| 单词 | over and over |
| 例句 | I can’t begin to imagine how hard Nancy Wride has it when she goes through everything over and over to finish a story. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Now, with a piece of chalk, Lelia starts writing out my name, over and over, as if she’s kept herself after school to work a lesson into her head. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z We went back into 3833 over and over again, but had a hard time finding out anything about the crime. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s always the same thing—the Moonlight Sonata over and over again. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z He said, Fielding is mine, this is all mine, mine, it will be all right, over and over, inside himself. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Death was alluring, seductive, and Celia longed to die in the thrill of it over and over again. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In the distance, she heard the caw of a crow, over and over. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z This was repeated over and over; yet each time I seemed to get a little closer to freedom. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He remembered answering the question “Am I dead yet?” over and over the last time the old man visited. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Einstein’s definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z She said it over and over, her head down on her arms. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Captain Newport demonstrated the kneeling over and over again until he looked like a marionette on strings and people began to snicker. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z They didn’t need to dwell on it over and over the way the coaches did and flagellate themselves with it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Lots of neighborhoods have cookie-cutter houses, because it’s cheaper for builders to just use the same design over and over again. It doesn’t mean anything.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I read the words over and over again until my legs went numb. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z And then testing the strength of your Conclusion, over and over. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Christina turns a black stone over and over in her hand as we walk. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I open my book, but I read the same sentence over and over. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z We did the kicks over and over, until my thigh muscles ached and the soles of my feet tingled. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The man pronounced Bigger’s name over and over again and Bigger felt that he was caught up in a vast but delicate machine whose wheels would whir no matter what was pitted against them. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The decks had filled with passengers by now, and as I watched the land come closer, I had to tell myself over and over that I was HERE. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Unable to read new English books on a regular basis, I reread the ones I had over and over again, till the pages become dog-eared. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I read the line Just got some business to handle right quick over and over again. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Every few breaths, he let out a gigantic sigh, over and over again. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I recited the Lord’s Prayer and the Twenty- third Psalm over and over in my head, trying to push back the fear. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z When something bothers me a lot I keep thinking about it, like I’m replaying a tape over and over. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Ralph hit out; then he and what seemed like a dozen others were rolling over and over, hitting, biting, scratching. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Little brother Pinch was killing his willow doll men over and over with a rock. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Sergeant Simpson used to say it over and over again. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She was just shuffling the deck of cards, over and over. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z He had loved them, and he played them over and overong> and overong> and over. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed to me that we were simply going over and over the same ground again; and so I took note of some salient point, and found that this was so. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Then they nod slowly, over and over again, call me Odella. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z I have watched him do this over and over, this shifting of anger into calm action. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z And then Luke, always the most obnoxious kid in the class, started calling me “Hunan Express,” which Emily thought was hilarious and kept repeating over and over again. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z She remembered impossible things, like being cradled and held close and told over and over by her mother that she was loved. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Then I’d read it over and over, adding each time a word, a phrase, a sentence until I felt that I had caught all the shadings of reality I felt dimly were there. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z All I could write was I hate Peach over and over. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She’d said it over and over when she wept over the wreck of her useless cake mixes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Olga knew how much I loved the book, so she read it to me over and over. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He holds the assignment that I did for Mrs. Hall where we had to describe ourselves, the one with “Why?” written over and over on it. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z As Ben awaited his father’s call to dinner, he lay on his back, shooting a basketball toward the ceiling of his room over and over again. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We dig our bare hands into the ground over and over again, each fistful of earth accompanied by a little cloud of dust. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z She kissed him over and over, realized there were tears coming down her face and wiped them away, kissed him again. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z So when Ms. O’Malley asked for the next volunteer, even though my stomach was turning over and over like on that spinning ride that my cousin Javier threw up on, I raised my hand. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z I want to say it over and over. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She blinks back tears as she reads the note from the teacher over and over. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I want him to say it again—to repeat it over and over so that I’m sure I heard him correctly the first time. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “I am not sure if it is my favorite anymore, but when I was younger I would read it over and over.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I scrubbed my hair with soap and dunked again, over and over until my hair was free of blood and filth. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The words repeated themselves over and over again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The two were going over and over among the rolled fleeces. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to play it over and over again. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Inside her there was a speck of Brian, a spark of him turning over and over within her, transforming itself. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I repeated over and over again in my head. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Mark Oliphant developed a method of converting the water to gas with virtually no loss, allowing the lab to recycle the precious supply over and over again. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z We did this repeating exercise over and over. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z If you find your- self using this expression over and over again, you have a myopic imagination. champing at the bit. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Galley, I can’t sleep at night I have this nightmare over and over again. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z No one seemed concerned about Edward, though I explained over and over that he was the hero — how he had pulled me out of the way and had nearly been crushed, too. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I asked about Ruth over and over again and tried to apologize for letting her get stole, but the words were sawdust in my mouth. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t know what it’s like being hit over and over until you’re so numb you don’t feel anything!” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The other one was blowing through a little reed over and over again, watching us out of the comer of his eye. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z I had helped Yin Lan-lan with her math three times a week for years, explaining each problem to her over and over until she got it right. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z For ten minutes they hummed the melody over and over. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “It happened quickly. Polly sewed by candlelight after dinner. Her mother repeated that over and over, ‘she sewed by candlelight after dinner.’ Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z That was the only thing he could think, over and over. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He closed his eyes and concentrated while the children, inexhaustible in their willingness to repeat a rhythmic, rhyming action game, performed the round over and over again. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I was not sure what he said, but I knew I would think about it over and over. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I was getting worn down by telling it over and over, but I plodded through it, the detective prodding me with questions: When did you find the drill? Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I stared down at the assignment, my father’s words turning over and over in my mind. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Then turns it off, then on, over and over. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The story of Dad’s burn had become something of a founding myth: it was told over and over, to newcomers but also to the old. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He tried to keep them together, sifting through his Sight and moving his hands up and down, up and down, over and over. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I could see the same thin lines etched around his neck and he’d developed a nervous habit of running his fingers along the ridges over and over again. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z They kept calling out the same words over and over, sounding like the choir on Sunday but without no real feeling of happiness in the words. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Later that day, while Mama sewed the new curtains for our bedroom, Mia and I watched The Nutcracker over and over again. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d read this section over and over, but seeing those words now sent my heart whirring. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Jesus Jesus Jesus,” rang over and over again in his mind, like a bell—as he moved closer to her, undone by her breath, and her wide, angry, mocking eyes. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “It’s the same as learning a piano piece, Callie,” she would say, “and you can do that fine. All you have to do is practice it over and over until you get it right.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I keep reading that one paragraph over and over again. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I heard my mom tell the story over and over again, stopping occasionally to say things like That’s right. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She makes fun of him, but I know she’s scrawled his name over and overong> and over again on the last page of her English notebook. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z All night, I lay awake thinking about it, turning it over and over in my mind. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The signal-flash glared over and over again, but the Earthman paid no attention. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Picking them up, I turned them over and over in my hand. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z With the receiver wedged against her shoulder, the cord stretched across the kitchen, she cooked, cleaned, and strained tinctures of goldenseal and blessed thistle, while having the same conversation over and over. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But as Naomi said Wash’s name over and over in the silence of her exhausted brain, her grip on the letter opener began to slip, and she descended into the blue depths of proper sleep. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z How he let me turn the pages, and how he’d read my favorite parts over and over again, ’cause they were his favorite parts too. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Grown-ups were kneeling down by them and the adults’ hands fluttered down toward the little girls, then, before they touched anything, fluttered back up, over and over. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Richardson would ask herself this question over and over, before Michael’s call and for weeks—and months—after. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Hopefully he is destroyed for now, but monsters never truly die. They re-form over and over again, and they must be hunted whenever they reappear.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Harry stood before a mirror in the corner, dousing himself with lavender pomade and painstakingly parting his hair with a comb, over and over. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z It was repetitive work; the muscles in his arms and lower back twinged as he stooped over and over to pass off refilled buckets and pick up empty ones. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z All I could say was, “Mikveh. Please, I need tahara,” over and over, until blood filled my mouth and the room dimmed. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I say it over and over, tears pouring down my cheeks. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Then, with a flick of her paw, Nettle sent Brightbill tumbling over the ground, over and over, until he flopped onto his back and stared up at the sky, stunned. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I screamed that word over and over again. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I smacked down with the sharp edge over and over until I finally broke through. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He nudges his nose under my chin over and over, trying to lift my head. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I kept on going over and over the list in my head. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z "Yeah, I think it's my favorite song right now. I keep rewinding it, and playing it over and over again. It's nice not to have to worry about batteries." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z For the first time in his life, C.P. really listened to black people and he was stunned to hear, over and over, his own concerns coming from their mouths. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I say it over and over again, trying to call him back to himself. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z I throwed up over and over till waren’t nothing coming out of me but bitter water that I ain’t got no recollection of drinking. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z It seems to me that the idea behind the Shuttle is a good one: a space machine that can be used over and over again. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Still mumbling names over and over, I glanced up. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The words what the hell is he doing here? play over and over in my mind. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z But even though I draw the same things over and over again, I never get bored with my art. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “We put in an extra beam for support. I checked the calculations over and over.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I said the word over and over because I liked the way it felt on my tongue. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I had to read the same paragraph over and over, like six times. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z She repeats this process over and over, working until the cloth burns without charring, remaining bright and white within the flame. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He had a dreamy look in his eyes as he held it, turning it over and over in his dirty hands. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She took out her handkerchief and rubbed the handle over and over until it was clean and bright. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, the whole seventh grade sat in the auditorium and watched the same Magic School Bus cartoons over and over, except for the lucky homeroom that won the rock-paper-scissors tournament and escaped to the gym. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Instead, she repeated the words, over and over, until she was sure she memorized them. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “I want it built strong,” he directed over and over. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I tell her no, over and over again. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “If you need me to say it, over and over again, I will.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z We chanted it, no, we screamed it, at the top of our lungs, over and over again as we started marching toward Police Plaza 1. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I copied Father Amadi’s German address over and over in my notebook. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Mom freaked ’cause of germs, and spent, like, two days cleaning them over and over. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z This will be Monday and me when she shows up, I reminded myself over and over again to keep from running back to the car. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z During that long summer I’d been over and over the various arguments, all the pros and cons, and it was no longer a question that could be decided by an act of pure reason. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He thought about how traits get passed down, over and over again. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He was tired of being threatened in the same way, over and over. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z I played “Hi, Leo” over and over in my head. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z I write the word freak and trace an outline around it over and over until I hit the edge of the paper. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Even though Poppy said Bedouin music usually happened after sundown, two young men began slapping quick rhythms and singing for them—the same words and notes repeated over and over. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I was obsessive about my fears, once, in the same way, always trying to make sense of them, over and over again. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Dane tries to catch my attention over and over again. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z And she shook her head over and over. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z You sit on the wall, turning your black stone over and over in your fingers. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A sketch where the skinnier performer took off his dilapidated boot and counted his toes over and over again, constantly losing his place, generated the loudest reaction. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z For a few seconds we stew in silence, and I follow the path of my thoughts as they turn over and over one another. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Just because someone says something over and over doesn’t make it true. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Through the glass in the door they watched their assorted clothing spill and splash over and over and around and around. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She whispered it over and over, and then begged him to go back to bed. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I say it over and over until it disappears into its own syllables. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He was close enough then to feel afraid, so he repeated over and over inside his head that he was only delivering a message, and she might not be there anyway. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The detectives were courteous and never showed impatience, despite having to make the same introductions and tell the same story over and over again. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He strummed the same chords over and over, then moved up the frets and strummed something different. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I sat on the edge of the bed, replaying his words over and over. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When I watch the news and see unarmed black men and women shot dead over and over, it’s kind of hard to believe this world is mine. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z We are yelling “AHHHHHH” and we are tingling with fear, turning over and over, the world upside down, right side up, upside down, The Fifth Tuesday And then, nothing. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Anya read the letter over and over, her eyes drawn back to the same line. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I wash my hands over and over again, trying to force the noise out of my head. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I turned my pillow over and over for the coolness, thinking about May and her wall and what the world had come to that a person needed something like that. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She reads each signature over and over, checking how securely each lock of hair is pasted, scrutinizing each symbol. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z As I inched forward along the conveyor, flat-screen monitors mounted overhead showed the same ten-minute training film over and over, on an endless loop: “Indentured Servitude: Your Fast Track from Debt to Success!” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I turn the box over and over in my hands as I thank her. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “I’m going to kill them both,” he muttered over and over, like a litany. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Thousands and thousands of them, multiplied over and over as far as the eye could see in the dim world behind the sun. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “They repeat a word over and over to make sure it comes across all right.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z I know I better keep the pencil moving, so I write the word “Why?” over and over from the top of the page to the very bottom. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z One of the questions that I’ve been asked over and over again since Blink came out is, When should we trust our instincts, and when should we consciously think things through? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Then again, pulling and relaxing with both hands over and over. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She said, over and over again, 'Mr Hooper is very good to us, Charles, you must understand that. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The Guards answered the same questions over and over, and the questions came fast, often with an accusatory edge. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I repeat that process over and over again until I calm down a little. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The same message plays over and over from the Cog inside my head. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The emotions crash inside me like a carriage accident happening over and over again. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I thought about it over and over until I felt I knew this little girl. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z ‘You know your grandpa is just about flopping over and over in his grave. You weren’t brought up to act like this.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I scooped up a handful as we walked toward the field, squeezing it over and over. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z But he was done letting the idiotic football player kick him over and over as if he were a dog. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The moment the captain shot my mother plays over and over in my head, like a movie stuck on the same scene. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z We came to a rickety wooden bridge—just thick plywood laid over a concrete foundation—over Culver Creek, the winding rivulet that doubled back over and over again through the outskirts of campus. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “I keep imagining it, over and over, wanting to know what she felt or thought. Because I can’t know that, she never stops dying for me. I see it over and overong> and over again.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z They had done nothing but save me, over and over, and now they wanted to sacrifice their lives for my mom. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I said this over and over until the vague police shapes let me alone, until I awoke to find Kevin sitting, dozing beside my bed. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He’s saying his questions over and overong> and over. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I stared at the tag, rereading it over and over, hoping the words might magically change. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Except, he’d play the same notes over and over, like he was trying to learn a different language. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Whatever poetry was in him found release as his hands rolled the ball over and over, spinning it, warming to it, touching it before he made his first move toward the basket. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘None of your business,’ he kept saying over and over. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It took some strength at first to get the huge ball to flatten out, but then it was just a matter of rolling it over and over until it was flat enough. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “Find the dirty Jew!” the voices called over and over, and I think one of the voices I heard was mine. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “I am peace. Peace is me,” he chants over and over as I pick up more weapons to deal with him. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z That’s the question they asked me over and over again, hoping to find answers. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Alliances formed and broke over and over again; new territorial disputes erupted over colonies, and countries struggled to dominate trade to and from the New World. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z My laughter subsides, and I hear her soft voice over and over in my head until I just sit there with satisfaction wrapping around me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z He went over and over the work his team had done, searching for new strategies to test. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “The whole community called out his name. It was a kind of ceremonial...What would you call it? A recognition. We all shouted the name over and over. Jonas!” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She’ll be phoning Mr. Frost's house over and over to find out when I’m going to get back. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The only time stuff didn’t blow around when she was near was when she’d squeeze my arms and tell me things over and overong> and overong> and over. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z I would vote for Bach, all of Bach, streamed out into space, over and over again. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Henry kisses his mouth over and over again and says quietly, “You are good.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “If you have the heart to think so,” returned Biddy, “say so. Say so over and over again, if you have the heart to think so.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I kept saying the same things over and over because those were the things that had happened. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She stared at her library book, reading the same paragraph over and overong> and over. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z That night, I replay his compliment over and over in my head. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z I circled the block, over and over, the houses and trees and cars a watery blur. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Years later she remembered sitting in the chair, sobbing and checking on herself over and over again, thinking, “But I’m still here. I’m still here.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z How can I explain to anyone that stories are like air to me, I breathe them in and let them out over and over again. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z He called a single phrase over and overong> and over. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt the fight-or-flight reflex swell up in me over and over again, but I knew that neither fight nor flight had ever worked for me before. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z She hands me the sign I made that says We Matter! over and over again in a bunch of different colors and with glitter sprinkled all over. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z All he could hear was the sound of a drawer slamming, over and over. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z When she had left, I read Mate’s note over and over as if with each reading, new information would surface. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I pushed it over and over, but it was useless. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The voice shouted the same thing, over and over again, and each time it climbed into a higher, more hysterical register. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Otto had not only played with untying my laces, he’d also tried to retie them by doing the same simple cross knot over and over. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I muttered to myself over and over, clutching a copy of the World. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole scene with her replays over and over again: the hurt in her eyes and the noise she made as she fell. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z El Patron had become so forgetful, he repeated the same sentence over and over again. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z If that bug wants to keep doing the same thing over and overong> and overong> and over till it dies, go ahead. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I replay it over and over in my head while I continue on my way to Mr. Bender’s house. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z I replayed our conversation over and over in my head. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She kissed the crown of my head, over and over again, until it was wet where her tears had trickled down and run into my hair. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I thought of Doc’s words as I turned the envelope over and over in my hands. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Pollard galloped Seabiscuit out, brought him back, and he and Smith repeated the drill over and over. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But Piper didn’t answer and just kept saying We have to help them We have to help them, over and over like a desperate tape on a loop. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z My fingers trace a cut in the wood of the bleacher beside me, over and over. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I wish I could click a save button so I could play this moment over and overong> and over again. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z He asked the question over and over in his mind. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z They’re like movies I edit and embroider and watch over and over again, regularly recasting the villains and updating the minor details. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I used to ask Dad to tell the story over and over. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We looked and saw the body come up through the water, rolling over and over in a slow motion, reflecting the sunlight. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When Malcolm had it in his hand, he turned it over and over, examining it closely. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Then I tried to pull myself together, saying over and over, “I must, I must, I must...” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He even does his own backing vocals, which consists of him singing “take a chance” over and over again. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z And over and over again: they were spirits, it was bad luck to talk to them, they came from the fairy world. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z As they climbed back down, Jiichan said over and over as if it amazed him, “Girl who like rock! I wish I know. I wish I know!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I held one in each hand and read them over and over. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z I turned the diamond-shaped candy over and over in my filthy hand. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They contain endless pages of glyphs and symbols, ringed in text ripped from other sources, affixed to one another and inscribed over and over. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Later, I tried to think of a scientific question for Mr. Neely, but I just kept thinking, over and over, like an annoying song stuck in my head, Mom would’ve helped me with this. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Next to her, Joaquin looked stricken, and he kept turning the envelope over and over, as if looking for another clue, as if he was playing Detectives, too. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She kept reading the words over and over. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z In the darkest place that revisits me over and over again. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Mrs. Winterbottom took the envelope and turned it over and over before she slowly unsealed it and slipped out the message. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Just over and overong> and over, without barely any rest in between. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Angela said she loved me—“love you so, so much, Brett”—and kept saying it over and over, even after I told her my name was in fact Jay. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z He copies the figures over and over again, and by the end of this year he will have copied the whole book four times. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It was exhausting remembering his manners when talking to all those people, but Angie smiled and chatted as if she didn’t mind seeing the same baby over and over in two dozen pictures. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He looked at a scene where someone leapt off a building, and he could tell that Javier had erased one part of El Gran Misterio’s leg over and over again, trying to get it right. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Mama hummed “Little Black Cat,” my favorite lullaby, over and over, and I finally fell asleep. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She was clutching Herbie’s arm, clinging to it, repeating over and over, “It isn’t true, is it? It isn’t, is it?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z We must have worn the record out playing each song over and over. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Though he closed his eyes and called on Jesus—calling over and over again the name of Jesus—his pagan body stiffened and flamed and the women laughed. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z But it was the kind of story that doesn’t go away after the first time you tell it so you have to tell it over and over until it goes away for good. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Anya stared at the ground, concentrating on not crying, and thinking the same thought over and over: Not dead. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z His mother was deep into her treatments, which she’d said over and over again were rough but “doing the job,” the long schedule of them nearing its end. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z We didn’t speak but I held Piper’s hand and told her over and over that I loved her through the blood beating in my veins and running down through my hand and into her fingers. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He was so small, he was almost like a child, and he nodded his head yes over and over. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He washed the ugly sore over and over again. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Hanako nodded, bobbing her head up and down over and over. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Most afternoons were spent making up routines to songs we’d listen to over and over until I could hear every beat in my head like a pulse. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He sits around in his room with the door locked and does lines and listens to this song by the Buffalo Springfield, over and over...you know that one? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Performing the chore was just a place to put her anxiety, though; she raked the same spot over and over while she stared at me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “You were hoarse with crying when you washed up here. You cawed over and over. So I called you Crow.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z What math I was ever taught I learned doing the breakfast dishes and listening to Mother explain, over and over, what a fraction is or how to use negative numbers. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She mutters the word sorry over and over again. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Every time she saw those images, a voice in her head kept repeating one line over and over. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z One man was swiftly lashing cords around her, around her limbs, her throat, body, head, bundling her over and over on the wet ground. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Sometimes. It’s tiring to answer the same kinds of questions over and over. I get sick of talking about my cousin, about food, about my mom.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I read it over and overong> and over. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z She let it repeat over and over again. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Roza stood at the large picture window in the quiet suburban house and mouthed the words over and over, as if giving them form could make them true. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z By the time Yoren pulled her off him, Hot Pie was sprawled out on the ground with his breeches brown and smelly, crying as Arya whapped him over and overong> and over. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There was nothing to do but feel the despair of that moment, until after feeling it over and over I picked up my journal and wrote it down and emptied it out of me. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Tom must have been at least half asleep when he heard his name called over and over. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The nurse was writing something over and over on little pieces of adhesive tape. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z And then a name that I read over and over again. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z From my hiding place, in the shadows of the living room, I watched as my mother struggled to protect herself over and over again. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I clung to one thing only, and repeated it to myself, over and over again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z One, two, three, four...Counting them over and over, as if that would replenish the empty water kegs and meager slabs of salted meat. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Maybe he'll never need to know that there's a tiny mirror in my head, a memory screen showing Tariq's body beneath my hands, dying over and over again. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He dives and surfaces, spraying water out of his mouth, rolls over and over in some bizarre corkscrew motion that makes me dizzy even to watch. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Somehow it was a relief to just say it, over and over. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I read his poem over and over, and think about how he used to tuck me and Charlie in and say, “Good night, my precious jewel.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z I keep having the same sensation over and over: If this place weren’t a prison, it would be beautiful. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He flipped the baton in his hand over and over. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z It was only four words, but I played them over and over in my head and almost missed the whole segment on school-wide fundraisers for charities. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Pong's schooling at Namwon was fairly pitiful, but one lesson was drilled into the prison children over and over again: the greatest danger in the world was fire. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z She kept saying the same thing over and over again, like a mantra. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “I can do this,” I said to myself over and over. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z At home, I dialed Phoebe’s number over and over. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z I tell myself this, over and over, until dawn comes, and a patch of weak morning sunlight seeps through the high-up windows. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She turned her hands over and over, palms to backs, backs to palms, marveling. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I took the record home and played it over and over on a record player that Roberto borrowed from Main Street School. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Like I keep saying over and over again, I’m just an ordinary kid. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Her heart pounded harder as she pushed against it over and over again. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Then we’ll keep having this conversation every single day, over and over again until you are sick to death of hearing it. Until you finally stop.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I hear Sarah sobbing, “Oh, oh, oh,” over and overong> and over. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z They read, over and over again: I’m sorry. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The boys held up while Candace pumped the lotion into her hand, jamming the plunger down over and over again until she had enough to turn sidewalk to Slip 'N Slide. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z He repeats the end of his own name over and over: the word dundu. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There is a standard phrase that is used over and over again in the literature: ‘Galileo turned his telescope to the heavens.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Thank you for coming,” Daddy said over and over. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Your wit surfaces over and over like the rush of foam to the rim. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She had taken to chanting “No, no, no, no,” over and over. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Doctor Warren moved into the empty parlor of the inn away from the noisy group in the taproom—telling over and over of their great deeds. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she couldn’t stop gagging, over and over, like she wasn’t in control of her body. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I blink over and over trying to make the tears evaporate before they trickle over. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z A thought kept repeating itself in my head, over and overong> and over, in Diego’s voice: What are you gonna do now, punk? We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The wasp keeps flying at the glass over and overong> and over, like it doesn’t know the difference between glass and open air. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z His little ball mill rolled over and over; mixing the blue mass. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I say this over and over in my head, hoping that somehow it will stick. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He slapped his hand against her cheek over and over, trying to keep her awake. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I swallow over and over before I finally can speak. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The librarian recommended these two books over and over again. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He found himself reading the same sentence over and over. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z The chant was repeated over and over, accompanied by sounds of metal against metal. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z We described the accident to one another over and over. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z He’s been calling me that since I was little—it’s from a picture book that I used to make him read to me over and over. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z And feverishly I thought the name over and over to myself. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z He repeated it over and over again, his lips moving slightly, as if he could make it come true by saying it a thousand times. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I stand there awhile fingering the puffed-up gold letters at the top of the page and reading the letter over and over again. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z I took the next turn at the hammer, smacking the pipe over and over until a crack appeared. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He had practiced his recitation over and over, hour after lonely hour. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She struck us over and over again, raising welts all over our bodies. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z So it would begin over and over, she thought, always and always, the miracles on Maple Hill. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z I was so afraid that we would just keep colliding over and over again if we stayed together, and that eventually the impact would break me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “It just keeps walloping me over and over, and it’s like it’s the first time every time,” he says in a husky voice. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I kept saying over and over, in my high-pitched voice, “It’s my constitutional right to sit here as much as that lady. I paid my fare, it’s my constitutional right!” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z I asked myself over and over again what I could do to help, but I had no answer. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z But he got up every single time, and he keeps telling me over and over about how that’s the most important thing. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I flexed my fingers over and over, getting ready. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z She had this meditation track playing, the word om hummed over and over. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z A green and yellow parrot, which hung in a cage outside the door, kept repeating over and over: The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z I frown at the mess of long brown hair and try to smooth it down, running my fingers through it over and over. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I turned the bread dough over and over on the marble slab on the kitchen table. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z After I finished the last page I went back to the section where he explains it and I read it over and over, but I’m still not sure, man. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z What a funny thing to say over and over again: 1 would believe; you would believe; he or she would believe. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z When I was looking at this film over and over again, I had an erroneous view of the universe that communication takes place between people. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The black instrument on the hall table trilled its hysterical note over and over, like a nervous bird. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He went over to him and took out the small wad of bills he had counted over and over again in Miss Pat’s hallway. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z For the eight months he trained under Scythe Goddard, he had made over two thousand kills, mostly the same people over and over again. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Strunk’s nose made a sharp snapping sound, like a firecracker, but even then Jensen kept hitting him, over and over, quick stiff punches that did not miss. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Stalker! over and over as I zoomed in on a remarkable forehead. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z She refused, over and over, to give any single person her devotion, preferring instead to make a home for herself that she defined on her own terms, and of which she was master. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z And they soothed him and they said over and over, the elder son and the second son, “Rest assured, our father, rest assured. The land is not to be sold.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “Take the time to make them small and even. Remember, somebody will wear this, probably over and over until it’s worn through. A lady wants to feel pretty, no matter how much money she has.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She keeps listening to the same song over and over on my iPhone. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z A whippoorwill sang out over and over again. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z I said right away with my foot planted firmly in the words I spoke, “Like reading.the Bible over and over.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “Did you touch anything?” she asks, over and over again. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She repeats what she said, but I only hear sending her back to Haiti over and over again. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z We called her Mouse because that’s what she said over and over again when she was hungry. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Archer’s memories churned over and over inside him. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I felt that I was starting over and over again. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He turned over and over between his sheets at night, attacked by the horrifying dreams, and then, when he woke, by the recollection of the truth, that waking was no better than sleeping. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “It’s all right, my Nellie,” she said over and over, “it’s all right, it’s all right.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z He had heard her words, heard them over and over again during the night hours in the hospital wing while he lay awake, staring at the strips of moonlight on the ceiling. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z But my uncle keeps asking over and over again, What's wrong with you? Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z I repeated this over and over until I found the best grade for my ramp: 30 degrees. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I say it over and over again like a prayer until the rhythm of the words erases my fear. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I kept screaming over and over, “It’s my constitutional right!” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z “What if you keep saying the same things over and over, and they just won’t listen?” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Excuse me,” I call over and over to kids’ backs, making room for us to move down the quiet hallway outside the community center offices. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z As the king thrust her over and over again into the air, she tried to return her friends’ smiles. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z They did not get to bed until late that night, after spending hours going over and over their plan until they could recite it, word perfect, to each other. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He put his right hand on her face over and over, gently, while his left slid around her side and gripped the small of her back more firmly. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Every movement of her arms, intonation of her voice, and expression on her face would be seen by millions of people over and over again. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The job, we heard over and over, amounted to care, custody, and control: We gave the orders, in accordance with the rules, and inmates were to follow them. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She repeated it over and over until she could remember it. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Keep doing that over and over again and you’ll get there.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Don’t move, I say over and over in my mind, even as my heart pounds. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I said his name real soft, over and overong> and over. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z As you walk farther into the room it becomes a field of endless streetlamps, the stripes repeating in fractal patterns, over and overong> and over. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And repeating this over and over again to himself he fell asleep at last in his tent. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z She begged me to be still, but the fever compelled me to repeat my awful tale over and over. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As a prospective juror stood to be questioned, Mr. Chatham asked the same things over and over. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z He repeated this refrain over and over again: “lam Bobby Fischer! I am Bobby Fischer! I am Bobby Fischer!” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I just heaved, my stomach muscles tightening and my throat opening and a gasping, guttural blech, going through the motions of vomiting over and over again. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z She was a teen, Mia told herself over and over; she was trying on new skins, like all teenagers did, but privately she stayed wary of the changes she saw. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And presently they were rolling over and over on the floor, squealing and shrieking with laughter. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z “You can just thank God you got there in time,” he said over and over to Mrs. Ames. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I want to strike Cardan over and over until I slap that smugness off his face. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I recited those words over and over in my head until I wanted to howl in frustration. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He went to the library and read over and over again the story of the fair maiden and the knight who rescued her. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Now he raked over and over the same spot on the lawn. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z If I win a new one I wait until I’m by myself, then take it out and examine it, turning it over and over in the light. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z As I was to say over and over to our followers: we suspended armed action, we did not terminate the armed struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He made them describe the Shire and its country over and over again. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Julius rolled over and over to get away from those teeth, leaving a trail of blood across the white marble. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I see the Commandant cut me over and over. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z When I slid on the lid, it went into a tailspin, throwing itself against the glass over and over with pops and clicks, reminding me of the hail that landed sometimes on the windows. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z This nun kept hearing harp notes in her ears and a voice saying over and over, "Alleluia!" The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z But one word they kept saying over and over again was crystal clear—stress. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I can hear a toilet flushing over and over again and water sloshing out of a bowl. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z In the background, the radio preacher screamed “Hallelujah!” over and over as Cootie spoke. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z On the knife came, flipping over and over, straight at him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z So that’s where I used to go, in the day when no one else was likely to be about, to play my song over and over. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I told myself over and over: They will be there. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z "The line was one word written over and over again, many times." Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Ophie decided that maybe she wouldn’t worry about helping the ghosts dying over and over again in the dining room. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The Norwegians at the whaling factory crowded Sørlle’s house, asking the manager over and over again to repeat the story Shackleton had told. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The wax was thin and cold, and I flipped it over and over in my hand, thinking. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She held me tight, saying “Yes” and “Thank you” over and over. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z More left in the days to follow, as Dr. Rush’s advice to “Fly from it!” was repeated over and over again. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z And now I feel, with a strange, deep certainty, that it must be my lot in life to be taught that lesson over and over again. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z That’s because we said the same thing over and over till it went on repeating itself in my head long after I stopped mouthing it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But it turns out that plowing the land over and over damages the soil almost as much as chemical weed killers do. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z This pity festival went on for at least another hour, with each of us pretty much just saying over and over that this was somehow our fault. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She used to make her parents rewind it over and over again, laughing herself sick at the idea that a roof could go and resettle itself. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Having never owned a comic book in my life, I tirelessly read them over and over again, the parts I could understand. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z No matter what Cecile wrote, no matter how short or how mean, I planned to read it alone, over and over, to try to learn who my mother was. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Sometimes I read the same books over and overong> and over. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z And then I sit there refreshing the browser over and over again until Nora bangs on my door. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry. I’m so sorry,” the girl cried over and over again, and I could tell she was lifting the cup to her mouth because her voice changed. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Every winding corridor, or hidden staircase, or secret shortcut, explored over and over again. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Life had made the plot over and over again, to the extent that I knew it by heart. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Angelica clung to him, shaking and shaking his arm, but nothing woke him; and Paolo was crying his brother’s name over and over as if that would bring him back. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I traced my finger over and over the ballpoint I love you, and the whole time I felt ashamed, some sicko who just couldn’t stop, even after her parents died. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z He read pages of his book over and over. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It’s been years since I’ve listened to or thought of that song, but after Gramps left my bedside, I’ve been singing it to myself over and over. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z After singing over and over a few times, Master asked him to stop. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I took in Kazi’s words, let them dance and twirl in my head, replayed them over and over like a beautiful piece of music. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Over and over again, Smith was asked why Seabiscuit was bandaged, and over and over again, he explained that the wraps were merely protective. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He translates my angry intestines, and with steely concentration draws a tangled knot of lines on his map—a path crossing itself over and over in every direction but straight. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Too late? Too late?” they queried, over and over, and she fled along the road to the house where she could shut herself away from them. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z A round is a special type of canon in which the last section also fits with the first section, so that the canon can be repeated over and over without stopping. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z They shrieked with laughter and rolled over and over on the grass. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He keeps refreshing the account, over and over. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z And this was the part that had etched itself in Carmen’s mind, especially the words Papa had called out to her over and over. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z She turned the alethiometer over and over, her fingers stroking the heavy gold and the smooth crystal and the knurled wheels they knew so well. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I sighed over and over again every time they started a new topic. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother is consoling Aunt Nina, saying over and over, “He's going to be all right. Just trust the Lord, dearheart. Trust the Lord.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The cursor flashed over and over until finally another message popped up. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The cursor flashed over and over until finally another message popped up. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I want to wake up every day, like that old movie Groundhog Day, and relive this day over and over again. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Min’s words rang in his ears, over and over: orphaned one . . . father to son .. . not my son. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z She said it over and over, like it wasn’t a verb so much as a Buddhist mantra. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Attempting tricks she knew she couldn't do, rocketing to the ground over and over again. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z I’ve replayed the day over and over in my head so many times and have written down every single detail, but I still can’t find the foreshadowing. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The white people danced as though somebody had trained them—left, one, two; right, three, four—the same steps and patterns over and over, as though somebody had wound them up. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The pattern would recur over and over, but there was an important exception. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Dylan is trying, over and over, to call on his cell even though he knows there’s no signal. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The church ladies and Grandma's friends repeated the same things over and over, making me feel ashamed, and making me question my skin color. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A wave swelling in under the ragged fog took him and rolled him over and over and flung him up like a stick of driftwood on the sand. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t do anything,” the man whimpers over and over again. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “And this little girl risked her own life, over and over again, to save it.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Redemption fell silent and twisted his fingers together, pressing and interlocking them over and over. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He tried once formally to pray, but there was no one there and no words came, and over and over he said to himself, Heavenly Father, Heavenly Father. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother will be on the next plane, I tell myself over and over again. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Celaena’s limbs trembled so violently that she had to focus on gripping Nox, and her stomach turned over and overong> and over. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It should be fairly obvious that I cooked an omelette in a frying pan rather than in a wood stove, but it bothers me to make the same mistakes over and over again. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I repeated the words over and over in my mind, as if trying to convince myself. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “You okay, baby?” she says over and over again. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z She wondered: Was this the kind of work like in a factory, where you did the same thing over and over? A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She began to sing about trying over and over again until you succeeded. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I duck my head, turning my fork over and overong> and over until the warmth leaves my cheeks. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Men are diving over and over, three or four of them—they all look the same. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I read the letter over and over to myself and to my family. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z I turn it over and over in my fingers. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z But watching him scrape a rock into a boulder, over and over like that, with total concentration, I don’t know, man, for the first time I saw him in a totally different way. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He did this over and over throughout the day. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z My thoughts disappear except for these frag- ile bubbles and the four words that play over and over in my head. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He flips the locking clasp on his tool case over and over until Marie-Laure begs him to stop. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Mariama said “Hi,” and then waited, wiping her hands over and over the front of her shorts. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I turn the roll I have just taken from the basket over and over in my hands, but my appetite is gone. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Turning their names over and over in her mouth. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Fig licked the same belly spot over and over until his gray fur shined. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “I am the provider,” he said over and over. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z But in 1942, those spies were using the same straightforward ciphers over and over again. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “But that’s what you told us, in the forest. You repeated it over and over.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z ‘Course you remember, Honey. You done already told us over and over.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z There was a motorbike, revving its engine over and overong> and over, and a red car driving slowly past, like a kerb crawler, and two women with buggies blocking mv path. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He read the story of Joseph over and over and never wearied of it. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z As if that would ever keep the Angel of Death from finding me, when over and over, he always did. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z And history has proven over and over again that unmerited suffering is redemptive. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Now she wrote down a name hurriedly, held it up for us to read, then tore all the used pages in half, over and over again. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My thoughts continue to churn, looping back over and over on Kenn’s words. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I saved it for later, to ruminate over and over that I had made her laugh, that I could make her laugh. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z But now that it was here, she felt unprepared—as if she had never pictured it, had not rehearsed it over and over again. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z I’m used to dreaming the first dream—when the fire starts—over and over. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I open my eyes to bright light and Chantal’s face standing over me, calling my name over and over again until I stop screaming and realize that I’ve been in bed all along. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z But I was tired of repeating the same story over and over. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Because seeing my father as he had been in his final moments, over and over again when I least expected it, was better than accepting the fact that I would never see him again. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I took the CD home and listened to it over and over for the next week, pondering what Kim said. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z My face grows sticky from mucus and tears, and I punch my pillow, hard, over and over again, until finally I throw it against the wall. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z These honked high, low, high, low, over and over, like a demented musician playing his favorite two notes. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I liked the way she said “colleagues,” and I said it over and over in my mind. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I spoke his name over and over into the dirt, until my voice faded into nothing. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z And standing in front of her makes my stomach roll over and over. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z I would not mince words about the horrors of apartheid, but I said, over and over, that we should forget the past and concentrate on building a better future for all. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My trig equations were far beneath his abilities, but if he was bored he didn’t show it; he just explained the principles patiently, over and over. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z That’s the stupid thing I see over and over in my head: the scenes from my brother Muhammad’s extreme hockey moments video when the players slam into each other and lie tangled on the ice. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z And he says certain things over and over again. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Beatty flopped over and overong> and over, and at last twisted in on himself like a charred wax doll and lay silent. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z He wears thick glasses, which he touches over and over again as he testifies. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z And on that long walk across campus from O-Hall to the dance, I kept wondering the same few things over and over. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She started by making the same marks over and over again, repeating them aloud as she did: This is. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He found himself reading the same sentence over and over. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Somebody’s short, wrinkled grandma stood there, eyes folded shut, hands raised with the Spirit, murmuring over and over, “We’re ready for the overcoming, Lord. We been singing for it long enough.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The driver reminded us over and over not to press too hard against the windows and doors. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Russ is rubbing his chin over and over again, looking at me with these crazy intense eyes. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Kaede found herself waiting for Taisin’s touch all day, turning the memory of it over and over again in her mind as they rode through the wild Wood. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z As we thrust over and over at the unyielding wall, I whispered to Sander, "An Nick is so much of a trouble, why do you not give him the chuck?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z She kept saying that over and over: ‘I have property.’ Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The only difference was that in this case they weren’t the same two girls multiplied over and over. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z If we didn’t know all the words, we just repeated the ones we knew over and over again. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The people at school are quiet around me or they apologize over and over again. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He held a smooth pebble in his hands, turning it over and over. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Billy Buck gave him riding instructions over and over. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Herr, herr, he repeated over and over, as if this were the name of some food he wanted to make sure he never got hold of by mistake. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But he looked across the fields at the small figures of the men receding and he muttered over and over, “At least I have the land—I have the land.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z She is here, she wrote, over and overong> and over again. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Most of my life has been spent keeping information close, turning it over and over in my mind. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I KNOW, I told him because he said it a lot lot lot and sometimes I don’t want to hear the same thing over and overong> and over. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She reads it over and over again, and tells me its stories. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z “This is bad. This is bad,” I whispered over and over as I desperately gripped the tabletop. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The same thing happened over and over: I would catch sight of some flawless man off in the distance, but as soon as he moved closer I immediately saw he wouldn't do at all. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The same patterns are employed over and over again, conservatively, ingeniously for different functions. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I banged them on the dry grass over and over again, as if I were hitting a drum, the leaves crunching and exploding into chips and tiny shards. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I try to read a little bit every day mostly stories but sometimes I have to read the same thing over and over again because I dont know what it means. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Ivy gave June a small smile back, but something nudged at her, like a finger poking her in the shoulder over and over again. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Yeah—Thank You for Coming. Written over and over, in a spiral. And the letters are green and red?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z In the background I heard Mrs. saying, “Honey, honey,” over and over. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Pri says over and over again when we drive up to the house. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Cal’s last words had been repeating themselves over and over in her head. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They would play the questions over and over—at home, in the car, everywhere. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He insisted, over and over again, that he didn’t care what other people thought. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She looks back at me, and her mouth moves—one word, sung over and over. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She’d been relieved, but also a little hurt: that over and over again, he believed her so easily, that he didn’t think her capable of anything but the truth. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Eyes wild and spit flying from his mouth as he repeats this line over and over: “Nobody touch Mexico! Nobody touch Mexico! Nobody touch Mexico!” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Where is she ? Where did you get a goldfish ? ” Both Ma and Ba shook their heads over and over again. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Rows and rows of numbers, over and over again, in neat columns, in her small, tight script. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Ivy’s attention snagged on certain words over and over again. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Who is here?” the young man asked, over and over again. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Two long fingers—two long fingers,” Mario told himself over and over again. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z When I failed he was always severe, insisting I try over and over again. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z That’s all I can think to say, over and over again, as I walk away, keep walking under the hot sun, kicking up dust on the dirt road. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Javier’s breath catches over and over as he tries to hold in his cries. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The doorbell kept ringing over and over again. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I snap my fingers twice, then listen to Day’s voice over and over. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z This new video appeared to be made up of notebook paper drawings that got crumpled and uncrumpled, over and over. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I yell out his name over and overong> and over again. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I try to make myself remember the dance we’ve rehearsed over and over again, but I can’t seem to imagine it. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z We’d been told over and over that silence was the only way to move out here, the only way to stay alive. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “A bad year for ice” was the terse description Shackleton heard over and over. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z And all through rehearsal, all I can hear is that noise over and over again. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z George whispered those words like a prayer, over and over in his mind. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z It’s a moment I replay over and over again in my mind, although the memory registers more viscerally than visually. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z And my own name, written over and overong> and over. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z My dad would bellow his younger sister's name over and over again. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “My beautiful baby,” she murmured over and over. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I listened to it over and over while staring out at the north cloister. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He turned around once more and saw the woman sitting up, turning the box over and over in her hands. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The words repeated in my head over and over, a courage-chant for the rest of the evening. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I smooth her hair down over and over till she practically purring, feeling the love in my hand. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Ernie fought him, shouting over and over again, “It hurts so bad, it hurts, it hurts.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I looked out the window at the starry night, at the high-tension wires and the osprey nests, and I thought over and over again about what I could have said back to Kerri Gardner. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I play the scene through in my head over and over. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The canoe drifted idly on the calm sea while these thoughts went over and over in my mind, but when I saw the water seeping through the crack again, I picked up the paddle. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z She had to tell herself over and over that her old life would not return. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It was like sticking a wrinkly dollar into a candy machine over and over and having it spit the dollar out over and over, for a year, with a gun to your head. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z As you may recall, this axiom says that any number added to itself over and over again can exceed any other number. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z These words I read over and over, but could make little sense of them. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “It’s just a dream,” the mothers told themselves over and overong> and over again. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z It did this over and over, traveling just a few feet at a time. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Or when he asks over and over even after you say white, "What color was Napoleon's white horse?" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z That night, in a deep but restless sleep, a dream came to him and the position appeared over and over again—seemingly hundreds of times. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He was welling up with a surge of recognition and wanted to say, over and over, that he loved her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But the rest of me sat there on the carpet, unmoved and detached, thinking and caring for one thing only, repeating a phrase over and over again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The waves went past them, maybe each different, maybe the same wave over and over again. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The thought turns over and over in my head. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z After a few moments he tried to get up, but a faintness came over him and a feeling of turning over and over in a ditch of leaves. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He took his rain poncho and folded it over and over again until it was only about eight inches wide and a foot long. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z An hour passed, and we lost sight of them over and over, and each time found them again. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Seven, Seven, Seven, Seven,” a voice repeated over and over. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z It was kind of like playing Red Rover, only against six hot girls who I didn’t mind bumping into over and over until I finally made my way through. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z In my peripheral vision, the same still image of Tariq flashes, over and over. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Now he lies in bed remembering every detail of that October afternoon when he first met her, from start to finish, and over and over. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z When Bo doesn’t immediately appear, both boys bark his first name over and over again. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “We came from the city a year ago, and we’ve said that over and over.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z I used to play out the beggar’s last moments over and over again in my head. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Willis, standing easy on the mound, threw the ball into his glove over and over, watching Turner. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z These images of the massacre play themselves over and over in my head as I take tentative steps back toward the village that evening. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “My god, Izzy,” Mrs. Richardson said, over and over again, “what is wrong with you?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I think about it over and over—why didn’t he be more keerful?” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z I rub her hand over and over, memorizing her wrinkles. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I read them over and over, but I did not bend the pages or the spines. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z That kind of training, conducted over and over again, in combination with real-world experience, fundamentally changes the way a police officer reacts to a violent encounter. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He also said, “On the whole I do not doubt that my works have been over and over again greatly over praised.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Her words echoed over and over in my mind: “Pack your bags . . . pack your bags . . . pack your bags!” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z We talk loudly, and we repeat what we have to say over and over again. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I ignore the fact that the spy’s hair is straight and dark like my own, and his skin is pale, and his youth reminds me of Metias over and over again. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z David may not have the sorry-gotta-go rule down, but he’s got this one perfect: if you say something over and overong> and over, mg they It give in to shut you up. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I play the first words of Esteban’s story over and over as my father’s song lifts up to my room, as my uncle packs above me, as the blue jay perches in the Ailanthus tree. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z All the way home, I keep going over and over them as if I were an intelligence officer marking all the incriminating passages. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z During the game, over and over again, he had proven that Bull was no longer fast enough to drive around him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Caleb sat on the porch steps, turning his moon snail shell over and over in his hand. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z In its croaky voice it said the same thing over and over. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z In my mind I was running over and over again the scene of me and Vega walking down 125th Street. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I’m so happy about skipping some homework that I’ll keep remembering it and being happy over and over again. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z There’s one who says “mutton, mutton,” over and over again like a song, another who pokes at our legs with her umbrella and says “bare naked.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “They certainly haven’t needed any proof to send our folks down south in chains over and over,” David said. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I look into the mirror and watch myself say those words over and over again, and each time, my cousins laugh harder. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I keep bargaining for the same thing over and over: time. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z One of them was crying out, over and over, more in rage than pain, “Water, I want water!” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He needed to show them over and over again how to handle the weapons. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The devil stops beating his wife, but I beat the dashboard, punching it over and over, numb to the pain of it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z It surprised her, because the man had seemed to be stuck in a sort of time loop, living the same moment over and over. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z And he repeated over and over, “Jealous—jealous—jealous,” as though bringing it into the open might destroy it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I race down the stairs to catch up with the rest of my sisters as her words repeat over and over again to the beat of my footsteps. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “I remember you two from the dock,” he said, tracing two interconnected circles on the tabletop, his finger leading into one and out of the other, over and over. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Reading always makes me tired because sometimes I get so caught up in the rainbowlike colors of the words that I have to read passages over and over. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z She tries to count my fingers, then tries to count her own, but all she knows is one, two, three, five, so she says that over and over. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z I think most people in the world can quote sections of that movie—no extra brains required— because it’s one of the movies that gets played over and over again on cable channels. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “Order. You say that bloody word over and over in your shuck head. Reason were all sane around here is ’cause we work our butts off and maintain order. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He sat down on a cane chair in the dark hall and began to say, 'Hooper is dead now, Hooper is dead,’ over and over to himself, in a whisper. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z A form of history which presents itself as acutely sensitive to the language of people in the past proceeds by dismissing out of hand what they said, over and over again, about themselves. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Then she wiped herself roughly between the legs over and over, as though she might somehow stop the bleeding that way. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Gerald crawled under the table then, flicking the lighter over and over again to light the way for G.I. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m to blame,” he said over and over when they were alone. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Whoever wields it has to hack away at my head, coming down over and over, but not always right in the same place. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The wind was rising, and they could hear the old wooden buildings creaking around them, and in the distance a heavy shutter banging, over and over, forgotten. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I’ve loved seeing the landscape, drawing it over and over from this perspective. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Trails are just paths worn down and people, following them, over and over,” I say. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z At home, he took a cleaver, turned it over and over in his hand. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z They want the two of them to tell them over and over again about all that has happened. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She slid down the muddy bank, clutching at loose roots that ripped away in her hands, and landed in the turgid water, tumbling over and over in the dark and the cold. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Admiring her idea, gloating, planning, Omakayas turned the leather sewing kit and bead packet over and over in her hands. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Instead she called on “Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!” over and over without stopping. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z When I hear birds beginning to chirp, I get so angry, I tug at the sheets and arrange the pillow over and over again. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The story played over and overong> and over again, like watching a movie in virtual reality where it doesn’t really seem like you—like it’s real—but you can feel every blow, every break. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z But the story that occupied my mind for the longest time, the story that I retold over and over, was about a baby elephant named Boo. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z After a while, provided you kept the same tape going over and over, it was surprising how close it was to having heard all of it by yourself. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Using the same water and air over and over again sounds terribly complicated, and a little bit messy, but it’s really not such an outlandish idea. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Malcolm went to school, did his homework, fetched and carried at the inn, and read over and over again the secret message in the acorn. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I put my head in my hands and listened to the words over and over. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z I found myself pulling him onto my lap, saying things to him over and over, like, Hushjeffy — I never call him that unless he’s upset — it’s OK. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She read the letter over and over and cried on it. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Though I turned these things over and over in my head, I did not see how I could escape. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z It was the same word, over and over again and to Pinmei’s surprise, she could read it. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Natalie is running her hand over and over the orange streamers attached to the pitcher. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d all seemed to have abruptly forgotten that I was still the same girl they’d tried to humiliate, over and over again. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He returns to the idea over and over again. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The bad stuff never stops happening: it lives in its own dimension, replaying itself over and over. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z All five of them cried while the rest of the villagers murmured exclamations of relief, and Father Drozdov did the sign of the cross and thanked God over and over. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I tried calling my parents over and over, while the chickens rolled around in the dust. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z And that word in her mind, echoing from one side of her skull to the other, Mama, mama, mama, over and overong> and over again, like the cry of a faraway bird. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z And I kept thinking, over and over, Is this what it feels like to go insane? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Palmer pronounced the words over and over in the days that followed. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z I keep saying over and over that Ive got to do something but then I forget or maybe its just easier not to do what I say Im going to do. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z All she could see, over and over in her mind’s eye, was the hilt of her iron dagger protruding from the still form of that creature. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z And he kept thanking me over and overong> and over. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z He found himself reading the same sentence over and over. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Because I trod the same ground over and over, repeating my lines until they threatened to choke me, each day seemed endless. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “If we stay together, I’ll have to forgive you over and over again, and if you’re still in this, you’ll have to forgive me over and over again too,” I say. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Her face was very red and she asked him over and over if it was really his and whether she could listen. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He changed the stirrup length over and over, and could never get it just right. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Blue and his vertical handwriting and the word “love” repeated over and over again. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z He would shake his friend by the shoulders until he was very tired and explain things over and over with his hands. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I read the same sentence over and over again, and lay the book on my stomach. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z What we did was practice the spelling words, over and overong> and over. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z We both watched it move toward the opening over the hay pile, the steady noise of glass over and overong> and over soft barn wood, a hollow sort of noise. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z She walked over to the stove and ran a sponge on the warm surface, over and over, her back to Odenigbo. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I saw over and over again that we weren't living equal to the people on TV. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z When he came back he knelt beside his father and held his cold hand and said his name over and over again. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Each of us said over and over that it was a "crazy idea"--we all talked at once to a baffled clerk and thought, or pretended to think, that we were being very funny. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The thrush in my backyard sings down his nose in meditative, liquid runs of melody, over and over again, and I have the strongest impression that he does this for his own pleasure. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a short, violent sound, like some big guys holding up some little guy and punching him over and over in the stomach. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He chants one sentence to himself, over and over, as he rides north: “It could have been me.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The images play over and over again in my head. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When he was nervous he was talkative, and he had spent the afternoon calling Marcela at the barn over and over again and chattering at her. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She spent weeks calling Curt, waiting in front of his building until he came out, saying over and over how sorry she was, how much she wanted to work through things. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Some just said “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry,” over and over. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z "I just wanted to listen to those three seconds over and over." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I hear Mr. Phillips say “call your mom” over and over in my head and all I can think about is how much she’s worried about me, and how much more she will be now. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z A fly buzzes above the bed, hitting its body over and over against a window sealed forever by too many layers of renter’s paint. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z I plan to tell her over and over, until one day, at a weak moment, she will say yes. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And over and overong> and overong> and overong> and overong> and overong> and overong> and overong> and overong> and overong> and overong> and overong> and overong> and overong> and over. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z I see Dr. Katz’s face in the water and throw the rocks at it over and over again. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Shadow realized that he was palming the gold coin, moving it compulsively from a back palm to a front palm to a Downs palm, over and over. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I made Dad read it to me over and over. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “That was just lucky,” Caleb says, turning the gun over and over to see it from every angle. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I begged God forgiveness for my sins over and over. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Then my arms were around her, and now I was crying, my body burning on the inside, while I told her over and over again, “It’s okay. It’s okay. I’m gonna be fine.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The most popular triad progressions have been used over and over again, century after century. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The requests poured in for Reggie to talk publicly, and even though his sentence was complete, he said yes, over and over. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z There was this tunnel that these two kids kept crawling through over and over and they never seemed to get tired, which made me think of Augustus Waters and the existentially fraught free throws. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Dimple thought of how Rishi had stuck up for her, over and over again. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z My heart slams against its bone cage, over and over, blood seeping down to the cracks in the ground. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Rough hands yanked me out of the water and hit my chest over and over again until I could breathe. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She rolled over and over among the scraps of silk and batted pearls around the floor. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She has a very primitive hairdo and wears mostly the same three shirts and blue jeans or one skirt over and over. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “You cannot prejudge people in this business,” he said over and over when we met, and each time he used that phrase, his face took on a look of utter conviction. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Worked over and over again, he showed no improvement whatsoever. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “This fellow, Benteret, he’s supposed to be fluent in a hundred languages, but now he’ll only say one word—over and over again.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I replay the whole night over and over in my head, and how I hated seeing Darius act like that. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Miss Maestas gave me a crayon and some paper and I sat in the corner and worked at copying my name over and over. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry, Shiloh,” I whisper, over and over, both hands on him so’s he won’t try to get up. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Around our dinner table on most evenings, we had the same conversation over and over: high school or home school? Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I type, delete, type, and delete over and over again. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Magdalys glanced over; Mapper was making the V and C signs over and over on his chest, mouthing out the letters, and wiggling his eyebrows like a fool. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The news was broadcast over and over, and each time it ended many of the neighbors joined the voice intoning, To save Biafra for the free world is a task that must be done! Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I closed my eyes and I thought over and over of Uri’s words: You are what you are. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Over and over he had tried to create a world to live in, and over and over he had failed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I've replayed that morning in my head over and over again. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “He went over and over the same ground again,” said Maxim. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It’s the song I was playing over and over again in my headphones after I left last week. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Happy music sounds like the music they play at the beginning of baseball games, except sped up, and looped over and overong> and over again, until every lady in the church catches the spirit. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z She took a deep breath, fished out the broken ends, and began to tie the weaver’s knot that Diana had shown her over and over again the afternoon before. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z BAM! whacked the cap, over and over again until it was flat. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He was easily secured, and, to my surprise, went with the attendants quite placidly, simply repeating over and over again: “The blood is the life! The blood is the life!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “Please, please,” she mouthed over and over as we drove right through the gates. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Then he was down, rolling over and over in the warm sand, crouching with arm up to ward off, trying to cry for mercy. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “Like a word, and use it over and over, just for the sound of it.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z He’d spend half an hour reading a paragraph over and over again and even then, he didn’t know what to do with it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z And even as I said it over and over again, reminding myself of what had to be done, I wondered why Tonantzin kept referring to our mother as “the” mother. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I pick him up, and he grabs onto me and starts sobbing, again saying, “I’m so sorry,” over and over again. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z He was bending his head over and over again to drink soup, but his beard would dip in the bowl first and stop him. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z So I read the books over and over. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Their religion had one Story, and to it they came back again and again, over and over. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Repeat that process over and over till lunchtime. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z And even then I turned that phrase over and over in my mind: "Count me in." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Madoc, who reminded us over and over that family came before all else. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I caught myself whispering over and over again, “my brother is in prison, my brother is in prison, my brother is in prison.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Aloe wrapped his arms around both of them and kissed Jam’s head over and over. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z But then I could hear Grandma India saying over and over again, “God is always with you.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The reporters in the TV studio and those on location in City Hall are chattering, saying the same thing over and over. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Yet Zeno’s paradox was so powerful that the Greeks tried over and over to explain away his infinities. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “He keeps saying the same thing over and over again.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Mr. Fenchel sat all day on his table and he didn’t have anything to do, so he basted and ripped and sewed and ripped on the same piece of cloth over and over. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I tidied them up, over and over, while the Object talked to Rex. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Vanessa, I’ve written you letters for years explaining, begging for your forgiveness over and over again. I didn’t mean for things to turn out this way.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He kicks back, lowers his grip, over and over, until he’s on the ground, smug, cocky. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z He was staring at his hands, turning the paper over and over as if he hoped to find something on it that was not there before. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Someone opens a third- story window and throws out a shot glass, and off it goes spinning, over and over, down toward the rue Vauborel, and out of sight. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z When George Bush came to Midland-Odessa he didn’t go quite as far, but it was the family and school prayer and allegiance to the flag that he highlighted over and over. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Stuttering's where you say the first bit of the word but can't stop saying it over and over. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z This “achievement gap” is a phenomenon that has been observed over and over again, and it typically provokes one of two responses. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I turn the information over and over in my mind. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He slugged me over and over on the arm holding the apple, trying to knock it loose. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Big Tony had told him, over and over, that he was useless, that he’d never be mean or tough enough to be a real guard dog. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The world is this room around us, and all I want to do is feel this over and over again. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z We sat without speaking, watching the newscaster report the facts over and over, as if at some point the story would change. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The Memories play over and over, until I can’t tell whether or not they’ve started again from the beginning, and gradually, I drift off into sleep, surrounded by ghosts. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Afterward he said over and over, “She’s the goddamest woman I ever saw. I tore up the rule book and she wanted more. Good Christ, what a pilot she would have made!” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Omakayas thanked Ten Snow over and over again until the older girl couldn’t help smiling. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z They bought this concession from the cemetery officials and sold the wire frames to the florists who used them over and over again. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There was something she was whispering, over and over. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Down and up, down and up she went, over and over again. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z Even so, in his mind’s eye he saw the red and yellow trolley careening from the high track, plunging to the water, killing his parents over and over. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d wrapped and tucked it over and over, but the skinny part kept sticking out the bottom. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The woman talking at the podium repeated herself over and over. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But I just lie there and listen to Mami repeat over and over, “Why didn’t we stay in Cuba? Why didn’t we stay in Cuba? Why didn’t we stay in Cuba?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z We had been told over and over again by the principal, Dr. Alexander Kerr, and Professors Jabavu and Matthews how, as graduates of Fort Hare, we were the African elite. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The zoo director himself made Aunt Petunia a cup of strong, sweet tea while he apologized over and over again. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “If your school has no problem hurting its own student body over and over again, they’ll never learn.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I was just so tired of hearing the same thing over and over again. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Special opportunities, he kept thinking, over and over again. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z You Bet! by Carrie Sumner Dear PYB: I have a cockatiel bird named Dingo, and all he will say is “pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird,” over and over again. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z The embarrassment of the night hits me over and over again. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I went over and over my life to this point, complicating the threads with my fingers, knotting everything. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Go slow,” Dadi said, her tears still spilling out, patting his hand over and over. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They’ve told me and Hana over and over again how important it is that we stay out of trouble in school. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z She yanked her hankie out of her pocket and dabbed at herself over and over and said, “How can you ask me about things like that?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z While I was waiting, a commercial for UBS played over and over. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z You said yes and yes over and over even though you knew full well that she used to hide chocolate from her kids when they were younger because she had a sweet tooth.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Oh, you mean, redundant, like saying the same thing over and over but in different ways?” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z We told each other over and over: do what you are afraid to do. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z There was only one nice thing anyone said to me in my early America days, but I heard it over and over: My notebooks were really cool. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “No cameras, no drones,” the guard at the gate repeats over and over in a bored tone. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The rows of letters on the computer keyboard had looked like a toy to him, and he’d reached one finger up and tapped the space bar, over and over again. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Over and over they had called her name; over and over they had died. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Slapped over and over again with the stick, Seabiscuit blew Faust’s doors off, covering a quarter mile in an impossible 22% seconds. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know why it is, but something ’bout that basket don’t worry the fish too much and I can toss it in over and over and not scare ’em atall. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Go down very slowly, she told herself over and over, not thinking of more than the steps which seemed almost to bend and buckle beneath her feet, go down very very very slowly. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z She sang it over and over, to a tune of her own. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “God, please let Grandma Caye be all right,” we said over and over. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The dull tinkling of broken pottery echoed around the barn over and over, until the last milk bottle remained. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z And I’ll have to watch myself get hit over and over. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Smile, smile, hold hands, bow and thank, over and over. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes they use the same tea leaves over and over and Mam says the tea is stewed, coddled and boiled. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He listened carefully, but today it was just the “NO,” pleaded to the father over and over. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She had made the case to her mother in her head, over and over again. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He kept saying, over and over, in between other things, that he was so glad to see me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z As they went around, they stepped carefully over the tumbling rod, which was tumbling over and over on the ground. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She hopped onto her hind legs, trying with both forepaws to claw it off, and tumbled over and over. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I’m not gonna lie, I had to read the first page over and over again to know what the hell the writer was even saying, ’cause she doesn’t use regular English in her book. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “She keeps saying his name over and over.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “I play it over and over in my head. What I could have done to keep him by my side without breaking the alliance. But nothing comes to me.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Later, Lily and I sat on the den sofa like zombies and watched the news reporting the same stuff over and over. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z It plays over and over in my head. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z They played it over and over for dozens of hours, examining in slow motion every gesture and expression. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z It bowled over and over in the wind until it came to the railing and fell off. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I plowed through the dirt, rolling over and over. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I watch the YouTube videos on our computer over and over, and slowly it sinks in. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z But I have seen that strength over and over again. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z The reporters pestered the trainer over and over again: Is the horse okay? Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z My stomach turned over and over as I looked from the hawk to Ms. Griegson and back. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z And then I told him over and over, until the words no longer sounded like words. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z What I really wanted to do was bang on the fondant over and over with the rolling pin until all my anger at Mom came out of me. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z But the Shuttle, half spacecraft and half airplane, can be used over and over again. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Legs bent at the knee, along with the other beginners, I awkwardly advanced down the strip in this position over and over again. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z It’s why I watch the Sullivan Ballou letter-to-his-wife scene in the Ken Burns doc The Civil War over and over—because I’m challenging my own heart to burst. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z My sisters kept repeating each other’s words, over and over again, as if once or twice just wasn’t enough. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Please, please, please, don’t let me have shot her, I thought over and over. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She repeated these facts to herself over and over as if they were a mantra until she fell asleep, her head leaning against the window frame. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z So to avoid the guilt, I would spend half my time sneakily cheating so that Jeffrey would win over and over. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t hear her but I’d bet a million dollars she was shouting, “Why?” over and over like a real nut. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandma’s mouth was poked out, but she talked to me, saying over and over again that I was too smart for my britches. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And we stand there, me twisting a pencil in my hands and him twisting one of his braids over and over again. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z He lay awake at night, reading scriptures over and over, racking his brain for some meaning to words he’d been fed and had preached time and time again. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “Then why? I keep going over and over it again in my head, and I can’t understand why!” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “Foolish girl,” she said over and over beneath her breath. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z You can’t whisper your love to it over and overong> and over again. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I blinked hard, over and over, and bit my tongue and thought of Cheetah, waiting for me outside the classroom. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The director of the movie, Byron, didn’t like the way the scene was going and made the carp redo it over and over again. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z First by the screams of solidarity, then by the group chanting, “Justice! Justice! Justice!” over and over again. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I read the poem I had published over and over. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Now a single question ran through Mac’s head, over and over: would his son be coming home? Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z On Sundays his landlady urges him over and over again to eat some meat, so he eats a little. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The death of the six million Jews had finally been given meaning, he kept saying over and over again. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The two of them yelled the missing boy’s name over and over, their voices doubling in the strange harmony that made it impossible to tell them apart. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “We watched you buzzing that one house over and over.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Eventually, I suppose, the nightmares will stop and I’ll stop replaying it over and overong> and over in my head, but right now I know that there’s a long night ahead. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Nathan enjoyed that the steps to building a fire could be repeated over and over again and the result would always be the same. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Edward knew what it was like to say over and over again the names of those you had left behind. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z His tales had a bite and a message and could be delivered over and over again. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z ‘Oh, God,’ he kept saying over and over. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The canoe of his grandfather, plastered over and over, had a splintered hole broken in it. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Pilate scraped the eggshells together into a little heap, her fingers fanning out over and over again in a gentle sweeping. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z And they turned them over and over as if they were looking for something. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Bones break over and over and you can get used to it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He just keeps shaking his head and muttering the word “ruined” over and over. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Here, gigantic waves pounded us over and over again, never giving us a moment to recover. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I listened to the song over and over as I tried to imagine it louder and faster and with me singing it. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Relaxed and smiling, he whispered over and over, “It’s all right, Frightful. It’s all right.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z In his wheelchair, in front of the grave, Pop talks to my mom and says he’s sorry over and over again, cries a lot, and is a guilty mess. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The government asserted over and over that we were a terrorist organization of Communists, and that they would never talk to terrorists or Communists. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He read the book about sea birds over and over. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z I pass by the same people over and over, until their faces are burned into my memory. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I was confused and frustrated; I hated hearing Aimee say no to me over and over, and I also had a runny nose. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Sit still, precious,” Xan said over and overong> and over as she tried to get the girl to direct her magic at a single candle. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z She must have read them over and over else why would she keep them? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z As I walked, the ridiculous words drummed themselves into my head over and over again, rising to the rhythm of a buzzing noise: Three blind mice... three blind mice, See how they run! Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The idea that those Goyem thought him man enough to be capable of thinking about any girl, Gentile or Jew, staggered him and he went his way saying gol-lee over and over. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He told himself over and over that it was not his fault. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I want to be near my mom. I want to be near to her,” he says over and over again until the fog in his mind lifts. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I posted it and waited for someone to reply, refreshing over and over again. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Something smacked across his legs, his back, his arms, over and over. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z One of the cops had his hands on the side of his head, swearing over and over again. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I just kept seeing Jeffrey’s arms over and over in my head, and it hit me: I had been in a dreamworld for a day and a half. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Pax watched as Runt tossed the toy soldier into the air and then pinned it down, over and over. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “You’re coming with me,” the guard says, over and over again. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z At the mall they keep playing the same songs over and over. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z If you don’t repeat the answers, if you don’t hold tight and turn them over and over in your head, one day you’ll forget, and then they’re lost forever. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Sister Naima spent half of our class making everyone take turns reading the same line of the Quran over and over again.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Most nights I asked the same questions over and over: What did I do to make my momma leave me? Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I turned the idea over and over in my mind, like a lemon drop on my tongue. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They don’t care that the natives have saved us from starvation over and over again. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z So he would just go wild, cussing and screaming, over and over again, rapid-fire style. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Reg yelled, but he was drowned out by the chants of his name, repeating over and over. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z David’s message plays over and over in my head. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “Stranger Danger,” their parents recited, over and over. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Director Van Helsing just keeps nodding and saying, “I understand,” over and over. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z She repeated this to herself, over and over, then lifted the receiver to dial their number. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I did that over and over again until the pan held enough water. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z But Billy didn’t want to read about the same ups and downs over and over again. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z As he dropped the hammer down, missing over and over again, Genie started firing off the questions that had been bouncing around in his head since Tess started this whole explanation. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z She crouched down and made the same sound over and over again: “Boots! Boots!” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z She gyrates that thing over and over like a snake. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z One in the morning . . . two in the morning . . . the only way he could keep going was to tell himself, over and over again, next book ... in the next one . . . the next one. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Hanako did not know if he imagined the same thing over and over, or if maybe he sometimes saw green melons and sometimes orange ones, all different colors. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I kept reading the words but not understanding them, then circling back, reading the same paragraph over and over again. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z And not just once, but over and over again. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Another, but over and over, with a collective sigh, the company was dragged back to its apparent fate, congratulating Old Chao on having received a tenure-track job offer just that afternoon. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I told him about the radio station, and that I had read the play over and over again. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I keep playing the events of the last fifteen minutes over and over in my head, and the more I let the mental merry-go-round spin, the more I realize that Garrett had the right idea. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z On a Bangkok stopover en route to Manila, he’d bought a number of Thai music cassettes, which he played over and over again at night while he was going over games. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They don't hypnotize you with bright objects and repeat the same words over and over, handing out little treats when you finally say "potty" or "wawa." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Easy,” said Malcolm, and while Asta playfully batted the kitten over and over, he reached in and picked the baby up. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z She told me this over and overong> and over, and I tried to hug her back, but I couldn’t match her tears, and I couldn’t believe her. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z This kept going on, over and over for two years. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z In even the tiniest neighborhood around the singularity, the curve takes on almost every conceivable value over and overong> and over again. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “I didn’t,” he said, over and over again, “I don’t know how it happened.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He looked at each test paper over and over, moving his lips as he read. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z This came as something of a revelation to me, and it was a view that I was to hear over and over during my trip. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The students gave me a standing ovation, All day long I met with small groups, and later I received letters, and what I heard over and over was this: “You told us the truth.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z She said the names of the plants over and over aloud, trying to make a chant of them for easier memory. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I totally know this, yet apparently I prefer to bang my head against the wall over and over because I think arguing can change my mother’s mind. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I pound the elevator button, over and over again, but it’s taking too long. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He is writing the word Monster over and over again. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z Papa had warned us over and over again about not trying to hide anything. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Her lips were still moving, whispering the same words over and over. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The branches of the big palm tree in Berges’s front yard were lashing with a dry clatter, and a cat meowed over and overong> and over in front of some kitchen door closed against it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “No witnesses, a crafty lawyer who said she'd chucked herself downstairs over and over, plus his wife conveniently going mental. ‘Unsound mind,' the judge in Worcester decided.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z That night I lie in bed mouthing the word Mother over and over. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z One of the men interviewed used to fall on his knees and bang his head against the floor, over and over during attacks. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “They are going to shoot us all,” a woman said over and over, sobbing. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z In a happy daze I float upstairs and lie on the red sofa feeling soft as gelatina, playing the scene over and overong> and over again in the darkness. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The last six months had been dangerous for Milkman, and Guitar had come to his aid over and over again. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I kept rereading the same sentence over and over again to make the information stick in my brain. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z If she kept working with Chinese codes, she would have this problem over and over again. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The arms continued to pull, over and over. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It was repeated over and over again and Dave never turned his head. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z He couldn’t believe how much like “Dilbert” work really was, he told me over and over. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His wife helped by drawing the basic melon shape over and over in charcoal on pieces of wood. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Ivette s mom probably thought I really was sick, but all I was doing was replaying the entire scene with Manuel over and over again. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z When the song ended, they hummed the tune quietly, over and overong> and over. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Only that word, repeated over and over again! How could that be the secret to immortality? I even took the Storyteller too! But for nothing! Just a waste!” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The past three days replayed over and over in her mind, but nothing made any more sense than it had before. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Literally all Simon wants to do now is watch the promposal video, over and over. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z I am thinking over and overong> and over again: There is nothing I can do to get Frightful back. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Jax curls the pages of his book, over and over like an itch. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z I read Darius’s texts over and over again as I climb the steps, almost tripping. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I know then that I will hear them over and over again, echoing in every hour of every day until I am dead or I make it right. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z If that were true, I thought, it would explain a lot of things, like how people could live the same day over and over for decades without losing their minds. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z His tongue stuck out of his mouth; he bit it over and over. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The line plays over and over in my head as we move from standing to lying down. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Thus throughout history a struggle which is the same in its main outlines recurs over and over again. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “In the story, what was it the giant wanted? That he asked for over and over again?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The machines talk as they print out the prayers; if you like, you can go inside and listen to them, the toneless metallic voices repeating the same thing over and over. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I practiced the code over and over until it felt like a prayer in my mouth. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z They had mock battles and tumbled over and over, wrestling and biting. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Underneath he thought to himself, over and over, “Shall I go back?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z He turns her name over and over in his mind. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She just keeps turning the block over and over in her hand. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Claire answering over and over again when I hadn’t even spoken, looking into my eyes and reflecting all the pain she saw. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Every crew that crossed her tolt the company over and over that it was ’bout three years overdue from collapsing, but them folk in Charlotte didn’t care. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The next day, Abigail turned the bracelet over and over in her hands, thinking about the letter and Parker and what she could have missed. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “What do you say about that? My Prudence’s name, written over and over. ’Tis a spell, that’s what it is! The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z And over and over they got the same results. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Then she was laughing to herself, and saying it over and over, relishing the words. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “Whatever happens, do not let go of each other’s hands,” Mama said over and over. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z The mate had his wrist and banged his hand over and over on the rail, trying to make him release it, but they both held on. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z More how you'll keep tripping over a hidden step, over and over, till you finally understand: Watch out for that step! Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Like it isn’t enough that we come to the same place over and over. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Parents make their children sing his name softly over and over every night before they go to bed, and then it’s lights-out, don’t make a sound. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Stanley watched him write it over and over again. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z After each of us wrote a note, we’d pass it to the next person, who’d pass it to the third person, and we’d do that over and over all year long. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z I can’t stop going back to that afternoon at the hotel and going over and over what he said, the way he made me feel. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Back in my room at night, I replay Mama’s words over and over in my mind. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “Please God, don’t take him away, please,” Mama repeated over and over again. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He was pointing to the West, and he seemed to shout the same thing over and over. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He had a whole routine that involved rinsing himself over and over. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “I think Albert’s idea is fascinating. How Earth has recycled its water over and over. Extraordinary, Albert!” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z But he's always telling me over and over again that I owe it to my mother to accomplish her dreams of being a marathon winner. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z After ten minutes, I give up reading the same lines over and over. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z And the English language dwindled to a single word, repeated over and over: “Congratulations!” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z The demoness turned it over and over in her hands in puzzlement until Father spoke. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked at the paper a hundred times and practiced drawing the letters in the dirt with a stick, over and over again. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The three words ran through Thomas’s mind over and over. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Salva’s feet kept time with the thoughts in his head, the same words over and over: Where is my family? A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Turn me loose! Turn me loose!” the man screamed over and over. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “But to live in constant dread is to die over and over again.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Today, the Fugees were filling the holes in my head, and I stared at my pencil case, turning it over and over in my hands. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z There was one song in particular called “Waiting for Vengeance” that I listened to and read over and over until I had it memorized. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I know all this because I used to ask to hear the story over and over: the story of the day I met Sal. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z He tells himself over and over that he’ll just have to try again. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z As it turned out, between the end of the fifteenth century and the end of the nineteenth century efforts to find a new route failed over and over again. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I read the note over and over, until my hands were frozen and I was forced to put them back in my pockets. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z This was last year, and I remember him saying over and over that he was the catch of her life. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “Always take care to make the correct choice, Diana,” her stepmother said over and over again. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z In idle moments, I have turned over and over who might ask for her hand. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Even as my cousins get ready and tell me over and over again to get up, I stay there. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I have replayed this moment over and over in my head. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I kept seeing my father’s excited face and heard his voice telling me over and over again about the rally. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “I’ve been running it over and over in my head,” I told them. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Don’t let the camp boys hit you,” he kept telling them over and over. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z “Is the string running out yet? ” each asked over and over again. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z At the starting gate he broke through over and over again, delaying the start for three minutes. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was repeated over and over, like a question. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He followed me, slipping and sliding and trying over and over again. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z We watch as they play the footage over and over. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z But my phone goes off, chirping away over and over, and the magic of the moment floats away like a balloon. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Those six words came to him over and over again, circling back on him in the night. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He even went on the giant water slide, and wound up trying it over and over again. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Mr. C. turned the rocks over and over in his hands and said, “Well? Where’d you get these?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Morning comes and I wake up to Charlie shoving me over and over again. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z The sea tumbled him over and over like a stone, seeking out his eyes and nose and throat. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She would hit him on the head over and over with an axe. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z If she said it over and over, she wondered if the words would become a spell that would hold true even after he went home. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I dangle my legs off the side of the roof and listen to her voice mail over and overong> and over again, just to hear her voice on the other end. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z My head was buzzing; the same thought surfacing over and over: not to be separated from my father. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Reassured by this, I slept like a log, until I heard a voice in my ear, calling over and over again: “Columbia, Columbia, good morning from Houston.” Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Or you just keep smoothing the dress out, over and over, even though it looks exactly the same before and after. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Help me!’ she spelled over and over, and then she died.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I started to turn the doorknob back and forth over and over again to see if it was true. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He repeated the old doll’s words over and over until they wore a smooth groove of hope in his brain: Someone will come; someone will come for you. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z I lowered my stick and speared the ground over and over. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Ziggy licks her hand over and over as she pets him. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Celaena hit the ground and flipped, over and overong> and over, until she slammed into the clock tower. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “But there’s something uncommonly strange about the teacher. She says the same thing over and over.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Later that night, curled up in bed, I read Rahim Khan’s note over and over. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She apologized to me over and over again. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My eyes watered and dried over and over again. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z That night when I replayed our introductions over and over in my head, I realized that he didn’t flinch when I called myself fat. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Going over the same thoughts over and over. When my thoughts race against each other in a circle.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z You'll face this in your life someday, my mother will tell us over and over again. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Like the same things are happening over and over. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t miss it. Now stop imagining that worst-case scenario in your head over and over. It’s going to be fine.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “I had the pilot in my house, and at the time my daughter was three and a half and she kept watching it over and over again,” Anderson says. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I put my headphones on and start playing “Q.U.E.E.N.” over and over until I can hear the bass and then more until I can hum it. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “We are Young Pioneers, successors to Communism. Our red scarves flutter on our chests,” we sang over and over, trying to get the timing right. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Willem brings me my shoes, telling me over and over again that I don't need to leave yet. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “It’s going to be all right, sir,” Harry said over and over again, more worried by Dumbledore’s silence than he had been by his weakened voice. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He’s whispering over and over, “For the Collective. For the Collective,” while sweat beads up on his transparent skin. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z She said over and over, “Your grandfather’s passing is no excuse for this behavior.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z One word echoed in his brain, over and over, like a songbirds call: “Kismet.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I sang it over and over and the stars came out — “Do not forsake me, my sister, my sheep, Slumber ye gently and heal in thy sleep.” Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z But I told myself over and over again that he’s Malik. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I hear over and over again how lucky I am. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He kissed Lyra over and over again, and then held puppy Asta to his heart, to his face, to his lips. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The headlights from other people’s cars are like the lights on the stage, making everything bright and then dark over and over again. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z For the line was only made of one word, written over and over again. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z I repeated in my head, over and over, a command for my atoms to stay here, to not blank out. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z She could tell that Mother was afraid Daddy would object to hearing the same thing over and over. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z These humble children of God were willing to suffer for righteousness sake, I repeated to myself over and over. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z We did this over and over again with dishes and silverware, until there was nothing left but cups. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Sadie came to our house every day after school, and I watched the Snickers incident play out over and over, in different forms, with different objects. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Dad pats Brady’s face over and over again in denial, as if to wake him up from a bad dream. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Mig had, of course, no idea what the phrase “divine comeuppance” meant, but she very much liked the sound of it, and she repeated it over and over to herself until Roscuro said, ‘And then?” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z “I don’t know what went wrong. We both taught her over and over again, but she always messes up rice. If you can’t make rice, you can’t cook.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I say this over and over above the noise, to calm my fears. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z At least twenty-five times I must have written that first one-page letter to him, over and over. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I could identify myself as an intellectual, and this is what I did, telling myself over and over again what white teachers so often told me, that race didn’t matter if you were bright. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z ‘He’ll kill me for losing it,’ he told his captors over and over again. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The students were asked to read over and over a single phonetic paragraph designed to teach them how to soften their t’s and to roll their r s. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z “You’ve told me this before and it hurts me to hear it over and over,” she said. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She put on the Beatles singing “Eleanor Rigby” and played it over and overong> and over again, low, so that I could just barely hear it through her door. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Daddy just drummed his fingers on the steering wheel, over and over again, tapping out some melody I couldn’t hear. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He read over and over, lingering on each I that was so elaborately curved it looked like a sterling sign. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “All right, sweetness,” she’d said, looking at the writhing child and thinking back on several arguments they’d had about Jam’s clothes, when Jam would sign refusal over and over. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z A girl in a white scarf and blue dress was standing next to the table and she was bending over and over again to give the man more of this soup. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z They, all of them, all of the people took it up and sung it over and over until it was wrung dry, and no further innovations of tone and tempo were conceivable. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Monotonously repeating over and over the healing song of the old bent lady, she hypnotized Kapu as she closed the wound. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When he was a boy, growing up, his mother told him, over and over, that he would be like Moses. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I washed dishes over and over, and Martín yelled at me a couple of times because I was taking too long to move the dish racks through El Monstruo. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She did not know if this had happened, or had merely become true from being told over and over again, a charmed tale of the beginning of their closeness. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Then we made up songs in which the forbidden words were repeated over and over, until we arrived at the stream. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z She was running her hand down the length of the cane chair, over and over. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Dusty usually had the first chapter of Genesis, so that by reading the same thing over and over he might eventually learn. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z His tongue worked soundlessly, forming the opening syllables first of one word, then of the other, over and over again. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The hatchery manager went to a phone, and we could hear him talking softly After awhile all he was saying was “Yes, sir,” over and over. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She says look at a werd and close your eyes and say it over and over again until you remember. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I played out the nightmare over and over in my mind—the last day, the last hour, the last minute, liberation so close, then my luck would run out. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Thomas heard a distant voice, screaming the same words over and over, something about him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Tobias fires over and over again, until his gun runs out of bullets, and the trigger makes a clicking sound instead. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The memory played over and over in her head. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z At first, water would have to be brought from earth, and then it would have to be recycled so that it could be used over and over again. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She grabbed the fly, threw a few jets of silk around it, and rolled it over and over, wrapping it so that it couldn’t move. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Slamming the frame down over and over again, as though she could... Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I know we are both thinking, murmuring in our minds, over and over again, “Fortitude. Fortitude. Fortitude.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z I had to copy these words over and over again as if they were English words formed from my own head. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Once he ran straight into a thick-stemmed thistle, knocking himself sideways and rolling over and over. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z His mother didn’t like Megan, he’s said that over and over. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned the things over and over in my sweating hands. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “You ask me over and over. You never remember what I say.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z They stared at each other, tension like a whip cracking over and over in the air. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I close my eyes and replay these memories over and over every night. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z His broom had started to roll over and over, with him only just managing to hold on. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Then he rolled it over and over and even kicked it a few times. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Mrs. Klauson was crying, her husband saying something over and over in a calm, steady voice. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Stanley played the scene over and over again in his mind, each time watching another boy from Group D beat up Derrick Dunne. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z He had repeated this process over and over again without any success. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The video of him getting shot got played over and over online. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I’m reading the same article I’ve read over and overong> and over these last few weeks, the one about Glenn Burke from way back in 1982 that ran in a magazine called Inside Sports. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z My mom said they picked it because it was the one song she and my dad agreed they’d be willing to listen to over and over, every day, for the rest of their lives. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z How many nights the sound of that gun must’ve rang out in her mind, over and over again. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I done axed you over and over not to have no dealings with him, Elijah. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Someone told me it takes weeks and weeks putting something like that together. Months even. People sometimes work all night on them, over and over, until they’re just right.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Or maybe it was that nothing seemed to happen, except the same thing happening over and over again. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Rashid could hear Tad’s mother breathing hard and saying “Oh, my God,” over and over again. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Mama’s saying one word over and over again: please. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Afterward, I will add your soul to my armor, where it will slowly dissolve, over and over, in eternal agony. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Then I spent a long time re-measuring them and making sure, over and over, that they were right. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Like being paid to replay the worst day of my life over and over again. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I begged over and over again as I shook her harder and harder. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z So she plays the Beny More records over and over and teaches her son to dance, teaches him every dance there is to learn. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s all right now,” I said, over and over again. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “One word, over and over again. They love to repeat themselves. I’ve had one word go on to cover a whole page sometimes.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “Keep it together, keep it together, keep it together,” I chanted over and over, mantra-like. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z This rubbish is broadcast over and over to make the American soldiers homesick. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Sly is singing the words over and over as though he is trying to convince me that this whole world is just a bunch of families like ours going about their own family affairs. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z One question repeats over and over in my head: What does the queen want with me? The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She would tell me this story over and over, that my mother was just a baby herself when she had me. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Downstairs in the kitchen, I turn the phone over and over in my hand, preparing myself. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I had praised it over and over, in word and—I’m afraid—indeed. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Senior, I know you tired, but let me tell you about your youngest son,” she’d say, while Dad wiped his face with his hand, from top to bottom, over and over again. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I saw in their eyes something I was to see over and over in every part of the nation—a burning desire to go, to move, to get under way, anyplace, away from any Here. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z They collide with one another and then with me, shoulders and elbows and heads hitting me over and over again. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z One drift is even with the roof of the barn and they climbed up there and slid down in that bucket over and over again. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She clicks her phone screen to black and turns it over and over in her hands. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Kind of like something you’d draw with a Spirograph, repeating the pattern of tiny petals over and over. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I scramble the letters over and over again in my head, trying to come up with various combinations of words. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I’d gone over and over in my head how I would say I’m sorry to Howard for what I’d said about his wish. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z ‘The murder of Déagol haunted Gollum, and he had made up a defence, repeating it to his “precious” over and over again, as he gnawed bones in the dark, until he almost believed it. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I had vowed over and over that I would never, ever break those rules. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “I just want to get ahead in the world and this town is a dead end—basically it’s the same do- nothing day here over and over.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z When Bobby was sober enough to realize what he’d done, he could only call Eugene’s name over and over, as if that would somehow bring him back. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Larry turned my dollar over and over, and I started getting nervous. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In the solitary, comfortless course of his recent driftings, Perry had over and over again reviewed this indictment, and had decided it was unjust. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z That is the desire I have read over and over in these essays. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I walk to the closest barrel next to an empty pod, its orange flashing button highlighting Fu, Jie Ru over and over. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z They asked us the same questions over and over again. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He was making his simple declarations, and I was teasing him into having to declare them over and over again. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve seen it happen over and over again: a black person gets killed just for being black, and all hell breaks loose. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z And he kept saying the same thing over and over: “I could kill you! I could just kill you right now! Do you even understand that?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I sit in the waiting room reading the list of doctors over and over. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The voice was behind him, saying the same word over and over . . . calling ... a name . . . and even then Maniac turned only because he was curious, wondering what everybody was staring at. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Total control,” said Moody quietly as the spider balled itself up and began to roll over and over. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He goes from kitchen to bathroom to dining room to living room and all sorts of combinations of those four rooms over and over. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He took a deep breath and walked through the hallway toward the front door, telling himself he could do this over and over. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He had been afraid, had been stopped with the terror of what was happening, but now panic came and he began to scream into the microphone, scream over and over. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked like she was fixing to say something but her mouth just opened and shut over and over. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I put my head down on my bent knees and repeated it over and over as softly as I could, hoarding something precious. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z In the face of pain there are no heroes, no heroes, he thought over and over as he writhed on the floor, clutching uselessly at his disabled left arm. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Feet over head, feet over head, feet over head, over and over again, grunting and thumping his way to the bottom, leaving a cloud of dust and burnt, dried-up grass trailing after him. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z My dad envelops my mother in his arms, kisses the top of her head, and whispers “I’m sorry” over and over. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Will she take them out and examine them and live them over and over again? Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Someone once told him the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different result. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z After I counted up to ten over and over on my fingers I went to look for the others. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “Why should you write a child’s name over and over like that?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Matt was bored because he seemed to be doing the same thing over and over. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Lee reminds her over and over again to keep her eyes on the horizon and not on her feet. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She felt it necessary to explain over and over again to those who knew the story by heart that he wasn’t “bom that way.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t stand to think about what had happened, though it played over and over in my mind. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z She was looking from left to right in a distracted manner and murmuring over and over, “Oh hell, oh hell...” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She sang the first two lines over and over to the complete tune. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a mantra that repeats over and over again in my head, and whenever I’m by myself, I even say it out loud. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Moss is learning to speak. He keeps hearing his parents say his name over and over—Morris, Morris!” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Perhaps it is because I am weak at present, and perhaps because it was on Lucy’s account, that their devotion was manifested; for over and over again have I seen similar instances of woman’s kindness. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Instead of the final article, it was a single sentence, copied over and over again in cold lead. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “God bless you all,” he murmured over and over again. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z "I couldn't find you. I couldn't find you!" she says, over and over again. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The phrase “who did he beat?” appeared over and over in the press. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I jerked at him over and over, trying to dislodge him from the tree. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Whenever James was able to get his hands on a book—and there weren't many around一he read it over and over. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Please don’t let Miss Fulton see it, I say over and over in my head. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z “I’d wake up at night, bathed in cold sweat, reliving over and over again my experiences in the camps,” said Karl. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He polishes the same spot on one of the scims over and over. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She rolled her eyes and he smiled at her self-mockery, a smile that seemed to her like a prize that she wanted to win over and over again. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The beaver chewed and gnawed and carved up that piece of wood, turning it over and over in his paws. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “I thought if I turned the pages over and over, I might learn.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I kept saying the words over and over again. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Look at the artifacts being discovered there, that are proving over and over again, how the black man had great, fine, sensitive civilizations before the white man was out of the caves. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s been saying the same thing over and over since we put her book back in the night table drawer. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z “Even so, she could do only one lesson over and over.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Said it over and over again, it seems. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z For all that the scientists down here on Planet Earth knew, she could have been singing “Ninety-Nine Bottles of Beer on the Wall” to herself over and overong> and over. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I read them over and over a lot of times to see what I rote and I dont no whats going on in my mind so how are they going to. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Just the three same flat notes over and over. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Awake for most of the night, Tree-ear had considered over and over how best to approach Min. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I kneaded his arm over and over until I couldn't feel any bubbles. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Mom had asked me over and over that summer and fall as my skirts got shorter, my heels higher, my lipstick darker, my heart angrier and angrier at her. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z She thought, It happens over and overong> and over. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “Please please please please please please please please please?” they kept saying over and over again. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z She says it over and over like a chant, slowly. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “All he does is work on the model for the new junior high school. He goes over and over it. He moves a pillar here, then another one there. It’s not classical enough,’ he says. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I keep reading Erin’s note over and over again, but it doesn’t make any sense. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He kept saying, “Tonight we are going to leave” over and over. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z As Kuhn pointed out over and over again, one of the central purposes of an education in the sciences is to hide this basic truth from the next generation of scientists. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The awkwardness of both parents asking if everything is all right, over and overong> and overong> and overong> and overong> and over again. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “I’m so sorry, Mango,” I whisper over and over as the tears warm my cheeks and hands. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I stand in the pirogue, calling his name over and over, talking nonsense to keep him near. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z That’s what all the newspaper reporters and radio announcers said over and over again. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He kept going over and over what the kids had done. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I have one of those windup cars with twisty wheels that when it bumps into things can change direction and bump into something else over and over. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Fangs pierced his flesh over and over, relentless bites in his skin. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I choose him over and over again, and he chooses me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z In my memory, the stick poked into my side over and over again, and I grew angry once more. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z She started on the same tune and said the same thing over and over—like that was all she knew. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I’m about to call out for someone on the train who might know what to do if he’s having a seizure when Mateo mutters “No,” and repeats it over and over. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He told me over and over again that becoming a successful attorney and thereby a model of achievement for my people was the most worthwhile path I could follow. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then you’d get sick of Dad and we’d go down the twin slides at the same time, over and over again. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He was standing aside, aimlessly cracking a twig over and over again until it became a limp ribbon in his hands. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “They’re not mine,” I say over and over, my body trembling. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Mama looked embarrassed and upset as she said over and over, “I don’t know. I just don’t know what’s wrong with Mr. Tweedy.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I feel my stomach knot over and overong> and over again. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She tried to make time pass by drawing an elephant in one stroke, the way Jalil had shown her, over and over. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Bronstein lost a pawn and began to check Fischer’s king over and over again. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Roll over,” she’d command, and I’d get on the floor and roll over and over until I bumped into the wall. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When we walked down Crenshaw, she looked in the big plate glass windows of the stores along the way over and over. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z "I've been experimenting. It's not that different from cooking. You just distill something over and over until you get the richest scent you can." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I run this thought over and over again in my head. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z This new video appeared to be made up of notebook paper drawings that got crumpled and uncrumpled, over and over. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Penelope’s eyes shined with a feverish light, and Ophie turned away in discomfort, focusing on the bit of window that she had been cleaning over and over for the past minute or so. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Ben tied and untied his shoes over and over. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The hammer lands over and over again, on his arms, shoulders, and knees, before the younger woman moves toward him. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She rings the doorbell over and over again. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I spent the next several weeks running the argument over and over in my mind, picturing a small dog chasing a puppet across the floor of an abandoned warehouse. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Guess the Lord didn’t want this one to fly,” Reverend Richard said while I turned a piece of jagged steel over and over in my hands, looking for some clue as to what had happened. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She whispered La Siren’s name over and over again, praying for the beautiful mermaid to rise up from the depths of the ocean and save us. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Fabian was frozen for her, and his words were echoing, over and over, in her ears. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z That night in bed, the evening's events replayed themselves over and over in my head. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Turning the little steel strip over and over between her fingers, she remembered an experiment she’d done in science class as a child. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The song was pretty, but I was nauseous from hearing it over and over. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z While the ink dries he gathers up the rest of the things he will need, running through the list over and over in his head so he does not forget anything. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They would show the image over and over again while they read the names of those who were trapped inside, begging for help. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z As the water struck the children, they sang one word over and over: “Freedom!” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Hooper was playing with the silver cardboard model of the fort, rolling the marble down and letting it drop through the chute, over and over again. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Becky said Madam sat sighing by the window and shuffling a deck of playing cards over and over. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I push my finger in the lock over and over again, thinking I can somehow get it to open. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Someone yelled at us to keep moving our arms and legs. Sandy was hysterical; she kept yelling over and over, ‘I don’t want to die! Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I had been doodling on a sheet of paper, stick figures, and “Father Amadi” written over and over again. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I sing the song over and over again, quietly into the windowpane, my forehead pressed against the cool glass. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z And I told her over and over how kind and pretty Lilian was. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z He drew the automaton over and overong> and over again. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Her gaze would travel over each line, over and over, and sometimes she’d pull the book closer. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The heavy weight bowled him over and over. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Faces of my teachers, distorted with my exhaustion, saying over and over, “Sparrow is going to repeat eighth grade” and “Sparrow hasn’t done work in months” and “What’s wrong with your daughter, Ms. Cooke?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z He didn't miss her enough to become obsessed with her name, to date her namesakes over and overong> and overong> and over again. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z I combed my hair slowly over and over, feeling the teeth of the comb dig into my cheek at every stroke. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z They kept chanting over and over again as they scratched at us with their sharpened talons. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He is alone in his room, playing the same tune over and over again on an acoustic guitar, trying to figure out what it means. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Using a rake made from a stick of red willow pulled up by the roots, the two girls took turns turning the rice over and over, smoking and toasting the grains. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z I have to sove Eden, I say to myself over and over again. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Next morning, Beowulf was woken by a hoarse sound, repeated over and over. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Like he was thinking if he said it over and over he might get ahold on to what happened. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I ran that thoughtful “Mmm” through my head over and over. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I had noticed this over and over while I was in this church with Lily. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Mr. Smith’s friends are here, I say over and over under my breath—as if there’s any chance in the world that I’m going to forget. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z On the paper one name is written over and overong> and over: Zola Zola Zola Zola Zola Zola. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z He kept saying it over and over, like it mattered to me who he was dating. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Her pink lips trembled as she mumbled something over and over, indecipherable. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I couldn’t help thinking it over and over again. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z They remembered their histories with their voices and bodies, repeating them over and over until the stories became part of them, and the legends were as real as their own tongues and lungs and hearts. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z And so over and over again, we do. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “Is it weird that I still miss Dylan a little, even though he lied over and over?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z And Grandma, over and over again, like to a child, whispered, “It’s over now.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z In a daze, we embraced, over and over again, never to stop, oh! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The question Vergil asks himself over and over again is: ‘Who invented…?’; and he runs through a seemingly endless chain of topics, such as language, music, metallurgy, geometry. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A couple of tough boys tried to be smarty and kept on asking her name over and over. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z On Baba’s radio, they were saying that word, “republic,” over and over again. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And she had said something over and over. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They read the instructions on the shampoo label over and over. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Changing the jars for the soldier in white was no trouble at all, since the same clear fluid was dripped back inside him over and over again with no apparent loss. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Thus their energy is counted over and over again and the energy density will become very large. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Moss wished that conversation came easy to him, but as he read the text over and over again, every response he came up with sounded like a cliché. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Sorrow is dangerous,” she told him over and over again, though he couldn’t remember if she ever told him why. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I teach Ray tic-tac-toe, and we play over and over until the chalk is a nub. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z I sat in the window seat and held the envelope in both hands, turning it over and over. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z We talked for hours, but we just kept repeating those same things over and over. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Flashbacks of this summer pass through my mind like a song repeating itself over and over again. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z She unfolds it to reveal a child’s careful cursive in faint pencil, practicing the same sentence over and over again: Upright and do right make all right. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I cried as I counted it over and over. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She held the silk by one corner, and watched the flash of gold as the beloved bracelet turned over and over and entered the tumbling waters without even a splash. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z They said the same thing, over and over, in frantic hurried whispers, all talking at once: They told her that they had changed their minds. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he lay face down, sobbing and saying over and over that God had turned away from him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “My daughter, you are my brave daughter, my beautiful daughter,” he said to me over and over, as if saying it could awaken me. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Together we would read, over and over again, the same page of the Zohar. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z There was soft music playing, a woman repeating the “So hum” over and over in what I guessed was some kind of mantra. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z We would spend a lot of time working on our technique, practicing a series of footwork or a particular move over and over again, so at game time, we would instinctively be able to execute. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z In the web of light and shadow, Tanin hunched over the desk, smoothing the edges of the paper over and over until her fingertips were red and raw. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Pri has her head down and is shaking it over and over again. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He spun the cylinder of his revolver with his thumb over and over—a sound like chattering teeth. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Dad hops from channel to channel, watching the same stories play over and over. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Then Wang Lung groaned and held the child to him and said over and over to her softly, “Oh, little fool—oh, poor little fool.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “God bless Grant,” people shouted over and over in a rising chant the day Jethro went to Newton with his father after the news of Fort Henry. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z A string of thoughts runs through my head like a song I can’t get rid of, over and over in the same order: I am broken. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She turned it over and over, taking no notice. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I do the flash cards over and over, and I never get those ones right. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Round and round he skipped, repeating the verse over and over. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z So the pikins read the family books over and over again. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z He just bit down on his bottom lip, and occasionally he would shake his head like he was picturing the picture of me in that store over and over again. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z What had happened in Westfield happened over and overong> and over again. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Go away, go away, go away, I think over and over again. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I shouted over and over, but the wind carried my voice away. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I was biting my lips and letting each one of my fingers meet my thumbs over and over again. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Lupita’s teacher had told the class over and over that witchcraft was foolish superstition. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z She plays this over and over in her mind, from one angle and then another, in bits and pieces like a torn photograph. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, now I’m going to read you one by Mrs. Brooks. This one is called ‘the sonnet-ballad,’ and it’s one I read to myself over and over again.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z It flashed in the moonlight, spinning lazily over and over and fell into the stockade. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z For instance, this morning she was saying “Gack!” over and over, which probably meant, “Look at that mysterious figure emerging from the fog!” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z “Vocabulary is the key to success. How one speaks and presents one’s grasp of the English language is vitally important,” Mother said over and over again. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Mama bowed repeatedly and mumbled something over and over. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She just kissed the top of my head over and over again. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Mark saw a man bull-rushing a tree, slamming himself into the trunk over and over, as if he thought eventually he’d win some battle and knock the thing down. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z |
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