| 单词 | precious |
| 例句 | German authorities realized their precious heavy water would never be safe in Norway. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But I felt as if by handing them over I would be relinquishing something more precious than my math homework, only I didn’t know what that something might be. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Instead, army engineers arrived unexpectedly on November 24 with sledgehammers and blowtorches and reduced his precious accelerator to scrap. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Perhaps he didn’t want to waste a precious bullet on a little girl. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z And they also saw strewn about the heads of sundry birds, The heads of precious birds strung together, And some birds’ feet and bones. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Had their friendship, which seemed so precious to him, ever been real to her? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The clatter of his precious pans as they fell down into the dark was like a death-knell to his heart. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z It might, he added, be contrived of silver and precious stones and serve incidentally as a ducal chalice. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He wrote to one official in 1226 asking if he could possibly obtain three pounds of the precious substance—at a cost of about 450 modern dollars. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z He had lost his job at the glass factory, and he had lost something even more precious: his dignity as a human being. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “Hazel,” he said, “your power with precious metal—Can you just detect it, or can you actually summon it to you?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The streets of Berlin, many of which were still lined with abandoned homes and devoid of pedestrians, provided Blake with the cover he needed to hand off such precious—and treacherous—cargo. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Where is he? It was your precious football team that tried to put him through the crust of the earth. And don’t forget the punch that leveled him was meant for you.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Somehow, he got close enough to the forges of Serra to draw, in detail, the creation process of the Empire's most precious asset: the unbreakable, curved scims that can cut through three men at once. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I added a precious scoop of coal to the stove. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I prepare another before I retire to a tree where I continue sipping, eating rabbit, and even indulge in one of my precious crackers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Zeus, the chief god, was angry at man and at Prometheus for taking some of his precious sun. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z I only had time to save one precious thing. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, hello there, precious,” she says, picking him up. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I told them that they were precious, because they truly were. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Now, very cautiously, he poured the precious dream into the wide end of his trumpet. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It seems odd that Phrixus sacrificed to Zeus the ram that had saved him, in gratitude for having been saved; but he did so, and he gave the precious Golden Fleece to King Æetes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good morning, precious,” Xan said, letting her hand slide along the curve of the girl’s skull, winding her fingers in the long black curls. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z She thought with dismay of the Richardsons, of the vast and gleaming Richardson house, of Pearl’s face when her mother dared set foot on this precious soil. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He had no errand in the courtyard at all, but merely invented one that he might find out whether I put his precious wineskin into Gebu’s hand and tell me to wait for another tomorrow. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z She was not a fine and precious thing. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z ‘Sam’ll put his head in it, yes precious. And I’d make him look for turnips and carrots, and taters too, if it was the time o’ the year. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She burned the old grass, rekindling the dead fire with one of her precious matches. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Resentment is the most precious flower of poverty. Yeah.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z His cargo was far more precious than rice. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z It was her most precious possession, a gift from her father at her confirmation. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z And her words carried something sweet and precious. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Lazlo wondered about it, and what precious texts had been lost in it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Rumor is that the fiihrer is compiling a wish list of precious objects from all around Europe and Russia. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Hanako felt a stab of disappointment—in her mind, their precious goods would get them anything. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I had memorized every pothole and rut in that driveway, and they were all precious to me. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z That two years seems so precious now—a lifetime. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The bags are the same ones Ben handed Javier and me to place the few precious things we were taking with us. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Before she boarded the ship, they gave her a gift: a lacquer phial containing some of the wheel tree oil, and most precious of all, a little bag of seeds. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The way she says, “How precious is that?” when she looks at my bookshelf. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z My heart aches from losing one of my precious few friends, knowing all too well that if this is anyone’s fault it’s mine. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z ‘Sméagol promises to Precious, promises faithfully. Never come again, never speak, no never! No, precious, no!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She had no knowledge that Wilkins had just revealed the most precious piece of her data to Watson.* The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I felt as if time were suddenly precious, water going down an open drain, and I could not move quickly enough. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Once, by accident it was, wasn’t it, precious? Yes, by accident. But we won’t go back, no, no!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Despite what I had seen in Minnesota, I knew that precious few survived. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She had tied rabbit skins around her hips to save the precious cloth for her eventual arrival in Zimbabwe, so everything from her waist up was bare. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I told you, and you didn’t listen. Now your precious hideout is burning, and I’m gonna hunt down all your little friends and put all their miserable hides with the rest of my collection.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z A mother cries for what she remembers, but she remembers the precious infant harvested already by time, and death is not to blame. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I could not believe my pen pal would send me something so precious. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I'm hungry, too, but I don't dare break into my precious store of crackers and beef yet. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But I knew precious few would join 'em until that mess was hauled away. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I will finally be at sea, traversing the waterways into the oceans, like the adventurers you so love to read about in your precious novels. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Never one to let precious time go to waste, he typed furiously on his laptop. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He switched on the plane's surveillance cameras, readying them to take their precious, high-altitude photographs. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “All she does is spit on me. The day will come when I’ll set her precious wooden town afire. Let her spit on that, see if it puts out the flames.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I want to grab my precious clocks off the wall and hurl them across the room. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Everyone now had precious food to last a while. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It shattered on the floor, and precious stones spilled everywhere—emeralds, rubies, diamonds. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z But somehow the bread and cheese—still fresh from the shop where Tess had traded a few precious Notes for it—doesn't seem tempting. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Like plumed vestments of the precious bird, That precious bird with the agile neck, We will come to an end. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Useless without the precious oil that had once fueled them. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z His gold and his silver were precious to him once more, and at times he marvelled secretly at himself that he had ever spent so freely upon a woman. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z When he was sure that all his precious dreams had been safely loaded on to the jeeps, the BFG said, ‘Now we is driving back to the bellypoppers and picking up the frightsome giants.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “As for the whole drug thing, there’s no need to waste precious time. Really. Unless cigarettes count. Drugs and me? Not a good mix. Believe me, I’ve tried.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The scabbard was embossed in silver, and the handle was black and encrusted with precious stones. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, as a teenager, Pearl’s caresses had become rare—a peck on the cheek, a one-armed, half-hearted hug—and all the more precious because of that. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It cost us our innocence and a precious year of our teenage lives. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Their horns were precious metal—silver and gold—so she’d managed to turn them aside simply by concentrating, steering the animals by their horns and guiding them back to the stables. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z At times, to fuel his artistic euphoria, Dr. Lange would open a crate to admire a panel from the precious Amber Room, savoring the experience as others would enjoy a vintage bottle of brandy. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She thought about begging further, and maybe even trying to work some tears out of her eyes so she could get at those precious cakes. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Sam took a sip of water, but pressed Frodo to drink, and when his master had recovered a little he gave him a whole wafer of their precious waybread and made him eat it. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Painstakingly, she put a dot of glue on each of the scraps and pressed each one into its place on one of her precious few remaining whole sheets of paper. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I started to lift the lid of the precious container of serum. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z This cauldron he filled partly full of water, dipping it with a half gourd from an earthen jar that stood near, but he dipped cautiously, for water was precious. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z "Not bloody likely. The Long Summer will come again before that one would besmirch his precious honor." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She was still no more than a girl, and still waiting for that plateau of happiness, that hand of a precious Lord who, when her way grew drear, would always linger near. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z In letters, Gey and some of his colleagues began referring to the cells as his “precious babies.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Percy was so stunned, he lost a few precious seconds. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Life is only precious because it ends, kid. Take it from a god. You mortals don’t know how lucky you are.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The pilot was not going to waste his precious load on a lone figure in a field. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It’s true that sickness and death make children more precious. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Richard, think of Christ’s dying for you, shedding His blood, His precious blood on the cross.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She was determined to be the best saver imaginable, determined to see her precious Jermaine and Marlon in person, and determined to prove me wrong about her being irresponsible. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z There was precious little anger involved with a beating, just a lecture explaining why you were getting one and why it was good for you. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The last few days with them had been precious, though. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He told them that they were Germany’s precious guarantee for a great future, that they were destined to lead the country. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Washed, then, with a drop of precious Clorox bleach, measured out like the Blood of the Lamb. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I pick up the precious viola and play the etude again, watching him rummage through cabinets and drawers. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “This is precious. It must give you much comfort.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I put the rice in my sari, tuck the precious load securely in at the waist. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z So my precious oven—always a symbol of my mother’s love for me in my mind—may have been bought by him! Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Today, I look back and realize how amazing, precious, and powerful both time and life can be. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z They were too precious, too important, too highborn and rich. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “Just look at my precious boots! They are ruined by the water!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z I tried to reach it with my tongue, to lick some of that precious frozen water off the grate, but it was just out of reach. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Clutching the precious compass, Hazel left the path and scurried into the trees to hide. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z His hand rose and fell softly with each precious breath. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He throws back his head and shouts these words to the sky, while his lambs sit scratching themselves in wonder. bängala means something precious and dear. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of being liked, he was dead, a bleeding cinder on the barbarous pile whom nobody had heard in those last precious moments while the plane with one wing plummeted. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z In response the excited citizenry had shelled out precious nickels and quarters and dollars, raising an astonishing twelve thousand dollars to send the crews east. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The precious time and hard physical labor needed to carry all their supplies and transport the canoes over dry land wasn’t their only problem. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z ‘Maybe. It is precious to him. But I did not speak of that.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z By all appearances they were going to be shunted aside, humiliated for the sake of Ulbrickson’s all too precious sophomores. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Oh, no, but they didn’t let me take everything,” I said, because I still hoped there would be a way to get my precious possessions from the sheds. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I didn’t mean to slam it—only to protect my precious goods from the rain—but the lid slipped from my wet hand. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She pressed the precious eggs against her warm brood patch. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z ‘He doesn’t know what we minds, does he, precious? No, he doesn’t. But Sméagol can bear things. Yes. He’s been through. O yes, right through. It’s the only way.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z This informant—whose identity remains unknown to this day—provided the CIA with precious information about who was using which cables and when. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Useless burned-out fireworks bobbed in it, but I spotted a precious bottle poking out of the trash mound. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z It seemed to him that he had spent his life in a worthless and senseless maimer; he retained nothing vital, nothing in any way precious or worth while. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s supposed to make me love them? Their precious ‘Western civilization is a disease, Percy. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Its nest, its pallet, was of every kind of precious feather— Of lovely cotinga feathers, roseate spoonbill feathers, quetzal feathers. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Sleep was a rare and precious thing to me in those days. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind had shifted, slowing the march of the flames eastward and giving them precious minutes to untangle the traffic jam. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Trails of frayed odd ribbons and precious bits of gift wrap and other junks of the past. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt, looking at her, that I was helplessly watching precious flaxen sand slip away between my fingers. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He knew very well how particular Grandma India and Mother were about that precious room. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z James immediately picked himself up onto his hands and knees and started searching around for his precious treasures. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Hanging from his fingers, framed by a slick blue sky, it looked precious and clean and permanent. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z And yet the day will inevitably come when the only space remaining to us will be these sanctuaries, a precious gift from enlightened mortals.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “Has he been telling you stories? Has he promised to give all my precious cargoes away for half price?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The Sundays of July were too precious to think of going to church. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I grabbed what was nestled in there and worked it out, tapping tobacco crumbs into my palm so as to not lose the precious flakes. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z So I phoned the Betty Ford Center and precious, what do you think? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Three precious little boys, our grandchildren—there, that’s what came of it. And Carol is a lovely girl. She’s not to blame.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z And Thyon stood there and spoke that phrase as though it were just lying around, knowable, as common as any pebble picked up off the ground, rather than the rare and precious gem it was. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The hairs on my arms stood up straight, and then, with a crackling burst, another blast of nightning shot out of the precious stones. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z They had been locked up as if they were very precious, but they were so patched and weatherstained that their original colour could hardly be guessed: it might have been dark green. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Those precious moments were the only time in my day when I required myself to slow down, reflect, and remind myself of what was important. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Both afraid to disturb the other in the hope that we’ll be able to store up a few precious minutes of rest. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The precious firm footing made it the fastest route north, despite the diversion. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He held his arm against his chest like it was a precious jewel. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z She was the queen of the Hollows, and here she was deigning to waste a few of her precious words on me, a kid from Valedale? Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Very well then, the juice wrenched from the disinfected skin, and then the pulpy liquid had to be diluted with water if I hoped to make the precious oranges last at all. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When Helenus spoke, however, the Greeks knew well that it would be hard to persuade him whom they had so wronged, to give his precious weapons to them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She journaled all her precious memories and thoughts, and there was no way she would risk having Conner find them and use them against her. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Though they could have joined the revelry in the streets below, they were content to simply be near each other, for they both sensed that something precious was coming to an end. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The light in his eyes was like a green flame as he sped back to murder the hobbit and recover his ‘precious’. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Shakespeare told us precious little of the man whom he entombed in his linguistic sarcophagus. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z But when one of his precious sports teams accomplishes something, he has the banner made professionally, rolled up, and revealed in dramatic fashion in front of six hundred cheering kids. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Then she places all the books next to me, very carefully, like they are precious rubies she is entrusting to me. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z He was supreme even over the sun, because rocky Greece needed rain more than sunshine and the God of Gods would be the one who could give the precious water of life to his worshipers. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z "I refuse to waste any more of my precious time in here!" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z “It wouldn’t say, no precious. Little cheat. Not a fair question. It cheated first, it did. It broke the rules. We ought to have squeezed it, yes precious. And we will, precious!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “What do you mean? You are the most precious, wonderful person on earth. Come, my brother, let us be together and feast on each other’s company.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z After he died they all seemed to get hidden away somewhere, like sets of precious china, and eventually I forgot everything about them. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z On the sandbank she found not one but five of the precious wheels, and passing the cord through their softening centers, she swam heavily back, pulling them behind her. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “But it is a precious thing, and it needs to be protected, nourished, or else it will wither, like a rose in a sudden frost.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Beans scattered, a turnip rolled into a mud puddle, a sack of flour split and spilled its precious contents in the snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z ‘If you mean that your precious Chief has been hiring ruffians out of the wild, then we’ve not come back too soon.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Better his precious baby Cora grow up with new parents who could give her everything she wanted than with a half-wit like him. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z A meter’s worth of precious copper tore loose in his hands and dust clouds enveloped him. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Or the boy who had tried to steal their precious Tandoori away from them? Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z “He’s not my precious anything. But sure, why don’t you act more like him? He’s responsible, and he's noble, and he’s good because he tries and he...” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The green leather case was his mother’s most precious possession; he would never dream of looking through it, and he didn’t even know where she kept it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Against all odds, she nurtured a precious family bonded by an intense love. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “She is bending herself into knots in your precious circus.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I thought again about his precious shirt, but he was too far away for me to see if he’d got much mud on it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She holds out her hands, “My precious, are they torturing you?” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was also called Pluto, the God of Wealth, of the precious metals hidden in the earth. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s precious to them; it’s all they have left. Just like that pack of yours. It seems pretty important to you.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The old man wore a breastplate of heavy gold, covered with precious stones. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When I knew I was leaving, I asked for the box to hold my precious possessions, and Mrs. Chavez had given it grudgingly. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z She’s still sitting on the top shelf of my closet with a few other precious memories. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z A few precious moments of freedom from who I am, what I am. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Oh my precious stars!” she said in her craggy, barky, leafy voice, for she had not yet un-transformed. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Minli stared down at her rice bowl; the few white grains left sat like precious pearls at the bottom of her bowl. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z A new cross would never be as precious as Papá’s, but it would be better than none at all. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z And the meter was running: even as we reclined in our tents, we were using up precious gas. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Half an hour later, fifty nylon bags filled with gold coins, jewelry, rare gems, and precious artifacts had been shuttled out of the chamber through the crawl space. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The tower room held objects that were very dear and precious to Count Olaf, and they were terrible things. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z I am so tempted to tear up her precious notes and flush them down the toilet. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Regardless, he opened it with the key fob and tossed the precious portfolio in the back seat. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z So they went to the train station carrying their precious items, and after boarding, Hanako and Akira sat patiently in their seats. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She opens the door to reveal Bryce cupping Jane Kitty in his hands like the most precious jewel in the world. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z But now I understood: the precious thing, that was the maze. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But the fact that he knows I’m a people-pleaser, yet didn’t bother to delve a little deeper before telling me about his precious Jupiter? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Much to his unhappiness, thirteen of his children were girls, leaving my uncle and his precious son, Usman, the child of his first wife, as the only males in the household. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Probably the most precious thing in the whole world to Gramps—besides Gram—was their marriage bed. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Every night, I lie on my smelly horse blanket in the corner and replay our last conversation, word for precious word. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Tommen, her precious little boy, had named her champion to the Kings- guard. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But these precious relationships seem tender, vulnerable, at the risk of disappearing with one wrong word from my mouth. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There was something she had never seen on Odenigbo’s face, something precious and frightened. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It was Zeke that cried out like a wounded animal, trying for a few precious moments to push the much heavier woman off him as she tore away a great chunk of flesh. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He served me tea and Call some of his precious tinned milk, and then, very gently, he tried to explain to us what he believed had to be done. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Building a new canoe was backbreaking, tedious work that cost the expedition precious time. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Thus, we often see princes given horses, arms, and vestments of gold cloth, precious stones, and similar ornaments suited to their greatness. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z There were precious few health laws in those days, and nobody, least of all Mrs Pratchett, ever thought of using a little shovel for getting out the sweets as they do today. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Oh, if only he hadn’t slipped and fallen and dropped that precious bag. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z The spirit and soul are the body and brain, which are destructible—that is precisely why they are so precious. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z His students don’t know this—they know precious little of Volpe’s biography or his life outside the school. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z "It's really nothing," she reported bravely, "just some sort of wasting disease. But pity me not, I shall live out my remaining time enjoying each precious day to the full." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Otto kept a tight grip on his precious time travel device. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Children are precious to 13, or so it has always seemed. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z In Chinese Geak means “jade,” the most precious and loved of all gems to Asians. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But I had precious little in common with any of them, and there was no forgetting that I had been brought along as Jann’s hired help. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “It doesn’t seem right that he wouldn’t text, especially because he knows how precious my time is. And I have that new client coming later.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I seized it with sudden panic, as though something infinitely precious had almost been lost to me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She remembered the way that power rippled through Elowen like molten ore, hot and precious. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She took the privilege of using up part of the precious hour. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Carolina shrieked, plunged into the storm, retrieved her precious little statues, and cried for three days. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you want the habanero pepper or the bag of magazines? Do you want to get caught while taking out our Special friend? Or save a precious piece of human heritage from these barbarians?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z That they want to stop a revolution, not to save lives, but to save their precious experiment, would be enough. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z ‘And also very much out of your reckoning. We are just going up the Hill to remove your precious Boss. We have dealt with his Men.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Because seamstresses were paid by the number of garments they sewed each day, the lost hour was precious. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z Winnie pulled out the cork from the mouth of the bottle, and kneeling, she poured the precious water, very slowly and carefully, over the toad. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z To twenty-first-century ears the story sounds preposterous, but it did not to Gonzalo Pizarro, who had already helped seize an empire laden with jewels and precious metals. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Plush tabletops display porcelain boxes studded with gold and diamonds and precious gems. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I held the precious specimen in a cardboard box on my lap while he drove. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He squatted down and began to pull the first of a thousand noxious shoots that threatened the cucumber plants so precious to Min’s wife. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I showed him what plants to eat and eventually gave him one of our precious bows. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The Magpie cast him a final contemptuous glance and took hold of Meggie's arm, luckily not the one with Fenoglio's precious words inside its sleeve. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Cantor’s theory would show that Kronecker's precious integers—and even the rational numbers—were nothing at all. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z ‘Three precious little Gollums in a row we shall be, if this goes on much longer,’ thought Sam. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Finally, a glimpse of the giant rocket, JimmyTrotter’s precious Saturn V, materialized out of snow, fuzz, and horizontal lines. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Their juices, stored in tanks, become more precious than caviar. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z But you mustn’t think just of incense in the ship, or precious cloths on it There were these, but they were not the loveliness. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The precious stones and gold only appeared once in a while, never in huge quantities. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “My precious daughter. Nothing will happen to you. My precious daughter.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Aurelia was in the habit of visiting her in her small apartment at the back of the palace, so the nurse suspected nothing when her “dear little precious” came knocking. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Instead of inching along the bridge as fast as I can, I give up several precious seconds and set a quick trap for Hammie. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Amos,” said Mr. Weasley loudly, “think about it. . . precious few wizards know how to do that spell. Where would she have learned it?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “What a precious deposit!” said he with a tender sigh, as he received it. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Besides, I didn’t want to take up time I could be hearing about my precious. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She was just a child, my precious princess. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We knew that food was a precious commodity. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z In this strange new world, one man got nothing and the next got a precious bit of potato in an otherwise-watery soup. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z “Time is more precious than money, Lyddie girl. If only I had two more free hours of an evening—what I couldn’t do.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z They separate the community, contributing to the ineffable sense that something familiar and precious about the ethos of the island is disappearing. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “Look at your precious Lucille, supposed to be purged, supposed to be safe.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z All she wished was to raise her granddaughter, so small and precious, away from harm and she remembered a mountain she had visited in her youth. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z So he took Beowulf's hands between his own and blessed and thanked him as the queen had, his voice trembling with sincerity, and gave him twelve jewels—burning stones, the most precious things he owned. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Every instant of our final evening was too precious to lose even one. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Frankly, I was wondering how to save my precious, precious strawberries, and I may say I picked slowly. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z For a single, precious second, the Demons all freeze. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The mestizos thought they were as white and precious and delicate as fresh bread. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z "And why were you wasting precious time listening to an overaged delivery boy with an overactive imagination when you should have been studying." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The one where I lived during those last precious days before my first Hunger Games and the Quarter Quell. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z But that didn't make up for the fact that she was currently ruining my precious teen years. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z She knew just where it was, that precious set that had belonged to Deydey’s grandfather, the man who had taught him this chimookoman game. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z She sat calmly, a tent over her precious eggs. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He argued that it would be far more efficient if workers were a few steps from the factory instead of wasting precious time marching the two and a half miles between Emalia and the camp. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Some shelves had rows of untouched chip bags and candy bars, all priced like they were endangered, precious goods. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Isaac snapped out of his tired shock and began stuffing some precious books and the more beautiful of his sweaters into a duffel bag. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Blood is too precious a thing in these days of dishonourable peace; and the glories of the great races are as a tale that is told.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z She said, “Even something precious can get shabby in the course of things. Considering what they’re up against here, that might not be such a bad attitude for them to take.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “But who would marry that monster Yitzchak, who leaves his precious children outside like yard goods? Besides, the ribbons will look beautiful in your brown hair.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z For two precious months, Jack and Moniek cooked the soup and served the bread from the kitchen. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z “If I were a male—one of your precious sprites—we wouldn’t even be having this conversation.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Iron was even more precious, but it was unobtainable. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw Blount burned a rich, red brown by the sun, his face smooth and hairless, with a bracelet of gold and precious stones on his forearm. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The Crown: “The biggest, most precious crown belongs to a humble queen.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “Him, and Hero. Both precious to Her Grace.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z No leaving precious toys that mean the world to me on the floor. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z His grandma’s precious clock, hanging over the mantelpiece, the pendulum swinging back and forth, back and forth, like it was getting on with its own, private life, not caring about Conor at all. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Rice had become a precious commodity, to be kept safe from the North Korean soldiers. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Then, bending over the precious box, he touched, he lifted into the light, he examined. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew nothing then, of how precious a feeling this was. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z "I wish you fair winds and good trading, then. You have brought me a precious gift." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I could barely see the papers’ brown scrawl, so precious as it was, in the faint light. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Are there any precious stones in it?” asked Milo excitedly. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “Dignity is a state of mind, just like freedom. These are both precious gifts from God that no one can take away unless you allow them to.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z No more wasting precious seconds on either of you. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z “Thank you for taking care of it, Master Lorren. It is precious to me.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z At first she tried to draw a picture on the front, wasting five or six precious sheets of paper in the attempt. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Then she sighed, reached over and shook out one of my last precious cigarettes and lit up. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When I arrived, the crowd seemed to be spilling out of the building and there was precious little security. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In a commensal tradition, where food is precious, the powerful older people made wrongdoers eat alone. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead she walked swiftly, careful not to waste any of her precious cargo. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She wondered where Kiyoshi would cook the precious rice he had stolen. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z And yet she had something precious that I—despite all my opportunities, or maybe because of them—did not. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Thank the heavens my precious boy is too young.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The Quakers, he argued, were infamous innocents incessantly disposed to drip their precious purity like holy water over everyone else’s sins. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z She held the dog pressed against her chest like something precious. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “You have to be rich to waste time going on escapades at night instead of catching up on precious sleep.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z But how can I forgive them for stealing the most precious gift that they ever bought me? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Kothlu came first, his right hand outstretched and tightly closed, as though over some precious jewel. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z "Let us be blunt, my lady. Stannis would make an appalling king. Nor is he like to become one. Men respect Stannis, even fear him, but precious few have ever loved him." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Natalie has stacks of buttons in perfect lines all around it, like little soldiers guarding something precious. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Didn’t he know how precious his family was? Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Did everybody have to waste precious time by asking questions? Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z He had exchanged six sheep for two precious stones that had been taken from a gold breastplate. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It wouldn’t be so precious then, and nor would the golden godson be so special. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He spoke with less hissing and whining, and he spoke to his companions direct, not to his precious self. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z From the top she looked across the distance to her own precious house. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “What’s the matter, my precious granddaughter? What worry is keeping you from eating?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z That’s a precious 25 seconds; almost an eighth of my four minutes. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Our choice then,’ said Gimli, ‘is either to take the remaining boat and follow Frodo, or else to follow the Orcs on foot. There is little hope either way. We have already lost precious hours.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I told her we would always love each other and that Grandma was insisting I give her away because she was so precious. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z There were only nine weeks left until the final duel, and some of the others, including Nox, were doing well enough that those four spots were starting to seem rather precious. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It was full of the glitter and twinkle of jewelry, corals and metals and precious stones. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Nhamo made a final breakfast and scattered some of her precious mealie meal as a sacrifice to whatever ancestors might be present. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s an object, like a brooch or a ring, and especially now Ruth has gone, it’s become one of my most precious possessions. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z There were precious few options available to the Boss. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z I would have thrown something at him, but the nearest item to hand was my precious Notebook, which I’d never fling about. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z They gleamed in the morning sunlight as though their walls were studded with precious jewels. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z And the tiny plot of earth that holds it seems to say, I am the land, a small piece but precious. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z But most real entertainment cost money, and my hard-won pennies were too precious to squander. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Gold I have, and precious stones, and iron enough to make a thousand swords. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “And so you came to find that it was not too poor, but the one precious thing I needed,” whispered Jo. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m frozen for a few precious moments, taking in this horrible scene, watching the inexorable march of the shamblers, when a strong grip on my arm jolts me out of my shock. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The boys hooted and ran the length of our 17 Janvier lane brandishing their precious Mars bars. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Some stagger around mutely, staring at the remaining silver parachutes in their hands, as if they still might have something precious inside. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “The Spencers went willingly once they heard my offer. Safety is a precious commodity in these turbulent times.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z And there they sat for a precious few minutes, Papa and his two youngest children, while the rest of the family awoke and the sounds of the city began its crescendo all around them. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Those little packages look more precious than bricks of gold right now. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Beneath each one a precious circle of dark earth and cedar duff. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I was not wrong, the twinkle was there, the precious, humorous twinkle. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I squared my shoulders and tried to remember what Grandma had said: “God loves you, child; no matter what, he sees you as his precious idea.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was Hoede’s personal Squaller and often traveled with the merchant’s most precious cargos, guaranteeing favorable winds to bring the ships safely and quickly to harbor. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z And if he dares say one word about his precious fighting pits, I may have him thrown off the terrace. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We were proud of our precious red scarves, which, like the national flag, were dyed red with the blood of our revolutionary martyrs. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, spurred by her irrepressible enthusiasm, she invited friends and colleagues to view her precious Surinam sketches and specimens, which she had “dried and well displayed in boxes where they can be seen by all.” The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The fire had started to dwindle by' the time Melisandre and the squires departed with the precious sword. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Everyone reluctantly agreed that allowing tourists to visit those precious nests in the hidden grove would be too dangerous. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I vowed to extract the last gram of precious metal even if it meant I had to crush the hills with my own hands and grind the rocks with my feet. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I started with my high-school diploma, applying one precious match with a feeling of remote irony, even smiling as I saw the swift but feeble light push back the gloom. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever happened in the future to his brother or to his brother’s precious mead, why, it was nothing to do with him. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I was gasping for air, waiting for the tidal wave to push my head underwater again, only to let me up for my next gasp of precious air. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z She heard the precious dress-cloth tear and the panga rattle against the metal. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The place settings and goblets were made of gold and were studded with precious gems. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z And, of course, Callie is using my dress as a beach towel so that her precious skin doesn’t touch the hot plastic seat. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z As the day approached, my warm bed and comfortable house grew increasingly desirable and my dear wife incalculably precious. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z And having watched you grow, I know that nothing could possibly be more precious to her. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He pulled the lid securely over his body and clutched at his mothers precious hairpin, waiting for his heart to stop racing. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The air smelled of mud, and with the abundance of precious water everything with the potential of being green flexed and groaned and desperately began to grow. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Assembled over many years, it was their most precious possession. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Claudia paused to look, partly from habit and partly because anything associated with Angel was precious. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Surely Earth Mother is offended that the Ugly One would place seeds into her. They won’t grow! Don’t waste our precious kernels by contaminating them with your hand!” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z What kind of person could leave something so small, so precious, to die of heat and starvation? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z ‘You speak nonsense. A column of fire is about to destroy you and your precious Greek statue. No ally can help you. Your mother has abandoned you as you abandoned your legion.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “I won’t. This is a ridiculous waste of our precious and dwindling time.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Tock as usual led the way, sniffing ahead for danger, and Milo, his bag of precious possessions slung over one shoulder, followed silently and resolutely behind. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Miig left a pinch of his precious tobacco on the spot and mumbled his own goodbye as we shuffled out into the bright new day. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z But then I forgot about him, and even the memory of his holding me precious melted into the general darkness just beyond the great blinkers of childhood. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Only death consistently excites your emotions, whether contemplating it when life is safe and stale, or fleeing it when life is threatened and precious. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z You celebrate each precious moment in your changing world. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It seemed that the People were almost as fond of the precious metal as humans. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Then I sacrificed 20 liters of precious water to the dirt gods. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “A shiny white Cadillac comes to carry you off to be Tinker Bell on TV. But your precious little girl—” “Lootie Belle!” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to feel like I was disappointing him, not when he was giving me so much of his precious time—the thought made everything inside of me clench with fear. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It enraged her, the way he held her body—as though Sarai belonged to him, as if she could be more precious to him than to her own family. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Away below Shagrat went leaping down the stairs and out over the court and through the gate, bearing his precious burden. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z But Liam...he was something precious, something I could break with a single misstep. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z As stains and stench accumulated, the restaurant’s manager built a chute on the roof and threatened to jettison the garbage directly onto Olmsted’s precious lawns. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z And without those two most precious things, there really was no point to much of anything at all. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z He rolled a smoke out of his precious tobacco stores and plucked a twig out of the fire with a burning ember at the tip to light it with. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The hall was decorated with ornate plasterwork, cabinets in precious woods and tortoiseshell and gold, statues of marble. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z And now the whole country, indeed, the whole world, seemed suddenly to be caught up in a mad candy-buying spree, everybody searching frantically for those precious remaining tickets. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z The waste of such precious material cut Jethro like a knife. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z "If I did, my word would be as hollow as an empty suit of armor. My life is not so precious to me as that." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It is precious to me, though I buy it with great pain. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I bend to retrieve it, taking those precious seconds to hide my panic. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Had I known at the first what now I know—nay, had I even guess at him—one so precious life had been spared to many of us who did love her. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “My most precious gift. I was foolish to think I needed anything else.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I’m on my knees, raking the carpet with my fingernails to find those precious pills I flung away in a stronger moment. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “She’s mad at herself for trusting us with something so precious. We all failed her, not just you.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z I was searching for something, something precious I could never replace. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They decided either one of us would work for ballast, but feared Adah’s handicap would prevent her holding on, and if she fell in the river the precious battery would also be lost. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He was so light and precious, and since I had eight years on him, I already felt like he was my responsibility. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Some of our regular adversaries complained loud and long about how the inclusion of some of our pictures had tainted their precious yearbook. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Plucking geese was hard work, so every single feather was precious. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Then she put the snakes back as carefully as if they were precious jewels, closed the lid, and handed the casket back to Darius. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Of all our natural resources water has become the most precious. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Sometimes she remembered how precious it had once been to her, and the memory girdled itself around her chest, squeezing. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z His precious motorcycle, his only means of transportation—four feet didn’t count—was destroyed. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z “He found it right here in my own little shop! Somebody call the newspapers quick and let them know! Watch out now, sonny! Don’t tear it as you unwrap it! That thing’s precious!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z I wanted to linger there, experiencing the sensation of something precious perilously attained too late and now to be lost forever—a poignancy. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She and Rashida had discussed how to use each precious piece of fresh paper. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z She admired his treasures: corals, insects, seashells, preserved animals, and precious stones. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Of course, we could get Dave to dig us out easily in that time, except that our precious emergency must have thrown him off, and his radio circuit is out.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Now I was free; and my life, which I had thought was lost, stretched out indescribably precious and sweet before me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Many people will appear to befriend you when you are wealthy, but precious few will do the same when you are poor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Or did he consider the details too unpleasant for precious Potter’s delicate ears?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He doesn’t care that his precious son has to go to school with the same clothes he’s been wearing for the past week. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “I am confused now and hardly know what my impression is, but I have considerable hopes.... Every word about her is precious.... Except at post-time my sufferings are nothing to yours,” she told her husband. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I put my head down on my bent knees and repeated it over and over as softly as I could, hoarding something precious. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z They’d run out of tissues months ago, and toilet paper was too precious to waste. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z She sent out her senses, searching for precious metals, and her brain almost exploded from the feedback. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z ‘The murder of Déagol haunted Gollum, and he had made up a defence, repeating it to his “precious” over and over again, as he gnawed bones in the dark, until he almost believed it. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “I have been robbed, and by one of my own children, of rice, which above all things is most precious.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z From the depths of our hearts, we cannot begin to thank you for the beautiful, precious gift that you have allowed us to bring into our lives. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I was my four-year-old self, playing near the fields as my brother and the other boys slung stones at the birds and other animals that might try to eat the people’s precious crops. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z However, such writing can become precious when there is no sense of forward movement. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z My baby, my precious baby, I’m so sorry. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The precious treasure would end up at the bottom of the Baltic. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I read his poem over and over, and think about how he used to tuck me and Charlie in and say, “Good night, my precious jewel.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Each precious thing is destroyed and each precious thing is saved. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z As Toussaint neared the last British stronghold, he said, “We are fighting that liberty—that most precious of all earthly posses-sions—may not perish.” Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z She never wore her company manners with one of us ... when Jem died, her precious Jem, it nearly killed her. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Only a few months earlier, such an enclosure would have been precious almost beyond measure. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The diners have all been taken over by precious little bistros boasting a menu of indigenous American cuisine. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Look at that land! Look at them trees! Has y’all ever seen anything that precious? It’s the land of the free!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z ‘He is bold and cunning. Even now he plays a game with peril and wins a throw. Hours of my precious time he has wasted already. Down, snake!’ he said suddenly in a terrible voice. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Everywhere I look, there are little circles of women stitching, making the most precious things they can out of scraps of material. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It is hard to imagine Tom Smith surrounded by the artificialities of show business, standing in a glitzy showring, loosing horses to run in chaotic sprints, and not think that something precious was being squandered. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As he twirls me around the dance floor, everyone is smiling like crazy, as if this were the most precious thing they’ve ever seen. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Its precious fields would be watered with the last drops gathered. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z This precious vessel was now placed on my knee, and I was cordially invited to eat the circlet of delicate pastry upon it. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “Because you, mouse, can tell Gregory a story Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. Begin at the beginning. Tell Gregory a story. Make some light. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z ‘Nice hobbits! Brave hobbits! Very very weary, of course; so we are, my precious, all of us. But we must take master away from the wicked lights, yes, yes, we must.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z White folks not only refused to share with me, I was told to keep quiet because they would punish me if I complained and spoke my desire for those precious goods or privileges. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z ‘There’s no road for you any further. And where are those precious Shirriffs?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “Be still. Me and Lena cleaned it up so you would never know it was there. His precious carpet is unharmed.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She touched her precious pile of dime novels. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He slipped away through fields and forests, his precious old instrument under his arm, to seek out refuge in the hall of some lesser marauder. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Bills piled up rapidly, and he was soon faced with the loss of his most precious medical instruments: his adding machine was repossessed, and then his typewriter. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Lee said, “So do I, so does everyone. We gather our arms full of guilt as though it were precious stuff. It must be that we want it that way.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z While Mom contemplated me, I held with crossed arms to my chest the sack with our four quarts of precious ’shine. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Sit still, precious,” Xan said over and over and over as she tried to get the girl to direct her magic at a single candle. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z If I let go I’d fall, but I’d have a precious moment to reach for the flapping reins or try to yank my calf from the stirrup. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z On June 13, 1985, he simply walked out of CIA headquarters with his precious and dangerous cargo and drove home. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t care what his father said; Ike and Felix had taken something precious from him, and he wanted revenge. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Touch her precious pigtail, even by accident, and she'll kick you in the shins, the brat. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z I jumped over several pairs of shoes on the way and in three seconds I was out in the corridor, still clutching the precious bottle to my chest. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Among all those precious jewels on the back of his chair there was a plain black stone above his head. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I grip tighter the morral with my food and pat the places where I have hidden the precious phone numbers and pesitos. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z There were also precious stones, gold masks adorned with red and white feathers, and stone statues embedded with jewels. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “You won’t be singing that tune the first time the knife breaks your precious skin.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, the addition was a rare and precious victory. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z About a hundred more goblins were sitting on high stools behind a long counter, scribbling in large ledgers, weighing coins in brass scales, examining precious stones through eyeglasses. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z She sighs like she is giving up something precious and I had better appreciate it. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z "Keep that closed, Your Grace; your sweet person is precious to us all." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I looped the rope around the lowest limb of the tree and, bough by bough, branch by branch, made my way to the small, precious orchard. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I experienced his song as a precious gift. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z With his precious harp held above his head, Fflewddur plunged into the river, and the others followed. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z He watched the leaves uncurl and spread upon the surface of the water, unable to bear drinking the precious stuff. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “I have come to deliver a precious treasure to your dark master. I will give it only to him. Anything else would be beneath the dignity of the elfin nation.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The sense of purpose crew gave him brought with it the constant danger of failing and thereby losing the precious but fragile pride that his early successes had brought him. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z By the time Ralph had reached the landward end of the scar he was using precious breath to swear. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z You do not give your precious body to the billy clubs of Birmingham sheriffs nor to the insidious gravity of the streets. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He claims that he cares for his precious son, but he doesn’t try to get a job and make sure his son has food in his stomach or clean clothes on his back. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I baked a fish in leaves, and ate a small, precious amount of wild rice. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have in your possession things that are precious to me. See that you treat them with care and return them unharmed, boy.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z I looked at the tape recorder, feeling guilty, as if I were stealing what was left of his precious speaking time. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “The second thing is: talent is something rare and beautiful and precious, and it must not be allowed to go to waste.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, maybe he’d learn to care a little more if he didn’t have his precious stolen treasure to sell. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z After lunch she’d allow us a few precious hours to run free. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are you sure you will not join us of your own free will? You could be quite.. .precious to us. Why die again?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Therefore it is precious, and you, Ruku, are indeed a clever woman.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “Listen carefully. You are going to open the Abbey door for me, my friend. If you fail, your precious little family will pay the penalty! Now, here is what you must do.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z These words felt like some kind of sacrifice, a precious offering to the universe. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z She wanted time, too, to think about her precious past with him. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Fresh water was precious, much too important to spit out. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She picked up the angel saltshaker as if it were precious and tapped it lightly over her food. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Here in Morrie’s office, life went on one precious day at a time. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He spoke to them only in English, careful English, as though he thought that the Igbo he shared with their mother would infect them, perhaps make them lose their precious British accents. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z More precious foodstores—cases of nuts, boxes of sugar, crates of barley, flour, and jam—were sledged back to the new camp, dubbed Ocean Camp by the men. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z "Then blame those precious gods of yours, who brought the boy to our window and gave him a glimpse of something he was never meant to see." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Do let me know if you misplace that precious souvenir again. I have eyes everywhere, all the time.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “The irony is that everyone acted more concerned with us mocking their precious rite of passage than with drunk driving or girls getting roofied.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He felt that even minutes were precious, but one by one they escaped; and he could do nothing. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z And my eyes—my beautiful, precious eyes—were growing stronger each day. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Every moment was a precious thing, having in it the essence of finality. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z These are items that are very precious and dear to me. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z "Jof-frey would never forgive me if anything happened to his precious." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The attack: of the gull had consumed precious time, and when she reached the steps that would be the final climb, dusk had come. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Your hinterlands are not precious to me. Your person is. Should any ill befall you, this world would lose its savor.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “All my children are precious. I don’t favor one over the other. I would stay behind in a heartbeat to let them go if we didn’t have money for all of us.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z As soon as they were out of his sight, the Sleeper had forgotten all about the precious mounts. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z But a shift has occurred since I stepped up to take Prim's place, and now it seems I have become someone precious. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He probably trusted them or he wouldn't have left his precious little brother in their care. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z It was embarrassing, I suppose, but it was also a precious secret, like a magic trick, where if I tried to explain it, or even talk about it, the thrill and mystery would be gone. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve heard talk from the guards about your precious Bureau being attacked. And by hybrids no less. Such pests. I do hope you called the exterminator.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Impermanence, cause and effect, suffering, desire, the precious nature of life. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z For Mama, a precious dress length of calico cloth, deep red with blue and pink flower sprigs all over it. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z All I can concentrate on are the shattered remains of my precious things. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I reckon I got precious little right to be cryin’ over my troubles.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z While modern continental peoples included ones dependent on stone tools, as were Polynesians, South America also spawned societies expert in using precious metals, and Eurasians and Africans went on to utilize iron. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She hadn’t meant to insult his precious ship. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Once, she slipped, and the precious offering flew from her hand, but she recovered it, and nobody saw her because there were no citizens abroad. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z It is the contention of the State that no one has the right to deprive us of the precious gift of life. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z “God is in control, my precious,” her mother said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z When my way grows drear Precious Lord linger near, When my life is almost gone Hear my cry hear my call Hold my hand lest I fall Take my hand, precious Lord, lead me on. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly he was Sir Will, a brave knight whose job it was to retrieve precious stolen objects from spooky evil wizards. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The raw pigments used for paints fascinated her: dried buckthorn berries for green, shellfish for purple, precious lapis lazuli for blue. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But floods meant our precious cows would die, so the villagers rejected that choice too. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Fine, and listen, precious, try and ask by the fish market who that old man is.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She took off her precious coat and thought about hanging it on the hook where her duffel bag was. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Why shouldn’t she be trusted to use the precious beads? The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Over shots of vodka from one of our precious bottles, he confessed he was surprised that we had survived. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z And Isengard has been destroyed, and your precious master is a beggar in the wilderness. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “My precious. We still have to get a dress for the party.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Josh carried the professional video camera to capture every “precious” moment. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z A pinch of the precious salt and a few bean sprouts filled her with energy for a while, but it wore off. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Though there is precious little of that here, I fear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The ring has been smuggling precious national resources over the border into Canada. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z If you support a war, if you think it’s worth the price, that’s fine, but you have to put your own precious fluids on the line. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And they hoped that the Man Without a Face might offer them a precious clue to the identity of the traitor. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z We offer the most precious of all gifts. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Other items were so precious that the children clung to them even as they rowed. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z They boiled water and mixed it with the precious sugar and salt to feed the weakest people. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Groves kept his promise: the precious metal was all returned to the Treasury, though the last of it was not transferred until 1968. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In the center of the living room floor was a large white cloth with a pile of her mother’s jewelry, her father’s special watches, jade figurines, money, and other precious items. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The thing was so precious to me that I carried it around everywhere I went, because it was the only thing I could think to do—the only way to keep it safe. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I stopped the rocker and sat for several minutes more, tears pooling in my eyes, holding that precious body. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Shame. Her reprogramming will take up precious time. We could have used her abilities for the first mission.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z But the fact that I could have used up precious sleep time imagining I’d been stabbed in the back is alarming enough. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z If you knew Richie, you’d nod and say, “Uh-huh,” because it was perfectly in character for him to forget he was carrying around ninety precious dollars, which was a huge sum in those days. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Before I even realized what had happened, my precious mirror had slipped from my hand and cracked against the side of the boat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Valuable objects, precious rugs, silver candlesticks, Bibles and other ritual objects were strewn over the dusty grounds—pitiful relics that seemed never to have had a home. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She gained precious time as the ridderak skidded to a halt, missing the tomb. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It was as if an alien hand had reached right inside where no hand had a right to be, and wrenched at something deep and precious. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Howard’s attempts at “I am” consumed precious lesson time, already too short after the work week. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Because surely our stuff is so precious, anyone who sees it would want to steal it,” Muthu joked as we laid down the bundle of things we’d salvaged from the bridge. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Please answer me. What is it? I’m blind and we have no food and water, but we have each other. That is something. Something precious. So what is it, my dear brother?” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z For more than 2 million years, human neural networks kept growing and growing, but apart from some flint knives and pointed sticks, humans had precious little to show for it. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She was so anxious, the ground rumbled beneath her and immediately yielded a bumper crop—precious metals popping to the surface as though the dirt was anxious to expel them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It was an admirable thing and altogether precious. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She left a few things inside the hole: a precious box of matches, some glass beads that had come off Aunt Shuvai’s bracelet, some of the copper wire Uncle Kufa used to decorate his snuffboxes. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hello there, you two! Are you staying up here all day? You’ll miss afternoon tea if you don’t hurry. There’ll be precious little left with three squirrels, three voles, and Basil Stag Hare as guests.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Although she couldn’t save her friends, she did save Anne’s precious diary. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z She had clasped her arms about his neck, she was calling him darling, precious one, loved one. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Nobody was ever again going to talk me into leaving without my precious dolls. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z She grabbed her backpack, climbed out of Harold, and slammed his precious, fragile door behind her. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z They can judge it; it is well to be accurate, and every minute is precious. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The precious minutes I can write become a golden escape. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She remembered, though, that when Uncle Kufa made training spears for boys, he didn’t waste precious iron. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z For the precious stone had begun to glow a soft, serene radiance just like the moon. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Or she would say, “We cover Uju’s mentor with the precious blood of Jesus!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I then spent four precious jots of my own money on paper and ink and called in the favor Jaxim owed me for trading him my late admissions slot. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I am not some inconsequential lackey the Bureau can bully for information. You can either accept or you can leave empty-handed whilst utter chaos is wreaked upon your precious Bureau.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Pa was determined to save his precious car. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “And for you,” she said, with knives in her voice, “and for your precious husband.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m trying to save the precious minutes for emergencies. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He used a few drops of his precious water to clean it. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z He examines it like it’s a precious relic. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z She may have been unusually beloved, the precious only daughter, spoiled and mirror gazing because of the affection the family lavished on her. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But she could not put it in the pocket of her precious purple coat. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It would waste precious seconds to grab the weapon and load it—seconds when she could take their swords, cut their throats, and vanish into the gardens. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to have to explain to my parents why I was wasting precious phone minutes talking to a boy at two in the morning. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z At first, too, she hated to splash a single drop of the precious stuff. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The belltower rises in front of me, a few precious yards away. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z With only my precious thermos bottle, my legacy from Mr. Luftig, and my blanket, I crawled onto a narrow wood shelf and lay down. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z ‘And how did the Enemy ever come to lose it, if he was so strong, and it was so precious to him?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Each day before the regular school year started became more and more precious. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She breathes in the room like somehow she missed it too, the four walls that hold all of Axel’s most precious things. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The Captain followed Caroline to the kitchen and rinsed his hands by pouring a scant dipper of our precious fresh water over them. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ah, that’s precious. Precious indeed,” he says, sniffing and wiping his eyes with the back of his hand. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Instantly these technological contraptions became as precious to me as cattle are to a farmer. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Mark Oliphant developed a method of converting the water to gas with virtually no loss, allowing the lab to recycle the precious supply over and over again. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Do that again, and I’ll throw your precious sister down the stairs,” said the She Elephant. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Those meals were so good and the time I spent with him was precious to me. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She marveled at how valuable these simple things were, how beautiful and precious. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Allow me to dress! I cannot look on this precious stone in my pajamas.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Those plastic bags wouldn’t have been more precious to me had they contained gold, sapphires, rubies and diamonds. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z "He took from me all I loved, for the sake of a few lice- ridden poachers and his precious honor," Ser Jorah said bitterly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Mrs. Frisby did what she was told, first grasping the precious packages of medicine tightly between her teeth. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z She had always been precious to her parents, but with her entrance into the rarities of algebra and Latin she climbed into clouds where her parents could not follow. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He spent several precious days happily tinkering with his engine, wasting lovely, almost warm, oyster weather. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I searched through three bags, full of such precious items. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I was talking to one of my donors a few days ago who was complaining about how memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The people in my community always greeted my brother and me with smiles and hugs, telling us how smart and precious we were. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z There are no Alpine peaks or grinding glaciers, no great deposits of oil or precious metals, not a hint of a pyroclastic flow. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z In the precious final minutes he wrote out his address for her, a bleak sequence of acronyms and numbers. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It was the one thing he loved, his ‘precious’, and he talked to it, even when it was not with him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Life’s impermanence, I realized, is what makes every single day so precious. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z It was frustrating to spend precious minutes of one’s visit explaining to a warder the different branches of one’s family tree. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She had the precious dress-cloth, Uncle Kufa’s knife, six matches, two clay cooking pots, her weapons, and the bag of gold nuggets around her neck. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was not the one who destroyed what was precious to you. There is real evil in the world, and I am not it.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But now, by this third meeting, she was drinking in the precious letters so speedily that Kit knew she must soon find a primer as well. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Gen didn’t make a move for the matches right away, instead she took her precious time getting up so she could catch the end of her show. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Sleep became more precious to me than food. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Aunt Chipo killed one of her precious hens and forced her daughter to eat all of it. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Handing over three of her precious dollars to the driver, she settled herself in the corner of the carriage. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Ralph would not ride his precious motorcycle in front of everyone. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z In his arms, he held his hat like he was carrying something precious inside. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z One who saw you as a raw but precious thing, a jewel that, with wisdom, could be polished to a proud shine? Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It only lasted a precious minute, but I managed once to see my father perplexed. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Five of their precious sixty minutes had already passed. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Something precious flew away and landed without even a clink as it hit the ground. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In his right hand, and very carefully, as though it contained something infinitely precious, he carried the giant glove. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Char was too precious to hurt, too precious to lose, too precious to betray, too precious to marry, too precious to kill, too precious to obey. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Our situation is not as bad as others because we still have gold, diamonds, and precious gems. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then let us come at once,” I cried, “we are wasting the precious, precious time!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I’d expected Mom to protest—she always talked about how delicate the orchid was, how rare and precious—but she didn’t. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Newspapers were more valuable to political prisoners than gold or diamonds, more hungered for than food or tobacco; they were the most precious contraband on Robben Island. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She sat beside her brother, her hand on his arm, the other hand on the arm of a shriveled old woman, precious relative. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z She served him small, steaming cups of precious prewar sake a cousin had brought along and opened for this celebration. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Even in times of supposed crisis, the commander couldn’t abandon his precious protocol. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z "And your daughter's life, my lord? How precious is that?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z To save precious time, they decided that instead of dragging the heavy canoes over land, they would let them run down the river empty. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z May Mother never find out that I was piloting her precious Saturn on instructions from Rain, the face of so many of her childhood nightmares. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z She said, “Wait here for one second, precious. I’ve got to go to my room for something.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z One fine sunny morning, after breakfast, Wilbur stood watching his precious sac. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Through the storms, through the night Lead me on to the light Take my hand, precious Lord, lead me on. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Amy’s chief delight was an Indian cabinet, full of queer drawers, little pigeonholes, and secret places, in which were kept all sorts of ornaments, some precious, some merely curious, all more or less antique. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Now here they stood, thwarted, while precious seconds ticked away. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z In spite of himself, in spite of everything, for a precious few seconds he felt good. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z And now Coin, with her fistful of precious nukes and her well-oiled machine of a district, finding it’s even harder to groom a Mockingjay than to catch one. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He hoped it would snow recklessly and bring to the island the impossible winter purity, so rare and precious, he remembered fondly from his youth. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The sense of humor at Hardcastle Middle School didn’t extend to their precious basketball team. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z My eldest rises, she said, the most precious thing in the earth —and you have brought him from the depths, Hazel Levesque. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I scrolled down until I saw it—the most precious little angel baby face I’d ever seen in my entire life.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Each person held their wounded selves closely, clutching their pain as if it were a precious thing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z On the plains, it is easy for elephants to find salt in hardpans and dry water holes, but in the rain forest salt is a precious thing. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There were stalls with rugs and stalls with heaps of spices: gold turmeric and precious orange saffron. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Fearing more losses of precious assets, the CIA canceled operations. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Even so, it’s one of my most precious possessions. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Their mother called them “precious”—her own English version of the word. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z There’s too much ornate woodwork here, and the precious layerings of molding and mullion and balustrade and apse, all those thousands of genteel decisions, the studied cuts, just unsettle me. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z But I am not precious like the gem. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Madam,” said Lucius Clarke, “could you please attend to your daughter. She is holding a very fragile, very precious, quite expensive doll.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z “Oh, I know who I was thinking of, precious. I was thinking of June Wyman. She was sweet, too.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The critter most precious to Wilbur Mercer, along with the donkey. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Above the shoulders of his carriers Ignatius barked directions as if he were supervising the loading of the rarest and most precious of cargoes. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He remembered quite clearly that precious little morsel of chocolate. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He said, “Orleanna, the human body is a sight more precious than a pair of khaki trousers from Sears and Roebuck. I’d expect you to comprehend the difference.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Her letters had always been precious to me. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “My baby! My precious Flash!” cried HairySpiders, and Flash’s brothers and sisters began to wail. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I had just saved her precious quilt from disaster, but would she appreciate it? Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It knocked the icy stone of precious Talent to the floor. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z When the sun heats it, I sprinkle in some of Abue’s precious herb crumbs. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Though every second was precious to his escape, he knew that this was his last appearance on the American stage. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Her precious hoard of rice was food for flight. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Didn't say nothing, just pushed her precious baby into my arms. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The fissure in the earth had filled with gold and precious stones, bubbling in a thick soup of petroleum. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z With each dip and plunge of the boat, Worsley swooped the pot up in the air lest their precious hoosh go slopping into the bilges. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z I pretended to be embarrassed, but my father’s words of praise have always been the most precious thing in the world to me. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It can speak through snakes and order that a president far away, after all those pebbles were carried upriver in precious canoes that did not tip over, this President Lumumba shall be killed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z As though he had been entrusted with something infinitely precious. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Seven days went by and seven precious portions of rice were eaten. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The lizard put the present in its mouth and scurried to the lady’s house but it tripped and fell, swallowing the precious trinket. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Arya didn't care about his precious princess, and ' didn't like him giving her commands. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z ‘I have kept it safe, for it is a very precious thing.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Orgota noblemen drink that precious fire, brought five thousand miles over the foggy seas from Sith, as if it were beer. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Built of adobe, it stood in a tiny opening in the foothills, a miniature valley fed by a precious ever-running spring of sweet water. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z One wrong move, and the baton would fall or go flying, which would mean precious seconds off their time. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z I knew I was being trusted with something precious. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “I’ve seen them make it. They melt the coins people throw at them and make jewelry. Let’s see him bring you gold next time, your precious father. Let’s see him.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Instead of the dyed quills Grandma used so skillfully, Ten Snow had sewn the bag with trade beads bought in precious packets at the company store. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Her little guy was going to put his precious head in harm’s way? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I sneaked into the kitchen and got one of Mama’s precious flour sacks. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “See, you can be a pretty girl,” she said, handing me her precious pouch of needles, thimbles, and thread. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z He is her precious baby who nearly didn’t live to be her precious boy. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Park touched her hands like they were something rare and precious, like her fingers were intimately connected to the rest of her body. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “It’s precious to me,” I said, holding it back. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Thin golden arms extended from its middle and snapped up the precious scroll cases. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It cost her a pang even to think of giving up the little treasures which in her eyes were as precious as the old lady’s jewels. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z But then Bryce picks up Aurora’s precious stuffed sea turtle, Petunia, as the next sacrifice, and Aurora starts shrieking at the top of her lungs to stop him. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Before Hale obtained the life-insurance policy on Roan, he had attempted to purchase Roan’s headright—his share in the tribe’s mineral trust, which was more precious than any cache of diamonds or gold. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I spat it out and was bitter at the loss of precious water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Fenoglio hastily took the precious paper and put it under his mattress. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I knew babies sometimes needed a little whack to get them breathing, but I didn’t think I could bring myself to thump this precious little life. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Even the wealthy kids who went to my school and lived in houses and ate three meals a day could not afford such a precious thing. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z It was easy to Know them, fluttering about with extended, protecting wings when any harm, real or imaginary, threatened their precious brood. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Other teams weren’t used to the thickness of the water, the feeling of lake weed tickling their legs, their toes slipping off the algae coating on our homemade turn boards, costing them precious seconds. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z The precious wine flooded out and spread its dark, pool amid the broken shards of the earthenware pot. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z ‘Surely the Ring was his precious and the only thing he cared for? But if he hated it, why didn’t he get rid of it, or go away and leave it?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z If a given crew won its preliminary race on August 12, it would proceed directly to the medal round, and have a precious day off. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He turned the Klan’s secrecy against itself by making its private information public; he converted heretofore precious knowledge into ammunition for mockery. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z In return, we present them with burlap bags of salt and a few kilos of precious soap. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z That memory, of Obinze’s mother saying “translate it” all those years ago, seemed even more precious now that she had passed away. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Remembering my discussion with Grandma about playing mind games, I examined it as if it were a precious treasure. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Though much of its lands were sand and high desert, its mines had yielded more precious metals and gemstones than any other in Kelanna. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z In a panic, I grabbed her and yanked her away from Miss Lilian’s precious Steinway. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The other men let out a storm of protest at using up their precious matches. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Barack was now surrounded by people whose job was to treat him like a precious gem. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Don’t fret, precious! It’s not so bad!” the nurse kept repeating. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z For precious seconds he stood, the cut line of swells moving toward him, stood and stared in disbelief. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Through eating, Lupita put the precious food back into the sack. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Maybe he’s just realized how precious it is, and that he may never see another loaf again. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Others, not quite so benevolent, believed his actions had let down a community where the role of black leader was a precious, almost sacred commodity. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But grass is a precious thing around here. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “I was sent to meet a train that’s due in. I thought I would make use of the valuable time and perhaps reunite some precious items with their owners.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z They had no witch or sorcerer, and seemed not to recognize the young wizards’ staffs for what they were, admiring them only for the precious stuff they were made of, wood. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Most of her savings were gone by now, and every roll of film was precious, so she worked carefully, framing the image again and again in her mind before she took it. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Next stop is the art room, where we divvy up these forty-two precious names and transfer them onto strips of colored paper, to be formed into loops and added to the chain. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “Mom’s the one with the problem. She can use her own precious time to sort it out.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The feeling that the most precious thing in her world was leaving her, and it might never return. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “They wouldn’t take you, Chubs, and you’re our most precious commodity.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Doesn’t make sense. Shouldn’t I be in your position? Isn’t that the point of your precious Trial?” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “Thank you, Comfort. I am going to will to you my camera. It is very precious to me. Uncle Edisto willed it to me.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z But cuneiform was found in museums, displayed in glass cases and preserved as something precious, not scratched into a steel slaughterhouse. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z With a look of concern, from a plastic bottle she pours precious water into a small empty can. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z “Such fun! Only see! A regular note of invitation from Mrs. Gardiner for tomorrow night!” cried Meg, waving the precious paper and then proceeding to read it with girlish delight. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Very very good, eh, my precious? Let’s be good, good as fish, sweet one, but to ourselfs. Not hurt the nice hobbit, of course, no, no.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Alex took several deep breaths, hyperventilating and oxygenating his blood, knowing it would give him a few precious extra seconds. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I wonder how his dad has managed to live in the world all his life without knowing what was precious in it. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z They're listening like Jessica is telling them the secrets of the universe, those funny, clever, precious secrets, the secrets that make them the chosen ones. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And precious time must be spent finding her a place to stay and precious money put out for her keep—more if she was to go to school. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z From her pocket she drew three precious objects that had required some ingenuity to gather, a partly used copybook from her trunk, a small bottle of ink, and a quill pen. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “My love, my one and only, precious, precious . . .” Mother, monogamy, romance. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She had even taken a precious packet of salt for flavoring. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z His mouth watered at the cold veal and cream pastries and champagne Akaky consumed the night his precious coat was stolen, in spite of the fact that Ashoke had never tasted these things himself. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Hermanitashe says. Little sister. The word comforted me for so long whenever I read it on my precious piece of paper. Now it stabs at me. “ The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Scurrying past the people waiting in line, I was so terrified that I didn’t even take the time to pick up my precious pennies. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The elephant tears up living trees, dragging their precious roots from the dirt they love. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The reason Henrietta’s cells were so precious was because they allowed scientists to perform experiments that would have been impossible with a living human. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Dr. Spivak is this small woman with short red hair and a real stern face, and it’s like she's mad because Freak wants to see me, or because I'll break some of her precious equipment. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z “Look, you fool,” Sam said, laughing, “what the Soviet Union needs more than anything in the world is time, precious time.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z On the sideline, he unzipped his backpack carefully, as though it contained something fragile and precious, which in a way it did: a single black oversized sneaker. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z She felt as you do when you have just left home for a long journey and you're sure you have forgotten something very precious behind. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “What was remarkable was how much they loved all of you. They considered all of you so precious— and even more so after your sister died.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Therese shakes her head vigorously and withdraws her hands as if I am offering to take away a precious gift. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Time is precious, she says, and it’s rude to waste someone else’s. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z As precious as the first potatoes of the season, small and sweet like Georgia peanuts. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The bones formed patterns, like skeletal contortionists tumbling together, curling to protect the precious stones—a dance of death and riches. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I couldn’t be too precious with the details once Fred’s knees started shaking. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He took his precious items and moved past Mark, out of the storage room and into the hallway and beyond. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Most people head right through this room to the gemstone one next door, with its flashy precious and semiprecious rocks. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “This is precious ointment,” the old man said. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z All his life he’d been alone, and now he must be alone again, and this infinitely precious blessing that had come to him must be taken away almost at once. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “I left him my name. He won’t need more than that to know where to find his precious little daughter. Tell Capricorn I’m shutting her in one of the cages.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Her clothes from her past are very precious to her. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She hoped she hadn’t accidentally cursed Jason’s sword by summoning it, the way she cursed jewels and precious metals. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It had taken hours and hours of precious time, but I was satisfied I had the correct text, the only text that really made sense. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z She had purposely made it difficult and she knew that there were precious few five-year-olds around who would be able to manage it. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z “Don't tell me, precious,” Mrs. Reilly said as she hobbled dramatically between her friends. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Protecting our precious cows from predators is a constant problem. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they had a precious hour before they were locked in their barracks for the night. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “We have lost so many of the precious lives of our soldiers— and this is due to your negligence,” the letter said. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z That feeling—it tied her to them, to her mother, her father, her grandmother, with strong threads too ancient and precious to be broken. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z So Sam planted saplings in all the places where specially beautiful or beloved trees had been destroyed, and he put a grain of the precious dust in the soil at the root of each. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z It took him perhaps a second—one precious second—to work out what had happened. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z ‘You cannot reach them, you cannot touch them. We tried once, yes, precious. I tried once; but you cannot reach them. Only shapes to see, perhaps, not to touch. No precious! All dead.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He didn’t really have time, but he unlocked Groucho’s middle drawer and stared at the two precious objects inside: a bronze astrolabe he’d picked up in Bologna, and a fist-sized chunk of crystal from Ogygia. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Sometimes when a terrible thing happens, it can make a beautiful thing seem even more precious.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Because my dress, oh, my dress is entirely covered in reflective precious gems, red and yellow and white with bits of blue that accent the tips of the flame design. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I nailed a precious spare blanket over the door and kept feeding the fire. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Her mother had just sold Hazel’s first precious stone: a small diamond. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z And if they chanced to look down and see me struggling underneath them, they saw that even the crooked girl believed her own life was precious. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, as he wrapped the sacking firmly around and her mother pried the clenched teeth open, Helvi poured a little warm milk and precious brandy down the pale cold throat. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Van Dorn seems embarrassed, so he looks down at his precious stack of data. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z That was all there was to it, but it left you precious little leeway. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z I planned to check on my next visit to his precious office. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The story, spread over the four separate operas, begins with the theft of a precious Golden Ring from the depths of the River Rhine, which represents indomitable, deathless Germany. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z If so, time was precious; for, now that he had achieved a certain amount of distribution, he could, by choosing his own time, complete the task unobserved. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Columbus was searching for hardware—precious metals, silk, and spices—the sources of wealth in his day. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z “Here’s your precious necklace. You get to wear it, after all.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z There’s nothing like a song about lost love to remind you how everything precious can slip from the hinges where you’ve hung it so careful. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There were precious few opportunities for young black men in the segregated America of the 1920s, yet through music these two men became icons. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “The writers were against the Klan, all right, but they had precious few inside facts about it.” Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Now Sauron knows all this, and he knows that this precious thing which he lost has been found again; but he does not yet know where it is, or so we hope. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “Yes, and it says that every hair on our heads is numbered, for we are more precious than any sparrow. Therefore do not fret,” said Hamlet, and with a kiss, I let myself be comforted. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z With my forefinger I ran long, straight furrows and we folded into them more of our precious seeds. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z How will I do this and not lose my son, my precious son whom I love as I love the Master of the Universe Himself? The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Inside were snapshots, old letters, precious buttons, worry beads. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z All human drugs work on bonobos, so whenever his wheezing kept him awake at night I gave him precious cough syrup I bought from the US embassy commissary. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z There, water is the best gift you can give—a precious commodity. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The world, she knew in her madness, was littered with shiny bits and precious pieces. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Maybe the jars were filled with precious oils back then. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z She doesn’t know a thing about me, yet she wants to use one song to make me into the big bad villain who is influencing her precious son. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “That tie. It’s the worst crime Melvin ever committed. Rest his precious soul.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z It was such a quick motion for such an old man that it startled Pong, and he dropped the precious pork skewers onto the dusty floor. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z With scrap lumber from Endurance and a small and precious collection of used nails, he began raising the sides of the boats to make them more seaworthy. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “It was frightening the children, precious. Didn’t you hear them howling?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z We move, balancing it as though it were something infinitely precious, our faces averted, breathing through our teeth to keep our nostrils closed. As I Lay Dying 1930-10-06T00:00:00Z The rooftops shone like mirrors, the walls glistened with thousands of precious stones, and the broad avenues were paved in silver. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Peasants like Will’s father suffered if their strips of land were far apart, because hours of precious daylight were wasted as they zigzagged from field to field. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z “But weren’t you watching all the time? You must have had a shock when you saw the tiger going near my precious wine jar. You must have seen how it got broken.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “Traffic problems at the judgment pavilion. Double overtime for the staff. I used to be a rich god, Percy Jackson. I control all the precious metals under the earth. But my expenses!” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The nun’s blood was precious beyond measure, since it contained the unknown hot agent. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I should have guessed from the way he wasn’t meticulous about packing up and almost left behind a precious tin of canned meat, like it was nothing. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “So remember what I told you. People’s feelings are precious. And when you disobey me in Public, everybody gets the wrong impression.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “You, my sweet, innocent children, are going to deliver this precious cargo to the fine establishments of our fair city. In your charming wagon, of course.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Captain Smith explains to me how copper is rare and precious to them, so it is like gold is to the English. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Maddy handed her a pen and a small, precious piece of paper. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It was heavier than I’d expected—sixty or seventy pounds of precious gold wool. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He was hungry now, and angry, and once his ‘precious’ was with him he would not fear any weapon at all. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She took precious time, not aware of what she was doing, to set the cake of yellow soap on the washtub cover. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “They’re those precious ivory beads your father bought me in Rome, Italy, blessed by Pope John the twenty-third.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z While you fumble your way north, trying to find me, my armies will destroy your precious camps—first the Romans, then the others. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “A bear has eaten some of our precious food.” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “I’ll see too many ways to spend our precious money if we walk on Fifth Avenue. All those gorgeous stores.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z In a marriage ceremony, husband and wife stand tightly bound by their nzole and hold one another to be the most precious: nzolani. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m trying to save the precious minutes for emergencies. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z With so many mouths to feed, every scrap of food was precious. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z ‘It is mine, I tell you. My own. My precious. Yes, my precious.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z But before long I found that my precious photo album was in tatters, and that many of my irreplaceable photographs had been removed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z JimmyTrotter’s precious Saturn Y rocket stood ready and Ma Charles shook her tambourine. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I could hitch a ride on an airship, siphon off its precious fuel, then sell it on the market or divvy it up to people who need it. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z As I look around the stacks of drinks, I find a single case of water that someone abandoned there maybe yesterday, when it wasn’t such a precious commodity. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z How they torture their captives, behead them, or crack their skulls with axes so as not to waste their precious ammunition. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The men of the oasis wanted to know if they had seen any fighting, and the women competed with one another for access to the cloth and precious stones brought by the merchants. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked and smelled like a precious buncake, sweet with a good clean color. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He had wasted precious reserves in unnecessary talk and encounters. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Everybody fighting to hold on to something precious, at risk of losing it forever. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Packing up her daughters, her art supplies, and her precious study book, she headed south to Amsterdam. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Ignatius was such a precious child. I don’t know what made him change. He used to say to me, ‘Momma, I love you.' A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Claudia found the whole procedure disgusting, so she suffered no feelings of guilt when she pulled Jamie away from his precious game. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I clung to it like it was a precious jewel, hoarding it like a dragon. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The government's top brass wanted to hear directly from Marti about their most precious Russian spy. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Ollie is receding, back farther in the shadows with the precious cargo he came for, and I'm getting closer to the bridge, with its wide-open, deadly spaces. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He also made him a present of eight of his swiftest horses, each horse decked with a golden bridle and a saddle encrusted with precious stones. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z His precious bicycle that Aunt Queen had given him had been stolen two weeks after he’d moved in. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “My son is my most precious possession. I have nothing in the world compared to my son. I must know what he is reading. And I cannot ask him.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Then returning quickly to his long habit of secrecy, he closed his hand about the precious Phial which he still bore. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z When I was eleven, it was okay because I excitedly called myself a poem collector and wrote down his words as though they were precious. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z One by one, they left, each taking his precious seed with him. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Wang Lung measured unwillingly into the skin of his uncle’s robe a small heap of beans and a precious handful of corn. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z If I was going to invest precious hours into turning him inside out I would have to overcome the fact that I was—again—light on motive, seriously so. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “No. But if they never did, children would not be so precious.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z "I've admitted to shoving your precious urchin out a window, what would it gain me to lie about this knife?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z This precious inventory was interrupted by the sound of her voice. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “She’d never seen such a precious, beautiful, amazing, brilliant, intelligent child,” I said. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I told him he just couldn’t stand that somebody else might go inside his precious mine and do something without him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t often stay at Privet Drive, because she couldn’t bear to leave her precious dogs, but each of her visits stood out horribly vividly in Harry’s mind. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He’s the most precious thing in my life. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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