Others played their hunches: addresses, license numbers of passing cars, any numbers on letters, telegrams, laundry slips, numbers from anywhere. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Benni stopped walking, waved, and cheered for Fatima, who played nothing. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

He came into the bathroom and that old fool played with the plastic bath mat like a puppy. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

We played until the bats swooped down at our heads. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He played that trump after all. And so he came home and found ” “Wait,” Quentin said. “ what he must have wanted to find or anyway what he was going to find ” “Wait, I tell you!” Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

That summer he played tennis, swam, fished, and canoed on the Potomac River. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

And then we played regular chess and I was better at that but he still won. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The doorbell played a piece of music, which I could hear through the door, which was wood. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The women, played by Angelina, Marguerite, and Isabel, lament the death of their Savior, moving their hands in small and eloquent arcs as they sing. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

At tournaments he often arrived a half hour late for games, played rapidly, and usually offered a draw, which was invariably accepted. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I could read and write a little bit, I could color or jump rope alone, but mostly I played with Bera-Bera. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Light from I don’t know where played in her eyes, little jewels glinting to let me know they were there. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Palmer wanted to join them, but they said he was too small and too young and that he had a funny first name and that he played with girls, little ones at that. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“You played an infant game and crawled within it. Do you recall this? I, jesting, asked you whether you were not apprehensive that it might bite you. You answered me, ‘Do not be afraid, Mother. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And then one of Gus’s brothers-in-law brought up a boom box and they played this song Gus had picked out—a sad and quiet song by The Hectic Glow called “The New Partner.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Once we played this part to the people in Houston just to shake them up. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the camps in Mozambique, he’d played the game barefoot with a ball made from plastic bags, in friendly but fierce matches between boys from Burundi and Congo. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

With her free hand, she played with her napkin. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Aurelia and Marcus were unashamedly clinging to each other, their eyes, huge with suspense, fixed on the scene being played out directly below them. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Sampson, a Liberian who sometimes played goalie, she said, would move to center mid—Mandela’s position. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He invented, for example, a player organ: an organ which, like a player piano, automatically played music according to the information conveyed by pins on a turning drum. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Performers played for five minutes or two minutes or ten minutes. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The forty-piece Iowa State Marching Band already had boarded one of the cars and now played “My Country ’Tis of Thee.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The Parsons children played it at all hours of the night and day, unbearably, on a comb and a piece of toilet paper. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But Landsman came and sat down and played—and she played well. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

And some people get nothing but a string of cards that no matter how they’re played will never add up to a winning hand.I guess who I am thinking about mostly is my dad. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

My cousin Yvette played nothing but reggaeton at her party and then did a choreographed dance in an outrageous sequined outfit. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I went to my grandma’s yesterday. She won one of those exercise video game systems at bingo last weekend. My dad set it up for her and we all played with it.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

When Matt played well, an expression of joy crossed Mr. Ortega’s face that was as good as a compliment, though. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He even played on the college’s first soccer team, where he was a star performer. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girls in my cabin played kickball and learned dance routines, but I always sat on the sidelines. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Clayton had played it off cool with Omar and the few classmates who laughed at him on the bus ride home. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

He and Jordie stayed late into the night singing songs while Margit played the piano, their big silver dog thumping its tail in hapless rhythm. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“A little. I was never that good. If they played like they do today I would never have made a team. I enjoyed the game, though. Like you do. It was important to me.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“We played on our own, though, too,” said her dæmon. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Baba played this singers songs in his car when I was little, and I loved hearing the drums and clapping. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

On rainy days, I’d read a book and watch the girls as they played in the crowded shed behind our house. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The song ended and I sat, paralyzed, as the next played, and the next, until the CD finished. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Delivered in grenades, rockets, and torpedoes, those incendiaries played a key role in Islam’s eventual defeat of the Crusaders. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was George Rowley’s greatest hits, played on an endless loop. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Even when I practiced with the rotating college students, other than during lessons, I still usually played solo. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The police can easily argue, if challenged, that non-racial factors—such as gender, age, attire and location—played a role in their assessment. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Somewhere, a radio played a Hindi song I thought I remembered from an old movie, maybe Pakeeza. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

This morning, however, Clayton neither sang nor played along when the class sang “You Are My Sunshine.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Then, pretty soon, the guy that played the piano for old Valencia, this very wavyhaired, flitty-looking guy, came in to comb his golden locks. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The Resistance doesn't even know they've played into the Commandant's hands. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“A few don’t understand basketball. Or never played before,” Mustafa adds. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

You’d think, then, that if I combined those high and low tones and played them for you all at once, you’d be able to divide them into ten categories. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I went to other classes, played some drums, and walked out to the bus. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t really get a chance to solve the mystery of what happened to the blind old man who played the accordion on Main Street. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He gave me low fives—not high fives, because eye contact was tough for him—and we played games. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

He was also bereft of the millions of dollars he would have received had the two men played. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We played in a dusty alleyway, with brick walls on either side, where there wasn't much parental traffic. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Whistles blew and a band played both the Brazilian and American national anthems. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“I played soccer back home in Kansas. But, you know, I had a lot of friends and had always gone to the same school. I hardly know anyone here.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Instead of doing homework, they played war in the pillbox. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll miss how we never got to bond over sleepovers where everyone stayed up and played Xbox Infinity and board games all night, all because I was too scared. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They traded some whispered intelligence as I played, and the music-master, seated at our dilapidated spinet, closed his eyes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He watched over her and her baby as though it had become his calling; he was very good to John, and played with him, and bought him things, as though John were his own. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I’d played basketball and baseball and done the Cub Scout thing, tried the Boy Scout thing—but I always kept my distance from the other boys. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I’ve played ball with the guards twice to see if it works, and it does, so it’s easy.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Back to the time I had played to make the sound of Wind Turning a Leaf on a lute with six strings. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They played cards on the bus; each day meant a continuation of the day before. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Don and I played in many tournaments, and even if he won, he would come back within a few minutes, challenging me to another match. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we played speed chess up on the third floor, which I was no good at but he didn’t wipe me out too fast. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

In fact, Krulak argued, the war of attrition played right into Hanoi’s hands. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was like this after every game Ben had ever played in, so neither the tone nor the content of the speech was a surprise. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

This record—the one Bat Lady had most recently played— was called Aspect of Juno by a group called HorsePower. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

One girl played a guitar and sang as people dropped dollars into the box at her feet. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Toby played it off like it was nothing. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He has played this out in his mind a thousand times. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Armistead said slowly, “Last time I saw old Win, we played that, ’round the piano.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even know the Cowboys played the Dolphins. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Say, have either of you ever played Five Hundred?” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I woke up,” I say, “and everyone was under the simulation. So I played along until I found Tobias.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember Virtual Blast? He played the fifth Navy Seal, with the croup. You know, coughing.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had ridden in speedboats and played tennis. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I would wake up staring into her eyes as she played with my hair. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She helped military families and defense workers find suitable places to live, played the piano during the USO’s rollicking singalongs, and coordinated a calendar of Girl Scout troop meetings and military rallies. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Stokely knew his way around New York City because he had played college ball there. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The memory played tricks, when one reached middle age, and then, the company of Mrs Helena Kingshaw had helped put everything into perspective again. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I was big and I played ball and I fought, and those qualities meant, to a lot of people, that I must have a very limited intellectual life. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

My right hand played through the gearshift positions, and I was ready. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

We played lawn tennis with homemade wooden rackets and soccer with bare feet on a field of dust. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby met Fine’s wife Marcia and their children, and then he and Fine played speed chess for an hour or two. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Benny silently played the notes of the song on the buttons of his trumpet. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Maybe Mom had played it at some point, or it was in the background of a movie. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Like I just ran a marathon, swam a few laps, and played back-to-back soccer matches, is how you answer Mom’s question. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

On their second trip, they played 92 times. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Like most Maya rulers, Chak Tok Ich’aak spent a lot of his time luxuriating in his court while dwarf servants attended to his whims and musicians played conch shells and wooden trumpets in the background. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Bill and Hazel played black-jack at the table with matches for money. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The White House is where our two girls played ball in the hallways and climbed trees on the South Lawn. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She only halfway listened because she wanted to walk some more and she didn’t care much what they played. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Cramp played along, said he’d seen the story on TV, said he was friendly with the Millers, said it was a real shame about Stan. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Another day she played a cassette of people talking in her language — a farewell present, she told Eliot, that her family had made for her. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Butterscotch slept nearby, and Dad’s favorite jazz station played a saxophone snoozer. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

When The Lone Ranger came to television, she would watch it just to see Jay Silverheels, the actor who played Tonto. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Celibidache was a conductor from the old school, an imperious and strong-willed man with very definite ideas about how music ought to be played—and about who ought to play music. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Whenever Hype played one of Dad’s songs, she’d let the windows down and turn it all the way up. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Some neighbor girls in the old mill village had played with those same grass dolls. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

For the rest of the night, me, Markka and Darius played the one video game that came free with the console. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t played yet, but I was fired up and ready to go. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

But when he heard her humming to it, he played the second verse, and then the third, and while his fingers took on the chorus, he turned to look at her. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Remember when I used to follow Yusuf around with bites of food while he played with his toys to get him to eat?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Jules played with the strings on her coat, twirling them in her fingers and letting them unravel. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Having played at least one number every day for a little over two years, he had now bet on every number from 1 to 740. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I played for the love of sport, not the glory, for I received none. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We played cards and watched movies and talked all night. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The play she saw as a gentle incursion into another culture we played as a comic romp with great effect. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Every time the name is introduced in the story, their leitmotif should be played. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

And when she sat in the library', she’d cross her legs and let her sandal dangle in midair as she read and played with her hair. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

It hurt to see the way they laughed and played with their little ones. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I once played for twenty hours straight and experienced signs of mild psychosis. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I played tennis with Chris, talked about other things, then eventually sat down with him to discuss the risks he’d taken. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My brothers played at soccer with a ball they had fashioned from old rags. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

They played games, too, like children excited at the prospect of a party. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s what they called him when he played for the Los Angeles Dodgers.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

When in English, ‘twas thus: “No, sir, this, this—Aye, you, this”—There was much negotiation, and a tune played or sung, taken up by others, learned by those newly hearing it. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

But those were just the notes he heard and played. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“I know that song. We played it in band. It’s ‘Tarantelle.’” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

One put on an old skirt and a pair of sand-shoes and played Hare and Hounds on the common with the children who lived next door. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

This scene played every day, sometimes several times a day, for the rest of the trip. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

His parents played a tremendous role in my recovery, and they probably didn’t even know it. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

We played the same sports and the same positions in those sports—at times, a test of our friendship in a way that his superiority in shop class was not. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

And I knew the only time he took off his key ring was when he played one of us in foosball. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Digger, and I played pirates in that boathouse and used our dinghy for the pirate ship. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

They just played until people had to go home. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Their role was symptomatic of the role all girls played at Permian. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you mean the Kembles? The daughters played here many times.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“You have no idea how difficult it is to find actors for as many parts as we need played for this script,” said Mr. Gregory. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She reminded them of all the pranks Tommy had played on them, of all the sterling qualities of the smartest student in their class, of why a girl, not a boy, should represent them. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“The Spirit will move in them the way it moved in our congregation when you sang and played. And when I get out, our congregation will have grown tenfold.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

In the Memorial Hospital, Hooper lay with his broken leg hoisted up in the air, and played Snakes and Ladders with Mrs Helena Kingshaw. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

She had been a cradle friend, the girl I played dolls with. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went straight to the dimly lit employee break room, where a sitcom rerun played on the decrepit TV. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Three girls swayed while Poncho Man played his guitar. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyhow, I played scary at first but Just Black told me that this was one white man that our people could trust. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The musicians played and she sang, and this time the audience sighed and sat forward, a few of the men stood up in surprise, and a winter chill moved through the amphitheater. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

At night, when we could hear stations far from our mountains, we usually tuned to a station in Gallatin, Tennessee, that played hearty black rock and roll. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Son, I ever tell you about this cat named Willie I played with in Italy? The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Turner wondered if she might even fall asleep—so he played soft and low. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He sits down on the ground, holding his head in his hands and feeling utterly lost though he has played in these very fields ever since he was little. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Her songs remind you of being little, when she played them loud and said how they were about life going by too fast. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

If the knee was wrecked, there went the team’s star before a single down had even been played. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But even if Russell had played in the eighties, he would have dominated.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

This man was slim and wiry and he played football. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stood on our hands and stuck our legs out of the water, did underwater twists, and played Marco Polo and chicken with the other kids. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He took hold of it again and pulled with all his might The music played more strongly, and the tight all about the churchyard glowed like amethysts; but the sword still stuck. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her team hadn’t given up, had played as a unit, and had come from behind—a sign of toughness and resolve. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

We were driven to some kind of office; and while we waited, Atal, Khushal, and I played a computer game called Elf Bowling. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Simultaneously, the thousand other flags also fell, as massed trumpeters and bassoonists in the Court of Honor played “The Star-Spangled Banner” and “America.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“And the second time was just a span ago. A couple played it during a formal dinner I attended off in Aetnia.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They played the third round in deadly silence, racing through the final lap as competitively as if they were in the Indianapolis 500. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

In these rooms, she played the part her clients wanted to see—the powerful Grisha, serene in her knowledge. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There were two comfortable chairs and a table for books and magazines and we played cards on the dining-table when it was cleared away. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

If you strip the clause of its false clues—the words separating the subject and verb—you end up with who . . . played for high stakes. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first I played against English, then I got swapped briefly, and when I went back in I was on his team. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Boys played stickball in dusty yards, while girls strolled in giggly groups of two and three. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

How many times in life will I get an opportunity to explore the former home of the man whose disappearance played a major part in two-hand-shoving me out of childhood? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

And this time, as he played, Shadow smiled; and whenever Czernobog moved a piece, Shadow smiled wider. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“You mean before or after I kill Beatriz? I can’t believe she played me like this. What did I do to her? How can I just drop out the day before the pageant?” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Sohrab was our nominal forward, which left me de facto defender, but really, both of us played all over the field. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Grover brought his pipes to his lips, played a quick jig, and their spears turned into Christmas trees. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

How were you supposed to ask a little kid if someone had played slice and dice with her brain without trampling over an already painful memory? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She had played rough as a child—where were the scars? Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The glare of the winter sun off the snow has played games with my vision, and I am so exhausted and wrapped up in my own hopeless thoughts that I don’t notice the signs. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Kyle was seriously glad he and his mom had played so many games of Trivial Pursuit—with the original, extremely old cards. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

My fingers played among the herbs in my basket: rosemary, rue, the root of wild ginger, and creeping thyme. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I imagined her as a lovely colorful bird that could fly if she chose when she played the piano, and her voice soared in the most hypnotic tones. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My thespian career, which had lain dormant since I played John Wilkes Booth while at Fort Hare, had a modest revival on Robben Island. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Live 105 regularly played on the radio as we made the fifteen-minute drive to school. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Also, when we played at cards Miss Havisham would look on, with a miserly relish of Estella’s moods, whatever they were. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The older boys kept watch over the cattle, while my friends and I played with our toys. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Board games were not played with a ball. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

We went to fetch water together, and we played with empty tuna and tomato paste cans, pretending to cook and be housewives. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

If a man can come to a conference of this nature and play the type of politics he has played — very few people would like to deal with such a man. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tempo: Beats per minute; how fast, medium, or slow a piece of music is played or sung. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Popcorn played this card to the fullest, carrying his knife in his back pocket like a second bulge. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

We played a game where she would stand upstream and drop a combination of wildflowers into the river. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

They switched him to offensive guard, and he played it brilliantly. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

You remember how I didn’t ask who Churchill played for because of her tone? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I figured out how the game was played. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

From what Sister told me, Eddie was nothing short of God when he played basketball. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

If roaches talked, and bats played ball games, then probably there was a cow jumping a moon somewhere, too. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We spent most of our time shovelling excrement and rinsing cages and giving feed while Father played the vet. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

At halftime she played her ukulele with the hand. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

While other boys played in the street, Robert sat alone in his room studying languages, devouring books of literature and science, and filling notebooks with poetry. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

White and Agent Smith played their last card: they told Burkhart that they had another witness who would testify to his involvement in the scheme to kill Bill and Rita Smith. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She also had a rabbit living under the kitchen sink that he always played with when he visited. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He played with the cord of his eyeglasses. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

He was Jaime, and you were just some girl who d played a part. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The following Sunday, Milton came up from behind and played his clarinet against the back of Tessie’s neck. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But the real drama had already played out in the bathroom. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They played pool basketball all afternoon, even though the teams were uneven. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

In the distance, where such a short time ago he had played with such power and joy, she spotted his beloved drum, crushed and in splinters in the dirt. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Think of the word battle—two t’s, one I. Benito secretly played with a battalion of toy soldiers. believe. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elizebeth had played a big part in that invisible battle, and she could now declare victory. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“And another thing. I have a sneaking suspicion that young Artemis Fowl wanted us to stop time. After all, everything else we’ve tried has played straight into his hands.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I tried hard not to think about Marisol watching our TV, feeling sorry for us while we played Chutes and Ladders and ate bran cereal out of a T-ball cap. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Then we played a bunch of cheesy party games like charades and Monopoly. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He’d never played poker before, only backgammon, and for the first half hour he lost again and again. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A stone’s throw away, little kids played tag around a white marble fountain. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She and her friends Isabelle and Amelia played in them all the time when they were little kids, even though they weren’t supposed to. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I planned to release the unedited video later, once the rest of my plan had played out. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

There were also Daughters of Liberty who played an important role in the campaign against the buying of products made in England. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s one more thing we should do,” the Colonel said as we played a video game together with the sound on—just the two of us, like in the first days of the Investigation. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

But more important, them forcing you to share your belongings, it played with your head. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“What would happen if we played First Letters with these book titles?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

We sort of played them by ear, as Mr. Galanter might have said, deciding during the afternoon whether we would spend the evening walking, or in my house or his, or alone. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Despite his promotion of Fischer Random and his rejection of and scorn for the “old chess,” he still played over games, tempted by the action of contemporary tournaments and matches. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They had lunch and then went to a park where the girls, including Terryl’s daughter Allyssa, played on the jungle gym. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

None of us had any toys or books, so we played hopscotch and cricket in a gully. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The individual parts played by other instrumentalists— crickets or earthworms, for instance—may not have the sound of music by themselves, but we hear them out of context. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Small children, bored, played along the edge of the pine grove. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

There were two categories of friends in my life: those with whom I played ball and everyone else. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The television was never on, the radio never played. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“By the way, I’ve played this song before,” Benny said, pulling his trumpet out of its case. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Tobias played trombone in band, but he was the only basketball boy who hadn’t been in the band room this morning. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

A notice in the lift announced that there were sixty Escalator-Squash Racket Courts in the hotel, and that Obstacle and Electro-magnetic Golf could both be played in the park. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walked through the strawberry fields, where campers were picking bushels of berries while a satyr played a tune on a reed pipe. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

We played red-light- green-light, tag, football, Red Rover, or nameless games that involved running hard, keeping up with the pack, and not crying if you fell down. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They played golf together and went out often—to movies, to the theater occasionally, to triple-A baseball games, and to the state university football games. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bubber had put his slingshot in his pocket and now he played with the rifle. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then I turned my computer on and played 76 games of Minesweeper and did the Expert Version in 102 seconds, which was only 3 seconds off my best time, which was 99 seconds. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We went over to the elementary school building, where we’d all started as children, and played the games we’d played when we were little. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Notes that are dissonant can sound harsh or unpleasant when played at the same time. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She watched cartoons with the little kids until golf came on, then played double solitaire with Maisie until they were both bored stupid. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

After the showers the coach talked to us about how we had hung in earlier and how well we had played on defense. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure it would have been a very big deal if it had been a real, sanctioned game. But they supposedly played in the middle of the night at one of the high school courts.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But between the images, we are privy to the real-life action being played out on the set. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

After the falling we took the A train to their new apartment, played on the beach till the sun went down, Mama quiet on a blanket looking out at the water. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I tried to show by my expression that I had played no part in her past. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

We were outside the city—there was nothing but a truck stop and red sand stretching out in all directions—so we ate Cheetos and played Mario Kart in the sleeper. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They played cricket, swam in the pond, and even organized a few games of hide-and-seek for the smaller children in the village. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

You may know him as the guy who played the dad in Boyhood, but he used to be a Gen X icon. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The soca music played on as she worked on another section of her hair, hectic steel pan and percussion thumping through the air, her spine prickling. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Then, as I played, he began to strike his drum so as to keep the proper beats. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“That music box played a very particular tune,” the man in the yellow suit went on. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind played across his black ruff and his ears twitched from time to time as he listened to the birds and winds in his sleep. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now the stakes were much higher—the Candidates results would determine who played for the World Championship—and Fischer wasn’t going to let an obnoxious eye jinx keep him from his destiny. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Old car tires, the ones the children played with, were piled under the kuka tree. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

‘That was just a trick we played so we could get married. I couldn’t stand another year of not talking! Please come and see your new grandchildren.’ A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Benjamin Franklin ‘the Jet’ Rodriguez wore number three when he played for the Los Angeles Dodgers,” I say, “and Glenn Burke wore number three when he played for the Los Angeles Dodgers.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“He would want his game to be played. He would want me to finish it.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Things were always better when he played music; the notes seemed to carry him to a different world altogether. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear them singing now, and then the band played again. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

One night Wix Howard and “Little Bob” Turner—the grandsons of Samuel and William, respectively—played against each other in a game of poker. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

It’s the same track that had played for a second in the Pirate’s Den. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He played cow bingo with the same fervor as he played his last college basketball game at Saint Luke’s. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew adults played Book Scavenger, but she didn’t think that meant teachers. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And the face he made as he got up to leave, which was a mixture of looking completely confused and looking like he’s just played a joke on someone, totally cracked me up. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Mostly my father played quarterback while Bridget and I went out for passes. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He had no patience with this game they played, this dueling with words. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He did get played by that “new lady” of his, by the way. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I hated the Asian character played by a white man. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

On Sunday, Iran and US played against each other in the World Cup. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It felt like a stupid thing to say, like it shouldn’t have mattered what sport he played in his free time, but it had also begun to feel like a blatant omission on his end. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mother played bridge on Mondays and wouldn’t be home until late. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the party was over and most of the kids had gone home, Erlan and I hung out in the quilt fort in his bedroom and played Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Conant played seven of the most difficult passages in the trombone repertoire. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

They had played it for so long it had become a bedtime ritual, like brushing teeth. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

By the nineteenth century, though, a dotted rhythm was only played if the composer had specified it with a dot in the notation. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

But he never did more than linger about the tables and look at the dice as they clattered upon the table, fearful lest he lose if he played. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I played, trying not to remember, until I fell asleep. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She played the high harp and the bells. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It reminded me of the time Dad had played the back half of a donkey in the school pantomime. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. He played on my school’s hockey team.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

This was once the game of old women, old men, in the summers or in retirement villas, to be played when there was nothing good on television. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had played together as children after his arrival in Village. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

But perhaps the enthusiastic sensibility of young women of her age also played a role. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a panicky moment, he wondered if Grandmother had played some sort of cruel joke on him. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

"Not at all. Belles are not toys to be played with or abused," she says. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Fred had played trumpet in the school jazz band since sixth grade, but he didn’t listen to jazz at home. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Great, Twinkle. Maybe you should’ve asked yourself these questions before you played Tarzan outside his place.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And if he ever found out that Perrington or his father had sanctioned it, or somehow played a hand in Kaltain drugging her...Dorian’s hands clenched into fists at his sides. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

August played up the stomach ache the next day so he wouldn’t have to go to school. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The next ten minutes played out like the climax of a John Woo movie. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I played like I was thinking about it for a sec, rubbing on my chin and all that. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

We played a couple rounds of horse until our parents got home from work and we had to stop for dinner. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

You would have thought everything had been forgiven the way they played. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was sure Mrs. Hidalgo had played it just for me. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The words played over and over again in his brain: “Not hide. Live. Not hide. Live.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

In a nod to the Martian broadcast, the main character played by Welles, Charles Foster Kane, says early in the movie, “Don't believe everything you hear on the radio.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

I took the phone out of the scarf that Grandma was never able to finish, plugged it in, and played those first five messages for him. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was no limit to his power when he played and sang. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had fought and played the big fish for nearly two hours, finally wading into the shallows and dragging it to the bank. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I played my way farther out into the world, vast cavern aboveground, cautiously darting from tree to tree challenging the terrible forces of night on tiptoe. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Nicholas played a hand-me-down Nintendo on a television with a busted tube, Christopher plays 3-D chess on the family’s Dell computer. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

It sounded like that instrumental old-folks stuff played in doctor’s office waiting rooms. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

As the orchestra played a light, airy tune, they marched eight abreast out onto the track. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He inhaled, put the trumpet to his lips, and played “Cielito Undo.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Some of the men played a “Discord Fantasia” on homemade instruments, setting the dogs outside howling. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Up in my room I played the Game of Life, but being two players at once is no fun. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I remembered a game I had played as a child that my friends next door had called “Grandmother’s Steps” and myself “Old Witch.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He'd looked for a few of the friends he'd played with as a boy, but they were gone, dead, or grown into strangers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The way their game was played, you laid the log across the water, and one player stood in the middle with the stick. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It rained so heavily over the next two days, we stayed at Ma Charles’s and played Old Maid. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

As a former officer looking back into Sing Sing’s history, I was struck by lost institutions of the old prison, such as the bands that played as prisoners marched to chow. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until he was ten, Bobby’s regimen was fairly routine: He played at the Brooklyn Chess Club every Friday night, with Regina sitting on the sidelines, reading a book or doing her nursing homework. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I should have just played it cool but instead I gave him a look which told him that I didn’t respect his game. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The storyteller vividly described the landscape of their pre-infant life: the hunting they did, the games they played, how they listened to our world ... A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Field hockey is a mud sport, played only on wet, cloudy days when it feels like snow. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

They played a tune they always played when they wished to insult Yankees. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Loga picked up her foot and played with her flowery clog, and she was like, “I got a size seven, but it feels more like a man’s size seven.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was small I played with toys, made models. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

He played with a piece of branch, trying to distract himself from what he was feeling. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

From that point forward, there wasn’t a tournament Bobby played in or an exhibition he conducted that wasn’t pre-ballyhooed by a press release Regina sent to the media. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The Xhosa played chess with the white man. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He was a Graphophone record kept on a shelf for thirty years and getting played again now. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

There were the Picketts, Nelson, who’d played tackle for Georgia Tech and now worked for Parke-Davis, the pharmaceutical company, and his wife, Bonnie, who was always reading the miraculous tales in Guideposts. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Snakes played some part in the cure, just what is not known, but they were held to be the sacred servants of Aesculapius. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The song changed again, to one I recognized because it got played at Persian parties back home. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“And we were talking. She asked me if I would show her some harp fingerings, but it’s been a long time since I played harp.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ma sold her pies, Mrs. Charles played cards with neighbors, while Monday and I ran around, eating hot dogs, dancing by the DJ booth, and playing in the bouncy house with August. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They played potsy, humming “The Soldiers’ Chorus” from Faust which they called “Glory.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their kids ran around and flopped on the chairs and played with stuff, giving no indication they thought it peculiar to reside on a body of water. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They played Scrabble until the eleven o’clock news, and then, sometime around midnight, Mr. Pirzada walked back to his dormitory. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Helena played on the stairs and in the street with the children who had moved into our building, and we saw Emilika most days, though she had stopped sleeping in my room. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

And if I played you five very low pitched tones, you’d be able to tell them apart. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d already seen the movie, naturally, so while it played, I kept my eye on the audience. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He still played with it and romped with it, and he alone fed the wolf its meat each day. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Then after school, I went to the park and played basketball with the guys. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I'd been All-State junior year, but I hadn’t played senior year, so everybody needed to see that I was the goalie they all believed me to be. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Group singing played a major role in society, for emotional expression, entertainment, social cohesion, and so forth. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

It’s Friday, she says; I thought they played on Saturday. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Some played it intensely, forming teams and battling for hours. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, I understood everything: the arguments with Mamá, his inappropriate riddle for La Sirena the last time we had played Lotería as a family, the disconnected phones, his unexplained disappearance, it all made sense now. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I could feel her keeping an eye on me while I played with the straw in my soda. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

In front of the window, clarinet erect, Milton played on, oblivious. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t think you played with your dolls anymore,” said Mrs. Jones. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

As they danced in the circle and music played, Spurge lifted the metal box hanging around his neck so he could expose the gemstone to the sun. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Maybe, if we had all played by the rules, they might have let him live. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

By the late 1980s, however, not only conservatives played leading roles in the get-tough movement, spouting the rhetoric once associated only with segregationists. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps it was caused by the painful tooth. To some extent the marring effects of Watergate may have played a part.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was a simple children’s toy, a rough carving that just hinted at four legs and a head, but it was smooth and dark like it had been played with. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Scuffing through the first fall leaves, Petra drifted into the game she often played with herself: Ask a question chat doesn’t have an answer. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

At this evening’s performance, the role of Fate will be played by my Aunt Heidi. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I opened up the Schumann book to the dark little piece I had played at the recital. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And while we played, me and Betsy would tell her New York things she needed to know. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I could hardly talk, my pleasure was too intense; he caressed my cheek and arm, a bit clumsily, and played with my hair. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

We lined up outside in the corridor in alphabetical order and marched in to music played on a record player. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I was not present at Ruth May’s birth but I have seen it now, because I saw each step of it played out in reverse at the end of her life. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shouldered my axe and started toward the cabin, trying to think up some excuse to tell Mama to keep her from knowing I was played clear out. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took comfort in the occasional pickup games of soccer that he played on weekends and after school. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Lillian Woodward played the hymn like a dirge, and there is nothing like playing a march like a dirge to irritate a congregation. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

And Europe’s chancelleries for the next century played a chess game of naked exploitation and power from Cape Horn to Cairo. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the next day, I played a game with myself, seeing if my mother would give up on me before eight bellows. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suppose, for example, that I played you a number of different musical tones, at random, and asked you to identify each one with a number. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I played right into the hands of a military spy. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had she done that, her journey might have played out much differently. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

So people played along, hoping they didn’t stumble into Jimmy’s bad graces. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Anything that dimmed Mark Antony’s popularity or clouded his reputation played right into Octavian’s hands. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

I played with a little sandbox on the table next to me, drawing swirls in the sand with my fingers. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The same was true of the water hole, where unauthorized games of hockey were played during the winter. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lizzie played with the branches that spread up between them, pulling at the needles. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The pianist sat down and played the first note and foomp!, all this foam exploded out of the piano. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Bobby rode a horse named Chub, played with a black-and-white calf, engaged in an occasional softball game, and made a boat in the arts-and-crafts class—but he still couldn’t relate to the other children. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I completed Holy Grail's final scene, my display went black while the silly organ music that ends the film played for a few minutes. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The first major singles competition I played was a round-robin event on the first day, with playoffs on the second. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Sheaves of paper, trash, DVDs that would probably never be played again....This can’t be it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

While we played, Mom made two quilt covers out of the gowns, one deep purple and the other a bright gold. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was your age, besides basketball, I played a lot of video games. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Tykes played at the edge of the clearing, scampering about on the moss-covered ground. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside Calaca, the smell of coffee filled the air, and a band I recognized from our first practice played over the speakers. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He flashed him a screenshot of the banking app from last week and played it off like today's balance. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

We dumped our loads and sat on the ground, bedraggled and spent, and stared at the lagoon as if it had just played a terrible practical joke on us. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

There she built her nest, ironed shirts, potted bleeding hearts, played with her cat, and birthed Louis Junior. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Claire played her whip around the ears and eyes of the big dog, forcing him backwards until he stood at Mr. Rudyard’s side. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom, Dad, and I had cake and ice cream and played Monopoly, which Dad declared was the greatest game ever invented. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Gone was the speculation that Bobby Fischer had played his best chess too soon. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In summer the children had played barefoot into the evening, chasing one another until their shadows grew long. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Also, Miss Lulu was eating a caramel while she played the organ. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Marc Andreessen did not invent the Internet or the World Wide Web, but he certainly played a historic role in helping to bring them alive and make them easily usable tools. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Parents picked their children’s hair, girls played singing and clapping games, and some of the young soldiers played soccer with the boys. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Javi eyed him and played it cautious for a moment, but Max tapped Bax on the shoulder, to get him to make room. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I followed him through the guardroom, where men slept, talked idly, or played at dice. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

His neck was bent and the red light played over the polished skin of his hairless head. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom was not one of those fussy mothers who got upset when you came home dirty or played in the mud or fell and cut yourself. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Rafe couldn’t hide the smile that played at the corner of his mouth. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

After dinner, while the others played cards with Ida and Victor, Prosper went upstairs. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some of those who had once been the Bronchos’ biggest supporters, who had gone to school at Odessa High and played in Fly Field, fled to the suburbanlike security of Permian. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a game they often played, with the sounds of words. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Next to him, a fat lady played with a string of wooden beads. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

While fathers played sublimated sexual games with their nubile teenaged daughters, Poothana suckled young Krishna at her poisoned breast. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kira was there too, keeping an eye on her toddlers as they played near the table. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He has played squash with two vice presidents and a secretary of defense. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Skardebek played with the guards, skating over their heads while they threw her pellets of bread. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Trent nodded at Chip, who grinned and waved innocently at me, as if he hadn’t just played accomplice to my humiliation. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He played with them, and he observed them. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a signed photo of Fess Parker, who had played Davy Crockett on the TV show. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

What could be better than driving on a mountain while “Yakety Yak” played and cool, light air blew all over you? The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Earlier in the year, a landmark $11 billion lawsuit that would determine how local school districts were funded by the state had played to an empty courtroom. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I ever hear either tune being played in some public place I am sure I will immediately start to howl. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t get a chance to talk to you, since I missed church this weekend. I can’t believe you played me on Friday. You didn’t need to rush outta there like that.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“No. Not under these circumstances. You could never have played in this weather.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We played together from when we were little. I used to tell people he was my brother.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I tried to picture it: Taliban men fighting in the alley where we played cricket. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Unknown at the time was the role American agent Alexander Bryan played in the great victory at Saratoga. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hamameh’s children, my brothers, children from dozens of other homes, and I played along a street that split our neighborhood like a spine. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I stood there in the dark feeling a rising excitement as their voices played around me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

For one full week, Mr. Loring played rock and roll beginning with Bill Haley and continuing in a kind of inauthentic historical overview through Buddy Holly until it stopped abruptly with Roy Orbison. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shasta now gave himself up for lost and began to wonder whether lions killed you quickly or played with you as a cat plays with a mouse and how much it would hurt. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

It sounded strange, as if I were listening to the recorded laughter of a stranger being played back. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then she told me she met some boy who played guitar in a band and had his nose pierced. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But some melodies don't imply any harmony; they are not meant to be played with harmony, and don't need it to be legitimate music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“I know you could’ve played with anyone at the Fall Fiesta talent show, but you picked our band. That means a lot to me, and I’m sorry I acted like it didn’t.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they ignored each other, sometimes played catch. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

An international grandmaster, he was one of America’s strongest players in the late 1920s and 1930s, when he played in five chess Olympics, winning a number of medals. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Three old men played a game of slapjack in a corner. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The tall blonde girl who played the role of the Fjerdan wolf in silvery furs was notably absent. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

All right, in the end he had played Sherlock Holmes, yes: it had been a sort of game. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I wear number three because Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez wore number three when he played for the Dodgers in The Sandlot.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Kyle and his teammates, along with all the other Library Olympians, were allowed to sleep in the next morning, because thanks to the surprise poolside contest, there would be only one game played that day. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Lander played guessing games with the youngest one as the residents filled the meeting hall. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

So, you often don't need to know exactly what notes or chords are being played. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Straight ahead of you is the big rock where you played when you were little. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Practically everyone played every day in the poverty-ridden black ghetto of Harlem. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

While they ate, everyone except Shirley played marbles or cards and traded bottle caps and pictures of men swinging a stick or wearing one huge glove. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

He liked it best when he was with Ron and Hermione and they were talking about other things, or else letting him sit in silence while they played chess. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Back when he played music, his ban on driving meant that his bandmates were the ones stuck behind the wheel on tours. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Rook, you played in pairs, partnered with whoever sat across from you. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The littluns played here, if not happily at least with absorbed attention; and often as many as three of them would play the same game together. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“We’ll find out,” I said, trying to play the role that the Colonel had always played for me. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

All of the sisters played chess with him, but acceding to his preference, they played Fischer Random. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We played Operator with a scrap of cardboard and a length of twine for a switching station. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I suppose it resembles Killdeer, Mississippi, where Father grew up, and played the position of quarterback in high school. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My school has a chain-link fence and concrete where I ran and played hoops. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

I ought to have stepped away, but my body played rebellion, insolently rubbing against him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Because of his height and his serious face he usually played the villain at the children’s theater where he worked. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I haven’t played with that many people, at least that many serious people.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He joined the children’s choir to be close to music that sounded like the blues his grandfather played. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Obinze said, “The little girl that played the angel was very good.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Whole inheritances were played at gambling tables, along with the easy fortunes of the postwar years. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Collins’s approach wasn’t “You must remember this variation of the King’s Indian Defense, which is much stronger than what you played”—rather, he relied on a kind of osmosis. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe if he played it casual, he’d look like it was no big deal. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Mostly Bowdy and I just sat in my basement room, which was maybe five degrees cooler than the rest of the house, and read books and watched TV and played video games. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

One of those horn kind of instruments played a sad and silver tune. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She played it, without being told, letting it out a fraction, pulling it in two fractions, responding to the pull of the wind in the sail. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

When you played a game you won, in the same way as when you sat down to a meal you ate it. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

We played poker for toothpicks, as though they were gold pieces. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the early afternoon he took a bus to Watsonville and played three games of snooker with a friend who came to meet him in answer to a phone call. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He played several more songs, but no one seemed to care. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

A little girl played with a floppy stuffed bear near my feet. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He played “YMCA,” and the strawberry plants started going crazy, wrapping around our feet like they were trying to strangle us. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

In heterophony, there is only one melody, but different variations of it are being sung or played at the same time. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

When Glenn Burke played for the Dodgers, he was the heart and soul of their clubhouse, but he must’ve been scared all the time. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

One scientist in particular, David Strayer, played a pioneering role, though he faced great opposition when he first started his work. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

A flitty-looking guy with wavy hair came out and played the piano, and then this new babe, Valencia, came out and sang. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

We children tiptoed around them or else played in the farthest reaches of the yard, our voices dulled lest they incite our parents. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I had never witnessed a play, except for a few short interludes played on the bed of a wagon in the town square at May festival, so I had little idea of what to expect. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

On this slow Monday evening at the gas station, C.P. was inside working on a car hoisted up on the lift while country music played softly from a radio on the workbench. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I often sat in the shade of their tangerine tree and played with my dolls. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

One of the regimental drummers played most miraculously upon a drum of his own fashioning. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I explained to them about the recorder and played part of what I had recorded the night before. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Harlem’s main street was laid out tonight with bright lights, and Christmas tunes played constant on loudspeakers. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Like actors on a stage, new CIA agents posted to the Soviet Union played carefully crafted roles. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Different rhythms being played at the same time by the same player — Clarity requires that you write one rhythm with stems up and the other stems down. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He became tense and agitated as he played, and made his moves rapidly as though points were awarded for speed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“See, your momma played for Saint Mary’s basketball team, and they had a game against Garden High, my school.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He raised his pipes to his mouth and played a quick riff. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The geographic location of the new capital played to these pretensions by making it the physical projection of Virginia. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

They could not have recognized in this tall, imperious man the little boy with chestnut curls who had played in this same courtyard many years before. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small weekend crowd of Chinese people and tourists would gather as I played and defeated my opponents one by one. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he played music from some of my favorite artists, like Drake and Rihanna, I went around the party greeting everyone. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Rig it up with light tackle, see how it played. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

They played for square dances at the Grange Hall in Carlsborg. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She read to them, talked to them, played with them, hugged and kissed them constantly, and kept them close at all times. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“We played checkers,” said Czernobog, hacking himself another lump of pot roast. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I never had any steady girl, just played the field. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You done played hell now. Time Miss Quentin get done telling on you.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But, ah can tell ye that if he played anything else they’d break away an’ rush off in a panic.” Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

As the boy played his drum faster and faster, the strange animal danced more and more quickly. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I played lightly at first and then with more force and speed as the song now playing in my head increased in intensity. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of my other classmates survived boarding school by throwing themselves into the sports that we played. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Hadamar townspeople were frightened into silence, but as children played, they saw the hospital buses arrive with patients as frequently as twice a day, several times a week. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I played more that summer than I had for a while and began to see weaknesses in my game. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Billy Preston played a few numbers, and behind him was my dad, a long-haired skinny white hippie playing his horn. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

We could go months without even looking at the dolls, then other times we played with them for hours. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Whilst they played wits against me—against me who commanded nations, and intrigued for them, and fought for them, hundreds of years before they were born—I was countermining them. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

What the Romans played on their organs is of course a matter of conjecture. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

They laughed and played games with Nipper for the rest of the afternoon. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He should have been on the lookout for that; but the lucky thing was that he knew that Britten had done all his tricks at once, had shot his bolt, had played all his cards. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had special praise for Chester’s “phrasing,” by which he meant the neat way the cricket played all the notes of a passage without letting them slide together. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The theater owner showed silent black-and-white films, and his wife played along on the piano. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t her niece’s greed—the old woman had played a trick on them the whole time. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Because everyone knew Ty's gaming skills, his classmates were always trying to convince him to play on their squads, but Ty only played with the best. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Who was this madman who played the violin here, at the edge of his own grave? Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

While perhaps a more provincial cause, it had all the advantages of a more concerted and tightly focused political agenda in which each man played a clearly defined role. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It is a golden chess piece, the kind the gods played with when the gods still lived. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

And when the buying was over, these buyers sat alone and their fingers played restlessly with the pearls, and they wished they owned the pearls. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

She played because she had disappointed her parents and failed her siblings. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Relaxed men told loud jokes to each other on the waterfront, a tin whistle played, and a small dog yipped. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He clearly played basketball in that same optimal range of arousal in which Ron Avery performed. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She had played her last joke, as Maxim had said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Rowan had played this day over in his mind many times from beginning to end. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“I played volleyball in class one,” I said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The old songs he played, and new ones he'd made himself, and he played and sang so well that when he was done, the lord offered to let him name his own reward. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He played a lovely game of billiards and with the handicap I was only four ahead at fifty. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Not all of these guys were the toe stubbers who I had played with last week. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the part came on with me and Derek up on the roof and she saw the whale guy she stopped the tape and played it back a couple of times. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He played Old Maid with Karen and Matt with the same competitiveness as when he battled Japanese pilots in the Pacific. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had never before had a cell phone in my backpack, and the officer at the receptionist desk played the message before she would allow me to take it up with me. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Miss Teen Dream theme song played under the audience’s thunderous applause. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Later on I bought him a drink, played the bluff soldier, old Arctic hand, "more things in heaven and earth" line. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Music and singing played a critical role in inspiring, mobilizing, and giving voice to the Civil Rights movement. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

On my mind when I wake up the following morning: how terrible I played in such a huge game. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

But I heard that the sport was played in some of the black colleges throughout the country. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The equipment gleamed, as if it had never been played on. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

After breakfast they did calisthenics and other physical exercises and played football or other games. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He played “ Yori Yori” again on the drive back to her flat, and she swayed and danced with her arms, much to his amusement. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Thunder and heavy rain filled the air, punctuated by inhuman shrieks emanating from a recording of a grisly French melodrama being played for a French class on a nearby balcony. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I played the video through the TV to get a better look at the faces, the eyes. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The prince climbed the rock and stood watching as his servants mournfully played their drums and mbiras. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celia played the piano once and still exercises her hands, unconsciously stretching them two notes beyond an octave. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was so quiet; the bees hummed and the river water played the pebbles, the rocks, and the hollows. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was randomly paired with Max Wade, and they played against Aidan and Luke. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The piano player didn’t know this part as well as Annette did — even though he usually played more than half of the show, this one was rightfully hers — but he rose to the occasion, too. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The drug economy played out every day on the cracked concrete lawns of Robert Taylor, and her preteen older sons, Nicholas and Willie, could not help breathing it in. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Little girls learned them from other little girls and it was the most frequently played game in Brooklyn. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want her near there, not with a sickness in the air. Besides, she hasn’t played with Polly for years. The girl was our servant, not a friend.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The champagne was cold, and its subtle fumes played fantastic tricks with Edna’s memory that night. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

They played the paper-families game and other games, both in the Rosses’ apartment and in Caroline’s. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat on the front steps and played his banjo and sang quietly to himself. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The boys played tackle football on the training field. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He also required integrity and sound credit: it wasn’t necessary that you pay as you played; you could pay West Indian Archie by the week. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

On their third trip, they played 48 times, for a total of 172 hours on stage. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I stood twice for recognition—once, with the kids who were on the honor roll all three years, and second, because I played on the Sea Hawks’ tournament-winning basketball team. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I can almost hear colors and smell images when music is played. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

You could have taken a hatchet and cut the man's lips right off his face, chopped them off at the quick, and he still would have played better than anyone else out there. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Numbers runners often had hyped addicts who had hit, who were so dragged that, when challenged, they really couldn’t be sure if they had played a certain number. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew them all—four were from teams that I’d played against, and the other seven were from teams that I’d played on. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them looked into our sleeping places, and the others took off their jackets and played hand-wrestling games and tug-of-war with boys. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It was a good game and we played all day, improving our speed as we went along. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a friend who played upon the cello. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

He played me a card and picked one up from the pile. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

If T has an instrument, have students guess which scale is being played. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

And not only had Marina Raskova played a key role in the phenomenal achievement, but she had an amazing story of ten days of wilderness survival to tell along with it. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

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

They had played on the football team together. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Poli played the numbers the next day and then forgot them. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night there was a great display of fireworks, and then the town’s band played while nearly a thousand voices joined in singing “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somebody must have played the only female role - Miranda, who Kat had told me was a dishrag. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was my sport, even though I had never really played. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Yeah? She would have liked the nature reserve. You know what movie they played? The Sound of Music.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He stood beneath her window one evening and played his military march and his waltz just as she was taking tea with a group of female friends. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the eleventh game, which was played in Los Angeles, the score was tied at 5½–5½. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Some people stared at the ground and others played with stones. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I played soccer daily with my friends but had never heard of field hockey and was not sure how to say the word. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

While Mom and Dad went out looking for investment money for the Prospector, we kids played in the hotel. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

A third explanation agrees that hunting and fire agriculture played a significant role in the extinction, but emphasises that we can’t completely ignore the role of climate. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last to come out was the woman who played Mother Paula on the TV commercials. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You played that ratchet hood rat role. You know how much publicity you ’bout to get from this?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I killed Hassan’s ten of diamonds, played him two jacks and a six. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Before my father went to prison, they played music together, my father on the piano, my uncle on the guitar. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Those entries labeled “?” were the ones he wanted to investigate immediately to determine if Yossarian had played any part in them. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

After the last girl gives her speech, a band comes onstage, an indigena band, playing the panpipe music MacGyver played on his cassette years ago. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, we don’t know what the music played on this lyre sounded like, even though we can strum its strings and admire its craftsmanship. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He wanted to see how the game was taught and played at the state-supported Pioneer Palaces. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

June played us a gloomy-sounding song on the cello while August retold black Mary’s story start to finish. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the final game, Spassky played his twenty-seventh move—it was hopeless at that point—and then resigned. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, a piano sat in the spot where Cool Papa and the Bluesmen once played. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I’m furious with her for every time she held my hand or wrapped her arms around my waist or played in my hair. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I just walked from class to class alone; I sat at lunch alone; during PE I stood in the corner of the gym and played catch with myself. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Something played at the edges—something I couldn’t quite see yet. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I even played my trumpet along with some of the records and no one came to tell me to shut up. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When he was little, my father played with her kids here. She was murdered right inside her apartment for trying to stop drug dealers from selling in this very park.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The position of the gap indicates the role that the modified phrase played in the deep structure; to understand the relative clause, we mentally fill it back in. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Her hair fell over me, and for a half second, I remembered when I was a kid and we played peekaboo through the curling thicket of her hair. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The little clock ticked on the mantelpiece, and the boys played tennis in the garden. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He ran a search, clicked a few links, and eventually landed on a page on how the game was played. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I played with it all the time, and Dad played too, calling out deck numbers for the computer to take us to like we were really on board the Enterprise. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The group of about fifteen black Cavalettes got together mostly to socialize, eat cookies, drink punch, talk, and dance to records we played on the portable record player. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Since Vonetta couldn’t see she was a bouncing ball being played between the two sisters, I knew I had to do what Pa and Cecile wanted me to do. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they marked out squares on the sandy bank and played a game of checkers with round stones. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

For weeks after each player made his debut, JonJon would talk nonstop about times he’d met each man, or games his team had played against theirs. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

He didn’t like me, or any of the kids younger than him either, but he didn’t like me in particular, because while most kids my age played mute around him, I sometimes mouthed off. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Crane-man looked down and played with the monkey in his fingers. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

In seconds, the words began to vanish, fading from the stone along with the strains of the last note I’d played on the guitar. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Capricorn played with the rings on his left hand. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

And, just five days in, Laila had learned a fundamental truth about time: Like the accordion on which Tariq’s father sometimes played old Pashto songs, time stretched and contracted depending on Tariq’s absence or presence. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was a dangerous game, but one that she had played well thus far. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

That’s what Glenn Burke was like when he played for the Dodgers. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

A kid new to Stirling named Max Wade, who rarely came to open gym because he also played soccer and baseball. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

"These all colors I never use anyway. Here, sit down, Park. I trim your hair while we here. Looking shaggy . . ." Eleanor sat in front of him and played Rock, Paper, Scissors on his knee. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Me, I’m still learning, but John Mark says if I played in a league with other kids my age, I’d destroy them. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“I am but a lowly servant who has played his part in the grand scheme,” the man says. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Later we played volleyball against another squad and won. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I was waiting, a commercial for UBS played over and over. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

He had been in the cave a thousand times before when we played there, and now he ran around it sniffing everything, looking for David. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

We even changed the rules of stoop ball, of which I was the absolute King of the World, to include bases when more than one kid played. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Music was played on some inner ear, and Spender imagined the shape of such instruments to evoke such music. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

What in the world happened to the blind old man who played the accordion on Main Street? Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

They played cards in the afternoon, and asked us if we had heard anything more about Hawaii. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smile that had played on his lips throughout the game was gone. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Dad said they played on the same Ultimate Frisbee team in college. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

That did dull the loudness, but not the joy and bam with which she played. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Paul played the piano while I ate a slice of rhubarb pie, which his mother made and left at the church for us every day. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

How often she and Mo had played this game! Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Archie’s fury was a cold hard ball in his chest but he played it cool. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I played my fifths and my scales, which, lapping gently upon the bulwarks of the ships we passed, drew sailors to the rails as we rowed on. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

As long as he played the drum, he knew that there was nothing that the strange animal could do to harm him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

He took the harmonica out of his pocket and played the beginning of a simple melody. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

I’d never played with more than a handful of musicians before, so the first few days in orchestra were chaotic. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like a broken record, the words played over and over in my head—intervening on her behalf would blur the lines between who was the victim and who was the person at fault. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They knew they had played too hard; they knew they would be disciplined for their failure, and the man at the desk said quickly, “I might go to fifteen hundred.” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you danced as well as he played, you could,” said Harry. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I couldn’t figure out what made me angrier: that Principal Rivera had basically discriminated against us because we played loud music that wasn’t “traditional” enough or that Selena made it and we didn’t. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The boys who were so well behaved in the American school played tricks on them and talked back to them. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually the boy played so fast that the animal had to spit out the father and the mother. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

But there was a big demand when Dylan played here a few years back. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The other boys his age played basketball all night or hung out in groups at the edge of the playground. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It took them another few minutes to make it to the epic front porch, and when her mom rang the bell, the sound of chimes that came from inside the house played “Ode to Joy.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Black kids and white kids climbed on the monkey bars and played on the swings. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“No. Okay, wait. That’s a lie. I played the recorder in fifth grade.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I brought my hand to the weapon, my finger played with the safety. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others shall speak of its finding, for in that I played small part.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Afghan music played in the aisles of the Used Goods section. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When the second line is played by an alto sax player, the result sounds like the first line. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

But he hardly played music after he lost his job. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t be surprised if you turn out better than Charlie Weasley, and he could have played for England if he hadn’t gone off chasing dragons.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

It sounded okay, though, and Connor was completely quiet as I played. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I played out scenes in my head where I declared my intention of living as a boy and my parents, at first protesting but then breaking down, accepted me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I played a sumo game with the wind. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Birds sang in the bare trees and children played out of doors barefoot and naked to the waist. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Stanley played the scene over and over again in his mind, each time watching another boy from Group D beat up Derrick Dunne. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

His mother played cards and Monopoly with him. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

So the meeting played into wise old Franklin’s hands. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was sort of the hero of the teen-age music world ever since he got drunk one night at a party last summer and played the drums in the middle of Victory Boulevard. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

In the bay, a mother seal played with her spotted pups as a golden sun peeked through the gray overcast and glinted off the waves. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Everybody knew Latin was gay, but he played on Carver’s football team and nobody was going to mess with him. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

While they waited, the boys played football with a wooden brick and their sister gazed out the window, humming softly to herself. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He arrived back in the city in the middle of the afternoon, but went directly to his club, where he played a few hands of poker and dined, without successfully quelling his anxiety and impatience. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jon slid his new dagger from its sheath and studied the flames as they played against the shiny black glass. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

At the time the facility housed some fourteen thousand inmates, twenty of whom Bobby played. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Fern and Vonetta played invisible hopscotch next to the luggage while I waited for Big Ma and Mr. Lucas to drive up in his truck. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

A shepherd boy who reminded me of the handsome Acoynapa of Uncle Turu’s story played a flute to the grazing animals. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Those two teams played smart baseball, the way I liked to see it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like the intolerable, tingling sweetness of water-glasses when played on by a cunning hand. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

As the girls played outside, I watched television and nursed my drinks. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The two children played for quite a while, climbing trees and drawing in the dirt. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He is grateful that his mind has retained these images of her, pleased with himself, as if he has just discovered an innate talent for a sport or a game he’s never played. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The cousins played jumping from stump to stump without ever touching the ground. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

All day long I played soccer in various neighbourhoods, and toward afternoon, as hunger began gnashing at my guts, I left for home. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

We mostly played other colored teams, but we were good enough that we drew some white fans who just liked to watch good baseball. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around me other people played cards, read magazines, dozed, waiting. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I even got high before we went to Universal Studios with her, but I played it off as much as I could. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Rather than come out, he managed to set it in the defensive huddle and played both ways the entire first half. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The explosion and horrific result played and replayed in his mind. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“To curry your lord father’s favor, I don’t doubt. I know how that game is played. How old is this wretched girl child?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

If they both showed up at the same time, they shared the pond, stealing curious glances at one another and making occasional small talk as they swam and played. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t see myself hanging around Wilmington working at a 7-Eleven, gigging in a pop band that played the VEW and other seedy country joints, which is what I was doing. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would have preferred a sit-down dinner, jazz played during the reception, black-and-white photographs, keeping things small. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was editor of the school magazine, president of his class, played half-back on the football team, and was an honor student. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad liked the idea, so the next Saturday we went to Wynnum Bowls Club, which was just across the road from the tennis club where Catherine played. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

He never played devil’s advocate or told me what I was feeling was wrong, the way Stephen Kellner did. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I thought that was suitable, and we played “Holy Night.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

My playmates and I carved them and played war games in the coffee farms and unfinished buildings at my grandmother’s village. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He played records on it when the car was parked. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Raskin played in his high school band—clarinet, trombone, and drums “with equal ineptitude,” he wrote. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

His body sagged a little, a smile played on his lips, and I thought I even heard him sigh quietly. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Fourteen of her recordings were played with neither comment nor applause between them. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Eagerly, he played him a series of blitz games at one second a move, and Bobby won about a third of them. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

If you were clean shaven and fit the dress, you played Lady Reythiel in The Swineherd and the Nightingale. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

These books were frankly meant to shock their middle- class readers—to scare the daylights out of them—even as they played on their sympathies. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Tom played softly on a mouth organ for a while, but no one had the heart to sing. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had played a very significant role in my life. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The movie played on and then finished and then ran its credits, went to black screen, clicked off, rewound, started playing automatically again; I kept on gluing. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

The long, pure notes of a clarinet spilled out into the Georgia sunshine as Mr. Acker Bilk played “Stranger on the Shore.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

T. P. put Quentin down and she played in the dirt too. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Wallace Johnson Street, traders played loud music and rang bells to attract customers. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

While the fire catches, I sweep out the snow that has accumulated under the empty windows, using a twig broom my father made me when I was about eight and I played house here. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Los Osos, once a group of neighborhood children who played along the river, became a band of forty men who move drugs and people across the Rio Grande. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She played with Siddhartha for a long time, repulsed him, overwhelmed him, conquered him, rejoiced at her mastery, until he was overcome and lay exhausted at her side. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled my cello out a few times, played along. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scene after scene from their childhood played in his head until he was in the parking lot of the complex. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“If he believes I played that vile hideous joke he has a right to think what he likes of me, and never talk to me again, never see me again.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

We sang songs, told continued stories, played spelling games and riddles, and had pillow fights. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nick played his best game ever and even Jimmy got a few baskets as we beat them by five. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby played, but because of either his wavering confidence or interest, his efforts resulted in a minus score. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I played football in high school but couldn’t get into a college. You know the only thing I’m good at?” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s no point running in shoes if the game’s played barefoot. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He claimed he was at the movies during the time of the killing and yet one hour later he couldn’t remember what films he saw or who played in them. 3RD JUROR: That’s right. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

So a lot of us played ball with him in hopes of picking up skills over the summer. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Their pale bodies did not seem real but were like costumes they were wearing as they played the part of her persecutors. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

"Whoa. Level twenty? We were only fifth when I last played...." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Cool in that he played in a band with people who went to the college in town. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood six foot one, had played basketball and volleyball in college, and, as a sworn police officer, carried a Glock semiautomatic pistol. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I played in the school talent competition. That took faith.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She had four gran’chillun on de place and all of us played together and dat’s how come Ah never called mah Grandma nothin’ but Nanny, ’cause dat’s what everybody on de place called her. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Turner played hymn after hymn, repeating a few verses when she hummed to the chorus, taking care to avoid the ones that suggested the pleasures of leaving this weary world. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Two keys make a different sound than three played together. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

As Twilight told it, Deydey had walked in humbly, played poorly at first, causing the trader to raise the stakes. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“You never played with toys much when you were young. You were always out in the yard making up these strange scenarios and fightin’ imaginary pirates and monsters. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Jesse practically melded into the computer casing when he played, his entire neural system wired into his character. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was in the streets, he’d ask autograph requesters if they played chess, and if they didn’t, he refused to sign and disdainfully walked away. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When we played, we were always checking on the little cows to make sure that none of them had wandered off. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look over at her, but she's not looking at me, and I'm wondering if they played the song. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Outside the Midland High band, dressed in its purple and gold costumes, played the national anthem. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I distinctly remember the way the rest of that Christmas morning played out. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Ellie counted down again and Benny played, but all I could do was squeak out the first few lyrics. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“The guy I punched, it was Adam—my ex Max’s best friend—and on my first day back, he played the sound of a baby crying on his phone.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“So while you guys played that last game, I took the liberty of running the guy’s license plate.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

We played a game called “river kids,” imagining we lived alone on the river, scavenging for our livelihood and hiding from the adults who wanted to put us in an orphanage. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

When he was a baby and going through his nightly fussy period, he’d only calm down after I played him a lullaby on my cello. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our first weekend, we had played Go Fish and tic-tac-toe in our room and waited for Cecile to announce that we were going to some adventurous place that existed only in California. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men heard it grinding while they slept, while they ate or played cards, while they stoked the engines or read the charts. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

We played pick-up-sticks in the dust of the courtyard and then went wandering about the streets. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

A year ago they would have just played Madden with or without him. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

The idea that race played a large part in the life process was becoming clear to me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

It was only four words, but I played them over and over in my head and almost missed the whole segment on school-wide fundraisers for charities. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

We passed the gazebo at the end of our street where the American Legion band played every Saturday night of the summer and we crossed Beach Street. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

A fountain played in the courtyard, the water rolling and falling from a statue of a mermaid in ecstasy, her mouth wide open. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Galahad did not care for them at all, but played with a rag doll which he called the Holy Holy. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

This scene played night after night, all summer long. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

However, his chess friend Karl Burger said that when he played twelve-year-old Bobby in the park on Rochester Avenue in Brooklyn, the boy “was studying for his Bar Mitzvah.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Would I write for black people like the guys I played ball with? Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

That is a misnomer in that no such title existed, but the role he played was not so different from what the designation implies. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Can you hear that they do not feel "done" until the final tonic is played? Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She played with her straw, shyly, not meeting his eyes, and it took him a while to realize that she was reacting more to him than to the situation. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then they just sat in the corner and played or chatted. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Adam played me snippets of bands he liked, a Swedish pop trio that sounded monotonous but then some Icelandic art band that was quite beautiful. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Surely money played a role in the decision Pollard would make; he was barely able to feed his children. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She played the high harp and the bells. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He played the song all the way through. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Harry had told me that Bach should be played very softly, and very loudly, to exaggerate the phrasing, because the pieces themselves are so ordered that the emotion needs to come through in the playing. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

My actions—or failure to act—played a direct role in the death of Andy Harris. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He could apologize to Matthew and Mark, too, for not appreciating the checkers and card games they played with him when he knew they’d rather be outside. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was a game they played—presenting themselves as the “twin front,” fooling people who didn’t know them all that well by making them think they really were exactly alike. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The land was drier than elsewhere—making people less prone to malaria—and it was here, on the unused green fields, that some of the best cricket was played. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I played a few bars, surprised at how easily the notes came back to me. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

John Merrick, the ambitious barber who founded the Mutual Insurance Company, also played along with racist stereotypes to enhance his popularity with white business leaders in Durham. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It sounds like a hymn that needs to be played loud.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Perched on the steps, an old-fashioned radio played conjunto music, and on the shaded porch, sitting in a rocking chair, a skinny old man gazed at the horizon. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I did really well. I played better than I ever have in my life. It was like I was possessed.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And an interval of a diminished fourth means something different than an interval of a major third, even though they would be played using the same keys on a piano. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

That would be the crudest trick the gods had played on her yet, and they’d played some pretty cruel tricks. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And while I played, I thought things through. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mariachi music played overhead, and I smelled pickles and grilled meat. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Each game that he played, or analyzed, whether his or others’, established a processional of insight. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It filled an absence and played to both men’s strengths. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

As they played, rooted in their places, she pranced around the grass in her bare feet and long lemon- yellow dress. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He played basketball because he thought it would help him win a prestigious scholarship to an Ivy League college. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carter went ahead and played Marshall, who was undefeated and ranked tenth in the country. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I played with it like a kid with a toy. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the line, passing buckets with the rest, stood the slim boy who had played Ophelia. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

But there was Dr. Max Pavey up on the stage—the man Bobby had played in a simultaneous exhibition three years previously—ready to play for his country. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She’d see how it all played out—how Jenny fought when I tried to break up with her. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I gave Paul the sign and he played the first parts of “Cielito Lindo” and “When the Saints Go Marching In,” the school’s theme song. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

So Tea Cake took the guitar and played himself. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Ben came over after dinner and we played Resurrection, pausing every half hour or so to call Radar, who was on a date with Angela. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I slept in the hay and played with the mice in the barn. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I found I missed him and the way he talked and played cards. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The band played, and even though there were more fifes, clarinets, and flutes than booms and brass, Fern held on to Pa tighter. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Likewise, even though we know that in early seventh-century China ‘orchestras’ of instruments played together, what they played is guesswork. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He played two shorter songs that I knew and a third I didn’t. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Trampita and Torito played a game to see who spotted the most rabbits, but Papá had to stop it because they started quarreling. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Testing, one, two, three, then played it back. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Hey, did you guys hear about the violinist who played in tune?” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Embarrassment flooded her at the realization that someone had heard her make that sound and of how stupid she probably looked through the practice-room window while she played. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She could tell they weren’t really convinced, but they played along anyway. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Whatever happened to that boy who gave me word puzzles? Who played with kids in the park? Where is the boy I used to love?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Our Navy played absolutely no part in, was not associated with, was not aware of any South Vietnamese actions, if there were any,” he told the senators. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

After the second article, Uriah and Marlene taught me a card game, and we played for two hours in the dining hall. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I was convinced that I had played atrociously, that I had been a disgrace to my race. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When summer came again, we played all day and all night until bed. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

There were wide green fields in which my brother and I roamed and played and shouted. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reminded inmates of many different actors and the characters they played in movies, but he was the first one to see a resemblance to Forrest Gump. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shoot, I even played Mozart on some headphones and put them on my belly. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Me and Howard played Parcheesi at the kitchen table with a fan whirring in the doorway, while Wishbone scurried around searching for dropped crackers or spilled juice. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

There was the great joke that I felt God had played on cats and dogs by making them lap their milk and water with their tongues. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down with Isaiah and Luca even though I’d never met them before, and we talked about baseball the whole time, and I played basketball with them at recess. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Within two minutes, he realized that Aidan's team made mistakes when they played fast. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I destroyed that tape, I played it so much,” Kenna says. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

One of them was played with toy guns we made from a mpoloni bush. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

While the child played in the courtyard, he waited in his hammock, trembling with anxiety, knowing that Pilar Ternera would have to pass through there. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was at this church where, every noon, the trumpeter I had heard on Tsalig's radio played. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He looked totally at peace while I played. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

If the Japanese had invented football, this is how they would have played it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Biff played an astounding solo — the notes just seemed to shimmer in the air like floating fire — and Mr. W. was simply incredible. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shadow observed, with a wry amusement, that the bows of the stringed instruments, played by mechanical arms, never actually touched the strings, which were often loose or missing. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The kids who played cricket were a mix. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He played softly, along with the wind, until after a while that wind didn’t seem so scary, and it actually sounded like a song. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dante, who played trumpet, and Leo, who played sax, started cheering like they were at a basketball game. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

We played vintage board games, watched movies, and listened to music. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I came to Jupe, and to make me feel better, she played the song now thumping against my eardrums. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I played it back and then all of us were laughing. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

That may be the cause of its being played, but it is not the ground. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I came to the conclusion that the whole business at twenty-three minutes to one was a comedy played for my benefit! Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I played the violin like a very devil. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Twenty years of rust aside, Bobby played as masterfully as he had in 1972: aggressive, relentless, brilliant, attacking on one side of the board and then the other. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Jaden played a few more guys and then it was supposed to be my turn again, but I said somebody else could take my spot. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Every day she goaded Fyrian into making atrocious choices or she played tricks on the poor dragon, making him cry. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The rest of the parts are played by students in whatever high school they’re performing at that week. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She leaned over as her friends played the machines, cheering, comfortable being adored by everyone around her. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But there’s another way to judge too: does this music being played right here, right now, matter to someone? The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby and Jack played thousands of games—mostly speed—analyzed hundreds of positions, and solved dozens of chess problems together. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mom complained that George hadn’t played with any of the toys in years, and said that they should be donated to needy families. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He beamed when he saw them and he cherished the fantastic myth of them, how they never gave up, how size meant nothing to them, how beautifully they played together. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Across the aisle, a little boy played horse on his father’s lap. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

But the most serendipitous aspect of the CPS program—for the sake of a study, at least—is how the school-choice game was played. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The last time he had played the electric guitar in front of anyone was in front of his father, before his father decided not to hand him the snake. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

It was wintertime, and Auggie and I were wrapped in our parkas and scarves while we played outside in the playground. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I’ve played with a lot of the Capitol’s weapons in training, but none designed for military combat. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“I think this was because there were white and Negro families mingled on our block and all the children played together. We were in and out of each other’s houses all day long.” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Audrey Mitchell pointed to my hand as we played Bible bingo in the fellowship hall. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I loved the time with Grandma and the games we played. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“And you played us like a new-string fiddle,” High John said. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The academicians watched my mother as they played with me, to see how she took their games, their dandling of her beloved son, their demonstration of amiable paternity; and her smile warmed us all. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Still thinks he’s the great football player. Well, I could’ve played, but I had to work, picking coal at the tipple after school.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I mean that could have been really nice, only the goon that played the Playboy spoiled any fun it might have been. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

On his feet were the same sneakers he usually wore when he played basketball. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

And in his dream, Coyotito was reading from a book as large as a house, with letters as big as dogs, and the words galloped and played on the book. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

They played a while and sucked on their candy until they were down to just one piece of red licorice. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t talk as much as the kid who played keeper. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

They never played lord of the crossing again, but they played other games—monsters and maidens, rats and cats, come-into-my-castle, all sorts of things. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“He played JV instead, and he didn't make varsity because he wasn’t tall yet. I'm already the biggest guy.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The man played and went on, Ben keeping pace with him until the fence turned at right angles, and he clung to the fence, watching the people move on and away. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He played by himself near the wagon, and when she left them she didn’t have to worry much. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t guess we played cricket, did you? Then there’s swimming, and volleyball. Some fellows go out for everything, though,” he told her anxiously. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

She had no idea what game was being played. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t sound like they were offering, so Dicey played it low. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fiddler played a fast and comical accompaniment. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Their baby voices shrilled out in Handel’s “Largo” and they knew it merely by the title of “Hymn.” little boys whistled part of Dvorak’s New World Symphony as they played marbles. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tracks led in a direction the boys were familiar with, toward the gym where the Fighting Flamingos played all of their rivals. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Pudgy grim smoking women played bingo in a closed-off bit where a spangle-jacketed man calls out numbers and smiles like a bee. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I turned back to the drama being played out atop the theatre. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. I had a cousin I used to visit. They had a piano, and his mother played it. I liked to listen to that.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Landsman had played for the Met before as a substitute. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Nana’s eyes lit up when she saw me, and she played the opening notes to “Son of a Preacher Man.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Sam, you sweet fat fool, you played me a cruel jape when you made me lord commander. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"Ah. 'And the band played on.' A lot of mixed feelings about you girls, from what I hear." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

If your kid played solos in the band concert, it was okay if he didn’t bring home all As. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever we played a game against other Indian schools, I was always among those cheering loudly for our side. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lost in thought, Miss Love played a chorus of “Faith of Our Fathers, Living Still.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But they played this game sometimes, telling us that they’d take us away from Mom if we didn’t act right. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mom played the radio the whole way to school, laughing at some joke the DJ made, then glancing at Grace to see if she thought it was funny, too. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Parents would get upset about certain things she did,” said Kim Miller, a researcher at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, whose daughter, Maritza, played on Luma’s team for three years. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“And Diana played the piano every single day.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

And so he made her eggs, and played with Buchi in the living room downstairs, and after Buchi fell asleep, he read the newspapers, all the time his head furred with that sadness. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You played a first half that sucked so bad, I just wanted to make you run laps all season,” Luma told them afterward. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

There was general merriment over this, and the strapping boy who had played the queen flushed and kicked the shin of the laughing youth next to him. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was a long time since she and her sisters had played hide-and-seek in the many rooms. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He had played second-string quarterback during the 1957 season, but he threw a mean pass and had a great running game too. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Germs thus acquired ultimately from domestic animals played decisive roles in the European conquests of Native Americans, Australians, South Africans, and Pacific islanders. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

They never played again, but they did analyze together. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was Quidditch as Harry had never seen it played before. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When girls and men gathered to sit and talk, when the great phonograph played music that throbbed in his stomach and made beautiful and huge pictures form vaguely in his head, Frankie loved it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I still remembered him as the cheerful little kid who played with Mythomagic cards. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of voice that the ear follows up and down as if each speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Warming up was a little orchestra, made up of just an accordion, a battered trombone, and a musical saw that Horace played with a bow. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Music could be played only through headphones, not speakers. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With great fanfare and a long drumroll in the press, the state played for the court a secretly recorded speech of Robert Resha’s. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, Emma read to Charles and played piano for him. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

His father had played football in Odessa in the sixties when there was an all-black high school in town called Blackshear. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dinner that followed was lively and cordial: Bobby showed Ilyumzhinov how Fischer Random was played, and he plied the president with questions about Russian politics. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They played chicken with it, jumping in front of the tracks. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She slips her number into my back pocket and then says, “See you guys!” as if we had just played on the swing set in fourth grade together. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I'm literally the only one of Fagin’s boys played by an actual guy. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Plenty of people watched their team every time they played. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

We just played two-hand tag, and with the girls and all, it wasn’t much of a game. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

We played silly games, sang nonsense rhymes—and pretended that, at least for those few hours, there was no Taliban. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Fred played the guitar for her, and sang, his voice husky, and told her how his dream was to be a lead singer in a folksy band. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He asked for the next cassette to be played. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The event included all the big ideas and some of the same players as Reggie’s trial, but played out on a much bigger stage. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Siddhartha was silent, and they played the game of love, one of the thirty or forty different games which Kamala knew. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several others were fidgeting with little pieces of metal and wood from a broken bed, the way Tyson always played with spare parts. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Nick guessed she would play linebacker on a football team, because that’s what his dad had played in college. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was one of the games they often played. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

By the time he stood up and made off with his goats, Boots was free—freer than he had ever been since he played at his brother’s side in his native jungle. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

It had seemed to him to smell of burning flesh, and the sound of it was anguished as it played amongst the lines. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

During electrical storms Big Ma and Ma Charles allowed only the dark, a candle, and prayer, although my sisters and I played Old Maid and Go Fish. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

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

“Remember when we were working on that geometry problem and neither of us could figure it out, so we played video games instead until my mom yelled at us to get back to work?” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“I know. My dad played the field. Once he and my mom split up, I lived with him. He was always ‘the man’ and I idolized him. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

It was a different kind of music than I’d played before, challenging, and strangely invigorating. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the arena, I’d played that romance angle for all it was worth. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The moon hid behind the clouds, and the night shadows played tricks on Amari’s imagination. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sadder than the song Dad had played at Gramps’s funeral. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

At least in the Hunger Games, I knew I was being played with. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

On New Year’s Eve the parlor was deserted, for the two younger girls played dressing maids and the two elder were absorbed in the all-important business of ‘getting ready for the party’. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was happy as hell too, ’cause the whole pedestrian thing was getting mad played out, but then Mong sort of hesitated. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

In effect, Livingston was slotted into the same role on the X-ray tube that he had played on the eleven-inch and twenty-seven-inch cyclotrons. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Palmer had played with them many times, but only with his dad’s permission. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Alex came over, and the three of us played Four Square in front of his stoop. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

As the record played, Albert picked up chairs, collected oyster shells, relit candles, and straightened the plates and silverware. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

As we played with Miss Lisa’s children up till then, there had been few reminders that we were not considered their equals. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A few men, slow-witted and pale, played faro at the gamingtables. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He played a scale softly, and then plucked at a string. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I bet kids ran around and played out here all year long and not only in the summer. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

A group made up of an accordion and drums played the songs of Francisco the Man, who had not been seen in Macondo for several years. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Late the next morning, Jam was twisting her hair in her bedroom, smearing whipped shea butter on her palms and applying it in sections while soca music played over her speakers. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

On our way home we played a certain game with the mphangala bush. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

They watched movies, they played tennis on clay courts, they walked long walks through the back acreage, and they swam in the pool. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

He sat upright, played with his uniform hat among the plates, which still lay on the table from the lodgers' evening meal, and looked now and then at the motionless Gregor. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Traditional music played softly from the stereo in the back. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

If I played you a really low tone, you would call it one, and if I played you a medium tone you would call it two, and a high tone you would call three. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rising sun played across the Bed-Stuy rooftops, glinted against windowpanes, and cast stark shadows down the avenues and walkways. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Their children played, now, with other children of Village, racing down the lanes and paths in games of tag and hide-and-seek. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

As a young woman, she had played a key role in code breaking during World War I. She later cracked the codes of American mobsters, smashing their crime gangs. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

On that first day of tryouts, Jeremiah played with all of the joyful abandon you might expect of an eight-year-old who had been stuck inside a dark two-bedroom apartment for months. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I played with some guys who had played college ball and they were good. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was a fall sport, so they were done, but Ivy was pretty sure he played with a local league in the spring. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Music played from a stereo on the piano and we began to dance, our feet tapping in sequence. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I played back Rachel’s every smile, every coy look, every little laugh. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

And that opportunity played a critical role in their success. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps in a bit,” Frankie said, sparing me from having to explain that I had never played pool and would sooner strike my own eye out than hit the ball. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Jack felt protective of him and often played with him. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

In some games there are only two sides, but not in all; indeed, some games—solitaire, keepie-uppie—can be played by one person on their own. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Mateo stands and his face is flushed, like we got into a snapping battle and I played him hard in front of mad people. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Strangely enough, I very nearly caught the essence of teenage capriciousness as I played the role. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk up to some musicians, members of the band that played at the Cotton Club last night. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I don’t think the violinist played nearly as well as you do.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Often, during recess, while the other boys played outside, Neel devoured Bangla poetry and English novels that he found in the school’s small library. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

A few children played in the black water. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby was well aware of Fine’s chess reputation, having played over his games; he also owned and had read several of his chess books. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A flicker of a smile played across Artemis’s lips. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Bobby came over to the board and said to his friend, “You played tremendously.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

People getting off work bought boxes of pasta and cans of beans, or they played their numbers in the lottery. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He’d never been around kids who actually played instruments—except for Beat Box, even though technically, Beat Box didn’t play a musical instrument. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Every man played a different beat and a different tune, but the music meshed together into one big happy sound. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

As they crossed over, the ancestors played mbiras and drums from the depths of the water, and after they had passed, the river came together again. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brian and I played hide-and-seek among the clicking slot machines, checking the trays for overlooked quarters, while Dad was winning money at the blackjack table. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

How often he and his companions had played that heroic battle, in the ruins of the old fort, taking turns to be Danes and French! The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Max says that the reverend was a storefront preacher who played the Panhandle years ago and is attempting a comeback. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We played hopscotch and jumped rope on this walkway too. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He played well, which made the boyfriend happy. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She was going, “I’ve done some of it before. I had this boyfriend, he played the guitar. Somehow he tricked me into doing a thing or two before I realized his lyrics didn’t rhyme.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I dropped by Too Bad’s and we played a game of marbles. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mosca played intently with the buckles of the bag and avoided Scipio's eyes. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Children played marbles in circles drawn in dust. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I’m reminded of the relentless way she played speed chess in her Memory. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He played one more move, and the game was then adjourned to be resumed the next day. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the park’s nonconformity, during the 1950s organized tournaments and other games were played there almost every day, even in winter, with players wrapped in mufflers and hats, awkwardly moving their pieces with gloved hands. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

His mind automatically stopped the scene and played a different one. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

This was a game that she played privately from time to time when Nana wasn’t looking. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I’d like to pause under the beautiful red oaks where my sisters and I played in our childhood. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had played the game with his old man before. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting on the floor, Eva played with her set of colorful nesting dolls, removing one hollowed-out and brightly painted doll from inside the other, while everyone waited for someone to speak. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then we ate chow and played checkers in the afternoon. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Down front, a high school orchestra played rousing music by John Philip Sousa. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The Argentine Naval Band played the British and Argentine national anthems with an accompaniment of barking, growling, snarling, and howling from the dogs as Endurance set sail on the next leg of the voyage. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Even at fifty-five miles an hour, time played a trick on Kaiserman. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

My sister and I often had trouble fitting in there whenever we played hide-and-seek. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever I looked at rebels during raids, I got angrier, because they looked like the rebels who played cards in the ruins of the village where I had lost my family. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Johnny White got out his violin and played along fiddle-style. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In the Midwest’s “elite eight,” she played a rapid-fire “first lines” game. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Carefully she sidestepped the boys who played basketball, the girls who roller-skated, the groups who seemed to laugh or whisper whenever she passed. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

She played the piano for him, and though he had a tin ear, he listened with enjoyment and love. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young women and men played drums and mbiras, but they didn’t seem joyful. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Congas played at night on the streets while teenyboppers gathered to talk of revolution. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy played with it for more than three hours, shaping a number of crude figures that he took to show his grandmother. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She played tag and grass ball with them and she pried prickly sea urchins off the rocks, to eat the sweet meat inside. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Children opened gifts and played with dyed hard-boiled eggs. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The games were played in a small, high-ceilinged room at the end of the hallway, probably to limit the number of spectators, which had grown to several dozen while Bobby was playing the younger men. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He played a joyful counterpoint to her plaintive dirge—his notes light and hopeful to drive back the desolation of the future. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I suddenly missed her so much that my chest hurt, even though I hadn’t played with Dee since I was ten. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The funeral director’s wife played some songs on the organ and then Angela sang her heart out; there were real tears running down her face. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, Pal Benko, whom Bobby had played in the Candidates tournament, would claim to be the one who talked Bobby into changing the kind of clothes he wore. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She had shut a door on her imagination and played this cruel game. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Nearby, Gabriel played happily on the floor, babbling his baby talk, looking with glee now and then toward Jonas, obviously delighted to have him back after the unexpected night away from the dwelling. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“But well played. Hector the Haggler taught you well.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

It was the game I played with Mandy, obedience and defiance. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

But Daddy told me it wasn’t about keeping me out; it was about lifting up the kids who played in the league. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

While he and I fought, Tyson played with Mrs. O’Leary, who he called the “little doggie.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

And the sound of his voice gets my brain spinning in a different direction: Daddy blew his knee out stealing home during a tournament game when he played baseball in college. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Then he passed them around and we played for them. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby thought and played, pondered and moved, all the while becoming drenched. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Cole played their game and nodded politely, but he noticed that nobody sat beside him. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

This man had a set of reed pipes and played them better than anyone I had ever heard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Annie and I played church together out behind her house, setting up chairs and doing services. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

A couple were possibly worth playing, but the only people I had ever played for were my parents. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“It took me forever to settle down. I think the whole process of menstruation is a joke played by God on women.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They took to the court in earnest, and in earnest played to lose, just as Tyger had. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

After the skits, Dad sometimes would put on a one-man minstrel show for us, in which he played the parts of both the Messrs. Jones and Bones. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

After we opened our presents at home, we visited Adele’s relatives and played with her three grandchildren, who were close to my age. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He played up the fact of Olmsted’s participation. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

You’ve played some trick on the dividing of my cells so my body can never be free of the small parts of Africa it consumed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stayed outside and played with Little Arliss and the pup till her grandpa finally wound up his talking and tobacco spitting and got ready to leave. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The story played over and over and over again, like watching a movie in virtual reality where it doesn’t really seem like you—like it’s real—but you can feel every blow, every break. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I played each title until I had mastered it, then moved on to the next one. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He had prepared for this moment since the last basketball game he had played the season before. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what that meant until one Sunday when Mary played a piano solo for the congregation. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And John wondered what Elisha was thinking—Elisha, who was tall and handsome, who played basketball, and who had been saved at the age of eleven in the improbable fields down south. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

They played for a while and then the coach put in the other guy who was sitting on the side. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then they took a group of traders from Wall Street across New York Harbor to the military base on Governor’s Island and played war games on computers. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

We played some one-on-one, then just shot the ball around until it was almost dark. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

She was quick to judge and played favorites, but she was also warm. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Genie played Repeat and hoped he wouldn’t get drunk on his first sip. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Baby animals played on it throughout the year. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

JT, which was what everyone called him, was tall and blond and played football too. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

For months, the ad played repeatedly on network news stations and was the subject of incessant political commentary. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

When we played soccer in the yard, the babushkas would suck their teeth, because Ali Shekari was a high-flying acrobat with the ball. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

And as we continued to swing, looking at each other while crickets played their fiddles in the grass, I slid my hand sideways up toward the place where the Object’s legs joined. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The two boys played in the boat works yard until a cat climbed the fence. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you played gin rummy with another counselor before?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Reed played an eight-beat tattoo on the gunwale with the heels of his hands. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

As it was, events played out in a rather dramatic face-to-face encounter. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

We’d evolved this system where we called for particular favourite scenes to be played again—like, for instance, the moment the American jumps over the barbed wire on his bike in The Great Escape. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t played since before moving in with the scythe, but he found his arm, if not his aim. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“I mean, I go from the door to the car, and from the car to the doctor’s door, and back. That’s pretty much it. Shoot, I’on’t even remember the last time I played with Samantha.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She was too different—took seriously things that even girls ought not to take very seriously: paintings, poems, the music she played on the piano. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

For several months he had been the butt of various jokes played by the attend-ants and the miscellaneous loafers who hung around the station, despite his warnings and his notorious short temper. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He had played with the infants until they fell asleep in a heap of bandages. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

On the boulder lay Fflewddur’s harp, which played of itself as the wind stirred the strings. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then he worked in the control room with me, watching the cameras and writing stupid programs that spelled out words on the screen or played guessing games with numbers. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

His brothers and sisters, whom he had laughed with and played with and looked after.... A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I played, it was most often by myself, in my room. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What you should have done is played the lotto after the girls were born.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The demon boys must have played hooky that day. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lili lay peacefully on the grass as her son and husband played hide-and-seek. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Kyle pretended to laugh, but deep down, he knew the truth: No matter how hard he tried, he would never be able to win every single game he played for the rest of his life. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“So, let’s look at the role that religion played in everyday life. What benefits would religious beliefs have in their world?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The man before them was noble in appearance, and the shadows played across the planes of his face in a way that made their angles harden; his aspect connoted dignity. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

When I was a bareheaded, barefoot kid in Jackson, Mississippi, there was a boy who terrorized me and all of the boys I played with. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Now everyone learned about the nasty trick the junior wife had played. The husband sent her back to her parents, and gave all her jewelry to the senior wife.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma and Aunt Polly worked in the house and all the cousins played together in the yard till dinner time. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was something at least, and Mace was a big man, strong across the shoulders, and with hands that could have spanned one and a half octaves of the pub piano he said he played. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

A song played from a boom box in the corner. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He looked immediately familiar to me, like everyone I'd grown up with, friends from school, people I played sports or music with, someone I'd talk to on the street about the weather. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Every new world I play is a world everyone else has already played, every new maneuver a familiar one to the rest of my team. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Upon the death of Orpheus’s wife, Eurydice, he marched into the Underworld and played his lyre for Hades until the lord of Death, so moved, agreed to return his wife. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Emma also played piano for the children—a special galloping tune that made them run around the parlor. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of the tournament, the suavely bedecked Bobby had played all eleven games without a single loss. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

‘My mother played on the floor of this kitchen. My grandfather was but a young man when he built this house, and I, a grandson, have better right to it doubtless than an elder brother.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thrilled you came, but also not. That was the worst game I’ve ever played.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Black policemen have often been severely criticized during the struggle, but many have played covert roles that have been extremely valuable. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had played football for the Air Force and, briefly, for the New York Jets. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

From her bottomless carry-on, Gay pulled out magnetic checkers, a mini Yahtzee set, and Go Fish and Old Maid cards, which we played until we landed in Hartford. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Know what? he asked himself, a game he played sometimes. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

For hours, he’s been sit- ting on the ground, leaning against the wall of the building across the street, the place where he played me the music that magical evening. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were kids playing dodgeball with makeshift balls made of wadded-up plastic shopping bags, tied together with shoelaces—the same kinds of balls we played with as kids. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

We spun out the somber passages, our violins singing one to the other as my mother played upon the harpsichord, and perhaps this is as much of her sadness and joy as I shall know. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He sat in with Culebra when they played New York gigs. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The sports Finny played officially—football, hockey, baseball, lacrosse—didn’t have school records. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He played Milton’s birthday, Desdemona’s birthday, the date of Greek Independence minus the last digit, the year of the burning of Smyrna. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Zephyr and I elbow our way through, parting the curtain of bodies, until we have a front-row seat for the suicidal game that’s being played. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Bailey played on the country folks’ need for diversion. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He trotted over and joined the game, and Runt welcomed him as though they had played together since birth. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But he was suddenly afraid, now, that he had played the fool too much. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

She played because she was fighting with her sister and best friend, the person she loved most in the world. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The same message played from loudspeakers perched atop mosques, and on the radio, which was now known as the Voice of Shari’a. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then I peered at Dovie Mansfield popping a shrimp on a cracker into her mouth and chewing slowly while Nancy Wilson played in the background on the stereo. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

In the morning the brass band played a mournful dirge. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s totally stupid. We haven’t played this kind of game since fifth grade, but whatever. We’re playing with a sense of irony, right?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I got to the lake in the woods and remembered the game of British Bulldogs we'd played here when the lake froze last January. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

And instead of telling the truth, she played dumb again. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Cephalus, however, had quickly come to his senses and realized the poor part he had played. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Industrialization has played a large role in introducing the urban African to the perceptions of status common to white society. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before Miss Lilian died, Georgie and I played on it whenever we had a chance, zooming up and down as fast as we could. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

And when Matt played really, really well, he was too enraptured to care what the music teacher thought. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he played for a win, sacrificing a knight, but ultimately winning back three pawns in exchange. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

His son Willy, Jr., often played touch football with us, coming down with the other boys from Mudhole to scrimmage with us on the broad concrete between the church and the Club House. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Similar scenes were played out along the coasts of western Europe and northern Africa, with Galway City’s walls partially swept away and a tidal wave reaching as far west as Barbados. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

When people looked a little tired, I played something fun. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

They played the film at high speed so they could watch cell division on the screen in one smooth motion, like a story unfolding in a flip book. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Four days later, as the German and Japanese anthems played, the ship rose into the grasp of a typhoon that whisked it over the Pacific at breathtaking speed, toward America. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was fierce, mocking talk, with only a trace of envy or awe, but even so the image played itself out behind their eyes. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liyana played the violin for them and told them, through Poppy, she would be in a symphony in Europe someday. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Odd Fellows’ Brass Band played a short selection, the Moose Band played at length, and the International Woodmen of the World, the band with the fewest members, went on forever. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

For the next sixty minutes, the two teams played spirited, aggressive hockey. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The windows were open, and Jo, walking in the garden with Beth, for once understood music better than her sister, for he played the ‘Sonata Pathetique’, and played it as he never did before. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made his way to the fountain, the spot where Cool Papa usually played with the Bluesmen. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

The blues have been played more than once for the red planet. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They played after the girls went to bed. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

They both played around on the block, and sometimes they would wrestle. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And underground there are stories to be told and games to be played—bob-stones and the like. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Aech and I played in the Basement, I always took the ostrich side. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

After the bell rang at the end of the day, the generals went onto the floor and played trading games. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Our house had a roof made of dried, thatched grasses and three rooms—a kitchen and two small rooms where we slept and, during the long rainy season, where we played. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I played my head lamp over the holes, bats exploded out of them and whirled around my head and were gone. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Chester played, the station began to fill up with the usual commuters. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Such was the razor’s edge of right and wrong that texting and driving played at the time; it seemed possible to view Reggie and his actions through different lenses. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

They played across the coast all through the night, until the soft new day shrugged itself awake, tried on amethyst and lavender for a while, and finally decided on a pale yellow. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

But they themselves were forgetful of their pains—or patient with them as the bullock had been—and played naked and merry in the sun. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

They ate together, studied together, and played together. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

At the military school where he prepped for Princeton, and played a very good end on the football team, no one had made him race-conscious. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

By far the strongest tournament Bobby had ever played in, the U.S. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

For her, playing Mr. Griswold’s game was the equivalent of making it to the championships if you played a sport. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He played his pipes frantically, and his music sent another power line pole whacking against Talos’s thigh. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

She looked at Candice again as she played in her toy kitchen. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was nothing, a head game that a lot of wrestlers played. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

One Saturday night after dinner, Park's mom was sorting her Avon shipment on the dining room table while Park and Eleanor played cards. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

But Ophie could hardly focus on the screen, even as a colored woman sat down at the piano and played a rousing opening and the lights went down. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Maybe if I played that hard middle section, just me in the band room, playing a solo, Ms. Fender would hear it and reconsider sending me to the back row. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the living room, where the shades were drawn for coolness, Bailey and I played Monopoly on the floor. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the final victory of the Olympians over the brutish sons of Earth, Hercules’ arrows played an important part. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She played me some saved memories of him lecturing. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

An upbeat, bouncy number played as the Cranes wove in a single-file line around blankets and collapsible chairs and a dancing toddler dressed like a monkey. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

We played the Steinway in the middle of the night, filling the darkness with half-remembered music, alarming the cats and terrifying the hired men. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

His horse played nasty tricks on him, suddenly becoming a formidable female, a hard, wild mountain of flesh, on which he rode until his bones ached. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d heard the piano played countless times before, to accompany hymns, but when Mary played it, the sound was nothing like that formless clunking. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He was only thirty-six when appointed, a onetime academic all- American at Harvard who later played pro basketball in Australia. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

A quartet of slick trombones played a Sousa march as the steamer Kennebec came in sight of the wharf. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

We played until the streetlights lit up the court. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

But it was whole, and as I played the audience sighed, stirred, and slowly fell back under the spell that I had made for them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I didn’t like how R.C. played, even if he was older than me. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

When she got to the end of the piece, she played it again. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He told everyone the story of my dogs, and the part he had played in getting them. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He played left field for the Ralph Bunche Academy and when they played there would be more scouts in the stands than fans. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

So we played euchre on a dictionary balanced on his lap, and when that started to prove a bit much we switched to Casino. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When researchers played a recording of the first call to a group of monkeys, the monkeys stopped what they were doing and looked upwards in fear. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” she said, even though she played once in a while with Taylor, kicking the ball back and forth in their oversized, wooded backyard. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Three of us among the servants made a little consort of music—I on the violin, an indentured Irishman who also played the fiddle, and a slave from another house who played the flageolet. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The next morning I demanded they take it down from the top of the refrigerator, where they’d put it out of my reach, and I played on it most of the rest of the day. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

But what if she shows up when I’m gone and thinks I played her? We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He played a mixture of slow and fast songs, the fast ones played if they had a good beat. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

We then played some dumb paintball game where two people got hurt and then we moved into an exercise called— I wish I were kidding—“Poisoned Peanut Butter.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

And I bet she had a sister who played cards with her on rainy days and whispered secrets under the covers at night. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I was so hot and weak and played out that I was trembling all over. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anne played the chairman who was introducing him. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under the table their naked feet touched, they played a gentle game of footsie. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His album didn’t take off because he couldn’t get his first single played on Top 40 radio. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Many small children played in the street, running barefoot or even without clothes. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

It is that same game that the ancient animals of the night played long ago against the ancient creatures of the day. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

After initially denying any direct involvement in the Pittman murder, Myers conceded that he may have played some accidental role but quickly put the blame for the murder itself on more interesting local figures. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Victor jumped up, screaming, “I played the ball, man! I was going for the ball!” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like most of the other Chinese children who played in the back alleys of restaurants and curio shops, I didn’t think we were poor. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

And when they all played the same note together she would draw a circle around them. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the room, two players were dancing a jig to a time played on an hautboy. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had an uncle who played in a professional band. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

When I was eight, she played Nas’s Illmatic for me and said, “This dude will change your life with a few lines.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He could remember every hand that had been played, each bet that was made. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I think it’s an epic compliment that the entire auditorium of about one thousand people was completely silent while the movie played. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They talked a little about the game, about who had played well and who hadn’t. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We unrolled one of the hotel’s bathroom towels on the picnic table and played panjpar on it. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know why you’re worried, Oliver, Hufflepuff is a pushover. Last time we played them, Harry caught the Snitch in about five minutes, remember?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

And I remember the first note I played. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Waiting for my baggage, we witnessed a touching family reunion scene as part of which several cherubic little children romped and played, exclaiming in another language. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

My friends and I played cards and explored the maze of alleyways in the area. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Leroy’s band, the All Star Stompers, played “Amazing Grace” and “One More River to Cross” and before you knew it we were deep into the funeral. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I just played it off as if she was wrong and told her to go to sleep. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Beams of light played across my face, blinding me. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He saw her as the passionate spirit of innocent youth, now beleaguered by the trick which is played on youth—the trick of treachery in the body, which turns flesh into green bones. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Said Mr. Turner, “I have, at long last, recognized you. Some years ago you played a devilish ugly Tartini article for a subscription concert.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think the girl’s father played it quite fair, Grandpa, do you?” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

‘Rab played a man’s part. Look that you do the same.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I told Darren I wasn’t going to practice, I played my recital piece, like, seventeen times. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He also devoted a chapter to the psychoses of four chess masters, selected from the millions of normal people who’d played seriously over the years. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Branch shook himself briskly as if he had just played in the stream, then settled himself on the floor and nibbled at scraps they handed to him. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Annual Sledge Game is a preposterous game of soccer played at the Grounds before Christmas. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He really seemed to like it, and I guess because of that I played better than I usually do, and hardly made any mistakes. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

While in the car, he also played hundreds of games with his fellow team members, and with the exception of his games against Whitaker, he usually won. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was a modest beginning: he opened for another band and played for thirty-five minutes. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He told Zach, with whom he had played football since they were little kids, “I’m done. I’m not having fun.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Ai taught me a Terran game played on squares with little stones, called go, an excellent difficult game. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

That was in the first days when Mack and the boys sat on the floor, played cards hunkered down, and slept on the hard boards. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It turned out I’d played an unwitting role in this decision. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he gave me a Rubik’s Cube and timed how long I played with it until I gave up. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She slept in her own bed, in a room decorated with dolls that had never been played with, with a closet full of pretty dresses and shiny patent-leather shoes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

They had boyfriends who played guitar and sang in bands with names like Liquid Courage. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I enjoyed cross- examinations, and often played on racial tension. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see these things as scenarios, to be played through and discarded, perhaps simultaneously. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Chess players were beginning to regard the forthcoming Fischer–Spassky duel as the most important match ever played by an American. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then they played checkers and then he put the boy to bed. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Before we left the party, Sam played me a few of her favorite songs. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

And so they continued; by the end, Raymie had written a letter of complaint for Isabelle, detailing how the Golden Glen janitor played the wrong kind of music on the common-room piano. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Because his sweetheart, who had died several years before, had played the flute, Thom was drawn toward the music and wondered who was behind it. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had to form teams and throw balls around, and at first Lyra, who had never in her life played at anything like this, was at a loss what to do. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

As well as the teams he played on. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Will’s large suburban house, Annabelle and Will are in the bonus room—that vast, luxurious space where Will and Stevie played when they were little, and where they now hang out with their friends. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The music she played was the kind that sawed through you, cutting into the secret chambers of your heart and setting the sadness free. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve only ever played beginners or practiced alone in worlds accessible to everyone. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We had played a particularly good round of this game as we lay on the roof of our house just a couple of weeks before he went missing. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I played the first movement like the lolling of a suicide’s head in the tub, the corpse lukewarm, the roseate water lapping at the slackened lips. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He played me when he needed me and then let me sit when he thought he could get by without me like I was something he could just use and throw away. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was like stepping onstage at your first piano recital and realizing that you’d never played anything but an instrument with broken keys. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She shook her head and played with the foil covering an aluminum baking pan. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“So petite. You ever seen her in that cute picture where she played Tammy, Irene?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A smile played around his mouth and, as if it were contagious, spread to my lips, too. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

But for some reason, when Fred the Shark played the notes, I wanted to keep listening. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

In my second period, we passed the hour watching a film of the football game that Welch High had played several days earlier. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You know what number he wore when he played for the Dodgers?” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

We played until the moon was huge and golden and perfect in the dark sky. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

After the audience had left, we cleared the stage, played rock ’n’ roll, and danced the Chicken, the Mash Potato, the Twist, the Stroll, and many other dances. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“I played a part, though not by choice.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In the car, in reflection, I played the scene back. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I played along and changed my alert anyway. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A fiddler played the latest melodies by the fountain as the children and their friends diverted themselves with hide-and-seek and hunt the ring. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I had played there many times with Henrik and other boys when we were a few years younger, imagining we were defending Willemstad against pirates or even the British. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first time we played, it was painful. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy played an interminable game of graveyard. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We coming. You done played hell. Get up.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes we played War and lined up the beds for the wounded. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

With my index finger and thumb, I played a sort of crane game and picked up pairs of underwear, touching them as little as possible. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

While Basel and Muhammad were in school, I played teacher with Zuraiqee as my pupil. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

When we were all seated, she lit the candle and June played the cello. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once, in middle school, back when I played soccer, I was stretching with three other girls, and a boy walked by with his friend. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

They played it over and over for dozens of hours, examining in slow motion every gesture and expression. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

When Don played, perspiration would flow down his face. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember that kid who played the dead guy?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Nope,” he says, which makes me sad because he played ball with us all the time when we were younger, and he was a great point guard. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Children whose fathers came home every day and played catch in the dusty front yard. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to take because I’ve played with these guys since I was in Little League. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

But then I got to the part where she listed the sports she played and smiled: We had something in common. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I played it through once; it was a simple tune. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I mean,I knew I played trumpet really well, and I'd even taken some private lessons over the summer with this cool high school girl named Emerson. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Goldman played Friar Laurence, and winked at me once from the stage. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Even though The Firebird, Petrushka and The Rite of Spring ballets all have narrative threads, Stravinsky played against this tendency in his scores for them. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

From then on we played a lot of shuffleboard. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew the lyrics of every song, when and where the Dead had played it, how many times, and what songs they had played only once. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Old men played dominoes as they drank Budweisers wrapped in brown bags. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

And if I complained too much they turned up their desk radios and played at being busy. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Ambassador Adlai Stevenson complained not long ago that in the United Nations “a skin game” was being played. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d played soccer before I was in high school and loved it. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

One time, about a year and a half before that, I had found a notebook with pages and pages of songs, all of which had played in my brother’s head. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

But nobody can be playing it as it was played by Phineas. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had loved them, and he played them over and over and over and over. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Loud, thumping music always played inside the dark doorway, even at noon. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

My palms start to sweat thinking about the one last year, where I played the piano and then sang my first solo. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He played other tapes, desperate to find out. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

An upbeat, bouncy number played as the Cranes wove in a single-file line around blankets and collapsible chairs and a dancing toddler dressed like a monkey. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Hornet stood a little way away and played with her braid. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I should have played here as my sealed move,” said Spassky, moving a little plastic piece and trying to demonstrate how he might have held on to the game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We played tennis and checkers and I lent her the Bobbsey Twins and she lent me the Rosemary books. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d played all of his games, and they were actually pretty good. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” I replied honestly, “but they didn’t actually do anything that special. We just played in the backyard and ate pizza.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

They played at the Polo Club, which had been started by a graduate of St. Paul’s and Princeton whose father had been an executive at U.S. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

All day the boy played the drum, keeping the strange animal dancing. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Here’s an example of the kind of game they played. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The shocking surreality of the citadel—the sheer size of the thing—played havoc with the mind’s sense of scale. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I know that I should know better by now, but if this was an act, if I was just being played . Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

It looked like if you played it, it would tell you secrets, so I started playing. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did he just say ‘you too,’ as though she played in the game?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

No happy drunk—a friend of the family, with a fat neck, unmarried, you know, but God how he eats!—had sat at the piano and played “You Are My Sunshine.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was only a sophomore and hadn’t played much but the coach liked the way I played defense, liked the way I clawed the man I was guardin’. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was married to a Japanese man, and they had adopted a little Japanese girl I sometimes played with. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, other young immigrant men came over, bringing bootleg whiskey, and they all drank and played backgammon. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

My fingers played over his ribs and he panted happily. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I slept, ate, played my reed whistle, and talked to Frightful. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the truth was, those of us who’d grown close to her, we each played our part in preserving the fantasy and making it last for as long as possible. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had tied rags around her shoulders to keep out the spring chill and was picking through the trash while her dog, a black-and-white terrier mix, played at her feet. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It continued, and oddly, the noise played tricks, seeming to be close one second and far the next. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He played and then he talked on and on, as drowsily and monotonously as he could; some of the hundred eyes would go to sleep, but some were always awake. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The new Super Mario! And Space Invaders Five! You’re going to love that one. I played it at a friend’s house last week.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Plays for the Boys and Girls Club, and he told me I should've played, but I missed the tryouts. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

In Cuban son it is not just the melody, whether played on a trumpet or sung, that pushes ahead, but also the bass line. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

It was friendly, like when I played Rocky and she played Janet. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Digby, a friend of Hobbes and a founding member of the Royal Society, played a crucial role in popularizing the word ‘fact’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The children played around our feet as we washed another stack of plates. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I felt really bad about the other kid losing. She was really nice. The kid I played against—she took it kind of hard.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

They squealed and played with their iPhones, and I snuck off into the stacks. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Luke played by himself with a small basketball set while I showed off backbends. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, homegirl definitely threw me off. But even if she hadn't been there, I probably would’ve still played horribly because of all the other stuff on my mind, you know?” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

No. This game was called Samsara, a game for children, a game which was perhaps enjoyable played once, twice, ten times—but was it worth playing continually? Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Defender called them out: “Capital has not played square with us; it has used us as strikebreakers, then when the calm came turned us adrift.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

With everyone traveling, our group hasn’t played bridge in a month. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

John's right hand played piano on her ribs, and his mouth blew a piccolo on her breasts. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She was like the palatable little dolls we played with as children—mango seeds that we drew faces on and then called by our nicknames. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

We sat there on the rock until the sun was in the west and played this game. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were both sitting in a room where we’d read together, listened to the radio, where he’d played with me when I was a little boy. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“But Mom played the cello. I didn’t play the cello. That was Ainsley, Dad....” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Later they swapped the apples for wood, and the Irish immigrants who played called the disk a poc—the word for punch or strike a blow. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a violinist who played a gilded instrument with finesse, but whose face seemed strangely weary for someone who was making such sweet music. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He only played with the stone in his hand and stared at the ground. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The kids who played tennis were mostly white. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He and Jam had been lying on a grassy hill behind the school, one they liked to roll down, watching the sky bump and skip in hiccuped blue as gravity played with them. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It was a slow procession and the band played sad, romantic, military marches. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

All these examples illustrate that wars, or threats of war, have played a key role in most, if not all, amalgamations of societies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The national anthem played on cassette decks, competing with the honking of cars. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The Mike device was based on the Teller-Ulam design and built by Los Alamos; Livermore, which at that time was fully engaged in “simply coming into being,” played no role whatsoever. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Catherine was closest to me in age, so we played—and fought—together the most. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

All I could think about was the guys back home, guys I played with, guys who didn't make it to college, or who did but struggled to make rent while there. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I played a respectable first base and didn't lead the League in anything. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

He named them correctly and he named the stars who played in them. 4TH JUROR: Yes, his lawyer took great pains to bring that out. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, as I played the pipe and Bear beat his drum, we two cantered forward on our journey. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The barracks had shady porches, where campers lounged in hammocks or played cards and drank sodas. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

If I played like a normal person, I’d probably be at Level 90 or so by now. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You played good tonight,” she said, standing in the doorway. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mother played along nicely, Father looked on stonily, and Ravi was mercifully absent be­cause of a cricket match, which did not prevent him from comment­ing at great length on the event. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever song played would be the answer to the question. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

His voice vibrated through my body as the realization dawned on me—Nabila had played me again. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But Maniac knew at once this was Grayson’s, the one he had played with all those years in the Minors. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beside the home bleachers, Ben and Mary Anne walked past les boutiques de Paris as “Moon River” was played by the band hired for the evening. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember when that used to be me and Jason, sliding around on the icy pond down the street from his house, the cold sinking deep into our bones as we played. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Or I can hear the feedback when Dead Moon played “D.O.A.” at the X-Ray, even though I’ve never heard Dead Moon play live, even though the X-Ray Cafe shut down before I was born. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was the one who put him down to nap, who played even-tempered peacemaker to her volatile sibling. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The next day at Sunday dinner, Papa had hardly finished serving the baked hen when my mother said, real pleasant, “I wonder who played the piano for the Methodists today.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Not for the first time, Cas wished she played the piece better. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The setting sun played hide-and-seek with some purple clouds stretched out along the Jersey City skyline, and a warm summer breeze swooshed in through the open Cadillac windows and made a mess of her hair. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

And except for a song about bacon or eggs benedict thrown in here and there, they mostly played normal country music. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I played with one of my shoestrings, twisting it around my little finger. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

We played “lorry” inside the many stolen, scrapped cars strewn about the yard. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because there were no other kids around, those bilagaanaa boys and girls often played with the Navajo children. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

If, for example, I played you five very high pitched tones, you’d be able to tell them apart. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And more: Amos and Andy are famous for being funny also, but they are played by white men who pretend to be Negro. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

His misery made him slow-witted and careless and he was ashamed of the part he had played at the warren. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She also did needlework, played patience and whist, played the piano, and wrote many letters. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The organ lady played “Happy Birthday,” and we all sang, and Sally blew out the candles. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stadium where I played soccer was adjacent to four ramshackle sand courts, used primarily by kitchen girls and kitchen boys on their day off. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt a good kind of nervous, the way I did when I played against the good players in the Rucker Tournaments in Harlem. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The steps of the church defined the eternal square where children played and adults talked after dinner. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in the attic Laura and Mary played house with the squashes and the pumpkins, and everything was snug and cosy. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the subject of the barge tour came up—and it came up fairly often—Henry played along in only the most perfunctory way, and his replies were mechanical and forced. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When I played, I was a catcher and my nickname was Pudge. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he gladly played his part, even considered himself lucky—he didn’t know what he’d do without her. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Khalil drops the brush in the door and cranks up his stereo, blasting an old rap song Daddy has played a million times. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He played until he felt a hand on his shoulder. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We would have killed them if the referees didn’t call a foul every time you looked at one of them. We ain’t played nobody yet that we couldn’t mess over.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

We pedaled to Woolworth’s, which was bigger than all the stores in Battle Mountain put together, and played tag in the aisles until the manager chased us out. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Me with terribly flushed cheeks, beaming as the lead singer winked at me while we played. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

In high school, I played a lot of Dungeons and Dragons. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He was black and he did that. Most of us that go here are black. We’re expected to do something wrong,” explains Emarieay, who played on the football and baseball teams. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

When she was smaller they sometimes played at having crumbs in their clothes, like the crumbs in the rhino’s skin. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The same hymns were played, the same sermon given, the same announcements made. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took Toby out of my pocket and I let him run around and I played Minesweeper and I did the Expert Version in 174 seconds, which was 75 seconds longer than my best time. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The worst were those who played the game of thrones. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It played many tunes through the long night and I slept little, watching the stars change. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wished I had hit for die daily dollar that I played with my town man, paying him by the week. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went out into the street and played a game that Dante made up on the spot. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The English played well, but the Americans played better, and contested every inch of the ground as strongly as if the spirit of ’76 inspired them. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

So one time they stole his gym shorts and played Monkey in the Middle with them in the locker room. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Not the kind of baby hair her grandmother had soaped and played with and remembered for forty years. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t stand to think about what had happened, though it played over and over in my mind. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

We played marbles all afternoon in his backyard. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spoon played with the combination lock and flicked it open. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

It felt great to be concentrating on myself again, and the mindless repetition was relaxing; I must have played for about forty-five minutes nonstop. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The defense played with even more fire, swarming, running for their lives. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the radio they played martial music, and on television they showed only landscapes from around the country and cartoons. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those who weren’t sleeping rocked babies in their arms, read paperbacks, played cards, prayed. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Her husband, William, who was dark, played the role of her slave. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t played on a proper soccer team since I was twelve, but we played it in physical education sometimes, when we weren’t doing Net Sports or Whiffle ball or timed mile runs. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The response was already becoming hysterical—the shooters were being described as computer geeks who played violent games for many hours, were outcasts in their school, and had a site on the Web. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I played hard while they played easy, with a gracefulness and effortlessness that I lacked. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“If I had thought about it, I wouldn’t have played very well,” he said. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I recognized the place as soon as I saw the group of children in stiff new overalls who played near a rickety fence. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

They played movie themes, polkas, anything familiar you could hum along to; the corny songs were all dedicated to "Poppy" or "his lovely lady." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I knew I would miss the giant of the bottoms, for it had played a wonderful part in my life. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now and then his eyes played round the table, studying the others. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

He was about to be a junior at the black high school, where he made all A’s and played halfback on the football team. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chester Cricket had never played with so much skill before. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The records played are the same all over the country. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

They went further in, down a red corridor, past rooms filled with empty chairs upon which rested violins and violas and cellos which played themselves, or seemed to, when fed a coin. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Out on the platform a street musician played a teary Slavic melody on an accordion. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Figure 1.29: D sharp and E flat look very different when written in common notation, but they sound exactly the same when played on a piano. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Jess and I have played basketball together for three years, and she’s put her head on my shoulder for two of them, but I’m ashamed to admit I don’t know much about her. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Faced with the twin rebellions of dissonant modernism and the mass market, the classical tradition found an ace up its sleeve and played it with impeccable timing. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I played with the catch now nervously, studying the men. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later in the day, Papi played with us outside while, through the open windows, we heard Mami’s screams and the midwife’s gentle urgings. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Her eyes went far away, and a grimace played over her lips. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

How could you when you’d both played sheep in the same nativity play, aged five? A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The afternoon Gitl organized a rope and the children all played jumping games after dinner. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

What the Object and I did together was played out under these loose rules. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I grew up among nineteen first cousins, and they each played a pivotal role in my childhood and teen years. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Though I suspect that voice has played deep in my soul, sounding a lyre, to recall my ‘betrayal,’ my movement away from our family’s intimate past. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her daughter Etty later said that Emma’s piano playing clearly reflected her character: She played with a fine, crisp touch, with intelligence and simplicity. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the days that the radio played Ammu’s songs, everyone was a little wary of her. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I played it later, I discovered it was orchestra stuff for ballroom dancing. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan opened a video game app that he hadn’t played since he had last fully charged his phone. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Duff’s thumbs played at the waistband of her underpants. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Byrne knew that even though he was on the wrong end of the result, he’d lost one of the greatest games ever played, and in so doing had become part of chess history. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, I read to him at night, played riddles with him, taught him card tricks. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I played games in my head, pretending LeBron or Kobe or even Clyde and Hondo were covering me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He played the opening notes of that song on the keyboard, and John started bopping his head. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He played with the end of his tie. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

We played with their names, translating them into literal English so they sounded ridiculous. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I expect they played a lot of bridge. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

His footsteps were all over the boulder, also slides where he had played. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would say we were like the three musketeers, or the three amigos, but that's so played and has been said a million times. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Just outside, where her pupils played in the sand, a piece of shrapnel had drilled an elegant hole in the ground. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We will all be faster than Eric’s team, which will probably be good for capture the flag—I haven’t played before, but I know it’s a game of speed rather than brute force. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Lots of other kids lived in our neighborhood, which was known as the Tracks, and after school we all played together. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Barnsley was at a Lethbridge Broncos hockey game in southern Alberta, a team that played in the same Major Junior A league as the Vancouver Giants and the Medicine Hat Tigers. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

We played until bedtime, and that night Lynn and I slept on the floor in the living room. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

As they sat in Farmer’s office, she said she understood the clinic’s message about germs and disease but still couldn’t escape the conclusion that sorcery had played a hand in her dead son’s fate. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

We danced as long as the orchestra played. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

When you played the piano, the notes vanished a second later in the air and you were left with nothing. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

And the reason for this ignorance is that a knowledge of the role these people played—and play—in American life would reveal more about America to Americans than Americans wish to know. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

I played my first recital when I was ten. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trouble was brewing, and a period that began with fear of Apocalypse was replaced with one in which the Apocalypse might be played out within music itself - by that same firebrand on a Dresden street. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

A gentle rain splattered the silo and played tiny pings against the tin roof. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

But whenever he tried, the sound of the phone ringing endlessly played in his ears. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The whole return trip to campus, their words played catch with my confidence. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

A Dorothy and a Cowardly Lion played checkers on their blanket. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

His mother had played on the floor of this kitchen. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He played drums in a band when he was my age, and had big-time plans of hitting the road like Ringo Starr and the Beatles, and doing shows across the country. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The recordings of my brother. The gramophone company in Paris wasn’t interested anymore, but every night I played the ten recordings we’d made, until most of them were worn out. And his song.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

When the Yankees won the first two games easily, Tommy made the mistake of saying, “De Bums played like amateurs.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

The character was played by a gifted high school actor, someone talented beyond his years, the only student actor I would see anywhere who rivaled Truman’s best. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

To make the time pass until the next shipment of food arrived, we told stories and played games. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few additional attempts sans board and pieces, the invisible match was abandoned and they played on the portable set. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We played cricket day and night in the alley by our house or up on our roof, which was flat. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The only time it was a problem was when we played flashlight tag. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Agreed,” my dad said, but after dinner, when I went back to my room and played Resurrection on mute, I could hear them talking quietly back and forth. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Pudgy grim smoking men played this horse-racing game where you bet real money on plastic horses that move round a track. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Mama shook her head and played with one of her diamond earrings. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Even while they played the game, the older little girl started to sing a toneless song, one children sang when they chose sides for games. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he played the part of an agent or manager, correcting my technique or suggesting songs for my repertoire, even advising me about my health. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I hated sports, and I hated people who played them, and I hated people who watched them, and I hated people who didn’t hate people who watched or played them. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Outside, through the shutters, someone still played a country tune upon a whistle. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I did not really think he would, and yet as I played the first piece, a Clementi Sonatina, I had a terrible urge to look over my shoulder. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

They had played together for two years, and they had worked to make sure the Under Fifteens could continue, against the odds. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

For the rest of his life, Richard Nixon would insist he had played no role in the planning or approval of the Watergate break-in. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

We played on it together for at least an hour. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Rymund played his harp, accompanied by a pair of drummers and a youth with a set of reed pipes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

To know that I played some small part in that, helping to create something that's endured, is one of the most gratifying feelings I've had in my professional life. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Father and Mother played the gracious host and hostess. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The car had played up on the journey out and we were an hour late for Tommy’s tests. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also in 1915, blacks played a decisive role in electing the mayor, Republican William Thompson. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Men and women stood talking in the light of the meadhall door and on the narrow streets below; on the lower hillside boys and girls played near the sheep pens, shyly holding hands. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a blind old man who played the accordion on Main Street, who I used to see every day on my way to school. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The old man cleared his throat and played with his cards. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead he had played the slots and also went to see the Siegfried and Roy magic act. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were lights on towers behind us that played on the wire. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I played with Sam Westing—chess. Hour after hour I sat staring down at that chessboard. He lectured me, he insulted me, and he won every game." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He played with is little ball in the noonday sun, drank enormous quantities of unsweetened melon juice, and delicately poked around Blanca’s ceramics. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the three of us turned to face our country’s flags as the American national anthem played, I’d placed one hand over my heart and held my bouquet behind me with the other hand. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she soothed him with classical music, sometimes she played popular songs, singing along in her husky melodic voice. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even Mom, who didn’t really play anything much, had started managing the tennis team Catherine played on. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Emily played around with rearranging the letters, thinking maybe it was an anagram. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

All the kids played, you could sit out on your porch all night long. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We played for a while longer, until Ben just curled onto the floor, holding the controller up to his chest, and went to sleep. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I played “In the Garden” very softly, and when I looked around again he had fallen asleep, still leaning forward in his chair. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Yes. They even played cards together and drank whisky. Sometimes they agree not to fight so that everybody will rest.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But the young women who played the roles of the flight crew and ground crew of the 46th Guards were actresses, not pilots. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Here we put in, lodged in the town and palace, while Aiolos played host to me. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Mrs. Lovelace completely changed tempo and played the opening notes to “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Tea flowed once more and music played until the neighbors called the cops. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, In Ms. Gruwell’s class today, we played the “Peanut Game.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was a terrible game I played, trying to break my curse, seeing how long I could last against the need to do what I had been told. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he had sung when that other barber played the mandolin. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Solitude and safety were physical sensations, mixed up somehow with the tiredness of his body, the softness of the chair, the touch of the faint breeze from the window that played upon his cheek. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Then Sam began to hum some tune I knew but couldn’t quite name, and Esme played with her duck in the tub, and ever so slowly, the Feeling began to diminish. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Basta seemed to enjoy her frailty; a smile played around his mouth until the Magpie looked at him, wiping it away with a single icy glance. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mom played the pop station and sang along softly. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He liked to shoot pool in his spare time, he played cards and dressed like a man from a much flashier part of the country. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drove downtown in the old Franklin his father had left behind and parked on Washington Street, where he sat on the hood and played his banjo and sang, hoping for spare change. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Some of you haven’t played before, been in the spotlight,” said assistant coach Tam Hollingshead in those waning hours before Permian would take the field against El Paso Austin. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood absolutely still, as if to show that he would do exactly what she told him, and a smile played around his lips. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Very few girls I knew played marbles, let alone had a special marble collection like I did. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Wayne played the narrator, who at different points in the musical just sort of appears onstage and interjects commentary. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I played until the sun shone through the trees. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A chord bordun means that the 1st and 5th degrees are played simultaneously. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He chatted and played with Aurelia and Boots, but all the while he was dreaming great dreams. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

For example, the G sharp and the A flat are played on the same key on the keyboard; they sound the same. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I had met him when I had been at Stresa once before out of season and while we played billiards we drank champagne. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I shouldn’t have played you. I should have canceled the whole game. It’s my fault.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Darryl and Bruce played on the basketball team; Don, the aesthete among us, played soccer and tennis. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

When the lights were on and the curtains drawn, and the Gregorian music played on the great phonograph, Mack used to look down on the laboratory from the Palace Flophouse. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had never played American football, but Dad and I watched whenever we could figure out how to get a game on satellite. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The woods played on our imaginations the most after dark, in our dorms as we were trying to fall asleep. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We practiced in our huts, where every night a new boy would be chosen to play teacher and lead the lesson, while everyone else played their parts as students. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he played a slow, mournful melody on it, concentrating hard, biting his lip, leaning over the instrument and moving his shoulders with the rhythm. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ned had played and lost, and his men had paid the price of his folly with their life's blood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He played with the guys, and when they came to taunt Dorothy, he did not feel as bad as he had before. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Off to one side, I played the music, while Bear performed in the center. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike the other alleys, where the vendors had big orb-lit signs and played music to attract customers, the vendors here had no signs at all. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

A guy who played in the dirt like me. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

They carry, half concealed within their medical terminology, stories of such human tragedies as that of two young cousins in Czechoslovakia, boys who lived in the same town and had always worked and played together. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“For forever. I promised Jane Kitty I’d score at least once the next time I played against you, so there’s no time for slacking.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

My only two friends tried to rid me of the grief in my soul, They had lunch with me, played golf with me, challenged me to games of dominoes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their confinement to Africa, along with abundant fossil evidence, indicates that the earliest stages of human evolution were also played out in Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

They held the Doors shut as the elevator shuddered and the music played, while somewhere below them, a Titan and a giant sacrificed their lives for their escape. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She knew adults played Book Scavenger, but she didn’t think that meant teachers. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Moreover, Einstein refused to believe in the reality of quantum mechanics, despite the important role he had played in its development. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It gave her otherwise plain face a broken excitement and blue-blade threat like the keloid scar of the razored man who sometimes played checkers with her grandmother. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He played football in college, defense, before hurting his knee junior year. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Later that day I found Edmond in the lower barn feeding the animals and I played with Ding while he milked the goats. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He played a quick run to limber up his fingers. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

For example, most ballads are sung legato, and most marches are played fairly staccato or marcato, whether they are marked that way or not. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

When we kids played around the mule barn, we peeked through its dirty, screened windows to look at the ghostly stalls and the ancient harnesses. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Lou played nonstop with a silver ring on her left ring finger. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

"I think it's about time we played as a team and shared our clues and shared the inheritance." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every moment of the evening before played in my memory. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had a game he played with the waves, of going down to them, then turning to run back. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next, they played what seemed like a hundred and twenty rounds of Go Fish. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He played that which he would never play again. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There is entirely too much Chopin played in this establishment,” said Isabelle. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Toys are meant to be played with,” Grandpa said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I’d heard of the Great Depression years before when I’d played Annie, but the slides of men in hats and long coats lined up in front of soup kitchens were new to me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

However people played, it became a way of life. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Hector Spencer, wearing his father’s plaid bathrobe, played Joseph. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The same stereo that Uncle Darnell played the Coasters and the Orlons on even when those records went out of style. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

We played games with me doing a dance on the top of the bar with a lampshade on my head and everyone laffing. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Real men—real boys—played soccer just as Baba had when he had been young. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby and Zita played one game of chess: his new variation, called Fischer Random. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The captain fought the smile that played at the corner of his lips. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She caressed my arm as the music box played each tinny note increasingly slower. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

And she moved up to the table to select her cake while Miss Lulu played another dramatic roll on the piano, and everybody applauded. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She had gone to parties, played charades, competed in poetry readings, joined a chorus and orchestra. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, he often played with her and carried her around. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The silence was easy; he mainly just played some new music he’d downloaded. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Normally, he wouldn’t have wanted Mark to know he played with the train anymore. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

We chopped ham and onions for the jambaIaya; then we played cards while the rice cooked. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Entertainers dressed as mythological creatures played pipes and strings. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

In the lobby, an elderly gentleman played Gershwin on a grand piano at four each afternoon. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He always liked to go right into a game when we played in our own yard. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mom wouldn’t let us watch TV, so we played Mom’s old board games like Life, Sorry!, and Payday. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Leo had never played a musical instrument, but he imagined it must be like this—knowing each key or note so well that you didn’t really think about what your hands were doing. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The last time he was in the park with Cool Papa, he’d played When, Cool Papa, when? on his harp. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Her respect and regard for the ‘Laurence’ boy increased very much, for he played remarkably well and didn’t put on any airs. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it was not simply one Tune he played thus, for faith, every Dance he played thereafter was like to set us all a-weeping. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The dirty, get-on-down music the women sang and the men played and both danced to, close and shameless or apart and wild. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gregor and Henry had played out the last stanza of “The Prophecy of Gray.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

One guy even played in Italy for a while. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

At the meetings, the children sang songs, played games, learned slogans, listened to readings, and read propaganda leaflets—all intended to teach them how to be good Nazis. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Susan sat next to him at the memorial service, and when parts of a speech delivered by Sir Winston Churchill were played, she clasped her gloved hands together, tightly, and leaned against him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He recognizes his old Monopoly game being played, the board in two pieces, the racecar missing ever since Sonia dropped it into the baseboard heater when she was little. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We feasted, we laughed, we played games, lost and won, we told the best stories. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He played softly, but drew in deeply to sink the notes low and hard, just short of bending them to make the song truly bluesy. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“Never would have thought we played cricket, would you?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He played soccer, a cool sport at my school, and had wavy brown hair that almost touched his shoulders. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

If we could hear the passengers on the train speak, their voices would sound slurred and sluggish, like a record played at too slow a speed, and their movements would appear similarly ponderous. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The second movement, a more lively one as written by Signor Tartini, somewhat a dance, I played like the kicking of a turtleheaded spawn in a woman’s womb. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Ekman stopped the tape and played it again, peering at the screen. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

We suspected one of the girls we had played with that day. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get what he means, because I think I’ve played pretend my whole life. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

While we waited for the radiator to cool, some players sat in the bus and slept, some of us went out and played catch on the highway. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and Imogen had often come home together with rackets and water bottles, talking about their tennis games, when they had probably never played tennis at all. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

If he played the balance of diabetes management and reducing wrong, he could faint in the saddle while moving at forty miles per hour. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the view of his brother, John, who had long played the role of his medical advisor, Ernest’s basic problem was overwork. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I did all he asked of me, I played my part, I gave the girl away. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She wanted to visit the Plaza de Armas, where the old men played dominos and the coffee kiosk sold espresso so strong it made your ears pop. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The trio played jazz tunes during intermissions at the Olympic movie theater in Sequim in exchange for an opportunity to watch the films. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

As a result I played very badly, hitting more wrong notes than right ones. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then one day when she was five—long before Arjun was born—Nathan pointed her out to me as she played in the fields. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Putting the bridge on the monochord so it touches the string changes the notes that are played. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“And Delaware State. I played football for Delaware.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, when Yo-Yo Ma played “Le Grand Tango,” Adam reached over and grasped my hand. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept her voice bright, but Beto knew she was thinking about the first time the radio had played. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then we played some game where we had to wrap ourselves in strips of crepe paper like Joseph’s coat of many colors and race around an obstacle course. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I played “Hi, Leo” over and over in my head. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Freud was absolutely fascinated and played with the baby and carried him, just as Fifi had done with her little brother twelve years before. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

James sat quietly by the water’s edge, while the rest played tag until dark. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Margaret and Isobel came out and we played tag and climbed trees and shouted until we were out of breath and then we threw ourselves down on Nancy’s porch. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ekman stopped the tape, rewound it, and played it back in slow motion. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

After that Wormtongue played dangerously, always seeking to delay you, to prevent your full strength being gathered. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

But it’s hard to keep complaining after the “When I Was a Boy, Life Was So Hard” card is played on you. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Matt went to the music room and played the piano to calm his nerves. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hill and Jackson understood their value and played it to the hilt. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then I was called into the principal's office and he asked me if I was a member of any hate group, or any online group, or if I had ever played Doom or Quake. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the fall when I played volleyball, I still had fencing practice in New York City at the foundation. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

We played “witch doctor” with the many odd-looking bones extracted from the rotting carcasses of dogs, cats and rats. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I liked that black instrument with the silver keys and the pointy top. That one played a note, and everybody else followed. What was it?” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last year, he found out I still played with action figures and he never let it go. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

June played with her eyes closed, as if May’s spirit getting into heaven depended solely on her. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was where I attended school, did my homework, read books, watched movies, and played videogames. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He slid money into a juke box which played “That Old Gang of Mine.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The vice president said a few short words, the band played the school song, and then Mr. Gunthrie began announcing names. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Samuel may have thought and played and philosophized about death, but he did not really believe in it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I'd played the xylophone okay and sung White or black or yellow or red, Come see Jesus in his shed okay too. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Social class—that elusive combination of income, education, occupation, and wealth—played a powerful role in Miele’s, Wilson’s, and Gora’s struggles to recover. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Other babies crawled and played nonchalantly, as if they were accustomed to the shrieking boy in the crib. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Siobhan had asked him once why he played with the kids. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Two weeks ago, a concrete foundation had been poured onto the field where we played soccer. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

A big boy, the sort who played football in high school. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They played cards, slept, combed their hair, huddled in groups, and preoccupied themselves in general feminine behavior. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

In a way this was Finny’s view, except that naturally he saw it comically, as a huge and intensely practical joke, played by fat and foolish old men bungling away behind the scenes. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Fugees played better soccer in the second half, even with one of their most talented players sitting on the bench. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“When Carver played Latimer, the coach gave the game to the bench.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He watched as his daughters played with the bird and taught it how to sing. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys played a match while the girls sat and wove necklaces out of the flowering weeds around us. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Some nights she played pinochle for money or ran a poker game at Mother Smith’s or stopped at Slim’s for a few drinks. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You just had to keep the ball away from him. We played against him when he was with the Gauchos and you know how we beat him?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She played because their mission had failed, and now there was nothing else she could do. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She played each note separately, as if they had no connection to each other, and they echoed through the house and landed on the walls like tears. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He played on no sports team, joined no organization, won no awards, earned no A’s. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Stick said girls played games like this all the time, and if you wanted to get anywhere you had to play along until you learned the rules. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Years later, Fischer would judge the Larsen game one of the best he ever played. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

One was Nick, the fellow who had been the butt of the players' jokes the day before, and who had played the queen in Hamlet. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first time she’d eaten ice cream and Mariam had never imagined that such tricks could be played on a palate. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Later, they played Monopoly, climbed trees, swam in the pool and took turns tormenting the automatic Doberman. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was a kind of rushing noise, and a long chord played along with it All round the churchyard there were hundreds of old friends. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

About three couples, besides me, were waiting for tables, and they were all shoving and standing on tiptoes to get a look at old Ernie while he played. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Many of the men and women at Langley joined softball or basketball teams and played in local amateur leagues. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

In this confederacy, the clan mothers also played a key role in governance. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I only played a little in college with some Jewish friends.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Athena was not distinguished in that line, but she invented the flute although she never played upon it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ritual and ethical absention and the use of contraceptive drugs seem to have played the major part in maintaining this stability. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

While they ate, the men were subdued, talking quietly, all played out. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It makes me feel a little bit better, and though at first I just kind of played with my food, the more I eat, the more the meal is starting to grow on me. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She played her favorite game, figuring out about people. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In some bars and restaurants, funeral music was played; in others, the walls were hung with black crepe. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“This is the church where Aimee played piano for me,” I say. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I played hard, lost pretty bad, but enjoyed every minute of it. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

We knew exactly what was coming next, but we always played along with him. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She coquetted and played her owners against one another. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been thinking. All my old schools had pep rallies for the football team, no matter how badly they played. Could we do something like that for the town?” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The next song played was “The Twist, ” so we let go of each other but continued dancing together. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Three girls swayed while Poncho Man played his guitar. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the others were ready to return to the minivan, we played a silent game of musical chairs. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He was the only person she had ever met who played it her way. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I had to sit there while each CD played, for a long time I didn’t really listen to them. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I thought about the way she nervously played with a loose thread on her sweater. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Yet this view fails to reckon with the persuasive powers of Ernest Lawrence and Edward Teller, which played the crucial role in creating momentum for the H-bomb. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

At the station, as they had in previous years, the marching band played fight songs, cheerleaders danced, the coaches made brief speeches, flashbulbs popped, and newsreel cameras whirred as the boys climbed onto the train. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I put a foot over the threshold, then another, and another, until I was hurrying down the stairs, out the front doors, and into the quiet courtyard, where no children played. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She was a tranquil soul who entertained herself, studied hard, played with her dolls, and showed not the slightest inclination for her mother’s spiritualism or her father’s fits of rage. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I stayed out a few minutes longer with Adèle and Pilot—ran a race with her, and played a game of battledore and shuttlecock. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

And then Lee’s mind played on the way it often did. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Forty of them played together shake one’s reason, shake the towers of Erhenrang, shake down a last spatter of rain from the windy clouds. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z