Next moment Cor wondered why everyone at the table had risen and was standing perfectly still. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

His skin looked perfectly smooth, all trace of blood or redness gone. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But when the battle began, what had seemed perfectly clear-cut in the planning stage quickly turned murky. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Squares on the floor become trapezoids in a painting; everything gets gently distorted, but it looks perfectly natural to the viewer. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

But it was perfectly possible that O’Brien had really forgotten the photograph. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

And it is not just pieces, it is figures and objects, perfectly carved flowers and planets and tiny books with actual paper pages that turn. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Their fundamental claim is that, although some argue that such cases are miraculous or demonic, they are in fact perfectly easy to reproduce. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It was as if he were looking in a trick mirror where he saw himself perfectly but on a smaller scale. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Harry, what happened? Why do you think you couldn’t make your Patronus? You managed perfectly yesterday!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Would I have had a perfectly ordinary day and not know that I was missing something? The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The perfectly organized room where he tells my mom and convinces her that she’s worthless. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

All of these beliefs seemed perfectly natural to me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then it was perfectly fine to go to Aunt Maureen’s for the summer. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They passed out flyers, pamphlets—A Message from City Councilman John Kwang—buttons, ballpoint pens, keychains, lapel pins, every last piece of it stamped with his perfectly angled script, simply signed, John. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered perfectly well, but I wanted to hear what Cal would say. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The youngest boy, the one Finn was already thinking of as Other-Finn, was perfectly snaggletoothed, with one adult front tooth partly grown in and one front tooth missing entirely. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

And who are these people whose idea of decorating is matched pictures of mallard ducks in flight and whose house is perfectly characterless and pristine even before the model maid sets to work? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I wonder if perhaps my mother, who had always reflected so perfectly the will of my father, had that night merely been reflecting mine. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the responsibility and relative sacrifice meant something completely different, like a landscape taking on new colors, or all the furniture in a house being rearranged so that now everything appeared perfectly in place. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

While I was not prepared to hurl the white man into the sea, I would have been perfectly happy if he climbed aboard his steamships and left the continent of his own volition. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After he bought her a new car as a surprise, she told him her old car was perfectly fine, the Peugeot $05 she had been driving since he was in secondary school. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Aureliano made sure that Arcadio was in the darkroom before raising his eyes and meeting those of Pilar Ternera, whose thought was perfectly visible, as if exposed to the light of noon. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

For example, Penelope had never before realized how difficult it was to explain the logic behind such common household paradoxes as: Standing on the floor is perfectly correct; standing upon the loveseat is not. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Later, we shall see you again and you’ll find us perfectly friendly and helpful to rabbits who understand what’s expected of them.’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She set three black-and-white photographs next to each other on the table with the bottoms of the pictures perfectly aligned. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The hair, the clothes, everything came together perfectly. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But Dante made talking and living and feeling seem like all those things were perfectly natural. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

His eyes moved from the golden registration number at the top of the handle, right down to the perfectly smooth, streamlined birch twigs that made up the tail. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The hole was a perfectly symmetrical inverted cone whose sides were smooth, as though finely sieved and raked. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When the drinks came up in the bathroom they were brilliant-hued, perfectly clear, a rush of vibrant acid turquoise the color of Ty-D-Bol. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Mother, perfectly satisfied, thanks to you all, and so happy that I can’t talk about it,” with a look that was far better than words. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you’re perfectly honest about it, you think President Snow has probably given them direct orders to make sure we die in the arena anyway,” I say. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed that he could feel the prolonged blow of it sinking through his skull, and suddenly with an old premonition he clapped the brakes on and stopped and sat perfectly still. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll walk in, in slow motion, perfectly centered in a beam of flattering light. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

That just as the theories of Ptolemy and Newton seemed perfectly satisfactory for centuries, so too our most cherished theories will one day be supplanted. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He'd been brought up with the touch of a human hand and he seemed perfectly happy to get back in the company of a man with possible access to canned food. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Every morning, Mom helped me blow dry my hair and brush it back into perfectly straight lines, and then gel it until it was as stiff as a bicycle helmet. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He gives me one of those upper-body-only, twist-to-the-side half hugs that are perfectly appropriate between male and female friends in America. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Pictures George trying to shove a sixth chair into the perfectly set round table above. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

That notion was often accompanied by the argument that women didn’t need the vote at all, since their interests were perfectly safe in the hands of men. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“The problem,” he said, as though it were perfectly reasonable, “is that the seraphim have returned.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

His hair is combed perfectly, and he barely has any facial hair. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He felt it in his bones, and it felt perfectly awful, but there it was: They couldn’t leave. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“She has that perfectly good house standing there empty. It occurred to me she might not mind my staying there until I can work out something more permanent.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

By touch he restored the body so perfectly that the doctors who examined Trueba afterward could not believe such a thing was possible. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a little squashed, but as with the rest of them, the pecan was centered perfectly on the brown-sugar topping. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Championship tournament, he was dressed in a perfectly tailored suit, a custom-made white shirt, a Sulka white tie, and Italian-made shoes. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Augustus wore a black suit, narrow lapels, perfectly tailored, over a light blue dress shirt and a thin black tie. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The slave-girl leads us to a door at the end of a hallway, straightening her already perfectly pressed black dress before knocking softly. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Senator Trueba followed the returns from his party headquarters, perfectly relaxed and good-humored, laughing disdainfully when any of his men showed signs of nervousness at the unmistakable advance of the opposition candidate. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

How she wore chopsticks in her hair and how she stitched up the hole I chewed in my baby blanket so that it looked perfectly new again. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Gilderoy Lockhart, however, was immaculate in sweeping robes of turquoise, his golden hair shining under a perfectly positioned turquoise hat with gold trimming. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The crowd, sensing excitement to come, fell perfectly silent. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The simulated wood grain on the Atari’s plastic casing perfectly matched the simulated wood grain on the television cabinet and on the living room walls. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The chocolate bar landed there, molded to my hand, perfectly. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He told Kappe that "It would be enough if the others learned their lessons perfectly." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Her blue wrap dress hugs her body perfectly. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But I'm not convinced I won't be perfectly barbecued by the time we reach the city's center. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She’d baked batch after batch of sugar cookies and peanut-butter blossoms, and Ruth really had done everything that was supposed to be Christmasy even more perfectly than my parents had ever quite managed. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

In other words, Ross knew perfectly well that he would not be able to confirm the story by testing it, yet he continued to believe it nevertheless. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The classrooms, which look perfectly normal in the daytime, look strangely odd when it’s getting dark outside. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“As a matter of fact, I’ve been known to take a perfectly normal rainy day as a personal insult. So this is absolute manna to me.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Towering black trees soared into the gloom, perfectly round and bare of branches, like monstrous hair follicles. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I did as she ordered and ruined two perfectly fine batches of dough. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why share it with only the two Daniels, who were with me in the office awaiting sentence for our spitball war, when there was a perfectly good microphone a few feet away, unattended and live. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

For his part, Walter Ulbricht understood perfectly well what was at stake. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

In that moment I understood my grandfather perfectly. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The words themselves are marvels, each one perfectly designed for its use. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I was determined to memorize the lines from the Declaration of Independence and recite them perfectly, without forgetting a single word. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Owen was well aware that the creatures were reptilian and had at his disposal a perfectly good Greek word, herpeton, but for some reason chose not to use it. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

There was nothing to be surprised at anymore; the intention craft stood behind him, poised on the slope and perfectly level. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The nice thing about Matilda was that if you had met her casually and talked to her you would have thought she was a perfectly normal five-and-a-half-year-old child. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Always perfectly seasoned, typically served with delicious gravies or sauces. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

All I needed to do was mess up the perfectly smoothed bedcovers, which I did with a jump. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Now it was me sitting perfectly still, it was Faith seeing right into me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Yet, although the philosophers understood him perfectly well, some of them continued to insist that what he and other astronomers claimed to see couldn’t possibly be there. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He had big, nervous eyes like a horse’s, and, for some odd reason, a perfectly smooth bald head. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Why, how perfectly simple!” she said to herself. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“How much? And don’t say you don’t remember. We’re in the same social studies class. You were the first to recite the preamble perfectly. You have an excellent memory.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to fix your leg up,” I said crazily but in a perfectly natural tone of voice which made my words sound even crazier, even to me. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clara remembered perfectly, even though she had been only a tiny child, the first time her Uncle Marcos came to the house after one of his voyages. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her office is perfectly normal, not too neat, not too messy. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The first corpuscule stood perfectly still, partly concealed by a drape, its gaze fixed straight ahead. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Well, he might tell Julian. I’m perfectly willing to concede that. But he hasn’t told him yet, and I think the chances are he won’t, at least not for a while.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Even after his death, they understand each other perfectly, as they always have. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Girls like Zohra and my other cousins, who are safe and comfortable and living perfectly ordinary lives. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

"But Madam Du Barry said we had a month together. She's supposed to show me how to do everything perfectly and take over her clients." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

We flew through the hall, perfectly in step. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ni^oise salad is the first course, which I spent all morning making, arranging the hard-boiled eggs and olives perfectly on each of the twenty-five plates. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look at the hundreds of long pine needles, each perfectly aligned with the next, each end carefully pushed into the loose soil, forming a curved snake that flows in and out of the ground. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Mr. Nossik's face reddened, which, in the aesthetic arrangement of things, matched the color scheme of his outfit perfectly. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

His is the wildest circle, although he has always been perfectly composed and sober when speaking with me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The hotel mirror is perfectly clean, but for the echo of a few rag swipes in the top left corner. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

One by one, the boys jumped off the granite outcropping and fell perfectly into waves that had just covered the rocks. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She came after them, snarling with rage, and her black dress and skin melted perfectly into the night. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I remember her perfectly well,” he said, and he turned back to the files again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Not surprisingly, it took years to solve the riddle of the orbit of Mars, with Kepler moving in stages away from the idea of a perfectly circular orbit centred on the Sun. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

At first he thought they were both trembling, until he moved back to look at her face and realized that she was perfectly still. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She had no need to move; she felt perfectly safe in the Nest. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Sure, sure,” I promise him, knowing I can perfectly well work high and not show it. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they were both perfectly satisfied, Bolverkr began to weep in the darkness. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s perfectly all right, not the least bit poisonous or enchanted. I can tell. I learned how when I was staying with Queen Achren and learning to be a sorceress. What you do is...” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

That great, unusual, portentous thing is this: Roscuros voice was pitched perfectly to make its way through the tortuous path of Migs broken-down, cauliflower ears. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

"I asked the old hag if the new bit of meat was any better and she said it was perfectly delicious! She said it was really tasty!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“On a scale of one to ten, one being perfectly rational and reasonable and ten being absurd and certifiable.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Adam lay perfectly still, little groans escaping from his lips. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A piece of his disheveled hair fell perfectly against the side of his face. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

With so many thieves around anxious to get rid of stolen good-quality merchandise cheaply, many Harlemites, purely because of this conditioning, jumped to pay hot prices for inferior goods whose sale was perfectly legitimate. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was writing rapidly on a scroll, the brush racing across the paper, leaving behind a trail of perfectly formed characters. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Mama raised one of her perfectly drawn eyebrows. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He held it right in front of my face, and to this day I can still describe it perfectly. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean, not like that’? I imitated you perfectly.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She swung the flashlight around, though with the moon so bright she could see perfectly well without it. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

It held together perfectly for thirty seconds, the amount of time I needed to catch up to Nicole, and then it punked right in front of her. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Sadness of the kind that makes perfectly normal people into poets. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The lines were perfectly symmetrical, curving so gracefully from top to bottom that Tree-ear longed to run his finger along the smooth shallow grooves. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

In fact, he landed perfectly, grabbing hold of the ledge with both hands and then pulling himself up until he was level with the window. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was almost as if they had exchanged natures, as though she had become the machine, perfectly tuned to the roaring, clattering beasts in her care. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Fine linen cloth covered the table, which displayed eight porcelain dishes with perfectly placed silverware and folded napkins on either side. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Sometimes someone with an ECG that looks perfectly normal can be in serious trouble, and sometimes someone with an ECG that looks terrifying can be perfectly healthy. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Back then, all she wanted was to be “normal,” to speak English perfectly and go to business school, and never seem strange to anybody. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I think they fit you perfectly, Ruthie. You look very nice, very chic! They go well with your glasses and your books! Why don’t you walk in them and see how they feel?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

But then, I was perfectly capable of getting my own cake. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Her avatar’s dark hair was styled in a pageboy cut, perfectly framing her gorgeous face. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I marveled at how our daughters had managed themselves perfectly throughout the inauguration, never fidgeting, slouching, or forgetting to smile. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Prince spake not; his Eyes were large; his Breath perfectly even; something amiss. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

You may feel perfectly satisfied with your pages as they stand, or our reservations may fill you with dismissive anger, or such despair you never want to look at the thing again. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When they ascended the steps to the hall, Maria’s alarm was every moment increasing, and even Sir William did not look perfectly calm. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

This complicity is perfectly understandable, for the threat posed by crime—particularly violent crime—is real, not imagined. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I always thought of Abel as a cobra: calm, perfectly still, then explosive. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going to ruin a perfectly good shirt,” I said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We lift our horns, purse our lips, and blow until we play a new song, “Rondeau,” perfectly. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I sat perfectly still and watched her move into the music. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The referee watched the scale’s weigh beam teeter up, then down, before stopping perfectly balanced. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

When the curly-haired girl found her, V was sitting on the girl’s perfectly made bed, playing her oboe. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

At length, Mary Hudson interrupted him, and her voice was perfectly audible to the Comanches. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

If I found a way to attach them perfectly to the rover, the rover would tip. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its underside, made of iron girders, was perfectly straight—parallel with the surface and about eight inches above it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not at all,” blurted a pirate with a perfectly shaggy haircut and a blue bandanna wrapped around his head. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“No,” he said, “no; that is perfectly true. You have not betrayed Julia.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But the purpose of the fiction is to create a sense of reality which will convince the reader that the information in the dialogue is perfectly genuine. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Chiron shouted something in Ancient Greek, which I would realize, only later, I had understood perfectly; “Stand ready! My bow!” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. See? The granules are perfectly round. It’s not really sand. It’s calcium carbonate.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Stella raced through her chores, making sure the carrots were sliced perfectly, the potatoes peeled thinly, and the table cleaned and shined for dinner. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Then I should think it would have been perfectly plain—even to you—that my lips are sealed.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Mark and Liz are such close friends, it seemed perfectly natural to be cooking for them. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Can you imagine any relative of Abe’s being so perfectly clueless?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Haskell was perfectly capable of convincing himself that he was the genius making the Dregs prosper, especially if one of his cronies was whispering in his ear. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The smoke rose in spirals from their cigarettes as they sat perfectly contained, waiting. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was even a sort of hope, I thought, that when the poster appeared, it would be perfectly innocuous—something that reminded us of Hailsham, something like that. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Avianca accident so perfectly illustrates the characteristics of the “modern” plane crash that it is studied in flight schools. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“Apart from my condition I am perfectly healthy,” she maintained, seating herself on a bench along the footpath where courting men and women strolled hand in hand. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

And this is what I truly thought: that I could cover these spots by painting all my clothes crimson red, and that if I stood perfectly still no one would notice this change. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I'm perfectly aware the door is locked. I just locked it.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I am not concerned with us all, just myself. And believe me, I shall be perfectly fine. Now, sit, please.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

When they sat perfectly still, each triplet was indistinguishable from his brothers. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I’m gonna be perfectly honest here and say that there are boobies everywhere and no one even cares. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

In contrast, Lily seemed perfectly at ease, as if she’d forgotten the whole exchange. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

His hair is always perfectly coiffed and his jeans are a smidge tighter than a tourniquet. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

So putting them side by side was, in my opinion, perfectly spaced. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Even if the market had been a perfectly fine one, it wouldn’t have been my market. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Instinctively, he touched his clothes and found—to his surprise—that they were perfectly dry, and that, in fact, the place where he’d slept had remained entirely dry thanks to the leaf overhead. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He seemed detached, almost bored, but perfectly friendly. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was perfectly flat and smooth and white, and about a hundred yards across. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He sat stiff and straight-backed, tweed suit perfectly pressed, white handkerchief in his breast pocket, hair slicked. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He made a face and ran a hand through his perfectly spiked black hair. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I stayed perfectly still so he wouldn’t tear my throat out. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

That seems to me a perfectly fine solution. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I know perfectly well you heard me when I called.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were both laughing as they started walking again, arm in arm, their strides matching perfectly. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was immaculate, everything fit him perfectly, he had the cleanest shave at Fullbrook; he looked as strong and fresh as a tree—he even smelled something like cedar. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Bright, perfectly formed ideas smoldered in her mind. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He had a perfectly good concept of evidence as distinct from testimony. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The house dripped mercher wealth—walls paneled in dark wood, floors tiled in clean black and white, all in good taste, all perfectly restrained and impeccably crafted. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He looked down at his perfectly dug hole, spat in it, then turned and headed back to the camp compound. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Once she was inside, Aretha stood perfectly still on the bath rug, except for her tail. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Instead they sang, their lyrics timed perfectly to the rhythm of the bombs. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

With its fine roads and great population movements, Tawantinsuyu was perfectly positioned for a major epidemic. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He’d captured her so perfectly in just a few strokes—her oversize square glasses, her wild hair, the furrow in her brow. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I tried to notice everything, because I wanted to be able to remember it perfectly. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

By midafternoon she was so mad that nothing had happened that she missed three spelling words, all of which she knew perfectly well. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

She wrote down the character, and I nodded as if this made everything perfectly clear. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are more like perfectly tooled but crazy little machines, and we violate science when we try to read human meanings in their arrangements. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The truth, however, is that most people stopped and searched in the War on Drugs are perfectly innocent of any crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“You would be perfectly queer even if you never dated anyone ever.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They made a perfectly complementary pair, Thorne a skillful salesman who hawked the securities transactions contrived by the introverted Alfred. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Verne said it was perfectly normal for an actress. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

At first many people, including Israel himself, argued that since black holes had to be perfectly spherical, a black hole could only form from the collapse of a perfectly spherical object. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her white-streaked hair was perfectly coiffed into a bun, and her blue eyes were sharp and fierce, centered over a long aquiline nose. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Since I had my little piano, I am perfectly satisfied. I only wish we may all keep well and be together, nothing else.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew perfectly well why, but I didn’t know how -o put it. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, it was the hour when, a long time ago, I was perfectly content. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He knew his manners perfectly well, he just didn’t like to use them. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

For despite how well he spoke, how perfectly he moved through the sounds of his words, I kept listening for the errant tone, the flag, the minor mistake that would tell of his original race. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Surprised that you have feelings? Ha! Well, your parents were perfectly acceptable people, I suppose, and yet, I don’t think the Residents’ Committee will be honoring them with a plaque in the courtyard.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

But not for long, because Will turned to face the crowd, and stood cold-eyed, contained, and perfectly still, until the laughter stopped. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

A hotfoot wasn’t going to bother a creature that was perfectly comfortable lying on a bed of coals. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It’s so perfectly Texas, and yet, completely beyond the stereotype. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

There are two-, three-, and four-story buildings on each side of the perfectly paved path. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Instead of a roiled mess of waves cancelling each other out, you would have a pond of perfectly ordered waves, with high points and low points appearing regularly at the same spots again and again. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She sat perfectly still and took it all. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

That lesson has served Asians well in many endeavors but rarely so perfectly as in the case of mathematics. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“It’s a perfectly proportioned replica of the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. The only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still in existence.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

You’d make it perfectly literal, without any wordplay or comedy that would confuse preschoolers. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Freddie and the guys look up at me from the perfectly square cardboard cover of The Game. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Let me be perfectly blunt: my purpose in writing this brief note is to suggest that we meet. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

I mean he says things like that, and yet he thinks he’s perfectly qualified to give me a lot of advice and stuff! Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He stood perfectly straight, and inclined his head only slightly to indicate that he was listening. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt sat perfectly still, his head bowed, as the bodyguards took up positions in front of the door. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To be perfectly honest, she’ll be unavailable every night, as far as anyone besides myself is concerned. No offense. And I’m sorry about your evening.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“You know, it’s perfectly legal to shoot someone for breaking and entering.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I’ve got a nice couch to sit on—which, thanks to Lenny, is perfectly centered in the room—cheese puffs to eat, and a great game to watch. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He just lay perfectly still—as if he were sleeping, or frightened to death. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning light and calm the water was absolutely, perfectly still. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could hear the noise, with her own perfectly functioning ears, escaping her perfectly functioning mouth. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Every yard was perfectly manicured with lush green grass. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Shusgis,” I said with emotion, “I feel perfectly at home.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was standing perfectly still, with his right front foot raised and his long ears fanned open. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how sharp my intuition is, no matter how well I do at Drake or how perfectly I score in defense and target practice and hand-to-hand combat, Metias’s eyes always hold that fear. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It was perfectly possible that the patrols would catch him on the way out; for that matter they might be waiting outside the door at this moment. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

They fit perfectly—clearly two halves of the same box. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re too good an actor to show it, but I know perfectly well when someone thinks I’m daft.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In some of these third-generation crosses, shortness reappeared—perfectly intact—after having disappeared for a generation. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

They come to an abrupt stop before swinging gently, even though she’s standing perfectly still. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Abbey says Mom understands him perfectly fine, but she just can’t figure out how to fix him. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

It didn’t help when she looked out of her window to find her street had been plowed perfectly. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

They turned so perfectly that together they were the axis of the earth’s turning. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ve re-created Morrow’s basement perfectly. Every last detail. I want to live here.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Instantly, my boarding instincts kick in—while the others around me wobble unsteadily, I crouch down in position, perfectly balanced. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You look like you might be a little nervous, which would be perfectly understandable.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But when they were ready to talk about the latest scandal, Momma sent us to her bedroom with warnings to have our Sunday School lesson perfectly memorized or we knew what we could expect. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Panting, trembling, I crawl out and wrap my arm around a lamppost for an anchor, although the ground’s perfectly flat. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Byron stood perfectly still while Momma walked around him a couple of times taking a better look at his hair. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a moral declaration the old truism seems perfectly true, and yet because it abstracts, because it generalizes, I can’t believe it with my stomach. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, it’s perfectly harmless,” Sticky said, walking toward the middle of the bed. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

They kept on thinking they saw things, and there was one time: when Polly was perfectly certain she had seen a tail, dark figure gliding quickly away in a westerly direction. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Most of these animals have been perfectly free to come and go as they please. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was perfectly fine to leave without saying good-bye. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The front wall was blown out, but by some freaky coincidence, her carved wooden dresser full of her antique china collection was left perfectly intact. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

"And King's Landing is not, as we both know perfectly well. While Father plays lion and fawn with the Stark boy, Renly marches up the roseroad. He could be at our gates any day now!" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She stood perfectly still, hardly believing the beauty of the sound, until Aunt Chipo yelled at her to move on. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was perfectly free and capable of settling down anywhere. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kendra held perfectly still, trying to breathe softly despite her alarm. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The child looked perfectly normal: a sleeping baby boy, fine new hair in a black cap over his head, a small nose, a bow of a mouth. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Get mad all you want, but it seems perfectly reasonable to me. They could have babies.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Sorrows stood perfectly still, staring at her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“She’s shy about her real name. For no good reason, if you ask me. It’s a perfectly fine name.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Lina, wanting to get away from this is perfectly understandable. But like your father said, we must all stay together. It’s very important.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The next customer comes in, and Roza shows her my clothes on purpose, going on and on about how perfectly suited they are to this woman's coloring, and makes the sale. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It floated like a magic carpet into the thick September air and settled perfectly ontoListening Rock, as it always did. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He keeps his hair cut very close and has a perfectly round, pink scar on the back of his neck. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put them on, and they adjusted to fit my avatar’s feet perfectly. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Dr. Williams stops at the door and takes a moment to study the embroidery detail on my salwar and the perfectly pleated orna draped across my shoulder. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Finally the giant leader seemed to realize that his troops were throwing away perfectly good equipment. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

In the dimly flickering light, they saw rows of shelves, with coffins neatly placed on them, and the wood of the coffins was perfectly dry, as he found when he touched one. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Harvey fit the bill perfectly, and the CIA scooped him up immediately. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It is one of the great sights of Christendom—hundreds of thousands of stones, perfectly hewn and fit together, shimmering in the sun like a waterfall on a cliff face. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no! The children in our section never drop balls! They’re all perfectly trained. We haven’t had an Aberration for three years.” A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He understands me perfectly, and I wish we could have a heart-to-heart talk sometime without my bursting instantly into tears. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She was all made-up, her complexion glowing, and he thought, as he often did, what a beautiful woman she was, eyes perfectly almond-shaped, a startling symmetry to her features. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

These words I understand perfectly; these are the words I’ve wanted to hear my whole life. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had the elegant sort of curved nose you saw in statues and paintings, and his nostrils were perfectly proportioned. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I became absorbed with capturing the folds of the blanket perfectly, softly. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“No, he didn't do anything bad. He was perfectly fine, a gentleman.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Kinshasa,” he said, lips pulling back in a smile to reveal perfectly straight and yellow teeth. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Their delicate floral inlay work shone against the perfectly glazed background. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I would put into the box the dancers and music and the whole theater as if they are perfectly wrapped clothes and jewelry. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Your name suits you perfectly. A trotter is someone who runs. So why don’t you run on home. But first you might like to know that I’m taping this whole conversation.” Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today it is perfectly legal to discriminate against criminals in nearly all the ways that it was once legal to discriminate against African Americans. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Roli watches as I put it together and peel it apart, again and again, stumbling over the words until I can say them all perfectly. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

An endless number of painfully dull classes have been rescued by a perfectly timed Cooley pun. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

"We’ll soon put that right,” he tells them, "we will just do a small operation, and then you will have perfectly sound feet. Enter them down, sister.” All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He takes a big breath and puffs out his cheeks, rendering his face almost perfectly circular. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Emma could have sworn she felt the crooked heart against her palm, even though it was just a Sharpie drawing on plastic and perfectly flat. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

As she waited, she sat perfectly still watching the river. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Threarah would no doubt have risen to the occasion perfectly. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, there were mistakes, some fine-tuning needed, but it was perfectly legible, and, more important, perfectly understandable. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Are you kidding? I had this pretty yellow and white dress that matched my purse perfectly. No one says you can’t rebel in style.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Timing Abbott’s leap perfectly, Ben’s shoulder cut the boy’s feet from under him when Abbott was at the apex of his jump. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did you know that right now you are four years old and you speak Spanish perfectly? The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The rabbit sat perfectly still and his eyes grew large. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stood perfectly still as he was being saddled, and Pollard hopped on his back. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d always had a kind smile or a joke for Sierra, and whoever had painted his memorial portrait had captured that warmth perfectly. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The world as a whole might not be black-and-white, Jim, Ophelia, and Paul thought, but there were some situations where it was perfectly clear what needed to be done. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

With every perfectly executed stroke, the expanse between them and the now exhausted Cal boys widened. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Again, the fabric clung to his perfectly muscled chest. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Eventually, I forgave Kia for his mistake and apologized for yelling at him, and returned to my favorite hobby: lying in bed and listening to depressing songs that perfectly captured my longing and despair. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

This explained why the sign said “Carrott’s” at the top, you see, but then listed other vegetables and fruits spelled and punctuated perfectly correctly. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m not scared!” said Harry at once, and it was perfectly true; fear was one emotion he was not feeling at all. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Not even pretties, whose bodies were perfectly balanced, designed for elegance in every kind of clothing, moved with such effortless control Tally deliberately turned her eyes away from him. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

There are trees and flowers and grass surrounding twisted pebble pathways, every leaf and petal perfectly white. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The perfectly round spot on which we’re standing is still safe, but the clouds are moving in on us, and the ring between us and the approaching danger is being pulled tighter and tighter. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“And you understand French perfectly, do you not?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Doesn’t that constitute a perfectly controlled experiment in the evolution of human societies, forcing us to a simple racist conclusion? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Of what? Getting wet? It was perfectly dry down there. We haven’t had rain for days.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

His bone structure and eyes were strong, perfectly proportioned. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I made sure the clothes I wore were all perfectly clean and smelled fresh—shorts, T-shirt, socks, underwear. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The stove worked perfectly, with a strong, robust blaze that could be raised or lowered by turning the tap Orr had finally finished repairing. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“There’s another difference between us, Mr. Scoresby. A witch would no sooner give up flying than give up breathing. To fly is to be perfectly ourselves.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

But Brandon’s room smelled like cinnamon and new books, which fit him perfectly, she had to admit. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He would look in my mouth, push on my molars to make them perfectly straight. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

His excitement made it hard to stay perfectly still, but at last a mouse came to the entrance and tested the air. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

And before I even know what I’m doing all of my tentacles are grabbing at the shirts, pulling them out of their perfectly folded squares, yanking them out and flinging them around the room. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Here we have another kind of legacy, one that turns out to be perfectly suited for twenty-first-century tasks. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The shovel stayed up a fraction of a second longer, perfectly balanced on the tip of the blade, then it fell next to him. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

This one, the tanti, grew on trees, and it was delicious and perfectly edible. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I adjusted the napkins on the table so they were perfectly straight against the corners, just the way Dad liked, even though he was working late again, so he wouldn’t be there to see it. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Z thought it perfectly reasonable that they had sensed that Tiller and Florida were in trouble. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

That, too, was perfectly smooth, and, like the entirety of the citadel, it floated, held in place not by ropes or chains but some unfathomable force. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The dentist couldn’t find any problem, but Lemon kept insisting, so the man finally shrugged and shot in the Novocain and yanked out a perfectly good tooth. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, I can’t get there without walking past some girls who are going on about the animals they chose for the debate, and of course have their perfectly filled-out packets with them. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Nothing. He’s just shown he can run the station perfectly. I’ve never seen an electron storm handled so well.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Matt found that if he lay perfectly still, his wounds didn’t hurt too much. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched her wide full mouth sweep through her sentences like a figure touring a dark house, flipping on spots and banks of perfectly drawn light. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Snape said, “You know perfectly well that I do not wish to do either of those things.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I'd squat down to pet the cat and wake up on the floor eight hours later, having lost a perfectly good excuse to change my clothes. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Matilda's brother Michael was a perfectly normal boy, but the sister, as I said, was something to make your eyes pop. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the long discussion it sounded perfectly casual. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hideo lifts his glass to toast the crowd, as if this level of insanity were perfectly normal, and then sits back down to watch. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I lie when I say that there is a lion near the river when I know perfectly well that there is no lion there. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her platter was dented from all the times Percy had killed her, but those little samples looked perfectly fine. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She put all the dirty towels in a pile beside the bed and said, “Now you look perfectly handsome again. There’s no concussion, so you won’t have to stay here tonight....” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

From which reverie he was awoken by Hassan asking, “So how the fug did a perfectly good Austrian Archduke end up in Shitsberg, Tennessee?” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“My assistant and I will be perfectly safe. Don’t you worry one single bit.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He was perfectly cooperative—had no idea of the harm he had done.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t go on to the next sentence until the prior sentence was perfectly clear in his mind. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Each time Crick frowned as he added another component, Watson’s stomach took a turn—but in the end, the whole thing fit together, like a perfectly solved puzzle. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Malfoy couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw that Harry and Ron were still at Hogwarts the next day, looking tired but perfectly cheerful. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

As I round the corner, past a Vitamin Water dispenser and a series of small practice rooms, Jordan Rylance is sitting in a chair, a perfect binder of music placed perfectly on his perfect lap. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

But I doubted that every last piece of machinery would work perfectly. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I trail kisses along his neck, getting each of those perfectly placed freckles. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He recalled—or was almost convinced he recalled—the scene at the cemetery perfectly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

But Harry could tell that Slughorn knew perfectly well that this was not schoolwork. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The small room was perfectly clean except for a placard attached to the back of the door. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They pound the iron stake into the ground in a battery of perfectly timed strokes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

There was the perfectly understandable fear of being exposed as a fraud, and then there was the deeper fear that my students might hate me. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The signet fits perfectly into the impression on the letter. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The small limbs had firm floor under them; they obeyed perfectly, as he noticed to his joy, and strove to earn’ him forward in the direction he wanted. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don't even have to perfectly match the hydrazine end of it with the fuel plant CO, part. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when I touched my own shirt, it felt perfectly dry. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The baseball bat was turned perfectly smooth, the weight so solid and balanced that the world seemed to slow as he hefted it. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was perfectly natural for them to bring him to El Patron. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas fidgeted on his feet, wondering how Newt could stand there, perfectly patient and still, staring into nothing but darkness. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Like Dr. Howard said, you are perfectly healthy. Your vitiligo isn’t going to make you sick. You’re going to be just fine.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She watched and waited till she was perfectly sure, and then began the careful, lengthy, strenuous process of climbing down. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was not like the pavement used in any human city; this was white stone, perfectly cut in long rectangles. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Only after she genuinely faints during a session, rather than perfectly executing the choreographed dramatic swoon, does he relent to a respite at their home in New York. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The small squares of lawn that lay in front of each of the houses like perfectly aligned placemats seemed to stretch and join together as one great field of white. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He said, “No man has believed perfectly until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Samson flicks his fingers and Cantos walks, perfectly in time with Samson’s movements. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

They sat together on the banks of the Incandesto River, and Flora was perfectly happy. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

He was perfectly aware of the peril they were in, but he held back from implying that the aeronaut wasn’t. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Redemption’s rage matched the creature’s hunger, reflected it almost perfectly. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Dr. Snydman looked at my eye and told me I was fine, it had healed perfectly. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Indeed, the maids had been perfectly satisfactory employees and - I may as well say this since the Jewish issue has become so sensitive of late - my every instinct opposed the idea of their dismissal. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

A picture of Zimbabwe Ruins, with a knife driven through it, was at the top, but the days were crossed off in a perfectly orderly way. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The thirty-six little pictures painted on ivory were each perfectly clear: there was no doubt that this was a baby, that a puppet, this a loaf of bread, and so on. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

A creation perfectly evolved to meet its own end. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Yes, yes, she’s fine, son, perfectly fine. She’s just not ready for the program we have here is all. Just not ready,” he says. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lean my ear up against the radio, and I know perfectly well that it’s baseball I’m listening to, but for a while I could swear I’m hearing about Joe Louis. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Detaching myself. And this is important—not just for someone like me, who is dying, but for someone like you, who is perfectly healthy. Learn to detach.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who cares if his undershirt drawer is perfectly organized? The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

What’s more, they “informed me that Mrs. Frear had been taken to a private house in Huron Street, and was perfectly safe and well cared for.” The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It is still perfectly possible that it is all caused by subterranean waters.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” said Maxim, “he’s perfectly harmless, and I’ve always let him have the run of the place.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Many had perfectly blank looks, but a few listened intently and nodded their heads in agreement. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was perfectly at ease, comfortable in the green maze, never seeming to feel any doubt about our direction. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I’m perfectly attuned to every point of contact between us. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

These changes are perfectly normal and happen to all young monsters. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The captain spoke pidgin Italian for my doubtful benefit, in order that I might understand perfectly, that nothing should be lost. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“They take perfectly normal people and turn their lives into pond scum. That’s why it’s fun to watch. If everything was perfect, there’d be no story.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

She was as perfectly made as the wooden acorn. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then her voice is cold as ice as she says, “Well. That sounds perfectly fine by me.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She pulls one of my curls until it’s perfectly straight. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

A voice-over kicks in atop footage of the girl doing perfectly normal human things, like, walking and eating. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But no one ever replicates those prescribed lengths perfectly. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He sat perfectly still, his hands folded on the table in front of him. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fox lay perfectly still, eyes closed tightly, wind whistling through his nose, until every single quill had been removed and placed in a neat pile beside him. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She was as sweet as the scent of the garden and as gentle, and Sarai couldn’t help thinking how perfectly her gift suited her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

His friend laughed, but they stayed perfectly still while the animal ate. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I disagreed, arguing that a Halloween party for local kids and military families who’d never seen the White House before was a perfectly appropriate use for a tiny slice of the Social Office’s entertaining budget. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Now she stood perfectly still, a little fire glinting in her dark eyes. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

When she was perfectly sure no one was coming she took a deep breath, cleared her throat—and began. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I couldn't get it; and now he seemed to move back and forth across my field of vision, although he sat perfectly calm in his chair. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m perfectly happy sleeping at home in my own bed with my own family.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Instead, there was a perfectly torn hole where the word magic had been. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It fits you perfectly, Josh, she said: You never clean your closet, and that bed of yours is always filled with cookie crumbs and candy wrappers. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Olinski had expected victory, for her team was quick and informed and worked together perfectly. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Celia had a point: Rishi was a perfectly nice guy, and Dimple had sentenced him to a thousand lashes of her sharp tongue. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The transplanting would also need to be done perfectly, but Jiichan was most worried about the “foundation.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He picked up the stone—a perfectly formed emerald. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

According to this view, any non-rotating star, however complicated its shape and internal structure, would end up after gravitational collapse as a perfectly spherical black hole, whose size would depend only on its mass. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to hit him in his perfectly smug face. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Every pass across this field, which is almost perfectly flat, represents another acre of corn planted. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I am in my own personal happy jet—in a wide seat and with the perfect mix of cool and warm air and the little pillow positioned perfectly in my lumbar region. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I need the extra room, and it sucks to wait until their perfectly armed selves are all done with their luxurious, roomy bathroom visits. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Drew’s leg bounces, and Uriah’s fingers tap against his knee, and I try to sit perfectly still. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I laughed a little bit and said, “They work perfectly.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where did you put something that fit so perfectly in two very different places? A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m not an idiot, Tom. Yes, I’m perfectly capable of remembering—” A loud bang from above and behind them cut her off, made Thomas jump. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The type of measurement he was trying to make was perfectly familiar to astronomers: such measurements had been made since Ptolemy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

And so what that Apollo 7 successfully detached from the Saturn rocket to practice the rendezvous they would have to perform perfectly for a moon shot? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

—Now it’s perfectly understandable that Andrew is having a difficult time adjusting to Robert’s death. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice was mild, as though asking a perfectly reasonable question. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

But his mood towards me as he served breakfast seemed perfectly cheerful and in the end I decided to let the matter rest. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“And you’re the perfect person to help. You draw girls perfectly. I’m so jealous!” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And if anyone saw her, they would think that this was the way she was supposed to be, that it was perfectly normal to be a thing created out of the lack of something else. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She was perfectly calm as she glanced at the foot of the bed to take in the man’s name and, presumably, his condition, then she stood over him and gazed into his face. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“You’ll do perfectly,” he said, scrutinizing her as the men in the rooms had scrutinized the projects on their worktables. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Tin cans ... a perfectly good bag of tin cans.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She gave him a book by the Poet, and he was so excited by it that he memorized long sections of it and could recite them perfectly. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The worst part of it is, I know perfectly well that if Alice heard me using that word, she would call me out, too. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Mr. and Mrs. Dursley,. of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Part of being the “most perfectly planned community in America,” an essential part, was for Levittown to be whites only. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

And I had a perfectly horrible BLT waiting in my locker. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

For once in my life, I understood my father perfectly. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Why should he even want a new one? The old one’s still perfectly good, isn’t it?” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The quotation, commonly attributed to Nietzsche, that “there is no immaculate perception,” perfectly captures how cognitive schemas—thought structures—influence what we notice and how the things we notice get interpreted. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

His voice is quiet and rich, his French perfectly exact. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She trusted that “Miss Lumley” would come soon enough, but when they said “Lumawoo,” it was perfectly clear to whom they were speaking, and she knew no disrespect was intended. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

If only I had as much spare time as you evidently do, then I would happily reciprocate by wandering about this house reminding you of tasks you have perfectly well in hand.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“And I do promise you, madam, that your darling boy is perfectly safe.” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You owe me no apologies; and every body to whom you might be supposed to owe them, is so perfectly satisfied, so delighted even—” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“They are sneaking around, trying to rally and protest something that is perfectly within my right to do. Apparently, your abuela and abuelo didn’t learn that in this country, people are free to buy property.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It was perfectly fine to make a plan to go away to school in the fall. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They had so many clothes they were able to give perfectly good dresses, worn just under the arms, to the sewing class at our school for the larger girls to practice on. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If the tree was six feet and four inches exactly, it would fit perfectly in our living room.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Remarkably, in the United States, a life sentence is deemed perfectly appropriate for someone whose only crime is a first-time drug offense. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Beatrice had sized up his mother perfectly: Mrs. Eberhardt kept an exceptionally neat house. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most felt that the development of a US heavy-water reactor was a perfectly sound idea, given its potential to advance nuclear knowledge. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The documents clerk handed him his passport, and he remarked to her how nice it looked with the twenty-four new pages perfectly sewn in. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She said, “You see, they can speak perfectly normal if they want.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Frightful looked at her mate of last spring as if it were perfectly natural for him to be there. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Dedd and I see perfectly eye to eye! The problem is other people confusing things.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a battle between two perfectly opposed military philosophies. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

There are some gourds that grow perfectly round, and we would cut these in half and use them as plates. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bet even when I’m an old-lady grandma, I will be able to play this piece of music perfectly. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“You understand perfectly,” said Mr. Curtain with an approving look. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her little voice was perfectly clear and low, her expression confident. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Harry, you can love,” said Dumbledore, who looked as though he knew perfectly well what Harry had just refrained from saying. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The beds were perfectly clean and had been well made. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He stood there perfectly still, the wind ruffling his hair and the dull light glinting from the rims of his glasses. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The room was perfectly quiet, and between the still curtains at the window she could see the sunlight. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Why can’t I just stay here? I am perfectly capable of looking after myself!” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

“All right then,” he said, looking down at the chess pieces all lined up perfectly. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

—If you don’t want to participate in this activity, that’s perfectly acceptable. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I eye her every move, from the way she stands with her Miss New Jersey crown perfectly balanced on her head to the way her eyes smile as she’s answering questions. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Looking at it, it is perfectly clear that the terminator is irregular, but this irregularity is what information scientists call ‘noise’: it makes no sense and conveys no information. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The children seemed perfectly comfortable in the dark, though, and at the smell of the cakes, they gathered close to their new governess without a trace of fear. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Good afternoon,” said the perfectly ordinary-sized man who answered the door. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The perfect ending, Roy thought gloomily, to a perfectly terrible day. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once, when they were in a meeting, he sent a note fluttering down to her: “My dearest—I sit here studying your features. You are perfectly beautiful!!” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it’s that the cherry on top of your ice cream sundae has dyed the whipped cream pink and you wanted it perfectly white? The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I wept as much for the glory of two voices so perfectly enmeshed as for the tragedy of the song. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The children also seemed to be enjoying themselves, and they remembered all their steps and turns perfectly. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I know perfectly well what you’re after,” the girl said with a sneer. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The packages were wrapped perfectly—too perfectly, the way packages are done up when they have been wrapped by a nameless clerk in a store. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“She had a prior engagement,” Zack says, perfectly imitating Mom’s voice. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

They sought to make themselves conform ever more perfectly to God’s will, whereas outside I had seen mostly men who sought to make God’s will conform to their wretched prejudices. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dunlap, who was maybe perfectly happy or perfectly miserable, married with kids or a bachelor. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d met in front of school and walked here together, pretending it was perfectly normal, which it wasn’t. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

A smiling Heath Huxley, his perfectly proportioned teeth shining like a white picket fence, stepped out of the principal’s office and stroked his sleek black mane. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

She trotted elegantly out from under the table and stood with her brush sticking straight out behind her and her head perfectly still, looking Boatwright’s dæmon in the eye. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The magistrate followed, perfectly clean and looking incredibly irritated that he’d been disturbed and dragged to the farm. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“We have been paid to start it. It’s a fine line of work to be expert in. If we do this perfectly, there will be a continual demand for our services.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Behind him was a shelf of books, each with the word prison in the title; his desk was perfectly clean, empty but for a telephone and a tear-off-the-pages Far Side calendar. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Blue Bill had imprinted on Perry more deeply than Screamer and was perfectly happy to sit on his hand and admire him. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Your family is perfectly well,” said Mr. Kirwin with gentleness; “and someone, a friend, is come to visit you.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed to find it perfectly obvious that he should come and visit so often, when it was so out of his way. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Her hair is deep black and perfectly styled. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He is not a maniac anymore; he is perfectly controlled, perfectly poised. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and opened them, and the only difference was the feel of the wind on my eyeballs, because when I closed them I could still see the dotted lights perfectly. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I will count three, then we will all call, then we will all keep perfectly quiet for three seconds, listening for the answer.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

That seemed perfectly normal to me, since I understood very well that people would forget me when I was dead. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He didn’t have a typewriter of his own—this was perfectly true; but he frequently borrowed Francis’s, or used one of the sticky old manuals in the library. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Beans’s mother—Palmer had to fight the temptation to call her “Mrs. Beans”—was a perfectly normal-looking woman whose teeth were as white as the icing on her son’s tenth birthday cake. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“You need to be perfectly balanced. If you put one foot forward like you do, that makes your shoulders turn and you might miss to the left or right. You feel comfortable?” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

By the second week, everyone knew perfectly well what was going on, yet everyone tried to look as if they were stone-blind to the changes in Jo’s face. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Richard was momentarily startled by how perfectly almond-shaped her eyes were, wide-set in a dark face that was intimidating to look at. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

To be perfectly honest, I felt it last semester when he went off to become the GSA president and I fell into the Group of Friends. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I felt both ridiculous and weirdly, perfectly placed, as if crouching by that car was precisely what life had in store for me at that moment. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

It reaches to the middle of my calves, but otherwise, it fits perfectly. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Seems perfectly all right, doesn't she? She can fly and scold and make tinkling sounds, all the things those stupid fairies do.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

At eleven, my coworker Quines and I are checking the table, making sure all the napkins are perfectly folded, all the silverware perpendicular to the table edge, the flowers arranged just right. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now, as he stared at the sharp eyes of this perfectly unblemished swank, he realized that he had missed a factor. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s perfectly acceptable to move into unoccupied land,” Stiffarm told me. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“She’s lovely, she’s engaged, she uses Pond’s” the advertisement read, showing two exquisitely white hands with perfectly formed and manicured nails, long nails, and a diamond ring sparkling on the gracefully curved left hand. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is perfectly familiar, three flickering points of light forming an upside-down L, just like the makeshift runway Maddie made her efficient practice landings on four hours ago in England. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He was throwing his baby, a perfectly round copy of himself, in the air when we came in. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Trixie was never perfectly vertical; she and the floor always met at an angle of less than ninety degrees. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cats lie on their sides, perfectly still, their eyes not quite closed. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He was perfectly silhouetted against the light inside, like a paper target at a shooting range. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Fine, then. It’s your choice to waste perfectly good food. I just hate to see that happen.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hands were perfectly still on the table. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I could live there all alone, she thought, slowing the car to look down the winding garden path to the small blue front door with, perfectly, a white cat on the step. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

My only worry is that every time I’ve wanted something to go a certain way in all of this, it’s gone the other, designed perfectly to challenge me with the unknown. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“We are floating beautifully. Now we must all sit down and keep perfectly calm. Everything will be all right in the end.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

I said, glancing at the dead boy’s face, his delicate features somehow perfectly preserved. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

McWatt was the craziest combat man of them all probably, because he was perfectly sane and still did not mind the war. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

And his assumption that because vague words and insinuations were clear enough for him, they must be perfectly comprehensible to all. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The drive-ins fit perfectly with the youth culture of Los Angeles. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

Until that point, I’d been in a perfectly okay mood, and had been pleased to see Ruth, but now I was irritated. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked perfectly calm as he watched them mutter themselves into silence. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“That seems perfectly in order,” she said placidly, handing it back. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Her time here is done, and in the next few minutes she’ll be hopping in her fancy car to head up 78, probably to a town where saying a word like awesome is perfectly fine. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

On it is a cool punky charm bracelet that perfectly matches the rest of her: purple hair, tattoo sleeves, acid attitude. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

It seemed perfectly happy to live in the box Doon had made for it. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The other guys looked perfectly awake, like it was lunchtime or something. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Uncle Paul points out all the science magazines perfectly arranged on the table. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dad writes with these perfectly even block letters. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The Vonnegut’s perfectly rendered steel loading ramp lowered to the ground, standing out in sharp contrast against the digital blackness of Archaide’s surface. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

A stack of freckled heart shapes, a perfectly made Dairy Queen ice cream cone. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

All he was expected to do in the hospital was die or get better, and since he was perfectly all right to begin with, getting better was easy. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Alex has always suspected the soulful brown eyes and perfectly groomed stubble and dramatic cheekbones won back any votes Luna lost by being both Latino and openly gay. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

There was something creepy about Red’s perfectly symmetrical face. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stubbornly, I keep them on, even though it’s perfectly quiet in the classroom now. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

In time there were two as perfectly adjusted to their habitat as the sage. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Saint Sarah: clear, glowing skin; perfectly proportioned, neat features with a big, ever-present smile flashing perfect teeth; a steely determined head; and a Mother Teresa heart. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Tendrils of bright red hair framed her face, a spray of freckles powdered her nose, and she was as plump as a perfectly ripened peach. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The homemade bell worked perfectly, and the horse began blowing off the line with explosive power. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a long pause, she raised her perfectly coiffed gray head. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Tiara’s skin was, in fact, perfectly clear and dewy. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

‘Because your stomach is soft and perfectly normal,’ he answered. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is,” said Mrs. Caraway, the Lady Mayoress, after a little while, “perfectly ridiculous.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

But now I do nothing but sit perfectly still. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I tucked the laces inside and lined them up perfectly parallel at the foot of my bed. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Umami is a savory taste. Think of excellent Chinese food, a steak, or a perfectly ripe tomato.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It was beautiful, he said, like a perfectly choreographed dance. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Galileo’s world and their world had different limits, although they understood each other perfectly. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

There was still no trace of emotion discernible in his expression, and his hands on the back of the chair appeared perfectly relaxed. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Victor had of course also heard it: steps approaching down the corridor, perfectly according to plan. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’d copied the yard and house perfectly: the uneven wooden fence, the listing palm trees, the open scuttle window upstairs. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

It shouldn’t work so perfectly—it makes absolutely no sense—but it does. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Aware that each perfectly structured topiary, every detail down to the stones that line the paths like pearls, must have been planned. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was an enormous, echoing chamber, perfectly spherical, all smooth, curved metal, with a narrow walkway wrapping around its circumference. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The shock felt by White and other citizens when they learned the Tribune was a gutted skeleton was captured perfectly by Charles Mackintosh. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Anderson and Witzke no longer had the crater that killed the dinosaurs, "but we still had the largest and most perfectly preserved impact crater in the mainland United States," Anderson said. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

‘It is perfectly obvious that this cup now stands where it belongs. The question is how was it ever separated from its fellows?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was glassy-eyed and had become perfectly indifferent to the hyena’s occasional assaults. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The masters on The Slave Isaura think it’s perfectly normal to own slaves. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother Bear strolled along as if it were perfectly normal for a robot to be riding on her back. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Their faces were perfectly tinted and they wore clothes the like of which Francie had never seen on earth. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d all remain perfectly civilised and just go on our way, but if we timed it right, and she was taken off-guard, we’d see—Ruth insisted—that she really was afraid of us. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here in my hands I hold a perfectly normal water bottle. One that I drank out of this morning to take my vitamins.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“You gotta bring ’em with, mija!” he says as he moves the webcam to show me a med cart that he’s converted into a perfectly organized spice rack. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She smiled, revealing a set of perfectly white teeth, but then turned it into a snarl. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

This was also true of the cement squares of the walkway leading up to the Perfect House, which were bordered by perfectly matching azalea bushes, all the same height, alternating between pink and white blossoms. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He settles on a blank spot above his fireplace, and he hangs it there, making the tiniest adjustments until the canvas is perfectly set against the wall. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“No, no, and again no! That is an explanation that will not hold water. It is deficient in a dozen minor points. The crime was not committed so—M. Poirot must know that perfectly well.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was some distance from the lifeboat, but the effect was perfectly visible. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

And she speaks Spanish perfectly, an educated Spanish, enunciating all her words delicately. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

By Friday I was perfectly comfortable entering my Biology class, no longer worried that Edward would be there. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I can’t go home. Not after all that’s happened. Anyway, whatever help I can be, I owe you that and a lot more. You were all perfectly safe until I got here.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Sure,” Stella said, shrugging, still trying to feel as if sitting outside with a boy at three in the morning was a perfectly normal thing to be doing. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When I stopped to consider what this position really was about, I realized it fit perfectly with my aspirations since college. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The insect didn’t make a sound, and he sat perfectly still. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You’re always doing that, I can get through perfectly well on my own...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

His face is arranged into a perfectly neutral expression, his therapist face. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began to run the nail file under his fingernails—which were already perfectly clean. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

In her book this was perfectly acceptable, since all the hair was hers. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

So a false theory can be perfectly reliable when used in the appropriate context. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Her black—and perfectly sculpted—eyebrows tug down. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Filch’s expression of outraged disappointment was perfectly predictable; but why, Harry wondered, watching him, did Malfoy look almost equally unhappy? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Under the new law, drug busts motivated by the desire to seize cash, cars, homes, and other property are still perfectly legal. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He regards their time together as perfectly normal, as destined, and she begins to see how easy it is. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She also persuaded a spy sent by the Nationalists in Taiwan to confess—without even beating him, although she said she was perfectly willing to beat those who did not confess. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The small bed in the center of the little room was neatly made, its creases and folds perfectly aligned, as though no one had slept in it for some time. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The old woman’s voice was low, but perfectly clear. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Silhouetted against the flat blue sky, he rested easily on the yard, as nonchalant and perfectly balanced as a cat. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But it sounded like gibberish, and everyone thought she was addled except for Mom, who understood her perfectly and said she had an excellent vocabulary. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They’re already perfectly straight because she straightened them last night—and the night before and the night before—when she came in to say good night. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I explained how I had reconstructed the text, then quoted the reconstructed text from memory, showing him how it fitted perfectly to the explanation offered by the simplest of all the commentaries. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Her body became perfectly limp as the spirit of Goré left her. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

To be perfectly honest—I’ve really tried to be—I wanted Bran to know that I had spent practically a whole night with this person that he had been keeping from me. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s staring straight ahead, wearing a white dress with a necklace this rainy afternoon, her long nose and dark eyes seeming to blend in perfectly with the mostly eastern European faces surrounding her. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is perfectly sensible to say that Cayley laid the foundations of modern aeronautics. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Once in place, they sat perfectly still for a moment, and then the fabric of her gown came alive. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

They knew perfectly well that, as an underage wizard, Harry wasn’t allowed to use magic outside Hogwarts, but they were still apt to blame him for anything that went wrong about the house. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

For most of the 1,800 years between Aristarchus and Copernicus nobody knew the correct disposition of the planets, even though it had been laid out perfectly clearly around 280 B.C. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The waiter held up his perfectly manicured hands. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“It fits perfectly,” I said, taking the cloth between my fingers and fanning it out to the side. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, I don’t know who wrote this,” said Francis at last, his tone offhand and perfectly casual, “but whoever they were, they certainly couldn’t spell.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Perfectly okay,” commented Finny, running forward at top speed, “perfectly okay for the ball to touch the ground when it is being passed.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, I wasn’t sick or anything, but I was standing perfectly still, frozen as a Popsicle, counting prime numbers in my head. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I put on the suit of magical armor, it shrank to fit my avatar perfectly. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I didn’t ask him if he was, for my conviction on that point was perfectly established. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, just as Genie carefully set the trap, the box perfectly propped up, WHAM! As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Aunty, I’m not staying home, and if I did Atticus would be the saddest man in the world . . . but don’t worry, Atticus understands perfectly, and I’m sure once you get started you’ll make Maycomb understand.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

But on our side, perfectly positioned between Mabel's place and mine, it says open. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It is perfectly obvious to everyone, whether an overt racist or not, that different peoples have fared differently in history. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He does not move with his usual care; he’s holding himself perfectly straight. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Suppose the environment was changing so fast that the precoded genetic encyclopaedia, which served perfectly well before, was no longer entirely adequate. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was dark in the hospital and perfectly quiet. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Although he tried to sound humble, he was soon behaving perfectly naturally, standing over Mr. Lapham with his notebook in his hand, reading off exactly how those spoons had been ordered. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Walton starts singing the lyrics, and her voice blends in perfectly with the male lead singer, only hers is an octave above. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They were in a wide and perfectly circular enclosure, protected by a high wall of green turf. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Darcy smiled and said, “You are perfectly right. You have employed your time much better. No one admitted to the privilege of hearing you can think anything wanting. We neither of us perform to strangers.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Though Harry knew perfectly well that it was really Hermione, he could not suppress a shiver of loathing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

You cannot see an infinity of images because the mirrors are not perfectly flat and aligned, because light does not travel infinitely fast, and because you are in the way. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking out at the perfectly trimmed lawn only made me miss the dirt backyard of my parents' home. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She did not know this Edwina, with her soft voice and perfectly bobbed brown hair. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Of course he’s safe. He’s just escorting your gomo because she’s too upset to go by herself. He’ll be perfectly fine. Don’t question that! You know better than to air such thoughts.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“And to the admissions board I’m sure that seemed a perfectly sensible reason for letting you in.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The spring weather was still sporadic—cold and dismal one day, perfectly warm the next. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Mary could almost feel them welcoming it in their poor parched throats, which were so perfectly shaped for it, and which had been starved for so long. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Jenkins started imitating the sergeant, and he had his voice down perfectly. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hold up my drawing, showing the intricate plan I spent most of the morning working on, every detail perfectly accounted for and coinciding with a different person and a task. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Apollo, of course, would not put up with this, but Hercules was perfectly willing to fight him and Zeus had to intervene. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother dresses her in a perfectly matching outfit every day. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

For a moment the man stood perfectly still, his back to the bush. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

As for the pigs, they could already read and write perfectly. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

"I will, Auntie," Starry answers, perfectly and politely. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If you knew Richie, you’d nod and say, “Uh-huh,” because it was perfectly in character for him to forget he was carrying around ninety precious dollars, which was a huge sum in those days. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the weeks to come, Madame Manec is perfectly cordial; she walks with Marie-Laure to the beach most mornings, takes her to the market. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s a solar hibachi,” Miss Ohio explained, serving up a perfectly done fillet. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Park's hands were perfectly still in his lap. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Crownsville Hospital Center was on a sprawling 1,200-acre campus, with bright green hills, perfectly mowed lawns, walking paths, weeping cherry trees, and picnic tables. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It’s Edna’s mojo again, I suppose, that dark magic that can turn perfectly ordinary people into mirrors. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Even though he knew perfectly well what lived out there, he still didn’t want to think about why he needed weapons to go into the Maze. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

“What those who wish to think amiss of me,” Jefferson pleaded, “I have learnt to be perfectly indifferent.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

But I’ve found some blue satin flats of Carla’s that match the dress perfectly and are honestly much easier to walk in. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He spotted Mr. Rizzo in his biology room, but as Rashid had suspected, most of the math and science rooms were clean, perfectly organized, and completely empty at the moment. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The girl didn’t know, the old man was out of the picture—everything was set up perfectly. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I guessed, for they were perfectly round and white. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The walls were perfectly straight or miraculously curved. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I am perfectly convinced by it that Mr. Darcy has no defect. He owns it himself without disguise.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

He was not perfectly sure that he was there himself. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Without a hint of irony or self-consciousness, Levitt marketed his sprawling development as a utopia: “the most perfectly planned community in America.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

My two white roommates in Pyne Hall were both perfectly nice, but I wasn’t around the dorm enough to strike up any sort of deep friendship. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He would have been perfectly capable of swearing on the Bible that none of these initiatives came from him. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

To Little Reuben’s wink and snigger, this lecture was, of course, perfectly incomprehensible and, imagining that their child had suddenly gone mad, they sent for a doctor. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The storm had weakened some and the sea’s violent chop died down, but the idea of rowing another stroke, even in a perfectly calm sea, was unimaginable now. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She couldn't believe he was back with her, apparently perfectly all right except for the scratch on his forehead, almost hidden by his dark hair. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Taylor adjusted the bandolier so that it fell perfectly across her chest like a winners sash. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The acrobats catch the light perfectly as they spin. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She stays perfectly still with her hands folded in her lap. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There was a perfectly good music program at the university near us. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of his teachers recalled that “he received every new idea as perfectly beautiful.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

These same internal stirrings also predisposed him to regard all perfectly symmetrical narratives or stories preaching an obvious moral message and populated by larger-than-life heroes as utter fabrications. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

She did not need to look to know the witch was standing there, perfectly erect, watching them. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Orthodox teaching was that the moon, being a heavenly body, was a perfectly smooth, round sphere. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Her day dress is buttercup yellow and perfectly complements her new skin color—a dusky light brown, like warmed milk with cinnamon and nutmeg stirred into it. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Mila always had hers braided perfectly around the crown of her head, and today she was carefully sliding tiny flowers into the plait as she followed Verusha. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

That’s a wallow, but notice how the water is perfectly clear. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

And it somehow seemed perfectly logical, perfectly all right. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

He sets down one ice water with a slice of lemon perfectly placed on the top of the glass—far enough away so it’s out of Hector’s reach—and one spoon close by. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Among the perfectly beautiful immortals he only was ugly. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several heads turned as Gervean Campbell sashayed through the opened double doors, dressed in a perfectly fitted sapphire pantsuit and really high black heels. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

In this hidden world, discrimination is perfectly legal. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The curve of the bowl fitted perfectly against the curve of my chest. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t gasp. Okay? It’s fine. It’s fine if I never have a boyfriend at all. It’s fine if not one person ever loves me, all right? It’s perfectly tolerable.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“You speak perfectly, of course. I mean if we were talking on the phone I wouldn’t think twice.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t understand this, Katherine. I forbade you — you understood it perfectly — to go to that woman’s house.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He pouted his perfectly formed lips and surveyed the splintered shingles and abandoned nets from which the unsavory fishy smell arose. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Mary led the way along a hard path above the mud; like many things the mulefa had made, it was ancient and perfectly maintained, more like a part of nature than something imposed on it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Good evening!” he says with that perfectly modulated voice that announcers seem to be born with. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Quite wonderful, perfectly exquisite! Friar Hugo, you are truly my Champion Chef. Please serve our guests your masterwork.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Since the Germans are evidently perfectly capable of organizing industries well, why can’t they do so when it comes to beer? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He did all his work perfectly, didn’t speak unless she called on him, and didn’t laugh and joke with his friends like he used to. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Julius, who had been beating his head and twisting from side to side in his anguish of mind, became perfectly still. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“You need to get out of this hotel room, and you need a hot meal. Layla and Ivy are perfectly capable of taking care of the boys.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“We have seen,” Terman concluded, with more than a touch of disappointment, “that intellect and achievement are far from perfectly correlated.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

But Chubs and I were perfectly content to sit by ourselves, watching, waiting, but not dipping our toes into the ocean. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He encloses one of my hands perfectly between two of his. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I hold perfectly still, unable to inhale a full breath. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Turner left his father’s study, climbed the stairs to his room, and put on another perfectly white and starched shirt. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

And the worst part is that Alicia seems perfectly content not to talk. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those sitting around the fire grew perfectly still, their expressions intent. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The tree itself looked perfectly fine, whole and healthy, suffused with the essence of the Golden Fleece. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The mynah was perfectly capable of flight now. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Why would anyone think that this perfectly natural construction is ungrammatical? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Herold told Booth the details he knew of what had happened at the Seward residence: The trick of claiming Powell was a messenger from a doctor had worked perfectly. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The edges were uneven where the alkahest had eaten away at it, but one facet was as perfectly smooth as the surface of the anchor. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

"I gave her a mild dose of trional. A perfectly harmless preparation." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Workers use a laser to make sure they are perfectly level. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She was stunning, long and lean, each of her features perfectly formed and smooth. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I felt perfectly safe, until we started to make our way home after nightfall. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"My grandmother will understand perfectly," I said."She knows all about witches." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“And I’m not saying I’m not going to try. To get you home, I mean. But if I'm perfectly honest about it...” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Matt sat perfectly still, entranced by the bird’s beauty. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was perfectly clear, but it showed her a double image, the right one quite close to the left and about fifteen degrees upward. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

If his father were here, riding shotgun around the lake, the old man might have glanced over for a second, understanding perfectly well that it was not a question of offensive language but of fact. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her likeness had been perfectly rendered on the sarcophagus. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She appears at the door, perfectly healthy, in a white linen shirt rolled to her elbows with a red striped shirt underneath and black jeans. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I found it strange that the nurse should call me Lady Jane when she knew what my name was perfectly well. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

That suits me perfectly, since I don’t want to be sitting next to him anyway. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

It is perfectly silent, but you can feel the sudden sharp vibrations through the bottoms of your feet. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was incredible, but we stepped out into the perfectly quiet day we had known earlier. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The therapist—a kind-eyed woman with a long silver braid—said that was okay, that was perfectly okay. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He generally attempts to avoid the subject, thinking he knows perfectly well where she stands. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He was in his mid-thirties, with perfectly worn denim jeans, a blue plaid shirt, and shaggy light brown hair. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It means my nails are perfectly shaped but not polished. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Zero remained perfectly still except for his right hand, which slowly formed into a fist. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He knew that would be a silly thing to say, so he held his tongue, but that was his impression all the same: it was unexpected that something so small should be so perfectly formed. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

His hair was perfectly combed once again, and his pajamas had creases down the front because Aunt Goldie always ironed them. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

According to the principles of the code duello, Burr was perfectly justified in taking deadly aim at Hamilton and firing to kill. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“This seems to me perfectly preposterous and uncalled for. I don’t like it. I don’t understand your motive for silence and mystery, never saying a word to me about it this morning.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No charities either! We’ve had a perfectly dreadful afternoon. Go on! Shoo! I am not donating to the Handicapped Fund.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

From where we stood looking up, the branches perfectly framed the engraved lettering in the arch above the front door of the administration building. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

They seem to view such questions as prying or boastful, but to me they're perfectly normal. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

All of the Kappa Zeta girls dress like they just stepped out of a Gap ad, their nails are perfectly manicured, their hair perfectly curled under at the tips. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

At her urging, he plunged into the Second Question, chanting the Hebrew perfectly because he’d memorized it. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything looked perfectly peaceful, like there had never been a war and never would be. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The hotel is luxurious and full of men in suits and perfectly groomed women in high heels. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was clean and orderly with rows of perfectly placed shelves, which seemed untouchable. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

How I came in from me and Diego’s room and saw my moms sitting on the couch in the living room, perfectly still. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“We talked about the colors, and finally the thought came, ‘let us make it all perfectly white.’ The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I-I don’t know what you —” “You know perfectly well what I mean.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The dress fits perfectly, as though it were made for me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Piece by piece, each fit perfectly until the puzzle was complete. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her Attendant's formal dress is a pale pink that compliments her golden skin perfectly and falls to her knees; the undertrousers are a darker pink, and the stockings and boots are cream. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I knew God’s scale to be vast and perfectly accurate: I pictured it as a much larger version of the one at the butcher’s counter in the Bethlehem Piggly Wiggly. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I understood perfectly well that I was being followed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Still,” said HairySpiders, licking her paws, “it’d be a shame to let perfectly good egg goo go to waste. One creature’s nastiness is another creature’s nibble.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

And the bone did finally heal, almost perfectly. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes, he blew a glistening, perfectly round bubble, about the size of my palm. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“You’re about to waste some perfectly good truffles on a bunch of cold eggs,” I say, before hurrying off down the hallway to finish our breakfast chat. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The air above our heads grew perfectly quiet. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his mind, my entire life is this gigantic chess match, where every tiny move I make in the seventh grade has to be perfectly designed to bring about some glorious endgame decades later. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

In these cases, dropping the s results in a perfectly acceptable sentence: I was annoyed by the people behind me in line being served first. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I thought the whole door was going to shatter,” she said, bewildered, “and there isn’t even a scratch on the wood, nor on any of the other doors; they’re perfectly smooth.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The shifting angle of a perfectly balanced leg. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was a bad thing to do, he knew perfectly well. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lice had seemed perfectly satisfied with the idea of taking Dad’s boat and selling it. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“If he’s perfectly safe, then where is he?” snapped Mrs. Gloop. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

I just couldn’t believe he was going this far to deny me driving a perfectly good car that was sitting in the garage. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“So we’re just going to chuck all the perfectly fine cups we already have in favor of these?” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Yes, of course. But I doubt it. They look perfectly healthy.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

"It's not real flame, of course, just a little synthetic fire Portia and I came up with. You'll be perfectly safe," he says. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He was pale, pale and sweaty at the temples but perfectly composed. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Tribal law was perfectly clear on that point: boys and girls had different duties, and unfortunately, the nastiest ones fell on the girls. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She stood perfectly still and breathed, alone on the frozen water. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was filled with thousands of perfectly rendered maples, oaks, spruces, and tamaracks. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I’ve brought in a number of different ingredients,” Luke said, “and they’ll interact perfectly because of the electron balance and resulting bond formations.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Pong's breath was coming fast, even though he was standing perfectly still. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He put the maroon cap on his head, adjusted it so that it sat perfectly, tilted just a bit to the side. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then at one point a girl called Midge A. came over to where we were and said to Ruth, in a perfectly friendly way: “Where’s your pencil case? It’s so luscious.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew perfectly well why Gus was acting so over- friendly. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The next day he brought home a new, perfectly white typewriter, a gold knife, and an Ingersoll watch. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

With that tug, I finally opened my eyes, looked up and, to my relief, saw a perfectly symmetrical and hole-free canopy above me. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

In a way I was glad to find my father depressed, because that was a perfectly normal reaction to being in jail—and Dad acting normal wasn’t something you could take for granted. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was a perfectly respectable appliance for, say, buttering pancakes, but patently inadequate for defending oneself against 400 pounds of ravenous fur. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t need to—he could see perfectly fine from where he was. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Even Hudson and Harriett had perfectly fine grades before the three of us got closer. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

It was perfectly situated in the sheltered lowland ahead and big as a palace, with the lovely symmetrical proportions of the ancient Greek architecture Penelope had so often admired in her history books at Swanburne. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“But someone also suggested a study room. I think your idea fits perfectly with that. Let me make a few calls while you hang out, okay?” he says. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“No, you’re not being silly. I hadn’t realized it, but you’re perfectly right. They all seem to have something on their minds.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take a bite of my cookie, and it’s perfectly chewy. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

From eight to ninety-six buds, and every bud will grow into a perfectly formed embryo, and every embryo into a lull-sized adult. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sign above the business, which was one of the dozen or so boxes of storefronts along Old Mill Boulevard, was an enormous, perfectly round pizza with a grinning face painted on it. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was perfectly circular and as thick as the width of her palm. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It is quiet, perfectly quiet, with only the sounds of mountains and trees humming. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

It’s illegal to sell human organs and tissues for transplants or medical treatments, but it’s perfectly legal to give them away while charging fees for collecting and processing them. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He knew perfectly well what the word meant, but he also knew where he was. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Somewhere a clock struck midnight, and Hugo’s future seemed to fall perfectly into place. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Peach was wearing his perfectly pleated pants and a white button-down shirt. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was perfectly possible that before he was shot the whole drama of his arrest and interrogation would be enacted all over again. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I understood perfectly well what he meant, but I refused. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I must have confidence and I must be worthy of the great DiMaggio who does all things perfectly even with the pain of the bone spur in his heel. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like a perfectly normal person, who was not cohabitating with a demon that forced me to think thoughts I hated thinking, and I was just feeling, like, I’ve been better this week. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“It should be perfectly obvious. I engineered a way to reverse senescence through cellular regeneration.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Galileo’s telescope made two ideas that had previously seemed abstract and theoretical suddenly seem plausible and perfectly realistic: there might indeed be other inhabited worlds, and space might indeed be infinite. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He got off the train after school on the day of his date; everything was perfectly planned. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The little thing was bony under its fur, but otherwise it seemed perfectly normal. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Lin Howard was in one of those moods during which crazy ideas sound perfectly sensible. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The arsenal of lipsticks in her purse and her ability to deploy them perfectly was the kind of social prowess I dreamed of. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He knew perfectly well whom he’d like to ask, but working up the nerve was something else. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He kept his head turned toward the front, hands folded, back perfectly straight. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was perfectly black, and in this perfect blackness they moved, stalking from room to room, until Milligan suddenly froze. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It made no sense why Nali would want to live here when she had a perfectly good home in Farmington. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company was confessing to the wrong crime; its slogan was perfectly grammatical. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

But unlike Claudia, whose story had worked out perfectly in the end, his was a disaster. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The color matches her dress so perfectly, it must have been searched out for days. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

That each living thing was specially designed, that one species did not become another, were notions perfectly consistent with what our ancestors with their limited historical records knew about life. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“People throw away everything in the United States. Even things that are still perfectly good.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He squeaks a reply, and my father the Slammer strokes his perfectly stubbled jaw and says in the soft, patient voice of a nun, “Josh Raymond, we’ve discussed kicking the table.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The table was crowded with officers wearing splendid uniforms and perfectly powdered wigs along with several of Master Lockton’s business companions. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started to pull out the tiny cilantro leaves that were ruining my perfectly good guacamole. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

All the while Daoud's hair had fallen out of its neat side parting, and now it looked perfectly disheveled. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

But really, the giant stash was to throw a party for a whole town—which is so perfectly him. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The pinhole camera concealed in the locator had worked perfectly. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Emma was soon perfectly satisfied of Mr. Martin’s being no otherwise remembered, than as he furnished a contrast with Mr. Elton, of the utmost advantage to the latter. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Then he took the MoonPie from its plastic, his huge fingers crushing most of it trying to slide it out perfectly. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

They were placed perfectly within the doorways, as if the school had been built around them. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I fit in against his body perfectly, my head level with his shoulder. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

She was tall and her perfectly long face complemented her beautiful cheekbones and big brown eyes. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She knew perfectly well that she had what was called consumption, would have known even if she was not reminded by a hard, exhausting cough. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

His head was small and perfectly formed, shaped like that of a deer, but with a gray beard growing from his chin. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was big and red and gross and the color matched your dress perfectly. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The Executives bustled them into the classroom building, which had seemed large enough from the outside but was perfectly enormous within. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, why sit around, when it’s a perfectly beautiful day?” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

As I was growing, they’d get uncomfortable even faster, because I grew quickly and they didn’t fit perfectly for long. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Holmes assured her it was all perfectly legal. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He felt himself perfectly poised at the midpoint between wonder and dread, and didn’t know which to feel. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Baby closed her eyes and lay perfectly still on her belly. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He had always had a happy disposition, and most of the time looked perfectly content, trotting along through the vast stillness of the bush with stolid, unalterable good humor. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though he knew perfectly well what lived out there, he still didn’t want to think about why he needed weapons to go mto the Maze. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Pair after pair of perfectly tuned, beautifully timed legs. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Many perfectly good English constructions were stigmatized because they had no counterparts in the language of Lucretius and Cicero. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She had a plaintive way of saying, “When Papa was rich we did so-and-so,” which was very touching, and her long words were considered ‘perfectly elegant’ by the girls. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke acted like this was perfectly normal behavior. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

It preened a long iridescent feather, shook its head, raised and lowered its crest in a gesture that was somehow threatening, and turned to gaze at us with a perfectly round, yellow eye. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“These terms are perfectly acceptable,” Penelope finally choked out. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

But if the Cosmos is closed and light cannot escape from it, then it may be perfectly correct to describe the universe as a black hole. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first, she couldn’t identify it, but then it all came flooding back to her, perfectly clearly, as vivid as a picture in a book. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“He’s in perfectly good hands, Miss Burgess,” Marco says, and then he turns before she can say another word, and he and Chandresh walk off into the crowd. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He knows perfectly well that the only view they’ll be looking at is each other. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

And in the distance Hazel could see a small, dark form crouched on one of them, perfectly framed by the window, like a piece of three-dimensional art. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

"Everything fit perfectly, Amit. I'm not sure how you did that. Thanks for the bracelets and earrings, too. And the shoes." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

BREN: Who does that perfectly dressed man think he is?! The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Please. My brain is perfectly well developed, especially the creative side.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

You could play the game perfectly and still lose, so why bother playing at all? Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘Listen,’ he said, peering down at Sophie, ‘if they isn’t having any frobscottle here in the Palace, I can still go whizzpopping perfectly well without it if I is trying hard enough.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the mice—with equal and obdurate consistency—had been born with tails perfectly intact, generation upon generation. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The ghoul in the attic howled and dropped pipes whenever he felt things were getting too quiet, and small explosions from Fred and George’s bedroom were considered perfectly normal. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

And yet she is a perfectly intelligent woman, was an honors student in philology at Presidency College before she was married off at twenty-two. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sam lay perfectly still, his hand inches from her. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Above him was a dark brown head, perfectly bald, with deep eyes that looked as if they were polished slabs of black glass. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

As she pressed and rolled the dough she kept turning it until it was perfectly round and about a quarter of an inch thick. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in a fine suit; he wore watches on both wrists; and his hair, though quite wet as Kate had mentioned, was perfectly combed. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He bent over to tie perfectly tied shoelaces and came up with a flushed but straight face. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“So — Apparition,” said Ron, his tone making it perfectly plain that Harry was not to mention what had just happened. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Just this once, in the very heart of the busiest of cities, everyone was perfectly content not to move and hardly to breathe. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her perfectly applied lipstick has begun to fade. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You are a perfectly healthy young lady,” Dr. Howard says. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure why he feels the need to use hashtags and spell perfectly innocent words with a z, but he’s one of those teachers you don’t bother questioning. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We were doing fifteen or sixteen miles a day, nothing like the twenty-five miles we had been promised we would do, but still a perfectly respectable distance by our lights. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

For a second they thought the room was full of people—hundreds of people, all seated, and all perfectly still. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I am almost tempted to write a letter to my sister. You know—‘Having a perfectly splendid time here in jolly old Hill House....”’ The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You think not? But look at the pattern—a criss-cross diamond shape. And the squares are perfectly regular.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Nicasia’s limbs are long and perfectly shaped, her mouth the pink of coral, her hair the color of the deepest, coldest part of the sea. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

While race and sexual orientation are perfectly appropriate aspects of one’s identity to embrace, criminality for its own sake most certainly is not. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t see her face, but the faces of the workers I could see were blank, perfectly so. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

First, I pulled a striped green seersucker for my center pentagon, put a piece of strawberry-print cotton on the longest side, and kept going until I had my own perfectly mixed-up square. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

And what little still remained to white people was shriveled like a seed hoarded too long, shrunken past its time, and split open now, to expose a fragile, pale leaf stem, perfectly formed and dead. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Just to be perfectly clear: Bobby Gene and I were the dogs in this scenario. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The air was cool and I was perfectly comfortable in my T-shirt and shorts. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He’s dressed in a perfectly tailored white collar shirt rolled up to his elbows and with two of the top buttons casually undone, a pair of lean, dark trousers, and deep scarlet oxford shoes. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I tried not to think and to be perfectly calm. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

From three to four, he planned to stand perfectly still and think of what it was like to be alive, and to wait for Fern. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Convict number 5,066, aged about thirty years . . . was brought to the hospital in a perfectly unconscious state and with convulsive twitchings of the muscles. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a sawhorse, and there were three different-sized woodpiles, one of big pieces, one of middle-sized pieces, and one of little pieces for kindlings, all ranked perfectly. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Stand perfectly still. Don’t get in a panic.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

It's hard to love a place that's outlawed smoking but finds it perfectly acceptable to serve raw fish in a bath of chocolate. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The two-foot span arched above Bigwig, who sat perfectly still while the white feathers beat the air round his head in a kind of ceremonious farewell. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Broken? Why, I see them perfectly. The moonlight helps. And the pillars are upright.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man stared at her and she stared back and thought how beautiful he would have been if he had been a woman, with that perfectly shiny near-black skin. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I am perfectly satisfied,” replied Emma, with the brightest smiles, “and most sincerely wish them happy.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

I only knew the memory lived in me, a perfectly encapsulated morsel of a good past, a brushstroke of color on the gray, barren canvas that our lives had become. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

My sister and I had memorized the lesson perfectly. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I believe I understand perfectly well,” Father said, turning around suddenly to face them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, it seemed a perfectly sensible proposal. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Alex landed perfectly on the path at the bottom, dropped into a tuck, and zoomed down the asphalt. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Her face was perfectly round, with dimples so deep that when she smiled, she looked tufted, like a cushion. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I thought of telling him about the perfectly carved ivory, but I didn’t do that either. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he landed safely, he turned and laughed at the animals, saying that they were perfectly welcome to kill his skin if they wished. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Leo hated to give away a perfectly good Valdezinator for a wildflower, but he saw no other choice. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I want to make some things perfectly clear,” said Mr. Benedict. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I am perfectly healthy, madam, apart from a slight dustmite allergy, and I don’t think even you can do anything about that. No. What I want from you is your Book.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Cramp was perfectly still, and his eyes gleamed with a weird hypnotic glow. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Even on days when Base Camp was perfectly calm and flooded with sunshine, an immense banner of wind-driven snow flew from the summit. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Not only was Hagrid twice as tall as anyone else, he kept pointing at perfectly ordinary things like parking meters and saying loudly, “See that, Harry? Things these Muggles dream up, eh?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The dinner invitation he had extended to the embattled Madison and Hamilton was perfectly in keeping with his character. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

"He may as well begin here," Mr. Armin said, in a perfectly civil tone. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Penn had swapped out three of its eight Poughkeepsie oarsmen, replacing them with recent graduates not eligible to race in the intercollegiate regatta but perfectly legal in Olympic trials. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Briony, it was a perfectly bland remark about the weather. You’ll apologize, or go now to your room.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“But there is only one perfectly safe place for your kind and you will not reach it until all your adventures are over and none of them matter any longer.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I stand perfectly still, the paper poised in my hand. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He looks as tidy as ever, with his perfectly slicked hair and perfectly ironed uniform. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Peterson talked Swedish to them, and they talked English to her, and they understood each other perfectly. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tapped for attention, and this time the dawn proceeded perfectly. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hera knew perfectly well that there was a reason for this odd occurrence, and instantly suspected her husband. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only the Shadow stood perfectly still, as if killing his master had sapped all his power. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then Beatrice broke in with her loud, impatient voice, “Gran, darling, you know perfectly well she lives there now. She and Maxim are married.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

His voice was perfectly calm as he replied. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She stands perfectly still in the center of the stage, patiently, as though she has expected such a reaction. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was a perfectly normal thing to do to a dog, but seemed a strange thing to do to a talking one. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m perfectly miserable, but if you consider me presentable, I die happy.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The accommodations are perfectly fine—his room is comfortable; the food, as little as it matters to him, is good. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Are you suggesting that I look less than perfectly fresh?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But Lark and Axel are perfectly content with Ray, on the love seat. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Dadi was never an objective judge of whether I looked beautiful or perfectly hideous. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Surprisingly, they seemed to work perfectly and before long the two friends had covered nearly three-quarters of the common land. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

But everywhere it’s the same as it’s always been: the perfectly manicured lawn of Center Square, the gazebo’s twinkling fairy lights, the yellow beams from the porch lamps at every door. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Once we would have said, Mr. Pecksniff quitted the firm, betted on the horses, and wetted his whistle, then wedded his sweetheart in a suit that fitted him perfectly. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was even perfectly free to laugh at them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

They knew perfectly well that nobody in their year would want to continue Care of Magical Creatures. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was really very strange that a woman as beautiful and slender and willowy and graceful, a creature as perfectly packaged, as supremely dressed as the Countess should be hung up on teeth that way. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“But it’s all perfectly true. When the Germans marched into the city, I danced in the streets like a youthful ballerina and shouted, ‘HeilHitler!’ until my lungs were hoarse. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Lenny is also my mom’s boyfriend, and that’s why we get to live here with his nice curtains and end tables that are perfectly aligned with this couch. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I look around at the perfectly aligned end tables and the alphabetized collection of DVDs, but instead of feeling good, all I feel is Lenny. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I got into some perfectly beautiful trouble, got out of it again. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jessie hung the dishtowel on the oven handle and fiddled with it until it was perfectly straight. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

What if you had one day perfectly healthy, I asked? Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their arched undersides and slender, long legs were full of grace and speed; they did not yap as the other dogs did, but sat perfectly still and watched her with dark, wise eyes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Well, he looks perfectly composed and groomed, but the tag is sticking out of his sweater and the strong smell of whiskey is emanating from his tea. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I had expected a withered corpse, but Mr. Crumbley looked perfectly intact and surprisingly young, perhaps only forty or fifty years old, his black hair graying just around the temples. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He was surprised, but didn’t question it, just hugged me back like it was perfectly natural. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Each of them thinks it necessary to stress that the Earth is a perfectly round ball, globe or sphere. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Big Bol was a bouncer at the Crow Club, perfectly suited to tossing out drunks and wasters, but too heavy on his feet to be much use when it came to a real tussle. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

This plan suited Penelope perfectly, for it meant that she would have some time to shop without having to listen to Lady Constance’s endless talk. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

My dress fitted perfectly and everyone said that I looked like a sunbeam in it. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once or twice it reared its head straight up, as if appealing to heaven—the abomination of the moment was perfectly expressed. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I knew in the rain in Prague, and you know perfectly well that was when I knew,” Celia says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I consider this fact for a moment, and to be perfectly honest, I wonder how long it can possibly last. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t help envying him that a little, which was perfectly normal. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, come now, you know perfectly well you only tagged along to wheedle information out of me,” said Ripred. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The scabbard fitted perfectly into the well-made holder on the belt. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

All of the factors—disposition, energy level, intelligence, and interests—had to correspond and to interact perfectly. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

She straightens the already perfectly straight stack of drawings. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair was cut short in a little bush, almost perfectly round, and she stood at the microphone holding a piece of paper, shaking with nerves. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was perfectly possible that she had merely been sent to a forced-labor camp. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Halfway around the whole plan became perfectly obvious. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lifted Grandmother’s hand, which was perfectly limp, and laid it back down with a sigh. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mulch was perfectly aware of what would happen next. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She was probably playing me, but that was all right; you do what you have to do to save a dog, and she was hitting the target perfectly. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

One therefore has a theory that seems to predict that certain quantities, such as the curvature of space-time, are really infinite, yet these quantities can be observed and measured to be perfectly finite! A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inej stood perfectly still, but not even she could vanish with nowhere to go. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“And it worked perfectly! Good job, Kristina Houck. Mission accomplished. You set up your best friend after she kept your secret for over two years, and then you lost her. Nice job.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Actually, I would be perfectly happy to let this ridiculous liability lie here on its side.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I may have never been to Tokyo before, but even I can tell that this is in an upper-class neighborhood, with perfectly clean sidewalks and neat rows of cherry trees not yet in bloom. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It will be perfectly safe to let me loose in the monkey house of any zoo in the world,” Roosevelt jokingly reassured them. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its point. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

A row of hearts and stars framed my name and address, each perfectly drawn in different colors—a rainbow of blue, red, yellow, green, and orange. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The flesh of his hands is so deeply sunken the bones of his fingers are perfectly revealed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room was perfectly circular, so that it felt like being inside a giant pepper pot. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Some hollered out, some smiled unconsciously, some were perfectly still.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Fig performed his interpretation of a disappearing act—crouching perfectly still. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Castro’s face was perfectly peaceful, but a tear dropped from her chin. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Well crafted, obviously, with intricately carved woodwork edges and a perfectly painted face, but just a clock. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Within minutes, one thing was perfectly clear: Styx Malone had never been to a bonfire before in his life. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Cesariano provides perfectly conventional illustrations of the Aristotelian universe as a series of bounded spheres. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He was waiting, perfectly still, his eyes solemn. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Papá stood perfectly still, his eyes cold, distant even as he held hands with his new woman. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

All I wanted from the world anymore was to be perfectly unremarkable. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Some of the symptoms fit perfectly; others did not. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Occasionally someone remarks on what a lucky coincidence it is that the Earth is perfectly suitable for life—moderate temperatures, liquid water, oxygen atmosphere, and so on. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was written in clean block letters, perfectly formed, the way a kindergarten teacher would print. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would just think that this was an empty thing, that that’s what’s supposed to be, that there’s something perfectly normal about a thing that exists entirely because it is lacking something. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

His data had looked perfectly normal, disguised to be indistinguishable from an average player’s—I hadn’t even seen any shields installed to protect his info. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And then, being in a heady, sharing sort of mood, I explain the wheelchair, the potting soil, and Rosa, like it’s all perfectly normal. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

She says that her skin is not black and never will be and that she doesn’t know anyone from Africa; why should she change what has worked perfectly well all of her life? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adapted almost perfectly to the special conditions of the receding Ice Age, it could not survive beyond then. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because there’s perfectly good food in this house. Steaks for the dogs, cream for Pasha’s Favorite, cakes for those awful visitors.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

His tousled, dark-chocolate-brown hair is perfectly unruly, like he just popped out of a Teen Vogue and landed smack in the middle of Saint Grace’s Hospital. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

It was like a perfectly delivered line by a skilled actor. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Seeing a perfectly normal child here in the middle of the Greater Jungle was such an odd contrast that he wasn’t even sure what to say. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Her lips were red and perfectly shaped, her cheeks blushed prettily when she spoke. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The wind was perfectly still this last night. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her shirt says I’m watching you, and it’s got a picture of an owl with giant eyes—and it fits her perfectly, like all of her clothes do. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“The restaurant runs perfectly well even when I’m not there,” my mom said, not taking her eyes off of Wilfrido. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It’s that the timing of stops and starts of each person’s micromovements — the jump and shifts of body and face — were perfectly in harmony. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

What seemed perfectly normal to white Birmingham residents proved a genuine contradiction of our nation’s democratic ideals to outsiders such as Salisbury. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment, he thought it would catch his father perfectly, but then the entire ship heaved with another wave and the panel missed. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She looked so perfectly like her grouchy old self that Sefia smiled again and gave her a quick peck on the cheek. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

His face is perfectly symmetrical, a mix of Anglo and Asian, beautiful behind the dirt and smudges. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He was looking out the window, standing perfectly still. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Georgiana saunters forward with a perfectly proportioned smile on her face. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He gave the hardest job, that of figuring out how to create a perfectly symmetrical explosion, to a chemistry professor named George Kistiakowsky—Kisty for short. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time we both heard him perfectly, his soft reply to his wife. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“This body is mine, and it is perfectly fine.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“It was a perfectly simple question that I asked you, Mademoiselle. I will repeat it. Are you very much distressed that a crime should have been committed on this train?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

He searched and then saw an almost perfectly straight branch of driftwood, bleached and smooth as worn soap, right at the waterline. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

No song as complex as “Sir Savien” can be played perfectly on six strings instead of seven. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Malloy’s fingernails are always polished so perfectly, like the shiny pearls she wears around her neck. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

One of the propellers was feathered and perfectly still, but the plane was maintaining altitude and holding a proper course. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“It was my fault! I never meant it to sound quite like that... what I meant was—I mean it is fascinating to think that—” “It was a perfectly legitimate question,” Chacko said. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lengthwise, she fitted almost perfectly, but with Nike in her extended hand she was a bit too wide. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“It has been perfectly quiet, for one hundred and twenty-three years,” Dr. Morales said. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was perfectly still except his eyes, which flicked from the door to the dark windows, to our faces and back to the door. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He’d have to time his move perfectly—a few seconds of confusion, grab the platter with his left hand... The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It fit perfectly in Bob’s palm, but it decided to explore. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Blond Homecoming Queen who had come up the steps earlier with her pink shirt and her perfectly brushed hair didn’t want to think about that. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I was so far up inside the beat that I wasn’t thinking at all — my body just did everything, perfectly, almost by itself. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Part of her scalp slipped off, revealing a perfectly round hole in the back of her skull. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Don’t cry. You’ll love the place where we are going. Once I decide which city to bring you to. They are all perfectly nice. And you’ll love your new family, too. I’ll see to that.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I could understand the words perfectly, but not the meanings. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I'm not, you know. I’m a perfectly ordinary, harmless bloke. And I think you are behaving splendidly over all this, perfectly splendidly. I take off my hat to you, I really do.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The Ionians were perfectly able to make machines of some elegance. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

More than eight million people lived in New York City that year, so of course, not everyone’s day started perfectly. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

It was perfectly believable that the Masks would want to turn their enemy’s son to evil. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

For once, my brain was perfectly content to keep its hands to itself. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I loved my bright yellow one, which would stand out against my dark hair, but the green and white polka-dot one matched my outfit perfectly. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

It took some trial and error, but Penelope soon discovered that Alexander would get in the tub only if the water was quite cool and perfectly still. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

With a book in his lap and sitting in sunlight, he looked perfectly peaceful. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Recalling the Mars Jars experiments, Vishniac believed that life was tenacious and that Antarctica was perfectly consistent with microbiology. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s perfectly safe. I’ve seen this before where I—where I used to live.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

This kid from my school named Eddy Strap and his parents delicately ate some of the mini-quiches that were plated perfectly next to the mint juice. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t take my eyes from his perfectly square towels. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Waited this morning,” he says, and then licks his bottom lip so nervously, so perfectly, it causes pain deep in my chest. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Call could be perfectly sensible and at other times you could have gotten more sense out of a six-year-old. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although it is perfectly good meadowland, none of the villagers has ever grazed animals on the meadow on the other side of the wall. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Where we are headed,” he said, to make things perfectly clear, “not so much as a Piggly Wiggly.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it finally sank in that he wasn’t coming back, I lugged my guitar into the music store, where the manager led me to my teacher, a perfectly formed midget named Mister Mancini. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

When an Osage chief was asked why he didn’t adopt the white man’s ways, he replied, “I am perfectly content with my condition. The forests and rivers supply all the calls of nature in plenty.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Something about her made me feel perfectly confident and at ease. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Their faces were perfectly composed—but their eyes kept drifting to the children in the cart and then snapping off into the middle distance again as they recovered their discipline. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

It is perfectly correct to claim that in a boundless fluid a floating body displaces its own weight in water. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Without another word, he pivots to his regular table, the gelatin still perfectly balanced. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

It was considered perfectly acceptable until the mid-nineteenth century, when Latin scholars—notably Henry Alford in his book A Plea for the Queens English—misguidedly called it a crime. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt perfectly confident; this wasn’t nearly as uncomfortable as using Floo powder. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Two of the men sit perfectly still, staring at me over the top of fanned cards. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He had been perfectly healthy until that morning, when he woke with a fever and croupy cough. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The outburst nearly broke Kate’s concentration, but her throw was true enough—with a perfectly timed twitch of the rope, she adjusted its path. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I unearth my egg and see that it’s cooked perfectly to a soft boil. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

One of the painted throng haints stood perfectly still in the middle of the street, glaring with empty eyes toward her house. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Even in this situation, they would’ve wanted us to behave perfectly. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Besides, Keiko’s the one who comes up with our themes, and hers is perfectly good.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

When he looks up at her again she is wearing the shawl, tied perfectly, as though it had never been removed. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

This was the state of the art in the mid-1800s, and it seemed to mesh perfectly with the laws of statistical mechanics. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Mack sat perfectly still, almost as though he could hear the music too. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just want you to be perfectly clear on what you’re signing up for here. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Inej lay perfectly still on the table, her luminous brown skin dull in the swaying lamplight. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The room suited my father perfectly: it was larger than life and wonderfully incongruous. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The sun was mild and the waves low, the wind fresh but still warm, and things would have gone perfectly if Pinch hadn’t teased Andeg. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She matched her words so perfectly that the speech was not a speech at all, but one creature’s voice in the wild, as natural as a raven’s caw or a coyote’s howl at midnight. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Praba’s mother had given us perfectly good bananas and bags of banana chips, but from a nearby stall, I bought a doll with bright black hair you could comb. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The hedges under the windows were trimmed so perfectly, I doubt I could have found a single leaf out of place. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

My mom speaks English perfectly well except for a few things. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“You there, boy,” she called, avoiding my name, though she knew it perfectly well. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was an odd feeling to be suddenly sitting in a cafe having breakfast, watching perfectly ordinary people outside in the street, going to work, shopping, or just standing around chatting. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The animals had poor eyesight, and the best thing for a human to do was remain perfectly still and silent. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my blinding drive to excel, in my need to do things perfectly, I’d missed the signs and taken the wrong road. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She wears full business attire, too, and makeup and earrings and has her hair perfectly styled, even though nobody ever sees her. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He and I both knew perfectly well that New Guineans are on the average at least as smart as Europeans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Let us imagine we inhabit a strange country where everyone is perfectly flat. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry climbed out of the trapdoor and replaced it — it blended so perfectly with the dusty floor that it was impossible to tell it was there. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I placed the egg in the chalice, and it fit perfectly. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Just because you can’t travel comfortably in a mousehole doesn’t mean that it isn’t a perfectly suitable place for Stuart,” said Mr. Little. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“It don’t matter that a dentist pulls out perfectly good teeth just to make money? That’s awful. He ought to go to jail.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m just not a dog person” is how Bill starts things off, in a perfectly reasonable tone of voice. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The dormitory was perfectly silent, save for the echo of their footsteps and the occasional gulping sound from S.Q., who was munching his cinnamon roll with gusto. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Therefore the shock she received can better be imagined than described, when he said in a perfectly tranquil tone, “Do you care to dance?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He explained that if we placed our hands in the tank and held them perfectly still, tiny sharks and rays would graze against our palms like friendly house cats. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

His lips mold against mine like they’re perfectly shaped for each other. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

To play the part she played—the perfectly natural, slightly ridiculous American fond mother—an artist was needed. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Weaver assured Lawrence that he himself was “perfectly willing to bleed for this thing,” but “we have simply got to take more time.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It seemed, from the outside, like a perfectly straightforward case of instant attraction. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It was perfectly clear he was offended but far too polite to say anything. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She took her time selecting it: the best, the straightest, the most perfectly balanced. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Miss Miggery, there is no need to shout. None at all. As you can hear me, so I can hear you. We two are perfectly suited, each to the other.” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“In fact, everything is much better. It was really a stroke of luck that you were almost murdered by that girl. Now the deal can go through perfectly.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He sat perfectly still as she thumbed his neck, the line of his jaw, and a spot next to his mouth. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

By the end of Monday, the work was going so well that she had “both A + B series of messages reading perfectly.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Of course what she said was perfectly true. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her father inspired trust with his perfectly tailored suits that were made less stuffy because he never wore a tie and always left the collar open. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Once my father referred to me teasingly as “Old Scarface” and looked perfectly bewildered when I burst into tears. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something about the story, which seemed both unbelievable and perfectly understandable, all at once. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Dr. Lanning, it’s perfectly possible to create a humanoid robot that would perfectly duplicate a human in appearance, isn’t it?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Each tiny sign was perfectly formed, with little flags and short tails at the ends of each stroke, resting on invisible horizontal strings like pins perched on a clothesline. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She pushed the button and everything went perfectly silent. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

And everything goes perfectly on the way there. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Far be it from me to waste perfectly good food, especially when we should be saving everything we have for plague meds. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Marina was perfectly placed to become a hero in the eyes of the people of the USSR, especially its youth. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

That electric bulb is too dim, surely, for you to be reading by.' it is perfectly adequate, thank you, Miss Kenton.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost perfectly round, pushing out toward an egg shape slightly, but only slightly. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like spending hours opening up a perfectly wrapped package only to find there’s no present inside. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The rig was perfectly assembled, but sitting in the middle of a warehouse yard, it looked as if someone had put it together to use as a toy. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps our dear Scythe Faraday might have pegged you perfectly.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He too spoke with a perfectly normal voice. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

And then she looks up at me with raised eyebrows and a perfectly round mouth, and I can’t help but laugh. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

It’s just that Martha is a perfectly respectable daughter of nobility, and Philip is a prince. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Dull and perfectly pleasant. We live for the evenings and weekends. When are you going to come?” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Will didn’t know where the spies were, but he was perfectly sure they were nearby. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She gave her opening speech, which went perfectly. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

The shape of the hill and the skull pattern of the stones both matched the illustration perfectly. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“So you see, this time we were right to ask, because planchette was perfectly free with the answer.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me, and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“If all goes well,” said I, “you will be perfectly free and safe again within a few hours.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

She stood at the mirror adjusting the handmade dress that perfectly hugged her tiny waist. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Not only is it a perfectly respectable Bengali good name, meaning “he who is entire, encompassing all,” but it also bears a satisfying resemblance to Nikolai, the first name of the Russian Gogol. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I finally remembered that my neighbor was called Jessica, a perfectly common name. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“You must come and enjoy it. Indeed, you’re perfectly welcome to stay as long as you want,” she added eagerly. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Of course the Internet can’t tell me if these results are correct, can’t tell me if I’m a perfectly average teenage girl of perfectly average health. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She has a gold pin on her perfectly ironed blazer, in honor of the current tournament season, and a clipboard tucked under one arm. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was nearly six inches in diameter and perfectly round, like the beam she’d been impaled on, and yet it didn’t seem to concern her much. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I know—well, I don’t really know much about it, but Scott ... I know that he seems like a perfectly decent bloke, but you can’t be sure, can you?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are perfectly capable of recognizing useful additions to their crop larder, as is shown by their exuberant adoption of the sweet potato when it arrived. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I knew everything was going to be perfectly all right. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, that should be perfectly obvious,” Ida answered with exaggerated patience. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Teenage girls change in a year, but now the dress—which was more about wishful thinking last year—actually fit her perfectly. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

With the proper instruction, his talent for machines translated perfectly to magic tricks. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever wondered how a perfectly good word dies and a useful word at that? If I use a dead word then I think it’s possible it can come alive again.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a beautiful animal, white and perfectly groomed. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She had short, wiry black hair and a good-humored, almost perfectly round face. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

And now I'm wearing the costume—the breeze is making the perfectly pleated and tucked green silk cling to my body. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I felt perfectly awake while everything around me grew almost painfully bright. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I smile, having delivered my rehearsed lines perfectly. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Everyone said the doctor did a fabulous job and that his leg healed perfectly, but that wasn’t true. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, sitting down to our task, I made it perfectly clear: “This is against my better principles.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But he could perfectly well live for years, as far as that goes. Born and bred in a briar patch, Brer Fox.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their cosmology developed over time, but was notable for positing a perfectly spherical earth either in the center of the universe, or rotating around an ideal central fire. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Now, sir, it seemed to me, taking everything into account, that we might find here a perfectly good solution. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Pecksniff quit the firm, bet on the horses, and wet his whistle, then wed his sweetheart in a suit that fit him perfectly. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Bennet’s astonishment was soon lessened by the strong sisterly partiality which made any admiration of Elizabeth appear perfectly natural; and all surprise was shortly lost in other feelings. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

I’m sure it was perfectly clear to the engineers who designed it. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

This contrast between local meanings and cosmopolitan messages is a perfectly sound one. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

If my sister could eat nothing else for the rest of her life, she’d be perfectly okay with that. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“What, and destroy a perfectly good aircraft? Certainly not.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Last, I slip on her black velvet shoes—which fit me perfectly—and tie the dainty strings around my ankles. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was perfectly round and was the color of a red grape. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He sat perfectly still on the back of her armchair, and Asta, who out of politeness would normally have flown across to say good day, felt repelled and frightened and stayed on Malcolm’s shoulder. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

This plan is laid out perfectly in his head as he walks from fence post to fence gate to stone pathway. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He sat perfectly still, with a formal, melancholy expression, his gaze fixed to one side. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The skirt fit perfectly—snug but not tight, and right where she liked skirts to fall, in the middle of her knees. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He turned and unsaddled his horse and took off its bridle—"Though you are a perfectly horrid horse," he said. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“That’s good! I wish all the girls would leave, and spoil his old school. It’s perfectly maddening to think of those lovely limes,” sighed Amy, with the air of a martyr. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a perfectly beautiful egg sac,” said Wilbur, feeling as happy as though he had constructed it himself. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Bridge pointed at the two perfectly squared stacks of paper and the black-and-gold pen that lay between them. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I’m perfectly willing to tutor him in exchange for his assistance with French and other subjects. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Noodles ran his finger along his perfectly straight hairline again. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

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

It was like a dog whistle, the pitch tuned perfectly so only our freak brains could pick it up and process it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“And I’m perfectly happy to let her bunk in a spare room for the moment.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The woman deftly plucks out the few she needs, and then presses into Orleanna’s hand a gift: the tiny wooden okapi, perfectly carved. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jason could hear him perfectly, though he wasn’t sure how. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

And then he was perfectly comfortable, beneath the earth, in a good place, with his head on his own pillow, and a gentle, exhausted darkness took him. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Her skin was dark and smooth, and she had the most perfectly curved slender legs. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

All you had to do was introduce the scent of testosterone and perfectly capable, together girls were reduced to giggling, lash-batting, hair-playing idiots. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I stood there pretending to listen to what somebody’s perfectly nice wife was saying to me, but my eyes stayed fixed on Barack. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It had nearly black skin on top which was covered with brilliant orange spots, and it had, of course, been perfectly poached. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I understand perfectly. I heard Appleby and Captain Black say you had gone crazy, and I just wanted to find out.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Her living room looks like she bought a whole showroom at a furniture store—everything matching and perfectly in its place. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

In fact, no matter how tiny you make the bits, it is impossible to choose a common yardstick that will measure both the side and the diagonal perfectly: the diagonal is incommensurable with the side. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

There were only two parenting “philosophies,” and they divided almost perfectly along class lines. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Her bed is perfectly made with Gram’s homemade moss-and-cream-colored quilt folded up at the foot of the bed with my mom’s steamer in the corner. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But the children, even little Maria, had sensed what was up, they understood perfectly the danger represented by those two men above their heads, and they were already moving, starting to run, heading automatically downstream. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She also checked her over and found that she was perfectly healthy, not injured and not sick, and that she would never nurse the twins. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The closets were full of suits, dozens of them perfectly aligned from lightest gray to darkest black. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Ulbrickson scoffed, said he was perfectly calm, and inserted the wrong end of a cigarette into his mouth. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It seems like a perfectly controlled experiment in the evolution of human societies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Their vocabulary of appearances, predictions and causes is perfectly adequate for the task. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He asked her what her name was and when she told him he had leaned toward her, cupping his ear, even though she knew he had heard it perfectly well. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The edge of a high-pressure band pushed the clouds away in a perfectly straight line. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat on the love seat, perfectly still, until my back got sore and my feet fell asleep and I had to stand to get the blood rushing again. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

No one says it, but eight will divide up perfectly after the next death. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

And Julia seemed so worldly to me, like the kind of girl who would think that sex was a perfectly reasonable gift to give a kid when he turned seventeen. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

When Mrs. Walton taps me on my shoulder, my hands and feet are perfectly manicured. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Mr Charles remembered marvelling at how my father showed not one hint of discomfort or anger, but continued to drive with an expression balanced perfectly between personal dignity and readiness to oblige. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

His voice crackles softly, like the peeling of an eggshell, and Lourdes has to stand perfectly still to hear his words. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They may want something traditional or something bohemian, something unique or something perfectly trendy. name. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

But this is the truth: When I leaned over to peer into the river, the water was not brown and full of sediment, but perfectly clear. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Each flower was made of glass or crystal, spun or carved, he could not tell: they counterfeited life perfectly. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

There are cadets who do everything right—perfect posture, expert marksmanship, boots polished so perfectly that they reflect clouds. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Jefferson was perfectly capable of remaining on script and in role as philosopher-king to the end. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Oh! perfectly. I am always well, you know. Be sure to give me intelligence of the letter as soon as possible.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

If Rocinante has been neglected in this account, it is because she performed perfectly. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet at that moment in the sunrise, it was all so beautiful, everything, from all directions, evenly, perfectly, balancing day with night, summer months with winter. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the Tiber, Frank stumbled around, looking stunned but perfectly fine. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was a direct hit, landing perfectly on his back, right in the middle of his white T-shirt. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

We got in the car, again with Tommy in the back, and for a while there was a perfectly okay feeling between us. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ail the boxes feature broadly smiling women with the most perfectly colored and styled hair. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He lay perfectly still in the grass, his shirt open over his sculpted, incandescent chest, his scintillating arms bare. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I am merely being frank. I don’t believe in sugar- coating things for the young. That is how I was raised, and I turned out perfectly well.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“I don’t actually care what you think, so it’s perfectly okay.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“No need of that. Beth and I can keep house perfectly well,” put in Amy, with an important air. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are two hundred perfectly good traps stacked on the dock right now, all licensed and tagged, not doing nothing since my dad quit fishing. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sarai understood her perfectly—that she had only to ask for her lull to be restored to her and Minya would see it done. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When I got there, she looked perfectly fine. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In some restaurants the tables are too low for my chair, but this time I was able to slide perfectly into place. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Maybe if we were friends, she would have offered the mints to me first and I would have a perfectly round one. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“You haven’t said anything sarcastic in a few weeks now, which is what’s worried me the most, to be perfectly honest.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But there was a bench under the apple tree that was perfectly suited to my needs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He fought the fear, forced his body to remain perfectly still, hanging there in the vines. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The kitchen is beautiful, perfectly arranged, pale-colored and peaceful. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But a traveler’s check is perfectly safe,” I said. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was keen to make his intentions perfectly clear. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

When we got off, we could see the Golden Gate Bridge perfectly well, but we took turns looking through the telescope right there on the walkway. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not that it’s any of our business. She made that perfectly clear.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

And then they all kept perfectly still for three seconds. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

The three-dimensional object has not been perfectly represented in its transfiguration into two dimensions. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A warm gust from the west times itself perfectly with my story. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Even his script is neat: up and down perfectly, with really small round loopy letters. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He was a tiny man, my size standing on a log, perfectly proportioned, except for one thing. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He was perfectly welcome, she’d assured him, her father and stepmother wouldn’t mind. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Working on a perfectly straight I beam more than sixty feet long, he constructed a delicate framework of spruce and northern ash. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The riders were perfectly pleasant, complimenting Ethel on her ginger cake. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He’d been strangely quiet the entire time, his lips pressed tight together, but his face otherwise perfectly devoid of emotion. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I know perfectly well my plaster bandage will not be reopened if it can be avoided. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he faltered in his answer, leaving it unfinished, and it was, in its way, simply and perfectly true. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But now here it was, and with a few alterations, it would fit me perfectly. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

In anything less than a perfectly literal environment, the autistic person is lost. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

We had a turkey, and Mom cooked it perfectly. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

He managed the bowls perfectly well, even though they were getting hotter and hotter. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Papa’s white shirt, with its perfectly tailored lines, did little to minimize the mound of flesh that was his stomach. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Those tennis courts were perfectly fine until that crazy fool from the city went and had them dug up. I mean, come on. What was she thinking?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It is perfectly material, but what it produces is a number, and a number is neither material nor immaterial. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He did not know how long she had been looking at him, but perhaps for as much as five minutes, and it was possible that his features had not been perfectly under control. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It sat there perfectly still, its green eyes staring at him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Conventional economic wisdom, of course, says that the more choices consumers have, the more likely they are to buy, because it is easier for consumers to find the jam that perfectly fits their needs. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Thousands upon thousands of trees in the red glow of sundown, perfectly shaped and perfectly aligned, vertically and horizontally, like squares in a million-square grid. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sighed, taking in his perfectly made little ears, his smooth flat nose, the wrinkled brow over thoughtful eyes. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

S'pose that's why I can read aloud in an empty room, perfectly, or to a horse, or a dog, or myself? Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

And I could have asked Cassie Hiney, who was actually perfectly nice and pleasant and cute, despite having a fantastically unfortunate last name. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The historical record makes it perfectly clear, to be sure, that Jefferson was orchestrating the campaign of vilification, which had its chief base of operations in Virginia and its headquarters at Monticello. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Laughter in the presence of an Egyptian sphinx or an Assyrian bird-beast was inconceivable; but it was perfectly natural in Olympus, and it made the gods companionable. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad actually brought the yearbook into the kitchen where the light is better, and he was perfectly silent for a full minute. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

That old word was perfectly fine for Big Ma. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept laughing and drinking, and when she held her cup out for another, I didn't pay much attention, because she seemed perfectly fine. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

At the very top of the hill a perfectly round and deep hole had been worn into the rock. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard some of the apartments weren’t completely finished, but my accommodations were perfectly comfortable. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

To this day you can leave me alone for hours and I’m perfectly happy entertaining myself. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

A gray-haired woman sits on a brown chair, perfectly erect, hemming a calico skirt. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Bubble, bubble, boils and stubble, wrinkles triple, gray hairs double,” Seven said and Valley repeated perfectly as Seven handed the mirror over to her. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Ladies, some toothless, in oversize men’s clothes, and some looked perfectly fine. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

If you're curious, that balance point was a sweltering 41°C. I did a full diagnostic on the regulator and the oxygenator, and I'm happy to report both are working perfectly. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our choreography was fresh; our moves were tight and perfectly in sync; the music was mixed beautifully. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

They were happy to discover their unfreezing ability worked perfectly on the liquid and gulped greedily until the bottles were empty. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I imagine you expected that I would drive myself all the way out here? Because you know perfectly well that I get tired. How do you do.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The thing was, I could picture the moment perfectly in my mind. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

‘Well?’ he said, turning round now and seeing his sister standing in the doorway, clutching the doll, her golden pigtails perfectly balanced on each shoulder, ripe for the pulling. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2006-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Poor Katherine! It must have been terrible for you! You were perfectly right to come to us. You do believe she was right, don’t you Matthew?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

But by the time I’d decided to rejoinder with a perfectly acceptable, “Pretty good, and you?” his back was already to me. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He was two dozen feet from me, but I could see him perfectly in the fading light of sunset. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I would never complain in public about my fashion dilemmas, but I felt perfectly okay pouring out my frustrations to my brother on one of our regular weekly phone calls. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Her writing’s gone from tiny, perfectly formed letters to chicken scratch. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

They got dogs on the street that have heard the sirens so many times they can imitate them perfectly. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

For an implosion bomb to succeed, the inward blast had to be perfectly symmetrical. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, without further coaxing, he mimicked her steps perfectly, and crouching low, nocked an arrow, drew back, fired. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The galvanized bucket remained perfectly still on top of her head—a great, levitating crown. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And they had understood each other perfectly well. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the subdivision’s center, a perfectly circular lake had been dug and then, for some reason, drained. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You have perfectly good bodies and legs that work. Use them,” Mrs. Lovelace instructed. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Although Giotto was perfectly capable of producing a geometrically legible space, doing so is not his primary concern. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Neel had calculated the tides perfectly; the whole path was above water. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was perfectly content, lost among the endless books. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At last she found a bed that she considered perfectly wonderful, and she told Jamie that they would spend the night there. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, okay, if we’re being perfectly honest, I sound < enthused, too. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

At higher frequencies, beyond the violet, is a part of the spectrum called the ultraviolet: a perfectly real kind of light, carrying death to the microbes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pool of perfectly still water, so full that the water was almost exactly level with the ground, lay before him. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

For a long while the girl gazed down at Fossie, almost blankly, and in the candlelight her face had the composure of someone perfectly at peace with herself. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sonny asked us if he could build a rocket, Homer,” she replied, as if she were amazed he had not perceived the perfectly obvious. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Robert Hooke evidently saw clouds perfectly clearly when he asked, ‘What is the reason of the various Figure of the Clouds, undulated, hairy, crisped, coyled, confus’d, and the like?’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They were, after all, two of the most accomplished letter writers of the era, men who had fashioned over long careers at the writing desk distinctive prose styles that expressed their different personalities perfectly. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t see him,” he whispers, “but I heard him perfectly.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

What he did notice was that there were few people out, and those he came upon seemed perfectly calm. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a funny thing to complain about, but most of America is perfectly devoid of smells. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ernie flashed a sly grin, one that Worked perfectly with his dark shades. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I am certainly not wearing a paper cap. The one that I have is perfectly good and far more healthful.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

With his supershort hair, his head looked like a perfectly round ball when he smiled. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

No one is watching her except Marco as she stands perfectly still on the stage, waiting patiently. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He suspected Father would like to have Mother at the end of the line, tall and perfectly groomed. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

At that time there was not a single telescope in the whole of the Netherlands capable of 20X magnification—and yet the Dutch had plenty of fine telescopes perfectly adequate for military and naval use. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Clancy had been perfectly still the entire time Chubs had torn into him, but now that Chubs was finished, Clancy leaned in close, as if he were about to whisper a secret to him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She makes herself project manager, positioning herself perfectly to boss people around, including me. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The magnificent mess of curly hair, the gleaming amber eyes, the silver nose hoop, the perfectly proportioned—and super-soft—lips... Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

With a few strokes she caught the likeness of a dracaena perfectly. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Among the reeds at the edge there was a tall, slender bird like a heron, standing perfectly still on one leg. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And the minister, Pastor Johnson, dressed in an oversize suit, a gold chain with a gold cross lying perfectly in the middle of his fat satin tie. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

His hair is perfectly slicked back and he is sporting the puffiest mustache I have ever seen. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

There are, without doubt, many perfectly ordinary-seeming people in your community who have terrible problems, but who manage to seem cheerful and can make you smile. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Why would you go and ruin a perfectly good steak with ketchup?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The team effort—the perfectly synchronized flow of muscle, oars, boat, and water; the single, whole, unified, and beautiful symphony that a crew in motion becomes—is all that matters. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s perfectly happy here, and your uncle will only do something horrid to it if we take it home.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

It stands out like a beacon, but also somehow blends in perfectly. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then Julia said, “I have something for you. I'm going to give it to you on the night before your birthday. It will be a perfectly tremendous surprise.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Life is like an equation, and mine is perfectly balanced. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Or a shirt that fit perfectly before suddenly seemed a little too tight, or a bra strap would peek out from a wide collar. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He was wearing perfectly pressed khakis and a red polo shirt under a deep blue sports coat—relaxed authority was what her stepmother called the look. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Epicycles were a way of having deviations from perfectly circular motion while pretending that there were no deviations from perfectly circular motion. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

She turned to Belet and held out her perfectly manicured hand. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Grandmother said that perfectly good ngangas were sometimes tempted to use their power for evil. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father Gomez was impressed by the beauty of those wing-sails, by how they were flexed and trimmed so perfectly, and by the speed of the birds. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Wesley made beautiful clothes for her daughter— dresses just the right length and color and that perfectly fit Cynthia’s tiny waist. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Had we descended from a fish with four or six phalanges, we would have four or six fingers on each hand and would think them perfectly natural. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A full moon rose in the pale evening sky and glowed with a rich white inner light that brought to mind, but perfectly, the creamy inside of an Oreo cookie. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I am perfectly capable of driving myself home!” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Back in the car, she opened the oily plastic bag of plantains, slid a small, perfectly fried yellow slice into her mouth. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Were relations between you and the late Mrs. de Winter perfectly happy?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The doctor, white-bearded and perfectly bald, pulled me out of the room. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A few lessons in that sort of dancing and a pretty costume to match would have been a perfectly pleasant way to spend the afternoon. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Add the effects of the environment—the impact of nutrition on height, or sunlight exposure on skin color—and Fisher could imagine even more unique combinations and effects, ultimately generating perfectly smooth curves. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

In perfectly straight vertical rows I see Chinese characters written in blue fountain-pen ink. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Months in the wild had taught her the wisdom of sitting perfectly still until she found out what was happening. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each one was perfectly round, two feet in diameter, tiled around the rim with limestone; each one plunged straight into darkness. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I see it perfectly: I’m at the Crystal Creek Apartments, where Nana and I lived then. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Henry didn’t say anything, and I’m sure that at that moment he would have looked perfectly impassive to anyone who didn’t know him, but I could tell he was quite agitated. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

As soon as I pull the light cord, I see a stack of Mom’s nursing uniforms on a shelf, perfectly folded into neat Dad-squares, with one of her plastic name-tag pins resting on top. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Once the unwinding is under way, a remarkable enzyme called DNA polymerase helps ensure that the copying works almost perfectly. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Three of them, anyway. They’re shallow and rather rough, but there’s no smell of death or disease and they’re perfectly sound. I thought they might do for us—just for the moment, anyway.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Riemann made it perfectly acceptable to go off to infinity; since infinity is just a point on the sphere like any other point, it was no longer something to be feared. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

At first we thought they couldn’t say “Leah” but it turns out they can say it perfectly well and are being nice to avoid it, because Léa is the Kikongo word for nothing much. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was perfectly happy cruising in second gear: he guessed it must have spent a lot of its time at that speed, holding up traffic. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“No, I’m fine. You handled it perfectly, man.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“The sitter’s early! And I wanted us to have a little snuggle time, especially today”— she looked quickly at Em—“I didn’t mean that. It’s a perfectly normal day. I mean, you’re perfectly normal, sweetheart.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

If the rotation is zero, the black hole is perfectly round and the solution is identical to the Schwarzschild solution. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s got a few scrapes and bruises, but he’s perfectly fine.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

For a moment, perfectly balanced between their piercing points, he writhed, tormented. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Yes, yes, Monsieur, you are perfectly correct. I meant did you know the name of the man?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The message was perfectly clear: Come out, whoever you are, so I can rip you to shreds! A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harriet thought that it would be perfectly natural and understandable if this son should write to his foster father, reporting about his health and inquiring about the family. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I got close I was to find a tree with a good view of it and wait there, perfectly still, for twenty minutes until I heard him whistle. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

There would be five more Lawrences, all perfectly healthy at birth. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The flower looked perfectly real, was in excellent condition, and unlike Mr. Benedict’s live violet, required no care. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He rode with Scythe Volta in an off-grid Rolls Royce perfectly maintained since the Age of Mortality, the scythe’s yellow robe in stark contrast to the dark earth tones of the vehicle’s interior. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The verse was signed Rosencrantz, the name perfectly executed by Hamlet. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

So when she said, over and again, I saw him, she meant it, and was perfectly honest, as well as passionate. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

None of these tasks requires zero; civilizations functioned perfectly well for millennia before its discovery. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

It is, I suppose, a relatively modest establishment, but very clean and perfectly adequate for my needs. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was startled that the French philosopher could so perfectly characterize the racists of our Southern states. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie steps close to him, and I swear he’s trying to make every syllable come out as perfectly as he can. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I tried to be perfectly still—and promptly found out that she was right. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“Does 'extortion' mean,” I asked, although I knew perfectly well, “beating someone up if they don't give you money, sir?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

And this was odd because the men themselves were perfectly ordinary. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You w ill care when we’re forced to live in a much worse place, when we can’t make our mortgage payments,” he said, perfectly reasonably. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in jewels so fine that it is impossible to imagine with what instruments they were cut so perfectly?... 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what she meant by that because I thought I spoke perfectly well. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Molding lacked the same sense of wonder, and of course no perfectly symmetrical vessel could be made without the wheel. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

It was astonishing to see how angry Cersei could wax over accusations she knew perfectly well to be true. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I seem to remember that day perfectly, perhaps because Mandy told the tale so often. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

This is perfectly easy to understand—provided the Earth is flat. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The meadow was small, perfectly round, and filled with wildflowers — violet, yellow, and soft white. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I looked up to see everyone perfectly motionless, their faces ranging from shock to amazement. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It was my idea, anyway. You were perfectly happy freezing to death.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her first line was delivered perfectly, as was the second. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He saw perfectly well that Sticky was trying to hide something. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Tendai stayed perfectly still as the woman locked the door of the den and went back to the main part of the house. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The face is so pale that it’s camouflaged almost perfectly. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He wants me to imagine what a three- dimensional universe would look like to someone who was perfectly flat. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was only his eyes that the painter had caught perfectly. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“The stunner is a perfectly good option,” Cara says as she plucks a hair from her shirtsleeve. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The MAV is a sleek, perfectly functional machine, ready to do what it's told. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

A note flutters between two pages of the diary, as it once fluttered down to her: “My dearest—I sit here studying your features. You are perfectly beautiful!!” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t invisible, exactly, but she was almost perfectly camouflaged until she moved. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I think the gun in my letter box made that perfectly clear. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“All perfectly legal,” Manet said, still keeping his voice low. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The lighting was just right, the shadows perfectly cast, the location spot-on. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I noticed how perfectly still she was sitting, how rigid her shoulders were. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Again, the horse seemed perfectly sound and cooled out well. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her picture was so perfectly radiant, it burned my eyes. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He stood there perfectly still, the moonlight flooding him as if it would drown him. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Everything has to be worded perfectly, so prepare yourself for a long night. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I’m there nearly an hour, and to be perfectly honest, not a whole lot’s happening. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t seem to make sense that we can do better by ignoring what seems like perfectly valid information. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She can walk perfectly well, and she talks when she has something to say. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Planted along the grass at the road’s edge were two lines of hornbeam trees, odd-looking things with perfectly symmetrical close-leafed crowns, more like children’s drawings than like real trees. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now the whole night came rushing back and I saw it from her point of view, and it was perfectly obvious to me why she didn’t want to get out of the car. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He kissed her hand, then turned aside, nudging Lazlo with his elbow and loud-whispering, “What a perfectly delightful shade of blue,” as he took his leave. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

In and out, we are swept;. . . we cannot step outside its sinuous, its hesitating, its abrupt, its perfectly encircling walls. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

For the fair to be even barely presentable in time for the ceremony, everything would have to go perfectly. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Despite all this, his blandness was perfectly tolerable, even soothing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

If the shock waves moving in on the plutonium were not perfectly even, some plutonium would squirt out, instead of being driven in. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Let's say we soft-land it perfectly. How will Mark know it happened? And how will he know where to look?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her legs were long and brown and perfectly shaped. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Besides, he said, the pair I have are “perfectly good.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

No, Doc, I got me a perfectly good heart. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The walking was uncommonly easy—the ridge was almost perfectly flat—and the absence of vegetation provided uninterrupted views. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

"What I hear is whining, and you seem perfectly fine," said Belet, expressing zero sympathy. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I imagine that the loops and twists are perfectly calculated equations. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It annoys her that the waiter, perfectly attentive, looks neither of them in the eye as he describes the menu, speaking instead to the bottle of mineral water positioned between them. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It contained only classrooms and so at this hour was perfectly empty, which made us stealthier than ever. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

A reverse snuffed out perfectly by Ivory Christian for no gain. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She popped a sour-cream-and-onion chip into her mouth, and the salty tang went perfectly with the loud crunch. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She takes a deep breath, and pushes her crown into her perfectly styled hair. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” Julia said with a tone that implied she understood perfectly well that sometimes boys just hated each other for insignificant reasons. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was as though he pronounced perfectly words in a language he did not understand. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She began to associate with Ralph Myers, a white man with a badly disfigured face and lengthy criminal record who seemed to perfectly embody her fall from grace. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The note is written on blue-green construction paper in perfectly straight print—not a hint of slant. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She seemed perfectly at home among these women and treated me coolly, with a slight sneer, like a dim and inferior acquaintance. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I felt moved and tender and perfectly certain about what I was going to do. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

His perfectly combed hair, khaki pants, and loafers with no socks made him look twenty years older than he really was. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“He is perfectly well behaved, polite, and unassuming,” said her uncle. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Of course, the hostess wasn’t to blame for her error, yet the experience perfectly exemplified how I felt about the team in general. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Her brain will be perfectly fine. At least I’m more than fairly sure it will be fine.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Twenty minutes later, the stove has been perfectly cleaned and my mom is pouring milk into cups for the kids. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was perfectly acceptable at Baker & Inglis to get a crush on a fellow classmate. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“And I had to blow up two perfectly good cars,” Scythe Curie said wryly. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

What he had seen was the perfectly preserved skull of a young rhinoceros, which had been washed out by recent heavy rains. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It's a polyester film coating made with aluminum stretched perfectly flat against a rectangular board. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Without large, perfectly shaped eyes, their feces couldn’t make you feel that way. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

A pair of young billies butted each other with their horns, but most of the time the animals were perfectly orderly. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I walk with one foot perfectly in front of the other, like Lee taught us. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I put the bag on my shoulder, like my sneaking into the vault is perfectly normal. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He could picture her perfectly, and could even hear the musical notes they played whenever she twitched her nose. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

And what I see in Dane’s perfectly beautiful face disturbs me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He was perfectly sure of that, but what was there which would help his friend? Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right next to the pancakes is a plate of perfectly crispy bacon, and Sneaky’s mom is scrambling eggs at the stove. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Mariela is a perfectly fluid reader, but numbers trip her up. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Inverted snobbery, more like. I simply don’t see any good reason for our trooping off to partake of the bounty of the Lady of the Manor. We’re perfectly all right here.” The Dark is Rising 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He might perfectly well have delivered his own package. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

And later, when she understood perfectly all that had happened then, still in her heart she could not accuse him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He wore the perfectly cut frock coat and vest of all Kerch merchants—dark, refined, deliberately staid. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Its warmth perfectly frames Phil as he walks up the path to Violet’s house to meet me at the door. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Pick it up! If you don’t want it, someone will. Pick it up! Maybe Dave would want it. Dave? It’s perfectly good. We just got it at Wind Song.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As it plays, I watch David’s lips mouth the words, every pause, every word, perfectly in time with Arnold Lobel’s voice. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The perfectly edged rectangle felt good in my hand. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He pulls the razor clam out; its oblong body fits perfectly in the palm of his hand. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I’ll draw a banana, a perfectly lovely banana, and they’ll say, “It’s a yellow airplane!” or “It’s a duck without wings!” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“I perfectly agree with you, sir,”—was then his remark. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Alyah was a beautiful child with long, thin fingers and perfectly formed little lips. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Mama Boanda’s ancient parents looked just alike, both of them tiny, bald, and perfectly toothless. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course she did, and had a capital time. I expected to see her brought home in fragments, but she managed him perfectly, and was the life of the party.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were red under her perfectly white hair. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The glass fills with an image of me—perfectly applied makeup, Belle-bun without a single hair out of place, eyes that smile. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Understanding each other perfectly, the two clasp hands. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

The goddess slid down from her throne and turned to human size, a young auburn-haired girl, perfectly at ease in the midst of the giant Olympians. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Because if you were, I’d remind you of how under-appreciated you were there. And how perfectly appreciated you are here. I gave you a suit. What do you say?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

When he turned off the steam and removed the blankets three days later, the cedar sheets held their new shape perfectly. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was way above zero and the skies were perfectly clear the day I turned unsuspectingly onto my street to find my Polish taskmaster daringly positioned at the end of her walk. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Ashima never thinks of her husband’s name when she thinks of her husband, even though she knows perfectly well what it is. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

That soaring sensation in my heart, after every perfectly executed combination, after every onstage performance. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Now I knew perfectly well that the diamond was in my evening bag and that when Marco knocked me down my evening bag had soared, like a night bird, into the enveloping darkness. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“The idea of San Francisco being a cultural mosaic—literally a collage of different cuisines—is very clever. Technically it’s beautiful, and it’s executed perfectly.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“You know me perfectly well,” replied Bigwig, “and I know you, Holly. What do you want?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before going to school every morning, we made sure that the house was perfectly clean. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Riddle was perfectly ready to believe that he was — to use his word — ‘special,’” said Dumbledore. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I thought it was a little uncool for him, but he told me it was a perfectly good backpack and he didn’t care what people might think. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Now it was Magdalys’s turn to sit perfectly still and gaze off into the distance. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Everything is looking perfectly normal. We are expecting a perfectly normal delivery, Mrs. Ganguli.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed perfectly possible that people a half-block away had heard it and would come running. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was nothing I’d necessarily want to embroider on a pillow, but still, once the answer left my mouth, I embraced it as a perfectly acceptable teaching philosophy. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I was perfectly content with sizzling like bacon, but as I looked to the right I could see my friend Shannon. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“That is true. And I find that a perfectly logical reason for something like that to happen once.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tom was always perfectly groomed for these occasions, and it earned him many admiring comments from the women who came to El Patron’s birthday parties. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Terrible ones who boil everything until it’s as gray and soggy as English weather, and the ones who bake perfectly iced cakes and adorable meat-filled pastries for BBC cooking shows. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was the fact that he didn’t need me to, that he was perfectly content to keep up the conversation all by himself. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Emma replied that “that was the usual state of the family at Down,” and they should come because they would fit in perfectly well. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but still,” said Tonks, who seemed perfectly untroubled by this piece of information. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, all the cement squares were perfectly white, and none of them had a single crack. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He'd performed the ceremonies and rituals perfectly, according to Big Harm. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Thomas grew perfectly still, squinting, trying to make out what was on the other side. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Then when I said to him: “Tommy, I can tell. You haven’t been too happy lately,” he said: “What do you mean? I’m perfectly happy. I really am.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra saw with a cold thrill that Will was perfectly ready to dash the Gallivespian’s head against the rock. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the bridge Fiver, who was perfectly calm and unhurried, stopped and sat up. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d never met this new kid, but I already had him perfectly sized up in my mind. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Every single inch of me is aware of him, of the way his fingertips graze the back of my neck, the way his tongue perfectly tangles with mine. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

For the time being, he was perfectly content to watch a soccer match being played in Quito, Ecuador—wherever that was. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Supposedly, it’s the best in the whole state, and I think I might agree, because it’s sharp, creamy, and melts perfectly. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The combination had to be dialed and clicked in perfectly, or it didn’t open and you had to start all over. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I felt a little silly in my shiny new dress and my perfectly done hair all of a sudden. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Thlayli’s reply, when it came, was low and gasping, but perfectly clear. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

At fifty-seven, with her short, squat figure and intimidating hairnet, my grandmother was perfectly designed for blocking people’s paths. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She wore a knee-length charcoal coat that fit perfectly and sunglasses that dominated her face. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He stands up, and for a minute my head is perfectly quiet inside. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Vivian tends to pick up discussions they started a few days earlier right where they left off, as if it’s perfectly natural to do so. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The shop was perfectly quiet, save for the sound of the clock ticking on the wall and a fly caught in a spider’s web strung across a grimy windowpane. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were a few seconds where all three of us stayed perfectly still, staring at each other, trying to think. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Vincent isn’t yet an artist when he writes those words to Theo, but he paints the scene perfectly, with color, light, composition, emotion—a landscape of memory. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think so, ’cause I can see perfectly well through it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I raised my arms and stood perfectly still. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time I paused, looking to either side in case anyone were there to overhear me, though I knew perfectly well that the house was empty. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then I explain about seeing him at the edge of the road on that perfectly good Sunday morning. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

It knows perfectly well it’s never going to be called on for reproductive purposes. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

In bed that night, as the moonlight reached high tide under my chin, I realized that in fact I understood the question perfectly. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He decided that he himself, at any rate, would be perfectly candid and plain. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, with his hands folded over his stomach, answering questions with the pacific smile of a pontiff granting dispensations, he was so perfectly at his ease that there was something palpably dishonest about it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The jacket of the dark charcoal suit fit him perfectly, as did his trousers, which must have been retailored from their lanky western proportion to flatter his short Korean legs. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked odd—a flat yellow cloth of some kind, perfectly clean and smooth with brilliant light shining on it from somewhere inside the girl’s bedroom. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Officer Parrelli was out of uniform, but his clothes were perfectly ironed. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

My hand perfectly fits the curve of her hip, and I’m hot all over, but I’d be lying if I said I don’t like the sensation. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

A moment ago I was convinced that we were perfectly matched, and maybe we still are—but only with our clothes on. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I don’t like favors, they oppress and make me feel like a slave. I’d rather do everything for myself, and be perfectly independent.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She both fits in perfectly yet remains slightly novel. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The dry breeze from inland coupled with the cool ocean air was perfectly soothing. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

When he spoke of Darin, he captured my brother perfectly—his drawings, the way he thinks. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

As always, they moved in ominous circles, for if one said “here,” the other said “there,” and the third agreed perfectly with both of them. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Standing perfectly still like that, I discovered my shadow. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knows how to delete browser histories and whatever, he can cover his tracks perfectly well, but I know' that I turned the computer off before I left. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Heavy water occurs naturally in very small quantities, and it’s perfectly harmless. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has silky black hair that reaches to her shoulders and flips perfectly. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, most of the things they ate were perfectly good. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I should be too big for this, but somehow, I always fit perfectly in her arms. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I understand perfectly, sugah. And in his own way, I think your father would have understood.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of it was arranged perfectly, like a museum exhibit. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

They lay perfectly still even long after he passed. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coherence relations among sets of sentences need not be perfectly treelike. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“No. They moved in a very exclusive circle. But I’ve always heard that Mrs. Armstrong was a perfectly lovely woman and that her husband worshipped her.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clinging to one of the greasy rocks and blending almost perfectly with it was a large, unkempt, and exceedingly soiled bird who looked more like a dirty floor mop than anything else. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could not be more aware that this is perfectly ridiculous. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The clothes fit perfectly: there was not even the stretching around the chest or the shortness in the arms he had expected. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

There seemed to be hundreds of twistings and turnings, and many other pipes that opened off the main route, but Tucker Mouse knew his way perfectly— even in the dark. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moon was a sharply defined crescent and the sky was per- perfectly clear. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“As ‘this sort of thing’ is rather a vague expression, would you kindly explain?” returned Amy, knowing perfectly well what he meant, but wickedly leaving him to describe what is indescribable. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

As you may know, complimentary remarks of this type are all too often made by well-meaning adults to children who are, to be frank, perfectly ordinary- looking. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The ANC, they claimed, was a “terroristic” Communist movement out of touch with the aspirations of blacks, who were perfectly satisfied with the way things were. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, the world fades into view and I’m standing on a ledge, looking down into a perfectly circular lake surrounded on all sides by sheer metal walls hundreds of feet high. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I ruined my life fifteen different ways, but the suit still fits perfectly. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He stood perfectly still and tried to look his best. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

"They can call it whatever they want to call it. I have a perfectly good pot in the kitchen and some beans that are fresh enough for anyone." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Directly beneath the glass ceiling is a heated turquoise pool, perfectly square and ready to be jumped into. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It’s perfectly symmetrical and has four massive white pillars holding up the rounded roof of the porch. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“It’s perfectly fine,” Luke said, “perfectly fine. It gives me an excuse to have a drink in the middle of the night.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Below that dramatic vista, the sea is as glass—a perfectly reflective surface, mirroring the sky. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Montague,” the doctor said, “will be perfectly ready to receive them.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, gerunds with unmarked subjects were the historically earlier form, have long been used by the language’s best writers, and are perfectly idiomatic. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“If you’ll notice,” he says, holding a hand up to the skies, “Jupiter and Pluto are perfectly aligned in relation to earth. It’s the Jovian-Plutonian gravitational chamber. Where everything floats indefinitely.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Those details of linguistic relationships agree perfectly with the archaeological evidence that the colonization of the Malay Peninsula was recent, and followed rather than preceded the colonization of Taiwan, the Philippines, and Indonesia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

One might expect that I, being at that time perfectly innocent of any crime against either Bunny or humanity, would not myself be a target of this ongoing sniper fire. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Hall’s instincts were uncanny: it appeared that he had timed our attempt perfectly. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was only later, when I replayed it all, that I appreciated how perfectly shaped a chance it was for me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, to be perfectly balanced, we have plenty of teachers and counselors who are fair and would bend over backward to help Andy, but lately, even his behavior has been working against him. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve been sewing all afternoon, practicing making pockets and handkerchiefs so I can work on getting the stitching perfectly straight. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I saw you last period in the gym playing badminton and you sounded perfectly healthy.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She hesitated, looking at his perfectly still form. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Gotcha,” he said, as if monsters were a perfectly normal thing for a police sketch artist to be drawing. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Her almond shampoo smell is so perfectly familiar. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

His hands were perfectly steady as he held the bow, almost as if he had propped it against a branch for support. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Alex turns and sees Zahra sitting perfectly still, such a departure from her usual constant motion that everyone else freezes too. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“No,” Dad answered my question, “it’s not a new hood thing. The one on there now is perfectly fine. “ The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once they could get Redemption out and safe, Jam was perfectly fine with running as far away from the monster as possible. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Leaning on the horn, and trying to avoid the potholes full of water, he drove up and down the muddy paths, slow as a snail, between rows and rows of perfectly aligned one-room cabins. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Either would fit perfectly well into the double helix. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

An improbable gust of wind ruffles his just-long-enough, perfectly mussed chestnut hair. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He stood there perfectly still, rooted to the spot and staring down at the ground in front of his feet. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

And maybe some cosmic forces happened to perfectly converge in the Universe of the Upside-Down Toilet. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

There's a perfectly reasonable explanation for why his phone is going unanswered. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Unlike most American weddings I’ve attended, Iranian weddings call for formal clothing—it’s a cardinal sin to show up wearing a summer dress or something perfectly appropriate for a Sunday church service. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

How lifelike he had to look, how perfectly, robustly professorial! Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the time it seemed like a perfectly reasonable promise. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Among other areas of interest, their political beliefs and religion—both were Jewish—meshed perfectly, and eventually they married and settled in England. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Alice can sleep on the bare ground and be perfectly comfortable. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody exclaimed about how perfectly it fit and how beautiful it was and how beautiful she was. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They smiled at her with even, perfectly white teeth. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a kid, I could only sense it—the liberation he felt behind the wheel, the pleasure he took in having a smooth-running engine and perfectly balanced tires humming beneath him. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But Alberti is perfectly clear that the image in a one-point-perspective painting extends ‘to an almost infinite distance’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Ugwu had never seen any palm tree that short, or one with leaves that flared out so perfectly. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

How could little babies smaller than Ruth May speak this whole other language so perfectly? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He was as clean as Bors—indeed, he was cleaner. He was perfectly innocent God says something about suffering little children to come unto Him.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The future of Faerie depends on my playing a long game and playing it perfectly. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She wore a perfectly ironed, cream-colored linen dress, and her eyes sparkled with excitement, as if she were about to go to her first dance. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Yes, I can see her almost perfectly in this cracked darkness. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Instead he called out the name in a perfectly reasonable way, without pause, without doubt, without a suppressed smile, just as he had called out Brian and Erica and Tom. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We had a perfectly good explanation, as if we needed one. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Keep out of this. He’s perfectly capable of going to the bathroom himself The book says it gives him confidence and a feeling of achievement.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

When he inquired whether I had dined, I asked him to serve me with a sandwich in my room, which proved a perfectly satisfactory option as far as supper was concerned. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Some fruit rots while still containing perfectly good seeds, and gets thrown out uneaten into the garbage. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

They insisted on pushing me to Henry’s car in a wheelchair, though I was perfectly able to walk and humiliated at being rolled out like a parcel. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s perfectly clear an ancestor waited in that mine for many years until he found a willing person to possess.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The window, facing east, provides a perfectly framed glimpse of the Logan temple, which stands less than half a mile away, and the majestic Rockies behind it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Here was Cade Hernandez, in exile at the back of the classroom, asking a perfectly reasonable question about a figure from history. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The sweet intact child with golden ringlets and perfectly paired strong legs, or the dark mute adolescent dragging a stubborn, disjunct half-body. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She landed on the flat granite, balanced perfectly. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

For a moment, the house was perfectly quiet. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

In her beautiful gown, her bun perfectly made—she looked like a queen. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

It would be much worse if phone service was working perfectly and we still didn’t hear from them. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

You stand perfectly still on the old floorboards. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

As her mom takes the photograph, it might look like she’s standing perfectly in the middle. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

All I had to do was reach out and claim my tray, and the world would be perfectly normal. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

For the first few assignments you feel perfectly transparent, as if the man or woman in question can witness every leap of your heart. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two cuttings were dug from either end which met almost perfectly in the middle. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shakespeare, perfectly sensibly, imagined ancient Rome as just like contemporary London but with sunshine and togas. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But Samuel was determined to teach him how to load and fire one perfectly. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

I was caffeine jittery and surly and perfectly capable of wasting his money. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

"Not that I care. I'm perfectly good at looking after myself. At least I knew we had a kitchen." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Halloween wasn’t far away and making costumes was a perfectly natural thing to be doing. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came as a cook, and sat about in the bar all night looking perfectly miserable. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I’m behaving myself perfectly and I am getting no free tickets. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except for the fatigue, her grandmother looked perfectly ordinary this morning. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though the rules are perfectly logical, the conditions are hard to keep track of. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He puts on his potato-peeling face, and when it’s set in that particular way, it would be impossible for him to turn out anything less than a perfectly peeled potato. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

If she had it her way it would all be perfectly fixed up to look as it had been when she was my age. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“You’re not wasting my money to destroy a perfectly good Pop Tart in a microwave.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Each serving is accompanied by perfectly round scoops of white rice. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I am happy,” I say, every syllable perfectly even. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

When he stood up with the new carton, I could see his perfectly straight nose in the streetlight. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted his fingers from the keyboard and sat perfectly still He felt his hearing sharpen and sharpen until it seemed like another sense entirely, reaching out and around him. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Milo’s eyes opened wide, for there in front of him was a large dog with a perfectly normal head, four feet, and a tail—and the body of a loudly ticking alarm clock. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Inspector Thomas Mathew, receding behind his bustling Air India mustache, understood perfectly. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew perfectly well what I was talking about, but didn’t know what to think— or do—about it. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sky was a mere block to allow a visual effect on the horizon: sunlight flooding the ocean, the vertical edges between light and shadow perfectly distinct. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Standing in the barn next to his perfectly sound horse, Smith was dumbfounded. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is not the smell of caramel blended perfectly with the woody smoke of a warming fire. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

On the next stroke, all eight of the Washington oars caught the water cleanly, perfectly, at once. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The reason for these precautions is that the machinery inside a spacecraft must work perfectly. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you worry, okay? We’ll put you somewhere safe and then all we’re going to do is try to talk to some people. Nothing else. Everything is going to be perfectly fine.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It was, of course, a normal, adult-size deck chair, and he looked distinctly small in it, but at file same time, he looked perfectly relaxed, even serene. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Even so, one sultry afternoon when the curtains hung perfectly still, she volunteered to take Toscanini for a walk. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Her eyes had different depths, sometimes they seemed perfectly flat. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The plain box held five smaller boxes—a small round one in the center and four curved boxes that fit around it perfectly. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Fang was jammed in behind me, standing perfectly still. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Yes. The air is so clean over here, you can see it perfectly. Now, focus on your breathing like Meir told you.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Was she perfectly fine sending innocent people to jail? Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She held the bowl perfectly still in her lap as the bones within it trembled more and more violently. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be ridiculous. I could slap you perfectly well with your eyes open. I’m only going to blindfold you.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I really wanted to sing to them because Anne Frank is my hero and the song would have tied in perfectly, but the thought of telling anyone scared me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was perfectly possible that to someone on the outside, I’d look like Ruth’s “natural successor.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was perfectly clean and unoccupied now, except for the resident girls’ counselor, a frightening mummy of an old woman named Mrs. Singer. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They were perfectly fitted to her feet and gripped any surface with surety. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And yet despite this, Sticky, your parents became perfectly morose. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She rearranges the files on her desk, lining them up perfectly. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I’d learned to make myself perfectly passive when my mother bathed and shaved me. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“If I understand your brother, he only means so far as your having some thoughts of marrying. He had no idea of me. He seems perfectly unprepared for that.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

When I get back to my room twenty minutes later, I'm carrying two plates of quesadillas, perfectly browned on both sides, topped with sour cream and salsa. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The Ivy inhabited its narrow corner of London perfectly. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Her hair looks exactly the same as when she left: straight, dark and shiny, parted perfectly to showcase her profile. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Pure carbon, each atom linked to four equidistant neighbors, perfectly knit, tetrahedral, unsurpassed in hardness. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The desert was blindingly white and, though there was a murmur of noises from the city behind him, where he sat everything was perfectly still. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Half a mile ahead and two thousand feet up, Jon judged, and perfectly placed to see anything moving in the pass below. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

At the hospital, Theresa was whisked into a perfectly white room; he was ushered in after her. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

So while they’re ignoring me, they comment on her perfectly arched eyebrows; almond-shaped eyes; tall, straight Western nose; and oval face. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most other scientists, however, were willing to accept quantum mechanics because it agreed perfectly with experiment. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gideon spoke calmly to the man, as if nothing were unusual at all; at the same time he folded Sergio’s brand-new, perfectly white tee into a square and pressed it to the guy’s bloody head. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Bobby insisted that his passport was perfectly legal and had two and a half years to go before it expired. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z