| 单词 | paying |
| 例句 | “It’s very complex. You wouldn’t understand. And in the meantime, your taxes have been unpaid. There are fines for not paying. You owe five hundred rubles now.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I was young, but I was old enough to feel that wasn’t right and to understand that if too many paying students left, it would mean hard times for the school and for our family. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z 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 “Oh, yeah, Annie will dig this,” I said, hoping that Casey was paying attention to the fact that I wasn't talking about a guy. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They stare forward at all times, a pantomime of paying perfect attention. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Canton just shook his head, paying the big guy no mind because everyone was used to him being silly. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z I guess that if we was caught up and they didn’t need us, they didn’t want to be paying us either. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He regurgitates his chewed story for me, another paying customer feasting on the dead blonde. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z She pushes the cards around on the table a bit more, touching one and then another, though Bailey is no longer paying attention to which card is which. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 It turned out he was paying me three times what a normal saleslady earned! Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z I was only half paying attention and almost stepped on her when she stopped and scratched her head. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “But if we stop providing the waste man with stuff every day, he might start paying us less,” Muthu argued. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He turns around a few more times, like maybe he’s trying to see if she’s paying attention to him walking out. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I could imagine her tramping through the rooms, perhaps paying sixpence for admission, ripping the quietude with her sharp, staccato laugh. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z But when I look up, I realize that when I wasn’t paying attention, Bryce and Aurora got so excited about a commercial that they started hurling toy cars at the TV. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z If I’d been paying any attention at all, I’m sure I would have noticed the date on the posters that decorated the school buildings. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She’d been strutting along being beautiful, not paying attention to her feet, and the edge of her shoe caught on an uneven place in the pavement. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes soldiers would just take a couple of cows out of somebody’s fields without paying for them, too. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman behind the counter didn’t seem to be paying me any attention and instead was flipping through the newspaper. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He had once bought a girlie magazine, paying for it with trembling fingers—a dollar and a quarter, his finances shot down in flames until his next allowance. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He missed the lulling lub-dub but found staying awake in class and paying attention to Miss K much easier. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z “No one’s paying tickets right now,” the woman said. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z It hardly counted as paying rent, but they insisted it was plenty. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “I wasn’t even paying attention to those mean girls at all today,” I told Jay as we walked home. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z 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 own people could not buy from Onofre at those prices: they were used to paying five dollars, at the most a sawbuck, for a pickup load of pinon. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “No. He hinted at it, more than once, but she wasn’t paying much attention to him.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I turn to Brandy, who acts like she’s not paying any attention to us. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z The waiter and I are both paying close attention as Rhiannon cracks open her second fortune cookie. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Actually, some of the colored just stayed in the service: A few of the colored units were kept going and it was a paying job. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Nobody else seemed to be paying them much attention, but they made me nervous. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 “The loan will be yours, not theirs, and you won’t have to begin paying it until you have a job teaching.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z He merely threw the lighter in a wide high arc into the trees at the foot of the hills and limped down the footpath, paying no attention to the direction he was going. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I can't remember who, but I remember them looking pretty good, and her bragging about only paying him thirty bucks or something like that. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z 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 She did not imagine a police arrest for not paying her school fees, but what did happen if you did not pay your school fees in America?’ Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Those jobs were really high paying, probably because you worked so much overtime. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “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 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 But then he took the liberty of reminding the Lord that some of His subjects were more downtrodden than others, and that it sometimes seemed as though He was not paying attention. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The company that had issued the bigger policy was balking at paying off. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I wasn't paying close attention to their conversation. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I vaguely realized that we were headed up the next flight of stairs, but I wasn’t paying much attention to my surroundings. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I can tell that while Quang-ha is changing channels, he's paying attention. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z 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 Now, advised by some magazine column, he was paying attention to my earlobe. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z 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 I had a decent chance of paying off the two-talent loan. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I’m still paying you the bounty,” he replies. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 The old soldier, rope in hand, was paying scant attention. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z This time of year they’re paying two bucks a pound for lobster at the co-op. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I went from class to class, not paying attention to anything that was said or discussed. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z There were many comely black housewives who, trying desperately to keep up their insurance payments, were willing to make bargains to escape paying a ten-cent premium. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “How about two hundred dollars a night? Do you think the twins have that kind of money? Who the hell do you think is paying for it?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z After storing the plastic tubs beneath the counter, the man unscrews the tops to a dozen salt and pepper shakers, paying no attention to me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “If Mamá were here, she’d be doling out the spankings by now. I just hope we don’t end up paying for this in a major way.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I told him, “Good. You been paying attention.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We are people paying the same fare as other people. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “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 Connor didn’t have to go through a kiosk or anything like that as he entered the park because admission was free—all the money made was from paying for the many “attractions” we had. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Not only were they all grateful for her help in banishing illnesses, but they insisted on paying her. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “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 Through all this the governor, who was good friends with everybody present, seemed not to be paying attention, and Cloon suddenly appeared to fall asleep. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll be paying for my young friends here. And whatever they order”—he leaned in with a conspiratorial wink—“make it a triple. All around.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The day turned a corner right then, but you would have to have been paying close attention to see it. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Shorty’s been keeping his nose clean, what with all the paying gigs he’s scoring now with his band. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Alright, ten. Copy’s due on Thursdays. And if I don’t like your style, I’m not printing it or paying you squat.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z 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 “Guess she wasn’t paying attention and the smudge pot tipped over. Next thing they knew, the kitchen was on fire.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a mansion, practically, so big that Grandma Smith had had two families living in it, both paying her rent. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 I look around, but no one is paying any attention to me or Mr. Black, our teacher, who is literally the largest man I have ever seen. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I knew that when next term’s tuitions were set, I would end up paying for my sudden, largely unexplained absence. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I looked around, but nobody was paying any attention. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z And my chickens were all fluffed up together having naps, not doing anything unusual, and no one was paying any attention to them with an ostrich and everything here. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z The Continentals were paying off in commissary scrip, which would be totally worthless if they lost. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Like all too many dictators, Cahokia’s rulers focused on maintaining their hold over the people, paying little attention to external reality. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Because while Pong was better than anyone at paying attention, and almost as good as Somkit at waiting, he was terrible at ignoring when things weren't fair. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I noticed you kept on looking at him, but you didn’t seem to be paying any attention to what anybody was saying until you jumped up and asked him if he had any sisters.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z No one was paying for art in schools. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But she still wasn’t paying any attention to us. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “As long as I tend to my job, that’s what you are paying me for.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He is paying farmers near Cancale to butcher lambs and rabbits; Claude buckles the meat into his wife’s matching vinyl suitcases and carries them himself by train to Paris. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z "Watch it. I'm paying for your dinner, after all." An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z “I am paying attention,” Bridge said, scanning the cookie aisle. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The government was even paying for their passage back. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z 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 They were talking and laughing together, paying little attention to the music. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I saw what Miles had meant when he’d said people would start paying him to do ridiculous things. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The men didn’t seem to be paying any attention. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z 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 Something about twenty thousand boxes and Leon paying cash in advance. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z For the first time in his life, people were paying more attention to him than to Harry, and it was clear that Ron was rather enjoying the experience. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “I wasn’t paying attention. Now go work before I lose my patience.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z From Feldman’s perspective, an office worker who eats a bagel without paying is committing a crime; the office worker probably doesn’t think so. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The captains, he said, were paying ten dollars for a picul of pepper. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Curly hated paying late fees on video rentals, so he decided to go to the trailer and get the tape. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “Oh, you’ve been paying attention,” I say, flashing a fake smile. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He saw a place where the great panacea of school integration had turned into a numbers game in which the blacks and the Hispanics ended up paying the greater price. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now that,” I agreed, “would have been worth paying for.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “Have you not been paying attention to anything going on in Little Rock?” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 stood looking down the hill, one paw lifted like a puppy paying attention to everything. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z I read through the page, paying extra attention to the flow and rhythm of the verses. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “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 “I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again—when you start paying for the food, you can choose where we eat.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z As I rode along, my thoughts were still bouncing all over the place and I wasn’t paying attention to what was ahead of me. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z So you may or may not find out that, say, the Target down the road is paying better than Wal-Mart, even if you have a sister-in-law working there. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 She was paying for the lie and for the doll by giving up her pride. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They wouldn't have known if the other boys actually stopped talking and joking because they were no longer paying attention. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z But they had kept the Winslow house, its rent paying for their care, and now Mrs. Richardson kept it, too, as a sentimental memory. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Slowly, thoughtfully, I took up catching the hedge apple again, One, two, three..., but I wasn’t really paying attention to my counting anymore. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “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 “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 Why spend the rest of my life paying off my legal fees? Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Another time when Stevie wasn't paying attention, Marcus and the boys ran up on him and threw a cup of water all over the front of his pants. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z I sit in the sagging seat of the Ford Leroy’s still paying his boss twelve dollars every week for. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I am so not paying attention when the guy opens the door with his pants down that I hand him the four sodas before I see what’s going on. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z He lets out a long breath and puts his head down on his hands, not paying nearly enough attention to the crossbow. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “The British Purchasing Agency? They can’t take it back. They’re paying twelve and a half cents for beans all over the country.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Something about how he wasn’t supposed to be paying that much attention. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He’d said the ugliest thing possible to his dad, and now he was paying the price. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z 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 As everyone gathered by the flagpole for the Pledge of Allegiance and some patriotic songs, I scanned the crowd to see if there was anyone who seemed to be paying attention to me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He glanced at the dugout to see if Nunu had witnessed his triumph, so she could vouch for his story at dinner; but she’d found his Gameboy and wasn’t paying him any attention. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z “I wasn’t paying enough attention. I might have missed more than one pill. I don’t even know for sure.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Billy, who at $10 an hour is the wealthiest of us, lives in the trailer he owns, paying only the $400-a-month lot fee. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “He told me that he was only paying 6 per cent for this money, and he could make a great deal more out of it by loaning it back to the Indians.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Up flew the seagull with James paying out the silk string as it went. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z 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 “When you left them,” continued the Corporal, paying no attention to anyone else, “what were they doing?” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z “Then I guess I’d better start paying attention to my lessons.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Where you been?” says Dad, and I can tell Ma’s paying attention, too. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z None of the kids in the queue was paying me any attention. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z 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 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 Each time I told her the same thing: I hadn’t sold the book yet, so at that point I was paying for my research with student loans and credit cards. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I guess you can tell I wasn’t paying much attention. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “You know, I’m curious, Leah. What was your plan for paying for a prom dress? Enlighten me.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z I guess all his hustles were paying off. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z She is paying no attention to any of this. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Besides, no one else in the class was paying attention. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no one else paying respects to the dead in the cemetery; all of that was going on inside the church. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Your mother secured a job, and I followed, stowed away almost, because no one in New York, at that time, was paying for me to write much of anything. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z We crouched in the shadows, but the monster wasn’t paying us any attention. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Ida and Victor were whispering to each other and weren't paying him any attention either. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “Lots of Holy Beings are paying attention to you.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He kept on paying them poorly, issuing absurd orders, and shouting them down if they argued with him. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z 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 “Are you paying attention? I don’t like to repeat myself.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z After paying for my bunk in Mews, a talent was nearly all my remaining money. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When Willow wasn't paying attention, Mai would slip it someplace she would find it. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Mr. and Mrs. Diamondstein were flying up from Florida to celebrate Christmas with the Potters and would be our first paying guests. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “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 It must come from paying attention to the ancestors, Tendai thought. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z His eyes were locked on hers, and he was paying profound attention; there was no need to respond. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Mom really worried about paying for me to go to school. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I peeked at Rondell, but he didn’t seem like he was paying attention to me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z They weren’t rich, but by paying less tax they became respectable. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, if you’re not paying attention you can still lose your legs or even get killed on a slow-moving train. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This time Daniel was out to prove to the Babylonians that they were worshiping false idols, but even I was having trouble paying attention. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z One look at her, and I can tell she saw me jump off that safari taxi without paying. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z There was no hope of paying attention in lessons. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z I wasn’t paying attention to my own expression, but something in it made him grow somber. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Uncle Bill drove off the highway, and soon they were paying a fee to enter a massive parking lot. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Still, no one ratted on Cole Matthews without paying the price. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I certainly didn’t want Mr. Spizz to come by and ask about paying the ticket. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And he's serious about learning the craft—he wants to get paying work as soon as possible. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It was like the lunchroom on a Friday afternoon before school vacation when the cafeteria monitors weren’t paying attention. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z 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 The day was a great eye, and it was not paying much attention to me now. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t believe that someone was paying me for doing what I loved best. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Too late—as Francis was paying the check—I realized what I should have said: that I’d left something in the car and needed the keys to go unlock the door and get it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He was at the cash register, paying for something, but he was staring at us while he was handing his money to the clerk. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z 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 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 He lost the tip in high school while not paying attention during shop. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Because Dad has made it clear that I am paying. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “What—you gay, right, CO? That’s why you paying so much attention to me?” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It reminded me why I stopped paying attention to the world before. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 The voice continues, but Mr. Go is no longer paying attention. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Obstruction, he noted, appeared to be these private detectives’ “sole object,” adding, “Someone must be paying them to do this.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “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 “Jupiter is watching you, Rae. There’s pain in her eyes every time she catches you looking at Courtney when you think nobody’s paying attention.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I think Mom is still paying off my dad’s hospital bills. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “So his debts were transferred to my mother and me. We’ve been paying them off ever since.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z In an effort to keep me noble, she was paying me less than she'd paid her previous assistant. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z And through this three-dollar list, I found a terrible job paying me seventy-five cents an hour. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z As she made a note she said, "Ignorance of the law is no excuse. Not paying taxes is a federal offense." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z If you can’t put up the two months’ rent you need to secure an apartment, you end up paying through the nose for a room by the week. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Second, why did they have to keep paying for things? Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z 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 He wasn’t paying much attention and just by accident he played the first few notes of an Italian folksong he had heard the night before. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z About attending the funeral and whether he would make some sort of statement by not paying his final respects. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Crow floated out of the restaurant without paying for her lunch. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She thinks I’m not paying attention, but I could tell her every wife of Henry the Eighth, what he did to each one, and why. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She hadn’t been paying attention to the weather; all she’d been able to think about last night was Mom’s code and the alternate world. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z 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 “It’s for Chase Farnsworth. He’s paying top dollar. Thirty bucks, on account of the fast turnaround.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know, but I bet if you keep paying it no attention, it’ll come out.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Their waiter stops at their table and converses briefly with Widget, paying no notice to the man in the grey suit. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But then he had figured out that Mark and Linda were paying for Ana out of their own pockets, and Joaquin guessed that he owed it to them to at least go. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Now he turned to the blind man again and tugged at his sleeve to be certain he was paying attention. 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 Hank said it’s the one thing that gives you away, but that by paying close attention and watching yourself in the mirror, you can master an even gait. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “Doesn’t matter, Mom! Because if I still have the Merrick’s? We just take me to a paying clinic and get me the necessary vuvv treatment. Heal it completely.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 “That’s why you’re here. You weren’t thinking, and you weren’t paying attention either. People who don’t pay attention often get stuck in the Doldrums.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Nico loads up an old-school soul sample, which means he was paying attention on the bus when I said what I listen to. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z I was going to see if he was paying attention. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z 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 Within a matter of months, his agent had resold it to a new publisher, paying off his debt and securing a plan for publication. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “The Spencers’ crops didn’t do so good last year, so Mr. Spencer was having trouble paying the mortgage in Baltimore County. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Still barely paying attention to anything but Lily. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z My other friends had faded away when I wasn’t paying attention. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Had I been paying attention, I might have realized that Willow was lobbying for Adam to be able to visit me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Guiteau had been able to keep a roof over his head by skipping out on several boardinghouses without paying. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z It was for all of this that she was paying now, and it was this pride, hatred, bitterness, lust—this folly, this corruption—of which her son was heir. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The mystery of who they were was solved shortly after seven-thirty, when the guys who were paying them showed up. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Another day: “Tell Mom Uncle Grover say yes for the addition, we paying five percent interest.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z But to be perfectly frank, Stevens, I wasn't paying much attention to the glories of nature. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z But I remind myself that Elizabeth is paying her, after all. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z There were two other tables where paying guests were already seated. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s play ‘listen without paying attention,”’ suggested Laney. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She says, “I’m sorry. I wasn’t paying attention. Were you trying to say something?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Sally flipped her hair to make sure we were all paying attention. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the years, old Rena remained phlegmatic, paying no apparent attention to the bedlam which had intruded into her twilight years. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z They had families paying their tuition, granting them allowances to cover their living expenses. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “How old are you?” a man asked once when he was paying the boy his wages. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 He got Willie a good paying job there with time and a half for overtime. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Fine. You’ve got one minute left to make this deal. He’s a good animal, but I’m not paying twenty talents for him.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z 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 But no one was paying any attention to her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z 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 His left ear swung around lazily, as if he were paying attention to something in the infield. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes — as in Jacob’s case — paying the fine was of no use, because after the lord had pocketed the money, he drove the Jews out of town. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z “Feeding a dumb cat beats paying a fine.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z They’re fake bumping into each other, not paying much attention to their group leader, who is telling them about the percentage of salt found in ocean water. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Daw? he says, laughing loud enough to startle the few kids in the lunchroom who weren’t paying attention. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Finn, Chess, and Natalie all made doubtful faces, as if none of them had been paying attention to the weather either. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z They’re mammoth filing cabinets of human lives, like bees in a honeycomb, crowded and angry at paying rent for boxes that resemble prison cells. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The rumrunning gangsters were paying for some of the best cryptography on earth, she realized. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Kendra imitated his movements, impressed that his hours of playing army were finally paying off. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “Sorry, I wasn’t paying attention—what were we doing for the last several hours? Oh,right.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z "But if the husband of that tittering Tarkheena friend of yours is paying his head groom to get the best oats, then I think the head groom is cheating him." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z I don’t think he was trying to test me, but it was pretty clear I hadn’t been paying attention. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Both of these examples suggest that extremely effective control of many kinds of unwanted vegetation might be achieved by paying more attention to the role of plant-eating insects. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “So long as you start right after the show’s over,” she answered, but I knew she wasn’t really paying attention. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “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 Suddenly, I regret not paying more attention to Master Lumumba’s lessons... Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z And the dam—or paying for it, that is—would be made possible by creating a conservancy district whose boundaries, for taxation purposes, would incorporate almost all the town’s largely destitute citizens. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I fumble in my purse, find a ten, crumple it into her hand, paying her off. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 He hurried after them, paying Sansa no mind once he decided she was not going to try and take his loot. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z 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 I tried paying attention to Mr. Gunthrie’s lecture on British literature, but the side of Miles’s face had turned chalky white and was morphing into sickly green. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z It can’t be this simple and efficient; otherwise, why are they paying me so much money?’” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I wasn't paying attention to anything else—just trying to set the tableaux—and when Javi finally shuffled into position, the whole moon glowed behind him, casting a pale corona around his head. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z 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 And she had to get muscle to back her up because people weren’t paying her back at first. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “I wonder,” Lupe muttered, “how much who is paying for pepper? Now what? Do we—wait him out again?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Ashamed for not understanding why we were always paying late fees and overdraft charges. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z She was paying for his car, after all. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Your parents are paying me real good, or else I’d kick you all out.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z By the way, in case you weren’t paying attention or something, did you catch what Mr. Powell called me? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “You don’t have to go if you don’t want to. Especially if Dray is paying for everything,” Chantal says. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z 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 “Cook,” Ophie said, taking two more shortbread cookies and slipping them into the pocket of her apron when the older woman wasn’t paying attention. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Back in the old country, everyone fought for the honor of paying. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z "Whatever, Ali. I just ain't feel like paying that fool. Figured we could use that money for something else," Noodles said proudly. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z When she saw me at the kitchen door, she said, “Loma should be in there when people start paying their respects.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It never would have occurred to her that she would be working this hard and still have to choose between paying the phone bill and paying for her daughter Ishtar’s prom. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Whilst we were walking for the first mile or so, Mr. Leroy would grunt and nod his head every once in the while, like he was paying some mind to what I was saying. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “I’m not paying you to stand around and talk to your friends,” he said, but didn’t sound especially angry. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z 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’m sorry. I feel like I should have noticed sooner. I'm sorry I wasn't paying attention.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I didn’t pray for Mamá to start paying attention to us either. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, we are paying too little attention, and respect, to the built-in durability and sheer power of the human organism. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Now her mother was nodding with her eyes closed, which meant that she was sincerely paying attention. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Neither of them was paying attention to the opera anymore. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z She’s the smartest kid in the class after me, but she doesn’t seem to be paying attention. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z We considered paying villagers to remove the peacock snails that were harming our willows. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The night of the big dance, I suffered at home, barely paying attention to the book—Steinbeck’s Sweet Thursday—I had borrowed from Dad’s bookcase in the upstairs hall. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He’s bringing in floral arrangements to decorate the synagogue on the big day, and he’s paying for the congregational Kiddush, which is like a mini lunch after the service is over. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “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 “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 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 Maybe he’s just paying attention, or maybe he remembers she was this way even when I was younger. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I was guilty, I was paying for it, and nothing more could be asked of me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z He followed along as we walked to O-Hall, and we talked about things, but I wasn’t paying attention at all. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “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 Well, he’s paying for it now, isn’t he? Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z All of which leads to what happened with Thresh and how he was paying off a debt of sorts. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Now he’s paying for that though, as wave after wave of weakness hits him. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Well,” Addie goes, all huffy, “it’s about time you started paying attention.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 “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 “Lingering and paying respects are two different things. I attend the funerals of all the people I glean.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He and Grandpop started jawing about how deer season was in a few months, and who knew what else because Genie wasn’t paying much attention—he was too busy staring at the rifle. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Because at least Mom is paying attention to me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I have a hard time paying attention to what she’s saying. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Busted Nicholas, I’ve warned you about not paying attention in my class. Booked 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 Here we were, messing with some old man who Mong had all tied up and gagged, and Rondell wasn’t even paying attention. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z 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 Besides, there was something unquestionably odd about the way Henry was constantly shelling out money to him: paying his tabs, footing his bills, doling out cash like a husband to a spendthrift wife. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Then there was Bigger No. 5, who always rode the Jim Crow streetcars without paying and sat wherever he pleased. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 Other darkened figures bustle past, none of them paying any attention to me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I wasn’t sure whom I was supposed to be paying attention to—my friend or the girl she had, apparently, elected to speak for her. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z 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 They probably thought I wasn't paying attention, that I came in too soon. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z And even though I’d told her I just wanted to help, she insisted on paying me, and I agreed. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z After paying their rent, there was little left to eat on. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Our family allowed some romance, paying adult brides’ prices and providing dowries so that their sons and daughters could marry strangers. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z You could drive a sled over the snow anywhere you wanted without paying attention to where the roads were. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Would Sidney Poitier ever take a sofa or a large kitchen appliance from a store without paying? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I looked around the locker area, but nobody was paying me any attention. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Everyone was paying close attention to Teacher Li’s low voice. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “And then you died and left Mama and me to pay for it, literally. All my life, I’ve been paying for your risks, and your mistakes.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “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 I’d been paying attention to what was going on, and I said, “I’m here!” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good-bye Mister Gilner!” a chorus of those paying attention calls out. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He glanced briefly at Matthew to make sure he was paying attention. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z 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 No one seemed to be paying them much attention, and most of the literature they were handing out turned into a big One Drum welcome mat at the front gates. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He’d turn on the radio or turn up the dial on the oven so that your dinner would be burned and he’d pinch your arm if you weren’t paying him enough attention. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z But I couldn't help wondering what it would be like to live in Omi’s house, with two grown-ups paying attention to every little thing you wanted or did. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The firm was now more than thirty days late in paying my invoice. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z It means that they were talking non-stop and not paying attention to anything else around them. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d ended in old Rome with Leo breaking a cookie and paying a price much worse than an eye. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I let this all sink in, then ask, “So who’s been paying the bills?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z The demonstrations continue for hours but I’m barely paying attention. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “Not paying his taxes. Let this be a lesson to you, Willy.” Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I show him the new channels that I've programmed, and he gets angry because he's been paying for a year for premium services. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Their main concern is paying for inputs and getting the most possible outputs. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z But Zu wasn’t paying attention, not to any of us. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Yes, I will make sure everyone knows the Houston rally was your idea,” his mother says, barely paying attention, as she goes over her speech on the plane to Texas. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He insists on paying, even though this is not a date. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Now, he was paying the penalty for too little sleep and no study—trying to read a lousy geography lesson on a lumbering lurching bus, the morning light dazzling on the white page. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why have you dawdled so long before paying us a visit?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The conversation continued ahead of us, but I stopped paying attention, because I heard that music again. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Maybe we just weren’t paying attention when he left.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Unlike most Americans, however, Holmes sought also to capitalize on the craze by buying bicycles on credit, then reselling them without ever paying off the initial purchase. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “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 Tonight, Denasia’s dancing with some guy halfway across the room and paying no attention to Kenya. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Most of the jobs remaining at the dam site, he had been told, were for common laborers, paying fifty cents an hour. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She was being so un-Twig-like, paying attention to our science experiment, so I tuned them out and started doodling snowflakes and flowers in my notebook. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Taxes, son. Taxes on this farm. Your grandfather there hasn’t been paying them.” Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If they had been paying any attention to their adversary in that moment before contact, they might have noticed that he shifted his weight to lower his center of gravity. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I knew these were the students whose college tuition Bodega had been paying. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z 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 But I wasn’t paying attention to what she said, because as she stood up the shadows shifted and the firelight fell on the wall of the hut. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Tess waits for a moment when no one is paying attention to her, then glances up quickly in my direction. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “The carriage! But James will not like to put the horses to for such a little way;—and where are the poor horses to be while we are paying our visit?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “I should’ve been paying attention. I could have flown down and saved them.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Diego had texted me to find out where I was, and I was busy typing a reply instead of paying attention to what was in front of me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z It occurred to Comrade Pillai that this generation was perhaps paying for its forefathers’ bourgeois decadence. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Apparently, my body is hungry even if I’m not paying attention to it. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “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 “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 “It’s yours. And not a trade for the room. I bought it, but Mom’s paying the monthly plan. It’s too much of a hassle to return it now.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Turns out she wasn’t paying me no mind. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The woman driving the taxi stops under a swinging streetlight, and me and Kalinda jump off without paying. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z 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 I was walking home that night, paying no attention to where I was going, when a large, sulky fellow approached me near the apple trees in front of Putnam House. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z 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 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 The news reports had been warning about Hurricane Katrina for days, but nobody in Barry’s house had been paying much attention. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z “Like not paying any attention when you ask me to see that she goes to school?” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The price of accidentally running over a seventeen-year-old girl who was clearly not paying attention is considerably less than the price for his own daughter, killed by a texting driver. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z All eleven picketers accepted jail sentences rather than paying a fine. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z No one else seems to be paying any attention to Windy and me, either. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “Who sent you? Who’s paying you?” she yelled, her hand still holding me against the wall. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z By now, the Abnegation at the other end of the table are paying attention. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Earlier that morning, Deborah had warned me that Lawrence was convinced Hopkins was paying me to gather information about the family. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z 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 “I noticed you were writing in your journal and not exactly paying attention,” he said, smiling a little. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z 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 “Hey,” Colin said to Jimmy after school one day in the beginning of November, when we were paying for our Cokes. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z I ignored her, trying to look like I was paying attention to Mr. Varner. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z 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 “How much will you be paying me for the child?” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Ms. D. gimme a chart that show what each of us be paying for. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He didn’t seem to be paying much attention to his job. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “I mean they’re paying me and I just wasn’t accomplishing anything over there.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Taps” is also played at funerals, a way of paying homage to lost comrades. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z That also meant that he wasn’t paying attention when I got into his backpack and emptied a tube of fire ants from the colony I’d found in the woods. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z 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 No one in the entire prison was paying attention. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z And two: the person poking the dead ain't always the one paying for it. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Sister Benedicta don’t like paying so much, but I says to her deal’s deal and oak’s oak, and she saw the sense in the end.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “You don’t think you’re paying the price for all your luck?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z There is not, technically, a rule against paying a stripper to dance in front of the school. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “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 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 Two, and maybe I’m just trying to make myself feel normal here, but the way I see it, anyone, if they’re paying attention, could have a list like mine stuck in some private drawer. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “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 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 “Been paying calls, Mrs. de Winter?” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z As luck would have it, the regent was just then paying a call on the chief magistrate of Umtata and was in his very office. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 “No, it didn’t mean me harm. I—we—were running around so much, hollering and everything. I wasn’t paying attention.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z 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 He looked like he was sleeping, but actually, he was paying attention. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “Please, Jason,” she says, not paying any attention. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The discussions over the school budget sounded much like a couple talking around their kitchen table with a stack of bills, no hope of paying them and nothing but bad options. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z 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 He wasn’t paying attention to her embarrassed explanation about the bathroom. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Hyde had already done this three times, kicking kids out of class for not paying attention or writing notes to one another. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “Don’t you know any better than to let my grandchild play with that tool? I ain’t paying you to be a slacker, so you got no reason to be resting when you should be chopping.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z She is kneeling on the floor at Russell’s side, spreading a generous amount of brie on a cracker, paying no attention to what Russell is doing. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “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 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 The monks couldn't know that Pong's practice of paying attention to mangoes and watching out for the swing of a guard's baton had prepared him to sit in long hours of quiet meditation. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z 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 She’s always looking straight up now, paying attention to whatever the teacher is saying, like she’s afraid to miss a word. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The types walked before the displays like paying customers. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Tobias’s finger runs along the lines of his family tree—I assume—but idly, like he’s not really paying attention to it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “You ain’t taking my car every day, woman, what if I get the day shift and need to—” “She paying me seventy dollars cash every Friday, Leroy.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “I don’t know what else is on the bill,” said Mr. Popper, paying him. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z She got in line behind a woman who was paying with a check. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He lived his life in defiance of that very prospect, assiduously looking after our car, paying the bills on time, never discussing his advancing multiple sclerosis nor missing a day of work. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I wandered around my early twenties, paying rent and reading classifieds and wondering why the lights were not turning green for me. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Some kids from school had come in—paying customers—and she was writing their names in mayonnaise on their sandwiches before pressing her perfect V-tops down onto them. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z 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 Her friend’s parents were paying for the apartment, she said. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Other than paying for bandwidth, which he bitterly resented, he was subject to no regulation, no taxes, no restrictions on his ability to say what he wished. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But they were paying no attention to him. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Many of the roaming soldiers didn’t themselves know who was paying for their weapons. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 “Adiah, along with paying you a well-earned compliment, I do also feel obligated to give you a word of advice: ‘To whom much is given, much is required.’” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The $1.60 a day I was paying for my steer’s meal may seem cheap—but it doesn’t include all the costs of the industrial farm, not by a long shot. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Each time, it seemed, she wasn’t paying attention to the television news. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The boys would now examine some new article of clothing I had bought; none of us allowed a week to pass without buying something new, paying fifty cents down and fifty cents per week. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Evidently she’d taken the key from Chess while he wasn’t paying attention. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The scholarships were in recognition of our academic excellence in the three years we’d been at the secondary school, and were to help us on to matriculation—paying for everything: books, school fees and uniform. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Traders avoided a grisly trip to a labor camp only by paying hard currency bribes. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z 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 At last all the cars were hung and the wheel was ready for its first paying passengers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z From time to time the guards waved their spears to chase away the kestrels, gulls, and carrion crows paying court to the deceased. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 “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 “I’m paying back a bit of debt. My wife fell sick, and we had to pay the doctor and buy medicine.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 ‘Tou, Julio, think small! You live small and you’ll die small! Always paying rent because you never thought big. Like most of the people in this neighborhood you think that things are impossible!” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “How long do you think the Yunkishmen will want to continue paying wages to four free companies?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Sometimes I insisted on paying for the whole thing: meal, drinks, and tip. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 I’ve been paying my weekly bill on the blue zoot suit, real steady. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad says paying your kids to study is “derelict.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z 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 Her eyes have not left the computer screen this whole time, but I know she’s paying attention to everything I say. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z 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 “Gospodin Yedsha is paying me, and if I help him catch this dragon, we’ll have enough money to stay here. I care more about us than I do about a stupid dragon!” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z She had no trouble paying attention to Mrs. Jacobs that morning. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z People were depositing it, withdrawing it, borrowing it, and paying it back. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z 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 My mom and dad—Dad especially—were always getting on me about paying better attention to stuff. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Dottie was staring out the window, paying no attention to the nature documentary on her TV. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z “You’re not mending a rip in your father’s trousers. People are paying good money—” “I know how to sew,” I blurt. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Joey asked, paying attention to the road but flickering his eyes to the mirror once in a while to watch Chas and the girls. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Nah, this is on me. I’m paying you back for the Instagram idea.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I was the boy who had not listened and who was now paying the price. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m paying for those. Man, are they expensive.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “Or without paying far too much for it.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z African- Americans could now register to vote without undergoing ridiculous qualification games, taking difficult exams, experiencing Klan intimidation, and paying “blacks only” poll taxes. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He limped along the crest, not paying much attention to the view. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Normally this would thrill me, to be alone with this handsome doctor paying attention to me, but all I want to do is lie down on the bed and slip into sleep. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Frank’s currently watching one of those political analysis shows, so there’s no way they’re really paying attention to it. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z The way to achieve the ultimate liberation through lifelessness is to cease paying heed to the illusion of reality. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Citra mapped out the address, went there, but wasn’t paying all that much attention. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z My mom and my brother are near the sanctuary door, paying more attention to us than to Pastor Eldridge. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I wasn’t even paying close enough attention to what she was saying to really understand her. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z “But I’m paying interest on money I don’t really need.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Though no one seemed to be paying her any attention. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z "They'll have to burn my cab! I just finished paying it off!" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z McMahon quickly wrote up a long report that garnered intense interest from the U.S. intelligence community, which he said had not been paying much attention to the camps. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Because all the free usage stimulated a massive growth in the network, which was valuable to all the paying customers. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z She sat up too quickly and winced; she was not used to riding a horse all day, and her muscles were paying for it. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Several were hunched over in their cages, paying no attention to her as she passed. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z ‘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 “We had a wonderful tour guide and we’re now paying for his first daughter’s education.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I wrote from my heart about the things I loved and people began paying attention. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “Vivian’s paying me to do a spring cleanup of her property—get rid of dead branches and all that. You?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z 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 Just as my fortune seemed to be turning, I was forced to leave my only paying job because of well- intentioned meddling by my friends. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z 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 So if I dint get smart why are they paying me to rite these dumb things. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z But my mind had stopped paying attention to their meaning. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Weren’t you paying attention when we drove you here?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Without siege engines there was no way to storm easterly Rock, so the Young Wolf was paying the Lannisters back in kind for the devastation they'd inflicted on the river- lands. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I had been so caught up with the N’daa I overlooked what was happening with you. I should have been paying more attention to you when you were feeling down.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I’m not paying full attention; I’m staring out my little window as an idea forms. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z 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 They were always half a month or so behind, and talked endlessly to him about paying ahead—after they had a preliminary discussion about what he was doing back so soon anyway. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z That was the problem with being an only child: Your parents were always paying attention to you. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z And if I wasn’t going to take the advice, what was I paying them ten dollars a month for. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z When I found them I bought a ticket for a night bus to Chicago, paying the fare as far as Scranton, Pennsylvania, which was as much as I thought I could afford. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The batters were hitting sharp liners and grounders, and the outfielders were finally paying attention, or at least facing in the right direction. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I could see in his eyes he wasn’t paying attention to anything I said. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z 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 I had a long, tortured affair with one girl by paying her ten-cent premium each week. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The folding is familiar—I once spent two days learning to fold my notes just this way, instead of paying attention in math. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I stopped talking until I was sure that he was paying close attention. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Like paying to make friends really deepens the college experience.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I suppose “not paying attention” takes a great deal of discipline. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z More likely, this guy's pretty far behind in paying his bimonthly government taxes. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z 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 Luckily, they managed to sneak out without paying. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Yet they seemed to be paying very little attention to the crowds of people who went in and out. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 The teacher wrote a note at the top: Your new effort is paying off! Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z 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 “People talked around her like she wasn’t there because they didn’t think she was paying attention. They figure, no use hiding our secrets if she can’t hear us. But she heard everything.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Class had started but Mr. Varner wasn’t paying close attention and we weren’t the only ones still talking. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I started paying attention, for real now, to what he was saying. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “Look, whatever the old guys are paying you, I can pay you double. Treble. A hundred times. Whatever they’re giving you, I can give you so much more.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I unlocked the back door and set my suitcase on the first step of the porch, so I could make a quick getaway after I was through paying these Amoses back. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z 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 “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 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 He said, “It’s not about paying me extra.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Other paying guests had arrived, and The Souls excused themselves as they made trips in and out of the kitchen bringing tea and tiered trays of tea sandwiches and cakes. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t doubt the potential value of paying attention to subconscious cues. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z She insists on paying, saying it’s the least she can do. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z 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 “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 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 I must not have been paying attention, must have gotten too involved in packing up our books and things. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “You can do that here, trade one thing for another without paying money?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She surmised that even when we are trying to actively ignore something, we might be paying attention to it somewhere in the recesses. 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 watching the long, fuzzy peel fold down into Miss Celia’s basin, paying no mind at all to the driveway. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z So we were paying for all our studies at full tuition out of our own pockets. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I watch for the dimple that I’m no longer supposed to be paying attention to. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z All my earnings went toward feeding the family and paying for my schooling. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Decca,” Mom says mildly, but she is only half paying attention. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “No. I wasn’t paying attention. I had a lot on my mind.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z But attendance at his show waned, and paying his men became a problem. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I look at Matt, but he isn’t paying any attention. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Already, management has brought in a woman to do what sounds like time-motion studies and there’s talk about switching to paying by the room. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad thought he was paying us a compliment. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She knew that she ought to be paying some attention to the rest of the class but she was altogether too excited to let the matter rest. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z He and his wife were just walking along, talking, not paying any attention to their kid. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z I remember shopping for socks, feeling the socks, paying for the socks, looking at the receipt for the socks. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z This year, paying Enrique’s smuggler has left her strapped for money. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z So far the ghosts weren’t paying her any special attention. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z "He gave no name, and wore no sigil on his coat. He paid in gold, twice the customary sum, and said he was paying once for the boy, and once for my silence." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Buttercup was paying little attention to the goings on. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It was the thought of Poppy, lost, that she couldn’t stand—and lost because she had been paying more attention to a box of pencils. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 A week later, I wasn’t at the library when it opened at ten o’clock, and if you’ve been paying attention, you should know why. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Whatever Kasigi was thinking—if he was thinking—I was the one paying the price. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z 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 Surprised that she was even paying attention to him, and to Eleanor. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z She wanted to start a business that could employ women like Beatrice, paying them fairly without making them commute halfway across Atlanta by bus or train. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z I am not her psychiatrist and she’s not paying me to be one. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z We decided to leave the hotel that evening to avoid paying for another night. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “Jacob? Hush. Daddy’s paying the man who fixed the washer and then we need to get it in the van.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z If you have no money for health insurance—and the Hearthside’s niggardly plan kicks in only after three months—you go without routine care or prescription drugs and end up paying the price. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 They’re cleaner and more earnest, and they want paying jobs when they graduate. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The answer was that no one had been paying all that much attention. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z 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 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 “I apologize for not paying you the respect you deserve,” he mumbled. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 He watched, but he wasn’t paying close attention. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z All that research he did before we left is paying off. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z The plan before Max left was made by Dr. Schillinger and involves paying off the mailman, a man Dr. Schillinger knew before the war. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z 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 The car roared and swayed, pressing me hard against her, but when I took a furtive glance around no one was paying me the slightest attention. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He glanced briefly at Matthew to make sure he was paying attention. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z El Jefe was no saint, everyone knew that, but among the bandidos that had been in the National Palace, this one at least was building churches and schools, paying off our debts. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought that she’d start paying more attention to me and that everybody else would notice and then I’d become the most popular dude in the place. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z And paying for school hinged on strapping on a harness and lowering himself over the edge of a cliff in the morning. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A man not worth paying any attention to. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Again he ate hunched over his food, tense and quiet, paying no attention to anything except what was going on inside his own head. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Zita couldn’t figure out who was paying his rent, minimal though it was. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The only one who wasn’t paying us no mind was Syl’s ma. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z My mom wasn’t paying attention—she was tying her wood into a bundle—and the ax head struck her right on the head. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone in my class, even Bob English Who Draws, is paying attention today, because this is the first day of “How We Taste,” also known as The Science Unit of Destiny. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z When we got married at city hall, he insisted on paying the fee. 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 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 Unfortunately, the telecom companies weren’t paying close attention to the developing mismatch between demand and reality. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Many feel the health insurance isn’t worth paying for. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He wasn’t paying any attention to Robert or Tayo, who were examining the old ewes. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I’ve always liked men, receiving them, paying them attention, listening to what they have to say. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I speak so rarely these days that when I do, people make a point of paying attention to me. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z But it was sleeping soundly and nobody was paying any attention to it. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Then the bus stopped and the apprentice stood at the doorway, to make sure that no one got out without paying. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “See? I’m paying attention. Why did you go down there?” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She watched Redemption’s face as she spoke, and it remained the same as it always did, gentle and open and paying attention. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Your debts. And now I’m paying for your sins by watching the world move on without me. I can’t go to college like my friends because of you.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “The lecture is at six, but the carriage is leaving at half past five. Haven’t you been paying attention? Miss Anderson and Miss Duncan Ve been talking about it all week.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z 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 Luckily, I got a scholarship so Uhmma doesn’t have to worry about paying for college. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z It seemed to him very likely that the globular clusters used in this investigation, nearly a hundred of them, would be orbiting about, paying homage to, the massive center of the Milky Way. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When I looked around, no one was even paying attention to me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “No, it’s rented, paying its own taxes. I’ll hold on to it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z "It's when you do something nice in business and it ends up paying you back with money." The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z I’m not paying attention to anything he’s saying or to the dummy because I’m watching Jordan pass notes to Miss Sweet Tea. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z Occasionally, the bench would reprimand us for not paying attention, and the books and puzzles would disappear. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Arthur is still sitting at the radio listening to Amos ’n’ Andy, not even paying attention to Sonny and Henry, who are tearing apart Jimmie’s dolly. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I stare at him, not sure if he’s making fun of me or paying me a compliment. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z While he was paying off the taxi—there would just be time. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “They needed the cash,” he tells Mami when she’s paying the bills and worries that there’s not enough in the bank to cover them. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I hadn’t been paying attention because I was worried about Vonetta. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Other people had been paying me forty dollars for a lawn that big and that seemed fair. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z I start paying attention to all my movements. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z This paying back of the antiseptic government for its literary terrors and conflagrations. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 A group photograph of the players taken at the end of the tournament shows Bobby with unfocused eyes, apparently paying no attention to the photographer or the rest of the players. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She studied piano, too, until her mother, impatient for her favorite songs and frustrated with Claudette constantly practicing scales, stopped paying for lessons. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z The inmate offered to help him out by paying him a hundred dollars just to bring in a package from his brother. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I turn my head back toward Mama to see if she is paying attention, but she is still looking at the Quran. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I flip-flop back and forth all day, not even really paying attention to the fact that my mom and I have been sort of civil today. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The kind you get when you’re having fun and not paying attention to how long you’ve been playing with your friends. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z 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 Mobutu’s chief postal minister, a relative of Mobutu’s wife, stopped paying all the postal workers for the last year so he could use the money to build himself a mansion in Thysville. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z "It's not time for my break. I can only talk to paying customers." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Seems a shame. She been paying on that insurance all her life.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z It will make Emery feel like I’m not paying attention, and it will make me feel happy. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z 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 You see, it was not simply a matter of paying her passage over on the boat. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Xenophilius did not seem to be paying much attention, but was staring out of the window at the sky. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z 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 One teenager was whittling at a lump and not paying me the blindest bit of notice. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z And if you thought this ended happily, then you haven’t been paying attention. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He ended up paying Sneaky two whole dollars for that Snickers. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “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 No one's paying attention to me so far, but I'm still anxious. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He suggested that I begin by paying what I could afford, and as my salary went up, I could increase the payment. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 A lungful of smoke because you weren’t paying attention to what was around. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z 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 At the entrance gate, Dad bought our tickets, muttering about the idiocy of paying money to look at animals, and led us down the walk. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Anyone in the cafe who hadn’t been paying attention was now paying attention. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z It came with paying Booker, speaking proper, and polishing his father’s shoes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Right then, he’d swing around and head for the cabin, dragging down corn with the plow and paying no mind whatever to my hauling back on the reins and hollering “Whoa!” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “Which I will be paying for, to make things more pathetic.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “I’ll be back in a jiffy,” she said, and then she walked calmly over to the edge of the peach and jumped off, paying out the thread behind her as she fell. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z I suppose it would have been possible to go on living near the Sleepers, but it would have meant paying an expensive compensation to them—money Father did not want to pay. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Milton found himself getting impatient or not paying attention. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z 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 And when I wasn’t doing a paying job like that, I still liked to break horses. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed to Ralph, as he and Helen tried to figure out what paying their full taxes would mean, that mistakes were harder to erase than he remembered. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 But what was foremost in my mind and heart was paying my respects to my mother’s grave. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 He attends twice more before returning to Munich, paying his admission in full both times. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z 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 I would end up paying too much for a dress I didn’t even like that much. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Often someone approaching the ticket booth in a black coat with a red scarf will be waved in without paying admission, or given a mug of cider or bag of popcorn gratis. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Isabelle was pink as she said, “Yeah. Or, like, it was a guy and he wanted to pay my bill and didn’t know how to do that without paying for everyone’s.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Now the Queen was paying her own price: She was dying, and so were her land and her people. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z 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 One did not shout at Gebu without paying for it somehow, now or later. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z All those things were true, but I’d stopped paying attention as an idea struck me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z So Paul Singh explained to Nick Farthing just how and why he wouldn’t be paying him any longer, and walked away while Nick Farthing just stood and didn’t say anything, clenching and unclenching his fists. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z It’s our own fault, but no one is even paying attention. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Celia used to say slow people are just paying close attention.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The maester's ravens were paying court to some of the corpses, while the crows from the broken tower attended others. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z 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 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 I looked over at Calista, but she wasn’t paying any attention. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z I diverted my stare to the wall and made no pretense that I was paying attention to her. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Because I’d catch him staring at me sometimes when he didn’t think I was paying attention to him. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z 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 And now that I was winning more, they began paying closer attention. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “I wasn’t paying attention. I was mad at Zane for stealing my bracelet.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I looked at the titles on the spines, pretending I was paying no attention to them whatsoever. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z 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 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 She’s not paying enough attention to realize that a guy in a white BMW is about to run that red light. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z 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 I hadn’t been paying any mind to where we were going, but looking up I saw that we’d made it to the mercantile. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 “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 She asks Tobias, hut he doesn’t seem to be paying attention. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Despite the lack of justification the program was launched, with the state providing the manpower and supervising the operation, the federal government providing equipment and additional men, and the communities paying for the insecticide. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z As it was, she spent the night in one of the guest rooms, paying full price, although Mistress Cutler pretended for a moment that she couldn’t possibly take payment from an old and valued employee. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t appear to be paying much heed to the sermon. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “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 And if I’m paying twenty-five dollars for a bra, there’s no way I can buy shoes. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z I hadn’t been paying attention because I was worried about Vonetta. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z You’re paying for it, Mr. Watson—paying because you happen to be too much interested in beauty. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I avert my gaze from a girl paying at the counter who looks vaguely familiar. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z 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 We are paying attention to each other and we are paying attention to the enormity. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Mom looks at me, says, “You paying attention? You’ll need this one day.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z My parents had been paying tuition for Craig to go to Catholic school. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z But it doesn’t tell you what the child understands or, more precisely, it doesn’t tell you whether the child is paying attention to what he or she ought to be paying attention to. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Wart thought to himself that he did not care for Mr. P. “Lord,” said Merlyn, not paying attention to his nervousness, “I have brought a young professor who would learn to profess.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z There was the cost of buying slaves and their upkeep on one hand and paying white workers meager but livable wages on the other. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Now that she was paying attention, she saw that she had run right past a path that led into the trees. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z No, it had never been very profitable, but the thirty acres had gotten them by for twenty-five years—better some years than others, she added: depended what the cannery was paying out. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 Finally she was far enough away, paying attention to other kids. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “We’re paying him a thousand dollars a day from now until December first, with a ten percent daily raise if he’s a good employee.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z She could get an ATM card and balance her checkbook and start paying down her bills and save up for that two-story colonial on Greenwood that was already hers in her dreams. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The only recent thing about it is people paying any attention to it. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I said the rhymes but wasn’t really paying attention. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z After paying the rent and salaries, there was not much left for food, so we often had little for dinner. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “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 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 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 “A good many people, I should think. I wasn’t paying attention.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z —The Buchis Stela By 58 BCE, Ptolemy’s subjects were paying huge sums to buy Rome’s protection. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Judging by the poisonous look Eric gives Four when he isn’t paying attention, last night’s loss must have bothered Eric more than he let on. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z People milled out in the hallway, talking and laughing, no one paying attention to us. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z On some expeditions guides have gone to the summit without any of their paying customers, prompting the bitter clients to conclude that they were brought along simply to pick up the tab. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z There was the normal pushing and whispering and not paying attention. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z He smiled and nodded, paying little attention to the chatter of the Voles and Squirrels. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “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 He glanced around the room and saw that most of the other students, and even Mrs. Torrance, weren’t paying attention, either. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z And while they are paying for drops of that water, I gather my bandages, pick up my crutch. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z “It's much handier than my sailing boat. And it will also stop him from paying me any surprise visits.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I’m having trouble paying attention. “—doing some genetic analysis, which is fine, but before, we were developing a way to make the memory compound behave as a virus,” he says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I say a quick prayer that Mama wasn’t paying attention and that she won’t sign me up as everyone gets up and stands in neat rows. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z 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 Yet, had whites been paying attention, they would have known that blacks had been resisting segregation since Jim Crow laws were first enacted. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Someone should walk up onstage and put them down, but no one is paying any attention to the caged dead. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z 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 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 Stella had generally preferred eating the goodies rather than cooking them, but Mama’s years of gentle lessons were paying off now. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z 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 But I wasn’t paying attention to any of that. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, a man that just calls shows he has no faith in himself, and like I say if you aren’t going to take the advice, what’s the use in paying money for it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He said he had been paying on his life insurance for twenty years. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Very good, Jude. I am glad someone has been paying attention. Now, who would like to tell me when those deaths are most likely to occur?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Suddenly customers were paying $1 billion less a year for term life insurance. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z When it seemed like nobody was paying attention to her, she dropped the book. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “I’m paying you fifty dollars for this,” Miles hissed, turning toward the bed. 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 “Earth to B and Thompson! You plan on paying attention, or you just going to make eyes at each other all night?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z 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 He would remember a pretty girl paying such close attention to him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Tío Pepe says this is our Magna Carta, and I’m so glad I was paying attention that day in history class so I don’t have to ask what that is. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Soon they realized that they were paying a cleaning woman and doing most of the work themselves anyhow. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Standing next to his mother was a tall, chocolate brown man who was looking out of the kitchen window, paying no attention to the nervous conversation or the rich breakfast smells about him. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I got it dug by paying a whole troop of local boys for each and every basket of earth they moved. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “If I don’t get some paying work done, my ma will tan my hide tonight. I’m supposed to be one county over digging ditches right now.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I wished I had hit for die daily dollar that I played with my town man, paying him by the week. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The idea of paying for things in other ways, through trade, felt entirely foreign to her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “He will be paying for them with good gold, every one.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 I’m not paying any attention to where my feet are. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z In Amarillo, I used the last of my money for a paying ticket to Marshall. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The crowd was milling, not everybody paying attention. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Yossarian tried paying no attention to him and limped wearily to his cot and sat down with a labored, drawn-out grunt. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Leave out the hell part. The main thing—” “What are you kids doing? I thought I was paying you to help William Ernest with his reading?” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z It would be, in effect, paying the government for incarcerating him for a month. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z And Shorty’s got this band now, trying out for paying gigs it seems like every other day. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He isn’t really paying attention to me, anyway. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “I didn’t know that. How much are they paying for cheap perfume?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The mother lay like a broken doll on the floor, paying no attention to them. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Around midnight she awoke to hear her wolves in the distance talking softly among themselves—probably paying tribute to Amaroq as they moved along the trail, she thought. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Even Milligan, who had retreated to his roses and seemed not to be paying attention, raised his eyebrows. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The children weren’t paying much mind right then to my father or his bubbling spring of eternal life. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “Took him sixteen years to get that farm to where it was paying. It’s all dairy country up there now. Then it wasn’t. Then it was . . . nice.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z "The boy had it forged special for the tourney. Plain work, but good. I do not know if he had finished paying the smith." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And paying proper homage to this ensemble of deities is considered crucially important to ensure safe passage through the treacherous landscape. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Everything, including us paying back the petty cash, would be ruined. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “I didn’t know you were paying for my gas.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z 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 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 “Sorry, tons of people come in there looking for jobs. You know, the whole rumor about them paying well?” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I was proud to have a paying ticket and not be riding the rails. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I also think he's not her boyfriend but someone paying her for what she does in the bedroom, but I don't ask questions. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Come to think of it, I hadn’t been paying much attention to Dad or what he’d been doing lately either. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “On time, just like an automobile. It’s like paying rent.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She tugged at his arm, but Harry was not paying attention. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Being a paying customer this time, with a full-fledged ticket, I didn’t have to jump off, and I knew that the preacher would be waiting for me. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He didn’t seem to be paying any attention to the road. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z They all liked Jo immensely, but never fell in love with her, though very few escaped without paying the tribute of a sentimental sigh or two at Amy’s shrine. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 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 We were at the counter paying for the purses. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Janice was already up at the cash register paying the check. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe having a mom with a foreign accent makes paying attention to Mrs. Hameed easier for me. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z But the next day, only 79,034 paying visitors came to see the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z You have to understand, by the fifteenth time we did this, I stopped paying attention to the names of the forms or the faces of the agents. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z When it seemed like nobody was paying attention to her, she dropped the book. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Beholden to paying clients, they were widely seen as surreptitious figures who burglarized people’s secrets. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I look over at Jason, but he’s paying no attention to them. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “She got hit by a semi. It ran right over her. She wasn’t paying attention.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z But no one was paying attention to Butler—too busy watching their comrades, making sure they weren’t alone in the assault. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I sneak a look at my reflection when she isn’t paying attention—not for the sake of vanity, but out of curiosity. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z While he was paying, the dog got back into the case and took a huge bite out of the white cake. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z So agents watched known Communists like Chevalier, paying special attention to their friends and associates. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z To read the story, he believes, would mean paying tribute to his namesake, accepting it somehow. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Or maybe it’s just been me who hasn’t been paying attention. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z "Have you been paying attention during your studies? Has all this been lost on you?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z 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 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 never realized the price you were paying for that mask you were wearing. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After making the monthly payment on his loan, paying his few employees, and sending off the tax money to the government, there was no more to live on than before. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z ‘Just checking to see if you were paying attention.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I look around, but no one’s paying attention. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z “I haven’t really been paying attention to the news lately. With work and everything...” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The tears were sliding down my cheeks—runaways that escaped when I wasn't paying attention. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Of course, Dad probably wouldn’t allow me to volunteer if there were paying jobs around, but it was nice to daydream. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “You’re not paying much attention, are you?” she asked after a while. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The years of required English classes at school were finally paying off. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Half paying attention, while I watched Johnny Carson, my hand prospected. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z 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 “I need this job. We’re still paying back the money from when Curtis was arrested, and now we need a new living room too. You know the best way to lose your job?” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z After he graduated, he and Margaret built their first lab in a janitor’s quarters at Hopkins—they spent weeks wiring, painting, plumbing, building counters and cabinets, paying for much of it with their own money. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Had I been paying attention, I might have somehow got away before Willow was—as always—successful. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 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 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 Dicey insisted on paying for all their rides and games, as if they were real customers. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “The bigger the sums, the better, and never a thought of paying it back. Of course, he’d rather die than get a job.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “When you get a job and start paying for the groceries yourself, you can buy whatever you want.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The galleries also had seats and standing room for other paying guests. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z 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 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 leaves Antwerp quickly, without paying his bills. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z After a few weeks of paying attention, I picked up the credit card when Dad left the table. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I watch the news without paying much attention to it. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I just don’t know her, and so I was having trouble paying attention to the details of her disastrous dance recital. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z 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 No, he wasn’t paying her any attention now. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Hazel and the rest of his friends weren’t paying attention to any of that, though. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z If I had known that this would basically be the last time I’d have both parents paying attention to me at once, I probably would have taken the hug. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The old ones had been holding back silver for King's Landing rather than paying it over to the new King in the North. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “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 “Who’s paying for this call? Am I paying for it? Did you call me collect?” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I blurt out, but Ma’s not paying any attention to me anymore. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z 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 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 I was also paying fees to the University of South Africa in order to complete my degree by correspondence. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I was not paying my debt to him. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 The real estate taxes her father was paying would have been double the amount of money required to ensconce her in the most expensive boarding school. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Pong had been paying attention to the tree for weeks. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He was obviously paying her back for the morning’s humiliation. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z So that everyone went to the tent and by paying one cent they saw a youthful Melquíades, recovered, unwrinkled, with a new and flashing set of teeth. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z "When I think of the hell I've put chaps through. I'm paying for it all now." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z On Wednesday the boys whispered a chant of “boobies, jugs, hooters, tits” whenever the teacher wasn’t paying attention. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z I hope they are only paying attention to my vitals and not my movements while on the surface. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z It had a large number of fairly well dressed young men hanging around out front, not drinking or gambling, not visibly occupied with anything except paying close attention to passing cars. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The truth is that I haven’t been paying that much attention, not since breakfast. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Maybe she was done paying for her “mistake” now. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z I stare back, paying attention to nothing but the hold music now playing on the phone. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 She fared no better in her next posting in coastal North Carolina, where, in the middle of the school year, the school ran out of money and simply stopped paying her. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He and Margaret lived in a modest home that he bought from a friend for a one-dollar down payment, then spent years fixing up and paying off. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z But if my dad had been paying attention, he would have been against the whole thing. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Sunny didn't seem to be paying Ghost and Lu no mind, though. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Ironically, Nicholas, by not paying attention, you have stumbled upon another literary device called a malapropism.* Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z 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 At the fair’s turnstiles even Holmes could not escape paying cash. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z For the rest of the day, I could not even pretend I was paying attention to Miss Scalapino, I was so embarrassed. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z But since the email, I wasn’t eating a whole lot or paying much attention to my appetite. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “It’s a disgrace not paying the rent on time,” Papá said one evening as he opened our empty metal box. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “He wasn’t paying attention,” Papá said, giving him a stern look for interrupting. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z And I was glad she was finally paying attention to what was going on at home. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z “But I’m sick of the way it’s always a hundred of us who wind up paying that measly twenty bucks, and you still lose another cow off the permit.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z No one was paying any mind to Bran. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 After her death in 1982, their value skyrocketed, with MoMA paying nearly two million to add one to its permanent collection. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “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 No one was paying any attention to the pillows anymore. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z She looked to her teacher, pretending for a few seconds that she was paying attention. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z My first legally paying gig was at a Baskin-Robbins within rollerblading distance of our house. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “You don’t know? Okay, I’ll tell you. He’s paying protection money. Your old man likes to keep the fuzz around because he’s scared of us black folks.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z 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 Now paying attention to the names on the doors, Harry turned a corner. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She was no closer to paying off the debt and coming home than she’d been a year ago. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z She tried to argue with them, but her parents were firm, paying attention now, putting space between her and Pet. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I waited until someone was paying and slid under the bedsheet. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z 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 But it doesn’t change who they are—Chantal still sticks to her books and is worried about paying for her classes next semester. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I was never the one paying for the room, but still, I resent being made to feel guilty for requesting a service an expensive hotel is generally expected to perform. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Charlese, what am I paying you for, girl? Get yourself down here. Now.” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z 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 went right on painting, as if he were paying no attention to us, but he didn’t miss a word. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z In the end we bought the fried pancakes, one each, paying six annas for the three, and four annas for two rice cakes. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z But they were known for paying pretty good. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z 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 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 There wouldn’t be the desire to see the phone light up with the message telling him that he was worth paying attention to. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Never mind!” he shouted, holding up one hand until he realized that no one was paying him any attention. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z I asked, but he wasn’t paying attention to me anymore. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z An estimated 170,000 people a day were entering the system, by one route or another, without paying a token. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z By God, ’tis a desperate situation altogether when you can’t turn your back but tenants are not paying their rent and making walls and rooms disappear on top of it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I know you’re paying attention, but look at him—he’s in line to leap off a cliff and I bet you anything he can’t even swim. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z And sure enough, as he was paying off his cab, Big Henry sounded the hour. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 As usual, many of the families were behind in their tuition payments, and others had stopped paying when Fazlullah issued his edict. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z "You spend your whole life running, paying attention to nothing but all the dumb stuff, and then one day, while you running, something runs into you and leaves you with nothing." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z 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 Other large agribusiness corporations started paying attention to organic food. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z You need to tell the P we’re not paying for Bigfoot sightings. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z "Take my backpack and just walk away. They're not even paying attention." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z 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 On top of everything, I’m paying for my mistake. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He walked into a store one day and hauled out a floor lamp without paying for it, and another time he tried to take an electric train he had seen in a showcase. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I wasn’t paying attention because, in your car, I felt secure. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z With very few exceptions, Africans at the time did not enjoy private tide to land in South Africa but were tenants paying rent annually to the government. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The impossible debt of paying back the vuvv for fake fifties romance—thousands. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Unarmed, without paying any attention to the guards, they went into the magistrate’s office. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z And yet now I felt I had not been paying attention. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z But the children just wandered off without paying him anymore attention. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t understand the concept of paying a stranger to listen to you. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Myriad has been accused of creating a monopoly, since no one else can offer the test, and researchers can’t develop cheaper tests or new therapies without getting permission from Myriad and paying steep licensing fees. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “Not yet. Now you tell me something. Are your guests paying? I’m not giving pies away here.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Women, in particular, may end up in lower- paying fields because they do everything in their power to avoid a chemistry or an economics course with mathematics or statistics prerequisites. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nobody’s paying any attention to you, so what difference will it make?” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z 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 So here it is, finally, and I hope they’re paying attention. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Police sirens were wailing, and cops were not paying one bit of attention to all the black teenagers loitering outside the school, running down the sidewalks and the middle of the street. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z People have come in and out of our building, saying their goodbyes to Mama and Papi, and paying their final respects to Madrina’s basement. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z But they hated paying so many taxes—the extra money England made the colonists pay when they bought things like tea and paper. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z We are paying too dear for salt beef and pickled fish, and the quality of the olive oil we're getting has been frightful. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Even the teachers started paying more attention to me. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z In the United States, he’d put himself through two years of chiropractic school, and now ran a small office in Birmingham with a human skeleton he was still paying for in installments. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “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 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 Only a few people passed by, no one paying attention to us. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z They could not start in paying café prices. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Ms. Rosalie told her to bring me to her house the next day and that she better not say a word about paying her. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z 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 Though if you’ve been paying close attention, I gave you the answer a long time ago. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “July First, the Kalends of July, sacred to Juno. That’s when Mother wants to destroy those stupid demigods and really rub it in Juno’s face. Besides, I’m not paying overtime for those gladiator ghosts!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z On the other hand, the same thing is possible in life, if only we’d start paying attention to the right stuff. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Colin was half paying attention to the game while scribbling graphs, trying to make the Theorem account for the fact that Lindsey Lee Wells was, quite clearly, still his girlfriend. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z “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 Despite the early hour, hundreds more well-wishers joined the procession behind the president or stood along the sidewalk silently paying tribute to him. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Others had their radio on in the background and weren’t paying close attention at first. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Gramps is paying careful attention to his turkey sandwich. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Eilonwy, paying no attention to his order to wait, strode along with him. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z She started in to talking about paying bills and handling money. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I guess even when it didn’t seem like it, Olga was always paying attention. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I could see Angie in one of those big circular mirrors Kip’s had in the far back corners, and she was still stacking and sorting cigarettes, not paying any attention to us at all. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z 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 Here's where President Donald Trump might tweet that they were financially stable because they were taking shortcuts and not paying taxes. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “You asking ’em to play and I’m paying for the game,” Gus said. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z |
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