternative solutions, he offered to supply the class with a set of computers. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then said the Great Gamelegs at last: “No more; you offer terms I cannot well refuse.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They offered to buy me my meals each day, but I refused. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She called one friend after another, but none of them had seen the news story the night before either, and they could offer only moral support, not enlightenment. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Here, Uhmma, I say and offer her the bag of ice. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

And when it came to his turn, what could he say, what could he offer on a day like this, to make the trip a little easier? Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Patterson sat down at the table, and Dad offered him a cup of coffee. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I witnessed it firsthand, when he offered to give me a tour of the camp. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Then Rufino, who collected them, knowing how much Mate loved them, offered a new one to her. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ridgeway was in the vicinity to visit a neighboring planter, offering as proof of capture the heads of two runaways in a leather sack. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He took out a heavy pigskin cigar-case and offered it to me. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Georgia Penn,” the radio announcer introduced herself, offering me her hand. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The group promptly passed several resolutions, including one that endorsed the abolition of slavery and another that offered support to the federal government. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I could barely afford to write her letters—and beyond that, I had nothing else to offer. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Do we have a soft drink to offer our guest? Did you bring out the soup from the freezer? Lets go to the kitchen,” his mother said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

With Alvarez standing by, he put through a call to Edward Teller, who then was still at Los Alamos weighing UCLA’s offer to join its physics faculty. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I even offered it to Jim to read, but he claimed he didn’t know who von Braun was. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

My epic fantasies offer the illusion of generosity but never the real thing. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Burglary, properly executed, though it had its dangers, offered the maximum chances of success with the minimum risk. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had the most wonderful gift to offer, and walked boldly to greet the throng of men. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

They hustled to put together match proposals, and Howard and Riddle were suddenly bombarded with offers. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been in the lab many times before this, but now I was here to learn everything it had to offer. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I give something easy for carry,” he offers. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

And the person always apologizing is the host, that they might have more to offer. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Perfectly ripe,” they had said, the only thing offered as an explanation. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Some of them were full-service establishments, offering grilled goat, Tusker beer, a bed, and a woman. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The secular calendar whirled like a carnival wheel and offered carnival prizes—a fat Santa instead of the infant God; colored eggs and chocolate bunnies instead of the death and resurrection of Christ. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the broken-down wreck by the side of the road was in real trouble unless someone stopped to offer help. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Blunt again. Very good. But you’re missing your chance, boy, just as your father missed his. You won’t hear me make this offer again.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The offer did not surprise him; what other reason could Robert have had for coming so far? A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

If you keep searching, you’ll find connections spanning many years, each offering a small piece of the story. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The ship captain took the better deal and offered different work to the immigrant men. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There was a chance, she thought, just the slimmest chance that an offering burned on this altar might appear at Camp Half-Blood. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Sure, it was a weekend, but the ad man offered to come in when they told him how many billboards they wanted to rent. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stepped out of the kitchen and into the courtyard before Chuck could offer to join him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Then, conspiratorially, he offered to show us a place that we couldn’t tell anyone, particularly Sergeant Bloom, we had seen: the Box, or Special Housing Unit. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The War on Drugs, cloaked in race-neutral language, offered whites opposed to racial reform a unique opportunity to express their hostility toward blacks and black progress, without being exposed to the charge of racism. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“How can I do that? If you are true, and your offer real, my only feelings to you must be gratitude and devotion—they cannot torture.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

"Well, I admit, there are a couple of quite decent items here this time. So I’ll offer you,” he opened his eyes again, "one hundred thousand lire. And I'm still doing you a favor.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I clutch the vial in my fist, desperate for the relief it offers, the protection from the pain of every memory clawing inside me like an animal. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Officer Delinko offered him a stick of gum, which the kid crammed into his cheeks. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Herbert had no money, nothing to offer her if he was executed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t have offered to help if an email about anyone else had been sent out. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

"Perhaps they would consent to a truce, and allow us to trade our prisoners for theirs," offered Lord Lefford. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Over years, I’d watched him inhale books, newspapers, and ideas, sparking to life anytime he spoke with someone who offered a shard of new experience or knowledge. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Blood spattered, frightened children wept, and the man with the gun offered the teacher and bus driver some meat from a freshly slaughtered goat. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

At once Theseus came forward and offered to be one of the victims. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had no words of comfort to offer her. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Hagrid made them tea and offered them stoat sandwiches, which they refused. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I cannot bear to see her struggle with simple tasks, so I set my book down and offer to help her. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Thus, Tolstoy would have approved of the insight offered in another context by an earlier author, Saint Matthew: “Many are called, but few are chosen.” Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even though Mr. Ray said he understood where I was coming from, I still felt a little stupid turning down his offer when the only other option was to work in a grimy chicken spot. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But it is in India, where it was used as an offering in religious and magical ceremonies, that we have the first written record of sugar. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“The same offer I made at Mole’s Town. Food and shelter and peace, if he will join his strength to ours, fight our common enemy, help us hold the Wall.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Jean-Marie said, “We would offer you hospitality at our kitchen table. But to do that, we would have to lock her in her room.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

And so, for her seventeenth birthday, they offered to get her a nose job. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

At first she refused the food when Uma offered it, but seeing how disappointed she was she accepted the bacon and sucked on it quietly, remembering with pain the tastes of Barrow. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then you, Courtney, offered to give me a ride home when we were done, not realizing “home” was only two houses away. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Rebellious and full of rage, he could offer me no safety, only greater danger. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I say that my current offering isn’t a mystical story, or a religiously mystifying story, at all. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The automobile offered drivers a feeling of independence and control. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

How impressed I was, I remember well; impressed and a little over-awed by the magnificence of the breakfast offered to us. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“All right, I’ll accept your offer, but you have to get it done by sunset. If you fail, your friends get sold, and I get rich.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She walked to the water jug, not saying a word to Nox as she poured herself a glass and didn’t bother to offer him one. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Henry looks at him like he’s trying to choose between a million choice words, before tipping his head to the side and offering up a well-rehearsed laugh, putting his arm around Alex too. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

A few people stopped when I fell, but none of them offered to help me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

If someone offers you an opportunity to get closer to your enemy, you always take it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I’ve already signed one for him,” Alex offers up, while Henry’s ears turn from red to an alarming shade of purple. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Some of them promised to come; some offered their talismans—a branch from a peach tree, a Christian cross, a red paper with good words written on it. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scythe offered to take her to a hospital for some speedhealing of the dog bite on her arm, but she declined. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But compared with cows’ bodies, ours offer different immune defenses, lice, feces, and chemistries. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He then offered me a lift to where my comrades would be waiting for me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chemical chosen for a fresh attack was DDD, a close relative of DDT but apparently offering fewer threats to fish life. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Or do you have skills to offer, as I’m sure you do—” “I don’t work for the government.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

When a smattering of education was considered a good thing for workers, some mills offered classes at night at no charge. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The commander, an anxious young knight with a pockmarked face, offered bread and cheese and the chance to warm themselves before his fire, but Mya declined. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“It is expected that outstanding students will be offered positions in this laboratory.” Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He wasn't quite sure himself why he didn't like Barbarossa's offer. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was staggered now to think of his own presumption in accepting his friends’ offers to accompany him on this meandering, pointless journey. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The manager offered to give her a ride home when his shift ended, a half hour later. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

One time he offered me anything if I would sit on his lap. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He recalls that Volpe offered a note of caution, or perhaps even a mild reproach. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Walter offered to take a couple of us with him but Daddy refused. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Aaron, Mamá had found a strong heart, and she’d attached herself to the offered hand slowly, cautiously, making sure he was the right man with whom to start a new life. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I hope you do accept our offer to pay Julian's dental bills. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

In the past they had always come running with a lawyer, offering to pay damages and demanding his release. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“I will offer, one final time, to give you a blessing,” he said. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He felt funny eating alone, and offered Henry a piece. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I could read it to you,” offered Bod. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

She never said thank you, either, when you offered her something. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, we decided it was in good enough shape to offer us some semblance of security for the night, however pitiful it might be. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It’s helpful to tell them— like the nightclub host who greets you, “Ladies and gentlemen: have we got a show for you tonight!”—that important, new, and unusual matters will be offered to their ears. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

They bring hoes to clear the weeds and brooms to sweep the stones and they offer dumplings and oranges as spiritual food. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He graciously offered his hand to the boy and with a gentle smile said,“Good game.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The money is an incentive—the word “incentive” here means “an offered reward to persuade you to do something you don’t want to do”—to read long, dull, and difficult books. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

When Lewis Hicks could not hire enough local strikebreakers, he went south, offering jobs to people who didn’t know what it was like in the Black Valley. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

Ignatius scrutinized the offerings furiously for a while all by himself, for the ladies had stepped back from the fence and had formed what looked like a protective little grouping. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the duke was the king’s most trusted advisor—and had offered no cause for mistrust other than a fierce belief in Adarlan’s right to conquest. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Times being what they were, I offered my only possible response. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

At the very least, we hope you’ll do us the honor of being the first to hear our generous offer. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Many who owned cars continued to offer them to the car pool and volunteer as drivers. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

This crowd offers our only chance of escape. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

A small man, with his arms full of letters and messages, pushed through the crowd and offered them to Milo. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I suppose it depends on the buyer. I accept payments in coin, of course, but sometimes I get offers for a barter.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I have always loved to learn, even though the learning they offered us was much less than that given to bilagaanaa children. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alexander nodded gravely and offered a chess piece to his brother. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“I work for anyone with gold, young lady. I’m a businessman. And I sell them anything I have to offer.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

They offer tips on which parts of the city are thick with police, places he should not go. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Just the whisper of an unwillingness to subsist on scraps offered by others. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

One was made of wire, but provided food, and the other was made with snuggly cloth, but didn’t offer any food. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

When he had finished, and his master had shown the king the stolen cup, some of the lords of the court cried out that the slave should be offered to the Firedrake as a sacrifice. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the class jumped in, offering bits of information that would have given the pope an aneurysm. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, this is good news,” he says, and offers what I think is a bible quote, or at least a paraphrasing. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The man was bargaining, he realized, offering to negotiate. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s nice to see you, Ms. Holmes,” Davis said, offering a handshake. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Ultimately, Duke beat out NYU and Columbia as my top choice because Duke offered me the most money in academic scholarship funding and they recruited me to be on their fencing team. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Numbers,” I say, cracking open a book and offering it to her. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can’t offer me something that is already mine,” the chief said, arrogantly. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a bone-handled knife, he sliced off a small piece and offered it to her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Prizes were offered to the teams that solved the clues first. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He offered to buy his son back from the military with cows; he offered to take his son’s place, to no avail. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The letters were brief and poorly written, but they offered small bright glimpses into the daily lives of the children and the state of near-captivity in which Holmes held them. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“How about a compromise? One of you climb the logs. Then I will lower the ladder for the other two. Final offer. Concede or go acquire your information elsewhere.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“So Jimmy’s going to ask you to help. And he’s going to offer you money.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

As a consolation prize, I offered to bring her back another souvenir. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I — well, like I say, I’ve taken a liking to you. Just thought I’d offer . “Well, thanks,” said Harry, “but I think I’m nearly there with the egg . . . couple more days should crack it.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I offered a taste to Laleh, who refused—it was too hot, and it had not been sweetened at all—and then took my own sip. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It didn’t take me a week to leam that all you had to do was give white people a show and they’d buy anything you offered them. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, this offer was something to think about If she kept on making just one copy by hand, yes, she could keep total control of it. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“I came to you a poor man, with only myself to offer. I hoped it would be enough.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Because it did not involve loss of life it offered the best hope for reconciliation among the races afterward. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Belmont was already talking with CBS Radio, which was offering to broadcast the race live worldwide, predicting that twenty million sets would be tuned to it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made my exit, and it was not until after I had done so that it occurred to me I had not actually offered her my condolences. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

After only a few minutes, though, Turner, in his high-pitched voice, offered Bobby a draw on the eighteenth move. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Others came to offer congratulations or make threats against the Black Tips. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The waiter came offering dessert: crème brûlée, mango and chocolate sorbet, or strawberry saffron and sweet-corn vanilla gelato. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Therese shakes her head vigorously and withdraws her hands as if I am offering to take away a precious gift. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He shakes his head and pushes away the bread Malachy is offering. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

This could be the best deal anyone would ever offer me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He cut off a chunk of dried breadapple, offered me a slice, and sat meditatively chewing. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She accepted his offer to be his wife, and together they had the children of Orléans. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Even as he spoke he could have bitten back the words, expecting a rebuff, but to his surprise the boy accepted his offer. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to join in, offer my squall, but Mom shoots me a look that says, Stay out of the rain, son. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

An affectionate man, he embraced me, offered me coffee and had me take a seat. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom offered to drive me, but I wanted some time alone with Harold. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Let me do that,” offered Harry, and he took the matches from her. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When he heard about the retrospective, he offered. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Before the offer was finalized, Haupt was ushered into another office down the hall, where a thin man with a streak of gray hair introduced himself. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Matthias was only too glad to offer them a lift home. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Abigail would leave Candice the letter, and offer just enough of a hint, just enough of a clue, to catch her granddaughter’s attention. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The president of the bank, Jezdimir Vasiljevic, had given his executives the authority to offer a purse of $5 million with one stipulation: The match had to commence in three weeks in Yugoslavia. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, that’s awful nice of you to offer. But I’m feeling a little spent this morning and need a bit of a lie down. Besides, Miss Sadie’ll be expecting you,” he said. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He also offers to hang them up around town. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

But he is glad that she accepts his offer to help her clean up before leaving. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sure, she has lEPs and 504 plans that say “offer support,” and other things, but Ms. Dale also finds her people because, well, they are her people and she likes spending time with them. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I said, casually sliding a stick of gum out of the pack and offering it to Faith, real gentlemanlike. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

This chapter will offer music suggestions to inspire older children, including cultural games, songs, and dances. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

It will automatically check your calendar against the available dates on your dentist’s calendar and offer you three choices. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Slowly, I stand, holding the glass out like an offering, like a trade, like I’ll give him his glass back and he’ll unlock the door and let me go without hurting me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I got offers from two colleges to play ball, but never attended any of them. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to wash dishes and always offered to mop the floor, but for the fifth day in a row, Mrs. Woods said, “Go outside. Play.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the base of the tree, Nokomis left her offering, sweet and fragrant. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Something stirred inside her, some urge to plunge into the new white world and see what it had to offer. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Why would he offer any kind words at all? Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He offers me juice, milk, bagels, and muffins. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“Eat whatever you wish,” he says, making it seem like an offer rather than a command. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Jaja offered to take the first filled container back to the kitchen, but Obiora said not to worry and took it in. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

"I'll keep that in mind, my lord. In any case, it was Lady Lysa I hoped you might sway. For her, I have a sweeter offer." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He offers this idea with such sincerity that I have to smile. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Ceremoniously, he bowed and offered it to me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He declined the lifetime pension offered him after the war and until old age he made his living from the little gold fishes that he manufactured in his workshop in Macondo. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Her mom had always said couples therapy was too expensive because they didn’t take insurance, but her dad had offered to pay anyway. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Dad pulled out a burrito and offered one to me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was offered membership in Phi Beta Kappa but declined, insisting that titles and honors are irrelevant. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Wrights offered to lend her photos of Warren in his football uniform, too—maybe the paper would want to run them with the story, they’d suggested. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I asked for water. I offered him some of our food. But they only have a bit left, with four children. He said there’s running water in the next village an hour away.” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

With a trembling hand Patria took the paper he offered her. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through her reverie of mumbo jumbo she heard the court-appointed lawyer lean over to Richie and offer two words of legal advice: “Plead guilty.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the next decade all across Europe they furiously thought and scribbled and offered competing hypotheses. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then she turned to Con and added, “Although I’m afraid I can’t offer you anything to compete with the King’s table.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I remember being stunned when the mayor didn’t apologize or offer my father more money. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“If you want, I can tie you up the way you like,” she offered. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

So that evening, when his father offered a wedding gift, the young king asked for the paper inside the mouth of the tiger statue. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Each offering represents a dream, a desire, a longing. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

"Let me carry the bag, Max," I offer, and put my hands on the backpack to help slip it off her. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

So I called and invited her to meet me in a park; I took Pepsi and biscuits as a peace offering. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

All the colleges I applied to accepted me, but none offered me a scholarship or any other financial aid. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Spencers will be very thankful for whatever you and the kind women of your church have to offer.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The poems almost always came back, and I would send them out again, asking no more than that by their absence they would offer the promise of immortality. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I’d offer to help with dinner,” Uncle Phil says,“but I only know how to grill burgers. I’m useless at cooking anything else.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You want the bike? Make me an offer,” Mr. Davis said. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

In Chicago hostesses always knew when guests had taken the cure, because upon being offered a drink, those guests invariably answered, “No, thank you. I’ve been to Dwight.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Er — may I offer you a glass of gin?” she said in an extra-refined voice. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He took the pain pills he was offered, gulping them down with plenty of water the way he was instructed. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“But to those who wish to cross the Bridge of Forgetting, I always offer a choice. And I will offer the same to you. First, will you hear my tale, daughters of the gods?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Here. Let me do that,” I offer, taking the rolling pin. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Guitar fished for a cigarette and offered one to Milkman. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So where’s home? I’d offer to ride him, but I’m on foot. G. stole my motorcycle in case I ended up like this tonight. We got in a big row this morning.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“And, Lolly,” Tuttle said, “though we appreciate your offer to work off the cost of the Legos, that won’t be necessary either. Focus on your schoolwork instead.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“I could intimidate that old man,” he offered, “maybe scare him—” “Frank, it’s okay,” Percy said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The magazine where I’d been working two days a week had offered me a full-time job. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was a wind that offered no relief from the heat, but it caught Lillian’s hair and pushed it softly back, an auburn shining pennant, a surrogate windsock, revealing a long, elegant neck. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The immediate appeal of Lamarck’s idea was that it offered a reassuring story of progress: all animals were progressively adapting to their environments, and thus progressively slouching along an evolutionary ladder toward perfection. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Ready to make their move, they told Fabyan about the job offers. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But even in fairy tales, these kindly old gentlemen with their fascinating offers are not always what they seem to be. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The spread of her hips, so different from mine, looked like a bowl offering up red fruit. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“What better peace offering,” Chiron said, “than to have the son of Poseidon return Zeus’s property?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve offered to take in one of the tree families temporarily,” she announced. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Finally Cinna stepped in and offered to help me develop my passion for designing clothes, which really required development since it was nonexistent. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He never offers me any, though, and I don’t ask: we both know what my body is for. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bend your front leg next time,” offered Willis. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

One of the field medics who brought patients in, Ric Painter, offered to train Kelley as a medic on a Dust Off helicopter in the 50th Medical Detachment. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Nor could wheat offer security against human violence. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is this all you have to offer?” he shouted triumphantly. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She offered him a smile, but she kept her eyes closed. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pete had taken the best that Norris had to offer, but you could see that it was the sheriff that had delivered a crushing blow. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa Nyles took pictures and then offered pipe tobacco to the four directions. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Myriad has been accused of creating a monopoly, since no one else can offer the test, and researchers can’t develop cheaper tests or new therapies without getting permission from Myriad and paying steep licensing fees. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

A few years ago, she offered to give me the piano, for my thirtieth birthday. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the offering that mattered, not the substance. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Annemarie’s dad had a cardboard box full of stuff, little containers and plastic bags, which he offered to Mom. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure anyone has ever offered to make such a sacrifice for me. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could offer the smallest smile and fill a boy’s head with dreams that would last deep into nightfall. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I could do that for you,” offered Penny. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“It is God who heals and afflicts,” she says, neither refusing nor accepting my offer. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

No one has offered to share what I smell: sardines, dried durian, salted eggs, toasted sesame. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

This was already apparent when, in 1956, Martin Luther King, Jr., offered his opinion that perhaps the lessons learned from the Montgomery bus boycott could help in the fight over school desegregation. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

They found him and his sons on the shore offering a sacrifice to Poseidon. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, the offer made her feel strangely proud, like her adulthood had registered to him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She kept her phone number unlisted and turned down most offers to speak. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

No one offered them any cheese or roast pork, but they soon found that the rumor Salvador had heard was correct. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“To be chosen as an Aspirant for the Trials is to be granted the greatest honor the Empire has to offer.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

But though Gregg’s testimony offered the clearest indication yet that Hale had ordered the murders, it was of limited legal value. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Except for the latter, these men were offered as “character witnesses”—persons expected to attribute to the accused a few human virtues. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

We follow her onto the tree roots, where she sits and offers me the bowl of raspberries. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Maddie took the offered half sandwich—bully beef straight from the tin as usual. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The documents were served at my office, and as soon as the application against me had been made and publicized, I began to receive offers of support and help. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I’ll have to offer in exchange, I am not entirely sure. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We live on what we can find, and when we’re offered news of friends, we take a deep breath first. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took a sip and offered him some. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

You never knew, each year, exactly which jobs would be offered. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“And I heard someone say Justin was offering favors for ten bucks a shot in the back room.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Jane’s eyes she had been a rival; and well might any thing she could offer of assistance or regard be repulsed. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

The boss planned to offer her fifteen a week, figuring he’d get as good a reader as his future wife at half the salary. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wall also offered a quick and easy lesson on the history of race relations in Odessa. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He only learned of Mary Jackson’s double major in math and science after he made her the offer to join the Four-Foot SPT group. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Abandoned by the cluster of ministrants who had obscured her as the last rites were being offered, Guenever stood like a beacon. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted people to see me, to like me for who I was and what I had to offer. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Being in that house was spoiling the hope of what life should offer. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“I tell them about everything that the Ecuadorian Andes have to offer. I enjoy spreading my pride in our country’s rich cultural heritage.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, the portly knight who commanded the waycastle greeted Mya by name and offered them skewers of charred meat and onions still hot from the spit. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He offered him his friendship, invited him to bathe in champagne, tried to make him understand that the females of his family had insides made of flint, but he could not weaken his obstinacy. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The porters’ ladders offered too much temptation to the penguins. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tailors, dressmakers, and merchants try to woo her with free gifts for her ladies, or offer pastries and champagne. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The old neighbor offered me a cup of coffee, and I took it. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The field was the best the track had to offer, including Velociter, the former track record holder for the race’s mile distance, and the terrific mare Uppermost, the only horse to better Velociter’s time. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re a caged bird here, Ghalib—this camp clipped your wings. You have much to offer the world. Go and fly.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

There were caterers offering bite-sized quiches and poached eggs in puddles of velvety hollandaise. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The discussion of Mr. Collins’s offer was now nearly at an end, and Elizabeth had only to suffer from the uncomfortable feelings necessarily attending it, and occasionally from some peevish allusions of her mother. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Mama spoke again: “Other families in the village had the same offer. If we sent a man to the front, we wouldn’t have to pay taxes. And we sent…” Her voice cracked. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The old holy man offered the faintest touch of a smile. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She offered him her piece of ice and before we knew it, he was running toward us. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

My plan had been to add a weekend job, which I have been tentatively offered at a Rainbow supermarket near the apartment where I originally stayed, at close to $8 an hour. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she emerged a few seconds later with a piece of pottery in each hand, he knew better than to offer to help her out of the water. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He pushes up his hat and offers his brother a wheel of pineapple to eat. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She offers me her hand, and I shake it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I opened up my hand and offered her the button again. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pausing a moment to pry the blanket from her pack, she offered it without touching him. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She smiled and offered him a small nod. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I listen to every word those Howard students say about the different majors and clubs and activities the school has to offer. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Well, hello there,” I offer, mimicking him exactly, English accent and all! I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

But that day, I did not have much opportunity to sight-see for I met immediately with the men protesting the government offer of amnesty. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Would you like anything to eat?” she asked, and then she wondered for a panicked moment if she even had any food to offer her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were never worshiped in temples, but only in the home, where some of the food at each meal was offered to them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pastors again offered petty cash but no work or lodging. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

"I would offer you my sword, but I seem to have mislaid it." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Within the first year, we quickly expanded our offerings from our initial ten items to more than fifty, and were already making a profit. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He offered me a smile, the relief clear in his face. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But first, he went over and offered his hand to Lauren. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

A millionaire, who wishes to remain anonymous, offered to pay my college tuition. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Then I go to the Laydons’ cabin to offer to help them pack. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Andrecito offers me his dump truck for comfort, placing it gently on my napkin. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing to do but offer ourselves up to it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Peeta hesitates, as if considering the reliability of this offer, and then shakes his head. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I know I need to welcome the chance Celina Aunty is offering me. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Manny from down the block has offered his minivan to drive Mama and my sisters out to our new place. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

While it nibbled at the food one of them offered, the other officer tied its antlers to the fence with a leather strap. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Neylan had been a regent for nearly a decade when the Harvard offer piqued his curiosity and brought him to the door of the Rad Lab. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“A picture,” she says, as if offering me some juvenile treat, an ice cream, a trip to the zoo. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would have jumped like a fool at the chance to offer her another piece. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She offered the spyglass to Sticky, who declined. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“But a few weeks ago I heard Nazario tell you he didn’t take your money when you offered it to him.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Is the General going to offer a reward? I know it’s against his principles, but it might work.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

A crowd of men is gathered around her, offering her roses. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A Communications Corporation offered to teach girls teletype machine operating and to pay them twelve-fifty a week while they were learning. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around the same time I was offered a full-time job in America, in the processing department of a library at MIT. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Lily looks stung, like she offers to do nice things for me all the time. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

They offered something Nicole actually wanted — scholarship money — and it satisfied her mother’s craving for the spotlight. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t offer to shake her hand or even look at her. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The neighbors on the long walk to and from home were no longer friendly; they no longer offered me a drink of water on a hot afternoon or a dry porch when it rained. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

However, the famous explorer didn’t think that Roosevelt’s current plans, to travel down an already well-known river, “could offer anything new to an Expedition whose object was to unravel unknown aspects of our wilds.” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t I lead you out to the anacahuita turn,” she offers the interview woman. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Indian man in the brown suit smiled and offered Hassan his hand. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A few investors bought up tracts of cheap land in Clarkston because of the town’s location, just outside a beltway that encircles the city and offers easy access to the airport and downtown. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“We need to offer him something else, something just as valuable.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Cymbeline stood there gaping for a few moments, then offered her hand for the short, dapper man to kiss. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Candy leaned forward a little, making sure to offer a peek. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Carney slewed his eyes at the dial and spoke two words: his offer. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She offered the other girls each a twig. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I offered, meanwhile wondering how I would explain its absence to Charlie. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He should have offered us forty to play for the evening, free use of the public hall, a good meal, and beds at the inn. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Even so, he had no appetite, and when Illyrio offered him a bowl of blackberries in cream he waved it off. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Five years later, Ames gave a prison interview that offered a glimpse into his motivations. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Another, but over and over, with a collective sigh, the company was dragged back to its apparent fate, congratulating Old Chao on having received a tenure-track job offer just that afternoon. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Too bad your drink won’t help you develop a brain,” I said, but I took the cordial glass he offered me anyway. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It may seem that every time someone offers you a hand up, they just let go and you slip further down. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Their throats are parched from talking and at one point he offers to go to the cafe car. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The only excuse I can offer is that like so many of my black brothers today, I was just deaf, dumb, and blind. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Miss Palma’s class, she offered to come over after school a few days that week and catch me up on my class work in every subject we had together. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A woman hurls herself on your blade, offering herself as a sacrifice to prevent you from gleaning her child, and dies. What do you do?” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of the Depression, when wrenching need narrowed the parameters of experience as never before, the liberation offered by the racehorse was, to young men like Pollard and Woolf, a siren song. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man was selling apples from a barrow, and a woman was offering herring with chopped onions. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As if it is not hard enough, the lady of the tree is so stingy she does not offer food, she does not offer water. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Have state or federal officials offered you immunity or clemency if you changed your plea?” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“There must be something you want—something of value I can offer you....” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She wanted to accept what he was offering her—hope. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

As we went toward the kitchen, I looked back and saw that Cudn Hope had offered her the green velvet rocker and everybody was sitting down again. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He marches knowing that a letter has been prepared by Jefferson Davis, a letter which offers peace. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go straight to Mrs. Parker’s office, where she offers me candy from the jar on her desk. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

If he declined Trip’s offer, Frank figured he would offend the guy and end up as sorghum or wheat or some other cash crop. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Don’t write yourself off just yet, Douglas,” Rob offered. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Teaching the surgery to local doctors and offering its gift to the colored population was part of the reason he was hired. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

After the war’s end, however, he turned down Ernest’s offer to continue as the lab manager in order to resume the classroom teaching of Hegel and Marx. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She drove you home and offered food if you were hungry. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

When Apu made him an offer—“I could use some help around the store’’—he accepted. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though Otto liked Mr. Flux, or rather, he liked that Mr. Flux liked them—fans were awesome—he knew to be cautious when strangers offered help, either by gift or effort. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He shut the door and lifted a pile of books off the visitor’s chair before offering her a cup of coffee. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“You do not need to understand. Just behave, follow your mother’s example. Light the incense, make an offering to the moon, bow your head. Do not shame me, Ying-ying.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I try to help them with whatever they’re doing, but they turn away, or push me away, resentful that I’ve even offered. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Assistant Principal Stephen Jacobs offered a curt smile to Mrs. Torrance, whose head had swung toward him, her beads tinkling again. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

For five endless, unbearable hours, Alex is shuffled from room to room in the West Wing, meeting with what seems to be every strategist, press staffer, and crisis manager his mother’s administration has to offer. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Each time, Bear, with great dexterity, seemed to offer him the mazer, but at the last moment, tossed it high. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

They were screaming at me to press the button, but none of them could offer a convincing reason why I should. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He offers me the little finger of his left hand. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Members from the French team came to see me to offer their support, as they knew how important staying healthy was during the Olympic qualifying year. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I intend to draw Miss Trixie out rather shortly; 1 suspect that this Medusa of capitalism has many valuable insights and more than one pithy observation to offer. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” said Jane, “we heard his kind offers, we heard every thing.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“You offer me safety! You threaten me! With what?” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Jim Crow, as oppressive as it was, offered a measure of security for blacks who were willing to play by its rules. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Let me pour your tea,” she offered, although she never served Papa’s tea. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

So I guess I was offered an opportunity that not many people have. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Allow me,” one of the policemen offers, strapping his weapon over his shoulder and rolling up his sleeves. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Cain bowed and didn’t offer Renault a hand to help him rise before he stalked toward the opposite end of the veranda. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Now I am quite prepared to believe that other countries can offer more obviously spectacular scenery. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

On top, I settled a folded note, offering my help. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

But Mama told him we wished to mourn privately, that they could go to offer Masses for the repose of Papas soul. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Similarly, the Wal-Mart where I worked was offering free doughnuts once a week to any employees who could arrange to take their breaks while the supply lasted. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Spencers went willingly once they heard my offer. Safety is a precious commodity in these turbulent times.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The ship had righted itself, continued to fly forward—though at a slower speed—and no one was reaching out of the window to offer any help. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Every Glader going in and out the door gave Thomas a stare; a few came up and offered congratulations. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“He offered to take me home or to my father’s grocery store. Before we could decide, One-Fifteen pulled us over.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Then too he had been offered a job at Allen’s Food Market and so the urge for adventure did not pull him away. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sport offers so many opportunities for suffering and so few opportunities for glory that only the most tenaciously self-reliant and self-motivated are likely to succeed at it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Call it sentimental, but the twentieth- century Broadway musical was created by Jewish men and women whose families had - almost universally - been offered a lifeline of opportunity via immigration from Europe to the United States. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Luma kicked off the black Puma soccer shoes she wore each day to practice and offered them to the boy, who stepped out of his sandals and slipped the shoes on. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Originally, Gale offered to come with me to 2, but I could see I was tearing him away from his work with Beetee. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

In his sagging eyes we found the language we’d been searching for, a language more eloquent than the cheap bead necklaces of words my mother offered. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bea has offered to be there when I tell Philip if I want, so I think I will. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s a big deal to be offered this visiting professor fellowship,” Mom said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Blacks had offered their services as a group, and yet Carey had not bothered to praise them for this or honor them to the same degree he honored those on the committee. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

My mother’s company offered bursaries, scholarships, for underprivileged families, and she managed to get me into Maryvale College, an expensive private Catholic school. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“If you wanted your ancestors to appear, you had to make an offering.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to see her crumple up like that, because I have nothing to offer her in the way of solace. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I even offer my hand—I know how to be polite to grown-ups! Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He even offered to draw chest and leg hairs on the Wild Boy of Bainbridge Island, but the whole permanent-ink thing was a deal breaker as far as I was concerned. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It made sense to work on the boat—but Tag’s offer of friendship had made a deep impression on Nhamo. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess it was designed to be an offer I couldn’t refuse, but I’d have rather spent the summer in a Siberian labor camp than live with my uncle and his spoiled kids. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“But we can show it to him now,” Charlotte offered. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“A stew? Or maybe it’s a special offering for us. Stir it, man, before it sticks to the pot.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I trail long behind them on the street I don’t have nothing to offer and I feels poor. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

That wouldn’t be so bad if they offered you a drop of sherry and a ham sandwich. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Earlier, you asked me a question....You wished to know why I wanted to meet. Care to offer a guess?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Neither of them was tired yet, but they couldn’t travel during the day; the desert offered no protection from the sun, nor any concealment from the air. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Conquering Bear offered more mules for the cow. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

I offered to take him home, and I ended up carrying him piggyback. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The dragon offered to carry her to the freshwater stream. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Wait till they saw what Arlington, Iowa, had to offer! Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Heavy clouds hung low without offering rain; the air beneath was grimy with smoke. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She offered to have the land checked for gypsy moths and to have any infestation destroyed by spot spraying. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

During all of this trouble, I maintained my desire for challenge and continued to take the most advanced courses offered at Middleton High School. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening, while Ess was busy arranging shells in the wet sand along the beach, Jinny offered to help Ben with dinner. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

An endless stream of friends, well-wishers, townsmen, Marines, the regulars at Hobie’s, and teachers of her four children came to the house to offer their condolences. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, through multiple calls, I arrive at a list of eleven motels in the Twin Cities area, all of them of the non-brand- name variety, offering weekly rates. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad led the way, Dad offering an arm to Mamou here and there. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I took a chance to see if Syl could prove something that had been boiling up in me when the cap’n had offered the Dee-troit sheriff all that money to come with us. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Whether this is offered as favor or threat remains unclear. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

How was he supposed to resist the Whisperer when it was the one thing that offered relief? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was strong and very healthy, and I offered to help her. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Others offer to carry purchases of fruits and vegetables from stall to stall in rustic wooden wheelbarrows in exchange for tips. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

It’s as if Hideo were offering me pity money, an easy out if I don’t feel up to the challenge of his bounty. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I think I might join the track team,” I offer. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

His offer shook me so much I choked on my krupnikas. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Michael needing help with his navigation again?” one of them asked kindly, offering her a leg up the ladder into the back of the plane. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

But there’s no way I can pass up a chance to see what this spell book has to offer. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

In the end she tried a dozen gowns before she found one she liked, but she refused the crown that Jhiqui offered her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Featuring bottom-level Thoroughbreds and quarter horses, these tracks offered the worst of low- rent racing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She offered sesame candy from a dish beside the lamp that also had buttons in it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Just as in modern shooting, you must never offer criticism to the man in command, so in hawking it was important that no outside advice should be allowed to disturb the judgment of the austringer. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I offered it to my mother, but she couldn’t eat either. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yes,” Ash said eagerly, and then it occurred to her that the huntress might have been making her an offer, and perhaps she — a common household servant — should have turned her down. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I select the right practice gun, the one about the size of a pistol, but bulkier, and offer it to Caleb. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

If Mortimer offered to read me into some book now, any book, she thought, I’d accept. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He offered her a box at any performance she chose. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Cluny’s baleful eye watched them as his long flexible tail sorted through the paltry offerings which had dropped from their claws. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Next time, just try to blend in with everyone else and you’ll be fine,” my mom offered. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

There was nothing the Mission Control engineers could do, other than offer silent prayers, until the capsule came back into contact. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The rituals were very complicated and the correct order of processions, chants, prostrations, sprinklings with holy water and sacrificial offerings had to be carefully written down so that they wouldn’t be forgotten. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had the ability as a people not only to offer him asylum, but to secure it and extricate him from prison. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And now Mariana’s offer is like cow manure, fertilizing it, nourishing it, reminding me of my power, my options. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So she offered us a challenge to spend over five million dollars in a month, but we couldn’t tell anyone, and there were about a hundred other rules.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

We waved to the crowd, offered a few vague welcomes and hellos, and hurried across the quad. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

For all its bluster, the Court offered no meaningful protection against jury discrimination in the years that followed. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Dad told me that one company had been so alarmed by the success of Mother’s oils, they had offered to buy her out for an astonishing three million dollars. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He had offered to take the anchor watch. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we returned to Harvard, I offered to pay for a hotel. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

‘I see. You’re right, of course. But if the old gentleman dies or you ever want a new master, remember my offer. So ...’ and he turned to shake hands, ‘may we meet again.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In addition to offering literary treasure hunts, Book Scavenger provides a wonderful online community for book lovers of all ages. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Ren, in typical fashion, is fussing over a platter of egg whites and boiled spinach, while Roshan just nurses a cup of spiced chai and grimaces at the plate that Wikki offers him. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He envied them because they were different from him, and because, despite their poverty, their language and their culture seemed to offer a viable and dignified alternative. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thinks he and all painters have much more to offer than a photographer does. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

These offerings Nestor burned on the split-wood fire and moistened with red wine. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Twig,” I said, “Dari offered to team up with us on the egg project.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But he planned to learn, even though his school didn’t offer music lessons for kids who wanted to play instruments. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

After her husband opened the convention, she explained the purpose of the gathering and offered a brief overview of the status of women around the world. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Ma did their laundry, so I had offered to watch the baby. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she spoke, the dancing people began to notice him, and one of the women came toward them, her eyes great and blue, and offered him a goblet of wine. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Phyllis says, “Maybe we can ask Bethel to take up a special offering. His family doesn’t go to our church, but we could still help out.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I was excited to have my own tennis racket at first, but I didn’t really pursue the sport or make the most of the training Mom and Dad offered. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“And I was serious. If you ever need help with math, I could tutor you,” I offer. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He just claimed the fleabag and even took the plastic cat carrier that the old lady offered. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Sahil pulled up the Thoroughly Thespian website and we all drooled over the stuff they have to offer. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He was trying to make me an offer I couldn’t refuse. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Which only a fool would offer as his last words.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Holmes had further sweetened the night with an astonishingly generous offer to Minnie and Anna. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The 1933 Poughkeepsie Regatta had been canceled due to the Depression, but Washington returned to Long Beach that summer to race against the best crews the East had to offer: Yale, Cornell, and Harvard. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Having once been an ambitious young lady myself however, I’ve decided to offer you some advice: go to your local newspaper and get an entry-leveljob. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She asked us where we were going, and when we told her Phoenix, she offered us a ride. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Hush now,” Rhoda said, but she gave him another pie and offered seconds to the twins, too. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And yet he must have something more concrete than this to offer the Hunters tomorrow—if not a hope, at least a clear-cut finality. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s out of the car and at my door, opening it, offering his hand. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

If a country offered Fischer citizenship, they specified, they’d consider deporting him to that country. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mother whispered in her ear about the commander’s offer to work for him. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She was so motivated, she couldn’t stop talking, making offers and taking them back and making new offers. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Moreover, Holmes offered to employ Julia as a clerk in the drugstore and to train her to keep his books. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Liberals urged Verwoerd to offer concessions to Africans. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Martin, remarking that I seemed out of sorts, offered to walk me back to the pub, but I declined. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

But see, Mr. Reuben could know about Kenya’s fight and would offer her pound cake regardless. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The first time they talked for hours over whether it was wiser to depart the dark south immediately or see what else South Carolina had to offer. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

These small offerings of food, of looking out for the kid, somehow made me feel more alone than when the secretaries didn’t remember to include me at all. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

As she saw it, Jefferson’s denials only offered further evidence of his duplicity. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

In a meeting a few hours after the Horse and Horseman award presentation, the Iceman offered Smith and Howard a glimpse into the mind of a riding genius. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t get you two. Is this Korean? You’re so brutal. Why don’t you just ask the manager for a knife and then see how much of your blood you can offer each other?” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Forget the fact that if I take his offer, it’ll mean I have to get rid of her. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The graduate school offered a free course on charcoal sketching. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He opened it and offered one to Mini, who sniffed it. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He offers the trainer his hand and pulls him back up to his feet. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I did not offer to share the peanuts with Granny, because I was not, in any way, feeling generous of spirit. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Again, the emergency medical technician offered a choice of two nearby hospitals—neither of which had state permission to do angioplasty, the procedure Jean Miele received. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was just an observation, but it tipped the scales, and Rufino stopped to offer the boy a ride. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it becomes clear she’s not going to offer further explanation, I prompt Ma to say more. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

But, because the offer was obviously and tactlessly for a service to be rendered, I had no choice except to cut him off there. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He offered the detectives each a chair, but they remained standing. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

They talked on for a while, contributing reminiscences and offering suggestions as to what might have become of Grumman, though most of them thought he was probably dead. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mamita offers her stool to Santiago and moves to the floor, where she kneels with the children. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

George offered Adam Trask a lift in his rented surrey, but Adam refused. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She bade Demeter be seated and herself offered her honey-sweet wine, but the goddess would not taste it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

For days now he had been worrying over the problem—and Ajima had offered the answer unasked. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“You’re right,” said Hermione, prodding Ron out of the chair with her foot and offering it to the first year again. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I got our weapons back,” he says, offering me my knife. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the interest of time, I offer you now a stock capitalist montage. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I offer a berry to Locke, but he demurs. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t get a lot of offers like that. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Whenever they offered him a ride home after work, he made excuses and politely declined. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Surely, he thought, one of his scholarship offers was still good. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“We should have come here years ago,” my mom suddenly offers. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Please have your offerings ready so that as many prayer requests can be received as possible!” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He’s the only one of us who will offer a dead beetle up to heaven. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I tried not to listen to the noise on the feed, the girls in wet shirts offering me shampoo. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s too late now,” I said, then offered up a pitiful smile. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Mama,” Dedd said, knowing the time had come to offer their mother the truth. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa offered to ride Grandpa around, but Grandpa wouldn’t even get in. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I stood amazed, and I didn’t know how to threat, he offering himself. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When she started at Columbia, which is only a few blocks away, my parents offered her a bedroom of her own in our apartment. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Let me try to explain it again,” Milo offered with growing weariness and exasperation, jerking his thumb toward the thief with the sweet tooth, still grinning beside him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

In the spirit of opening up—of full disclosure—let me offer you this: My parents love me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

But sometimes blacks would win the job with an offer to do the work for lower wages, leaving the immigrants resentful and hostile. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They kept their distance from Pefta, refusing the candies he offered them unless I took them from him, in my hands, first. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luckily he got an offer to run a synagogue in Suffolk, Virginia. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, why would I do that? He was so kind to offer. Don’t let me stand in the way of a good deed.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The Aché people, hunter-gatherers who lived in the jungles of Paraguay until the 1960s, offer a glimpse into the darker side of foraging. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, however, he was unwilling to match Hall’s offer to the magazine. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Go ahead, cut my arm,” offered Deydey, “see if you can divide the white blood from the red blood.” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“And what do you offer them? A life of crime?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He offered his customary vulgar promise as he knelt before Cora, sniffing. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Not in the way that the world opened up to Chantal when a fancy private high school offered her a full scholarship. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Like offering candy to a child and then yanking back your hand with some excuse about saving his teeth, I thought. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They didn’t say. But they did want to know if he had ever offered me any kind of illicit materials. That’s what they called it.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The ladies...where I give lessons...well...they offer me a cup of tea afterwards.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not forbear to notice that none offered my company any plan. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Neylan’s concern was that the offer was too rich: “I knew that any time Ernest took that amount of money, he would break his neck to earn it,” he recalled. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Glass had made this last offer on her feet—in fact, halfway out of the living room, in the direction of the kitchen, looking rather grim with optimism. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

If the njuzu offered you food, you must refuse it or be doomed to stay forever in their watery realm. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s offering himself to me, his services, at some risk to himself. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Like the teeth of a gear,’Jason offered. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“You could offer to buy him off, or threaten to cut him up into little pieces and feed him to the loan sharks.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

After three cups of coffee, two pastries and a bowl of rice pudding with cream, Sydelle Pulaski had offered nothing in return. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was customary for several travelers to crowd under a single cover, but when the friar offered to share his bed with me, I let out a horrified cry that almost unmasked me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

"Hestia,” I said, "I give this to you as an offering.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Oliver, in the whole entire history of his life, had never offered to give out his presents first. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The count starts off his book by saying that the Jews are Satanists, and it offers the theory that there’s a Jewish conspiracy to take over the world. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

One hundred years after Alice Paul offered her warning to American women, there is no question her words were taken seriously by generations of women who followed her. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Kappe offered him the chance to "rehabilitate" his standing in the Nazi Party. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Tobias steps back, turns the gun in his hand, and offers it, handle first, to the nearest Dauntless traitor. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I will give you wheat!” said Wheat, as if this were a very fine offer in exchange for her life. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He pulled off his glove and offered his bare hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

According to him, once the Kuhani entered the hall, patrons would be busy making offerings and asking him to relay their specific prayer requests. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It was no one’s place to say to him, “It is time to make the offering.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The DEA has offered free training, intelligence, and technical support to state highway patrol agencies that are willing to commit their officers to highway drug interdiction. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

She offers me mud cake after a while. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The people stood in silence as the offering burned itself out. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Tyrian was exceedingly courteous; he offered his sister the choice portions of every dish, and made certain he ate only what she did. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Her chance came when she was offered a fellowship to study in Germany by the Julius Rosenwald Fund, a foundation that awarded educational grants to African Americans. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Wisely, Penelope chose not to offer her opinion of the care they had received so far. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Concord tonight,” he said, and offered his flask. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts attempted to offer conciliatory words to his southern colleagues, though he did so in a decidedly northern accent. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

In New Rome, he’d offered to give up his position to Percy Jackson. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I shake my head and offer him what I have. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

None of the classes are Advanced Placement offerings. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Doesn’t try to interrupt the important observations or thinking time that the woods offer. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“If the lady insists,” he conceded, and offered a small bow. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Riddle told the Arlington officials to hold their offer open. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even when we offered them for a cheaper price, we were unable to get buyers. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Kamau offered a half smile before his expression grew more solemn. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

"I'll try to teach you to read if you want," Stanley offered. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

It was Mother who decided to contribute most of the flock for feeding the village, like a peace offering. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the selection came, he was doomed from the start, offering his neck to the executioner, as it were. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He offers to bet you even money that it is the red-red card. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a motto Barack and I tried to live by, and I offered it that night from the stage: When they go low, we go high. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I was also convinced that those values I was being offered in school were right in the truest sense of rightness, that they were what both the world and God wanted. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The trail from the ranger station led uphill, under a cloudless sky, through open terrain offering no shade whatsoever. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In most areas, the Chinese bank of the river offers decent cover; it is thick with trees. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The woman who owned it was a sour crone with a wandering eye who looked them over suspiciously and bit the coin that Catelyn offered her to make sure it was real. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Years later, when Laura offered me one of her winter jackets, I refused to accept it because it was a woman’s jacket. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

A third stall hawks diet pills not approved by health departments, while another offers discounts to watch a famous Dark World girl’s R-rated livestream. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And I wanted to be offered help from people because they cared about me, not because they felt some strange social obligation to do so. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

She kept it up until our father, his voice cracking with pain, offered to find her some professional help. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Would you care to come inside while I look? Could I offer you a cup of coffee?” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

He said that some units were good, as good as anything we had to offer. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s all you have to offer as an explanation for what you did?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

"The only puzzle is what you might have offered for his allegiance. The prince is a sentimental man, and he still mourns his sister Elia and her sweet babe." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But being outside right now, under the cloak of darkness, offers the very opposite. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

"I'll warn Papa,” Jemmy offered generously, "that if you spy out a single uniform, you'll crack my neck like a chicken's.” The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Rapidly, I translated: “My master offers you money.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The wages Winn-Dixie is offering—$6 and a couple of dimes to start with—are not enough, I decide, to compensate for this indignity. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad felt like it was better for us to experiment in a controlled and safe setting, and while his logic made sense to me, I never took him up on his offer. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The boy offered his bottle, hoping that the old man would leave him alone. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The driver offered us a ride, and we climbed in. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He never told me that an Erudite could offer to help me even after I killed her brother. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Some time ago William had arrived, offered his usual courteous greetings to the women, and then, instead of taking his place by the fireside, had astounded her by knocking boldly on the company room door. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

My strategy is to offer no greeting and ask him calmly and politely if he’s seen Noah. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

There was nothing he didn’t offer, from his own dressing gown to himself as escort. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before Ivy could offer to come along, Taryn was out the door, leaving Ivy alone with Taryn’s bewildered parents and the giant pile of eggs and cinnamon raisin toast they had made for both girls. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Neighbor women do still come calling to offer little gifts, a hand of bananas or an orange for the baby to suck on and make us laugh at his puckery face. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I will translate these Latin letters for you, if you will first give me your cake,” I would offer, and he would gladly consent. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She shakes Teluman’s hand, offers him a sack of coins, and then makes her way out the forge’s back door with an appraising glance in my direction. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The southern gangs, after hearing the news of the Battle of Bywater, fled out of the land and offered little resistance to the Thain. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He laughed, but didn’t offer to explain why he’d bypassed the library. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

What I saw now was the face of a recognition, the same face that Emile Luzan offered me that first day, too, in his cluttered third-floor office in Babylon, Long Island. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Hess’s readings showed that the ocean floor offered anything but the gooey smoothness of ancient silts. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Sleep offers us a retreat from the world and all its pain. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When she said no, Kimberly offered her the use of their spare car. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

"The same things I'd have of all of them, lad. Men, horses, swords, armor, grain, cheese, wine, wool, nails . . . the Night's Watch is not proud, we take what is offered." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But at Walter Reed, it was all that was on offer. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“You know, there’s a cab company around the corner,” he offered helpfully as an afterthought. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Bayard offered to divorce his wife and marry Elizabeth, according to family lore. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The forest offered a measure of protection from the sun, but after a time the pace began to tell on them. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

So I offer him a gummy worm too. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mae Tuck was the only one who spoke, and the most she could offer was: “Teaching our little girl... how to ride!” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides offering the luxury of grass, Armistead Field was set away from the flow of pedestrians in and out of the apartment complexes. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

They weren’t kicking no butt, but if somebody wanted to offer me a scholarship I could take it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“A little knowledge is a dangerous thing,” Dr. Luce told them, offering an explanation for my disappearance. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I briefly considered my dad's offer: If you're going to do drugs, then bring them home and do them with me. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The man did not offer to shake Shadow’s hand as he rose to leave, nor did Shadow expect him to. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He was about to be offered the chance to expose those lies on the front page of a newspaper read all over the world. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Since I was a woman of the nineties, I offered to pay for the tickets, but he refused. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

She has heard of women offering themselves to El Li'der, drawn by his power, by his unfathomable eyes, and it is said he has fathered many children on the island. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

These offer an at-a-glance guide to the perceived dangerousness of a creature. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good move,” Rostelli said, offering a hand to pull him off the floor. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even so, when the stout little woman offered them the clearing behind her cart to sleep in, Tristran was sleeping drunkenly in moments. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now Fifth Harbor offered berths to mercher ships, as well as boats from all over the world carrying tourists and soldiers eager to see the sights and sample the pleasures of Ketterdam. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Needles was pressed flat against the door as Noodles reached the top and extended his hand, offering the yarn and needles to his brother. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

My mother, who hadn’t said much all day, finally offered a comment. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It is so generous of you to offer to help. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I took a silver tray of smoked oysters and offered them around the room, keeping a close count as instructed by Viola on how many my brothers took. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Dany’s clothes were hardly more than rags, and offered little in the way of warmth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It seemed, to Joe, a life of extraordinary ease and privilege, and it confirmed what he had been thinking—he did want something more out of life than what Sequim could offer. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He also said that many people came to visit the Mahatma and offer him good wishes, but Gandhi wasn’t joyous. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I took it out now and offered it to Red Rabbit. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m his niece,” I quickly offered, returning the smile to Mr. Pignati’s face. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

An older man of some fifty or sixty years walked among the others of our Regiment, offering a compound in a bowl which he spread on muskets as a blessing. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“You can lie here for a few minutes if you like,” she offers. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Whoever offers the most money gets whatever the auctioneer is selling right then. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mother, however, accepted a chair offered by one lodger. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small knot of students had gathered around Zac and Mr. Baker, offering ice and towels. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Finally, I take a step back and put on the face mask again as a peace offering, before leaning against the wall. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She presses up from the floor and offers a hand to Axel. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The curtains were thrown back, and a slave offered a hand to help Daenerys out. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

That is, Polynesia offers us a small slice, not the full spectrum, of the world’s human social diversity. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He knew she wouldn't appreciate any of those offers. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

A teacher crippled by a country that offered little promise or future for its indigenous and colored inhabitants. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Pascagoula doesn’t offer to come in on her holiday and, assuming she’s with her own family, I don’t ask her to. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

‘Thank you, brothers, for helping to kill the giant. I need one more favour - an escape. And, believe me, I am properly terrified. I offer you this, uh, lovely ear as a sacrifice.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She looks like she's about to fall, but when I offer a hand to brace her, she glares daggers at me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I offer to sing a song for some sausage, but Fabian throws me the butt of one and tells me that’s for not singing. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The track was offering a $50,000 purse for the inaugural Hollywood Gold Cup, a ten-furlong race that promised to become one of the sport’s premier events. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spoon Man wove in and out, offering a pair of earrings to Mrs. Bates, and a new hacksaw to Mr. Spencer. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He offered them a room upstairs and bade them good night. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Years later, he would shiver at the thought of how easily he could have lost the colt in the driving rain that Howard let Mills know that the offer was still on the table. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I welcome you to our fires," Bran said stiffly, "and offer you meat and mead in honor of our friendship." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And with the restroom “death chamber” sealed off and walled up, offering no visible reminder of the bombing, it was almost as if it never happened. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

True, handwriting was still offered as an elective, but, aside from herself, she knew few people who had taken it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

They stopped at a hundred miniature stores with crooked floors so Poppy could greet the owners, kiss-kiss on both cheeks, introduce the family, and be offered coffee or tea, though he kept saying no. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t respond, so I felt obliged to offer a bit of an explanation. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He was not given to boasting, and had offered his account simply as an answer to Unferth's lie. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was also being offered a chance at a real-life role, as a valued member of the Globe family. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I briefed them on my trip to Africa, about the support we had received and the offers of training. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As nice as she was, she would have offered to unwrap the paper for her new “baby,” or, as liberated as she was, she would have told Fern to open it herself. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

What Nazario offered them in return was something their union didn’t cover, that if their sons and daughters needed legal help one day, he would be there. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

When flying opportunities for women dried up after World War II, Ruth was frustrated but began to think that perhaps space would offer women new flying opportunities. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

The stories offered some distraction, but not enough. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had better be at the house first thing in the morning, ready to fix the ceiling permanently and to offer restitution for the property damage their carelessness had caused. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you want to know what the offer was?” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sniff the coffee but it smells pretty dangerous, so, just to annoy him, I offer some to Chris. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

When Belknap refused Holmes’s offer, Holmes seemed to crumble with hurt and disappointment. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Another reason we left Christ Temple: Daddy doesn’t like that they take up so many offerings. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“How about ‘The Four Kids Gang’?” offered Sticky. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Despite acknowledging that most alchemists are con artists, della Porta assures us that he is different and offers only reliable information. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

You wouldn’t find them complaining if someone offered them a nice fat pig’s head. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

When Ron offered the sword, however, Harry shook his head. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I’ve been offered a high-powered job as an art curator in New York. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was too smart for the kinds of solace I could offer. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

We finish our food in silence and then Peeta offers to take the first watch. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“My job is to rest,” you echo, and are mad at yourself for being unable to offer anything but an echo. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Like the rest of us, they felt a scandal would further divide the city. They offered to make a sizable donation in order to preserve the peace.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was a song that offered more goosebumps per square inch than any song he had ever heard. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You will come as well. You command here. The offering should come from you." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I can keep you warm while we wait,” Darius offers innocently. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He said she had offered him the job when she had seen him working in the neighborhood. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

So many tins of anchovies, so much chainsaw snoring, so many tender offerings of water bottles and clean socks. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Instead of popping the cherry into his mouth as Milton would have done, Michael Antoniou always offered it to her. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Hey, Scott,” Adams replied, sounding annoyed that Fischer hadn’t offered any congratulations, “I just did.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She offered up a small smile and shook her head. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“We must make, ah, some offering, that is, some contact with nature. Perhaps some simple creature might be the vehicle through which He will speak. Let us see.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you ever want to see an Iranian’s eyes bug out of their head, all you have to do is instantly accept their offer of treating you to dinner without argument. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

My hands shake with nerves as I offer it to Claudine. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Some fell on their knees and offered thanks to God. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that morning, the district attorney’s office had abruptly withdrawn the five-year offer. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I withdraw the offer and go back home looking like a fool. You stay here with that monster Heleen.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Wandermeyer,” I offered, with just the right touch of disdain I thought. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The government offered very generous terms and incentives to relocate to the big towns, mortgages and tax relief. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

As for why the fire spread, there were many reasons offered at the inquiry. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, stop offering before you get one of us killed,” said Boo. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Under that, a bright orange flier for DOA Recording Studios, offering commissions for heroes’ souls. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Her success earned her an offer for a graduate fellowship, but she thought spending three years studying a single medieval poet sounded restricting. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The Brown Bear provided this by squatting down himself and offering them each a furry knee. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He had to go to Prague on court business, and offered to take Kepler with him and introduce him to Tycho. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

He offers me a snack from the candy drawer that he keeps in his desk. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Here was someone offering help, a sane and respectable man who had once known and liked him, a man who signed himself friend. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is my job during nomination season. This publication lists every job classification the Bureau has to offer. What positions you are allowed to pursue depends on both your potential and your ability.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The boy was being paid more money than he deserved, because the merchant, thinking that sales wouldn’t amount to much, had offered the boy a high commission rate. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a night in her sixteenth year when Dorcas stood in her body and offered it to either of the brothers for a dance. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He plucked out a potato and offered a similar report. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I could feel Katherine glare at me as I offered her up in the hopes of saving my own hide, and I’m certain that by the end she fairly had steam coming from her ears. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Patterson normally charged a dollar a lesson, but she offered to give Marian lessons free of charge. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Instead, he kept offering to help me with some of my schoolwork. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“I apologize, sir. I accept your offer of help gratefully, I didn’t mean to be rude.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She never spoke of him again, nor did she offer any explanation for her flight from the conjugal abode. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

An Indian woman opened the door, a pordy, kindly housewife who offered them tea. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to offer you something more valuable than money,” he said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew it was the best he could offer. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I am not a political person, so I’m not going to attempt to offer an analysis of the results. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Because it seems odd to me that no offer has been made or accepted. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Iluminada has now crept forward to the edge of the circle to offer the matches to her mistress. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Now, I had to honestly ask myself what I could offer, how I was genuinely qualified to help the black people win their straggle for human rights. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

You wouldn’t catch him offering to chop wood or gather in a corn crop. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three of the tenants offered to scrub their own hallways until after Katie had had her baby and that helped a whole lot. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She steps behind her own chair and offers it. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know whether I offered my condolences,” he said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

His friend, a gaunt and serious boy named Komatsu, stood below him, offering encouragement. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Christina wanted Ferdinand’s horoscope to be cast, but she was not sure when he had been born and offered two alternative dates more than a year apart: 19 July 1548 and 30 July 1549. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She was fairly sure this boy was demented or just hopelessly deluded, but she liked that word, and unless she was mistaken, he was offering to let her walk out of this house tonight. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“But I guess I thought I should at least offer to leave.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

There’s nothing to drill with, so Mags offers her awl and Peeta drives it straight into the bark, burying the spike two inches deep. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You offer to help, then you abandon me.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a result, the Phaistos disk’s printing technology was much clumsier, and offered fewer advantages over writing by hand, than Gutenberg’s printing press. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

From New York City came an offer of help, twelve hours after Stanton had asked its chief of police to send his finest detectives to Washington to help track the president’s killer. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course I’m going to take the offer,” she snapped. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Look here, gentlemen, sweets offered by the sweetest filly in the Commonwealth. What will you have?” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he could sell Caesar’s crafts during the week, he offered, and they might both profit. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The justices gave little indication of which way they were leaning, though Justice Thurgood Marshall offered a clue in an exchange with Solicitor General Erwin Griswold, who was handling the government’s case. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Nonetheless, our offer to speed that task by giving them the Cambridge molds for making the models was only halfheartedly received. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He offered a hand to steady the nurse. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Even my favorite teacher, Miss Kirker, saw the video and called to offer her support. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

As far as my profession was concerned, it was Gaur who did more than just offer advice. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now, even if I did get a job offer in a big city, I can’t abandon Aibileen in the middle of this mess. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe he's calling to say his wife was wrong to offer such an over-the-top opportunity. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Christmas was only three weeks off, she said kindly: Why hadn’t Emeline simply waited and given the plate then, when Mrs. Lawrence could have offered a gift in return? The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Nobody questioned the offering, and the food was consumed greedily and quickly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I don’t think Mr. Brademas meant it that way—” he offers. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

In order to circumvent the restrictions, I offered food to the warders, who might then relent. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Our next offering!’ the ghoul shouted, his voice buzzing from the arrow in his throat. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Mr. Tuttle hadn’t offered me a picking job since that time us boys pulled up an acre of his onion crop to dam the stream between his pasture and ours. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Zalmay had offered to show him his collection of video games, but he wasn’t interested. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He was here, undrowned, and the voyage had offered certain other amusements. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In 1939, when Grotjan got a high score on a civil service exam, he offered her a place in his unit. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

What happened with education in South Africa, with the mission schools and the Bantu schools, offers a neat comparison of the two groups of whites who oppressed us, the British and the Afrikaners. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She held her own hands out to us, the ancient gesture that was both an offering and an invitation, to come forward, into an embrace, an acceptance. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man with a donkey and a cart offers me a ride on the way back to the city, but he’s going too slow. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He walked from town to town, offering each village he met the same choice he had given before. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He stares stonily at me for a moment longer before looking to Sana, who nods, and Keenan, who offers a shrug that could mean any number of things. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He offered me one and I took it from him with my toes. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

A large food processing company offered to buy the rights and sell the hot dogs in stores, but Milton, mistakenly thinking that popularity is eternal, rejected it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Shin and his mother lived in the best prisoner quarters Camp 14 had to offer: a “model village” next to an orchard and just across from the field where his mother was later hanged. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Smile coquettishly, pretend you know everything, offer everyone a piece of advice and mother them:—that’s sure to make a good impression. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The flickering images offered escapism and a muscular dose of patriotism. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

My existence is a signal that we need to leave this city and offer our help to whoever is outside it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

A week before, he came home to say that the company had offered employees to be paid either in Zim dollars or in cups of mealie meal. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“The women were all offered pardons as well.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of class, I offered him his pencil back. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He kindly offered to telephone some of these. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now she was offering to help him cheat! The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I find myself quite torn by your offer. Stand you, boy, and let us better tell your stuffing.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hence the history of China offers the key to the history of all of East Asia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I have an inward treasure born with me, which can keep me alive if all extraneous delights should be withheld, or offered only at a price I cannot afford to give.’ Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It’s the first time since they announced the Quarter Quell that he’s offered me any sort of affection. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He heard mass standing, as he always did, and at the end he stepped in front of Remedios the Beauty and offered her the solitary rose. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Pimlico could offer only a tiny fraction of the $100,000 purse Belmont had put up. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let out a frustrated sigh and offered her the Lotería boards. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It is possible that he will just accept what I have offered, and leave me alone. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Now Brinker, with his steady wit and ceaseless plans, Brinker had nothing to offer in place of Leper’s dust motes and creeping ivy and snails. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He offered to drive us, too, but as Caleb says, we prefer to leave later and would not want to inconvenience him. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They tried giving us things and offering us advice and putting different kinds of books in our mailbox. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I put my money on the cook. He’s bigger,” a second Gondwannan offered. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t explain anything, but it was the only explanation she offered—perhaps the only one she knew. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Fleeing citizens offered thousands for horses, but there were none to be had. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But none of this reassures Ma and Pa as much as an offer from Theo to help support Vincent, now that he’s making more money. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“And do you know, the department interviewed sixty people — that’s six-oh, sixty — and by the end, only two people received so-called offer.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stone elephant had once more knelt to the ground, lifted its trunk, and opened its mouth, offering Mini a way back home. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The best course seemed tentatively to accept the offer, and in mid-October he wrote Harker that he would come to Brooklyn in the fall of the following year. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Others, including myself, countered that if blacks were offered a multiracial form of struggle, they would remain enamored of white culture and prey to a continuing sense of inferiority. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three days later, Carver Memorial Presbyterian Church filled with mourners, the community offering its condolences and support to the young widow and her three adolescent daughters. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He’d been offered a place at the Hermes table, and even at the head table with Chiron, but he had refused. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The young maid who has been listening to our English gibberish offers us a pink perfumed hand towel, which Sandi accepts and waves like the flag for our side. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Why, then, did Copley show Revere at a workbench with his engraving tools spread out before him, holding a teapot as the object of his contemplation and offering it to us for our inspection? History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we were a little ways down the path, she reached in her pocket and offered me a folded note. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apples and bananas sit in offering at her feet. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Irwin knew talent when he saw it, and he offered Smith a shot at training his horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wasn't very nice to you at my house. I mean...You offered to take me to Disney World and I...I was judgey.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, Briana’s own texting and phone records had offered them yet another level of indignation. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He gives it to a man in black who puts the offering in with the corpse, gently, so she doesn’t wake up. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

He doesn't refuse the offer of wine, but when he starts in on his soup, I realize it's the first time I've ever seen him eat. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I figured the teacher offered me the candy to shut up Claire and Molly and to make me feel good that I accidentally got all the questions right. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

When Roosevelt’s wife, Edith, heard about the offer, she thought it was a terrible idea—with good reason. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I pulled a sample cup out of the stack, filled it with a pump of Orange Blossom Awesome, and offered it to Trent, using my flat palm as a sort of saucer. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Dill offered him the chance to do all four things. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He walked over to a closet, opened it, stuffed the money into a blue tote bag, and offered it to me. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He found himself wondering if he had done the right thing by refusing Lord Renly's offer. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I remember roleplaying what you’re supposed to say if someone offers you a drink and you feel like you’re in over your head. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Why should your families have to send you North? Our colleges right here could offer a good education, too—but they’re segregated.” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

The boy offered a final nod before turning on his heel and heading toward the stable’s exit. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Twice a day, I am offered a view into other lives, just for a moment. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he offered a cache of fur to sweeten the deal. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I think this is just astonishing—because it is offered as the sort of practical stage-management advice that a modern person would never think of applying to something entirely imaginary.* Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

After we'd carried the furniture to the deadbeat's new apartment, Patrick offered me a job, and I took it. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The man lay in a puddle of black water, offering up a lobstered gauntlet in token of submission. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There was nothing to argue about, his life in Chamisa County had ended; he was lucky they offered an opportunity to walk out alive. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later accounts by Oppenheimer, Chevalier, and Eltenton leave no doubt that Oppenheimer instantly and heatedly turned away the offer. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He offered his pilots what everyone from hockey players to software tycoons to takeover lawyers has been offered on the way to success: an opportunity to transform their relationship to their work. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“Oh, thank you! I’ll show you where she is. I don’t offer to take it myself, for I should only get into another scrape if I did.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Mr. Allen offered Mrs. Chatham some coffee and banana bread, but she said, “No thanks, I really must be going now.” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seems to me you don’t like what we got to offer.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

With budgets busting, more than two dozen states have reduced or eliminated harsh mandatory minimum sentences, restored early-release programs, and offered treatment instead of incarceration for some drug offenses. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

For Elinor had decided to offer a home, or “asylum,” as she put it, to all the strange creatures who had landed in her world. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

We had no reliable way of evaluating the situation in the country, and concluded it would neither be fair nor wise for us to offer guidance on matters about which we were uninformed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he offers dinner, the giant says yes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Volt offered them a chair in his office while they talked. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could just accept the life that was on offer right now and be grateful for it. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She read constantly and offered, in letters to Etty mostly, her literary criticism. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had his offer to meet his mother come any earlier this year, there wasn’t an ice cube’s chance in hell I would’ve taken him up on it. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

And in standing at a lectern in front of students who were thinking about the future, I offered testament to the idea that it was possible, at least in some ways, to overcome invisibility. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

All night I sweated in my bed, the thin mattress offering no buffer for my constant tossing and turning. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I could get a job,” Mom offers gingerly. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then there is the issue of social networks and support, the differences in the knowledge, time, and attention that a person’s family and friends are in a position to offer. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He poured out offerings there, and prayers to Athena. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a natural choice; the waxing and waning of the moon in the heavens was hard to overlook, and it offered a convenient way of marking periodic cycles of time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

At the western end of each little house, they carefully framed a small windowlike opening, and built beneath it a shelf for spirit offerings. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Thus his offer; but well did I know that he had no intention of returning to the bank and could not unassisted, did he wish to. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Then I was offered a job to teach at King Middle, and I couldn’t turn that down.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Delilah is no trouble, no trouble at all,” he kept saying, waving away the twenty-dollar bill Mom offered. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The counselor who saw Jen as the perfect do-gooder project on her resume, offering her a chance at beauty pageant redemption meant to save them both. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Then he blew smoke out the side of his mouth like an old pro and offered it to me again. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I’d make myself toast if the toaster weren’t in the garage, along with the remains of several other small appliances my brother offered to fix. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She offered him a tight smile in return and quickly looked away. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

For the supernaturally inclined, the death of the jury foreman alone offered sufficient proof. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

When the guards pointed to him, he offered me a nervous smile before he went to the rock. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“I’ve spent the last few seconds thinking this over a bit more, and I’m gonna have to pass on your offer. I think I’d rather find the egg on my own, thanks.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The captain’s jaw is fixed and he offers no response, but the parrot says, “You’ll have friends, lots of friends here too, here too!” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

But I do nothing but smile when they all offer me a bite. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Teachers from our community along with other professionals were offering to give us books and to tutor us. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one offered up any explanation about the newcomers’ identities. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Was her doctor offering her the same proposal? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“I came to offer myself as escort to your mother. Mr. Laurence has commissions for me in Washington, and it will give me real satisfaction to be of service to her there.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ultimately, it was the comfort offered by her brother-in-law Edward Bayard that calmed her. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“We wanted to come earlier to offer our support but got delayed at the restaurant,” Mr. Park adds. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Good lamb chops ?” “The best,” said Milo, “that the black market has to offer.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

They cleaned his well, and more than a dozen offered a day’s work in the fields whenever they had time to spare it. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

A slight breeze offered some relief from the insidious and torturous swarms of biting flies, stinging bees, and disease-spreading mosquitoes. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“And I’d like to offer my services to help your community rebuild. I can do the repairs at cost, and only charge for materials and labor.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Nothing had been offered, and she knew how insulting it was to treat him like a servant, but his manner was so abject that he deserved it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

In between disputes, I continued to play the piano and she continued to listen, offering a stream of corrections. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I offered her my hey, I'm just saying half smile, but she pushed past me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Second, if contact was made, he’d never accept the first offer, and he usually named an amount that was double or triple—or more—pricing himself out of the market. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He freely offered up the story about his father. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good job,” he said and offered his fist. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

He took a skin off his saddle and offered it up to Jon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He offered her something to drink, in a perfunctory way that suggested he expected her to say no, and then he took off his shirt and lay on the bed. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

This voice doesn’t offer a choice; it has the force of an order. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And I really do, so I was not lying either, at least not about that,” Heqet said blandly, offering the wedge to the Ancient instead. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He would turn away now when Mrs. Popper would offer him some canned shrimps. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Good morning! I'm Dr. Williams," the principal says, offering a handshake. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Taisin was surprised by the offer, but also a tiny bit pleased, and it was the pleasure that made her feel awkward. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When Chuck offered up that maybe they were just exploring and having some fun, Newt had given him a stare so harsh Thomas thought Chuck might spontaneously combust. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He offered no opinion on the beast nor told Ralph why he had chosen to come on this mad expedition. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The posters offering rewards for the fugitives could not be printed until Monday. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, the boy offered Ugwu a tiny bit of his stringy share. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She’d heard of them but had never witnessed their travesties; the colored evening at the theater in South Carolina offered different fare. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He offers me a seat on the blue comforter and we sit side by side, shoulder to shoulder, backs against the wall. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He came to people who needed help, and offered himself. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

We would both rise to our feet, both of us knowing I was not deceived about her offer to tea nor she in my mention of a promise to Maxim. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When the state offered a settlement in the Moss case, Karen Gievers suggested to the Courters that they accept it on my behalf and continue mediations in the other two actions, which they did. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

We came in, Mrs. Baker dropped some money into the offering box, and we walked down the main aisle. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

In regular speeches, we commonly offer observations, first of all, for and against witnesses in general. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Hawkers, girls much younger than I, defied the school gate men, edging closer and closer to the cars to offer peeled oranges and bananas and groundnuts, their moth-eaten blouses slipping off their shoulders. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He hated the community's practice of offering criticisms of members' behavior in order to encourage self-improvement. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He offers the bottle again, but I shake my head. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The santero leads the goat over the offerings and quickly pierces its neck with a butcher knife, directing the stream of blood onto the clay eggs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Right now I want to offer you an opportunity to see what the world is like outside the compound.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

They sat in the kitchen and rolled dough, chopped green onions, minced garlic, offered bits of cucumber to Aziza, who banged spoons nearby and played with carrots. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was hard to exchange the security offered by that clean warm kitchen for the darkness and the cold of a December night. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or the offer for a cheap price on a cruise. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

"Here, take this, Cato," says the girl from District 1, and she offers him the silver bow and sheath of arrows. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“We’re low on cash, but we can offer you a trade.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It wouldn’t be logical to offer you something that doesn’t exist.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The third church offered passion and catharsis; it was a place where you truly felt the presence of the Holy Spirit inside you. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“The statewide robotics, meet is coming up,” she offered. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Our pets had mostly escaped by then, or been eaten up, as in the case of Methuselah, but the Congo still offered a wealth of God’s creatures to entertain us. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lu offered, staring at his fried rice like it wasn't...fried rice. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Alexander asked Baroness Hoover, gallantly offering his arm. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

They won that patronage because they offered new applications of mathematics to the world. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I offer the man a small bag of dried apple slices. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She offered some money but I waved her off. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I can swim, so the flotation belt’s not really necessary, but Brutus blocked my arrow with his, so I buckle it back on, thinking it might offer some protection. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was near the time of the Feast of Pure Brightness, when we go out to the graves and make offerings to the dead. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wiped a hand on his apron before offering it to her. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

She offered Patrolman Mancuso a torn and oily cake box that looked as if it had been subjected to unusual abuse during someone’s attempt to take all of the doughnuts at once. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She drew in an unsteady breath and offered me a smile. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Though this was less than I had been offered for the cafe job, I accepted it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the whirlpool barely a yard wide and closing, I drop the doubloon, close my fingers around the puzzle piece, and thrust my fist upward, offering completion to the distant sky. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I acknowledged her offer with that facial expression that says, Really? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Angel walked over to the car and offered her hand. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I offer her some water but she waves it away. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I sat down in the big chair, next to her, and offered her a cigarette. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Carmen took out a pack of gum and offered a piece to me. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I could come too,” her mother offered, but Jam shook her head, refusing. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It was both a secondary school and a teacher training college, but it also offered courses in more practical disciplines, such as carpentry, tailoring, and tinsmithing. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you swear you were not involved with the scheme, I’d like to offer you a spot.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded, so taken aback by this offer of kindness where I had looked for wrath that I could scarcely speak. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

His hopes sank lower and lower, and he felt utterly despondent, bitterly regretting his offer to take the animals in the first place. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I long to hold you, but the only comfort I can offer are these words which I myself cannot write. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her reflection in the water offered no answers. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Stepping foot in the historic glass palace with vaulted ceilings that offered unobstructed views of the dark night sky was a sight to behold. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

For more than half a century, the kind face of Jesus had looked down on its worshipers at Sixteenth Street Baptist Church and had offered them that same security. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Harriet Beecher Stowe, the renowned best-selling American author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, offered to write for Stanton, but only if the paper would consider a less provocative name. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The Nazis knew what appealed to kids—uniforms, flags, bands, badges, weapons, and stories about heroes—and they offered plenty. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t cast it aside now, even though Mom did offer to get me a new backpack. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He pulled a bottle of whisky out of his desk, offered me a drink. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I offered it to him; he clasped and shook it firmly, almost knocking an ink bottle over with his elbow as he did so. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I must admit that I would not have turned down an offering of some sort. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shook his head and said she was foolish not to grab the offer. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can help you,” Hyacinth offered from her spot on the rug. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Sorrento sat down behind his desk and offered me the chair directly across from him. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He collapsed gratefully on the short stool Lon offered him, dabbing at his brow with the edge of his embroidered sleeve. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Ghosh offered to take the upper berth, climbing barefoot up the ladder, his suit carefully folded away, so that Ashoke had the window to himself. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But he needed to take it because there hadn’t been any other offers. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So let me pick for you,” she offered. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

For years, they refused without offering a reason. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stood at the edge of the rippling scrum, shouting offers. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It had been a mistake not to rely on Yuri’s help when he had offered it, just as it had been a mistake not to listen to Mrs. Brenner in the first place. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

They were only a pack of boys, with little to offer. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Should he tell them that the hatchet was somewhere in the house and offer to go after it and take the opportunity and run away? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Erin offers her hand and says, “I’m Erin. Nice to meet you.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it’s no wonder that the Friedmans ended up turning Yardley’s offer down. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She caught me looking at her and offered a smile. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

They raised prices at the start of the teaching period when demand was high, only to offer bargains at the end of the term when there was no longer a need for a specimen. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The question came with the memory of Hollister offering to deliver him a book the last time they were both in the bookstore. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Luckily, she was too close to her car for his dad to offer anything beyond the catcall. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It alone had not seriously expanded its productive facilities, or offered anything radically new to human culture. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

She offered to drive us, so Joey showed up at our door at 2:45. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he had drunk the cup she offered him, Hermes said, he must threaten to run her through with his sword unless she freed his followers. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

On March 12, 1928, Lawrence accepted the Berkeley offer by telegram. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Looking for something she could do, Mary went to the net-makers and offered to help. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Especially considering the fact that there may be a troupe of marauding demons in these parts. Besides, you already offered to make me dinner tonight.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He reached for his drink and offered a humorless shrug when I tried to catch his eye. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It now offers a restaurant and overnight accommodation to hikers. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

A young mother with a pox-scarred face offered to freely tell them all she knew if they'd promise not to hurt her daughter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The star woman offered a quiet, shimmering smile to the mother. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He had his compass out, was making notes, and Lana was next to him, offering pointers. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It was noted that the bird answered to the name of Cheeky and that a $750 reward had been offered for its return. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The radical generalization offered it, i.e., its existence, not as a particular object, but as a member of a general group, was too much for it. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

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

“He felt that this was the greatest opportunity ever offered to his profession in this country, and he could not make them appreciate it,” she said. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

With all the energy and love I could offer from my being, I pulled alongside the head priest, pleading for Inti to rise and join us in another year. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I offered a weak smile and a shrug, suddenly without words again. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They walked up to the driver’s side of the car we were in, grabbed the man who’d offered us a ride, pulled him out, and started shoving their clubs in his face. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

High-Tech looked at him for a moment and laughed and offered the bottle, but Ugwu shook his head. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, people automatically offer you something to drink. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I can take one of both of you,” I offer. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Other possibilities lie within the field of forest genetics, where experiments offer hope of developing a hybrid elm resistant to Dutch elm disease. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Tara remarks that they seem to have more productive post-dinner meetings when he is there, though he offers only occasional suggestions as to how the circus itself should be regulated. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Henry’s not offering any insights, or anything at all. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

Marge doesn’t chime in on my offer, but it doesn’t matter since Holly says no way. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He offered his slice of cake as a peace offering. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Gershom had offered to drive me home, but I wanted to walk. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll take every opportunity to speak openly to Mrs. van D. about our many differences and not be afraid—despite my reputation as a smart aleck—to offer my impartial opinion. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

One of the suspects called a notorious drug dealer to offer him a chance to buy some stolen watches. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

If she caught his eye, he would offer a silent nod. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The school had been so impressed by her portfolio that they’d offered her a tuition scholarship. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, you can make another call; we have a liberal policy in that regard. I can’t offer you the opportunity of calling a bondsman because your offense is unbailable, at present. When you’re arraigned, however—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

But then he offered to warn me by rapping on the window if anyone approached. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wednesday said, “You have already lost everything. I am offering you the chance to take something back.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He offered to help Elinor build up her library again, and she accepted. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He offers Celia a packet, and she accepts it without reproaching him. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman who offered me the butterscotch stops and says, I had a drop taken, child. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

In 1714, the British Parliament offered a prize to the person who could solve the longitude puzzle. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Shandi offered to do a special dance for Ben, but only if he came into her tent to see it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A potbellied man in a deerstalker hat offered three dollars for a five-dollar set of candlesticks and Soraya let him have it. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

My parents spoke of getting a neighbor to stay with her, and each offered to remain and let me go instead. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luma called Kanue to the front of the room, pulled an iPod out of her pocket, and offered to give it to him if he agreed to carry something for her. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He ducked his head and then flicked the lighter and swung the flame out over the darkness like an offering. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Father began to speak quietly then of the Old Ones, the spirits of the dead members of our family to whom we offered food and the sweet smell of incense that pleased them so well. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered if he could really trust any white man, even this white man who had come and offered him his friendship. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She bent a little and offered her cheek. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess we thought it would be funny,” I offer lamely. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Other critical details have been censored in the memos, making it unclear who was offering her the job and exactly what it entailed. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He offered to kill his son with his own bare hands. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m grateful for everything everyone else said,” I offered grudgingly. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He doesn't offer to have tea with me, which I was hoping would become a habit. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Thus in the late 1960s and early 1970s, two schools of thought were offered to the general public regarding race, poverty, and the social order. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

These are all offerings to the spirits, and in return, they will help me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I offer Jaimito another spoonful of mashed potatoes, eyeing their plates heaped with rice and meat and rolls, this fancy food I’ve spent my life craving. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

What freedom am I being offered when I must ask for permission to live in an urban area? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eisenhower offered to reappoint him for a new term, but Strauss had grown weary of dodging brickbats in Washington. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

His property was kind of a local tourist attraction—he’d even offered tours at one time. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I offer a nod so he knows I’ve heard him, but I don’t say anything else. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It seemed like an hour passed dragging her suitcase up the stairs, during which all three of her family members passed her going up or down and none offered any help. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I proposed that Lord and Lady Arryn foster two of my grandsons at court, and offered to take their own son to ward here at the Twins. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“They turn down the offer of hundreds of acres?” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was more or less missing a chin, too, but even so, she was above-average pretty, which offered me genuine hope for my future. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I post an offering of free red lava landscaping rock. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She offered Ekon a gummy smile as they appraised each other, and he fought a shudder—she was missing several teeth. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I’ll help,” I offer, wanting to get out of that tense room. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Of the three selfer cereals among them—einkorn wheat, emmer wheat, and barley—the wheats offered the additional advantage of a high protein content, 8—14 percent. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

This continued until ninth grade, when Dad, who’d known Professor Christie from when he’d worked at the music store, asked if she might be willing to offer me private lessons. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The university seemed to offer a new beginning, and I intended to take it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

"How am I going to offer to help keep you warm?" We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I even promised that if I could grow just a tiny bit taller—even an inch—I would offer a hundred raakat nafl, extra prayers on top of my daily ones. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She offered me her good hand and helped me up. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He looks up and, without hesitating, offers me the phone. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I kneel before Penny and offer her the bottle. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

One man even offered him money to put his face on a T-shirt, and a jeans company wanted to come out with a line of Brian Robeson Survival Jeans. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I offer my stool to Matilde, but she insists, “No, stay there.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Wall offered few of the comforts that southron ladies and little highborn girls were used to, and the Nightfort offered none. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I have gone to offer her my hand, and to tell her that my heart is already hers. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Again I offered an expression that my teacher found humorous. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I urged that our first offering should be a bill of three one-act plays, including Paul Green’s Hymn to the Rising Sun, a grim, poetical, powerful one-acter dealing with chain gang conditions in the South. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

In support of their claim that Armstrong should, at the very least, be entitled to discovery, Armstrong’s lawyers offered two sworn affidavits. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Far worse was his deliberately slaying a good friend in order to avenge an insult offered him by the young man’s father, King Eurytus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Not the equal of the vintage you offered me the night of the tour-ney, but no more poisonous than most," he concluded, wiping his lips. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Her kids were grown, and she spent a lot of time with my siblings and me, answering questions, helping us with homework, offering advice. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He kissed her hand when she offered it, his lips soggy against her skin. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Dame Olga continued, “With a coachman and two footmen, they will be safe from everything except ogres. And from ogres I could offer little protection. Besides, they’ll have more fun without their old mother.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“When you arrive at Epirus, you will be offered a chalice to drink from.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She was reputed to be able to understand the serpent, which offered her shavings from its horn as the core of the first ever American-made wand. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t go ashore in the villages we passed; if the villagers had anything to sell, they would run up to the Congo’s banks, offering it in outstretched arms. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Granny and my mother offered consolatory remarks to the strange woman. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And I may be able to offer some answers now, though some must come later. What’s on your mind?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

After a few more weeks of this, I stumbled from my bed one night and decided that I’d made a mistake, that when my father had offered me the blessing, I should have accepted it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The files offered few insights about Mollie’s life, mentioning only that she was ill with diabetes and had secluded herself in her house. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to copy your homework,” I replied, although I would have taken his algebra if he had offered. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He transferred the cigarette to his left hand and offered the right one to me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Only a jailer can put you in prison,” offered Milo, quoting the same book. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I like how he talks to me—like he's just offered me a soda or chips. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Sallie was very kind, and often offered her the coveted trifles, but Meg declined them, knowing that John wouldn’t like it, and then this foolish little woman went and did what John disliked even worse. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t offer to take me shopping or even to give me any money for the trip. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“It is my first interview as well,” Penelope offered, “so perhaps between the two of us we will muddle through.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Smiling, he plucked up the dagger and offered it to Ned, hilt first. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

What freedom am I being offered when I may be arrested on a pass offense? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boy21 offers me his hand, which is twice the size of mine. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She invited the others to Oklahoma City for the second phase of testing, offering her home as a place they could stay. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

The other boy steps forward, wipes his palms on his jeans, and then stuffs them in his pockets, apparently deciding not to offer one after all. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

On her first day, I'd rambled over to her in my regular uniform of jeans and sneakers and offered to answer any questions she might have to help her get acclimated. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Maybe he was no longer offering the silver talent bet. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Now I am going to offer you a little drink, Will Ivanovitch,” he said. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The two sat around the fire watching and offering suggestions. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It was well-fed, Cora observed, gobbling down the treats and bones offered by the citizens. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“We offer him your babysitting services, plus the riding lawn mower of his dreams.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He offered no more bites, nor did he take her hunting. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

When Valerie called me a few days later to follow up, I told her I was still thinking the offer over. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Thomas looked up, happy to be able to offer a piece of information. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The three rules of the Tipping Point — the Law of the Few, the Stickiness Factor, the Power of Context — offer a way of making sense of epidemics. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He offered to fill a room twenty- two feet by seventeen feet full of gold objects—and two equivalent rooms with silver—in exchange for his freedom. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Joy herself was caught between loving the country that offered her and her family new opportunities and being frustrated with that country because it still made her feel like a second-class citizen. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Because of her great beauty, the emperor himself had chosen her to be the next offering to Inti if the times demanded a human sacrifice. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

And then he offered me his hand, his entire hand this time, not only the fingers, and I took it, and he held my hand a long time. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

In a very gentle voice, he said, “Go on and eat it, darling. Take what is offered to you.” Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Centuries of mortal prayers and burnt offerings had been made it its presence. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“That’s kind of you to offer her, but I would prefer a horse.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When the wobbly eyases stopped eating, Chup broke off a bite of duck and offered it to Frightful. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Strange shapes, unfamiliar shadows, crowded horribly around me; nothing offered any clue to my whereabouts, and for a few delirious moments I wondered if I was dead. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When one $2,000 pledge was rejected, Anthony offered her life insurance to cover the difference. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

This wedding offered a special attraction, for the bridegroom was a handsome, well-liked man—the tenor of Mount Zion’s Men’s Quartet, who had an enviable reputation among the girls and a comfortable one among men. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Cullivan was impressed—he whistled when the feast, arriving on trays, was placed upon the table—and before sitting down, he asked the host if he might offer a blessing. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she finishes her demonstration, she offers a neat bow, and several of the other darajas around me clap. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Others offered less charitable impressions, dubbing Harvey "a bloated alcoholic with the manners of a comically corrupt cop." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He turned down all my offers to help him memorize lines. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her mom was walking around the house in nervous circles, offering Richie lemonade and sandwiches and aspirin. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Aunty Silver offers me a fluffy white rice cake, which tastes like a salty cloud. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I kept silent, striving to offer no excuse for worsening of relations. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor do zoos’ efforts with rhinos, although rhinos offer up to over three tons of meat on the hoof. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

They offer scrambled eggs or a bowl of chicken soup. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

We offered to hold him on—reasonable doubt, previous work satisfactory, and all that—in a subordinate position, of course—had to do that much—mistakes can’t go unnoticed—bad for discipline—Where was I?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He graduated valedictorian from Jefferson Academy and got full scholarship offers from two Ivy League schools. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

On his way to Palestine, he took every job offered or heard about. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The “official status” of this negative credential differentiates it from other sources of social stigma, offering legitimacy to its use as a basis for discrimination. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, if the vision of Bacchus offering her a silver goblet was false, maybe the other visions didn’t have to come true either—especially the one of her, Percy, and Jason drowning. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Indeed, milady, she doesn’t eat that I know of,” offers the maid. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps she might; but it is not every man’s fate to marry the woman who loves him best. Miss Hawkins perhaps wanted a home, and thought this the best offer she was likely to have.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“Maybe later we can go for a drive?” he offers. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

As we all left the courthouse, we offered each other solemn goodbyes. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Mr. Pignati offered, straightening up a few things in the living room. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

In which a traitor offers to sell out his country for British gold. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Trefusis and I today walked to that melancholy place, to view the suicides’ pitiable condition and inquire whether we might in some wise offer succor. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m here to give you a fair offer,” he replies. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I was going to ask Christoffel, the next time he came,” she offers. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Others are smugglers, who circulate, offering, in a whisper, to take people over to the United States for a good price. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I thought about her offer, anything you want to ask me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I offered her a seat in the rocking chair, gave her a piece of hard bread and a cup of cold coffee. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“I apologize that all I have to offer for the noon meal is some cheese and bread, but it looks like now even I am subject to the current rationing within the town.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He takes out the crumbling cake and offers it to me. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Some people on the street supported the protesters by smiling, offering words of encouragement, or bringing them thermoses filled with hot coffee. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

There would be other offers, including a lavish proposition from the University of Texas. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Students would be nice and offer us literature, he said, but as we paused to take it they would ink our dress, grab our books, or worse. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Midwives, nurses, dentists, barbers, apothecaries, wandering healers, quack physicians, and next-door neighbors offered opinions on the disease, too. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

When Mom met Dad’s parents for the first time, they offered her a drink, which she politely declined—and that was that. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He offers his arm, but I shake my head. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

After that, Kyril Montana swiveled his head slightly, checking out the immediate terrain to see what cover it offered. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kate had decided the hill beyond the gym would offer the best view of the loading area, so this was where they were headed now. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Ishtar says she has a lot of connections in Hollywood, so I brought that along. Who am I to refuse an offer like that?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

And Mrs. Baransky is laughing her easygoing laugh as she politely declines his offer of chocolate coins, then turns to our mother with a reassuring smile. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He seemed to have reverted to his teenage self in their presence, but he deserved this time to be dumb—parenthood offers no vacations or sick days. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Kwang then leaned forward to offer one to him, but I interceded and poured a third shot from the bottle. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It offers up more heat more rapidly than the flesh.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had expected to encounter antagonism, even confrontation, and instead was being offered sly, misguided collusion. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stabbed one of the hot dogs with a fork and bent over and offered it to him. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, the phone rings twice before noon, and—more out of claustrophobia than any serious economic calculation—I accept the first two jobs that are offered. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They offered me valuable pointers and urged me to gain more tournament experience. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She offered no sermons, no words of wisdom, no kisses. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We think of our supermarkets as offering a huge variety of food. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Like I hadn’t said a word, he was still offering me the store, just like Aunt Loma offered me her blank book. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It was a mundane unraveling that could not be reversed, and therefore offered no opportunities to the storyteller: it belonged in the realm of disorder. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

If a guy was offering to teach me how to swim, then for sure he didn’t have a life. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

But it was his responsibility to investigate, so he offered to meet with him at his office. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“If he wakes up and finds out we have water and didn’t offer him any ... I don’t know.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, the more he accepted, the more he would be obliged to offer, and he was already in well over his head, thanks anyway. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have had Italian officers visit me frequently and I have kept brandy to offer them.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z