| 单词 | positive |
| 例句 | Toby assumed that would get a positive reaction, either tears or an emotionally charged smile. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Brian had once had an English teacher, a guy named Perpich, who was always talking about being positive, thinking positive, staying on top of things. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z People say it's bad, and sometimes it is, but I like to focus on the positives. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Mr. Griffiths is taking notes, which I hope means something positive. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z The one positive thing about Katz and his notions was that it was never very hard to talk him out of them. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z However, my positive opinion of his looks was damaged by the first words out of his mouth. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Clearly people had more positive associations with the name Christian Brothers than with E & J. That only deepened the mystery, because if Christian Brothers had a stronger brand, why were they losing market share? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z We were thirteen when we made the list, and we were pretty positive the retreating glacier rhetoric was bogus. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z All the while I was talking to the reporter, I kept our instructions in mind: Accentuate the positive—don’t complain too much. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Notably, however, even after such positive experiences, most family members remain committed to maintaining tight control over who knows and who does not know about the status of their loved one. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “But all the well wishes and positive thoughts you can muster for him will help.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Let’s start with the positive correlation: books in the home equal higher test scores. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z His role in my life, according to Doris, was to be some sort of positive male figure. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z The media seems to focus more on the negative rather than on the positive things that young people accomplish. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Even if she feared the worst, she stayed positive, lifting his spirits when they sagged. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He's very much involved with depicting his neighborhood and environment in a positive manner. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z All the positives in the world couldn’t fool me. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “Oatmeal, brown sugar and butter on top,” negative tone—positive nod. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z We wanted to show that we can all unite and stand together for a positive cause and think about the person who really deserves some attention, the seven- year-old child who lost her life. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The goal was not necessarily to change Comptons mind, for he was likely to hold a positive view of Lawrence’s project anyway, but to encourage him to express his opinion in especially forceful terms. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I was pretty sure I knew, but I wasn't too positive at the time. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z On July 21, the day after the doctors’ positive bulletin, they discovered cotton and wool fibers mixed with the pus coming from the wound. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I hoped it might be a positive omen. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z What upset Charles most about Vestiges was the huge public reaction to the book—both positive and negative. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z As an undergraduate, he had formed a Biological Society at Columbia University to explore and support “positive eugenics.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Evolution occurred in scientific progress as it happened in nature: a positive trait was passed along, then proliferated; obsolete characteristics withered away, and the technology and the organization evolved into something new. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She would shake her head in a negative way when she didn’t like it, nod in a positive way when she did. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I was so positive that the whole thing was going to be off that I never asked myself what I thought the right thing to do would be. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Is it considered positive or negative to be a professional musician? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z But the positive side is that he received an education. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z They saw no positive results of the negotiations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But unlike Galton, Muller began to realize that positive eugenics was achievable only in a society that had already achieved radical equality. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Then, so quickly I couldn’t be positive that he really did, he put his finger to his mouth to taste it. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He was positive he was doomed, and there was just no reasoning with him. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m not positive, but I think he probably got the message, too, because after his last, troubling phone call, he pulled a Lance Winters and quit on me altogether. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I was positive we had the right place. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Something positive has to come of this senselessness. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z A superfluous major on his rolls meant an untidy table of organization and gave ammunition to the men at Twenty-seventh Air Force Headquarters who Colonel Cathcart was positive were his enemies and rivals. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Yet there was something besides scorn in those eyes of hers, something surely of positive dislike, or actual malice? Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The one with negative energy is condemned to be a short-lived virtual particle because real particles always have positive energy in normal situations. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The train car is an oven, and the vibration of the wheels rattles our bones until Ym positive we will arrive out west little more than a bowl of jelly. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Even though all the Egyptians were positive that somebody was fooling and had somehow managed to write the answer to Ken’s question, there are times when being positive isn’t quite enough. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Another reason the Muslim community at large was embracing me was because they were simply starved for positive representation in the media. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I don’t feel anything as positive as fear. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Even before meeting Mr. Bush, I had formed a positive impression of him, for he was the first world leader to telephone me with congratulations after I left prison. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined that seeing a Muslim American in hijab who wasn’t on screen to talk politics or terrorism but rather something positive and awe inspiring like my Olympic journey had to have a positive effect. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I have learned that it doesn’t matter if your inspiration in life comes from negative or positive events. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z People in healthy communities have things to do—positive things to do. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The same evolutionary forces prevailed to replicate a particular model’s positive traits and breed out excess drag and instability. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Given my feelings on tribalism, one would assume that I would have made halfhearted efforts to defend a positive view of tribalism. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Not surprisingly, she gave the book a positive review. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She, for very terror on hearing this, had wept; yet she could not deny that for such an abundance of bitterness there was a positive fountain of grief. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Fortunately, there are positive signs that these questions are, at last, being heard and, in many places, are being acted upon. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Then he asked me if I was sure, and I told him I was positive, at which point he sent me his double emoji. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Developing more positive attitudes about teaching students with behavior disorders goes a long way to reduce the stress of teaching them. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “You have to think positive, baba. Medicine is for old people. Like me.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z This could give space-time a positive curvature that would not allow travel into the past. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Though the updates were generally positive, the political chatter was the last thing I wanted to hear. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The force between two positive charges is repulsive, as is the force between two negative charges, but the force is attractive between a positive and a negative charge. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “No negativity. Be positive, buddy. We haven’t even looked at footwear yet!” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z I repeat positive words and tell myself he is going to be fine. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I know how that cat feels, but I search for the positive anyway. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Bless him in a good, positive, holy way so that he will be successful and bring back medicine for this ailing water monster. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z That is something the Amity would do: put me in time-out, and then teach me to do cleansing breaths or think positive thoughts. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z But the more historically correct reality was that no one quite knew what the Republican triumph meant in positive terms for the national government. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “Jesus, just hold on to the sides. Shouldn’t you be more positive now that you’re in love and all that?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “If you have a positive attitude things will look a lot better.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z That might have been the first positive thing they’d ever heard him say. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “No! The story is that my team is trying to do something amazing and positive! We do not have to get into all this negative stuff!” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z For Lawrence, the stepwise acceleration of particles by multiple small impulses “immediately impressed me as the real answer which I had been looking for to the technical problem of accelerating positive ions.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z And yet when Nicholas and Ojiugo visited, he disliked how strenuously they tried to be positive, to pretend, almost, as though he was merely ill in hospital and they had come to visit him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z As far as public opinion was concerned, the result of the raids was far more positive than even Palmer could have hoped for. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I talk to them a long time, but they were absolutely positive Diana and Georgie didn’t live in their neighborhood. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z I was in no mood to hear one of her lectures about the power of positive thinking. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Hinkston said, “But we checked every mile of the way. Our chronometers said so many miles. We went past the Moon and out into space, and here we are. I’m positive we’re on Mars.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “You guys. You’re the best. Just keep distracting me, okay? But only say positive stuff.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z So many monstrous events were occurring that he was no longer positive which events were monstrous and which were really taking place. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z When you square a negative number, you still get a positive number: –2 times –2 also equals 4. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Why do people feel justified in making negative assumptions instead of positive ones? Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z FitzRoy’s volumes did not get as positive a reception as Charles’s, so the publisher released Darwin’s volume as a separate book without telling him or compensating him financially. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, the owners held a far more positive view of mill life and of their own role in the world of their making. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z They also aid in creating positive and interesting lessons that fully engage the student. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z You have progressed from a state of “wanting to die” to the much more positive outlook of “learning to live.” Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Seven was almost positive Valley was a cuco or, at the very least, part gremlin. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Every mouthful of food was an acute positive pleasure, now that it was truly their own food, produced by themselves and for themselves, not doled out to them by a grudging master. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z He was almost positive the smell would bring back some sort of pleasant memory, but nothing came. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Number one was okay since it was negatives and positives and those aren’t too bad. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z In the beginning, the response was not positive. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z If I nodded, she might think that was a positive response and sit down anyway. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Now I’m positive Coach West sent her to talk to me. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Professionals are positive, action oriented, opened minded, poised, adaptable, respectful, self-regulated, empathic, organized, prepared, and collaborative. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Five of them have a strong positive correlation to the ultimate sale price, and five have a strong negative correlation. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z These comparisons suggest that geographic connectedness has exerted both positive and negative effects on the evolution of technology. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The two of us had the opportunity to become really close, so at least something positive was coming out of all this negativity. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Coach Dub was the first person to take Reggie’s anger and channel it into something positive. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z None of the local people or the cattle tested positive for Marburg antibodies—if they had tested positive, it would have shown that they had been exposed to Marburg. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The article in the Mercure is a review—the first critical appraisal of Vincent's work, and an exuberantly positive one it is. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Mama’s frustration rarely gets the best of her positive attitude. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z And yet this morning, he had stood his ground and fired a level and positive No at Brother Leon. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z So financially I’m secure, but I also choose to volunteer my time on Mondays and Wednesdays at the hospital because I feel I should do something positive with my time, something to help people. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I see that Miss Preston's has had quite the positive impact on your life, though I daresay the memory of the day you left still pains me greatly. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She often told an outward lie, willing herself to be peppy in church, at school, using positive affirmation, which turns out not to be at all the same thing as telling the truth. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He tried to distract himself with more positive thoughts but, given the circumstances, failed. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But while in the past she’d been a civilian working on the edges of the military, now she made a positive decision to follow a military career herself. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He listed more positives: “Home, & someone to take care of house—Charms of music & female chit-chat.—These things good for one’s health.—but—” There it was again—“terrible loss of time.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Her voice is so serious, so grave, that I’m positive that anything she has to say must be important. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Gangsta rap—while it may amount to little more than a minstrel show when it appears on MTV today—has its roots in the struggle for a positive identity among outcasts. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z They were simply asked to score the emotional content of the expressions of these three men on a 21-point scale, with the lowest being “extremely negative” and the highest point on the scale “extremely positive.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I had prepared myself for that, and even thought of several positive, uplifting aphorisms to cheer him up. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom generally subscribes to the more positive, optimistic school of thought, and my dad believes the doomsayers are underplaying the truth. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Can you be positive of your position?” the Boss asked Worsley. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “I know it’s not a positive thing, but what else do I have to do here?” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “And besides,” I told her, “I overheard something—Professor Nemur and Dr. Strauss were arguing, and Nemur said he’s positive that nothing can go wrong.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “Yup. If you do a good job—if Ari gives you a positive review—then at the end of the summer, you can apply to the Food Network show.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z My heart felt like lead, but we tried to find positive things to say. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z It gave me a real positive role model to follow. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She’d only been able to bury Hercules in groceries when she had concentrated on all her positive experiences with Jason. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I wanted what all parents expect for their children: for them to become happy, healthy, educated, productive citizens who contribute to American life in a positive, successful way. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I assigned this tension to the new environment of the island; any change, even positive, will make an animal tense. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z This is really a positive for other people because I would totally win in any fistfight. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z As has been widely noted, this spirit has consequences both positive and negative. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “You shot him over a book? How could you do that? He did nothing but positive things! He might die now, and for what? How could you be that shallow and mean?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The materials we developed were generating positive feedback, and I became hopeful that we might be able to push back against the suppression of this difficult history of racial injustice. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Because of these obscene forays into the realm of the supernatural, Ben was positive that his sister was not a favorite in the stern eyes of the Lord. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It oscillates up and down faster and faster as it approaches the singularity, whipping from positive to negative and back again. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I’m heartened that Beck, Lou, and others are apparently able to look at the positive side of the experience—and envious. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “So don’t press it unless you’re absolutely positive it’s the right thing to do, OK?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z In a more positive move, Cleopatra drew up a treaty with the king of Media to combine forces against the Parthian Empire. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Choker-girl, our dark and miserable morale officer, has learned to fake positive comments when under the captain’s glaring eye. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I take it to be some sort of positive gesture because there are no fingers involved. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Even the discovery of new worlds, to the east and to the west, which one would imagine to be both positive and mind-broadening, was accompanied by genocide of the most sickening kind. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The sample didn’t just test positive; it showed that Henrietta had been infected with multiple copies of HPV-18, which turned out to be one of the most virulent strains of the virus. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z On the other hand, Ivy was positive she’d be pouring sweat even if it were snowing. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Positive divided by positive, or negative by negative, is affirmative,” he wrote. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Jackson did not go so far as to argue, as did southern apologists two or three generations later, that slavery was “a positive good.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z And what can we do to deliberately start and control positive epidemics of our own? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything that went on in your life was thought to be due to some positive or negative power emanating from inside your head. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z To subject people who test positive to stigmas, especially when most of them may be false positives, is counterproductive and wrong. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I said a positive contribution to history or society.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Thank you for making a lot of the positive occurrences that are happening in my life possible. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He always spoke respectfully and with a certain surprise of the positive response of white students to his lectures. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are we a hundred percent positive it wasn’t an adult?” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Smith made his case with four sentences: “Get me that horse. He has real stuff in him. I can improve him. Pm positive.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d definitely give me a positive evaluation at the end of this internship if I gave her a new flavor recipe—and I could use it for my Kids Bake Challenge! audition. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “I just know you’re going to be rescued. Don’t feel that you’re alone. I’m sending all my positive energy your way!” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Yossarian was positive that he was at last rid of her and was relieved. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “It means we need to concentrate on beating this thing with a positive attitude.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Catch-22 did not exist, he was positive of that, but it made no difference. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Bowl of okra,” my back to Gretchen, positive voice—negative response with a small shake of the head and a courteous tail wag. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Why wouldn’t they want us to show a positive side to our school? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “In alchemy, it’s called the Soul of the World. When you want something with all your heart, that’s when you are closest to the Soul of the World. It’s always a positive force.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The bit about the top-ten least- favorite foods was cleverly done, and the story about favorite teachers was written in a very positive way. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z I want to believe her, but it’s so hard to stay positive. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Father was even more positive that the spirit of my Grandfather was with us. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z But I’m positive that he still knows it’s me, Merci, and that he likes this book. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The result of their bombardments of boron and other light elements by alpha rays, moreover, had led them to propose that the proton was composed of a neutron and a positive electron, or positron. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He had heard that the place had experts who could identify monkey diseases, and he wanted to get a positive identification of the sickness. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As Lori, the court-ordered social worker she meets with biweekly always tells her to do, Molly decides to make a mental list of all the positive things about her situation. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z It was a rite that strengthened group identification and inculcated positive values. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z These two negatives do not equal a positive. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “It could be Ebola. The tests are showing positive for Ebola Zaire.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to be positive, but my voice was weak. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Jason hesitated, as if it was hard for him to put a positive spin on that. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But with the positive lead being unaffected, the power must have come from somewhere else. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z "Yes, no positive action. No arsenic to obtain and administer—nothing definite—just—negation! And Rogers hurried through the night to fetch a doctor and they both felt confident that no one could ever know." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z At times she’d be happy for days on end, announcing that she had decided to think only positive thoughts, because if you think positive thoughts, then positive things will happen to you. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I have brought nothing positive into his life. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “Many people must have this type of B positive blood. Can you say with any certainty that it was Carl Heine’s?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z With some positive action before them, a little of die tension died. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “Come on, now, we’re not being negative here, we’re being neutral. In fact, we have every reason to be very positive.” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z He says I should try to stay positive, but what is there to be positive about? Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z It’s no longer the positive, sensitive picture I signed up for. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z If undetected, it can lie dormant in the human body for years before erupting in a positive fiesta of maladies. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I was supposed to be ensuring that his experience with Sidley & Austin was bright and positive. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z As the moving van exited the freeway and rattled past the baseball stadium, Emily tried to focus on the positive: Book Scavenger! Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “I’m tired of being positive about it all the time. It actually really stinks, you know?” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z These are the rules that we recognize today: divide two numbers and the answer is positive if the numbers’ signs are the same. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Somehow, some day, this will net out in a positive way for Beck. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I flipped through my notebook to the lecture on negative and positive liberty. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Well, actually there may be an option ... perhaps we could work something out. Think positive, is what I always say. Count your blessings.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But the bare portion of the wire wasn’t black or even singed, and the positive lead's insulation wasn't melted at all. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z New York and California are just beginning to give first-time drug offenders treatment instead of prison sentences, and that’s a positive development. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I was positive it was what Martí would have done. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z My parents tried yet again to put a positive spin on this new turn of events. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z If they were right, he observed, “such phenomena as heredity and memory and intelligence, and our ideas of morality and religion ... are explainable in terms of positive and negative electrons and ether.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z And the next thought was there as well, that they might never find him, but that was panic and he fought it down and tried to stay positive. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Others cast the train in a more positive light. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “I wasn’t followed. I’m positive. How do they find me?” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to think about that man or the bids. I want to stay positive.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z While the profile itself was largely positive, the cover line of the magazine read, “The Radical Roots of Barack Obama,” which we knew would quickly get weaponized by the conservative media. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The quantum laws are more liberal and allow you to be overdrawn on one or two accounts provided the total balance is positive. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I am positive that Aibileen would have better luck convincing someone than I would. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z And I’m absolutely positive that no one had shot said arrow so that the feathers brushed his ears on the way past. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He took this as a positive sign, or a darkly comic one. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The distress of course was shared between them, but she felt it her duty to be positive and soothing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Everyone was positive the disease had been inflicted upon the poor officer in retribution by Major de Coverley, although no one was sure how. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The protons have a positive charge and the electrons an equal negative charge. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z After he hangs up, I call Mom because I’m still not positive everything is okay with Shoji. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z David’s adultety with Bathsheba weighed less on history’s scales, for instance, than the positive fact of David’s killing Goliath. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z A negative number if the boy is more of a Dumper; positive number if the girl is. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Despite all the positive stuff, I had mixed feelings about getting into the class. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Daddy used to tell me that once you speak positive, positive things will happen. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “But if an editor is taking a negative position on something like war or drugs, wouldn’t that really be positive?” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Instead, he poured his energy into the positives. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I tried to steer the conversation in a more positive direction. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She took so quickly to them that I was positive that she must have been a Tang woman in another life. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Every atom is made from three kinds of elementary particles: protons, which have a positive electrical charge; electrons, which have a negative electrical charge; and neutrons, which have no charge. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “Dinner’s ready. Looks like it’s going to be a good one,” I added, trying to stay positive and proud, like I knew Mom would want me to. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Ordinary matter, which has a positive energy density, gives space-time a positive curvature, like the surface of a sphere. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Such a view hardly does justice to artistic creativity, since art is not simply a negative force at the mercy of our neuroses but a positive expression that integrates diverse aspects of personality. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She was positive everybody knew what was the matter with her, that she was being looked at, but she was puzzled that she had never heard it spoken of before in all her years. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “On a positive note, the blog is blowing up,” she says, and we all start to laugh. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z The atom as a whole carried a neutral charge: the negative charges of its orbital electrons balanced the positive charge of the nucleus, the latter created by an excess of protons over electrons. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Mama wasn’t positive,” Stella told him, worry making her mouth dry. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Even when he was punched with punishing blows or was kicked to the floor, he kept a positive attitude. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A Patronus is a magical charm, a projection of all your most positive feelings, and takes the shape of the animal with whom you share the deepest affinity. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z “But tell me, Mr. Kennedy—how can you be so positive about that?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “Look at you! Seeing the positive side of things.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He once wrote and told her that all the punishment and whippings doled out by Danny had, for all their horror, one positive side effect. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “I’m positive. I thought at first, when you brought me those pamphlets, that he must have known something. But I don’t think he does. And there’s no use blaming him for something he didn’t do.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z It had been rusting away in the middle, but I was positive I’d get at least another semester out of the poor thing. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z She’s been wearing the same loose and frumpy nightgown, and I’m almost positive she hasn’t taken a shower this entire time, which is scary, because Amá is the cleanest person I know. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Others might have been lured northwards by more positive reasons, such as animal protein. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z However, there are two kinds of electric charge, positive and negative. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “And the blood on the fishing gaff that Sheriff Moran brought you, the one he found while searching the defendant’s boat—the one you held in your hands a moment ago—was B positive, doctor?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Proof positive of our vulnerability would come when I observed white people saying insulting things to Papa, Mama, and Grandma. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z To conserve energy, he had to stay as positive as possible—and hate was a negative emotion. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z The spilled blood of these innocent girls may cause the whole citizenry of Birmingham to transform the negative extremes of a dark past into the positive extremes of a bright future. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I think there was a lot of pressure put on her as well, and it didn’t come off in a positive way. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The virtual particle/antiparticle pairs of spin Vi and Vi would have negative energy, and so would tend to cancel out the positive energy of the spin 2, 1, and 0 virtual pairs. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I will have a positive attitude, take care of myself, I’ll feed myself enzymes, and friendly bacteria. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It is not yet clear whether these particles would cause positive or negative curvature or whether the curvature produced by some kinds of virtual particles might cancel that produced by other kinds. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Some way, somehow, we’ve got to turn this whole thing around into a positive. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z You only have twice as many positive answers as negative and noncommittal—how does this keep happening? Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z When the Professor saw Mina smile—a positive smile ousted the anxiety of his face; he rubbed his hands as he said:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “The important thing,” said my mother, “is to stay positive.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Norte Chico chiefdoms were almost certainly theocratic, though not brutally so; leaders induced followers to obey by a combination of ideology, charisma, and skillfully timed positive reinforcement. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Piper tried to stay positive, but privately she had told Leo how worried she was. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z At any rate, I was positive I had spotted her. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Her grandparents didn’t have a mirror, but she was absolutely positive the skirt made her look like a girl in a Sears catalog, if they ever had a Japanese girl in the catalog. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z And if through some slip-up you were caught, later, by the police, there was never a positive eyewitness. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The obsessive cleanliness of the room was the only positive sign of volition from Estha. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They were, he thought, a little like his sisters, and his mother: so convinced there was a right and a wrong to everything, so positive that they knew one from the other. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Parents often learn the instrument along with the child, acting as musical role models, and maintaining a positive learning atmosphere for the child to succeed. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I know complaining is a negativity trip, but it was hard to stay positive about the floor of a school bus. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “That is the birth of a star. The single most important thing that can happen in space. Well, the single most positive thing, anyway.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Many of their cell lines tested positive, including the skin cells George Hyatt had transplanted onto a soldier’s arm years earlier. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z "My mother said she's positive they are bigger than they were." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z She’s the most positive person in the world, and amazing and fun to be around, but in a strange and happy way sometimes she seems to be about nine bricks shy of a full load. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z They could see that the navy was firing heavily—black smoke rose from the island in great billows—and this began to have a positive influence on the disposition of Third Platoon. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “You know, Merci, a good attitude goes a long way. Half my patients would never walk again if they didn’t think positive.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z In fact, maybe it would be seen as a positive. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Like Mother, I tried to think of the positive. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Not sharing something so personal to me with the guy I was dating should’ve been a red flag about how positive I felt about our future. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z He was positive that there was nothing wrong with the Firebolt now, but what sort of state would it be in once it had been subjected to all sorts of anti-jinx tests? Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Although the signs seemed positive, he couldn't bring himself to ask her if she wanted to date him, and he certainly couldn't just lean in and kiss her. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z When I see the judge I will try to convey a positive attitude, while at the same time monitoring my blood pressure and other vital signs. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “Are you positive that this is one of the same earrings?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z It’s possible, in fact, that during our short meeting the college counselor said things to me that might have been positive and helpful, but I recall none of it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She became a symbol of equality and a positive symbol for the Soviet Union. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z I'm not positive that the word "anything" included an acting career, but by high school, I was convinced that being in movies was my destiny. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Each side of the agreement had a moral duty to build and maintain a positive relationship with the others. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z If I have to listen to a guy putting a positive spin on this, my head is probably going to explode. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I was positive that was where he’d hidden the First Gate. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Splendid. We are all splendid. Everybody is proud of you. Tell me just exactly how it happened. I am positive you will get the silver. Go on tell me. Tell me all about it.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Cheery and positive, even when she didn’t feel cheery and positive. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z There are even more correlations, positive and negative, that shore up the abortion-crime link. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Most people were positive about the future of both Mr. Griswold and Book Scavenger. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “I’m positive. He’s my dog. I would know him anywhere.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Everybody sounded so positive that I started to get a peculiar feeling about this trial. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am positive they are sharks!” said the Earthworm. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not, um, what you said. I choose to have a positive attitude. I don’t let my hearing loss get me down. I can do anything a hearing person can do.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z In Montana, the only animals that dug holes like that were gophers and badgers, and Roy was positive there weren’t many of those in Florida. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I said, getting my second taste—and how sweet it was—of a positive review. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z In the case of a universe that is approximately uniform in space, one can show that this negative gravitational energy exactly cancels the positive energy represented by the matter. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “An optimist is positive and hopeful. A pessimist is negative and cynical.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The Gran looked taken aback by something the Oracle had said, and seemed to say, “Are you sure?” but Seven couldn’t be positive. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z To find out why, let’s look at the conditional probability of your having cancer, given that you’ve tested positive. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Delilah was positive she wouldn’t be meeting Death today. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Good thing I was around to cheer my brother up with my positive outlook, huh? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z They had left the light from the trees behind, and the darkness here seemed to be not just the absence of light but a positive presence, something exuded from the vegetation and the moisture. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I hold on to the one positive in this personal debacle: At least now I won’t have to struggle to make a decision as to whether to stay or go. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The calculation is similar to the one on false positive results in drug testing, and, like it, demonstrates that misinterpreting fractions can be a matter of life and death. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z While the positive effects of the wall coming down were immediately apparent, the cause of the wall’s fall was not so clear. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Yet over the next several days, Bliss’s bulletins were positive. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z One positive function Schoenberg’s twelve-tone formula fulfilled, though, other than provide for interesting analysis and debate, was to give composers in the twentieth century a challenging structure with which to grapple. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Or where black is used as a positive and white is used as a negative? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Or maybe he does, but you get more positive points for helping the old lady who was so happy she cried and kissed my cheeks so hard she rubbed tears all over them. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z In all of the cases I reviewed, the positive outweighed the negative. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I was positive my mom had told my dad I was gay, which would just be—I don't know. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Even Mr. Brademas has to admit that the negative of the swastikas has been turned around by the positive of the paper chain. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “Yeah. I’m positive there are horrible people in the world. But there are a lot of other people who are looking at you because they think you’re interesting.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Still, Miss Winthrop managed to put a positive spin on it when I saw her as I climbed onto the Christmas float. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “He has beaten Inigo!” the Turk said, not quite sure he wanted to believe it, but positive that the news was sad; he liked Inigo. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z There was also the problem of how protons with their positive charges could bundle together inside the nucleus without blowing themselves and the rest of the atom apart. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Jasmine tried to stay focused on the positive. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z In a sense these infinitesimals were infinitely small, smaller than any positive number you could name, yet still somehow greater than zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z We all learn to respond to incentives, negative and positive, from the outset of life. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “But all the well wishes and positive thoughts you can muster for him will help.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Because energy cannot be created out of nothing, one of the partners in a particle/antiparticle pair will have positive energy, and the other partner negative energy. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s a negative and I’m a positive and all that stands between us is a matter of time. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Clearly that boy doesn’t have any positive male role models in his life. Just look at my son! Just look at him!” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z “It was a failure by any measurement,” he wrote, “but positive in its failure. We learn from our failures. We learn, ‘Let’s not try this again.’” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z No number seems to solve the equation; plugging in –1, 3, –750, 235.23, or any other positive or negative number you could think of doesn’t yield the correct answer. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z My mom can be quiet and talk at the same time when she’s being positive. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z The first man I met in prison who made any positive impression on me whatever was a fellow inmate, “Bimbi.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile the world’s largest kelpie continues to evade capture in Loch Ness and appears to have developed a positive thirst for publicity. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe the one positive legacy the Trenchcoat Mafia left was to ensure that this message got heard by a society that seems desperate not to hear it. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I say cheerily, trying my best to look positive for him. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z By criteria established before launch, two of the three Viking microbiology experiments seem to have yielded positive results. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I did! I asked Jessie if she thought you would go with me, and she said you would definitely NOT. She was positive.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I know no medium: I never in my life have known any medium in my dealings with positive, hard characters, antagonistic to my own, between absolute submission and determined revolt. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “All you can do is moan and make stupid comments. Why can’t you be positive for once? Why can’t you just get on with things?” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z She had a smattering of reviews here and there, mostly positive, and in the end her book sold a very respectable 15,000 copies in hardcover. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I got hope though, ’cause two negatives make a positive. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, so he should be back to normal in no time,” Ma said, trying to be positive. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It was the most positive encouragement I could have hoped for. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He sticks the magnet to the screws head and holds the screw’s point to the positive terminal on the battery. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Can be trusted to do what is right in almost all situations and consistently represent themselves and their organization in a positive way. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z So I did my best to focus on the positive. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He believed in good omens and positive thoughts and happy endings to films, a trouble-free belief, because he had not considered them deeply before choosing to believe; he just simply believed. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It was what had brought them to the war in the first place, nothing positive, no dreams of glory or honor, just to avoid the blush of dishonor. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes. I suppose. Ten percent of the island’s Caucasian male population. It—” “And isn’t the percentage even higher, doctor, for males of Japanese descent? A higher percentage of B positives among the island’s Japanese-Americans?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z His blood would test positive, or he would get a headache that wouldn’t go away. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I have never ever had a PE teacher say anything positive about me in class. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z And as much as I wanted to find our perfect place, I still wasn’t positive this was it. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z The paper explained that because he had confessed and had a positive attitude, he was pardoned. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Nixon was thrilled by the public’s positive response. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z If he had not been holding onto the railing, Bull was positive he would have been airborne at the moment of impact. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A negative number if the boy is more of a Dumper; positive number if the girl is. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z With no way to prove a negative, she began, logically enough, by searching for evidence of the positive. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Certainly I would,” he added a few moments later, in a less positive manner. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z This keeps the suit under positive pressure, so that any airborne virus particles will have a hard time flowing into it. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “What? It’s totally not the same for guys. You all get all the positive messages—you’re always celebrated and...” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z She finally had a decent year in the Games with Peeta and me, and now it’s all broken down into a mess that even she can’t put a positive spin on. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I could live and work in here if I go positive for Ebola. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “But repeated acts of violence against the Armed Forces of the United States must be met not only with alert defense, but with positive reply,” he said. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “I’m almost positive this is your Beiderman. My dad recognized the first name.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I remember the social worker telling my grandparents and Aunt Diane that this was a positive step. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Okay, Mr. Brademas only gave us the green light because he’s positive we’re not going to get anywhere near that number. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I sat at the table, jolted awake by the coffee, petted Gretchen on top of her domed head, got a tail wag and, in as positive a tone as possible, said: “Used motor oil.” This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Once considered relentlessly positive, we seem to have substantially lowered our expectations. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He tried to focus on the positive: a warship might be on the way to help Camp Jupiter. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “You do not believe the Count’s positive assertion—on his word of honour—that his wife is innocent?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Everywhere I subsequently traveled, I discovered the positive impression Oliver had made on diplomats and statesmen. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “The first is what I call positive sentiment override, where positive emotion overrides irritability. It’s like a buffer. Their spouse will do something bad, and they’ll say, ‘Oh, he’s just in a crummy mood.’ Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “Thank you,” said Luke grimly, “but we have a positive policy against going outside after dark. Arthur may, of course, if he cares to, but I will not.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z He responded promptly, insisting that “this paper is a fabrication,” urging Adams to remain skeptical “until positive and solemn proof of its authenticity shall be provided.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z What Bhaskara and others realized was that when you square a positive number, you get a positive number back; 2 times 2 equals 4, for instance. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Brian thought of him now—wondered how to stay positive and stay on top of this. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus the universe can double the amount of positive matter energy and also double the negative gravitational energy without violation of the conservation of energy. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They knew their son wouldn’t do something so drastic; they were positive that he didn’t kill himself. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The idea that Toby would “only get juvie” didn’t seem as positive as his dad was making it out to be. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I am positive that track will be many things, but cool isn’t one of them. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “He’s going to make it. Trust me on this one. Be positive. Mr. Terupt told me that once, and he was right.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Quite soon he grew to have a feeling of positive dread when the appointed day came round. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The positives outweighed the negatives by a ton. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The intended restricted uses of early writing provided a positive disincentive for devising less ambiguous writing systems. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z First you write down all the positive whole numbers in the world. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It is a positive review; some might call it glowing. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But it has to be positive publicity, and these days, Chokecherry’s claim to fame is the paper chain. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Curly finally came up with something positive to con- tribute. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Those who are less idealistic embrace colorblindness simply because they find it difficult to imagine a society in which we see race and racial differences yet consistently act in a positive, constructive way. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z At the last moment, when disaster seemed positive, he pulled his hands from his pockets and broke his fall by grasping the golden pole. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s why I got to show it off, wear clothes that accentuate the positive. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes, she was positive: The cloud cover was thinner today. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Though her X-ray photographs were somewhat sharper than his, she was unable to say anything more positive than he had already. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I was positive that Edward’s defensive behavior in the hall was a confirmation of the bizarre things I still could hardly believe I’d witnessed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z To Forward, this owes to their abilities to have confronted the truth, expressed it, become genuine—in a way that isn’t possible through platitude or mere positive affirmation. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Some saw this as a positive development: that Botha wanted to be “above party politics” in order to bring about true change in South Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Even with an entire political party conspiring to see Barack fail, we had no choice but to stay positive and carry on. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z When it happened a second time, he sensed a positive trend. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Of all the Regions, it alone showed a positive population decline over the past half century. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z He hungered for "positive taxpayer feedback," so he called a press conference. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z She was positive Helen was Zeebo’s first wife, and was equally sure she was his present wife, but how many were there in between? Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “You’re positive about a movie theater in the afterlife but not if you’ll have your glasses? Seems like an oversight in your heavenly blueprint.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z But she dropped it into her backpack, not the trash, and I took that as a positive sign. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I know I complained to Phil that Batavia is too provincial, but I think sometimes I take the positives—the people—for granted. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “You shot him over a book? How could you do that? He did nothing but positive things! He might die now, and for what? How could you be that shallow and mean?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I knew from Susan and Bill that a lot of what looked positive was actually negative. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Thomas had no memory of his life before the Box, but he was positive he’d finished the worst twenty-four hours of his existence. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z When radium was first discovered in the late 1800s, headlines nationwide hailed it as “a substitute for gas, electricity, and a positive cure for every disease.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “No, take it. I can’t lend it to you, because it’s way overdue already, but you could probably get it at the library here. I’m positive you could.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z The teacher begins class—a different girl model today—lecturing about positive and negative space, about drawing the space around a form to reveal a form. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Coupled with the above-cited leniency in the other half of the criminal justice system, the courtrooms, this decrease in policing created a strong positive incentive for criminals. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z What they had in common is what kept them apart Mr. Paul had told me to use my head, so I started stacking up the positives against the negatives. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z As an employee of the American embassy in Saigon, he was positive he was not supposed to fire at anyone. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It was precisely because they were heading into the center of a racial storm, he said, that the possibility for positive change was tremendous. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z And I was embarrassed because I was positive he could feel my heart hammering in my chest. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z To have positive liberty, he explained, is to take control of one’s own mind; to be liberated from irrational fears and beliefs, from addictions, superstitions and all other forms of self-coercion. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The phenomenon has been largely overlooked in the glare of positive news about the country’s gains in education. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z My mother is usually a very positive person, very optimistic. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z As I listen, I try to think positive thoughts. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The man in the drugstore tells me the results are positive. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Yeah, that Eugene, he was a positive dude even as an alcoholic who ended up getting shot in the face and killed. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Apparently, he was absolutely positive that the oracle was going to find his octopus for him. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z A soft negative movement, left to right, and then her paw pushing something positive, like the small red ball she loved so much, across the table to me. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Also, there are no role models: fathers, brothers, sisters that get up and go to work every day and who are doing positive things. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite our attempts to put a positive face on the matter, the convention ended the second day in a stalemate. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For the first time in months I felt positively positive about this enterprise. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z In mid-November I received a letter from Lou Kasischke in which he wrote, It took a few months in my case for the positive aspects to begin to develop. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The journey itself was her positive action, her destination vague, unimagined, perhaps nonexistent. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z I look back on my Little Rock integration experience as ultimately a positive force that shaped the course of my life. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought of positive liberty, and of what it might mean to self-coerce, until my head thrummed with a dull ache. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The reviews were generally positive, and a theatre critic called one production “an exciting excursion into stagecraft.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Piper was positive no island had been there before. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Still I was positive it had been a shot and I bolted forward. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In positive sentiment override, I say, ‘Sorry, go ahead.’ Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z If their blood went positive, they could immediately report to the Slammer. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But thanks to the strikes, there was a positive outcome for the labor movement as well. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The United States had intervened so many times without making lasting, positive changes. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Think of the AD years as positive numbers and the BC years as negative ones. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I would go on to spend the summer of 2008 moving faster and working harder, convinced that I could make a positive difference for Barack. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I asked Morrie how he managed to stay positive through that. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The positive side of visits was made tragic by the truth that prison, over time, eroded or erased practically all relationships. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This time she was positive she had not dreamt it, but because of the weight of her unborn child it took her almost a minute to reach the corridor. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z My words are all right, but my voice is shaking so bad I'm positive she's never going to hear them. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He was positive Calypso would strangle him on the spot, or order her invisible wind servants to chop him into a Leo purée. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And when I brooded upon the cultural barrenness of black life, I wondered if clean, positive tenderness, love, honor, loyalty, and the capacity to remember were native with man. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z With a curt smile, she says, “We expect to have a positive experience with you. Don’t do anything to threaten our trust.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He assured the reporter that his men were working night and day on this case, and he was positive justice would prevail. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Use positive expressions instead. wrong: “Do not use this appliance in the bathtub.” right: “Go ahead and use this appliance in the bathtub.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He had pushed the thought down and out of sight, where only some positive reminder like this could bring it to the surface. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “Sometimes it takes a really bad thing to bring about positive change.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z If their spouse does something positive, it’s a selfish person doing a positive thing. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I had advised Walter and his family that we would likely need to go to an appellate court for any real chance of relief, despite how positive everyone thought the hearing had been. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It was an American researcher stationed in Kenya calling him to report that the South Africans had found something very queer in Musoke’s blood: He’s positive for Marburg virus. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The matter in the universe is made out of positive energy. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a positive report, the judge noted. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z ‘But I am positive that he is. The name, Singer. I recognized his race the first time I saw him. From his eyes. Besides, he told me so.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I loved her positive outlook on life; she always had a smile on her face. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Some of our conversations were angry and tearful, some of them earnest and positive. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z There was little positive published about blacks except in the black press. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z If we had our entire lives ahead of us I bet you’d get tired of me telling you how much I love you because I’m positive that’s the path we were heading on. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Isa stood up straight and tried to make her voice sound positive and cheerful. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z We crawled our way back up the path, staying low to the ground until we were sure, positive beyond measure, that we were the last ones left. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z This mostly invigorating, positive trend was not without its drawbacks. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “I would think so. The PSFs don’t have the manpower to launch a full hunt for us, but I’m positive they’ve put two and two together about what you are.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I was positive that Timothy was back on north beach cutting on that piece of wood but something told me not to go down there. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Block the negative, make way for the positive. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z “We have less than a week before the exam, Janna. There isn’t anything positive about that.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He was very positive about it. 3RD JUROR: He’s an old man. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The theme of covert tensions, overcome by right thinking and positive attitude, continues in the twelve-minute video entitled You’ve Picked a Great Place to Work. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Proof positive that the escalator trade was possible. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “There was nothing, Monsieur. Nothing, I am positive of it.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z And knowing he’d done the best he could made him feel more positive about how things would go on Friday. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “We just have to stay positive and keep networking.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Music creates a general sense of well being, while creating a positive environment in which to learn, create, and function. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z My shaky performance in Chicago had shown me that I needed a serious turnaround in my gymnastics, and I was grateful to everyone who’d encouraged me to face my mistakes and focus on the positive. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The kicks to my back didn’t break any ribs, I was positive. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The valet’s tone held positive warmth and feeling for the first time. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z They said our stuff was “energetic” and “rich in positive social messages.” Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But when we listened closely to their interaction and measured the ratio of positive to negative emotions, we got a different story. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z And by catching and circumventing threatening behavior early, there was a good chance of diverting those students toward a more positive path. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The days after his admittance, I was playing positive and soulful songs, like Billy Joel’s “Just the Way You Are,” so I wouldn’t feel hopeless. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Leila would eventually need to do something positive with her grief. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He tried to sound positive, but it sure sounded like a load of fake to me. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z I thought I understood him, but I wasn’t positive, so I pointed at the roses in the vase on the table. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t only his positive attitude and willingness to put in the time that made working with Akhi so different, he was also showing me a whole new approach to the sport of fencing. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z It hasn't changed since she picked me up, so she might just be trying to think of something positive to say to me. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z When I finally get a positive response, I have been identified once again as server material. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When Garfield awoke on Sunday morning, he was calm and positive, just as he had been the day before, even joking with people around him. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z If I didn’t hate her before, I am absolutely positive I despise her now. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z In my head, I was frantically trying to determine the ratios of positive emotion to negative emotion. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z She would jolly me along, make bracing and positive suggestions I know I can’t live up to. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z When we met the following day with President Habib Bourguiba, his response was utterly positive and immediate: he offered training for our soldiers and five thousand pounds for weapons. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Positronic brains were constructed that contained the positive aspect only of the Law, which in them reads: ‘No robot may harm a human being.' I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I tried to make our daughters’ exposure to the wider world as positive as possible, realizing that Barack and I had a unique opportunity to show them history up close. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z That’s not the reaction I was hoping for, but I guess it was positive. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z He had done his test twice, he said, and both times the samples were positive to the Mayinga strain of Ebola Zaire. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But they also often do drive innovation faster and faster, and the sheer overcapacity that they spur—whether it is in railroad lines or automobiles—can create its own unintended positive consequences. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z The positive energy of the outgoing radiation would be balanced by a flow of negative energy particles into the black hole. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The book was about all the positive things that had come out of this terrible crime. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z I’m looking forward to seeing Rachel and telling her about the positive changes I’m making in my life. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Suddenly it won’t seem so hard to associate positive things with black people. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z External events combined with mob psychology and generated a positive feedback loop. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I've got CF and you remind me to always stay positive. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Shy Jerrie was overwhelmed by the attention, but she was smart enough to know that positive publicity would help the cause. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z She wondered if Hercules had ever been as positive as Jason—more upbeat, confident, quick to comfort. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Whenever my dad’s BlackBerry pinged, I was positive that was the newsflash. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z “Are you sure you’re not going to tell Carlos if it’s positive?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I did, too, because I didn’t feel as much in prison myself here, and I got to witness positive interactions instead of the customary conflictual ones. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But there’s plenty of evidence to suggest that height—particularly in men—does trigger a certain set of very positive unconscious associations. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z And if there’s any positive to the jabberjay attack, it’s that it let us know where we are on the clock face again. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z As the moving van exited the freeway and rattled past the baseball stadium, Emily tried to focus on the positive: Book Scavenger! Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Indifferent! Oh! no—I never conceived you could become indifferent. Letters are no matter of indifference; they are generally a very positive curse.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z I do my best to sound positive about our future, but people are truly devastated when they learn I’ve lost the baby. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It also referred to her positive connection to Ptolemy XII. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z I was looking for people with positive energy and a track record of excellence. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z A large body, such as the earth or the sun, contains nearly equal numbers of positive and negative charges. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But it’s hard to stay positive when Mr. Terupt is about to have brain surgery. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z “Okay, I’m positive you’ll do great,” I declared as I took a big messy bite of burrito. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z While Milton fought to keep up a positive attitude, Tessie increasingly gave in to despair. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Smith and Pollard were positive that Woolf was the right man for Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Which no doubt is weird but is meant as something positive, so I’ll take it. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z His positive attitude gave me hope that even if I couldn’t speak my truth, the scales of justice were weighted on our side. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His behavior is really not out of the ordinary— anger, depression, even tears—are all positive signs that he is in the process of working it out. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother, who was positive that Lee would like clothes, was knitting a sweater and a pair of mittens. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I blocked out two overwhelming thoughts in my head—twelve-year-old Vera talking about the suffering animals and Charlie saying, “I’m going to leave you something”—and I tried to think about something positive. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Power traveled from the drill line's positive lead, through the workbench, through the Mylar, through Pathfinder's hull, through a bunch of extremely sensitive and irreplaceable electronics, and out the negative lead of Pathfinder's power line. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Uncle Paul says my dad split 2 seconds after the pregnancy test came back positive, and that it was a good decision for all of us—especially me. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z But these were exceptions to the overwhelmingly positive responses I received from my faith community. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Like me, they're thinking of something positive to say once the spectacle is over and the performer takes up her post beside the front door. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z On the positive side, children are learning from a professional, trained to teach music to children. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “It was completed, James. I’m positive. The Black Cat clue led somewhere—don’t you see? If Mr. Griswold hadn’t finished his game that would have been a dead end.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z You have to wear extremely ugly PE clothes that I am positive someone made just to make sure I would look extra bad. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Although less given to hyperbole than Washington, Du Bois saw Durham in essentially the same positive light after visiting there less than a decade later. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z That was the first time in my life that I had heard someone talk about living in the ’hood in a positive manner and with a smile on their face. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I couldn’t tell if she was sincere, but it sounded positive the way her voice went up at the end of my name. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I choose to see the positive, because that’s how I roll. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Even if the match was positive, Estimo claimed that Jinky Young is still entitled to be named an heir, because Bobby treated her as a daughter. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They listened to a positive affirmations self-help CD on the drive. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z She gripped it tighter at the last minute, but she was almost positive Layla and Gigi heard the crinkling of the paper. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It is the number that separates the positive numbers from the negative numbers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He said positive liberty is self-mastery—the rule of the self, by the self. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z If his second progress report was equally positive, he could be resentenced to five years instead of seven. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Thomas waited, hoping that Newt or Alby would have a positive reaction to the news, maybe even have further information to shed light on the mystery. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Hyacinth was rendered mute, which Oliver took as a positive sign. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “I’m never positive of anything, Tucker, I’m just telling you what I know. But you said earlier this year that Celia and her mom didn’t get along, right?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Youths get “positive checks” for complying with the rules, but also for using the interpersonal skills necessary to do well on the outside—skills like asking for help or talking through a conflict. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “It was completed, James. I’m positive. The Black Cat clue led somewhere—don’t you see? If Mr. Griswold hadn’t finished his game that would have been a dead end.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Jessie wasn't positive what the look meant, but she was pretty sure it wasn't a nice one. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z “And you’re positive,” he said slowly, “that this is all actually happening?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z To be honest, I don’t know what Auntie Buzz was thinking, giving three teenagers a car in the first place, but she only sees the positives of a situation, none of the negatives. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a perfect summer day—the kind you see in the movies—and I was positive I was going to throw up. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He views Leah’s bow and arrows as a positive development in our household after so many other discouraging ones, such as the death, for all practical purposes, of Ruth May. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She was pretty positive he wouldn’t be in favor of people going close to the mountain. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Then I started thinking how Papi and Tío Toni might not even have a glimpse of sky and fresh air or a bite of food and all my positive thinking went out the window. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “OK, I’m positive we’re never going to get picked up. I mean, look at us.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The raft followed easily and Brian let himself feel just the slightest bit positive for the first time since the lightning had hit them. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Instead of positive encouragement for Eliza, it seemed more like relentless pressure was placed upon her. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I stare down at the ship’s cafeteria, which I’m positive has no masa or chile verde. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “I can’t say that. But let me add that B positive is a relatively rare blood type. Statistically rare. Ten percent of Caucasian males, at best.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z My mother and her friend Mr. Jonathan never had nothing positive to say about any of Benny Rachpaul’s latest sweethearts. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Liyana’s family believed in God and goodness and hope and positive thinking and praying. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Sunny’s moms had helped me pick it out because the poet was positive for Black women. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “Seabiscuit will either be a positive starter tomorrow, or we will refuse his entry entirely.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The problem is that what some people regard as a positive or even essential change, others perceive as being a step backward. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z That is, the adoption of food production exemplifies what is termed an autocatalytic process—one that catalyzes itself in a positive feedback cycle, going faster and faster once it has started. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “I am positive she wouldn’t want to go with you, Benny. I’m sorry,” Jessie said. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z So, real fast, I say, "But it's a good thing—because now I have to wear clothes out in public again. You were right last night—two negatives make a positive!" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z For me, his romance wasn't quite such a positive, since it meant I now had to share my brother with someone else. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z There have been more positive people that have come out of our school than negative ones. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I was positive it would, if Miles was still in on the plan. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Not drunk in any positive sense but just enough to be careless. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The halls were crowded, and there was always jostling and shoving by the staircase, so I wasn’t positive he could have avoided it. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Normally, the energy of the particle is still positive, but the gravitational field inside a black hole is so strong that even a real particle can have negative energy there. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I am positive he is foreign, or used to be. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Most people were positive about the future of both Mr. Griswold and Book Scavenger. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She touched her hair, positive it was a mess, and wondered if the pastor had seen her laughing at the ants. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Finding a job allows a person to establish a positive role in the community, develop a healthy self-image, and keep a distance from negative influences and opportunities for illegal behavior. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The interest and enthusiasm we’d generated with the garden—the positive news coverage, the letters pouring in from around the country—only confirmed for me that I could generate buzz around a good idea. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Seeing Miss Riley so positive and hopeful made me ashamed and disgusted with my symptoms. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I try to lighten the mood with something positive. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z We hope you had a safe and restful holiday and have come back ready with a positive attitude to successfully handle the academic tasks before you. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But what counted as positive, and what counted as negative? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Certainly, this is no hour to be at ease but an hour for positive action. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z |
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