In the army, they didn't even accept volunteers younger than that. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mama sighed, accepting the coconut flan or bag of cherries from their backyard tree. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the books she could have asked her question more precisely, but this would have to do: Should she accept this challenge or not? The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask him who, what woman, had hurt him this way, that made him so scared about accepting love in all its wonderful forms. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

They seemed to accept her as one of their own. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Against all odds and after countless interviews with UN personnel, she learned that she and her boys had been accepted for resettlement by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“This is precisely why I didn’t want you to see. You’re too softhearted to accept the truth, Catherine, given any other option. The majority of this country still wants the ways of old.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“There, Nat! Who said England would never accept an American book? I guess the world will believe you now!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jason accepted his hand and got to his feet. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But she was too courteous to be outright rude and accepted my effort. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But I had done so well that I was accepted into the high school program. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby accepted and then nonchalantly walked around the club as the other games were still being contested. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She lets me go, and as Sherlock and I play Frisbee along the way, I’m really glad I didn’t accept a ride. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Aristotelian philosophy had been based on the idea that one ought to be able to deduce sciences from generally accepted first principles, so that all science would be comparable to geometry. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Would you be willing to accept a position abroad? Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

No doubt some of us will decide we can’t accept any killing of animals, no matter how it is done. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Stanton and Anthony were eager to replace the connection to the press that they had lost in the split with Horace Greeley and the New York Tribune, so they accepted his offer. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

If they aren’t, you throw out the assumption, sometimes provisionally accepting an alternative hypothesis. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

After looking into the matter, William’s superiors finally accepted that he had done the work himself. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“If you cannot love me, you must accept me. There is nothing else.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

It is no surprise that it has been so hard for Goldman to get his ideas accepted. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Gradually, I came to accept hunger as a constant companion. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, I wanted to be accepted and, most of all, respected. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Imagine the difficulty of listening to, and then accepting, a truth that overturns everything you believe about the world. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It is still accepted truth within the household that Woolner’s status has given her the upper hand in the marriage. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I am sure it is no small thing for a prince of Faerie to accept being controlled, especially by me, but he nods. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe they could help me get through my loss, and in return, I could open up to them and accept them as my second family. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I swear that I’ll never accept an award that I don’t deserve. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Once in the menagerie, she stands behind her rope, happily charming the crowds and accepting candy. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure if he’d accept my apology, but I needed to try. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Not that I have completely accepted it, but I know that it might happen. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Most Ravenclaws seemed to think that he had been desperate to earn himself a bit more fame by tricking the goblet into accepting his name. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Only after he’d been accepted with a full fellowship, a newly issued passport in hand, did he inform them of his plans. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Passers-by were irritated and looked up angrily when a bag just missed them but they did nothing about it, accepting the fact that poor children had a custom of celebrating the Fourth that way. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was afraid, but something inside me had already accepted that I would be caught, just as he had accepted his death. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

To not accept dirt, dust, or stains on dothes, floors, or walls, or on ourselves. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So you are and I accept it,” said the man in black, and he began to take off his sword and scabbard. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I was not pretending to be anyone but myself, and they still accepted me into their troop. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Did the spider accept the old fellow’s invitation?” asked Laurie, yawning. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Along the way I encountered values that I accepted, primarily those that reinforced my early religious and community mores. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t like Tad, Rashid, Cas, or Z. He wasn’t looking for who he was supposed to be or trying to find people to accept him. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Lizzy,” said he, “what are you doing? Are you out of your senses, to be accepting this man? Have not you always hated him?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

They missed most of the ceremony; I don’t know if they saw me accept my diploma. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The prisoner accepts a cigarette from one of the Angels, puts it awkwardly to his lips with his bound hands. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Even Time has to end. The real measure of when others will get involved comes down to whether or not you succeed. The gods will accept the outcome either way.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She could not accept that her father would do such a disgusting thing. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I accepted,” recalled Fuchs, “and I started work without knowing at first what the work was.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

So accepted now around the world is the idea of the implicit equality and liberty of all people that it is hard to grasp what a profound change in human society it represented. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I was accepted to the Jewish Lyceum on a conditional basis. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

In fact, one has to accept the distinct possibility that one may have previously - perhaps through wishful thinking of a professional kind - exaggerated what evidence there was regarding such a desire on her part. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

When he heard the news of my sex, Uncle Pete refused to accept any congratulations. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But it wasn’t just in his willingness to accept the Copernican model that Kepler deviated from the strict Lutheran teaching of his time. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Mi niña, yes. I believe we should accept all actions that are carried out in good faith and with a loving heart.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

He hoped Deborah would speak there, and accept a plaque in her mother’s honor. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It is possible, even probable, to be told a truth about a place, to accept it, to know it and at the same time not to know anything about it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured it would save me the trouble of having to cook for myself, so I accepted. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“If you would accept Yitzchak the butcher’s offer, you could be married, and living in a fine new house in the center of the shtetl,” Shmuel said. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will I be able to accept that I'm meant to be here, instead of at the palace? The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

They spoke English beautifully, and accepted me like a brother. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was all beyond him, and he accepted it. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was when I finally came to accept that I was lost and it was going to take a while to get out of where I was. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“It hasn’t been easy, you know. Having only the dead for company. Knowing that I’ll never be accepted by the living. Only the dead respect me, and they only do that out of fear.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Keeping our Nightbeast well fed is quite difficult. The meat of other monstruos will only go so far, but every so often, we are willing to accept a sacrifice. Namely, the three of you.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Now that Matt appeared to accept the men’s apology, they became almost friendly. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had his job, driving a pickup and delivery truck for a false-animal repair firm; the Van Ness Pet Hospital and his gloomy, gothic boss Hannibal Sloat accepted him as human and this he appreciated. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“But it depends on the financial package. And if they accept me, of course.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“They were different than most of their neighbors in appearance, in the foods they ate, the things they loved. But they were willing to accept and share with others.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Personally, I don’t think the children are at risk based on this single incident, but my supervisor is probably not going to want to accept further responsibility.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He leaned his heavy body forward to accept one. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I accept the firework and hold it close against my chest. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Though some dictionaries now accept “ wile away,” which began as a spelling error, I’ll stick to the original. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still reading, she grabs my face between her hands, grinding my cheeks in circles while calling out, “...much consideration, you have been accepted as one of two teen finalists from the state of Rhode Island...!’ Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“There! I checked it! See? Why didn’t Moore check those figures before he accepted them?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “Excuse me. I presumed; I accept what presumption has earned me.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to leave the world in a state of fright. I want to know what’s happening, accept it, get to a peaceful place, and let go. Do you understand?” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And only rarely was a black music student accepted for individual study by a white teacher. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

I was of course refused permission to attend the ceremony, as was Winnie, but Oliver accepted the award in my absence. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A week after she and Grace had exchanged emails, Maya’s parents had invited her family to dinner, and they had accepted because, well, how exactly does one turn down that invitation? Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Bobby continued to accept the proceeds of his mother’s Social Security checks for years. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Part of the money was set aside for lessons with Agnes Reifsnyder, one of the few white voice teachers in Philadelphia willing to accept black students. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Like the alcoholic, the junkie can never start to cure himself until he recognizes and accepts his true condition. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph put his head down on his forearms and accepted this new fact like a wound. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He sabotaged himself so that he’d get accepted back into the group again. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Out here, he didn’t have to think about wrestling, the scholarship offer he’d just accepted, school, any of it. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She had accepted her parents’ money but not their control of her identity, and had taken advantage of her good fortune to reinvent herself, to find a different way of living. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“That’s what I had to accept, and I have accepted. When you say I deserve a rest, you are saying that my life is over.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

For how he'd accepted the fact that he’d grow old in that mud shack in the yard, the way his father had. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

To be accepted, honored, loved, like someone’s child. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

For example, many school textbooks uncritically accept the ideas expressed in the Doctrine of Discovery, Jefferson’s statement on expansion, and Manifest Destiny. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

All of our ideas about the way the Universe works are now accepted as simply models which are put forward to explain observations and the results of experiments as best we can. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The movement is so subtle that it is almost undetectable, but slowly, very, very slowly, the statue reaches to accept the rose. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They both accept the invitation on the spot. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I felt suddenly empty; there was a logic in what he said which I felt compelled to accept. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The judge accepted Joe’s guilty plea, but asked to see medical and psychiatric reports before deciding his sentence. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

"The fact that your mother chose a name for you that both Hindus and Muslims use means a lot to us. It's as if she sort of accepted us, even though we'd never met." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Still, writers will do themselves a favor, and increase the amount of pleasure in the world, if they use a word in the senses that are accepted by literate readers. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He’d been accepted into five great colleges but ended up not going to any of them because his parents couldn’t afford the tuition. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. She wasn’t interested in accepting my apology. I’m not who she thought I was or some such.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Years later, on an early trip to Haiti, an elated Farmer phoned to tell his parents he’d been accepted to Harvard Medical School. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“I guess it works for me, too, so, yes, I will accept your offer.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

One of the stranger things that we just came to accept was that no one seemed to know exactly where the food was coming from. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The South, too eager for independence, accepted this constitution. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

There’s a long silence until she finally says, “Lou...I couldn’t make it work. I thought they’d accept the amount I was able to offer but...they didn’t.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I watch his feet move to the center of the room, and his hands, steady as they accept the knife from Marcus, are deft as one presses the knife into the other. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

To repay a debt to the more radical preacher, King accepted Moore’s invitation to come to Durham to put his blessing on the lunch-counter movement. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Receiving GUESS? clothes for our trip reminded me of my childhood and how I needed designer clothes to make me feel accepted by others in school. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“These others have lost their lords in the fighting. I do not know who leads them now. Crowfood is no lapdog, though. Your Grace would do well to accept his terms.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

After a pitying glance at her husband, she accepted. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t take it anymore, their irritation with me, their expectation that I should just be meek and accept it. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Aha! Truth! You are afraid the hairy barbarians will not accept you in their tribe if you write poetry.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

We could not return the cattle, as they had already been accepted, so the family decided that Mabel would take Baliwe’s place, and she did so. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their need for me made them accept me into their lives, but now I feel that they are taking me into their hearts as well. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In China, friends were always arranging things for each other; Janis’s reaction felt familiar, a form of goodwill Helen knew how to accept. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

So in the end our work became generally accepted and nowadays nearly everyone assumes that the universe started with a big bang singularity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took five more years for Reggie to accept she was never returning for him. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

While I was sipping my first glass of beer—I have never really cared for cold beer in midwinter, but I accepted the glass to have something solid to hold on to—the doorbell rang. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He returned a few moments later, the message still in his hand, and told Burnham the operator had refused to accept it. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The Court sent a clear message that appellate courts are largely free to accept the reasons offered by a prosecutor for excluding prospective black jurors—no matter how irrational or absurd the reasons may seem. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Not wanting to embarrass Mr. Flux when the gift was an obvious piece of junk, he accepted the offer, grabbed the camera by its strap. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But I was sure: I wasn’t going to accept this thing that had happened, the way all those others were doing. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was a challenge, and I had accepted it. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Think about it. You need to learn to accept help, even from the Government.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Khaled accepted a drum and began playing with one swift, accurate hand. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I had remembered many things from my past on this journey, but I still couldn’t recall the time before my scar, when I must have accepted Mama’s kisses with little-girl delight. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

A 1986 Gallup poll reports that 52 percent of American teenagers believe in it, and a distressing number of people in all walks of life seem to accept at least some of its ancient claims. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But for Marina, they accepted their tasks determined to make her proud. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She could tell that he was slowly accepting the story she was telling him. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And yet the truth is, we accept persons such as Mr Marshall or Mr Lane to be great, though most of us cannot claim to have ever scrutinized them under such conditions. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Rabbits need dignity and, above all, the will to accept their fate.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You came to us from Mwari’s country. We accepted you. We still do.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

But then it occurred to him that any progress he had made on his quest so far he had made by accepting the help that had been offered to him. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t accept the idea, not least because it needed different equants for different planets. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Because as much as I want to just accept that Rae Chin is wide open to everyone in the world but me, I can’t. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

There was something about people who were that secure; they made you feel better about yourself, like they accepted you for everything you were, imperfections and all. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Cutie accepted the graphs handed him and left without another word. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

It would be easier to accept that version of events, however, if we hadn’t just looked at hockey and soccer players. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Patient and sure-footed, she accepted Tyrion with hardly a squeal when he clambered onto her back, and remained motionless as he reached for shield and lance. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She would accept his opinion on Westing's sanity, for the time being at least. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I accepted that, began to think maybe he really could get us home. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I doubt the aristocrats slept on the cold floor,” the nurse whispered to me before accepting Poet’s hand. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe things aren’t actually as random as everyone seemed ready to accept. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I join in, accepting a paddle from a nearby security-bot lady. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Galileo accepted, even though the increase in salary would only take effect from the following year, and even though it would commit him to burdensome teaching duties. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

And I could accept that if my time had come, it had come. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He accepted the bottle and took a quick swallow of whisky and passed it back. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She calmed down only when they swore that they would take Rosa directly from the house to the Catholic cemetery: only then did she accept the laudanum the doctor handed her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around noon, he walked over to nearby Ford’s Theatre, a block from Pennsylvania Avenue, to pick up his mail: Ford’s customarily accepted personal mail as a courtesy to actors. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad smiled as he studied the book—but then he said, “Dante, this is really very generous—but I don’t know if I can accept this.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Would she silently accept anything that Citra prepared, as Scythe Faraday had? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

In the back of the plaza, flatbed trucks are accepting volunteers for the fields. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within a few months I had asked her to marry me and she accepted. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave money to those who would accept it, and secretly paid the grocer for people who couldn’t pay their bills. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The really terrible thing, old buddy, is that you must accept them. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Since hotels did not accept blacks, Marian usually stayed in guesthouses at the black colleges they visited, while Billy bunked in the men’s dormitory or at the black YMCA. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

When the war in Europe ended eight days later, it was overshadowed by the news from Baltimore that Caroline had been accepted by the Juilliard School of Music in New York on a full scholarship. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet he seemed no closer to accepting it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She gratefully accepted the mistress’s offer and worked so hard that before the week was out the woman was begging her to forget Lowell and stay on. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t accept this,” he says, part of him deeply honored and the other part wishing people would stop giving him things. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When her name is announced and she stands up to accept the certificate, Mr. Doyle runs up ahead of her, snapping pictures as though she is a runway model. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

There was this matter of honor, he’d explained to her, and he had no choice but to accept the duty the war imposed on him. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Imperial Command, however, was still led by military men who refused to accept surrender. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

His exertions were repaid by Calpurnia with the offer of coffee and an invitation to supper, both of which he accepted. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Thanks, Grandma,” I said, accepting the gifts and acting as if that weren’t the most awkward thing to hear. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Daddy was so upset with Wendell he wrote a letter to the dean at Knoxville College, where Wendell had been accepted for the coming fall. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, he can’t be all that elitist if he accepted me,” I said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They did not doubt that he would accept. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Maybe I’ll start with them to see if they can help me get some students to New York to accept this prestigious award in person. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

You don't have to watch many wildlife documentaries to know that the herd doesn't accept the lone straggler. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Like the school children, she had accepted Kit without a question or suspicion, and like a child she scuttled ahead now, confident that Kit would accept her in the same way. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to wrangle for more favorable treatment but decided that there was no punishment he was willing to accept for a murder he hadn't committed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She would not accept it as a law of nature that the individual is always defeated. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

As recently as a week ago, in the Director’s office, he had imagined himself courageously resisting, stoically accepting suffering without a word. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to accept that I wouldn’t see Edward again, not even one last glimpse of his face to carry with me to the mirror room. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

A snowflake accepted her invitation, and she felt a momentary pinprick of cold on the pad of her bare finger. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

After all, the more he accepted, the more he would be obliged to offer, and he was already in well over his head, thanks anyway. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right, let’s say, for the sake of argument, we accept this protection. I still don’t see why we can’t have that Kingsley bloke.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t accept that my teacher had kept such secrets from me, had allowed me to suffer as I had. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

It is ever the lot of children to accept their circumstances as universal, and their particularities as general. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He’d been promptly picked up by a police officer who accused him of stealing it, unwilling to accept that a young black boy would have come across a new bike in an honest way. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Because his gut already knew what his head refused to accept, and he didn’t want it proven. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When that doesn’t work, they accept it, along with their usual plastic plants and little castle. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also think that had I been able to see, I might not have been able to accept it all. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ocean allowed the gesture, accepting Yusef’s friendly bro-hug involuntarily, and I was guessing only because he was a nice, polite person. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Because of this unusual clarity and because Howard meticulously documented his work there, even the most skeptical archaeologists quickly accepted the existence and antiquity of the Clovis culture. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

All I had to do was accept, and I could blunt the pain of living for a little while longer. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

At times I felt the awkwardness of an intruder, but Elroy accepted me into his quiet routine without fuss or ceremony. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doc Daneeka accepted the explanation and put away his hypodermic syringe. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I had no idea the honored Gondwannan Ambassador wished to dine at the Starlight Room. Please accept my apology.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Schwartz concedes that his idea has virtually no chance of being accepted. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

What a phrase—still it's a good phrase and a good view of life, and a man shouldn't accept any other; that much I've learned underground. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she stuck to her story and since there was no other explanation, people had to accept it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was realistic enough to accept that everyone was going to be angry at me for a while, though, no matter how amazingly I apologized. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

On March 12, 1928, Lawrence accepted the Berkeley offer by telegram. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He lets me say a lot of things to him that he’d never accept from his mother. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Our deepest thanks for your care and shelter. Please accept my most sincere hopes that we may meet again under healthier circumstances.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Excuses for not doing homework were not accepted and would draw a beating. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

My brain fries when I try to read Shakespeare, but my English teacher would not accept “my hound hath eaten my volume” as an acceptable excuse for avoiding Hamlet. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

My father had never accepted the fact that I wasn’t a big hockey fan. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

After five courses and a great deal of wine, Tsukiko allows herself to be persuaded to accept an invitation to perform in a not yet existent circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She accepts it but doesn't drink, holding the glass in both hands. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

But Einstein was not a cosmologist, and he accepted the prevailing wisdom that the universe was fixed and eternal. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Westerners continue to accept racist explanations privately or subconsciously. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

This did not suit Jo at all, but she accepted the place since nothing better appeared and, to every one’s surprise, got on remarkably well with her irascible relative. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one over thirty-two or under seventeen was supposed to be accepted. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She laughed when I clowned for her, and smiled and accepted gracefully the food gifts my sister gave her. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rabbits need dignity and, above all, the will to accept their fate. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Players who turned down the invitation in 1956 accepted readily in 1957, as Bobby had, because of the importance of the tournament. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

"And swear that as my prize, you will accept my choice." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The credit for the survivors’ escape has landed squarely on Gale’s shoulders, although he’s loath to accept it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Thus, if the Muslims were to accept zero, they had to reject Aristotle. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

They cocooned the frames in scaffolds of wood and faced each frame with hundreds of thousands of wooden planks to create walls capable of accepting two thick layers of staff. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I could bring myself to accept them,” she says. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The school probably had attorneys telling him to avoid accepting responsibility. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I raised arguments and objections, but my mother sided with Granny and Aunt Addie and I had to accept. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She says it so naturally, so matter-of-factly, that my brother accepts it and moves on. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

To be accepted, all new ideas must survive rigorous standards of evidence. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her big ears flap back and forth as she accepts candy and popcorn and even chewing gum from delighted circus-goers. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I learned to accept my decision for my own sake, because of me, not because of him. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The transmitter accepts coded electronic pulse information—words or data—coming from copper wire out of your home telephone or office computer. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

You had accepted, even embraced, the possibility of death, something Lord Voldemort has never been able to do. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She asked, was I sent by an agency, and when I replied that I was not, she told me they were only accepting applicants from agencies. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the evening that he finally accepted Richard’s brandy, holding it to his nose and inhaling deeply before he drank, he and Richard still saying very little to each other. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

At the next group meeting it was suggested that the museum had accepted my work only because it was decorative and easy to swallow. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Riddle had no reason to disrupt his colt’s schedule to take on Seabiscuit and accept a risk, however small, that a fluke would cost his horse the championship. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He offered to enlighten me, and I gratefully accepted: he described how contraceptives work, and I asked him very boldly how boys could tell they were grown-up. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

They used equations that physicists thought were valid, manipulated them in an accepted way, and came out with an answer that didn’t reflect the way the world works. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Zach just got accepted to University of Washington on a full scholarship to study financial engineering. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Before he was to be ordained, he was made an attractive offer of secular employment, which—perhaps because he felt himself indifferently suited to an ecclesiastical career—he found himself accepting. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever his motivation, my father accepted the job on the spot. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

All that was required of them was a primitive patriotism which could be appealed to whenever it was necessary to make them accept longer working hours or shorter rations. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Seaborg had accepted an appointment at Berkeley as a full professor, with the authority to hire four assistant and associate professors and twelve salaried graduate fellows. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“I guess I don’t accept that,” I say. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

All these virgin martyrs are told by Roman judges they have to give up their faith and accept the Roman gods but they say, Nay, and the judges have them tortured and killed. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Not that telling would even work—you had to see Pet to accept that it was real in this world; the telling would never be enough. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He just accepts Trey like he’s always been training with us. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The arguing continues until Mister Brother finally gives Zohra a number she grudgingly accepts. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

She may not have gone to the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church—she was a Methodist— but she would have been accepted in any congregation. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

It was not until a few years later, when they flew their flying machine in another demon land—France, I think—that demons accepted flight as a fact. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment, I felt afraid, as if accepting his words would somehow betray my own father. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You need to accept it. It may sound callous, cold-blooded, but you will never see Jermaine again. At least, not in this life.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I have to accept this or I will never get over it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But he was over forty years old by now, and wasn’t accepted. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

They still look disappointed when I say no, but they accept it. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“What you learn from me,” he said, “is vitally important. I expect you to treat it as such. I will accept only the best from you, Percy Jackson.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

They seemed to accept what had become an everyday occurrence. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We need to respect the fact that it is possible to know without knowing why we know and accept that—sometimes—we’re better off that way. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

One accepted the good or the evil with humility, for life was a mystery, and questions were not for the lowly. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mother, however, accepted a chair offered by one lodger. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ptolemy recognized this flaw, but nevertheless his model was generally, although not universally, accepted. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some had heard about life on Mars and accepted that the creatures had come to Earth. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

And what is so infuriating, looking back, is how I accepted the situation. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

And this fear ran so deep that we accepted their standards of civilization and humanity. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The story is interesting from another standpoint, proving that what the public is asked to accept as “safe” today may turn out tomorrow to be extremely dangerous. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I think I know why Shoji accepted our Japanese side a long time ago. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

One day, she brought her resume into his office, hoping to persuade him to accept her. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have no further role to play, I have to accept that now. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did, however, accept his proposal of marriage. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Thanks anyway, Harvey. I appreciate the offer, but I can’t accept.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Such behavior became an accepted, even expected, feature of the political landscape during the middle third of the nineteenth century and has remained so ever since. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

That winter Robert Cohn went over to America with his novel, and it was accepted by a fairly good publisher. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I looked at him again as for the first time, seeing a little bantam rooster of a man with a high-domed forehead and a raw eye-socket that wouldn't quite accept its lid. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jerome affirmed and accepted me unconditionally, without demanding explanations. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When a person accepts the pardon, it indicates he or she is promising not to repeat the crime. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The Court accepted the statistical evidence as valid but insisted that evidence of conscious, racial bias in McCleskey’s individual case was necessary to prove unlawful discrimination. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was too much like showing off to accept such a lavish present in front of Ricky, whose car cost less than my monthly allowance at age twelve. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He accepted the parcel for the Ryans without once glancing at her face, and Mia headed back to the Rabbit, parked several blocks away. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Citra would never willingly accept the scythe’s ring as long as her feelings for him got in the way. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He was the sort of person who accepted what came and just kept moving forward. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Even after publicly voicing objections to affirmative action, I accepted its benefits. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had long since accepted that this was part of the job, that she had entered “a vast dome of silence from which I can never emerge.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Astronomy, though, was a peculiar discipline because it accepted unquestioningly the Aristotelian distinction between the sublunary and supralunary worlds. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

You don’t ask to be accepted for everything you are, just the one part of yourself that you’re willing to share. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They always came unannounced, at any time of day or night, and gradually I came to accept, and to dread, their presence as a way of life. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys accepted him as though he were a real human. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Dudley was frightened enough to accept the Order’s help, his parents would accompany him: There could be no question of being separated from their Diddykins. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The chicken had stopped squawking; perhaps it had decided to accept the inevitable. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He vanished into the midst of the advancing crowd, all of whom were holding daggers and who accepted him without question. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I find her in no time, connect with her, and a few seconds later, she accepts my invite and appears at my side. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

This nearly made Chamberlin laugh, yet one of the attorneys present in the room actually advised the group to accept Holmes’s offer. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

But he realized that he had accepted Hooper’s presence now, that he was even glad of it, because they were so far inside the wood. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I could see myself remaining in South Africa, an outcast, rejected by the Black Tennis Association and not accepted by the white tennis association because of apartheid. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hair color had nothing to do with whether these people accepted me or not. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Here’s what I found difficult to accept: I had to choose between college and turning pro while talented male gymnasts got to turn pro at the end of college. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Stanton accepted the inevitability of war and saw it as the only way to end slavery. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

But if you accept the idea of a point at infinity, two lines always determine a point. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

But he assured them that no test ban would be accepted without a comprehensive agreement on disarmament. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I gave him a drink of mine and he accepted it gratefully, with a look that asked for a truce. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

By accepting the CBS deal, Welles became the program’s host, star, director, and producer. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“You are much too generous; I could never accept such an offer.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

West Africa eventually did receive Fertile Crescent domestic animals across the Sahara, and later accepted Islamic influence, including Arabic writing. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Here the trees accepted him just the way he was, blue eyes and all. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Huygens was delighted that the Copernican view of the Earth as a planet in motion around the Sun was widely accepted even by the ordinary people in Holland. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember propping myself up to accept a drink of water and then collapsing back on the bedroll. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Okay. I accept your challenge. If I answer your riddle correctly, you don’t burn a single book. We take them all back to Mr. Lemoncello’s library.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Everywhere he taught men the culture of the vine and the mysteries of his worship and everywhere they accepted him as a god until he drew near to his own country. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Your white friends, even without apartheid, can never accept you as one of their own.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a deep breath and shouted, “Los Alamos cannot accept responsibility for the safety of the Oak Ridge plant!” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They thought they had one chance in this world and it was Willie, and when he lost they felt terrible about that. And they accepted it. They just accepted that they’d lost somebody else.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

To his credit, Jefferson’s first instinct was to accept the invitation. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“You miss his point. His point is to let white people know you don’t accept your slave name.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the things Tessie had accepted as part of the awkward age suddenly seemed ominous to her. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The graying middle-aged nurse who doesn’t attend to the patients but sits by and monitors the computers and phones, gives a little nod and stands up as if accepting a nomination. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Feeling grateful and happy to be among them for a second year in a row, I climbed onto the first-place podium to accept my medal and the ceremonial bouquet of flowers. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“So at the hearing, the judge tells them they can accept Voluntary Removal or file for Cancellation of Removal.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“And at the Merits Hearing the judge denies your case and your father accepts the Voluntary Removal.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I accept the one I have will never be the one I need. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But at the same time, the creation of the air regiments meant that the mostly educated young women who volunteered their aviation skills would feel their voices had been heard, even if they weren’t accepted. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

But I insisted, explained, cajoled, raised my voice, gestured with my hands, quoted whatever proof texts I could remember from the grammar book, and finally he accepted my explanations. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

If an individual could afford to pay a dollar or two for a full day’s care, the money was accepted. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Milo accepted the gift with thanks and the little group walked to the car, still parked at the edge of the square. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Most everyone besides Bliss had accepted that the end was near. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Lavoisier watched his father-in-law beheaded, then stepped up and accepted his fate. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

There was nothing to do, though, when Lane extended his Martini glass to her but to accept the olive and consume it with apparent relish. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“They have books in King’s Landing too. I recall my little brother reading them from time to time. Perhaps your son would like a look at them. I will accept Hoster as our hostage.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The situation became divorced from common sense, so that atrocity stories were accepted by the atrocious people. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Burnham, partly to keep the peace, also urged Olmsted to accept it. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Mr. Larson had accepted full responsibility for the newspaper and everything in it. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

My great error was not that I had accepted someone else’s dream but that I had accepted the fact of dreams, the need for escape, and the invention of racecraft. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The producers hope to abridge Philip’s nine-hour opera about an engineer who tries to bridge the Grand Canyon. accept/except. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But after years of hearing about the move, I began to accept that it would never actually happen. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bill Gates could accept the title of genius, and leave it at that. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

But as Bram launched into his first point, de Wet interjected somewhat testily, “I thought I made my attitude clear. I accept that no decision or date was fixed upon for guerrilla warfare.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tally had thought they all accepted her by now. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

In the space of a moment, he had accepted our claim to ride him, to his being ridden. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was true, but why was that a reason to just accept everything and go along with it? Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Because it seems odd to me that no offer has been made or accepted. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whether it was about a wedding or a new baby or a kid who got accepted into a great college or a family member who had passed away, Abuela was always there to listen. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, okay. But, Nico, you do choose how to live your life. You want to trust somebody? Maybe take a risk that I’m really your friend and I’ll accept you. It’s better than hiding.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I told him that I understood and accepted his policy. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I politely thanked Sir Lawrence for accepting me and told Max I would be back in three weeks for the start of the Michaelmas term. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, yes, that’s very good. Thank you,” said the man, accepting the ruler. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He accepted the signed form when I submitted it, but it took him three seconds to tell me he had no money left for new clubs this year. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Suppose that your teenage daughter found out that she had been accepted at two universities — Harvard University and Georgetown University, in Washington, DC. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“To yourself or to Javier. I’m sure you’ll have to talk to him about these things, but if he truly cares about you, he’ll accept you for who you are. It’s that simple.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Karl accepted the invitation and showed up, right on time, even though it meant breaking the curfew set for young people. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“We also came to a decision. Your grandparents offered that all three of us stay here until we get on our feet. I accepted.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The best course seemed tentatively to accept the offer, and in mid-October he wrote Harker that he would come to Brooklyn in the fall of the following year. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Kevin and I became more a part of the household, familiar, accepted, accepting. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I accepted his arm, and we stepped into the dance, a slow sarabande. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m standing by Rosie, supervising as she accepts donations of candy, gum, and even lemonade from the crowd. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The boys slept out in the barn accept during the coldest weather, when they made up pallets on the floor in front of the kitchen fireplace. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I found out what he was saying, I knew accepting the ring had been a big mistake. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The girls accept this truth and examine the newly hatched worms for signs of despair. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I’ve thought it over. I think you are the best one. Jiang Ji-li, this is an important political assignment. I hope you will accept it and try to win honor for our class. All right?” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As late as the seventeenth century, Descartes refused to accept negative numbers as roots of equations. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, if one accepted the Hamiltonian version of the exchange, how could one explain the interval between the shots? Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Cuba—Since Castro was so anti-American, and Fischer knew the premier, he thought Cuba might accept him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

He and I had some uncomfortable conversations about my family and about how they might not accept him in the way that his family had accepted me. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Your grandmother might refuse my help. She and your grandfather have never held me in much esteem. But if she will accept my assistance in locating Stan, I will give it.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

But somehow I can accept her bluntness easier than lying. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She accepted the yellow rose without the least bit of malice, amused, rather, by the extravagance of the act, and she lifted her shawl to see his face better, not to show hers. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Eventually, by evening, the river would rouse itself to accept the day’s offerings and sludge off to the sea, leaving wavy lines of thick white scum in its wake. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still dazed, Hannah accepted the miracle and the prospect of a journey like a docile child. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

We trained Ginger to accept the treat without excessive salivating. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Man must be ready to say: Yes, since Cain there has been injustice, but we can only set the misery right if we accept a status quo. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Tally felt she could almost accept brain damage if it meant a life without reconstituted noodles. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

But all of this I passively accepted as a way of life, for I knew no other. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He brought out a bottle of clear and pungent spirit that smelled to Lyra like the gyptians’ jenniver, and the two spies accepted a glass into which they dipped little vessels of their own. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Simone,” he said, “this is just a copy of the real check. You can touch it. You just can’t accept the real thing.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I was unwilling to accept that as a message from God. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

What she did tell her babcia: that she had applied and been accepted to an exchange program with an American university. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He touched my shoulder; “You have to accept it now. Be brave, and help your mother to bear up. She needs somebody now.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Constance grudgingly accepted this, and soon Sticky had sent the message. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Nel was the one person who had wanted nothing from her, who had accepted all aspects of her. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Such a skeptic. Perhaps one day you will understand, Twinkle. Perhaps one day you will accept this gift.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He accepts my resignation with a shrug, his main concern being that I return my two polo shirts and aprons. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

For readers unwilling to accept this on faith, here is a brief derivation. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Samuel asked him to rise, and when Adam accepted struck him again, and this time Adam did not get up. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Were just supposed to accept that? Without a vote in the senate? Without a proper debate? Without—” “Percy!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I accepted the censure, and thereafter faithfully defended the policy of nonviolence in public. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

James C. Evans, an MIT engineering graduate, ran the school’s trade and mechanical studies program before accepting a position as a Civilian Aide in the War Department in 1942. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s easier for them to accept than the truth, which is that they can’t know everything about people and why they act the way they do.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

As the meeting progressed—and grew heated—the attorney who previously had wanted to accept Holmes’s mortgage stepped out of Chamberlin’s office and entered the room where Holmes waited, ostensibly for a drink of water. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think about them when I accepted Uriah’s invitation. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He knew his brother, and his intuition told him that, as always, he had decided to accept the role of protector. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And humans will accept any story, however outlandish, when there’s something in it for them. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Anxious to get out of Prague before everything fell apart politically, Kepler travelled to Linz, where he applied for a job as district mathematician and was accepted in June. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The Azzam family were very elated that I was qualified and accepted to go to Mecca. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gradually, he learned the details of my condition, reacting to them in a milder way than my parents had, which allowed them, or at least Tessie, to begin to accept the new reality. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In fact, accepted literally, perhaps the phrase was accurate, even if to each, the other were merely the light and dark pattern of a bank of photocells. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

When Alvarez asked her how she could stand the fumes, she assured him cheerfully that one grew used to them, advice he accepted dubiously at the moment but soon discovered to be true. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“It watches out for them when I’m not here. They refuse to accept a servant.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Some of the “New Women” writers will some day start an idea that men and women should be allowed to see each other asleep before proposing or accepting. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Mother accepted these gifts with both hands, as is the custom here, and put them away without a word. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to get up and touch the things in the room, but I knew that if I upset the principal I might not be accepted as a new student. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

For Nita, who has just accepted that she is somehow limited, or for whoever told her that? Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Leon accepted this small hint of mockery from Johnson because he was in such a good mood. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I accept Miss Joe’s invitation to eat lunch in her office. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When Secretary Clinton’s office reached out again, I was happy to accept the position. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Dell accepted the position, packed up his barely driv- able Ford, and headed south. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Vanderbilt accepted his decision, and Riddle got his wish. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Yee, Andrew’s mother, asks me as we accept our hot dogs. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

But I was ready to accept the Object’s judgment. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He would have to gain as much ground as possible and accept that the mountain of his violent sins was too large to climb in this lifetime. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Oddly enough, it has taken me years to accept my new position. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one who has read so far will need to be told that he accepted the offer. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents and older brothers and sisters, like most of the internees, accepted their lot and did what they could to make the best of a bad situation. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

To his considerable annoyance, Francis did not accept the idea immediately but instead stated that he would go away and check whether Bragg was right or wrong. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Ira accepted them in his name, smiling, graceful as ever, unperturbed. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within the month, I found out that our applications had been accepted. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baywatch wouldn’t talk to officers, but his presence was widely accepted by inmates. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pat it once on the head, then accept another strawberry soda. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I did not want to accept the knowledge of her words, but I did. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four years later, in August 2005, she learned that her application had been accepted. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He refused to accept Louis Agassiz’s idea of ice ages–"the refrigeration of the globe," as he dismissively termed it–and was confident that mammals "would be found in the oldest fossiliferous beds." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was a fine morning; many people around him were troubled, he knew, but that was a part of the adult world which he accepted as a matter of course. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time around, she was accepted at the College of Wooster in Ohio. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Infinite possibilities and enormous responsibilities stretched out before him, but he was not prepared to take advantage of the former, or accept the burden of the latter. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had great con-fidence in his father, but his sense of justice was hard put to accept the fact that Travis Burdow had been allowed to escape the consequences of his drunken crime. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the notice arrived that my work had been accepted, I foolishly phoned my friends with the news. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

"I wish to be crowned within the fortnight. Today I shall accept oaths of fealty from my loyal councillors." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

At the end of the year we were both in tears as we said a heartbreaking farewell, because I’d been accepted at the Jewish Lyceum, where Margot also went to school. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Since everyone accepted them, and more particularly since they accepted themselves, I knew that their laughter was real and that their lives were cheerful comedies, interrupted only by costume changes and freshening of make-up. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Speaking of Pamela, the word around town is her dad accepted a job in Colorado Springs and the family will be moving soon. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Holly accepted an envelope from Abby’s mom and handed it right back. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Well, if you expect Madge to accept your differences, then could you do the same for her?” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

As an accepted suitor or a disappointed lover, I shall see you soon. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had never dreamed that anyone would accept me so simply, so completely, without question or the least hint of personal aggrandizement. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Langley’s personnel officer, Melvin Butler, courted Williams energetically by phone, trying to convince him to accept the laboratory’s offer. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Barris is relieved when she accepts the invitation to join him for dinner, and even more so when she agrees to extend her stay in Switzerland before catching up with the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I said to Bono, “You will perhaps accept my apologies for my deception.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The only way to fight sugar masters, it seemed, was for the workers to be harder, tougher, and more willing to accept bloodshed than the owners. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

It was widely accepted that scythes adhered to the highest moral and ethical standards. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He said, “Good families will help their children accept responsibility.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I had long before accepted the fact that education exacted a great price for its equally great benefits. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some women accepted the Fourteenth Amendment as a step toward democracy for African American men, assuming that women’s rights would follow. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The two of them talk for an hour and by the time they finish, Mrs. Olsen has promised to accept Negroes to apply for work at her bakery. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Just to make sure she was getting the best possible deal and not accepting anything less than she deserved. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Things happen, Jamie. You got to accept that. You got to man up and move on.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were hospitable and delighted in parties, and in presents, which they gave away freely and eagerly accepted. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“We woke up one day,” said Whitman, “and found out that 20 percent of the people on eBay were saying, 'I accept PayPal, please pay me that way.’ The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

“This is the way the Lord of light speaks to us. If we accept His light, we will rightly say, ‘Hallelujah to the Lord in heaven.’ Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

While it was true that everyone in the Coast Guard had to accept Navy control, her own contract was actually with the Treasury Department, which was only loaning her to the Coast Guard. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

When I told my father, he said it would be wise for me to accept the offer. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then the woman nodded as if she had decided to accept his story. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“They said I can probably get into the theology school there but they can’t accept me formally until six months before my admission date.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And if the other archers knew I’m Jewish, I don’t know if they’d accept me. So I wear my kippah for my father, and take it off in the castle.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

While Chapman and the state officers connected with the case now readily acknowledged Walter's innocence, they were unwilling to accept any responsibility for his wrongful prosecution and death sentence. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Under protest, he agreed to accept just eighteen dollars, the price he had paid for the boat. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The United States had one flag design, the familiar Stars and Stripes, which changed only when additional stars were added to indicate that a new state had been accepted into the Union. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Danielle’s parents and grandparents are pretty old-fashioned and religious. Just like my parents, who couldn’t find a way to be accepting of me and my situation all those years ago. They still can’t.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Amaranta pretended to accept the decision and little by little she recovered from her fevers, but she promised herself that Rebeca would marry only over her dead body. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“It’s my punishment for eavesdropping. I accept it.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He has not already been accepted into FSU’s School of Engineering. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He talked about the pressures on him everywhere he turned, and about the frustrations, among them that no one wanted to accept anything relating to him except “my old ‘hate’ and ‘violence’ image.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I began to accept invitations to share my story at churches, synagogues, schools, and political, military, civic, and philanthropic organizations, locally and across the United States and Canada. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Having to fall back would be worse than just accepting my fate now and hopping forward if I proved to be as good a student as I had convinced Mr. Grant I was. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Because she was facing capital murder charges and a potential death sentence, she made a deal to accept a prison sentence of twenty years. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, the phone rings twice before noon, and—more out of claustrophobia than any serious economic calculation—I accept the first two jobs that are offered. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I’m amazed by how easily she seems to accept me. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another picture showed my mom accepting her first major cooking award, the Newbie Chef Challenge competition on the Food Is Life network. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I love Dee Roberts, and I’d really like it if you could accept her as my girlfriend and we could just put this week behind us. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

By continuing, you agree to our terms and accept our privacy policy. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

James Mott accepted, so it was a man, not a woman, who called to order the first women’s rights convention ever held in the United States. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Instead I graciously accept and ask bartender for a Greysdale Mead. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The magistrate accepted the copybook reluctantly, as though it were tainted. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

They’re going to get accepted to college and become physical therapists or kindergarten teachers or financial analysts and they still won’t be able to locate Florida on a map. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Her name was Winnie, and I asked her out and she accepted. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That the sun was larger and more distant than the moon was generally accepted by most contemporary authorities. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Once there, I offered myself as a crutch to Bear, which he accepted, though I sensed that he was regaining something of his old strength. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He accepts Farmer’s offer to pay for his gas, and when he reaches Cange he will send a truck for Ti Jean, Farmer, and me. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The line of phosphorescence bulged about the sand grains and little pebbles; it held them each in a dimple of tension, then suddenly accepted them with an inaudible syllable and moved on. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

For the first several years, I accepted the label. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you accept the fate the spirits have handed you, Marked Girl?” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Second, if contact was made, he’d never accept the first offer, and he usually named an amount that was double or triple—or more—pricing himself out of the market. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

That should not be a particularly difficult truth for me to accept at this point but for some reason it is. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He’d insisted on it at his manhood ceremony, having just been accepted into the Academy. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Kuda seemed to accept his big brother’s promise, because he immediately began to explore the chamber. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion was dozing, but he woke abruptly when the motion ceased, rubbed the sand from his eyes, and accepted Bronn's hand to climb down. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t feel right to accept his money, too. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The most accepted topics were sex and religion. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you. I’ll remind you of your promise when that joyful day comes, if it ever does,” returned Jo, accepting the vague but magnificent offer as gratefully as she could. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jethro had learned to accept the whims of fate, schooled as he was in the philosophy of men who work the soil. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe the others would have accepted their meals, but Di, who is deep into her third Michelob, insists that everything else go back while they work on their starters. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Randalls party agreed to it immediately; and after a pretty long speech from Miss Bates, which few persons listened to, she also found it possible to accept dear Miss Woodhouse’s most obliging invitation. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

I hope her life takes her far away from anything that reminds her of this place, and if that means taking her far away from me, I can accept that. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He would not pray, he would not accept the Revelation. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fearful that ongoing war would mean utter destruction of their nation, a faction of Shawnee accepted a peace agreement that meant giving up some of their autonomy and the territory they used as hunting grounds. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

When Howard University refused to accept any such restriction, the Superintendent of Schools promptly withdrew the offer. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

I start to take a step back, but then I let him, deciding for a moment to accept both his jacket and his kindness. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Wilfred invited me to share his home, and gratefully I accepted. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Monsters are variations from the accepted normal to a greater or a less degree. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I thought I had accepted it, accepted our relationship for what it was. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

An ultimatum accepted and ritualized, an allegiance recited for the peace it imparted, and for that perhaps loved. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the house the godling grudgingly accepted cheese and bread and cold meat and pie and coffee and a piece of chocolate cake. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They immediately accepted him as one of their own, and for the first time in his life, James Halliday had a circle of friends. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He was pinched perspiringly in the epistemological dilemma of the skeptic, unable to accept solutions to problems he was unwilling to dismiss as unsolvable. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Father accepts Mother as she is, is often annoyed, but says as little as possible because he knows the sacrifices Mother has had to make. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I struggled to accept that the massacre was real, that all those people died in the camp, that kids were killed or orphaned. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He did that for years, so that even the children learned to accept that ritual. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She accepted with pride the pencil the monitor passed out to her in the morning and reluctantly surrendered it to another monitor at three o’clock. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon seemed to accept the attention as Lyra’s due, and presently he curled up again and closed his eyes. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 2000, the family received word that they had been accepted for relocation to the United States and a place called Georgia. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Even if we charitably explain their denials as due to the shortsightedness of the specialist and the man with an interest this does not mean we must accept them as qualified witnesses. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

We accept the theory of the big bang by watching a movie of expanding space running backwards. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

It is the source for this map, though the reader is cautioned against regarding it as either exact or universally accepted. genetically unsound but logically consistent. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The other reason I don't stay is the same reason why I don't accept Miss Akkerman's repeated offer to call her Irene. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

His slow deliberate mind could not accept so many thoughts and emotions at once. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Once upon a time, I liked turtles,” Piper muttered, accepting a hand up. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Boethius will show you that striving is ultimately meaningless, that we must learn to accept. Ask Miss O’Hara about him.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

After he moved to Seattle, he accepted an invitation to travel to Columbus and stay with them for a couple of weeks, while Harim stayed home in Seattle. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I tried to make myself accept it in spite of his name, his too-familiar face. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Clearly, something was up: Woolf and Richardson were told not to accept any more mounts pending a meeting by the stewards. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Constance told him she’d have to consider it, but was inclined to accept.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I smile and swipe right to accept the call, almost getting blinded when the bright sunshine of whatever pristine beach they’re sitting on bursts through the screen of my iPad. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

They might accept someone like me—someone who can paint, but not quite well enough to get into Prism. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The stranger did not share his amusement. "—my former apprentice, Widge, in consideration of which I have accepted the amount of ten pounds sterling." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

And since I had been born in a Christian nation, I accepted this Deity as the only one. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

“Almost nightly, in fact. That you refuse to accept that your marriage is over—” “That is simply not true!” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The birds did not understand Snowball’s long words, but they accepted his explanation, and all the humbler animals set to work to learn the new maxim by heart. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until he spoke that she had to accept the truth. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“He’ll yield before the sun goes down. I mean to offer him terms and accept him back into the king’s peace.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Even though the bottoms of my jeans were still damp from the snow, I accepted her terms and conditions and crawled under the covers. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“If Robert had serious medical problems within, I would never have hesitated to accept him, but because he looked different I found it so terribly hard,” she said later. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

She accepts a cup of sweet tea when I bring it to her but says nothing. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Arthur accepted this moment of division as the opportunity for which he had been waiting. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bowed to the views of the membership in the general section and regretfully informed the authorities that I would not accept a visit from my nephew. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the past, I would have accepted what he said. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, not the first dream of being accepted into Prism, but it’s a perfect backup. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, For the past four years we have been learning about tolerance and how you should accept everyone no matter what. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

If he was seen to accept Bolton’s feigned girl as Arya, the northern lords who had gathered to bear witness to the match would have no grounds to question her legitimacy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

One mission, should I choose to accept it, and that was to defend the Thicket. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Kaltain took the goblet when she finished, and curtsied to Cain as she accepted his and slunk away. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I refuse to accept your resignation, Hagrid, and I expect you back at work on Monday,” he said. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

For the next several days, Deborah and I talked many times as we both struggled to make sense of the attacks, and Deborah tried to accept the idea that the conference had been canceled. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He offers it to me, although I’m not to accept tokens from strange men either. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

With demand outpacing supply, doctors established a custom of graciously and discreetly accepting any offered cadaver. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“If it is the King’s judgment, I shall accept it.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were to offer them the five-part plan of salvation, which they could accept or not. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were only accepting men between the ages of seventeen and thirty-two. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He simply accepted whatever was given him, whether he deserved it or not. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure Dad believes me, but he accepts my nod as acquiescence. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s fine. I accept. If you win the game, you get the chance to knock my brains out with one blow of your sledgehammer.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I was happy walking with my uncle, but I worried whether his family would accept me the way he had—without asking me anything about my war years. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Ayanna accepted it and cradled it like a mother would a baby. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She had to beg for it, poor creature, because the feeling at court had come to such a pitch that nobody would accept her brief. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that afternoon she seemed to accept the idea, granted me the right, the freedom so crucial to adulthood, to become a person very different in public from the person I am at home. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a glance at the mayor of Omaha, he graciously offered to accept Omaha as a suburb. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Only one option remained for the church: accept zero and infinity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I let him stay sick, I understood this reaction, I accepted it.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll accept no excuse if you return a book to me that has been badly handled.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because back home, a warrior never accepts food from a woman. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they didn’t seem to need that protection, they seemed to take everything in, look at it straight, accept everything. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then, before Harry’s mind had accepted what he was seeing, before he could feel anything but numb disbelief, he felt himself being pulled to his feet. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Eyes downcast, with mechanical movements, they follow me through the line, accepting bowls of grayish fish and okra stew and cups of water. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

All the cherished question-begging epithets applied to the Negro race, and widely accepted as truth even by men of good will, simply prove untrue when one lives among them. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I longed to accept her invitation, for I had heard from the other women in the workshop that Mala’s room was often crowded with artists and musicians. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was prepared to accept Daddy Clidell as one more faceless name added to Mother’s roster of conquests. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the court where cases are put on the calendar for their first hearings, where plea bargains are accepted and sentences passed down. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Mr. Quisling accepted it and looked it over. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The king said he would not accept Walter coming to see him anywhere else but in the capital. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of them urged me to “accept the teachings of The Honorable Elijah Muhammad.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fine, I accept,” he said, looking up at the dogs who had settled 6n the top step. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was playing a lot of ball at the time, and my next story, about basketball, was accepted the first time I sent it out. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Moved by an irresistible impulse, Gatsby turned to Tom who had accepted the introduction as a stranger. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Or even worse than bad luck: If you truly didn’t accept your given house, then you couldn’t be sealed with your coven during the ceremony. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Burr would have had little choice but to accept his explanation. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I accepted its hug in my own and broke its back. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I don’t think you would accept my help, since I’m only waiting up here so that I can kill you.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Their five-year age difference made it easier for Ophelia to accept him as her teacher, but Farmer knew so much that age hardly mattered. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He was the talk of the Talmud Department by the end of two weeks and the accepted referee of all Talmudic arguments among the students. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Finally, they seemed to accept that the tree wasn’t going to move on its own. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I never want to ride another bus again, or see Anthony, or accept Jesus Christ as my personal anything. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“He’s just not accepting the idea that he’s dead,” Lobel said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was just asking Charles to accept the love of Jesus, whom she saw as the kind, sweet, loving son of God. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But despite these aberrations he seemed to be accepted as an islander, simply because he had called Auntie Braxton “Trudy,” a name nobody had used for her since she was a young woman. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She accepted it with fulsome thanks; it was lovely to behold, and all that burnished copper would flash prettily in the sun, though if actual battle threatened, she would sooner be clad in steel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I do not accept her. She is an accursed twin.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Sybelle Glover was offered a handsome ransom for our freedom and chose to accept it in the name of the king.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She accepted his offer to be his wife, and together they had the children of Orléans. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Worst of all, the treaty forced Germany to accept full responsibility for starting the war and pay huge reparations as punishment. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

But little by little he let himself be conquered by rusticity, and came to accept the fact that he had no calling as a dandy, especially since there was no one to appreciate his efforts. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even after the right mixture is found, each man or woman in the boat must recognize his or her place in the fabric of the crew, accept it, and accept the others as they are. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Relying on these criteria, he accepted the reliability of evidence for apparitions, for the body of the murdered bleeding in the presence of the murderer, for alchemy, and so forth. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The offer they accepted was from a couple with no children. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hall’s offer to provide information had been accepted by the KGB, Kurnakov said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pray God it is the answer I want, but if not I will accept any answer at all and try to be grateful for what I had. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He knows what it is but accepts it anyway. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Still, from the moment she accepted the liaison with jean de Satigny, she knew that she would never consummate the marriage. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And since no one wants to show less self control than a ten-year-old, we all accept it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was almost enough that Toby wanted to accept the apology. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The rumors were in fact true, though on all constitutional questions Jefferson deferred to Madison’s superior judgment, so he could accept the offer to become America's first secretary of state without political reservations. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Harry was sure that the goblin would accept nothing but the sword, even if they had something as valuable to offer him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She could accept death if she had to, but if the Athena Parthenos was destroyed their quest would fail. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

If you broke that rule, you had to be prepared to accept the consequences. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Once we were accepted, we had cultural orientation courses, with movies and books that had pictures of America. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stories were accepted as fact, and soon the word attached to Seabiscuit for good. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Queen’s age…” “After the proclamation, he proposed to her. She had nobody to help. The Queen accepted his proposal.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

More than anything, I wanted to impress the panel with my talent, so that I would be accepted into Performing Arts and leave Brooklyn every day. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The editor of Left Front accepted two of my crude poems for publication, sent two of them to Jack Conroy’s Anvil, and sent another to the New Masses, the successor of the Masses. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not accept the contract: that every child born human upon this earth comes with a guarantee of perfect health and old age clutched in its small fist. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It reminds her of their life together, of the unexpected life he, in choosing to marry her, had given her here, which she had refused for so many years to accept. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And if my friend here”—Aru jerked her chin in Mini’s direction, who merely adjusted her sunglasses—“approves, then I’ll accept your measly and puny offerings.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I expected some response, some signal that she accepted understanding from me and Tommy in a way she didn’t from the veterans. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Holmes asked her to be his wife, she accepted immediately. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“We don’t accept visitors of the opposite sex,” she told Nicolas. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is perhaps difficult for white South Africans, with an ingrained prejudice against communism, to understand why experienced African politicians so readily accepted Communists as their friends. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This might be worse than when I had to go onstage and accept my moonstone badge. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He accepted almost immediately the reality I’d spent a year denying. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Although as I say this, I have no idea how I would buy next semester’s books if she accepted. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Guenever had lost her raddled look, and sat accepting the clothes which were recommended for her, without fuss. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Glenman said this morning that the aid of such groups would be accepted. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She would sooner glean herself as her first act as a scythe than accept his sacrifice. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“And forced to eat uncooked Pop Tarts until they accept how good they are,” Maya adds. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Mr. Quisling accepted the bouquet of strips, extending one to look at the letters written on it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The young king showed nothing, accepting the joke and the argument as if he’d been expecting them. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thou shalt grant an annum of immunity to the beloved of those who accept your coming, and to anyone else you deem worthy. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

To accept something is to take it or agree to it. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jay returned in 1795 with a treaty that accepted the fact of English naval and commercial supremacy and implicitly endorsed a pro-English version of American neutrality. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Well, I invited you to speak,” said Lord Asriel, “and I must accept your rebuke. I value your presence more than hers, King. I’ll have her taken away.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

However, please be aware that if you choose not to accept our proposal, we intend to approach each of your competitors. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

On this assumption, the conferees thought it likely that radioastronomy would be the generally accepted mode of interstellar communication, on grounds of speed and economy. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if he had given up; he had accepted the radioactive dirt and it had begun its job, long ago, of burying him. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He’d hate to have Leon for an enemy, which is one reason he’d accepted the job of treasurer without making waves. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nonetheless, Helmuth remained true to his pact, accepting full responsibility for writing and distributing the leaflets. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

In other words, accepting the offer of a job meant working for free, but it also meant the chance of protection for himself and his family. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

As the new president of the club, Carmine Nigro announced that Bobby was his guest and would be accepted as a member. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She petted and fussed over him, accepting him as though the years had rolled back and one of the children had brought home yet another half-starved stray. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

To Uncle, Father said, “We accept and thank you all.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did, and I found I had been accepted into the army. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Paul agreed to accept a ten-dollar annual budget and not to ask for more money. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

When I handed him a Styrofoam container, he slumped back in his seat, accepting defeat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It’s not a high-level job, but he accepts. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I couldn't believe they thought I was going to go to hell unless I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The regent was anxious for me to attend Fort Hare and I was gratified to be accepted there. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was quite common for struggles between children to be settled by their daemons in this way, with one accepting the dominance of the other. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Blacks were given the crumbs from the table, and had no option but to accept them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He accepted an invitation to play in Yugoslavia in a month-long, twenty-player event in Bled that promised to be one of the strongest international tournaments conducted in years. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Yesterday—sensible, clearheaded, right-thinking—I decided I must accept that my part in this story was over. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last I found out how to end the book; I ended it just as I had begun it, showing Bigger living dangerously, taking his life into his hands, accepting what life had made him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But, after he murdered, he accepted the crime. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

All of them had joyously accepted the announcement that nothing was to be changed. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had said something like this at the Council, but then he had accepted the correction of Elrond. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He was already accepted into the School of Engineering at FSU. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Being different is hard, Jezebel. I know that. But you have to learn to accept what makes you different. Most of all, learn to love it.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Hauptmann accepts his bucket and throws a sheet of water and doesn’t linger to watch it land. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I always accepted these gifts graciously, always protesting just enough, not too little, not too much. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Rita liked the old woman, and Granny, grudgingly, accepted her. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even though the Iran she knew as a teenager used to be more progressive, dating wasn't as widely accepted as it was in America. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

My mom nods, willing to accept the fib, if only to lessen her own worry. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Many of the Jews were also worried about being accepted in Southern schools, and rumors of quotas for Jews in some other schools were also a worry. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She looked just the way she had when she’d faced the Sphinx—like she wasn’t going to accept an easy answer, even if it got her in serious trouble. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She accepted her situation at face value, and never spoke ill of her benefactor—or more accurately, her captor, for she was clearly Goddard’s prisoner, even though she might not see it that way. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Beans’s eyes were shining, his face excited as he accepted The Treatment. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I accepted the reason why the trial began in this manner. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He finally accepted, telling her in Spanish, “Who am I to take from you the gift of giving?” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He had the foresight to understand and accept that all the people of South Africa must, through negotiations and as equal participants in the process, together determine what they want to make of their future. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Does he actually think I’m stupid enough to accept his “help”? This is a trick he’s plotted with his mother. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He offered me coffee, and when I accepted I was surprised to find that he got up and made it for me himself. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d maintained that Ruth May was still too young to take the responsibility of accepting Christ, but in truth I think he was holding her back for the sake of pageantry. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here,” she had whispered, her tone intimate and unpleasant, “I want you to accept this small commission in return for bringing your patron to my shop.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A clear box appears, asking me to accept a shared view. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t accept myself because I didn’t have the right clothes. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He accepted the bet, and they watched as the colt led wire to wire. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were standing in a crowd of guests, watching the bride accept rings from the groom’s family, when we overheard two middle-aged women talking, their backs to us. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps in daylight we accept that bag to be just a bag”—she pointed with the flat of her palm as if it balanced a top—“when in reality it is a Bag Ghost.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They accepted and traveled by train to Orlando. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eva would accept nothing less than excellence in school, because she saw education as the only antidote to their poverty. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then, with Dragonwings, Uncle came to accept the fact that he was not always right. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood at the door of an inn where travellers met, silently begged for food and silently accepted a piece of rice cake. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right, I’ll accept your offer, but you have to get it done by sunset. If you fail, your friends get sold, and I get rich.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She called the village of Las Pastures beautiful; she had gotten used to the loneliness, but she had never accepted its people. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although Stanton accepted Anthony’s decision and didn’t quit the group, she remained a bit peeved. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

For some students perhaps these ideas provided a way of accepting benefits suddenly theirs, accruing simply to race. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the French soldiers invited Washington to dinner, he eagerly accepted, hoping that he could get some information. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here I had thought they accepted me because they felt that color made no difference, when in reality it made no difference because they didn't see either color or men . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why would she accept the car if she couldn’t?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The assault on the summit must wait while the three boys accepted this challenge. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

You weren’t accepted to be with a black man and that was that. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But once the truth was accepted, and recognized, he lived in light, and whoever would then go against it would be punished by Allah. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Curtis refused to even listen to their offer, stating that he would not accept any plan “that might be construed as a pardon of the men on trial.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Was the party so weak and uncertain of itself that it could not accept what I had said at the unit meeting? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could sense the happiness of couples holding first babies and the fortitude of Catholics accepting their ninth. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Ocean really wanted to drive me to school in the mornings and I wouldn’t accept his offer, no matter how badly I wanted to, because I didn’t want to make a spectacle out of us. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

When accepted, the willing workers might or might not be thanked, and it was of no importance to the pregraduation rites. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I refused the money and accepted a cup of coffee instead. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even though she checked “yes” to all the symptoms on the card the doctor gave her, she refused to accept the diagnosis of panic attacks because panic attacks happened only to Americans. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Ernest, somewhat abashed at telling supplicants that he would have to check with Neylan before accepting their invitations, called him his “father confessor.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

But I could not smile, and the ease with which he accepted the misfortune irritated me. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

If one accepts the traditional, earlier dates for the onset of American plant domestication, then 5,000 years instead of 1,500 or 2,000 years elapsed before food production supported villages. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Who is he and what is he that, out of loneliness, he comes into the alien camp and assumes the voice and face of memory and stands among us, accepted and happy at last? The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was staggered now to think of his own presumption in accepting his friends’ offers to accompany him on this meandering, pointless journey. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“They accepted your gift,” I say to her. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

At fourteen I accepted a scholarship and got one for the next year as well. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He learned to accept things—his mother, the situation, his life, all of it—and with the acceptance, he found that he admired her. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“This is me and I’m not going to change. Either accept me or don’t. But you can’t send me away, too.” P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The Dreamers accept this as the cost of doing business, accept our bodies as currency, because it is their tradition. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Candidates for scythehood, will you accept the judgment of the MidMerican bejeweling committee?” he asked—as if it were possible not to accept their decision. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It was a fantastic price because the most sought-after woman earned eight pesos a night, but they all accepted. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Going into high school, I was accepted into the highest academic program in my district. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then there were rackets like the Klan’s Death Benefit Association, which sold insurance policies to Klan members and accepted only cash or personal checks made out to the Grand Dragon himself. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

In fact, he had actually come on business, in the good faith of business which he had believed that all men accepted. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Isobel hesitates, likely knowing better than to accept invitations for drinks from strange men on darkened street corners, but to his surprise, she nods. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

If one accepts the premises and definitions, one must accept what follows from them, but one can frequently reject premises or refine definitions or choose a different mathematical approach. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that another and last offer was about to be made to me, and if I did not accept it, there would be open warfare. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, the existence of dark matter is widely accepted because it explains the discrepancies found between the mass of large astronomical objects and their gravitational effect. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Your quest, of course. Will you accept it?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Southwest, the Americas lack examples of large-scale language expansions widely accepted by linguists. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Though this was less than I had been offered for the cafe job, I accepted it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although I accepted the criticism, I believed we had no alternative but to proceed on the same course. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t just a question of being accepted by your peers, of wearing the right clothes or wearing them the right way or fixing your hair like everyone else’s. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Hermione looked utterly bewildered, but to Harry’s enormous relief she accepted the bizarre turn of events without comment. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“You could not have made the offer of your hand in any possible way that would have tempted me to accept it.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

He then added, “I can accept neither the necessity nor the wisdom of federal mandatory minimum sentences. In all too many cases, mandatory minimum sentences are unjust.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was always a tremendous occasion if Julian accepted an invitation to dinner in the country. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

If they’re willing to accept me and my guilty conscience, why the hell shouldn’t I run away with the circus? Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Not only was he a kind and considerate boyfriend to Hazel, but whenever Piper saw him wearing Jason’s old praetor’s badge she felt grateful to him for stepping up and accepting that job. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Then I got an offer to work at Perry Pontiac, which I gladly accepted. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

In recent years, dictionaries have come to accept a looser usage, meaning “because of” or “on account of”: Richie threw the suit away due to the hole. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I accepted the new position at the hospital; Barack continued teaching and legislating. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He accepted a glass of eggnog from Mr. Weasley with a word of thanks, looking slightly more cheerful. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Frankly, this is the first time I have ever heard of his accepting a pupil who is on such considerable financial aid. Being a democratic institution, Hampden College is not founded on such principles.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But the English mothers accept the cold drinks. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“My mom is a very accepting person,” Safer says. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And now that I’ve accepted the phone my parents got me, I’m on the group text chat, which I’m still not used to. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Indian mathematicians did more than simply accept zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

And worst of all, I knew they were forcing me to accept things on their own terms, and I was unable to leave. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before departing this morning, the king hadn’t taken any of the guards he’d suggested he bring on his journey, and refused to say where he was going, or to accept his offer of accompaniment. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Dimple began to wish she hadn’t accepted this dinner invitation. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

If dark found him near a village, he slept outside a house and accepted whatever was offered in the way of food. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

In 2009, he accepted a position as United Nations deputy special envoy for Haiti, working closely with United Nations Special Envoy for Haiti Bill Clinton. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“Ah! Yes, Mom. But the test could be to see if we’re willing to accept what has happened and stay at home and praise Jesus for his wisdom.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They will, I know, accept it in the true and warmhearted spirit in which it is offered. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No good answers for ya, not yet, anyway. Best be quiet now, accept the change— morn comes tomorrow.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

And because he knew he was weak, he grew more and more stern and painstaking and much less likely to accept an excuse or a borderline disability. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

After he was gone, would anyone accept the Ugly One as a true shaman? The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

His inviting me to dinner showed that he thought I would accept his betrayal as easily as he committed it. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He wonders if he accepted the dare, in part, to return to the circus sooner. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I was to keep ever before them the picture of a bright, passive, good-humored, receptive mass ever willing to accept their every scheme. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told me that she was going to do nazr for me, a vow to have a sheep slaughtered and the meat given to the poor if my book was accepted. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Had not Zau almost said he would accept him, a month before his father died, when Zau had come to inquire after his old friend’s health? The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

To stand up to his family, to his wives and in-laws, and accept responsibility for what he had done. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I wanted to make the lives of these men known through the images already accepted as the common coin of communication. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I popped it open to a random page in the middle, ready to accept whatever fate had in store. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

While Stanton accepted her husband’s right to his own opinion, his lack of support felt like a personal rejection. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

In late summer, I decided to finish my dissertation and to accept a one-year teaching assignment at Berkeley. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pythagoras, the Greek scholar—half scientist, half mystic—who lived in Croton around 530 BC, proposed one of the earliest and most widely accepted theories to explain the similarity between parents and their children. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

My grades had always been mediocre, and given that I had never finished eleventh grade, the private schools in San Juan wouldn't accept me as a senior. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

And I accepted this explanation for much of Bunny’s crabbiness at the end of the term, which subsequently I was to find was due to entirely different reasons. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I envision myself accepting the trophy. I will be...” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

It was not so much a matter of deciding as accepting the inevitability of it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He could accept many unreal things - hordes of ghosts, magical labyrinths, travel through shadows, chapels made of bones. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

If I accept her offer, I could never write the book. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m touched by the gesture and accept it gratefully. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I think she thinks I forgot our dad and accepted Ray or something. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He downed six hot dogs, then a can of baby carrots, and gratefully accepted a dozen or so Oreos, one after the other, and ate them with great savor and particularity. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Catt also issued a public statement to the president pledging NAWSA’s support of the war effort and accepting Wilson’s invitation to serve on the Woman’s Committee of the Council of National Defense. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The people either accepted his own evaluation of his life, or were indifferent to it. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“May the Lord open,” I answer, the accepted response. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

This induced the Lord Mayor and nearly the whole of Europe to accept him as overlord. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen, and accept. He lives, so far. I don’t know how your father will punish him for his crime.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

He knows and accepts the shameful probing curiosities of human beings. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

If necklaces of pork chops were accepted, it would be a sad child who could not wear pork chops. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Well, I had not broken the decision, but neither had I accepted it wholly. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike Latimer, he accepted the rules, focusing his efforts on a defense of the accused rather than an attack on the system. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

While the man accepts a few sheets of riel from the storefront owner, the boy shovels the garbage onto the cart. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frank accepted and sat on the porch steps while Zeitoun went inside. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The last theory accepts the evidence for immigration from Korea but denies that it was massive. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I remember what Modem Etiquette says about accepting a dance request. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I loved him for all sorts of reasons: He cooked without recipes; he wrote nonsense poems for his nieces; his large, warm family had accepted me as one of their own. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Barack and the girls and I were back in Chicago, at home on Greenwood Avenue, caught in the purgatory of waiting for an entire nation to accept or reject us. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Ever since that day I’ve tried not to accept society’s labels, but to fight against them. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The next morning he asked for a glass of milk, the first sustenance he had volunteered to accept in fourteen weeks. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our attitudes were made, defined, set, or corrected; our ideas were discovered, discarded, enlarged, torn apart, and accepted. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everywhere I went in Tanganyika my skin color was automatically accepted rather than instantly reviled. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brady had earned his PhD and already accepted a faculty post at Saint Louis University. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Never one to shun free publicity, Bloom accepted instantly and traveled to the club with a dozen of his dancers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

You’ll be people without a country, without a home, because the U.S. will never truly accept you. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I should perhaps have found gratifying a little more polite resistance to my observation, but he offered no feint; he denied not her favor and accepted his lot with alacrity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Welcome, everyone. I’m so glad you’re here. It gives me such great pleasure to accept your surrender in person.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I guess he knew they would be leaving again, and he couldn’t accept it. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

To what extent do the “less powerful members of organizations and institutions accept and expect that power is distributed unequally?” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The attendant was passing from table to table with his box of money, accepting payment for bills. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The secrecy of weapons development, carried to especially extravagant lengths in the Soviet Union, implies that individuals so employed need almost never accept responsibility for their actions. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It makes me consider accepting his offer, but I decide against. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

But to Nhamo’s horror, Grandmother accepted the dark bottle the assistant brought. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Once Resthaven has accepted you, you can never go home again.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I hover over the accept button, stifling my smile as I wait a few seconds to pick up, my fingers tapping away on the trackpad. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Then you should say, ‘Los Alamos cannot accept the responsibility for the safety of the Oak Ridge plant!’ Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because they had already been living a settled existence in villages for thousands of years, they may have been pre-adapted to accepting agriculture. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Was life really about what restrictions I could accept or avoid? Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The students nodded, emphatically agreeing with a statement which upwards of sixty-two thousand repetitions in the dark had made them accept, not merely as true, but as axiomatic, self-evident, utterly indisputable. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please accept it as payment for your work,” the mother said. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He accepted a hand up into the litter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Your apology is accepted. We will both change our clothes and begin our meal.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

In such cases, they do not simply produce copies in the accepted sense of the word, since they do not try to achieve the effect of a duplicate. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The slightly reeking fish that she accepted for her own family she would all but throw in the fish man’s face if he sent it to the Fisher house. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again Melquíades tried to dissuade him, but he finally accepted the two magnetized ingots and three colonial coins in exchange for the magnifying glass. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He felt glum; his offering, possessing the quality of an authentic old pre-war ritual, had not been accepted. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Also, Dad has accepted that I swear, and I think I’ve convinced him that it’s a fair trade-off. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was something Sapo had to tolerate, a clause he had to accept if he was going to work for Bodega. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Afterward, the thing that sticks in my mind are these two lines: Your hope lies in accepting your life as it now lies before you, forever changed. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Maddie was In the Know with them, and had been for some time—trusted, accepted, invited to supper that night, in fact. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The government finally agreed to accept a single, elected constitutional assembly, which would adopt a new constitution and serve as a transitional legislature for the new government. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She accepted a job at the Northrop Corporation, one of many aviation companies tucked into the suburban sprawl of Los Angeles. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Winston realized that he would have accepted three or even two. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She accepted on condition that the audience be completely unsegregated, and after some hesitation the DAR agreed. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

In fact, the desire to become a Runner was the only thing driving him on, helping him accept his predicament. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Early on, he seemed to accept Lyme’s assertion that the entrances couldn’t be taken, and dropped out of the conversation entirely. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Madam, he had decided he would say, please accept my heartfelt and most humble apologies. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Years later, when Laura offered me one of her winter jackets, I refused to accept it because it was a woman’s jacket. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The Physical Review soon acceded to a system by which it would accept articles on nuclear reactions but keep them in a vault, to be published after the conclusion of the war. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The permeability of North Korea’s border tends to improve when border guards and local officials can accept bribes without draconian punishment from higher-ups. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

On accepting a job in the Rad Lab in 1941, however, he promised Lawrence not to embarrass the lab with labor activism or other causes. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I felt no sympathy, no desire to accept hers. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was like old Mission Impossible reruns on TV: Your mission, if you decide to accept it, is to get inside this computerized robot, discover how it operates, and neutralize its effectiveness. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I was often asked how could I accept the award jointly with Mr. de Klerk after I had criticized him so severely. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The team has not accepted the “educational message” he was trying to promote, the coach says. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Finally he was forced to accept that his father had never set foot in Hogwarts. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Courts accept explanations that jurors are too young, too old, too conservative, too liberal, too comfortable, or too uncomfortable. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

This fact is now generally accepted; and we do not have to try to find in every mythological heroine the moon or the dawn and in every hero’s life a sun myth. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s embarrassing that we all just walk through life blindly accepting that scrambled eggs are fundamentally associated with mornings.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

At first she refused the food when Uma offered it, but seeing how disappointed she was she accepted the bacon and sucked on it quietly, remembering with pain the tastes of Barrow. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even after seeing and hearing Elijah Muhammad in person, only a few of the interested visitors would apply by formal letter to Mr. Muhammad to be accepted for Nation of Islam membership. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And I accept it. Now,” I said gently, “you must accept it, too.” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But as I came out from my holding pen it was possible that no generation other than my brother’s was as well disposed to accept me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Elodin was simply making sure that I was genuinely interested before he accepted me as a student. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I would reclaim his disordered days and cast them into a form that people could grasp, see, understand, and accept. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been a full three weeks after he’d submitted the application before Garvey had casually said, “Well, Champ, you’ve been accepted for Circle Justice. Now what are you going to do with this chance?” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

At one and the same time he seemed to accept every word and yet to be stricken with fear. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His elder half-brother, Lawrence, who had been a British officer, saw to it that George was accepted as a midshipman in the Royal Navy. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, in Vilnius. Next year, when you’re sixteen, you’d be allowed to enter. If accepted, you’d study with some of the most talented artists in northern Europe. Would that interest you?” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Nobody could accept that she did not want to hear about gaseous balls and layers of atmosphere and refracted light and tiny building blocks of life. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

We accepted this, I believe, because it was steadying, and steady was how we liked to be. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

What was the point of applying if, once I got accepted, Mom wouldn’t be able to afford for me to go? Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“My gampapa warned me, never accept no invitation to get into the hold of a white man’s ship. Said he had a devilish irksome experience once. Visit lasted some few months.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I remember how sick I was the day Peeta and I accepted congratulations there for winning the Games. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I had known that Raji would make a fine husband for some lucky girl, but I could hardly believe that he had chosen me or that his family would accept me. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I like to think that my father’s love for me was strong enough that he could have accepted me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But as they turned into their neighborhood, Candice accepted that her father had no intention of discussing her. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

A few weeks later, he accepted a job at Stanford, where he served until the end of his life in 2007. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

They knew Mavriva, and accepted my story after a glance at my trapper’s license. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, I had to see to be able to accept what I knew was so. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Tally accepted a saucer and felt the scalding heat through the thin, white material of the cup. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I didn't want to accept that maybe they might get a divorce. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

If God could be put back into the equation, then many people would have no trouble reading Charles’s book and accepting the scientific argument. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He all but said he would accept me. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

She accepted the last of the orange slices from Pima and ate them, taking her time and seeming to savor them. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

People, except Momma and Uncle Willie, accepted my unwillingness to talk as a natural outgrowth of a reluctant return to the South. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Greyhound Bus Line is sufficiently menacing to make me accept my status quo. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dex and Faris are there, along with the other twenty-seven men in my battle platoon, including Cyril, a barrel-shaped boy who hates taking orders but accepts mine readily, and Darien, who has fists like hammers. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“You sweet, stubborn satyrs refused to accept my passing. And I love you for that, but you only delayed the inevitable. You only prolonged my long, painful passing, my dark twilight sleep. It must end.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Calculus makes this relatively straightforward, but Newton deliberately avoided using calculus in his published proofs, realizing that his peers would not accept the calculations unless they were couched in familiar language. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Stung by the criticism from her father and husband, Elizabeth Cady Stanton stopped accepting invitations to public events and once again focused her attention on her family. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Emma, who finally agreed that Charles would have graciously accepted the offer, only wished he could be closer to his friend Charles Lyell, who was buried in the nave of the abbey, too. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at the table and forced my mind to accept the words “This is my dead sister.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quincey Morris was phlegmatic in the way of a man who accepts all things, and accepts them in the spirit of cool bravery, with hazard of all he has to stake. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Students James Hood and Vivian Malone eventually were admitted into the University of Alabama,’ but George Wallace refused to accept defeat. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Rutherford cheerily tendered an invitation for Lawrence to visit the Cavendish, which Ernest accepted eagerly. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Few researchers today accept Dobyns’s estimates—they seem extreme—but most believe that native numbers were far higher than estimated by previous generations. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Liddy and Hunt soon learned that Daniel Ellsberg was scheduled to come to Washington in September to accept an award from a peace organization. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They were all very kind and generous and accepted us as part of the family right away. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

As new revelers joined the celebration I was introduced as la nina de Baylee, and as quickly accepted. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because Bliss and the others didn't accept Lister's principles of infection, they provided flawed care. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I hoped my prayer would be accepted in silence. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

And I just didn’t feel so accepting anymore. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately I have accepted the cigar, so I have to remain. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The judge said that before he accepted the plea, he needed to ask a question: Had federal agents forced Burkhart to sign a confession at gunpoint or under threat of electrocution? Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The silence accepted the gift and awed them. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

But he took a deep breath and forced himself to try to accept the situation. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It was more natural to exist from moment to moment, accepting another ten minutes’ life even with the certainty that there was torture at the end of it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The infantry, for their part, accepted the mercy only too thankfully. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet he could not have been so humbled unless he had shared and accepted the vision that had crushed him, the common vision that bound us all together. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of the nineteenth century, the American medical community finally accepted the principles of germ theory. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He accepted my apology with a bemused kiss on the nose. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since my father wasn’t making me feel wanted at home, I really needed to feel accepted by my peers at school. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

To top it off, I was still having trouble accepting that Thomas no longer lived there. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He called his servants and sent them running, then gratefully accepted Ned's offer of a chair and a cup of sweet beer. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In the book, the rabbits had come across this warren—this community—that accepted food handouts from humans in exchange for accepting that some of them would be killed by the same humans in return. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

My new friend stepped forward to accept her bowl of rice. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was wounded in the shoulder, faced by an enemy who seemed to accept the death of gentlemen as a part of warfare, and now he was in an ambush. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laila dropped the spoke because she could not accept what the Mujahideen readily had: that sometimes in war innocent life had to be taken. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

But eventually I accept that the poison must have finally worked its way out of my system, leaving my body wracked and feeble. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I lied about being accepted to some school, at other times I said I hadn’t quite decided, and most of the time I avoided the question altogether by not going to school. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Charles was scared that Emma wouldn’t accept him—not just because of the religion question, but also because of his ugly nose. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was convinced that people might be more accepting of us if we made an effort to improve the way 93 Little Hobart Street looked. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We had better just accept the new unit as a fact of life,” he said. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I was more upset about accepting everyone’s money and not having anything to show for it than not winning the prize. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Mandela was accepted, and soon shipped out to Kentucky. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

A study he’d been working on for four years could any day be accepted into Nature, perhaps the most prestigious journal in his field. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“All right, Rufe. I wanted you to know the truth, but I can’t blame you for not being able to accept it either.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“It takes a long time to accept yourself for who you are. To see the poetry in your walk,” she says, shaking her hips like she’s doing some African dance. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“We accept Frank Zhang, Son of Mars, to the Twelfth Legion Fulminata for his first year of service. Do you pledge your life to the senate and people of Rome?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But I don’t accept that he was a bad person because he was surrounded by genetically damaged people. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Although there is no one universally accepted definition of resilience, it is generally understood as the ability to bounce back from hardship and trauma. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Swieteck,” said Mr. Powell, “I think I can accept having the petrels smile a little bit. But that is an out-and-out grin.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh, that is too kind for me to accept.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m going to have to be real careful not to accept any gifts from them in the future because they will think they have bought my respect. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got quotes on airline tickets, solicited local restaurants to donate gift certificates, and my hotel even offered two rooms if she accepted our invitation. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Just accept it will be a bad night, I tell myself. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I press accept and Poe’s face slowly comes into view, his thick black eyebrows hanging over familiar warm brown eyes. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I tell Marv I wouldn’t have slept anyway, and he’s quite gracious in accepting the bed. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Now I began to experience a tendency in the West that perhaps I am too old to accept. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He accepted gratefully, and so it was that they came to the gathering ground, where Will and Lyra came to meet them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

After a year of arguments, Mom and Dad have finally accepted this. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I have to accept that these people are mine, and I am theirs. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It is generally accepted that the biologic sciences are absolutely splendid. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The confidence he had thought fit to repose in me seemed a tribute to my discretion: I regarded and accepted it as such. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

That settled it, and telling him of Meg’s mishap, Jo gratefully accepted and rushed up to bring down the rest of the party. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mostly accepted the world as I found it. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“I wish I knew. As I explained to your mother last night, I expected her to be accepted.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Note: I mailed this singular monograph to the library as a gift; however, I am not really certain that it was ever accepted. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, those notions of good fortune and chance have blended so much that dictionaries now accept a hybrid definition—something fortuitous is a happy accident. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I accepted the invisible rein she was holding out, and then we were off, riding up and down the fence, sometimes cantering, sometimes at a gallop. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He argued that the American public, particularly in the South, would not accept a white man as Anderson’s accompanist. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

After all, how accepting would I be if I met a man who claimed to be from eighteen nineteen—or two thousand nineteen, for that matter. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger had been on the verge of accepting the friendship of Jan and Max, and now this man stood before him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t accept that such a malevolent crime might go unpunished. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure I wanted to accept that wager. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was as though some mysterious allknowing master had given each one a cloak of ugliness to wear, and they had each accepted it without question. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, right. You wish I were more like Seema didi. Quietly get married to someone you choose, quietly have a baby, accept my path without a fight. Right? You’d love that.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

In the men’s bathroom, inmates smoked—also against the rules but, from what I could tell, tacitly accepted. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their faces looked as if they wanted to hear something else, something that we knew could be possible but were afraid to accept. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I suppose it depends on the buyer. I accept payments in coin, of course, but sometimes I get offers for a barter.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The parents were too American, too aware of the rights granted them by their Constitution to accept injustices meekly. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mai gives the waitress a sweet smile and accepts the greasy bag. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I hope you do accept our offer to pay Julian's dental bills. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

But she could see that you just accepted such things had happened, then got on with your life. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The officers silently accepted the assistance of the inmates, but none of them could come up with a solution. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

We opted to bag the idea of driving all night and to accept their invitation. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pushed on to be a test pilot and was finally accepted for training. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Please accept my apology for my spoiled daughter. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

He accepted all that people brought to him. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apart from their fatigue and malnourishment, it was evident they had seen something that plagued their minds, something that we would refuse to accept if they told us all of it. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It’s when somebody who has no place to go or has big troubles asks a new country to accept them. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“Sir, I accept your terms. Here,” he said, reaching into his pocket, “let me pay you now.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

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

“He took Raventree and accepted Lord Blackwood’s surrender,” said her uncle, “but on his way back to Riverrun he left his tail and went off with a woman.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“It takes time to accept the limitations of a beloved child. She has cerebral palsy, Mrs. Brooks.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I gave my mother a matching set for Christmas, and she accepted them as graciously as possible, announcing that they would make the perfect pet bowls. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

How can you celebrate your birthday when you’ve got the sulks, how can you accept gifts from people you won’t even talk to? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

To satisfy them, Archimedes also included a proof, based upon the accepted mathematics of the time, that relied upon the so-called axiom of Archimedes, although Archimedes himself mentioned that earlier mathematicians deserved the credit. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

It’s time, he realizes, to start accepting only what Henry can give him. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I knew something was going to happen, because my father just expected my sisters and me to accept her as our mother. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

There is talk of an honor ceremony but I’m too busy fighting for the Führer to accept honors. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I accepted that danger was an essential component of the game—without it, climbing would be little different from a hundred other trifling diversions. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe if I finally accepted the fact that it was my fault for going along with Trotter, I could move on. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Galileo demonstrated that the earth went round the sun, but the authority of the accepted wisdom was too great to dislodge. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

The bad news, Josh, is that neither Duke nor any other college accepts cheaters. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

If the baby lived, they would probably be accepted as members of the tribe. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

What if people found out about us, would they still accept us or would they turn their backs on us? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The group, which was headed by Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe, traveled on the only airline that would accept such an affidavit: the Israeli airline, El Al. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I applied and was accepted to Mercy College in New York City for the fall. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I answered: “Do not press me too hard all at once. I am willing to accept. How will you do this bloody work?” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

And as of this morning, I accept that will not be until I am. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

At some point I had come to understand that Linda was sick, maybe even dying, but I loved her and just couldn’t accept it. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pity because, as beautiful as they were, they were outsiders, clearly not accepted. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

And I used my mom as an excuse, accusing her of not appreciating or accepting me, when I should have been saying those words into a mirror. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Four of the five put aside their hurt feelings and accepted immediately. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He was on the verge of accepting me as a student. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Either he has accepted that I am an adult now, or he has accepted that I am no longer his daughter. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But the hardest part was going to be waiting to see if they’d be accepted. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took them a long time to accept there what everyone could see by their TV’s was OK anywhere else. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“And to accept the Elf King as your ruler and master?” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Frustrated and suffocated by the confines of the domestic sphere, Stanton joyfully accepted an invitation to tea with friends in a nearby town. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

They did not look at them at all, but accepted them as Done. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have accepted it? You have made no protest?” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

That seemed obvious and I accepted his logic. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was accepted that James was of a different orientation. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He would know, but would his opinion be accepted by the experts? From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I told you before, Hiram, no one in the Delta is going to bother with that case again. The jury gave a decision, and the judge accepted it.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

But the only one who accepted his answer was Little Lou, who was like that, an absorber. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He does not say thank you but I decide I’ll accept his thank you from earlier. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He accepted the ironic smiles of the owner of the house, Blanca’s grimaces, and the perennial distraction of Clara, who, even after a year, was still asking him his name. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, a thoroughly despicable deal, make no mistake about that. It’s absolutely revolting. But you’ll accept it quickly enough.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He noted that instead of accepting Aristotle’s proof of God, the Muslim scholars turned to the atomists, Aristotle’s old rivals, whose doctrine, though out of favor, managed to survive the ravages of time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He tried English classes once, but could not get his mind to accept the new sounds. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

She would have just accepted that people never listened to someone like her and thought she was useless, because she knew that making waves might cause things to get worse. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

As hard as he had tried to adjust, he couldn't accept the nightmare his life had become. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

During these early months of her Moscow assignment, Marti knew that her fellow CIA agents could not truly accept that the KGB hadn't noticed her. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought you might be thirsty,” she said, and Lexie accepted the cup and took a grateful sip. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She could wear plaid with plaid or tell him the truth or have bad breath, and he would still be just present with his accepting swiveling backside. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I had already accepted the fact that I had moved through time. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. King accepted Shuttlesworth’s invitation to come to Birmingham, a hotbed of racial violence—the city Dr. King called “the most segregated city in America.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I guess I realized that the state of New York wasn’t going to look down on me if I accepted the offer of a meal. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He quits, but they won't accept his resignation because they can see how sick he is. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I knew at once whom he meant, and I accepted the letter on Mother’s behalf. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

But she finally accepted it as an unqualified fact because no one shared her doubts. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Such sweeping generalizations were routinely accepted, mainly because those attacked were not unified enough politically to counter the charges. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

This was another reason why I amended my view of Communists and accepted the ANC position of welcoming Marxists into its ranks. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was frightening to enter that place without my father at my side, but people had respected him, and they accepted me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It’s the kind of gift you have to accept. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

This was the kind of garden-variety segregation that over the years blacks had learned to tolerate, if not to accept, in order to function in their daily lives. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

"Yes, I can see that you're beginning to learn. That's good. Two things our people must do is accept responsibility for their acts and avoid becoming bitter." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The impetus was the publication of a highly sensationalized book, The Hydrogen Bomb: The Men, The Menace, The Mechanism, by journalists James Shepley and Clay Blair Jr., which accepted Teller’s version of events as gospel. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Those strict parents of mine would never allow me to accept dinner invitations. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

She was, Mia realized, buying Mia the maternity clothes she would have bought herself, and she smiled and accepted them, and wore the dress on her next visit. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Of course, of course. Thank you for accepting our gifts. You’re most kind.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She gave me a face full of astonishment that my suspicious nature would not accept. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had learned to accept what clients tell me until the facts suggest something else. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were alight, like she rarely accepted a compliment, but would accept just this one time. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It hurt, but Nhamo accepted it as part of the strange rituals of the spirit world. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had accepted the accepted attitudes and it had made life seem simple . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three schools that are still accepting late applications. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He was reluctant to accept and did so only as though helpless to resist. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He asked to be taken into the community and was accepted. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is worth noting that the new geographical discoveries were swiftly accepted right across Europe—you did not need to be Spanish to believe that Columbus had discovered a new continent. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“So, she just refused to accept my apology. Which, okay, after I talked to Sahil, I kinda get why she was mad.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I bowed my head, trying to accept its message with grace and gratitude. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Then Gandhi invited each person in the theater to join him in an exceptional oath, a pledge not to register, not to accept the government’s rules, even if that resulted in severe punishment. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

The Pythagorean idea of a perfect and mystical world, unseen by the senses, was readily accepted by the early Christians and was an integral component of Kepler’s early training. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly all those brave thoughts about accepting his fate seemed far away. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And it is with a profound sense of humility that I accept the honor—the highest there is—that you have chosen to bestow upon me. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

If someone cares to make you gifts, accept them! The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew there was murder in him, and it was all right; she had accepted it, and she would not resist or even protest. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sting did not touch her, she accepted it as a pleasantry. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

In Darwin’s time, the most commonly accepted mechanism of heredity was a theory advanced by the eighteenth-century French biologist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I kept my eyes straight ahead, unwilling to look behind me at that gold shining dome that had accepted all our deepest wishes just a few hours back. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I painted that the night before I reported to juvie. The judge had accepted my plea agreement, and I was living with my uncle because I couldn’t go back to my parents’ house. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Will and George were doing well in business, and Joe was writing letters home in rhymed verse and making as smart an attack on all the accepted verities as was healthful. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

If they accept certain statements and then are shown that some other unpleasant statements follow from them, they associate the unpleasantness of the conclusions with the vehicle of their expression. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Silas, you deserve to be more than tolerated. You deserve to be accepted. You deserve to be loved for exactly who you are. Full stop.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

She accepts my sorry with a slight nod. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“As you say, mister,” she accepted, “just as long as I can see him.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think it was my job to accept what everyone said I was and who I should be. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

We’re telling blacks that we can fix some of our problems ourselves, that we don’t have to wait to be accepted into the white mainstream to have our day come.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Hilly accepts the notes from the lapdog and scans over them. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Abelman, unfortunately, was apparently a rather petty person, a man too small to accept a little criticism, a hypersensitive molecule of a human. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could only accept responsibility for the living, not for the dead. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could a school like that accept me? Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I have talked to the principal at our school and he has accepted me to learn for the first week of school only and then I can carry on when I have my fees paid. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

After I was accepted to the University of Florida in Gainesville, the only school I applied to, I was required to attend an interview with the admissions office. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

We expected nothing less than for them to be accepting and tolerant. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

But they accepted it because they had no choice, and it took its toll. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Wickham’s happiness and her own were perforce delayed a little longer, and Mr. Collins’s proposal accepted with as good a grace as she could. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

They must ask her, she told them, to show that she accepted the gift by wearing it at once. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there was one reason that even the most suspicious community center supporters accepted the idea of a refugee soccer program on the new field: it was great public relations. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The old king accepted the younger king’s gift, along with some other things—swords and cups, some girls and young men, her servants. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they walked into their workplaces, they accepted the handbills Parker held out to them, warning them not to join the “White Man’s Union.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And because the Texan aeronaut was one of the very few humans Iorek had ever esteemed, he accepted the man’s last gift to him. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They tell him he’s a grand man, even if he’s from the North, and ’twould be an honor to accept a pint from such a patriot. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The others accepted this because they already had too much else to worry about. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The gang did allow some rank-and-file members to sell heroin on its turf but accepted a fixed licensing fee in lieu of a share of profits. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

To understand Einstein’s universe, we have to accept the idea that time is the fourth dimension. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He had accepted the world as it was, in which he was an owned thing. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

That was how he knew she had accepted him, even though she wasn’t his mother. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The Chumsky parents say, “Well, at least accept the groceries. It’s just a few snacks. Please.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

But he accepts the papers and pulls out his glasses. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

April was in full bloom, and they were young enough to accept the sunlight and color of a new spring as omens of good fortune. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I will accept only the best from you, Percy Jackson. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe together we can convince Mom and Dad to accept the Morgan girls the way we are. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

That—as strange as it may sound—Branwell was less accepting of it. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And this is how the people came to accept me when they needed relief from their troubles. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Very well, if you must be rushing off, I shall just tell you that I accepted my acquaintance's proposal.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Only at brief moments had Bull given his sons glimpses of what it would be like to be accepted in that fraternity of men that Bull felt comfortable around. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1942, a few months after my mother died, I told Dennis, “I want to accept Jesus Christ into my life and join the church.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I would see him, his new status was just assumed and accepted. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

They might not have wanted me around, but at church I always felt accepted and loved. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The Greeks must find a secret way of entering the city, or accept defeat. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Catholic children were willing to accept that but the next question was a sticker. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

You just accept the premise that yo’ mama is dumb and we move on from there. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

On his end, my father, Andrew McBride, a Baptist minister, had his doubts about the world accepting his mixed family. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As unappealing as the idea of a finite universe was, physicists gradually accepted the big bang and agreed that the universe had a beginning. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He refused to accept that Ernest might have participated in Strauss’s campaign against him or engaged in any of the rumormongering about his Communist tendencies that periodically swept the Berkeley campus. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Thor was pleased that she seemed to have accepted the idea so easily. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The second indignity was hearing Marcus ask who it was three times and then pause, as if he were actually considering whether to accept the charges, before muttering a weary yes. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Alex can see on his face an expression he recognizes: Henry wondering if it’s safe to accept the love offered to him, and wanting desperately to take it regardless. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

This was the moment: if I accepted the blessing, he would cleanse me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

People accepted life as it was and did not dream of changing it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow this idea caught on and soon had become accepted fact virtually throughout our entire year. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Captain Smith seems determined to stay out of trouble, just as I am, and he accepts the council’s decision without a fight. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Harry awaited an invitation to one of his little evening parties, determined to accept this time, even if he had to reschedule Quidditch practice. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

When I presented myself to the Jewish proprietor of the movie house I was immediately accepted. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It probably wouldn’t help my case to tell her Tucker had applied to half a dozen Ivy League schools, and had already been accepted at twice as many less prestigious institutions. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Finally, he seemed to accept that he wouldn't remember the line. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Though I must admit, Mr. Barris, I am surprised at how accepting you are of all this.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Stanton invited Anthony to her home, and together they wrote a speech that scolded female teachers for accepting lower pay than their male colleagues received. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

A true convert to the communist cause, Blake insisted that he would not accept money from the Russians. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Would he be the type of scythe Faraday was, or would he accept the teachings of Goddard? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

My heart swells with pride as I watch Mustafa shake Imam Malik’s hand and accept a big gold trophy with an open book on top. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Private enterprise was supposed to build an industrial duty-free port in Bolivia Mar. Thus far the free market has not accepted the challenge. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

In the late 1980s, another group of outsiders took note of Clarkston: the nonprofit agencies that resettle the tens of thousands of refugees accepted into the United States each year. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The following day I showed up at school and my advisor didn’t accept my yearbook page. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It turns down much more business than it accepts. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she just decided, on her own, and he accepted her decision. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“And I accept your help on behalf of my family,” my mother added. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Washkar, in Qosqo, had the machinery of the state at his disposal; in addition, his claim to the fringe was generally accepted. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Woodhull accepted and made an impassioned speech intended to stir up the suffragists. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since Boots had already munched halfway through Temp’s sandwich, Gregor accepted. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Surprisingly, Baby Kochamma accepted this explanation, and the enigmatic, secretly thrilling notion of Men’s Needs gained implicit sanction in the Ayemenem House. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two weeks after the market, Tommy Forester proposed marriage to Bridget Comfrey, and she accepted. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He had stayed frozen in the stands, not wanting to accept it or confront it, hoping that it would go away after a few nervous moments. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Do I really want to accept mob money, even if it’s only a little to help me relocate? Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The grandfather did not look like he believed her, but his son urged him to come inside and prepare, and he guiltily accepted their words. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I have no idea, but I do know one thing: I can’t accept her help. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t accept our invitation to stay awhile, she said, because she had to get back for a board meeting of the squatters. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was the one prayer he could think of that God might accept from him. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The morning ritual went on, each worker accepting his portion from Ranofer and carrying it to the courtyard to begin his task, while the scribe kept strict account of every grain. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

None of this persuaded the most die-hard Aristotelians, who simply refused to accept that what was seen through the telescope was real, imagining it to be some artefact produced by the lenses themselves. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The question Myrtle poses to herself is: When should I accept Mr. X and forgo the suitors who would come after him, some of whom may possibly be “better” than he? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time he would have accepted a ride on the truck if it was offered. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Lauren, a cheerleader, accepted her prize, beaming, to riotous applause and whistling. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

They all accepted my apologies with gracious disapproval. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, but I can’t accept your money,” I said firmly, despising myself for my pride. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The man nodded, only to accept Luke’s answer. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, a letter arrived saying that I had been accepted to a magnet school for gifted children. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It was too strange; he couldn’t bring his rational mind to accept what was happening. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

To us today, it is tempting to ask why societies with early writing systems accepted the ambiguities that restricted writing to a few functions and a few scribes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I am afraid of her, afraid of what she says—and thrilled by it too, because it means I don’t have to accept that I am smaller than I once believed. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

As she ascends the stage to accept her award, she feels “like a movie star getting her Academy Award.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Sir Gary? I accept my knighthood, Mister Travis. Pleasure to meet you.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Upon my return to U.S. soil, I was accepted in the White House Fellow program. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

On the contrary, Schaffer’s claims were accepted as confirming a by-then-well-established theory of how science works—that it works not through evidence, but through power and persuasion. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Lori, because of her good grades and art portfolio, had been accepted into a government-sponsored summer camp for students with special aptitudes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I accepted the water because it would have been rude to say no. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

By this point I’m accepting the fact that maybe I lost the pageant. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

There is no reason for you to try to become like white people and there is no basis whatever for their impertinent assumption that they must accept you. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

When you love someone enough, you accept their flaws. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

When they’d asked him about how people treated him back home and whether he felt his friends really accepted him, he’d automatically said yes. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She knows the relationship is something she must be willing to accept. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere there is a girl who tries to understand what people are going through, who accepts that people do evil things and that desperation leads them to darker places than they ever imagined. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Most of the country’s top engineering schools didn’t accept women. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Dived is the traditional past tense for what Esther Williams did off a diving board, though authorities now accept dove in all but formal writing. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is difficult because there exists, all around us, an apparatus urging us to accept American innocence at face value and not to inquire too much. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Alchemy was never a science, and there was no room for it to survive among those who had fully accepted the mentality of the new sciences. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

In the final glance they exchanged, Esteban understood that she had accepted him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Confronted with our stupidities, Charley accepts them for what they are—stupidities. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once those words would have pained him, but he accepted his status now. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There exist many actual cases of hunter-gatherers who did see food production practiced by their neighbors, and who nevertheless refused to accept its supposed blessings and instead remained hunter-gatherers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

They all liked my attitude, and it was out of their liking for ne that I soon became accepted by them—as a mascot, I know low. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Nick also wanted to give some money to his big brother, James—who said he did not need it and would not accept it. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a while his mind would not accept it. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The following morning, before he left for school, he told his mother that a scythe had invited him to become his apprentice and that he’d be dropping out of school to accept the position. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

"You are too gracious, Your Highness. I couldn't accept," I say. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Tribesmen are protected under a treaty; during the invasion, they accepted Martial rule in exchange for free movement for their people. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He was also a devout member of the Moravian congregation, a Christian denomination that accepted the Bible as the sole source of faith and practice. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

If Mann and Fields are correct, this was the date on which Tododaho accepted the alliance. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He accepted affection as easily as a kitten accepts its mother’s licks—and forgot it as quickly. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother asked breezy questions and accepted breezy replies. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

One day, after accepting another of Mwase’s handouts, the Ngoni chiefs sat down and said, “How can we always have this kind of food?” The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

I’m drinking my chocolate milk when Polly asks, “Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior?” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I placed some change in their cup and accepted a tract explaining the missionary program. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am your boss and that is a direct order. Anyway, why shouldn’t you accept that from me? I seem to remember you gave one up for a friend not too long ago.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“The Weaver is still in Alke. That I can assure you. Where he is, I don’t know, and whether he will accept your bribe is another question. But go ahead, Anansesem....Fulfill your mission.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It hurt us all because Kevin could accept anyone and anything, which is why, we all knew, he didn’t mind rooming with Joey—something that would be social death to most guys. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Both of these are accepted: Respectability is different from what it was fifty years ago. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His father certainly hadn’t invited him home—not that he would have accepted such an invitation. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“Hey, Penelope,” I said, hoping that she knew I was now accepted by the dog pack. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Do not accept an evil you can change.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Marigold stood to accept the small bundle of letters that Gloria handed over. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I’m as proud as Lucifer, but such favors from such people don’t burden me, and I accepted gratefully. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

But once again I had to accept the fact that I shouldn’t be wasting my time or energy hoping anyone would listen to my reports. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dictionaries now accept both dove and snuck, but I wouldn't recommend snuck in formal writing. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wiped his brow and accepted a canteen of cool water Shady offered when Lester Burton emerged from the trees. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I could stop trying to be what everyone else is and accept being a freak. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look on it as an act of charity to accept our money,” White Deer said. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

This, at least, is the accepted explanation, though like most economic explanations it seems, under certain lights, to omit the main point. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jon heard their cries overhead as he accepted a bowl of stew and a heel of black bread from the day's cooks. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

That month, I had another homecoming: I returned to Robben Island in order to persuade twenty-five MK political prisoners to accept the government’s offer of amnesty and leave the island. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day he told me he would take me to lunch and I accepted. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was accepted into a prestigious technical school. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Just as he analyzed the value—or expectation—of a gamble, Pascal analyzed the value of accepting Christ as savior. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

But she accepted the battered metal cup with as much dignity as she could. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

By accepting those values, I imagined, I would move into a society that would find me as wonderful as I found it, and together we would have achieved the state of being good. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“The ease. Us, the children...I never realized how easily people could be trained to accept slavery.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

As it was, he stared at Dudley for several seconds before accepting that it must have been his cousin who had spoken; for one thing, Dudley had turned red. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We were silent, and I knew she was trying to accept it. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But like Emma, Newman believed that you could get to heaven only through accepting Jesus’s teachings, by achieving a full sympathy of spirit with God’s spirit. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bullock cringed, but accepted the torment and as soon as the whip fell it began to pull again. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He's going to help. . . She nodded deliberately at the floor. "And he's going to let you accept frequent, private, long-distance phone calls. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I would sit, galvanized, hearing what I then accepted from Mr. Muhammad’s own mouth as being the true history of our religion, the true religion for the black man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had never told Bri otherwise because he had never been able to accept that their parents really were both dead. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The proponents of hunger strikes argued that it was a traditionally accepted form of protest that had been waged all over the world by such prominent leaders as Mahatma Gandhi. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marcos accepted their bouquets and joked that they might as well hold on to them and wait for him to crash, so they could take them directly to his funeral. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

As one judge said after conducting a review of drug-courier profile decisions: “Many courts have accepted the profile, as well as the Drug Enforcement Agency’s scattershot enforcement efforts, unquestioningly, mechanistically, and dispositively.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Without even perfunctory regrets at the man’s passing, he accused Luthuli of being a patsy of the white man, mainly on the grounds that the chief had accepted the Nobel Peace Prize. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was willing to accept the consequences of his illegal action. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

When the state offered a settlement in the Moss case, Karen Gievers suggested to the Courters that they accept it on my behalf and continue mediations in the other two actions, which they did. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Neither spoke of Nuthanger Farm, but Hazel showed plainly enough that for the future Fiver, when he gave advice, would have no hard task to get him to accept it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the truth, he might as well accept it. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

That was the same summer that the killer of Trayvon Martin was acquitted, the summer I realized that I accepted that there is no velocity of escape. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Ruby, Ruby, Ruby,” he said, “this isn’t an equation. You can’t solve it in three easy steps, otherwise you wouldn’t have accepted my help, right?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I knew that part of friendship consisted in accepting a friend’s shortcomings, which sometimes included his parents. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anthony begrudgingly accepted that the work of the suffrage movement was suspended, at least for the duration of the Civil War. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

At first, Rat said, Mary Anne seemed to accept it, but then after a day or two she fell into a restless gloom, sitting off by herself at the compound’s perimeter. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think that approach is a mistake, and if we are to learn to improve the quality of the decisions we make, we need to accept the mysterious nature of our snap judgments. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Now, somehow, Alice would have to accept not only the loss of her husband, but her own enslavement. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Nevertheless,” said Nathan, “they will be back; for you may be sure they did not take so much trouble only to leave a shell in our midst. Therefore it is well to accept these things.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He accepted the sheets held out to him and gazed at them unseeingly. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Jennings was rarely disagreeable or argumentative, but I had learned that she would grunt when someone said something she didn't completely accept. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Not one of them dared to accept the challenge in the gaze of the Chief of State. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

As usual, Rufus put his head on her lap and accepted her caresses silently. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Have no fear on that account. I accept.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

There is no reason for you to try to become like white people and there is no basis whatever for their impertinent assumption that they must accept you. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Once quantum mechanics was accepted, so, too, would the mysterious powers of zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He nodded, accepted, started off to his tree stump to eat. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

As a necessary sequence, I asked him if he would favour us with his company, and he promptly accepted the invitation. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps if she was not nearly drowning from the rain, she would accept it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

As the year progressed, I have figured out that the others accepted me as one of their own. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“But, my dear sister, can I be happy, even supposing the best, in accepting a man whose sisters and friends are all wishing him to marry elsewhere?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Telemachus accepted gratefully and leaving Mentor in charge of the ship he started the next day for Menelaus’ palace with Nestor’s son. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

To Cartesians, Newton’s theory of gravity made no sense; but in England, where Cartesianism had never been adopted without reservations, and where arguments from design were widely accepted, resistance to the theory was much weaker. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

"What are your ideas on the subject of that woman? Do you accept Blore's theory?" And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

“I put a very high price on the house. I was going to come down during negotiations. Mr. Trask accepted the first price. It put me in a fix.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They accept suffering of any kind as something through which they can show their devotion to this leader. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will grumblingly accepted the southern half of the valley as his exclusive area, and within fifteen years the valley was two-deep in Fords and Will was a rich man driving a Marmon. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He bowed his head and held out his hands, palms up and together, as was proper when accepting something. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“You be our judge. This fellow here has more pride than Pharaoh. He considers himself too fine to accept a gift of something we both know he needs and wants.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Could the people of Weep ever accept the survivors in the citadel—or, like the threave in the desert, at least suffer them to live? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

In this case Kathy was humming a tune she couldn’t even remember the name of, and Aisha was sitting, tense but accepting. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly accepting a cocktail invitation, I usually arrive before my hostess is out of the tub. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were long past worrying about him—we had too much confidence in him for that—but we were never past accepting his most perilous moments quietly. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

She wishes Ashoke had accepted the position at Northeastern so that they could have stayed in the city. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t, and I accepted his understanding. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But, like I said before, Muhammad is not too intuitive, so he accepts my excuse that I’m practicing for some school play and not experiencing serious pangs of love. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

To my utter amazement, the school accepted me. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is almost impossible for our imagination to accept. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I accepted and she showed me my room. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could just accept the life that was on offer right now and be grateful for it. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I was pleased that Perilee had accepted my gift of that chair, paid for with my newspaper story money. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Despite my willingness to understand, I just couldn’t accept such arrogant certainty. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Bobby did accept one offer, but not for millions—rather, for $20,000. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I apologize for not being one, and she rushes into the kitchen, coming back with a family-sized container of her homemade chicken stew, which I accept with heartfelt gratitude: dinner. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did accept an orange soda, though, and then a little kid, whose sneaker laces Maniac had untied many a time, handed up to him a three-pack of Tastykake butterscotch Krimpets. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he does not accept, the flames lisped back. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had tried charm, speaking to them gently, accepting each new outrage meekly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Having finally proposed and been accepted was a huge relief to Charles. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not look at Dr. Bledsoe now, because old Barbee had made me both feel my guilt and accept it. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He accepted the challenge, poked around in the cars, and figured out how to fix them. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

How startling then to hear the simple stark oath of office offered and accepted. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was unprepared to accept that my whole sense of Adah was founded on a misunderstanding between my body and my brain. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I click accept and fake a big yawn when her face appears on my screen, casually glancing at my phone. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Five thousand mayors and city councilmen had accepted Harrison’s invitation to the fair, among them the mayors of San Francisco, New Orleans and Philadelphia. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I believe there are techniques of the human mind whereby, in its dark deep, problems are examined, rejected or accepted. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I accepted our coach’s decision and focused on the win for our team. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He had always known so many things, and she had accepted that as a matter of course. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the time I used my own judgment, and he accepted what I brought. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

At my next supervision, Professor Steinberg said that when I applied for graduate school, he would make sure I was accepted to whatever institution I chose. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

However, it all depended upon accepting a point at infinity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

"I trust, Madam Hwin, you will accept such assistance and protection as I may be able to give you on the journey?" The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Our illustrious Elector Primo had just accepted another four-year presidential term. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

"I regret my little ruse, Lord Petyr, but when we spoke, I could not know the Domishmen would accept my offer." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Lil’ Dub had even stopped accepting the crossword puzzles he used to buy for her. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Very well, I accept. But if I do not approve of the entire massage, the deal is off.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Her mom was cranky at breakfast and gave Hazel a talking-to about snow shoveling and maturity and accepting responsibility. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Even if you’re accepted, you don’t have to go. You can stay at your middle school.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I accepted it gratefully, and the boys and I dragged out the hot plate and filled it up. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted me to tell them to restrain themselves, to recognize the fact that they were in prison and to accept the discipline of prison life. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a violent debate, my proposal was accepted. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I’d feel embarrassed that I couldn’t give to a friend at my house what I freely accepted at his. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you want to accept his sorry, then go ahead, you sorry, sorry sisters.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The tall man accepted the book, holding it at arm’s length to study the cover before Clyde grabbed it and flipped it open. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Her face goes a little red as she accepts it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I accepted the Lord as my personal Saviour, for He finally brought me a Maytag washer. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They accepted it as a permanent way of life, had never known it otherwise nor expected it to stop. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was an outcast from the black tennis world, and the white tennis world wasn’t ready to accept me, so where did I belong, what should I do? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Holy Father bids us to accept your proffer, Lancelot” The pathos which was growing in the room was broken by the Orkney faction for the second time. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dill wiped his eyes with his palms and accepted a tissue. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

It was all still swimming in my head faster than I could really grab hold of it, let alone accept it. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Often she was ready to accept the official mythology, simply because the difference between truth and falsehood did not seem important to her. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Teacher acted as though they had no right to be in the school but that she was forced to accept them and was doing so with as little grace as possible. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was universally accepted that dry land was confined to one hemisphere, the rest being covered by ocean. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She nodded very slightly, accepting my explanation, the blaze dying out behind her face. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

That scenario requires that mistakes be accepted as unavoidable. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He understood that his thoughts contradicted his actions; he had long since accepted that. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I accept it the way I accept my husband and my daughters and my life on the wicker swing, my life of ordinary seductions. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a picture of Vanessa accepting the outstanding community citizen award—the youngest person to ever win it. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I figured it was easier to just accept than risk another mini disaster. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I had returned to Baltimore two years earlier, after I’d been accepted at Johns Hopkins University to complete my undergraduate degree, which I’d begun in junior college at Valley Forge. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Easy for you to say. You’re everybody’s golden boy, the son of Jupiter. The only person who ever accepted me was Bianca, and she died! I didn’t choose any of this. My father, my feelings...” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But in order for me to feel accepted by them I felt like I had to have the same things they did. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You have to show everyone here every day that they did the right thing accepting you. You have to act like a serious girl.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, she accepted Jason’s hand and climbed on. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She had expressed her feelings clearly to her daughter and asked her not to write to the boy or accept his letters in the future. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was best to accept old age, death, injustice, hardship—all of these were part of living. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

No, she thought, you are not going to catch me so cheaply; I do not understand words and will not accept them in trade for my feelings; this man is a parrot. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The woman didn’t seem to accept Mitt, she seemed to sour when she looked upon his round, only half-Korean eyes and the reddish highlights in his hair. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted her to accept his help, which he would give blindly. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He ridiculed them for accepting the wages they did, when their own government, the People’s Government, was in power. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His icy fingers touched inside of her and at once she spoke, not a word, but a sound that gave forth a meaning of horror accepted. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She just wanted to know if I would have accepted the same proposal from another woman, with whom I was involved in the same way. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

My mother was, above everything else, a proud woman, and it took its toll on her that she was accepting charity. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only a few Navajos had been accepted as U.S. soldiers, all of them men who had been to mission school. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would accept a cup of tea with a quiet nod of thanks, and maybe smile and maybe make a joke. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once this would have drawn blood, but he must have accepted his lot in life by now. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They are intensely irritating, but one learns to accept them. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He should never have accepted Scythe Faraday’s invitation to be a scythe’s apprentice. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“We accept your apology,” they all uttered together. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

This is only true if you accept imaginary numbers as well as real numbers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Once Torricelli’s experiment had been accepted as a basic model, it was possible to devise all sorts of variations. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

After tossing and turning for hours, I finally accept that it will be a wakeful night. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“You’re not weak. You just don’t use your head,” the gray-haired man said, accepting a freshly lighted cigarette from the girl. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Daliwonga was playing a leading part in persuading the Bunga to accept Bantu Authorities, for the new order would reinforce and even increase his power as the chief of Emigrant Thembuland. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They just accepted it and nodded, and suddenly Nailer felt as if he’d made the wrong decision. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I think about accepting the offer, but honestly, I’d rather be alone right now. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Guys in the weight room eventually accept me; eventually quit staring at my leg. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The invitation was accepted of course, and at a proper hour they joined the party in Lady Catherine’s drawing-room. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Shorty said, “It appears the natives are getting ever more restless. Cigar—?” “The natives been restless a long time,” the sheriff said, accepting the cigar. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once Samuel accepted, he could probably go farther than Liza, but the process of accepting tore him to pieces. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jack could not accept the finality of his family’s murder. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

An unlikely candidate would turn the quantum hypothesis from a peculiarity to an accepted fact. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“I beg your pardon, sir. It was purely accidental. I fell, you see. Please accept my humble apologies. I am Matthias of Redwall and I sincerely hope I have not disturbed you in any way.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

They accepted my explanation that I was from San Francisco, that my name was Marguerite but that I was called Maya and I simply had no place to stay. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, it must be so. I am strong. You will not accept your fate because you know it is not really yours. You are American.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They keep trying to give me whatever I look at, and finally I accept a celebrity cookbook. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lydia reached out and accepted Chester the bear. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Technically, given the rules of the code duello, Burr should have felt obliged to accept Hamilton’s explanation as the equivalent of an apology. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The way in which he asked suggested that he did in fact think that Fiver was likely to know better than himself, and it was clear from Fiver’s reply that this was accepted between them. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt reluctantly accepted the nomination but ended up losing the race. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“You are dirty, Horse,” they cried, and he whimpered and accepted their accusations. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many colleges in the South did not accept black students. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I can accept purgatory if heaven is beyond it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The same way she laughed, with an open, accepting enjoyment of her own looks, when people asked her “Is your mother white? Are you a half-caste?” because she was so fair-skinned. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Sire,” Robin began, “I do thank you for this great honor, and I beg you to accept my song of Christmas.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Everyone knew that Fischer wouldn’t accept it lightly. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere just before dawn, when the first light of false dawn was making the western side of the lake come into view, Brian finally accepted it. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then I should have asked you to accept my pledge of fidelity and to give me yours. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

St. Augustine accepted a date of about 5000 B.C. for the Creation of the universe according to the book of Genesis. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

While in high school I accepted that I was living in a void, but now that I was heading for college I needed some fresh air and fresh thinking. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

And if I did, would my writing be accepted? Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Not too long ago, racism and discrimination against women was accepted by a lot of people. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The two little boys accepted the distance, but Rocky was never cruel to Tayo. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed to have accepted his status as pariah. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was on the verge of accepting the offer when Holmes said to her, softly, “Don’t be afraid of me.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Nobody could explain how those infinitesimals disappeared when squared; they just accepted the fact because making them vanish at the right time gave the correct answer. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

And yet he felt guilty, knowing that he was accepting the kid’s admiration under false pretenses, that he wasn’t cool at all, not at all. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She wouldn’t accept a superficial ‘Yeah, you’re right’ and walk away. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

A point that Aristotle makes that is particularly germane here is that arguments are made from accepted premises—“and many accepted premises are mutually contradictory.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

If Bobby did wish to become Catholic, it’s possible that aspiration was sufficient for him to have been accepted into the Church, at least by less conservative clergy. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Year after year, my eyes would scan the lunchroom like a T-1000, searching for a clique that might accept me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She had the same thought Katie had had seventeen years ago dancing with Johnny—that she’d willingly accept any sacrifice or hardship if she could only have this man near her for always. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sat that way until it became evident Luke wasn’t going to accept any help. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But under all our talk floated a latent sense of violence; the whites had drawn a line over which we dared not step and we accepted that line because our bread was at stake. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, a sizable faction refused to accept the fact that two unknown men, two thieving strangers, were solely responsible. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll get a boat from Izmir to the Greek islands. Greece accepts Syrians.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, when a brother offers you a ride,” said Cole, “the right thing to do is accept.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

It allowed her to feel as if she had been accepted as part of the household, which was pleasant—but it also made her realize that her place in the household was among the servants. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

She has accepted the loss of her limbs but blames an out-of-control medical system for the outcome. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

They ate with the hearty appetites of youth and health and accepted with satisfaction the few quiet words of praise that Matt had for them. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

All my life I’d heard people tell their black boys and black girls to “be twice as good,” which is to say “accept half as much.” Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

To kill for him—to be a fang in the mouth of the beast that had already consumed half of Erilea...“And if I accept?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Bobby wrote to the U.S. embassy in Tokyo asking them to send a member of the diplomatic staff to the detention center so that an official could accept his citizenship renunciation. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever I told him this, instead of becoming infuriated like Sul Ross, he always accepted it on faith. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Gradually, I’m forced to accept who I am. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“He is a wealthy man. He donates his salary to the college, though he accepts, I think, one dollar a year for tax purposes.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I know you’re really Maddie’s best friend. I never had a chance at all, and that bothered me. A lot. I shouldn’t have lashed out at you, though. I hope you’ll accept my apology.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There was something innately strange about it, as though there had always been an inner core to the gym which I had never perceived before, quite different from its generally accepted appearance. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I apologize, sir. I accept your offer of help gratefully, I didn’t mean to be rude.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was almost as if my father had come to accept that if he were really going to do battle with the Government, he would have to take certain risks. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I guess I had known all this last year, and the year before, even earlier, but I'd just accepted it before. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I suppose we believed so hard in God’s providence that we just accepted miracles in our favor. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

To my surprise, Jesse instantly accepted the invitation and went to visit her. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jonathan was deeply shaken, unwilling to accept what was before his eyes. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ironically, in the universities of medieval Europe every doctor came to accept that Galen was the embodiment of medical learning. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I will accept that responsibility on behalf of all my brothers,” my uncle Pedro intoned. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I accepted Jesus that day and He has never let me down from that day to this. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had come to accept such uncertainties with a quiet heart. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He never accepted the revised figures and to his dying day believed his work on the age of the Earth his most astute and important contribution to science–far greater than his work on thermodynamics. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I had to accept that Constantine, my one true ally, had left me to fend for myself with these people. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She has this uncanny gift of delivering guilt tied up in a bow, and without fail, I accept it. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

So it happened: Academia accepted its so-called minority students. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smith gave Tyrion a squint, then nodded and accepted a fistful of coins. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It reminds her to accept the truth rather than struggle against it. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

By accepting the Bible, the priests explain, the Mexica “will be able to cool the heart / of He by Whom All Live, / so He will not completely destroy you.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

To accept it would obliterate his image of the killer-—or, rather, killers. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bree always said afterwards that he never heard, or never understood this; and as he was in general a very truthful horse we must accept his word. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“And I accept it,” Orestes said, “with a happiness words cannot utter.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two friends thankfully accepted food from Cornflower and her helpers. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

From the sad look on their laces I know December 29 despite their brave guesses they have begun to accept what I said on a whim. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

They were old enough to be irritable when and where they chose, tired enough to look forward to death, disinterested enough to accept the idea of pain while ignoring the presence of pain. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The type of person who looks annoyed even when they’re on TV accepting a check for winning the lottery. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

‘To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Gallup and her supporters, including Fabyan, had accepted these revelations at face value. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

If I told her the truth, she’d probably accept me eventually, and we could just be sisters again. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

My heart had accepted the loss, and like my sisters, I too began to move on. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was full of Malcolm X, Saigon, the Beatles, tennis at Wimbledon, and a motel in Jackson, Mississippi, that closed down rather than accept Negro guests, but nothing about me and Rosaleen. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was accepted by Imperial Chemicals and by the Finnish lumber company, but for some reason I wanted most of all to get into the Shell Company. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But it’s pretty cool of you to try to fix things. So apology accepted.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The judge accepted Ian's plea and then sentenced him to life with no parole. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

When Apu made him an offer—“I could use some help around the store’’—he accepted. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For this accept my heartfelt thanks,” he writes his brother. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Because equal temperament is now so widely accepted as standard tuning, musicians do not usually even speak of intervals in terms of ratios. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Molly feels anger rising in her chest—at Dina’s unwillingness to accept her for who she is, at Terry’s judgments and Jack’s need to placate her. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I asked Mom, but she told me it was “the principle of the thing and we should accept the answers God gave us.” P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He seemed content; he accepted the lies I told him and sighed a little—perhaps in relief, for who knows what fears tormented his child’s mind? Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are those who believed we should always reject bail, as it could be interpreted that we were fainthearted rebels who accepted the racist strictures of the legal system. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Chiron did do this and Zeus seems to have accepted him as a substitute. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the sacrifice was not accepted, Bobby conjectured, Byrne would be lost; but if he did accept it, he’d also be lost. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Some sign that the immense world would accept him and give him the long time needed to think all the things that must be thought. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Caroline accepted this with little more than a fleeting pout, deciding that it would probably be too much work, and she did not particularly care for the city, anyway. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She offered to go out, to buy something from the deli, but Rohin said he wasn’t very hungry, and accepted one of the rice cakes. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The publication of De Revolutionibus was accepted essentially without a murmur by the Catholic Church, and the book was largely ignored by Rome for the rest of the sixteenth century. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

If I had not read Jonathan’s journal first, I should never have accepted even a possibility. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“It is their nature. They will accept no reward.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I was beginning to realize that a black man did not have to accept the dozens of petty indignities directed at him each day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He accepted this strangeness and that without questioning why anything was, except that in this day this thing came. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

It was such a long shot that all three of us would be accepted, especially when almost no one else from our middle school was. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

They could not believe or accept the fact that they were unloved; they believed that the world itself was off balance when it appeared as though they were not loved. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she did accept the offer of a ticket back home in 2005. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“All right. I accept your apology. But seriously. I can’t deal with the continued drama. I have too much to think about. So it has to stop, Dill. I mean it.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Most other scientists, however, were willing to accept quantum mechanics because it agreed perfectly with experiment. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without school, I had no circle of friends my age, and there was no way any of the women in town would accept me. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“Let me never see the day when my children will have to accept that, the wages of sin,” she says. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

In order to escape the racial attack that went to the roots of my life, I would have gladly accepted any way of life but the one in which I found myself. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a Vigil stunt. He’s supposed to refuse to sell chocolates for ten days—ten school days—and then accept them. Boy, those Vigils, they’re really something, aren’t they?” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fernanda, burning with envy, finally accepted the miracle, and for a long time she kept on praying to God to send her back her sheets. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Annabeth recognized something else in her face, too—in the hard set of her mouth and the deliberate way she raised her chin like she was ready to accept any challenge. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Finally, Papa said he would pay one American dollar for ten cakes, and she accepted. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

My chat request is sent, and a moment later, Hideo accepts it, appearing at the edge of the pool as a virtual image. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

This possibility of sudden change is at the center of the idea of the Tipping Point and might well be the hardest of all to accept. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He breathes deeply—I watch his chest rise—and, as he exhales, accepts the knife. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

While it was true that she had grown accustomed to the privileges that came with marrying into the Puente family, Lourdes never accepted the life designated for its women. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look at the hovering window for a moment, then accept it. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Johnny knew he was doomed and accepted it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got accepted at Music and Art High School in Manhattan and had reached a point in his life where jazz was the beginning, the end, and the middle. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I accepted all the gifts—the tables, the earthenware jugs—though I could not possibly carry them with me, and culled for travel only a small copper cooking bowl. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I cannot accept your service, child. We only employ slaves run away from rebel owners.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I accepted another one-year appointment at Berkeley in an attempt to postpone the good fortune awaiting me and the consequent issue it would finally force. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gawaine’s mind did not move easily along the paths of irony, so he accepted the sneer as statement of fact. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is one thing to criticize, and that we can accept, but to attempt to break a strike by calling upon the people to go to work directly serves the interests of the enemy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The plan was accepted at most branches, but some of the more far-flung outposts felt that the plan was an effort by Jo-hannesburg to centralize control over the regions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have to accept it, there’s no point trying to push it away. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told Lori that if she hadn’t been accepted into an art school by the time she graduated, she should go to New York anyway. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

In resigning themselves to the role of chronicling ever-changing usage, they are acknowledging the wisdom of Thomas Carlyle’s famous reply to Margaret Fuller’s statement “I accept the universe”: “Gad! She’d better.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

You only had to punch out the biggest and toughest of the bunch and the others would accept you. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the way of things, and she could do nothing but accept her fate. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He never accepted because he had a sneaking suspicion Mrs. Cormaci would end up asking a lot more questions than he would. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“As you see, we are holding our wands in the accepted combative position,” Lockhart told the silent crowd. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s been awful, Mary Anne. But I try to accept my lot.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sounds like “I’m honorable” and “You’re a coward if you don’t accept.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I feel powerfully vindicated—a survivor—but it would take a long time, probably months, before I could hope to be accepted into this sorority. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Merritt studied my face to see if I had accepted her point. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

They were not outlaws because they were murderers, or for any reason like that They were Saxons who had revolted against Uther Pendragon’s conquest, and who refused to accept a foreign king. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

If, then, they still refused to accept my new way of life, I would rebel, and face the consequences. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In one society, homosexual relationships might have been accepted, while in the other they were taboo. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their humans accepted the outcome without resentment, on the whole, so Lyra knew that Annie would do as she asked. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Just accept it Should have run when you had the chance. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

While we reluctantly accepted Dad’s bossing as one of the privileges of his rank as head of the family, we had no intention of accepting it from anybody else, including his oldest sister. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

His family was kind to me, and accepting. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It was half the value of the house before the hurricane, but she accepted. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The plan was accepted, and was to be implemented immediately. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For even with the controversy—and there was still some—evolution had become more or less accepted as fact. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Guidance counselors and teachers would quietly pull a student aside and say that William and Mary, for example, did not accept blacks, so there was no need for you to apply. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

People in Saint Louis seemed to accept us and never called us names. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Please accept my sincerest apology for my disrespectful behavior in not attending the opening ceremony. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

After accepting a glass of wine from a passing waiter, I sat down in one of the leather and chrome chairs that line the perimeter. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

With Beaujoyeulx, Catherine conceived what have come to be accepted as the world’s first formal ballets. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

They accepted the pleasures of morning, the bright sun, the whelming sea and sweet air, as a time when play was good and life so full that hope was not necessary and therefore forgotten. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He reaches out and accepts his father’s offering. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Jule kneeled on the edge of the blanket and accepted a can of Diet Coke. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

We should start peer review and vetting so they can be officially accepted. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

After she walked out and accepted the trophy, she took a minute to look it over before she held it up above her head. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

To see Lord Asriel as her father was one thing, but to accept Mrs. Coulter as her mother was nowhere near so easy. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

While a daytime television show may not be groundbreaking, I think Ellen is helping to make the world a little bit more tolerant and accepting in her own way. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He was not comfortable with these men—that was it—it was difficult for him to accept them as his elders and betters in the faith. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

No follower of Wittgenstein can accept the notion of ‘evidence’ uncritically—indeed, some would claim they cannot accept it at all. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I offer to help my mother make breakfast, and she eagerly accepts. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“I got accepted at an art school in Pittsburgh,” he said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You will need it, for your journey will be filled with many hardships. Your courage and conviction will be tested throughout your travels. You must accept it and use it.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The Thebans felt that this was wise because of the terrible position of the family, and they accepted Creon, Jocasta’s brother, as the regent. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He even accepted defeat before the final votes were tallied. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

So India, as a society that actively explored the void and the infinite, accepted zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

They never showed me affection nor did they accept any of mine. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He had met with their employer, had accepted the job, had planned it, all in the Thieves Quarter. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Papa would never accept anything like a cannery job. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were those who accepted me as a reader but then would separate me, in their thinking, from anything they accepted as black. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I think maybe I should go to see a shrink, because that is the accepted thing, now, for people who are not in balance, and I am not. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nonetheless, most continue to accept Seton s basic thesis: the Americas seen by the first colonists were a wildland of thundering herds and forests with sky-high trees and lakes aswarm with fish. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Hours later he finally accepted the dismaying certainty that Gebu had not the slightest intention of leaving his room at all that night. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Thus, we can reject the null hypothesis and tentatively accept that, for whatever reason, people do seem to wait until their birthdays to die. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the accepted rules of war, the British soldiers should have been treated as prisoners of war. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I accept the challenge of retraining you. Henceforth you are only allowed to apologize if you tread on someone’s foot while dancing.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I had no intention of accepting anything more, but I couldn’t help looking around. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

He accepted the book, looked at it as though it were his enemy. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Herschel was a respected scientist, and other astronomers accepted his idea. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Heavenly Father, teach me to accept all my losses, he prayed. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he should do his best in their final trial, and if his best outshined Citra’s, he would accept the scythe ring. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He went on with his hawk-mastery, thanking her politely for her help and accepting it with courtesy. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mike told us that he had already been accepted into FSUs School of Engineering, so I don’t think he’s too worried about his future in football, or in anything else. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her laughter would make it easier to accept my social isolation and human freakishness. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had objected to their coming, but, now that their coming was ordered, she accepted them as companions. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

"They want to force us to accept their plans on questions affecting Europe and the world," Stalin declared to his advisers. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was inevitable that she should accept any inconsistency and cruelty from her deity as all good worshippers do from theirs. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Thomas,” he began, “I need you to accept something. We’ve heard it too many times now to deny it, and it’s time to discuss it.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

A few months later, I got a letter: I’d been accepted. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of those who took the bargain—thus accepting the permanent strike on their record—were promptly brought to the police station downtown, where they began repairing and repainting the damaged offices. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Raymond rubbed my leg gently, but I kicked him away, unwilling to accept pity. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

What I was doing, without knowing it, was accepting the idea that whites were more valuable than blacks. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I sent a nice e-mail. I said, ‘I’m honored, but the money is not there for me, so I can’t accept the offer.’” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

What could his heavy arms and befuddled brain accomplish that would earn him his own respect, that would in turn allow him to accept her love? The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nately stared at her covertly from his over-stuffed yellow armchair, marveling at the bored, phlegmatic strength with which she accepted the mass rejection. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He had to leave him; he could not accept his teachings. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

After graduation she accepts a position, at the urging of her father’s friends, as a nurse in a TB sanatorium in Switzerland. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

White workers understood the lure of the Klan and a majority of black workers, believing in redemption, accepted C.P.’s change. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Our great-aunt accepted that this is what Fern would call her. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

But after staring at it for weeks and rereading the Neither of you young men deserved what happened letter from Mr. Murray, Jus decided to accept the gift. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The rest were either too distracted by their troubles or just plain unmotivated, so pretty much everyone grudgingly accepted some form of public aid. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Rabbits need dignity and above all the will to accept their fate. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Now that I have accepted the truth, I worry about what will happen to Ma. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When the Union members vote and say we accept fully the conditions offered, then I’ll say it was a victory.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

This is what he liked—to be in command and everything going smoothly, the students responding to their names smartly, accepting the chocolates, showing school spirit. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kissinger brought the proposals to Paris, knowing there was zero chance they would be accepted by the North Vietnamese. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Don’t bring it. My father will figure out something pretty soon. I could never accept your money.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Rabbinic tradition compelled him to accept the biblical account of the universe’s creation from the void. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“And are we going to accept anything less than justice for Javier?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A lesser mind would have accepted defeat, since the odds were stacked against me, but the best military leaders always find ways to eliminate obstacles. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Say it so they know we don’t accept segregation? Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

They had accepted the way the white people bossed us around. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

If my friends are accepted, I hope they will treat Ms. Gruwell and the other students with respect. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have much money, and he didn’t want to accept what little I was able to press on him. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we got out of the water, I gave the boys one of our towels, and Arul accepted it gratefully, though Muthu said he preferred to dry off in the sun. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Political leaders were open to the idea of accepting the Potsdam demand. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She accepted the young men as they were and was prepared to enjoy their company without expecting anything in return. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A proper young woman turns down at least two proposals before accepting one, she’d told me once. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

When I did, I got all A’s, and I was accepted at a high school called Kabarak. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry made a mental note never to accept so much as a crisp from Fred and George in future. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

After all, what universally accepted black role models did these kids really have besides the Three J’s—Michael Jordan and Bo Jackson and Magic Johnson? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She liked money as well as most women, and accepted it with no little satisfaction. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were too many, and his mother kept accepting their few dollars or few coins. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I accepted the idea that an omniscient God had cast me in his own image and that he watched over me and guided me from one place to the next. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Things were not looking good for Paris, which lost valuable points every time the train stopped to accept more passengers. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

At least he isn’t shackled under the stadium floor, Elisabet keeps saying, and I suppose even my broken heart can accept that as good fortune. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t, so he accepted the size of the pieces as well. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Well, apparently he's now keen to accept Herr Hitler's invitation. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Now that the letter was gone, Adam was afraid Charles might accept. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I tended to lose patience with some of the longer dream sequences, but for the most part we all got along, and the students either accepted or politely ignored my advice. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Maria is a magician. What if she accepted Moreau’s offer to join them?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I thought that hanging my head and looking mutely at the ground was a kind of confession and a petition for forgiveness, but she had not accepted it as such. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

As some sociologists and marketing consultants see it, the commonly accepted big three—the upper, middle, and working classes—have broken down into dozens of microclasses, defined by occupations or lifestyles. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Now forced to accept that the Elder Wand was real, she maintained that it was an evil object, and that the way Voldemort had taken possession of it was repellent, not to be considered. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

My eyes followed the stairway to its end, where my brain just could not accept what I saw. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

In accepting both the chaos of history and the fact of my total end, I was freed to truly consider how I wished to live—specifically, how do I live free in this black body? Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Blanca went along with his decision, for she accepted that a good conjunction of planets in her daughter’s astral chart would not provide Alba with everything she needed to get ahead in life. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

On our way out, Eliza accepted a basket of dry bread from the woman who ran the boarding house. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I cannot accept seeing my son’s life threatened every moment by the presence of Indians, more than that of any other member since his canoe goes at the head of the expedition.” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Would you mind if we accept the next reasonable offer?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

From the start, I saw that Oliver’s intelligence was diamond-edged; he was a keen debater and did not accept the platitudes that so many of us automatically subscribed to. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brown accepted that her players might not like her at first. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She tried four or five times before she was forced to accept that she just wasn’t big enough, and she put them down on the counter next to the door. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

As far as Aristotle was concerned, phenomena included everything which was generally accepted to be the case. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The former means not accepting other people’s opinions, always blowing best, having the last word; in short, all those unpleasant traits for which I’m known. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Though later cleared of any wrongdoing, he vowed never to accept public office again. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Some preferred to walk to show their support for the boycott rather than accept a ride even from the MIA car pool. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

He threw a golden drachma into the rainbows created by the mist and yelled, “O goddess, accept my offering!” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s nice of him. Who would accept a house with such a big first mortgage as collateral? Only a friend.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lee said softly, “Couldn’t a world be built around accepted truth? Couldn’t some pains and insanities be rooted out if the causes were known?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once pegged as special, a citizen, even if accepting sterilization, dropped out of history. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He accepted this with an equa-nimity so complete that he had to get out of the car and go for a walk. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning, Andeg greeted Omakayas with fluttering wings, ducking his head to accept a little scratch, cooing with a sweet and gurgling sound. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Being accepted for who you are without having anyone snicker at you was great—but it’s not something I’m used to. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Any hotels or something where we could clean off? I mean... hotels that accept mud people?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

In 1984, at the age of eighty-seven, Anderson accepted the first Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award, given in memory of Mrs. Roosevelt in a ceremony at New York’s City Hall. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

No sooner would an officer become savvy as to which rules were commonly ignored, however, than somebody in a white shirt would appear to shake up his whole understanding of accepted practice. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

By accepting the invitation, I would be joining an elite group of athletes, coaches, and sports journalists—like legends Mia Hamm and Billie Jean King—who were standouts in their field. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Hazel Levesque, you may stand for the recruit. Does your cohort accept him?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I can’t accept this; it’s too much. Besides, I don’t even have a record player.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Some were poor, many were hungry and all were too proud to accept charitable food. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was unable to do anything about any of this suffering, and therefore accepted it, as they did, placidly. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Van Campen had accepted the status that we were great friends because she got a great amount of work out of Catherine. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The six-member board, all but one of whom were white, had turned their collective back on 200 summer jobs for low-income teenagers rather than accept "federal intrusion" into Durham’s affairs. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Probably they fully agreed to accept their guilty love as ended. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am much obliged to your ladyship for your kind invitation,” replied Elizabeth, “but it is not in my power to accept it. I must be in town next Saturday.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

When it reached them, those who were not there would accept what he had said without having heard him at all. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I hadn’t got a spare one in my pocket, but a broken nib was never accepted as an excuse for not finishing Prep. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

It must have reinforced his certainty that it was unclimbable, because he accepted Calixte’s terms. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

If a boy didn't care for barbecued chicken or potato chips, people would accept it as a matter of personal taste, saying, "Oh well, I guess it takes all kinds." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

They probably knew she was lying, but they accepted it because they needed an explanation. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

No doubt it helped, but Penelope had long ago accepted that a thick mane of glossy, bouncy ringlets was not destined to be hers. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Ashima prepares herself for the news, to accept the fact that Gogol will never meet his great-grandmother, the giver of his lost name. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The mere fact that the sugar masters treated their workers as some form of property did not mean the Indians had to accept that definition. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Florence was calmly accepting the sacrilegious game we were playing, but then it didn’t matter to him, he didn’t believe. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus it was that I came to accept the kind hospitality of Mr and Mrs Taylor. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Even if you said you had to go to the lavatory, that was not accepted as an excuse and they punished you just the same. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We have to accept this cross is what we have to do,” Patria said. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You look gorgeous,” Alex says, accepting a kiss on his cheek. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Dylan cuddles up next to me and Samantha accepts it because if she’s in this for the long run, this is her new life. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Maybe he's finally accepted the fact that the sooner we openly acknowledge that we are enemies, the better. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Stainless steel. Please accept it. A small consideration for your time.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

And they seem unconcerned about being accepted by the old money. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I declined accepting more than was my due. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I stood up and stepped forward to accept my award. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He says he cannot accept what Van Rappard has said—that Vincent's work is extremely weak, that the faults outnumber his strengths. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“You are, Kiko. And the sooner you accept it, the easier it will be to accept what you cannot change.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Ivy is all business, and I reluctantly accept that I'm not going to get any information about Amber. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“And do you, Mariam jan, accept this man as your husband?” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

But perhaps by merely accepting a bowl from them, she had fallen into their power. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was elaborating upon my “legend” consistently and Luzan accepted my pathologies. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to accept his apology and forget it all happened. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The vice president thanked them and bent down to accept the document. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

When Nancy Jaax first applied to join the pathology group at the Institute, the colonel in charge of it didn’t want to accept her. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they’ve figured out ways to control our emotions, I tell myself it’s better to stay petrified and alert than accept any more of their drinks. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“If this child hadn’t resembled my first wife, I would still have accepted her,” announced the old nganga. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As apartheid was coming to an end, South Africa’s elite private schools started accepting children of all colors. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Papa would accept any humiliation or pain or risk any scandal to get some rice and bacon grease. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Marie accepts my statement but still takes it a little further. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I stare at the candy, not sure if I want to accept the peace offering. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Congratulations to you, too, Piper. It sounds like you’ve finally accepted your fate. It’s always wise to quit while you’re behind.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

It was forcing them to question views that had been accepted for decades, to look carefully at what they had been taught. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z