Because the hearing was kept private, like all proceedings in family court, the news stories could continue to be sensational and simplistic, easy arguments for one side or the other. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If you are over sixty or went to private school, you may have noticed that this syntactic machinery differs in certain ways from what you remember from Miss Thistlebottom’s classroom. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The terrace with that sight of the private pool and the holiday ships cruising in the distance. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He was afraid that his father wouldn’t like it, if he watched something so private. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The patio swings around the house to a private nook where they like to sit talking, and that nook is directly beside my bedroom window. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I’d studied them so often they had become private treasures to me. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You Death Eaters have your own private means of communication, I forgot.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She opened up the phone book, ran her finger down the list of private and Catholic schools, called the schools, found out which ones had scholarships, and drove me up to one. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have no objection to Your Highness using your charms and wiles for your own private ends. I only ask that you do whatever you can to foster his continued involvement in our philosophical household.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I wish to have a private conference with you two,” said he, when he had surveyed me at his leisure. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The private detective the judge had hired was still investigating the heirs, so tonight's project would be the Westing family. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Retiring from politics, he entered private law practice, which he pursued until his death in 1936. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“If you think you have any right to pry into her private affairs I’ll tell her you believe those checks are being misappropriated and you want an audit because you dont trust her.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We are not meant to see this private passion,” I whispered. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Wasn’t it to be just a little private surprise for me? A secret just for the two of us?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Eight years later the facilities of the arsenal were leased to a private oil company for the production of insecticides. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

One afternoon Reverend Ralph Abernathy, the pastor of the First Baptist Church, called our house and invited me to a private reception there. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I don’t remember much about our visit there, except for how stunned we were, each of us bricked inside our private grief. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Every detective story started with the private eye or police detective taking a case, and Ophie already had that: What had happened to Clara? Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The car is waiting to take him back to the royals’ private airstrip. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

We line up to get processed through the checkpoint, standing in our twos and twos and twos, like a private girls’ school that went for a walk and stayed out too long. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is dirt and mud in La Saline, where, as I see now, no one has real houses, only packing crates and hammered-out tins and whatever else will keep a fam-ily somewhat dry and private. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, I learned that the community swimming pool was private. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You accidentally opened up my notebook and then you accidentally read my private thoughts?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He chuckled as though he had heard some private joke. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

People who were campaigning for peace in the valley, but also people who thought they were having private conversations. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Very well. That reply will do for the present. Perhaps by and by I may observe that private balls are much pleasanter than public ones. But now we may be silent.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Other mothers don’t have their own private weather. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He demanded and got reports on the conduct of his private economy. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was even more private than I was. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

In the 1830s, private rowing clubs began to appear in various American cities, and by the 1840s a few eastern colleges had assembled crews. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Each man was hedging his bets on the hereafter by preparing his private papers for posterity, the one place where they knew their prospects of immortality were assured. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

She had retired to her private rooms until further notice and would take supper alone due to a severe headache. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Some scholars imagine ancient hunter-gatherer societies as peaceful paradises, and argue that war and violence began only with the Agricultural Revolution, when people started to accumulate private property. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if you are a private citizen, you surely wouldn’t want to seem bigoted while appearing in public. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

She promised to tell me later when we can have a more private conversation. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On occasion, when they were taken under fire, Mary Anne would stand quietly and watch the tracer rounds snap by, a little smile at her lips, intent on some private transaction with the war. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

What private aches nagged him beneath that placid demeanor, none could say. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Is it? This isn’t your private affair any more, Charlie. You’ve got obligations now—not only to Professor Nemur and Dr. Strauss, but to the millions who may follow in your footsteps.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“The next time I go over the hill it will be as a buck private, and I just know it won’t be the same.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Thinking he could fare better in the private sector, he eventually quit the force to go into business with friends. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the physical-education officer at Lowery Field ordered everyone to fall out for calisthenics one afternoon, Yossarian, the private, reported instead at the dispensary with what he said was a pain in his right side. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I liked this private school with its small classes, where I received a lot of attention from Ms. Holback. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

We enter a second-floor “salon” bar, basically a stand bar but one with private rooms as well. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that he could see into the place it looked more private than ever. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

And while the journal was intended to be private, Benji knew his parents listened to it. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Without exaggeration, UOCI’s Patrick Wallace called her the “leading spokesman for the poor in terms of problems with public and private housing.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

For well over a decade, his spies had been infiltrating the United States, burrowing their way into private companies, schools, laboratories, and even government offices. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

But I keep the bed closed off from them; some things are private. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Perhaps most damagingly, two private eyes, including one from the Burns agency, tried to expose the bureau’s main informant, Kelsie Morrison. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I’m sure my parents would have been caught in their time together if he hadn’t been as private as he is. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Lillian spoke of the Old South when Bull was in earshot as though it were a private garden deeded to her in a last heroic proclamation by the Confederate Congress. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Habitually putting himself in other people’s shoes, he was in his private life charming and engaging, generous and genuinely empathetic. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the preceding two months he had in fact complained in public and private that he was no good as a “solitudionarian” and he “wanted my talkative wife.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

His written work was difficult to follow and employed a private form of notation that many found incomprehensible. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Even though it was a struggle to send three children to a private school, my parents were both willing to sacrifice for their children’s spiritual education. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know until it had already happened. It was his private security detail. I’m so, so sorry. I couldn’t stop it. I wish I could have done something. Anything. But I was too late.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Seaward Pines Academy, established MCMLVII, has always reminded me of a cemetery, even though it’s a fancy private school. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

In that way, I saw that Reverend Harris had a public face and a private manner that were quite different from one another. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back in his private room, Stalin told his foreign secretary, “We’ll have to have a talk with Kurchatov today about speeding up our work.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the first night, when they were sheltering in the bike shed of a burned-out school, Corporal Nettle said, “What’s a private soldier like you doing talking like a toff?” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

So the Mancinis’ habits make their bedroom as safe a hiding place as any private residence can be right now. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“No, sir. This is just a private celebration. Birthday. Are any of them right?” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like other times in his life when things had gone wrong, he wanted to retreat into his own private kingdom. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Experienced continuously in public and private, Catholicism shaped my whole day. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The intimacy of it, the comfort of other voices giving credence to their private myths, prepared them to meet their wives with less distance than they might otherwise bring home after fishing. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

My dad had one brother, but he was older and drifted away from the family when he found work overseas doing private contracting for the military. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

It’s like watching someone go through the box of private stuff that I keep under my bed. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

J. G. Crowther has neatly summed up the real root of the problem, which Oldenburg fanned into flame: ‘Hooke could not understand what tact had to do with science...Newton regarded discoveries as private property’. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

He gave me a card with his private phone number on it. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Older generations of pretties lived out in the suburbs, hidden by the hills, in rows of big houses separated by strips of private garden for their littlies to play in. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The apartment is where the trouble started, and like most couples we gravitate toward our private sites of pleasure and pain. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

See? he said again, still with that smile, as if he knew some private joke he wasn’t going to tell me. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

They ignore the individual’s right to be private. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why cower in towers of ivory and squeeze out private words when we had only to speak and millions listened? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was a goal that could be reached, barely, if the Rockefeller Foundation, the university, and private industry all contributed; at least, he remarked later, it would be “not an entirely forlorn hope.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The presence of the seminarian inhibited Tessie, who no longer wandered upstairs for private swing sessions. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Elsewhere, the students have tangible advantages—better theaters, bigger stages, parents who buy them private voice lessons and put them in expensive theater camps. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He delivered it to Caesar in his private chambers. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Nazario beckoned with his hand for Bodega to join him so they could talk in private. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

It was a much better education than Pong had gotten at the prison and even rivaled some of the private schools in Chattana. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

In Cairo, the day after a private meeting with the Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, I was scheduled to address a large meeting in a local hall. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon she had a better room in the house, her own private rickshaw, a house for her elderly parents, a sum for buying blessings at temples. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman’s voice was even and firm: “That is private information.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Wemmick replied, “I don’t know her story,—that is, I don’t know all of it. But what I do know I’ll tell you. We are in our private and personal capacities, of course.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I was staring at my mother’s private miseries, and it made me want to go outside and bury the book in the dirt. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That summer, let's see, I'm still living in the basement, my own private down under, in the little room Grim built for me there. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Collins said, “What have we here, Mr. Bowditch? A private store of cannon balls?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Barack had to make a difficult call, phoning the pastor and asking whether he'd be willing to step back from the spotlight, giving us a private backstage blessing instead. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Never before had a private individual made so generous a gift to the nation. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Past the resentful older houses tinged green with envy, cowering in their private driveways among their private rubber trees. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first warm day falls on a Saturday, which is how we end up in Prairieton at the Blue Hole, a three-acre lake that sits on private property. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Doubly surprised that he would have the bad grace to interrupt me when I was in a private conversation with a young woman. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Of course you don’t. When it benefits the man. And isn’t this a ‘private family matter,’ as you say? A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

If traveling there directly appeared too risky, he could rent a small private plane somewhere in Hungary, or even Yugoslavia, and fly to Greece or Egypt and then to Manila. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The year I was packed off to private school, Chapter Eleven went off to college. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Though Abigail was with him all the way, for Adams himself it was the supreme collaboration with his own private demons and doubts, his personal declaration of independence. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

In the total telling, it made him at once the most mobile and ubiquitous private in the history of warfare. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered, after the hanging fiasco, if I shouldn't just give it up and turn myself over to the doctors, and then I remembered Doctor Gordon and his private shock machine. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He surveyed the scene and smiled at a private joke. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Shall we say Zobis Hotel at noon? It’s my father’s, and I can get us a private suite.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The difference is that one will be splurging and then play on a public course while the other will not blink at the price and tee off at a private country club. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Does your battle for liberty entitle you to search through the private linens of a lady?” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘We are fighting, partly, for just that. Because a man is a private is no reason he should be treated like cordwood.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scholarship pays for the top-scoring student in the region to study at a private boarding school in Kolkata. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

As a panicked response to hunger and starvation, barter trade ran wild and private markets exploded in number and importance. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Secular institutions lack the key; they have no basis for claiming access to the realm of the private. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have a trick to tell someone’s public face from their private one. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

There you go, wading in your clodhoppers through our private territory. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

It also made it illegal to fill up private pools. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

McNaughton’s secretary kept watch from a desk just outside the boss’s private room. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

We knew a family who had a sign in their vegetable patch: “Since this is not a Communist garden but cabbages grown by private enterprise, please do not steal from my garden.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

What the Negro has discovered, and on an international level, is that power to intimidate which he has always had privately but hitherto could manipulate only privately—for private ends often, for limited ends always. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Out of the corner of my eye, I see the Director and his private security detail following behind the guards. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

What had been worse than all the other people’s houses – perhaps, in some ways, even worse than here – had been the private hotel. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Consequently, the Constitution was designed so the federal government would be weak, not only in its relationship to private property, but also in relationship to the rights of states to conduct their own affairs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

You never saw a place which was so obviously private. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Everybody else is spilling their guts and you’re talking in private. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I suppose this might sound odd, but at Hailsham, the lunch queue was one of the better places to have a private talk. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple had a sinking feeling they had no idea she was there and that she was witnessing a very, very private fight. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Here, the car pulls into a private garage that is situated next to a small row of jets. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But let us come to the second instance, when a private citizen becomes prince of his native city not through wickedness or any other intolerable violence, but with the favour of his fellow citizens. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was the only really private property Seymour and I ever had in Bessie’s entire kibbutz. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Tommy was at Holy Ghost Prep, a private Catholic high school. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

A private first class named Charlotte Godwin hurried outdoors to the van and climbed inside, and took off all her clothes, and put on a surgical scrub suit, socks, sneakers, and a hair cap. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked mostly at the floor, to her feet, and when she looked up and raised her arms above her head, she closed her eyes, kept her world private and protected. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

All the same, his coming up like that asking for a private talk was pretty embarrassing and threw me off balance. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I hope you enjoyed your private conversation.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Housed in a stately brownstone that had originally been a private home, it was one of the loveliest school buildings in Brooklyn. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, I was terrified when I heard that she wanted me to attend a private camp at the ranch. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It had been a place to get away to—a private lair—a secret seclusion meant to be shared with best friends only—a life unknown to grown-ups and lived by kids alone. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

In one of the tottering piles in my office, I found the logs from the private detectives hired by Whitehorn’s estate after his death. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

His wife, Angela, was silent, as always; to hear her speak, you had to hide under the window of their cabin as she counseled her man in private. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Then he was ordered to report to the German Army to be enlisted as a private with no chance for a promotion. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“All private ceremonies are recorded. They’re in the Hall of Closed Records. Do you want to see this morning’s release?” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was not sure if he should be excited, if private suite was suggestive. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Even a small static discharge would have led to my own private Hindenburg. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matthias reasoned that it must be in the one place he had not yet explored: the private chamber of the King. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Abra had long ago given up having any private thing in her room, even any personal thing. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“By all means, then, take her, maybe find a private corridor on your way there—she looks frigid.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Others claim that a loved one’s criminality is a private, family matter: “Somebody’s business is nobody’s business.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

And on the fourth day he succeeded—again, entirely in private. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Miep asked him to remove his coat, so the yellow star couldn’t be seen, and brought him to the private office, where Mr. Kleiman kept him occupied until the cleaning lady had gone. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

We were also committed to extensive affirmative action measures in both the private and public sectors. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy sat on the stool, with his back resting on the side of the stand, and Chester gave him a private recital. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I got into one of those programs that takes smart kids from the hood and puts them into private schools,” Warren says, rubbing his chin. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Her private security guard was checking the rear the following night when an explosion ripped through her front door and window. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The other brothers, Albert and Benjamin, led more private lives and left behind little history aside from their wills and land deeds. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Perhaps each of them, listening, glimpsed through that window a private world, unknown to the others. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

They sold it to private traders, often for dollars or euros, and delivered the goods using government vehicles. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I felt that I was maintaining a private hospital. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hired a team of high-priced private tutors, something I did not. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Despite all this, the private detectives somehow failed to secure enough evidence to prosecute any of the suspects, or perhaps the private eyes were bought off. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Then I spent the next three days playing happy when other people were around, but spending all my private time crying in my closet. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Aurelia found herself half led, half dragged into her private bathroom. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Not in the way that the world opened up to Chantal when a fancy private high school offered her a full scholarship. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Which means its private schools are even better than public schools. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Alex feels like somebody has probably warned him about private email servers before, but he’s a little fuzzy on the details. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I was still thinking about Lee when we went to bed, although I didn’t usually bother with private thoughts when I was going to bed at Andrea’s. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they appeared at black churches, they were put up at private homes. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

She seems like the type to have only the most private of Facebook pages. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He could have gone to any of the exclusive private schools around Chelsea, but Ian Rider had decided to send him here. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

If there’s no one else working in the building or in the neighborhood, you can hear every single step in the private office. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I must find Balekin’s private rooms, find his secrets, and then get out. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We drove into the city in a cold and private silence. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The schoolteacher himself had exclaimed over my handwriting and vocabulary—both of which I owed more to Lefty’s private tutoring than to my teacher in school. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents got scared, and although they didn’t send me to my aunt and uncle in a rich neighborhood, they sent me to a bougie private school. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Concerning the private affairs of his subjects, he must insist that his decisions be irrevocable. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Gay and Phil read all my mother’s letters and checked the outgoing replies to make certain I did not reveal any private information, which I would not have done anyway. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“To Dofta Leila’s, I expect. He packed bags—” Her mouth dropped open, surprised by something private she wished she hadn’t seen. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Few Russian women who became pilots in the Soviet Union’s state-sponsored clubs in the 1980s and early 1990s can afford to fly as private citizens now that the Soviet Union no longer exists. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Lavoisier had thirteen thousand of them in what was, to an almost preposterous degree, the finest private laboratory in existence. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

They were governed by private loyalties which they did not question. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Thus, even the most private artistic statements can be understood on some level, even if only an intuitive one. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly and surely, if prodded correctly, Dr. Finch would unwind the reel of his strange lore to reveal reasoning that glittered with a private light of its own. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“You’re no longer going to the fancy private school your parents have been struggling so hard to pay for for the last six years. Why the hell not?” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

See, that’s the thing with private schools: they can kick you out for any reason. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Think of all the embraces, all the private jokes, customs, greetings, names, dreams, all the shared knowledge and capacity of a black family injected into that vessel of flesh and bone. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Some of them had been shopping downtown, and others had been out visiting friends, and all during supper they kept tossing back and forth these private jokes. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Unlike my mom, he left me to my private world. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Wagner’s acolytes were happy to have retreated into their private Valhalla, where only the initiated, the learned and the bold would venture to tread. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

To Bloom’s private horror, he discovered almost immediately that far from being proud of, or even content with, her Chicano heritage, Linda almost hysterically wanted out of her poverty-stifled past. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I recognize him as Kenn, who had spoken to me on the private jet. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

More than this I cannot say without fear of breaching the Official Magical Secrets Act or, more importantly, the confidences that Dumbledore, most private of men, placed in me. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Funny, all this time he had thought of the situation as a private battle between Brother Leon and himself, as if the two of them were alone on the planet. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, Henry is coming, he guesses, confirmed when he checks Instagram the day of the party and sees a post from Pez of him and Henry on a private jet. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The best part of the evening was supposed to be what came last—a private party being held for a couple hundred of our friends back at the White House. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Only one very small Egyptian had an idea that the land of Egypt was being watched, and for some reason, which was his own and private, he didn’t choose to tell. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And at night, sitting on their private balcony, with Jaimito’s arm around her and his promises in her ear, Dedd gazed up at the stars. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those developments include religious warfare, the notion that land should be private property, the concept of white supremacy, and the desire for gold. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“May I hope, madam, for your interest with your fair daughter Elizabeth, when I solicit for the honour of a private audience with her in the course of this morning?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

If she didn’t, I saw no point in telling her my own private history. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

But one need not oppose abortion on moral or religious grounds to feel shaken by the notion of a private sadness being converted into a public good. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

But in Birmingham, “private” had a different meaning. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We live, at least in the summertime, on a private island off the coast of Massachusetts. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The officers were billeted in private homes, even in Jewish homes. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps if we had a private lesson in your chambers,” he said smoothly. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Alex has to look away—even after everything, this feels too private for him to witness. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Many descendants carry out their own private investigations, which have no end. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“When I point at you, fall out and form a line by the private. Understand.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It was like she had her own private network of spies. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Sheer, silky saris are draped between the toilet and shower stalls, transforming each one into a private boudoir. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“On the side, Mom’s a private investigator. That’s what she calls it. I call it a professional snoop. My grandmother called it being a busybody. Mom spies on men who are—” She glanced at Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Eventually, my father turned up a long private road, a road I’d traveled on once before with him. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She had been by herself in the deserted village—and when Aunt Chipo locked her into a hut for being bad—and when she went off to cook private meals. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stare down the hallway, memorizing a path out, before we enter our own private room. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If she wanted to tell me this, why couldn’t she have said it to me in private? Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Progress was made during our private talks, and Chief Buthelezi and I signed an agreement that contained a code of conduct covering the behavior of our two organizations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and Leah looked at their shish kebabs, looked at each other, and had another one of their private little laughs. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our greengrocer buys potatoes from the “Wehrmacht” and brings them in sacks to the private office. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Then she switched to a private voice channel, so no one could eavesdrop on our conversation. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“No, for an elephant—a private one for myself, like Lizzie at the Zoo. I could take you for rides then,” said Michael, half-looking and half-not-looking at her to see how she would take it. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

They shared private thoughts about what they wanted to do when they got back to “the world.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

But Aunty Uju did not want to leave; she had, for as long as Ifemelu could remember, dreamed of owning a private clinic, and she held that dream in a tight clasp. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

"This calls for private words. Let's parley. Follow me." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Footsteps in the house, the private office, the kitchen, then...on the staircase. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The two of us together lobbied other countries’ governments to help fund programming for girls’ education while encouraging private companies and think tanks to commit to the cause. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

This was like a private conversation they had. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

So here I am, sitting off by myself in our private section of a jet on the way to Chicago, trying to get used to thinking aloud, and to the sound of my own voice. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She must be one of the new girls from the private school Mama talked about. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

For a few seconds, Maddie, doggedly coping with her own private hell of rational or irrational fear, did not even notice Queenie’s change of direction as she headed toward the cry for help. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I went to the housing office at MIT and found a furnished apartment a few blocks away, with a double bed and a private kitchen and bath, for forty dollars a week. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Restricted, as a child, to this cocoon of her family’s spinning, she cultivated quiet and private pleasures. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is a most private kind of chaos, like the contents of his mind all spilled out. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Their wedding, a small private ceremony, took place at the Bethel Methodist Church near Danbury, Connecticut. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Each time he heard the girls talking together he drew himself up straight and laughed carelessly aloud to himself as though thinking of some private joke. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Loomis’s guests arrived by private railcar and were housed in luxury, but they came to do serious work. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Herein lay another complaint the people had with the educated and tricky thugs who were trying to form a conservancy district in order to build the Zopilote’s private swimming lake behind the Indian Creek Dam. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some scythes arrived at the Capitol Building on foot, as they had; others in publicars, some in private cars, and several in limousines. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Farmer feared that PIH would be reduced to a tiny private charity, struggling to support its original project in the central plateau of Haiti. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Strides were made in private housing, with a black real estate agent given access for the first time to multilisting services. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“As my husband, the late Eugene Larkin, was the county appraiser, I have access to his maps relating to public and private land use in this county. The land just purchased by Mr. Burton...” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

But then it occurred to me that if I were to do so, I might easily intrude upon her private grief. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

"It would not do if certain people learned that we had spoken in private. The queen watches you closely. This wine is very choice. Thank you." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The thing about Blue is that he’s kind of a private person. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Cha-Cha crept through the shadows, making her way toward Duke’s private doghouse. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Residents may bathe in the bathroom, kitchen, private office or front office, as they choose. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Below a certain age, kids don’t have enough guile to filter what their parents tell them in private. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

They moved me tenderly, as they would a sacred mummy, and placed me on a heap of luxurious weavings in a private room. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“This is private property. Can’t just walk in here and not expect my son to defend himself.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

And their private society remains only their family. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The seamstress is looking down and away, leaving us to our private family moment. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Right, you did, probably, because if you had gone to a private school your freakin’ shorts would fit.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The cop said, “I’m warning you, the Flint police are on the way, this here is private property and they have orders to shoot anyone who tries to get on this train.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Most of my energy went instead, obsessively, into a bachelor private life,” he later said. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

So we were not in one of the private rooms. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every day there were fewer people wading, fewer faces in windows, fewer private watercraft like his. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Of course, we would need to keep our arrangement private.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The medal did its work, for both the turnkey and the jailer were also ‘Sons.’Johnny was given a neat, private room on the ground floor. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s a private school out there that I’ll be going to,” she said. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, he was busted down to buck private each time he was court-martialed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I wonder if Safer and Candy go to private school. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

"He's in my handbag. But I do think it might be better if we went somewhere private before you meet him in his present state." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I do not make my parents’ sharp distinction between public and private life. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Lysa took no chances. When we were girls together, we had a private language, she and I." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The halls are lined with floor-to-ceiling mirrors, reflecting the light of chandeliers adorning the ceilings, while the doorways to each private karaoke room are painted in glittering gold. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

No one gave you a public lashing for it, but those Afghans who did drink did so in private, out of respect. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was rumored, but never confirmed, that he con-trolled the vast Westing Paper Products Corporation from a private island in the South Seas. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She will fondle that soft hill of hair and let the warmth of the animal’s body seep over and into the deeply private areas of her lap. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tablet looked more like a private notebook than the place where he kept his regular accounts. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was more private, away from the sharp ears in the house. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

That same day, however, he wrote John a private and far bleaker letter. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

‘Write about something else in the future. Our family life is private.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The eastern private rowing clubs, particularly the Pennsylvania Athletic Club and the New York Athletic Club, would also likely be in the mix at the 1936 trials. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I waited for him to invite me behind the glass so we could talk in private, but he simply stood, waiting for me to continue. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

To me, in private, he says, “You will see how quickly they will be begging me for help and advice.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Another nun, Sister Katarina, was coming to keep an eye on the baby while Sister Fenella went to the oratory for a private service of her own, or so Malcolm gathered. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Agents fanned out across the country, tailing unsuspecting government officials, listening in on private phone calls, opening mail, and photographing the men and women named in Elizabeth's confession. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Emma kept her grief private, but she would struggle with depression off and on for the rest of her life. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aware that Compton’s background as a physicist would give his opinion special weight, Loomis invited him to spend a week at his private retreat on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

An army private shoulders his recoilless rifle as American troops leave the village of My Tho after setting buildings on fire, 1968. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He was falling in love with his private nurse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Libby and I workshopped our two-person Fiddler on the Roof, for the private performance we put on for her mom right when she started getting sick, I decided to stage the famous Bottle Dance. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“This is my private yacht!” cried Mr. Wonka, beaming with pleasure. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

As I mentioned earlier, my father had prepared a private dinner for the UN’s ambassador from the Kingdom of Bhutan. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

He continued, “On a different, though related, subject, it is my wish that you take private lessons with me this year.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I'd stepped through it, briefly, and she the other way, and we’d gotten a glimpse into the private rooms within us. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Entering his sister’s private apartments, he made a grisly discovery: Berenice and her son had already been murdered by allies of Laodice. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Claudia and her brother had ended up using the fountain as their own private piggy bank. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

It was forbidden in his home, and he appreciated it as though it were his own private discovery. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Then, as though veiled in a private grief, the lawyer wistfully said, “And even after all of that you did nothing to discourage him?” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

And neither black nor white understood each other’s private worlds. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Thank goodness I've found a private writing place inside the apartment. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The private ran toward us and told us to form a line. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She could tell he wanted to talk in private, but clearing the office wasn’t easy. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Samantha didn’t know, and even if she did, she would die before she would discuss my parents’ private business. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

After running almost two and a half miles, the youngsters rebelled and fled into a private yard beside the road. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is a private place, a sanctuary, already corrupted by the Capitol’s evil. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Recalling his previous work, he began looking for more, driving around ranches, cadging rides in private planes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Ms. Udell said that it was okay for journals to be private. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

It was a private understanding between the two of them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

In her private chambers, the floors were green marble, the walls draped with colorful silk hangings that shimmered with every breath of air. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I believe that is a conversation better held in private,” Mr. Clarkson said. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Secret Service agents, with their earpieces and guns and deliberately flat expressions, stood outside our doors, doing their best to stay out of our family’s private life. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Did anybody offer you a ride on their private jet?” she asks. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

In military language, grandchildren, a “non-com” is a noncommissioned officer, anyone above the rank of a private, but no higher than a sergeant. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some businessmen from Mobile had leased the land around it, bought the house, and established what Maycomb thought was a private gambling hell. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

It had been at the private hotel that he had known Miss Mellitt. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I may have ignored him last night in private, but in training we must appear as an inseparable team. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

We found a private table in the back. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

If the butlers cared about politics, if they had private allegiances to one party or another, they kept it to themselves. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The money flowed from private donors and from government grants, the latter partially the result of contributions by Berkeley chemists and engineers to the American war effort. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

White learned of the statement that private investigator No. 28 had obtained from the Kaw Indian woman, in which Rose had confessed to being the murderer. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

With contracts, as with laws: “A contract is a private and particular law, and contracts do not make the law binding, but the laws do make legal contracts so.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

In private now, alone, I brood over language and intimacy—the great themes of my past. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to wonder about his expensive private- school yard. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You really showed all the private details about our lives to Connor?” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Noting his assignment in his private papers, Girard added, “I shall accordingly be very busy for a few days.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Sheriff Freas, his flesh unfolding from his voluminous neck and chest, urged the private detectives to discount Rose and her boyfriend as suspects. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to tell without breaking into all of their info—personal emails, private messages, stored Memories—encrypted things even Henka Games isn’t allowed to have access to. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Everyone, out of the band room. Mila, may I please speak to you in private?” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Circling the room were locked glass cases displaying unusual and historic chess sets, loaned to the library from private collectors for the occasion. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

This was what the men of Hellgate competed for: a private cell, a blanket, clean water, a bucket for waste. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He would have a private horticultural war with Mars. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

His private information is walled behind a mass of shields—not just one, but dozens. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The public girl, running for class treasurer and joining the debate club, and the private boy, the sidekick on 7-Eleven runs. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

And there were plenty of private videos uploaded to the Thunderhead, showing Goddard and his disciples doling out immunity like bread to the poor. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Ready to roll?” he says, which is usually a private paint joke when we head off to one project or another. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He's suggesting that we go for a private walk, but if we don't, he'll say what he needs to in front of my family. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Your Radiance, it might be best were we to speak in private.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The private detectives shared what they knew with Bill Smith, Mollie’s brother-in-law, who was still conducting his own investigation. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

In the OASIS, you could create your own private planet, build a virtual mansion on it, furnish and decorate it however you liked, and invite a few thousand friends over for a party. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I am the law,” the Director rages, then motions to his private security detail. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The same thing happened to those emperors who came to power from being private citizens by corrupting the soldiers. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve been to fund-raisers in private homes that look more like art museums, houses where people own bathtubs made from gemstones. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“What villains are these, that trespass upon my private lands! Come to scorn at my fall, perchance? Draw, you knaves, you dogs!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

But I guess that was a private, not a public thing. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He nods as the bodyguards take over for their hurt friend, then watches as they lead him to a set of private stairs. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

White parents are outraged, threatening to remove their children from public schools and place them in private education. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The rest, he made clear, would have to come from the Rockefeller Foundation and private industry. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Awkwardly, the men would reassemble themselves, first in private, then in groups, becoming soldiers again. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Best of all: Tall French windows opened to a small, private balcony. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Apparently, he only smiles in private, if then, and he certainly isn’t smiling this particular Friday afternoon. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

The door was open, but he couldn’t see her, could only hear her laughing, a low private laugh as though she had won a bet. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the last two years of his life, now profoundly deaf and mosdy bedridden by severe illness, Beethoven withdrew into a private sound world, composing six string quartets of astonishing, unapproachable intensity. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Like he would send his kids to the best private schools. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Adams began to leak his thoughts along these lines in private conversations that he knew would find their way back to Jefferson. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The castle had been abandoned when King Jerrold was a boy, although it was reopened on special occasions, for private balls, weddings, and the like. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He is a very private person. And maybe his other sister didn’t want him to. I’m not sure. Too much time went by and we lost touch.” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She gave private instruction as well as joyrides. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Mind you, I wasn’t yet privy to the private council of Miig and strangers when we ran into them. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“This time they messed up some private property.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After an hour, the doors were shut so that the family, the cabinet, and medical attendants could hold a private religious service. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m right next to one of the biggest private libraries in the world,” said Billy, meaning Eliot Rosewater’s collection of science fiction. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Enough that we couldn’t pay the fees for your private school this year,” she whispers. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The result was an opulent structure that, for the moment, was the biggest private building in America. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I thought you said she went to a private school in Boston.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This land where I’m standing is private property.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“I went to that private school where they made me learn to curtsy.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Applications for private transportation needed little more than tweaking. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

On the third day of training, they start to call us out of lunch for our private sessions with the Gamemakers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

During the late 1920s and 1930s black and white patrons integrated the audiences of numerous lectures, meetings, and concerts in government auditoriums and in private concert halls. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

The Director marches into the kitchen with two of his private security detail. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Before I can respond, he says, “It’s okay, you don’t have to tell me if it’s private or something.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I guess we all thought that, because Mom had been calling every private school within driving distance. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the time, I attended a private Catholic school called Maryvale College. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Junie, we won’t share your private business. It’s up to you whether or not you want to tell Grandma and Grandpa.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

"You will have to make a private appointment for us to discuss your options." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

And indeed one day his sister came to him and asked to talk to him in private. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t mind, Harry,” said Dumbledore, as they passed through the gate, “I’d like a few words with you before we part. In private. Perhaps in here?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The following day, Anthony was on the train to New York City to attend the private funeral held in Stanton’s apartment. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Theo now has works by Gauguin, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Seurat in his private collection—in addition to all his brother’s paintings. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The city almshouse on Spruce Street was jammed with over three hundred paupers, while private institutions, such as the Friends’ Alms House, were also filled to capacity. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“May I see your pictures or are they private?” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Father bathes in the private office and Mother in the kitchen behind a fire screen, while Margot and I have declared the front office to be our bathing grounds. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

They still needed the bicorn horn and the boomslang skin, and the only place they were going to get them was from Snape’s private stores. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Aside from one luxury—a private bathroom—I got a box. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

After a few days of work, I realize this isn’t Don Walter’s private palace, but his hotel. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was tremendously frustrating not to be able to touch my wife, to speak tenderly to her, to have a private moment together. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Previous investigators, including local lawmen and the private eyes, had spoken to these valuable witnesses and then seemingly buried what they had learned. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I'd been working on something in private and now began to imagine bringing it to a live audience. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was a strange opposition: the hard-bitten private-eye expression on the face of a girl wearing a uniform for private school. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Many states utilize “poverty penalties”—piling on additional late fees, payment plan fees, and interest when individuals are unable to pay all their debts at once, often enriching private debt collectors in the process. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

She was given her own little private plywood cabin in a corner of the dugout where the other pilots slept. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I understood that she had just accepted my father’s private wound. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The social workers that she confided in invariably suggested that she enroll Bobby in a small private school where he could receive closer attention and where he could develop at his own pace. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

There's something about putting words on a page in private that makes me feel powerful in public. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It felt unbearably selfish, just downright wrong, to be indulging myself with an education in the liberal arts at a fancy private college while Mom and Dad were on the streets. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“They ask for patience and understanding from the American people as they handle this very private matter.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

A quiet, private man who liked good wine, classical music, and books. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The locals had glanced at the six travelers when they first entered, but made no effort to lower their voices to keep their gossip private. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

After Sandoval, these cases can no longer be brought under Title VI by private litigants. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. We can’t just take any dog, ma’am. We are not the county animal control. This is a private, nonprofit shelter.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Tires crunching over the gravel, they passed several signs advertising that they were on private property. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

At the front were a number of private offices with frosted glass doors and walls. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

My avatar’s name, my real name, and my home address were all stored in my private student file, which only the principal could access. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

These had private information from a soldier—we weren’t getting the truth. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He wears a private’s uniform; it is missing a button. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

As early as the 1930s, for example, his unit covertly read the telegrams of private citizens. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

During much of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, private detective agencies had filled the vacuum left by decentralized, underfunded, incompetent, and corrupt sheriff and police departments. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The Castros had private security, but in my building we didn’t even have security cameras. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Nothing stirred people's envy more than a private joke. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the rooms in the Hotel Magnificent had small private balconies. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

At school, Broughton-Smith had found out, he had said, 'Kingshaw lives in a private hotel!’ and they had all stared at him, it had been an abnormality unknown to any of them. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Debbie, who works as a bookkeeper at a private elementary school, has a mobile, expressive face framed by blond chin-length hair. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

They poured me more wine and I told the story about the English private soldier who was placed under the shower bath. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He narrowed the search to those who worked for private families. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, what do you think of private property?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I suppose it is no secret, however, that my private thoughts of you soften the clutch of combat. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I supervised twenty-one Okinawans in a machine shop and rose in rank from private first class to corporal. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

People gathered in private homes: no need to provoke the Germans. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until that point, this whole thing about Madame had been, if not a joke exactly, very much a private thing we’d wanted to settle among ourselves. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I asked if I could see just one drawing, she said, “Albie, sometimes people need their own private space to think.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Crypto was “a kind of private bodyguard,” Elizebeth wrote—“the first of many dogs and cats we supplied for our children.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Since it was against the law for private cars to charge fares like licensed taxis, the network would be paid for by donations collected at the mass meetings. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“I trust you will forgive me, but I have much work to do in private this evening. You will, I hope, find all things as you wish.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

We have ceremonies of our own, private ones. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Everyone out. I want a private word with the prisoner." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She’d called to ask me to be in some sort of private organization, a club that, from what I gathered, was made up primarily of the wives of important people in Washington. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The whole country is a prince’s private property. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

For what was there that one could do in private. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I squeal, I can’t help it, and run outside to the courtyard to taste him in private like a cat with a stolen pullet. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

On one occasion, 13-04 took me aside and requested that I try to coaIher to sing the songs in private, and record them in my memory. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

In private talks with Republican congressional leaders, Nixon hinted at his military plans. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I waited for him to take it up, to unravel once again his tale of plotting statesmen and deluded public, his great joke, his private toe hold on the world. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Briony gave it to her, she would have time to read it and reflect in private. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Now he was alive to the risk that a private corporation might steal away with the rights to his invention if he did not promptly establish his prior claim. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

This would be the third consecutive year they had held their own private celebration of the birth of the Corps. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The problem now was that the chairs in the private office were neatly grouped around the radio, which was tuned to England. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

They left the hall quickly, wanting to unwrap the broomstick in private before their first class, but halfway across the entrance hall they found the way upstairs barred by Crabbe and Goyle. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

"My lords, perchance you would permit me a private word with my sister?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Very probably, it was not part of the sofa vaudeville of a showoff but, rather, the private, exposed achievement of a young man who, at one time or another, might have tried shaving himself left-handed. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

They have private servant whose job be only to wash car. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, they were taken inside and each given a pretty, private room. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day, however, he invited Mr. Loomis into his private office in the Cornell chemistry building. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He was eighteen when his father sent him east to study with private tutors to prepare him for the entrance exams for Harvard and Yale. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“They’ve got their own private banks out in the holler, buried under stones.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Smith also went to great lengths to keep Seabiscuit’s training private. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“His parents could totally afford to send him to private school. But fifty percent of the colored students haven’t been to school at all.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

As it had been when Craig and I were kids, she didn’t get involved with our private lives. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

A young private asked him, “Sir, is it true that General McClellan is in command again?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Probably something Noris had wanted to keep private from her nosey older brother, and so hidden away in the grove. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been a private adoption, through lawyers and courts. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

We scraped along and found enough private support to continue our work. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

If you leave Mr. Kugler’s office and proceed through the long, narrow hallway past the coal bin and go up four steps, you find yourself in the private office, the showpiece of the entire building. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

They sent their kids to private schools or moved to the suburbs. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

We can imagine it was rendered literally accessible from the palaces, as Cosimo Medici made Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio accessible through a special aboveground corridor from his private residence. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

While my husband’s intentions crystallized as rock salt, and while I preoccupied myself with private survival, the Congo breathed behind the curtain of forest, preparing to roll over us like a river. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Palma has this rule that if you fold down your page, it shows your journal is private. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned to him as they rounded a corner, heading toward a private training room. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Why heck,” Gramps said, “this here’s a river. I never heard of no river being private property.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Now that she thought about it, she didn’t want the private island or the mansion so big you could get lost in it. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

As his private guards close around him, I break away, struggling against the sea of guests rushing indoors out of the rain. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alexander found Pollard lying supine with his leg up in traction, his misery greatly assuaged by a leggy private nurse named Agnes. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s no tables or anything, so it’s harder to eat, but it’s private. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

For a moment they all seemed lost in their own private enjoyment of the cake. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The announcement meant that nine of the state’s ten largest banking organizations now needed an aggregate sum of money from public and private sources well into the tens of billions to stay afloat. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gives a small, private smile as she glances to the side, her chin tucked down to her shoulder. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

A Party member is expected to have no private emotions and no respites from enthusiasm. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She said that he’d gone to private schools his entire life—schools filled with Dreamers—but he made friends wherever he went, in Louisiana and later in Texas. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Then she broke into a private smile, as if recounting something that had made her laugh. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The apartment became a little city with naturally separate habitats, her own private boroughs, and mine. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Schools, local governments, and private companies used it to fire, expel, or exclude anyone considered disloyal to the United States. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

As the years passed, I began to suspect that this was not altogether a private impulse. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Pair an intrusive, usually ignorant, and often suspicious press corps with an intensely private trainer, and you have a volatile mix. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt quite uneasy, though I had been there once or twice before; it was a private place, and everything in it belonged to two dead people. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was shady and luxurious, with tall shutters and a big, cool porch—everyone from Rudyard Kipling to FDR had stayed there—but it wasn’t much bigger than a big private house. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

In private, C.P. was considering conceding on the issue, just to move the program forward. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

That conversation, as Hamilton now remembered it, “consisted of comments on the political principles and views of Col. Bur...without reference to any instance of past conduct, or to private character.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Most of the time the Odessa High supporters did their grumbling in private, but once a year it all came out in the open. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“El Patron insists that you be educated and live, as nearly as possible, a normal life. The problem is, no private teacher wants to teach a clone. And so the Alacrans got an eejit.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is the kind of thing you should only do in private, not with a Guillermo and an Oscore staring you down, both of them with arms crossed and very superior expressions on their faces. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He realized he was looking into the room he had just left, Herod Sayle’s private office. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

God’s house had been everything to me: a house of joy and the center of our private sanctuary—where we met to organize and pledge to support each other. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The morning of her suspension, Izzy had been in her seat, practicing a tricky fingering on the E string for the Saint-Saëns piece she’d been working on in her private lessons. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Not only did the man agree to take Caroline on as a private pupil, he waived the fee. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those private citizens who become princes through Fortune alone do so with little effort, but to maintain their position they need a great deal. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was an invitation to a private party being thrown by Trujillo himself in one of his secluded mansions three hours away. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time the relatives were coming from Chicago and Georgia, the Marine pilots from around America began to land in Ravenel, began to arrive in transports and jets, and private planes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this was, after all, Sayle’s private house and any security would have been designed to stop people coming in, not leaving. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Even my sister's taken to calling them "Auntie Harm" and "Uncle Harm" in private. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Princeton boys, though, found it inconvenient to row among the coal barges and recreational vessels that also made use of the canal, so they got Andrew Carnegie to build them a private lake. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Tucked away in Tututepec, 8-Deer assembled a private army, staffed it with many relatives, and in a series of swift campaigns seized dozens of neighboring villages and city-states. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The Negroes were—” Incidental to the issue in this war. . . to your own private war. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Dinath was wealthy and had a private payroll for the prison authorities. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a private funeral. We were not invited to attend that funeral.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The private detectives agreed to look into the sheriff’s story. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“We are so accustomed to considering our own thoughts private.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

It was an image of Ladybird Hope waving from a Corporation private plane. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“You know all about private browsers, going incognito, deleting your history, and doing whatever you need to do to hide where you’ve been the instant your father or I appear.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I stood on the back of a giant bird—a crow, I think—as big as a private jet. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I am enjoying a bit of quietude in my private toilet right now to strategize for the next undertaking. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Captain Smith,” I say, “I would like to speak to you—in private.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The party sachems met here in secret pow-wow in a private dining room and, over succulent oysters, they decided who’d be elected and who mowed down. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The villagers punished her for acting as if she could have a private life, secret and apart from them. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

These are fleeting moments of private disquiet, only dispelled by abandoning herself to the joy and excitement of those around her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

One of the private security guys shatters both with the butt of his rifle. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

My second, more private refusal must have sunk in, because that's when he accepted the assignment in Bangladesh. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But people also turned inward to their private joys and tragedies to escape the pervasive fear and despondency. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Without eyes, but somehow directed, these airships swim below cloud foam and nobody can be turned away from the sight of them because it’s like watching a private dream. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

My private agenda dovetails completely with my public one. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not a public library, but a private library; that is, a large collection of books belonging to Justice Strauss. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Emma was still reading Mom’s words: “‘I tried to keep you kids’ identity private, too. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But with acting, you don’t really get to spend years stumbling along in private. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“I have dined with him at his private house.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

She liked to go in and out through a private entrance. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Necessity being the mother of invention, black people created their own transit system, an informal network of bus routes, controlled by private associations operating entirely outside the law. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

For decades, black elites engaged in private rescue efforts to make black communities tidy, clean, and respectable in a futile effort to gain white approval. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The correspondence continues regularly up to Sunday night and appears to have been lifted from a private email server used by residents of the White House. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Although it was a private place, with an opening closed to the public, once inside you could do what you pleased: disrupt things, rummage, touch and move. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the predominantly white community in Georgia where we had previously lived, the swimming pool had also been private—available only to the community residents. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The group also had agreed to pay for Luke to go to a private school as a boarder, year-round. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s got its own entrance. The apartment, I mean. It’s private. We won’t bother you.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

With the Model T, part of the concept of private property disappeared. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although the rank and file were cramped underground, the sentries had two large, roomy burrows to themselves, while each officer had a private burrow. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hattie also attends a private school, an “arts and humanities” school that rejects all forms of standardized tests. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Based on leads from informants and from circumstantial evidence, the private detectives began to develop a crystalline theory of the crime. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Halfway around is a small private graveyard where members of the Ratliff family lie buried, where Gerald and Gogol always stop to catch their breath. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jefferson required what we would call “deniability,” not just for public purposes but also for his own private serenity. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

In June 1956, in the monthly journal Liberation, I pointed out that the charter endorsed private enterprise and would allow capitalism to flourish among Africans for the first time. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps we should discuss this somewhere more private, shall we? The rest of you, back to your normal activities!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Orchestras are run by maestros, and maestros are powerful, brilliant, single-minded, highly entrenched men who run their organizations like their own private fiefdoms. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you know you can’t lay around here? You got to get off. This is private property!” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The consummation of these deals represented an important victory for private enterprise, he pointed out, since the armies of both countries were socialized institutions. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Soldiers in red marched ranked down private avenues, muskets held at ready. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Hatsue had been taken from his life by history, because history was whimsical and immune to private yearnings. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She dragged Aurelia to the ground and they both prayed their own private prayers. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Either. This place I’m looking for is private.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

"Do you think we might go somewhere more private while I tell you about it?" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I wanted to talk to Coach in private, but he was writing in his playbook, probably making last-minute changes to our game plan while he ate his eggs. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Not everyone who goes to private school is rich. Especially not the poor kids who can play basketball.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

In private, though, Maestlin also explained the Copernican system to a select group of promising pupils, including Kepler. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The Trail Room of the Warren Hotel, a coffee shop that Garden City businessmen treat as though it were a private club, was a murmuring cave of speculation and rumor. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of them checked the list quickly, then returned to the locker room to pack their belongings, and vanish in the night to be alone with their private desolation. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Immediately he had been taken aside for a brief private lesson in language precision. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

His most recent Memory, aside from the draft and the party, is of him at the airport’s private jet strip, waiting beside an older boy in sunglasses who I recognize immediately as his brother Daniel. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

For hours, and sometimes for days, I fell without realizing it into the private explanation of the world. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was garrulous and sociable and loved to be at the center of attention, but at the same time he was extraordinarily guarded about his private life. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Thanks to Abdol's connections, my dad was able to attend one of the best private schools in Tehran, free of charge. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Everyone knew my public sorrow, the lost baby, but none my private one, my loss of faith. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was mostly wealthy or middle-class whites who could afford to move or send their children to private schools. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

My friend accompanied me to the offices of a large private foundation well known for its activities and donations in the civil-rights area. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He checked all the usual places—the private prayer rooms, the memorial hall, even the kitchens—and found no one. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“The setting here is a private school, very privileged,” he says. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Much of the big private collection that Parkhurst had willed to the prison was still in crates and boxes in the back of the library—thousands of old books. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He never wrote what he truly felt, for he knew that his private journal was not private at all, and that Scythe Goddard read every last word. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Private? How is it private if everyone knows except me?” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He could have flown them in a private jet, but no way would they have agreed to that. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

A private staircase stretched up and out of view to Ms. Lee’s floor. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It had real cool covers, there were always drawings of smiling white people on it standing next to cars with wings or sitting in private submarines or eating a whole meal in one little pill. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The charter does not speak about the eradication of classes and private property, or public ownership of the means of production, or promulgate any of the tenets of scientific socialism. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, on his narrow hotel bed, he thought sleepily about pre-empting Comrade Pillai by organizing his workers into a sort of private labor union. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

One lived down the street on his own private island connected by a causeway to the Connecticut mainland. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

After spending half the day at National, we went to visit a small private college and a big university so we could experience how different they were. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I'd be in the big state hospital in the country, cheek by jowl to this private place. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Some people who didn’t really know him thought Gregor was stuck-up, but he was mostly just private. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Always holding hands, always laughing over some private joke. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm the youngest, and my parents are moving to Harlem after I graduate. Mom got an offer to teach at some exclusive private school in Manhattan." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Since when is it the policy of the American government to confiscate the private property of its citizens ? Shame on you I Shame on all of you for even thinking such a horrible thought.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

"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

We were playing Armstead Academy, the jewel of the New England private day schools. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

They acted as if they owned us, as if we were their private property. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

As far as tens of thousands of private citizens and many government officials were concerned, these strikes were not simply motivated by hopes for higher wages. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“They said I was trespassing on private property,” he says. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

She was finally freed with the help of the AARP, volunteer lawyers, a private attorney, and an article about her plight published by the Associated Press. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

So his parents took him out of public school and, at the beginning of seventh grade, sent him to Lakeside, a private school that catered to Seattle’s elite families. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“Because I know you tell everyone about how horrible you think I am. You know, I hope you at least keep some things private.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Go lie down with your ear to the floor. They’ll be brought to the private office, and you’ll be able to hear everything.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

More like a young man who spent all his time in the library of the university, or the private archives of the local magistrate. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The specter of busing had started other parents looking into private schools. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Because for a private citizen to become a prince presupposes virtue or Fortune, it appears that either the one or the other of these two things should partially mitigate many of the problems. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Land went from being accessible to all to being private property where no one could go without permission from the owners. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

She is proud that her money pays Belky’s tuition at a private high school and eventually a college, to study accounting. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Four stories tall, the building stood on a quiet, tree-lined block enclosing a private garden. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Pearl is working at the college level already. But I can’t afford private school.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

One entire glass wall opens up to my own private patio, half of which is taken up by a shimmering blue infinity pool that goes all the way to the edge of the balcony. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We began meeting clandestinely on Saturday mornings at Ellis Park or some private court in the suburbs, where he gave lessons. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Melanie would understand how impossible it would be to invite someone else to be part of anything so private and secret as the Egypt Game. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was inappropriate, at the beginning of the meal, for Marshall to turn away from his hostess and begin a private conversation. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He chuckled at some private joke and knelt down to speak to Frankie. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I hear that you have been most free and bounteous, giving your private time to him. What is between you?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

But Mr. Yang was a good man, she felt; he worked very hard, driving a school bus to Laurel Academy, a nearby private girls’ school, and working as a handyman. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Nazis already turned off most of the private telephone lines. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

But in Queens the buildings are small, mostly private homes, and those that aren’t are only a few stories high. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

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

The pictures made you feel as though you were peeking in at someone else’s private moment. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever was eroding inside my father, withering his muscles and stripping his nerves, he viewed it as his own private challenge, as something to silently withstand. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

My steadfast husband tore his hair in private. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come,” she said, and Xaro followed her through the pillars, to the wide marble steps that led up to her private chambers at the apex of the pyramid. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Even though I was curious to know who else was in that shed, it was time for me to exit this private moment. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

For better or worse Dove was now his own private property. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Never really got to talk in private on Olympus. I wanted to thank you.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Captain Stewart told Sergeant Simpson that if he didn’t shut up and get out he was going to bust him down to private.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today, discrimination against people with criminal records and their families is routine among public and private landlords alike. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“This is private property, don’t you know that? You wanna go to jail, junior?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A story was direct and simple, allowing nothing to come between herself and her reader—no intermediaries with their private ambitions or incompetence, no pressures of time, no limits on resources. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

In the company of others, we exchanged only formal courtesies, arranging private meetings with our looks and with letters passed between us. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Given Comstock’s numerous contacts among the Osage, the private eyes now took him up on his offer to help. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Each of us keeps our memories of them private and safely locked in the boxes of our own heart. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"No. I came here straight from the stables, when they told me the king was holding court. His Grace will want to hear my tidings in private first, I'd think." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A new term began to make the rounds in policy circles, the press, and private conversation: the missile gap. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

It sounded like neither English nor his other, private tongue. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“You will need to speak to Lord Ashton about that. I am much too ill to make any decisions,” Lady Constance replied, retreating back inside her private parlor. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

To women as yet unaware of his private obsessions, it was an appealing delicacy. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I don’t. I didn’t go to a stuck-up private school. Where did you get that thing, anyway? It smells.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I was ready to go home, eat something in private, and go to sleep. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Massachusetts Board of Education bans disproportionate punishment. But it still happens. Even in private, independent schools like Middlefield Prep.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Elsewhere, Storm Troopers and Hitler Youth burst into private homes, terrorizing and violating the occupants. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The first time I had ever flown out of Pakistan was on a private jet to save my life. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Everything is in private, we deal like family, among ourselves, without chits or contracts. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the most part, the followers were young, out-of-work men, who proudly wore the brown shirts of Hitler’s private army. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

They would want me to have the best of care at first, so they would sink all their money in a private hospital like Doctor Gordon's. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

But it would have been better if she put her head down and helped the cook prepare the private meals for her uncles. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

While everyone longed and prayed for success, many held private doubts—it was hard to imagine that whites would ever give up control. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Third, we mean to set up a committee of private citizens to oversee free elections. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He woke up thirsty in a private room, drowning in ether fumes. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“This is the only private shower in the building,” he says. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Attention. Forward march,” a private ordered us, and we followed the lieutenant toward the truck the visitors had arrived in. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But I was curious, because when w ere we ever going to get the chance to sail around the Ligurian Sea on some bloke’s private yacht? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of this place as my own private virtual hell. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The cop picked up his broken watch and hustled Scruggs to a private room at the back of the store. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

This left him free to wander unescorted through the city, visiting with the Alexandrians as a private citizen. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

I told Kami that what we were witnessing was private, and that Emily would be embarrassed by it tomorrow. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

To distinguish so sharply between public and private knowledge may seem to diminish the achievements of those who make discoveries but never publish them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Some are bought for zoos, particularly by wealthy Arabs who like to keep private collections of wild animals. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Veering seemed a private act, something to both savor and sometimes dread alone. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Over breakfast at his hotel on Thursday morning, Burnham read with uneasiness about the failure of S. A. Kean & Co., a private bank in Chicago. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Even the lowliest private soldier had decided that the war would not be fought in the trenches again. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Come. I know just the place to talk in private.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I need to take this. It’s kind of urgent. And private.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

You not going to have no private coach with four red velvet chairs that swivel around in one place whenever you want ’em to. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Your class had a lot of private and personal battles. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

If a bridle path goes through a farmyard it can't be private but farmyards definitely don't feel public. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Lenore says: "Today is all just procedure. You will see the judge in private. He might ask some questions. There is paperwork to be signed." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Many private colleges didn't admit women until the 1970s. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Factories, mines, land, houses, transport—everything had been taken away from them; and since these things were no longer private property, it followed that they must be public property. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

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

True, there was a phone—the controversial private phone—on Buddy’s desk. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“It won’t take long for Dorian to ask me for a private audience.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I try to shrug off the familiar note of guilt I always feel when combing through others’ private data. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

While Marcus lay trembling with fear and guilt, and Julius in chains tracked Boots into the hot, dry hinterland, Aurelia was in her mother’s private apartment, where she had been summoned. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Major Major submitted meekly to Milo’s tugging and cowered in disgrace at his private table throughout the whole meal. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

A note would have suggested someone else had written it—another spy on the island—but a page from a private journal pointed only to Milligan himself. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Naturally we all thought there would just be a quick private burying. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I want to know what they paid for this private concert,” Benji’s dad said. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was private, a secret about yourself it never occurred to you to share. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He wanted to examine himself in private, but that was hardly possible here. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I think of Baraa answering his phone in his private guesthouse, only to end up with us in the same boat to Europe. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

And if a few entertained private doubts, surely they would be wise enough to keep those misgivings to themselves. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe they had quietly refused to clean the walkway, had just let it go for one day—their own private rebellion. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The fact is that only in private—with intimates—is separateness from the crowd a prerequisite for individuality. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not ideal, but it was private and, except for birds and frogs, quiet. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leo got the feeling that the two of them had had private conversations about the House of Hades, and they weren’t sharing all the details. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It’s the one chore I don’t mind because it’s our private time together. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

These two methods are when one becomes prince through some wicked and nefarious means; or when a private citizen becomes prince of his native city through the favour of his fellow citizens. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Doctor Gordon’s private hospital crowned a grassy rise at the end of a long, secluded drive that had been whitened with broken quahog shells. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The camera pans to cheering crowds, then to the professional players waiting in a private room backstage. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In 1936 he established a private fund for Ernest to spend on unscheduled and unrecorded needs of the Rad Lab, including travel and equipment. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

If I could afford to pay for a private school for you I would. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It helped me relax to hold an old Harry Potter wand I use as a fake microphone when I sing in private. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“That is my own private journal,” Phoebe said. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Dad had told only me about his private flying lessons. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And she had seen him riding beside Lannister far too often, talking in low voices and laughing at some private joke. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Every afternoon they boarded a boat and made their way out to the New York Athletic Club’s private retreat, Huckleberry Island, a mile off Travers Island, out in the cool waters of Long Island Sound. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

There isn't a private place in these apartments. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He hated the light bulb’s monotonous surveillance; it disturbed his sleep and, more explicitly, endangered the success of a private project— escape. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Florentines made Paulo Vitelli their captain, a very able man and one who rose from being a private citizen to achieve great prestige. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

The outside world suddenly becomes as private as you want it to be. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Schindler smiled and moved on, sharing a private joke with my father. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

My private ceremony of greeting, however, would not come until we were closer, until we were sailing through the Golden Gate. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alongside all this, Galileo had a full private life. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Before the Thunderhead achieved consciousness, when it was merely known as “the cloud,” criminals—and even public agencies—would find ways into people’s private doings, against the law, and exploit that information. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I think that is a private girl thing. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Or to make completely sure it was private and secure. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“They thought they could rule my private life.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

As explained above, scholars cannot even agree on the basics, such as the existence of private property, nuclear families and monogamous relationships. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Washington, we had a private tour of the White House and posed on the steps of the Supreme Court with Mr. Thurgood Marshall. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of the cabins are the same, except the private luxury suite on B deck for the Führer himself. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Then, how come you’re not at that Catholic school ten blocks from here? Or one of them private schools downtown?” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I take the lenses and head over to the door, which opens into a private bathroom. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Despite Lawrence’s reputation for personal integrity, an unaudited private fund controlled by a faculty member eventually made university accountants uneasy. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

With the development of television, and the technical advance which made it possible to receive and transmit simultaneously on the same instrument, private life came to an end. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The reason for this was that he worked for an aristocrat, Prince Esterhazy, at his private houses. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Whether public or private, accounting is a peculiar blend of facts and arbitrary procedures which usually require decoding. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just the best private school around, so my parents sent Lauren and me there anyway. We’re basically sinning our way through religious school. It’s great.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The water was shallow, and the way the beach curved made it private, too. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The Exclusion Guards and the Director’s private security detail don’t move. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

A lawyer and a former private detective with the Burns agency, Davis had a groomed sleekness. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I had planned a private good-bye tea party in her room with almond cookies and rice cakes. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know, it is not enough. I’m urging the government to let private citizens build warships, too. Salem will build a frigate, the minute we have permission.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He immediately reported this to Pim, who went to the private office, tuned the radio to a German station and locked the door. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

You’d think there was nothing else but the private debates of my flesh and spirit going on, the way I’ve left out the rest of my life. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Penelope and I got out of the car so we could have a private good-bye. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Like all the previous discs, this one begins with her birthday party, a lavish private affair somewhere in Scotland. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Former all-white public schools had opened their doors to black students, as had department stores, restaurants, lunch counters, swimming pools, libraries, and other private and tax-supported facilities. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Four men from the Director’s private security detail enter. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Professor Sahib and I have hired private investigators.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She looked at me, and I realized we might not have been having private conversations in our minds the whole way home. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But my mother, a modern woman, said our spells in private. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was clear that their eyes were having a private, silent conversation. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The private talk would actually be more a negotiation, Janice told me the week before, about what everyone would be saying before the cameras. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He blushes again at the nickname, which must be a private joke of some kind. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

On the opposite side, just like a football stadium, hundreds of private suites overlook a field of green several stories below. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I grab it, glance at the private stamped on the front. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

The players’ private lives were an intense daily struggle to stay afloat. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

We are each given our own chambers that have a bedroom, a dressing area, and a private bathroom with hot and cold running water. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

We carry on up Tam and Hildy’s private little path, Tam chattering away, making enough Noise for a whole town. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

A senior at a small private high school, the teenager identifies as agender—neither male nor female. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Only close friends and the private guard remained behind. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever she introduced her private thoughts into their rubbings or goings, they hooded their eyes. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Each wide-open empty bedroom in the house had a whole wall of built-in wooden cupboards and closets and a private sunporch. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it would be better if I could keep some of these reports private for a while. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I can see why this might concern you. But you needn’t worry. My avatar has many unique powers, including the ability to enter private chat rooms uninvited.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I’m taken to a waiting car, one of a dozen sleek black vehicles in a line outside a private side exit. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I am the law,” the Director rages, then motions to his private security detail. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Her watercolors of speckled mushrooms and bonneted girls were hung with pride in the family room, and her skill was encouraged with private lessons and summer visits to sketching camp. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

They were both older, bigger, and broader of shoulder than Joost, and they were house guards, private servants of Councilman Hoede. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It’s so private and silent that I pretend we’re the only two people on earth, which is how I wish it could be for real. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Henry made us read portions of Walden Pond, and afterward I’d had fantasies of going to a private garden where T. Ray would never find me. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also knew that we needed a break: I’d started scouting for a private place where we could go to decompress for a few days in January, immediately after the new president got sworn in. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I had several private meetings with him at his residence, and later that year the government made its first concrete proposal. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I had doubts about my decision, if I sometimes thought about turning back, running back to my parents and the Clinic and giving in, what stopped me was this private ecstasy between my legs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Arthur Lee became suspicious, but while he was pointing a finger at Bancroft, Franklin learned from his agents in London that Lee’s own private secretary was a British spy! George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s a private school in Manhattan; I think it’s the last one where they have to wear uniforms. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

But if the answer was no, then Briony was surrounded by machines, intelligent and pleasant enough on the outside, but lacking the bright and private inside feeling she had. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“They never let children watch. It’s very private.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It is improper for a lady and gentleman who are not married to one another to hold a private conversation without a chaperone!” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

They endured my early precocious behavior—but with what private anger and humiliation? Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each had a small private office within this larger office. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

In fact, unless it rained, everyone had his own private sleeping accommodations. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is a break in the middle of the day at 3 Guys, after the lunchtime limousines leave and before the private schools let out. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

They could write about things like when' to meet in Egypt again, and what they thought of the teacher, and all sorts of other private information. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

After my morning appointments, Rémy walks Ivy and me to the queen's sitting room for a private meeting. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

If I ever managed to get to heaven after everything I’d done, I hoped I would get just a few minutes for a private conference with God. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aech followed Og’s directions to a private hangar near the Columbus airport, where a small luxury jet was waiting for us. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He manipulated Linton’s family into allowing him to spend private time with the boy, even overnights at the man’s house. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Her thoughts of the jungle and a ring of dark admirers remained in her private preserve. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I had private thoughts of my own that I didn’t share with them, so it made us even. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once they’d finished their run, they trained in a private room far from her competitors’ eyes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Last year a few young hotshots from the federal prosecutor’s office in Miami drove down here for a private bachelor party on the Coral Queen. You know what a bachelor party is, right?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

His father had spoken a few private words with Kevin and was now climbing back up onto the seat of the wagon. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

When his chin went hard, he was really trying to hold down the lid on a private volcano, but sometimes the lid blew. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your song,” I said sheepishly, suddenly feeling like I’d maybe illegally trespassed into Dad’s private territory. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing in my own private hallway looking at my own private intercom can’t be against the law, can it? Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“You sound like my mother,” Paula said in the barbed tone of a private fight being continued, words meaning other things. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Those planes belong to the syndicate, and everybody has a share. Confiscate? How can you possibly confiscate your own private property? Confiscate, indeed! I’ve never heard anything so depraved in my whole life.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Like lacrosse. Trey and me never knew the sport existed until we started private school.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

But he doesn’t feel the need to hide anything: sexual possessiveness is bourgeois, and just a hangover from notions about the sanctity of private property. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Lou leaned over to me and said, “Well, I’m not worried. I wrote a special note in the front of mine distinctly asking him not to read it. Mine was private.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He could trust none of them, nor would they ever include him in their private councils. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Because I’m a private person. And my friend just died. I’m sad and I’m trying to deal with it. Is that all right with you?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Gross racial disparities in health, wealth, education, and opportunity should be of no interest to our government, and racial identity should be a private matter, something best kept to ourselves. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m saying we should talk about it. Not everyone has private islands. Some people work on them. Some work in factories. Some don’t have work. Some don’t have food.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“So if you two don’t mind tidying up these breakfast things, Tiller and I will go to our private banks and get some money and then we’ll all go into town, okay?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The upstairs was reserved for quieter meals and private parties. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were all kinds of food and stuff in the private box. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” she said, “this talk will be a private one with Jonas.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

These would meet in private and afterwards communicate their decisions to the others. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

He tipped his ginger roots into the cauldron too, and wondered whether he ought to take a leaf out of Moody’s book and start drinking only from a private hip flask. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I could do that back at O-Hall, even though the showers here in the locker room were so much cleaner and more private. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I’ve heard them at it sometimes, caught whiffs of their private conversations. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sophists—of whom Gorgias was one of the first examples—were essentially just private tutors who trained Athenian aristocrats in philosophy and rhetoric. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I felt that Gay had horned her way into my most private relationship without my permission. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“I want war like I want polio,” Johnson groaned in private. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

At the age of ten, Butler children were sent to a private training center in Israel, where they were taught the specialized skills necessary to guard the latest in the Fowl line. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lemoncello had just climbed on top of the balcony railing outside his private suite—on the third floor! Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I knit my old life into my new one, my private concerns into my public work. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The aggressive enforcement of these criminal offenses opened up an enormous market for convict leasing, in which prisoners were contracted out as laborers to the highest private bidder. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

She tell me private if I see my daddy to tell him he a sweet man always. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has every bike messenger and private driver she knows looking for him. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to go into detail about it because it’s pretty private stuff, but I will say that Brad assumed the role of the girl in terms of where you put things. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

What they seem not to recognize is that, as a socially disadvantaged child, I considered Spanish to be a private language. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In short, the market for private prisons is as good as it has ever been. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Last night the four of us went down to the private office and listened to England on the radio. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

They would bulldoze the barrier separating the public from the private. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Summoning William, he asked if he could buy a secure code for private use. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

During the war, all families with private houses that could were asked to take in people who temporarily found themselves without homes. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Lyra, I’m going to give you something, and you must promise to keep it private. Will you swear to that?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He always ended these interrogations with an exasperated, loud private conversation with God concerning our hopelessness. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They agreed passionately out of the depths of their tormented private lives. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

As writers, then, we should try to get into our readers’ heads and be mindful of how easy it is to fall back on parochial jargon and private abstractions. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Albert must have approached the door, because Frankie cried, “You can’t go in my room! It’s private. Mum, make him leave.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Lesser butlers will abandon their professional being for the private one at the least provocation. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Trouble started as soon as Shin walked from the execution grounds to his school, where he had a private meeting with his teacher. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Tucked away in the corner of the room, they’re like a private conversation between me and this mystery person. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“To be honest with you”—slurp, chew, slurp—“I’m glad she don’t come in here. This is...my private space, y’know?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I wished I could spend my days there, instead of going to the private school between my morning and afternoon sessions. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Before long, we were meeting in private chat-room sessions at least once a day. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He has the largest private medical practice in East Africa, and it has made him a famous figure in Nairobi. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is to say, this is a private residence; this room, made so kindly available to me tonight by the Taylors, was once occupied by their eldest son, now long grown and living in Exeter. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“On the contrary,” said he, “I thank you, for though we are strictly in our private and personal capacity, still it may be mentioned that there are Newgate cobwebs about, and it brushes them away.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“The mayor is in his basement office on private business, but he will be up shortly.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The numbers of incarcerated people with serious mental illness declined dramatically, while public and private mental health facilities emerged to provide care to the mentally distressed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Federal Emergency Management will provide relief for private citizens. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

James had a nautilus disposition, burrowing into his private appetites, but Terrance inflicted every fleeting and deep-seated fancy on all in his power. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

In no public or private utterance was it ever admitted that the three powers had at any time been grouped along different lines. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The baby’s stillbirth might have remained a private tragedy for Marsha and her family had it not been for a nosy neighbor who had long been suspicious of the Colbeys. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She wondered if he had a completely different vocabulary of private gestures. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I alone, from the private box of my primordial egg, saw what was going on. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In fact, it seemed that they were always around, a constant threat, ruining whatever private moments he and Linda had tried to salvage. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could not be certain that anything was private anymore, not even her love letters from William. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He succeeded in all these undertakings, and he is worthy of even more praise, since he did everything in order to increase the power of the Church, and not for any private individual. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

His uniform said he was a private in the Fourth Regiment—the King’s Own. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“His brother used to make my brother Aaron’s life a living hell. That’s why Aaron went to a private high school.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I write him a private message: Please take that off your wall or edit out what you say at the end so no one else sees/hears it. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She was a student at a private school in Nairobi. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Pepperhorn gestured to two of the Hill’s private security officers, who rushed over to put large iron cuffs on the Gran’s wrists. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He preferred not to perform in large concert halls, as was increasingly the vogue, but rather in small salons and private homes. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

These private comments were more often far more expressive than those his reticent public persona allowed. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

A sign in Spanish and English announced that the restaurant was closed for a private party. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I shift my weight from one foot to the other—I feel like I’m intruding on a private moment. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Later, when Melanie began to think about it in private, she began to have some doubts. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kelly J. is the kind of person who would give private letters to her friends to laugh at during our hour in the library—which doesn’t have any books about any Persian stories anyway. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He is under arrest, locked up on the Discovery, and his private store of wine, dried beef, eggs, oatmeal, and other good food has been shared equally among all of us. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Where his private candy box opens for him. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is my son, a private soldier, Mr. Secretary—just as I was—a private soldier in the United States Army.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There have been rumors that wealthy people in the Philippines who own private estates in the rain forest have been importing African animals illegally, releasing them into the Philippine jungle, and hunting them. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was one night when she and Papa were away—she'll never know about it—I had my own private fashion show in her room. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“No, we’ll rearrange my room so that you can have your own private space in it,” Mom says. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“You are not a private security company! Marcus, honey, this isn’t a joke.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I believe this was going on all over the country in private. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Satellite pictures show a full-size horseracing track, a private train station, and a water park. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Coetsee said the government would like to appoint a committee of senior officials to conduct private discussions with me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went to my room so I could continue reading the letter from the Courters in private. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I didn't say nothing, and the coach followed up with, "This is a private practice." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“I know it’s private property, but we love the woods.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

When Moniek left, Jack moved out of the camp and into a private home. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

His upper body was bent forward, as though to discuss some private matter. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Because I wasn’t sure if you’d ever let me see it again. You’re so private about your art—you panic if you think anyone is watching you draw in your sketchbook.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

This would explain why the Dictograph set up by the private detectives working for Mollie Burkhart’s family had never picked up any incriminating statements, and why Rose’s clothes had never been found in the creek. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She had the grace of control to appear warm in the coldest weather, and on the Arkansas summer days it seemed she had a private breeze which swirled around, cooling her. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Since they’re planning to open up more private schools, you may not have to deal with the outrage.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“She thinks herself wrong, then, for having consented to a private engagement?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

But she was not our responsibility, and in our private moments we were thankful for it. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The cabins there, paneled in exotic woods, were spacious, with built-in vanities, plush upholstered furniture, Persian rugs, bedside telephones, and private bathrooms with hot and cold freshwater showers. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Galileo had never mentioned atomism in print, although some who knew him claimed that, in private, he made clear his commitment to it; Gilbert had discussed atomism only to reject it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

In his own private way, he found far more inspiration in the classroom than he did on the football field. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Employees were running up and down the stairs like seasick rats and the President’s private guard were pushing furniture against the windows and distributing pistols to those who were closest to him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A man has to keep his trade secrets private,” Maddox said, taking a bite of pork roast. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

But while Galileo’s public reputation increased, his private life began to pose problems. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

And now, here was Matilda sitting in the classroom with a curiously exalted look on her face and asking if she could have a private talk. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Public fact becomes private reality, and the seasons of a Midwestern town become the Moirai of our small lives. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon, he would travel by yacht to The Corporation’s private island, away from prying government eyes. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The obituary in the Tangerine Times said that Mike Costello would have a public viewing tonight and a private burial ceremony tomorrow. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The private who brought it to him described plundering the villa they took it from; he called it “shopping.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

From merely stealing drinks from private fountains after dark, Boots became bolder. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Nothing remained but to observe, in secret, his private and deep distress. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He had no idea how long intelligence agents had been following him, or what they already knew about his private life. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

What’s more, they “informed me that Mrs. Frear had been taken to a private house in Huron Street, and was perfectly safe and well cared for.” The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Kennedy reached for the Dictaphone sitting on the table behind him to record his private thoughts. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Yale, he said, had no problem raising “private funds” in 1924. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Shortly after that the couple was married in a private ceremony in the prison. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Though in that world Baeh would have shown displeasure only in private. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

While most of the train compartments are saturated with color, Tsukiko’s private car is almost completely neutral. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

This private detective is the creation of San Francisco’s own literary son, Dashiell Hammett, and appeared in his novel The Maltese Falcon, as well as three short stories. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Where houses were, where windows stared, where gutters ran, were people—sleeping now, invisible, private, in the heavy darknesses of these houses, while the Lord’s day broke outside. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Most of the Europeans who traveled to what they called the New World in 1492 and after were those whose families had been displaced when the commons were converted to private property. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

"I don't send you to a private school for you to lose ties. I send you there for you to be able to make them one day!" she yelled. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Sandy turned to a fresh page, propped his feet on the judge's desk, and began to read the data supplied by the private investigator on Otis Amber. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Best of all, we had a private bathroom, a full-size room with a sink, a toilet, and a tub. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He led the way into what everybody called the greenroom: a small cinder-block cubbyhole with a couch, a table, a couple of chairs, and a private bathroom. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The black community posed the question in private and in public, and with every possible inflection: rhetorically, angrily, incredulously, hopefully. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

On the corner, several storm troopers, or the SA, as members of Hitler's private army are called, are passing out white leaflets that announce a victory parade through downtown Hamburg that night. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s a slight nip in the air, dear. Andrew, would you kindly excuse us? I need to talk to Miss Muldauer in private.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The young man, who was backstage at the time too, put his hand on his new wife’s elbow and asked to speak with her in private. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Either word of my incredible skills had gotten around the private school league, or Will had let them know that I was on his list and should be on theirs too. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Francesco became Duke of Milan from his station as a private citizen through appropriate methods and a great deal of virtue; and what he acquired with a thousand hardships he maintained with little effort. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

The cards and letters are collected, placed in bags, and brought by messenger to the Bowens’ private residence, a town house that is already overflowing with appropriately somber floral arrangements. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The hollering and the high-mindedness over, all that would be left would be another shabby little affair a la the Birmingham country club set, and a self-constructed private Gehenna with the latest Westinghouse appliances. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I knew Mom hadn’t talked about it, because she considered it a private matter. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Elouise might not want an outsider intruding on her private life either. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

A savage storm blew across the prairie and turned the streets into rivers of mud, so the private detective didn’t arrive in Ponca City until dark, only to discover that Brown wasn’t there. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It was upended on the ground beside a long private dock. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had stumbled upon a private scene that belied everything he thought he knew about the golden godson and his charmed life, and it broke something in him to see the other boy brought low. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She would bring out her private box from under the bed and sit on the floor to work. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I just wanted directions and the next thing I know”—I gave a cheerfully dismayed laugh—“this man’s telling me I’m on private property and he’s impounding my car.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I went to school early the next day, since I needed some private place to practice the curses. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

From Malcolm X himself, I had seen, or heard, a few unusual things which had caused me some little private wonder and speculation, and then, with nothing to hang them onto, I had dismissed them. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as a matter of principle, I object to your appearing like this and invading my private moments.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had to go find a private place and drop my pants and smear on this antibacterial ointment. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s been hard to organize everything without her knowing, but now the day has almost come, so we can stop whispering after church and having private meetings without her. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe if I tried to speak with Hermes in private ... The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

After a lot of research, two visits, and many conversations, we’d opted to enroll our daughters at Sidwell Friends, a private Quaker school with an excellent reputation. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I go to private school now, but I grew up playing ball.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Censorship, which at first covered only the mass media, was soon extended to textbooks, song lyrics, movie scripts, and even private conversation. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes people should be left alone to think their private thoughts. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“That was like two years ago. And she goes to a private school all the way in River Hills. It’s totally fine if we do the same thing.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

It was his own sun and darkness, a private and personal sun and darkness. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

This trespass meant that no one must go inside the property because it was not public like a park, but private. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The towns where we preached were stripped bare of young men, with it still being wartime, and this fanned the fires of Nathan’s private torture. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since he was very unwell and no longer able to drive a car, one of his co-workers drove him to a private hospital in the city of Kisumu, on the shore of Lake Victoria. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if Mama or Cold Sassy thought Campbell Williams would end up with a quick private burying like Arthur Crabtree’s, it had another think coming. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

By this time, he was very sick, and they put him in a private room with nurses attending him around the clock. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No way am I spending another dime on that school. There are plenty of other great private schools in New York City.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“He posted it on his private chat app,” she said. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Even if they overlooked private property and sheriffs writing citations, most of the highways feature narrow shoulders, in a landscape that gets so pitch-black at night, any car rushing past would likely kill them all. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And so he tells the reader not about the dreams, which were too private an experience, but about the day he spent in the stove-heated room, when his life as a philosopher began. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Do I dare read more of her private thoughts? The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“All right, so how did your private sessions go?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

His instructions to Hardman seem to point to a definite ‘private’ enemy of the identity of whom he was well aware. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up at six-thirty, breakfast by seven, private study time for three hours in the morning and in the afternoon, and orchestra rehearsal before dinner. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said a scholarship was my only hope for a future and lent me her private books for the summer. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted the carnival to end so I could go somewhere private, climb out of my stuffy dress, and cool off. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a private party. Even Barry’s kid is going to be there. He’s, like, fifteen or something.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Starting at eleven last night, all private phones were cut off. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Arvydas stood under the stream of water, her hands raised above her head gracefully, unaware, as if she were in her own private bath at home. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Last year I shot an arrow at them during my private training session.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I get about half my music from unprotected sites, and half from private sites with very restricted access. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The storm in our private lives had picked him up and put him out of place. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Harry had never seen Lupin lose control before; he felt as though he was intruding upon something private, indecent. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I stood waiting at the private terminal as Barack’s plane touched down. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And when Mr. Larson squinted and rubbed his hands together and said, “It’s like we get to mess around in our own private democracy laboratory!” even Cara had to smile. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Was this what it felt like to be exposed, for all of her private thoughts to be laid bare in front of the one person who she had wanted to be perfect for? Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Those who had stored their supplies carted their haul into private residences in any conveyance they could. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

It’s like they’re touching you, or reading your mind, or hunting through your most private places. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When all the gawkers were gone, Mom asked me what Finkle had said to me in private. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Of course we had to make our own way, just like Jules and Aileen—the four of us, outcasts mounting our own private and necessary revolution. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She walks around the room while we’re writing to make sure that we’re not sleeping or using our phones, but the actual writing is totally private. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

After a while, the lieutenant shook hands with the two foreigners and he called over the private who was guarding the meeting. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I was fascinated by the dark doorways of private homes crushed between shops and restaurants. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Up the creek, a couple private docks extended out into the water, then there was a long strip of riprap near a construction site. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

What’s private about an outdoor shower on a rooftop surrounded by buildings? Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

In addition, the Constitution’s emphasis on protecting private property runs contrary to Haudenosaunee traditions of communal ownership. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I guess they—the Director, his private security detail, the guards—try to keep their actions quiet. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

A mile down the road from there was Rainbow Springs Campground, a private campsite with showers and a store. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

She’s lucky because she also has a kilt, an old one of Perdie’s from when she went to her girls’ private school. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We reached the private road in front of the mansion, and my father kept driving. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“If you do that,” he concluded, “then I’ll understand that this is a private concern.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

On that first visit, we were escorted to the Queen’s private apartment and shown into a sitting room where she and Prince Philip stood waiting to receive us. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I was sorry my friends were missing out on the view, but the sky god had asked for a private consult with me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Using more conventional means, however, the private detectives made a startling discovery. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Duke, the star of Dog Squad, relaxing in his “private bungalow.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

They paid taxes just like everyone else and paid for private health insurance for our family. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Her momma is a teacher at some private school, and her daddy is an electrician. Senior, I got his card. He can fix that light on the back porch for us.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Brother Jack's private description of wealthy members who, he said, sought political salvation by contributing financially to the Brotherhood. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

This law held true for private property owners only, however. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then found a private place in one of the many public gardens scattered throughout Imre. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I need to talk to him in private.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The queen welcomed them warmly, then summoned Missandei to see that the girls were fed and entertained whilst she shared a private supper with the Green Grace. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Though the drawing was done in black pencil, Roza’s smile blazed, her hair seemed to glow with dark, unearthly light, the hollow of her throat pulsed with a private invitation. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

They had no private bathrooms, no towels, no change of clothes. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The most stomach-turning odors rose up from the open latrine pits where the men—and Nate—all did their private business. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

His private and public selves beginning to reconcile. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I expected that we would go into a TV-style courtroom, but we went from a public hallway to a private one and then into a corporate-style conference room with a polished table in the middle. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Like my daughters, I was cultivating a private life to go along with my official one. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Not so good. Listen, I’ll take you there a private way.”The nurse opened a door to a dimly lit passage that seemed to be used for storage. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They work for a private landscaper on these huge mansions being built on old Fresno farmland. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

‘Not yet, Gloria. I don’t want our private affairs all over the place.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

With very few exceptions, Africans at the time did not enjoy private tide to land in South Africa but were tenants paying rent annually to the government. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although I had, by that time, grown easy in public, I felt that my family life was strictly private, not to be revealed to unfamiliar ears or eyes. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all had been through our private hells, and we were still processing what we had experienced. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Apart from it being tactically the right thing to do, this disjunction between the man and his job helped Comrade Pillai to keep his conscience clear about his own private business dealings with Chacko. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They opened again, like the shutter of a slide projector; and in front of Ralph shone private splendor. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been a private in the War, and although he hadn’t served under Granddaddy, he admired him and was determined to be of service to him when he could. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Everybody who knew him knew about Hagar, but she was considered his private honey pot, not a real or legitimate girl friend—not someone he might marry. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

One spur surely was the 1921 transformation of Throop Polytechnic Institute, a modest private technical school in Pasadena, into the California Institute of Technology. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I say this because people sometimes think that everyone who goes to private school is rich, but that isn’t true with us. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The Minister of Justice ruled the case accidental—her private doctor confirmed she'd had health challenges before having beauty work done. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

His grandma’s precious clock, hanging over the mantelpiece, the pendulum swinging back and forth, back and forth, like it was getting on with its own, private life, not caring about Conor at all. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

She was supposed to be extraordinarily gifted, and she took all her classes in private with Sister Ailan. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It turned out that the value of compatibility was much higher for everyone than the value of trying to maintain your own little private network. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

The cassette is tucked down into her pack, where she keeps her private stuff. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

We watched her go, each of us thinking our own private thoughts. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Even with the concert tickets, the private jet, and eight hours wasted online shopping, they weren’t even halfway. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then Johnny noticed that the private holding Goblin’s head had orange hair; a freckle-faced little fellow no bigger than himself. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Black people and white people moved about, each seemingly intent upon his private mission. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

My new school, Our Lady of Mercy, was a polite and proper private Catholic school, with girls in plaid skirts and navy polo shirts. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It is tempting to retreat to my small, private apartment. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

We are controlled here by our confusion, far more than we know, and the American dream has therefore become something much more closely resembling a nightmare, on the private, domestic, and international levels. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Pauline kept this order, this beauty, for herself, a private world, and never introduced it into her storefront, or to her children. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Bonger is an insurance broker with enough money to send seven children to private school. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It was that moment, being told by the woman on the phone that the hearing’s location was “private information,” that did the most damage. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

In everyday life, you would not mistake him for a private school lad. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Papa has some private students but only plays in the orchestra if someone's sick. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Yossarian returned the salute happily, staring at the private with curiosity. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Kids who weren’t into school were unlikely to choose Maybeck, a private high school with roughly a hundred kids that rented space on two floors of a Presbyterian church in Berkeley. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was a long three-storeyed stone building that looked rather like a private lunatic asylum, and in front of it lay the playing- fields with their three football pitches. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind me was the malign Edmund, before me an angry Claudius deep in private conversation with Laertes. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

But even with this incentive, getting through the law books in Justice Strauss’s private library was a very, very, very hard task. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Up on the second floor, they installed their own private library. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Comstock—the attorney and guardian who, despite Hoover’s initial suspicions, had proven to be trustworthy—had also tried to assist the private detectives investigating the murders. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He had converted what used to be a tool shed into his private world, with a padlock on the door and curtained windows from which sometimes rose sweet-smelling smoke. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Why is she coming to nose into my master’s private business?” sobbed Winky. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She actually grew as her older daughter shrank into private misery. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Now, yes. She is in her private parlor.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

It was my second day at private school, and I didn’t know the other students’ names yet, so I looked around to see who one of my teachers had called on. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And the hunters who went there sometimes wondered in private if maybe the white farmer was right after all. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She knocked on the door of the dreaded private study. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

She would have to hire a detective, a very private detective, who had not been associated with her in her practice or in the courts. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

After seeing other tycoons grow bored with their lavish art collections and swanky mansions, Fabyan had invested his own millions in a private brain trust. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Every conversation was private, with no media or staff observing. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

This was of such long standing that Abra did not think of her room as a private place. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And in that exchange there was so much of the private rapport that can only exist between two particular strangers of this tribe that we call black. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Nothing in the world but to hat with you on a private matter.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She served us coffee and cakes while Malcolm spoke in the courteous, gentle manner that was his in private. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He also managed, on behalf of Mollie’s family, the team of private eyes that conspicuously never cracked any of the cases. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She's getting notes from my teachers and the counseling office, because two weeks is a long time to be absent from a high-powered private prep school. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I could use the fact that Cuba’s labor union was supporting the nationalization of all the private schools to convince Papa that going to the meetings was okay. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

When are you to be married, and where, and who is to perform the ceremony, and what are you to wear, and is it to be a public or a private wedding? Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“In fact, Colonel Arbuthnot, you prefer law and order to private vengeance?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

What a person said to the rock was sacred and private. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Simply to be able to go outside during the day and take a walk when I desired was a moment of private glory. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five minutes later, it stirred in a private springtime. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

After this first encounter, I realized that there were two Malcolms—the private and the public person. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rather, foragers lived in communes devoid of private property, monogamous relationships and even fatherhood. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think it was something about us being in the dark looking out on the world, moving through the universe without being seen, our private wheels, our private space flight. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

But upon close inspection, the information invariably traced back to the same dubious sources: private eyes and local lawmen, whose opinions were based on little more than hearsay. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Because my parents were so high up in the government, my brothers attended one of the best private schools, and my younger brother and I had our own baby-sitters. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Take starting a private high school for the Negroes, for example. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had reduced private ownership of land, nationalized certain sectors of the economy, pioneered rapid industrialization, democratized education, and built a modem army. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wemmick,” said I, “do you remember telling me, before I first went to Mr. Jaggers’s private house, to notice that housekeeper?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The event took place in a small, luxurious private hotel. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Mischievous, cunning, private and completely unhousebroken, their games and interests had not changed since Hannah had them all put into the first grade together. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Finally she got out her private box from under the bed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

In all directions, loud partying brigades from public and private high schools, from Lost Cove U., are gathered around kegs, bonfires, picnic tables, drum circles, car hoods. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Everyone kept glancing around at what the rest of the class was doing; this was both an advantage and a disadvantage of Potions, that it was hard to keep your work private. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

We know that to criticize Mobutu, even in private, is to risk having your head cracked open like a nut, which naturally would discourage one’s hopes entirely. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And the private schools won’t open again, only the ones run by the revolution. A revolution my daughter is not getting involved with.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He paid for us to take private lessons in sewing and knitting and record keeping from other people. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They do not understand, consequendy, what so pleases the television audience listening to a movie star discuss his divorce with bogus private language. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the envelope also contained a second, sealed, envelope labeled, “Read this in a private place.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“But may I call you? And talk in private?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“You would never think that he was smart and went to some private school in Manhattan,” I say. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

‘Some things you just naturally want to keep private. Not because they are bad, but because you just want them secret. There are two or three I wouldn’t want even you to know about.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was blue, translucent, round, like a private moon. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was enough for Stanley to buy his family a new house, with a laboratory in the basement, and for Hector to hire a team of private investigators. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Galahad, a priggish, mute little boy, was playing some private game with his dolls—to which he remained attached long after most boys would have taken to soldiers. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he’d finished the hand, Inej had suggested they speak in one of the private gaming parlors to spare him the embarrassment of being fired in front of his friends, but Rojakke wasn’t having it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Since going off to private school—and hanging around the Object—my tastes had been changing, becoming refined, I thought. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

While I’m out in the public hallways, what private languages am I not hearing? Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

At one small-group session, Butler was asked why he had left Durham High School to enroll in a private segregation academy. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I wanted a private word, actually, Harry. It hasn’t been easy to get an opportunity with the cottage this full of people.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

After blessing me out, she took Mama in the house to tell her in private what all Mrs. Snodgrass said Smiley said I said. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The hub of code breaking in the United States was a tiny office in Arlington Hall, formerly a private school for girls in Virginia, not far from Washington, DC. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The children were quiet, intent on spotting more monkeys in the trees, and Mr. Das was absorbed by his tour book, so it seemed like a private conversation between Mr. Kapasi and Mrs. Das. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Instead, he apologized for hurting peo- pies feelings by reading their private thoughts aloud, and he sent us to the library. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Unless it’s a life-or-death emergency, the Coast Guard refers disabled-boat calls to private contractors like Tropical Rescue, which charge big bucks. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I mean,I knew I played trumpet really well, and I'd even taken some private lessons over the summer with this cool high school girl named Emerson. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t get why she’s not in a private high school. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

In January 1919, after the police detained Middleton and his companion, the private detective interrogated them. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I was raised in the belief that these were obscure little engines inside my cells, owned and operated by me or my cellular delegates, private, submicroscopic bits of my intelligent flesh. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He circled the house for several hours, whistling private calls, until the proximity of dawn forced him to go home. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Black told Gold that the Soviet government had abolished private property and was making all the decisions about what the economy should produce, and how goods should be distributed. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You saw her. And I picked her up,” Lyra said, blushing, because of course it was a gross violation of manners to touch something so private as someone else’s dæmon. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Ti Fifi got on the phone and hired a private ambulance company in Port-au-Prince—Sam’s Service Ambulance—which owned a shiny old recycled ambulance from the 1970s. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“He freely admitted that much of this was pure speculation . . . and seldom mentioned these matters except in private discussion.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It was an old Anglican private school, established for the daughters of English clergy, property owners, and overseers. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“She has a private laboratory on the top level. Insane security measures protecting it. I was trying to get up there when they figured out what I was.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to ask you something in private.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

This time we had a private tour of the museum. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I hope not. This is supposed to be our private space. They’re never supposed to come in here.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There's no sign saying so, but such poles are not considered private. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Yet from the outset the fascination with private detectives was mixed with aversion. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

There was no precedent, he wrote, for a private organization to sue a state entity in his court. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

To enforce his absolute authority as the leader, or Führer, of the Nazi regime, Hitler created his own private army composed of fanatical Nazis called the Schutzstaffel, or SS. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“There’s no private matters in this town, Merle,” Grandma said. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Just like he knows me well enough that I would check his Instagram anyway since his profile isn’t private like mine. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

In long-range planning for a trip, I think there is a private conviction that it won’t happen. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

My command center was located under an armored dome embedded in the rocky surface of my own private asteroid. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Except state, not federal. With an emphasis on private, independent schools. Tuition or no tuition, you shouldn’t have been discriminated against.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I liked driving with Mom or Dad in the tiny, private space of our car, and the bus felt wide and open and crawling with other people’s lives. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

If I rehearse here the changes in my private life after my Americanization, it is finally to emphasize the public gain. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Lincolns’ private afternoon carriage ride and absence from the mansion had left business unfinished, with several politicians still waiting for an audience with the president. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most days Olmsted was driven by carriage through the countryside, “every day more or less on a different road,” to view gardens, churchyards, private parks, and the natural landscape. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Sociologists have been major proponents of this line of reasoning, pointing out that differential access to private space influences the likelihood that criminal behavior will be detected. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

With excessive care they continue today to note the difference between private and public life. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was taken to a small private hospital. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was stupid to still keep it private, but he didn’t care. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The Jewish community of Sighet held him in highest esteem; his advice on public and even private matters was frequently sought. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

After journeying to Memphis and Boston, I went to Washington to address a joint session of Congress and attend a private meeting with President Bush. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The inside room was a very private place. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

At the time of the executions, he coped as the other prisoners did—through symbolic protests and private moments of anguish. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“What is it?” the blokova’s voice called out from her private room. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The following year I moved my children to private schools, where they attended for the remainder of their academic years. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

My parents asked me, a little anxiously, if I wanted to go to a private school for girls; they thought I’d feel left out if they didn’t make the effort for me too. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“This was the entrance to Diocletian’s private residence.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Just before dinner time at Farm Hall, the English mansion at which Germany’s top scientists were being held, a British officer named T. H. Rittner asked to speak to Otto Hahn in private. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have to start using the second bedroom, creating a private corner with a sheet. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The new English mass is unilinear, lacking density; there is little opportunity for private prayer. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her name is Jacalyn, and she has two little girls in the Silk Isles, and they drink rose lemonade and lie in hammocks on their private beach overlooking the Bay of Silk. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

But here in this private little alcove in the dark, things felt more. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lemoncello waved a feeble wave and disappeared into his private suite on the third floor. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

It is an intriguing question, and given Burr’s matchless skill at concealing his motives, covering his tracks, and destroying much of his private correspondence, unambiguous answers are not a realistic prospect. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

This private detective is the creation of San Francisco’s own literary son, Dashiell Hammett, and appeared in his novel The Maltese Falcon, as well as three short stories. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

"I suppose you know the Trunchbull has a lockup cupboard in her private quarters called The Chokey? Have you heard about The Chokey?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her private cracks, however, were known to him. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lucrative theft of international food aid whetted the appetite of higher-ups for easy money as it helped transform private markets into the country’s primary economic engine. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m not nearly as private as you are.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Before the saboteurs were to go off on their mission, Colonel Erwin von Lahousen, the chief of intelligence, hosted a dinner in the elegant private dining room of the Zoo Restaurant. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

At first, the Grimké sisters were invited by the American Anti-Slavery Society to discuss their experiences with slavery with small groups of women in private parlors. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The terms sounded in public to remind me in private of the truth: I was not—in a cultural sense—a minority, an alien from public life. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even as small as we then were, some of the African and Asian personages had sent Mr. Muhammad private word that they liked his efforts to awaken and lift up the American black people. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I added more coolly, “Gender relationships are a very...private matter for me.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Kwon said that farm managers pay off soldiers, who then turn a blind eye to large-scale theft of food that is later sold in private markets. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Abigail’s accusations, on the other hand, were private and personal, came from someone whom he respected as an intimate friend, and went beyond mere matters of political partisanship to questions of honor and trust. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

By the third week in September, although the sixth graders were still teasing April—from a safe distance—they were beginning to think of her rather proudly, as their own private oddball. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry was sure they were enjoying a private joke, undoubtedly about what they knew, or suspected, regarding their gang leader’s famous ancestor. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Alas, this value can scarcely be corroborated in any other way; there is certainly little enough in the white man’s public or private life that one should desire to imitate. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Bernard, by this time, was fast asleep and smiling at the private paradise of his dreams. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

It really wasn’t a house at all but a private kingdom. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

No official or private concern seems to have been felt about the fire ant as a menace to crops or livestock. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The Dutch, whose economy was based on private profit, nevertheless understood that the unrestrained pursuit of profit posed a threat to the nation’s soul. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why would a teacher, someone who was supposed to be my colleague, access my computer file and print a private letter? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

His eyes glinted keenly with a private and satisfying mischief. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Already she saw her mistake: this was a private thing, something that should have been kept between them, and by including the Richardsons she had breached a barrier that should not have been broken. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

One kind of monetary policy, which involves the central bank buying private assets, is chunked as quantitative easing. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She went to the mirror, and slowly, piece by piece, began to pull off her clothes in a private strip tease. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The yard was like a private park, without swings of course, but green, and scattered with trees. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s why I had to refuse. Unless it is an emergency, I can never reveal the future of one person to another. Such things are as private as thoughts.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

They met on the job when they were working as private security guards. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The important thing is to unleash your Inner Stickler, while at the same time not getting punched on the nose, or arrested for damage to private property. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

In 1793 water for drinking, cooking, cleaning, and putting out fires all came from private and public wells or from the Delaware River. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“You know what I’ve been thinking? I wonder how much it would cost to hire a private nurse.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Just something personal and private, for our friends. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Just before Labor Day, the boss called Francie into his private office and informed her that Miss Armstrong was leaving to be married. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If they’ll just die in private I think I can handle it. I better get a half-dozen ant traps and buttons, and also a can of powder.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you know this land is posted? This is private property.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Burns, a former Secret Service agent, had succeeded Pinkerton as the world’s most celebrated private eye. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be monitoring this fourth contest from my private suite down the hall. I need to change out of my chaps before I chafe.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was a private and unobtrusive moment, one that failed to dent the rhythm of the office. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

‘Mr. Lome, needless to say the Observers will meet tonight. There are private decisions to be made before the mass meeting tomorrow at nine.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

That whole week Baby Kochamma eavesdropped relentlessly on the twins’ private conversations, and whenever she caught them speaking in Malayalam, she levied a small fine which was deducted at source. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Do you not understand what private means?" the coach jeered. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He could have gotten Nazario to hire the best private investigator in the city and traced her all the way to Florida. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

When I visit the family now, I wrap my American successes around me like a private shawl; I am worthy of eating the food. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe all of us at Hailsham had little secrets like that—little private nooks created out of thin air where we could go off alone with our fears and longings. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course you don’t. You finally admit your feelings for me, but only in private, right?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Ralph cleared his throat “Now we must return to our own abode and deal with our private grief in whatever ways seem to bring us peace.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t really like being inside the temple, and I especially don’t like being in the Kuhani's private study. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I like that it’s something private, something just for us. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Oliver and I had a private discussion with Kenneth Kaunda, the leader of the United National Independence Party of Northern Rhodesia and the future president of Zambia. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The perpetrators, after all, weren’t thinking about their private actions being made public. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“You’re in private school. You can afford it! Probably more than I can.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Not only was it private, it was elegant. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We occupy three beaux arts mansions that were originally private homes. The buildings are landmarked, and our donors today are philanthropists and supporters of education for girls.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Glamorous courtiers climb in and out of private carriages. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He cares that they know, in his own private words, what’s pumping out of his heart. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It’s the best private school in Portland, which means it’s mostly white, which means it’s expensive. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I’m here for a job, not to spy on Hideo’s private training sessions. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They included stagecoaches, wagons, private coaches, broughams, cabriolets, phaetons, buggies, and surreys. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Folks who run preserves, like your granddad. A few private collectors. Other brokers.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Then I was out and hopping around in the hallway of the private sanctum. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t heard Mamma say much about Stanford besides to lament the price tag of a private school education. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The pastor visited them regularly, but the circle thought private visits were nice too. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It took people awhile to realize what was going on in the districts, how private conversations were being transmitted. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“No, Pip,” returned Joe, still looking at the fire, and holding his knees tight, as if he had private information that they intended to make off somewhere, “which I left it to yourself, Pip.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Many Amazonian Indian groups were similarly eliminated by private settlers during the rubber boom of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt had invited him to a total of two private talks. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the very rich who live behind tall walls, my mother and father are always mindful of the line separating public from private life. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"All the private schools are worried because they're losing students every year." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“The last time my father saw her, she was on a wagon headed for Massachusetts to a private school up there. A Quaker school.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Don your detective cap and become your own private investigator! The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

If you think about it, being dependent on each other to produce the stuff that might become your private treasures—that’s bound to do things to your relationships. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

A private staircase stretched up and out of view to Ms. Lee’s floor. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

By autumn, things had gotten so bad that she confessed tearfully to a friend that her son was being ridiculed and ostracized by classmates at his exclusive private school. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“For what I said about you going to private school.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

To her, such matters are private and should not be settled before a public hungry for entertainment. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She says it’s her responsibility to know my private thoughts, that I’ll understand when I have my own kids. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The boat was moored in the private harbour belonging to Manderley?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Far more annoying were the letters from parents of missing daughters and the private detectives who had begun showing up at his door. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

"Stanley, as your attorney, I advise you not to say anything," said the woman, "until you and I have had a chance to talk in private." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I went downstairs all by myself and looked out the windows in the kitchen and private office. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The Hand's private audience chamber was not so large as the kinjg's, nor a patch on the vastness of the throne room, but Tyrion liked its Myrish rugs, wall hangings, and sense of intimacy. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

If the barrio or ghetto child can retain his separateness even while being publicly educated, then it is almost possible to believe that there is no private cost to be paid for public success. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’re so broad yet deeply personal, and it’s a private thing I want to share with everyone, and I think this is that feeling we all chase. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Somehow the inclination to write about my private life in public is related to the ability to do so. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

That stated, he seemed to pull back within himself and give way to private thoughts. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was fanatical, violent, and antiquated, but he represented better than anybody else the values of family, tradition, private property, law and order. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You bet. Only private cases from then on. When I feel like it..." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

It makes him look less threatening, more like the person I’ve come to know in private. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Lawrence’s interference in a private friendship only added to the growing rift between him and Robert and Kitty. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The teaching that these private pupils got in Galileo’s home was often very different from the official courses that Galileo was required to teach by the university. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

A Karhidish village is like an ancient castle of Earth in having few or no separate, private dwellings. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

To Rain, financial matters were a distasteful but necessary private function, like going to the bathroom. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Crooks pressed forward some kind of private victory. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed too private, and he was still confused about where to find her. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Easton Michaels, who wrote six novels, was an inordinately private person as a general rule. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

But a study funded by the Ford Foundation and other private donors found that nearly 30 percent of California public schools provide no courses at all in the arts. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

After a conversation, she would walk away slowly and sit somewhere private to think over what she’d heard. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Too proud, really — she tried to bind that feeling up — recognizing still, though, that in her own way she was becoming private strength itself. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The princess requested you come to her private workshop." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth Eckford was petite, a very quiet, private person who had smiled and waved at me across the hallway at our old school. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now Harry came to think of it, he had not seen Dumbledore since their private lesson a week ago. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

When Welles was eleven, his father enrolled him in a private boarding school for boys near Chicago. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I even get private messages asking about it. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Of course they never stopped having private voices. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“We were trespassing on private property, so the police came. They called our parents and cut our dance short,” Mrs. Hidalgo said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“Not so fast. What do you mean, you passed my barn? This is private property and I’m in the middle of nowhere.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Such moments were never as raucous with sound as past times had been when we had had ‘private’ Spanish to use. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, 60,000 Japanese Americans were returning to their former communities on the west coast and being put into trailer camps, Quonset huts, back rooms of private homes, church social halls, anywhere they could fit. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Palmer was in Europe at the time, but her private secretary, Laura Hayes, a gossip of virtuosic scope, made sure her employer learned all the details. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

My father accompanied me, as a guide and companion, but he was a sullen and brooding presence, lost in a private anguish that I could sense only dimly. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Now she had her own private firm where her job was to write presentencing reports, an official counsel for the judge about where a sentence should fall and why. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Our private room has two leather loveseats and a smoked- glass coffee table. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There was something you wanted to share. In private,” he said, nodding at Noah and me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Like Halley’s private life, the European world was in turmoil in the middle of the 1680s. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I went to a private school. My mosque runs it.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The guy that got hit was a private. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suppose they might have talked to their closest friends in private. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She started wondering whether permission might not be sought from the parents for her to give private tuition to Matilda after school. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

When I asked to speak with Raizel for a moment in private, I saw the briefest glimmer of a smile before she caught herself. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Close it then. There must be something wrong. Why would something as valuable as the Prince’s private zoo be left unlocked?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I go down two floors to have a look around: first to the kitchen, then to the private office and then to the coal bin to open the cat door for Mouschi. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

By dumb luck I ended up in a private hospital cell when I arrived at Ashland. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

But I had to deal with one more thing in private, before Jasper was back. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The building had once been a private house, but the new owner had divided it in half to make a two-room apartment in the back and a bar facing the street. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Aravis went away to have a private word with the horses. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

One of its officials characterized the whole program as “ill advised, hastily conceived, poorly planned, and a glaring example of riding roughshod over the responsibilities of other public and private agencies.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Ah, my parents insisted on springing for a private suite.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

If he’s honest, private aviation doesn’t really get old, not even three years into his mother’s term. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They put her in a private room, and there she falls into lethargy, and her face freezes into a mask. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard about kids working in private offices in the neighborhood or at one of the insurance companies on 23rd Street. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

It was my first chance to see much of Gethenian children, for in Erhenrang they are all in the private or public Hearths and Schools. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She’s writhing and trying to kick and twist herself out of the grasp of the Director’s private security guards. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I hardly look at my own body in the mirror, even at home, in private. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They gathered Freebie from the luxury kennel, and their families headed back to their private jet. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Masterpieces by da Vinci, Rembrandt, and Raphael now hung in the private apartments of Nazi officials. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

By civilized, he means that you embarrass yourself in a small, private room in front of only your friends instead. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The private detective, sensing that he was on the verge of a breakthrough, hurried to the Ralston business where the call originated. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I just really wanted to talk to you somewhere private, and I didn’t know where else to go.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

That night, lying in bed, Roy felt a stronger connection to Mullet Fingers, and a better understanding of the boy’s private crusade against the pancake house. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because my father is so private, finding him was hard work. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“You mean, it’s something you want to tell me in private?” he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Eastern private schools, modeling themselves after elite British institutions like Eton, taught rowing as a gentleman’s sport and fed their young-gentlemen oarsmen into the nation’s most prestigious universities, places like Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Later while Mrs. Jordan was talking to the doctor in the hall, I slipped into his office for a private visit with my sister. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that, she started to attend community college and got a new job as a clerk in a private school, where her boss didn’t mind if she kept a close eye on her daughters. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Outside the house was public society; inside the house was private. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I’m in town, I invariably sit talking by the hour with my old friend Yama, the God of Death, and a private phone’s a must for our little chats. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I wander to the display of Marie Antoinette's private cell. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t like showing anyone my drawings—they’re almost like the private part of my thoughts—but Mrs. Newman is different. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

With a crowd gathering and the president vomiting, Dr. Smith Townshend called for help in carrying Garfield to a more private area. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I thought such magazines had all been destroyed, but here was one, left over, in a Commander’s private study, where you’d least expect to find such a thing. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we reach the foot of the bridge, Phil pauses, sweeping his hand over the vista as he talks about the vision of Taro Otsuka, Fabyan’s private gardener who designed this place. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Young lady, I believe Officer Jameson and I were having a private discussion with Maya.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

On one occasion he felt that his private world had fallen apart because Úrsula came in when Melquíades was in the room. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

When Lake supported using state money to fund private white schools, Hodges, who had earlier opposed the idea, crab-walked quickly to the right. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Drug use, once considered a private, public-health matter, was reframed through political rhetoric and media imagery as a grave threat to the national order. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“You live in a mansion in a gated community and go to an expensive private school. What are the chances that we would ever have met?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

"The hospitality of your people has been wonderful. The private jet you arranged to bring us here was a nice touch." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Norway, you may select any individual around the table and skaal him or her in a small private ceremony. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at least in experimental markets, sellers don’t take full advantage of their private knowledge. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Within days of his arrest, Richard’s family scraped the money together to hire a private attorney to handle his defense. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The first one was his own private belief that God wrathfully is going to destroy this civilization. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Few would openly argue that we should lock up millions of poor people just so that other people can have jobs or get a good return on their private investments. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Your principal is suggesting a private school for your brother because of how you behaved today.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

There’s also a bunch of kids I don’t recognize that must go to Courtney’s private school. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

There were no private rooms, and patients were separated by flimsy plywood dividers. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Why would she go off to a northern private school on a wagon? Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t spy on such private moments anymore, but even the sight of a strong, bare arm crooked gently round a waist or shoulder could make her ache with the yearning to be held. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I respect anybody’s private affairs. I wouldn’t put my foot over the threshold, even if I had a key.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Agent Burger said that the conduct of one of these private detectives was “reprehensible” and was “certainly hurting our investigation.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Only later did the alphabet’s easily learned vehicle of private communication become co-opted for public or bureaucratic purposes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

At the direction of Mollie and her family, Anna’s estate also hired private detectives. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Following each other feels like a step, one that I’ve been excited about because Arthur’s profile has been on private. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

"I'd never seen him before. He came down in the private car." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps something more private?” he insisted quietly to the host. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The Byrd cronies retaliated by diverting taxpayer money to fund whites-only “segregation academies,” private schools founded to circumvent integrated public schools. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The storm troopers were a private Nazi army feared for their aggressive brutality and violence. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

There had always been doors to keep some moments private. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the hospital had kept them away so I could heal in private. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Sunday,” she announces when we’re settled in our private spot at the top of the west stairs. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back then, though, things like that were kept private. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Desperate for a break, the private detectives decided to install a listening device to eavesdrop on Rose and her boyfriend. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Between that time and this there ought to be a private moment. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a private word, slangish, even affectionately vulgar, and, when spoken by a stranger, insulting, because it glibly assumed familiarity. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When people could not find or afford apartments, they sought rooms in private homes and boardinghouses, where typically the rent included meals. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t sworn me to secrecy; but it seemed wrong not to keep it private. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s going to be giving me private lessons this year,” said Harry conversationally.Ron choked on his bit of toast, and Hermione gasped. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

As long as I can remember, Soojin’s been taking private dance lessons and talking about joining the dance team and competing in high school. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I said, “I knew it must be private. I was about to look for someone to ask permission or maybe pay to rest here.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

This allowed her to venture slowly out of the private circle of her terror. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But scholarships were few and far between, and the cost of private schooling was prohibitive for all but a privileged few. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

She wanted to say, “You caii live with me. There are good private schools here that you could go to,” but she did not. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Since all the private schools had been closed and the public schools were being reevaluated, who knew when classes would start again. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

If they were in a private car, unless it was chauffeured I would take the wheel and drive where we were going. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

After her son’s arrest, she could not bring herself to tell friends and relatives and kept the family’s suffering private. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go and play table tennis. I belong to this small private club in Victoria Island,” he said, f “I haven’t played in ages.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“He’s a private investigator attached to the staff of my office. ...” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘It is my house,’ he thought, ‘it is private, I got here first. Nobody should come here.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The young women called up this important official and told him they had a secret they could only reveal to him in a private meeting. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I would sit in the living room of that house, observing their private jokes, one part of me judging them, the other reeling from the changes. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The old field at the community center was fenced off and private. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

It was divided into private and public spaces. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was aware that he’d been having private conversations with friends, advisers, and prospective donors, signaling to everyone that he was mulling over the idea. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

A private developer wanted to build the new units on a twenty-two-acre site on Bacon Street in the middle-class section of Hayti. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

They felt very important using their private key to get into the school. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a small and private woman named Billie, and though she never came right out and asked, I had the distinct impression she had no idea who I was. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Kapasi was anxious to be alone with her, to continue their private conversation, yet he felt nervous to walk at her side. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I've never heard of them installed in a private home, though, and yet here they are, lighting up the pathway to the entrance. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Like most passionate nations Texas has its own private history based on, but not limited by, facts. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since his sons avoided the hardships of military service, they became private citizens after having been dukes. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Fitzsimmons had become deeply fond of the colt and entertained private doubts about parting with him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A giant wave spread from one end of her belly to the other, and I heard water gurgling as the baby swam around in her private pool. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Sir, you are trespassing on private property. Now are you gonna tell me your name?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

At seven-thirty in the evening, when the entire family was listening to the radio in the private office, he took his treasure and stole off to the loft again. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I shall tell you that when we are somewhere more private,” said Scrimgeour. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But Justin and I were the only two who actually went all the way across town to attend a predominantly white private school. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I think back to him standing in his private box as the announcement of my number one draft pick status rang out. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

For this reason, every night after dinner and executions, he would retire to his secret bedroom on his private yacht, which had been wallpapered ceiling to floor in photos of Ladybird Hope. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

We talked in a cute and silly private language of our own. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Henry charters a private plane to get him back home, and Alex is dreading the dressing-down he’s going to get the minute he’s stateside, but he’s trying not to think about it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

Within forty-eight hours, more than 236 Jews were murdered; 1,300 synagogues were burned; and more than 7,000 Jewish shops, businesses, schools, and private homes were vandalized and destroyed. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He flew her in a private jet to Bermuda and installed her in a suite. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made it clear to the officers that the building was private property. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the spring of 1961 an epidemic of liver cancer appeared among rainbow trout in many federal, state, and private hatcheries. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

That mania, to start with, for doing things in private. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, is she friendly or impatient or what? Do you live here with her? What’s she like in private?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“We should invite all three of them to meet us in the Basement later tonight. Say around midnight? A private chat-room session. Just the five of us.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Although they had spoken briefly on a number of occasions, Penelope had not been summoned to a private audience with her mistress since the day of her job interview. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“I will rise in the king’s favor and wear a fur-lined cape, and the king will tell me his most private business,” he said with certainty. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

In the far corner of the lobby, a glass door leads to a private room. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

My own children were at the Seventh-Day Adventist school, which was private and did not depend on government subsidies. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A song she had started in her private notebook two months before was still not finished. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Dr. Blankenship hired a private grief counselor to come to their house to meet with Lydia and Dill. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

As the trial neared, crooked private eyes began trailing witnesses and even trying to make them disappear. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

For any true stickler, you see, the sight of the plural word “Book’s” with an apostrophe in it will trigger a ghastly private emotional process similar to the stages of bereavement, though gready accelerated. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

Those with broader ambitions had to somehow find their way into a private school, and from there to a university in the United States or England. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

It was April 1947, and I continued to seek private time with Grandma because she was the only one on this planet I felt close to. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Thus, if one is not permitted to grow such a crop on private premises by law, such pharmaceutical farming initiatives are forbidden. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He smiled a plump tight little smile, and for a moment his private face and public mask were one. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I do not mean by this that we were preoccupied with our employers' private behaviour. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever love exists between them is an utterly private, uncelebrated thing. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He had the former servants’ quarters renovated to keep as his private rooms because he enjoys the view. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Panicked, the British government took MacMillan’s prescriptions to heart and, among other reforms, proposed a series of “allisland” scholarships for academically minded students to go to private high schools. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

When Lancelot rode by, laughing at some private joke with the Queen, the commonalty were amazed that be could laugh. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Word spread of Abuela’s talent, and soon she was cooking for private events all over town. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“You’re getting way too paranoid. This is an encrypted private chat room. No one can enter without my permission. You know that.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The doctors thought he should go to Nairobi Hospital, which is the best private hospital in East. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my sticks and pad and set out in search of a private place to practice. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dunston University was a private school in Oklahoma, with a top-notch baseball program and one of the nation’s best liberal arts schools. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I would have been happier about my public success had I not sometimes recalled what it had been like earlier, when my family had conveyed its intimacy through a set of conveniently private sounds. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Knowing Riddle’s fickleness, he opted not to call him directly to negotiate in private; with only the two of them talking, there would be few consequences to backing out. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mother explained why she and her husband were committing their daughter to a private mental hospital. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

This, in his opinion, is the biggest difference between them, a thing far more foreign to him than the beautiful house she’d grown up in, her education at private schools. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

And I hate that my parents and I have to put on an act in this trailer—a space that should be private. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The private area of the White House occupies about twenty thousand square feet on the top two stories of the main historical structure—the one you’d recognize from photos with its iconic white pillars. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Between my moms night classes and my private school tuition, we could never afford to do special stuff like shop for a skateboard. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The horse was led into his new home, a handsome stall adjoining his own private paddock. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nearly everyone, Washington observed with consternation and annoyance, had “matters of private concernment which required them to be absent.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Second, they all knew one another personally, meaning that they broke bread together, sat together at countless meetings, corresponded with one another about private as well as public matters. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It had once been a private home, but its owner went off to train as a minister, and when he came back he held services in his living room. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Jewish shops, stores, businesses, and private homes ransacked and destroyed. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Marco gives Enrique a daily allowance, buys him clothes, and sends him to a private military school in the evenings. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Listen, you said if it was private, I didn’t have to talk about it, remember? Can’t you just tell your mother I have permission?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Smaller native societies were destroyed more casually, by small-scale raids and murders carried out by private citizens. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, but Madam doesn’t see private individuals, only suppliers.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You think he might’ve had something to do with this?” she asked me in private. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The hostess pushed open a wood-and-paper sliding screen to the private room, and inside there was a low Korean-style table and sitting mats and a central ceiling vent for the grill smoke. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wonder if I could have a quick, private word, Harry?” said Bagman eagerly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The mass mystified me for being a public and a private event. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She taught me I should never do anything in private that I didn’t want talked about in public, and cautioned me to not talk in my sleep. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“To Weldon I owe the chief awakening of my life,” he recalled, “but this is the personal, private obligation of my own soul.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It also means Mom wants to talk private with me. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He has a scholarship to a private school where, he says, he is praised and not punished for challenging his teachers. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I need to talk to you in private,” Harry muttered to Ron and Hermione as the train picked up speed. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She gave me a private look as if to say, “Is your friend like seriously weird or something?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Before we can leave, Rachel asks my father to come see her in private for a moment. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Small doubts rained on him from time to time, but mostly he floated in hope, fabulous hope, a private ocean, gentle and green. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned the Klan’s secrecy against itself by making its private information public; he converted heretofore precious knowledge into ammunition for mockery. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

They were tight enough to fight too, and we were on their private property. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

But a quiet growl, private and half-hearted, it seemed. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever she had in store for me, it was more private. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she would scroll through old messages from Claire, emojis and xoxo’s and notes that were so private that Maya would throw her phone into a toilet before she let anyone read them. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“They brought him to a private room,” I said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She was still grieving in her private moments, in the shower, late at night, or in the morning. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I forgot young ladies in America go to school more than with us. Very fine schools they are, too, Papa says. You go to a private one, I suppose?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were unpleasant enough, these private inquisitions, but I cannot find words to adequately express the torments I suffered when he chose to ply this art of his in public. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Because I wrongly imagined that English was intrinsically a public language and Spanish an intrinsically private one, I easily noted the difference between classroom language and the language of home. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the 1940s and 1950s, the old-line law firms of New York operated like a private club. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

She just continued to express her grief in private. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mother’s family wasn’t as wealthy, but still fairly well-off, and we’ve listened openmouthed to stories of private balls, dinners and engagement parties with 250 guests. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Nearly every state allows private employers to discriminate on the basis of past criminal convictions. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

She spit into the yard and chuckled as if remembering a private joke. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

These private eyes leaked to several local officials that Morrison was working with the bureau, then went so far as to detain him on a trumped-up robbery charge. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Borrow a phone? From whom? Nobody’s going to let us make a call in private.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

And tonight I was having a nice private moment with Erin before Coach interrupted us. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

After authorities failed to investigate—“They never would have done anything,” one of Lewis’s relatives said—her family hired a private detective. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, we do have evidence of music’s perennial importance to public and private life. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

After six months on the job I had saved enough money to afford a private school. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Jam and Redemption had given their testimony in private, just to the angels, who had exchanged meaningful looks that no one would explain before letting them go. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The bodyguard slung him over a horse as he exchanged greetings with other members of El Patron’s private army, lounging by the stables. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has long, private conversations with them on the porch of our house. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Some of the art listed was in private homes, owned by Jewish families. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Unspoken publicly until that moment, getting to the Moon, one of mankind’s deepest and most enduring dreams, had long been the private dream of many at Langley as well. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Powell’s had always been her private hideaway, her refuge. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

As far as thousands of private citizens and a large number of government officials were concerned, these strikes were fostered by Communist agitators, eager to throw the United States into turmoil. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

When Max telephoned upstairs that I was here, Sir Lawrence came down from his office, let me say a few words, and then retired for a private conversation with Max. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

And then she did something special for me: she helped me apply to a private Catholic girls’ school, Our Lady of Mercy, for the eighth grade. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I was thinking we could go somewhere private,” I say, looking around. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Miss Debenham told me that they referred to a private matter of her own.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kouros, the records stated, had been in the private collection of a Swiss physician named Lauffenberger since the 1930s, and he in turn had acquired it from a well-known Greek art dealer named Roussos. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Should public universities license discoveries funded with taxpayer dollars so that private corporations could sell them for profit to those same taxpayers? Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Each evening he was taken by car to a motel or private home. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Tin started laughing to himself, to let us know he also had a private joke. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

When your options are limited to being miserable in private or being mortified in public, there is no choice. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Somehow, it was too private but often he wanted to tell people about it. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anna’s guardian, the Reverend Dr. Black, had hired a private detective who had come to Holmes’s building. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

They reached the clearing when it was almost dark, a cornfield behind a private farm. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It was close enough to be accessible to government leaders—only 40 kilometers from Moscow—but it was far enough to be private. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Those private boats belong to rich people and tourists.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

These trees had grown fast in recent years, and now the clearing was completely concealed and had become Matty’s private place. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

But one of the ways private schools do that is by following all the rules. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look. The rule of you staying in this flat is, don’t ask Jule a million questions about Immie’s private life. Or about Jule’s private life. Then we can get along. All right?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes wording is maddeningly opaque without being composed of technical terminology from a private clique. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He watched his mother s fingers fiddling one of the bracelets round and round on her wrist, and thought of all the private things she and Mr Hooper had between them. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know much about Mercer Day aside from their reputation as a last-resort private school for rich kids with not-so-hot grades or who had been kicked out of other prep schools. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

They thought of it only at private moments. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Maybe a private group to reach out to people? And we can make ourselves admins so that we can approve every person who is invited. Just to make sure.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Vote for me,” I hear Ainsley shout, “and maybe Daddy will fly you to Miami with us this weekend on our private jet.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

In private communication Olmsted and Codman agreed that Burnham was a man they could work with. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He became a kind of prosecutor and bill collector for the Dutch West India Company, which owned and operated the colony as a private fiefdom. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

A person’s index is considered private, so we can only go by visible traits, which are no longer as obvious as they had been in past generations. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It was a small private space, like her own little office, where Cara could just sit and read, think, and write. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe there was something she wanted to say in private. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She pictured herself sitting in the private balcony seats, lapping at ice cream, alongside her siblings and Jalil. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I’m going to hold on to this feeling in private. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

In general, an end to all private initiative. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Why did she send Belky so much more, to cover tuition at a private school her aunt sent her to? Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Built jails to dwell on and hold on to its own private decay. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

By nine a.m., my father was off to a gallery for a private showing. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Prison officials responded much better to private overtures. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents get so few details about my private life that whenever they do stumble upon some morsel, they cling to it for eons. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I knew it was a romantic poem, but that day, it felt about us, our private mother-daughter thing. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The reading part of her feels private, between her and the characters in a book. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

They were far more highly prized than any other objects that were brought out of the tombs, because private collectors and a few foreign museums paid very handsomely for them. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My world was going to be emptier and dryer, but the agony of having him intrude into every private second would be gone. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was anticipating what June would say to that, when Neil came through the door without warning and caught me pressed against the wall listening to their most private sayings. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And despite what Hannah keeps telling me, no one has flown a private jet to school—with or without a chef on board. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

But in this case, I think he’s saying I’m still dressed as the private Ashley, not the public one. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

It gave me some appreciation for what my parents might have been going through back in the fall when I’d spent a majority of my time in private retreat. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

For if a private cow happened to wander out of its barren pasture onto National Forest land, the cow’s owner, and not the Forest Service, was to blame. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered how many private talks he would have before he got to bed, and what they would reveal. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

There is no written record that Lawrence replied to the overture, although around the same time, he registered a private opinion of the federation—and of scientific activism in general—in a letter to Weaver. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I assumed he went to a private school, which is expensive in America. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

More than a year later, when asked by a reporter whether she ever “tied the knot” with Fischer, Miyoko replied, “I’d rather not say,” and then added, “I prefer not to talk about private things.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was like watching someone’s private thoughts, as if I were both there and not-there at the same time. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The Andersons lived in a lovely clapboard house at the corner of Washington and Main, a few blocks past the hubbub of stores and businesses, where the town settled into private residences for the well-to-do. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

‘Get back, stand back, good people of Boston. This is our own private affair.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

If so, why did Rasheed insist that she cover when he thought nothing of looking at the private areas of other men’s wives and sisters? A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, I went on a field trip to the Museum of Tolerance, for a private screening of a movie called Higher Learning. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Kyla raises her hand and adds, “Requiring the police to use body cameras,” and “The effects of the private prison industry.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

It took months for the outside world to learn of economic reforms that eased restrictions on private markets in North Korea in 2002. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

They tend them in private, even in public. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The Mexican place was better, Jesse said, but this one was farther from work, more private. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even with my own private rocket ship, I could never fly fast enough to pull ahead of all the other stars at Chumley Prep. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“It proves that you’re a criminal, and that we shouldn’t immediately trust you with the king’s private business.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Experts knew, however, that it was one of the finest private cryptology collections in the country. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what the private prison industry is, but I write it down. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He reasoned that the resulting chaos in TB control would reach catastrophic levels, and finally private foundations would have to step in and deal with the prisons. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Some kind of music was too private to sing in a house cram full of people. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, I think everyone is like the people in that painting, everyone lost in their own private universes of pain or sorrow or guilt, everyone remote and unknowable. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Typewriter and adding machine safe in black chest in private office. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

There, and in a private meeting with Hitler, he had been mesmerized, as many visiting Americans were, by Hitler’s force of personality and by his undeniable accomplishments in resurrecting Germany’s economy. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“As a matter of policy, we do not interfere with private family matters, hamshira.'’ A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The doctor thought it best if she checked into a small, private facility where he could keep an eye on her. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Plans to open private schools exclusively for white students have been submitted to the county, and it’s believed many will open their doors next year. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The Frenchman never spoke of his private life, except to slip in certain subtle hints that would enable an astute observer to recognize his splendid past, his incalculable fortune, and his noble origins. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is not healthy to distinguish public words from private sounds so easily. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We follow her a few more blocks and turn through a gate into what looks like a private residence. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

An undercover private eye was placed in Savage’s boardinghouse. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Rows of blue runway lights stretched out along the valley floor behind us, delineating Og’s private landing strip. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

At 16, she received her private pilot's license. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

From Sarai’s vantage point, she beheld two private pools of suffering so close together they were nearly adjacent—like the connecting rooms with the shut door between them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

After the vehicles were registered in the name of state entities, private drivers were hired, and wanderers like Shin were offered low-cost, no-questions- asked transport around much of the country. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Tortoise said nothing about the failure of Snail’s crop, although in private he was laughing. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

They tied up the boat at a private dock. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I know you are a very private individual, but perhaps we could speak on the phone at your earliest convenience? How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

And yet here he was, going through Bri’s most private things, trying to decide what she would need to have with her and what the sisters would provide. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Egyptian art is rife with depictions of musicians and their instruments, suggesting that music was an important feature of public and private life. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“As you might have guessed by the ease with which you were able to get through our gates. We thought it best to let you kick up a fuss somewhere more private.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

During the Harding administration, in the early 1920s, the Justice Department had been packed with political cronies and unscrupulous officials, among them the head of the bureau: William Burns, the infamous private eye. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Well, they don’t sit around reading stargazer books and eating Christmas cookies. They fly someplace exotic. On their parents’ private jet. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

The clamorous street had turned private, a blue path such as should rightly lead to a hidden knoll, and so on. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Jimmy looked so private, and it seemed wrong somehow to disturb that privacy. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all spoke in slang at the long table and there were many private jokes and some jokes at the far end that were not repeated when the girls asked to hear them. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t mad about not having a private dinner with Lovey in her house. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The private detectives, though, struggled to corroborate the informant’s story. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Diaries are secret books. You put your deepest thoughts and most private feelings in them, things you don’t want anyone else to know.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was the entrance to a private road, lined with trees. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Steven, I respect privacy as much as the next teacher, but how private can your thoughts on this question BE? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he was a private of the King’s Own. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He asked, gesturing toward a mass of dark cloth on his private worktable. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The attendees refused, saying that they had been invited in their private capacity, not as members of the ANC. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carriages came in a wide variety of models, styles, and price ranges for commercial and private use. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The flat occupied the top floor of a large private house owned by a man named John Oker, whose daughters managed its rental. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

A representative of Pickett Engineering said that Pickett’s private affairs had no bearing on the direction of the company.’ Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

From a private citizen, this man became the ruler of Syracuse. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Any fears I had about the resiliency of our friendship in the real world had vanished by the time our jet touched down on Og’s private runway in Oregon. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The private detectives investigating the Osage deaths had often worked for the William J. Burns International Detective Agency before venturing out on their own. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It says I’ve got a new message on my profile, but last I looked it was still set to private. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

And so they found a spacious second-floor apartment in a quiet residential section of Newark and a private Islamic academy for the children to attend. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Maybe, but then I’d be dragged by some unit into the field. As you know, Koch doesn’t like his affairs broadcast. This is private business,” I said, staring him down. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It had been her secret, her private burden, for years. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The writing stays, a private mantra for those resourceful enough to find it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He hired a private investigator to dig into their personal lives. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Don’t know. I don’t put a private mark on them, you know.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had private clubs, better jobs, and better schools. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Massive irrigation projects, built with public money to improve private land, brought water from hundreds of miles away. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

The final day of training ends with our private sessions. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Popper had gone down below to say a private farewell to his birds. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

I like Journal Days because there’s five minutes after for anyone to read what they’ve written but the journals are private. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

"I know," I said, running my thumb along the edge of the table, "your private source tells you differently. History's made at night, eh, Brother?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Douglas Massey and Nancy Denton’s book, American Apartheid, documents how racially segregated ghettos were deliberately created by federal policy, not impersonal market forces or private housing choices. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But he was terribly clumsy in gym shoes and the court was his own private china shop. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was intensely private but could be convivial and gregarious in the extreme. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She continued with her therapy, but only with Dr. Schmidt and on a private basis, never in the school office. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I grew up a Catholic at home and at school, in private and in public. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

His dream was still something very special and very private, and not to be shared even with the Whitlaws. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had added a second story, installed a private cinema, built heated greenhouses, and laid out formal gardens. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It also provided funds—$170 million since 1978—for the purchase of private lands to provide a wilderness buffer alongside it. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Islands contain 20 to 200 private rooms; meals are communal; some are run as hotels, others as cooperative communes, others combine these types. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Or, when he’s all spiffed up in his private school gray flannels and jacket: “Hey, you look like a Simpsons Rep.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Curtain had transformed all those meddlesome people into his own private workforce, and they didn’t even realize it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

In his manuscript about the war, he only said, “I opened a private correspondence with some persons in New York....” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

For me there were none of the gradations between public and private society so normal to a maturing child. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now I am Kote. I tend to my inn. That means beer is three shims and a private room costs copper.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They’ve had to get me a private room because it takes me only a second to absorb the printed page, and curious students invariably gather around me as I flip through my books. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jesse got the idea on the spot and pounced, announcing that this was a private club; the intruders couldn’t come in because they were too well-dressed. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One president calmly excused himself, entered his private office, and shot himself through the head. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Can we have a word in private?” the policeman says to Mami, motioning her to join him and Abuela in the shade. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I’ve tried to be completely honest about everything, no matter who I was talking about, but there are things I can’t put down unless I can keep them private— at least for a while. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

We’ll be moving you all up to a private room any minute now, and then maybe you can try and get some rest Yeah, sure. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The co-ordinator, in his private study, had that medieval curiosity, a fireplace. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He sat down on the bed and explained to me that there had been some investigations into my private life. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe I used to worry so much about people not liking me. Seems so unnecessary now,” Nicole said, watching a group of black shirts laughing over some private joke. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Perhaps not, she thinks, perhaps it is a personality phenomenon: the real Yolanda resurrecting on an August afternoon above the kempt green lawns of this private facility. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He was briefly led into a private room, where his wife and parents were waiting, surrounded by guards. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“The private sector,” said Wood, “the public sector. You know. There’s a lot of interplay these days.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Yeah, it was hot, and yeah, Fluffy was a problem, but that was a private moment. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Why weren’t we close, ‘more in the Mexican style’? Everyone is so private, she added. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s more or less formed his own private army. He’s acting as if he’s got something to hide.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“This is really private and sensitive,” he said. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He knows which kids are private and buttoned up and which ones, like Courtney, have lives that are an open book. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

They looked through me and beyond me, cold, expressionless, to some place of pain and torture I could not enter, to some private, inward hell I could not share. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The Director marches into the kitchen with two of his private security detail. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

As soon as they spotted me, they rushed me into a private room to talk. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“We can talk about it here or in private; it’s up to you,” the Gran said calmly. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Even in private, her father would only whisper it. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Given this turmoil, Hale announced that it was time to hire a private eye. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

His school is a private school for brainy boys, though not an expensive one: you get in by passing tough exams. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The problem with Hamilton’s distinction, however, was that the putative barrier between personal and political criticism, or private and public behavior, kept getting overwhelmed by real choices. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Some of the private foundations’ publicity-shy directors quailed at becoming named as partners with a New Deal program detested by their corporate patrons. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

What most caught Miss Hill’s attention was the fact that the furniture wagon was empty save for an iron stove that seemed much too large for a private residence. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“The thicket by the river is cool and private,” Ranofer suggested. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

People talk about private schools but I don’t know exactly what they are. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I need to talk to Lyra in private,” said Will. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

We did our homework in Paul’s father’s office, which was a small private room in the back of the building. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

It is tempting to retreat to my small, private apartment. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But there is scant opportunity for private prayer. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

How would the acquisition and control of this knowledge—and its inevitable invasion of our private and public lives—alter the way we imagine our societies, our children, and ourselves? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Among wealthy countries, South Korea ranks first in per capita spending on private education, which includes home tutors, cram sessions, and English-language courses at home and abroad. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I don’t bother telling Mom she should have said something in private instead of in front of the whole office. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The next day, in the newsroom of the New York Times Washington bureau, Sheehan asked his boss, Robert Phelps, to step out to the lobby for a private conversation. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The hallway is echoing with songs from other people’s private rooms. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

As the children chose their seats, the Executives held a private discussion. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

But nothing could remain private in the echoing treble of cement walls and ceilings. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It’s not the sort of job he’d envisioned for himself as a student; designing and renovating private residences was what he’d wanted to do. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

And even if nothing is missing, you get that creepy feeling like somebody’s been looking through your private stuff and dusting everything with lemon furniture polish? The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Soviet women soldiers waged a private battle against men’s underwear the whole time they were fighting their invading enemy, the German army. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

They had to pay through the nose for Baby Wilson’s private room and private nurse. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Alabama charges a 30 percent collection fee, and Florida allows private debt collectors to tack on a 40 percent surcharge to the underlying debt. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t understand his expression — it looked like he was enjoying some private joke. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“You mind stepping out to talk with me in private for a minute? I won’t take up much of your time.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He catches me watching him and looks away, a bit red-faced, caught in his private, guilty moment. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

One day that summer, a stranger with a Chaplinesque mustache showed up in Gray Horse to offer his assistance to the private eyes. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Hospitals, schools, private homes, banks, office buildings, restaurants, and movie theaters butted one against the other in a jumble of color and pattern and noise. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

There was no cafeteria or private telephone—just a payphone for everyone at the end of the hall. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Now was her chance to proclaim in public all the private anguish and purge herself of all that she had done wrong. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

However, unlike a similar ordinance adopted in Boston, San Francisco’s policy applies only to public employment, not to private vendors that do business with the city or county of San Francisco. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“No respect for private property whatsoever,” cried Mr. Benz, who lived next door. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Perhaps I’ll be invited to lodge in the private cabin at some point, but I must decline. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Horace was by inclination a private man, nearing fifty now, with a sprawling port-wine stain on the left side of his forehead that he often fingered unconsciously. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The people responded by withdrawal into political quietism and/or private vices. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

“Is this murder the work of some rival gang whom Cassetti had double-crossed in the past, or is it an act of private vengeance?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until a few months ago, I was a boarding student at Yancy Academy, a private school for troubled kids in upstate New York. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

If we were on someone's private property, we would be trespassing. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He put his arms around her, lowered his head and kissed her, a deep, sustained and private kiss. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I turned east toward Sully’s Inn and the private beach where we could hawk our sugar for twice as much. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two, and maybe I’m just trying to make myself feel normal here, but the way I see it, anyone, if they’re paying attention, could have a list like mine stuck in some private drawer. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

There were hundreds of private schools and universities located on other planets inside the OASIS. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Though I know I'm reading what she thought of as private, I lean in to see what she's written. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was Jordan Baker; she often called me up at this hour because the uncertainty of her own movements between hotels and clubs and private houses made her hard to find in any other way. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The queen's private passageways snake from the piers back into her chambers, which are connected to Charlotte's room. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

But it’s better when the common threads are made explicit, because in the vast private web of a writer’s imagination, anything can be similar to anything else. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Mama was taken into an inner office for a private conference, and I was made to sit outside. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

It was the first time she had undressed in private in several years. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“But comrade, you should know that Party was not constituted to support workers’ indiscipline in their private life.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grammer had set up his own private power plant so that his gangs could work all day and all night—the furtive light of the moon no longer needed to manufacture moonshine. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She and Chris could have private jokes, too, and everybody would be sorry they weren't sitting with them. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had seen the briefings from private investigators. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sandringham was what we call a Model C school, which meant it was a mix of government and private, similar to charter schools in America. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

There’s little talk among us: everyone seems caught up in private thoughts. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Isaac lived in a small ranch house in Meridian Hills next to this fancy private school. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Regardless of what his private anxieties might be, she could not believe that Mr. Clutter was finding secret solace in tobacco. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The children were excited by the request and quickly conferred with one another in that private, guttural code they sometimes used among themselves. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Naturally, I disliked this, but there seemed nothing alarming or unusual about it; though some of those casual remarks and private jokes assumed a horrific significance much later. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

While most of her classmates were on their way to their private jets or chauffeurs, Aru was on her way to her training session in the Otherworld. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The diabolical Dr. Ludlow Loofah dashes out of the Four Paws Spa's top-secret rear exit, heading for a hornet-shaped helicopter parked in his private parking space. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The affluent white liberals who were pressing the legal claims of blacks and other minorities “were often sheltered, in their private lives, and largely immune to the costs of implementing minority claims.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The room filled with the private security detail — the black shirts, as they were called. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He had written it in Sanskrit, which was his mother tongue, and he had encoded the even lines in the private cipher of the Emperor Augustus and the odd ones in a Lacedemonian military code. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I was invited to dozens of parties a week: art-gallery openings, benefit balls, movie premieres, book parties, and private dinners in marble- floored dining rooms. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He now had his own fencing club where he gave private lessons and where he trained the Columbia High School team. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z