| 单词 | passage |
| 例句 | Ruth May shrank back through the narrow passage between this brief fabric of light and all the rest of what there is for us: the long waiting. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I mumble the pledge under my breath, but stay silent in the last two passages when the street police aren't looking my way. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z We all wanted to know what each passage meant, when it was written, and who wrote it. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The next passage in my journey is a love affair. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your final rite of passage requires you to retrieve your name without being bitten by one of the snakes. We will proceed alphabetically, by surname.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z During passage through several thousand years it transformed into hail, hale, health, hallow, holy, whole, and heal, and all of these still move together through our minds. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z First, I translated a passage on Nelson’s last battle from Dutch into English. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z It’s the very first passage she wrote in the bible. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The government was even paying for their passage back. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The refugees screamed and cried, begging for passage. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z And if all his tales were lies, well, that was the cost of passage to Meereen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They ventured cautiously into the long sloping passage, digging in their heels to prevent themselves sliding right down as Guosim probably had done. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He also concluded I would need to schedule an appointment to have the inside of my nasal passages cauterized in order to burn away the number of leaky capillaries and stop the bleeding. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Poppy said, “I think she’s reciting the bees passage from the Koran.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z On more than one occasion, if I had to read in front of a class, I simply memorized a passage and recited it. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z He started along the glass passage that joined Block C to Block D and here at last there was something different. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Cora remembered other passages on slavery in the Good Book and shared them with her host. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z For the first time I told Scaramouche my dream of gaining passage to America through tennis, and he urged me to write to Arthur Ashe. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Our passage was uneventful, and our conversation limited. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Once in the middle of a passage I looked into the sea of faces and thought, Do they know? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Raising himself on one arm he looked, and saw now in the pale light that they were in a kind of passage which behind them turned a corner. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The men stepped to either side, allowing us a narrow passage. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I took off running, scrambling through the narrow passage. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Reek picked his way between them carefully, following the remnants of the log-and-plank road that Robb Stark’s vanguard had laid down across the soft ground to speed the passage of his host. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Each thought unit is a separate stage of the total discussion that makes up the passage. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I have picked four passages of twenty-first-century prose, diverse in style and content, and will think aloud as I try to understand what makes them work. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z As he knew, these were deflected somewhat by magnetic fields but, curiously, even more on their passage through solid matter—even through a thin film such as mica. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “There’s a passage there. Steep and twisty at first, a runnel through the rock. If you can reach it, you’ll be safe.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Everyone was standing around the monument reading the passages on the wall. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Baron d’Arce was an example, despite his noble title; as the passage he italicized suggests, his account highlighted Indian freedoms as an incitement toward rebellion. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The two hovercars shot past ahead, missing by a mile, but the wind of their passage spun her around in circles. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z There were manuscripts there which he needed for the purpose of checking variant readings of the Talmudic passage on which he was working. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I was still so dopey that I couldn’t make any sense of the passage I was copying, only a sentence here and there. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Down the ladder they climbed, and then Sam took it and laid it in the passage beside the huddled body of the fallen orc. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z These wrinkles were the only indications that the face had suffered and that time had left at least a few footprints in passage. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think it’s this way,” said Hermione, peering down the empty passage to the right. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z There had been a development in the treatment of ALS: an experimental drug that was just gaining passage. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I'd get captured, interrogated, skinned alive, and Mr. Kempsey'd still make me read a passage from Plain Prayers for a Complicated World. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Their houses and barns and haystacks, and the unsuspected secret passages inside the big farmhouses, were called depots and stations. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z One passage was closed off by a heavy iron door. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was hard to calculate the passage of time. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z There ain’t no electric lights, just good old kerosene lanterns set into a nook here and there, and I grab one to make my passage easier. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I slammed the door of the sitting-room and ran along the passage. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z We scoot quickly down the little passage between the buildings before he passes, circle around the back, wait, and come right back onto the street behind the German’s back like we never stopped walking. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z From Baltimore came a long dark train that chilled the hearts of the men and women who monitored its passage across the prairie but delighted the innumerable small boys who raced open-jawed to the railbed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She rounded the boulders, kicked the door open, and burst through the foyer into the secret passage. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Nauseated, she looked out the windows that lined the passage. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Soon his men stood facing their captain—a tired crew, haggard with the long months of heat and the grinding toil of the passage to the Isle of France. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The dark passage outside the courtrooms was packed with tall, black-hooded figures, their faces completely hidden, their ragged breathing the only sound in the place. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z They were halfway down the last passage when she stopped in her tracks. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “Certainly. But it’s in the passage. One moment.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The lines in her face were in those regions where sorrow had tracked its passage. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She answered: ‘It could be done, that, if you sailors take oath I’ll be given passage home unharmed.’ The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Board of Education, sixteen years after passage of the Civil Rights Act, and ten years after a federal suit had been filed against the school district, Odessa’s schools weren’t remotely close to being integrated. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z This time, as he lay basking in the wonderful warmth, he felt the passage of time. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Even the little ones could rattle off long passages from the Bible, the Declaration, and the Constitution. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I’m useless in the temple’s library, memorizing passage upon passage of boring scripture, but out here on these lawns, I come alive. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z As she walked, she affixed shiny doodads from her bag to the trees to mark her passage. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z As she talked of the church, I thought of your grandfather, the one you know, and how his first intellectual adventures were found in the recitation of Bible passages. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Before he reached the first step, he stopped and regarded the dark Buddha blocking his passage. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Doon went down the passage, pushed open the door, and walked in. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I bent over my Talmud, put the index finger of my right hand below the first word of the passage, and began to read. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z She had found the book while searching the bookshelves for a trigger to a secret passage. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He composed more memorable passages because he wrote many more words. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z And he quoted the passage and pointed out the error. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever she could catch Jim Don’s eyes, Ansley Matthews threw him long, telegraphed, slow motion kisses that stung Ben in their passage. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There were entire passages written in German, dated like journal entries. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I remember reading a passage in a book dealing with old Russia which said: “We must be ready to make endless sacrifices if we are to be able to overthrow the Czar.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “In our house,” they said together, and raising their arms they pointed down the dark passage. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Riccio knew where this tiny passage led: into a labyrinth of alleys that could confuse even a Venetian. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z This passage fills my eyes every time I read it, and not just because it is about a sister-in-law I will never meet. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Not only is it the first passage that I learned as a child, but since I utter them in every prayer, it makes it less likely that I’ll freeze and forget my lines. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z There was a heavy tramp of boots in the passage. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Berrange read him the first passage, which concerned the need for ordinary workers to cooperate with each other and not exploit one another. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He had read them all and quoted long passages from them for no apparent reason. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In one passage of the Iliad Zeus talks to the gods from “the topmost peak of many-ridged Olympus,” clearly a mountain. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The book in which I found that passage was full of tables and graphs showing the results of experiments on frogs, salamanders, rats, apes, and human beings. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I opened the box and found a brand new Shahnamah, a hardback with glossy colored illustrations beneath the passages. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Write a summary of the passage, one hundred and fifty words.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I go along the passage, up the stairs, hurrying. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Wasting no time, I plunged down the narrow passage between the buildings, clambered up the wall, and slipped down into the garden a second time. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z It’s just that good writers don’t flaunt this anxiety in every passage they write; they artfully conceal it for clarity’s sake. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z When it’s cold, we have reason to remember that these passages are unheated. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Word is the Word, Sonny,” he said, running his finger along a random passage. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “It is my season to read this book. I know this story well. I’ve read it many times. But it is my season to reflect on certain passages.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z When we reach a pile of skulls blocking the passage ahead, he moves a few aside and helps us through the opening. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Two Iroquois rode with us to secure our safe passage. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The passage was navigable only during high tide, and was never less than treacherous, but his smuggler's skills had not deserted him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They go in search of gold and silver, and to find that new passage to the Orient everyone is talking about. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z They tiptoed along the passage with Matt in the lead. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z With the act’s passage, African Americans finally gained the full political power so long denied them. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z He spent six hours examining things, trying to find a difference from their appearance on the previous day in the hope of discovering in them some change that would reveal the passage of time. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “As everyone knows, it is more difficult to accelerate an automobile than a baby carriage,” read one passage. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “My father spent his boyhood here,” he went on, “before the new palace was built. He says there’s a secret passage somewhere. It’s rumored to start in one of the rooms on this story.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z One must negotiate this passage as nobly as possible, for the sake of those who are coming after us. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Echoes and birds flew, white and pink dust floated, the forest further down shook as with the passage of an enraged monster: and then the island was still. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “Look here,” he said, and pointed to the passage in the book, about the alchemist himself being the secret ingredient of azoth. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z That small noise seemed to signify something to her, because she now turned to us and pointing into the darkness of the passage, said: “Go in there and wait for me. I’ll be down shortly.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z While the British colonel set Lazzaro’s broken arm and mixed plaster for the cast, the German major translated out loud passages from Howard W. Campbell, Jr.’s monograph. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Bailey and Poppet take a more leisurely route, choosing platforms to climb at random, crawling up bits of white netting and maneuvering carefully through narrow passages. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z At last he came to a narrow passage. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z With passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Johnson now had the right to act in Southeast Asia without first getting an official declaration of war from Congress. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z In her best school voice, she read the passage aloud to her mother. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z His favorite aunt lent him some money, and a short time later he bought passage on a ship bound for the Hawaiian Islands. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The principal players, meantime, rehearsed Hamlet endlessly, employing a slightly different version each day, as Mr. Shakespeare deleted or added passages to suit the fancy of the master of revels. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z After you pass your last rite of passage tonight, you'll become a Son of the Six, a warrior, and a man. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Only when we were quiet did he take a seat in the small office at the end of the passage where he dozed until morning. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Garfield also pushed for passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to abolish slavery, a change in the Constitution favored by Lincoln and the Republican Party. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Again the passage around the Cape of Good Hope meant one long struggle against head winds. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Bernard! How can you?” the passage of an old woman with ophthalmia and a disease of the skin distracted her from her indignation. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z And now where you have roads of asphalt for the passage of rubber tires, then the roads were of crushed stone for the passage of oxen, and mule teams, and horse-drawn wagons. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time Boots emerged into the passage, they had gone. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “The security of the nation is not at the ramparts alone,” the judge wrote in a passage that has been quoted ever since. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Conant played seven of the most difficult passages in the trombone repertoire. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The National objected to the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment and favored educated female suffrage; the American supported female suffrage and did not oppose voting rights for any African Americans. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z If the passage, for example, was from the twelfth line on the page, Sax would know to meet Hall in December, the twelfth month of the year. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry slipped on his Invisibility Cloak once he had found an empty passage, but he need not have bothered. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z There was another, lighter step in the passage. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Merry and Fatty went into the kitchen on the other side of the passage, and busied themselves with the final preparations for a late supper. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I stepped aside to allow passage for a bustle of men who dragged a wooden howitzer. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The president cannot force the passage of constitutional amendments, which must be passed by two-thirds of both houses of Congress and ratified by three-quarters of the state legislatures. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Many worry that prison time has become a badge of honor in some communities—“a rite of passage” is the term most often used in the press. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He skipped across the passage to a pair of double doors. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z A transition is exactly that—a passage to something new. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Hall insisted, however, that after just three trips above Base Camp, climbing 2,000 feet higher on the mountain each time, our bodies would adapt sufficiently to permit safe passage to the 29,028-foot summit. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z And he led Garrett down into the floor, through numerous passages and down again upon spiral stairs into the earth, into the catacombs. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The only truly safe passage across the forest for an ordinary person was the Road, which was situated on a naturally raised seam of rock that had smoothed over time. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “I have no hesitation in saying that James would have been highly disappointed if his son had never found any of the secret passages out of the castle.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z In some passages I had the strong feeling that the writer was directing her disapproval at me, which is why I finally want to bare my soul to you and defend myself against this attack. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “I think there is a passage,” he called, “there, in the far wall.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z More likely the worst would happen: the simple passage of time, in which his animal toughness would easily outlast my human frailty. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Later I wrote more, my grief muffled but not eased by the passage of time. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z John had nasopharyngeal carcinoma, an extremely rare cancer that attacks the throat and nasal passages, but if the disease is caught early, 60 to 70 percent of patients can be cured. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “Didn’t Shakespeare say some-thing about ‘every fool in error can find a passage of Scripture to back him up’? Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They packed their clothes and a few boatbuilding tools, used their winnings from their races to book passage in steerage to Halifax, aboard the steamship Tunisian, and set sail from Liverpool. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z With the passage of time, as well as a somewhat closed- off memory, I managed to live a perfunctory life. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I remembered a passage from the Bible my mother had read to us: “God helps those who help themselves.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In the distance, more breaks in the walls led to other paths, and farther down, maybe a hundred yards or so away, the straight passage came to a dead end. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He asked me to make myself a little clearer on a passage in one of the commentaries, and I repeated the passage by heart and explained it again as best I could. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Suppose we begin a passage with the governor canceled the convention today. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “Apparently you had safe passage through the South.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The doors were thrown open, and they went across a wide passage and through other doors, and came into a further hall. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I have thought a great deal about this passage, also about a particularly shrewd remark once made by, of all people, Bunny. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Until attitudes changed, suffragists were going to have to work for the passage of suffrage legislation one state at a time. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Let me explain what I mean by sharing my reaction to another passage, this one much loftier in tone and ambition than “Ask the Bird Folks.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z One day, a subject started doing something Dr. Treisman had never seen before: He started remarking about the passages from Doctor Zhivago that were being read in both ears. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The guide led the tour down the long passages, opening one door after another. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She seemed a little startled by his voice, but she came to the table determined to finish the terrible passage, yet not willing to miss her supper to do so. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He led them a short way down a passage, and opened a door. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I’m half dragged, half carried down long passages, up and down elevators, and deposited on a carpeted floor. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z When he spoke, he somehow always managed to sound like he was reading a passage from Dickens. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z But when they returned to the station, Lee went at once to the docks and looked for a ship that could give him passage to the mouth of the Yenisei. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Matt waited until he saw her dozing on a lawn chair, and then he hurried through the secret passage and stole one of the small bottles. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t stone after all, but a clever imitation.The door revealed a dark passage going down into the earth. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Cleopatra had already sent Caesarion away, securing his safe passage to the Sudan and from there to India. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Another group of people got the same passage but with a new tidbit slipped into the instructions: “The paragraph you will hear will be about washing clothes.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z They watched her passage and awaited what would come next. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z With the passage of time Kelvin would become more forthright in his assertions and less correct. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Each had wandered through the open door in hopes of winning money to buy passage out of Smyrna. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z This time Maria let Tam Lin hurry her down the passage. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z At first they just hurtled through a maze of twisting passages. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The floor of the passage was littered with the bones of birds and beasts. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The description of Danaë in the wooden chest was the most famous passage of a famous poem by Simonides of Ceos, a great lyric poet who lived in the sixth century. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Matt rejected several rooms because he’d seen people in them, but at a bend in the passage he remembered a warehouse with computers and other equipment. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Now they faced months at sea—the terrors of the Cape—the grilling passage through Sunda Strait—a layover in Batavia—where men died like flies. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Officers and wounded soldiers would also be granted passage. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Not to mention it was hardly a “short passage” at all. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “So can I. But that passage is lovely and it’s because of the terza rima. The music of it. The trimeter tolls through that speech of Klytemnestra’s like a bell.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Eratosthenes would no doubt have first made inquiries at Athens’ port of Piraeus for passage aboard a freighter. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z But I would always end the evening with a Bible passage. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The ship was on its side, so crawling through its passages was a bit like being in the ducts, an unexpected familiarity to something that should have been so different. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The roots were everywhere, twisting through earth and stone, closing off some passages and holding up the roofs of others. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Harry had prowled the castle at night many times before, but never had his heart hammered this fast, never had so much depended on his safe passage through the place. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Something feels different: I hear none of the usual post-performance chatter, nothing about botched notes or particularly sublime passages. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Hey, I’m not the one with the secret passage. Who do you think made it?” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “And my boat sails the day after tomorrow. How am I going to catch it now? Why, I can’t even wire to cancel my passage. I feel too mad to talk about it.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z I even copy out many of the passages on history. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z She ducked her head into the opposite passage to see if he was coming. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Needless to say, the passage made little sense to them, as I expect it made little sense to you, and they could remember few of the sentences. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Celaena faced forward, pushing those thoughts from her mind as they entered the passage through the wall. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The passage described the great prophet Mormon, a fact I’d found confusing. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z As we ascended the stairs, the air in the passage grew thicker, chillier, so cold that I found myself shivering. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The passage of time has not altered my father's obsessive attention to my sisters' weight and appearance. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z There was no one between me and the dark passage ahead—I was next. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, I doctored this passage to make it bewilderingly incoherent, just to dramatize the topic of this chapter. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z They led him to an elevator that took him to an underground passage. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z My mother was faced with the cost of passage to England, room and board and living expenses, and tuition at the University of London. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The committee met and passed a resolution whose closing passage read: “The men who have helped build Chicago want the fair, and, having a just and well-sustained claim, they intend to have it.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z But he was already in the passage, putting on his cloak; and without one objection, one murmur, he departed. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z She goes back to the Xerox room to copy her syllabus and a short passage from Flaubert to translate in class. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Go ahead and swab your nasal passages with a good dose of the anesthetic,” she instructed. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Walking down the passage, I told Maurice how his unexpected appearance might have prevented Rosy from assaulting me. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Once the refugees had been sorted, those without powers had been offered safe passage back home. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Women Scientists,” the photographer labeled the picture, though the particulars of the occasion would be lost to the passage of time. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z For two days I tried to wrestle meaning from the textbook’s dense passages, but terms like “civic humanism” and “the Scottish Enlightenment” dotted the page like black holes, sucking all the other words into them. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Michael, the slave in question, had indeed possessed the ability to recite long passages. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z What is the meaning of "credulous" in the passage, New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z A soul with no money to pay for passage was doomed to walk the earth as a lost spirit for all eternity. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Francie recited passages she knew by heart—Portia’s speech, Marc Antony’s funeral oration, “Tomorrow and tomorrow”—the obvious things that are remembered from Shakespeare. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The draff roared loud now; the air passage was completely clear. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Now, you might object that the experimenters stacked the deck by writing a passage about a concrete physical activity in vague and abstract language. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The Church rocked through time—a cradle, an ark—to rhythms of sorrow and joy, marking the passage of man. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Not since the lightless passages of Moria had Frodo or Sam known such darkness, and if possible here it was deeper and denser. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She was walking down the long, secret passage again. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z As if in answer, about halfway down the passage a door slid open and Jackson stepped out into the passage. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, I will be alright, mon cherie. Monsieur Ballantine has arranged safe passage for me on a ship bound for Haiti tomorrow.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He flattened himself against the wall and watched the people passing by the entrance to the passage. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Piper sang a few more lines, then she risked another question: ‘The giants’ defences, the underground passage to the Acropolis - how much of what you told us is true?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Dr. Treisman instructed the subject to listen to the passage coming into one ear—say, the left ear—and then to immediately repeat what he or she heard. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The passage was low, he discovered, and he was obliged to crouch almost on hands and knees. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The slow passage or complete halt of crops and livestock along Africa’s north-south axis had important consequences. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z After a really rigid dinner, Mr. Miller had read a passage from the Bible then tried to get a discussion going. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The answer lay on her right—the right passageway, the passage that led to the tomb a few levels below. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z All of the Duchess’s ladies are wearing corsets, and our passage is slower than I’d like. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The men rejoiced as the weather cleared and they had the first good weather of the passage. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He reached the passage and moved to the closed door at its end. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “What happened to him I heard from one of the nurses,” Abdul Sharif resumed, tapping his chest with a fist as if to ease the passage of the pill. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z They were in a wide hall with doors on either side; in front of them a passage ran back down the middle of the house. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Nominalizations, as we will see in chapter 5, can be useful in connecting a sentence to those that came before, keeping the passage coherent. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I can go on quoting Virginia Woolf—believe me, the passage gets even hotter—but I decide I want to quote myself instead. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Of course, to those on the outside, our rite of passage might seem unthinkably cruel. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The master and his unlikely pupil started with simple rhymes and short passages from popular British versifiers. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Well, if we cannot find a ship, and you will not let us ride, we had as well book passage back to Dome.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The ringing of a distant bell, combined with the echoing of some cry or call along the passage by which I had come, interrupted the conversation and caused Estella to say to me, “Now, boy!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Not that it was easy—the journey was an arduous one, perhaps harder than the sea passage to Australia. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Sarai’s suite was at the extremity of the seraph’s right arm, and the others’ were along that same passage, except for Minya’s. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Nazi Party officials, local leaders, and their families would have priority passage on the departing ships. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z For an instant Matt thought she meant the passage, but then he heard the sound of chairs being moved and the whir of a machine. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the closets reachable from the secret passage belonged to Felicia. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In those days, working in the mines was almost as much of a rite of passage as circumcision school, a myth that helped the mine- owners more than it helped my people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Presently, groping and fumbling in the dark, they found that the opening on the left was blocked: either it was a blind, or else some great stone had fallen in the passage. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He was glad to leave the selling to Ralf the Limper, who would use the coin to load his big ships with provisions for the long slow middle passage east. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z At first they made fair progress, but as they went on, their passage became slower and more dangerous. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I turned to one of my favorite passages and read aloud, “‘The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Only ten years after the passage and ratification of the Constitution, however, what were treasonable or seditious acts remained blurry and more problematic judgments without the historical sanction that only experience could provide. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The highlight came when Berrange read Murray a passage that the professor unhesitatingly described as “communism straight from the shoulder.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Lazlo had known the passage for years, and had assumed it was fantasy—but he had discovered in Thanagost that it was real. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He read the passage aloud a second time, then a third, then a fourth. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She could remember passages after reading them through just once, could recall the dates of the Magna Carta and the names of the kings of England and every one of the presidents in order. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “No kidding,” muttered Ron, as the passage began to slope upward. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “He could be using one of the passages on that map to get into the castle! The teachers have got to know!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Had I ever sat in a bus with my father for hours and not exchanged a single word of conversation, except for a short discussion about a passage of Talmud? The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The woman had thrown open a door at the end of a passage and Vera had walked into a delightful bedroom with a big window that opened wide upon the sea and another looking east. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Bits of paper whirled up in the passage of air, settling quickly as a train moved past. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Not in a car, for. they were all Palace property here; would a ship or landboat give him passage? The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Artemis flicked through his hard copy of the Book and selected a passage. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “Just send them down the passage when they get here, will you? Thanks a lot.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z In front of him, through the East Door, he could make out passages leading to the left, to the right, and straight ahead. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “They always seem—universal. Do you have any passages from your favorite prophet Kahlil Gibran you’d like to read to me just now?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The passage can be cryptic, abstruse, arcane; these are symptoms of the curse of knowledge. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z For instance, reading The Autobiography of Malcolm X—a book that begins and ends in the madness and pathology of America’s racial obsessions—is a rite of passage for young black men. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The cart moved slowly, following the tracks that the passage of men and beasts had carved into the mass of weeds. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z This passage had one entry, with a door, at the edge of the great hall’s threshold, just outside. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z No, maybe it was about the passage of time, and the need for patience, and the ability to forgive. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Are there still people in the passage to the Hog’s Head?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z They took the left hand way and found themselves in a passage that was hardly lighted at all and which soon began going down steps. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z There were more side passages after that, more chambers, and Bran heard dripping water somewhere to his right. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He opened the passage door and led them into the front hall. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Computer: “You follow the left branch. The passage narrows.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z But he had not gone six steps down the passage when something hit the back of his neck an agonizingly painful blow. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I hear one of the guards call out, “It is the shallop returned! Hello, explorers! Have you found the passage to India?” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z A building was burning to his left, and one walkway was littered with the dead, marking the passage of one of the scythes. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z She was pretty sure she remembered some passage somewhere saying it was okay to kill someone for specific reasons. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The friends pressed onwards until the passage broadened out into a small chamber with two more tunnels leading from it. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z There was a dazzling flash that lit the chamber and the passage outside. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Just as she was rounding the corner of the hostel she heard the swift passage of an arrow followed by a thud as it struck its target. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z They cool the brain by bringing air high into the nasal passage, which has the effect of increasing alertness. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z There was no road, or passage, or stairway behind the door. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z We went up in the lift to the first floor, and so along the passage. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He climbed and pulled himself up into a narrow passage at the end of which was a door. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Then I got a copy of the American Standard Bible. It was very new then. And it was different in this passage. It says, ‘Do thou rule over him.’ East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Instead, he read passages from his books to them, and sometimes reenacted some of the more dramatic bits. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Here, burgeoning manhood was guided and celebrated through a rite of passage. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The golden one who’d likened her to an animal was the last to go, and just as he was about to step into the passage, she said in crisp, perfect Fjerdan, “What crimes?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Matt curled up on the floor of the passage. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Our after-noon on the range made more sense to me as a rite of passage that might bring us closer by making us feel we’d endured something awful together. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I greeted him warmly, though I realized that the authorities had undoubtedly led him to my passage to see if I recognized or acknowledged him. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a passage in it that reminded him of something else. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I began with “Eva’s Dream,” which she liked a lot, and then I read a few passages from “The Secret Annex,” which had her in stitches. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He quoted a passage from Marcus Aurelius, something he felt strongly about. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They made such an entrancing sight that Tyrion almost waddled right into the steaming pile of dung the elephant had left to mark its passage. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We are all, at heart, gradualists, our expectations set by the steady passage of time. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He marched to the ticket window and bought passage to Hartford. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z In experiments, children who are asked to read a passage and are then tested on it will invariably score higher than children asked to watch a video of the same subject matter. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Near the bottom of the hill they came upon another passage that branched off to their right and slanted steeply downward. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I felt the keenest disappointment, and mentally erased the passages I had mentally composed about the kindness of the Mississippian who gave the Negro a ride. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered if he would start on the next passage with only half an hour left to the shiur. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z It was not just a privilege, but also a rite of passage simply to be invited to the ranch, so I dug deeply and did everything the coaches asked. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The passage down which he led them was softly carpeted, with cream-papered walls and white wainscoting, all exquisitely clean. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z There were a few trying experiences such as being blocked from passage to class by a few rough, tough-looking sideburners, boys who I’m sure if separated would not attack a mouse. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In one book, Freud was referred to only once, and the passage was far from complimentary. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Peering past her, I saw that the hallway, narrow as it was, divided further: to the left was a staircase going upstairs; to the right, an even narrower passage leading deeper into the house. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z This passage in the Iliad is the first mention of the House of Atreus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nathan,” Wind Being said, “this ice barrier was created by Mother Water Monster to prevent passage between the worlds. You’ll have to sing for us to pass.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He wore a monocle, which Ophie had only ever seen once before; the ticket clerk in Atlanta had worn one when she and her mama booked passage north. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z That evening he read aloud from the Bible, familiar passages from Isaiah, Luke, and the Book of Revelation, about wars and rumors of wars. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Kathy was astonished at how well he knew the book, and how quickly he could quote a passage appropriate for any occasion. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Voyager’s passage by Jupiter accelerated it toward a close encounter with Saturn. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “No. Perhaps not anyone. But, Percy, you must beware. I have worried for some time that Kronos may be looking for Daedalus for a different reason, not just passage through the maze.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z It would have been possible now to keep count of the passage of time, if he had felt any interest in doing so, since he was being fed at what appeared to be regular intervals. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z We spun out the somber passages, our violins singing one to the other as my mother played upon the harpsichord, and perhaps this is as much of her sadness and joy as I shall know. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Soon, he turned right off the main corridor into another slightly narrower passage. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Mr. Ludsbury loomed on like a high-masted clipper ship in this rocking passage, and I tried to go stealthily by him on my watery, squeaking sneakers. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thrice your usual fee for passage to Slaver’s Bay.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Might not they use both rooms, and dance across the passage?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z The gods sent down a sternwind for a racing passage homeward. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In the days that followed, I wrote that passage everywhere—unconsciously, compulsively. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z So many things can go wrong in a passage of prose. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The holophone skittered in front of him as he strode down a passage. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I tried to finish my college work as quickly as I could, then I would turn to the passage of Talmud we were studying with Rav Gershenson. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z For who could see the passage of a goddess unless she wished his mortal eyes aware? The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The passage twisted and turned, more like the burrow of a giant rabbit than anything else. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z NOTE: Outside of the instrument's practical range, it may be a strain for even a very good player to play long or tricky passages. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Their flight followed the course of the river, and she saw the fires spreading across to the other shore, driven by the wind of its passage. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z But we had no money for the passage. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z A small crowd had gathered just a few doors down from the passage at Mickiewicza 7. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Those were the guards to this passage. We are about to enter open space. Stay against the wall, single file, for the earth is unstable and the fall immeasurable.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z However, around 12,000 BC global warming melted the ice and opened an easier passage. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Twice he stumbled over loose stones in the passage, clutched at the ground, and pitched forward. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z To compose a passage with this orderly structure, a writer must organize the content she hopes to convey into a neat hierarchy. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z One of these latter drawings contained a detail he found in none of the others, either a truncated passage or a small room in a location which seemed either senseless or mistaken. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He scanned the temple’s interior, thinking: If I were designing a secret passage, where would I put it? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Pippin marvelled at his strength, seeing the passage that he had already forced with no other tool than his great limbs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Kira saw some of the men turn in their green volumes, finding the same passage. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Many people who didn’t have enough money for passage to Virginia or another colony might choose to become indentured servants. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Several such passages are starred and highlighted in the dog-eared text, the margins filled with cryptic notes printed in McCandless s distinc-tive hand. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There they were, arrayed between the door to the passage and the door out to the terrace: eight of them inside; she couldn’t be sure how many out on the hand itself. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He opened the door, and they followed him down a short passage and round a sharp turn. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z They start moving forward, and then a figure suddenly flashes in from the left, coming through the doorway from the passage outside. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Insofar as the passage has a meaning at all, it seems to be that some scholars have come to realize that power can change over time. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Unable to dig its way in, apparently the draccus had breathed fire down into the narrow passage. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I go back and take the middle passage. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “The only sea passage from the PersianGulf to the Gulf of Oman and then out to sea. Twenty-one percent of the world’s oil travels through the narrow passage.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The tour, which drew enormous audiences, was a huge success and was, in the opinion of many political experts, one of the final determining factors in the passage by Congress of the Nineteenth Amendment. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Instead of using the moon to keep track of the passage of time, the Egyptians used the sun, just as most nations do today. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He staggered back a few steps and buried his muzzle in a patch of new clover, chewing the sprouts to cleanse the foul odor from his sensitive nasal passages. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Gary flipped to another passage for me to read: “Someone will ask, ‘How can the dead be raised to life? The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “You have rites of passage,” she blurted out. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I noticed it in class when Mrs. Rouse asked her to read a passage out loud from the textbook. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z They rounded narrow corners and passages wide enough to allow them through. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Between the passage of Alabama's new death penalty statute in 1975 and the end of 1988, there had been only three executions in Alabama. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She seemed entranced by the music, a little frenzied piano piece with this mesmerizing quality, sort of quick passages and then teasing lilting ones before it returned to the quick playful parts. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Matt had spent a lot of time in the secret passage behind the music room. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Well, what do you think of it?’ asked Merry coming up the passage. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z All throughout the world, shuls were reciting the same passage from the Torah. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Harry, Ron, and Hermione’s united voices echoed up and down the passage. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z We went in a bunch, out of the dressing room and down a dim passage aroar with the distant sound. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z On my bed, I sit down and flip through the cut-up books one by one, reading all the cut-up passages. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Following light refreshment, we were asked to form a queue leading back through the passage to the newly appointed philo- sophical apartments. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “In a siege,” said Dr. Trefusis, “time’s passage is itself an event, and one of the keenest weapons of assault. You appear discountenanced.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The 14th Quartet might, for him, be a communication announcing, “Beethoven here,” answered, after passage through an undersea of time and submerged currents of human thought, by another long signal a century later, “Bartok here.” The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A sea peril next awaited them—the passage between Scylla and Charybdis. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Footsteps running up the passage made him jump to his feet. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There was upheaval all around me that spring, and although it was often scary, it was also hazy, like passages in a book that you just skim over. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Its passage churned the water, sending out circular waves as if some huge stone were skimming across the surface. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The river was six hundred feet below, down steep slopes and twisty passages, she explained, and the last part required climbing down a rope. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Computer: “You crawl for one hundred yards. The passage narrows.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z The passage of Prohibition had only compounded the territory’s feeling of lawlessness by encouraging organized crime and creating, in the words of one historian, “the greatest criminal bonanza in American history.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He advanced down the passage, but slowly now, each step more reluctant. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z With the passage of time and the increasing lack of comfort, the high-spirited camaraderie of the first day had turned to irritation and constant bickering. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Our argument ended in a draw; we agreed that the passage was obscure and that as it stood it could be explained either way. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z My intent is not to honor these passages as if I were bestowing a prize, nor to hold them up as models for you to emulate. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z It pulsed hotly inside as if the blood was building up to erupt furiously out of my scorched nasal passages like waves of molten lava, but so far not a drop had leaked out. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She turned and hobbled away into the passage. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Freaks would always remain freaks—unless they could guarantee the passage of their traits to the next generation. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He had turned to the door though, and opened it and we were inside the suite in the little entrance passage. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, well. The passage of time tends to do that to a person.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z And Mr. Weston at the same time, walking briskly with long steps through the passage, was calling out, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z We were led through another twisting passage before arriving at the TB department: a series of cells crowded with infected inmates. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He scoured the newspaper job pages, made calls, and hoped, until the agency offered him another job, cleaning wide passages in a detergent-packing warehouse. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The passage comes in the play after the football coach has shown the mother the sex tape and she confronts her son—a person she no longer recognizes. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z There’s no way the insect shells will be able to fit through the narrow passage. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Now that he was dead, they marked his passage to another plane in impersonal and almost tribal fashion—chanting, weaving mandalas, beating on drums, performing their own inscrutable and mysterious rites. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z They are hoping to find the passage to the Pacific Ocean and the Orient, and they think the Chickahominy might lead to it. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The dart whizzed behind him just as he disappeared into the secret passage. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “I would rather have passage home on a fast ship.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z There are passages in it that have been marked. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z But when, beginning with the passage of the Volstead Act, criminals realized that most Americans would pay whatever it took to get around Prohibition, everything changed. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Odysseus told the swineherd to stand over and guard this door and passage. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They led their horses down a narrow tunnel cut through the ice, cold dark walls press-ing in around them as the passage twisted and turned. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Nathan gasped for air as he woke up in the long passage. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The copied passage sought to put the reader into Holmes’s mind. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Because of her tender age, her captors did not immediately force their urges upon her, but eventually some of the more seasoned mates dragged her from the hold six weeks into the passage. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z This notice urged women to become involved in what became known as the Women’s Loyal National League, devoted to passage of the Thirteenth Amendment. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Little Wife saved the passage fare and did the paper work. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Then a sudden flicker of light from a side passage stopped him. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z What if Black did know the passage was there? Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z And I didn’t know that the enthalpy decrease in a converging passage could be transformed into jet kinetic energy if a divergent passage was added. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Out the front door of the apartment building, through the passage of Mickiewicza 7, around the corner, and behind our block of buildings. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Hall eventually agreed through clenched teeth to send Frush a check and was granted passage through the Icefall. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z An empty passage stretched both to the left and to the right. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Bird feathers ride the little whirlwind her passage stirred. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He was in a clump of brambles, in the middle of which was a rabbit hole that led up from one of the warren passages below. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The island’s censors would black out the offending passages in ink, but they later changed this when they realized we could wash away the ink and see what was underneath. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The most respected authority of all, the Christian God in the Bible, sanctioned slavery in several passages from the Old Testament. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Sing Sing had three “sally ports,” or vehicle passages, to the outside world, and Wallpost 18 sat above one of them. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The boys move only their eyes, only their thoughts, tracking in their minds the passage of the two officers as they move between tables, seeking out the next boy whose father has been killed. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The passage of time doesn’t make it sound any nicer. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Naturally his father, in his present mental state, had no idea of opening the other wing of the door a bit to create a suitable passage for Gregor to get through. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z “But someone must push the button. And once the chains are cut...my brethren will fight to stop your passage. They will not want the Doors to disappear.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He took longer to reply when spoken to, to chew his food, even to find the right Bible passages to read. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z It would take time to arrange passage across the Atlantic, but he told her he would be home soon. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I know, Mate and I drew up the list ourselves in the pretty script we’d been taught by the nuns for writing out Bible passages. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was the sort of man who would become a British Israelite nowadays, and spend the rest of his life prophesying the end of the world by measuring the passages in the Great Pyramid. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t know which way to go through the labyrinth of narrow, dark passages, and a primitive fear was inevitable in this place, where every corner held a dealer in death. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Guys stepped out of his path, giving him passage, as if reacting to some secret signal. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But she also knew that a final dramatic development was needed if that goal was to become a reality: gaining the support of President Woodrow Wilson for the passage of a constitutional amendment. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z By all accounts, Jack did not furnish a single word to assist the poor players, who were forced to invent or to omit whole passages. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Then I usually read from Job; two passages, in the seventh and fourteenth chapters, where Job speaks of no life after death. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I flew to the door and looked into the passage: it was dark. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Merry led them down the passage and threw open a door at the far end. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Heredity, Mendel’s experiments implied, could only be explained by the passage of discrete pieces of information from parents to offspring. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Horace had at first offered the conjecture in his notes that the deceased’s larynx had clamped down—a spastic closure—to prevent liquid from reaching the deeper air passages. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The consistent string of sentence topics, all related to the column topic, forms a satisfying arc of coherence over the passage. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Not waiting for an answer, he ran down the passage and around the corner, and Kate dashed to the door he’d been guarding. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z My father and I were studying Sanhedrin—slowly, patiently, intensively, not leaving a passage until my father was satisfied that, at least for the present, we understood it fully. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z In that moment, reading those passages, I understood completely how some of the Lackses could believe, without doubt, that Henrietta had been chosen by the Lord to become an immortal being. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z For I must say I was a little surprised last night at how difficult it was actually to point to any passage which clearly demonstrated her wish to return. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Twice, they stopped and sat down to rest, leaning against the walls of the passage and taking drinks from Doon’s bottle of water. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z As he ran down the boardwalk to the deep swim he was already thinking about the annoyance of having to make the passage back to the Orleans with one hand above water. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z In this way they crossed the room to the other side, where again the passage narrowed and the current ran faster. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I was being called on regularly now in the Talmud class, and there were no silences when I read and explained a passage. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Its door was at the end of a short passage in the middle of the building. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He shuddered at the thought of their former occupants, the hairs rising on the nape of his neck as he swiftly abandoned the repulsive scene and hurried along the passage. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The fair awakened America to beauty and as such was a necessary passage that laid the foundation for men like Frank Lloyd Wright and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “I heard him saying so to Alice in the passage this morning. What will you wear, Madam?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “You mustn’t wander off like that while the passage is open—anything at all might wander in here!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He crawled back through the door into the narrow passage and lowered himself down the shallow wooden steps into the hallway. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Harry was halfway along the passage to the bar, which was now very dark, when he heard another pair of angry voices coming from the parlor. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Matt didn’t understand until one day, while feeling his way along the passage, his hand struck against another switch. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The copy she slipped under the waistband of her jeans was old and dog-eared, the pages yellowed, with passages underlined in pencil. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The passage twisted round a few turns, and then began to descend. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He didn’t wait for a reply—the man bounded down the passage and Mark followed. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Kino did not try to conceal his passage as he trotted, kicking the stones, knocking the telltale leaves from the little trees. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the stream there was a ford between low banks much trampled by the passage of horses. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z At first glance, the organization of a text really does seem like a tree, with passages of language embedded in still larger passages of language. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Ayanna set us down just inside the entrance, and more veins of blue silver lit the passage beyond. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z A patrol car arrived; two policemen hopped out, strode up, saw the crowd of people and at once cleared themselves a passage through. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z After the passage curved away from the foyer, it descended for quite some distance uninterrupted by other doorways or passages. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Every Talmudic passage is composed of what, for the sake of convenience, might best be called thought units. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Stated positively, they believed that learning is a social activity; learning is a rite of passage into the group. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the passage a pair of hands pulled her up, and she had to close her eyes to the brightness of the sun. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z This map showed a set of passages he had never entered. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The passage here was lower and seemed to slope still farther down. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z A Child of Our Time intersperses quasi-operatic narrative passages with arrangements of African-American spirituals, as Bach had done with Lutheran hymn-chorales in his oratorios on the passion and crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z It felt to him as if he had just undergone some powerful rites of passage and now belonged to the western mountains instead of to the East Coast, fair-haired college culture. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My job, by comparison, was humdrum: I was posted at the front gate, the main passage into and out of B-block. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The door was stout, and painted green; it gave access to a passage straight through to a courtyard. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I followed the policeman, and he opened a door at the end of the passage. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z If they had known the various tender passages which had been nipped in the bud, they would have had the immense satisfaction of saying, “I told you so.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Though well past forty, he was as yet unwrinkled, with scarce a line to tell of the passage of time. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Nathan took one last look at the hogan-like space before walking into the passage that would lead them directly to Mother Water Monster herself. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Down the passage I could feel them coming. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z ‘Underground passage to the Acropolis. For the sake of Athena, for the sake of the gods, I will help you.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “He’ll point you to some passages in the Bible,” Mom said. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Mr. Carter had a large family that had maintained a close relationship with him despite the passage of time. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The canal was an engineering feat, carving out a fifty-mile-long passage across the Isthmus of Panama that connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z He looked carefully at the smooth rock shoulder toward the cave to see that there was no trace of passage, and last he climbed up and crept into the cave beside Juana. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z As Eric Partridge points out in his Usage and Abusage, if you place a full stop after the word “aid” in this passage, the message is unequivocal. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z During the airport arrest police found in Swango’s possession a notebook in which he had copied passages from certain books, either for the inspiration they provided or because of some affirming resonance. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z And so we were shamed into following her, and climbed down the steps to find a passage tunneled through thick ice. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Books were stacked on every available surface; the tables were cluttered with papers, ashtrays, bottles of whiskey, boxes of chocolates; umbrellas and galoshes made passage difficult in the narrow hall. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z As the passage proceeds, O’Connor keeps the herons in subject position. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z When I ask Captain Smith why this passage to the Pacific is so important, he explains it to me. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z It was an ancient defence of the Dwarves against any enemy that might capture the First Hall and the outer passages. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I copied the passage in a little pocket notebook. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He had even underlined some passages, one of them so hard that his pencil had almost gone through the paper: But hard as he tried, he could not save his friends. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z So you can imagine that there was a good deal of pushing and shoving as they hustled and bustled down the passage, trying to keep up with the swift little figure in front of them. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z There were no connecting passages, but the rabbits were too weary to care. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But arguably the greatest aspect of Corelli’s revolution was his approach to dynamics: the manipulation of loud and soft passages in music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “That should help with safe passage. Percy, pray to your dad, too. See if he will grant us safe passage through the seas.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z As Emma read the pages, there were parts that made her cringe; passages that she worried would move people farther away from God. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Adams also knew full well thatRush was sending edited versions of his letters to Jefferson, removing the potentially offensive passages. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z There was no sense of the passage of waves; only this minute-long fall and rise and fall. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z And after a performance, when she went back to her hotel room, she would look over the music to see where a certain song, or a passage in a song, could be sung more effectively. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Lazlo had found a few passages over the years, though the poem in its entirety had never found its way to Zosma. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It was many years later, and far away, when I came across this passage in The Waste-Land: The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The remarks still seemed appropriate, especially one passage. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “The passage was probably dug like this to give it extra strength. Have you noticed, Matthias? We seem to be going downwards still.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z But once her testimony was complete, she’d been unceremoniously dumped at First Harbor with just enough money to book passage back to Ravka. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He took my arm and walked with me along the passage to the door, and so down the steps into the street. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Ron pointed — at the end of a passage to the left, something huge was moving toward them. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z They agreed to a five-year contract, during which they were to be paid a daily wage, and were given promise of a return passage back to India. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z "You require passage for a hundred Dothraki, all their horses, yourself and this knight, and three dragons?" said the captain of the great cog Ardent Friend before he walked away laughing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And, oh dear, what am I to do about cancelling my steamship passage? Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The child went in front with the torch in hand, her cloak of leaves whispering behind her, but the passage turned so much that Bran soon lost sight of her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Some of my friends had told me earlier that they dreaded being called on for that passage; they hadn’t been able to make any sense at all out of it and the commentaries were impossible. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z She wrote other things too, words with smooth bell-like syllables, passages she wanted to memorize, but she always returned to the same sentence. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He usually preferred to start a new passage—or inyan, as it is called—at the beginning of a shiur, so as to give the class time to get into it. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Perhaps if I read the same passage again, I thought...I tried. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Just as they were about to emerge from the passage, two guards rounded the corner—both in black-and-silver drüskelle uniforms, both carrying rifles. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A current of air blew in my face though, somebody must have left a window open in one of the passages. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z A dozen paces more and the children had come to another passage that branched off to the left. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z They typically have vertical or even overhanging passages that demand considerable expertise with ice ax and crampons. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Which meant there might be some sort of secret passage in the playroom! Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I searched endlessly through all the cross-references and all the parallel passages in the Palestinian Talmud. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z To give you some idea of the difference that articulation makes, though, here are audio examples of a violin playing a legato54 and a staccato55 passage. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Frau Elena’s midnight passage among the beds like an angel, murmuring, I know it’s cold. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The passages were clogged with troops: armored knights in woolen surcoats and fur cloaks, men-at-arms with spears across their shoulders, archers carrying unstrung bows and sheaves of arrows, freeriders, grooms leading warhorses. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But if the passages of the River should be won, what then? The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Mine is simply more developed. I am trying to open a passage which you have succeeded in blocking. It may be permanently closed now, for all I know.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The muvuki*s voice was smooth as the passage of a snake through reeds. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He ran toward the gate, only to whirl and run back again as he heard the upstairs door crash back against the wall and Gebu’s staggering footsteps sound in the passage. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z There was no way he could know about the passages. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z If the passage was from the twentieth poem in the book, the meeting would be on the twentieth day of the month. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Already he was almost to the secret passage. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z "It would have been worn by an official on an important mission, to grant them safe passage through the kingdom." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He looked along the passage, and saw, up some steps and through another open door, the side of the hill with the shadow of oncoming night on it. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z No one accompanies him on this legal rite of passage, and when he steps out of the room no one is waiting to commemorate the moment with flowers and Polaroid snap-shots and balloons. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “I read some of your father’s articles. Sneaked them off my father’s desk. The one on that passage in Kiddushin about the business with the king is very good. It’s full of real apikorsische stuff.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z "There's never a thing you could possess that I would take for your passage. Now, if you'll not work for me at the market at Wall, then be off with you." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “I know that passage almost by heart. I was very proud of it at the time.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z ‘In disputes about natural phenomena,’ wrote Galileo, ‘one must not begin with the authority of scriptural passages, but with sensory experience and necessary demonstrations.’ The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Mr. Miller had listened to their interpretations of the reading with this condescending smile on his face before explaining the real, approved-by-Christ lesson meant to be taken from the passage. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Just today I met Eugen Jeissle, the ship's head printer, responsible for creating the boarding passes, the coveted pieces of paper that will allow passage to freedom. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I meander through the passages, turning left and right, right and left. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Anger suddenly filled me, constricting my air passages, pressing my nostrils shut. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Thus we cannot see the pores in the skin, but the passage of sweat through the skin proves they must be there. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “We should have stayed and found some way to climb out; now you don’t even know how long it will be before this passage stops. We might go on tramping for days.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z ‘There’s more than one passage here,’ he whispered with an effort: it seemed hard to make his breath give any sound. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He began to catch his father, sprint past him, slap him on the rump in passage, and turn him like a steer. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The passage of the Molasses Act so infuriated the American colonists that for the first time the phrase “no taxation without representation” became a rallying cry. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z And then I ran from her, down the long narrow passage to my own room, tripping, stumbling over the flounces of my dress. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z One passage had thick iron bars driven deep into the surrounding stone, blocking the way. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She began with a passage from the first chapter of Genesis: “So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z We’d meet in the yard or the passage behind the store, or he’d write a note and slip it to me secretly. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Grain by grain, molecule by molecule, carbohydrate fuel in the form of glucose is fed into this wheel; in its cyclic passage the fuel molecule undergoes fragmentation and a series of minute chemical changes. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Inside the market, we shrugged off traders who pulled us along the dark passages, saying, “I have what you want,” or “Come with me, it’s here,” even though they had no idea what we wanted. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z As with the Northwest Ordinance, both sides could declare victory; and the true victors would only become known with the passage of time. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The vault opened onto one of the tunnels the brothers called the wormwalks, winding subterranean passages that linked the keeps and towers of Castle Black under the earth. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As I stood without moving, I saw one of the maids pass silently along the passage—she had her back towards me, so did not see me—and go into the room where Lucy lay. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Every now and again, there was a passage of much talk and little action, and then I came to myself and began copying feverishly. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z He led him through cold and narrow passages smelling of dirt and sickness and fried fatback. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He was led back along a passage, past more works of art, up a staircase, and then along a wide corridor with thick wood-paneled doors and chandeliers. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z It all depends on how well you can connect Arabic letters into words and how many passages from the Quran, or surahs, you can recite from memory. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Rereading the passage a few times reveals that the authors meant similarity. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Lieutenant Scheisskopf longed desperately to win parades and sat up half the night working on it while his wife waited amorously for him in bed thumbing through Krafit-Ebing to her favorite passages. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Danny and I were soon involved in a heated discussion concerning two contradictory commentaries on the same passage, and Reb Saunders sat back quietly and listened. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I noticed there was a guard sitting at the far end of the passage between the two grates. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z A policeman dived after him, making slow, struggling passage. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Then we entered the dark passage and when we reached the end the spots faded from my eyes and I began to see again. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z In a fifth-grade “reading for comprehension” lesson, students read a short passage and then were prompted to mine facts and define vocabulary words. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Their eyes were big too, great golden cat’s eyes that could see down passages where a boy’s eyes saw only blackness. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Notice how all these passages are sloping downwards!” called Mr. Wonka. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z I know the Abyssal Serpent follows us somewhere beneath the glassy surface of the water, but like the ship, it travels in complete stealth, leaving no evidence of its passage. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z They’d finally come upon the section of the bunker that used the raving generators above: a line of fights along the ceiling illuminated the passage. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Some of the principles of style that apply within a sentence, such as building an orderly tree and placing given before new information, apply to extended passages as well. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z She set Poppy down against the wall of the entry passage. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “I design with a view to a passage of quietly composed, soft, subdued pensive character, shape the ground, screen out discordant elements and get suitable vegetation growing.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “That is my concern. I can pay for our passage and pay well. I have the silver.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z After the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, black women were still prevented from voting in many states because of white supremacist laws already in place. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Nailer clambered back into the main passage and made his way past a sitting room full of fallen paintings and shattered statuary. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Gandalf took no turns, right or left, for the passage seemed to be going in the direction that he desired. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He’d read me a passage of scripture from the Book of Mormon, about a sober child, quick to observe. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In that chapter we saw that in a coherent passage the topic of the discourse is aligned with the topic of the sentence. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z In the middle of a heated debate over an impossible passage in Kiddushin I heard Danny take a sudden loud breath, as if he had been punched in the stomach. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z There was a passage about him dozing off and on all day in a backyard doghouse, like a panting animal in the heat. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “It’s just down a short passage and then up the tower steps.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I’ve done my best to capture the language with which each person spoke and wrote: dialogue appears in native dialects; passages from diaries and other personal writings are quoted exactly as written. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Quoting a passage from one of Dickens’s food-eating scenes, he carved the blackened steak. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “And how will you pay for the passage?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Her bedroom was adjoining, and across a small passage were the dining-room and kitchen. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z Beyond the first crypt they found a passage lined with stone shelves. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Voices echoed down the passage ahead of them, but they were too distorted to understand. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “I just thought you might have a few extra minutes to cauterize the inside of Jack’s nasal passages,” Mom said smoothly. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And here we are, face-to-face in the narrow passage. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Mary Lou said, “No—I—no, it isn’t what you think—I—” Mr. Birkway liked this passage because it showed conflicting feelings about someone. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “For the composition classes, an extended translation, English to Greek, from a passage of his choosing.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Consider this passage: The northern United States and Canada are places where herons live and breed. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z At times, I’d slip into a kind of trance, sitting with my eyes closed, oblivious to the passage of time, listening to the sounds of the world outside my room. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z A remarkably foul odor hung in the air, and the passage descended to a lonely black door with an iron padlock. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The path was visible in the dusk, a deep rut worn in ages of passage, running now gently up in a long trough with cliffs on either side. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z As I did so the door in the large drawing room that led to the stone passage and the back premises opened, and I heard voices. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z They went down a short passage, then up some winding stone steps. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “I can provide you with coin enough for passage back to Dome. Prince Quentyn, the king made note of you today. He frowned.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They burned plantations and commissaries, tore up tracks to impede the passage of the trains that began to open their path with machine-gun fire, and they cut telegraph and telephone wires. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Now a door was being opened quietly in the passage above; the hinges creaked. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Charon will receive into his boat only the souls of those upon whose lips the passage money was placed when they died and who were duly buried. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Nailer turned to continue down the service passage, but as he did he banged his head on the duct ceiling. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The handcuffs were clicked upon him and he was led through the underground passage back to his cell. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Then she named the good entries, sometimes telling whole long passages she knew by heart. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Though the heron is merely being observed by an unidentified birdwatcher at this point in the passage, the passive voice keeps it in the reader’s spotlight of attention. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z When at last he came to Serd, the ship’s master of whom he asked passage out to Roke bowed as he answered, “A privilege to me, Lord Wizard, and an honor to my ship!” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z My face has not ignored the passage of time, but recorded it with scars, lines, furrows, and erosions. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Neville was standing alone, halfway up the passage, staring at the stone wall opposite him with the same horrified, wide-eyed look he had worn when Moody had demonstrated the Cruciatus Curse. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z They soon arrived at the end of the passage. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z So I can only advise you not to reread the above passage and to make no attempt to get to the bottom of it, because you’ll never find your way out again! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Mully had the keys for the j three gates, where bars of black iron as thick as a man’s arm closed off the passage. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A summary should repeat enough of the key words to allow the reader to connect it back to the earlier passages that spelled out the points in detail. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z After we investigated six corridors without finding the secret passage, and after all of Char’s buttons were gone, we climbed the back staircase. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Immediately he knew that Gebu was gone, for the door at the far end of the passage was bolted on the outside. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He laughs now and then and tries to get Mother to read a passage. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The current carried them slightly downstream, Dicey’s strokes carried them across, the smooth water eased their passage. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z We continued to study the American Revolution, and learned about the injustices of taxation without representation, and memorized passages from the Declaration of Independence. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z We’d pick out a passage from the Bible and examine it from a literary standpoint. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z There were hundreds of people within the hospice, but they were separated by thick walls and long passages. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z When I had first started raising money for my family’s passage, it had felt impossible. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Harry wriggled into the earthy passage hidden in the tree’s roots. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It is flowing and sophisticated, beginning with a brief passage summarizing the plot. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I was feeling very satisfied with the way I had explained the passage and answered his questions. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z They may have been no more than sharp ridges in the walls of the passage, but to the slave, alone and frightened in the dark, they seemed alive and snapping. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z As he trailed me through an isolated passage to the open hallway, we were confronted by a chorus of chants from sideburners. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Down, down the winding passage they went, through darkness and spider webs and dripping water, until at last they emerged into a cold wind, brilliant sunlight, and the sound of waves breaking on rocks. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z We make our way down the street, our passage kicking up dust that coats my skin and clogs my nostrils. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z That is how the content of a passage of text becomes integrated into the reader’s web of knowledge. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z She tried to shoot past him, but the passage was too narrow, and he caught her by the arm. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But at least the passage behind us was completely blocked. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Mark’s heart lurched and he broke into a sprint, following Alec down the curved passage. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z After waiting a few minutes to regain my composure I resumed my herky-jerky passage to the far side of the ladder. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The teacher seemed astonished that I could read through the passages correctly with speed. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Do you want to pray with me a little, maybe? Or I could read you some passages that I’ve been thinking about a lot. They might give you a little peace.” The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z When I was half-way down the passage I had a curious, inexplicable feeling that I must go back and look in my room again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z When Hamilton showed a late draft of this passage to John Jay for his commentary, Jay expressed admiration for the style but slight discomfort with the argument. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I walked slowly along the passage to the door by the archway, my mind still blunt and slow as though I had just woken from a long sleep. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z And there is one lone voice, Reverend Hunt, who says he has not come for gold or to find the new passage to the Orient. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z They swirled around Tally, little spiral galaxies set in motion by her passage. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Speedily he slipped through the curtain of skins into the passage. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She still couldn’t see him, but the tips of the ferns bent and tilted at his passage, sending ripples among the fiddleheads. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Sam led him along several passages and down many steps and out into a high garden above the steep bank of the river. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Kaz made quick work of the lock, and soon they were in a slender passage that would lead them to the gardens that backed the barracks of the royal guard. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Not so good. Listen, I’ll take you there a private way.”The nurse opened a door to a dimly lit passage that seemed to be used for storage. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Gritting my teeth, I aimed the hood into the tight passage and held on for dear life. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z ‘This seems to have been a guardroom, made for the watching of the three passages,’ said Gimli. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Some friend or enemy or angel would kill you by defiling the marks you left in your passage. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They turned a corner and there ahead of them was the end of the passage. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Sire,” Taran began, “we ask no more than safe passage through your realm. The four of us...” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z With Justin leading the way, we moved through the dark passage quickly and easily. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Her bedroom was adjoining, and across a small passage were the dining room and kitchen. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z At the top was a wide echoing passage. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z As the Wood be- came familiar to her, she became attuned to the sounds it made: the light tread of deer, the rustling leaves, the flapping passage of night owls. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “They’ll probably get the traffickers to bring them over the border since their passage has been paid for. Once Mariam reaches Peshawar, it will be much easier to find her.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The passage of a few years and the development of even more poisonous insecticides served to increase the hazard from treated seed. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The roar of a hovercar passed overhead, the shock wave of its passage almost throwing Tally from the board. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The judge’s was the one with the narrowest entrance passage and only two rooms beside the burial chamber. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z As we were going with our candle along the dark passage, Estella stopped all of a sudden, and, facing round, said in her taunting manner, with her face quite close to mine,— Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z But it was the passage of time that worried them most. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Down in the rats’ home, in the artificial light, it was hard to tell the passage of time, and she had been so engrossed in Nicodemus’s story that she had not glanced at the clock. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z As Harry emerged into the room beyond the passage, there were several screams and yells: “HARRY!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z So common is confinement among the older brothers of young minority-group men I have met in New York City that a prison term seems practically inevitable to many, almost a rite of passage. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked around the crowded room that had been her home—the two double beds squeezed in with less than a foot between them for passage. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The stories ranged from number one, the launching of Sputnik, to President Eisenhower’s stroke and the passage of the Civil Rights bill. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z From somewhere up ahead the young mouse could hear the sound of dripping water; the musical echoing plops made an eerie noise in the sinister stillness of the passage. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She slept under the eaves in a windowless passage, which was hot and airless even in late spring. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z He had no means to pay for passage, though, nor was he made to pull an oar. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z After what felt like an hour, the passage began to rise. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z And he read us passages from The Lord of the Rings, in which the two tiny hobbits, Frodo and Sam, are taken by the evil Gollum into the lair of the giant spider, Shelob. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z I wormed into the passage, on my knees. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The walls of the passage were unfinished, dark brown rock with streaks of what looked like zinc or some other metal. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Booth checks to make sure that nothing clutters the passage. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Eilonwy herself admitted she had never explored the passage; her blithe confidence did not convince him she had the slightest notion of where she was going. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z They were in a deep dark passage that seemed still to go up before them, though at a gentler slope and without steps. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The passage came to an end a few yards farther along, and before them was an opening like a great empty doorway. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Fudge marched Harry along the narrow passage after Tom’s lantern, and then into a small parlor. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z We follow the winding passage until we walk through a golden door set into the tunnel wall. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z As the door slid closed, Kate saw the tower steps through an open doorway across the passage. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z From somewhere at the bottom of a passage the smell of roasting coffee—real coffee, not Victory Coffee—came floating out into the street. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Even as they conferred, Melanthios entered the storeroom for a second load, and the swineherd at the passage entry saw him. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The flood, and now the fire: it was difficult not to think of passages in the Qur’an that recounted the flood of Noah, the evidence of God’s wrath. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Now Robin heard the sound of Dame Ellen’s feet shuffling along the passage to his wall chamber. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The white man jerked his thumb toward the end of the passage. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Harry, Ron, and Hermione, flat on its back, scraped against the ceiling as it dived toward the passage opening, while the pursuing goblins hurled daggers that glanced off its flanks. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z But for those prepared to move aside for a larger passage, it works. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There were a few strands of hair that had slipped down over his eyes, but the wind of his passage blew them away from his face again. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z They could remember and repeat long passages of human speech, so they were sent into rebel areas to capture our words and return them to the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Inmates were crossing from the R side to the W side and back again through the center passage, which I had a feeling they weren’t supposed to do. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Of the seventy crewmen of the ship some were like Ged very young in years, though all had made their passage into manhood. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z She was half in, half out of the narrow passage. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z How long had it been since any creature trod this silent musty passage? Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The passage of time could be read by the marks the beam had cut into the plaster: a path of suffering, a trail of pain. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The climb had made him sweat, but now he felt cold and clammy, and there was a chill draught in the dark passage, blowing down from the invisible heights above. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “There’s another passage in a different book I’d like to share with you,” he said. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Other women’s rights leaders, including Lucy Stone, advocated for the passage of a separate amendment that would ensure female suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z It was not life-threatening, as the rope-assisted passage across the cliff face had been. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When I finished reading that passage, I read it again. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I revolved in my head passages of ancient texts that recalled how Britons had been slaves. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Lyddie took to copying out passages from Mr. Douglass and the Bible to paste on her looms. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z What is the plural of "privilege"?—Define the meaning of this word in the passage,— New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z Too many things have to go right in a passage of writing for most mortals to get them all the first time. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “But suppose they ask for that exact passage in a regular question?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In this brief moment of passage I became aware of the connection between these lawns and buildings and my hopes and dreams. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Before stepping from the passage between the buildings, I took the precaution of looking up and down the passageway to see if I was being observed. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Farther on, the passage opened into a round chamber. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z “You talk a great deal of the length of this passage, my dear. It is a mere nothing after all; and not the least draught from the stairs.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z He came next to a window looking east and another torch above the door to a passage through the middle of the turret. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I copied down all the passages about ghosts I could find and spread them over the coffee table, sorted them, and read them each dozens of times. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “These mountain lords will not hinder my passage?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “And now I ask you what you say to the conscience of that man who, with that passage before his eyes, can lay his head upon his pillow after having pronounced a fellow-creature guilty, unheard?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z A faint haze of light shone in the passage ahead of them. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Always, she was moved by the passage of the terrible winged squadrons. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There was enough torchlight from the far hall for him to make out the passage was empty. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They walked down a paved passage, long and empty, and as they went Gandalf spoke softly to Pippin. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z We walked through the narrow passages, admiring the artworks and shivering to see chunks of bone sticking out of the walls. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t exactly a passage that he had found. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z This meant that they chose to enter contracts to work for no direct pay in exchange for passage across the Atlantic. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z The Portuguese were so shocked, evidently, that they stripped the gentle Kongo and chained them down in rows, in the dark, for the passage. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She got herself some basic science textbooks, a good dictionary, and a journal she’d use to copy passage after passage from biology textbooks: “Cell is a minute portion of living substance,” she wrote. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z They were feted by premiers and emirs and entertained at embassies and consulates as they made their way back west to Palermo, Sicily, where they boarded another tanker for the homeward passage. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “He’s taking us to a dungeon, right? That human beings use? The passages would have to be clear. Regular people can’t use magic to get through underwater tunnels.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Two hundred steps they counted, broad and shallow; and at the top they found an arched passage with a level floor leading on into the dark. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z When we descended the rain-slick stairs to the water, Julian asked, "Do you have passage money?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z A spare parlour and bedroom I refurnished entirely, with old mahogany and crimson upholstery: I laid canvas on the passage, and carpets on the stairs. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “Maybe. Come on. Let’s go find that secret passage. I hope this place has air conditioning.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The passage seemed to be getting narrower, even as the amount of copper increased. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “You want passage home in exchange for what you know.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of course I won’t. I am occupied at the moment with an especially succinct passage.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, silly. Granddaddy explained it to me. The century is merely the marking of the passage of time. Time is man-made and comes from England.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “You have completed five rites on the sacred passage to warriorship. Now the time has come for you to undergo your last,” Father Olufemi continued. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The passage originally contained a single direct quotation from Lucretius, but two more were added in 1588, and we will see in a moment that it is directly inspired by Lucretius on foedus naturae. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z With the passage of time we may expect progressively more serious outbreaks of insects, both disease-carrying and crop-destroying species, in excess of anything we have ever known. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z To the trackers, the words were as meaningful as scat or broken twigs, signs of the girl’s passage but nothing more, and Tanin kept it that way, eliminating every letter they found. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Danny shook his head, still smiling, bent over the Talmud, and began to give his version of the passage. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z At that moment they heard a door slam; then feet came running along the passage. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He’s rereading the passage on kestrels and their perfect hunting groups when Byrd interrupts. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The halls of the castle were silent as they strode to her room, taking the empty servants’ passages to avoid any too-curious courtiers learning more about her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The passages were sloping steeper and steeper downhill now. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z The two men heard him with appreciation and ducked into the passage. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The advice comes from classical rhetoric, and it makes sense for long orations: if a listener’s mind momentarily wanders, the passage she has missed is gone forever. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z With some alternation of terms, some toning down, the passage could describe the building of a termite nest. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And in the same passage he marked, The repugnance to animal food is not the effect of experience, but is an instinct. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She seems distracted, so as they walk down a quieter passage away from the courtyard, Celia asks if anything is bothering her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She went up the stairs and along the passage to her room. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Harry said again; his voice echoed through the stone passage as he felt again the sense of heady control that flowed from brain to wand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He would memorize the maze so he could dash through the passages without bumping his nose even once. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z There had been heads of enemies erected on poles for decoration, and their king had built himself an underground treasure chamber which was also a subterranean passage for escape. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And it wasn’t completely dark, after all—gauzy light glowed from around a turn in the passage ahead. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Then he seemed to see himself going along a dim passage, and climbing an endless winding stair. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “The deal is almost complete. All I need now is to negotiate safe passage through the arena.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z There was a bench at the entrance of the passage and he sat down. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Well, I didn’t do that well at yeshiva, but copying the passages down in class felt kind of holy, the same kind of magic as the letters appearing on the press. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z If the passage had been chaos, then the arena was a special kind of madness. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It was the main passage to the upper floors, and I would need to let through all the officers who had to pass, then lock it back up. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If you admire a passage in a book or article or letter or memo, read it again. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a small amount of pus flowing down the giraffe’s long nasal passage. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Then the only light was what was reflected off the passage walls. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The wide passages made our house feel like a hotel, as did the impersonal smell of doors kept locked most of the year, of unused bathrooms and kitchens and toilets, of uninhabited rooms. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The beginnings of mathematical thought were found in the desire to count sheep and in the need to keep track of property and of the passage of time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I wired it to the entrance passage and set it off. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Milligan ushered the children into a damp, dimly lit underground passage, where centipedes twisted away at their approach and other slithery creatures they heard but didn’t see retreated into the shadows. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z And it was open in the passage, as a quick peek from the foyer proved—open and bright as day. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I saw allusions in passages that Danny and his father overlooked, and I resolved a contradiction with an appeal to grammar. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “If this building is two thousand years old, it makes sense there could be some kind of secret passage left over from the Roman days.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The passage also reminds us of the overlap in techniques for writing fiction and nonfiction. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The mourners who had come with Sheik Hassoun filed to the bier and he read passages from the Koran. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But the Lords of Minas Tirith still fight on, defying our enemies, keeping the passage of the River from Argonath to the Sea. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The duct’s passage went on, but he had enough. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I focus until everything goes dark around us, and I don’t feel the passage of time or the panic of discovery, I feel only our movement over the earth. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “It isn’t on the Marauder’s Map, is it, Harry? I thought there were only seven passages in and out of school?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Structural parallelism works not just in poetic and hortatory passages but also in ordinary expository prose. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “No, my lord. I was looking for passage to White Harbor. The king sent me, with a message for its lord.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “It’ll be fine as long as they don’t hear our passage.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Alfhercht pulled his fingers back and wiped them on his pant leg, then took the passage to the right. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Off we went on this Hindu rite of passage, Mother carrying me, Auntie propelling her. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z For English, we read passages from books, learned to spell words, and sometimes the teacher read stories out loud and we would write them in our notebooks. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z No, she reads Endurance the way a person might read the Bible—in small passages, repeated again and again, to help her stay grounded. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She flattened herself against the wall, hoping they wouldn’t think to look in the library passage. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The sound of their screaming passage was muffled by this dim, soundproofed world, this ancient autumn world. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z She had no coin to pay a ferryman or take passage on a ship. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Valley muttered as she skimmed the rest of the passage. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z In some places the passages were so crowded it was difficult to get through without stepping on someone. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The passage seemed to go on for miles, and always the chill air flowed over them, rising as they went on to a bitter wind. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z And when long years and seasons wheeling brought around that point of time ordained for him to make his passage homeward, trials and dangers, even so, attended him even in Ithaka, near those he loved. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It ended in an outdoor passage to a tower. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z After I read Richard Yates's novel Revolutionary Road, I copied out this passage: I still had this idea that there was a whole world of marvelous golden people somewhere. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z It was a realization, a passage, that probably would have found a way into the original Newjack if I’d had it sooner. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Though they had grown up in the same household and were shaped by the same two parents, Mary Anne had been damaged more severely in the passage. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There is no adult on this side of the Atlantic who has reason to take any interest in me, no one to guide me onto a boat or pay for my passage. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z When he came to the roped-off passage in Tunnel 351, he ducked in and walked along through the dark, feeling his way. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Her long veil sweeps along the cobblestone passage. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Maybe the passage of time, even centuries, didn’t matter when something really important needed to be said. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Following Sikhdar’s discovery in 1852, it would require the lives of twenty-four men, the efforts of fifteen expeditions, and the passage of 101 years before the summit of Everest would finally be attained. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “The irony is that everyone acted more concerned with us mocking their precious rite of passage than with drunk driving or girls getting roofied.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z "Use the passages. I've left trunks for you that contain all you need." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Mr. Birkway said, “Not to worry! Everyone has something magnificent to say. I haven’t read ' through every page yet, but I wanted to share some of these passages with you right away.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Over her head, he can see the smoldering remains of door frames glow and fade with the passage of the breeze. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He tells us put the books under the desks and the whole class chants the passage on the schoolmaster in the village. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The walkers didn’t do anything to make my passage easier as I neared. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The opening led us into a winding passage that ran steeply downhill for perhaps a mile. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Passage by passage, Stanton scrutinized and reinterpreted every part of the Bible that referred to women. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z This chapter is about the sense of style in passages longer than a sentence—a paragraph, a blog post, a review, an article, an essay, or a book. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Except for Dieter, back at the Academy, my passage through the Department of Correctional Services had been blissfully free of anyone, officer or inmate, with the slightest interest about my background. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We were required to memorize passages from the book, including “The Atlanta Exposition Address.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Three days later, we came to that passage in our Talmud class, and for the second time that year Rav Gershenson called out my name and asked me to read and explain. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z And why had they come into the secret passage in the first place? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z My mother added that she wished I were there to help her go through our box of Father’s old letters, for there were now many passages she had forgotten over the years. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He heard footsteps in the passage of the loft. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Once through the door of the corridor into which she had disappeared, he saw her at the very end of the passage, still gliding smoothly away from him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Striding into the passage, she found it to be cold, but dry. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Every night the moon made its slow passage over Stonetown, and every night Reynie Muldoon gazed up through the window of the drafty old house, remembering the moonlit meetings of the Mysterious Benedict Society. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z These passages show that the great and bitter needs of the helpless were reaching up to heaven and changing the god of the strong into the protector of the weak. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Steady! Steady!’ cried Gandalf as Merry and Pippin pushed forward, glad to find a place where they could rest with at least more feeling of shelter than in the open passage. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It was growing colder, unseasonably cold for the middle of May, and the fog, though not heavy, was rising off the water, thickening imperceptibly, and obscuring the lowcountry in its passage across the land. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I got up and went into the passage. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I’m going to make a giant-size, paper flying woman sculpture out of each and every bible passage. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The tilt yard was a long, sanded passage between the walls, with a tower at each end. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “But isn’t it something you want to understand? All of these equations lead to a discussion of what happens to a gas when it enters a flow passage.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “To what mysterious and fantastical lands may I offer you passage today?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z She’d heard something, and now Reynie and the others heard it, too—down in the main passage, growing louder by the second, an electric whine, a shifting of gears.... The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Several passages turned straight up or straight down, leaving me with no way to follow them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The sirrahs continued to circle, squalling their ravenous chorus, and their ranks were disrupted once more, as they had been yesterday, by the passage of a message falcon. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The exception occurred in 1819, prompted by the debate then raging over passage of the Missouri Compromise. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z For obscure places or sailings out of season, he had to make do with passage to someplace near his destination and complete his journey aboard smaller coastal craft or overland. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z One big cart, going to the town in the morning, could wipe out every trace of their passage. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z He prayed a little, remembering his favorite passages in the Bible, and his dry heaves subsided. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There is a very moving passage where Achilles—overjoyed at the sight of the apparition—tries to throw his arms around the ghost of his old friend, and it vanishes. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z We even began to exchange theories and to discuss our interpretations of specific passages in the Almanac. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z No light crew marks gleamed in the darkness, no evidence of any other duct-and-scuttle workers marred the dust and rat droppings of the passage. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z We went along a broad, carpeted passage, and then turned left, through an oak door, and down a narrow flight of stairs and up a corresponding flight, and so to another door. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He did not meet another soul until he turned into the passage leading to the Gryffindor common room. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Just in time Bilbo saw his peril, and he fled blindly up the passage away from the water; and once more he was saved by his luck. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Now all who heard cried out assent to this: the guest had spoken well; he must have passage. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It can help rid their writing of errors, dead ends, and confusing passages. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The periodic passage of the solar system through spiral arms may conceivably have had important consequences for us. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “In a passage behind a hidden door, but the door opens from the inside. Is there a lever or switch of some kind?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The passage from the Chaos of the Big Bang to the Cosmos that we are beginning to know is the most awesome transformation of matter and energy that we have been privileged to glimpse. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The theme is not developed but simply grows in volume like Ravel’s Bolero; it is succeeded by a slow melodic passage that suggests a chant for the war's dead. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z People tend to speak of them with reverence, and students may even be required to memorize and recite key passages. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z He had stolen away from the school, not wanting anyone to witness his painful passage down the street to the bus stop. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly the answer dawned on Sam: the topmost chamber was reached by a trap-door in the roof of the passage. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Mr. Birkway was desperately trying to explain what he had enjoyed about that passage. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z They let the rest of the Gryffindors draw ahead of them, then darted down a side passage and hurried off toward Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Half of these were kills she’d brought down and skinned herself, enough to help them pay for passage out of Oxscini, if they ever got into town to trade them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Long before the fair’s end, people began mourning its inevitable passage. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Only the torching and the fat fellow arrived by the front door; the rest came by secret ways, through tunnels and hidden passages. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z After the passage of the Civil Rights Act, the public debate shifted focus from segregation to crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Yes, but, Mama,” he replied, probably remembering a scary passage from the scriptures, “isn’t this the Last Day?” The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z He even sends her and her husband a passage from Lamours “Autumnal Aspirations” about a beautiful woman never forgotten. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Danny didn’t need to read the passage—he quoted it by heart with mechanical swiftness. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z My father bought a small white chicken, my mother brewed beer, a few relatives were invited, and a small celebration was held to mark George’s passage from infancy to childhood. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I do want to read you the little passage we received toward the end. Arthur, do you have it?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z I recognize the concluding phrases of Mustafa’s passage that refer to forgiveness and God’s mercy. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Last of all what sea-toil brought him to the Phaiakians; their welcome; how they took him to their hearts and gave him passage to his own dear island with gifts of garments, gold and bronze . The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They started making their way down the passage. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z In fact, as she walked, the passage became lighter. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z In Mrs. Polster’s class, they memorized passages from The Book of the City of Ember every week. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z "King's Landing, *my lady, as you did command, and never has a ship made a swifter or surer passage. Will you be needing assistance to carry your things to the castle?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Reading always makes me tired because sometimes I get so caught up in the rainbowlike colors of the words that I have to read passages over and over. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z The woman with the baby drops to the stones to give thanks for their safe passage. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Since he had to remain there waiting for a clear passage through traffic, I asked him to let me off. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The passage beyond it looked dark and creepy. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Anyway,” Reynie said, “the passages that lead to the Waiting Room and the Whispering Gallery may also lead somewhere else. Somewhere important. We need to get inside them and find out.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “But at least you let us speak together. You give a passage for loving words to reach loving ears. We are not ungrateful.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Berrange said that he wanted to read Murray a number of passages from various documents and then have Murray label them communistic or not. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In many written passages it’s unclear whether the author is arguing for a position or is explaining a position that someone else is arguing for. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z And thus we secured a stylish but rather sullen passage to Gatlinburg. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He did so immediately: in 1933, less than five months after the passage of the Enabling Act, the Nazis enacted the Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring—commonly known as the Sterilization Law. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I ducked around the corner into the narrow passage with the fence post. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Who else would they get to maintain these dank, evil-smelling passages mined with pods? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The roaches veered into side passages and even doubled back to choose a new route sometimes. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z His heart skipped a beat when a boy unexpectedly appeared around a corner up ahead, entering the main passage from one of the offshoots to the right, running toward him and the Glade. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The very last passage she wrote in the bible was: A broken heart is an open heart. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The truck crushes dying grass and snow beneath its tires, and soon the ground turns to the pavement in the Abnegation sector, and I barely feel the passage of time. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The cove was partly sheltered from the wind, but as soon as we went through the passage between the rocks and into the sea, great waves struck us. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He was still nervous, but knowing that he wouldn’t have to do whatever Kamau had done during his rites of passage was a small comfort. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z But such moments were tempered by the long penumbra cast by Everest, which seemed to recede little with the passage of time. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z There would be far less of a chance of bumping into someone in the secret passages, he pointed out. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The germs attack the lining of the air passages, nose, throat, and bronchial tubes, which results in a deep cough and sore throat. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z In a passage near the back of the circus, which is somewhat wide and filled with only a handful of patrons, Mr. A. H— stops. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A Philadelphia highboy had been moved out into the hall, and, together with Mrs. Glass’s person, it blocked Zooey’s passage. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z A rapid scurrying through her well-worn Bible and she had located several passages to shake over our heads—telling us of the sun turning to darkness and the moon to blood. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He padded off through the stone passages up the worn circular stain to find Merlyn. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He began to read from it, stopping at the end of each passage. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Some of the women were approaching their golden years, the passage of time and experience etched in their faces and bearing. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z For a few moments, perhaps, they would fall silent, lighting a joint and tracking its passage from man to man, inhaling, holding in the humiliation. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z We were now moving through cellar regions, through one narrow passage after another. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The place was like a gigantic rabbit warren, with passages leading this way and that in every direction. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z He always closes his eyes and smiles when we reach the last lines of the passage, Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He saw all the signs of the passage of time. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The white man had poked in the shovel to clear the air passage and had raked them out. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to remember the passage as his mother used to read it when he was a boy. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z More often, however, sympathetic contemplation of the troublesome passages results in a different diagnosis. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Mr. Birkway flipped ahead in the same journal to another passage. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z With the passage of time, I became increasingly aware of how all of the adults around me were living with constant fear and apprehension. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Delivered to safety after the hazardous passage to a new beginning. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Tisquantum persuaded him to arrange for passage to North America on a fishing vessel. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He was the one who had the strength, agility, and knowledge to get them safe passage out of town. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z There were no twisting passages once she reached the top, but rather one straight hall that seemed to lead on forever. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z A reader of this intimidating passage can marvel at Butler’s ability to juggle abstract propositions about still more abstract propositions, with no real-world referent in sight. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z That was the first time in my life I had ever heard a rabbi admit that he didn’t understand a passage of Talmud. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Then Hamlet instructed the priest, taking his Bible and showing him which passages to read. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Mr. Druggett acted also as our envoy to the Iroquois, requesting passage from them and explaining that we came but to view the sun and the planets. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He slid a stack of fish-sauce crates to the side, revealing a hidden passage. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z These passages had in fact been uttered by the American presidents Abraham Lincoln and Woodrow Wilson. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Most likely Eratosthenes would have booked passage on something far more modest. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Then someone mounted the stair and came along the passage. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Somehow Alex knew that the door at the end of the passage would be locked. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “Mr. Alums would like you to read a few passages from Langston Hughes.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The book was an old work of physical anthropology, and the passage was about the classification of Homo sapiens into different racial strains. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We tested the floorboards, guessing at who might have used the passage and for what reasons. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z They made notations in their family Bible, indicating places where biblical scholars deemed passages inauthentic, added later by unknown authors. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In the end, gathering his courage, he leaped over Gollum in the dark, and fled away down the passage, pursued by his enemy’s cries of hate and despair: Thief, thief! The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Sums in excess of one crown for passage to the city.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z But grant me passage to my father land. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Back in Camp 14, Park had assured Shin that once they made it to China he would arrange for passage to South Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Hence, the passage presages the coming of the Messiah. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I might as well go down the last passage. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Standing in the passage, he closed the door gently, and in the process shut off every glimmer of the moonlight, which was all coming from Gebu’s room. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He slowed down, coming to a halt halfway along an empty passage, where he sat down upon the plinth of a departed statue and pulled the Marauder’s Map out of the pouch around his neck. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Now, in these quiet moments as I wait for the world about to awake, I find myself going over in my mind again passages from Miss Kenton's letter. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z That's "becoming American"? But maybe it is a rite of passage around here. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z For them it was a tool to reckon the passage of the days and to maintain plots of land. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z She didn’t argue with Babulya because she didn’t remember the passage well enough, and coming at her grandmother half-informed was a terrible mistake. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Since I had no penny for passage—and did not care to risk my life in another boat, in any case—I would have to find another way of crossing the river. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z What is the meaning of credit in the passage, New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z He was writing another article, on a passage in Avodah Zarah, which, he said, he was only now beginning to understand, and he needed one of the journal collections. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z But he didn't have enough money to buy a ticket for passage, so Dasch snuck onto a ship and sailed to America as a stowaway. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z And yet as they rushed out of the Memory Terminal and up the long secret passage, Reynie couldn’t stop thinking, “But we are too late! Much, much too late!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z During the following days he busied himself destroying all trace of his passage through the world. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “He can’t be getting in through a passage,” said Harry quickly. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z My mom had her Bible in her lap, underlining passages that the pastor hadn’t even mentioned. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z It was as though Ammu believed that if she refused to acknowledge the passage of time, if she willed it to stand still in the lives of her twins, it would. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It did not convey much to me, until I reached a passage where it described small punctured wounds on their throats. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I had the Falkland Islands down pat, and when there was a long Reading-Comprehension passage about the Mississippi River, I thanked the good Mr. Petrelli, who had made me get to know it personally. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “Some consider the temple’s rites of passage to be the most difficult in all Eshōza. Of course, I didn’t find them too challenging...” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She turned away and they went out through the doors and passages till in the torchlight of the broad stairs of the tower she blew out her candle. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z As I was climbing out of the passage, my head slammed against a rock. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Of the endless fluid passage of humanity through endless time. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Under the blanket of winter white, the boulders and trees glimmered with golden threads of light, swirling and shifting with the passage of time. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I heard no more from Beatrice, she must have gone along the passage. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She rustled through the tissue pages of the Bible until she reached a certain passage and began reading, pronouncing the words aloud with painful concentration. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “When we put the tubes down her nasal passages she was gagging on them,” the nurse said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Matt made his way to the music room, and for a long time he didn’t venture into the secret passage. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Believe it or not, plucking your eyebrows is considered a rite of passage for Iranian girls. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z In the copy of Les Miserables that he kept in the upper right drawer of his desk, he had underlined many passages. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The priest took the Bible from Hamlet and considered the passage, stroking his bearded chin. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Then another passage where David, when his son died, spoke also of no life after death. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He seemed to have come to a difficult passage or to be troubled about something. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z One of his favorite passages in the Bible is Matthew 25:35. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z You shall have clothing from him, cloak and tunic, and passage where your heart desires to go.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z After they had passed the passages and stairs they felt the cool morning air, fresh and sweet, about them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “That door leads to the long passage and then into the front hall,” she said. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Most of this passage says the opposite: that we couldn’t help but be aware of humanity’s dark side. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He skimmed over the other passages, looking for some information about an antidote to treat the poison. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z And at once, while reading that passage, my mind stopped, teased, challenged with the effort to remember, to associate widely disparate but meaningful experiences in my life. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Your boss said that somebody paid for our safe passage. Who?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z In the pale ray of the wizard’s staff, Frodo caught glimpses of stairs and arches, and of other passages and tunnels, sloping up, or running steeply down, or opening blankly dark on either side. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The conductor lifts his baton, and I'm invigorated hearing the familiar passages: the drone of the double bass as the heartrending introduction begins, the strings peeling away layers like birch bark. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The passage twisted and wound, and Celaena found herself descending a narrow set of stairs. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z They had had an argument over a passage of Talmud, they told him, each of them interpreting it in a different way, and they wondered who had been correct. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z And if there were any passage through the smooth stone range, it would be by this same deep cleft. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z At the sight of it most of those aboard would have begun their obeisances to the gods who had secured their safe passage. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z They served as a passage between Montaigne’s world, a world of belief and misplaced conviction, and our world, the world of reliable and effective knowledge. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She had searched the room thoroughly and had yet to find the last keyhole, let alone a secret passage to the other side of the attic. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z But at some point in her passage, the trees began to change. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z As the night wore on, the passage of a forest creature or the restless sighing of wind in the leaves made him start. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The men had deserted their camp, but there were plenty of signs of their passage: upturned earth, broken twigs, crushed leaves. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He knew by heart certain passages from her letters, he had revisited their tussle with the vase by the fountain, he remembered the warmth from her arm at the dinner when the twins went missing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I needed only forty more dollars to pay for my family’s passage, minus what Mr. Stieglitz had just given me, but even that felt impossible. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I tip-toed to the end of the passage and turned the corner. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z They did not attack him, but the cloud of them was so thick that he had to hack a passage through with his sword. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z They could keep their own civilizations, like Esquimaux and Hottentots, if they would give each other freedom of trade and free passage and access to the world. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have written orders for him to secure your passage back to Ch’ulp’o by sea,” he said. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He led her across the chamber, past a row of tunnels leading off into side passages. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z After his own bedroom, there had been a space, and then the last door right at the end of the passage, and that was Miss Mellitt s room. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z He was probably already coming back down the passage. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Thus the orchestra, instead of merely providing the musical backing for the characters to sing to, was able to express or hint at the meaning of the stage action, even in passages without singing. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z At the end of the corridor, the ladder bolted into the stone led up into a snug passage. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z At one point, she tried her experiment by playing passages not from LordJim but from Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak, the book that launched the epic film. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z They stood in a bright, narrow stone passage. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z These kids could remember complicated strands of numbers and recall words and pictures in correct sequence and quote long passages of poetry. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z And paying proper homage to this ensemble of deities is considered crucially important to ensure safe passage through the treacherous landscape. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Dinner was still going on as we emerged from a stone passage, which connected the gunroom with several larders, into a dining room dominated by sharp authoritative chatter. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z So, to borrow a passage from Sense and Sensibility: “You want nothing but patience—or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “It’s like a rite of passage,” Johnny says. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z She memorized wine labels, cheese labels, passages from novels, recipes. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Suddenly the passage ffom the history book that he had copied into his diary came back into Winston’s mind, and a lunatic impulse took hold of him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The passages twisted, turned and doubled back, but the ginger-haired Hunter, Phoebe, took the lead. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Maria had to cover her mouth to keep the giggles from spilling out into the dark passage. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is important for us to be free of this place. Will you show us the passage?” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z They went back down the passage to the doorway and stepped inside. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The pendulum clock provided an objective measure of a subjective experience—the passage of time. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z When they reached the end of the passage, Minho slowed to barely more than a walk and reached behind him to pull out a notepad and pencil from a side pocket in his backpack. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z When Mr. Reilly had been standing next to him pointing out the passages in the notebook, the scent had grown overpowering. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Never making money enough for passage to Australia; slowly giving up the plan of returning to school to resume his third-grade education—to become an engineer. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z By the summer following passage of the law, nine thousand blacks in Dallas County had been registered to vote. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Birkway liked this passage because it showed that even though someone might be our best friend, he or she could still drive us crazy. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Harry heard the cart smash into pieces against the passage wall, heard Hermione shriek something, and felt himself glide back toward the ground as though weightless, landing painlessly on the rocky passage floor. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Other passages were so full of confusing, convoluted words that she ground her teeth at her own uselessness and skipped to something simpler. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He marks them with sticky notes and reads passages aloud. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I went through the center-stairway passage and asked another officer to accompany me while I unlocked Perch’s shower cell. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They slid down from their bone pile and started down the passage. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The wind of our swift passage remodeled my features. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A guard led us down a long passage to a freight elevator. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z All the way home, I keep going over and over them as if I were an intelligence officer marking all the incriminating passages. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My sonatina needs work, so I play it again and again, going over the tricky left hand fingering of that one tough passage a zillion times. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z He heard the underbrush shiver with the passage of a squirrel. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She created her own silence, sitting in it and fingering her rosary while I read comprehension passages. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The need to break up a passage into its thought units is simple enough. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z They went through the opening behind the bushes, and back, down the stairs and passages, into the cave. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z They need only enough for the unit and the right of passage to get to it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The only indication of the passage of time lies in the heavens, the subtle shift of the moon. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He stepped into the darkness of the passage, dismissing the subject from his mind, and disappeared. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Would they bring enough to pay her passage on a ship? The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I hurried back down the grand staircase and made my way through the dark passage to the kitchen. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z So, often, I would read to these brothers selected passages from white men’s books. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Bono explained, “They put some of those passages in Latin so the ladies couldn’t read them. I got a most acute interest to know what they say.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z No matter how many twists and turns they take in the underground labyrinth of filthy, sweltering hot passages, they can’t lose the man on their tail. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She took Julius’s hand and pulled him through the archway and down the maze of passages. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z A wide and echoing passage led back from the door towards the mountain-side. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z We could recite passages from Shakespeare and legends about African kingdoms going back thousands of years. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Mustafa is reciting a passage of the Quran that I don’t know. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “Eilonwy, listen,” Taran interrupted, “if there are tunnels and passages under the castle—can you get to the other cells? Is there a way outside?” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z A water rat scuttled away as the children felt their way I along the narrow passage. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I thumb through the pages of her medical journals looking for highlighted passages. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He could not see anything ahead, for this new passage twisted and turned constantly; but he thought he was catching the two Orcs up: their voices were growing nearer again. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I took my Bible from our little crate bookcase, and bringing it over to the light, looked up the passage Grandma had cited. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Shouts and cries from the inner ward came up through the windows and a sound of running feet pounding along the passage. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z And that meant taking him into the secret passage. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The sound of our feet slapping the wet bricks echoed endlessly up and down the passage. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He listened, hoping to hear her footsteps in the passage, but the house was strangely silent. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z “Here,” Eleanor said, but the door she chose led onto the narrow passage to the little parlor where last night they had sat before a fire. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z After the first fifty words or so of the recording, she switched the passages, such that what had been coming through the left ear was now coming through the right, and vice versa. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Well, as it happens,” said Malcolm, fumbling with trembling hands in the rucksack, “we’ve got these orders from the king’s ambassador in Oxford, kind of a passport, so’s we can have safe passage. Look.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He led me through a long, dark passage that was more tunnel than hallway. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the passage was a wide, solid- looking door. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Nine months after the passage of Proposition 21,30 percent of all teen offenders in California were being charged as adults. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Private Morris debarred our passage with his arm. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Then they went on to another tractate, fought over another passage, and this time Reb Saunders agreed, his face glowing, that his son was correct. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z If especially susceptible the cell may be killed outright, or finally, after the passage of time measured in years, it may become malignant. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The passage became very damp and very cold, and Celaena’s candle sputtered in the moisture. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I had regarded the effort at reconciliation as the rock bottom of the entire discussion on the passage and had never thought that Rav Gershenson would question it. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The suitors who held their feet, no longer under bowshot, could see a window high in a recess of the wall, a vent, lighting the passage to the storeroom. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z To the barmaid and the other patrons on the terrace, it looked like they were handing a book around, discussing some interesting passage. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Then you must have come up the back way, from the stone passage?” she said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It was a squeeze to get out, as the passages had been cracked and half blocked with fallen stone near the top. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Reynolds came over and stood blocking the narrow passage between the benches; he folded his arms and stared at me solemnly. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sonny, a flow passage and a rocket nozzle are one and the same!” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He repeated the passage word by word, making her memorize it, whether or not she understood it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z We went; following the superintendent’s guidance, we had to thread some intricate passages, and mount a staircase before we reached her apartment; it contained a good fire, and looked cheerful. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The exceptions were New York and New Jersey, which, not incidentally, remained the only northern states to resist the passage of gradual emancipation laws. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z When I awoke it was day: an unusual movement roused me; I looked up; I was in somebody’s arms; the nurse held me; she was carrying me through the passage back to the dormitory. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The wine had forced a passage through all the carefully built barriers and defenses and deceptions, and she didn’t care. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But those words should be fitted into new sentences that work together as a coherent passage of prose in its own right. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Tally flew through the air in the silent darkness, the rush of her passage the only sound. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Going up the Cliffs could hardly be done, she thought; and no one had ever mentioned secret passages through them. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “A fair passage, Lord, but for the storm yesterday.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z There was no movement from the midden pile, where the bright shorts and blouses of the children marked their passage. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She was grateful for the silence of the passage as she walked upward, her legs burning from so many stairs. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z With the passage of time, Alba filled not only one but all her bedroom walls with an immense fresco. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We run down the passage and turn onto High Street across from the church, then veer left. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I had broken up the passage into its thought units as I had studied it, so I knew precisely at what points I would stop reading and begin my explanations. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z He entered the passage, and the man looked up. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Even allowing for a slow passage, the Israelites must have arrived by around 500 b.c. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “You see, imbecile? The coffin is too wide. I told you. Perhaps you would care to chip away the sides of this passage on the day of the burial!” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Many houses there were, chambers, halls, and passages, cut and tunnelled back into the walls upon their inner side, so that all the open circle was overlooked by countless windows and dark doors. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Jackson then launched into a sermon on God's will, which he described as patently proslavery, based on several passages in the Bible and the pronouncements of every Christian minister in Georgia. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z As they hurtled through the underground passage, a tiny ship on this impossible sea, Royals endorsement achieved its purpose. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Belknap found it bleak and strange, with passages that struck off in unexpected directions. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The passage ran straight at last, up an incline; and at the end, wide open, were great double doors, leading probably to deep chambers far below the high horn of the tower. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Their method was a much simpler way of keeping track of the passage of the days, producing a calendar that stayed in sync with the seasons for many years. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Adams had actually led the debate in the Congress that produced its passage, as Jefferson sat silently and sullenly while the delegates revised his language. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “Now, you red-eyed devil,” he said, when he had made an opening sufficient for the passage of Buck’s body. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z You see, it was not simply a matter of paying her passage over on the boat. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I proceeded along the passage to my mother’s chamber. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Along the passage behind them ran two of the senator’s servants. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z So it was deemed highly desirable to find a way of reminding singers what the tune of any given passage might be. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He even crossed the slender stone bridge that arched over the abyss and discovered more passages and chambers on the far side. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But she must eat, and however busily they delved new winding passages from the pass and from their tower, ever she found some way to snare them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z There is a big difference between a coherent passage of writing and a flaunting of one’s erudition, a running journal of one’s thoughts, or a published version of one’s notes. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Hazel was just wondering whether it would be worthwhile starting a side passage to link Bigwig’s hole to Dandelion’s, when he felt a stamp of warning from somewhere close by. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z There is a rabbit saying, “In the warren, more stories than passages”; and a rabbit can no more refuse to tell a story than an Irishman can refuse to fight. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Ongoing arguments about the “correct” interpretation of some cryptic passage in Anorak's Almanac. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Then a cloaked figure appeared at the turn in the passage, silhouetted in the light. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He struggled with the Russian and continually asked his mother to translate some of the prose passages that accompanied the annotations of the moves. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I understood Hebrew well enough to read it, but I had always struggled with actually interpreting the passages. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z They each ducked through a passage in the chain-link fence that surrounded it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Her smugglers secure her passage by bribing Mexican law enforcement officers all along the way. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The most famous letter in this mode—famous because it eventually found its way into the newspapers against Jefferson’s will—was prompted by the passage of Jay’s Treaty. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “These constellations have been set for tens of thousands of years. They describe the history of our planet itself, moving ever so slowly with the passage of time.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z That was when the drumbeat of horses’ hooves came toward her, the ground rumbling with the force of their passage. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Down here, almost on a level with the sea, you could follow with your eye the ceaseless, bulging passage of the deep sea waves. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Old comets, heated by repeated passages near the Sun, break up, evaporate and disintegrate. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Prosper crossed to the narrow passage and put his head around another door. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “Straight up and first door on the landing,” said Miss Persimmon, and she went hurrying away down the passage saying: “Mrs. Wigg indeed!” to herself in a high, thin, outraged voice. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Let’s turn now to another arc of coherence, which connects the different appearances of an entity on the reader’s mental stage as they come and go over the course of a passage. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Shin and Park were unaware of Kim Yong’s escape, and they had no way to gauge the odds of getting out of Camp 14 or of finding safe passage to China. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The martini went down hard, burning his tongue and throat in its passage. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Her beauty did not fade, but she did not advertise it so in the passages and chambers. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z That passage to the left leads to the brewery. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z It seems to me to be at odds with a number of passages in which Wittgenstein expresses a quite different view of science. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Two doors and a passage with a double turn insured the cellar against any possible infiltration of the day. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z When momma had me grab the Bible after dessert to read a few passages to the neighbors, the major's simmering temper exploded. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z All about them as they lay hung the darkness, hollow and immense, and they were oppressed by the loneliness and vastness of the dolven halls and endlessly branching stairs and passages. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The announcer read out passages, his voice matter-of-fact, but the facts themselves were horrible. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z I hurry away, double back again, slip through the passage at Mickiewicza 7, skirt the overgrown courtyard, and pass through the front door of my apartment building. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Dark garden passages fill with revelers and laughter. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Or perhaps the passage of the Sun through a galactic dust cloud. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In other words, the gas came out of the passage faster than it went in. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z They went through an opposite archway and into a covered passage. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z They flew a long time down deserted passages. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Why was the passage of assumption so threatening? Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Part of the resistance to Darwin and Wallace derives from our difficulty in imagining the passage of the millennia, much less the aeons. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see the window in an angle of the passage, the curtain blowing softly, backwards and forwards. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Beyond it the shore rose sheer into a grey cliff, and there was no further passage for those on foot. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z In this particular instance the medicine had proved ineffective; there wasn’t enough enamel left to hook a string on, and the prayers were being ignored because the Balancing Angel was blocking their passage. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The passage they had chosen wound steadily upwards. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Maskelyne and Mason had become friends eleven years earlier while engaged in a project to measure an astronomical event of great importance: the passage of the planet Venus across the face of the Sun. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He had special praise for Chester’s “phrasing,” by which he meant the neat way the cricket played all the notes of a passage without letting them slide together. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Having said that, I returned to the passage and continued to read. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z They cursed their way through the featureless corridors and finally hit-and-missed their way into the short passage to the air lock. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z |
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