“If I need to stop off before picking Swade up at practice tomorrow, I will.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

With practiced skill he slid from his hiding place and crossed to the wall door. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

These practices Julius not only continued but also increased, and he planned to capture Bologna, to wipe out the Venetians, and to drive the French out of Italy. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Though I only practice with the children's choir once a month now, Maria still speaks enthusiastically of my debut, which is to be at the midsummer festival. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I think I got the rows right, but I got all the feather lines too close or something, and so when I curved them around they looked like a kid in kindergarten practicing his sixes. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

This was the time of hygiene lectures, and of practicing blanket-baths on life-size models—Mrs. Mackintosh, Lady Chase, and baby George whose blandly impaired physique allowed him to double as a baby girl. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When Joe’s mom got to the basement, we officially started band practice. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“It’s the same as learning a piano piece, Callie,” she would say, “and you can do that fine. All you have to do is practice it over and over until you get it right.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“They were practicing: dark magic. I don’t know what, exactly, but Zeus banished diem to Tartarus.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I was gonna keep moving, but then I saw that there were other people down closer to the track, hanging out, watching the practice. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I stood on the edge of the driveway while he practiced shooting his basketball into the net above the garage. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

After about twenty hours of practice with my instructor, he decided I was ready to fly solo. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I practice the art of ‘pull his shirt over his head and punch till you see blood.’” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I just remembered, I need to practice for the spring concert.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Twelve hours later, sleep was still just that—a matter of principle, unattainable in practice. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

So if you want to learn music theory, it would be a good idea to spend some time getting comfortable with the concepts below and practicing identifying intervals. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

And I learned to shear by practicing on the lambs. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I stayed right there on that bench the whole practice. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

And there was something in the way these children spoke; as a practiced liar, she knew liars when she met them, and they were lying about something. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone was let off from work at twelve o’clock to practice for the Singing. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, you and Dad will just have to keep practicing together until then.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I miss getting in my car and just driving without anybody telling me what to do or how loud I can play the radio or asking if I’ve practiced piano.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

"You can call your guitar whatever you want, just as long as you practice." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

We did some curls and half squats and then some wind sprints before the practice ended. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Why didn’t you mention that you two are practicing together?” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Or worse: It doesn’t matter how well you play, or how much you’ve practiced. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was something that he had practiced with her, had her recite until she got it right. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

It’s like saying you are Christian and you practice Christianity. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

My uncle had obviously been practicing this speech. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“We wouldn’t have to worry about neighbors if we practiced a little more compassion,” his wife comes back. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, well, I’ve had a lot of practice these days,” I say, but I don’t stop walking. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I should’ve asked Momma to take me shopping over the weekend, but I was afraid I was going to chicken out about going to practice. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

We hop off and speed-walk up seven blocks to make it to choir practice on time. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Volpe arranged to alter the rehearsal schedule so his Jesus would miss only a small portion of each week’s wrestling practices. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I take off my number 21 practice jersey and toss it to Boy21. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

At an early practice, as the boys were scrimmaging, a gaggle of geese took flight from a pond on the other side of the woods. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

But I think we shall have trouble learning how to lie, having for so long practiced the art of going round and round the truth without ever lying about it, or reaching it either. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“C’mon, boy, we don’t have but five years to get this practice over. I didn’t tell you to freeze the ball.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came up behind the Gambler practicing with the sticks on the floor of his house. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, by the age of twenty, the elite performers had each totaled ten thousand hours of practice. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Ms. Parker makes us promise to keep practicing. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

In fact Maddie didn’t fly at night for a while after she’d clocked the hours and had her logbook stamped, and she had a difficult time keeping in practice because she used it so little. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

In keeping with almost universally accepted practice at the time, physicians and other scientists at Hopkins and elsewhere did not seek permission to use tissue removed as part of diagnostic and treatment procedures. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

In any case, all that practice in falling down turned out to be a waste of time. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Billy says if we’re to be great soccer players we have to practice and we’re to meet over in the park. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

A heart attack, in the middle of soccer practice, for no good reason. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

We open a door near the bathroom and pierce a seal into an entirely different biome of the hospital—red brick, indoor trees, posters of notable doctors who practiced there. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I lost this power in sixth grade for lack of practice, the teacher a generous man. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad are at each other’s throats arguing about all of this—the football practice, the lightning, the kind of place we live in now. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t even go to Ultimate practice anymore. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

His brain actually ached from how often he practiced the songs on his own! Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Her mother had consorted frequently with white men and tutored Nag in licentious practices. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

On the walk home from pageant practice, Beatriz grooves to the rhythms of Newark traveling in the air. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Then we keep practicing. We have six and a half days to get this down.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I put off getting my license because of soccer practice, homework, and the fact that I know my parents couldn’t afford to get me a car right now, so what was the point?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I know what to do; we practiced it in training. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adams virtually ignored his cabinet, most of whom were more loyal to Hamilton anyway, and fell back to his family for advice, which in practice made Abigail his unofficial one-woman staff. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I can practice with both of you,” I suggest quietly. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Rooms were set aside for bookbinding and herb mixing and broadsword training and hand-to-hand combat practice. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Daddy not picking me up from a Tuesday practice is like the sun not rising. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Besides, it doesn’t get easier with time, and twelve years later, when Vietnam presented much harder choices, some practice at being brave might’ve helped a little. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the practice of imitation, exploration, improvisation, and composition, students learn what music is by performing. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

But I have been practicing, and my preparations go well. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

She had guided me through practice sessions in the parking lot next to the grocery store often enough. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Um, thanks for taking me today,” I say to Grace as she turns in to Field of Dreams, the sports complex where we have all our practices and games. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“Archery practice is starting, Annabeth. Chiron said to come find you.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Maybe I can print out a picture of a keyboard and practice that way. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He’s trying to stay sober for our practices. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Toward the end of practice, Mom and Mr. Stokely came out from behind the curtain, acting as if nothing unusual had been going on. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The cheerleading squad practiced on the other side of the gym, their voices echoing off the walls. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She canceled practices and got the word out to her players not to show up at the field at Indian Creek until further notice. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

It never crosses his parents’ minds that instead of taking timed practice tests in his room, Gogol will drive with Colin and Jason and Marc to a party. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The identity of her mother is uncertain, but it is likely that she was Ptolemy XII’s sister, Cleopatra V The pharaohs had long practiced brother-sister marriage. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Sophie’s driving test was in a week, so she never passed up a chance to practice with her mother. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

We met up over the weekend for one last practice before the talent show, but it didn’t feel the same. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

But I was determined not to mess up, so I practiced like crazy. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He graduated in June 1884 with a lackluster record and set out to find “some favorable location” in which to launch a practice. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m hyped about this band. We can practice in my basement. My mom has stuff in there from her band days we can probably use.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I called my parents and asked them if they would help fund a summer study abroad trip in Morocco where I could further my North African studies and practice my Arabic. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Whenever I reached peak frustration levels, my parents liked to remind me that my grandmother had had a difficult life and that I needed to practice compassion. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The piano looked just like it was waiting for me to sit down and start practicing “Für Elise.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She flexed her fingers, like she was practicing her throat-strangling technique. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

John Mark will bring it when he picks me up from school, so I can practice at Waffle House until Mom gets off work. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Descending to more pedestrian matters, let’s consider the firewalker’s practice of walking barefoot on hot wood coals. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It takes a whole lot of practice to get used to being careful about what you think in the privacy of your own brain. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He flew down so incautiously that I suspected him of years of practice in his own castle. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She practices twirling her nightstick in front of the mirror, then smacks it against her palm, steadily, menacingly, like she’s seen cops do on television. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many newsmen were completely ignorant of standard training practices. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were the only birds which made a practice of slipping off height to land—except occasionally the oldest, gayest and most beautiful of all the conscious aeronauts, the raven. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You make sure you practice ‘Für Elise’ for your recital next week, and Lily, take care of your sister.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

There is no home to return to, no practice to join. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The boys’ coach barks something I don’t understand and the team lines up behind Basketball Pole for free-throw practice. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

If I didn’t sound so good it meant I’d have to practice for a couple of months before I’d be good enough to get onstage with them. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

With his arms around me, he whispered in my ear, "I hope you've been practicing the Running Man, like I showed you." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I got through the rest of that week by practicing karate, thinking about karate, going to karate after school every day. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Elsbeth’s bedroom is where I spent so many afternoons: practicing dances, pretending to do homework, ranking our favorite film stars. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She is practicing by swimming in the Caribbean for up to twenty hours a day. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She practiced the piano every day for an hour. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A kid watching a baseball practice—nothing could be more normal, yet his heart skidded. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

From research to practice: Preschool children and their movement responses to music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

She had always assumed that politics was a youthful diversion, that I would someday return to the Transkei and practice there as a lawyer. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their officers claimed, with supercilious air, that they practiced speed and marksmanship in case the French should invade; but we all of us knew for what eventuality they prepared. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going to be at practice today,” I said. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

After practice, he grabbed his backpack and jacket and didn’t bother to change. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Georgie caught a grasshopper, something practice had made him good at, and then let it go. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Dr. Darwin had seen everything in his medical practice. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He practiced several sentences: “My name is Matt. I live here. Do you want to color pictures?” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It takes a lot of practice because my mind is so used to jumping to horrible conclusions. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Shipping live cells in the mail—a common practice today—wasn’t done at the time. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He practiced what he would say in front of the mirror, the gestures he would make, although he was aware that she would not see him if they spoke over the phone. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She was practicing her role as the cute, bouncy pup in the litter and asked yet again, “Delphine, what do we call her?” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet, despite varsity practice being canceled, no one ever questioned why Frankie had been there. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He blinked, and all of a sudden he saw her practicing, her movements like a dancer around the polished wooden floor. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Despite the Khmer Rouge ban on religion, they are able to continue to practice Buddhism in secret. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Melisandre had practiced her art for years beyond count, and she had paid the price. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

This site also includes a pop-up piano and accidental calculator specifically to help users learn and practice their developing musical skills. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Padva greets them with the practiced disinterest she reserves for pretty young things, but warms when they enthusiastically compliment her hair and jewels and dress. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I’ve only ever played beginners or practiced alone in worlds accessible to everyone. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

What did the Dursleys care if Harry lost his place on the House Quidditch team because he hadn’t practiced all summer? Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I sadly acknowledge that he objects to some of my methods and practices. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

He showed up one day with a group of friends—guys and girls—who laughed and cut up in view of the practice field before wandering off to hang out as they pleased. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Deliver the speech, in a practice run, from the cards. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

After she changes in the locker room, Erin sits alone in the stands for a while watching us, but then halfway through practice I look up and she’s gone. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the photographer left I had to go have another target practice session with Paul. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Then he bent down and placed a range ball on top of the rubber nipple sticking up from his practice tee. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The lady with the cheeks and small glasses looks at you with a gaze of false but practiced kindness. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I mean, the backseat was pretty much clear, just because that was the part of the car that he rode customers around in every day until I got in the car after practice. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Grandma Aly was also famous for passing out in her room after especially grueling practices. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

For a full minute, the class practiced rising and sitting in unison as she pressed the lever of her cricket and appraised the harmony of ebb and augmentation of her new charges. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now his practice would be the real thing. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

In other words, Burr’s allegation that Hamilton had made a practice of vilifying him for many years was essentially correct. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

They brought the practice of witch hunting with them to what became Virginia and Massachusetts. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

We’d had a Ping-Pong table for years, but so far, no matter how much my brother or I practiced, we had never come close to beating Milton. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The Redeemers who overthrew Reconstruction were inclined to retain such segregation practices as had already emerged, but they displayed no apparent disposition to expand or universalize the system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Those nights, Jule put on headphones and curled up on her bed, practicing her accents from tutorials online. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He yearned for the comfort of Catelyn's arms, for the sounds of Robb and Jon crossing swords in the practice yard, for the cool days and cold nights of the north. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As devoted as he was to the ANC, his medical practice took precedence. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He honed his cooking routine to free up time for soccer practice. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He practiced on the sawhorse how he would hold the reins in his left hand and a hat in his right hand. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was in 1924, and taking out a child’s adenoids, and often the tonsils as well, without any anaesthetic was common practice in those days. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kicked his feet around and said, “Figured we could both use the practice.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Did somebody kick you in the head at soccer practice, or what?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am impressed by the precision of this and am wondering how long he has practiced it, when he says out of the corner of this mouth, “I’m listening.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

She said we would be spending a portion of every practice for the rest of the week doing relay work; she was hoping that we'd be ready to give it a try by Saturday's meet. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

One Friday toward the end of September the monks of the choir stood practicing in the chantry. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

To take my mind off of things, I load up my paintball gun and practice in the backyard. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He worked in the district attorney’s office for two years and then opened a criminal practice of his own. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

With practice, Saxe realized that he could cradle the pen gently in his hands while leaning on his elbows, snapping perfect images. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

In a far corner behind the weight area, at the bottom of a small flight of stairs, a regular group of inmates practiced some kind of martial art. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So much for her practiced avoidance of making friends she’d only have to leave. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

After proving himself somewhat skilled during practice, many of the other competitors had sought him out, but he still opted to keep to himself. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I’ve had plenty of practice blending in and doing nothing in all of my regular classes. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The parties agreed that decisions would be taken by “sufficient consensus,” which was never defined, but in practice meant an agreement between the government and the ANC and a majority of the other parties. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They played Exploding Snap, set off the very last of Fred and George’s Filibuster fireworks, and practiced Disarming each other by magic. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Not only did we practice after school, but even during the summers we were together for camps and tournaments. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

By the time I find the Richland Park fields, practice has already started. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I’m always at football practice. When I’m not, Dad makes me practice with him.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

We worked out trio routines and practiced every weekend with the boys, marching up and down the streets of the project. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You just need a bit of practice,” Harry said. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Luma promised to pick Jeremiah up before practice and to drop him off afterward. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

We always put on our flip-flops after games and practices. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

We parked across the street, and I reminded her, “I’ll be at soccer practice until five. I hope.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He edged around the basketball practice and stopped at the foot of the bleachers. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She practiced wielding the knife as a weapon rather than a tool. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

They began to watch everything he did and query him about his training practices, from feed to workouts. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was always hanging around practice, sucking a Blow Pop. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Ritu auntie reached in her bag and handed a dollar bill to Dimple, a common practice for elders when younger people were entering a new stage of their life. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When you arrived, he wasn’t there, so you practiced: side punch, knife hand block, roundhouse kick. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

There were no bathroom time-outs during soccer games, she would tell her players, for example, so there would be no bathroom breaks during practice either. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

At our next track practice, after we’re all stretched out, Coach West tells us what specific events she wants us to train for. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Even so, it was another span before she had joined me on the roof as I practiced my lute. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When you can “program” for only a few minutes out of every hour you spend in the computer room, how can you ever get in ten thousand hours of practice? Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Agnew and Hamilton knew from their years practicing military surgery that the human body often encases a bullet in a cyst, or sac, making it harmless. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Miss Volker needs me to practice my driving so I can cart her around town.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And since the new house was forty-five minutes farther away from Bannon’s than our old one, getting to and from gymnastics practice was going to be more complicated. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“The emerging picture from such studies is that ten thousand hours of practice is required to achieve the level of mastery associated with being a world-class expert—in anything,” writes the neurologist Daniel Levitin. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

And then it went back to sounding like fourth-grade band practice. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

At that point, you may want to spend some time practicing analyzing some simple, familiar pieces. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

But the insanity of the day only made me more anxious to get to practice. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I walked into practice and Navid clapped his hands together, grinned, and said, “Big news.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Baker didn’t care that I had regular practice on Wednesday afternoons, after school, with Coach Quatrini. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I see that the Reich has very efficient and organized practices here, sailor, but perhaps a man of your talents can provide options?” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I came home from practice and the boys were on the landing, scared to death.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

His eyes are angry, glassy, but his movements are practiced restraint. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“We can practice it after we get out of here, in your room.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Why not? You practiced with Kelly for hours on Sunday.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

After a while, our head coach yelled for everyone to get back to practice, and I sat down with Aimee to review the video of my routines. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The four relay runners were practicing baton handoffs. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

After some practice with this, it will be easy to plan an integrated multicultural lesson using something like kamishibai, or Japanese story cards. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He got his law degree and set up a practice on Court Street in downtown Brooklyn. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Whatever the reason, I never knew what type of mood he’d be in when I came to practice. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He kept his promise, and the next cross-country practice was about as hard as two practices put together. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“You came in and said you didn’t want to talk about what happened at practice, so were not talking about it.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

In the dark, I practice whispering “Dee-troit” and trying to get my mouth to wrap around the word just right. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

NM: No, My Lord, this is what happens in practice. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dog was a stray, though sweet enough in disposition once fed, and for two weeks it had been my constant care and practice to nurse him as a special pet. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She and Ivan had gotten too rambunctious practicing with the weapons Kin had given them inside her barn just after this year’s Shavuot, and they’d knocked all the tools off the walls. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I know there’s nothing I can do about the dissolving tablet, but maybe, with practice, I can squirrel away both the capsule and the green pill. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

They could be heard throughout the building practicing their hops and their little songs that sounded like silver bells. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom always wants to practice her English with me, so all our conversations are in English. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“A practice of infidels,” he said to himself. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the mid-1980s Kelling was hired by the New York Transit Authority as a consultant, and he urged them to put the Broken Windows theory into practice. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I quickly put my face back in the water to hide my reddening cheeks and practice the float for a while longer until I realize I’m not going to drown. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Fairly too. Strength against strength. I was too slow and out of practice.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

When it got close to the time that Marcus would call, I went into Grandma’s living room, grabbed the phone, and practiced pressing the 1 button. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I’m standing behind the stage curtain, waiting for my turn to practice my evening-wear modeling. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Dad compromised by taking moving pictures of each of us, first with colored fingers practicing on the paper diagrams and then actually working on the typewriter. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Certainly, outlawing barbaric punishments was evidence of progress in penal practice, and perhaps of progress in American civilization as well. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve done some of what I call my own work as well, although hesitantly: my hands are out of practice, my eyes disused. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Through it all, Attorney General Palmer continued to practice restraint, and soon he paid the price for it. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I put my uniform on the correct way for the team stretch, which is how we start every practice. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

There were so many we lost, the ones who were taken, cut down, for the color of their skin, or the religion they practiced, or the person they loved. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

So what was the use in wasting time at something you knew you stunk at—like practicing the oboe—when you could be discovering your one true Talent? A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

And not like the one Braviary practiced on at the sanctuary, a swing as wide as the love seat that Axel and Lark and Ray are on. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

This had really irked me, so I started practicing Joust on my own, playing a few games a night against an AI opponent. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The everyday practice of boiling, scrubbing, buffing and wiping became the badge of the students’ professional pride, to which all personal comfort must be sacrificed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Let’s be honest with each other; sure, you’re a genius, but even a genius gets rusty. You were three years out of practice. Forty minutes’ll be plenty.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Every afternoon he hurried from his engineering classes to crew practice. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, you can borrow the photo club practice camera,” said Ms. Bethune. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I go to the gym one day and confront Coach before practice is supposed to begin. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

After practice, everybody came over to me, doing the best they could to hold their words in but sending me all their what did you do's with their eyes. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Alba stopped practicing the cello, except to play it naked on the topaz bed, and she attended classes at the university with a hallucinated look in her eyes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d be up in the morning, blasting house music or hip-hop, practicing moves the whole day. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Ladies from church sometimes came over to practice hymns, belting their piety through our walls. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

That’s how you practice shrieking like an insane woman who has been locked in an attic for a great many years. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

For weeks after that Jethro had practiced secretly at punching an old horsecollar, a sack of oats, anything, even the thin air. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other actors were milling about, finding their places for Act Three, and Justice Strauss was off in a corner, practicing her lines from her law book. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Let’s just not take any chances. Is that clear? Now, for something far more jolly, how about we start the day by practicing for the Christmas pageant!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I wasn't going to tear up the paper keyboard I had been practicing on for the last three years, though. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Jam pressed herself against the dresser, practicing being invisible and waiting for when she, specifically, would be in hot water, as Aloe liked to say. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

For a third consecutive year, unusually cold and stormy weather descended on Seattle shortly after crew practice got under way. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He had his daily meetings, but instead of asking me to leave, he had me wait on the other side of the white curtain, where we were now conducting most of our practice sessions. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The Christian religion gained influence in Europe over several centuries, gradually overcoming the old religions practiced by the people living there. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

And since the lives and practices of rich men were mysterious, who knows what they could use or not use? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

The grand jury issued a statement: “Such practices should not be endured, otherwise our courts will be a mockery, and justice defeated.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“That’s enough practice,” I said and started to take off the cumbersome costume, but they wouldn’t let me. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We also practiced karate-chopping each other on the sides of the neck and four inches above the knee. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This piece had been pretty rough in practice so far, but some days, you just click — we were supertight through the whole tune. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

One might think that the historians of technology would have wanted to question this disjuncture between theory and practice—but at first they were the same people as the historians of science. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

A few of the girls start talking about their last basketball game and how tough practice is going to be tonight. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I trot out excuses: homework, strict parents, tuba practice, late-night dentist appointment, have to feed the warthogs. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

It is a practice I share with people from hundreds of years ago. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

With practice, I quickly came to believe him, to trust him and his judgment. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He made it a practice never to let a day go by without killing something. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

How much fun is this really going to be if I have to go to practices all alone? Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She’d been practicing this trick, but never with something so heavy and dense. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got to get to practice,” I said, hoping she wouldn’t follow me all the way to the gym. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Dr. Roland’s discourses on his “practices” could sometimes take half an hour or more. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

During practice sessions my sisters and I would eat potato chips, scowling at our hated instruments and speculating on the lives of our music teachers. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

On the last Tuesday before the Easter holidays, all the kids who did bowls headed down to the Ex-Services Club as usual and had our practice. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

After the meeting, as my teammates hustle off to football practice, Coach says, “Finley, can we talk?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Probably because it was the first generally practiced method of biological control, this setting of one insect against another is widely but erroneously thought to be the only alternative to chemicals. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

With all the practice, I was shooting a consistent 90 percent from the line. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed natural for us to practice together and I asked him to join me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had practice and Trip’s father is there. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“We could practice all morning,” Miss Violet said. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was also sore about the shoulders and had a burning ear, from making bosh shots at the quintain— for, of course, practice tilting was done without armour. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the space between the last digit and the first ring, I practiced my line. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It was pretty obvious that they had practiced the song a lot of times before today. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She expected them to be on time to practice, to work hard, to focus, and to improve. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Coach Mustilli worked with me one-on-one during practice for at least thirty minutes every day until he was confident he could turn me loose with the rest of the saber fencers. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She and William also came up with basic working practices that they would use for the rest of their lives. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

This was levels beyond the simple memorization I had practiced for the stage. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I'm practicing for a speech,” I said, which was sort of true. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

And because it was raining, she let Hadley watch cartoons, so at least I could finish my homework and practice trumpet. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I would pantomime putting the hat on my head and work on just the right bland lines for the press: “Our team works hard in practice, and it pays off in the games.” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

As soon as they arrived, the entire bar went into a sort of practiced precision. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I’m very disappointed, but I will practice, practice, practice, and I bet I get on the eighth-grade team. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Truly excellent, guys! And you might want to practice this at home, too. I’d recommend in front of a mirror.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even when she’s not smoking, she pauses anyway, as if to keep in practice for those moments when she is. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She listens to me practice, reminds me to sit up straight and bend my fingers “just so.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

We duck into the amphitheater's armory, which is packed with men in red leather practice armor. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

This was his time to practice controlling the boat, propelling and steering it. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But these days, of course, there are fewer and fewer donors left who I remember, and so in practice, I haven’t been choosing that much. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Owning a lute again meant I had my music back, but I quickly realized I was three years out of practice. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When he had broken a school record without a day of practice? A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They live down the street from each other, which is why Malik always rides to practice with them. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I could read a sister’s heart even if it was hidden behind a practiced smile. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about practicing my sums, but that seemed a poor way to spend this unusual solitude. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

For more advanced practice, look for music theory books that focus entirely on harmony or that spend plenty of time analyzing harmonies in real music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Wary of potential violence, several states implemented reforms to eliminate the most abusive practices. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He was practicing to be a one-man band. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She practiced throwing it at a rabbit skin. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I strained a muscle during practice, for example, or felt fatigued after a long trip competing overseas, I would not hesitate to take time off to give my body and mind a rest. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I'm getting lots of practice at acting like nothing's wrong. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He was therefore well practiced in subordinating his own inclinations and style to Washington’s larger purposes. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Even though the season was over for us, we still had to show up to practice. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t I share my water with you at practice last week?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

For now, I draw in my sketchbook and paint portraits of myself for practice. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I concentrated on looking innocent, which is harder than you’d think, and I wished I’d practiced that in the mirror too. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured maybe the practices would get better later on. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“He hasn’t even started studying! And he overslept and missed the practice test!” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

We were a long way from being fast—because nothing but practice gives speed—but we were reasonably accurate. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s from The Music Man, only my favorite show ever. I thought we could practice some of the songs, and if you all like it, maybe it could be the choice for the spring musical.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

So guess what we were doing for practice? Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I practice drawing perspective, angling the lines of the corridor narrower with each door to pass. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I practice at home, too, until I get good at it, and I’m pretty sure that no one will be able to notice my vitiligo at school. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Gael could talk through the night about all kinds of random ridiculous facts, while Juan spent his days crafting a careful casualness and practicing guitar at all hours. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The public-address system blared the usual Monday- morning announcements about bake sales and soccer practice. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

After practice Theresa and Dolly climbed into the front of the truck with him and drove away. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I knew I should have had him practice with me first.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Things get extra busy around then. I don’t know, Kate. I’m out of practice with children.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

From two to four o'clock they were back in class, and afterward, they went to the gymnasium or sports field, where they practiced gymnastics, football, boxing, discus and hand-grenade throwing, and wrestling. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Xan was very good at making people feel better, having had five hundred years of practice. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Some were probably people who had been caught or accused of trying to practice magic. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“An L on a practice test isn’t really an L.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I don’t even need to practice, but I do. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

People accustomed to keeping domesticated animals lacked the conceptual tools to recognize that the Indians were practicing a more distant kind of husbandry of their own. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I’ve practiced martial arts ever since, in those obscure corners of the globe, mostly as a way to keep in shape for basketball. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Good thing he had lots of practice shooting by himself on weekends, Kevin. Who needs a girlfriend when you’ve got basketball?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Do you want to play the practice round with them?” she asked. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“You might as well expend all that energy at track practice where it belongs.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

They crept into the night with practiced silence. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“I suppose this is just the sort of thing the practice is meant to show up,” he said. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

On the day of tryouts, Ana, Nicole, and I met outside of the school cafeteria, where fencing practice was held. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Ben and Radar dropped me off at my house—even though they’d skipped school, they couldn’t afford to skip band practice. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I am terrible at dancing, since I have no practice in it other than humiliating lessons at school, partnered with Taryn. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“For a long time I practiced, and learned. And I’ve made ornaments for many of the guardians. Now, though, I do real work. Important work.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been cut after the second day of practice and had gone to his room and cried for three days. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of the violinists were then asked the same question: over the course of your entire career, ever since you first picked up the violin, how many hours have you practiced? Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He told us there was no reason for handwriting that messy and we clearly hadn’t been practicing. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

If I hit the wrong notes because I hadn’t practiced enough, 1 never corrected myself. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was clear, to Mrs. Richardson’s practiced eye, that they wanted to talk about it, that perhaps they had been waiting to talk to someone about it for a long, long time. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He says that the wild turkey, once abundant in the deciduous forests in these regions, is far more intelligent and can elude even practiced hunters. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Boys who hadn’t so much as grunted for the first two-thirds of practice now shouted for the ball. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I am trying now to practice not to do that. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

In interviews here, my previous findings were confirmed: with the exception of those trained in professions where they can set up independent practice, they can find jobs commensurate with their education only outside the South. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in my heart, I felt a slow-growing certainty of my own: I wasn’t built to practice law. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I jotted some remarks in my notebook, where I had practiced the forgery. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Only when agriculture came into practice—and that’s not very long ago in terms of the whole history—did a place achieve meaning and value and permanence. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The only way he will learn some decorum is by practicing.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Taisin had learned some rudimentary healing practices at the Academy, but she was not trained as a healer, and Kaede had never reached that far in her studies. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He watched the door and continued to examine the room with a practiced eye. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Like all that yelling at her mother had only been practice. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe practiced tricks in the parking lot after all the buses were gone. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Arthur told me about a guy who showed up at football practice looking for a fight. He didn’t belong up there. He was just looking for trouble. Am I right, Arthur?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there was a practiced quality to his expression now, an intense concentration to keep his face blank. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Mom and I would always stop here on the way home from soccer practice to get a Powerade and corn nuts. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Sunny and I practice in the platform shoes while Ma gets ready. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I practice what I'm going to say, my hand on the door handle. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We pretty much practice every way you can legally dribble a basketball. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

No way I wanted to go to basketball practice. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Today’s the day you started doing time at the police station. Too bad about that. I’ve been home practicing my lay-up shot.” Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was dreaming about every move at night, and when awake, all I could think was, I've done fifty routines in practice and I haven't fallen on one. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Luma liked to run her practices in private, where her players wouldn’t be distracted. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The social worker gives a practiced sympathetic nod. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were in Rishi’s room after class, getting ready for their first practice session. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Well, it’s roughly how long it takes to put in ten thousand hours of hard practice. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Nor could they ignore the old ladies’ practical advice to improve their English through Bible study class on Wednesday nights and, later, through choir practice on Saturday mornings. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Marigold’s practicing oboe”—Cady flicked an elbow toward an upstairs window, from which faint, stilted notes of music had been puttering for the last several minutes—“but I don’t know about Zane and Will.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Apa, I call out, suddenly remembering, I have chorus practice tomorrow. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Elle’s practice jersey had a piece of black duct tape over the Gunner’s rifle. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

She is calm, smooth, practiced, the mother who seems to know where we are going before I do. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

But he wasn’t ready to abandon clinical practice, certainly not in Haiti, where he had worked for almost two decades. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

But probably it was the thought of Odell, as he had been called all that week during practice, staring across from him in the Marshall backfield. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rather than practicing my irregular verbs or trying to make sense of my day, I pass the time by replaying one of my current, ongoing fantasies. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was where Richard Nixon practiced in the years before he won the presidency in 1968. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

After practice, he drinks a half gallon of milk. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I said that the way the floor cushions were set right up against the wall, it gave me a good chance to practice keeping my back straight. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He tried to bring out the practiced breathing he used to make himself calm down during matches—in and out through his nose—until he could speak. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He thought wistfully of the guys out on the football field in the sweet fresh wind, tossing the ball around before practice began. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at my bandmates and said, “Thank you, thank you very, very much. I’ll practice on this so much that I’ll be just as good as you guys are in about three weeks!” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I used to practice during the week in the simulator and in the zero G airplane, but I saved Saturday morning for the “slippery table.” Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, yes, you’re right. You go. Work. I will stay out of it. Don’t bother your sister, though. She had a rough practice.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Among other things, scientists involved in the case claim that the practice of gene patenting has inhibited their research, and they aim to stop it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I silently practice my Wohlfahrt etudes, without the bow, just the fingering, simply to calm my pounding heart. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It had been a while since I had practiced in my cutoff shoes, and I think the silver bullets had me spoiled. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

After the test, me and Dylan practice our steps for the Helsing technique for about thirty minutes and then report to the dueling gym. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Luke couldn’t say that he didn’t think about Toby the rest of the day, but by the time wrestling practice rolled around, he was at least back to letting his annoyance outweigh the fear. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I took my time getting to the courts, practicing dribbling the ball between my legs, but I also tried my best to absorb the new neighborhood. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

But over the month of practice, my time was maybe a half second faster than his. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She was practicing killcraft with knives of different sizes and weights, trying to remain balanced and graceful. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

We were expected to learn each technique quickly and to practice what we had learned on our own until it became second nature. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

On the tragic day, I came home, said hi to Mom, glugged down some milk, and headed down to the basement to practice. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And I’m not learning to play. I just need practice.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was no time to analyze the vault like we did in practice. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

In practice, what often happens is that a new theory is devised that is really an extension of the previous theory. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Rule number one, practice two hours a day.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Luma told the three boys that she couldn’t coach a team of players who wouldn’t show up on time for practice or games. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

On the afternoon of November 28, the last practice day of the fall term, the freshmen took one final, frigid workout. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

That summer, I practiced English by watching cartoons, and spent as much time as I could with the youth group. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Thanks, Mr. W. We settled down for practice. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

During Jim Crow, it was legal to deny housing on the basis of race, through restrictive covenants and other exclusionary practices. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The first was that I hadn't had lunch because of the whole running-out-of-school thing, and I was starving and wouldn't be able to eat until after practice. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Now that we’re all back together, we need to talk about getting rescued and resuming our pageant practice.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

My stomach twinges and I am sure it's nervousness about practice that afternoon. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I look down at the number 21 on my practice jersey, the number I’ve been wearing since freshman year. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Should’ve realized you didn’t want to be disturbed. I’ll let you get on with practicing for your next interview in peace.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She looked so much like someone playing the part of spoiled rich girl that Rishi wondered if she practiced it in the mirror to fit in better. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I was sure now that he was a natural Communicant; his consent and a little practice should serve to lower his unwitting barrier. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone understood perfectly because it was something everyone had practiced and studied religiously. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have practiced the story all the way to school. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Why shouldn’t they want to practice where there is regular electricity and regular pay?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She would sit at the feet of great musicians and opera singers as they practiced. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Son, it’s really not my place to say this, but do you really want to try for your pipes with someone you’ve never even practiced with?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He gave us the word and we all practiced it. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just coming to find you. I don’t have practice, and I wanted to see what you were up to.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Incredibly, hunters in the countryside captured tens of thousands of pigeons in nets and sent the living birds to urban hunting clubs for target practice. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He had met Brother Leon in the corridor late one afternoon after football practice and had seen hate flashing in the teacher’s eyes. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found this odd and undemocratic, but it was the accepted practice. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We passed a football practice for kids who couldn’t have been older than ten. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Ibn al-Haytham was much more widely discussed in the Latin West than the Muslim East, but even in the West he was treated as a text, not as a handbook of experimental practice. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

However, practicing a beach landing in a similar setting would help prepare everyone better than just going into a situation cold. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Critical issues in music education: Contemporary theory and practice. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Just as I’m about to fall apart, the endless hours of practice kick in and I’m sailing along in complete control. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

She practiced treading water until the current carried her against the weir, then he towed her across the pool so that she could start again. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The best I could, I told her the miserable details, careful not to leave anything out: Rosaleen practicing writing her name, the three men taunting her, how she poured snuff juice on their shoes. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

All these weeks of practicing, and I still don’t look half as good as that. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“You'll be holding a knife to more than one throat before this is all over. You'll need to practice technique, though. I could have disarmed you — " “Elias?" An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“If you miss a practice, you miss the next game,” she told the boys. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

And by the second night, she was playing board games With him every time she took a break while I did practice quizzes or writing assignments. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 makes it illegal to punish people for revealing their wages to one another, but the practice is likely to persist until rooted out by lawsuits, company by company. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When practice is over for the night, I close the door to my room, sinking low into my bed. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Then he explained that you could make many, many rectangles out of them, but that it took practice. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s practice those steps once more,” she said, taking his left hand and putting her arm around his neck. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says it’s there to remind him of what his life was like before he came out, but it’s definitely something I make an effort to put into practice. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

But she decided she could not remain a member of an organization that practiced a racially restrictive policy, and she resigned in protest. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

The Queen was a living symbol and well practiced at managing it, but she was as human as the rest of us. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Bridges told Dad that he was getting complaints from parents about the afternoon football practices. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, all such peoples either practice at least some food production or are the partly acculturated last remnants of the world’s former hunter-gatherer societies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

These two kids had had a lot of practice being around their teasing old granddad because they didn’t pay him no mind at all. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

As we zag along, I practice with my sling, missing eighteen times out of twenty. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ramu and I sit together every afternoon after lunch period so we can practice our English. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I went back to scraping the pot, and pretty soon Mary Alice went bad: to practicing her tap. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

No wonder no one bothered to have me practice. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

There were no poker-faced sitcom martians in his part of Africa, no oil-rich hillbillies or aproned brides trying to wean themselves from the practice of witchcraft. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Years of practice kept her from spilling so much as a drop. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey, that was ballsy. What you did for her, I mean. Jay, seriously, man, come to practice sometime. We need dudes like you on the team.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

We practiced the slump of the shoulders born of defeat, the shuffling gait of those who knew that there was no pleasant or agreeable end to their pilgrimage. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He’d practice his singing around the house sometimes, singing “do re mi fa sol,” and all that. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm all out of practice, you see. I told you I couldn't play. I'm all out of prac----" "Don't talk so much, old sport," commanded Gatsby. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Although these practices vary from one community to the next, at the core of each dance, of each song, of each prayer is a commemoration of the gift of corn. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

We spent another hour practicing some plays, putting them into action in little scrimmages, and then Coach sent us to the weight room in pairs. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Okay, guys, I want you all to practice this move ten times. Go.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I will always practice good citizenship and patriotism. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Every day when Gerald left practice he went by Angel’s school to pick her up from dance practice. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had her own medical practice until she volunteered her services during the Civil War. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I got inside it with Neil and Buzz and we practiced things like launches and reentries, where all three of us would be together. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The practice actually saved the school money by decreasing the garbage-disposal expenses. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

While he was being carried on Wind Being’s back to meet with Pond and Darkness, Nathan had practiced many different ways of saying that he wasn’t going to the Third World. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She continued in this vein for some time, until Wood said, “Er — Madam Hooch? Is it okay if Harry has the Firebolt back? We need to practice....” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

As an attorney with a fairly large criminal practice, I was conversant with such tales. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the time he’d grown up big enough to get out of the cabin, he’d made a practice of trying to catch and keep every living thing that ran, flew, jumped, or crawled. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Victor returned near the end of practice carrying a Super Big Gulp from the 7-Eleven. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Big Ma and Mr. Lucas returned with their courthouse papers, only to find Vonetta and Fern practicing their walk down a make-believe church aisle in the living room. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

That’s why I practiced so much, so I could rush myself on solid ground and then work out the details from there. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The six highest scorers from all our practice rounds were announced at the last practice session a few days ago. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“So if you don’t practice your instrument every day, you will quickly lose your position.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Drew was intense, but he looked like he was having fun, like he had strayed from his typical practice routine to play and show off. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“In those of noble birth, virtuous behavior resides within. Others can practice and learn it, but the difficulty is very great.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

If you’re not careful, the viola can make the most awful screech, even in the hands of practiced musicians. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was surrounded by trees that blocked it from view of the village below, meaning that they could practice Quidditch there, as long as they didn’t fly too high. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

We wrap up our stage practice at Convention Hall, and Miss New Jersey announces, “I hope everyone packed their swimsuits! It’s pool time!” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“We’ve just been helping each other practice for the pageant. It’s nothing, really.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Must have been a good practice,” Reggie said as he drove them to the hotel. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I finish the model, hours later, Guillermo inspects it and then uses it to pencil different reference points on my practice rock that mark where I’ll cut in for “shoulders” and “heads.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Did Madge and I only practice trombone together because I taught her math tricks? Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

There was the time Mr. Christopher had had to pin back his arms to stop him attacking Reggie D. during football practice. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, Tendai thought the Art of War was more fun than weapons practice. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

But I knew Chas from the team, even though I never talked to him at practice. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Through his law practice, McKissick also emerged as the leader of the fight to desegregate Durham's public schools, guiding black parents through the maze of requirements devised by the school board to delay integration. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He passed the bar immediately, though I know he never intended to practice the law or big corporate business. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hello, Harry— Hello, Chester. So, the greetings being over, let us get on with the practicing.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The British abolished slavery in name but kept it in practice. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“He never missed a practice or game,” I say. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Ms. Fender had also handed out some new music—“Pirate Medley”—which we were supposed to start practicing at home. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

In competition, we always performed the skills we’d practiced and mastered in the gym, because as any gymnast can tell you, there’s a fine line between being courageous and ending up with a major injury. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I’m out in center field for fly ball practice, and I’m wearing a bright orange wig underneath my Renegades cap. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

James Garfield tried to stay neutral in the disagreements, though he more often aligned with those who promoted reform of government hiring practices. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The practice of deciding to live somewhere without permission or some agreement is known as “squatting.” An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

He graduated from medical school, got married and had two children, settled comfortably into a lucrative Dallas practice. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Upstairs, she quickly dismissed Grandfather’s practice of setting the bird free during the cleaning and inviting it back inside with a mere whistle. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Nora could probably walk him on her own, now that we’ve had so much practice, but I’m glad my parents are still letting me go. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I never would have noticed if Sarah hadn’t practiced eyebrow waxing on me last summer. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time they graduated, they were broke and in debt, with no money to set up a practice as veterinarians, and so they had enlisted in the Army together. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That is very good! And your machine-shop work? Have you been practicing?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

My sister, Sarah, was dropping our brother, Daniel, off after hockey practice. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now I think that the rest also was practice. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

That left me with hardly enough time to make breakfast and get myself dressed before driving to morning gym practice forty-five minutes away. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Our sweat-stained uniforms, still dusty from the endless push-ups and practice jump landings in man-made pits overflowing with sawdust from our first week, clung to our skin. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

To practice their art with liberty and joy. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The amateurs never practiced more than about three hours a week over the course of their childhood, and by the age of twenty they had totaled two thousand hours of practice. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Afterward, we would practice miming the rap songs we had memorized. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Instead, like all orthodox religions, they practiced a rigidity that prevented them from correcting their errors. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, there are always pet names to tide one over: a practice of Bengali nomenclature granting, to every single person, two names. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was constantly clashing with his superiors over what he saw as shoddy practices and corner-cutting, and sometimes broke company and union rules by doing work that he was contractually forbidden to do. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t schedule a football practice on the morning of your team captain’s funeral.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fine, then let’s go to the band room together. Band starts in thirteen minutes; we can practice for the concert.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“We need to practice every day until the audition,” I said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He felt comfortable practicing his Igbo with Kainene’s stewards, because they were always so expressionless that it did not matter whether or not he got the tones right. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We practice until we’re both so exhausted we just lie on the padded floor. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“At practice just now. We were the only two left at the fields, and...and it just came out.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

This threw Valerian into such a rage that he cracked me in the back of the head with his wooden practice sword. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Because Missus Walters told me you used to practice with her on Saturday mornings.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He would use her as a practice bow and arrow target. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Although my practice had dissolved, my reputation as a lawyer was undimmed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we shall see, the practice of “pointing” our writing has always been offered in a spirit of helpfulness, to underline meaning and prevent awkward misunderstandings between writer and reader. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

The Khmer Rouge government also bans the practice of religion. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

While we play a few practice hands, Hilly and Elizabeth talk about baby names. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

What was new was not the practice of copying others but the idea that this was something to be ashamed of. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

In following Methuselah on his slow forays through the forest, I discovered the boys and men practicing drills. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My days consisted of a cycle of schoolwork, piano practice, and cooking lessons with Viola. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“How was I supposed to bring everything up? This was something in my personal life. I didn’t think I had to bring it into our team practices.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I practiced pushing myself on the wheelchair through the house. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

But how, I wondered, were either of us ever going to learn to control ourselves if we couldn’t practice? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I can only hope she won’t take to practicing, later when it’s really winter, on the outdoor rink, where somebody I might know could see her. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He also planned to talk to Coach about that extra practice on Saturday morning. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The story is often explained as pointing back to a time when weather-magic was practiced. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then at once, from across the studio, it’s as if my practice rock has gotten on a loudspeaker to inform me what’s inside it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The rest of the team wouldn’t speak to Harry during practice, and if they had to speak about him, they called him “the Seeker.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

At home, or driving my car, I practiced until I could interrupt a radio or television host and introduce myself. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben and Radar both had a marathon band practice to make sure they would rock “Pomp and Circumstance” at graduation. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

When we were little, we practiced our second arcana by manipulating paint on a canvas, shaping clay on a pottery wheel, and molding fresh-dipped candlesticks, until we were able to transform them into treasures. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“They could practice for the test together. Study buddies!” she exclaims, as if it’s all her idea. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The basic theory underlying this strategy is that white Americans will abandon discriminatory practices if and when it becomes apparent that black people aren’t inferior after all. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He believed that a young lawyer had more political opportunities in a small-town practice. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even when hard practices made me cry at Bannon’s, some other part of that session would make me break into laughter. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

While some of the prisoners were people accused of attempting to practice magic—not that they could, given that magic had vanished from the kingdom—these days, more and more rebels arrived at Endovier. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I practiced the night before how to write the candidate’s name in Farsi. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Mostly, I think, I practiced playing the All-City songs in my head. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other boosters and parents and hangers-on traveled from one end of the practice field to the other in friendly little packs. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Kill!” he bellowed, like he’d had a lot of practice saying it. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

You can’t be poor, because if you have to hold down a part-time job on the side to help make ends meet, there won’t be time left in the day to practice enough. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Whole bright days of spring and early summer they spent out in Roke Bay in light catboats, practicing steering by word, and stilling waves, and speaking to the world’s wind, and raising up the magewind. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I would like to remind you there is freedom of practice in this country.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t see yet, Genry, why we perfected and practice Foretelling?” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

All of these musics have long traditions that are very different from the familiar major-minor tonal system, and usually also have a different approach to harmony, rhythm, and performance practice. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I’ve gotten to use the swords twice, and I'm passable with them, though I need a lot more practice. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

In the towns he found that people threw newspapers and magazines into trash barrels, so he could always find something with which to practice his reading. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mastery of each of these many skills required years of apprenticeship and practice. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had no practice at dominance, but the situation left him no choice. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Hah. We had a fight before practice even started. They had to pull us apart.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

The practice was over, and it suddenly occurred to Reynie that he’d never seen Recruiters leaving the gym—which must mean they used the back door. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Yes,” I said, because right after my last lesson, I did practice—for a minute or two. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

And in practice the only way of achieving this was by continuous warfare. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I watched the football practice from a distance. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has me practice with my bow and arrows and a target until I can shoot straight. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think Coach actually wanted to know if Drew and I fought after practice the day before. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He placed them on the piano as Matt practiced and caught every mistake. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody says anything more about the newspaper article, and practice goes on as usual. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

When he was in one of his moods, he acted out in practice—talking back, showing little effort. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

In the thousands of foul shots I had taken while practicing for this moment, my mind had learned where the rim was. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Amy’s conscience preached her a little sermon from that text, then and there, and she did what many of us do not always do, took the sermon to heart, and straightway put it in practice. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked earnest questions about what kind of work might be available to a lawyer who didn’t, in fact, want to practice law. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I decided I’d go down to the arena and do some sword practice. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Mindy Park zoomed in on the latest satellite photo with practiced ease. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Garfield continued to practice law, including an 1866 appearance before the U.S. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But the most dramatic moves—which we did not practice on each other—were saved till the end. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama says it’s good practice for when I have my own house. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents always come to my choir practice. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then she reached for her phone and texted Emily: Start practicing. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

It may well be that the Magdalenians practiced their fertility magic in the bowels of the earth because they thought of the earth itself as a living thing from whose womb all other life springs. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

To work their sugar fields, Dutch and Portuguese plantation owners had first tried to enslave the native Amerindians, but unrest and escape attempts grew so high that the practice was finally outlawed. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

This was a time when “benevolent deception” was a common practice — doctors often withheld even the most fundamental information from their patients, sometimes not giving them any diagnosis at all. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Unmarried to him, this would never grieve me; but can I let him complete his calculations—coolly put into practice his plans—go through the wedding ceremony? Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

West Texas had a history of staunch conservatism, not to mention a virulent dislike of government as practiced by Democrats. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was Helene who never turned her head in church when latecomers arrived; Helene who established the practice of seasonal altar flowers; Helene who introduced the giving of banquets of welcome to returning Negro veterans. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

We practice our model’s T and pivot turn. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Did she stumble across something she ought not to have done, as the two young men sat practicing for their attempt at glory and domination? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

At the Middle Dutch Church they pulled out the pulpit, the pews, and the floorboards and let the horses of the Light Dragoons practice. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aborigines did acquire from the Macassans some loan words, some ceremonies, and the practices of using dugout sailing canoes and smoking tobacco in pipes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The girl raises her horn, and before she starts again, she says, “It’s great to practice with a friend.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I decided to grit my teeth and practice being courageous. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

After passing the bar exam, he was all set to take over a country law practice. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, at school, I still kept plowing along, practicing drums, writing journals, completely bagging all of my homework assignments, and faking human interaction with the people around me. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day Sam sent two girls home from practice, telling them they had gained weight and not to come back until they lost ten pounds. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Dad used to take me to baseball practice on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, but his new boss won’t let him leave the office. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Taking a deep breath, Cas picked up her bag with one hand and the clarinet case with the other, then headed out of the practice room. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I had stopped going to soccer practice after the day I crashed and burned in the star drill. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It’s strange, but I have to stop and breathe for a few seconds before I can keep practicing again. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Grace offered to ask her if Bien could come to the next practice. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The doc’s a short man, round belly, don’t seem to practice what he preaches about eating right, but he’s got a kind heart, and he lays out some newspapers on his kitchen table. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back in the 1930s, warden Lewis Lawes had upset the inmate population by prohibiting the popular practice of tending rabbits. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that short window between eleven p.m. and four a.m., instead of getting good rest, I would spend my time drinking copious amounts of water to make sure I didn’t become dehydrated during practice. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Now, don’t forget that nice wrist movement we’ve been practicing!” squeaked Professor Flitwick, perched on top of his pile of books as usual. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I was standing in the goal at soccer practice taking shots from some of the starting players, mostly eighth graders. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The elementary school itself had classrooms where Luma could run tutoring for her kids before practice. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He’s standing at the island in the spot where I called him to say I wouldn’t be at practice the other day. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

What is known is the truth about the barbaric practice of lynching has, in many ways, been suppressed and that this form of racial torture and murder left deep scars that remain with us today. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

She says it perfectly, just as we practiced it. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, I don’t like writing much, and I’m not so very good at it, so I practice when nobody is around.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“With fifty students, sir, and my after-school tutoring, I can’t spend much time helping him. I grade his practice exams and assign him extra problems every day, but he doesn’t seem to be mastering it.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now practice describing the expressive qualities of a song. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The only thing I could guess was that even though all the drama at practice was over, some of it must've been lingering in me. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure how to tell him about Ma, so I practice telling my story in my head until I see Vik coming up the block, holding his sister’s hand. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“He’s admitting to you that the gap is closing. That he has to practice if he’s going to beat you from now on. He’s admitting some hard things. He’s admitting that he’s getting older.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd literally goes wild after lunch; we’re shouting, “ENCORE, ENCORE!” and they play it three more times before they can get us to head to practice. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Even Jews who had converted to Christianity or did not otherwise practice the Jewish faith could not join. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even learning a few simple moves would help, if I practiced enough? City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe I can practice going un-muffed with Mom and Dad first, somewhere in between quiet and loud, where noises can float away. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I thought about her meeting at the practice field with Mr. Donnelly and the photographer, and Shandra Thomas’s frightened run from their camera. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

To a crackly old phonograph in the dining hall, we spent hours practicing fox-trots and waltzes, each of us taking turns leading and following. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes people would stand outside the house just to listen while she practiced. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s band practice, which is the thing he looks forward to the most in the day. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Now that I have time to practice I don’t have to worry about sneaking in a few minutes whenever I can grab them.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And never once did I miss a practice or a home game afterward. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

This way, I can practice sewing at home and not just at school. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Like, I’m pretty sure there’s a little Olympic gymnastics team practicing their floor routines in my stomach. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

But inwardly Hatsue felt no serenity; her calm was a practiced disguise. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

To his relief, the princess nodded and handed her staff to one of her guards, then took the practice sword Dorian extended to her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

With helmet down and torch blazing, he practiced to his heart’s content, welding all manner of metal objects—forks, shovels, horseshoes, even the grate off a potbelly stove—right into the gate. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

His reputation was established sophomore year when he told Boobie one day after practice to take the stocking cap off his head. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I want you to take me out there. Help me practice.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Pretty speeches! When a man can make pretty speeches, I always wonder how long he’s been practicing! Come on, Nat. Let’s tell mother!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have always been pretty serious about hitting the old practice pad at home, but now that I was living in the Conversation-Free TV-Dinner Zombie Zone, I basically had nothing else to do. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He got the coach to cancel practice. The rest of the team is at the lake, far away from all of this. Kind of convenient, don’t you think?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Politicians and law enforcement officials today rarely endorse racially biased practices, and most of them fiercely condemn racial discrimination of any kind. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Time’s up. Submit your practice test as is.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

First and foremost, Luma needed players who would show up to practices and games on their own, since their parents were too busy to be of much help. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Boy21 takes off his space clothes and puts on a practice uniform so that he looks simply terrestrial instead of extraterrestrial. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

With practiced steps, she twirls the sword through the air in graceful arcs, thrusting and parrying against an invisible foe. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The United States has almost always had a racial undercaste—a group defined wholly or largely by race that is permanently locked out of mainstream, white society by law, custom, and practice. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“We have two big practices this week and a big triple-header this Saturday,” Webb says. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Merpeople use the Lobalug as a weapon and wizards have been known to extract its poison for use in potions, though this practice is strictly controlled. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of practice, he felt strong. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The Canadian and Australian crews, practicing sprints, blew past them with smirks on their faces. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

A couple of guys at soccer practice were talking about the accident. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

To make matters worse, the online curriculum Dad had chosen required students to do their classwork on a certain schedule—but I was always in gym practice at those times. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I should have practiced my prepared speech again,” he muttered to Werfel. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

She herself could not practice openly in the United States because the training here was so different and because she could never learn English. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a little rest, we walked around to the other side of the stadium before they had started batting practice. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You could use some practice with that right arm, if I recall correctly. You too, Christina.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

This meant parents who were not members of the Nazi Party or who had friends who were Jews or practiced the Jehovah’s Witness faith. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was the boy who’d tried to give Carl a fishing rod, the boy she used to see from her kitchen window practicing in the fields with his wooden sword. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The walk came back to him when he did not have the ball, during time outs, when he walked to the foul line, or when he walked to the end of a line in practice. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, by now the two of them had had so much practice that they didn’t scream and cry like the last couple of times. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

So this means your mom can hear when you practice, and she can definitely hear when you don’t. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, you can walk now, so I don’t believe that you are injured that badly. You should have been at practice. Are you going to be able to compete tomorrow?” he asked. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

My father always refused to let him practice this part, saying gently, “That’s enough now,” and insisting on getting back to his feet before Craig could try to lug him down the stairs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Hel traces the dust on the ground with a fair, practiced hand. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He made it clear that he was a doctor with a wide and prosperous practice that he would not jeopardize by going to prison. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sixteen and in love with a guy who didn’t return his texts and avoided the hell out of him at football practice. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I can see now that what I mostly lacked at Nationals was maturity—and practice time in the gym. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

We hadn’t said anything at all to each other since practice, not even after the fight in the bathroom with Chas, but he didn’t need to say anything. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“In practice, however, it was the first irreversible step by which a presidency ran out of control.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When the baron expatiated upon the superior practices of Europe, the Indians were baffled. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Why don't we go there now, in daylight, just for practice?” she had asked him. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The litigation that swept the nation in the 1990s challenging racial profiling practices has nearly vanished. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

In his private practice Burnham was accustomed to having complete control over expenditures needed to build his skyscrapers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

On my way to school on the bus, I took out the black note pad from my shirt pocket, closed my eyes, and practiced saying “in-a-li-en-a-ble” silently to myself. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

They even asked me if I needed to borrow some practice gear, which I thought was nice, but I told them I was cool. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Lolo and the twins watch us as we practice. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I tune out some of what Maxine is saying because now it’s starting to sound like something she practiced, something Sabrina told her to say. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t even have to provoke me, I use her as target practice. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When it’s basketball season and Hana has practice, we have to eat either super early or super late. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Remember, Hannahleh, we open our door to remind ourselves of the time Jews were forced to keep their doors open to show the Christians we were not practicing blood rituals. Hah!” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grab the brain model and angrily peel back layer after layer on my own, the complicated names sticking on my tongue as I practice them. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

As peculiar as the practice is, the U.S. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I was an almost in second grade after I spent a whole weekend practicing my sounding-out words so I could move up to the red reading group. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s the big question, isn’t it? Sometimes, things just aren’t easy,” Frank says, and he takes one of those big yoga breaths, like maybe Byrd’s had him practice it too. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Finally he said, “Bad writers don’t practice, Stella. It’s the good ones who care enough to try, who worry about getting the words just right. You are probably better than you think.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Like I had been practicing for wallowing in it my whole life. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, we get together and practice our rhymes,” Bernard says. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Before I sent in my application, I had to practice every spare moment with Professor Christie to fme-tune the Shostakovich concerto and the two Bach suites. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We only practice a couple days a week, so that leaves me plenty of building time. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“Which is that we continue to practice in the afternoon, but we call a halt to it whenever there is lightning in the area.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But what if we have soccer practice?” asked Ruby, in the middle of a plié. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

From there on in it was like a practice session. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He’d practiced fast getaways, fantasized he was revving a powerful engine that left a skid mark and dust behind. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I like to see my students applying themselves, but don’t mistake a few weeks of practice for years of it.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Since the first year he began to practice he had given an annual party on Christmas Day, and now all was in readiness. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Let’s practice not saying anything at all,” she whispered. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She still practices her own version of spirituality, which she cobbled together from too many Deepak Chopra-esque books and TV shows. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It made such an impression on him that from then on he detested military practices and war, not because of the executions but because of the horrifying custom of burying the victims alive. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The truth is, it’s impossible to explain why I didn’t tell her about practicing with Deb. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

They practiced the Offenbach and the Barber and Mozart’s Twenty-fifth with blank faces. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Shadow practiced appearing to push coins through the table. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

That meant sticking me in the back row with all the kids who didn’t take lessons over the summer, never practiced at home, didn’t come early for extra rehearsal. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I practiced the words, mouthing them silently, until the driver stopped the bus and fluttered his hand over his shoulder at me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It was practice he required, not just information. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“No questions asked. No punishment for missing today’s practice or for leaving the game.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s different for us. Emmett . . . these were strangers he happened across. It was a long time ago, and he wasn’t as . . . practiced, as careful, as he is now.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

When I practiced my points and conclusion for Big Ma and Pa that night, Big Ma said she couldn’t believe they handed out grades for that. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Carson, as the team’s manager, went to every practice and game. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Reilly tells me that I need to practice painting the atmosphere of Earth itself. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Everyone knows what days you guys practice in the gym. Everyone knows where the bags will be.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then there’s good old torture—standard practice for slaves giving evidence in the Athenian courts.* Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Matt practiced on his guitar, a skill he was developing without Mr. Ortega’s help. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decided I was done with practicing for the night. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I went to the playground every morning to practice that second step. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Mina ignores my outstretched arm, bending over the baby carriage and scooping up Regina in one practiced, fluid motion. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

While the others were taking their siestas she would practice the clavichord for two hours, knowing that the daily sacrifice would keep Fernanda calm. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Some little boys in the Biafran Boys Brigade were practicing on the street, with sticks shaped like guns, doing frog jumps, calling one another captain! and adjutant! in high voices. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Treason Trial was in its second year and it put a suffocating weight on our law practice. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hate stare was everywhere practiced, especially by women of the older generation. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The children in the class study without interest, wishing they could be at ballet or softball practice instead. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth to ask, but Madge says all at once: “How did you get to be so good? Where do you go to school? How often do you practice?” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“She seemed lighter? Less stressed during practice. Sometimes she was even downright giddy.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I didn’t go to practice because my ankle had swelled to the size of a softball. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Breuer bent down and wrapped the handkerchief around the boy’s knee, knotting it gently with firm, practiced hands. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In these places where they practice, their potent magic takes on many shapes. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

In fact, he was seriously thinking of leaving Philadelphia and the practice of medicine altogether. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Her violin was cradled on her shoulder and she was zipping through various etudes—short study pieces her music teacher insisted she practice every day. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When the police asked what he thought he was doing up there, Joe told them he was practicing to be a sniper when he grew up. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I was bummed that he interrupted my practicing to ask for breakfast My own brother... and all he wanted was some oatmeal. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told me to practice and practice, always balancing something on my head. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

We practiced the splits, and bending backward, the high-stepping strut, and I saw myself a sequined princess leading orchestras across a football field, the idol of cheering fans. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

At summer camp, when the other girls in my cabin were practicing choreography for “It’s a Hard Knock Life,” I was writing letters to Maddy. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Each day Lyddie gave her three new papers to post and learn, and, at the end of the day, to take home and practice. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Guten Tag, Fräulein Engel,” he said cordially, and she dropped her cigarette and crushed it out with her foot and straightened her back and her coat collar all in a rush of practiced panic. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Okay, well, find out and tell me when we talk next week. Think of it as homework, Sparrow. You’ve got to practice, just like for bass. Do you like the bass?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The next afternoon Parkhill did some target practice in one of the dead cities, shooting out the crystal windows and blowing the tops off the fragile towers. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents made many concessions to allow me to practice. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

After practice, I killed time on the court shooting hoops to give Will and his pals time to change and leave before I showered. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

And my mom—her whole chiropractic practice is based on a holistic health approach to life. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Their own efforts were so childish compared to the practiced skill of these hired men. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

‘Common sense’, if we mean the practices which we think embody it, did not exist before the publication of Galileo’s Discourse on Floating Bodies in 1612. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I’ll drop by the courts for a practice. Or at least for the game,” she said. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I would practice at home, putting on nightly news broadcasts for my family, speaking in French. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“No. Bocce takes true skill and years of practice. Let me explain.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh, okay. Do they practice the signs gospel there?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

With no one around to see him take spills, he could even rear back on one wheel to practice wheelies. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Hours of practice had turned me into a proficient but slow fence builder. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He swept between them as they practiced, looking just as much like an overgrown bat as ever, lingering to watch Harry and Ron struggling with the task. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Mr. Freeman talks about art galleries and I practice birds—little dashes of color on paper. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

For months I practiced, joined the baton club at school, and even entered contests. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever the reason, Rush tried to ignore his condition and carried on his medical practice as best he could, visiting patients from morning to night. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

In just over three years of law practice I had become one of those people for whom such small events could make a big difference in my joy quotient. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The intellectual apparatus of the new science—facts, experiments, theories, laws of nature, evidence—did not establish its worth by philosophical arguments; its success depended upon the fact that, in practice, it produced good results. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The youthful count of St Pol had been taught the arts of war by being given twenty-four living prisoners to slaughter in various ways, for practice. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scholars probably consider it a practice drawing, maybe for his cityscapes for Uncle Cor. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“So, if you want to be a good American, you’ve got to practice bad Americanism. That makes sense, too,” Mr. Gayle sighed. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe if I’d had some practice, maybe if I’d had more devastation in my life, I would be more prepared to go on. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coach West blows her whistle, and we all start practicing. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Coach Ted must have passed it around right after practice, because there were all these water spots where wet swimmers had handled it, smudged the ink. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

He imagined a chicken in his hands, the practiced snap with which it became meat, a routine, a carcass to pluck to goose bumps; but first the blood must be let. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Liam was so accomplished with his abilities, it probably meant he had taken years to practice, most of those spent outside of camp walls. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I was free, I didn’t rush it, I banked it soft off the backboard just like in practice, and it rolled around the rim and fell off!” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to make up for my poor practice and soon my lungs are aflame and my legs are screaming, threatening to quit on me. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t have anything any more, not even a practice. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I give it my all at practice on Tuesday. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“Of course not. It’s what we do. It’s hunting practice. Survival of the fittest.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“You’re expecting too much of yourself,” said Professor Lupin sternly in their fourth week of practice. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

That Saturday night he took the chain off the piano strings and played something he had been remembering and practicing in the morning, something called “Moonlight,” a piece by Beethoven, Cotton Eye thought. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We finish practice with no incident and are all in high spirits during pickup. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

So much for her practiced avoidance of making friends she’d only have to leave. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Then it occurred to her that she could copy out pages and paste them up and practice reading them whenever she had a pause. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I did help. We practiced for a long time yesterday.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Diana handed Mrs. Kennedy the schedule with a practiced smile, then looked back at the computer screen as Mrs. Kennedy left for the copier. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Keeping patient information confidential was emerging as a standard practice, but it wasn’t law, so releasing it wasn’t out of the question. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

And if it wasn't for practice today, maybe I'd still be mad. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Its face was much too large for her slender wrist “You were at choir practice,” she said matter-of-factly. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

They indulge as well in reductio ad absurdum, the logical practice of taking any premise to an extreme, and in various sorts of combinatorial word play. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tennis players call off practice if the courts are even a little wet. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

They gave Bill Gates extra time to practice. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Instead I practiced in front of the mirror alone in my room. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

In practice, the engine was used to power ornamental fountains, but not to pump water out of mines, because Savery could not build boilers and cylinders which would sustain a sufficiently high pressure. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Naturally, Joey Costello was not at soccer practice, or at school. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We won’t practice with the Snitch yet,” said Wood, carefully shutting it back inside the crate, “it’s too dark, we might lose it. Let’s try you out with a few of these.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

One evening in 1958, a handsome thirty-three-year-old army captain with a ready smile and a rich bass voice ambled into practice. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Slaves carried the practice over with them from Africa as a way to capture and dispose of any haints wandering around.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

His days were spent drilling the guard and practicing his swordplay, making the yard ring with the sound of steel as Bran watched forlornly from his window. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

So instead of watching television, I’m copying words for her practice session tonight. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I gotta practice,” I muttered, and ran back to finish my last hundred shots. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her mouth tasted of honey and cloves, and her fingers were deft and practiced as they found the fastenings of his clothes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“The girls’ basketball team practices in the next building, so they come here for lunch. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Teaching had paid a poverty wage; his medical practice yielded an income only slightly larger. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I had gone out several times on snowshoes, gathering strength and getting practice by waddling around the slopes of the snowy vale that hid our tent. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Here too were the archery butts where men of age were required, by King Edward’s decree, to practice every Sunday. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, he had to practice on Aunt Queen's ramp. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He explained that they were terribly afraid for their feet, so that one must make a practice of lifting the legs and patting the hoofs and ankles to remove their terror. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

She called, “I guess you don’t want to hear me practice my speech, huh?” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The practice was breaking up now, boys loping in from the field, shedding equipment as they streamed past the dugout. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I cannot miss chorus practice because we are getting ready for the Easter pageant, I insist. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to be a criminal; not only that, but everyone was even accusing me of using his religion of Islam as a cloak for my criminal practices and philosophies. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the board was running smooth, I did a couple warm-up ollies before waxing the curb and practicing some grinds. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

But he had no practice in child-surveillance and, as he soon discovered, it was a very difficult task. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

All they left her was the cloak die had been huddled in, the leathers on her back, her wooden practice sword . . . and Needle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She practiced wiping Henry out of all the places that she had to see him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Music, as a diverse human practice, is central to the constitution of cultural and individual identities. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The trick was in knowing how to dispose of people when you were through with them, and Gilly had had plenty of practice performing that trick. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He pushed himself to his physical limit, running miles each day to stay fit, tag-teaming with fellow astronaut Scott Carpenter to practice water egress from the capsule in the Back River on Langley’s East Side. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I met Froggy, who was coming from band practice, and told him the good news. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

American wizards once kept Clabberts in their gardens to give early warning of approaching Muggles, but the International Confederation of Wizards has introduced fines which have largely ended this practice. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

You had a better-than-average chance of being busted if you practiced your abilities, even under the cover of darkness. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“They don’t have the discipline to hack it. They don’t show up to practices. They don’t show up to the game. You can’t compete like this.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“I practice,” I say, suddenly wishing I hadn’t said it at all, because it’s one of those things—like I am make-believe—that sounds better in my own head. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Donnelly said, “Look, Betty, I’m sorry for disrupting your practice. Can I just get the last names of the girls?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is because I have nobody I need to telephone but sometimes Mum makes me call the Directory Enquiries number as she says I need the practice. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sheet of paper was tacked up, listing the names of die children expected to attend practice. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

By the time I get to track practice, I’m in one of those moods where everything just feels wrong. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Kuhn’s concept of a paradigm, which he presented as an amalgam of a practice, a theory, and an educational programme, represented a particular way of interlocking these three variables. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

So I take a deep breath and start slowly, the way I’ve been practicing. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I remember what Mrs. Brook said about practicing empathy and I go into the living room and look at Dad’s shoes. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But shouldn’t you get out to the school? Haven’t they started practice already?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The obvious culprit is the recent history of education practice. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

Her mother came to pick her up, and the practice was over. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

One result of their enormous workload and the frantic hours of practicing nonverbal spells was that Harry, Ron, and Hermione had so far been unable to find time to go and visit Hagrid. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Luke tried his best to fix me up, but he agreed that none of the practice blades seemed to work for me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Sneaky thinks it’ll make us famous, and he wants to practice, like, ALL the time. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

In England this latter practice developed about 1951 as a result of a shortage of sulfuric acid, formerly used to burn off the potato vines. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

With a practiced eye he glanced from the masthead to the bottom of the sheet. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I been practicing a smash dance with it. The bird’s very smart. You oughta hear that thing talk.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lana had spotted each one as soon as he had entered, and with Darlene safely off the stools and practicing with her bird, the plainclothesmen had nothing to go on. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, I don’t go to open studio to practice. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I hope they start behaving so you can come back soon-I will even practice my finesse and keep pace with you when we walk- And I promise I will be yourfriend. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had to practice for a spelling test. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Giving her something to brag about at cheer practice. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

She had practiced not just the words but the tone, the pitch of her voice. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“And practice for when I go to college next year. I’ll have to drive myself to and from campus when I visit Bushwick. I'm applying to Georgetown.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“No,” she said, “not yet. I’m still practicing.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other three scythes were already out front, practicing their best kill moves. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

In practice, however, children routinely “waive” their right to counsel in juvenile proceedings. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

No magic meant all her years of practice and hard work learning spells would go out the window. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The next day she wanted me to practice walking across the room with her and Amber, but after awhile I was bored and said so. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

This chapter also familiarizes the reader with each method’s philosophy and principles, unique pedagogy, and practices and activities. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

And usually, whenever I feel this stuff, it's soothed by the thought of track practice. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Like a pilot dipping the plane into a tailspin to practice pulling back out, she would deliberately take photos out of focus, with the wrong shutter speed or the wrong ISO, to see what happened. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She went to practices in the morning and after school. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Every day, we left school for lunch but came back for last-period baseball practice. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I guess I hadn’t had much practice saying “I love you.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

In front of all of these people, he’d just accused me of skipping practice? Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She picked at her feathers and muttered under her breath, like she was practicing lines for a play. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She was working three jobs, not yet qualified to practice medicine in America. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Even when practice was hard, we still had fun. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

But practice brought about a fluid gymnastics to our sleep couplings. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

At practice today, I wasn’t raking the ball to every field and chasing down every ball hit my way. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

None of them were, but Bull kept looking until he finally came to the practice field below the Fairlington Apartments where he walked up to the man who would become Ben’s first coach, Dave Murphy. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coach wouldn’t let Victor practice today because of his stitches. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have read about those who practice the black arts.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“But I have to practice,” I said, panic making my voice rise. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Because I got in a lot of practice after what happened with Will. I have several choice things to say about her nose.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Jaime practiced his profession with the vocation of a true apostle. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s holding the knife well enough, but I can tell he’s not particularly practiced with it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But nights like tonight, after a brutal practice, he ran to empty himself. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He twisted his own face, practicing, pushing his lips up against his nose, and then flapped his arms, the way the cloth of his mommet might flap in the wind to frighten away the crows. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Coach Hedge had lost interest in the conversation—probably because it was no longer about him—and wandered toward the bow of the ship, practicing his roundhouse kicks and complimenting himself on his technique. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

That got us to the ballpark early for batting practice, which was okay by me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Campers would be having their lessons today, flying pegasi and practicing archery and scaling the lava wall. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

We had gone from a bustling practice that turned people away to one that was practically begging for clients. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

You’re a part of this team from day one, but your part may be to play in practice games only and to dress for the home games only. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I haven’t had a lot of practice having to defend my humanity,” I replied. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

For years, I’d imagined the camaraderie of team practice, the adrenaline rush of competition, and maybe even being noticed on campus as one of the school’s athletic stars. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It took another few days for Beatrice to learn what had happened, which came when Mandela announced he wouldn’t be going to practice. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

We practiced for a while, and it was easy enough. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

On the days I didn’t have to go into New York after work for fencing practice, I’d sometimes stop in then, too. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

They were born at the right time with the right parents and the right ethnicity, which allowed them to practice takeover law for twenty years before the rest of the legal world caught on. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He has the largest private medical practice in East Africa, and it has made him a famous figure in Nairobi. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

To see one of their own priming the opposition did something to the team’s morale that hours of practice could not over-come. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

In class, we talked about dinosaurs and practiced cursive before Mrs. Port dismissed us for lunch with her usual look of relief. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The practice had preserved peace for two hundred years. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

If you practice a bit, you can get to the point where you can record accurately without taking the little gadget out of your pocket. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t take the case because she wasn’t licensed to practice in New Jersey, but she knew we were broke and was happy to give us free advice. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Lister warned that these practices allowed bacteria to enter the body and cause infection. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Anyway, that guy, Saddam, practiced his bombing skills on the Kurds. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She had practiced saying those words out loud, too, but no amount of icy water had been able to pull them from her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Rishi wondered if he practiced that maddening insouciance in the mirror or if it came naturally. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Honestly, I would have liked another month’s practice, another year’s practice before gambling away an entire talent. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"Okay, here's how you're spending your suspension. We got us three hours before practice. We're going to use this time to get you caught up on the way all this goes." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Because I don’t want you in the way. It’s considered a sweet practice for you to get drunk.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then as autumn came they set to their tasks afresh, practicing new magic. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“We brand our cattle, of course, but I’ve never bothered to check to see if any of our slaves carry brands. Is that a common practice, dearie?” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lily jumps from the darkness and, in a swift, practiced movement, inserts and turns the key. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Joe's appointed counsel was later suspended from practice in Florida and never reinstated. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

We did get a lot of free periods to paint in the studio or practice music. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I left the coach’s office and went back to practice in a daze. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

That evening after practice, Grace came home to Willow Ridge to find Bien and his older brother, Alex, in the parking lot. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He had practiced his recitation over and over, hour after lonely hour. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

My private practices with Mrs. Walton are my escape. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I practiced for hours and fell asleep practicing. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

As practice for the event of encountering a possible suitor, we urged her to engage in small conversations with nearby men. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

That was the name of a doll Grans had given me when Mom was pregnant so I could “practice” being a big sister. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

If we scratch below the surface of every great achiever, do we always find the equivalent of the Michigan Computer Center or the hockey all-star team—some sort of special opportunity for practice? Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I was at field hockey practice, and he was playing cricket.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“But a little recreation never hurt anybody. Now, how about Monday night, you can’t possibly want to practice in this weather...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I made them over the weekend and was going to give them out at Monday’s practice,” Joe said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“Is that the bargain? She opens her legs, and you keep an eye on her during practice?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

That night and for several nights afterward, she will spend hours in her room at home practicing lines and trying to hit what seems to her the right pitch. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He whispered that he wanted to practice his Rambo moves before we started firing. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

So today, after I practice piano, I decide I’m going to try to make friends with the dog. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

In January of their senior year in high school, Dallas, six foot two and 205 pounds, threw the ball in someone’s face during basketball practice, hitting his teammate in the head. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Whether it’s natural or from years of practice, I don’t know, but there’s something in her manner of speaking that suggests a cat’s purr. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He lives in a flat just down the road from the practice. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Maybe in a couple of months, sure! I need more practice, though." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A practiced barber, no doubt; her order often cleaned the corpses of the noble slain before returning them to their kin, and trimming beards and cutting hair was part of that. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I doubled my herb lore in theory if not in practice. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Wow. How many people do you think get complimented for how good they are at eating ice cream? I guess it’s thirteen years of practice that makes me such a pro.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

In Egypt, April got ready to be the high priestess again because she had practiced just what she was going to say. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish you to continue your practice of writing freely to me,” he wrote, then added, “and more cautiously to the office of state.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Before they fall asleep that night, my brothers practice jumping out of the second floor to plan their escape route in case of a Khmer Rouge attack. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"What happens on Saturday that is more important than an extra practice session?" she asked. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, it is a relatively new practice, which means it has not yet had much time to cause damage. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

And they could overlook the Indians’ practice of letting prepubescent children run about without a stitch on. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I knew I would not be practicing law again very soon, but I did not want to consider the alternative. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean I’m almost ready—I practice every day,” I assure her. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

It's Technique Tuesday, and usually at practice I would be working on my stride, but now I don't really have a stride to work on. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I knew when I walked into practice every day, I’d just be one more Columbia High School fencer, not the Muslim girl or the Black girl. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

But when practice ended, Coach asked me to come to his office instead of showering with the rest of the team. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The motion was fluid, synchronized, as if they had practiced it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When I was four years old my parents made me practice writing my name, numbers, and made me memorize the colors. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I remember watching the newbies come in to practice and thinking how far I’d come since my days of learning how to hold my épée. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Yes, of course. There will be a flyer with all the information, and the details will be on our website. Get back to work, and remember to practice hard for the competition!” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

If nothing else, the experience was good practice in the cop art of being stony-faced, of not tipping your hand. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of working from individual sites, as is traditional archaeological practice, researchers must study entire landscapes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

They had been told by his daughter that he might never practice again. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put the dog and the Thermos into the car, and she drove out to get Jaime at her gymnastics practice. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first half of practice time would be for homework and tutoring. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

On signal, they performed military-style parade maneuvers, which they had practiced in their home districts as often as four times a week for more than a year. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

We walk through the streets and Malachy practices his speech at the top of his voice, Dad, Dad, that five pounds is for the new baby. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then she split us into groups of two and told us to practice. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I crumpled Dad’s note into a ball and practiced throwing it into the wastepaper basket from different positions in the kitchen. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Letters and phone calls from him indicated that he was doing well on the practice field, but needed frequent cash infusions to keep his wardrobe up to college standards. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

On one occasion, after watching the Washington freshmen practice, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s Royal Brougham marveled at the relentlessness of the sport: “Nobody ever took time out in a boat race,” he noted. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

All the way over I practiced what I wanted to say to her about how sorry I was, and I went over it again just before I knocked on her door. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, in a swift change of mood, she said, “Mary will be awfully happy here, won’t she? I mean—she knows how to be happy. Being happy takes a lot of practice, don’t you think?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only her schedule last year didn’t give her as much time to practice as she needed. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The boys could hardly believe their eyes when they showed up for their first practices in Milam Park. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

On the edge of the practice field, boosters gently argued with one another over how many people he had knocked out on a single play. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We don’t walk home together anymore either, ’cause she’s always off to practice. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Soon Luma blew her whistle and dismissed the Under Seventeens from practice. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I figure it’s time for swim practice, or something else I have to do before school. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Making me join the team I couldn’t be on for a practice. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She practiced walking around her room in it and kept stepping on the hem and stumbling. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“All right, guys, so line up and let’s practice.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

From the time we leave the rest stop and make it to Harrisburg, capital of Pennsylvania and crawling with criminals, I practice smiling in the face of fear. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It had long been a leader in education, establishing one of the first kindergartens and introducing practice teaching to further the studies of its students. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

It also features a products page with apps people can buy to practice and use music on the go via their smartphones. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

If anyone showed up late to practice, the whole team had to do sprints down the length of the hallway adjacent to the cafeteria. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Her players resumed their practice shots, but they seemed distracted. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Keeth would give me scenarios to try in practice that he thought would work against certain fencers based on their style of fencing. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Even I could see progress when I watched myself practice in the mirror. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Practice makes perfect, I guess, and we be getting plenty of practice these days. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Winslow didn’t know that fish fertilizer may not have been an age- old Indian custom, but a recent invention—if it was an Indian practice at all. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

We were allowed to practice in our regular sweatpants so we didn’t have to wear the knickers. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He liked that they practiced things for him, that they wanted to get it right for him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She used to bury chicken bone leftovers in her sandbox for digging practice. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He was supposed to have late afternoon practice too. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, however, the practice of seizing pictures ceased, and I built up my album so that it was thick with pictures of my entire family. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dragon kings had wed brother to sister, but they were the blood of old Valyria where such practices had been common, and like their dragons the Targaryens answered to neither gods nor men. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He took the brush, and began sweeping it through the silver avalanche with fingers which were deft from practice, while the Queen closed her eyes. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The idea’s all right as far as it goes, but it won’t come to a great deal in practice.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought for sure we’d take the exam on a computer like we do when we practice, but they insist that this is tradition. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He got his learner’s permit before we left for Pakistan and is desperate to practice enough to get his license as soon as he’s allowed. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“You will be fine, Frank Zhang. Keep practicing those sea life transformations. The koi fish is good, but try for a Portuguese man-of-war. Remember what I showed you. It’s all in the breathing.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He was defeated after one term and returned to Johnstown to practice law. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“My friend Quincy. I used to practice with him and his dad. Were both small, so his dad had us working on getting more air under our arc.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Nick made a signal and everybody forgot everything they had been doing in practice. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

At the time of the 1880 convention, Arthur was practicing law. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I had practiced in the park with Sean, but it wasn’t something I could do on command. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

They considered in their minds the questions of wells, witches, unicorns and the practices of mothers. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or on a Sunday afternoon: “Meet me by the river, and I’ll bring paper and pens for practice.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ernest had sought to get Time to hew to his practice of spreading credit broadly, but was only partially successful. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He’d come over after practice to eat and play video games with my brother and he was always really, really nice. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Luma was watching the Under Seventeens scrimmage at one early practice, when the Under Thirteens emerged from the school building to run laps after tutoring. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Jason was piling the mashed potatoes on his plate with a practiced and steady motion. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The other team members—jumpers, throwers, distance runners—had all stopped their practicing to watch. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He reminds me to practice my exercises at home and tells me to have fun on the road trip with my family. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Her father shrugged and gave her his own practiced smile. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

If I begged and practiced my catechism, Mother would sometimes let me go home with Constantine on Friday afternoons. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I would never be trying to come to school on Saturdays for practice,” Ana said on a Monday in the cafeteria after I told her and Nicole what my crazy weekend had entailed. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

There are assistants on hand if we want to practice with a partner. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

That was a good thing, because the extra responsibilities could sometimes take away from practice time. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The practices of intra-family relations lay the foundation for the public manifestation of color prejudice. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He inspected the fox’s wounds with a critical, practiced look and spoke dispassionately, “Well, fox, what do you want from us? No doubt Cluny your master has sent you here to spy.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He went to the regular team practice and Coach O told him to take it easy, a comment that got Simpson and his friends laughing on the other side of the mat. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Abel’s right,” Ernie said emphatically, “Florence needs the practice! He didn’t make it because he didn’t practice!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby tried to live and practice his beliefs; he felt truly born again, and he was applying the same sense of discipline and reverence to the Bible that he had all his life to chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The practice, which wasn't declared unconstitutional until 2002, was one of many degrading and dangerous punishments imposed on incarcerated people. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was trying to explain, describe, and systematize musical practices that were already flourishing because people liked the way they sounded. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

"Any bruises they take in the practice yard must come from truebom swords." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

If I’m going back to the Bureau, this is good practice. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

There was nothing I could do to prepare except to practice my physical and facial gestures in the mirror. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Taryn isn’t bad, either, even though she doesn’t bother practicing anymore. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A few days before the end of the school year, our class practiced for graduation in the auditorium, which also served as the cafeteria. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I practiced the songs anyway because I liked them. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Have you been practicing?” she would ask at some point, and look over her glasses, ready to catch me in a lie. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Just the way the two of them had practiced this summer. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He thought if he worked at it and practiced he might hit one of the larger rabbits with an arrow or a spear—never the small ones or the squirrels. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He refused to run at all unless he was practically on top of it, a consequence, Smith believed, of Fitzsimmons’s practice of invariably working the horse along the inside. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dobrynya fought with practiced movements and the ease of a man who spent years learning his art. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I just know she’s going to say she made a big mistake and I don’t need to come back to practice. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

At practice, Coach had us running like crazy. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But privately she thought it was a very questionable practice to give Christmas gifts early; in fact, the idea of it caused her a little pang. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Then Uncle spent about twenty minutes telling us about the time when he was young and he and a friend decided to practice target shooting with some cans. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

We practiced our looks on house servants, perfecting them in solitary chambers under the scrutiny of Du Barry. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

An awful quiet spell destroyed all his practice. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And third: the moment my butt hits the bench in the dugout this afternoon—you know, for this practice I’m sitting out of—Britt-Marie appears in front of me. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I never knew it he was going to be there for me at practice or at competition. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

We practice in levels from past championships and everything in between. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I have, for example, been hacked at, carved into, used for target practice. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“They are not distant scholars, Elinor; they have studied your herbal practices in detail.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I devoured everything Akhi said and tried to faithfully execute everything he told me through the weeks and months of practicing together. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

There’s a forced, practiced calm in his tone. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He had been to tennis practice at Perkins twice that week—mostly to give pointers to his dad about the players. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Sorry, Els. Ms. Khouri’s advanced percussion group is on Fridays. Got to practice if I’m going to be a rock legend.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

In fact, the use of these traditional rules for Western music is now so widespread that it is sometimes called common practice. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Not only did we play our parts in “Pirate Medley,” but we also practiced overhead blocks, forward punches, and side kicks. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

We were practicing in the far corner of a rarely frequented Jack in the Box parking lot when Yusef first showed up, and I was upside down when I saw him. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mine is just the French practice instrument Papa himself learned to play on as a child. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He was to succeed a distant relative, an aged country lawyer who had a well-established practice. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waved when I walked into our first practice. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

And then, after what felt like a practiced pause, he added, “But I saved mine.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

She was small, though her regular spire-fighting practice kept her strong. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I joined a weekly study group to practice French, and another to learn knitting. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Fornatee invited some girls he liked to come watch him at practice; when Luma saw him chatting with them, she sent him home. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Danny practiced his Hebrew, which is hard to do when you have your hands clasped over your head. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then he asked how I could practice running the mile and throwing the discus. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The last thing we practice each night is the onstage interview. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the dummies for bayonet practice had “slant eyes” drawn on them, and enlistees would be ordered to chant as they stabbed the bayonet into the body, “Kill, kill.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Toward the end of practice the girls’ team enters the gym. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I cleared a space in the center of my room and practiced the crab pose for so long the carpet began to burn my palms. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Can you see me practicing psychology and looking like a Hasid?” he asked tightly. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He had practiced this, pulling the water with the broadened end, and he knew how it felt, so the resistance didn't surprise him. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Good practice in case you ever have to ditch or make a crash landing. Tee-hee-hee.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

There were five practice exams in the book, and after I did them all, I was thrilled to discover an ad at the back for twelve more Bernard Lutz test-prep books. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I practiced every afternoon after school with the other varsity runners—me, the only seventh grader—while the sun was yellow and warm, and the sky blue and white. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He knew also that before launching the field of landscape architecture, Olmsted had been a writer and editor who had journeyed throughout the antebellum South exploring the culture and practice of slavery. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“It’ll take a lot of practice to be any good at it at all.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He led his teammates through a stretching routine and then had them take the pitch to practice penalty shots. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I’d practiced so that there wouldn’t be a trace of a Cuban accent. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The village looked like the one they had constructed for practice at Fort Devens. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rolls me behind my answer board and lets me practice with the four color-coded buttons. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I’m trying not to make eye contact with them as Guillermo demonstrates different techniques on my practice rock. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Can you imagine what it’s like to go to Gym and have Coach Quatrini, the pied ninny, announce that morning exercises will be stretches so that we can all practice soaring like Ariel the Fairy? The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I always play well when I start out in a bad mood, for some reason, plus I had been practicing so much that my wrists were just superquick. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even as I help cook, I bop, snap, do a little two-step, and follow along as Layla and Kayla practice their dance moves for the block party's talent show. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

They were easy for her to climb; she had practiced here occasionally, after dark. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Do you remember me telling you we are practicing nonverbal spells, Potter?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I learned how to shoot an automatic rifle and a pistol and took target practice both in Kolfe with the Emperor’s Guard, and at a shooting range about fifty miles away with the entire battalion. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So 1 said, “I’m going to be late for violin practice.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m staying overnight the whole week. Our house is getting painted, so my mom thought it would be good timing for me to get in extra practice.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

When I eat the last square of chocolate, he tells me I have a little time if I want to practice on my Casio before we have to leave. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Tonight, even though the coach ran us ragged at practice, I heard Webb sprinting past the house. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“But we don’t even have a track team at our school, never mind a place to practice.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Adoption, I know, is a noble and mostly happy practice. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The takeover of Attica by inmates allowed the country to learn about cruel practices within prisons such as solitary confinement, where inmates are isolated in a small confined space for weeks or months. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I had seen them before, but they were not part of my mental practice; I hadn’t practiced them in my mind’s eye. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I took the ball out of his hands, wanting to practice my midrange jump shot instead of listening to a lecture about my future prospects. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

At every practice, a different player leads the stretches, and today it’s Brayden’s turn. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Ms. Udell counted six blue index cards, shuffled them, and passed them out, along with six fresh copies of the practice part. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Every time I look at them, all I see in their eyes is fear and worry about the state of their practice and the state of our lives. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He had made a habit of stopping by practice and watching from a distance. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

This simply conformed to the practice of the courts. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Then they dropped to their knees and reloaded, exactly as they had practiced in their drills. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

I could almost see her practicing writing her name. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s busy every second now with clinics and practices and weekend tournaments. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

For ten minutes or so Ron tapped and muttered, Hermione turned the pages of her book, and Harry continued to practice with the blackthorn wand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We make good time, and I practice with my sling on the steel tower struts. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realized in that moment it wasn’t about my injuries or missed practices. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Then he took Faro down from the cart, and began the game they had practiced. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I am practiced enough that despite my surprise, I kick his knife hand when he comes toward me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was some version, I imagine, of what this woman did all day long and with practiced efficiency, telling seniors where they did and didn’t belong. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I was used to fencing against boys during our school practices so I didn’t even blink. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Well, that’s a good sign. It means you must have practiced.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

No one had ever challenged that racist practice before, but she was tired, her feet hurt, and she just didn’t feel like getting up. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

They came in their hundreds, week after week, disrupting both his practice and his home life. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

An opportunity to participate in a sport that wouldn’t require Mom and Dad to drive her to practice? Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I didn't say nothing, and the coach followed up with, "This is a private practice." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Next to a boy who wouldn’t let me practice boy-talking with him. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The history of Egypt is divided into dynasties of rulers, in accordance with ancient Egyptian practice, beginning with the First Dynasty shortly after 3000 B.C. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day after school, I begged Annie to go to the gym to help me practice. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, in practice, ragas are even more different from each other than the medieval European modes were. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I practice mostly with a gun, but they reserve an hour a day for specialty weapons, which means I get to use my Mockingjay bow, Gale his heavy militarized one. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The talent show was in two weeks, which meant we were practicing until really late, every night. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She had practiced the phrase for days with her handmaid Jhiqui. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The practiced way she said it, the rehearsed-sounding lines...“What do you mean, ‘It just makes it worse’? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He had tried a few practice matches with his left hand. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is why I have been practicing my running every night. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

By the time Shandra was back in goal to start the scrimmage, we had lost about twenty minutes of practice time. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You see, Turner III, you’re as wicked as I am. You hardly have to practice at all.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Calvin was one of the boys who had made a practice of beating me up in grade school every time there was a strike. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Watras, who usually grades papers while a student conducts us through practice, stopped what he was doing to watch me. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d just sit there, worn out after practice, talking and chilling in our beanbag chairs with our feet up on the railing. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

In 1867, Andrew Johnson, the nation’s first post-Civil War president and a former slaveholder, advocated a new practice that quickly replaced slavery as a main source of agricultural labor in the South. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

She was good at it and bragged so much Victory practiced every chance he got. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now Mr. Levy was waiting at the lodge for spring practice to begin. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

This practice of taking and displaying the heads of enemies was a part of European military tradition. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

He needed to devote more of his energies to improving global health policy and practice. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

They proceeded directly to the car, and for twenty minutes Mrs. Sen practiced driving. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I’d heard the band play and practice a thousand times and still had to just about sit on my hands when they were finished so I wouldn’t bust out clapping. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

By denying the very possibility of such practices, these researchers say, environmentalists may hasten, rather than halt, the demise of the forest. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She moved with quick, delicate motions like a bird or a dancer, shifting from foot to foot in a silent, complicated shuffle, as if she were practicing choreography. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Coach tells Pop about the hit-and-run—how Erin was walking home from practice and a car came around the corner just as Erin was crossing the street, hit her, and then sped away. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he had helped her to create the practice place. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Matt says, “No! We hardly got to practice at all. We’re still going to take accuracy shots.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

While I could answer most of the questions on the practice exam, I was slow, needing double or triple the allotted time. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I mean, we should definitely keep practicing. Always room for improvement.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

To the right I could see Antoine Thomas and another black guy with huge muscles practicing center snaps. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hesitated, then said, “Turns out he was getting a lot of extra practice.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

At the corral the stock horses snorted at us and rubbed their heads against the bars, and Specklebottom took a kick at a gelded friend just to keep in practice. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few people ate baboons, she knew, but the practice wasn’t common. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the practice field, a trio of men gathered one afternoon to joke about his plight. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grace is driving me to baseball practice, but I’m not wearing my usual practice jersey and sweats. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Richard Parker’s nocturnal practice of sleeping in the lifeboat was never a law in my mind. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

At basketball practice, though, he couldn’t avoid me anymore. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Before I approach the Records and Registration desk, I practice my script in my head. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

One day, much later, when I was practicing law in Johannesburg, a young woman and her mother walked into my office. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was practicing with Annie and her dad at the gym one afternoon, and the school band was rehearsing in there, too. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The day we were going to pick her up at the bus station in Asheville, I spent the morning practicing tricks with Wishbone. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Like all good shooters, the pattern of Bull’s shooting did not deviate; in fact it was unconscious, buried in instinct, and rooted in long hours of boyhood practice. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could barely rely on his mom long enough to get to practices and meets, let alone a trip to a state that seemed halfway around the world. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

After school, I’d go out to the woodpile next to the basement and practice karate chops and droplocks on the kindling while laying down some pretty wicked curse words. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Why do you consider this practice to be relevant to calculus?’ Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Dicey had watched him learn to turn around in a circle, patiently practicing, tumbling over his own feet, falling in a heap, sitting down in surprise. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some friends and allies, including Howard Hiatt, felt Farmer should be spending more of his time on worldwide health campaigns, much less in clinical practice. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The previous school year he had been ineligible for spring practice because of academic problems, which put him way down in the doghouse. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I swear by Saint Pintle that I practiced those lines a thousand times at the very least. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Judging by his preamble of snorts and leg slaps, I figured he must have practiced this joke many times: “I tell my daughter, Hey, why be poor? Marry rich!” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d watched the saber fencers practice sometimes, and everything was a lot faster and way more aggressive than in épée. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Tonight, there weren’t any river skimmers out to disturb the darkness, and Shay was practicing moves on her board when Tally walked up. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Not only does rain mean no practice, but rain on Wednesday means Thursday's practice—the last practice before the meet on Saturday—was gonna suck. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Fantastic job today, and we’ll see you at practice on Monday. Get some rest tomorrow, yeah?” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

A number of the boys on the basketball team knew Richard, and they had come to practice after his arrest talking about what happened. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Actually, it reminds me of some of the warm-up drills Coach makes us do at practice. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I have kept up what some people would consider my strange religious practices. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

In practice, the range of beliefs that can come to be generally shared and effectively unquestioned within a society is enormous. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

There is no pier glass in our house for me to practice on. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When would I ever have had a chance to practice lighting matches? Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, it’s not that difficult. You hardly have to practice at all.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The twins regarded him with admiration, and Cal collected spit on the back of his tongue to practice. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Over the next year, I practiced like this, dutifully in my own way. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

After dinner TJ and I start to practice, even though Pop Pop still hasn’t come home yet. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Now your work’s done, I wouldn’t mind gettin’ a little more target practice. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

But the rabbi says I’m practicing ten times as hard as most of his other bar mitzvah students, and that I’m asking ten times as many questions. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

"So do you. And you've had more practice. Real practice," he says. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

All this friendliness is going to cut into after-school practice. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

To help the boy overcome these self-defeating tendencies, Collins ordered a clock from Germany with a special ten-second timer, and he insisted that Bobby play with it to practice thinking and moving more rapidly. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Being a practiced liar doesn’t mean you have a powerful imagination. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Dona Amelia always uses me as an example during modeling practice. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A little more practice,” Mr. Ballard said, “and you’ll be a better thrower than President LBJ ever hoped to be. You come by anytime, okay? The shoes will always be waiting for you.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He practiced his saxophone and listened to records. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, during one particularly wet and muddy practice session, Wood gave the team a bit of bad news. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

This may take some practice if you're not used to it, but it can be useful practice for anyone who is learning about music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She ran a steady race, her long ballerina legs graceful, which was ironic since she couldn't stop stepping on my toes during practice. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

And without that extra practice, he has no chance at hitting ten thousand hours by the time the professional hockey teams start looking for players. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

They believed that they were called by their god to create a new place where they could practice their own religion without having to live among those who did not believe as they did. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, Little Wood. I’m fine, I’m fine. What you think me and you was getting all that practice for?” he said, low, smooth. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He said the practiced words as though he were addressing millions instead of an audience of two. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They were practicing for the competitive world they would soon face. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

They ran the rest of practice, until nearly everybody in the room had either puked or seriously considered the possibility. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

There is no one to say any of my practiced lines to. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I think Aretha does, too. And Robin can practice batting without knocking anything over.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Then there's some specialized training, where the sprinters would break off and do their own thing, the mid-distance runners would do the same, and the distance runners, well...they just run all practice. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

She was only practicing her juggling, she said. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

They hadn’t been able to share their lunch breaks for a few weeks since he’d been practicing for a debate tournament with his team at lunchtime. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

During training, we had to practice the dreaded "Missed Orbit" scenario. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hated the community's practice of offering criticisms of members' behavior in order to encourage self-improvement. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

We were from different states, and we struck up a friendship outside of practice. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I stare out at the field where a line of girls are practicing archery in their white blouses and long plaid skirts. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

We ended the practice with everyone shooting from the three-point line. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

This is the P.S.A.T. and you have a chance to improve your scores with some study and practice.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He had begun his career as a night fighter and still practiced the skills of that subphylum of aviator. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t wait to get out of there and meet the band for practice. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Then we did some wind sprints and finally had a half hour of just shooting practice. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

It got so bad that they had to be told who actually owned the property where vice was practiced, what the rents were and what little hardships might be the result of their closing. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We cannot practice with your people on the field. Tell them to leave the field.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He was intrigued with the cult of Rajneesh himself, rather than the guru’s practices. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Was Ms. Fender expecting us to have a band practice now? Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, now,” Mr. Galanter said, “there isn't much time. The rules are each team practices in its own yard.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She soon found that her assignment was anything but boring—for one thing, she had to make a few practice jumps herself before she learned to pack parachutes. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

And then there was the time Marcus decided he needed to practice his wrestling moves. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I guess it takes a lot of practice. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each of us practices in our own way, and God alone judges. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The memory of it washed through her; she felt the same loss and fear she had felt that night in the practice room, and beneath it all, she remembered the deep ache of love. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

As always, the key is to practice the particular skills that you want to develop. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She and Dad listened downstairs while I was up in my room practicing a Vivaldi sonata. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She practiced Park's number, her finger sliding across the dial. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“I won’t go easy on you at the next practice,” he said. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Nicole and Ana were on the volleyball team, and we’d become friendly at practice, plus Ana and I had a few classes together. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

We don’t have a team, but they practice anyway. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Concluding that economics, not politics, held the key to black success in America, Moore started a new career as a corporate gadfly, disrupting stockholders' meetings with pointed questions about racial policies and hiring practices. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He practiced a religion even stranger than Catholicism, but no one was bringing it up. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Deb and I will not practice together again, but I can’t say that without admitting my plan to quit the flute. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

His enemies and doubters, however, said that this Gotama was an idle fraud; he passed his days in high living, scorned the sacrifices, was unlearned and knew neither practices nor mortification of the flesh. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I knew you eventually would, so I practiced saying it out loud. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I was gonna practice coming off the blocks, because it was where I needed the most help. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He worked with animals too and, having studied in France, he even dabbled in the new practice of embalming bodies before they were buried. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

No photo advised as to the applicant’s color—that requirement, instituted under the administration of Woodrow Wilson, was struck down as the Roosevelt administration tried to dismantle discrimination in hiring practices. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

All I can say for a certainty is that he called it, and it an-swered, and since that day I have hated magic and all those who practice it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

To rehearse and refine the procedure, Dr. Atkinson and Dr. Emmett took human skulls home at night and practiced cutting them up. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

He was dressed normally, but the practiced eyes of the crystal merchant could see that the boy had no money to spend. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of note: this isn’t the first time some knucklehead boys have interrupted our practice with their “toxically masculine tomfoolery,” as Britt-Marie puts it. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“What about you guys?” he asked, glancing over at Rishi, who, totally unself-consciously, was practicing a few moves in front of the mirror. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The morning of her suspension, Izzy had been in her seat, practicing a tricky fingering on the E string for the Saint-Saëns piece she’d been working on in her private lessons. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I ask her where she’s from and she answers with practice a certain fancy neighborhood in Seoul, and then offers other facts I might want to hear: she’s twenty-two, a college graduate, a good cook. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have to go to soccer practice. Do we have a decision about Halloween?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Frog’s experience was limited to practice yard and tourney ground, so he did not think it was his place to dispute the verdict of such a seasoned warrior. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“This is going to be fun. But you’re gonna need lots of practice to make it say what you want, kid.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

If you practice a lot, you can learn to make this roll smoothly, so that the nose moves evenly, and stops at exactly the same point it began, with the wings precisely level once again. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not practice? For twenty-four hours? Be still, my broken heart,” Mom says. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But the Bludgers have been locked in Madam Hooch’s office since our last practice, and there was nothing wrong with them then. . . .” said Wood, anxiously. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I buttoned my jacket against the wind and concentrated on Captain Billy’s sons Edgar and Richard who had jumped ashore and were helping Otis tie up the ferry with graceful, practiced steps. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

How can I learn it without a teacher or an instrument to practice on? A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

It’s not like Henry is going to look much better after polo practice. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Big deal. I’m missing soccer practice,” said Beatrice. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had begun correspondence studies for my LL.B., a bachelor of laws degree allowing one to practice as an advocate. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sparring partners were few and poorly paid; without proper drilling and practice, the performance greatly suffered. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Beings,” she said to her husband, “that we’ve got the fiddle for Paul Jones, little Blossom could take lessons too and both could practice on the same fiddle.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grasped the blade be-tween thumb and forefinger, drew it back over his shoul-der, and threw it across the room with a practiced flick of his wrist. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Kelly and George found a quiet spot at the far end of the fence to practice. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

The first words rushed out of her mouth, but then she slowed into the cadence she had practiced. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I give her a real smile in return, not the big corny fake one I’ve been practicing. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was also a devout member of the Moravian congregation, a Christian denomination that accepted the Bible as the sole source of faith and practice. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

She waited for several minutes, thinking that if the band finished practice and came back in—if someone said hello—she’d change her mind. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I started to tell Margaret that I had lately had a lot of practice in avoiding using certain words in certain conversations, when I realized that that was not why she had called. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have already seen her at diving lessons, another ballet recital, practicing piano, and now I see her running across a field kicking a soccer ball. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

But at some point you begin to see that you both come with open hands to this kind of practice, this mutual circling of speech. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was clear that the bears were practiced at witch fighting, for they had moved at once into a defensive formation, and the witches moved just as smoothly into attack. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He had enough players to field a team—though barely, with just sixteen at one practice—but apparently not the right kind of players. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was rooted in practice and widely implemented, but it did not apply without exception to every situation. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

In case you didn’t know this, a practice pad is a thick, dense, flat piece of rubber. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was done with my practice test for the day. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Except then I remember that all Deb talked about when we were practicing was Kiki. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

In his travels, Tisquantum stayed in places where Europeans used fish as fertilizer, a practice on the Continent since medieval times. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Robin was practicing her T-ball batting and she got a little carried away. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Here’s how you practice shrieking like an insane woman who has been locked in an attic for a great many years: You stand in the middle of the field. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Constitution—eliminating Fourth Amendment protections once deemed inviolate—and it has militarized policing practices in inner cities across America. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Biased police practices are also nothing new, a recurring theme of African American experience since blacks were targeted by the police as suspected runaway slaves. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Lancelot was a good judge of style, because of his long practice. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go out to practice, they want to ask questions, this and that. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gets off his knees and tells us kneel around the classroom for the Holy Communion practice. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

One could observe how under the sister's practiced hands the sheets and pillows on the beds were thrown on high and arranged. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Be fine in a moment. But plays hell with me target practice. Would you care for the carbine?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She held a casual practice in which she scrimmaged and laughed with the kids, and then afterward surprised them all with the news that they were going trick-or-treating. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

It’s people like Hoagland who call you up at odd hours of the night to tell you something you absolutely need to know, practicing on you the subtlest form of sleep deprivation. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. About that—I was thinking your brother could use some target practice. Just in case.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

If I hadn’t already had so many hours of Joust practice under my belt, God knows how many attempts it would have taken me to beat Acererak. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I wanted to go home and go up to my room and feed Toby and practice some maths. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

"It's been a long time since we practiced," she said, crawling toward me until our noses touched. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He’d always been a mild kind of kid, rolling with the punches, loose and carefree, running around the track while the other kids sat uptight during practice sessions. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were lying in his bed, half dressed, having skipped lacrosse and field hockey practice for a different kind of exercise. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Local people came to these places at night and either dug for treasure or practiced witchcraft, Haas said. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The heavy charms on Sydelle Pulaski's bracelet clinked and clunked as she raised a full fork and flourished it in a practiced ritual before aiming it at her open mouth. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could teach her how to do cartwheels and backbends and we could practice together and soon I'd be better than Chelsea. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I’d practiced on the back of my hand before, but this was the first time I’d ever busted slob with a real live girl. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

She snapped it out and pulled it down over her head with one smooth practiced motion. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I'm not as good as my father was, but he'd had more practice. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Not to primp, comb his hair, shave, or to practice sneering. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just needed to get back to the practice room. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I practiced with vigor, relishing the fast thumping of my heart. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

When the bell finally rang for the end of English, I raced downstairs and was almost out the door when I realized we couldn’t leave until Ben and Radar finished band practice. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

What a shock, then, when Minerva got handed the law degree but not the license to practice. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” Connor said, “I suppose I should go. There’s a village council meeting, and Father likes me to attend. He’s one of the councillors. He says it’s good practice.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The following fortnight saw the best Quidditch practices Harry had known as Captain. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

However that may be, the very next day provided a dramatic second opportunity to put Hazel’s idea into practice. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she practiced her writing at night—she didn’t want her family to know how she messed up. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Watched by the Muslims, I kept practicing prayer posture. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realized how long it had been since I’d worked out with Riptide, how out of practice I was. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m out of practice, retired; it’s been three years, you can’t mess around with these resurrection recipes; one little ingredient wrong, the whole thing blows up in your face.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You spent all weekend practicing for a play about a dumb spider, and then you didn’t even audition?” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“What about the things in the house? In the practice?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Why’d you pick this place? It almost smells as bad as my brothers’ room after soccer practice.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

A glance toward the observation pavilion at the edge of the practice ground reveals why we’re being worked like rented girls. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Haiti was the worst of all for it but there was some practice on all the islands. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

As of this writing, petersax-online2 had many exercises graded from simple to more difficult to help the beginner practice playing what you hear. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

We all help to put away the practice equipment and move the hurdles off the track, and then we head out to the front of the school to wait for our rides. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

We practiced at working together as smoothly as a well-oiled machine. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither would Ken Scates, a gentle man with a soft sliver of a voice who had been to the very first Permian practice in the fall of 1959, when the school opened. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about calling the practice, bringing forward my next appointment, but I don’t think even their automated system works in the middle of the night, so I went back to bed. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did think of it as work—the reading and the practicing of languages and pronunciation, the recitation of facts, the careful examination of every text laid before him. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

After two standard practices that focused on the basics of passing and ball handling, she scheduled a scrimmage between the new Under Fifteens and their counterparts on the Under Seventeen team. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“He got to a few practices late, but everyone does. Maybe that’s why I never realized you were in the same robotics club.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Long years of practice and usage had made her rump an unusually versatile and dexterous thing. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The great right fielder A1 Kaline, who stopped in on his way to practice at Tiger Stadium, had autographed his own head shot: “To my pal Milt, great eggs!” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We threw the ball around a few more minutes, and then I went up to home plate for some batting practice. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Last summer at the Massachusetts retreat, I brought my cello so I could keep up my practicing for an upcoming chamber-music concert. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Pigeon’s at practice, Dad’s at work, and Mom’s busy touching up the photos from last weekend’s wedding.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He reminded me that as a practicing psychiatrist and neurosurgeon he had very little time for languages. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It would be our last hard practice before the game. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Practice, practice, I reminded myself, so I wouldn’t get frustrated. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But off the held in the coaches’ office after practice, Belew couldn’t believe the nerve of Boobie to ask such a ridiculous question. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under a large tree not far away, he practiced the song which the boy sang. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“Two, because I went through the same training as Butler, and I’ve been dying for somebody to practice my pile driver on.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“We will practice the charm without wands first. After me, please...riddikulus!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He was too busy digging tunnels in the backyard or practicing to be “the fastest runner in Finney County.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now I feel better for having exposed to the light of scrutiny the decadent practices of the rich Texans I know. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Extensive study and practice are needed to be able to identify and understand these more complex progressions. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Cap never suspected that the entries were all fake, and that we were writing them in the equipment room after Zach was done with football practice. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“It’s a healing form of justice practiced by native cultures for thousands of years.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He’s never shown much interest in swordsmanship at school, and, although he knows the basics, I am not sure he practices. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There’s Mexico, with a trio of students practicing mariachi. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

In practice, that meant developing powerful but compact thermonuclear devices, with a high proportion of yield to weight. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

So we shoot some free throws until Coach shows up and runs us through a regular practice. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw his brother Robb, taller and stronger than he remembered him, practicing swordplay in the yard with real steel in his hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In dozens of tiny local parishes throughout the archdiocese, priests preach and practice what Matthew said. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Play for them wasn’t soccer practice twice a week. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The Goble sisters excelled in school and took piano and violin lessons and practiced diligently. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Let us visit Uncle Turn’s thoughts and hear how he practices this ending in his mind as the people wait by the fire. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I would go to football practice, there they were at my locker. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But you had to have cheated because we been watching you practice, and y’all don’t even swing good.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

The practice he’d been to the day before flashed before him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I lead them out back, showing off my target practice area. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Her teachers would have advised her to go to the practice hall, to sit quietly, but she wanted to go outside and breathe the fresh air. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Such practices, however, she kept from her young prentice, and as far as she was able she taught him honest craft. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She’d always pull back enough in her interactions with her classmates to give herself room to quietly observe them, so that when she got home she could practice imitating their accents, their idiosyncrasies, their style. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“It counts for forty percent of your overall,” Tiara said as she practiced a circle turn in place. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

As I approach the other students with their practice swords, I hear my name whispered. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Tiff’s been dropping me off early because of practice.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She had made them practice an English car song for the way back. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t use fire much, being a river dragon, so he was out of practice. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was an old practice, holding family members responsible for the crime of a relative. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t make a practice of it, but just this time. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Either that or the track, but I was going to end up there later anyway, and after yesterday, I wasn't down for another double practice. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Down at the archery fields, Chiron was conducting target practice. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Doug jogged off through the kitchen; it was no use arguing that there was no school tomorrow, just track practice. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shove my earmuffs back on and don’t say: Deb practices with Kiki. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The years I’d spent helping Mom check spelling on her students’ homework had given me lots of practice for this line of work. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The other children of the Gentry are standing around in their padded tunics with their practice swords, watching, hoping my downfall will be amusing. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I’m currently going through a dance and ballet craze and am diligently practicing my dance steps every evening. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It had been the custom to sentence criminals to the pits; that practice she agreed might resume, but only for certain crimes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Certain secular practices at the Chicago headquarters of Elijah Muhammad had come to Malcolm’s notice and he was profoundly shocked. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’re talking about kids placed in harm’s way every day because of when you schedule your practice.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jasper’s voice was calm, methodical, as he questioned her in a practiced way. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I had basically been quiet after the dancing, and on the whole ride to practice. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Jackboot airplanes were simply flying about practicing for the war. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

We had witnessed a pitiful one-man attempt to make up for some of the abuses the man had seen practiced against the Negro. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coach showed up at practice carrying the box. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Her mom taught on those days and had to get in her practice hours early. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

At that, Protestantism emerged only as deviance from Catholic practice and thought. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Coach says you come to practice tomorrow, all will be forgiven,” Russ says. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every night after supper, I practiced in front of the dresser mirror—without my shirt, because I could look more menacing that way. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then, while she waited for the water to boil for tea, she practiced the lifting of her legs, and the raising of her upper body as she lay flat. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The government banned the practice in 1997, but there are some exceptions. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The guys animate their answers with fist pumping and jumped-up bro hugs and take-thats and all manner of behaviors that make it seem like we’re participating in football practice and not a dry Quiz Bowl. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I had never been enormously tactful; I had no practice dealing with overly friendly boys. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He was not good at lying to begin with, and he hadn’t practiced. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the short run this practice created political tensions that the Inka manipulated to control both groups. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I make it my goal to practice on my Casio every single day this week, either at Mom’s house or at Waffle House. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

On the way to Julia Bishop’s house, I practiced what I would say to her. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

When we got to the cafeteria where the saber fencers practiced, Coach Mustilli turned to me and said with a wicked grin, “Welcome to the dark side.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Come on. It’s just for practice. I’m not posting it or anything. And if you don’t get up, I’m recording you like that, sitting there in your fancy shalwar kameez!” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I had practiced “Moon River” every day for the last month, but I still managed to hit a wrong note here and there. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Brave Orchid gave her sister her husband’s shirts to practice on. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked the team manager once after practice. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Except that Penny, the woman we see, saw the community garden and got the program its own spot, to give us practice taking care of something and to let us witness "the miracle of life." Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Tito’s shooting and her meeting with the city council, Luma called separate meetings of the Under Thirteens and Fifteens, which she held in a classroom at Indian Creek Elementary during practice time. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Popper had not played the piano since she had married Mr. Popper, but with a little practice she soon began to remember some of the pieces she had forgotten. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It would help if you had practiced your Morse code at all!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

All of these persisting effects were severe enough to make it difficult for the physician to carry on his practice. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

That he had practiced with Lizzie, dug for dams, and eaten them later in a chowder so good that he might have given up Eden for it? Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Slant continues his vigilant practices against its depredations; but other contagions have settled upon us in its wake. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

After lunch, I practiced walking him with the rope tied to his collar. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Some public health experts worry that other diseases like mad cow could start to appear because of this practice. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Thou shalt have no preconceptions about what is inside the practice rock but shall wait for the rock to tell thee directly. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Even without you being here to hold ceremonies with drummers and singers and a village of followers, I will practice all that you’ve taught me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

As she put it on the table, his practiced eye picked out the amount: two hundred dollars. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled, pushed, and prodded, and Neel struggled and practiced and memorized, until slowly the mysteries of algebra and geometry managed to untangle in his brain. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

And she’d make them run longer if they were late to practice. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I was so used to practicing the song alone that I almost forgot to double the third refrain. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I practiced with it and also with the spear. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frankie showing off the old service revolver he’d traded a filched pocket watch for, practicing on milk bottles and tin cans. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I clutch Octavia's hand as I blindly step into my shoes, glad to find they are at least two inches lower than the pair Effie had me practice in. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I practice smiling and feel like I'm lying. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It sounded as though she was a little out of practice. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

They never missed Sunday service at Carver Memorial Presbyterian Church, and one night a week when they left Langley they headed over to Carver for choir practice. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Before I knew it, my father, Jeffrey, and I were all bundled into the car, along with my school books for studying, my sticks and practice pad, and extra clothes for all of us. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

With school over this afternoon in late August 2004, she has already been dropped off at her soccer practice blocks from home. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Like, we could never practice enough for her. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Chaol stopped before the unmarked door of their practice room, and whirled to face her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I thought we should have our first team meeting today. Now, I know you guys usually have basketball practice after school, so I’m thinking we can practice during lunch.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Enough, at least, to have me start practicing on others. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It was no longer a given that I'd be home for dinner, as though Gramps and I were practicing for our near futures without each other. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Last night, after I finished practicing trumpet, I put my sweater in the washing machine. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

This is an important first step that may require practice before you become good at it. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh? Well, I was thinking about going out to practice today, to see if I could get on the team.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ruth was sort of right, I would learn: A relationship with a higher power is often best practiced alone. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Of course the message went through yesterday, as had all the others he’d sent and hadn’t gotten a response to since football practice started a few weeks ago. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

While he makes his bed, I practice with my sling. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We practiced about half an hour every day, after our ravioli dinners. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Annie launched into the entire story, going all the way back to Wednesday when Sean Russell Flaherty stepped on my nuts at rugby practice and I went to the doctor for it. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Red carnations and wrist corsages flashed as the line headed onto the practice putting green of the golf course. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Skull-rapping and elbow-thumping became a practice in which everybody in the family, except Mother, participated until Dad deemed our table manners satisfactory. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I resolved to become a full-time student in order to earn my LL.B. so that I could go out on my own and practice as an attorney. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It started as a self-defense practice used by the wise men and women who lived on the neighboring mountaintops. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Once more the sour notes of the hammer offended Ranofer’s practiced ear. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

And I had no time to think about it anyway, because no practice also meant I didn't have an excuse not to go straight to Becca's after school. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“So let’s try one more time, because I am very curious now: If you were at batting practice, how is it you don’t you have a bat?” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Rahel wasn’t sure what she suffered from, but occasionally she practiced sad faces, and sighing in the mirror. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s why, with this fact that we’re extremely unlike one another, it’s weird that we get into a groove, a rhythm, practicing for the competition. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s the first job interview. If nothing else, it will be good practice.” Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad had lots of practice with Persian Casual. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Black-skinned tribes who were either Christian or practiced traditional religions and who spoke dozens of languages dominated the southern half. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I figured it wasn’t going to get any easier without practice. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“We just had a dot-to-dot and practicing the letter M, but I did those on the bus.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Traditions related to corn are practiced throughout the Indigenous agricultural areas of North America. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

It’s based on small family farms like Salatin’s, which practice true sustainable farming. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s a weekday. Don’t you have practice?” she asked as she twisted the combination on her locker. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just have to remember that I have the power to manipulate the simulations, and that I have practiced it before. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The professionals, on the other hand, steadily increased their practice time every year, until by the age of twenty they, like the violinists, had reached ten thousand hours. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

His screaming was totally a performance to please them; he had been practicing his defenses for a month now, and he was more than ready. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Before his second week was out, the part in Love’s Labour’s was given to Chris Beeston, and Nick was back upstairs with us, practicing his swordsmanship. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of practice was Whit giving us the rundown about the handoff—the passing of the baton—and how it was just like dancing the waltz, but we didn't actually practice it. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The whole class practiced, again and again, while the guide whipped them up into a whistling frenzy. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

If you want practice hearing syncopations, listen to some ragtime or jazz. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She made them practice half an hour each day. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby studied and practiced his German and was becoming semi-fluent after three months. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But when it was put into practice, particularly when it was placed in the hands of corrupt leaders, it became a much different system from that which was originally espoused. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The man pulled drumsticks from his vest pocket and gave a practice rat-a-tat run before readjusting some buckets. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Some days I would come to practice, and the exhaustion would just be dripping from my pores. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Beneath the practice schedule, there was a definition for the asterisk. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, I was out of practice in talking to him: his reserve was again frozen over, and my frankness was congealed beneath it. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ms. Udell took the cast to the auditorium to practice onstage, leaving the remainder of the fourth grade in the school yard with Mr. Jackson to form the crew. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I met him outside the library. He said he’d been looking for someone to practice that on.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

A similar phenomenon seems to have taken place in North America, where Indians were widely said to have practiced slash-and-burn as part of their habit of living lightly on the land. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Yes...for homework,” said Professor Flitwick, reemerging from under the table and pulling shards of glass out of the top of his hat, “practice.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

So I just show him the basic stroke and let him practice going back and forth in waist-high water. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You can be as good an artist as you want to be. You just have to practice and work hard. I’m sure your parents have told you this, yes?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It’s all that practice I get, I suppose. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Our lessons had started again, and I knew I’d have to make up the practice, plus an additional half hour as punishment. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He began practicing law in Natal, a region in what is now South Africa. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I swallow hard because I haven’t practiced what I’m going to say. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He’s doing a sweep of the bleachers and dugouts, making sure no one left anything behind, like he always does after practices. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

She continued to practice regularly with the hope that spring would mark the end of a successful oyster season and give us the margin we needed to continue her trips to Salisbury. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was still practicing law, but the specificity of the work and the change of scenery distracted me just enough from the bigger questions beginning to bubble up in my mind. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The practice was introduced in the fall of 1909 after the female prisoners went on a hunger strike. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

We filed cases seeking to stop the practice. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

For a change, Nick was on time for fencing practice, and Mr. Armin was late. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I select the right practice gun, the one about the size of a pistol, but bulkier, and offer it to Caleb. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The pundits weren’t meeting teams of high school “Barack Stars,” who volunteered after football practice or drama club. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Now Doc of the Western Biological Laboratory had no right to practice medicine. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

After practice, Luma had concerns: Kanue’s outburst had been troubling, and she wasn’t happy that Mandela was lashing out at his new teammates when they made mistakes. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

We practice, we go to school, we do our homework, we read Harry Potter...and that’s really all Boy21 and I do. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m early today, so. Okay if I practice until homeroom?” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Of the six who were with the team at the beginning of practice in August, five were starters and the sixth was hurt. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I practiced with the gun a lot, and found that it did work, but it was very difficult to use. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He then attended law school and, following graduation, opened a small law practice while still in his early twenties. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She would let me play with her makeup and didn’t mind if I used it on her face to practice my face-painting skills. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The months of exercise and dance practice had made Angel a lot stronger than Jordan expected, but he still managed to have her under his power with little difficulty. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Overall it was one of the worst practices they had had all term, though Harry did not feel that honesty was the best policy when they were this close to the match. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Leave that! It’s mine. I have a plan. I’m going to saw that up and hang the hoops for accuracy practice.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

On the mornings that Kaede found time for target practice, Pol pushed her harder than he had before. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Excellent. Now, we’ve brought in some scraps for you to practice with. Let’s see how ingenious you are.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Shouldn’t be too hard to fit that on a varsity jacket. Welcome to the team, kid. See you at practice this afternoon.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

As soon as I got to practice in the afternoon, I could tell that things were different. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Foley and Ben were at baseball practice and there was a huge pot of chicken soup on the stove. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

By the time Ali Shekari was thirteen, the war planes were practicing dropping chemicals instead of regular bombs. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

When I practiced upon my violin, I did so in the top of the house, away from his apartments. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She wanted to practice without Grandpa in the car. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

As if she had been practicing for this occasion, warming up for this last struggle. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

His practice was to implant the little microbiology stations in the Antarctic soil and return about a month later to retrieve them. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since winter evenings gave us a lot of time to practice, we’re actually pretty good partners. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

As with housing, blacks kept a laundry list of grievances over unfair white business practices. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But at 2:35, when the bell rang for dismissal, I remembered one good thing: today was Monday, which meant the boys would be staying for basketball practice with Mr. McCabe. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

With all its imperfections, modern science is a technique that is sufficiently well tuned to nature so that it works—it is a practice that allows us to learn reliable things about the world. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

For some years now God has been a pal to us, practicing togetherness, and that causes the same emptiness a father does playing softball with his son. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

"But there's nothing mysterious about it. I escaped for a while—I went to France with the Army Medical Corps and remained there after the Armistice to study and practice." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was one of the socially useful phrases Penelope had made the children practice. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Terryl did the driving to and fro, and waited by the stage as her girls practiced. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Ms. Parker expects us to practice twenty minutes times five days each week and prove it with a signed-by-a-parent sheet marked with Xs for every day we play. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

After immigrating to the United States three years ago, Uncle Amin hadn’t passed the medical board exams needed to practice as a doctor. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I was in intensive care in the hospital and I think the patients were exempted, as the complications of removing us for a practice drill outweighed the benefits. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

My grandfather came to two practices this week. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

It was awful at home when we practiced, and Dad would walk smirking through the house with wads of cotton sticking prominently from his ears. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He prefers to practice in quiet where Hugo won't make fun. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He would say, “I have Jewish hands, Jewish bones, Jewish stories, and a Jewish soul. But I’m not officially observant of—the religious practices of the Jewish people. Got it?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

We’re out in center field under the lights that went on halfway through practice. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I snap off hanging vines and use my newfound knowledge from training to practice knots and weave nets. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Mama busy in the kitchen, Mama not noticing nothing! Whisper said I can show my new tricks after dinner, I going to practice now.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Even the American Bar Association’s standards of practice for prosecutors are purely aspirational; no prosecutor is required to follow the standards or even consider them. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I went to see Dr. Leona A. Turner, who has been my family doctor for years, who practices in East Elmhurst, Long Island. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when they began to fight on land, they abandoned this successful strategy and followed the usual practices of waging war in Italy. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

I got to start practicing the truth, sometime. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a very good skater and all, but I couldn't enjoy it much because I kept picturing him practicing to be a guy that roller-skates on the stage. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Every student at the Academy spent several hours each day working in the kitchens or the library, cleaning the practice hall or sweeping the corridors. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I was attempting to organize the campaign and practice as a lawyer at the same time, and that is no way to wage a mass campaign. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when he heard the charge, he yelled out, “Wait a minute! Arthur, is that the guy you told me about? The guy at football practice?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teams had nightly practice, held pep rallies, and traveled to other schools on Ludus to compete against them. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Virginia, the Court recognized that executing people with intellectual disabilities is cruel and unusual punishment and banned the practice as unconstitutional. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Coach yelling at me during practice messed with my head, and I still feel a little out of sorts, even though I realize Boy21 basically lied to him. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took the typewriter home and practiced on the kitchen table every night after work. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

In spite of my little display of weirdness that Tuesday in class, I showed up at practice on Wednesday afternoon as if nothing had happened. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

In the rice fields of eastern Texas, this practice has seriously reduced the populations of the fulvous tree duck, a tawny-colored, gooselike duck of the Gulf Coast. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

From the corner of my eye, I saw my frightened cousins obediently practicing their first brush strokes. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Jones's daughter, Samantha, ran a salon and she had her new hires practice on me. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Soon the young fighter pilots at Engels were practicing shooting at targets and working on aerobatic loops and rolls. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Progress in employment practices was just as slow in coming. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

And because a curandera had this power she was misunderstood and often suspected of practicing witchcraft herself. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We don’t have games next weekend because of Easter, but we still have practices on Tuesday and Thursday. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I think they just liked having this thing they shared in common, never mind all the hours it provided them alone to practice. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Many would have no problem missing practice if they had to study for a test, for example. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I’d suspected someone was listening to me practice from the courtyard, but it had been nearly two span before I caught a glimpse of her. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“This is why I make all you girls practice passing the baton,” she says. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He also had a dart gun, and practiced shooting at a target in his room. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

His law practice thrived and soon Tony Chavez had it all, money, a six-figure income, a fancy house with a pool, fine cars, an American Express Platinum card. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The presumption in those practice sessions was that he'd be rescuing a crewmate whose tether had broken, but the principle was the same. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got out on the ice and sped around a few times, even in my bulky goalie pads, and then hunkered down in the net as the guys slapped practice shots at me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It takes long training and practice, an understanding of one’s self-control and self-proportion: you must know your effective size in a given situation, the tenor at which you might best speak. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my book, their talents don’t require much practice—or nerves, for that matter. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Of course, in practice, especially during the first months, we rarely stepped beyond the confines of the Cottages. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were dozens of other players wearing them as well, and together they blended into the dry heat of the practice held like lingering cattle waiting to be herded in this or that direction. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I still liked to pick up paper books from time to time because I didn’t want to get out of page-turning practice. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m feeling sorry for you that you have to go to track practice! You were up all night putting together this amazing day for me, and now you have to go do what? Wind sprints?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Bible....They know how to play piano but they’ve stopped practicing now. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one time he had almost developed it into an art form, practicing the hobby with the skill and fervor of an artist and philosopher, a scholar and gentleman. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I went to Big Creek, Coach Merrill Gainer, the winningest coach in southern West Virginia history, took one look at me lost inside the practice gear and ordered me off his football field. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was a new practice in vogue at the time, favored by adolescent boys or those who thought like them: sneak up behind a woman wearing a headscarf, grab it, and run. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Evidently some wild wag of an oculist set them there to fatten his practice in the borough of Queens, and then sank down himself into eternal blindness or forgot them and moved away. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Find something you’d want to keep doing forever,” she said, “even if you stink at it. And then if you’re lucky, with lots of practice, then one day you won’t stink so much.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I realized that all along, I’d been practicing my routine expecting to fall, so I didn’t know how to flow smoothly into my other skills. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Another time he told me not to come to practice unless I brought him a fifty-dollar box of Titleist golf balls. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

We call this land of ours Great Britain, and there may be those who believe this a somewhat immodest practice. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

She must have come straight from varsity cheering practice — she was one of only three eighth graders who got to practice with the high school squad — because she was wearing her uniform. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the meantime, Luma had a tournament to prepare for, and she needed a place to practice. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

When I get changed for track practice, I look at my pile of folded clothes in my gym locker, rub my bands on my thighs, and decide to leave my armband on. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“We were at practice together. It just came up.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear had watched his master make dozens of those petals and had finally taken a small lump of clay home in his waist pouch to practice himself. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The rest of the time I was busy balancing the workload from several honors classes, drama rehearsals, and varsity basketball practice. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Today we were just going to sit quietly and work on a practice section for the next test. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I stare at him for a moment, then get up and bring the practice poster to him. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I really like it when she takes off her practice jersey so that she’s only wearing the sports bra. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone was practicing their parts in a play for the rally, and she said we had arrived just in time. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

After lunch we went to the auditorium for one quick practice before the other teachers came in with their classes. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We were all babies once, right? This little guy doesn’t care what country you were born in or what religion you might practice or how much you weigh or who you might love.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

A funny thing happened at one of these practice sessions. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s been bringing some girl over to my place in the afternoons while I’m at practice. Won’t tell me who she is.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They were supposed to be practicing the opposite of the Summoning Charm today — the Banishing Charm. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

With the help of hired hands, Garfield grew crops and raised animals to supplement the income from his government position and law practice. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The Roach orders me to practice moving through the crowds of courtiers without being noticed, to eavesdrop without seeming interested. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But Ben’s eye had sharpened with practice and age. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He introduced Reyna to Piper, who looked a little miffed that she hadn’t gotten to say the lines she’d been practicing, then to Leo, who grinned and flashed a peace sign. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When Coach goes over the new offensive plays, I’m relieved to find myself still practicing with the first squad. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured I’d get some practice in on the pad before school, so I set myself up in the office. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus, in the case of the word ‘experiment’, linguistic change lags behind both theory and practice. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Miss Whitlow”! practiced the syllables several times until Father sighed. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

That afternoon we had time for practice and I found a patch of grass to try my handstands. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

For all Jason knew, he’d been slipping off to practice raising spirits with Diocletian’s scepter, then sparring with them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Aww, man, Sweet Pea, can’t I sleep in tomorrow? I’m tired as I don’t know what. Plus, I got practice with the fellas.” Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

On practice nights, the seats by the pool were generally empty, aside from a handful of other parents idly chatting or scrolling through their iPhones as they waited for their kids to be done. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Most of the time I functioned on autopilot and moved through my schedule with practiced determination. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

And she does practice, often, breaking all manner of things around the house in order to put them back together again. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Now it’s time for the real musician in the family to practice her recital piece,” she says, then curls back into her chair to listen. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“It’s a beautiful day. Tommy has an extra-long practice. Two hours. There must be something I can do to cheer you up.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve practiced this routine and made rather a fine art of it. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I greet Rose, the receptionist who’s been with my parents’ practice since the beginning. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

It was always good practice, she’d reasoned, to strive for such things. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sure some of the younger fencers didn’t understand my tenacity or competitive nature during practice, but fencing was my only way to seek revenge on an enemy with no name. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Simulators are make-believe spacecraft in which the crew practices and learns to fly the real ones. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I open up the piano cabinet and start to play a compilation of pop songs from the 1960s that Ms. Holly gave me to practice on Friday during music class. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He got to football practice, where the demands and pressures were ceaseless the second he stepped on the field. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spoke slowly, saying the words I had practiced in my head since Miss Mary Finch took her last breath, the words that would change everything. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a way, that's why I sort of wanted to get some practice in, in case I ever get married. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

All the practices, all the drama—was it worth it? Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

At Duke, missing practice to study for a test was an acceptable excuse. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He washes his own equipment and uniforms after every practice and game, though, and he takes showers that seem like the kind that workers get after there’s a chemical leak at a nuclear power plant. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next to the church, on the other side of Cross Highway was an empty field where the trainband practiced drilling. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My brothers and sisters teased me during the practice sessions, where I sat with my groom, a boy named Merewe, while the dancing girls learned their routines. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I’d catch a ride with him, but he had that zero period in the mornings and he usually ditched me after practice to do something with his friends. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

And I was busy, much of my time spent practicing or playing in a string quartet or taking theory classes at the community college. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I stayed way behind the eighth-grade pack in practice these days. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“That’s sounding quite beautiful,” Simon said toward the end of camp as he listened to me practice a movement from Haydn’s Cello Concerto no. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Dorn had practiced ballet for most of her life and still moved as if dancing. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Whenever I showed up to practice and Luke noticed Akhi’s absence, he’d immediately make time in his busy schedule, even if he had a previous lesson or class scheduled. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to ask her more about Berklee. Do you think I am good enough to go there one day? How much do the Boston Pops musicians practice?” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Maybe. Yes. Don’t touch him. I’m almost done. It’s been a while since I practiced.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I am a good shot with that, better than Joseph or David, though I have only practiced on cans and bottles. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

While the other girls gossiped and said good night one by one, Cora practiced her letters. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

We hadn’t kissed each other just to practice. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Two weeks into practice, I had bruised shins, a scabby knee, and a scraped elbow. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The curate looked no different than the strangers he practiced on every day—and for a moment, he felt himself out on the lawn in the middle of a killcraft exercise. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She unfolds it to reveal a child’s careful cursive in faint pencil, practicing the same sentence over and over again: Upright and do right make all right. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I smacked her again and practiced a curse word I’d heard on the train. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

"If I were spending a month alone," Hannah said yesterday, "I would start a meditation practice. It's clinically proven to lower blood pressure and boost brain activity. It even helps your immune system." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I was in the living room practicing my right jab-left hook combo in front of a full-length mirror I took from her room. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

As the summer wore on, I spent more and more time studying Science and less and less time practicing the piano. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Now Met Bong still requires the girls to practice with the hope that soon the boys will return and we can all dance again. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fight for jobs was an old one, and little had changed in Durham since Louis Austin protested discriminatory hiring practices in 1953. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

After practice was done, everybody met up with the people waiting for them, family and friends or whatever. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Welcome, Romans. Let the performance begin,” Caesar said in a voice that, through long practice, and the wonderful acoustics of the place, carried without shouting to the farthest benches. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Here she practiced, holding on to a jutting rock and letting her body float out straight. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I've been preparing for this day since my thirteenth birthday; all of the lessons, the lectures, the practice. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It was a vice he practiced in secret, but at the same time he had felt no compunction about quite openly carrying away objects of greater value which he found unattended. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Casey started it with his “nice shorts” comment at the start of practice, and now he had to endure being the object of our serenading. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

My mother would have dragged me right back to practice. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The field in Milam Park was completely unused; it seemed little to ask that the Fugees be allowed to practice there four days a week. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Henry will send a snap from a seven a.m. polo practice and promptly receive one of Alex at two a.m., glasses on and coffee in hand, in bed with a pile of notes. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I went upstairs to practice the Dvorak piece Professor Christie had assigned me, and to work out what was bothering me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s true. Given the amount of time I’ve heard you practicing, I’m a pretty good judge.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

A practice meet does not sound like fun. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

This may seem surprising—not because spanking it self is necessarily detrimental but because, conventionally speaking, spanking is considered an unenlightened practice. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The progressives of the Stability Research group, regardless of their actual political practices, were certainly open to accusations of subversion for their embrace of “dangerous” ideas like racial integration, civil rights, and equality for women. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

A giant mound of oily, slimy fat and protein lay on top of my practice pinnie and shorts. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He was hunched forward, not looking back, trudging his way to practice, and I wondered if there’d even be enough players there to run a play. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The first time I was asked for my autograph, I was astonished; afterward I went to my room to practice a special signature. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After losing his wife, his children, his medical practice, and most of his fossil collection, Mantell moved to London. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Maybe Deb and Amelia can practice together,” Mom says. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Roza's audition is rusty, but technique will come with practice, and even with her twisted fingers, she'll find a way, I can tell. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The boys hung out after practice, sometimes late into the night. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

All the while, she watched the window in the door of the practice room in case someone appeared—telling herself she didn’t want to be interrupted, but deep down wishing that someone else would come. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The Monday before the team took the bus to Salem to play, Joey and I walked back to O-Hall together after practice. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

A compassionate, humane approach to the problems of the urban poor must replace the punitive practices and policies that have multiplied the harms associated with poverty and racial oppression. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The others were more practiced at this particular dissimulation. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The practice of striking all or almost all African American potential jurors continued virtually unchanged after the Court's ruling. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Jacobi was practicing windmills, a classic power move he’d long ago perfected; he was trying now to turn his windmills into flares in the same routine. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Two people are pacing around in the third room, a man and a woman practicing a theater scene. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d seen many examples in his practice, which was made up mostly of working-class African Americans. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The sound of fighting comes from the practice grounds as I cut toward the back of the property. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Michael suggested, rather excitedly, “Don’t count it as my operational cross-country. I need the practice.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“I practiced and practiced while you were gone. But I’m not so good at swallowing it yet.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Watching soccer practice brings me a pang that’s part longing, part regret, and part resentment. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. But I need a number-two pencil to take a practice test.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z