“Better pay,” I lie as I lean forward, practically laying my upper body on the counter. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure Father will pay for the repairs,” he began. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

If I felt like talking, I would explain that she couldn’t pay me enough to play on her basketball team. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

If you didn’t have the image of our Dear President on the wall—dressed in his three-piece suit and clutching a flywhisk—you would pay a hefty price. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then he left without paying the bill, because no bill was, or would ever be, brought to a scythe. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Their, the possessive form of they, is often used mistakenly for his or her, as in: No one in their right mind pays retail. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How much did you pay for the tickets?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Emily was unsure where to board or who to pay, but James led the way, stepping up at the front and showing a pass to the conductor. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The agent, meanwhile, only lost $300—a small price to pay to ensure that she would quickly and easily lock up the sale, which netted her a commission of $6,450. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

When we finally ran out of money we had to resort to the only place we didn’t have to pay rent, the streets. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The only time I let go is when we’re in the store and I have to pay. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

If I was lucky enough to attract the attention of a patron, I could earn enough to square my debt to Devi and pay my tuition as well. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Many of the roaming soldiers didn’t themselves know who was paying for their weapons. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t look tired or grouse about fussy customers or talk on the phone to remind someone politely to pay him for a job he’s done. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I let this all sink in, then ask, “So who’s been paying the bills?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

If my mother would work at cleaning his house and washing his family’s clothing, he could arrange to pay our rent. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ultimately the Nudzahui under his lead took over much of Oaxaca, forcing the Zapotec states to pay tribute. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

There was even talk that Aunt Bushy would have to leave school upon completing Standard Six, and look for a factory job, so she could help pay for Uncle Piet’s schooling. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would rather pay for us to study privately than to go to school with gentiles, but the law was the law, so I had to go to school with the white folks. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them would pay me extra to come and watch them being beaten. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t understand the concept of paying a stranger to listen to you. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The fo’c’sle hands, along with McNeish, had begun grumbling about their duties and pay since the ship sank. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I turned a little, and sure enough, lots of students were paying attention to me instead of Mr. Clarkson. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

She would get off in a stop or two and walk over to Broadway and catch the right train, once she had gotten away, even if it meant paying another fare. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She sat on his chest and said, “Not this time, buster, this time you pay.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In your stables,” Taran said, “I saw hammers and iron bars. Will you grant us the use of them? Or,” he added bitterly, “must we pay still another price?” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody knew who would pay the enormous hotel bill. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The hobbits did not pay much attention to all this, and it did not at the moment seem to concern hobbits. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He’ll know exactly where the ten-second place is, and that I’m either an agent sent by the government or by the black-market dealers that pay taxes to the government. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Maybe she was done paying for her “mistake” now. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“It pays to save things,” he said in his surly voice. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

He knew exactly what he was looking for, and now he even had the money to pay for it. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Nothing here belongs to us, just whoever pays the rent. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

For Trip to pay attention to a conversation that wasn’t about sports, let alone tune in on someone else’s feelings, was nothing short of unusual, and they all knew it. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A job that don’t pay no money and ain’t no fun at all. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“What do I have to do to get you to pay attention? You’re supposed to be taking notes. Please get out a pencil. We’ll wait for you.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

But as they say, third time pays for all. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

So I go to the pay phone in the front of the store, call the store’s number, and ask for personnel. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course, it’s not best house in neighborhood, not million-dollar house, not yet. But it’s good investment. Better than paying rent. Better than somebody putting you under their thumb to rub you out.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody else seemed to be paying them much attention, but they made me nervous. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I have been able to let the children play in the yard now & then—but I always have to go out with them as they can hurt themselves if 1 don’t pay attention. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even Helene Wright had mellowed with the cane, waving away apologies for drinks spilled on her rug and paying no attention whatever to the chocolate cake lying on the arm of her red-velvet sofa. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“The Asker pays what he can afford, as you know. Kings have in fact come to the Foretellers; but not very often...” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Our mother pays us a cent a cup. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

From the looks of Mama, she means to pay it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her dad agreed to let us use his credit card to place the order, and we’ll pay him back. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

It was her brother, calling from a pay telephone at the hospital in Wichita. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Iggy isn't paying any attention to her, he's pointing at this ratty chair and he says, "Sit down, it makes me nervous looking up." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t have kept smoking if my mother had been there, although he didn’t always pay attention to my mother. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad didn’t argue with me about not paying for Julian’s hospital bill. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Cole’s father had refused to pay additional legal fees, and now a public defender would be assigned. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“But you pay for material things,” he explained. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those willing to pay the exorbitant fees are shifted backward in time to view history firsthand. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

They pay me to be the good-looking young guy on their arm. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He knew that the dockers and reporters would never believe that he would do something so obvious, and would pay no attention to him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It turned out he was paying me three times what a normal saleslady earned! Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

It’s hard work and low pay, though, but there's plenty of work,” he said. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t even give him his salary, because who was going to pay for all those stupid ruined oranges? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I pay them each a pouch of spintria and leas coins and ask them to help me mess up the room. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“I could mention a pay raise while I’m talking to Hades.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“It means,” said Baaz, “that it will be added to your debts. By my own quick calculations, you should be able to pay it back in approximately thirty-five years, precluding interest.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He advised the insurers to pay the claim, but only to Hiram S. Campbell and only if Campbell presented himself in person. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The team of five boys and five girls was housed in various homes throughout the township: there wasn’t enough sponsorship money to pay for hotel accommodations. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The others didn’t pay him as much attention as they did when the rebel dressed in the army suit spoke. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I focus on the television, paying attention to how mouths shape the flatter American sounds and that rolling r. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Stevens’s first anatomy course required two complete dissections—how was he supposed to pay for that? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

This could mean either: Junior said that on Friday he would pay up, or Junior said on Friday that he would pay up. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least I could pay Mary something of what I owed her. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He offered a quarter to pay for the call, but the young feller wouldn’t take it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I was still on my first job, which didn’t pay much: I worked a computer in an insurance company. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if that man loses his cows because he doesn’t care for them properly, or is too lazy to take them to better pastures, no one will pay attention. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And after school,” Mr. Nielsen says, “you will be expected to help in the store. We’ll pay you an hourly wage, of course. You know about the store, Dorothy, do you not?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Anyone whose family immigrated in the last century has a story to tell about how hard their relatives have worked, the contributions they make to the country, the taxes they pay. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Except for the company of the woman she pays to take care of her, she is as alone as a person can be. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Molly would sometimes call me from the pay phone outside in the street, to tell me what was going on with my wife. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s your money. Do as you please with it. You want me to tell the bank to pay it?” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other musicians supplemented their pay through various individual engagements, most of which were arranged by Mr. Turner, he taking some portion of our pay for the privilege of our hire. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Next, Booth visited a boardinghouse on H Street, a few blocks from Ford’s Theatre, to pay what looked like an innocent social call on the owner. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gold cloaks had not been paying her any special attention, but the sight of them tied her stomach in knots. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“That’s disgraceful,” he tells me, but still it’s better than paying for a turkey and going to the effort of cooking. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Why is it that we pay for those things without blinking but won’t pay an extra dollar for a dozen organic eggs? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Mr. Go has a way of ignoring the girls he pays to wiggle in his lap. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure if he’s actually paying me any mind, since he still won’t look directly at me. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

But they were paying no attention to him. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I turn to Brandy, who acts like she’s not paying any attention to us. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

They pay attention to shades of eye shadow and online games and which angle makes them look best in photos. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

In my mind, I imagine Inka being some statue princess that no one pays attention to, but what they don’t know is that she holds the secrets of all who talk around her. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Each time, it seemed, she wasn’t paying attention to the television news. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I could see in his eyes he wasn’t paying attention to anything I said. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Traditionally, it was a time for paying your debts and patching up any quarrels that may have occurred during the year. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I clap, too, until I realize I’m the on-camera talent and maybe it’s obnoxious that I’m applauding for myself, but no one’s paying attention. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Since this is your first time in the Archives proper, you’ll have to pay the stack fee.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

To pay for the war, the prime minister decided to put some teeth into the legislation. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I was also obsessed with how we would pay for all this. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“My services don’t cost anything, Miranda. Some families don’t have the money to pay a dentist. Or they could really use the money for something else.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He was returning as poor as when he had left, to such an extreme that Úrsula had to give him two pesos to pay for the rental of his horse. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Everything about him was paying attention to the teacher—everything except his eyes and his mind. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why do you not pay for it with your own money if you want it?” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He will be paying for them with good gold, every one.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Eventually, things were smoothed out to the point where Tycho offered to pay Kepler’s moving expenses from Graz and assured him that the Emperor would come through with a paid position soon. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

After dropping off his bags, the guest stepped out to a pay phone on the street and called his wife. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

To trick him into giving scientific talks, his friends would stuff him into a taxicab and pay a one-way fare to the destination. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

In return, we employ our staff from their villages, buy fruit and vegetables, and pay for wild fruits to be collected from the trees. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Worrying me enough to justify losing a day of pay. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Teachers shush everyone, but no one pays attention. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

From Sam Huff: People pay money to see great hits. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The truth is that I haven’t been paying that much attention, not since breakfast. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

They have tried different ways of dividing the bills, at one point splitting the $1,475 rent and sharing the utilities, at another point, one paying the rent and the other the utilities. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Trying to solve that mystery yourself isn’t fun and rarely pays off. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He was feeling humble—even humble enough to pay tribute to the wine dude. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but dig, I got a way to pay them jive old squares back.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You people stole our land from us,” he would say, “and enslaved us. Now you are making us pay through the nose to get the worst pieces of it back.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you working hard and helping your mother pay off our debts?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Bernabe lugged this rare coin back across the street and dropped it into the pay phone beside the soda dispenser, dialing home. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess I have to pay for it,” I said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The undersized twelve-year-old got into his taxi, and in a whisper of a voice said that she did not have the money to pay for the fare. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Mr. Washington had called his office from a pay phone, so he casually read the morning paper while Gerald sat silently, trying to figure out where to start. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joe and Violet wouldn’t think of it—paying money for a meal they had not missed and that required them to sit still at, or worse, separated by, a table. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not yet, but he hopes to go. He does not have enough money to pay a coyote either. Each year they ask for more money.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

About a mile down the busy road I cut into a minimall and hit the first pay phone I found, this one right at the edge of the huge parking lot. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It looks like something someone would pay for. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Say I was to sell me a dog to a man and I wanted him to pay me one-tenth of what he owed up front; how much did the dog cost to start off?” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t pay any attention to these people, son,” he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I pay for all our tickets, donating an extra couple hundred dollars in the hope that the arena remains open for many, many years. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

To read the story, he believes, would mean paying tribute to his namesake, accepting it somehow. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody was paying attention to what was happening in class—even most of the teachers were just letting the day run, so we could all get out of the building. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Sure I do. The pay’s good and there’s all kinds of—future.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He knew it,” said Elisha, “because He was willing to pay the price. Don’t you know it, Johnny? Ain’t you willing to pay the price?” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Ugwu did not pay close attention to who was there, though, because, as he stared at the shabby white altar cloth, he imagined that he was getting married. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They had to pay a man forty-five dollars to clean it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Making the varsity crew hinged first of all on paying for another year of school. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It figured—he would be too cheap to pay Rocky five cents for a grocery sack. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

One afternoon, when Fern was sitting on her stool, the oldest sheep walked into the barn, and stopped to pay a call on Wilbur. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The ones who don't want to pay at the dump, or got dangerous chemicals, or think we're such slobs down here we won't mind another load of junk. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If my mother wants to talk to us so bad, let her pay for our phone line.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“But he does have coin? Upon his person? Because I cannot pay for so much as victuals now, the salt-meat is become so dear. We are starving. No person will extend us credit.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“I’ll pay two dollars and twenty-five cents an hour and put Concha in charge of her.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

But we knew if Johnny broke the law, the sheriff and his men were gonna make us all pay. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, nobody seemed to be paying him any attention, and the Executive on duty only gave him a bored look and turned away. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I harped on this so loud and long that my exhausted father, in desperate need of peace, said, “All right, Callie. I’ll pay you a nickel.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Howard pays me for results,” Smith once said. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The union wants to give the factory workers three days off with pay for grief leave, like if a family member dies.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Once you were scheduled, you could choose a place—a state, a city, a town—and the government would pay your way there. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We can give you such piles of treasure,” he said, “that I have nothing left to pay an army with. Then you’ll be safe.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would follow that when scientific views are abandoned and replaced by new ones it is because the new ones are thought to be better at succeeding, paying, etc. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He’d been shocked, after his first fight, to discover that he was expected to pay for even the seltzer he used between rounds. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she couldn’t afford to pay a salary. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“No. A day job is a meaningless job that pays. No offense to your dad.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Maybe your family should trade apartments with mine. My parents would probably pay a lot of money for that light.” Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The most dramatic departure was by Officer Mendez, whom I had sat next to against the wall one night at the Academy while waiting for pay phones. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I do the hard work, he pays bills in his office. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He had been manipulated by Rome, paying dearly for Egypt’s independence. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

A man not worth paying any attention to. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But James wasn’t educated and couldn’t read or count, so the shopkeepers cheated him and kept their pay. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

She was paying for his car, after all. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

People were running out of money to pay Jack as a substitute, and he made barely enough to keep the family going. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

For rescuing the royal treasury and enabling Zosma to pay its army and avoid war? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Jenna finally selects a Peppermint Patty, and we head back to the counter to pay for the candy. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The fines and damages that Garrett had to pay took every dollar of his property. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay. Just try to be nice from now on. Now get out of those stupid slippers, and let’s get some pizza. I’ll pay.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

My brain is too fuzzy to pay attention—I feel like Jamie has just saved my life. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The twins standing at the entrance don’t pay attention to me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If he really meant that, and really paid her, that would make a nice dent in the money her family had to pay the magistrate. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The stock market soared; so did pay in the highest ranks of business. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“How did I pay for them?” she said, anticipating my question. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

This doesn’t stop her from throwing the blackboard brushes at boys who aren’t paying attention. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s a kind of bonsella, a gift. Imagine! They would pay for her food, books, everything. I was so excited. I sent her off at once. She was only fifteen.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nhamo was too disturbed to pay much attention, but gradually she began to sense that something was very wrong. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she had to pay attention now; here beyond the village, the ground had grown uneven, and it was harder to walk. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Milton found himself getting impatient or not paying attention. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Every weekend, I’d pay my bill—anywhere from fifty to even one hundred dollars, if I had really plunged on some hunch. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he left the other two for an hour or so at a time, but they had ceased to pay any attention to his absence now, as sooner or later he always reappeared. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because I don't want her to think that if one day she can't pay, it doesn't matter. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Can’t you see I’m a paying you a compliment, you gosling?” she said, and Lyra was pacified, though she didn’t understand. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The whips slashed across the backs of the remaining slaves once more, as if those still alive had to pay for the loss of the two who had died. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would charge nothing up front, and the Lackses wouldn’t have to pay if he didn’t win. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

And he wasn’t lying: since word got around that we could not afford to pay rent, there had been a steady stream of shack-seekers at the custodian’s door. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at the Doctorita’s face jiggling with rule after rule, not paying too much attention because soon Mamita will come and I will be far away from this place. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can pay you to look at the engine.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was talking as he closed the door to his office and sat down behind his big desk, though I wasn’t really paying much attention to what he was saying. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The $5,100 in dues came from rank-and-file members only, since full gang members didn’t pay dues. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Parliament decided that since the money had been spent in defense of the Colonies, the colonists should pay for it. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made me pay attention like nothing else I have ever done. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Those hard times when Chokecherry Middle School couldn’t sell enough raffle tickets to even pay for the prize might as well be a hundred years ago. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I pay you twenty-five more cent a day than Mama did.’ The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The Superintendent, who managed the budget, said, “We can’t pay him, you know.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought that perhaps by paying close attention, I would begin to understand, but I did not. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“They were the people the Home was paying to look after me. I got bit by their fish-head guards.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

It is not enough to give lip service and to believe in equal pay: there has to be a conversion, from the heart. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I continued to study until two or three A.M. each night, believing it was the price I had to pay to earn God’s support. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Something in her brain clicked and said, This is important, pay attention. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Hitherto, almost all we grew had been sold to pay the rent of the land; now we were enabled to keep some of our own produce. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The usual method," Mr. Pope said, "is to pay your penny and stand in front of the stage." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He visits one such winemaker on this particular trip, to pay his respects and sample the latest bottles. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But jeez, I think people pay way too much attention to The Sopranos. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey, where you be go? I pay you. I pay you.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I can go to the Savoy Cinema now, pay sixpence for a seat down front where there’s a better class of people eating boxes of chocolates and covering their mouths when they laugh. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh Harry, you aren’t going to pay attention to anything that old fraud says?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The strikebreakers’ pay was fifteen times higher than the strikers’ had been. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mother had gone back to buying insurance after the second car accident, and Dad said I should pay my share. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The dropcops didn’t seem to care or pay me any notice at all. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The troops had been dispatched by President Johnson after Governor Wallace had denounced the marchers as “Communist-trained agitators” and insisted that Alabama could not afford to pay state troopers to protect them. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was out of money; I couldn’t pay rent. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“You shouldn’t have broke the window. The landlord’s gonna be sore, and I don’t have enough money to pay for it.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

They had a mortgage to pay, on top of college tuition for my sister, and that meant working overtime. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Finally, Papa said he would pay one American dollar for ten cakes, and she accepted. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then we will all pay for not having cried for justice long ago. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had opposed Jack when he proposed paying for the boys education, which smacked of meddling to her, and unfair on Leon and the girls. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Penelope heard of the outrage and declared that she would herself speak with the ill-treated man, but she decided first to pay a visit to the banqueting hall. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

To hear Mother tell it that mare was steady as a rock, and Grandpa didn’t pay much attention when he rode her. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

This is what happens to Chantal when she studies so hard and she still has to find ways to pay for school. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

"Watch it. I'm paying for your dinner, after all." An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“So you still pay a price for your disobedience, but you get one more chance. I might be able to live with that. Seth?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

If, on an interstellar voyage, you are not paying attention, you can find yourself drawn into it irrevocably, your body stretched unpleasantly into a long, thin thread. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

That meant a vigorous federal government with sufficient powers to coerce the citizenry to pay taxes and obey the laws. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

But this is so far above my pay grade, I don’t even know where to begin. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

It was tiresome having to smile and act interested, especially if they were chatty, but that was a small price to pay for a meal. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Migrants prefer to pay to cross in a raft than risk the river alone. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Had he come here to pay his respects, to remember? Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Miners would get a raise in pay, but the union would have to go. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

“The most important thing is to pay attention to the others on the stage. To have a clue about what they are thinking. And respond to what they do and say.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I had to focus on finding a way to pay for college. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It’s obvious I’m rich enough, or rather my parents are, to pay for a gym. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

"I shouldn't think so. She never has any money. She gets five hundred quid a year and pays three hundred and fifty of it in interest to Jews." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Already she had learned that, though she could understand him, she had to pay close attention when he spoke. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I told you. I don’t have enough saved up to pay a security deposit.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Employment agencies in Seattle received inquiries about the availability of jobs—any kind of job, no matter how low paying—from as far away as Missouri and Arkansas. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Okay. Then let’s just get it. I’ll pay for it right now.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

We take turns walking up to the cashier to pay, and then we stack our tips in a pile on the table. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He declared that every patient had to pay eighty cents, except for women, children, the truly poor, and anyone seriously ill. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He hoped Shell would rent it because the oil companies were always the best renters, never complaining about abrupt hikes, paying easily in American dollars so that nobody had to deal with the fluctuating naira. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The pay is $20 an hour, good money for a Levittown kid right out of high school, and it helps pay his tuition at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

And made me think, even when I didn’t feel like thinking, even when I was too lazy to pay attention. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I am still living at home, which is humiliating; but why should I pay extra to live in a dormitory, when the university is in the same city? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Two nights later the city’s unions met with officers of the fair to demand that they limit the workday to eight hours, pay union-scale wages, and hire union workers before all others. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Everyone had suffered, and now someone was going to pay. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He said 1 would have to pay in advance and that he didn’t allow men to take girls up to the rooms. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only do I tend to the complaints of the nuns, but country people and villagers pay for my services, and the poorest are granted them. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“They finally towed the Jeep back from Cutler Ridge. Two hundred bucks—I had to pawn my promise ring to pay for it,” she said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I reach in my jeans to pay him but he holds up his palm. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, not just now. Don’t think I’m horrid. I only wanted a little fun, but this sort doesn’t pay, I find, and I’m getting tired of it.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I said what stake you got in this guy? You takin’ his pay away from him?” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

So if I dint get smart why are they paying me to rite these dumb things. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The girl said, “We don’t buy from Sidney’s or from any animal dealer. All our purchases are from private parties, and the prices we pay aren’t reported.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Kids just prefer not to pay attention to us unless they have to. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I don’t pay much attention to what he says, but when he walks back to his seat, I see he’s got a baseball glove under his desk. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps they would be more enthusiastic if she promised to pay them for their time and trouble. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Maxine pays for the cake and scones, and we leave the bakery. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

My father had spent the last few days before the holiday trying to find a way to pay the rents, the utility bills, and the teachers’ salaries. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

That’s why I think I walked into the classroom a little rushed and wasn’t really paying attention. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

He was doing all he could do to concentrate on the lesson, so he was not paying attention to much else going on around him. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

‘I pay you every month, don’t I? As we agreed.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to pay attention—Mrs. Friedman was indeed giving us an assignment—but the words swam by in a murky haze. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She waited until evening before going to pay her call upon Ser Cleos Frey, reasoning that the longer she delayed, the drunker he was likely to be. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And with the money from that, we’d pay our rent for the next month and hire another team of horses and fly at some county fair near here, and so on. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reginald Monty, who tried unsuccessfully to live in a car when his family could no longer pay for his room and board. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He told me that in Florida, creditors cannot take your home, and the Mosses had mortgaged most everything else they owned, probably to pay their bail bonds and legal fees. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“No,” he said, “I don’t want any wells. I’ll pay for the work you did.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“This is different. We aren’t being held for ransom. It’s more like paying rent. Yes, that’s it. Rent for use of the house and for food.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

‘Thrice shall pay for all, if you are willing. You will not find me a burden much greater than when you bore me from Zirakzigil, where my old life burned away.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“How much did he pay you?” said Jared. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

This is the price we pay for the many benefits of the locked door. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He recommended that Ned also consider insuring Pearl’s life and offered to pay the initial premiums. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It was exciting, but from month to month we worried about how we would pay for the rent, the groceries, and anything else we needed. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be, in effect, paying the government for incarcerating him for a month. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He ended up paying Sneaky two whole dollars for that Snickers. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“This year I’ll be paying special attention because I know the scenes so well. I’ll be listening especially for this scene, with the buildings falling.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do the players pay for the trip themselves?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He says he doesn’t have money to waste paying for you to get what he calls a useless white man’s education,” my mother replied. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked around the locker area, but nobody was paying me any attention. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had to pay some enormous fine to avoid spending several months in jail. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

When Imani gets up to use the bathroom, I pull out my wallet to pay for the hot chocolates. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I would take some though in any form and pay what they asked. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have money or any other way to pay you.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“We bought this and we give rides to the Harwells and the Breedings. They help pay for gas. Do you still run with Joshua Harwell?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Mr. Robert reached for coins to pay the pastor. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

When storms happen, it is hard to pay attention to anything else. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

As workers came to him for their wages, he berated them for doing shoddy work and refused to pay them, even if the work was perfect. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

And while I’m doing that, I can go to the market and spend half my pay and the rest of my day hauling food up the hill. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Next to the parking lot stood a pay phone, with twenty people waiting to use it. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

For the time being, though, I revel in the splendor of my accommodations, amazed that they cost $5.05 less, on a daily basis, than what I was paying for that rat hole in Clearview. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not sure where to go, they decided they’d pay a visit to the president of the United States, whom they understood to live somewhere upriver. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I knew she was stressed because Miss Lisa was in charge, and Grandma needed to work for her to make money to help pay our grocery bill. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"It is not a matter of gold or horses. This is blood- magic, lady. Only death may pay for life." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He doubted she had any cash on her, but when she got to the hotel she could probably call somebody to come down and pay the driver. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

"Tell me, how much rent do you pay?" Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Elijah, your money is no good when I’m around. Besides, if you insist on paying me back you can always double up on your tithing when you go fishing.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“But I need new music. Can I owe you guys some form of credit? I’ll owe you a ride. I’ll pay you at the end of my shift, at the end of the week?” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Even the few who weren’t mad for Granny’s sake likely didn’t know what to say, under the circumstances, and nobody was going to risk criticism by paying a formal call or taking a wedding present. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

"But finding a lawyer to help when you don't have enough money to pay them isn't easy." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I was sharing a plate of shrimp with a young lady and wasn’t paying attention to much else. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went downstairs to my old friend the pay phone and called the number of Francis’s mother’s apartment in Boston, reversing the charges to my father. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“To tell him how sorry you are about Daisy. To pay your condolences. Because he’s your best friend.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She started going at Pap ’bout how come he ain’t been paying what he was s’pose to and how close us and our animals was to starving and how she shouldn’t-a never married him. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

They hadn’t kidnapped her because of her connection with Mrs. Coulter; so perhaps they weren’t in the pay of the Gobblers after all. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t have been able to pay for the photographs. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

He drank up his pay and walked around in rags. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Much of a pinhead as you is, if I was you, I wouldn’t pay no more’n half price,” he said to one man. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Look, Fairy Godmother, how much have you spent on this little game already? I’m not paying to have that couch re-covered.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told him I'd pay him back somehow, but for now I just needed the book. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

But those who gave in had to pay a price, for to invite death inside would mean striking a bargain with it. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Theresa didn’t pay any attention to it, so I tried not to, either. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half paying attention, while I watched Johnny Carson, my hand prospected. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I took their check off them, but they wouldn't let me pay it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Now he’s paying for that though, as wave after wave of weakness hits him. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It seemed every scythe had surrendered something of themselves—not because they had to but because they chose to—as a way to pay for the lives they took. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He has to make a point of going to his studio, of resetting the tape on his answering machine, paying his rent check and his bills. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I smile absentmindedly when he tells me hello, and I stumble through my shift, barely paying attention, which is a good way to lose a hand. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

By signing the treaty, Germany had accepted the blame for starting World War I and agreed to pay billions of dollars in reparations to other countries. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“Tomorrow I will sell it and then I will pay you.” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What ransom? Who would pay good coin for sea scum?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I spoke quietly into the mouthpiece of the asylum pay phone in the main hall of the administration building. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“The gods let her die! That’s one of the many things they will pay for.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Francie said good-bye to the boss, to his wife, and to her final week’s pay. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll pay you two dollars an hour, and that comes to twenty hours to earn forty dollars. And the work ain’t easy.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

We might have borrowed from Biswas, but there was nothing left to pledge; in any event, we would not have been able even to pay the interest he demanded. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d sit in class, and no matter how hard I’d concentrate—if there’s a window, I don’t care where it is, I’m staring out of it—I’d have the hardest time paying attention.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“But when you get to Seoul, you have to pay double for this service.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He was a shrewd naturalist in his own right, and often brought back samples of flora or fauna for pay. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Was it an expensive sculpture that some kid dropped and he had to pay for it out of his own money or they didn’t let him graduate?” asks another. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

We all say things like, “How’m I supposed to pay for this?” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ironically, Nicholas, by not paying attention, you have stumbled upon another literary device called a malapropism.* Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The Jewish community would scrape together enough money to pay the fine, so that people could keep their homes and continue to live under the lord’s protection. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Yet how else could she pay back the loan? The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

We caught eyes, but I didn't wanna make it weird, or for him to think it was anything more than a joke, so I added, "Because you pay attention to details." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

For die past few days, I had been pleasantly besieged by arriving dignitaries and world leaders who were coming to pay their respects before the inauguration. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nobody has to pay for it for good old Aarfy. I can get all I want any time I want it. I’m just not in the mood right now.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

That was plenty, she said, to buy food for Brian and Maureen and me for two months and pay the water and electricity bills. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Mama said they had to disconnect it today or pay for the whole next month plus a contract renewal fee.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I mean, it’s not enough to pay for all of college.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

A meeting was planned to discuss the match, with Kok agreeing to pay all the expenses for Bobby to fly, first class, to Belgium and be lodged at the five-star Sheraton Brussels Hotel. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Realizing that I barely had enough money to pay for school supplies, let alone legal expenses, John suggested soliciting a big law firm because sometimes they do work pro bono. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t pay enough attention to him lately. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Then Peaches gave them her whole two hundred dollars wedding gift money, which J.T. said he was going to pay back but I know he didn’t have a job. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t pray for Mamá to start paying attention to us either. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I said, “If you ask me, it’s revenge for Calvin’s death. Horace wants someone to pay for losing his brother. He doesn’t care who.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Usually I occupied myself with a book, but that night my father insisted that I pay attention. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Then think hard, Taylor. How else can you pay me?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Well, actually, if you were going to pay someone else anyway...I could use the money.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I’ll be a good guest and pay for your hospitality with tales of adventure. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

But Darius touches my arm, and he already has a card in his hand to pay for the food. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And the emergency pay they had received the previous day would keep them fed for another week. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A few pieces of burnt toast later, the family was ready to pay their final respects. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Finally, once we had our groceries and my mom was heading to the front to pay, I succeeded in wearing her down. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

That means the government is helping to pay for our place—the same way they’re paying for my lunch. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Farmer began paying closer attention to Russia, to wherever there was the specter of a possible epidemic. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

We run across Route 28 and straight into the arcade to pay for mini golf. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

But “nothing is more common than for the white people on this occasion to take the grass from them without paying.” Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

It is only in the unaccountable minority, the “cases,” that the line is crossed, and then there is the devil to pay on both sides, but most of all for the meningococci. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can’t do this. Please. You can keep this week’s pay, just let me keep my job. I need it. My family needs it. They’ll starve without me. I’m sorry.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

They forgot El-ahrairah, for what use had they for tricks and cunning, living in the enemy’s warren and paying his price? Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Link and Marty were completely hitting on Violet for it, but she didn’t pay them any attention, and sometimes she would stand there with one hand on my shoulder. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that made everybody sit up and pay attention. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Knights and lordlings, they take each other captive and pay ransoms, but they don't care if the likes of you yield or not." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“You’ll need these to pay for music and food,” he explained, signing the first twelve checks on the spot. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

If you wanted to go somewhere more interesting, you had to pay a teleportation fare to get there, and that cost money, something I didn’t have. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“The owner’s not going to pay for that,” Carlos says. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Planning to visit relatives in California, they took a truckload of potatoes to sell along the way to help pay expenses. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We were hoping to pay a call on Mr. and Mrs. Dalton,” said Mother. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she would give him nothing unless he could pay. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

In the pearl he saw Juana and Coyotito and himself standing and kneeling at the high altar, and they were being married now that they could pay. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

My first letter, Dear Mrs. O’Brien, Inasmuch as you have not seen fit to pay me what you owe me I may be forced to resort to legal action. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“You tell them. Your Spanish is as good as mine, brother. Just be sure to pay me my share. Adiós, Rodrigo.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Along the aisle between the tables he walked, and he spotted the three Malfoys, huddled together as though unsure whether or not they were supposed to be there, but nobody was paying them any attention. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“God is going to pay you back,” I said. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Charlie spent winter break working at the Mall Cinema, where he apparently let all the hot girls sneak in without paying. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Most of the time nobody in H-5, not even Mrs. Shannon, pays much attention to them. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

If I could convince Mother to buy an extra urn, it would quickly pay for itself. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cabot Searcy had the kind of confidence that made it difficult for whoever was around him to pay anyone else any attention at all. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

You will pay for those deaths with your life. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

But they had to pay the man whose land they slept on. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

They wanted better pay, and they wanted Fabyan to stop interfering with their personal lives. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Norton nodded slowly and with a return of courage said, “If you don’t give me a little more information about that old goat, maybe Dennis and me will pay a little visit over there ourselves.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

It would cost a lot of money, he said—about twenty signs had been made, not to mention all the business cards and stationery—and besides, all the new clients were paying their bills. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

"He has no gold to pay soldiers. What if he's betrayed?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“They could,” he said slowly, “although I don’t know why they would. Publishers pay me to keep typos out of books. Why would they want to leave them in?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Now that Endurance was gone, some of the fo’c’sle hands were grumbling that they were working without pay and were no longer bound to follow Shackleton’s orders. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“If you did, you will pay for its repair. And did I hear you curse? That I will not tolerate in my school, young man.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was up to him to pay back to the world in beauty and caring what Leslie had loaned him in vision and strength. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps you were not aware of this treachery, but someone must pay.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Child, there's a way to comb this cotton. If we are going to have cloth for this winter, you better pay attention.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually the schools reopened, farm shops sold food, distribution networks sprang up and the black market offered everything from imported drugs to new shoes if you could afford to pay. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s one condition. I’m paying for the paint supplies and stuff with my dog-walking money.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“The tannery owners are buying the land. They pay good prices.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why, that,” he cried, “that is taking my land for a gift. Why, I pay twenty times that when I buy land!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Even though kids flood the walkway, heading to class, no one seems to be paying attention to what’s happening to Alex. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

So he’d registered, maneuvering his employer into paying most of the tuition, and went one evening a week. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The radio said that colored boy’s mama up in Chicago is blaming everyone in Mississippi for what’s happened, said she said, ‘The entire state of Mississippi is going to pay for this.’ Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Desdemona lay smiling, as though tickled by her first week’s pay hidden under the mattress. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He sang for pay, for the praise of women—one in particular—and for the honor of a famous king’s hand on his arm. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You done already robbed me for half a day's pay." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“They’d get a guardian. Maybe the house manager or a family member or something, and that person would get money to pay the kids’ expenses. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

That Saturday, Dad told me that to pay me back, he had to earn the money first. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

What if she’d been able to afford to pay a lawyer to defend Richard when he was fourteen instead of letting him be represented by the public defender? The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“But the thing we need most is rum and the only way to pay for it is with cattle.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She figured he lost scales all the time, and if she could sell them for a decent amount of money, she’d be able to pay the taxes. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Then she makes me take a pair of the fur leggings even though I can’t pay her for them. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

They didn't tell us kids about the divorce till after it happened, and when they finally mentioned it, they claimed it was a small price to pay if it ended our immigration struggles. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I would pay two dollars and a half a week for my room and I would save the balance for my trip to Chicago. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

His work has won him an Oscar, a bunch of Emmys, and some other awards that I don’t pay much attention to. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

I haven't been paying attention to the cards, so my first flip reveals the queen of hearts again. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I fall into the dirt, breathing and gasping and crying—seems like all I ever do is cry—and the dragonflies with their crystal wings still don’t pay me any mind. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

"She allowed me to stay on after I was unable to pay my rent." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sure, Charlese. You may start working in the office as soon as you pay the fines for the three library books and two math books you lost last year.” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

We sat in silence until John jumped up, saying, “Awful price to pay for a ticket to heaven.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

They pressed inside the two rooms and sang “This World Is Not My Home” while others quietly shuffled in and out to pay their respects. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Monet and his friend stopped at the park gate to pay their entrance fees. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she, “Only to be sure it was paying him too great a compliment, but she did think there were some looks a little like Mr. Elton.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

He has no head at all for math, so in addition to keeping the books at the store, I balance our accounts at home and pay our taxes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

C.P. slowly realized the implications of his transformation, seeing in broad but terrifying strokes the price he was going to have to pay. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The last words he ever heard were, “A Lannister always pays his debts.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The job offered him greater pay and meant that he would no longer need to uproot his wife and young boys. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

There would be thickets of red tape to negotiate and fines to pay. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was supposed to pay for Andrew’s school fees and groceries, but he started falling behind even on that, and soon my mom was paying for everything. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Merchants demanded that the Osage pay “special”—that is, inflated—prices. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

No one pays me heed as I make my way through Serra to Teluman’s forge. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Supposing this man was a thief, and Mrs. Danvers was in his pay? Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

One teenager was whittling at a lump and not paying me the blindest bit of notice. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She waited outside the basement door, pretending to use the pay phone until there was no one in either direction. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“He isn’t even a child of Inti! Chasca, don’t say such stupid things, or the bat will pay you a visit.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

To make Julio pay for his crime, the expedition would have to find him first. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Opening objects in a parked vehicle was so incredibly illegal that I realized he wasn't paying any attention to the rules, so saying something about it would be pointless. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Of course, if you’ve ever gotten a surprise package, you can imagine how puzzled and excited Milo was; and if you’ve never gotten one, pay close attention, because someday you might. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s hard to say. Miss Stephanie in the front office stopped me this morning to tell me to pay attention to the morning announcements. Apparently, Mr. Elliot is going to address it.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And he knows who my friends are—which means he pays attention to me. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

If I could afford to pay for a private school for you I would. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We pay big taxes to fund organizations like FEMA. It’s about time they stepped in and did something.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

For nearly a decade after, she and Mama had worked every single day to pay down those debts, and they’d come so close. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I looked over at Calista, but she wasn’t paying any attention. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

It all sounded very glamorous, although the idea of tossing up my skirts for pay struck me as being even more laborious than killing the dead. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She sold my dad’s car and most of our furniture to pay the bills my dad left behind when he went back to Mexico. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The galleries also had seats and standing room for other paying guests. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

When it seemed like nobody was paying attention to her, she dropped the book. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

We meet, and he gives me my supper, my pay: bread or an apple, cabbages, turnips — sometimes there’s sausages on a good day. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

I read the neatly typed NOTICE! until I saw that it was only another list of prices a white man would pay for various types of sensuality with various ages of Negro girls. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That is what the growers pay the young ones who harvest for them.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Some one at the counter, that I had never seen before, tried to pay for the wine, but I finally paid for it myself. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you pay for your lunch? Or better yet, call your father and ask him to pay for it?” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

You won’t believe this, but there are peoples who pay money to other peoples to wash their hairs and even to paint colors on their toes. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

“It pays to go very slowly at the start, using your best judgement for every letter,” she advised other code breakers. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Someone yelled, “Remember this hour, ye thanes of Hrothgar, the boasts you made as the meadbowl passed! Remember our good king’s gift of rings and pay him with all your might for his many kindnesses!” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured that nobody would pay attention to me; yet, the minute I began, there was a hush. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It seemed to her certain that she would suffer from the consequences of it, that no one could maintain such deceit for so long without paying for it somehow. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was already mad that X-Ray had waited two days to buy the ad because he only wanted to pay for one week, and now the machine had eaten his money. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I look over at Jason, but he’s paying no attention to them. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I deliver my letter to the couriers’ desk and pay the fee. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I don’t even pay attention to what anyone is doing to me until I’m about to leave and I see myself in the mirror. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm going to pay you back for this." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He shouted obscenities at the scared boy, and ordered him to close the door and to pay attention to his business or he’d have business on his hands he wouldn’t want to pay attention to. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Am I asking to pay less than half? The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Max is there—but he doesn’t pay me any mind. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I start rubbing my hands against my legs, which isn’t a good sign, but I don’t pay attention. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“You asking ’em to play and I’m paying for the game,” Gus said. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Should you find yourself in Amsterdam, however, please do pay a visit at your leisure. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Well, if I was dressed,” Santa told the man, “I’d go in and pay my respects. Me and my friends here just on our way to a picture show. Thank you.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. I pay close attention. Mr. Schmidt said exactly, ‘What are the differences between America’s far past and its recent past?’” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Frances and her husband took him in for a while, until his maternal grandfather died and bequeathed Charles enough money to pay for college. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

To get off the Hill, three or four people would pitch in to pay someone a quarter to drive them to and from work. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

This was what he felt like when he suddenly had to pay attention in school. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I have no money left to pay you.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

She had a monthly fee to pay the warehouse in Los Angeles where she had stored what remained of our furniture and silver just before we evacuated. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dorus and Anna hope and pray that being a preacher is the answer for him, but they are not happy they have to pay for this school. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“The way I saw it, she wound up paying you for the privilege of having you in her gas station. You think she’s figured it out yet?” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

On top of everything, I’m paying for my mistake. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Didn’t they feed him and give him his pay every month? Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“No—but it can’t stop me. It’s my choice to make. And anyway, it pays pretty good.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The advance money helped pay Morrie’s enormous medical bills, and for that we were both grateful. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Don’t know any of their names, don’t know where they are—I suppose I haven’t been paying attention. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

On Friday and Saturday nights, to pay his tuition and help with the home finances, he played saxophone and clarinet in a swing band, the Blue Lyres, he had started in high school. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“All of your adult life. But it becomes routine; after a while you won’t even pay much attention to it.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

And in a rare instance the Law Society was ordered to pay its own costs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They don’t in this one! I bet those other kids en’t paying for a thing.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they are arrested, they pay bribes and are quickly released. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Sí, Mamá must pay him back on time. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

While I liked to save my money for hard times ahead, I would use some for a paying ticket. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One more basket will be a small price to pay if he is expected,” he answered. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When you no longer need it, you pay a little something for its use; say, “Thank you, sir,” and when your business in that town is over, you go away from that room. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

She now knew how to be a good puppy, pay tribute to the leader, and even to he a leader by biting others on the top of the nose. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She fired the nannies without an extra day’s pay. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had worked in the railroad shops up there before and his old boss had promised him a job come next pay day. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I’ll bet you my whole store it’s a matter of time before everyone starts buying cheap fiddle-faddle from SmartMart rather than paying a little more for something from their own neighbors.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure some of the kids who moved here used to take lessons, or want to, and maybe it’s hard for their parents to find out where to take them, or to pay for it.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

She was polite at the lunch of course; not too haughty either, but not paying close attention to things. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama taught this club in order to make some much-needed extra money, to pay her bills. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“You need enough to pay for food and doctors and all.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had to pay back every penny, plus six percent extra for interest. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The theater troupe was talking and cackling, drinking again and again from their wine cups and paying no attention to the Baudelaire orphans as they circled the table serving everyone dinner. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“But how are you going to pay for it then?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Rumors swirled about Union generals sending the colored units out to be massacred with inefficient gear and less pay than the white soldiers. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Hale told Spencer that he’d pay him and his gang at least $2,000 to bump off a couple—an old man and his blanket, meaning an Indian woman. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Got to go about these things in the right way. Never pays to aim too low. Tell my fellows that.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

If an individual could afford to pay a dollar or two for a full day’s care, the money was accepted. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

When we reached the manor, Father ordered me to change into something clean and to hurry down to greet the guests who were arriving to pay their respects. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You need to make some money? What, you got bills to pay and mouths to feed?” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

You’re going to pay for that, boy, the man yells as he loosens his belt and wraps it a couple times around his hand to get a tight grip. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He noticed an attractive woman park her car and go over to one of the pay telephones, where she spoke at length to someone. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to see that ham right here in my home! I don’t want any double-talk this time. If you people want a confession from me, you’d better start paying off.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she expects him to pay for college when he has a sole-proprietor business and Kate’s a receptionist at the car parts place. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The three gray ladies were too busy squabbling to pay me any attention. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then she’d get the money and she could pay the magistrate and save her home. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

It’s weird to have him paying attention after years of not paying attention. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

A healthy man is careless with a bill — You have to make them pay when they are ill. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

He looked round him, at the dark fir trees on the hills surrounding the lake, and at his mother and Mr Hooper, only paying attention to each other, now. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Because there are no more geta to pay them with. It’s nothing personal—they have their own troubles.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t an idiot, he wasn’t dangerous, his parents, or parent, would not pay for his keep in an institution. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So I recommend that you pay attention. Those who don’t learn fast will get hurt.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

So far the ghosts weren’t paying her any special attention. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t paying attention to the uncomfortable edge in his voice, so his next words took me by surprise. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“You’re already working so hard to pay back the doctor,” Ma said. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

I told him, There are pay phones, so I could call Oskar and let him know I’m OK. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Murray would not withhold royalties as his first publisher had, and he would not make Charles pay him to have his books published, as some other publishers did. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just because you can go to Chanel and buy a dress does not mean you have class. A person who just pays their bills on time can have class.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Not when oil well millionaires and timberlands owners and god-knows-who-else get away with murder and pay nothing. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

When I pay him, he takes my money and that’s it. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was a warm August evening, just turning dark, and my dad got on his bike to go pay the electric bill. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

So, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, passed; and on Friday morning I went to Mr. Pumblechook’s, to put on my new clothes and pay my visit to Miss Havisham. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The Glow-worm became the light inside the torch on the Statue of Liberty, and thus saved a grateful City from having to pay a huge electricity bill every year. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t paying as much attention as I should to where I was going; I was wrestling with despair. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

For users, crack meant poverty—whole lives stripped down like a stolen car, the parts sold off to pay for their next hit. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t always pay much attention when you kept talking about codes all the time last winter,” Chess said. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It means there is an ever-growing pool of interchangeable workers, many of them shunting from one low- paying job to another. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The officials of the press had even arranged to pay my hotel expenses, and they would hear no objection that I made. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s good. Hell, I wouldn’t go back to some of the pestholes I’ve lived in for pay. But still...” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was ready to pay for his coffee. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I was paying attention, the person appeared out of nowhere. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I told him I’d just quit my job, but he said that didn’t make any difference; I could miss paying them for a couple of weeks if I had to; he knew I’d get straight. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

College graduates have received steady pay increases over the past two decades, while the pay of everyone else has risen little more than the rate of inflation. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I am not her psychiatrist and she’s not paying me to be one. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Madam Platt could not countenance this insubordination, but neither could she insist upon service when she could not pay a farthing in wages. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“I pay the back taxes and it's mine.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“You know what the really big bosses do? They pay someone to pay someone to...” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I insisted on paying for the whole thing: meal, drinks, and tip. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t even have to pay for it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was going to ask for his money back until he discovered that people driving through town on their way back up to the city would pay a fortune for a dozen Easter-colored eggs. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Thrusting a fist to the sky, she screamed that we would pay for threatening her. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

But we had to go to the hotel to get our bags packed and pay the bill. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I was determined to try every single inn on this side of the river before I resorted to paying for a bunk and a meal chit again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Ah, yes,” he said, mounting the steps, “they all seem like real nice boys when they pay their rent.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

We had a year to pay off the thirty-seven dollars, and though I had no idea how we would get the money, at least we were still building rockets. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was the normal pushing and whispering and not paying attention. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have to pay rent to Mom and Dad, but I did have to pay for food and clothing and help with utility bills. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m just sorry you wasted the money paying for this room.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

If you owed him five dollars he’d make you pay back ten. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked over at Joe and Espy, who pretended not to pay attention. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“We couldn’t expect you to pay as much as Arawn did,” replied Orddu, “but we’re sure you can find something to offer in exchange. Oh, shall we say...the North Wind in a bag?” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I was leading a double life, trying to be an American kid at school but coming home to teach my parents English and help them pay the bills. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But Ebright only hardened his position: “You will not be able to get your old prices much longer, it will just be impossible to pay them... the goose that laid the golden egg is gone.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I looked about, hoping to find someone to help me, but the crowds were so great, no one was paying attention. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

His friends pay for a taxi to the north side. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I counted out five U.S. dollars to pay for the steel tubing and bar stock we were to use that day. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Salvador and Lupita are going to the movies with us. They said that they would pay their own way,” Elvio reported. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“You remember that I had a cash-flow problem then and instead of paying you cash I started an account for you under my own name because you’re too young to have an account.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

No one pays any attention to their moans or their cries. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Ever since then, instead of paying money for school, I dean the tile floors of the nuns’ house. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Seems a shame. She been paying on that insurance all her life.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You pay me well for these rumors, my gracious queen." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Junior was over visiting when I was talking about those times and he asked, “Daddy, didn’t the city pay better than the railroad?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Buttercup was paying little attention to the goings on. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“So,” I say, “you gonna call Mr. Croft and make him pay for what Tyler done?” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

This was the price I was being asked to pay, I understood that now. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The cities were abandoned, and shrank to a fraction of their original size, all their considerable wealth sold off to pay for seeds that didn’t grow, for land they couldn’t water. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Fifth, Denman had the money neither to pay us well nor to guarantee a decent sum to our dependents in case something happened to us. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“But nothing. If Madam sees you idling and jawing out there, there’ll be the devil to pay.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

With most of us, even when we are lucky enough to get our revenge, we must pay for it, sometimes in actual dollars. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pretended it was somebody at a washing machine not paying attention to what he was doing and getting his whole body pulled through and wrungeded out. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“You don’t expect other countries to pay attention to an American book, do you?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least my death will help pay for the life of the boy in the woods. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

How can I possibly pay attention with all her yapping? Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He’s kidding, because the Parks already refuse to take any money from us, no matter how hard we or our parents try to pay for meals when we come in. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Du Bois described as “the public and psychological wage” paid to white workers, who depended on their status and privileges as whites to compensate for low pay and harsh working conditions. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The pay is $6.10 an hour and the hours are nine in the morning till “whenever,” which I am hoping can be defined as a little before two. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’re eating pizza in the living room with an NBA game playing on the TV, but I’m the only one paying attention to it. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

When he’s paying the check, I blurt out, “I didn’t know you like animal shows!” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

My first legally paying gig was at a Baskin-Robbins within rollerblading distance of our house. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The reprimand came about after Grosie handed Mother a list of six close friends of the family, and suggested that Mother call to pay her respects that afternoon. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I come out, Lacey is paying and Ben is honking the horn, and after a moment of confusion, I jog toward the car. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I shook my head and rolled my eyes but followed him down the sidewalk, past the pay phone, and into her room. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Emily, pretending to read her book and not pay them any attention, had felt wistful and a tiny bit jealous. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“She’s conservative with her spending, and usually only wants to pay for repairs and such. It took her a while to finally renovate the lobby. I’m sorry. My hands are tied.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Do you know how many favors I would have had to call in? How many bribes I’d have had to pay out to get Matthias Helvar out of prison? The price was too high.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Second, why did they have to keep paying for things? Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Whitaker cracked at least one joke a day, usually tasteless: “I know a woman who will pay me one thousand dollars to see me in the nude: She’s blind.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She would leave the knife sunk in his chest and then search his drawers for his bundle of one-hundred-dollar bills, so that she could pay her rent and her tuition. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And if that wasn’t enough, paying ten dollars a month to somebody to tell you how to lose it fast, that either dont know anything about it or is in cahoots with the telegraph company. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s on the Blue Ridge Road. Eight miles south of Kansas City. A combination night-club- motel. You pay ten bucks for the key to a cabin.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Heads you pay for my dinner, tails, I pay for yours.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“A kidnapper would have to be crazy to think we were rich enough to pay a ransom!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Every day people come into the store with reasons why they can’t pay, asking for credit or offering goods for trade. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I could use the grocery money to pay my bus fare, or sneak out on the days the Doc- torita forgets to lock me in the house. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The government, they say, just wants you to pay a lot of money and tell a judge you are very sorry. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

It remained unclear, though, how long they were going to pay him anything at all. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Some people would end up paying a dear price for their courageous stands against Governor Wallace and the Ku Klux Klan before the dust finally settled. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

One student council meeting is a small price to pay for all of them. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I know it’s not enough to pay for all of college, Professor Buzzkill. But it is fifty thousand dollars, which will make college a hell of a lot easier.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Although I wanted to pay attention to my sewing, I couldn’t. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What do they pay you at the sledge depot?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

This was highly unusual; the commanding officer did not generally pay calls on prisoners in their cells. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sure? Each one of these is for more than this place is worth. We’re paying on all these? That’s a waste of money.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The day after I checked in with Davy I walked down to a pizza parlor and called Dad from a pay phone. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The foreigners who sit drinking coffee with their noses in books aren’t his friends and family, but paying guests, many of them gringuitos. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” Addie goes, all huffy, “it’s about time you started paying attention.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Pay? She didn’t pay me a plug nickel. But she fed me.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

While Mama filled out the money order and figured out how to pay some of the other bills, Ty'ree made grocery lists and school supply lists and added and re-added the cost of everything. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I went through the motions of getting ready for bed without paying any attention to what I was doing. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He did not like to pay for something he could get by other means. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I explained briefly that I had come up looking for work to pay my way through college and had failed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew my father would pay my brothers the same visit he’d paid her. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The only means to pay off their debts was through labor on plantations and farms—known as convict leasing—or in prisons that had been converted to work farms. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t pay any attention; he was always speaking when his thoughts were somewhere else, asking rhetorical questions and echoing other people’s words. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The piano had been left there by the previous tenants who could not afford to pay to have it moved. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Would it be weird to pay half in cash and half on a card in a place like this? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Somehow I'll earn the money to pay for the car repairs, and I'll have to break the news to my own parents, but all of that doesn't matter. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather pay a fine any day than go to Meeting.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“I know one thing,” Mary said, “somebody’s going to pay me for this, and that’s the truth. I’m going to sue the city.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many feel the health insurance isn’t worth paying for. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Give me the money and I will go to Mama Onitsha. She is authentic. She will sell you Gowon’s dirty pant if you pay the right price.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The pay was abysmal, but the job appealed to Barack’s core beliefs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

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

A victorious King Tommen was not like to pay his defeated uncle’s debts, after all. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

After two months without pay, he approached Irwin with a proposal: He would call off the debt for past wages if Irwin would give him Knighthood. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The captains, he said, were paying ten dollars for a picul of pepper. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

To Kaltenbrunner the fact that the great Bobby Fischer was gracing his home—for whatever reason—was equivalent to having the president of a country stop in to pay a visit. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He’d need to get a job to pay his share of the rent and groceries, I said, but jobs were going begging in the city. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The air inside stayed so cool that when relatives died, the family kept their corpses in the front hallway for days so people could visit and pay respects. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

But attendance at his show waned, and paying his men became a problem. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How much...how much did they pay you to do this?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

But their contributions to the war effort were unequal, with Russia paying the heaviest price for Hitler's aggression. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Every child pays fourpence a week. Sometimes they pay with eggs or wool or such things instead. It will help, Kit, a great deal.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“We are here to pay our respects at this sad time,” Mrs. Weidenbach said when Grandma let them in. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

But when Gertrude recited the devotions, they bowed and crossed themselves and seemed to pay close heed. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Whatever you wish to pay for a glimpse of your future,” the fortune-teller says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

As a carpenter, Southside wasn’t allowed to work for the larger construction firms that offered steady pay on long-term projects, given that he couldn’t join a labor union. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

If Mae pays me, then this will be a real job. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

They were talking and laughing together, paying little attention to the music. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ever now and agin you make enough to cover the mortgage and taxes and pay off the store thet give you credit. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“How much will you be paying me for the child?” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can’t call your life your own: and in return you have safety—if it’s worth having at the price you pay. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It's not time for my break. I can only talk to paying customers." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Taisin knew she was lucky that the Academy had taken her, for her family could not afford to pay for her education. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“So I thought I would try to pay you back.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

We were a little concerned that when we had paying guests, which would be soon, this might be a problem. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Gene Johnson conceived the idea and gathered the equipment and found the money to pay for it. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had several large bills to pay each month, both in the real world and in the OASIS. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I work to not only pay my bills but to fund my music projects. I’m independent.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It takes more than five years to pay for a luxury car. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is comparatively inexpensive: the cost of a single naval vessel of intermediate size— a modern destroyer, say—would pay for a decade-long program in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Young friends, whose string-and-tin-can phone extended from island to island, had to pay out more and more string, as if letting kites go higher and higher. “ Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’d been trying not to pay attention to Mr. D, but he was kind of hard to ignore in his neon orange leopard-skin warm-up suit and his purple running shoes. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Eleanor, pregnant, could find neither work nor money enough to pay for having a baby. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can see everyone in the cafeteria is starting to pay attention to their heated argument, and any minute now, the teachers will come over. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He did not pay any attention because he was listening to the forming of the troops, the sound of the cornets, and the voices of command that were shattering the dawn. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Well, you pay more attention to the baby than you do to me!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Well, guess who’s going to pay to have this window replaced.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“So they betrayed me, is that what you are saying? Why? Did I mistreat the Second Sons? Did I cheat you on your pay?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to pay my respects, to praise the gods for this victory.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Science is loud because Mr. Levy is fiddling with a plastic skeleton and not paying attention to us. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The pay was better than most jobs that they would find. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pigeon, very offended, flew back to the Bird Woman and, to pay out Mary Poppins, stuck the rose in the ribbon of the Bird Woman's hat. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“The donor was simply attempting to do something good, I think. One of those pay it forward things.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The wealthy owner continued to pay Frank to do the gardening, however. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“You don’t pay here,” said Fred firmly, waving away Harry’s gold. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Often in the pay of local political bosses, they had no national reach. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Or without paying far too much for it.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was still shaking from the effort when she dropped her coins in the pay telephone beside the restroom and dialed. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Then we all scurried around to the power company and the water authority and the landlord, paying off our bills with tens and twenties. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

"You may get that chance one day. Remember what I told you. A Lannister always pays his debts." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Jesse called it one of the most exhausting nights of his life—they didn’t sleep at all—but it meant paying for only one day’s truck rental. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I bet Hades doesn’t pay you well enough for such hard work.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll probably be through junior high school, almost, before I earn enough to pay Doc Murphy’s bill. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doing everything we could to find enough change to pay for it. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

"I bet you need change. I've got a ton. You could have all my change. You know, as long as you pay it back at the end of the day." The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Not when we might finally be doing some good. If the doctor won’t give us notes, we’ll pay for them some other way.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

When Francie was raised to twenty dollars a week, Mama gave her five dollars a week for herself to pay for her carfare, lunches, and clothes. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had to eat, she would say, we had to have books and school fees, we had to pay rent, we had to have bribes for the policemen. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not really. It was to keep me safe, I think. And to make me pay attention. I was young and I didn’t want to work all the time.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not paying a doctor to tell me that bad news. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Proctor made its students pay for their own pathological specimens. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

We were supposed to pay him fifty dollars a month. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were always moving because he was intent on paying his way by helping to clean the house. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The collector, a clever criminal himself, would pay Glitts sixty million dollars for her, but wanted a guarantee that the police would never trace the theft. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

If he stopped working for three days, that might mean we would not eat fish one night or could not pay the mortgage on what we thought of as Lynn’s house. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

"She allowed me to stay on after I was unable to pay my rent." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a knotted-up old Korean guy, and since Ray couldn’t pay any money, he made Ray a deal. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I’ve been paying my weekly bill on the blue zoot suit, real steady. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I live in Stockport. I help my granddad in his office in the week, and he pays for my petrol, but I can’t come here every weekend.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“People pay no attention to what children say, much less to what they think!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Believing that higher education was a waste of time for girls, he refused to pay a penny toward it. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I didn’t doubt the potential value of paying attention to subconscious cues. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

But it’s usually right next to the place where you pay. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Even in second-tier glamour industries like publishing, advertising, and media, swarms of bright young people throw themselves at grunt jobs that pay poorly and demand unstinting devotion. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He would run Nina Zenik to ground and make her pay in every way imaginable. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Unlike their darker brethren, they could pay off their contracts with their salaries and start a new chapter. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“You don’t think you’re paying the price for all your luck?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The sheriff laughed and said, “I guess that depend on how you define ‘pay good.’” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

We pay two hundred and forty dollars each, the kind of price you can get away with charging people whose savings accounts would go to waste otherwise. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Humans may notice a slight shimmer in the air if they are paying close attention—which they rarely are. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

It pays to get familiar with hard-to-spell words before you need them. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He promised he would find out if we missed one day—just one day!—and that we would pay dearly. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“We do not use those counters. If you have nothing to pay, I have no place aboard for you.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her room and board and supplies, she estimated, she would pay for with a part-time job. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“And don’t pay attention to Christina. Your face doesn’t look that bad.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Deacon Draper,” Brandon began, “if you don’t mind me asking, how did the church pay for the community center?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t suppose I might persuade you to pay me a visit at my house sometime?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And people pay money for a pet, yet for me she paid nothing . *. at least, as far as I know. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now I’m going to start doing my homework and pay more attention to what people are trying to tell me. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

His mom had finally bought him one last Christmas with some of the back pay she’d received after convincing some doctor that, seriously, she had a repetitive strain injury. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

And presumptuous too, since it was her father who would have to pay. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Well said indeed! Our students should pay tribute, it is fitting. We can arrange transport home afterward.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was not until i960 that money was somehow found to pay the expenses of one field assistant — to do work that could easily have occupied the time of four men. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I finish the silver set and the towels and tell Miss Leefolt I got to go home even though it’s half a hour early and she gone short my pay. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“It is right and fitting that his daughter pay for his evil deeds.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“See? I’m paying attention. Why did you go down there?” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom and dad—Dad especially—were always getting on me about paying better attention to stuff. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

We wouldn’t have to pay anything, Papi said, because “he’s willing to give you lessons in exchange for some carpentry on his porch.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She pays more attention to me now than ever before, though she smiles at me a lot less. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He ended, “...and when I turned my first pay over to my mother, the tears stood in her eyes. Yes, sir, the tears stood in her eyes.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could never hope to pay Min for the damaged box. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I guess all his hustles were paying off. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to pay for this, Doc Murphy,” I tell him. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. James Cook was going to pay him a small sum a month for the services of Harriet. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This job is what pays for my education. And in a few years, after I finish college, I’ll have a career.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My pay was cut back, but I had saved a lot and it didn’t matter to me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The answer is that she lives with her grown daughter, who also works, plus the fact that she’s worked here two years, during which her pay has shot up to $7.75 an hour. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Miss Maggie would never take any pay for those things. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

A broad swath of psychological and economic research has shown that people will pay different amounts for the same item depending on who is providing it. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

If He would stay with me anyway, why should I pay Him all this attention? Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m not the only one who’s going to pay for the lemonade,” he says, shaking her off. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I had seen her earlier, somewhere, in line at the bar maybe, had seen her without paying her much attention. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

To obtain that oil, prospectors had to pay the Osage for leases and royalties. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It made me pay attention in a way I hadn’t in years. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I had just finished paying the man back when we were sent to camp. And a loan from the bank to expand, I paid that back too.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The man from the truck said, “Glad to hear it, but they aren’t paying us for excuses. They gave you enough cash to pay good money, so go find somebody!” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For nearly two weeks the family stayed at home, polluted by death, greeting the occasional visitor who came to pay respects. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Speaking of paying off debts. I had an idea. What if I were to go to college so that I could get a better job and help pay off your debts faster?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“The bird said...It doesn’t make a lot of sense. She said, ‘The nightingale makes them bleed, makes them pay.’ Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Bail out, dress the dead, pay the rent, find new rooms, start a school, storm an office, take up collections, rout the block and keep their eyes on all the children. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So, if Davis’s dad died, he and his brother get nothing? Don’t you at least have to pay for your kids to go to college or something?” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Our heating unit busted right at the start of winter, and luckily we had enough to pay for it without my mom having to deal with another creepy guy. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He pays for his cup, the steaming concoction contained in black-and-white marbled swirls, and wonders for a moment before his first sip if it won’t taste as good as he remembers. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

"I wanted to pay my respects," he shouts. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“The first week you work for me you will pay one third of what you earn to the man who makes your forged card. You will pay another third to my brother, Hector.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Hooper had said, 'My father's going to pay for your school uniform. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

It was as if he had had to pay the same note twice because of some trifling oversight of date or signature. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

But science was not considered a valuable use of any young man’s time, and his headmaster admonished him for not paying more attention to his math or his Latin. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

To make money, I spend weekends planting for Alfonso and Mariana, who pay me a few sucres, a tiny fraction of what I need. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not by rethinking the entire classical music enterprise or building new concert halls or pumping in millions of new dollars, but by paying attention to the tiniest detail, the first two seconds of the audition. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I stare back, paying attention to nothing but the hold music now playing on the phone. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The hours of lessons pay off in this moment. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Well, food is no different: You get what you pay for.’” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Well, I brought him his change from paying his gas bill and he said: ‘Put it here in my pocket; my hands are dirty,’ ” John said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then Abilene did something unusual, something that forced him to pay attention. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

The treaty stated that in exchange for vast swaths of Muscogee land that would become part of what is now Georgia, the US government would pay $1,500 each year to the Muscogee Nation. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Everyone knows: ‘A tinker pays for kindness twice.’ The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She glared, daring us to pay her;. compliment. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

After my mother used it to buy food and pay our rent and utilities, there was no money for breakfast tea, let alone alcohol. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Because of that, I don’t really have to pay too much attention to the houses. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“We need a maid to clean out the cells. Dying men do puke out some terrible things, they do. You’re a steadfast girl. Tell your mistress we’d pay her the going rate for your services.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept trying to pay attention to everybody around me, just in case some thug tried to start something. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Now that my colors are gone, I’m sure everyone will stop paying attention to me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t been paying attention because I was worried about Vonetta. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He applied for extensions on grants, often took months to answer letters, and at one point continued to pay a dead employee’s salary for three months before anyone noticed. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I, meanwhile, had been so afraid of floundering, so eager for respectability and a way to pay the bills, that I’d marched myself unthinkingly into the law. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Fortunately she was too busy glaring at her sister to pay him much attention. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

All that research he did before we left is paying off. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

When we get to my door, he leans against the frame, not blocking my entrance exactly but insisting I pay attention to him. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“All right, perhaps the stables are a bit challenging to clean. Perhaps they do make me nauseous when the wind blows the wrong way. But so what? My clients still pay me well.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“What does a serviceman pay for a carton of cigarettes?” a prospective Muslim convert would be asked. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go on and don’t pay any attendon to them,” she said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Declare it as treasure trove. They have to pay us market value for it, and we could make them name it after us. The Hustings-Bolger Bequest.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Dad says paying your kids to study is “derelict.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

‘Let us hope that he did not pay too dearly for his boldness,’ said Legolas. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“You never pay the first price they tell you,” she instructed. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

That way he wouldn’t have to pay more than the law should allow to sit his car in an airport lot. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

As the program went on, I started to pay attention. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Believe me, George Finkle will find a way to weasel out of paying the money. No way he’s going to pay out a million bucks for sinking a crummy foul shot.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Riordan never seemed to be interested in anything happening on campus that took place outside that classroom, and it seemed like he didn’t even notice that not one person was paying attention. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“They make you pay fines for that? Wouldn’t it be better to go to Meeting instead?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“I can wear whatever I want,” I say, but no one pays attention. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Without anybody who would pay her a dowry and therefore without an obligatory husband looming on her horizon. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The profile listed my indent account balance, pay grade, blood type, current performance review rating—every scrap of data the company had on me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“How much does your grandpa pay to have you play for us? Can’t he buy off some place of higher education? I’ll chip in, get a collection going.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know that. How much are they paying for cheap perfume?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

We’re not a very religious family, but where death is concerned, it pays to be open-minded. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Dr. van Heerden must have taken it to pay for my supplies, she decided. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

You need to tell the P we’re not paying for Bigfoot sightings. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Or at least I cook and Miss Celia fidgets, looking more like a five-year-old than the rich lady paying my rent. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

What can you say to someone like that—someone who so obviously had been paying attention to your socks? 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Full disclosure: I’m not used to girls not paying me any attention, and it’s bothering me a lot that Rae’s into Jupe instead of me. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The words left a funny feeling in Jesper’s chest, but he laughed and said, “As long as my country pays cash. Does the Council know the scientist is dead?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“He needs to at least go back and pay for it.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Folks didn’t think this was such a big ruckus, ’specially not one worth paying no whole American dime for! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

But now we’re paying the price for having had so little physical exercise; we’re so stiff we can hardly turn our heads. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“But, like I said before, I’m not sure the owner would want to pay to fix it up.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Garbage had been piling up ever since the town ran out of money to pay for collecting it. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We're already doing without a few things to pay for the third wall. It was put in only two months ago, remember?” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

His highly unusual work did not spark any great demand and that was his one and only paying job. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

After paying for a private room last night and breakfast and bath this morning, the drab represented a good portion of my worldly wealth, so I kept my finger on it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Amá has taken away my phone, so I call Connor every day after school from what I believe is the only remaining pay phone in the city. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

To make friends, I began to pay close attention to what my classmates did and talked about. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Give the number of a pay phone where the friend can call in a few minutes.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I think this time I’ll just take my cow without signing the forms or paying the twenty bucks,” Joe observed calmly, casually tying the other end of his rope to the pickup bumper. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if I work full-time all summer and with the money I’ve already saved, I won’t have enough to live on in New York for three months, let alone pay for school. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The debt was crippling the company, and instead of paying off the debt he was drinking what little cash he made. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Piling twenty-two dimes in the Oxford Mart pay phone, I’d inquired about an editor position at the Harper & Row publishing house on 33rd Street in Manhattan. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Baba pays the shopkeeper, who loads his wheelbarrow with our bags and walks us to the road that leads to Tal Al Karama. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Needless to say, I was overjoyed when I saw a pay phone next to a wooden bench near the student drop-off area. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“You’re too good to be working for him. How much does Hideo pay you to keep you so loyally at his side? To come when he whistles? Or is something else drawing you to him?” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t earn enough working in Kilvin’s shop to pay back Devi at the end of the month, let alone make enough for tuition too. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I didn’t pay it much attention and told Walter I’d come down later. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I was not paying my debt to him. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Rahim Khan told me Baba had personally funded the entire project, paying for the engineers, electricians, plumbers, and laborers, not to mention the city officials whose “mustaches needed oiling.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“We can pay off Cory with his share of this first deal,” Styx said. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m only asking for one night. I’ll pay for it if you want.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

They hire people and they don’t pay them enough; they take what people own and build up power. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“She pays attention, and when she has the courage to ask questions, they’re deep, thoughtful questions. More than once, she has stumped me. Sent me scrambling back to my college textbooks.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had waited for her at the arrival gate, taken her to a hotel for one night, paying for it with the money he’d made at the restaurant. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But scientists all over the world could call in orders, pay less than fifty dollars, and Microbiological Associates would overnight them vials of HeLa cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

If you want more education, you work to pay for it. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ve plenty of work for little enough pay. Why add more for none? No one’s going to thank you for it. Our job is to find books. Leave it to the scholars to find answers.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Well, she could sell the car, take out a bank loan, pay him back—in cash. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you could buy shoats on credit, fatten them on food that cost next to nothing, sell them, pay off your loan, and take your profit, you would really have done something. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

What additional cost did people have to pay in order to lift much of the world out of its poverty? Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The types walked before the displays like paying customers. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“They could,” he said slowly, “although I don’t know why they would. Publishers pay me to keep typos out of books. Why would they want to leave them in?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They were paying me to distract Bigger with ping- pong, checkers, swimming, marbles, and baseball in order that he might not roam the streets and harm the valuable white property which adjoined the Black Belt. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“There are federal funds set aside to pay for supplies, but all the work must be done on a volunteer basis.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though I try to pay attention, my eyes keep wandering over to the two girls sitting directly in front of me. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Because the government pays them part of the difference. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Ignoring their concerns, he shouted that he didn’t pay them to ask questions, but to follow his orders. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

One had been sold by her older brother to pay off his gambling debts. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“We do not pay for children. The fact that we will feed them, care for them, educate them, and find them good homes is payment enough to most parents,” the director said. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were paying their respect to whatever it was that made him be a doctor in the first place, when the odds were that he’d be a yardman all of his life. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rode the ten-dollar bills back to where he’d found them, counted a dollar from his own wallet to pay for the sandwiches, dropped it in the delicatessen till, and added a quarter tip. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the conflict ended, they expected company owners to reward them with better pay, shorter working hours, and safer conditions. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I was going to see if he was paying attention. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Employers will look at that $30,000 figure, which is over twice what they currently pay entry-level workers, and see nothing but bankruptcy ahead. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when I daydreamed, I continued to look at the teacher and pretend I was paying attention because Papa told me it was disrespectful not to pay attention, especially to grownups. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I can pawn it to help pay our rent.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“What the hell does he pay you for?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

All my earnings went toward feeding the family and paying for my schooling. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I protested that I could not pay for the clothes, but Lady Seymour simply pointed to the portrait of the yellow-haired man, her husband, on the mantel and his letters stacked next to it. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said that for the past few days he had been paying attention to how the caravan operated, but that he hadn’t learned anything new. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then when Wang Lung heard her say this all his old remorse smote him and he answered her fiercely, “I will have no death in my house and I can pay the silver.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

But even when we weren’t together on the blacktop, or inside the building,I always knew Omi had an eye out for me—paying attention in her own quiet way. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She was too direct, and to keep up with her he had to pay careful attention to his language. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now Martin hoped his meager soldiers’ pay would help him save up to buy freedom for his family. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “Don’t go home, Tara. The church will pay your rent.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

If we had enough money to pay the ridiculous prices, we could stuff ourselves silly. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I just came to pay Flora a visit.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

We used the advance I had received for my novel to pay for it. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

You couldn’t order stuff online, couldn’t pay bills online. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

That means the government helped pay for your soft drink or cookies, but it won’t help pay for green vegetables. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“You know what someone gets for loving me? They get to help me pay for all my care, and then they watch me die. How is that fair to anyone?” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

This turned out to be unwise in the long run, since each time I missed practice I had to make up the time and pay for it with an extra half hour. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

That extra quarter-dollar would mean two more meals for my sisters, a fraction of a train ticket, or part of a bribe to pay off corrupt officials. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was a dizzying array of people to pay and collect from, houses to improve and maintain, bills to deal with, invoices to issue, supplies to buy and store. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“That means we have until the Monday after Barrio Fiesta to pay everything off.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Now it’s been “regentrified,” which means it got a new coat of paint and someone decided to pay attention to it. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And because she knows airplanes can be lonely places and because she knows how desperate loneliness can be, she pays extra attention to her passengers. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“We would have to pay a lot,” Baba says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Worthy got off the bus rather than pay more, only to have the driver follow her outside and begin punching her. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

He had a few minutes before the train left, and he telephoned home to Mother from a pay booth in the station. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, he’s paying for it now, isn’t he? Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

If from some stock-market adviser you received in the mail for six weeks in a row correct predictions on a certain stock index and were asked to pay for the seventh such prediction, would you? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We ask for only a little. We will pay for what we have—see, here is the money.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He said he’d pay a hundred and fifty a ticket. I told you the price would only go up. Didn’t I tell you?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

It’s not that we don’t expect to pay for dinner. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

You didn’t have to buy a uniform or a musical instrument or pay any dues to work on the Wave. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Unseasonably pleasant weather inspires people to pay at a higher rate. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want you paying for your mother the same way I had to pay for mine,” she’d say. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

"My mother will have cooked lunch. Did you want to pay now for the sausage, or have Mr. Kreuk add it to your account?" Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Two years before, she and Elizabeth Cady Stanton had convinced the school to admit women, with the understanding that they would raise $50,000 to pay for the necessary new facilities. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“We gotta pay that man, Ignatius. You wanna see me in jail? Wouldn't you be ashamed with your poor momma behind bars?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m a rotten son. I—I’m grounded until Christmas break, at least. I know you’re always praying for me and I...I wish it were paying off for you. I really do.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“How often we shall be going to see them, and they coming to see us!—We shall be always meeting! We must begin; we must go and pay wedding visit very soon.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

With so many thieves around anxious to get rid of stolen good-quality merchandise cheaply, many Harlemites, purely because of this conditioning, jumped to pay hot prices for inferior goods whose sale was perfectly legitimate. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Jewish boy said he’d pay me more if I brought it back signed, and that’s what I’m going to do.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

At these meetings members pay their dues, are given party tasks, are instructed in the party’s interpretation of world events. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried, but it was just about impossible to pay attention in class. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

She had no coin to pay a ferryman or take passage on a ship. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

To him, the oath was a small price to pay; by siding with Pizarro, Washkar’s panaqa, “which had lost everything, had a chance again.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“So if you had the money, would you pay fifty-five dollars for a ticket?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

If I’d been paying attention, I might have noticed that Viola gave me a funny look whenever I headed out the back door to Granddaddy’s laboratory. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

And we didn’t have to pay nothing for it, it was gave to us by other folks that use to be slaves. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Most of the people didn’t even pay for the rooms themselves. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

This enforced separation from his family aggravated the hatred for America that he’d felt since 1976, when he lost his case in federal court and refused thereafter to pay taxes. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“This was such a good sugaring year,” said Deydey, “we’ll be able to pay off most of our bill at the trader.” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

‘If they come to bargain for our goods at Helm’s Gate, they will pay a high price,’ said Gamling. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

With the money he had to pay rent, buy food, pay bus fare and retire portions of his ever-increasing gambling debts. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leo usually didn’t pay much attention to how other guys looked. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

"I had to pay off a few debts and I also needed new tools, but here, these are for you." The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope his color doesn’t run,” Crowell said, “before they pay off.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“These are very critical times,” Colonel Cathcart asserted petulantly from a far corner of the office, paying no attention to Colonel Korn. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“If we could, we would pay for his treatment, but...The vet thinks it would be best, and so do we...” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Nurse was paying out some silver to a pit man on a lost wager when he spied Penny leading Crunch. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Instead of holding political criminals for life, these camps briefly incarcerated— and occasionally tortured—traders who failed to pay bribes to security officials. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“We got revenge by paying him to do something he was going to do if we were here or not.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

They don’t even make you pay attention, slipping in a ceremony and clearing the table before the children notice specialness. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The receiver of the pay phone was cold against my ear. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Do we pay no money? Do they keep us for nothing?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

And then, inevitably, he would pay a price. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She asks him for ideas on how to make money to pay for medicines and prostheses. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I am so full of hate I pay no attention to where I am going. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it seemed most days we barely had enough money to pay the rent, let alone fly to Paradise. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

My mother reads the charges against me, which I don't pay much attention to, and pronounces the punishment, which I also ignore. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Man!” he said, “but it made us afeard, for we expeckit that we should have to pay for it wi’ some rare piece o’ ill luck, so as to keep up the average. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you’d be surprised how many people will pay for a flesh-eating horse. They make great garbage disposals. Wonderful way to terrify your enemies. Great at birthday parties! We rent them out all the time.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I’d like to give him a proper burial but no one will pay for it.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Through one of the big canneries he had made a deal to pay for The Nereid with percentages of each catch, and he was anxious to get it paid off. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been employed at the beginning, before any records were kept, and actually functioned as an engineer though he drew a janitor's pay. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I suffered a piece of extraordinary good luck I might be able to muster two talents to pay the interest on my debt to Devi. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I am paying attention,” Bridge said, scanning the cookie aisle. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Mine got wrecked—brake cable got busted and the seat clamp was all screwy. I’m buying another one when I get a job that pays more than eight an hour,” he says. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Every night, he watched the news with Milton, tracking military developments and paying close attention to the guarded statements of Henry Kissinger at the Paris peace talks. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“If it should turn out that I—I mean, if I should be—yes, well, what I mean is should anything happen to me, I beg you, do pay attention to where you tread.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Galahad,” said Elaine, and she leaned over the wrappings, making the foolish gestures and meaningless sounds which mothers delight to use when their babies ate beginning to pay attention. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had moved four times in the last five years because Monique forgot to pay the rent. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

People on pay phones and the smell of burnt halal meat and dog mess. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The grand scheme didn’t last long because the pay was too little, but for P.J. this was a brief introduction to a world he would one day inhabit. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The morning the great white came to Rockport, my best friend and I were sticking our fingers into the coin returns of every pay phone in town. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

There were canvas sacks of com—some to be ground for home use, some sold outright to pay for the coffee and sugar, nails, axe-handle, and tobacco that Jenny had written on a list. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though it was a cool idea, I had a hard time paying attention. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

And the next week Father told Mother she had to move out of the house, but she couldn’t because she didn’t have any money to pay rent for a flat. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t need your help. I’m fine. I just need to pay and go. Tell me how much.” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and pay attention to the cold stone beneath me and breathe the musty underground air. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Iorek Byrnison took not the slightest notice, but continued to rub the seal blubber all over his armor, the care and attention he was paying the task reminding Lyra of her own devotion to Pantalaimon. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

For him, our life was as simple as paying in cash and sticking the receipt in your breast pocket: we had the Lord’s protection, he said, because we came to Africa in His service. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He handed her ten dollars so she could pay for the blood test that was required for a marriage license. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“Yet because you are like a daughter to us,” she says, “we have decided to pay for your high school and your college. You will come back to live with us. Where you belong.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Christians liked being able to borrow money from the Jews, but they hated paying it back and often they didn’t. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

I seen she didn’t understand that all I needed from her was my eleven dollars to pay the gas man so I could cook. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

An end to making blacks pay their fares at the front of the bus but then get off and reenter through the rear door to find a seat at the back. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

When I asked the editor of the dictionary how he and his colleagues decide what goes into it, he replied, “We pay attention to the way people use language.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Would they pay attention because I had something to back it up, or blow it off to avoid the paperwork? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Doc’s paying us five cents apiece for those frogs. We’re going to get seven or eight hundred. How about taking a pint of Old Tennis Shoes just ’til we can get back with the frogs?” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she saw who was paying her an early Monday morning visit, she stopped well back from the door. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

As I sat on the floor near the hotel window, I thought about my mother, who had agreed to pay for half of my plane ticket and hotel fees. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“I thought of a couple of things to make it really pay.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Turns out she wasn’t paying me no mind. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“You may pay my taxi fare home,” she said. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

His family had to be rich enough to pay for an extensive education, however, so it would be more proper to call his origins obscure rather than lowly. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

I feel a hot spot forming on my stump—a warning sign Hank has told me I should pay close attention to. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I think your idea got people to pay attention to me.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Feeding a dumb cat beats paying a fine.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He went to work on the highway and on Saturdays after they collected their pay he drank with his crew at the Longhorn, but he was never close to the men of the town. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Good, pay in advance and you'll get a ten percent discount." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the UN officials would pay the rest of us a surprise visit in Burundi and ask questions about our family, again checking that we were who we said we were. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Not like the woman pays and pays and pays. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

"We pay you for the truth, Lord Varys. Remember that, or this small council may grow smaller still." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

By now, the Abnegation at the other end of the table are paying attention. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was so busy with the fresh side pork, fried eggs, and hot biscuits, I didn’t pay much attention to her. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not to me\\ They pay rent to the South Side Real Estate Company.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Why would they pay any attention to me when the entire ship is being attacked? The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

So maybe the guy had a good reason to want to make people at this school pay. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Though Sidhean might grant her wish, she knew there would be a price to pay. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Um..My voice comes out all shy-like. “I mean I guess I can go, only if I can pay you back. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She asked us again, “You kids have money to pay for it?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

A whole day’s pay back home when I was young. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The voice continues, but Mr. Go is no longer paying attention. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The next time I go in, I have to pay closer attention. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I pay attention to everything you say. Which is not always easy, considering how verbose you are,” Erin said. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

But I don’t have a cell phone, and I don’t see any pay phones on this block. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

She was especially careful to pay attention to them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do I look like a charity to you? You want this article to be written, you need to pay your dues.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Divide thirty-five dollars by, say, three weeks, minus Boseman’s share, and the lost bounty was a very small price to pay for silence and a restful mind. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“You do know big corporations pay people to promote stuff on social media, right?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

"Don't pay that fool no mind. He just mad he albino." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He leaves Antwerp quickly, without paying his bills. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Of course, Dad didn’t like this idea, but he knew it was a paying position, because I hadn’t stopped mentioning it since the first summer I’d volunteered at the adoption center. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“But the scholarship is partial. Where will I find the money to pay the balance? I can’t work with a student visa.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

We look out of place in our sweats and dance clothes, but no one pays attention to us as we walk straight for the elevator and press the button to go up. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Real is making enough money to help my folks pay off their house. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

How then could she make a youth who never looked at a girl pay attention to her? Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amos shook his head at us like, Don’t pay attention to them. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

There would be no hazard pay, as there is in a war zone. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘He tickles me. I don’t pay him no mind. The way he struts around. I never seen such a sawed-off runt. How tall is he, you reckon?’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And instead of paying attention, I keep thinking about that second message and getting a funny feeling in my stomach. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

But in 1922, she left the Navy for a job where the pay and prospects were better. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He’d got just as much fun from everything that happened as I did, but it looked like I was gonna be the only one that had to do any kind of paying for the enjoying. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

But he has to pay out of his pocket whenever he or his wife sees a doctor. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going to open the bills until I have the money to pay everything.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

When you're in court, you sit there and you pay attention. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other large agribusiness corporations started paying attention to organic food. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He feels strangely vigilant, as if, were he to pay close enough attention, some sign of his father might manifest itself, putting a stop to the events of the day. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was always understood that they would go to college, and that their families would help them pay for it. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many states utilize “poverty penalties”—piling on additional late fees, payment plan fees, and interest when individuals are unable to pay all their debts at once, often enriching private debt collectors in the process. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

If finishing college and becoming an artist had been a dream for my father, he quickly redirected his hopes, using his wages to help pay for his younger brother’s degree in architecture instead. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I’d pay good money for a picture of my face at that moment. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Momma told him time after time, “Don’t pay her no mind, Elder Thomas, you know how tender-hearted she is.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t pay them much notice, because I was busy scanning the club for Art3mis. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

That they shall pay a fine of forty shillings each, and that they be forbidden hereafter, on certainty of thirty lashes at the whipping post, to enter the boundaries of the township of Wethersfield. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I postponed my departure long enough to pay my respects at Kendra’s funeral, then left for what was now to be a solitary journey. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“The company's going to loan them the money, almost no interest rate, twenty years to pay.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You believed him, that he would pay you the second half?” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun could either find and pay $75,000, and if he eventually won his case he would be refunded the full amount. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t pay much attention to what was going on because I was so nervous about my speech. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Herbert loved kids and would invite them into his yard, pay them to do errands, and talk to them. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But that was the price she had to pay for not letting her children see them. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Sam was too excited to pay attention. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A high-ranking Ministry official like Mr. Crouch deserves unswerving obedience from his servants —” “His slave, you mean!” said Hermione, her voice rising passionately, “because he didn’t pay Winky, did he?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Oh, of course!” said Jane, thinking that was the safest thing to say, but not knowing in the least whom they were to pay their respects to. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Her pay had been increased to fifteen a week when she went on a wire. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘For the moment please listen carefully. Here is the dream I want you to mix. Are you paying attention?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I would pay you if I could,” I said placatingly, “but I have nothing. Come and see for yourself if you do not believe me.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Afternoon, James Washington. Go on and pay Booker.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The centaurs had come to pay their respects too. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

There were no “letters-unanswered” waiting to be dealt with, no bills to pay that I knew anything about. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“We have money to pay for the engine,” Bobby Gene blurted. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

They earned fifty dollars a month which was good pay for people of their class in those days. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s my experience, Samuel, and should be yours, that if they don’t pay presently they never pay at all. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

People can pay ten dollars to have someone arrested for reasons like eating their boogers and having bad breath. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I wish I did not pay such careful attention. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to pay me to eat. Go in the kitchen and eat. That’s all.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No one’s paying attention to the mother. Who could blame her if she took off? Look at them.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She had made up her mind that first day to pay attention in Miss Harris’s class. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He had the cash from his railroad pay check on the table in front of him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The woman pays for her things, collects her shopping bags from the clerk, and walks out of the store, not looking back, not even thanking us for letting her cut in front of us. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Negotiating the terms of the job, though, I’d had what maybe should have been an obvious revelation about nonprofit work: It doesn’t pay. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

No one was paying attention to Fred, and I didn’t have an answer for him. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He said his father, whom he has seen struggle to balance the tasks of home nurse with trying to pay the bills, had grown heroic in his eyes. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The fair remained open, informally, on October 31, and many men and women came to the grounds for one last visit, as if paying their respects to a lost relative. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I was working full-time, but it didn’t pay enough for both rent and food. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I really only started to pay any attention at all when he happened to mention that until his retirement three years ago, he had been a butler of a nearby house. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

You pay for the drink, I thank you graciously, and everyone walks away happy. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

By the time Stephen’s window flew open, Bongo was already back on the roof, watching her efforts pay off. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The restaurant is for paying guests only, which is, needless to say, whites, since the Africans around here wouldn’t earn enough in a month to buy one of my prix-fixe dinners. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Now, here's what a bus ticket looks like. If you get on a bus, you have to pay a man called the conductor." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

No one knew how or when the change had come, but they did know they went to the hospital mostly to pay their sad respects. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told me it might not pay to show off how smart I am. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mam says she can now pay off the few pounds she owes at Kathleen O’Connell’s shop and she can pay back what she owes her own mother. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Unlike a bagel criminal—that is, someone who eats one of Paul Feldman’s bagels but doesn’t pay—an information criminal typically doesn’t have someone like Feldman tallying every nickel. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t afford to pay half that and stay in school. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Once I started paying closer attention to him—and to his world—the subtle gradations of his life began to come into focus. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I jump into a taxi that only has one other passenger, and when I jump off and don’t pay, the driver doesn’t cuss me. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“No one’s going to pay six hundred dollars for a ticket.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The old woman’s room had been opened up to allow in a fresh breeze, and the cousins stopped by to pay their respects throughout the morning as they arrived. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

You'd think my stare would draw his gaze, but he pays no attention to me. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

These people were paying a higher price for Polyface food, and in many cases driving more than an hour to come get it. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Kwon said that farm managers pay off soldiers, who then turn a blind eye to large-scale theft of food that is later sold in private markets. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“I just wanted to pay a visit. Because I hadn’t for a long time. You know. To catch up. See how you are.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Let’s play ‘listen without paying attention,”’ suggested Laney. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The insurance wouldn’t pay for all her treatment. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Mom pays the bill and we start toward the mall, I am still thinking about what she said about making friends. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He might not have been paying attention to me at all, and his glance might have just been coincidental. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I looked forward to the bill paying because the grocer sometimes rewarded Conrad and me with Sugar Daddy suckers after the grown-ups handed over the money. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t pay up,” the supplier vows, “I’ll kill your sister.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t pay any mind to the rising tensions. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Between my two jobs, I was earning approximately $300 a week after taxes and paying $480 a month in rent, or a manageable 40 percent of my earnings. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How many months have to end before you pay your school fees and start wearing the proper uniform?” a teacher asked me one morning during uniform inspection. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d only kept Percy alive because someone else wanted to pay for the privilege of killing him later. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

"Why, there's your answer," he said, smiling "They follow the man who pays them." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

After your father came back from college in the States, Mami explained, he got so busy working and raising his own family that he didn’t pay much attention to politics. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“Mark my words, you’ll pay for this!” he warned viciously as he tugged at the ropes some more. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I want the world to pay attention to me. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The children of mighty men of Rome were never made to pay for their mistakes, for their follies. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

She walked off a ferry and arrived in downtown Seattle that September desperately needing a place to live and a way to pay for her tuition, her food, and her books. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Everyone’s looking for a short-term loan for something, to pay a bill or pay a fine or just hold things together. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Some. They pay well on the Brute Squad.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Retrenchment had begun at the factory—they were firing older employees and hiring younger ones, for less pay. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“They’ll never let you go to the shop again. How are you going to earn enough to pay for the repairs?” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

"You not gonna make me pay for this ride home, are you? Because if you are, you can just let me out and I can walk." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Don’t pay attention to them,” he tells her. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“We had a wonderful tour guide and we’re now paying for his first daughter’s education.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

In Amarillo, I used the last of my money for a paying ticket to Marshall. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then somehow, the Colonel talked me into paying five dollars for a pack of Marlboro Lights I had no intention of ever smoking. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I listened to the music, not paying much attention to the lyrics, and studied the few couples dancing. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Her friend’s parents were paying for the apartment, she said. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

But he’s still overwhelmed by the debt he owes his brother and is determined to pay it back, even though it means painting must take over his entire life. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

If he ever pulled the pointer antics with, say, somebody like Carter, there’d be hell to pay. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I don’t pay any attention to the special education side of her because I don’t ever see it,” he said. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Because I knew my parents didn’t have hundreds—or thousands—of dollars to pay for a lawyer. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they'll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

If she could get into a Quaker college, she hoped his pride would prompt him to help pay her costs. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

We walked up the dark street to a pay phone and Hamilton called Rik. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Yes, you did. Yes, by God, you did. And I’ll tell you that pay has been more than I’ve merited by the nature of it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

My dad wasn’t paying much attention, because he was busy tearing open luggage, removing the drugs, and buying new luggage. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

One afternoon a woman a few seats away observed me looking at the change I had just acquired from paying for lunch. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

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

“If it’s paper you need—” “It’s postage, too. I’d have to prepay. They don’t have the money to pay at that end.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

And now to find Mrs. Coulter suggesting this, and praising that, and paying for it all, and more... The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Paid next to nothing, people convicted of crimes were effectively enslaved in perpetuity, as they were unable to earn enough to pay off their debts. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“My mother is in trouble. I need money to pay a lawyer.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Few classical composers made headway in film and many viewed it suspiciously or with condescension, as something only good enough for the paying of bills. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The long-lost lover came home just in time to pay the mortgage. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few of the spectators nudged each other with their elbows, obviously hoping I’d somehow swindle Ambrose into paying several times what my slot was actually worth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At other times Bobby and Regina had to pay for themselves. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, if you miss the shot on purpose, Eddie, I will pay all your expenses to put you through the college of your choice. What do you think of that?” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Plus, she understands that when your coach pays a house visit, it means that something important is happening. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fie means fan videos. My brother thinks the members of Flush actually know him and pay attention to what he does.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Reform schools are supposed to teach viciousness and criminality but Hazel didn’t pay enough attention. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Besides, I only pay attention when you read your stuff, anyway.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“A good many people, I should think. I wasn’t paying attention.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now might be a good time to admit that the universe is not paying attention, though. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

My sensibilities became sharpened to the point where I began paying singular attention to little oddities that previously I had dismissed without thought, now thinking that they were manifestations of witchcraft. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had a decent chance of paying off the two-talent loan. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was a mistake so big that my father, and my family, would be paying for it forever. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“If that breaks, my parents will make me pay for it. They’re big on personal responsibility.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Fellow immigrants from your homeland are more than willing to pay it forward and pitch in to make sure the INS doesn't detain you. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I don’t care if he pays me thirty bucks an hour.’ A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Eventually he was forced to sell most of his collection to pay off his debts. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

If he didn’t come, Ma would lose pay. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

If the suitor’s horses won, she would be his; if her father’s won, the suitor must pay with his life for his defeat. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And I didn’t mean for you to have to pay all this money for a lawyer either. I’ll bet he’s cost a lot, too.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I wish it! Who would not wish it? But I cannot pay the fee. Gebu takes the coppers I earn at stonecutting, and I have nothing else.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“You tell me his name and I’ll tell you why he wants to pay so much money for a piece of wood. “We don’t know his name,” Riccio answered. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

We were going down the stairs into the milling men now and she started to scream, "Pay me then! If he's too good for me, let him pay!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everyone who works,” said Francie, “has this one thing together: They remember about bringing home their first pay.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even this was not too bad as long as I could pay my way. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He subsequently published the story after deciding that Jefferson had failed to pay him adequately for his hatchet job on Adams. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“It’s a winning lottery ticket. New York has to pay.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Better to pay attention to your own self, and leave their business to them.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

As Ranofer scrambled down from his stone to take the scroll back, he saw Pai at the pay box, counting out to Gebu the coppers from yesterday, and those for today as well. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Every time I asked her the simplest of tax questions, for example, she could turn the conversation around and make it seem as if I were too cheap to pay for her legal advice. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

How am I supposed to buy a bike when nobody pays me for anything? Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Hale frequently came by Mollie’s house to collect Ernest, and not long after Anna’s burial Hale showed up to pay his respects to Mollie and her mother. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

They were supposed to include her in family celebrations and vacations and help her enroll in educational programs and even pay her tuition if necessary. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three hours’ wage was a high price to pay for answers, but I reached into my overcoat pocket for my billfold. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And when I sit down one morning in my real home to pay bills from my past life, I am dazzled by the two- and three-figure sums owed to outfits like Club Body Tech and Amazon.com. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bought clothes and food on credit and would not pay for them. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Leave cash or drachmas to pay, whatever you’ve got, but this is an emergency. I’ve got a feeling were going to have a lot more people to treat.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“You don’t...I don’t know when I can pay you back,” Ivy said when Robin handed her the bag. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“McLaggen, will you pay attention to what you’re supposed to be doing and leave everyone else alone!” bellowed Harry, wheeling around to face his Keeper. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Back in the store with the numbers in my vest pocket, I decide to steal a few more minutes and make my calls on company time from the pay phone near layaway. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That small money you gave him will not help him pay any school fees,” Ifemelu said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It reminded me why I stopped paying attention to the world before. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe Athena was in such bad shape, split between her Greek and Roman personalities, that she wasn’t even paying attention. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Or if they do, no one ever finds out they’re smart, ’cause they’re too busy trying to find their next meal and pay their bills and stuff. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“All you bought was the wedgies, you didn’t pay no rent here.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I fumble in my purse, find a ten, crumple it into her hand, paying her off. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘Third time pays for all. I want some herbs.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

That she should pay more attention to her own life by making sure she took care of things like burned-out brake lights? Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Fine, but that’s the end of it. Tell that colored boy the twins are always trailing behind to pay it for you.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Is there still room tonight? I can pay." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I thought I must sound phony as an echo chamber, but Joan didn't pay any notice. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Early last summer, when Mama was having one of her spells and not paying much attention, Charlie had again sneaked the cow down the mountain to the Stevenses’ place. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mom looks at me, says, “You paying attention? You’ll need this one day.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They smile and tell stories and pay attention to everyone in the room. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Because we weren’t competing, we had to pay our own entrance fees to the competition. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

You couldn’t pay him enough to hide there from the storm. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I’m sitting next to Jessie, my fluffy cousin, and her little brother, Frankie, who isn’t paying attention to what’s going on at the table because he’s watching the muted football game on TV. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

So here it is, finally, and I hope they’re paying attention. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your parents are paying me real good, or else I’d kick you all out.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“And did you pay ten cattle?” inquired the muvuki in a quiet voice. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Are you interested in making pottery? Maybe we could work something out where you get to use the kiln. To make up for the fact I can't pay very much." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

"Did you pay taxes on it?" she asked. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I’ll pay for this later, but right now I don’t care. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“See, I never said I went back in line. I said you can pay someone to cut in line, but I didn’t say I—” “Shut up and listen!” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

No one else seems to be paying any attention to Windy and me, either. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you know how many mothers pushed their daughters at him? Do you know how many asked him to impregnate them, even, and not to bother paying a bride price?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Today the rent was due and she had no way to pay it. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

To which I replied, “Very well, My Lord, I believe we are all prepared to abide by that as long as you are prepared to pay Mr. Nokwe his fees.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cal said, “I know what you can do. We can pay for it and you can send it to our father.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And while Mrs. Weston pays her visit, I may be allowed, I hope,” said Frank Churchill, “to join your party and wait for her at Hartfield—if you are going home.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

The Ryans’ offer was enough to pay for three more terms of school. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The price of these would pay for enough grain and meal to keep the farm going till summer came on and conditions were easier. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The queen herself was seen summoning the winds, Unfurling her sails and frantically paying out the slackened ropes. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Now pay attention, please. Number Two, engage the Receiver.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Stanton invited Anthony to her home, and together they wrote a speech that scolded female teachers for accepting lower pay than their male colleagues received. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Despite their size, Ranzi had trouble getting people to pay attention. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Somewhere out there, all the lords and ladies and lieges ruling over far-flung Courts are arriving to pay their respects to the new High King. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And if we turned out to be villains, they’d have to pay for it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

By the time I pay him back, I’ll be almost thirty—a wrinkled, old woman.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For our food on the way, and to pay the carter...say two rupees more in case we are three days travelling.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And how will you pay for the passage?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I suppose “not paying attention” takes a great deal of discipline. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

But the louder part of me is saying that people need to start paying attention. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

It required a heroic effort—including a lot of painful pinches on the leg—to keep his eyes open and pay attention to Jackson’s long, droning lecture. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

"I know, that's all that need concern you. I also know that on the morrow the queen will pay you a visit." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Basically they pay no attention to each other. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they fell upon him he knew at last that he had fought against a god and must pay with his life. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Haunted by the need to pay back the money he had loaned her, she agonized about how to meet her expenses. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“They get qualified substitutes, and the school system saves money, since they’re paying us regardless.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And what if I do not choose to pay this toll?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Not the thing you ached to do, not the impulsive act, but the thing that would pay off later. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They are just like trees, pieces of furniture. Just there. Don’t pay them no mind.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I’ll pay the Daltons a visit. But if they don’t want to let me search their house, there’s not a lot I can do.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think Father was secretly pleased when, a few days after we moved in, I decided to use the time to pay another visit to the demoness. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

"They'll have to burn my cab! I just finished paying it off!" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Way she treat you? How much she paying you to put up with Mister Johnny and the cooking lessons? Must be less than all of em.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Some dudes are going to pay us a thousand bucks to stand in line for them. We just don’t know who they are yet. See, you got to think outside the box.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He sat up and pulled wisely at his long whiskers, then crept away to pay a visit to the dump. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

But there was also a price to pay. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

We could have sold our an­imals to zoos in India, but American zoos were willing to pay higher prices. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He preferred to pay for what he could with the coins that he found each week, and he tried not to steal anything he thought people needed. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“No. Something like that might ruin everything. If we keep it as casual as possible, no one will give us a second glance. People don’t pay attention to ninety percent of what they see.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

"Yeah,” she muttered, "price we pay for having the last bunk. Guess we’ll have to shower tomorrow.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I bet the pay is enough to make a difference at their places. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

He had no intention of paying his debts and was confident he could evade prosecution through guile and charm. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I was the boy who had not listened and who was now paying the price. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is important! How can you not pay attention to this stuff?” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“But consider, Crispin, it belongs to no one else but ourselves. Honest pay for honest work. And you deserve some, too.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I am prepared to pay the penalty even though I know how bitter and desperate is the situation of an African in the prisons of this country. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t I always pay half?” she asked innocently. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

According to the most up-to-date rumors, the drug he ordered from the restaurant was crack and he was caught dipping into the cash register to pay for it. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks, thanks a lot, it’s a—you sound—I’m glad to hear your—” “Stop stuttering, I’m paying for this. Who’re you rooming with?” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Poor Don. He’s got to pay the doctor bills,” my dad said from behind the paper. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Or how I will pay for it later. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He wasn't really paying attention to it, but his hands had constructed a three-story compound with fortified walls, a moat, and a drawbridge. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I knew it was going to have to be a secret I’d pay for myself. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The only time I saw them pay me much notice was one day at lunchtime when I was laughing with the other men. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not paying any attention to where my feet are. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He looked like a son of kings, one whose parents could pay a great ransom. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could not fall behind in her production, else her pay would drop and before she knew it one of these cussed papists would have her job. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

One day he would talk like that, he would face them and tell them how much he hated them, how they had made him suffer, how he would pay them back! Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

We all need to remember that when we drive a car very serious consequences can occur if we are not paying ourfull attention to what we are doing. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Holmes promised to pay the money back as soon as his business affairs allowed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

But the cook was too busy moving the food from the fire to the long wooden table in the center of the room to pay her any mind. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

But I wasn’t paying attention to any of that. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you pay any mind to such talk.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Finally he lays down the paper, pays his bill, and we leave. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

For if we did, how would she pay? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I—I can pay you. We don't have much, but you can take whatever you want. Please." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I had coasted along without having to pay a price for my commitment. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got change from the gift shop and stood in front of the pay phone. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Mining families scratched out a living any way they could, with the union providing strike pay from dues paid by members in other parts of the country. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

If you had to pay $4.80 a month for a sofa that started off split, no good, and humiliating—you couldn’t take any joy in owning it. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arya glanced furtively across the room, worried that Septa Mordane might have read her thoughts, but the septa was paying her no attention today. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I could barely wait to leave at noon when Mrs. DiAngelo came out to pay me. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

And he concluded by saying the mysterious word: “Maktub” “You should pay more attention to the caravan,” the boy said to the Englishman, after the camel driver had left. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I do. But I have a mortgage to pay and it depends on collecting the rent.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“All right, let’s go somewhere and I’ll take a look at it. You can pay me back by getting me something to eat.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Thus language-games do not simply succeed, progress, pay, or prove their worth; they can also become unsustainable if the facts change. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

‘Tell your master I’ll pay a bit more than is usual for you. Don’t let him shunt one of those other boys off on me.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Will you tell him I stopped by to pay my respects?” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Landowners’ fields were emptied by death, forcing them either to work peasants harder or pay more to attract new labor. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. He pays the bills on this baby”—Forrest tapped the card—“till I’m twenty-five. So I can work on my novel.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It told me there was something behind it that maybe I should pay attention to. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I throw in a dab of secondhand Buddhism remembered from a friend’s account of a monastery in northern California where rich people pay to spend their weekends meditating and doing various menial chores, housework included. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one point, my head cracked back against the plastic side paneling and drink holder, but no one was paying attention to the strange noises in the backseat when someone was firing a gun. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They were suspended without pay until the matter was resolved. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I scream at the dragonflies, they don’t pay me any mind. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Why does one have to pay to leave his own country? A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He could explain things about driving a truck and his philosophy of paying attention and watching out for the other guy. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“The Titan lord always pays his debts. Perhaps a glimpse of the friends you abandoned ...” The darkness rippled around me, and I was in a different cave. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Again, the argument would seem to be that I cannot prove that Mont Blanc is 4000 metres high, but believing it, on the authority of a map, has ‘proved to pay’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“There’s no shame in being a maid. She does a serious job, and I pay her well.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Now Mom got paid about seven hundred dollars a month, and the first time I saw her gray-green pay check, with its detachable stub and automated signatures, I thought our troubles were over. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Or they pay only a fraction of the going wage, which is 50 pesos, or about $5, a day. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

There's a church and a pay phone, an elementary school, and a place to buy cigarettes. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Mack says he doesn’t have the money to pay for an ape babysitter. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I look around, but no one’s paying attention. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“Have you money to pay for the treatment?” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never realized the price you were paying for that mask you were wearing. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Course I was no fool and I’m not saying that I wasn’t going to pay attention to things. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Too often the quality of court-appointed counsel is poor because the miserable working conditions and low pay discourage good attorneys from participating in the system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I’ll pay, of course. Full board. And you see how small she is. You know she won’t eat a full share.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Nowadays many Americans are even willing to pay for water— something we can get for free from any tap. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Or they wanted to pay me to tell them how to find the Copper Key and clear the First Gate. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“But I’m not going to pay for Julian’s broken nose.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“This way, I can’t open the bottle without breaking it. When you pay off your debt, you get it back intact and can sleep safe knowing I haven’t kept any for myself.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When we pay, the cashier smiles at us in our identical tops. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“We can contract him and the government will pay well for his help.” The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

They stare forward at all times, a pantomime of paying perfect attention. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“You can pay for ballet but not piano?” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I try to pay for half of the cost, but Jamie keeps pushing my hand away. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

If the mother had expressed the determination to see that the guilty parties “must pay for this crime,” she would have expressed the sincere desires of the people of Mississippi. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Years earlier, Dr. Treisman spoke of the idea that our very sense of reality gets established by what we pay attention to. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I’m paying for those. Man, are they expensive.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Nobody pays any attention to me, which is perfect. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

One day I will return to Baltimore, and when I do, there will be hell to pay. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“No, darling. A man who takes people over the border. You pay him and he helps you go to the United States. Only first you have to cross the Farms.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It can’t be this simple and efficient; otherwise, why are they paying me so much money?’” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

A more virtuous job, I knew, would inevitably involve a pay cut. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t known she could take care of herself that way, hadn’t known that the strength she’d been building in the classes and in the weight room at the high school would pay off. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When she stopped in front of the barbershop she said, “Ask Mr. Fred how much we owe him. I forgot to take the slip out of the sack. Said you’d pay him.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Try to remember that because if one of our big football players catches you, then there may be the devil to pay. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I notice this pattern, it becomes difficult not to pay attention to it, but I try to focus on wolfing down my enchiladas. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

He leapt down from the platform and ran along the beach, paying no heed to the steady fall of his tears; and until he dived into the forest Ralph watched him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Mushie and Songololo were paying no attention to the jungle behind them, which made me think they weren’t anticipating any more bonobos. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I looked around, but nobody was paying any attention. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It wasn't what they imagined doing with their lives, but they needed an income to pay the rent and to save enough money to buy a house one day. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“You could start a business on that. Or pay for college. Well, state college.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“But how much are you willing to pay for it?” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Right at the beginning Life said it would be that way. He said, ‘In war the dead pay the debts for the living.’ My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

That means the righteous, Christian thing about going north with Cap’n Buck is that by bringing thieves back to pay for their sins, we’s helping to right a great wrong. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I almost confessed everything right then and there because Papa was paying attention and he’d thought to ask, unlike another parent I have. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“My mama says that old white woman where she works talked ’bout slapping her and Ma said: ‘Miz Green, if you slaps me, I’ll kill you and go to hell and pay for it!’ Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not paying his taxes. Let this be a lesson to you, Willy.” Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A jockey’s pay couldn’t begin to cover the sky-high insurance rates his job warranted, much less the doctor’s bills. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started to feel that fluttery anxiousness, so I stopped thinking and tried to pay attention to the parents’ conversation. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then, against my better judgment, I went downstairs to the pay phone and dialed Francis’s number. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She would stand on one side and Rafik would stand on the other, holding his end for as long as he could pay attention. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The other driver was a reasonable fellow and we simply agreed to pay our own expenses. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t bought new clothes for Cambridge, because I’d had to take out a student loan just to pay the fees. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He usually took his pay in trade: flour, coffee, spice, dried beans, and canned goods; or put it on account for a day when we needed more than lobsters would buy. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t a store open now to ask to use a phone, and when I spotted a pay phone down the street, I realized I didn’t have a dime. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Years and years the son-in-law slaved to pay for his wife. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Worse, he was probably sleeping up there, just sleeping and not paying any attention to where he was going. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if she could get her mom to pay for it at the newsstand on the way home from church, she read The New York Times, too. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

If that’s what a house cost, she would pay the price. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The man was screaming, so I had to pay attention. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He said he gave us credit when we didn’t have eating money, so he expected us to pay without complaining. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For most workers, the only time in the last three decades when the rise in hourly pay beat inflation was during the speculative bubble of the 1990s. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

But the children just wandered off without paying him anymore attention. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some minibus drivers couldn’t pay up front, for example. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Other people had been paying me forty dollars for a lawn that big and that seemed fair. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

“Then how do they pay you for the pleasure of your company?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He is writing each a binder. If their ships are lost in a storm or taken by pirates, he promises to pay them for the value of the vessel and all its contents.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I am working hard and making good pay. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I have heard all those rumors, and you should pay them no attention,” he said. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

The question is, can you pay this price?’ The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

He could get cleaned up and pay a visit on his eldest daughter. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

So his take-home pay was getting smaller, and his mother, in turn, was getting surlier. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Micro-filming didn't pay off; we were always travelling, we didn't want to bury the film and come back later. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

One to adjust my shirt because it doesn’t really fit and it can get too revealing if I’m not paying attention, and I don’t want to be “that girl.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I said, “I knew it must be private. I was about to look for someone to ask permission or maybe pay to rest here.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put this Thug guy on my list of people not to pay any mind to. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“With my new job I’ll get a big raise—so between that and what I’ve been saving, I’ll pay what I can, then arrange another payment schedule. They allow people to do that.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He complains it’s too much money and it’s all my mother’s fault for going on to Grandma about the low pay. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m serious. You could do commissions or something. People would totally pay for your stuff.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Harvard had made clear to the world that they were prepared to pay handsomely to get what they wanted in the way of a new head coach. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It’s our own fault, but no one is even paying attention. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Dicey insisted on paying for all their rides and games, as if they were real customers. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the day we were going to pay for our matching caps and T-shirts. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I needed money to stave off my debt to Devi and pay my upcoming tuition. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“If we pay him off, you think he’ll actually let us go?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I called him from various pay- phones in Flushing or from the flat in Manhattan our firm rented. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were casually accepting of him, did not pay him any particular attention, and perhaps because of that he felt comfortable sitting on a sofa in the living room and listening. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t tell her that I hadn’t been paying attention. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He pulled out his wallet to pay for it all. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t care that we had to sleep on the streets because he couldn’t pay rent for the hotels we were living out of. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Could we buy some food and pay for shelter?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But paying at the door did not give a musician the right to play at the Eolian. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“There’ll be all the tangerines they can eat that you’re able to pay for with money from your mess fund,” Milo assured him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“They worked like dogs tending your granddaddies’ and daddies’ places in Phippsburg so they could pay right for every nail. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

But it might have to be a bobcat-shaped electrical box for him to pay any attention to it. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Lou, the county’s going to sell your land if we don’t pay them more money.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

She needed work that would pay and pay well. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“In fact, perhaps you could take portraits of our family. I’d pay you, of course.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It stood looking down the hill, one paw lifted like a puppy paying attention to everything. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

They had no dishes to wash, no carpets to vacuum, no floors to polish, no nappies to change and no bills to pay. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

But once you get inside, we’re not going to pay much attention to you. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t say I wouldn’t take it. I only said I would pay what it was worth.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, don’t pay any attention to me,” said Charlotte. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The police routinely arrested masses of people for pass violations, possession of liquor, and failure to pay the poll tax. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The syndicate is paying five cents apiece for plum tomatoes that cost you only half a cent apiece. How does the syndicate benefit?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

And yet, I thought, watching a numbers runner paying off a bet, this is one place that the Brotherhood definitely penetrated. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One day, I’ll be rich. If I were you, I’d start being a lot nicer to me if you want me to pay for the twins’ college.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

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

Inspired by the thought, he goes to the register, waits in a long line, and pays for the book. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When someone says, “Everything happens for a reason,” they’re trying to convince you there’s a pattern to your life, and that if you pay close attention, it’s possible to decipher it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I knew that she had recently bought a computer and was paying a college student to teach her how to use it. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She kept laughing and drinking, and when she held her cup out for another, I didn't pay much attention, because she seemed perfectly fine. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

"There's hard news, m'lords, and a cmel way to pay you for your meat and mead, but the man as asks the question must bear the answer. Stark's gone." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The only one who wasn’t paying us no mind was Syl’s ma. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

It would buy her time to earn enough money to pay for the rest. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I wanted to kick down the door, ask a thousand questions, make them pay for bringing all this into our beautiful home with our books and the fireplace we’d built out of dry river rocks. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I planned to use some of it to pay for my CharlieTicket to ride the T. I also had some of my leftover birthday money, in case we needed it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Those were Hermes’ very words, but not even such friendly advice could restrain Aegisthus, who now pays the final penalty.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The leader, not knowing from what quarter this deadly attack was coming, turned upon Euryalus shouting, “You shall pay for this!” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few departing people came up and shook my hand or hugged me, but I didn’t really pay attention to them. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He just let her talk and didn’t seem to pay attention. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He gave me my other, secret job, which pays even more. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She helped me through college and helped me get into graduate school as well; she didn’t pay my way, but if I had an emergency, she would help. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not to mention the help he needed, but couldn’t afford to pay. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll give him a call first. If it’s a go, you can pay him a visit after winter break.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Sure I called them. But nobody answered down there. So get your tail over here, will you please? 1 haven’t disturbed a thing. I’m even calling from the pay phone on the p>orch.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t pay any attention to me, Sarah. Do you have anything for me to do out here? I’d like to stay out of the house for a while.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He sits in parks and cafés, observing people who pay him little notice as he blends into crowds of young men in interchangeable suits and bowler hats. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She says, “I’m sorry. I wasn’t paying attention. Were you trying to say something?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

At home, whenever Elisabeth speaks, we pay no more attention than we do to the stray teacup cats. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He knew fighting had never really come easy for me, and wanted to know if I made those guys pay. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

And then, since he had gone mute again: “But he did say you were short on cash, that he had to pay the rent and stuff. Is that right?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Bruce pays off in pennies and nickels. What did you expect him to pay me in? Traveler’s checks?” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They’d pay a hundred dollars just to have our place in line.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Shanti, Jenna, and I found those at a secondhand shop in Harlem a week ago, and all three of us contributed money to pay for them. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I mean, if I'm in a restaurant, and I order some food, and a white person walks in, all of a sudden I have to pay more for my meal? When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“But I’m proven wrong, aren’t I? Thousands of pounds are being wasted and so I owe my friend, Captain Farrar, a penny. A gentleman always pays his debts promptly, be they large or small.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just pay up, dependent,” the man said, a bubble of saliva darting out of his mouth. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They want to pay him the full amount, but he waves their offer away. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

If, April decided, the Egypt gang all stayed together, there might be a chance to slip away from the big group to pay a visit to Egypt. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so she say she pay me fifty cent more and I say, ‘No ma’am. No thank you.’ The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I had called Doctor Nolan from a pay phone at the restaurant and asked for permission to stay overnight in Cambridge with Joan. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Make them pay, Papi! Make them pay! That boy was wrong to be driving so fast. It’s his own fault he died. He killed his friends too.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I loved times like this when Byron was about to really get it and couldn’t pay me back for teasing him. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she’s looking for a new job as a nurse, and works a lot of overtime to pay off student loans—and because we’re saving up to move out of Lola’s house. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

She barely heard Calpurnia talking: “Frank, he do wrong ... he pay for it. . . my grandson. I love him . . . but he go to jail with or without Mr. Finch. “ Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“In exchange, she swore to me that one day I would tip the balance of power. I would bring the minor gods respect. An eye was a small price to pay.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

After that, I would have to get a job and pay for everything. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The magistrate boiled over and exclaimed, “You’ll pay dearly for this!” and then walked away. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Morris seems captivated, and the class actually pays attention. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

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

Things we have to pay to have hauled away could bring fortunes. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

They probably thought I wasn't paying attention, that I came in too soon. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

When I inquired, I learned that if I were to pay for both food and a bed, my rupees would soon be gone. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you very much,” Will said, and wondered if he ought to offer to pay; but the captain had turned away to supervise the unloading. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I didn’t pay much attention to ADD when I was young. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She’ll break your heart ” The evening was too fresh in my memory for me to pay much heed to Deoch’s warning. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I know, babe. Why don’t you go on back there and show them how it’s done. That way you can feel better about it, and we won’t have to pay for this meal.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Obviously, my father was at home because he was selling our few possessions to pay for all this. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It tells you that a child understands what is happening on the screen and as a result is paying attention. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ignored her, trying to look like I was paying attention to Mr. Varner. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“But I want to make him pay for this,” I said, ripping up the letter. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

One barrier facing potential voters was the poll tax, a special tax required of all voters that many blacks and poor whites could not afford to pay. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The masters had given me three talents to attend, rather than make me pay a tuition. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Very good question. You’re half asleep and still sharper than most people when they’re wide-awake. Okay, I can see how it sounds the same. But the difference is important, so pay attention.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The next day her parents went to the police station to claim the body for burial and were told to pay for it. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pays 17 percent interest on the car loan— with $13,000 remaining—because of bad credit from her previous life, when sometimes the choice was whether to eat or pay the light bill. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He always fed people until he ran out, and he never asked for money, though Fry residents were happy to pay him for such good food in spite of his resistance. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Good-bye Mister Gilner!” a chorus of those paying attention calls out. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

That evening rich people were going to come to the shelter and pay a hundred dollars to eat the food that the poor people ate every day for free. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know you were paying for my gas.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“That’a girl. Just eat your breakfast. Don’t pay me no mind.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

He's going to pay for everything, didn't you know? I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

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

All night, since Enrique’s last call from a pay phone across the Rio Grande, she has been having visions of him dead, floating on the river, his body wet and swollen. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

That other Dearly Beloved who resides in north Georgia does not seem to be paying much attention to the babies here in Kilanga. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hale had promised to pay an extra premium on such a policy, and the salesman had responded, “Well, we might write him for $10,000.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Do I pay half-fare for the birds, or do they go free?” asked Mr. Popper. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t even draw my pay any more.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was weird to have them pay so much attention to me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

People milled out in the hallway, talking and laughing, no one paying attention to us. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Wait till we get back to Base. Someone’s going to pay for this. Those robots must obey us. It’s the Second Law.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“Tell the team in Bakersfield to arrest Mr. Shaffer. Have the field team in Ohio pay a visit to the brother. And let all the lawyers know about our new evidence. Mr. McQuade?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Oga never gives me big money. He pays all the bills and he wants me to ask for everything I need. Some men are like that.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry. Your government will pay,” he said. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We had heard that by night it used to be a moonshine spot, where the booze runners would make secret deliveries to paying customers. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The least Henry could do is pay attention to her. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I said the rhymes but wasn’t really paying attention. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Not at all. So long as we are collecting rents, we will not have to pay any.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

And they knew also that she was allowed to sit quietly with a book during lessons and not pay attention to the teacher. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I can see what’s happening, I can hear what’s being said to me, but I don’t have to pay any attention. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

And when it got to be past ten, and all the stores started opening and the parking lot started filling up with cars, Mong finally went off to find a pay phone. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t keep letting them pay such a price for him. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why we have to pay for Angela’s mistakes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

They had more business than they could do among clients who if they didn’t pay their bills, at least had the money to pay them. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Do I have to pay my two dollars now?" The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He envisioned families of the future gathered around their mammoth terminals, ordering groceries and paying their taxes from the comfort of their own homes. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, and my name is Amir. In case you need to know. So you can tell him. That I stopped by. To... pay my respects.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“What do we know of what kings will pay? That’s proof of nothing but a rich man’s gullibility.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I said, “Do you want to pay for the room, honey, or should I?” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don't want to guess how long some of them have been here, or how much they had to pay to get in. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I grabbed a handful of onions and some ginger and leaned past her to pay. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

At New Delhi, he bought for $15 a peg-in travel chess set with a beautifully detailed design that was made of fragrant sandalwood—but he felt guilty about paying so little for it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her volume button got stuck on high, and the whole block could hear her yelling about how he had to pay more attention. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“If being cold is part of the price of being free then we’ll just have to pay it,” she said, and sat up even straighter. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was halfway down a main street, walking along the same stretch of sidewalk I followed home every day, but I’d been lost in my head; I hadn’t been paying attention to the road. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I’m paying a visit to the JV’s locker room, and I don’t want you here, or people will think you’re involved.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Now remember, you got to get enough for the pig to pay coach fare for everyone.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Meggie stayed by the window as Mo went downstairs to pay their bill. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t paying attention because, in your car, I felt secure. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

One day while they were in hiding, Daniel and Patricia watched from the window while “Mr. Boston” went out to a pay phone to call one of Ellsberg’s friends in Los Angeles. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He was so serious that I didn’t have the heart to tell him that we probably needed to fill a couple of those jugs just to pay for one airline ticket. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Told a dude I would pay him two thousand dollars to bring me over, three hundred up front. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

What if she had to pay for the book? Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, if I sink that shot,” I said confidently, “he would have to pay.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I knew he didn’t have the money to pay for it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

At two dollars a minute, twenty-five minutes would pay for a subscription to The Wall Street Journal. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we just weren’t paying attention when he left.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I had a small income so I didn’t have to make the business pay, but for some reason I kept the store open. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marian met her through a family friend who had offered to pay for her lessons, but Patterson refused to take the friend’s money. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

No, if she wanted art school so badly, she would have to pay her own way. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He sends me his phone number and I’m tempted to call it to make sure he’s the one who picks up, and not some creep who’s paying him to collect addresses of young vulnerable guys. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Coyotes, or smugglers, mistook him for a paying customer and herded him along with their clients toward four boxcars, their doors open. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t pay her no mind, he just keeps on stepping. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“But that makes no sense. If he charges us to live here, how can we ever pay it off?” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She pauses to make sure I’m paying attention and crinkles up her freckled nose. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Surprised that she was even paying attention to him, and to Eleanor. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

They would wail and beat the earth to make the River God pay attention, but I knew how busy the River God must be. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d been selling cattle to pay my school fees, and between that and the drought, there weren’t many left. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing. Other than we have to pay him rent,” I said, and moved my body away from her. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Taxes, son. Taxes on this farm. Your grandfather there hasn’t been paying them.” Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They laughed, and I could tell that they were giving him some rhythm, but Needles was so caught up in dancing, he wasn't even paying the girls no attention. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Must have figured out that working muscle for Lucky Strike pays better than heavy crew.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“And I won’t get my last week’s pay either. But I got another job...start tomorrow...twelve and a half a week. I’ll get a raise in time, I expect.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their main concern is paying for inputs and getting the most possible outputs. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He often put Gimpy in charge of the shop when he had to go out, and I had heard stories of the times Donner gave Gimpy money to pay his wife’s hospital bills. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I can work more days for you. And you can pay me a lamb.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I swore to myself that I would work hard to pay my parents back. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I end up earning enough to pay for school supplies and contribute money to my family for food. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He claimed to be writing a Family Biography that the Family would have to pay him not to publish. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He soared exultingly up and up, paying no heed to his father’s anguished commands. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe the team’s money should go to pay my medical bills. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Over my shoulder, I saw many of the people who weren’t family but came to pay their last respects to Gran standing nearer the shade of the huge evergreen trees lining the cemetery’s edges. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I looked at the pay phone again, gave myself a little shot in the ribs. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She started talking to Dad about something that happened at work, and I stopped paying attention. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

In this period, he also began to pay serious attentions to the sixteen-year-old daughter of George Blumer, Yale’s medical school dean. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Please, Sahib. I have no means to pay you back yet. You know how little we have.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Commons was deserted except for a couple of haggard old janitors and the red-wigged lady who sat at the switchboard and knitted all weekend, paying no attention to the incoming calls. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Still, it was a small price to pay for something I’d dreamed about for most of my life. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When I’m about to pay, I say: “I forgot my silverware. I have to go back and get it. Why don’t you pay, and go find us a table, I’ll catch up.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“You know what—you’re lying, there is no other hunter. You just don’t want to pay out.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I fear I ruined your carpet. The girl’s not to blame. Let me pay.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her solution this time was to pay everyone the same amount—$2,000—therefore saving face and securing the greatest American player. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The Italian says, Missus, you always pay your bill sooner or later and you can have anything you like in this store. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“She is the oldest person in our village. She suffers from a misguided fondness for her granddaughter, but otherwise her life has been blameless. I will pay you, of course.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Traffic noise and all. It’s the only crowd scene he knows, so he uses it to answer whenever he hears a crowd. You know, to get somebody in here to pay attention to him.” This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“The military hospitals still pay. Not that my pay will be enough for the rent, sha.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You’re going to have to pay for telling on Castor. You told who sprayed paint on the wall, and Castor got into trouble. Castor doesn’t like getting into trouble.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cap’n said, “Look, I know you’s a busy man, but I’d be willing to pay good for a couple of days of your time if you was to come over with us.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

But we were too excited about our glorious adventure to pay much attention to rules. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow she had found out, and we were going down to Stuyvesant together to pay the piper. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

We decide to use some of our first two weeks of earnings from Mae to pay for these supplies. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

It pays attention to what's in the air and balances it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

One bitter night I tried to call my parents from the pay phone outside the Boulder Tap; sleet was falling and I was shivering so violently I could hardly get the coins in the slot. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Obviously media companies would pay dearly to know which homes were gobbling up lots of gigabytes, and then push their products there. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Then, as I didn't say anything, she added, "She says she's an old friend of yours. She lives next door. Why don't you pay her a visit?" The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Lera was given a pay bonus and a special victory breakfast of vodka and watermelon. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He was too entranced by its design to fully pay attention to what Nali said next. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Or, like Dad, they pay attention to stuff that distracts them from the more important things that they’re ignoring. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“When I want mountains made out of molehills, when I want to legitimize their puerile actions by paying attention to them, I’ll let you know.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The equation involved a certain amount of fanciful math, but there was no disputing that the cyclotron was beginning to pay its way as a producer of radioactive isotopes on an industrial scale. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

They don't pay me enough to teach you and babysit you. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He would remember a pretty girl paying such close attention to him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“The sentence of the Court,” the judge said, “is that you pay a fine of one hundred dollars and the costs of the prosecution.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Let me go, please. I’ll take some food, you know they need it, and I’ll pay my respects to her mother. It’s the proper thing to do.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, Jesus, you pay my bail When they put me in that old jail. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother’s greatest fear was that I would end up paying the black tax, that I would get trapped by the cycle of poverty and violence that came before me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Your mother cannot pay the moneylender back out of what she earns at Señor Aguilar’s hotel and feed and keep you all, too. You and your brother Salvador must help her.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Instead of becoming an artist, he used the money to pay for an education at Westminster School, where as well as his academic studies, he learnt to play the organ. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“The Conte? Well, well. So you like to pay visits at midnight?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was a tip under the rim of the saucer on each of the tables of the paying guests. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Though Harriet had repeatedly applied for a pension for herself or back pay to reimburse her for those years she had served with the Union forces, her claim was never allowed. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

If, on the other hand, you're forced to pay, it's wise to lower the bar and not be so choosy. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Of course we have to pay the bus fare to get Yule May back up here on the weekends. Eight dollars. I ought to take it out of her pay.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The rain starts to fall more steadily, and people rush out of the park, paying us no mind. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Myers always caught him when his mind was on vacation, but she never seemed to suspect Leslie of not paying attention. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Some thief organization begins to pay us to hide things in our shoe-shine boxes. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

This national commemoration, three decades after his lifetime, pays tribute to his immeasurable contributions on behalf of one’s innate right to self-preservation and human dignity. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moms are also often the most in need of short-term loans, to pay for this or that for the family. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“You cannot go over there on credit if there is no one there ready to pay for you. So you must pay me now for your forged papers and to guide you across.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

To gather the felled trees and chop the standing dead ones was part of the field pay too. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

In those days it was not difficult to get into either of these great universities so long as you could pay. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

And seeing the garden in this forgotten condition reminded me of something I once read in a fortune cookie: When a husband stops paying attention to the garden, he’s thinking of pulling up roots. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

To tell you the truth, I was just watching the movie he had rented, so I wasn’t paying very close attention to their fight. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa wouldn’t pay to hook into the new water main and sewer system, either. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It was a small price to pay if it simplified such a great problem and let you know which hand was which. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of this tube, kids could scoop out blocks and pay for them by the pound like you would grapes or nuts. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

And somehow, deep down inside, I knew I’d pay for that forever. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The fact was that the administration didn’t believe they could do better, not for the pittance they were paying Ulbrickson. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

College was never mentioned as a real possibility for me, and there was definitely no money to pay for it. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we stand in line to pay for the spaghetti, I finally agree to go shopping for school stuff the next day. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t think Mama wanted anyone to know that she couldn’t pay the rent anymore. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“When I have sold my pearl I will pay you,” Kino said. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, without us even asking, somebody was gonna pay us to be real artists. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Opportunity number two was that the mothers of Lakeside had enough money to pay for the school’s computer fees. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“If those guys don’t have to pay for Dante’s hospital stay, then I don’t have to pay for Julian’s little ER visit. If Dad wants to take the truck away, then it’s okay with me.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I knew that I was going to pay for what I had done. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back then I was too busy with my own life to pay much attention. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few years later, when Robbie won his scholarship to the local grammar, Jack Tallis took the first step in an enduring patronage by paying for the uniform and textbooks. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was sometime later that I heard Dr. King’s speech: This afternoon, we gather in the quiet of this sanctuary to pay our last tribute of respect to these beautiful children of God. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

No one in the entire prison was paying attention. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Hot on the heels of these philanthropic, documentary-style recordings came those intended to part a paying public with their money. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“Twig and I were working on the egg drop project,” I said, thinking maybe, when it came to science, she might pay attention. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“If I can pay you back, I will. If not, when I find a way into the Archives I’ll share it with you.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He went back to the office, where the secretary gave him four quarters for the dollar, then went to the pay phone and called X-Ray. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Despite Carla’s reassurances that I’m not getting sick, I find myself paying too close attention to my body and how it feels. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“How are you going to pay for it, huh? You’re a loser and a deadbeat. A has-been. You don’t have any money. You don’t even have a job.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

There is so much street noise that when he is on the phone and the windows are open, people often ask if he is calling from a pay phone. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Where will I find a man who will marry a widow? And who will take your place here and pay so much rent?” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Zita couldn’t figure out who was paying his rent, minimal though it was. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

So instead, my parents tried to scrape together every penny to pay for my sister's college in full. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I been paying you twenty years to stay out of jail. You’re a rich man just so I don’t have to go to jail. Where’s the logic of me paying you and no advantages?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s all coming together. Most people don’t pay attention to that kind of news, but working in the ethics office, I hear it all. I remember something about a daughter,” she says. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“Even better. Now, third time pays for all. Do you think you can stand up and lend me a hand? We need to burn and bury the bodies.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Wal-Mart employees who have bucked the company—by getting involved in a unionization drive or by suing the company for failing to pay overtime—have been fired for breaking the company rule against using profanity. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The airways filled up with men who had heard about the death of Bull Meecham and they were coming to pay homage to one that had fallen. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hear she’s bringing her mother’s pills to school and selling them to pay for it? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“That takes me back. It certainly takes me back. I remember when I took home my first pay. I was a boy at the time...working on a farm in Manhasset, Long Island. Well, sir....” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The number five won but did not pay anything. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The occupants of the bedroom change constantly, with clergymen, government officials, and other people stepping in for a moment to pay their respects. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

But really, if you commit a crime you have to pay the piper, what did she expect? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I’ve mentioned, my brother didn’t pay much attention to me while we were growing up. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It was a hard and bitter price to pay. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

A useful rule of thumb in this regard is to forget the adults and pay attention to the behavior of the children. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

These generous gifts were a small price to pay for the respect and prestige they could bring the giver. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

In order to pay he had taken off pigskin gloves. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

You pay £175 and can go anywhere on the trains in Europe for free for a month. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

They made Peachy Helen pay a nickel to hear them sing it. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I pay homage to the queen,” Ben said with a flourish. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the meantime, she had some money, but not enough to pay for a guesthouse room for a week. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Must I pay? Aren’t you glad you danced with the prince?” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’d struck it rich selling automobiles and had plenty of money to pay for one of the biggest suites on the ship. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Or if they had a job, the children in daycare or left with some brutal ignorant woman, and they’d have to pay for that themselves, out of their wretched little paychecks. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s when the last bell of the school day rings that Jasmine finally pays me any mind. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“No way, you don’t have to pay me.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Now, advised by some magazine column, he was paying attention to my earlobe. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Please, please, please just give me one month to figure out how to pay for Fig’s treatment.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

"This will pay your debts and buy you clothing. Call me in the morning and I'll have selected your living quarters. For a start your salary will be sixty dollars a week." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve always been the clown and mischief maker of the family; I’ve always had to pay double for my sins: once with scoldings and then again with my own sense of despair. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I asked, but he wasn’t paying attention to me anymore. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You pay for everything you get in those stores,” Reese called out to the marchers. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

She just said, “Children, we don’t have money to spend on French fries! I can buy a week’s worth of groceries for what we’d pay for those fries!” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

If they didn’t pay it back soon, they might lose the rickshaw. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Well, actually the hospital full of zombies in the movie explodes, but since I’m not paying attention, it scares me so much that I scream. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I wanted to say, Because I just want to be normal for a little while—not a refugee girl looking for her mother, but a regular girl paying a summer visit to Tiburon, South Carolina. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tiny little bump on the bottom of my feet that most people don’t pay any attention to. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z