| 单词 | offering |
| 例句 | In the sandy wasteland around him were the graves of the city’s poor, each with an earthen jug or plate beside it holding the sun-dried remnants of a funerary offering. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z It also made the case for why a space program—and its enormous price tag—was in the interest of every American, offering four arguments for the publics consideration. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Once again Rupa crawled forward and pushed the stick deep into the cave, offering the milky vest to the baby. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z They had thought of making Lord Asriel a proposition: of offering to go to the Consistorial Court of Discipline and spying for him. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z As Wash talked, the plan began to take shape, offering the possibility of a kind of satisfaction he hadn’t felt in weeks. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 He crosses and kneels on the edge of the mattress, offering Alex a mug. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z 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 They do-si-doed around the dress like an offering dance and cheered as it filled up with water and tipped down to pour into the waiting coconuts. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z People were always offering him jobs, he’d explain, but he wasn’t interested in work for hire, in saluting and sucking up and brownnosing and taking orders. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Alexander asked Baroness Hoover, gallantly offering his arm. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z But if all rats were bad, who was this strange creature staring at him from across the fire, offering to be their guide? Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Malta and Nepal join the list of countries offering their citizens the choice of an official third gender. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Especially to Mr. McCabe. I mean, thanks for offering, Max, I really appreciate it. But I know you think it’s just bullying, and it’s not.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The bell rings, offering rescue from this very unexpected conversation. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z They covered the gourd with crossed cloths, then killed a black chicken and laid it over the offerings. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z On January 9, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson gave a speech to Congress offering his support for women’s suffrage, describing it as a war measure. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I will be the proverbial parent who deceives the child by offering medicine laced with sweet syrup. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Lily offering to do the grocery shopping was our ace today for using the car. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z He contributed to the quiet he wished for by offering no violence, no contention, and to do this he had to retire into secretness, since there is some violence in everyone. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But Louis XIV persuaded England to switch sides, offering large financial incentives and a promise of territory on mainland Europe once The Netherlands had been conquered. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z They faced the morning sun and began their pujas, reciting their prayers and making their offerings of flowers or grain. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “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 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 told you to make an offering plate for the graveyard first. Then you may take food for yourself. But I see that you haven't made the offering yet, have you?" A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I dole them out equally, these offerings, these atonements, into the waiting hands of my friends. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Then we would go around the circle offering prayers. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z This move, Nixon hoped, would nudge Ho Chi Minh into offering a concession of his own. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She was smiling, her outstretched arms offering forgiveness to all. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I opened it and ate the meat offering to share with Stew Cat who didn't seem interested. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Before I went up to Gainesville I looked over the course offerings. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z In all of the wasis, the people presented offerings of maize-flour dough, shells, colorful stones, plucked eyelashes, and freshly killed rabbits. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z 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 “Iris, O Goddess of the Rainbow,” I said, “accept my offering.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z There was a green monitor painted on the outside window, along with hand-lettered signs offering repairs and software installations. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z To his left, a marble altar was heaped with fruit and gold offerings, no doubt for the gods. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Mom comes in and starts taking things out of the fridge, like she does every morning, to assess the day’s offerings for meal options. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Mr. Fowles thought this over before offering, tactfully, “For certain, Mrs. Price, there are Christians and then there are Christians.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Four basebom churls. A beggar’s offering. Scum like that will never stop the snow. She might.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Luther spent the afternoon sitting with Graham, offering him water and pleading in vain with officials to get the boy to the hospital. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z We used to return home for Christmas every year, my brother, sisters, and I making it a point to call ahead, offering to bring whatever was needed for the traditional holiday meal. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z She felt as if the universe was offering her something beautiful and special. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z So far the calutron’s production was minuscule and its reliability imperfect, but he was already planning to replace its 10-milliampere ion source with one offering yet another tenfold increase in power. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z A crowd of men is gathered around her, offering her roses. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z 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 wouldn’t want someone offering me food they weren’t going to eat. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “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 “I am offering it to you, not them.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z 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 “Percy, when Quintus showed up at camp offering his services ... well, I would have to be a fool not to be suspicious.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He didn’t want to lose his peace offering before he found the red-feathered harpy. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z ‘Hades isn’t the greatest dad, but occasionally he has these want to know my son moments. I guess he thought the zombie was a peace offering. He said Jules-Albert could be my chauffeur.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Line got superlong, sorry,” he said, offering me a hand up. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z 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 Local businesses posted rewards offering thousands of dollars for information leading to an arrest. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “We can take them. With a bit of trickery and their trust, it can be done. A bit of trickery, a touch from the Fates—” “—and a blood offering,” someone muttered. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z And now she is offering me anything I want. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Yishan stepped closer to the edge of the bridge, holding the Paper in front of him as if offering it to the sky. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Even though most of Japan escaped the glaciers that blanketed Britain and Canada, Japan was still cold, dry, and extensively covered with conifer and birch forests offering little plant food to humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z An offering fell to the floor, the host, and Lana knelt to venerate and retrieve it. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When Great-Uncle Paul died, Mom and Dad made an offering at church. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Miss Trotter said to Fern, “This animal made an offering to us all and you won’t take it. Shame on you.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z "Hestia,” I said, "I give this to you as an offering.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Had he been a handsome, heroic-looking young gentleman, I should not have dared to stand thus questioning him against his will, and offering my services unasked. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “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 Young John Garrett, back from an errand at a neighboring farm, reported that the U.S. government was offering a $140,000 reward for Abraham Lincoln’s assassin. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Centuries of mortal prayers and burnt offerings had been made it its presence. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z "Good morning! I'm Dr. Williams," the principal says, offering a handshake. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 “Bob,” she said, “offerings burned in the mortal world appear on this altar, right?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He offered his slice of cake as a peace offering. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z It was no more than a shallow alcove hewn into the face of the cliff, with an offering table against one wall and a small stone statue of Thutra opposite. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z She stuffs a stick of gum in her mouth, then shoves the pack back in her pocket without offering any of us a piece. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good man,” said Officer Mac, offering me a handshake. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And in speaking on these topics from the White House, I’d be offering an implicit challenge to the behemoth corporations in the food and beverage industry and the way they’d been doing business for decades. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Our amateur drama society made its yearly offering at Christmas. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 I lifted up my throbbing arm, an offering of broken bone. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z It was already the beginning of March before I finally worked up the nerve to thank Faith for her Mr. J. Cash offering. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “I got our weapons back,” he says, offering me my knife. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Ama entered the great man’s cell, bowing very low and offering her remaining honey bread with all the humility she could muster. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z This was money that had been paid by international insurance companies, and it was not a one-time offering. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Job offerings had begun to appear again in the Seattle Times and the Post-Intelligencer as they had in hundreds of newspapers across the country; men like Harry Rantz had finally begun to find meaningful work. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Scooping it into his hands, he delivered the pathetic creature to the yunka man, holding it up to him like an offering to the gods. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z She felt a little embarrassed, but it was generous, what Joon was offering to do, and she was frustrated. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I would have assured him as I truly wanted, made the necessary offering. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a gesture which, if anyone had still thought in such terms, might have recalled an eighteenth-century nobleman offering his snuffbox. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Luke murmured in my ear, “Burnt offerings for the gods. They like the smell.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z A sigh sounded with each step leading to the third floor, where they left the offering at his door. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z 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 I hold my hand out in offering, but it doesn’t return. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Through the window, I see the homeless man offering a baklava to his neighbor. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Within the first few minutes of the game, Geller insulted Bobby by offering him a draw after his seventh move. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z A few made matters worse by offering more: an unusually large starting salary; a reduced teaching schedule; free university housing. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Augustus hustled over, offering me his arm, which I took. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z 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 When Bobby offered to trade rooks, Euwe responded by offering him a draw on the forty-first move. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z As though I could forgive everything and dwell in this singular moment, in the warmth he’s offering me now, the warmth of a father who loves his daughter. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I bet Mom is only offering to take me there because she feels bad that I can’t take my piano lesson. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z In no time at all men began to arrive, offering their service as hired hands, because I paid well and gave them meals. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He laughs as he dodges away from me, and then he pulls out an offering—the Bookmarks napkins, the half-burned candle, a matchbook, and a lopsided macrame bookmark. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Actually, I was offering to trade, but since he doesn’t understand English, I can always deny it.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “You were supposed to dress up,” a skeleton guy chastised me before offering me a beer. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z "You will come as well. You command here. The offering should come from you." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z So the madam was safeguarding her growing operation by offering me a steer- er’s job. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The villagers who still practiced the old Slavist rituals would decorate birch trees, string up flowers and branches, and leave extra offerings for the rusalki. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z 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 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 After many kind words and tasty food offerings, Mole finally trusted Hanni enough to creep into the cab. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z I must admit that I would not have turned down an offering of some sort. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The person offering her the ladle was white. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The polished stone glinted, and Pinmei felt as if she were offering a treat to rabid dogs. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Then scythes around the assembly hall began to shout out their suggestions, some even offering to take Rowan in under house arrest, which could be good or bad, depending on their motive. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He would have felt sorry, sure, would even have put an offering on the Scavenge God’s scale to help her get on to whatever afterlife she believed in. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Ma gave me a harsh look as though I had stepped out of line in offering my belated condolences to Mrs. Ruiz. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z 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 Pa Keating sat at the kitchen table drinking his stout and offering everyone a sip of his whiskey. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “If you don’t give your prayers and offerings to the Kuhani, then how do the gods receive them?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I think about Suesetta’s family and how she’ll have enough money to buy something for everyone and how she had enough money to get candy without having to use her offering. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z 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 An offering of blood and fire, the queen’s men called it, that the Lord of Light may turn his fiery eye upon us and melt these thrice-cursed snows. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There were caterers offering bite-sized quiches and poached eggs in puddles of velvety hollandaise. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “In that case, we might consider offering potential friends a lesser prize.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Don't know. But if they're offering to replace it, a lot of people must have had trouble with it." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Without further word, they clasped each other, their arms thrown around each other, bosom to bosom; they kissed, offering only, after some moments, a few endearments—as, “My darling.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I wiped my hands on my jeans and tried to clean it up a bit before offering it to Faith. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “I don’t care about airplanes! Have you planted the idea about offering a reward?” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Bribe is such an ugly word, Eddie. I’m simply offering you a college scholarship to show my appreciation. It’s the least I can do after firing your mother.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 We ate at home, but Grandma said they’d be offering free lemonade. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z So I started doing the same thing with some of the city’s cultural offerings. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he knelt, offering his notched sword to the king. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Friday nights were college nights at Club Victor, which meant no cover charge and a chance to dance to the offerings of a local bandmaster, Vic Meyers. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z For weeks preceding the walkout, citizen volunteers had been offering their services to protect the city in the event the police left their posts. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z 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 The fact that his parents had neither asked him about honey badgers, or even knew why he cared about them in the first place, never stopped him from offering up random info at random times. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Before long, he was offering me unwanted advice on how to gain my beloved, Dorothy Plunk. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 He threw a golden drachma into the rainbows created by the mist and yelled, “O goddess, accept my offering!” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Each morning I made my puja at the kitchen shrine, careful to present an offering of fruit or a few scattered flower petals. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z It appeared I was supposed to place something on the altar, an offering to the Temple of Syrinx. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z But I felt like he was offering me an out, and I took it. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The natives made whatever offerings the demon seemed to require, but still they lived in fear. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “Her eyes must have opened in the North. You can’t marry her, so you had better take what she is offering, before she marries,” Anulika said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 “Hello,” he says, offering a smile as he puts a hand to his heart. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Shaking the captain’s hand and offering an apology for what might have seemed like a lecture, he disappeared into the evening shadows. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z 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 A moment later, Helene kneels, offering her sword, repeating the vow, her voice singing out across the field as clearly as a bell at dawn. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He reigned supreme for half a century and his early offerings, Nabucco included, had plots carefully chosen to whip up the Italian people’s desire for self-government, the movement known as the Risorgimento. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z At disarmament talks, moreover, he had developed the disturbing habit of offering the Russians concessions that had not been approved by the president or Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z 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 These offerings, with strips of meat, were laid upon the fire. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Pleased to meet you,” Bailey says, offering his hand. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z 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 Then we make them offerings of food, only we don’t give all of it to them. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 A few reporters scrambled after him, holding out tape recorders like offerings. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Men and women crowded into Hampton Institute classrooms offering instruction in everything from radio science to chemistry. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Robert was offering him a responsi-bility as large as the realm itself. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “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 As these new phone companies came online, offering their own local, long-distance, international, data, and Internet services, each sought to have its own infrastructure. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z For years, they refused without offering a reason. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z NOT would he heed die queen’s men when they came to urge him to make an offering to their hungry red god. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I thought with all my heart: O goddess, accept my offering. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 "Actually, these Jonah and Mary banks are supposed to encourage the children to save for their offerings at church. Surely the sisters can't object to that?" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Then word came that an industrious youth named Zack from one of the cabins had somehow gotten to Franklin and rented a minivan and was offering to take anyone to town for $5. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The aroma is pleasing; a carnal incense like burnt offerings to the God of Infinite Vacation. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 When the word came around that a woman was offering ballet lessons, I showed up, with three other young girls. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The emissary looked surprised but accepted the offering. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z 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 Marcos smiled his immutable smile before the avalanche of questions and posed for photographers without offering the least technical or scientific explanation of how he hoped to carry out his plan. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But I did not consider myself otherwise engaged at all, and here he was, offering me temporary respite from the tyranny of the house. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z One day at her father’s tomb she made an offering to the dead and prayed, “O Father, guide Orestes to his home.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z His friend, a gaunt and serious boy named Komatsu, stood below him, offering encouragement. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z 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 “I was only offering to help,” said Mini, crossing her arms. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Holding the cigarettes with both hands like an offering to the gods, she marched up to the front door. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z The president of Hampton Institute reached out to Parks, offering her a job as a hostess at the university’s faculty dining room, the Holly Tree Inn. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He depicted her begging for mercy and offering gifts. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z For a moment, she stood near the spot where she, too, would soon be buried, as if offering a mourning prayer to herself. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z 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 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 The other men on the site started running over, asking what had happened, offering to help. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z She held out the letter, as if offering a key that might unlock my silence. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Then, softly, surely, an angel’s voice broke through the tumult, offering a place for that raggedy mix of voices to land. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Many saloons extended their influence beyond their doors by offering beer for sale that could be taken home in metal pails. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The young man, after all, had headed straight for her, offering his help. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Florence, meanwhile, attempted to distract John’s attention from the brooch by offering him an orange; but he had seen oranges before; he merely looked at it a moment before letting it fall to the floor. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z At one awful point, every kind of canine voice imaginable cut loose, rejoicing, wailing in pain, some barks offering challenges, others announcing, with fear or ecstasy, the hectic gang-banging of females in heat. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Not that their parents were dead — they were not to make offerings to the pictures, as if their parents had become ancestors. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I will always be here, in the offerings and people I left behind. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z It seemed that Fortune, by offering this occasion, showed she favored me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z "I have prepared a list of those we might wish to consider for the vacant offices," he said, offering Robb a paper plucked from his sleeve. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Joints of meat went round, fresh cuts for all, while each man made his offering, tilting the red wine to the gods, and drank his fill. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here you go,” said one of them, reaching out a hand and offering him johnnycake. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 Under that, a bright orange flier for DOA Recording Studios, offering commissions for heroes’ souls. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z With a sharp sense of style, they stripped Joel Moskowitz’s shoe store of its higher- priced and more fashionable models, leaving only some orthopedic offerings and a few Florsheims. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “So we’ll see you soon, then,” Widget says, offering his hand. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z 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 She hesitated, conscious that in answering she would be offering a form of defense, a rationale, and that it might enrage him further. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “You are offering us a service. Perhaps we should repay you with a service as well.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Nobody questioned the offering, and the food was consumed greedily and quickly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The Hema’s canvas was too thick for Koffi to discern anything from outside, but she heard what sounded like two sets of hands offering polite applause as the musicians exited the tent. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z This diagram from the Atharva Veda shows how to place a triangular fire pot to make an offering to Durga. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z My mother is up now, offering her hand to Mr. Purdy to shake. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The smell of brewed espresso fills the yard as Abuela and Mami walk around with trays, offering the tiny cups of café. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z 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 Not to mention throwing up on one of the women who was offering and then passing out and having somebody shave my balls and paint my face and stuff me into a trunk. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Every day people come into the store with reasons why they can’t pay, asking for credit or offering goods for trade. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z That’s the way Chinese mothers show they love their children, not through hugs and kisses but with stern offerings of steamed dumplings, duck’s gizzards, and crab. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 In several years, I’d get my chance to work for the university and reckon with some of these community-relations problems directly, but right now Art was just kindly offering to pass around my résumé. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Occasionally I left him bites of turtle or venison, and although he smelled the offerings, he never ate them. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Spike concocts what looks like a gourmet meal out of the regular offerings of the cafeteria. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Charlie went rigid, offering the doctor robotic nods as she explained what happened. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z 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 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 Beer, candy wrappers, old movie ticket stubs, and one soiled pair of underwear had been left on the ground around it as offerings. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Dad’s car sat in a yard twice in one day offering magnificent refuge. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But this was a new twist: now his mom was offering him a deal. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z It reminded her of worshiping back home, offering a small continuity in her life. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Viola came up later carrying a tray set with the second-best china as a peace offering for my banishment. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z You wouldn’t catch him offering to chop wood or gather in a corn crop. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 asked, offering my elbow to her like dudes do to women in old movies. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z How inadequate an offering to a worried mother. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z 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 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 As if, Bebe thought, as if she were just offering her own opinion on the subject, free of judgment, as if she were expressing a preference for apples over pears. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Although it may be challenging for teachers to find adaptive instruments to suit the individual needs of their students,” Sobol says, “the music market catalog offerings are expanding.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Angels bow on either side of her, offering her Hostess CupCakes and hot pizza bites and sliders. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “It’s nice to see you, Ms. Holmes,” Davis said, offering a handshake. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z 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 I was confounded by her stopping and offering her unsolicited opinion. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “This,” he says, offering me his arm, “is all my pleasure.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Marcus kneels and draws his sword, offering it up to the Augur, his eyes glinting with a strangely exultant zeal, as if he’s already been named Emperor. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He’s holding it out like he’s offering us a po’boy sandwich. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z This day Mother prepares an altar to chant for his return, offering fruit, incense, tuberoses, and glutinous rice. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He could see barkers out front shouting to potential customers, offering free drinks, hot pots of coffee, and the fairest deal in all of Ketterdam. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Others in the neighborhood go door-to-door, offering to burn household trash for change. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z These offerings Nestor burned on the split-wood fire and moistened with red wine. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Alyssa, just because I’m offering to stay overnight in your house, don’t get any ideas about me getting ideas.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z 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 The crowd echoed the amen, and Reverend Okonjo stepped aside, offering the pulpit to Moss’s mother. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Then, she thanked me for not trying to make what I did seem less by offering a lot of excuses. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, the KKK circulated flyers offering ten thousand dollars dead and five thousand dollars alive for each of us. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z At the opposite extreme, the largest Polynesian island, New Zealand, is an old, geologically diverse, continental fragment of Gondwanaland, offering a range of mineral resources, including commercially exploitable iron, coal, gold, and jade. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He mixed and poured his offering, repeating prayers to Athena, daughter of royal Zeus. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Sam did his best to oblige, offering some kernels from the sack beside the door. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 Ivy thought about offering to go to Ms. Clement’s house or maybe the Vance family on the other side of the woods, but she didn’t want to go alone. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She puts it down and looks at me for a moment before offering a smile. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z A smiling Chuck E. Cheese mouse stared at me from a printed coupon, offering me a two-dollar discount on any large pizza and a hundred tokens for twenty-five dollars. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “Very softly,” I said to him, offering the steady answer of my life. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Tally, Ryde, Croy, and Astrix made contact with the city uglies, starting new rumors, teaching new tricks, and offering glimpses of the ancient magazines the Boss had salvaged from the Smoke. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He was dressed in a white suit, looking as immaculate and pure as if he had made an offering to Santa Clara to wear white for her, just for her. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “Marcus, what she is offering is too good to be true—we get everything we want without all the violence! How can you possibly say no?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z And always there is someone offering sweeter drinks, someone promising to keep them on a silver string. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 The other boys gathered round the eight who had been named, laughing and cursing and offering congratulations. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They were offering her something to drink—pressing the glass against her lips. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “Korean ham-bah-gah,” she says, smiling, offering it with a small bowl of flavored soy. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Besides, he told Kwang in Korean, this man bought the watch many months ago, during the winter, and he was being generous enough in offering him another one. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Every meal began and ended with an offering to her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “We saw her. A thick dust-storm gave her her chance. When it cleared, the body had been buried and the girl was making an offering to the dead.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z When the Americans arrived, the villagers seemed glad to see them, welcoming them and offering tea and food. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I wanted what the Pastor was offering up, I wanted it so bad. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z 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 This time it’s not a program offering something I need, but it’s about what I can give. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z ‘You want to return that statue to the Greeks as a peace offering. Let us help.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z 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 was deliberate with his measurements, somberly weighing each pale pink peel in his hand before offering it in trade. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “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 He smiled at me, taking another roll from the tray I was offering. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to punch him, but I met my mom’s eyes and I understood she was offering me a deal: be nice to Gabe for a little while. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, I was just trying to see what kind of cake you are,” Cady replied, offering an embarrassed little grin before taking a small nibble of cinnamon cake herself. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Kathleen had just turned ten, and this trip was a kind of birthday present, showing her the world, offering a small piece of her father’s history. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, by offering Booth his hospitality, he had unknowingly made himself an accomplice in the most shocking crime in all of American history—the murder of the president of the United States! Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “These are the counts from three turns ago,” Marsh told Jon, offering him a thick sheaf of papers, “for comparison with our present stores. Shall we start with the granaries?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She lifts her shirt and slips a gun from under the waistband of her pants, offering it to me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z 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 The people stood in silence as the offering burned itself out. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z 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 She bartered with Him, offering starvation in exchange for prosperity, for a job promotion, for good health. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He was offering almost double what Old Granny paid. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Several people saw him, and reported back to Caesar’s messengers, who were ranging over and around the city offering rewards to anyone who could catch the beast or give information leading to his capture. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z 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 “I wasn’t offering,” I said, following Mom to the door. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z 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 She started small, offering migrants a cup of coffee, then a place to bathe. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “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 Then Madam would appear, warm and good-humored, offering her a drink, sometimes food, before settling on a sofa to talk. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I collect our offerings—the stubs of her SAT number 2 pencils and four broken guitar strings. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z One directs me to a throwaway apartment directory available in boxes on the sidewalk, but its offerings all include hot tubs and on-site gyms and go for over $1,000 a month. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Please, Dad. Take it,” I said, offering the envelope. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z He was reminded of going back to the village with his mother at Christmas, aunties offering him plates of chin-chin. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z 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 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 She wanted to accept what he was offering her—hope. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “But this is important. Really important. The correspondence school is offering a science course.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Were only offering a four-hundred-dollar advance and then another four hundred dollars when it’s finished... are you.. .listening?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z But this is only a wish because my mother—the powerful mambo—is not here with her songs and prayers and drums and offerings to make it so. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Numbers,” I say, cracking open a book and offering it to her. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z When he sees that Gimpy is offering it to him, he nods and smiles again. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z They liked to crowd around him, offering him cookies and bathing in his beatific essence. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then I stoked up the barbecue and threw the food into the flames as a burnt offering for Artemis and Apollo. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Mrs. Cormaci posted signs by the mailboxes offering to read tarot cards for people at ten bucks a shot. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Instead of finding what he wanted, he came across an ad offering the domain name BillionaireBratz.com for $65,000. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 We’re offering ten thousand dollars for your head on a platter.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The families showed their gratitude by offering Luma tea and inviting her to dinner. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Somehow she knew he was offering her some sort of gift—a cure, or an antidote. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “May it be your offering to the Mother who bore us all. Drink, and let Her bless you, and replenish your strength.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “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 A stranger came up to us in the queue, offering us a free ticket. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z In the other hand he carries a banana, which he keeps offering to the bird, who just squawks and spits blood at him. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Then they would line up outside his shop and bring the stuff like they were bringing offerings to a king and he would give them what he thought it was worth. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z After everyone left their offerings in the temple, he went in and spread fireplace ashes all over the floor. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But not all who came to the United States were “pushed” out of Europe; many were “pulled” to America, a country seen by many as the golden land, offering freedom and opportunity to all. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z 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 Newt still sat there, staring up at Thomas, not offering to help. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He made a point of chatting with the Cal coaching staff, offering tips. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He pulled a packet of Dunhill cigarettes from his jacket pocket, offering them around the compartment before lighting one for himself. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Thank you for offering, but I better not. Anyway, I got to go now because I’m meeting someone. My friend,” she added. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Cold, sumptuous silk onto which the sea has laid offerings: pebbles, shells, barnacles. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z 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 String and spit and wire and a voice on the radio offering a loom on which to spin his dreams. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I was suddenly starving, and wished I had saved my candy bar instead of offering it to my brother. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Now she was leading off by offering me one? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The Purebom were notorious for offering poisoned wine to those they thought dangerous, but they had not given Dany so much as a cup of water. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Many times, Annabeth had tried to call on her mom anyway, pleading for guidance, sending up burnt offerings with every meal at camp. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He looked at his offerings: hand sanitizer and rubber bands and an old piece of candy all wrapped messily in tired newsprint. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “Well, stop offering before you get one of us killed,” said Boo. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z From the point of view of a mayfly, human beings are stolid, boring, almost entirely immovable, offering hardly a hint that they ever do anything. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And she saw the lip of the land begin to extend, farther and farther, as though the world was turning toward her, offering its face with a smile. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Find those Incorrigibles! They are running amok!” “running amok,” or perhaps she was offering an accurate assessment of the situation. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z An exposure of a different order, as if I were offering a private fact about my father or mother to a complete stranger in one of our stores. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z None of the classes are Advanced Placement offerings. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z They exchanged letters for years, each offering the other support and encouragement. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “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 She says it was a sad day Prohibition ended because Dad gets the drink going around to saloons offering to sweep out the bars and lift barrels for a whiskey or a beer. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z This is my final honoring to Kwang, my last offering, which is the sole way of giving I have known in my life: an omission, solemn and prone. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 I linger for a moment, offering a faint smile. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Look, Virginia. Don’t throw this away. We’re offering you your own house and an education. Only a fool would hesitate.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The Ptolemies also promoted immigration from elsewhere in the Greek world, offering direct economic rewards as well as the material comforts of a lavish foundation where no expense was spared. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z I had no idea how far Miles’s definition of legal stretched, but maybe this was his form of a peace offering. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Against the waxy green foliage, melon-breasted Hindu women bent over double, offering up orifices like prayers to the well-endowed men who answered them. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then softly she withdrew to bathe and dress her body in fresh linen, and make her offerings to the gods of heaven, praying Almighty Zeus to put his hand to their revenge. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It has long troubled the entomologists that the rest of us are always interfering in their affairs by offering explanations of insect behavior in human terms. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Their offerings were laid out in stalls, low tables, on pieces of cloth, even on the ground. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z In the long silence, I realized he would not be offering me any simple answers. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Instead I just stared down at it as if he were offering me a dead rat. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z 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 As far back as her memory went, she had been accustomed, each day as a matter of routine, to placing offerings of food and drink at the larium. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z He hated the community's practice of offering criticisms of members' behavior in order to encourage self-improvement. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z 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 He remembered what the old man had said about offering something you didn’t even have yet. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z On it goes, offering up every known foodstuff as inferior to good ale. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “I was offering Munch some of my sundae,” Momma says. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z At that moment, the President was speaking on the phone with the head of the uprising, who was offering him a military plane to leave the country with his family. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He visited her, offering some stories about his home on the horse farm, about Gladiola and Sweetheart and, later, Thunder. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z When the Egyptians had assembled the next afternoon, bringing their offerings of oil and spice and salt and perfume, Toby—Ramose—gave a little talk on how to prepare a mummy. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 entirely inappropriate of me. Almost as inappropriate as a nun offering counsel regarding the deaths of a spouse and a child. Marin is getting excellent grades. Marin is an excellent student." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z There I must plant my oar, on the very spot, with burnt offerings to Poseidon of the Waters: a ram, a bull, a great buck boar. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Her father opened his arms, offering her an embrace, but she turned from him. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I sprang up, grabbed it, and then, in a fumbling and perhaps grotesque offering to Phineas, I chinned myself. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nibbles?” he said sweetly, offering them a bowl of peanuts covered in fungus. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Maybe Jimmy had gotten a delivery and was offering to share some with his sister’s children. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z It was supposed to be a moment to thank God for the nourishment before us, but through my cracked eyelids, the meager offering didn’t look like much to be thankful for. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 When Chris was twelve, he printed up a stack of flyers and started a neighborhood copy business, Chris’s Fast Copies, offering free pickup and delivery. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The people were noisy for a time, yelling to the harper, offering him mead, making jokes, and then again King Hrothgar spoke, white-bearded. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The clusters of kids swarmed Kylie and the others, wishing them good luck and offering up blankets and bags of food. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Instead of offering up her usual smile, Beatrix Halliday cleared her throat and said, “Ask me again in two weeks. I’m putting in my notice. I’m retiring.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Her eyes shone like he was offering her the key to the biorhythm lab at Johns Hopkins. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z 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 Hundreds of boys saying the rosary for you and offering up their communion. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He remembered being dragged by her to the local cemetery in Houston, where they’d clean up their relatives’ gravesites and put out offerings of lemonade, cookies, and fresh marigolds. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z My brother holds out the same plastic-bag offering from his car yesterday and places it on the bed. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Hare dodged his charge and then came towards him slowly, offering him a large piece of honeycomb. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z 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 My father told me that some of them were advertisements, offering a heavy winter coat for sale, or somebody’s services in writing a letter home, or perhaps a request to buy a demon watch. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Music from the jazz ensemble playing in the background, servers coming up to me every few seconds with a new offering. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z And besides all that, it was Joey DeLucca standing here smiling at her, offering to help. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Jennifer keeps offering to buy me new furniture, and paint or put up wallpaper. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z They told him they needed at least six or seven years for a cleaner bomb; he quoted them as offering an “absolutely clean” device in four or five. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson appealed to North Vietnam, offering massive financial aid in exchange for leaving South Vietnam alone. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Here she was, offering a possibility of absolution. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Where was I when he was climbing up on the sign and painting it, leaving an offering, finishing our project? All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “If you wanted your ancestors to appear, you had to make an offering.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He had searched for horses in Abbot’s Ford and Rannish, offering outrageous prices for even the most broken-down animals. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Next to a plate offering the gods beans and rice is her black midwife bag. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z 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 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 Hermes met him, looking like a Greek youth and offering himself as a guide to Achilles’ tent. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The villagers have made it a shrine, and it is always fragrant with their offerings. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The mockingjays begin to alter their songs as they become aware of my new offering. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Food found along the highway, or the offerings from a friendly hand would ease the pangs of hunger. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He kept offering them to me, then finally gave up. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z The man was bargaining, he realized, offering to negotiate. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z He wrote to the Atlantis Publishing Company in New York, offering his services as a translator, but received in return only a letter thanking him for his interest, along with a catalogue. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Perhaps someone should stay back to guard the way,” said the unhappy bug, offering his services; but, since his suggestion was met with silence, he followed glumly along. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 I said it was wrong and immoral to subject our people to armed attacks by the state without offering them some kind of alternative. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s smiling at me, offering his hand to shake. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Before the altar, which was laden with offerings for the ancestors, Grandfather sat, telling stories to the very old and the very young. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z They stare back at me, not offering anything else up. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The band was always getting letters from Japanese teenagers begging them to come play, and offering up their homes as crash pads. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 The new machine, like so many of Ernest’s ideas before it, was perched on the edge of technical plausibility, offering the prospect of limitless triumph or abject failure. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Maybe he was no longer offering the silver talent bet. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “The Merchant Council doesn’t think so. They wouldn’t be going to this trouble or offering up this kind of reward if they thought he’d been neutralized. Van Eck was worried. I could see it.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Wednesday said, “You have already lost everything. I am offering you the chance to take something back.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Judge de Wet looked to him to reply to Bram’s argument, and instead of offering particulars he began to give what the judge derided as “a political speech.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good move,” Rostelli said, offering a hand to pull him off the floor. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Somehow it didn’t feel right for me to be the one offering to take us all to the movies. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z “Depends on how much you are offering us!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I rounded them up, dumped some dry cereal in a bowl—because you can always get on top of the situation with little kids by offering treats—and put my creative powers to work. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “So, you’re getting ready to sleep,” she said, offering the bannock pieces. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z One carried a beakerful of water, the other a tray of more votive offerings, which they placed at the feet of the God. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Anatole goes to our neighbors’ houses, one by one, offering his condolences for our village’s lost schoolboys. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Once there, Rondon gave them a generous peace offering—gifts of food, beads, handkerchiefs, and metal tools such as knives and axes. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Why should he choose to disarm himself, give up his voice and leave the only organization offering him a chance to "define" himself? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned to leave the kitchen knowing I wasn’t needed, but I couldn’t help offering my mom a small bit of consolation on my way out of the room. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Let them rise and take this offering. Let them remember.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z They were offering the Zeitouns a free trailer, a two-bedroom portable unit that would be delivered to them at their request. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Does he know I spent some of my offering money on candy? Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z 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 As a peace offering, I pull out my bottle of hand sanitizer and offer her a squirt. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Vendors from all over the city had come offering pottery, and jewels, and food from their shops. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z 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 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 “I take it you already possess great caches of treasure. It surprises me that such a meager financial offering as I could supply would entice you to trade.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z They hung around the burned house, offering to help in any way they could, feeling official and generally getting in the way. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “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 I had spent as much time with him as I could, trying to motivate him to get well and eat his hay, even offering it to him with my feet. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 He reaches out and accepts his father’s offering. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z And our offerings are held in scorn and contempt. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He is following Dad’s rule of offering 20 percent less than what they offer. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z “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 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 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 “Each morning, Father Olufemi visits the worship hall to receive prayers and offerings from the temple’s patrons.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z 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 Her reasons for picking on me were as mysterious as Johannes’s reasons for catching up with me one day after school and offering to carry my books. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “It was a good childhood,” she answered, taking a swig from the flask and offering it to Kaede. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Georgia Penn,” the radio announcer introduced herself, offering me her hand. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect.’ East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I stare at the candy, not sure if I want to accept the peace offering. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z As he has no children to play with, he befriends the wild rabbits, offering them food and stroking their fur until he can touch their twitching noses. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He should have made more offerings to the Scavenge God and the Fates after he got out of the oil room. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z We spent the rest of the afternoon taking turns delivering bowls with Frank offering suggestions for improvement. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “I need little enough payment for what I am offering,” said the man. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Still holding it, he kneels, putting himself eye to eye with young Hamlet, and bows as if offering allegiance to him. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z "Walk with me," Joffrey commanded, offering her his arm. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z By placing offerings in a special fire, a priest could turn them into smoke and send them on to the gods. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Manman said that Matant Jo used to have the sweetest birdsong voice—so sweet that she could make a man fall in love with her just by offering him a glass of water. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z 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 And now she was offering to help him cheat! The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z One of the men came forward, offering me a cloak. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z She speaks to him, taking both whips in one hand, and offering him her other palm. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z At least I never heard of him offering to sell anything to send me to Harvard. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z A slave knelt before him, offering a wooden platter full of ripe figs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Mini started to drone on again about the aisle’s offerings. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z While my sisters and I offer our sympathy long-distance, Paul is the one who arrives at our father's house on Thanksgiving day, offering to prepare traditional Greek dishes to the best of his ability. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He thought about offering her his jacket to cover her legs, but he didn’t want to let on that he’d been looking. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The first day of school she’d gone right up to the other kids and started talking to them and they’d looked at her like she was offering to welcome them to the Lollipop Guild. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Instead, he kept offering to help me with some of my schoolwork. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The ghost couldn’t come downstairs, even the daily cookie offerings weren’t enough to coax her out of the attic. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Caleb helps me sit up and separates the hems of his two shirts, pulling the long-sleeved one over his head and offering it to me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z 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 While you work for their benefit they are completely yours, offering you their blood, their property, their lives, and their sons, as I said above, when the need to do so is far away. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Astonishing numbers of white people called, and wrote, offering contributions, or asking could they join? The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z How exactly did Rue end up on that stage with nothing but the wind offering to take her place? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The one time we had stopped here to stretch our legs the whole little village had gathered, offering to sell us anything we might want to buy. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Go make an offering to the Fates. Be glad you were lucky and fast and smart. And then go do something right in the world.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z If it was Tommy, she’d be asking him how university’s treating him, offering him a Coke or a piece of cake. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The rest of us stood behind her—I and Mama and Papa, Aunt Loma, Mary Toy, and Aunt Carrie, who had come over offering to help. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The whole family was standing around the grave, crying and holding hands, offering Grandpa up to heaven. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z This man offering his hand was not her father or anyone like him. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z 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 ‘You had the wind in your face,’ a Sixth Borough councilman suggested, offering a towel for the jumper’s foot. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 He didn’t have any drachmas for an offering, and apparently the goddess Iris wasn’t interested in nuts and bolts. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z To this day you can find piles of sugar cane heaped in tropical markets—offering buyers a refreshing treat that is somewhere between a candy bar and an energy drink. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z He felt glum; his offering, possessing the quality of an authentic old pre-war ritual, had not been accepted. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z 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 The farmer helped Booth dismount, offering support when the fugitive’s body weight bore down on his injured leg. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Heavy clouds hung low without offering rain; the air beneath was grimy with smoke. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “I was two seconds away from offering the same.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The filial son, offering his wife Cammy in sacrifice, whispering I’m sorry as men drew their muddy fingers down her skirt. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Courtiers and well-wishers waved and cheered, throwing flowers and offering gifts to the young prince as he passed. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Dave wedged himself between the two of us, offering up the thermos. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z She inspected the other luck offerings that had accumulated over the night. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z 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 “I crave pardon; neb Goldsmith, for coming late. I could not help it. I—I carried an offering to my father’s tomb.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The upright of the frame pressed tight against the lower strip of leather, but it held smooth and firm, offering no purchase for teeth. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He shakes his head and pushes away the bread Malachy is offering. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Yet today’s cruise ships continue to trade on the vestiges of their upper-class mystique, even while offering new amenities like onboard ice skating and wall climbing. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z At one point in his Account he spoke about the Free African Society offering to procure nurses for the sick under the direction of Jones, Allen, and Gray. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “Well, I think now that we've eaten and smoked good offerings together, and seeing as how the sky is falling, you should consider just putting up here for the night.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z It was the offering that mattered, not the substance. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z 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 He was not offering his body as a human sacrifice again just because his father could not exist in the center of chaos. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I want you to hypnotize the Matsikas into offering a large sum of money for the return of their brats.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Some of the graves had offerings of food as well: tortillas, bowls of chili, bottles of soda, fruit, and whole herds of tiny donkeys, horses, and pigs made out of pastry or sugar. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In my mind’s eye, I saw Clancy and me alone in the same room, him on one knee, offering a rose in my direction. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z 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 This had a double benefit: more space for our savings, plus it made the offering to Cory look absolutely huge. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Not surprisingly, this drug forfeiture regime proved highly lucrative for law enforcement, offering more than enough incentive to wage the War on Drugs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “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 On top, I settled a folded note, offering my help. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The most successful salesperson was offering a product called Touch of Quietude, which sounded more like a feminine hygiene product than a death delivery system. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He poured out offerings there, and prayers to Athena. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I think he understood my motive in offering to teach him the skill, and he wanted very much to learn it. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Then Zero had appeared to me, warning me to stay out of it, offering for me to join him instead. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z So we stopped asking her to join our games and stopped offering her the best cuts of meat. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Mountain Air, he says, is an “environmental consulting firm” offering help to people with asthma and allergies as a “free service. ” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 They are inundated with music emitting from a wide array of electronic devices, toys, and computers offering a limitless number of musical selections. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The trio slept late, wolfed down more of our lunch offering than was polite, and then retreated for an afternoon nap. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He wiped a hand on his apron before offering it to her. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z He kept his distance, not offering to shake my hand. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Hugh Huxley came to my rescue by offering to teach me how to set up the X-ray camera for photographing TMV. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z As a peace offering, Mark Antony transferred several of King Herod’s cities in Judea to Cleopatra’s control. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She could barter with him, maybe offering to decorate a fabric for his wife, in exchange for the beams she would need. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In addition to several citizens who contributed to the fund the local KKK sent Mayor Richards a note today offering to pay $250 into their reward fund. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I post an offering of free red lava landscaping rock. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The secondhand dealers had been prowling around for weeks, like wolves, offering humiliating prices for goods and furniture they knew many of us would have to sell sooner or later. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z He fed the fire by hand, and it was like an offering to a dead giant. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z She stops and bends down to retrieve her dropped napkin, offering a generous view of her bosoms. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z They say she calls Children, offering Them candy From her sleeve. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 I still may bring to memory the smell of the varnish, my face smothered against the desk, my hands stretched before me in a gesture of offering and obeisance. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “For you, my daughter,” he says, offering it to me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 On this side of the page, Percy & Gray, LP, is offering Jr. Stenographers fifty cents more an hour. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He’s out of the car and at my door, opening it, offering his hand. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Well, since it’s out there now, Coop, let’s go to your locker so you can ‘find’ Jupiter’s peace offering,” Golly says. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z 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 Each offering represents a dream, a desire, a longing. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Hibiscus petals, offerings from previous visitors, were strewn at their gray-green feet. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z 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 “Please have your offerings ready so that as many prayer requests can be received as possible!” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Thank you, Margarita,” I said, offering her my hand. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 My hero, Cove, a level-seventeen sorcerer with fire for hair, can’t advance through this poverty-stricken kingdom without an offering to the princess. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Look, we don’t want to upset you. We don’t mean to criticize. We’re really just offering to help. You’ve been working at it so hard the last few days, and you seem...frustrated.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z 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 “Thank you, Albert, for offering the tea, and thank you for listening to me. I hope, perhaps, you will find what I said helpful. Especially now.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She’s walking heavily on her cane, and Christoffel has come with her in a taxi, helping her, offering his arm as she picks her way slowly over the bumpy grass and rocks. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Want a sugar cube?” he says, offering his hand, which is piled high. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 Once she got all the way up, she held out the yarn like an offering. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I thought about my brother offering me his coat, and wondered if I should share my mittens with the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I hope people feel empowered by my fight and know that they have every right to demand a place at the table of whatever life is offering. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z You’d think they were offering ten free cookies and the first of us to line up gets them, such is the screaming and panic. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z 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 The santero shakes a box of salt on its head, then pours honey over the offering. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Roger, I’m offering you a gift much more valuable than a bottle of water. Self-reliance.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z She sat a bit slouched at one end of the back seat, not offering her puffed rice to anyone. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “As an offering to the gods to keep them safe!” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z As if she’s heard my thoughts, her eyes meet mine, that familiar pale blue offering me solace, even as she lifts the ax. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I’m offering you a hundred and eighty dollars, pure profit, and no worries.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I set out small offerings of guava and avocado I have picked and broken open, exposing them to him as food. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of those are Reuters veterans sent out to train the Indian teams, some are reporters filing earnings flashes, but most are journalists doing slightly more specialized data analysis—number crunching—for securities offerings. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z But the somber mystery of connection that was like a voodoo offering was gone forever. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “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 Now the boys were begging me for the raisin and offering me everything, a slug of their milk, a pencil, a comic book. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He told them about the dark giant, and the strange woman on Half-Blood Hill, offering him a multiple-choice death. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z 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 Following Atzerodt’s arrest, Stanton issued a new proclamation: A reward was posted offering $100,000—an enormous sum—for Lincoln’s killers. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I accept your offering, and join you in weeping. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I picked up the flat rock in front of the cross and set the offering in the hollow under it. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The speaker was kneeling on the floor beside Diana, offering her the dainty white handkerchiefs she had collected from the operatives. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Using both hands, Bast held it up to him, looking for a moment like a squire offering up a sword to some bright-armored knight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I went to stand in front of him again, offering him some relief from the glare. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “And if my friend here”—Aru jerked her chin in Mini’s direction, who merely adjusted her sunglasses—“approves, then I’ll accept your measly and puny offerings.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They didn’t sound like they were offering, so Dicey played it low. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “I hope you’re well,” he said, offering his arm to lead her out of the hall. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z 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 “She’s proud, but I don’t believe she’d mind, for that dowdy tarlaton is all she has got. She may tear it tonight, and that will be a good excuse for offering a decent one.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z After offering his scent, Gray settled himself on the grass beside the fallen trunk. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He had brewed them tea, and now poured it for them, offering cream but no sugar. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z 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 But I appreciated them offering to look out for me. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z My crotch smelled salty and sharp with her and bleached with me, and the rich pungent meat of the lamb was an offering passing between us. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They hacked off her brother’s head in the hope that it was mine, yet here I sit like some bloody gargoyle, offering empty consolations. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They tried offering me cows: Our people believe even an infant understands about the cattle. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandma didn’t seem to be bothered that we had just brought down the property values of the entire neighborhood by offering to host this rusted-out piece of garbage. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z And the City, in its own way, gets down for you, cooperates, smoothing its sidewalks, correcting its curbstones, offering you melons and green apples on the comer. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I know I need to welcome the chance Celina Aunty is offering me. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z 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 These are all offerings to the spirits, and in return, they will help me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I didn’t even know what you were offering to do to yourself. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z 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 Was she so pathetic that she would ramble on, offering bits of her own story, bits of herself, like some second-rate Scheherazade? Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He often asked about my wife, freely offering his aid in finding her more speech work with the city. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The Kansas victim, who followed the preceding five, was a grandfather; his name was Otto Ziegler, he was sixty-two, a robust, friendly fellow, the sort not likely to pass distressed motorists without offering assistance. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was a telemarketer, a young, male American who was offering better long-distance and international phone rates. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z When the Professor finally was free to return to his peephole the children had gone home, leaving the storage yard almost free from weeds, and a thistle blossom offering before the birdbath. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe the offerings reappeared on the gods’ altars in Olympus...or even here, in the middle of Tartarus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He was dull and flat, like a teacher offering a prayer before sit-down dinner. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Aphrodites children were running around straightening everybody’s armor and offering to comb the tangles out of our horsehair plumes. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z 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 I'm so furious I'm about to throw Haymitch's last offering into the stream when it hits me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “And that,” said Slughorn, apparently coming back to earth, “is what I shall be offering as a prize in this lesson.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z 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 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 The wooden horse had been made, he said, as a votive offering to Athena, and the reason for its immense size was to discourage the Trojans from taking it into the city. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Felix tried to pass the two hours by reading, while Benji tried to entertain everyone by offering to do stupid tricks for money. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Ice cold in runnels from a high rock ran the spring, and over it there stood an altar stone to the cool nymphs, where all men going by laid offerings. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s offering himself to me, his services, at some risk to himself. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood up and gave a little ceremonious bow, offering chairs. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Once, she slipped, and the precious offering flew from her hand, but she recovered it, and nobody saw her because there were no citizens abroad. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z During her time in the tank, she spoke and moved little, only offering the occasional observation. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z To downplay accusations of being an outside agitator, she ran her operation out of her hotel room, offering direction to state and local suffragists. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z She knew that even offering to leave now could be provocative. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z And he never insulted me by offering to loan me a few credits. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Even her customers, offering lavish praise and seeking details about the food, could not get her to linger in conversation. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Pontonoos mixed the honey-hearted wine and went from chair to chair, filling the cups; then each man where he sat poured out his offering to the gods in bliss who own the sweep of heaven. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Pax fetched the plastic soldier he’d cached and dropped it as an offering, then warned him away again. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He lit a cigarette, offering one to Joe, who said “No thanks, 1 got my own.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z These words felt like some kind of sacrifice, a precious offering to the universe. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z I saw Second Wife koutou to First Wife, bowing with deep respect while offering her more opium. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I give her my address and then wait, shifting between my feet as I stare at a poster offering free tax help to qualifying families. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Thyon went far from the others to examine it in his own way, with Drave tagging along, offering to carry his satchel. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z 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 The principal of Indian Creek had given the Fugees use of the field with the understanding that she wasn’t offering much: there were no lights, no soccer goals, no bathrooms. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “Just like you requested. You still offering to supply pizza or other food?” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z I put the last plate away in the cupboard, put my coins in my pocketbook for the offering, grab my coat and my Bible, and close the door behind us. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The saloons began offering more and more services to their customers. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Untying his sash, he arranged the bits of food upon the plate on the offering table. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z 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 Maybe after many, many offerings a priest noticed that if the juice of the cane was boiled in the right way, it crystallized into sweet, dark brown clumps. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Kirby’s first “Pig Stand” was in Texas, but the chain soon thrived in Los Angeles, alongside coundess other food stands offering “curb service.” Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 “The mayor of New York is a supremely important man, could well be the next Royal governor. It is hardly appropriate to welcome him into our home without offering refreshment.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The slaver slurps one down, pointedly not offering anything to the Tribesman. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I knew that the items must belong to a ragman, but there was something eerie about the way they were sorted, as though they were pagan offerings. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Mankind’s chief hope of escaping the wrath of whatever divinities were then abroad lay in some magical rite, senseless but powerful, or in some offering made at the cost of pain and grief. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides offering Regina support, Bobby wanted to introduce her to Zita. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Not even when Strauss came by to introduce his daughter and her husband did Oppie turn around, instead merely offering a hand over his shoulder in silent greeting. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Here they were, sitting in a school that was offering them a free education, I said, and there were a whole lot of committed and caring adults inside that school who thought they mattered. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z My father did not reply, but continued to stand there silently, neither demanding disembarkation nor offering any clue as to his desires or intentions. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “Hi, Mrs. Roberts,” Mom said, offering her hand to shake. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z By the way, and not that I think you're not too smart or anything, but I just want to make sure: You do know that she wasn't really offering to help, right? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The Führer is offering a means of escape and they refuse to leave their lands. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z 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 “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 That his hurry was somehow more important than a person offering tea. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z When she went to see the rental, Lita was offering the living room of an apartment as a bedroom. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z 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 “I am offering you far more than that,” the rabbit says. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Apples and bananas sit in offering at her feet. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z With the mountain spewing liquid fire, and the meadow offering no means of concealment, the remaining thirteen tributes—including Haymitch and Maysilee—have no choice but to confine themselves to the woods. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 A large, middle-aged man, he long ago won my admiration by offering equal job opportunities to members of any race, choosing according to their qualifications and future potentialities. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Others have a little red lantern hanging outside their door, offering virtual sex. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Was her doctor offering her the same proposal? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Ride you, ride you? Run you, run you?” asked the roach, and Gregor understood it was offering him a lift. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It was even a sort of love offering to start off by telling the worst. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z As though she was offering them a choice of two treats. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Flamenco dancing had no practical application in the closed society prevailing in the capital back then, but Nicolas ran a discreet announcement in the paper offering his services as a teacher of that fiery art. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 I hold out this idea to her like an offering. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z My father, I thought, seemed more like a father and less like a brother with the three of them, offering them advice and slipping them cash when they needed it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He stood upright, alternating between offering his hand in greeting and exposing his teeth in fear. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Had school officials been sincere about offering Minnijean the opportunity, they would have been clear about the terms for participating. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Sadie placed the Snickers in his palm like a peace offering and waited, staring at the carpet. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Once it’s offering time, the deacons stand at the front of the church asking the congregation to rise and follow the ushers from the rear. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z University friends were offering to help her find a job—a dull one certainly, but she would have her independence. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He was offering his good right hand, his heart, his head, for the opportunity to go to Mars! The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 It was nice to have the most popular girl in the neighborhood offering herself to him every now and then. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z And in the process of time it came to pass that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I guessed that he had the jelly beans to make it look like he was offering kids a treat, but in actuality he never did and went on his own jelly-bean-eating binges. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z 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 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’s the one thing that looks out of place, and so I pick it up and exchange it for the offering I’ve brought—a butterfly ring that once belonged to Eleanor. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Have a seat,” he said, offering his chair. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z At the base of the tree, Nokomis left her offering, sweet and fragrant. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z In fact, the competence and dedication of the young conductor would soon come to the attention of his superiors, who would waste no time offering the stalwart fellow a promotion. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Besides, I’m not offering food, and my ability to provide scraps has always been my main redeeming quality to him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z One moment Grandma was confidently offering assurance; the next, Hugo was destroyed and Seth and Grandma were captured. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z This would be my first kiss, if she were offering me. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Each year, Kim said, North Korea would do its best to shuffle its offerings among the major reinsurance players. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z 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 “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 The seller claimed to be offering classified proprietary information on IOI’s intranet architecture, along with a series of administrative access codes and system exploits that could “give a user carte blanche inside the company network.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “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 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 Her mom was walking around the house in nervous circles, offering Richie lemonade and sandwiches and aspirin. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z 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 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 I knew her mom died too, but I didn’t ask how because it didn’t seem like she was offering all that up, which was cool. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z 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 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 What worried him was that where it did so there were only very narrow verges of short grass, offering no cover. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It was offering me the opportunity to Save the World Through Degeneracy. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Essentially, Collins was saying that Bobby Fischer’s talent was God-given, innate, and all Collins could do was serve as a guide or bystander, offering encouragement and nurturing the boy’s prodigious gifts. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z At Bacchus’s right crouched a satyr, offering up Doritos and grapes. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Henry’s not offering any insights, or anything at all. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z 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 My two gourdes in change had to be thrown overboard as an offering to Agwe, the spirit of the water. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z 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 As daylight faded, veterans and visitors lingered by the Wall, touching names one last time, offering prayers and promises to return. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Eventually, by evening, the river would rouse itself to accept the day’s offerings and sludge off to the sea, leaving wavy lines of thick white scum in its wake. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Celebrating their success, the summit team left an offering of prayer flags, katas, and climbing pitons on what appeared to be the highest point, and then descended into the fast-rising blizzard. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z They pledged to revamp their menus, cutting calories, reducing sodium, and offering healthier options for kids’ meals. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He passionately wants to make something of his life, to make an offering to the world. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z We think of our supermarkets as offering a huge variety of food. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “I wasn’t expecting you to save my life,” Paulette replied, offering Stella her hand for the second time. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Master,” he panted, and held out his offering—two branches of flowering plum. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I throw the paltry offering back in their faces, again and again, until I am desperate, diving for the soggy crusts of bread they have resorted to. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Save Julius. Let him be spared. I ask nothing more and will never ask anything more. Take my offering.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Lyra moved among them offering canapés or smiling sweetly and making pretty answers when they spoke to her. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Tali says supper will be ready soon,” Kaede said, offering her the warm drink. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Go ahead, Brady,” Mr. Anderson told me, offering me his pen. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Apart from the Chianti, the only offerings so far are a loaf of bread and a small bowl of olives. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z An American battery, its slogan offering nine lives. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Now here he is, offering me his headphones, and I don’t know what to make of it. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The only offering in front of Sima was the drain and the threat of a little river of blood winding its way across the floor toward it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z They will come when we don’t need them, like the bank offering money when you’re no longer in debt. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Next you will be offering me a suit of magic armor and a palace in Valyria. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He was nice enough to the girls, offering us water from a different canteen than the one the girls had emptied earlier. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The Brown Bear provided this by squatting down himself and offering them each a furry knee. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z An offering of woodlice will placate the Bowtruckle long enough to let a witch or wizard remove wand-wood from its tree. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He was offering me the same terms of surrender he had offered my sister. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In Iraq, the sounds of the national bird, the chucker partridge, play over the speakers discreetly hidden behind the merchant carts offering beautiful silk scarves and shirts. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z 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 At a time when organized crime was taking over American cities, Root was offering her a way to fight back. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z We traded information on Mommy the way people trade baseball cards at trade shows, offering bits and pieces fraught with gossip, nonsense, wisdom, and sometimes just plain foolishness. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I had a meeting with Rosalynn Carter and a phone call with Nancy Reagan, both women warm and offering support. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I’m offering you a full tennis scholarship, which includes tuition, room and board and books. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I share my fistful of seed with Kayla and we hold out our offering. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Was he sidling his way into a diner, offering to work for food? Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z 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 “Go on!” she told me, without offering to help. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The two sat around the fire watching and offering suggestions. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z One survey found that 53 percent of laboratories had stopped offering or developing at least one genetic test because of patent enforcement, and 67 percentfelt patents interfered with medical research. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z They even held mock trials, such as the one where Worsley was accused of stealing a trouser button from the offering plate of a Presbyterian church. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Then, as you speak the sacred words, you place your offerings in the fire. 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