| 单词 | partner |
| 例句 | Something in a far corner caught Sierra’s eye and she swung her partner around to get a better look over his head. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “Eliza, I want you be my partner. There’s no one better suited to it, no one I can trust. Or who will put up with me.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Coach Rockford’s my stretch partner today because Malik’s not here yet. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z After a few seconds, Lissa dropped her arms and curtsied as if she were thanking an invisible partner for the dance. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z "And I know you ain't laughin', Ghost. Maybe you need more practice with your dance partner, because you ran the whole race before you realized nobody was running with you. The. Whole. Race." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z She tried to imagine goofing off with another partner like she had today with Rishi and supposed it was possible. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z In fact, nationwide, most women on death row are awaiting execution for a family crime involving an allegation of child abuse or domestic violence involving a male partner. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “I mean she’s a good partner and is helping us win.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z My partner and I exchange a grin and then he darts behind the curtain, leaving me the stage. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “You will work ... in teams of. .. two. This will count. .. for thirty-five percent... of your final grade. I raise my hand again. “Can we choose our partners?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z "However, I repeat, neither my partner nor I stole the notes. And if anyone here suspects us of murder, forget it, we both have airtight alibis." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Free her from our agreement to be partners. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z "Hopefully, today everyone is prepared to share with their partners some more new findings about the person you all have chosen." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z “Me!—oh! no—I would get you a better partner than myself. I am no dancer.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z After graduating fifth in her law school class, Justice clerked for a federal judge, then joined Lexington’s largest law firm, where she put in long hours in hopes of making partner. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Joey couldn’t hear what the guy was saying because his ears were still ringing from his sparring partner’s accidental haymaker. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Miele’s architecture partners occasionally joked that he was not in the business for the money, which to some extent was true. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Rounds and partner songs are two good examples of polyphony. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “Burnham was not pleased,” wrote Louis Sullivan, by now Adler’s partner, “nor was John Root precisely entranced.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “They don’t like to lose. So, partner, what are you going to do with the hundred dollars?” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “I’m thinking of partnering with him. Seems like working for yourself might be the way to go these days.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Within two months, the partners raised enough money to form their own Broadway theatre company. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “I guess you’ll have to find a new chess partner,” I told him. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “So I was thinking. What if I was your business partner?” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z I am not sure of divorce rules in general; here in Osnoriner there is divorce, but no remarriage after either divorce or the partner’s death: one can only vow kemmering once. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Are we attending to the world—our families and partners, coworkers, friends, jobs, and ourselves—in a way that is consistent with our stated values? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It’s the week of the second tryout and I’m trudging to the food court when Gemma, Elsie’s lab partner, hands me a note to meet her in the library instead. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Very soon ‘Aadnesen & Dahl’ had more business than the partners could handle alone. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z For instance, I knew right off the bat that Arnold, my stockbroker, and Pasqual, my lawn-mowing business partner, were good guys. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Romantic love was considered a kind of temporary insanity at the time, not a basis on which to choose a marriage partner. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Distantly, the rendering sails wash back and forth, a borealis yielding some mysterious benefit to our business partners and guests. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Maybe it wouldn’t be such a bad thing to have a book-hunting partner, even if only for a while. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Knowing his lab partner, Philip Koontz, was going on a picnic that day, Hall expected to be alone. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Darlene is beautiful,” he responded, swirling the mop like a dance partner. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The first is with an officer who fired on a man who was threatening to kill his partner, Dan: Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z In response, Celia goes to the wall and removes a thin Ottoman dagger with a jade hilt from where it hangs with its partner. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I walked into bio the next day, prepared to make the herculean effort to be an aloof, boring lab partner yet again, when the whole thing finally just fell apart. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z We alternate teams until each of us has partnered. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Marshall was thirty years old, sentenced to 150 years to life for taking part in a robbery of a Brooklyn bodega in which his partner had killed the owner. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Everyone will need a partner, so please choose one.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z My partner was Bill Anders, and he was great, because he knew a lot about camping. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Its forsaken partner may fall into the black hole as well. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Far worse was to occur, and soon, but as of February 14, 1890, the day of the great fair vote, the partners seemed destined for a lifetime of success. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Vilderling and his partner had set their net and underneath the summer moon had shared in the lee of their bow-picker’s cabin a bottle of Puerto Rican rum. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “My partner’s away, so Eisen already did my exam,” says Tats. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “Open up, or my partner will kick down the door!” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z I can see Beatrice, dear friendly tactless Beatrice, watching me from her partner’s arms, nodding encouragement, the bangles jangling on her wrists, the veil slipping continually from her over-heated forehead. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He spends a few minutes showing her around, pointing out photographs of projects he’s worked on, introducing her to one of the principal designers, showing her the room where the partners meet. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z With his pants undone he had fallen in and, to his partner’s horror, had thrashed once or twice before disappearing altogether beneath the surface of the moon-addled sea. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Burnham and Root had been partners and friends for eighteen years. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Contestants try to make their celebrity partners guess seven common words by giving clues. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z The judge paused to let her words sink in, then she turned to her partner. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z All she was going to do was walk the book over to the fountain and drop it in, anyway, so it’s not like she needed a partner. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Placed in foster care for a year and a half, until aunt and her partner adopted him. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Corporate sponsors, green technology partners, and microfinance nonprofits have helped fill the funding gap, and individual contributions are more important than ever. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Once two men were on the moon, they could get back to earth only by making a successful rendezvous with their third partner waiting in orbit. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Did you hear that Rick Sher- lund, a Goldman Sachs partner, annoyed some of his neighbors when he hired Jackson Browne to entertain at his anniversary party? Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z As my partner, Sarah, and I waited to go in, we saw previous couples come out crying. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Professor McGonagall waited until the rest of the class had gone, and then said, “Potter, the champions and their partners —” “What partners?” said Harry. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Dad was a partner in an architecture firm that mostly designed museums and concert halls and other “centerpieces for urban living.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Of course he was going to get a new lab partner when I left school. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He began to think about getting a gun and going out to Kansas City to kill John’s business partner. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Success came easily to Burnham and Root, but the partners did have their trials. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “The demons will let a merchant bring his wife over, but I have to be a partner in the store,” Father said. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Voldemort was sent to persuade people to part with their treasures for sale by the partners, and he was, by all accounts, unusually gifted at doing this.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The girl who’s my lab partner in science has an open seat next to her. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z In climbing, having confidence in your partners is no small concern. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He glanced to his left and saw that his partner was the blond boy who had been cut the two previous years. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It isn’t enough to treat her with the doting brutality of an apache dancer toward his partner—which she understands, incidentally, whether you think so or not. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Evan tells Gogol that it’s an apartment worth seeing, a Tribeca loft that happens to be designed by one of the partners at the firm. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Rafe was the kind of running partner that she liked: quiet. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z If that man came up to see about his partner and found him sprawled in the snow he would yell before he got a chance to hit him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The case was somewhat famous, because the partner had been a New York City policeman. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His partner called in sick, so he’s out solo today. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z He would tell the intern about the person who limped into the Westing house; maybe that was the murderer—unless his partner was the murderer! The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Already, he was being asked to sit in on high-level partner meetings. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “You should ask that kid Sarah to be your partner. If you can get her to talk.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Bickel was taken around the firm and interviewed by one partner after another, until he was led into the library to meet with the firm’s senior partner. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I know people often say that when secretly looking for a romantic partner, but I meant it. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Every person who hears a legacy makes the choice of a partner with whom they will share it, whom the American people will hold beside them in hearts and memories and history books. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I watch him walk back real slow with the cup a water for his partner. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z "Dr. Rosen is out sick. You would have to see his partner instead, Dr. Zimmer." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “I’m just about to call out partners, so you may as well take a seat with yours. What’s your name?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He has partners in three safe houses on the U.S. side of the river, people who will hide migrants if Border Patrol agents are in pursuit. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z But also in the littler things, having a partner lightened the load, could even make the arduous task of filling my family's table enjoyable. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z No wonder some twenty-eight hundred Japanese companies have set up operations here or teamed up with Chinese partners. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z The only person who tries to engage me is Kelsea’s lab partner, Lena. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z We like to pretend that they grow as we get closer to our new partner. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “Next time we go to New York City, I ain’t go’n have to pay no partner for her! Here, Love, learn Will Tweedy how,” he said, handing her over to me. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Perfect. Because I have universes I want to explore, Sahil Roy. And I want you to be my partner through all of it.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z We returned to the shoe stand, where we had no problem since my old partner, Sterling Williams, was intelligent and knowledgeable. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I must have had a stupid look on my face because Julian came over and said: “Looks like you and your best bud are partners.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z At the age of 24, Gene Nora hadn't been out of college long, and she was a little intimidated by her 40-year-old partner. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z But there is enough dazzle and mischief here, where partners cling or exchange at the urging of a heartbreaking vocal. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, you are fortunate to have a partner. He is quite talented.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Aileen and I were in a couple of the same classes, and I’d found a way to partner with her in them. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z When we got to the Roseland, we danced the early part of the evening with each other and with different partners. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z As First Lady of Arkansas, Hillary had kept her job as a law partner while also helping with her husband’s efforts to improve health care and education. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It would be many years before they all met one another, although those with testing partners got to know their partners well. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z If Rukia had been allowed to come to the dance and she didn’t have a partner, I would have danced with her even though I’m way taller and we would have looked way dumb. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z In the library, Ophie discovered a finely dressed white man speaking with an unseen partner about the rights of the African. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I arrange a ride to work from Matt Lewis—my Vocab partner. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Not only do I have to sit by Angel every day, but now she’s my partner. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z I am, after all, her lining-up partner, and she wants me to be marveled at. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t point out who was who, or I missed it, so I stood there confused until the tall, skinny woman with glasses gave a small harrumph and waved at her partner. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I was on track to become an equity partner at Sidley & Austin, probably before I hit thirty-two. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “No need. I found her address online. My partner Esperanza is with me. We’re on our way to pick you up and get the car.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The short man pulled on his partner’s sleeve. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He ordered both the busboy and the waiter, a partner’s nephew, to get out. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z A year later the partner died, and Murray and his wife, Odetta, decided to use the property for a hotel. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I know You already know all of this, but I just wanted to ask if You’d look out for my partner, and help him find peace. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve got a different job for you. I just need to get you a lab partner.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The cop glanced at his partner, then hooked his baton back onto his belt. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Word had spread that one of his professors at Harvard—the daughter of a managing partner—claimed he was the most gifted law student she’d ever encountered. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z And at the coronation: Time to change partners. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Houseman didn’t enjoy the genre himself, but he knew his partner did. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z No white strands grow in her partner’s mustache. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It must therefore seek out its partner and annihilate with it. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I said you volunteered to be her first partner,” she said. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z His partner was going to ask for the money. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t falter a single step, nor did she seem to care about the many angry female faces that watched as dance after dance passed and they didn’t switch partners. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Then there were the ones who shot bystanders and cops, their partner, or, by accident, themselves. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Thanks to their radio chatter, she was picking up valuable insights into their partners and plans. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z How could he explain that what he wanted from his partner was companionship, not more probing, pricking doctors with their bad news that made his mother cry? The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Even worse, his act of solicitude for a good friend resulted in his forever being known as the junior partner in a momentous discovery. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z With some help, I found a senior partner in one of the biggest firms in the country, who offered to help us. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Finding out what had happened to Clara would surely be easier with a partner. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “We’re history partners—it doesn’t mean you have to bare your soul. Okay?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z She flat out refused to be my partner in front of the entire class and then demanded to work with her friend. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Corporal Z had been X’s jeep partner and constant companion from D Day straight through five campaigns of the war. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z But last Thursday in dance class, which is, like, my least favorite class, Mrs. Atanabi, the teacher, tried to make Ximena Chin be my dance partner. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “But it’s due next Friday! Everyone else had an extra week and a partner.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Grace’s parents exchanged a glance, and she once again wished for a partner in crime. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Albert Murray, a successful New York lawyer, had bought the land with his Jewish business partner in 1954. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I always went along as Papa’s partner since Mama wouldn’t go. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z To my everlasting delight, I had somehow managed to get Dorothy Plunk as my partner for the worm dissection. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He don’t take it to his partner right away. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He turned to his former partner, Lise Meitner, a Jewish physicist who’d been forced out of Germany by Hitler. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Bob, my partner, went there and he says it’s the best school in the city. You know where you want to go to college?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “But am I going to have a partner on Monday?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The boy divided the money evenly, giving half to himself, the rest to his partners, and said, “Know what? I’m gonna blow me and Johnny to a good feed. Ain’t you fellows hungry?” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He brings with him a partner to gather clues. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He exchanged another look with his partner; this time, Moss could see the concern. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “He is, indeed—but, considering the inducement, my dear Miss Eliza, we cannot wonder at his complaisance; for who would object to such a partner?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z First, though, he had to meet his new partner. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z How are things going with our spouse, or partner, or children? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Jake greeted his partner with a "How are you this fine day?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z His partner would have to visit him a next time, and a next time, as long as he didn't sign the check. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z At first we didn't talk much, just simple stuff about class, and I apologized for not being around, for being an absent partner. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Hall got lucky—Koontz felt guilty that he was taking time off while his partner was spending Sunday in the office. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z T then teaches the refrain “Waiting for a partner,” line by line. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Google, Genie’s most loyal partner, was once again coming up blank. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Here Meg’s partner appeared, to find her looking much flushed and rather agitated. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The two beamed at me, though Miss Sarah’s eyes flicked back to her partner with worry every so often. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Times photographers, coordinated by a superb picture editor, Sarah Weissman, were partners from the outset in most of the reporting, and produced portraits integral to the project. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Then we switched partners, and I was thrust into a high-stepping bransle with the nervous Guildenstern, who nearly stumbled over his long cloak. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He became a partner of spymaster George Washington by serving as a covert operations manager. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps she had hoped he would be away for longer, so she could finally find a suitable partner for her daughter. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “But if we’re going to be real friends, not just cooking partners, I need something from you, too.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He smiled, and so did she, for she then felt more certain than ever that she had chosen the correct brother for a partner in escape. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’re like the lady who only wants her name in the newspaper twice—when she’s born and when she dies,” one of the senior partners famously said. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “We have made partners of the women in this war,” he said in an address to the Senate. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Unlucky from the day she was born, she now had a beautiful and well-loved partner. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Henry was the nearest he had to a partner now, and Henry would never know how good it could feel when a running wind chilled the sweat in your hair. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The three partners lent him money and said they would help him get immigration documents. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Stewing over my culpability, I put off calling Andy Harris’s partner, Fiona McPherson, and Rob Hall’s wife, Jan Arnold, for such a long time that they finally phoned me from New Zealand. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z It’s receding now, growing smaller, but the woman—Boss’s partner—is standing there, holding her gun. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Me and Jace are lab partners now and he smiled at me. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “Your partners for the Yule Ball, Potter,” she said coldly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z "Very good, ladies. Now, I want you to take one step back. Hold your pose, but separate yourself from your partner," Coach Whit instructed, the song now fading out, a new one beginning. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Camilla played well—this was her game, her favorite—but I wasn’t a good partner and we lost trick after trick to the others. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He was demonstrating sword positions to Nick and his partner. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z My perfect partner, if somebody had asked me, would have been one who handled as lightly as Laura and who would have had the strength to last through a long, tough showtime. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It was during an obliterating drought, and amid the dust and heat Dudley and his partner searched a clapboard house where the two wanted men were believed to be hiding out. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Then the men withdrew, and from somewhere they acquired roses, which they presented to their partners. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z But with really good partners, all you need is just the push-pull suggestion. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z For a single moment of neglect, I would be stuck with having this kid as a bus partner for the rest of the school year. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Until 1976, a limousine waited at 4:30 p.m. to ferry partners to Grand Central Terminal. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “Elizabeth, not to worry. We will find you a partner.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z When it came to the act of “selling” women as marriage partners, my mother was vehemently opposed to it. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The partners rode the growth of the electric utility industry to wealth and influence in the postwar economic boom. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Ellis’s teammate and running partner, and Dee’s old friend from hockey camp. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Jimmy Goble had been the love of Katherines youth, a nurturing father, and the partner she expected to grow old with. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z After an argument over money, his partner stormed over to our trailer. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Even if it was because her partner was chronically ill and that meant she’d have to share credit. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Gym class. We’re running partners until the end of the month,” I say, realizing that I’m already kind of sad that the month will end. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z "And to prove our innocence, my partner and I agree to share our clues." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Ash stiffened, but Ana had not seen her; all of her attention was focused on her dance partner, a middle-aged man with a balding head of graying hair. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes her partner was one of the brilliantine-haired neighborhood sheiks who was a snappy dancer and made her watch her steps. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Here was Baba and his best friend and business partner, Rahim Khan, standing outside our house, neither one smiling—I am a baby in that photograph and Baba is holding me, looking tired and grim. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He jerked his neck back to his partner. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z We gave each other sideways glances when people around us got stressed to the point of mania, when partners made comments that seemed condescending or out of touch. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Nothing hard, of course. I’m going to assign lab partners and you can get to know each other.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Ever since I first came to the hospital more than ten years ago, she’s been the respiratory therapist here, slipping candy to me and the other CFers, like my partner in crime Poe. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z From the beginning of their marriage she was a partner with Dorus in his professional life—going with him to visit parishioners and to bring food to the sick. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Boss’s partner turns and bolts down the hallway along the bank of windows, as quickly as she’s done anything yet. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Officially the change of partners had never happened. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z "We got it, we got it," Grace cried, leaping up to embrace her partner. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1988, a guide from Auckland named Gary Ball became Hall’s primary climbing partner and closest friend. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “Your first task,” Mrs. Turton said, “is to pick your lab partner. Pick wisely, because you’ll be together all year. Groups of two, please.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Others followed—the queen’s knights first, partnered with her ladies. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z To the two Mercury partners, a Martian invasion was pure fiction. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z If one partner found his or her chosen mate to be unacceptably old, cruel, or ugly, guards would sometimes cancel a marriage. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I was doing the work for Dorothy, my partner on this worm—and maybe more. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Each partner was supposed to use half of the poster board and then we’d see what we had in common. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Not only was this arrangement bad for the astronaut’s circadian rhythm, but the astronaut who was on duty made enough noise as he went about his work to keep his partner awake. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes, Ray is an excellent partner for walking in the woods. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I didn’t explain to them that Jordan is a longtime partner in working on counterterrorism with the U.S. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Bridge wondered if you ever found your dance partner before you heard the music. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Poppy had several litters for my mother’s business, but the puppies and the other breeding dogs live with Mummy’s partner at a farm outside Burlington. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z "I really didn't see it," she repeated under the questioning gaze of her partner, Turtle Wexler, witch. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “Surprising, isn’t it? Technically I guess Pasqual is more of a partner. And really, they are all partners in a way—they share the income from their work with you, the company head.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z He slapped Darryl on the arm, and the deputy gave Toby one last nod before he walked away, joining his partner, who was talking to Lily. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Anyway,” I said, “Ocean is my lab partner in another class. He just felt bad that Mr. Jordan was being a jerk.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The firm was a powerful partner for me that helped me develop my platform as an athlete activist. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z We’ve been friends since forever, but super best friends since third grade, when we got partnered for a group project. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z "Odds are that he's probably got a partner somewhere on this subway car." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “I have each of your names in this tin, and I’ll pull two names at a time. The two names I pick will be partners.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “You can’t fire someone from the Company unless your two partners agree, and Hand Clap and I will never do that.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z African Americans throughout the South responded with great hope and enthusiasm, eager to be true partners in a struggle for social justice. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Her table partner watches me with the smallest smile, and the look in her eyes makes me wanna scream. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z That way Salesforce.com basically uses its customers and partners to grow its platform and embed itself into more and more businesses. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z The student followed step for step, like his partner in a deadly dance. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “His construction business. I could invest, become his partner.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Note to self: Don't ask Michelle to be a study partner. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z She passed from partner to partner out upon the floor. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z How hard it was to do both, to be partner to one and protector to the other. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The breakfasts started in the Connecticut home of a partner in Goldman Sachs but grew so large they had to move to a local church. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Women, patronized for millennia, traditionally denied real political and economic power, are gradually becoming, even in the most backward societies, equal partners with men. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z One dance and he’d find another partner, you could bet on that. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z It was dull work, made even duller on the days I was partnered with a fellow named Reggie, an alleged genius unhappy with the course his life had taken. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z She kept looking up into her partner’s face. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Mark winced as the hinges of the ramp squealed open, and he looked over at his proud partner. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z At least she had a partner in this madness. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z My partner showed that our experience had reached its climax by getting up abruptly, and my main concern was how to get home quickly. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, even as he rehearsed, he spotted his old partner. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z His partner was a bulldog of a man who moved as if his chest propelled him down the street instead of his legs. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z In a partner song, two or more songs, which are musically compatible, are sung together. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The crowd parted to make way for the young swordsman who had partnered against Grigori in the performance. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Pride or not, she wanted her partner at her side. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z He swept away, roaring with laughter, his partner in his arms. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Having a partner is working out pretty well so far. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z James had many business partners on paper, some of whom he had met in person, but he had few friends. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z My lab partner is kinda nice, but like a friend- friend, not a boyfriend or anything. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Over the shoulder of his partner, he mouthed, “Wait for me.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “I usually have a partner, someone who helps me handle stuff. He’s gone, and...I don’t know if I’m going to ever get him back.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I recognize Ofglen, my shopping partner, sitting two away from me. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Since break is only twelve minutes, we don’t have time to waste, and we’re already starting late, so I blurt out, “You’ll never guess who my lab partner is.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I scrutinized Char’s dancing partners, although I knew I had no right to resent a rival. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “We can switch partners in a few hours,” Ms. Sitton adds. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z My partner was yelling at him too: “Stop! Stop! Stop!” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Unenthusiastic partners, the two of them, in this tired old dance. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I’d have to tell her that her boyfriend or partner or whatever he was had left the brains of two kids splattered all over an alleyway. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Well, actually I can’t, but my partner is really good,” I admitted. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I did this on purpose, I assigned myself and my partner to tree whoever was in Julie’s cell. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z But then, he didn’t worry about a partner. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Turtle did not tell her partner that they had bought two hundred shares of SEA at $15.25 a share. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z His partner said talk it over, the two of them, together. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z And the woman with the ponytail at the orientation and the desperate man who was so quiet as they took him away after his partner was disappeared. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z My partner was a local woman called Elena who was from Liverpool originally so I didn’t understand most of what she said for the first few days and vice versa. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She left behind her home, her entire family, and her life partner in a war-torn country to give her children better opportunities. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I’m going to miss having her as my kitchen partner. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He said this like it was a good thing, like Hazel would really want to be partners with this chipmunk man. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Such studies will no doubt be directed largely toward measuring the effects of radiation, but it must not be overlooked that many chemicals are the partners of radiation, producing precisely the same effects. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Indeed, sir, I have not the least intention of dancing. I entreat you not to suppose that I moved this way in order to beg for a partner.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Silence and sunlight were his partners. o„ the first of April, we began our PoIParty. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Did you ask Mr. Levy to change partners?” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z For years his intricate affairs had rolled along smoothly; he and his partners, his backers, his help, the people on his team—they had all proceeded cautiously, carefully, conservatively, successfully. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Adams’s partner in the dance was Abigail, whose political instincts rivaled Madison’s legendary skills and whose knowledge of her husband’s emotional makeup surpassed all competitors. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The lawyer got names and positions all fouled up, and I've got a drunk for a partner. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z This woman has been my partner for two weeks. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like that when I asked Alice Evans to be my bathroom partner. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z If we had gotten partnered today, that would’ve been the first step. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z He left Virginia, he said, to spare his children the ravages of prejudice and its bully partner, violence. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She is, according to Vincent, smart and compassionate and a good businesswoman; she is a partner with her brother, Louis, in a linen mill. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Malik’s my partner, and right now we’re working our hamstrings, the last muscles we stretch before running and conditioning. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z “I got partnered with Bernard. I told you about him. He’s mean? Today he knocked his whole desk over.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Eli is whining to the teacher that his lab partner stood him up, so he’s missing half the prep work for the experiment. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z And now the villagers were choosing partners, forming lines, and moving in time to the cheerful melody. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Maybe Mr. Levy will change partners for each lab.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z It is an equal partner in the emotional process. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “I saw you lying on your roof. Behind that big tree over there across the street, I politely waited for your love partner to leave.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Recognition was important to Scott,” says Jane Bromet, his publicist, confidant, and occasional training partner, who accompanied the Mountain Madness expedition to Base Camp to file Internet reports for Outside Online. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Jack asked her to join him and his partner, Jody, who was clearly less than thrilled. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z In the days that followed, ballad sellers began to cry out new and final verses to the notorious life of Hold-Your-Nose Billy and his partner, Cutwater. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z “The guy’s all armed,” he said to his partner. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Hecate fixed her torches in them, then walked a slow circle around Hazel, regarding her as if they were partners in some eerie dance. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z "Nice and smooth. Remember when you were closer, the pressure of your partner, knowing the steps, working and moving in unison." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z At least her crippled partner could not be the murderer, but it was embarrassing being paired with such a . . . no, she shouldn't feel that way. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z His partner pulled him backward by the hood of his sweatshirt. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The boy on the right side in Ben’s line received the ball from Coach Spinks, took one tentative, almost apologetic dribble toward the basket, then stopped and looked for his partner. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They had been removed by a surgeon—by one of Billy’s partners in the new Holiday Inn. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z They no longer had to pose as partners; or what amounts to the same thing, the posing reflected a deeply felt sense of affinity. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z My uncle Paul is gay, and they’ve always been accepting of him and his partner, Simon. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z If Gottman observes one or both partners in a marriage showing contempt toward the other, he considers it the single most important sign that the marriage is in trouble. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z First he talked about our equal partner, Belgium. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are one-third friend, one-third brother, one-third bee partner, and one-third boyfriend,” I told him. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “He said, ‘Oh, but you will be a partner, Leon. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I became Alice Evans’s regular bathroom partner—we worked out a secret signal so that she wouldn’t have to do the Mexican hat dance anymore. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z I’m surprised she’s forgiven that girl for choosing someone else as her cooking showcase partner. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z She deals with securing the boat against the wall as her partner steps closer to the broken window where Alec and Lana stand. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The Zimbabwean game song “Sorida” contains a melody accompanied by body percussion and hand clapping in pairs of partners. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “Could we switch partners if we wanted to?” said Julian, looking very innocent. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Lawrence, for his part, was inclined to call Teller’s bluff, for his putative partner was already proving entirely too fractious for his taste. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I was a partner to it but could no more fathom it than I could the mystery of the man in the doorway. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Taylor looked over at his partner and then at us. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z On the words “turn the glasses over,” the partner on the outside of the circle turns under the inside partner’s arms, thus changing direction. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z He claims he’s gotten back involved with the diamond business in the Congo and has many foreign partners, but you still have to remind him to take a bath on any given day. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “You will find your partners and re-form your line,” Aunt Lydia says into the mike. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He asked a partner in his inspection firm, W. F. Gronau, to calculate the novel forces that would play among the components of his structure. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z His stomach jiggled over his gun belt as he and his partner laughed. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z When it hit three hundred, one of Flom’s partners—Morris Kramer—came to him and said that he felt guilty about bringing in young law school graduates. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z She didn’t look too enthusiastic about having Ron as a partner, though; her dark eyes lingered on the frayed neck and sleeves of his dress robes as she looked him up and down. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z In this now universal contamination of the environment, chemicals are the sinister and little- recognized partners of radiation in changing the very nature of the world — the very nature of its life. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z We've been debate partners since I joined the team two years ago. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “I know. It never does. Anyway, what I want, Jake, is your full cooperation. We must become true partners in this enterprise so I can refine and replicate my formulas.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Livingston considered himself an equal partner with Lawrence in the cyclotron’s early development. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z For reasons Salim does not understand, his brother-in-law’s business partners have booked him into the Paramount Hotel on Forty-sixth Street. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “What do you know about taking on a partner?” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Below are some additional examples of individual songs and their potential “partners” that blend well and go together. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Townsend proved his loyalty to the British not only by writing for the Gazette but also by becoming a partner with Rivington in a coffee shop. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, I devised an alternative plan, and told her that I preferred to marry a girl who was a relative of the queen’s, whom I found desirable as a prospective partner. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Anna was my science partner for the plant unit, and I liked working with her. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z “I’m glad I have a junior partner as well as a sister. What one misses the other doesn’t. Wonder what the sheriff wants at this hour?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Or the kid that was your partner in line the last time had got scarlet fever and you'd have a new partner. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Jimmy poked the roasting meat with his fingers and nudged the coals, prowling around the fire as if sizing up a grappling partner. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z "Met my former partner the other day. Offered to buy me a drink." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z She had the hours of a lawyer trying to make partner, or of a medical resident. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z He presumed that the partners wanted him to come work for them, eventually. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Do you have any enemies you can think of? Someone who would want to hurt you like this? Maybe a former employee? An old business partner?” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Pop Pop cuts in and introduces TJ—the third partner in this scheme of theirs. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “This must not be planet earth,” Cone told his partner. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind him stood his partner, gun still pointing toward the open car window. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Various Sidley partners wrote checks and helped introduce me to key donors. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I’m partnered up with Simone, athlete extraordinaire, for our weights unit, so there’s no opportunity to talk to Tats in class. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Astronomers have watched stars dance around an invisible partner; the stars’ motions reveal the presence of the black hole even if the black hole is not visible. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z When he saw his partner of sixteen years stretched out in the coffin, Kenneth’s eyes welled up. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Even if Mom remembers to pick me up tomorrow, I have no cooking partner. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Eating lunch, sitting next to each other at assemblies, partnering for sports activities. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I knew because she was my plant partner, and she helped me a lot during that unit. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Angela, too frightened to notice that Sydelle ran through the apartment with her crutch in the air, found her partner in the bathroom frantically tossing soiled towels from the hamper. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Now she would really be noticed with such a pretty young thing for a partner. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Piles of yellow pads and pencils were on the tables, and partners were taking them and writing their names on top. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Angel says when we move our chairs closer for partner time. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “I hope you and your partner are using your time wisely. You only have twenty minutes left.” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z The only thing I didn’t like about our science unit was that we had to have partners. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z With three partners, Cottrell established a company to commercialize the process. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z This was a big deal for Audrey—I knew how badly she wanted us to be partners. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Carmen asked if she could be my protest partner, and I agreed even though I knew my stomach would be as twisted as a pretzel the whole time. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “We need to find ways to duplicate the kinds of support that come from an encouraging partner.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Citing exhaustion and, later, the effects of a recent and ongoing bout with hepatitis, Knight departed the campus, leaving the students no negotiating partner. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Jean de Satigny was looking for a partner to put up the capital, the work, and the stock houses; someone who would run all the risks and divide the profits fifty-fifty. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z His partner circled Arthur and started to pat him down, looking for a weapon. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m liking the fact we’ll be running partners more and more. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z I see Mr. Fortson, the GSA advisor, sitting with his partner. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z We had been lab partners in chemistry sophomore year. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Harry doubted very much if any of the girls who had asked to be his partner so far would have wanted to go to the ball with him if he hadn’t been a school champion. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He took another step aside, like a dancer circling around his partner. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z When the champions and their partners reached the table, Percy drew out the empty chair beside him, staring pointedly at Harry. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z "We were partners, remember, we . . ." He felt dizzy, and shook his head. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, the officer returned and spoke to his partner: “They don't have anything on him.” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z For example, Bennett paid a visit to Montgomery, Alabama, for lunch with Julian L. McPhillips Jr., a wealthy Princeton alumnus and the managing partner of a local law firm. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z His partner pulled him backward by the hood of his sweatshirt. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “All right, then, Elizabeth and Sara will partner up, and we can get back to our delicious food!” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “In Madrid. My name before yours on the sign, of course, but equal partners in all things.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z At work, I met with the partner in charge of my division, asking to be given more challenging assignments. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Afraid to find out the truth — first from his wife, and now from his partner too. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “I never had a shot. And you didn't even want to be my partner at tryouts, Felix. I had to do something.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “McCraig,” the Recruiter said to his partner, “do you see something odd behind the vent there?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Pawnee Bill, the legendary Wild West showman and the onetime partner of Buffalo Bill, described Hale as a “high-class gentleman.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Who, by the way, clearly doesn't want to be partnering up with me, either. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Make it up to me by taking Simmon as a partner next time we play comers,” he said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z From that moment on, Roberto and I were secret dance partners. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z I’m trying to force myself to ask him if I can switch partners, but Bernard is staring at me like he knows just what I’m going to say. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z But he turned into so much more than a hunting partner. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z With that he and his partner hoisted their packs above their heads, wished us luck, and walked into the water. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The fact that the partners were expected to maintain contact throughout these clumsy contortions seemed a certain recipe for sprained ankles and embarrassing collisions. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He jerked his neck back to his partner. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z My hunting partner, the one person who has my back. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I thought about my St. Nick partners, him and Sunny—all they did was argue! The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z His father was angry, his partner was angry, and a bomber was blowing up Sunset Towers floor by floor. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z It was only fair to a future partner that I should come with a letter of warning. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Be that as it may, I would love to be your Insomnia Con partner, Dimple Shah.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z A handful of demonstrators carried signs on Madison Avenue for a short while before Zannikos and his partners reluctantly agreed to settle. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “We’re supposed to wander Indiana, as if there’s anything interesting to see. We have to have partners, so I’m working with this boy in my class.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z They would have probably shot him in the head right there but his partners came for the night shift and the robbers fled. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z "Why must you go back to the hospital? Your crazy partner isn’t dying, you know." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “Right, but he doesn’t care about it as much as I do. I need to partner with someone who wants to win just as much.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z A white cop dude and his Black female partner shined a light on us, but kept on rolling. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z She trailed off, and her partner spoke up. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Angela wished her partner had not said that; it seemed so insensitive, so crude. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She must stay here in Wales for a while longer, where she knew people who could help and advise her, especially her husband’s great friend and partner, Mr Aadnesen. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Seeing my old friend and law partner was the reunion I most looked forward to. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They liked the idea right away, and we became partners. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z When a woman does the same, we like to call her a “career woman,” and if she happens to be someone’s partner in a relationship and also a mother, we say she “has it all.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Nobody ever wanted to hang out with him or get partnered up with him on a class project. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Or maybe she wouldn’t want to be partners anymore. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Women, in particular, express complicated, conflicted views about crime, because they love their sons, husbands, and partners and understand their plight as current and future members of the racial undercaste. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z During the conversations after meals, which usually went on for more than an hour, he complained that his partners were deceiving him. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z As their firm prospered, the character of each partner began to emerge and clarify. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Working as lab partners, we had to separate the slides of onion root tip cells into the phases of mitosis they represented and label them accordingly. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She dances for days to her Beny More records, her hands in position for an impossibly lanky partner, to “Rebel Heart,” her slippers scraping the floor, to “Treat Me As I Am,” a buoyant guaracha. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood in the living room of Felix’s suite, waiting for his partner. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z She did not think he was quite so hardened as his wife, though growing very like her;—she spoke some of her feelings, by observing audibly to her partner, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z The Coast Guard and its close partners, however, knew the truth. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He gave his old business partner un abrazo, addressing him as compadre even though neither one was godparent to the other’s children. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Dany watched as the women arched their backs and coiled their legs around their partners while the flutes wept and the men thrust in time to the music. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He was a fast learner, says Atkinson, who became Hall’s most frequent climbing partner, “with the ability to soak up skills and attitudes from anybody.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z In his role as a producer, Houseman met his partner in the October 1938 plot. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z The policeman and a partner had seen Enrique and four other migrants drying off after bathing in a river five miles to the south. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Angela, starting up to help her partner, was distracted by shouting in the corridor. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Then in health class last semester, the teacher assigned us to be partners for a project on “Aging in America.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z After that she understood what was required of her, though she did not prove the liveliest of partners. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Kids jostle to get a seat next to their partners. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z If that meant that Stimson partners earned rather less money than lawyers at other firms, so be it; they made enough, and kept their scruples besides. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “So don’t forget to get together with your partners to choose a project from the list, guys!” said Ms. Rubin as everyone started taking off. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z The cop nodded and walked back toward his cruiser, where he met his partner coming back from the bus. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Who said that if she got reassigned to a partner, they'd be anyone better or more invested in her idea than he was? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “And I danced with a few people before I met Daddy. But when I found him, I knew I had a dance partner for life.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The other soldier held Lourdes down as his partner took a knife from his holster. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother still doesn’t know that I’ve been kicked out of bridge club or that Patsy Joiner got a new tennis partner. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z That cop’s stick stopped in the air, and him and his partner glanced at me and Ma and the cop behind the desk, who looked like this was just any other night. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z She turns to a young man standing nearby, who Bailey had not even recognized as Poppet’s performance partner. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Which you did. You even got me to be your history partner.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Look, I just wanted to get assigned to a different partner. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He said, “That’s true. We could be real business partners. How much do you think we could charge?” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Royal was the man who’d spied her in town; his partner was Red, owing to the rusty color of his curly hair. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Are you aware that my client witnessed the shooting death of his partner by a young man physically similar to yourself?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z When we had to pick partners today in art class, June chose me! P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z In Rook, you played in pairs, partnered with whoever sat across from you. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Especially since losing his partner two months ago. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z His partner was waiting on the sidewalk, opposite their patrol car, double-parked with its radio going. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Madame Hoo, a quicker student than the dressmaker, had learned more words: partner, money, house, tree, road, pots, pans, okay, football, good, rain, spareribs. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Ogden Morrow eventually became Halliday’s business partner, collaborator, and best friend. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Maybe it wouldn’t be such a bad thing to have a book-hunting partner, even if only for a while. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Slowly, the seals had started to return, and Mom and her research partners were watching them. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “He said, ‘Oh, but you will be a partner, Leon. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Before I could ask Crosby what I’d done to set him off, he’d announced, “Once partners are assigned, there will be no switching.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He planted it right in her midsection; she yelped and jolted backward, flailed to grab hold of her partner. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z As the last note of God Save the King died away she relaxed again, and attacked her chicken in a sort of frenzy, chattering over her shoulder to her partner. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Lillian Meecham had been radiant, a dazzling partner who added charm to a family so drilled and weighted down with the responsibility of obedience that they seemed to function and move together like a machine. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I just sit there, barely breathing, waiting for him to assign me to the perfect partner. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “Number twenty-nine. Share with your partner an embarrassing moment in your life.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z If one of the partners is already in full kemmer, the phase for the newer partner is liable to be quite short; if the two are entering kemmer together, it is likely to take longer. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Her hand shook as she passed the paper to her partner. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The Test was fairly simple: they were each given a sparring partner, and if they won their duel, they needn’t worry about being eliminated. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Starr, your partner in crime is on the phone,” she says. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “Those are Sean’s friends. I’m more particular about my dance partners.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z To Oshiro’s huge relief, it went well with his new partner. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z A week ago, Harry would have said finding a partner for a dance would be a cinch compared to taking on a Hungarian Horntail. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Okay, grab your partner’s hand, everyone,” a woman yells. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Grey Worm, why was this man alone? Had he no partner?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They supplied Becker with a partner—but no training—and then gave him explosives to attack British ships in Argentina’s harbors. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I went into Mr. Ballard’s office and he was talking with Mrs. Stenson and when he saw us he called, “My partner!” and I introduced him to Lil and they shook hands. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Sierra glanced over at Robbie, who was laughing as he tried desperately to keep up with his two dance partners. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Will, looking straight ahead, said, “Cal—do you want to be partners with me?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Even though in ELA, for our personal memoir project, Mr. Finkelman assigned Dante as my critique partner, which meant he had to read my first two paragraphs. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The man came out of the hole and stood over his partner, then scrambled in again, screaming: “Say! Say!” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Meryl Lee and I were partners on Friday for sentence diagramming. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z That student then “passes” it to their partner across the aisle, who then passes it across the aisle, etc. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “Phone book. I called every name. His cousins, his business partners, people I’d never heard of. He’d written to everyone. Every single person. Some let me see their letters. Others didn’t.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I had danced only at school with other pupils or our mistresses for partners. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z One cop grabbed one of my hands and his partner grabbed the other and they pulled me straight up out of my seat. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z The crab and anemone recognize each other as partners by molecular configurations, as do the anemones and their symbiotic damsel fish. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The truth was, she was still glad they were partners. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z September 1943 also marked a significant milestone in the war: Germany’s Axis partner Italy surrendered to the Allies. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z She identified with the Egyptian goddess Isis, the partner of the god-king Osiris, who the Egyptians believed had ruled as pharaoh on Earth. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “Let’s talk about something else. I wanted to apologize for my partner, Tandy. Caputo is a hound. Did you know that hare hounds can pick up the scent of a rabbit on concrete?” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Johnny Manuelito was my partner in the radio room that day. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Barack, meanwhile, worked on his own documents in a shared office down the hall, increasingly fawned over by partners who found him impressive. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I could see Mike and his partner comparing two slides again and again, and another group had their book open under the table. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He “was eminently engaging and social and he had a keen sense of humor,” his partners wrote. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “We could have been partners. You don’t have to be friends with that freak if you don’t want to be, you know. . . .” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I selected the mirror partner option on my dance software and began to do the same. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Those people who were meeting partners from different Houses were edging through the crowd trying to find one another. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Even as more people marry across racial and religious lines, often to partners who match them closely in other respects, fewer are choosing partners with a different level of education. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Isolated in the world, without the benefit of trade and contact that would have come if other countries in the Americas or Europe had treated it as a partner, Haiti floundered. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z The paper would be prosecuted under the Espionage Act, warned Louis Loeb, one of the firm’s partners. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The black officer checks Daddy while his partner glances around at all of the onlookers. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z He barely kept up with his training partners, lagging along behind with happy ineptitude. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Vincent follows this proposal with a letter the next day, making sure that Theo understands that they are partners: “My studies and everything in the way of work in the studio is definitely your property.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Her partner shushed her, and Gum Baby and I left the two of them with the Mmoatia. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “My father had some of his business partners over,” Scipio defended himself. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I worked my partners hard; that’s why they liked me so much. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are you going to tell us who your lab partner is or not?” she asks. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z When two partners divide up the profits of a business between them they assign a notional book value to the stock in hand. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Girlfriend, either. Any kind of partner. I’m not ready.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z “She wants me to stick with it too. But she has other friends in the class. It’s not like we're partners or anything.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Everyone takes turns coming up with ridiculous costume partner ideas for me. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “Thank you, Mayor. Now I’d like to take my winnings and donate them to the Downtown Revitalization Fund. And I’d like to thank my business partner, Jubilee Johnson, for all her help and inspiring ideas.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z A snort escapes, which sets my dance partner to laughing, which makes me laugh harder. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She learned “ballroom” dancing, although neither she nor her partners ever expected to set foot in something called a ballroom. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Something must have broken through the skin, Moss realized, and as he watched Kaisha agonize over her partner, his rage rushed over him, suddenly and completely. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The weight that sat on his shoulders—the burden of losing his partner and raising this family without her—became unbearable. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “Do you want to be history partners?” she asked. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z His partner, a doctor, watched horror movies on television, too. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the private foundations’ publicity-shy directors quailed at becoming named as partners with a New Deal program detested by their corporate patrons. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I wish I’d never joined the cooking club or become Elizabeth’s partner. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Then the bearded cop hitched his chin at his partner. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Mr. Helman, the firm’s senior partner, was involved with African causes long before they became popular or fashionable. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The three Dominicans, a husband and wife and their business partner, agreed because Bodega had twice helped them make their rent. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “She wants to partner with me to finish and market the app, so...” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Though we had left the Company, Father had stayed a partner on paper so that he could keep me. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z "Here's the soldier, to the left. Do you see? Giving instructions to the prisoners. And just in front of him is his partner." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z She and Zach have been friends since grade five, when they were partnered up to make puppets of Lewis and Clark. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z This is why Cordelia is my Biology lab partner, at the Chemistry lab table, which is black and has a sink. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But the moment the girls become possessive, the moment each one imagines that Krishna is her partner alone, he vanishes. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Miele’s partners informed him in late July that they wanted him to retire. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z We were too busy scanning the room and silently making important partner arrangements for our first lab of the school year. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Now the man’s sneer became a smile, and he raised his eyebrows slightly before he and his partner moved on to the next family. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Which is how I ended up with Remo as my science fair project partner, but that’s a whole other story not worth telling. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z She’s tied the yacht to something on the outside—Mark can see the coiled end of a rope—either oblivious or insensitive to the murder her partner has just committed. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z This predicament was made worse for Hoover when Maytag abruptly abandoned ship and seized Penelope as his partner. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z The partner lived, though shot twice, and although the partnership was dissolved they retained admiration for each other. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, when Roy heard the story from Beatrice, he knew instantly why her stepbrother had chosen Dana Matherson as an escape partner. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Her tennis doubles partner’s high five is a slap. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “Hold up. We? That’s why you begged me to come to this party? So you can have a tag team partner?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Watching them play one-on-one was like watching two dance partners perform their greatest hits. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Jeffrey was my partner, which—believe it or not—worked out great because he let me do whatever I wanted. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Lara makes sure to stand right next to him, soaking in the attention as though she was his partner and not me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “I don’t like to take a partner without money. I could lend you the money, but there’s only trouble in that.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She explained that the cooperative had begun to go downhill and that the partners had had to look for higher-paying jobs and that even Mustafa had gone back to his country. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, you slapped your partner’s arm near the elbow, lightly with the back of your knuckles, the way you might do to attract someone’s attention. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Gardner usually assigns partners for group projects, but he told us we could pick this time. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Would have saved us some trouble if the kid had ratted on his partner, but he denied everything to the end. Like I said, it’s a shame. Probably would have made a good Executive.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I partnered with a range of companies from Visa, to Nike, to United Airlines. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Mr. Flores puts the class in pairs, and for a moment I think he’s going to have the two of us get together, but instead I am partnered with Glamour Girl. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I glance at who she gave up as a partner. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He wondered what his old partner had planned. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I twined arms with a succession of momentary partners—dukes, earls, knights, squires—and back to Char. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Scruffy turned around to glare down at his longtime partner. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I look around the room, wondering who I’ll pick to be my partner. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “What is it—am I not smart enough for you? Am I not a good enough partner anymore?” she asked. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Captain Williams and his crew of three men! Or Nathaniel York and his partner. That would explain it!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “The winning partners will have a chance to pitch Jenny Lindt their idea. If she likes it, she’ll partner on marketing and development!” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I journeyed in a crow-hop fashion-carrying one bucket for twenty strides, setting it down, then returning to fetch the second bucket and carrying it forward to meet its partner. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Each box represents a group of songs that can be sung in pairs as partner songs, or even layered as three or more songs. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Everyone always wanted to be my partner when we’d do social studies projects. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z And what if John’s partner hadn’t been behind the murder? The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a saloon partner named Tom Bird, a half-breed who took a sentimental turn when lubricated by whiskey. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z John Jaax had been having difficulties with his partner in the plastic business, a man named John Weaver, and Kansas City Homicide looked at the partner as a suspect. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She picks a different lab partner in science, so I have to work with Caroline, who talks my ear off. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “What about my partner, that gloomy S O B ?” “Send him back with Montoya.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The suspects weren’t there, so Dudley and his partner decided to wait on the porch. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Jay is strong, kind, a good partner and team player. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z He made his way to Philadelphia, where he hoped to situate himself in a drugstore and eventually to become a partner or owner. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Everyone rushes around the room looking for a partner, but my feet feel nailed to the floor as I try to decide which way to go. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Bod bowed low to his dancing partner, and then, and only then, did he feel exhausted, feel as if he had been dancing for hour after hour. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z She’d recently gone into a business arrangement to run several nursing homes, and she and her partners had already purchased and renovated six of them. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She yelled to her DJ partner, “Kris, sweetie, you have the table.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone could see, too, when the Senior 2 boys went on their fields run, Tommy was the only one without a running partner. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “We Eskimos have joking partners—people to have fun with—and serious partners—people to work and think with. You and I are both. We are joking-serious partners.” Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He said the stand really belonged to his partner, who was out trying to locate some peanuts to sell to the winos of the quarter. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Pop stands, shouting, “A grown man. Two grown men. You. Your partner, Officer Whitter. Armed. Threatened by a boy?” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z “And what are we to do for a proper partner for her?” said Mr. Weston. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Fortunately, as a child, my surroundings were filled with my father’s partners for social change. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Not at all,’ comes the reply, ‘because if you pardon yourself your partner cannot be executed, and so you will have pardoned two people, and that you cannot do. So you must die.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “These will be your partners and your routes for the next month, so get used to them,” Coach Williams says as if he’s reading my mind. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z “Even I know that one,” said my partner. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z In the Winner’s Circle, the celebrity partner gives the clues and the contestant has to guess—not words, but categories. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z It’s me and my partner in crime, Lloyd Newman, catching you up on some things that have happened since we told you about our lives in 1993. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve heard roommates don’t generally get made partners,” Dimple said, pushing her empty plate aside. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z After consulting with his partner Caesar said, “We’ll take the next one.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z But trust in one’s partners is a luxury denied those who sign on as clients on a guided ascent; one must put one’s faith in the guide instead. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “But if the demons knew that Father wasn’t a real partner in the store, they might send me home as well,” I said. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z We still had to be lab partners, after all. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The law partners from Barack’s firm were there, as were his old organizer friends. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Although each of those systems used distinctive sets of signs not borrowed from Egypt or Sumer, the peoples involved could hardly have been unaware of the writing of their neighboring trade partners. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “You know what I’d do if I were a real partner instead of just a paper one like I am now.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are my perfect partner,” she said grandly. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But this time she had to be partners with the other celebrity. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z “So...how is your partner? I saw you got paired with one of the grotties.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The partners at the top firms graduated from the same Ivy League schools, attended the same churches, and summered in the same oceanside towns on Long Island. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The ride is almost peaceful, until he says, “I was thinking that, as your partner and the guy who saved your life, I should know what happened the night of the accident.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z As the partners worked together on each adaptation, Welles taught him the techniques peculiar to radio. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z And now, since a lot of the girls have already worked in groups together, it leaves the boys as our main partner options. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I’d talked to him so many times—he was my lab partner, after all—but somehow, this was different. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z In fact, I know if I was watching I'd loathe any tribute who didn't immediately ally with their district partner. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z If you did, you laughed, grabbed your partner, and picked it up again. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “George is sick,” Dari said, referring to his usual lab partner. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Sparring partners were few and poorly paid; without proper drilling and practice, the performance greatly suffered. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z William R. Mead had come from New York to stand in for his grieving partner, McKim. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “I have decided you are worthy partners for this combat.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Well,” she says, taking the breast, “I guess that makes us perfect chicken partners then.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z An officer with a partner is no safer than an officer on his own. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “Who is this guy you partnered me with, anyway?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z None of us likes to draw one for a shopping partner. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I had spoken to someone at a funeral home that partnered with the hospital and confirmed yes, we would lay Arturo to rest there. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Her parents made the match with business and stability in mind: Johann gained a skilled, hard-working partner, while Maria gained social and financial security. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Belay or rappel,” she tells us, “make sure your partner has gloves.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z He cried and flailed his free hand while the woman descended the tree, laughing at her startled partner. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z His partner pointed a gun at the line. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Sally would ask me to be her partner, and I’d do all the work. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Nancy would carry the hat- boxes into suite AA-5 and work on the monkeys until after midnight with her partner and a civilian assistant. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I tell Elizabeth, my heart thumping, “It doesn’t mean we’re friends or anything. Just kitchen partners.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I was like someone who for twelve years had had an inseparable, beautiful marriage— and then suddenly one morning at breakfast the marriage partner had thrust across the table some divorce papers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z We got assigned to be partners for sit-ups on the first day, and now we just partner up all the time. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z In a round, all of the voices are singing the same melody but at slightly different times, and in a partner song each part is singing a different melody. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “You may not know this, but your brother and my sister were partners.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Early Sunday morning Geyer went to the police station and picked up a new local partner, Detective David Richards. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z So if he has foreign partners, I don’t think they are of a very high class. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Junior said, “This is a good thing. You both are like partners, Daddy, and if it does get published maybe there will be enough to fix your roof.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z So we had to do this school project and we had to have a partner. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “My brother and your sister were partners. Shouldn’t we try to be friends?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The lady handler gave her partner the clipboard. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z As Mark unloads the supplies, he wonders if Boss and his partner have bothered to so much as dip themselves in the warm waters that surround them. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z You watched your partner’s suit for any sign of a hole or a break. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was then one of a handful of African lawyers in all of South Africa and was the legal partner of the venerable Dr. Pixley ka Seme, one of the founders of the ANC. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We even picked each other for library partners. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z He hasn’t thrown any more smiles my way, but at least we’re still lab partners. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z He hoped to see Perry and his partner hanged—hanged back to back. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z His partner later recalled that he “fell, and did not get up again.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Señora Sanchez told me to partner with Leo. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z My intended partner was undoubtedly no more eager to be burdened with me than I was with her. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His partner was farther away, right on the edge of the door, crawling to get in before it closed. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “Face it, my dear, your husband and I are running a firm of shysters,” a takeover attorney explains to the wife of his law partner. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z That worked fine until the instructor ordered us to rotate to the next partner in the circle. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I dance with a smile on my face, even when my partners are ugly, or terrible dancers, so that they won’t feel bad. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Where have all the black men gone?” is a common refrain heard among black women frustrated in their efforts to find life partners. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Luke announced he would be my partner, since this was my first time. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z At the last instant, her assigned partner grabs her head and shoulders and yanks her up harshly. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z So for a time I had a partner—my husband and I, soldiers together just as when we were little soldiers playing in the village. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think he’s taken some money from his company. He doesn’t know whether his partners are going to put him in jail or let him try to pay it back.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Who is this guy you partnered me with, anyway?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Well,” he said after a moment, “I guess it’s good you two are lab partners.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I saw that man, the partner of the one who’d gone missing. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I handed the pencil back to my partner. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z When we were in the fourth grade, we planned to be partners for the school-wide science fair. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z And they showed us how two partners could hold opposite ends of a baton to create an impromptu chair for an injured CO or inmate. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your protest partner in crime. Momma told me she saw her hand you that bullhorn on TV. Putting you in danger like that.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Ralph was an unusual partner for Karen, but she was in such serious decline that nothing she did made any sense to her friends and family. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Let me be your partner,” he blurted out imploringly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Allyssa and her partner came in first in the state’s history day in the performance category. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Since winter evenings gave us a lot of time to practice, we’re actually pretty good partners. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Once everyone else was settled in the Hall, Professor McGonagall told the champions and their partners to get in line in pairs and to follow her. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Her eyes flickered over to where her partner was still hidden behind a tangle of picnic tables. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z After Mr. Levy explains the lab, I saunter back to a lab table, where Jace is waiting, as if I couldn’t care less that we are partners. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Or how we feel a surge of love for a partner but we don’t say anything because we’re frozen with the fear of what those words might do to the relationship. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Right, partner?” he asked, and jabbed me in the shoulder. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Lacrosse captain, future valedictorian, and Justyce’s debate partner since sophomore year. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “I recorded your partner using a spell book inside the Bureau,” says Lara. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I was often asked if I thought my outspokenness on social issues would affect my prospects to partner with big-brand companies. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Which is why I want to talk to you about partnering together to get your app market ready. What do you say?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The delivery boy slapped his partner on the back. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z I just bet partnering me with Bernard is some devious experiment: what happens if we mix trouble-hating girl with bully boy? A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I thought about him pouring a hundred vials into the ground, one by one, mourning his partner. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z We invited some of the Lost Girls to dance with us, but there were never enough of them for every boy to have a dance partner. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Zannikos’s partners suspected he had sided with the labor group, he said, and started to criticize his work unfairly. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I watched the dance and turned down partners. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Someone yelled that the Trivia Contest was going to start soon and everyone should choose a partner to work with. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z But Bella never seemed to complain, and with him as my partner, I didn’t mind, either. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was all right to ask her because she was going to marry his partner. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Each of the dancers took a partner, the living with the dead, each to each. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z A National Law Journal survey from the time found that in large firms African Americans made up not quite 3 percent of all associates and less than 1 percent of all partners. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Every head turned in his direction, but Felix looked only at his partner. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z The check cannot be cashed without the signatures of both partners. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She takes a stance next to her partner and points the weapon at Mark and each of his friends in turn. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He had a lovely singing voice and a gallant habit of carrying pins in his pant cuffs, in case his dance partner’s dress strap failed. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z All she was going to do was walk the book over to the fountain and drop it in, anyway, so it’s not like she needed a partner. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “It is a matter of perspective, the difference between opponent and partner,” Tsukiko says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And Lara said Maria was helping him, even though they weren’t partners anymore. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z As a still-newish associate at Sidley, I understood that the next phase of my career was critical—that my accomplishments would determine whether I made partner or not. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Melanie and I were wondering if you wanted us to rotate partners?” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z But as good as this moment feels, I always pictured sharing it with my partner. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z According to the Egyptian law that the Ptolemies followed, women were allowed to take the throne and rule in their own right or as equal partners alongside the men. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z They smiled and Dirty Deed said, “So we hear. Glad to have you on board, partner.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z “You are a Hogwarts champion, and you will do what is expected of you as a representative of the school. So make sure you get yourself a partner, Potter.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Do you think we could ask Mr. Levy for us to be lab partners again?” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z "I didn't investigate the judge or her partner." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z To a round of applause, Mrs. Fanning was escorted back to the table by her partner. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Well, well. If it isn’t my partner in crime,” he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z When his partner tried to find him, the guards said he was gone. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The partners let go, and circle in opposite directions until the words “lose your partner in the ocean.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z He and a partner then took over a writing-paper business that gave every indication of making a fortune. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “Heavens, Calpurnia, I thought you might have opened it because we’re partners in this endeavor, are we not? Are you all right?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Then there’s Peeta, who will be my partner in this deception, but how do I begin that conversation? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z To make peace with an enemy one must work with that enemy, and that enemy becomes one’s partner. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It also predicted that the electron should have a partner: an antielectron, or positron. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone wants to just pick their own partner, but Mrs. Fisher tells us we’ll actually be more productive by working with a partner she chooses. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z That first day back, Sasha waltzed with Michael as their partner. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z If Sydelle couldn't trust her own partner, she was alone, all alone. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d held out hope that Jimmy’s hogs would lure Royal back in time, but he and his partners were still engaged in their mission for the underground railroad. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Get with your partner. You have two minutes to prepare!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Hey,” I said, “I have to go to the bathroom. Be my partner?” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z “I guess that’s how people are these days. We would be partners then?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "Paris is a very manageable city. The only requirement I have for you is that you pick a partner and stay together." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Juan, the Mexican boy, was my partner, and although he couldn’t dance any better than I, we were a sensation on the floor. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. Remora said that he found the Poe manuscript. He said that he deserved to be partners with you, fifty-fifty.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Among my classmates at Harvard, the thing that bright young guys did was securities work or tax,” another white-shoe partner remembers. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Of course I wanted to be partners with June, but I wasn’t going to ask her first. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Catarina hooted as she danced in a circle around Lupita, whisking the red dress about as if it were a partner. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Everyone seems happy with his or her partner. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “You will now divide,” Snape went on, “into pairs. One partner will attempt to jinx the other without speaking. The other will attempt to repel the jinx in equal silence. Carry on.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The Salatins’ son, Daniel, twenty-two, is a full partner in the farm, but most nights he has dinner with his wife and baby son in their house up the hill. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Line,” he called to his partner over his shoulder. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “I thay you need to get your hearing checked, partner, along with your I.Q.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think I have to tell him, sweetie. You understand, right? Parents are partners.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z But as the debate was nearing an end, I felt I had been too harsh with the man who would be my partner in a government of national unity. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “She’s pretty mad. And Dad agrees with her that it’s my fault for not choosing her as my partner.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “My name is Sergeant Moore, and this is my partner, Officer Vincent Childs,” he said, gesturing to the white cop. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She had not merely been attracted to Blaine, she had been arrested by Blaine, and in her mind he had become the perfect American partner that she would never have. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Deciding that his wife had found the perfect partner, the podiatrist moved on to the two women standing in silence at the front window. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z With the tribe’s approval, Florer and a wealthy banking partner obtained a lease to begin drilling on the reservation. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Since becoming my chess partner, Rooster Jim had improved in the olfactory department. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z All of a sudden he was leaving Sunset Towers, pushed by his limping partner. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Mira, my study partner from sophomore Spanish, waves to me when I walk in. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Soon all the guests had taken partners, and the musicians struck up the tune. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Jasper was Dad’s best friend from high school and his business partner. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Singing in harmony is quite a bit more challenging than partner songs or rounds. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “Just — let Prince Aidan remain in the dark about one of his dance partners tonight.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But her partner had not noticed her discomfort, and he said, “You are a beautiful dancer.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They are people who go out every night, people who have vastly more sexual partners than the norm, people whose lives and behavior are well outside of the ordinary. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She says something like, "Well, isn't that curious! He must fly down here at once so he can be my bridge partner!" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They were partners; they were adversaries—and Rowan found it increasingly hard to parse his feelings about her. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z They were committed to being partners in everything, in work as well as love. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Man, we’re in this together, Ben. We’re partners because we saw this together. I wouldn’t think of making money off this without splitting it with you.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Being stuck in the seat behind Miles was my payment for getting to be partners with Tucker, I guess. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “This interview is over,” she said, and she blocked Tyree for a moment, but the man switched off the light, lowered the camera, and gaped at his partner. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Five floors above, Jake's partner stood before the restaurant's front window staring at the froth on the angry lake, and beyond. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Without needing to discuss it outright, I knew he could handle a partner who had her own passions and voice. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z His partner was a bulldog of a man who moved as if his chest propelled him down the street instead of his legs. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “I’ve partnered you all up, and the list is right here.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z “Okay, people, if you have your partner, move your chair next to theirs so I can tell you the assignment.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Of course, it wasn’t polite for a prince to dance with only one lady, but he couldn’t focus on anything beyond his partner and the music that carried them onward. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Mr. Richardson, newly graduated from law school, was busy building his practice, working long hours in an attempt to make partner. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Recovering himself, however, shortly, he turned to his partner, and said, “Sir William’s interruption has made me forget what we were talking of.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “Please come up and stand next to your partner.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z By early March Olmsted and Eliot were back in Brookline, Eliot now a full-fledged partner, the firm newly renamed Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “She won’t be expecting me to partner with you, not with our...complicated history.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I still remember that time she was partnered with Auggie in dance class and looked like she was about to throw up. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z He and his partners stood absolutely still and kept their glowing eyes locked on their target. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z One of the male dancers partnered Mrs. Fanning—who advanced as the dancer withdrew in a pantomine of a cartoon chase. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The deepening depression and missteps by the two partners had left the firm with few projects. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z After about twenty minutes, I delivered him to the senior partner who’d be his actual supervisor for the summer and went back to my desk. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The bus pulled up in front of the museum, and the students were reminded to stay with their partners at all times. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z His partner, Officer Y, stopped me and asked if I was Conover. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There are assistants on hand if we want to practice with a partner. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I write down my words, and when Mrs. Curtis tells us to share our lists with a partner, I am paired with James. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z “New lab partners today,” Mr. Levy announces, and starts calling out names. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z In the same way, human beings and grasses also have been partners. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z They danced with one eye on their partner and one eye on their children playing hopscotch, scullies with bottle caps, or skipping rope. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Angela stood between her determined mother and her distraught partner, paralyzed by the burden of choice. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z I walk through the snack bar, ignoring Patsy Joiner, my old tennis partner who dumped me, and three other girls, all smoking at the black iron tables. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Only your partner could know what you were working on. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The little circles and the big circles went round and round, and the skirts swirled and the boots stamped, and partners bowed and separated and met and bowed again. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Who’s to say Officer Tison didn’t see them on the scene the night his partner was murdered right before his eyes? Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Remembers all the missed calls and messages—and the lack thereof from a certain former debate partner. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “I know I’m probably not your top pick for a lab partner.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I stayed with this memory, taking in the scent of rain and grass, feeling the light breeze, until her partner reached the van, his rifle up and ready to fire. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Obviously, whatever partner she found for her father-in-law must marry one of her ‘poor fatherless girls.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Both women and men were free to change partners at will. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z His rivalry with Bridges and Sturtevant, his former lab partners from Columbia University, reached a brittle end point, and his relationship with Morgan, never warm, devolved into icy hostility. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Because energy cannot be created out of nothing, one of the partners in a particle/antiparticle pair will have positive energy, and the other partner negative energy. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s what I’m telling you. Traditionally, the champions and their partners open the ball.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The fact that Lazar Sidelsky, one of the firm’s partners, would take on a young African as an articled clerk — something almost unheard of in those days — was evidence of that liberalism. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Her voice was low and excited, as if she and I were partners in some great conspiracy. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z A senior partner asks if you’ll mentor an incoming summer associate, and the answer is easy: Of course you will. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z One child stands in the middle of a circle of partners who walk in a circle in promenade position. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z In their offices in the top floor of the Rookery, Daniel Burnham, forty-three, and his partner, John Root, newly forty, felt the electricity more keenly than most. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I am terrible at dancing, since I have no practice in it other than humiliating lessons at school, partnered with Taryn. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It was like we were doing one of those elaborate Modegan court dances, where the partners stand scant inches apart, but—if they are skilled—never touch. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Haunted by last night's dream, Theo jogged behind his partner halfway to the high school before he uttered a breathless "Stop!" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z We put them into our baskets and go out again, past the pregnant woman and her partner, who beside her looks spindly, shrunken; as we all do. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He and his partner spent ten minutes there before returning to Adnan’s window. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Max had made all the partners exchange phone numbers, so she had Rishi’s in her contacts already. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z By now, my partner’s got the white kid. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Everyone needed a partner to plant: one person made a hole with a stick and dropped in three com kernels, and the other person dropped in three beans and covered up the hole with dirt. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Pleading my weary legs, I left my partner and slipped out of the steamy, smoky hall. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Drawing slips of paper from a beaker filled with names, Mrs. Dalton called out pairs, and I watched the desks slowly empty and partners migrate to lab tables stationed around the edge of the room. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z In this case it no longer has to annihilate with its partner. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Time to change partners,” a voice says, and I look to see that it’s the worst person possible: Cardan. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Greatly discomfited, the Helper turned to his partner, a wisp of a woman who seemed to be trying to hide behind her hair. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Some women had gathered a little way away and one of them was speaking to Kill And Go’s partner. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z "That's him, that's the partner. Didn't I tell you he was around here somewhere? They always work in pairs. It's the oldest trick in the book." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z And we decided to be partners for Mr. Petrelli’s next geography assignment, which was on “The California Gold Rush and You.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Ms. Platt made herself my partner, the whole time saying things like “Bend the elbow forty-five degrees, straighten that leg, bigger step.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She showed me how, in the country’s entire social, political and economic structure, the criminal, the law, and the politicians were actually inseparable partners. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He and his partners own two other restaurants with the same name farther up Madison Avenue, but they have never replicated the high- end appeal of the original. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Most of his partners, his immediate superiors and inferiors down in the capital, were Chicanos, and this had never bothered him. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They pair up and then change partners, like a variation on the tarantella, the Italian dance of celebration. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z John Jaax was a prominent businessman and a banker, and he was a partner in a manufacturing company that made plastic for credit cards. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "Nasal drip," Denton Deere whispered, confiding the latest diagnosis to his partner. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “You must be the history partner,” he said. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the partners were pretty serious about it all, and they sat there numbering their pads. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z By 1955, Paramount would be desperate to exit the field; Ernest, feeling duty-bound to help his financial partner reduce its exposure to losses, went on the road to help Paramount find a buyer. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The other did exactly the same, slumping unconscious on top of his partner. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z "It's all right, all right," her partner replied, unlocking the four locks on her apartment door. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Poster boards hung at equal intervals with signs that read, group 1, group 2, and so on all the way to group 25 with the partners’ names listed right below. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Or they can be in negative sentiment override, so that even a relatively neutral thing that a partner says gets perceived as negative. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z She’s standing frozen in the middle of the revel, looking lost, as faeries swarm around her, swinging their partners in dizzying spirals. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z As they walk down the aisle, people who were my middle-school lab partners or gym buddies glare at me. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Besides, I was in no big hurry to meet up with Fang's partner in crime, wasn’t sure I was going to be cool in the face of that. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Mike, at least, was pleased by the obvious coolness between me and my lab partner. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z At the time, Mom and her partners in the nursing homes were negotiating to sell the business, which was thriving. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Originally Burnham wanted Adler & Sullivan to design the fair’s Music Hall, but partly out of a continued sense of having been wronged by Burnham, the partners had turned the project down. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z On this last word “ocean” the child in the middle quickly rushes around trying to find a partner and leaving one child “out” who is now the one in the middle. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z His partner had made a suggestion, and he had turned it down. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z If he has a brain, which Mom says he might not, the celebrity partner will say “Fork!” and then there’ll be a ding and the next word will show up on a little hidden screen. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z They were in the same shop class, and once the teacher made them partners to assemble a motor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Not long after he quit guiding, Dusty bought the Coral Queen, got her outfitted for gambling, and partnered up with the Miccosukees. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z When Meryl Lee came over to be my study partner, I was still wondering why Mrs. Baker had smiled. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z The last category is what stands between the contestants and the big money, and Mom says it doesn’t help that some of these celebrity partners are as dumb as a bag of hair. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z "But your partner sure could have used some." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel shifted under its gaze, and it turned to its partner and croaked something. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I’m here in my ball gown, with my partner, and it’s wonderful. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Crouching low, like a bobcat ready to spring, he grabbed Grandpa’s right knee, turned quick, and jerked him off the counter just as his partner raised a chair high and crashed it over Grandpa’s head. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Whatever. You just better not be my partner,” Dimple muttered, turning back to her pizza. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She wondered if what she’d typed was burning holes in her chat partner too. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “Sisters and brothers, find a poster to color in. You can work alone or you can work with a partner.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Juanita and the twins were my official damas, my female attendants, and each of us had been assigned a nice, handsome dancing partner, a chambelán. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “Mr. Remora said that he found the Poe manuscript. He said that he deserved to be partners with you, fifty-fifty.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Malaver and his partner drilled us in various jabs and parries. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, as a mother with six children by five fathers—a situation sociologists call multiple partner fertility—she faced more obstacles than most. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He and his joking partner would hunt the wilderness for months, calling to the wolves, speaking their language to ask where the game was. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They could read the hand a player was holding from across the room, then signal to a partner at the table. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z But Sydelle Pulaski was there, thumping her crutch against the baseboards as she limped through the carpeted halls on the arm of her pretty partner. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z He advanced across the floor toward his partner, waving the sword. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He eventually bought out his partners, making him the majority owner, president, and CEO of his company. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z His partner had disappeared now and Clifton had the box slung to his left shoulder with the cop moving slowly behind and to one side of him. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Coach West has us all partner up and start doing sit-ups. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I had never been to the restaurant Genesis and had only been to the hotel Nike Lake when Papa’s business partner had a wedding reception there. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The owner of Microbiological Associates —a military man named Samuel Reader—knew nothing about science, but his business partner, Monroe Vincent, was a researcher who understood the potential market for cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z When Mr. Flores tells us to choose a partner, she doesn’t choose me. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Maybe I couldn’t stop her from following me, but I had no intention of making her a full partner. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Nox, who had now become her sparring and training partner, danced as well, perhaps a bit more elegantly than the others—though she still pitied the ladies who danced with him. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He's at something of a disadvantage because most mentors have a partner, another victor to help them whereas Haymitch has to be ready to go into action at any moment. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Lots of time for me to decide on the perfect partner. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z He looks nothing like the superintendents from the fancy districts, alpha educators who dress like senior partners in law firms. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The seventh-grade teachers of Stirling Middle School did not put any thought into the important task of assigning field trip partners. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’ll make it easier to suggest what we were thinking of, then. I think we could use a levelheaded partner.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z "Because I know I can, James. And you're my partner. Ready?" The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z They’re separated and interrogated, and each is given the choice of confessing to the major crime and implicating his partner or remaining silent. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Never was there such a dog,” said John Thornton one day, as the partners watched Buck marching out of camp. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z In cross-class marriages, one partner will usually have more money, more options, and, almost inevitably, more power in the relationship. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The teacher made me be partners with a boy named Felix. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Elsie explains that this is her Junior Researcher trainee lab partner, Gemma, and I instantly feel jealous. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I lower a baby orange tree into a hole, and my partner shovels the dirt back over the root ball. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Have you gone mad?” the woman hissed, first rolling her eyes at her partner, then flashing a miserable, conciliatory smile at the children. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z One afternoon, his friends and partners came to visit and make their plans. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z It is estimated that he infected thirteen sexual partners before being diagnosed. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “When we get back to the common room tonight, we’ll both have partners — agreed?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He glares at me, his eyes hard and glittering, before joining his partner. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Under the ceiling light pairs move like twins bom with, if not for, the other, sharing a partner’s pulse like a second jugular. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z As a sign of this transformation, his conversation partner was none other than Milton Bearden of the CIA. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Her partner bowed to her, and following his lead, she curtsied, and the musicians began to play. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt sorry for the sucker who was his lab partner. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z |
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