| 单词 | permanent |
| 例句 | Once they had slept off their exhaustion, and got used to regular meals again and regained some weight, the mood was sour or surly, even among those without permanent disabilities. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But for the first time, I realized a separation could be permanent. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Two: reform of the most revolutionary and permanent kind.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The Commandant hasn’t punished me in any permanent way—yet. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Tony wears the permanent scars of war on his face, just as I wear the scars on my soul. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z For a while she’d given my hair a permanent every few months, but something about the permanent solution made my hair fall out. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z After the paint dries, use a permanent marker to make the yellow rim look like a ruler. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “Officer Delinko, you’re back on the road, effective immediately. In addition, the sergeant has written a letter commending the outstanding job you did in capturing our suspect. This will become part of your permanent file.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Dorothy committed to the lease on the apartment in Newsome Park even though Langley had not converted her wartime employee status to permanent. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He’s got dark skin and permanent whiskers on his face. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z This girl taught me how to do manicures and also to work on hair: how to finger-wave, shampoo, and give permanents—but this was on white people’s hair. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The marshes were bewildering and treacherous, and there was no permanent trail even for Rangers to find through their shifting quagmires. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The angry bubbles have taken up permanent residence inside my stomach. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z But later, at the stoplight, I say: "I'm trying not to put down permanent roots. That's probably what you should tell people like Henry." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “You won’t let anything stand in the way of the permanent directorship, will you?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z To the Psi number that had been written on their canvas toes in permanent marker. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z But other than the permanent scowl, there was nothing scary about him at all. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I ask if we can trade before I cause permanent damage to myself. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “Service personnel must cover their heads,” Militsa commented, and suggested to Marina ominously, “and something should be done about the hairdos. The permanents of many of our girls have turned into mops.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I can imagine myself there, a permanent guest in my guest room, walking barefoot into the kitchen to pour myself mugs of coffee or glasses of water. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “They don’t have a permanent number except at the house — she’s supposed to check her messages regularly.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Mostly I wish Father would appear in our doorway and make Mother’s lips curl upward, lifting them from a permanent frown of worries. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Then there are others where fable, myth, preconception, love, longing, or prejudice step in and so distort a cool, clear appraisal that a kind of high-colored magical confusion takes permanent hold. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z And upon no other intellectual basis could the dominion of the Party be made permanent. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z In Chiapas, do not take buses, which must pass through nine permanent immigration checkpoints. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Testing and training were performed at temporary locations until a permanent one was found near the Chkalovskaya train station. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z He mourned the fact that he could not be a permanent soldier because of his wooden leg, but he could not imagine any career for his sons except the army. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “If you will sign this, and put your permanent address, please.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The Ginzburg article, though, sent him into a permanent fury and created a distrust of reporters that lasted the rest of his life. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He thought about Memorial Hall, a quiet corridor in the temple that bore a permanent list of fallen Sons etched directly into the stone walls. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z In the Adams formulation, aristocracies were to society as the passions were to the individual personality, permanent fixtures susceptible to disciplined containment and artful channeling, but never altogether removable. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Our house hasn’t lost its Nana-ness though, with its permanent odor of potpourri, flowered wallpaper, and hints of pink in almost every room. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The older kind of Socialist, who had been trained to fight against something called "class privilege," assumed that what is not hereditary cannot be permanent. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Death could not erase her; she is permanent. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “I am still number seventy-eight on the permanent hire list,” he said. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Between songs Mr. Switzer competed with the DJ for attention, calling out noise level readings and the probability of sustaining permanent hearing loss from the evening’s festivities. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She would have seen cigar rollers stepping outside windowless factories for fresh air, their faces stained a permanent brown from tobacco dust. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z National and state laws and a trend toward teaching and testing “core subjects” reshape social perceptions and create a permanent culture that continually marginalizes the arts in the curriculum. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Her permanent frown brings down my good mood even from outside. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Cuban-American treaty, Guantanamo Bay, on the southeast corner of the island, was under permanent control of the United States. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z "Sorry you're so crowded," he said, moving the car into traffic, "but I'm studying for my permanent teacher's license and I've been collecting every scrap of paper I can get my hands on." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The ink was barely dry on the bulletin in Air Scoop announcing the reduction in force before Melvin Butler released a plan to offer permanent appointments to war service employees. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “Anything that permanent seems like a pretty hard choice to me,” Frankie said. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I wrote my initials—A. M. R.—on her bottom with permanent black marker. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z They will stride forward, hands outstretched, girls from high school bloated or diminished, skins crinkled, frowns permanent, smooth-fleshed boyfriends of thirty years ago who’ve gone bald or grown mustaches or shrunk. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t hard to figure that a 95 mph fastball that was up too high would leave a permanent headache if you even got up from the dirt. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The grooms were walking around with their faces fixed in permanent winces. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In principle, a scientist should be able to change the “composition of individuals,” and of nations, and leave a permanent mark on human identity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “But what can I do about it? Please remember that Stuart is a member of the family, and the bird is a permanent guest, like myself.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z There's been talk of permanent placement in foster care, but it's not easy finding spots for older kids. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The giving and the taking on the location of the permanent national capital had been positively fierce ever since the question had come before Congress in September of 1789. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “We have to find a permanent home where we can settle and stay,” Baba says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z In shaky permanent marker, someone had written The Buckeye on the tape. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “The Olympic Range here, up and down the Coast Ranges on occasion. We keep a permanent residence nearby. There’s another permanent settlement like ours up near Denali.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The Bill of Rights is contained in these ten changes that are now a permanent part of the Constitution. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z It existed now in a permanent state of windblownness, leaning over so far that it seemed ready to topple, although, in fact, its roots held it firmly in place. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Generations of black men will continue to be lost—rounded up for crimes that go ignored on the other side of town and ushered into a permanent second-class status. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Or we could choose to be a nation that shames and blames its most vulnerable, affixes badges of dishonor upon them at young ages, and then relegates them to a permanent second-class status for life. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Now Tamika was a permanent element in my life and we were no longer brutal competitors. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Saloon keepers cashed paychecks, supplied a mailing address for immigrants who had not yet found a permanent home, and, in many places, provided a place to sleep for five dollars a night. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “I don’t think it’s permanent,” Ducky said, unwinding this enormous scarf from around his neck. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Could they find the circus again and travel south and then pitch a permanent camp somewhere? Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z As he nears, I see his brow is furrowed in wavy wrinkles of a permanent scowl. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Her face was set in a permanent scowl, although she occasionally smiled when the doctor told one of his bad jokes. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Brother Bartholomew, the boys’ teacher, shuffled in from the adjacent cloister and pulled back his hood, revealing his flabby face, tiny eyes, and permanent sneer. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The rules of the festival are clear: The professionals backstage, permanent staff of this very large university theater, are not to lend a technical hand. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Their path took them past frozen everything: cars and people and birds above, hung in permanent V-formation. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z And then at the end of June Dr. Wells decrees that my leg is stabilized and gives me a prescription for my permanent leg. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z The elevations of the higher ones generate rain in the mountains, so the islands are heavily weathered and have deep soils and permanent streams. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Most importantly, alongside seas and rivers rich in seafood and waterfowl, humans set up permanent fishing villages—the first permanent settlements in history, long predating the Agricultural Revolution. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The vast majority of farmers lived in permanent settlements; only a few were nomadic shepherds. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z After a temperamental pause he said gruffly, “There isn’t any ‘permanent art’ in Central Europe anyway.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Although Owen was allowed to keep the Royal Medal, the episode left a permanent tarnish on his reputation, even among his few remaining supporters. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The plan was that he’d move back to Euclid Avenue, this time in a way that felt more permanent. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She asks for ten more years of life so she can build a permanent shelter for injured migrants. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z When he first met Sien, he didn’t think it would be a permanent relationship, but now he does. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z If none of these methods are applicable, you can be sponsored through a family member who is either an American citizen or a permanent resident. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The Tang people’s cemetery at that time was not a permanent one. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “I said no art projects,” I told her when she yanked out a pair of scissors and a black permanent marker. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Neither did the early farmers understand that feeding children with more porridge and less breast milk would weaken their immune system, and that permanent settlements would be hotbeds for infectious diseases. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “I bet it already did permanent damage to your retinas.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z In a family of immigrants where the Saedis were essentially the only ones who hadn't been granted permanent residency, we were already at a disadvantage. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “And? It doesn’t have to be permanent. You spent a month of your gap year talking to yaks in Mongolia, H. It’s hardly unprecedented.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z How could she ever cope with his permanent absence? A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Some are permanent residents of the dark subsurface layers; some hibernate or spend definite parts of their life cycles in underground chambers; some freely come and go between their burrows and the upper world. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Some of his permanent teeth had already come—but they were small and blue like he had been eating blackberries. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He describes these instructors with pimples popping from their skins, fangs sprouting in their mouths, their tongues hanging out like those of dogs, their eyes crossed in permanent, girl-inspired imbecility. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Well, not really, but it was a lot of stuff—mostly paints and dyes, and solutions to make the colors permanent. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Mozart left us far more poignant and permanent keepsakes of his existence than his bones: he left us his extraordinary music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z ‘There wasn’t any permanent harm done, was there?’ asked Frodo anxiously. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “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 In this formulation, all forms of authority not originating within the self were stigmatized and placed on the permanent defensive. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Although these settlements were permanent, winter and summer alike, they often were not tightly knit entities, with houses and fields in carefully demarcated clusters. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In 1975, I was afraid of the success I knew I would have when I looked for a permanent teaching position. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “His legs are going to hurt for a while, but there’s no permanent damage,” she said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Listing his occupation as “traveler,” he never again owned a permanent home or stayed in one place for long. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They grabbed the electronics equipment he was carrying, beat him, and threw him up against a plate-glass door, leaving him with permanent damage to his chest. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And what I see is that most of the pictures are already hung, part of a permanent collection, that this room has always been a kind of family chapel to their son. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Reba’s gone,” she said, the second word sounding as if the going were permanent. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He was plump and balding at his hairline—and a permanent fixture in the Infirmary. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He looked like a stuffed doll, and because he was always smiling, the deep dimples in his pillowy cheeks looked like permanent fixtures, as though someone had sunk a stick into his cheeks. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “No, but girls like you are the only ones getting hits on their permanent record!” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The prospect of a general and permanent lowering of environmental resistance becomes grimly and increasingly real with each passing year as the number, variety, and destructiveness of insecticides grows. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Thirst, on the other hand, was one of the permanent conditions of life. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z It surprised him that it was possible for his body to return to what it had been and for his mind to function with permanent lucidity. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She didn’t know if his frown was directed at her specifically or was the permanent expression on his face. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He displayed such skill and care with the instruments that he soon became a permanent telescope operator and observing aide. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z How many games of Go Fish can a normal thirteen-year-old boy play with his grandma without suffering permanent brain damage? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z And it's starting to feel like this is permanent. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Like she also knows this may be permanent. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And they hold a permanent place in my heart. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z He continued: "That expert doctor you put up said that some of the damage that's done to kids in these abusive homes is permanent; that kind of made me worry. You think that's true?" Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z This was apparently his third such offense, so he was given permanent probation. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The Natufians were hunter-gatherers who subsisted on dozens of wild species, but they lived in permanent villages and devoted much of their time to the intensive gathering and processing of wild cereals. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In the seventeenth century they acquired steel tools, and used them to make the return journey from seminomadic hunter-gatherers to agriculturalists who lived in more or less permanent villages. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It is considered a permanent and inviolate feature of school life, like high school football or the senior prom. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “You...you feel like our son; we can’t imagine not making it permanent.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Saying the words out loud to another person made it more real, more permanent. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z There was no such thing as a permanent international alliance, only permanent national interests. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Eventually, Herbert found a permanent job as a janitor with the United States Radium Corporation in downtown New York. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z On July 9 the House passed the Residence Bill, locating the permanent national capital on the Potomac after a ten-year residence in Philadelphia, all this decided by a vote of 32 to 29. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Jack was fine, no eye patch, no shard of glass sticking out of his eye, no permanent disfigurement. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z From this profoundly instructive trauma, I learned to assume the permanent possibility that, however solid the middle-class reinforcements, race could trump class in my life experience. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z But even so, if the transformation is a coordinated, integrated physiologic process in its initial, local stages, there is still that permanent vanishing of consciousness to be accounted for. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Kenton's arrival, as I say, will put a permanent end to them. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He was ready to be assigned to a permanent job inside the camp. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Nothing permanent or disabling; he just dipped Westley’s hands in oil and brought a candle close enough to set things bubbling. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Rusty hoops on the swaying poles represented the permanent recreational equipment, although bats and balls could be borrowed from the P. E. teacher if the borrower was qualified and if the diamond wasn’t occupied. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z There would be a large basement with hidden chambers and a subbasement for the permanent storage of sensitive material. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z At the bottom of my bag is a permanent marker. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z There, twinkling in the distance, was the North Star, the permanent light that had guided the Eskimos for thousands of years. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It would hopefully mean we'd get green cards in the next couple of years, my parents would remarry each other, and my dad would become a permanent resident as well. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I was beginning to realize that this was not an overnight camping trip, but a permanent arrangement. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Others were driven to what, in retrospect, was a sort of permanent state of mourning: for our loved ones, who always seemed at risk, and for our own lives, which felt so fragile and vulnerable. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I would fain at the moment have become bee or lizard, that I might have found fitting nutriment, permanent shelter here. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The Office/Camp Shop was the sturdiest of the structures we had passed so far, built in a more permanent style than the smaller log cabins with their dark green doors. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z For the first time I fully reckoned with the truth that the conviction, the death sentence, and the heartbreak and devastation of this miscarriage of justice had created permanent injuries. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The term "undocumented immigrant" includes anyone who is not a permanent resident of the country and does not have a visa to be here. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I had a month of detentions and a black mark on my permanent record. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “Thank you for wanting to honor me with the truth, my son. It’s not clever but it’s more permanent.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “It would be better for all of us if this was permanent. How can we get custody?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Both of those atoll types present problems to human settlers, because they consist entirely of limestone without other stones, have only very thin soil, and lack permanent fresh water. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z A generation later, as wheat plants multiplied and spread, the harvest camp might have lasted for five weeks, then six, and finally it became a permanent village. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She waits until the moon is propitious, then calls Graciela on the telephone, inviting her to the beauty shop for a free permanent. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be a mistake, though, to assume that people are incapable of embracing a permanent commitment to color consciousness. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I would have to make it fit for living in until I could move to my permanent quarters on the lifeboat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Do certain events in our lives leave a permanent mark, freezing a piece of us in time, and that becomes a touchstone that we measure the rest of our lives against? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z But the brazen claim that slavery must be accepted unconditionally as a permanent feature of the national confederation was, if not wholly new, at least an interpretive clarification never made before in a national forum. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I don’t know if the separation is permanent, if one day I will find a way back, but it has brought me peace. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Some of those who took the bargain—thus accepting the permanent strike on their record—were promptly brought to the police station downtown, where they began repairing and repainting the damaged offices. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z In spite of their disordered life, the whole group tried to do something permanent at the urging of the wise Catalonian. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He smelled the permanent wave solution as soon as he opened the door. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z He keeps a permanent bottle of gin on a small, shaky wooden table in the corner, and a carton of Newport cigarettes next to it, along with a few military medals. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Working with mustard gas, they found that this chemical produces permanent chromosome abnormalities that cannot be distinguished from those induced by radiation. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z As they drew closer to the city walls, the tents appeared more and more like permanent fixtures, the canvas walls dirtied with grime from fires burning in hastily dug pits. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Pleased though they have been with the house, the Links never considered it permanent. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I open my eyes, and the ground is still there, hard and permanent. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Grand buildings made her feel better—maybe because being in a place so permanent made her feel more permanent. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The doctors told Mother that Shawn’s injury might have altered his personality—that in the hospital, he had shown tendencies toward volatility, even violence, and that such changes might be permanent. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Doctor Nduoma had a permanent smile plastered on his face, as though he would break bad news to a patient with a smile. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z It was a worn wooden block from a kindergarten class and read boys in thick green permanent marker on one side. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z He had no way of understanding that Pizarro’s men formed the spearhead of a force bent on permanent conquest, rather than an isolated raid. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z For the common soldier, at least, war has the feel—the spiritual texture—of a great ghostly fog, thick and permanent. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z There was an ancient wooden meeting hall there with a huddle of permanent dwellings around it, and wharves and jetties and an eelmarket. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z At that time, based on my job performance, it was possible I would be offered a permanent position with IOI. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Many of the changes would prove to be permanent Brian had gained immensely in his ability to observe what was happening and react to it; that would last him all his life. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, the earlier system of racialized social control—slavery—had also been regarded as final, sane, and permanent by its supporters. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “I think I may have done permanent damage.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Greenberg escaped without permanent damage, but others, including Fitzsimmons, may not have been so lucky. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I did four pastel drawings from the permanent collection—a Chagall, a Franz Marc, and two Picassos. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Many experience an existential angst associated with their permanent social exclusion. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z We exchange addresses, including my real and permanent one. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Those with lawful permanent residency applications pending, and those who haven't filed any paperwork, are still considered "undocumented." Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z "You could do them permanent damage, Miss Trunchbull," Miss Honey cried out. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z His permanent teeth were coming in, but they were blue and far apart like his baby teeth had been. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Any disciplinary action would automatically become part of his permanent record. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t really expect to capture either brother on a permanent basis, but I thought if I could hook one temporarily I might be able to work the relationship into something more lasting. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Veteran East Computers left for permanent assignments in the tunnels, and no new girls were hired into the pool to replace them. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “Maybe he’s going through a hard time that isn’t permanent. You’re a smart girl—very smart. Is it pretty hard trying to live up to the one—in your skin?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It was tedious work and sometimes the fumes gave me headaches that lingered all day, but I knew it wasn’t permanent. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Einarsson managed to convince the owner to let Bobby stay an additional six months, but it was obvious that he’d need to arrange a permanent home after that. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They couldn’t use bright lights to guide them in to land, because any kind of permanent airfield lighting might have been spotted by enemy aircraft. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Don had been three when his parents had split up, and his coming back into Charlie’s life on a permanent basis wasn’t the simplest of moves. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing permanent is on display, and nowhere in the town is there any historical marker. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z These were “hostage photos,” one trainer told me, for our permanent files, to be released to the press if something happened to us—such as being taken hostage. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The dark circles that I put under her eyes seem to have become permanent. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “There may be permanent damage to the right foot.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They wanted only to observe me from a comfortable distance, not for me to exist in their lives in any permanent way. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Doctors’ reports warned he might suffer permanent damage. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Nothing fancy or permanent, just something casual it can slip into during the wee hours. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z You will, of course, be required to amend the permanent record when a name is decided upon.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Panting, Harry pushed himself away from it and ran, hard, in the opposite direction — the Impediment Curse was not permanent; the skrewt would be regaining the use of its legs at any moment. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z In the days that followed August 13, construction workers toiled day and night to replace the barbed wire with a permanent wall. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “What about an exact electric duplicate of your cat? We can have a superb handcrafted job by Wheelright & Carpenter in which every detail of the old animal is faithfully repeated in permanent—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z There are two ways for mortals to become permanent subjects of the Court: marrying into it or honing some great skill—in metallurgy or lute playing or whatever. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Tourist season was over, and there were no boats on the river, and the wilderness seemed to withdraw into a great permanent stillness. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess it’s called permanent marker for a reason. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z For a time, he considered applying for permanent disability. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He seemed to be stuck in the moment of his immolation, like a black-and-white video on a permanent loop. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Perhaps someone will ask for your hand and you’ll be made a permanent member of the High Court.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z His time with her seems like a permanent part of him that no longer has any relevance, or currency. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Well,” sighed Donovan, “if we have to, we have to. At least it isn’t permanent, not very permanent.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The spot might as well have our names written on the wood in permanent marker. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Whoever it was probably was just trying to figure out if that much glitter on her eyelids causes any permanent damage. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Now she was being made to look different from the ratty, thin-faced girl with the permanent sneer and the swift frown, his closest friend. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “She is a willful girl, Your Honor, with numerous character defects. I believe a permanent reminder of this day might prove the appropriate remedy.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Only if the Sleeper reached the Kingdom of Death by the new moon could his curse of frozen sleep become permanent.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I lay on my bed, completely mortified, as my aunt checked between my legs for any visible signs of trauma and permanent damage. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He would do anything, even if it meant permanent marker to the face. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The Social Security number turned out to be genuine and placed McCandless’s permanent residence in northern Virginia. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The Potomac location for the permanent capital had, in fact, already been secured. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z His job was less flighty than that of district attorney, al- most as permanent and dignified as superior court judge. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I walked away from my little adventure without any permanent damage. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It has been one of the few permanent fixtures in the environment of my life. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve been on my own for a couple of years now and I’ve managed without a permanent address or a regular paycheck. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Smoke has taken up a permanent residence, and glass and all kinds of trash litter the streets. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Belting or pushing a developing voice too far can be detrimental to the child’s voice, and can result in permanent damage. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z He was leaning casually against the shabby pine desk, which is all the permanent furniture in that room, flexing his bony hands in front of the electric heater. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Now we’re going to use it to keep an eye—a permanent eye—on you. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z She didn’t want a permanent place with the Dregs. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Here’s how I think of it, though: They have already harmed me, leaving permanent scars. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Since the dawn of the OASIS, thousands of elderly users had come here and painstakingly coded virtual replicas of local arcades they remembered from their childhood, thus making them a permanent part of the museum. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She works for free, from dawn until late at night, seven days a week, to obtain money for food, units of blood, medicine, prostheses, and a scrap of land to build a permanent shelter. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I remembered what she’d told me in New York, about building something permanent, and I thought—just maybe—we were off to a good start. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The Emergency had never been intended to be permanent, and the government believed that it had successfully stifled the liberation struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Obie had a thin sharp face with a permanent worried look. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Our eyes teared and our faces became fixed in a permanent squint. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She was as big and beefy as a rugby player, with a permanent scowl on her face, but she spoke gently to Silena. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z It didn’t seem right, not to mark this loss in some way that was permanent. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Unlike other forms of Internet overinvestment, it was permanent: Once the fiber cables were laid, no one was going to dig them up and thereby eliminate the overcapacity. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Too much hard luck can create a permanent meanness of spirit in any creature. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z But it was surely too much to hope that it had taught the father a permanent lesson. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z I think she's in shock—or maybe she's the kind of person who smiles so much, her face is fixed with a permanent grin, in her eyes as much as on her lips. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Yet peacetime brought no permanent relief from his inner war. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It features a permanent gallery of one hundred ordinary people who serve as what is called the “mob.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The more extreme tone cults try to burn their deadish, to make it permanent, but ambudrones usually get to them first. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I point out that Tiny Cooper had about 11,542 girlfriends freshman year, and then Tiny punches me in the arm in a way that he thinks is playful but actually causes permanent nerve damage. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z He’s about fourteen and wears old clothes and a permanent sneer. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “So when do you get your permanent leg?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z It soon became apparent however, that there was a demand for something more properly institutional, with a permanent headquarters, where people could gather to share and discuss new findings. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Imprisonment, they say, now creates far more crime than it prevents, by ripping apart fragile social networks, destroying families, and creating a permanent class of unemployables. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The costs are exceedingly low; the benefits amount to permanent protection of the forests. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Since the palace is the permanent thing, Quintilian says you need to get it right. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z He had a knit skullcap and a permanent squint from working in the sun. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Will you be so kind, Mademoiselle, as to write down your permanent address on this piece of paper?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Like everything else, it wasn’t permanent damage, nothing left this week but the bruises, and they check me carefully now for stray bits of metal. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z St. John was not a man to be lightly refused: you felt that every impression made on him, either for pain or pleasure, was deep-graved and permanent. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Despite his efforts to help them, they risk becoming stuck in a permanent underclass of the poor, the unskilled, and the uneducated. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z In the morning, with great anxiety I left Dr. Trefusis huddled upon the hearthstone and went forth to seek us more permanent lodgings. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I will never be able to take the SATs if I'm left in a permanent state of dumb. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z "Did you get your permanent license?" asked Alfred. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Is it in any way related to my permanent record? Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Muggle sightings of the yeti have been so numerous that the International Confederation of Wizards felt it necessary to station an International Task Force in the mountains on a permanent basis. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was no surprise that Dorothy was a keeper, but it must have come as a relief when, in 1946, she was made a permanent Civil Service employee. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z There was no point in having a permanent enemy among the warders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Each one wore sunglasses, tattoos peeking from under the collars of their T-shirts, permanent frowns on their faces. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Yes. There’s really only one question that can be answered, Genry, and we already know the answer....The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what comes next.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z But they weren’t permanent; they had to come to an end. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z But she knew, too, that if no baby arrived, she would get nothing, and she would have dropped the entire year for nothing, and her leave of absence would likely become permanent. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I knew that the pen Ham used would leave permanent marks on leather. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Once in his lungs, there was no way to get them out again, and they might cause permanent damage. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A permanent trust fund for college scholarships had been established with a donation of one million dollars “from one of your former students.” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “The mortals will come out of it. Too much explaining to do if I made their condition permanent. I hate writing reports to Father.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z And then, of course, there are the mitochondria and chloroplasts, permanent residents in everything. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Things were in such a state they did not honestly believe there could be any permanent, friendly settlement with the mother country. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Or maybe I didn't think it was permanent. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Tyler tried to curl Dad’s fingers, to elongate the tendons and prevent the deformity from becoming permanent, but Dad couldn’t bear the pain. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He’s about Sammy’s height but with a permanent suntan, as the American kids sometimes describe our color of skin. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z These things were permanent, they could not be dissolved. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I don’t want to adjust to the constant surveillance and the threatening gaze of white guards with weapons, and the permanent smile of death from the Director’s purple lips. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Six months earlier Tamara had been badly injured in an air raid with a compound fracture to her left leg, which left her with a permanent limp. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z There were to be hostels and inns and seasonal study centers, and eventually permanent woodland villages—“self-owning” communities whose inhabitants would support themselves with cooperative “non-industrial activity” based on forestry, farming, and crafts. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z On average, the United States approves one million applicants annually as permanent residents. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The tribe did not serve as a permanent political framework, and even if it had seasonal meeting places, there were no permanent towns or institutions. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z A seemingly colorblind system has emerged that locks millions of African Americans into a permanent undercaste, and it appears that those who are trapped within it could have avoided it simply by not committing crimes. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Some equate it to buying your way into becoming a permanent resident. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z All in all it was a good firm-grounded family, permanent, and successfully planted in the Salinas Valley, not poorer than many and not richer than many either. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Black people, by contrast, are routinely labeled felons and released into a permanent racial undercaste. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The High Organ was the source of some controversy because of its ethnic composition: all four permanent members were from Xhosa backgrounds. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Arsenic provides a classic case of the virtually permanent poisoning of the soil. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z After her death in 1982, their value skyrocketed, with MoMA paying nearly two million to add one to its permanent collection. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Her straight hair hung, the same all these years, no ringlets or braids or permanents. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Even though she isn’t here, I’d like to thank Mary Miller. And thank all of you. Please don’t stop until each of your children has a permanent family forever!” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z It was the first permanent space station, staying in orbit for 13 years, until the opening of the International Space Station. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z His left paw was injured, but the damage did not seem permanent; no toes or claws were missing. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Bliss claimed that he had chosen his permanent medical staff at the request of the president. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z But as the herbicides rain down on forest and field, on marsh and rangeland, they are bringing about marked changes and even permanent destruction of wildlife habitat. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z On the other hand, the Constitution contained no provisions that specifically sanctioned slavery as a permanent and protected institution south of the Potomac or anywhere else. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “The bombing halt undercut one of my most effective campaign issues,” he later explained, “the inability of the Democratic leadership to win a permanent peace.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I worried that all of us were going to have permanent hearing damage. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Above all, we want equal political rights, because without them our disabilities will be permanent. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, without a permanent site, how will Romanies ever be taught the responsibilities of citizenship? Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z But I’d become part of a system, as permanent and complex as war itself, made a dozen small choices that had led to these dead creatures with their wide faces and chapped lips. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Even this may be an accurate prophecy: If the planet ever is terraformed, it will be done by human beings whose permanent residence and planetary affiliation is Mars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But with zero, TT meant 61; 3,601 was written as T^T. Zero was born out of the need to give any given sequence of Babylonian digits a unique, permanent meaning. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z They live in permanent villages and tribal societies, often led by a big-man. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The cheeks were swarthy with a permanent shadow, his thick brows joined in the center. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Foraging societies there grouped into permanent villages and learned to cultivate and breed the area’s wild wheat and barley. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He begins to see life as a ladder, as a permanent examination with some praise and some further exhortation at each stage. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a riches-to-rags kind of story, but everyone found different paths to getting permanent residency in America. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He knew that it was only borrowed plumage, but he could always hope that the position might become permanent. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I remember thinking that Governor Wallace would always be a permanent fixture holding black people back—a roadblock to the progress my people yearned to achieve. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z All day one Saturday the girls gave each other curly permanent waves and plucked out their eyebrows, penciling a thin arc over each eye. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Farmers grab a few harvests, but the soil is not bared to rain and sun long enough to incur permanent damage. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I could smell permanent marker and something that might have been rubbing alcohol, but no one was bleeding or crying. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Luke had lifted him up so easily, as if Toby had already lost something permanent. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The post office gives permanent boys big waterproof capes for the bad weather and they get two weeks holiday every year. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Katherine could have been classified as a permanent member of West Computing, like the rest of the women who reported to Dorothy, available to rotate through other groups on temporary assignments. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He had permanent frown lines between his eyes, and he was taller even than my father. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z While my mom, dad, and I would all be able to become permanent residents, my twenty-one-year-old sister would have to start the process all over again. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z At birth, Orléans citizens are marked with permanent imperial identification ink that not even Belles can cover up or erase. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z His frown is so deep it might become permanent. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Only then did I dare to take a shower, trying hard to scrub away the permanent filth. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “I thought you wouldn’t be allowed either. Getting your ears pierced is a lot more permanent than dressing up for Halloween.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Denied a preliminary injunction, the protesting citizens had to suffer the prescribed drenching with DDT, but thereafter persisted in efforts to obtain a permanent injunction. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “The things people wish for! The craziness! Last year someone wrote I wish for chocolate spaghetti. In permanent marker. On a pair of underwear. Tossed it way up high.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The only significant difference in his life, apart from the permanent absence of his father, is the additional absence of Maxine. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Strangely, it was not until 1939 that Alfred Loomis first visited Lawrence’s home turf in Berkeley—but then he became nearly a permanent member of the Rad Lab. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He assigned him to a permanent job at Camp 14’s pig farm, where two hundred men and women raised about eight hundred pigs, along with goats, rabbits, chickens, and a few cows. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z We have almost nothing with us, we don’t want to look as if we’re going anywhere far or permanent. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, in a green plastic box on the floor on his side of the closet, I found a big, black permanent marker. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z In 1977, after graduating from high school as a sixteen-year-old at the top of his class, he moved to Fairbanks and made Alaska his permanent home. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The driver was killed and Anatoli received severe head injuries, including grave and possibly permanent damage to one of his eyes. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z So, unhappily, Emperors of the Realm of Taste became a permanent feature on the Paradise Pickle labels. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It hung on a nail near his bed—unfrayed, unsullied after all those years, with only the permanent bend in the fabric made by its long life on a nail. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Maybe, I’ll take time out and get a permanent wave, except that I hate beauty parlors. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z At the start of the winter came the permanent rain and with the rain came the cholera. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z That means the child can no longer be granted permanent residency as part of their parents' application. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Well, I said, ‘‘Hair is hair,” and I went into a little place off 135th and Seventh Avenue and said, “I can give permanents,” and the woman hired me and gave me a chair. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman's hairnet tugged her painted eyebrows up, which gave her a look of permanent surprise. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He had buttons for eyes, and his smile was drawn on with a red permanent marker. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Ever since they had arrived in the Kingdom of Death, the mehndi had grown lighter and lighter, as they did naturally, because they were not permanent. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Yet my eye could not decipher those vendors: they wrapped their heads in bright-colored cloths as cheerful as a party, but faced the world with permanent vile frowns. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She grabbed my arm, whipped out a permanent marker, and wrote a phone number on my hand. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z His eyes linger on the deep red permanent sunburn of Apa’s neck from mowing lawns all day. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Bob is a stray, which means he does not have a permanent address. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Nothing permanent: just fists and feet on his torso and knees. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Then she pulled me so close to her that the sharp-smelling concoction for her permanent wave nearly singed my nostrils. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z This chapter looks at the religious and philosophical foundations of the permanent English colonies in North America. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z I find a white T-shirt in my closet and I draw an eagle on it with a permanent marker. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The honey tin lay at the bottom of the backpack, a permanent fixture. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z He ended up pitching a more permanent camp near the footpath, where the beach met the hills. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Theresa had begun her internship; they had all studied up on the three branches of government, and so advanced from permanent residents to citizens. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z By a vote of 29 to 25 the House agreed to transcribe this verdict in the permanent record. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z She was an older woman—divorced, Jennifer thought—with her mouth set in a permanent downturn, as if she was suspicious of everything and everyone. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Something decorative and permanent and occasionally useful, yes, but I found it dull and quiet work, suitable for a rainy day with only the monotonous ticking of the parlor clock for company. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z That way, see, I’d have had my own permanent little business. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “We must also be careful about works of art,” she put in, “if they are of permanent value.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Will I have to spend my life looking over my shoulder for my permanent record? Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The ink was permanent, set with the light from a powerful Gold orb owned by the Governor's office. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Then, “Well, son, what can I say? It’s pretty much permanent, isn’t it.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The blackboard had fixed upon it in permanent paint, on one side, the United States flag and under it the words “Slavery, Suffering and Death,” then the word “Christianity” alongside the sign of the Cross. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tell me, is there—is there permanent damage?” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z "You do understand that a child would not receive as harsh a penalty as an adult would? That there would be no permanent criminal record?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She hungers for a violence of nature, terrible and permanent, to record the evil. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Bindings are permanent, my boy,” the man in the grey suit says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The more time I spent in my new, permanent assignment, the clearer it became that prison sociology was more complex than it first appeared. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know, are you worried that Ben was in the cold water so long he’ll have some kind of permanent brain damage or something?” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The chapel was dim except for a few high chandeliers and the permanent glow of the rich hues of the stained glass windows. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The soil of a large proportion of the land planted to tobacco has been subjected to “cumulative and well-nigh permanent poisoning,” according to Dr. Satterlee. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Open that the Americans entreated him to become permanent director. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z A band of Homo sapiens gathering mushrooms and nuts and hunting deer and rabbit did not all of a sudden settle in a permanent village, ploughing fields, sowing wheat and carrying water from the river. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Once released from prison, people enter a hidden underworld of legalized discrimination and permanent social exclusion. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Along the coast, where Tisquantum and Massasoit lived, villages often were smaller and looser, though no less permanent. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Some of the temporary telegram boys are taking the permanent exam in August. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Throughout this, the king's father wore a frown that seemed to become permanent on his face. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Other islands had rich soils but were not high enough to have large permanent streams and hence irrigation. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z No, a permanent site has to be near a city big enough to mop them up. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “Aunt Jenny is on a Zoom call with all the big shots at the network. She wants you to be Duke’s permanent replacement.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z His stubby legs were a study in unsound construction, with squarish, asymmetrical “baseball glove” knees that didn’t quite straighten all the way, leaving him in a permanent semicrouch. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z After three months, he was told, the prospects of a permanent spot were very good. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The campus she came back to was alive, breathless even, with the possibility of significant and permanent social change. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z It might also weaken my spine or do other permanent damage, so that I might never fly in space again. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She left me a letter which explained that if she said good-bye, it would be too terribly painful and it would sound too permanent. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z They were sent to a temporary camp nearby, then a permanent one in Jerome, Arkansas. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z They have no permanent single base of residence. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The dormitories we passed were massive and almost anonymous behind their thick layers of ivy, big, old-looking leaves you would have thought stayed there winter and summer, permanent hanging gardens in New Hampshire. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z In some exceptional cases, when food sources were particularly rich, bands settled down in seasonal and even permanent camps. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Since I'd become a permanent resident, I'd suffered through two frustrating presidential elections without being allowed to vote, and it was important to me to exercise my democratic right in the next one. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “It’s not permanent, you know, but it’s a start.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Martinelli and other former factory workers say that, over time, they have come to fear that the fall out of the middle class could be permanent. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z A dam across the Missouri River in Nebraska silted up so disastrously that a noisome ooze began to pour into the town of Niobrara, eventually forcing its permanent abandonment. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Finding a permanent place to live in Reykjavik was difficult. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Yet only some of us will be arrested, charged, convicted of a crime, branded a criminal or felon, and ushered into a permanent undercaste. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But if our application for permanent residency got denied by the government and we were shipped back to Iran, then Kia's citizenship status wouldn't make a difference. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z At the time, the Black Chamber had been running less than a year, and it still hadn’t found a permanent home. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The squatters considered the Muscogee Nation to be the main barrier to their permanent settlement in the region, particularly Georgia. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z I was spending so much time on the road that exhaustion felt like my permanent state of being. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z In separate statements, the Retrenchment Committee urged the directors to make the committee permanent and invest it with the power to approve or deny every expenditure at the exposition, no matter how small. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Gran’s hair is short and curly and gray; she’s been wearing it in a permanent wave, Dad says, since the 1970s. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever the lights flickered, he was afraid the ancient generator might be shuddering to a permanent halt. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She got a permanent and she smell like pneumonia. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “No biggie— just a note for the permanent file, saying you folks appreciated me helping out your boy. Something along those lines.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There probably isn’t time to get my mom and she won’t want to go outside with all that stinky permanent goop on her hair. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z We went into the living room, where on the couch, the imprint of Dad’s body was like a fossil, permanent and remarkably accurate. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “The permanent erasure of my family’s debts to you so that I’m free to leave the Night Zoo forever,” said Koffi immediately. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The advantages of such control over chemicals are obvious: it is relatively inexpensive, it is permanent, it leaves no poisonous residues. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z You’ve got to give a lot of money to be chiseled into something permanent around here. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Every important thing he’d ever done was there, dark and permanent. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Horrific as it was, the present dark, I was afraid to leave it for the other, permanent dark—jelly and bloat, the muddy pit. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “What can I expect after I complete my initial processing and get placed in my permanent position?” asked Johnny, the training film’s main character. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Transcribing the oral number system into written form was a simple task: people just needed to figure out a coding method whereby scribes could set the numbers down in a more permanent form. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z We get outside onto the street, the cold a permanent surprise. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z He wanted her to be permanent, an edifice whose piles touched the heart of the earth. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Christy Wallace, who is a permanent telegram boy and ready to be a postman any day, says Protestants don’t care what they do even if they’re ministers’ wives. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He was not disowned, or at least his disownment was not permanent. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Three thousand of the luckiest took refuge under the cover of the massive permanent grandstand, right in front of the finish line. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Though her face was peppered with bruises, miraculously, Cain hadn’t marred her in any permanent way, though the cut on the leg would leave yet another scar. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Anyone who realized that traffic was at a permanent standstill would eventually be able to back out. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He has been offered a permanent position in Paris. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Even now, when I’ve been assured there will be no permanent damage, I hunger for air. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z This in-box full of unopened messages is the truest reminder that we are temporary fixtures in a permanent world. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The procedure was simple, permanent, and without risk. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z We had already filed for permanent residency through my uncle, but once my grandmother became a green card holder, we decided to see if another application would be a speedier option. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z In his mouth, which seemed to rest in a permanent half smile, hid a long, sticky tongue that slurped up insects in an eyeblink. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The RJF members called virtually every member of parliament to lobby for citizenship: full, permanent citizenship, not just a temporary permit to live in Iceland. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Surely that speech then made a more permanent impression on my young mind than his offer of apology now. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z We needed food, a job, a more permanent place to stay. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The closer we get, the clearer it becomes that this is a permanent homeless encampment. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Marcus and Adrian glued my locker shut and wrote Space Boy gargles alien balls on the door in permanent marker, and I couldn’t walk the halls without being stalked by whispers and cruel laughter. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z There is, then, a whole battery of armaments available to the forester who is willing to look for permanent solutions that preserve and strengthen the natural relations in the forest. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The financial benefits of becoming a permanent resident would also finally ease the burden of college tuition on my parents. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Her back hunched that way; her head to one side as though crouching from a permanent and unrelieved blow. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Rather ironically, the last major duty of the Adams collaboration was to supervise the transition of the federal government to its permanent location on the Potomac. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Turned up or turned down, the feeling is permanent. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The new racial order, known as Jim Crow—a term apparently derived from a minstrel show character—was regarded as the “final settlement,” the “return to sanity,” and “the permanent system.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I don’t think she ever understood why her genuinely good intentions were sneered at by the media, why there appeared to be a permanent quest on their behalf to bring her down. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z It was conceived a century ago as a kind of woodland bank, a permanent repository of American timber, when people grew alarmed at the rate at which American forests were falling. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z But all by myself, I felt the need to keep a permanent record of what I observed. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z There were news vans set up like permanent trailer parks—surrounding the strip mine, outside the school, and along US Route 30. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z To the surprise of many of the department’s critics, Stone selected J. Edgar Hoover, the twenty-nine-year-old deputy director of the bureau, to serve as acting director while he searched for a permanent replacement. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z But after a few months he was accepted as a permanent fixture, and the girls and boys went out of their way to speak to him and bring him refreshments. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z It would look pretty messed up to be a social worker and have dried kid blood as a permanent stain in your vehicle. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z But gradually his face had hardened into the permanent threat of a scowl, and his hands clenched in fists by his sides as if itching for something to set him off. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z New England’s major river valleys, by contrast, held large, permanent villages, many nestled in constellations of suburban hamlets and hunting camps. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “It’s all right. Temporary housing for the position. I’m looking for a permanent place for us to move to after the summer.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Brian was glad he wouldn’t be here next year, particularly if Leon became permanent Headmaster. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t answer Lucy’s question, but instead said, “Now, class three. You have two minutes to find your seat for the school year. Once I call 'time,’ your seat will be your permanent seat.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z We wouldn’t be interring him in the Atlantic, but a pauper’s grave was just as permanent. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z To their distress, however, the cure was not permanent. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “I just don’t feel at home without my chamber pot,” she exclaimed, and it was the first item to find a permanent place under the divan. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z In an uncharacteristic lapse, McCandless gave his parents’ Annandale address when the arresting officer demanded to know his permanent place of residence. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The prospect of surgery was raised, which would mean the removal of much of his colon and a permanent change in his quality of life. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Picking up pebbles, she pounded them into the line to make it more permanent, and stood up. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z "These papers will become part of your permanent record," he says. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z I have only the haziest recollection of waving at my mother and sister in a rising cloud of diesel exhaust and mosquitoes as they began their slow, permanent exodus from the Congo. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z "Baba provides just fine! So many of his friends in London still can't find permanent jobs—he found one as soon as he got here." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Because pneumoencephalography could cause permanent brain damage and paralysis, it was abandoned in the 1970s. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Next came my shirt, swatting it out of the tight ball it had been in for the previous five days, the wrinkles deep and seemingly permanent. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I’m willing to do anything to keep that sadness in her eyes from becoming permanent. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z If Henry’s voice on the phone was a tether, his body is the gravity that makes it possible, his hand gripping the back of Alex’s neck a magnetic force, a permanent compass north. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Mr Wormwood discovered that the worst thing about having a permanent hat on his head was having to sleep in it. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z They passed men and women dressed in shabby tunics, some nursing freshly bandaged wounds from encounters with beasts, some marked by more permanent injuries Eke old scars and missing fingers. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z To put things in perspective, it would take another two years for me and my dad to become permanent residents. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “No permanent damage, Mike. The Red Cross chopper can stay on its helipad.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z They didn’t care what they did to your feet or your hands, even if it was permanent. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nobody denies that the Romany people need a permanent place of abode.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z But if she is not permanent, what is she? Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z A permanent photograph linking us to one another was not supposed to happen. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z S. shook his head, beaming away at me, and said cleverness was my permanent affliction, my wooden leg, and that it was in the worst possible taste to draw the group’s attention to it. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Of course, if Citra was chosen to be a full scythe, their immunity would become permanent. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z They accepted it as a permanent way of life, had never known it otherwise nor expected it to stop. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She went from depression to a state of permanent euphoria. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Lawrence drove Edward Teller out to Livermore during the first week of February, hoping that Teller would become the instrument of his hopes to create a permanent foothold for Livermore in the thermonuclear program. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z And so will I. What goes in the soil next should be more permanent. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z It is true, for example, that racial incidents, followed by calls for tolerance and understanding, are a more-or-less permanent feature of the American landscape, durable as the Rocky Mountains, familiar as the Mississippi River. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z It was her good fortune to find a permanent job in the home of a well-to-do family whose members were affectionate, appreciative, and generous. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z By February 1922, nine months after the murders of Whitehorn and Anna Brown, the investigations into the cases seemed to have reached a permanent impasse. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Moreover, most people in agricultural and industrial societies lived in dense, unhygienic permanent settlements—ideal hotbeds for disease. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z No permanent staffers were around to handle them. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The sail was patched with flour sacks and, furled, it looked like the flag of permanent defeat. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z When and if the laboratory would make her a permanent offer of employment was a matter for the future. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The smell of early-morning coffee is a permanent memory, mixed up with the smell of bacon and the background yakking of the morning news people. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z This typically occurs when animals are isolated from each other by a physical barrier or another permanent form of isolation, ultimately leading to reproductive incompatibility. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I wasn’t surprised to learn my great-aunt, like her sister, preferred her cotton sheets lightly starched and didn’t trust the feel of permanent press fabric. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z These urbanites were to be permanent reinforcements for “rice-planting combat,” the annual campaign that sends office workers, students, and soldiers to the countryside for two months in the spring and two weeks in the fall. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Since many of the guests had legislative power to make reforms, I suggested that they find a foster child who needed a permanent home and help make it happen in less than six months. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z But, by 8500 BC, the Middle East was peppered with permanent villages such as Jericho, whose inhabitants spent most of their time cultivating a few domesticated species. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z And thus becoming a permanent resident marked the beginning of our next chapter of waiting. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The house, and everything in it, had come to seem as permanent as the city itself. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z It really isn’t much of a punishment unless you like the television programs right after school or are very concerned with your permanent record. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z He remembered how his mother’s family had balked at the idea that the police had a permanent presence at school when they’d heard at Thanksgiving the past year. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The joke was gone out of it with that word permanent, a skull-word if there ever was one. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Also among the permanent campers are several migrants who are stuck. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I will continue to speak out about the importance of getting children into permanent homes more quickly. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z All humans presumably did so too, until improved technology for extracting food allowed some hunter-gatherers to settle in permanent dwellings in some resource-rich areas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z A person’s subconscious mind can’t differentiate between permanent and temporary killings. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I’d always been fine with my mom dating this guy, but I’d never considered the possibility of him becoming a permanent addition to our family. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Where wheat became particularly abundant, and game and other food sources were also plentiful, human bands could gradually give up their nomadic lifestyle and settle down in seasonal and even permanent camps. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “There is no permanent status quo in nature,” Muller later wrote. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Ladders were not necessary to reach it, as several permanent spiral staircases were built into the wall itself. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z But what’s worst is when Ma quits talking and starts doing something to make a lesson permanent. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z After a few months Blanca realized that she could not hold him prisoner indefinitely and gave up her plans to reduce his spirit in order to make him her permanent lover. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Once labeled a felon, the badge of inferiority remains with you for the rest of your life, relegating you to a permanent second-class status. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It wasn't just a present, but a present she received because she'd torn her other coat beyond repair, mangling her knee, leaving a permanent scar. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The gloom, the humidity, the permanent sour breath of rainy season all bore down on me like a bothersome lover. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the books she left in the trunk for the present, until they could find their permanent home in the nursery. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “I am his family. I am permanent. You are only temporary.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I take out the photo, which now has a permanent home in my pocket, and as we walk I show it to Kalinda so that she can also see its back. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z A peace that was truly permanent would be the same as a permanent war. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The Shaper sang things that had never crossed his mind before: comfort, beauty, a wisdom softer, more permanent, than Hrothgar’s. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z But having learned how to assure a food supply by their own efforts, they now settled down in permanent village communities. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z There was extensive nerve damage, which his physicians regarded as permanent. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z But this state of affairs is not necessarily permanent, nor is it a matter of principle. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Earlier in June a zone of high pressure, the “permanent high,” had settled over the middle Atlantic states and driven temperatures in Philadelphia well into the nineties. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He never kept a woman more than a few months—the time span that he said was average before she began to make “permanent- arrangement-type noises.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Others are released again, only to find themselves in precisely the circumstances they occupied before, unable to cope with the stigma of the prison label and their permanent pariah status. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I couldn't do anything permanent like carve "killer" on my forehead and wait for it to scar. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The process is incredibly painful and it takes many years to achieve a permanent curve. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With the move to permanent villages and the increase in food supply, the population began to grow. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the next six weeks, my ears had permanent red marks from the teacher’s nails, as did the other indigenous students’. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Hanging from his fingers, framed by a slick blue sky, it looked precious and clean and permanent. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z |
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