| 单词 | accepted |
| 例句 | At fourteen I accepted a scholarship and got one for the next year as well. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z And they seem unconcerned about being accepted by the old money. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Baywatch wouldn’t talk to officers, but his presence was widely accepted by inmates. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Fearful that ongoing war would mean utter destruction of their nation, a faction of Shawnee accepted a peace agreement that meant giving up some of their autonomy and the territory they used as hunting grounds. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z They imagine this wild animal roaming about the savannah on digestive walks after eating a prey that accepted its lot piously, or going for callisthenic runs to stay slim after overindulging. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She wishes Ashoke had accepted the position at Northeastern so that they could have stayed in the city. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It is still accepted truth within the household that Woolner’s status has given her the upper hand in the marriage. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “Well, he can’t be all that elitist if he accepted me,” I said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Once Samuel accepted, he could probably go farther than Liza, but the process of accepting tore him to pieces. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It was instantly accepted and the princes with choked voices and falling tears thanked them and promised them rich rewards. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The class was Remedial Speech, and I accepted my own presence there if only because of the very trouble I had pronouncing it. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your apology is accepted. We will both change our clothes and begin our meal.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z We’re telling blacks that we can fix some of our problems ourselves, that we don’t have to wait to be accepted into the white mainstream to have our day come.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Jerome affirmed and accepted me unconditionally, without demanding explanations. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The college would reimburse me for my travel expenses if their scholarship offer was accepted. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z But during the whole period up until that night, the medical stuff had only sunk in to a point; I only accepted what I had to accept to make sense of any given moment. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “But it’s pretty cool of you to try to fix things. So apology accepted.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She then reached in, pulled out an identical decoy box filled with real vitamin tablets, and offered some to her children, who accepted eagerly. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Stanton and Anthony were eager to replace the connection to the press that they had lost in the split with Horace Greeley and the New York Tribune, so they accepted his offer. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z A snowflake accepted her invitation, and she felt a momentary pinprick of cold on the pad of her bare finger. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “Your parents were so proud when you were accepted to Kabul University. Especially your father, may Allah bless his soul.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z It was a challenge, and I had accepted it. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z They accepted it as a permanent way of life, had never known it otherwise nor expected it to stop. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I got quotes on airline tickets, solicited local restaurants to donate gift certificates, and my hotel even offered two rooms if she accepted our invitation. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Eventually, a letter arrived saying that I had been accepted to a magnet school for gifted children. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Although I had willingly accepted this role in order to climb Everest with Hall, I never got used to it. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Refugees accepted for immigration to America kept watch on a camp bulletin board. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Jessica’s mom drove her over, but instead of dropping Jessica off and leaving, she came to our front door and accepted Mom’s invitation for a cup of coffee. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z In such cases, they do not simply produce copies in the accepted sense of the word, since they do not try to achieve the effect of a duplicate. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z For Nita, who has just accepted that she is somehow limited, or for whoever told her that? Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Rutherford cheerily tendered an invitation for Lawrence to visit the Cavendish, which Ernest accepted eagerly. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z This fact is now generally accepted; and we do not have to try to find in every mythological heroine the moon or the dawn and in every hero’s life a sun myth. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But he realized that he had accepted Hooper’s presence now, that he was even glad of it, because they were so far inside the wood. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The abbey intervened with letters and pleas; Mendel was accepted. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Lynn said that he accepted rudeness and unfairness to himself, just as he accepted hard work. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z It must have reinforced his certainty that it was unclimbable, because he accepted Calixte’s terms. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Five thousand mayors and city councilmen had accepted Harrison’s invitation to the fair, among them the mayors of San Francisco, New Orleans and Philadelphia. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The assault on the summit must wait while the three boys accepted this challenge. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Not that I have completely accepted it, but I know that it might happen. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Being accepted for who you are without having anyone snicker at you was great—but it’s not something I’m used to. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z When she insisted again on my having a beer with her, I accepted. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z This view, that the agglomerate of earth and water was not a perfect sphere, was universally accepted in the later Middle Ages, and the new cosmography required its refutation. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Once the listener fell under the spell, he accepted it all as his due. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Telemachus accepted gratefully and leaving Mentor in charge of the ship he started the next day for Menelaus’ palace with Nestor’s son. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Since my father wasn’t making me feel wanted at home, I really needed to feel accepted by my peers at school. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Thor was pleased that she seemed to have accepted the idea so easily. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I accepted the new position at the hospital; Barack continued teaching and legislating. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They ate with the hearty appetites of youth and health and accepted with satisfaction the few quiet words of praise that Matt had for them. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z A good performer will be familiar with dozens of ragas and can improvise music — traditional classical music in India is improvised — using the accepted format for each raga. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z And with the exception of Margaret Z. Buckle, the herd never accepted me anyway, so I'm not losing much. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Mr. Quisling accepted the bouquet of strips, extending one to look at the letters written on it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z So I applied, and once I got accepted, I received a full scholarship, so I kind of had to go. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He had fought Gus because Gus was late; that was the reason his emotions accepted and he did not try to justify himself in his own eyes, or in the eyes of the gang. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z In 1984, at the age of eighty-seven, Anderson accepted the first Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award, given in memory of Mrs. Roosevelt in a ceremony at New York’s City Hall. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Many whites at the ranch had accepted me as an individual, an equal, that I called them by their first names, instead of baas, and could joke with them. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Again and again she hoped for a glimpse of the sleeper, but it had only happened once, and she accepted that it would probably never be allowed again. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “What do you mean? She accepted you as another human being.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Nel was the one person who had wanted nothing from her, who had accepted all aspects of her. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I was afraid, but something inside me had already accepted that I would be caught, just as he had accepted his death. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Mr. Quisling accepted the bouquet of strips, extending one to look at the letters written on it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “It hasn’t been easy, you know. Having only the dead for company. Knowing that I’ll never be accepted by the living. Only the dead respect me, and they only do that out of fear.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Out here, he didn’t have to think about wrestling, the scholarship offer he’d just accepted, school, any of it. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I haven't been accepted anywhere, and I feel like my soul has been turned to ash. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The Court accepted the statistical evidence as valid but insisted that evidence of conscious, racial bias in McCleskey’s individual case was necessary to prove unlawful discrimination. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z From Saint Hilda’s they applied and were accepted to University College, in London. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I accepted that, began to think maybe he really could get us home. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z White workers understood the lure of the Klan and a majority of black workers, believing in redemption, accepted C.P.’s change. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z As one judge said after conducting a review of drug-courier profile decisions: “Many courts have accepted the profile, as well as the Drug Enforcement Agency’s scattershot enforcement efforts, unquestioningly, mechanistically, and dispositively.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z They accepted everything that the camp administration wanted them to do, no matter how bad conditions were. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Winston realized that he would have accepted three or even two. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z In the elegant way of innocent men, he accepted his gift graciously. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z And ’tis the excellent observation of Grotius, God has wisely appointed this way of perswading Men the truth of the Gospel, that Faith might be accepted as an act of Obedience from the reasonable Creature. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The officers silently accepted the assistance of the inmates, but none of them could come up with a solution. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Whenever I told him this, instead of becoming infuriated like Sul Ross, he always accepted it on faith. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Today, more than half of college students accepted in any program of higher education are women. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z As the year progressed, I have figured out that the others accepted me as one of their own. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Within a few months I had asked her to marry me and she accepted. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But, after he murdered, he accepted the crime. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He accepted the ironic smiles of the owner of the house, Blanca’s grimaces, and the perennial distraction of Clara, who, even after a year, was still asking him his name. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When the war in Europe ended eight days later, it was overshadowed by the news from Baltimore that Caroline had been accepted by the Juilliard School of Music in New York on a full scholarship. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But he assured them that no test ban would be accepted without a comprehensive agreement on disarmament. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I accepted all the gifts—the tables, the earthenware jugs—though I could not possibly carry them with me, and culled for travel only a small copper cooking bowl. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I’d feel embarrassed that I couldn’t give to a friend at my house what I freely accepted at his. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Maddie was In the Know with them, and had been for some time—trusted, accepted, invited to supper that night, in fact. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z When I first went into Alex, I was drawn by the electricity and the excitement of it, but more important, I was accepted there, more so than I’d been in high school or anywhere else. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Maria is a magician. What if she accepted Moreau’s offer to join them?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “Silas, you deserve to be more than tolerated. You deserve to be accepted. You deserve to be loved for exactly who you are. Full stop.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z It’s just a matter of how far you’ll go to be accepted. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z She had long since accepted that this was part of the job, that she had entered “a vast dome of silence from which I can never emerge.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Because of this unusual clarity and because Howard meticulously documented his work there, even the most skeptical archaeologists quickly accepted the existence and antiquity of the Clovis culture. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She accepted her situation at face value, and never spoke ill of her benefactor—or more accurately, her captor, for she was clearly Goddard’s prisoner, even though she might not see it that way. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z There was something about people who were that secure; they made you feel better about yourself, like they accepted you for everything you were, imperfections and all. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I accepted as many as I could fit into my school schedule, including keynote addresses at several large conferences for judges, social workers, and foster parents. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The animals were not certain what the word meant, but Squealer spoke so persuasively, and the three dogs who happened to be with him growled so threateningly, that they accepted his explanation without further questions. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z As usual, Rufus put his head on her lap and accepted her caresses silently. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z But in the past twelve hours, I’ve accepted a dangerous assignment. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I hoped my prayer would be accepted in silence. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He never accepted the revised figures and to his dying day believed his work on the age of the Earth his most astute and important contribution to science–far greater than his work on thermodynamics. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z She had objected to their coming, but, now that their coming was ordered, she accepted them as companions. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Four of the five put aside their hurt feelings and accepted immediately. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It was frightening to enter that place without my father at my side, but people had respected him, and they accepted me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I thought I had accepted it, accepted our relationship for what it was. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Jeannette,” Mom said when she had accepted the fact that she would not get her way, “I’m deeply disappointed in you.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He brought out a bottle of clear and pungent spirit that smelled to Lyra like the gyptians’ jenniver, and the two spies accepted a glass into which they dipped little vessels of their own. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Pity because, as beautiful as they were, they were outsiders, clearly not accepted. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I think perhaps Liza accepted the world as she accepted the Bible, with all of its paradoxes and its reverses. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z DAD: I think you’ve never quite accepted that he’s dead or moved on to find new friends. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I had already accepted the fact that I had moved through time. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The Mathemagician accepted his defeat with grace, nodded weakly, and then drew the three travelers to his side. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Unlike Latimer, he accepted the rules, focusing his efforts on a defense of the accused rather than an attack on the system. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Brown accepted that her players might not like her at first. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z It was such a long shot that all three of us would be accepted, especially when almost no one else from our middle school was. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z They didn’t, so he accepted the size of the pieces as well. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Galileo accepted, even though the increase in salary would only take effect from the following year, and even though it would commit him to burdensome teaching duties. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Still, Anthony admired all that Willard had achieved, and she eagerly accepted help from the group. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Hours later he finally accepted the dismaying certainty that Gebu had not the slightest intention of leaving his room at all that night. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z On this assumption, the conferees thought it likely that radioastronomy would be the generally accepted mode of interstellar communication, on grounds of speed and economy. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He was the sort of person who accepted what came and just kept moving forward. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z On our way out, Eliza accepted a basket of dry bread from the woman who ran the boarding house. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z West Africa eventually did receive Fertile Crescent domestic animals across the Sahara, and later accepted Islamic influence, including Arabic writing. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “As you see, we are holding our wands in the accepted combative position,” Lockhart told the silent crowd. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z This myth about spontaneous combustion would be accepted as scientific fact far longer than might be imagined. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I can’t say it wasn’t disappointing, but I accepted that was how things was meant to be. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Since he was lost in the dark without hope, and could neither go on nor back, Bilbo accepted the challenge; and they asked one another many riddles. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I accepted the assignment because I was in the grip of the Everest mystique. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z As new revelers joined the celebration I was introduced as la nina de Baylee, and as quickly accepted. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Only a few Navajos had been accepted as U.S. soldiers, all of them men who had been to mission school. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, when it became apparent that nothing could be done about it, he accepted the fact that we would have to spend our first night in Chicago at the Independence. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z So as Aristotle’s arguments were accepted, the Greeks were forced to reject zero, void, the infinite, and infinity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “May the Lord open,” I answer, the accepted response. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The offer they accepted was from a couple with no children. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z They must ask her, she told them, to show that she accepted the gift by wearing it at once. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z If my friends are accepted, I hope they will treat Ms. Gruwell and the other students with respect. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I didn’t think about them when I accepted Uriah’s invitation. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “They accepted your gift,” I say to her. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z For even with the controversy—and there was still some—evolution had become more or less accepted as fact. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He was already accepted into the School of Engineering at FSU. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He accepted the gifts with thanks and invited us in for a drink of sweet tea. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Four years later, in August 2005, she learned that her application had been accepted. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The strangeness of Mr. Collins’s making two offers of marriage within three days was nothing in comparison of his being now accepted. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z She has accepted the loss of her limbs but blames an out-of-control medical system for the outcome. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Wearing them made me feel that I wasn’t accepted by anyone. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z But even after seeing and hearing Elijah Muhammad in person, only a few of the interested visitors would apply by formal letter to Mr. Muhammad to be accepted for Nation of Islam membership. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “As you say, mister,” she accepted, “just as long as I can see him.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Leon accepted this small hint of mockery from Johnson because he was in such a good mood. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "Sam Westing paid for my education. He saw that I was accepted into the best schools, probably arranged for my first job, perhaps more, I don't know." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z People, except Momma and Uncle Willie, accepted my unwillingness to talk as a natural outgrowth of a reluctant return to the South. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Dimple began to wish she hadn’t accepted this dinner invitation. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Suppose that your teenage daughter found out that she had been accepted at two universities — Harvard University and Georgetown University, in Washington, DC. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Mrs. Merritt studied my face to see if I had accepted her point. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Very well, if you must be rushing off, I shall just tell you that I accepted my acquaintance's proposal.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He felt glum; his offering, possessing the quality of an authentic old pre-war ritual, had not been accepted. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Everywhere I went in Tanganyika my skin color was automatically accepted rather than instantly reviled. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He understood that his thoughts contradicted his actions; he had long since accepted that. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z But I had done so well that I was accepted into the high school program. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She was deeply familiar with humans, those creatures who had once accepted her and then locked her outside in the jungle. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “If you accepted what I said about your limitations, the answer would have been no.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Doc Daneeka accepted the explanation and put away his hypodermic syringe. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He accepted gratefully, and so it was that they came to the gathering ground, where Will and Lyra came to meet them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Although Stanton accepted Anthony’s decision and didn’t quit the group, she remained a bit peeved. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z They were here--and they accepted Tom and me, making only a polite pleasant effort to entertain or to be entertained. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z As with most scientific revolutions, Rutherford’s new findings were not universally accepted. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, Einstein never accepted that the universe was governed by chance; his feelings were summed up in his famous statement “God does not play dice.” A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He only said “Heaven wills it,” and he accepted flood and drought with meekness. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z He accepted affection as easily as a kitten accepts its mother’s licks—and forgot it as quickly. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Disclaimers accepted, ’Pet,” Widget says, giving her shoulder a squeeze. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Never one to shun free publicity, Bloom accepted instantly and traveled to the club with a dozen of his dancers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The mother, however, accepted a chair offered by one lodger. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z When Reggie came in on the afternoon of January 27, just after he accepted the plea, Kaylene’s first impression was he was either arrogant, or very quiet, but probably the former. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I knew at once whom he meant, and I accepted the letter on Mother’s behalf. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The machine accepted the purchase and spit out a receipt. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z After all, what universally accepted black role models did these kids really have besides the Three J’s—Michael Jordan and Bo Jackson and Magic Johnson? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Seaborg had accepted an appointment at Berkeley as a full professor, with the authority to hire four assistant and associate professors and twelve salaried graduate fellows. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I think I know why Shoji accepted our Japanese side a long time ago. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z If the sacrifice was not accepted, Bobby conjectured, Byrne would be lost; but if he did accept it, he’d also be lost. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It is worth noting that the new geographical discoveries were swiftly accepted right across Europe—you did not need to be Spanish to believe that Columbus had discovered a new continent. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She’d been accepted into a nursing school in San Antonio, Texas, and her parents were doing well enough to pay for their children’s college education in the States. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Patient and sure-footed, she accepted Tyrion with hardly a squeal when he clambered onto her back, and remained motionless as he reached for shield and lance. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He demanded the return of his gifts, which she had accepted in bad faith. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When I knew that we had been accepted to go to America, I told John, fie was surprised and wanted to know why I hadn’t told him before that I was applying. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The plan was accepted, and was to be implemented immediately. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But the brazen claim that slavery must be accepted unconditionally as a permanent feature of the national confederation was, if not wholly new, at least an interpretive clarification never made before in a national forum. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z His word had always been accepted on the plantation because he was never known to tell a lie. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Most everyone besides Bliss had accepted that the end was near. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Graham had accepted, gave her his grandmother’s diamond. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They had accepted the way the white people bossed us around. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z This, at least, is the accepted explanation, though like most economic explanations it seems, under certain lights, to omit the main point. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z As an accepted suitor or a disappointed lover, I shall see you soon. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Moss accepted it, grateful that he would have a piece of Javier to keep for himself. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He took a few morsels that he had saved to Shadowfax, and they were graciously accepted, though the horse seemed to have no lack. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z This too I accepted calmly, the whole night was out of joint. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z This time he would have accepted a ride on the truck if it was offered. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The stories were accepted as fact, and soon the word attached to Seabiscuit for good. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Ptolemy recognized this flaw, but nevertheless his model was generally, although not universally, accepted. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The infant was recovering rapidly—his face had already rounded out, and he seemed to have accepted Masvita as his new mother. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Certain ideas had been accepted as true without sufficiently careful thought. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The slightly reeking fish that she accepted for her own family she would all but throw in the fish man’s face if he sent it to the Fisher house. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I was not pretending to be anyone but myself, and they still accepted me into their troop. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Sometimes I lied about being accepted to some school, at other times I said I hadn’t quite decided, and most of the time I avoided the question altogether by not going to school. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z At the end of the year we were both in tears as we said a heartbreaking farewell, because I’d been accepted at the Jewish Lyceum, where Margot also went to school. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z In her mind she saw herself handling the tray with elegance and poise, presenting it to a grateful Beiderman, who accepted it with a smile. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Later, when I began to see how blacks were used in the workplace, which colleges accepted blacks and which did not, I began to think about race in purely negative terms. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I had learned that it was an accepted tradition in the South to have white and black children privately play together until about age six, but never in front of their white friends. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In Darwin’s time, the most commonly accepted mechanism of heredity was a theory advanced by the eighteenth-century French biologist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z It wasn’t the best position for someone as physically fit and eager to play in the game as Kanue, but he happily accepted. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z I accepted the reason why the trial began in this manner. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z While we reluctantly accepted Dad’s bossing as one of the privileges of his rank as head of the family, we had no intention of accepting it from anybody else, including his oldest sister. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Having been thrust out of the world because of my race, I had accepted my destiny by not being curious about what shaped it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It is no surprise that it has been so hard for Goldman to get his ideas accepted. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I’d accepted a long time ago that Thomas and I were no longer best friends. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “They thought they had one chance in this world and it was Willie, and when he lost they felt terrible about that. And they accepted it. They just accepted that they’d lost somebody else.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Brady had earned his PhD and already accepted a faculty post at Saint Louis University. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Washkar, in Qosqo, had the machinery of the state at his disposal; in addition, his claim to the fringe was generally accepted. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Someone else might have just thought I was lying, or not remembering—but he accepted that I was telling the truth and went from there. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z By signing the treaty, Germany had accepted the blame for starting World War I and agreed to pay billions of dollars in reparations to other countries. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Not only was I accepted but I would receive scholarship money. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I always accepted these gifts graciously, always protesting just enough, not too little, not too much. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He accepted almost immediately the reality I’d spent a year denying. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The boys accepted him as though he were a real human. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Although she accepted their hospitality gratefully, after that first visit she made a point of never arriving empty-handed. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Having finally proposed and been accepted was a huge relief to Charles. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z His father certainly hadn’t invited him home—not that he would have accepted such an invitation. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z But in order for me to feel accepted by them I felt like I had to have the same things they did. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I accepted with a firm handshake, then ran home. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Even if he were accepted, Jesse might go into culture shock; Middleton High hadn’t prepared him for this. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Marcos accepted their bouquets and joked that they might as well hold on to them and wait for him to crash, so they could take them directly to his funeral. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Journalists asked Fischer why he’d accepted the offer to come to the Philippines on his first “official” visit when he’d turned down similar offers from other countries. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Dill wiped his eyes with his palms and accepted a tissue. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “I passed real well,” I told him, “I got accepted to all these schools, but I have no money.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z But she could see that you just accepted such things had happened, then got on with your life. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Once this would have drawn blood, but he must have accepted his lot in life by now. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The OAS has accepted the invitation, and a five- member committee is due here by the end of July. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The stranger did not share his amusement. "—my former apprentice, Widge, in consideration of which I have accepted the amount of ten pounds sterling." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Beatrice did not finish her sentence; she accepted a light for her cigarette from Frank, and once it was lit she appeared to have forgotten what she was going to say. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Players who turned down the invitation in 1956 accepted readily in 1957, as Bobby had, because of the importance of the tournament. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z As they walked into their workplaces, they accepted the handbills Parker held out to them, warning them not to join the “White Man’s Union.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Her name was Winnie, and I asked her out and she accepted. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Lauren, a cheerleader, accepted her prize, beaming, to riotous applause and whistling. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z As some sociologists and marketing consultants see it, the commonly accepted big three—the upper, middle, and working classes—have broken down into dozens of microclasses, defined by occupations or lifestyles. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I was playing a lot of ball at the time, and my next story, about basketball, was accepted the first time I sent it out. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Herschel was a respected scientist, and other astronomers accepted his idea. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Our illustrious Elector Primo had just accepted another four-year presidential term. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Perhaps she just decided, on her own, and he accepted her decision. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Somewhere along the way, Lazlo had accepted that the answers weren’t here, not in all these tomes on all these great, vast shelves. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He got accepted at Music and Art High School in Manhattan and had reached a point in his life where jazz was the beginning, the end, and the middle. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z We should start peer review and vetting so they can be officially accepted. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z What was the point of applying if, once I got accepted, Mom wouldn’t be able to afford for me to go? Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z However, the existence of dark matter is widely accepted because it explains the discrepancies found between the mass of large astronomical objects and their gravitational effect. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The regent was anxious for me to attend Fort Hare and I was gratified to be accepted there. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He seemed to have accepted his status as pariah. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Kevin and I became more a part of the household, familiar, accepted, accepting. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Not that Pilate or Reba felt the possessive love for him that his mother did, but they had accepted him without question and with all the ease in the world. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z When accepted, the willing workers might or might not be thanked, and it was of no importance to the pregraduation rites. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z In the morning, I sent word to Coetsee that I accepted his offer. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The tall man accepted the book, holding it at arm’s length to study the cover before Clyde grabbed it and flipped it open. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Let us remember what is so easy to forget in the mad intensity of wartime: that prejudice and hatred are never right and never to be accepted by a just society. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z All the things Tessie had accepted as part of the awkward age suddenly seemed ominous to her. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Cassius Clay had extended the invitation as a sixth wedding anniversary present to Malcolm X and Sister Betty, and they had accepted most gratefully. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I wouldn’t have accepted a cookie from Trotter, but I didn’t have to worry. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Nobody could explain how those infinitesimals disappeared when squared; they just accepted the fact because making them vanish at the right time gave the correct answer. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z His exertions were repaid by Calpurnia with the offer of coffee and an invitation to supper, both of which he accepted. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Now that I have accepted the truth, I worry about what will happen to Ma. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z For the first several years, I accepted the label. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I believe there are techniques of the human mind whereby, in its dark deep, problems are examined, rejected or accepted. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Arthur accepted this moment of division as the opportunity for which he had been waiting. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Schwartz concedes that his idea has virtually no chance of being accepted. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Friends and advisors reminded him that if he accepted, he’d be the only chess player ever to have a ticker-tape parade, and probably there’d never be another chess player receiving the distinction. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She accepted as a representative of the Daughters of Temperance, the women’s affiliate group. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z That was how he knew she had accepted him, even though she wasn’t his mother. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z And I accepted this explanation for much of Bunny’s crabbiness at the end of the term, which subsequently I was to find was due to entirely different reasons. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Even if you’re accepted, you don’t have to go. You can stay at your middle school.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He accepted this strangeness and that without questioning why anything was, except that in this day this thing came. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Once we were accepted, we had cultural orientation courses, with movies and books that had pictures of America. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other hand, if one accepted the Hamiltonian version of the exchange, how could one explain the interval between the shots? Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z At their first meeting after the estrangement, Bernard poured out the tale of his miseries and accepted consolation. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I have accepted this advice, and will not give myself up to a Government I do not recognize. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She offered to go out, to buy something from the deli, but Rohin said he wasn’t very hungry, and accepted one of the rice cakes. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He downed six hot dogs, then a can of baby carrots, and gratefully accepted a dozen or so Oreos, one after the other, and ate them with great savor and particularity. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Somehow this idea caught on and soon had become accepted fact virtually throughout our entire year. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The clerk, having seen this many times over the years, usually accepted our tender without comment. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She awkwardly accepted tea from my mother and answered questions about her dress and the flowers at the church. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I let him stay sick, I understood this reaction, I accepted it.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z After all, the more he accepted, the more he would be obliged to offer, and he was already in well over his head, thanks anyway. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She accepted with pride the pencil the monitor passed out to her in the morning and reluctantly surrendered it to another monitor at three o’clock. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z To reestablish his links to the black community after graduation, he accepted a scholarship from the Urban League to pursue a master’s degree in social work at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Still, writers will do themselves a favor, and increase the amount of pleasure in the world, if they use a word in the senses that are accepted by literate readers. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Based on his performance on entrance tests, he was accepted as a junior. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The invitation was accepted of course, and at a proper hour they joined the party in Lady Catherine’s drawing-room. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “If this child hadn’t resembled my first wife, I would still have accepted her,” announced the old nganga. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They had sailed for Greece; they had accepted defeat. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Belby started and accepted what looked like half a cold pheasant. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z When Apu made him an offer—“I could use some help around the store’’—he accepted. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She accepted his offer to be his wife, and together they had the children of Orléans. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Upon my return to U.S. soil, I was accepted in the White House Fellow program. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z At the next group meeting it was suggested that the museum had accepted my work only because it was decorative and easy to swallow. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Frank accepted and sat on the porch steps while Zeitoun went inside. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I would have accepted without question the information that Gatsby sprang from the swamps of Louisiana or from the lower East Side of New York. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z 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 The silence accepted the gift and awed them. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He had accepted the fact that Father Cham had passed on, but here in the shadow of the mountain, Pong felt the loss all over again. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The sound would jag around in our air for an indecisive second before the balcony’s occupants accepted it and sent their own guffaws to riot with it against the walls of the theater. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z If the baby lived, they would probably be accepted as members of the tribe. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I was officially an accepted member of the neighborhood tribe. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z When Holmes asked her to be his wife, she accepted immediately. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Perhaps Elodin was simply making sure that I was genuinely interested before he accepted me as a student. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Because equal temperament is now so widely accepted as standard tuning, musicians do not usually even speak of intervals in terms of ratios. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z It was a fine morning; many people around him were troubled, he knew, but that was a part of the adult world which he accepted as a matter of course. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z She had accepted her parents’ money but not their control of her identity, and had taken advantage of her good fortune to reinvent herself, to find a different way of living. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Lee said softly, “Couldn’t a world be built around accepted truth? Couldn’t some pains and insanities be rooted out if the causes were known?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But she was too courteous to be outright rude and accepted my effort. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z That was the same summer that the killer of Trayvon Martin was acquitted, the summer I realized that I accepted that there is no velocity of escape. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z A hundred times before, Johnny had stopped on the streets of Boston, or before her house, to watch her: he but one more gaping face in a crowd, she the accepted reigning belle. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother accepted these gifts with both hands, as is the custom here, and put them away without a word. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I kept my eyes straight ahead, unwilling to look behind me at that gold shining dome that had accepted all our deepest wishes just a few hours back. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z One accepted the good or the evil with humility, for life was a mystery, and questions were not for the lowly. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The two friends thankfully accepted food from Cornflower and her helpers. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Is the explanation any more absurd than that accepted by those who believe the woman who maintains that she is the channel through which a 35,000-year-old man expresses himself? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She was a good and strong person, accepted by more people than were ready to accept me. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z He was also a devout member of the Moravian congregation, a Christian denomination that accepted the Bible as the sole source of faith and practice. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z It was the probation, the durance; they all three accepted it; I dont believe there was ever any promise between Henry and Bon demanded or offered. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z I accepted his arm, and we stepped into the dance, a slow sarabande. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Around noon, he walked over to nearby Ford’s Theatre, a block from Pennsylvania Avenue, to pick up his mail: Ford’s customarily accepted personal mail as a courtesy to actors. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He finally accepted, telling her in Spanish, “Who am I to take from you the gift of giving?” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I accepted the invisible rein she was holding out, and then we were off, riding up and down the fence, sometimes cantering, sometimes at a gallop. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z After forty days of bombing, they accepted the broadcast amnesty. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This camp was their universe, and they had accepted that. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z They all accepted my apologies with gracious disapproval. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Our attitudes were made, defined, set, or corrected; our ideas were discovered, discarded, enlarged, torn apart, and accepted. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I accepted its hug in my own and broke its back. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He wiped his brow and accepted a canteen of cool water Shady offered when Lester Burton emerged from the trees. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z To be accepted, honored, loved, like someone’s child. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Mommy was, by her own definition, “light-skinned,” a statement which I had initially accepted as fact but at some point later decided was not true. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Wickham’s happiness and her own were perforce delayed a little longer, and Mr. Collins’s proposal accepted with as good a grace as she could. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z He accepted it because it made him free, gave him the possibility of choice, of action, the opportunity to act and to feel that his actions carried weight. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Alchemy was never a science, and there was no room for it to survive among those who had fully accepted the mentality of the new sciences. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z They might not have wanted me around, but at church I always felt accepted and loved. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Roosevelt put on his spare pair of boots and handed his old ones over to his son, who gladly accepted them. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z At times I felt the awkwardness of an intruder, but Elroy accepted me into his quiet routine without fuss or ceremony. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They probably knew she was lying, but they accepted it because they needed an explanation. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He’d hate to have Leon for an enemy, which is one reason he’d accepted the job of treasurer without making waves. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z To repay a debt to the more radical preacher, King accepted Moore’s invitation to come to Durham to put his blessing on the lunch-counter movement. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z There was something innately strange about it, as though there had always been an inner core to the gym which I had never perceived before, quite different from its generally accepted appearance. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z In 2000, the family received word that they had been accepted for relocation to the United States and a place called Georgia. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z 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 People accepted life as it was and did not dream of changing it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When the French soldiers invited Washington to dinner, he eagerly accepted, hoping that he could get some information. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I told him that I understood and accepted his policy. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Receiving GUESS? clothes for our trip reminded me of my childhood and how I needed designer clothes to make me feel accepted by others in school. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Some women accepted the Fourteenth Amendment as a step toward democracy for African American men, assuming that women’s rights would follow. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z On March 12, 1928, Lawrence accepted the Berkeley offer by telegram. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Her eyes were alight, like she rarely accepted a compliment, but would accept just this one time. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I was pleased that Perilee had accepted my gift of that chair, paid for with my newspaper story money. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I couldn't believe they thought I was going to go to hell unless I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He sabotaged himself so that he’d get accepted back into the group again. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Once those words would have pained him, but he accepted his status now. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Congratulations to you, too, Piper. It sounds like you’ve finally accepted your fate. It’s always wise to quit while you’re behind.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Against all odds and after countless interviews with UN personnel, she learned that she and her boys had been accepted for resettlement by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The judge accepted Joe’s guilty plea, but asked to see medical and psychiatric reports before deciding his sentence. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z She accepted the young men as they were and was prepared to enjoy their company without expecting anything in return. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, before Harry’s mind had accepted what he was seeing, before he could feel anything but numb disbelief, he felt himself being pulled to his feet. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I had returned to Baltimore two years earlier, after I’d been accepted at Johns Hopkins University to complete my undergraduate degree, which I’d begun in junior college at Valley Forge. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The old king accepted the younger king’s gift, along with some other things—swords and cups, some girls and young men, her servants. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Quisling accepted it and looked it over. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z While I was sipping my first glass of beer—I have never really cared for cold beer in midwinter, but I accepted the glass to have something solid to hold on to—the doorbell rang. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z But I accepted our coach’s decision and focused on the win for our team. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people--his imagination had never really accepted them as his parents at all. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Such was Briony’s last thought before she accepted that she did not understand, and that she must simply watch. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Beans’s eyes were shining, his face excited as he accepted The Treatment. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z He accepted the book, looked at it as though it were his enemy. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z While Stanton accepted her husband’s right to his own opinion, his lack of support felt like a personal rejection. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “I told you before, Hiram, no one in the Delta is going to bother with that case again. The jury gave a decision, and the judge accepted it.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z After I was accepted to the University of Florida in Gainesville, the only school I applied to, I was required to attend an interview with the admissions office. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z "The fact that your mother chose a name for you that both Hindus and Muslims use means a lot to us. It's as if she sort of accepted us, even though we'd never met." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z They did not look at them at all, but accepted them as Done. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The judge said, “Then your plea of guilty will be accepted.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Her illness gradually became an accepted thing in the house, something that could not be stopped or helped. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z James Mott accepted, so it was a man, not a woman, who called to order the first women’s rights convention ever held in the United States. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Silently they gave and accepted food with both hands. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He and I had some uncomfortable conversations about my family and about how they might not accept him in the way that his family had accepted me. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Surprisingly, Baby Kochamma accepted this explanation, and the enigmatic, secretly thrilling notion of Men’s Needs gained implicit sanction in the Ayemenem House. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Bobby accepted it fairly calmly, then Evans remarked: “This is not surprising, but if you see Bobby kiss the girl, then you have a news item!” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The hostility began in 1789, when Burr accepted the office of attorney general in New York from Governor George Clinton after campaigning for Hamilton’s candidate, who lost. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z So when she asked him to come to the “In Case of War” seminar that the university women's association was organizing, he accepted. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It was a matter of intense pride to Bull that the regulars had accepted him after a brief period of trial and initiation. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Years later, on an early trip to Haiti, an elated Farmer phoned to tell his parents he’d been accepted to Harvard Medical School. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “Hey, Penelope,” I said, hoping that she knew I was now accepted by the dog pack. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z My great error was not that I had accepted someone else’s dream but that I had accepted the fact of dreams, the need for escape, and the invention of racecraft. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He offered to enlighten me, and I gratefully accepted: he described how contraceptives work, and I asked him very boldly how boys could tell they were grown-up. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z All the cherished question-begging epithets applied to the Negro race, and widely accepted as truth even by men of good will, simply prove untrue when one lives among them. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z All eleven picketers accepted jail sentences rather than paying a fine. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z It makes me realize that maybe this is her back door to being accepted in Unity Valley. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z At first she refused the food when Uma offered it, but seeing how disappointed she was she accepted the bacon and sucked on it quietly, remembering with pain the tastes of Barrow. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z After a year of arguments, Mom and Dad have finally accepted this. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “There were some stinging belly flops, but the pain was worth it when our leader handed us the coveted dagger with its inscription blood and honor. From that moment on, we were fully accepted.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Once there, I offered myself as a crutch to Bear, which he accepted, though I sensed that he was regaining something of his old strength. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Audrey told Dad that she had accepted the power of the Atonement long ago, and had forgiven her brother. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z On April 19, barely a week before the election, Chief Buthelezi accepted the offer of a consti-tutional role for the Zulu monarchy and agreed to participate. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If an individual could afford to pay a dollar or two for a full day’s care, the money was accepted. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Chile finally returned most of Peru’s territory in 1929 but never gave back any land to Bolivia—an outcome that nation has never accepted. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Although she might be puzzled by these differences between man and woman, she knew them and accepted them and needed them. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z He accepted the bet, and they watched as the colt led wire to wire. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She accepted a job at the Northrop Corporation, one of many aviation companies tucked into the suburban sprawl of Los Angeles. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I would sit, galvanized, hearing what I then accepted from Mr. Muhammad’s own mouth as being the true history of our religion, the true religion for the black man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It recognized England’s right to retain tariffs on American exports while granting English imports most-favored status in the United States; it implicitly accepted English impressment of American sailors. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It was a warm June afternoon, but Annabeth accepted the cup with thanks. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He accepted the bottle and took a quick swallow of whisky and passed it back. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Because it seems odd to me that no offer has been made or accepted. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I played out scenes in my head where I declared my intention of living as a boy and my parents, at first protesting but then breaking down, accepted me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Now having accepted my punishment, I wanted to remember nothing connected with Trueblood or the Golden Day. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It might very well be that literally every word in the history books, even the things that one accepted without question, was pure fantasy. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z A week after she and Grace had exchanged emails, Maya’s parents had invited her family to dinner, and they had accepted because, well, how exactly does one turn down that invitation? Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He’d insisted on it at his manhood ceremony, having just been accepted into the Academy. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “I knew my mother and brother needed me, and I accepted this responsibility. I never forgot my father’s saying he counted on me to take care of our family.” Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Still dazed, Hannah accepted the miracle and the prospect of a journey like a docile child. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z It was forcing them to question views that had been accepted for decades, to look carefully at what they had been taught. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z By the accepted rules of war, the British soldiers should have been treated as prisoners of war. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She accepted it with fulsome thanks; it was lovely to behold, and all that burnished copper would flash prettily in the sun, though if actual battle threatened, she would sooner be clad in steel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z This did not suit Jo at all, but she accepted the place since nothing better appeared and, to every one’s surprise, got on remarkably well with her irascible relative. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood at the door of an inn where travellers met, silently begged for food and silently accepted a piece of rice cake. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z He seemed content; he accepted the lies I told him and sighed a little—perhaps in relief, for who knows what fears tormented his child’s mind? Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The publication of De Revolutionibus was accepted essentially without a murmur by the Catholic Church, and the book was largely ignored by Rome for the rest of the sixteenth century. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “She would have suffered. My family would have never accepted her as an equal. You don’t order someone to polish your shoes one day and call them ‘sister’ the next.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Though they were merely stories, I accepted them as true because I wanted to believe them, because I hungered for a different life, for something new. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Although there is no one universally accepted definition of resilience, it is generally understood as the ability to bounce back from hardship and trauma. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z With Beaujoyeulx, Catherine conceived what have come to be accepted as the world’s first formal ballets. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The bullock cringed, but accepted the torment and as soon as the whip fell it began to pull again. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z It became colder the deeper into it one sank, and Tristran pushed his burned hand as far as he could down into the fabric of it: it resisted him slightly, but accepted his hand. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z After looking into the matter, William’s superiors finally accepted that he had done the work himself. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She pushed on to be a test pilot and was finally accepted for training. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z In the final glance they exchanged, Esteban understood that she had accepted him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She accepted the yellow rose without the least bit of malice, amused, rather, by the extravagance of the act, and she lifted her shawl to see his face better, not to show hers. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He accepted his humanity just as he accepted the principle. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as if he had given up; he had accepted the radioactive dirt and it had begun its job, long ago, of burying him. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z An unlikely candidate would turn the quantum hypothesis from a peculiarity to an accepted fact. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Once Torricelli’s experiment had been accepted as a basic model, it was possible to devise all sorts of variations. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Dr. Lange was dining with colleagues and I accepted the arrival from the soldiers. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It is not known exactly what length a stadium was, but it may have been about 200 yards, which would make Aristotle’s estimate about twice the currently accepted figure. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The grandfather did not look like he believed her, but his son urged him to come inside and prepare, and he guiltily accepted their words. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Even if you said you had to go to the lavatory, that was not accepted as an excuse and they punished you just the same. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I went further than forgiving the clerk, I accepted her as a fellow victim of the same puppeteer. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. King accepted Shuttlesworth’s invitation to come to Birmingham, a hotbed of racial violence—the city Dr. King called “the most segregated city in America.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Gallup and her supporters, including Fabyan, had accepted these revelations at face value. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Your mother was so lonely for good conversation she gladly accepted. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl took a wedge and ate greedily, then accepted another. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “Your apology is certainly not accepted, creep. But it will do for now.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z To my surprise, Jesse instantly accepted the invitation and went to visit her. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And since I had been born in a Christian nation, I accepted this Deity as the only one. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z I refused the money and accepted a cup of coffee instead. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Along the way I encountered values that I accepted, primarily those that reinforced my early religious and community mores. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Besides, I wanted to be accepted and, most of all, respected. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z It’s the court where cases are put on the calendar for their first hearings, where plea bargains are accepted and sentences passed down. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z All of our ideas about the way the Universe works are now accepted as simply models which are put forward to explain observations and the results of experiments as best we can. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Jason accepted his hand and got to his feet. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z For a moment or two Simon was happy to be accepted and then he ceased to think about himself. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Anxious to get out of Prague before everything fell apart politically, Kepler travelled to Linz, where he applied for a job as district mathematician and was accepted in June. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Back at home my mother wept again and talked complain- ingly about the unfairness of the judge who had accepted my father’s word. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Wilfred invited me to share his home, and gratefully I accepted. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Two weeks after the market, Tommy Forester proposed marriage to Bridget Comfrey, and she accepted. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z If Mrs. Smith hadn’t already purchased the tickets two weeks ago when I’d accepted the invitation, I’d have made up an excuse now to not go. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Nonetheless, like almost everyone else, she saw the appeal of the base pairs and accepted the fact that the structure was too pretty not to be true. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The recommendation was controversial, for Jongintaba’s mother was from a lesser house, but my father’s choice was ultimately accepted by both the Thembus and the British government. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When I was accepted a lot of things seemed possible. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z She numbly accepted apologies from the Shaw family. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Speaking of Pamela, the word around town is her dad accepted a job in Colorado Springs and the family will be moving soon. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Jorah Mormont accepted his collar in a sullen silence, but Penny began to cry as the armorer was fastening her own into place. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I reached the town at dawn, and encouraged by the returning light, and coffee in a thick white cup, I accepted a hopeful interpretation. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “I accepted immediately with excitement and eagerness,” he said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The old men and the old women accepted the life they had. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z So it happened: Academia accepted its so-called minority students. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The Azzam family were very elated that I was qualified and accepted to go to Mecca. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, accepted literally, perhaps the phrase was accurate, even if to each, the other were merely the light and dark pattern of a bank of photocells. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z When he fumbled for a word, she offered him one which he accepted gratefully. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Now you have accepted control of your own path and are doing a wonderful job of helping those around you, too. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She hadn’t bothered to tell them, of course, and accepted both their payments. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He even accepted defeat before the final votes were tallied. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z The giraffes accepted Billy as one of their own, as a harmless creature as preposterously specialized as themselves. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z We accepted this, I believe, because it was steadying, and steady was how we liked to be. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Tyrion was dozing, but he woke abruptly when the motion ceased, rubbed the sand from his eyes, and accepted Bronn's hand to climb down. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She accepted, with the proviso that the wedding take place in the spring, after she received her degree. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z And because the Texan aeronaut was one of the very few humans Iorek had ever esteemed, he accepted the man’s last gift to him. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Lydia reached out and accepted Chester the bear. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Although Athena had pronounced him clear of guilt, in this story all the Erinyes had not accepted the verdict. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though the Iran she knew as a teenager used to be more progressive, dating wasn't as widely accepted as it was in America. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Inherited knowledge could no longer be accepted without question. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I accepted that danger was an essential component of the game—without it, climbing would be little different from a hundred other trifling diversions. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Still, North Carolina’s white population would likely have accepted integrated schools if the state’s new governor had used his position to push for such a path. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Zimbardo has since accepted some criticism of his methods and admitted that the experiment was “clearly unethical.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I accepted,” recalled Fuchs, “and I started work without knowing at first what the work was.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Anthony and I got to the Poconos and bunked together, and he accepted Jesus Christ as his savior that weekend. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “He has! Do you believe him? Have you accepted him?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I accepted the idea that an omniscient God had cast me in his own image and that he watched over me and guided me from one place to the next. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z In a place that accepted infanticide and witch trials, anything was possible. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He asked to be taken into the community and was accepted. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Gatsby's notoriety, spread about by the hundreds who had accepted his hospitality and so become authorities on his past, had increased all summer until he fell just short of being news. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z His request is not accepted, although he cites his poor health, and he serves until the end of the war. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess I had known all this last year, and the year before, even earlier, but I'd just accepted it before. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Excuses for not doing homework were not accepted and would draw a beating. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The assertion was remarkable partly for being so arrestingly specific but even more for flying in the face of accepted wisdom about the age of the Earth.* A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It allowed her to feel as if she had been accepted as part of the household, which was pleasant—but it also made her realize that her place in the household was among the servants. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “Blessed be the fruit,” she says to me, the accepted greeting among us. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a ridiculous excuse, but Chris accepted it and said how sorry he was. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z We could not return the cattle, as they had already been accepted, so the family decided that Mabel would take Baliwe’s place, and she did so. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Kat,’ she said, ‘I relied on you. You should never have accepted that ticket. You should never have let Salim go up on his own.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z I expected some response, some signal that she accepted understanding from me and Tommy in a way she didn’t from the veterans. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z There are those who believed we should always reject bail, as it could be interpreted that we were fainthearted rebels who accepted the racist strictures of the legal system. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Ralph put his head down on his forearms and accepted this new fact like a wound. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I did, and I found I had been accepted into the army. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z He wasn’t angry or even disappointed with them—he accepted that all humans had weaknesses—but he was insistent that everybody take their medicine, even if that meant someone from the clinic tracking them down. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z She would have just accepted that people never listened to someone like her and thought she was useless, because she knew that making waves might cause things to get worse. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Many of the Jews were also worried about being accepted in Southern schools, and rumors of quotas for Jews in some other schools were also a worry. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Most of our neighborhood accepted Needles for who he was. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z It was universally accepted that dry land was confined to one hemisphere, the rest being covered by ocean. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z At first I pretended that I’d be going as a journalist more than a climber—that I’d accepted the assignment because the commercialization of Everest was an interesting subject and the money was pretty good. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z No one who has read so far will need to be told that he accepted the offer. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But she finally accepted it as an unqualified fact because no one shared her doubts. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z When Alvarez asked her how she could stand the fumes, she assured him cheerfully that one grew used to them, advice he accepted dubiously at the moment but soon discovered to be true. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I wanted, needed, to connect with people who were close to my own age, and to be accepted by them. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z After a few more weeks of this, I stumbled from my bed one night and decided that I’d made a mistake, that when my father had offered me the blessing, I should have accepted it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z President Harry S. Truman, Stimson observed with relief, accepted his new responsibility “with the same fine spirit that Senator Truman had shown before in accepting our refusal to inform him.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I am an accepted future student of the NYU creative writing program. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z And what is so infuriating, looking back, is how I accepted the situation. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z As unappealing as the idea of a finite universe was, physicists gradually accepted the big bang and agreed that the universe had a beginning. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z By the end of the nineteenth century, the American medical community finally accepted the principles of germ theory. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Dell accepted the position, packed up his barely driv- able Ford, and headed south. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z My parents have accepted the amount their kids have become "Americanized." Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Burnham later offered them the Transportation Building, which they accepted. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Dill accepted the dollar and tucked it in his shirt pocket. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z This idea conflicted with the accepted physics of light, because it meant that light was not a wave. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z No doubt it helped, but Penelope had long ago accepted that a thick mane of glossy, bouncy ringlets was not destined to be hers. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He’s accepted that the days ahead are going to be increasingly difficult, but the job brings him pride and honor. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Bobby accepted and then nonchalantly walked around the club as the other games were still being contested. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I always figured that my mom accepted how things were. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “The Queen’s age…” “After the proclamation, he proposed to her. She had nobody to help. The Queen accepted his proposal.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A Type I error occurs when a true hypothesis is rejected, and a Type II error occurs when a false hypothesis is accepted. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest were either too distracted by their troubles or just plain unmotivated, so pretty much everyone grudgingly accepted some form of public aid. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z To be accepted, all new ideas must survive rigorous standards of evidence. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He accepted my apology with a bemused kiss on the nose. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are dirty, Horse,” they cried, and he whimpered and accepted their accusations. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I had been alone and friendless a long time and had accepted it as my lot. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z If I had not read Jonathan’s journal first, I should never have accepted even a possibility. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z When she heard about the flag and statue she was angry, and only accepted them with deep reluctance. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The team has not accepted the “educational message” he was trying to promote, the coach says. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Which, of course, was across the country from MIT, where he’d been accepted, but he was sure they could work something out. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z But the only one who accepted his answer was Little Lou, who was like that, an absorber. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z In the late 1980s, another group of outsiders took note of Clarkston: the nonprofit agencies that resettle the tens of thousands of refugees accepted into the United States each year. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Such behavior became an accepted, even expected, feature of the political landscape during the middle third of the nineteenth century and has remained so ever since. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Let’s begin with a commonly accepted definition of arts integration from the Kennedy Center’s ArtsEdge website along with a checklist to help guide the teacher in the creation of an integrated lesson. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Gawaine’s mind did not move easily along the paths of irony, so he accepted the sneer as statement of fact. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Mandela was accepted, and soon shipped out to Kentucky. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Cutie accepted the graphs handed him and left without another word. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Well, I had not broken the decision, but neither had I accepted it wholly. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The National Party accepted the most hidebound of 1950s cold war ideology and regarded the Soviet Union as the evil empire and communism as the work of the devil. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then there were rackets like the Klan’s Death Benefit Association, which sold insurance policies to Klan members and accepted only cash or personal checks made out to the Grand Dragon himself. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Emeline never would have accepted so mundane a means of communicating news of such magnitude. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Although Roosevelt was accepted as a friend, fellow cowboy, and, ultimately, the sheriffs deputy, he never completely severed his ties to New York or politics. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Again Melquíades tried to dissuade him, but he finally accepted the two magnetized ingots and three colonial coins in exchange for the magnifying glass. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z When they learned of my speech, I was severely reprimanded for advocating such a radical departure from accepted policy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I applied and was accepted to mop long white tiled hallways that stretched around the entire perimeter of the office floors of the building. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm an invisible man and it placed me in a hole—or showed me the hole I was in, if you will—and I reluctantly accepted the fact. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I should perhaps have found gratifying a little more polite resistance to my observation, but he offered no feint; he denied not her favor and accepted his lot with alacrity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “They didn’t have birth certificates in them days. You were just born, and people accepted it.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z In order to escape the racial attack that went to the roots of my life, I would have gladly accepted any way of life but the one in which I found myself. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z One day he told me he would take me to lunch and I accepted. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I suppose we believed so hard in God’s providence that we just accepted miracles in our favor. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z No one over thirty-two or under seventeen was supposed to be accepted. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z When the notice arrived that my work had been accepted, I foolishly phoned my friends with the news. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Pythagoras, the Greek scholar—half scientist, half mystic—who lived in Croton around 530 BC, proposed one of the earliest and most widely accepted theories to explain the similarity between parents and their children. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z In the men’s bathroom, inmates smoked—also against the rules but, from what I could tell, tacitly accepted. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They immediately accepted him as one of their own, and for the first time in his life, James Halliday had a circle of friends. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I thought that hanging my head and looking mutely at the ground was a kind of confession and a petition for forgiveness, but she had not accepted it as such. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The mother accepted this and closed her eyes. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I think he could tell I was holding something back about Nico’s disappearance, but in the end, he accepted it. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z In 2009, he accepted a position as United Nations deputy special envoy for Haiti, working closely with United Nations Special Envoy for Haiti Bill Clinton. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z But I insisted, explained, cajoled, raised my voice, gestured with my hands, quoted whatever proof texts I could remember from the grammar book, and finally he accepted my explanations. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Tally accepted a saucer and felt the scalding heat through the thin, white material of the cup. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z When I was asked my age I called it out and was accepted. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z In the past, I would have accepted what he said. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus she accepted what had been proposed, so he went back into the crowd. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It probably wouldn’t help my case to tell her Tucker had applied to half a dozen Ivy League schools, and had already been accepted at twice as many less prestigious institutions. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z But shooting is not the accepted method of killing a tame chicken. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Since everyone accepted them, and more particularly since they accepted themselves, I knew that their laughter was real and that their lives were cheerful comedies, interrupted only by costume changes and freshening of make-up. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Bobby Fischer’s renunciation of his citizenship was never accepted by the United States. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Wintergreen accepted his role of digging and filling up holes with all the uncomplaining dedication of a true patriot. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I tended to lose patience with some of the longer dream sequences, but for the most part we all got along, and the students either accepted or politely ignored my advice. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I accepted the Lord as my personal Saviour, for He finally brought me a Maytag washer. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Will and George were doing well in business, and Joe was writing letters home in rhymed verse and making as smart an attack on all the accepted verities as was healthful. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But despite these aberrations he seemed to be accepted as an islander, simply because he had called Auntie Braxton “Trudy,” a name nobody had used for her since she was a young woman. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe the others would have accepted their meals, but Di, who is deep into her third Michelob, insists that everything else go back while they work on their starters. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Jimmy accepted that piece of chalk with as much seriousness as if it had been a medal. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z And this fear ran so deep that we accepted their standards of civilization and humanity. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Miss Van Campen had accepted the status that we were great friends because she got a great amount of work out of Catherine. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Monsters are variations from the accepted normal to a greater or a less degree. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z We conveyed our plans to Chief Luthuli, and he readily accepted them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And she accepted, provided that the motto of the new paper could still be the same: Truth and Mercy. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z While in high school I accepted that I was living in a void, but now that I was heading for college I needed some fresh air and fresh thinking. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The infantry, for their part, accepted the mercy only too thankfully. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But she accepted the battered metal cup with as much dignity as she could. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She had decided she would be accepted by white students if she could just show them how beautifully she sang. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The parents accepted what Nye implied—that parole violation and financial fraud were all that motivated his pursuit of their son. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z And, the next day, when two huge ravens landed upon the scraeling’s corpse, one on each shoulder, and commenced to peck at its cheeks and eyes, the men knew their sacrifice had been accepted. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z But he was accepted; he obviously had too much money now to be rejected or even seriously annoyed any more. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z I was totally shocked and thrilled when I was accepted into the Level 2 ballet class...the first pointe class. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z If Mann and Fields are correct, this was the date on which Tododaho accepted the alliance. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Roosevelt reluctantly accepted the nomination but ended up losing the race. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z I like to think that my father’s love for me was strong enough that he could have accepted me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z If this really were a new star, it would shatter that perfection—and once you accepted that the heavens were imperfect, who could say what might follow? The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z A few weeks later, he accepted a job at Stanford, where he served until the end of his life in 2007. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He might have accepted a ride out of the city from one of the helicopters or rescue boats. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He had always known so many things, and she had accepted that as a matter of course. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “I dare say your apologies were accepted, sir. Mr. Elton knows you.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z They watched her with suspicion, but accepted her as part of the scenery much as they accepted the impalas and vervet monkeys. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z That was the accepted custom in eastern Europe at the time. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z That settled it, and telling him of Meg’s mishap, Jo gratefully accepted and rushed up to bring down the rest of the party. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Five women were accepted for cosmonaut training—two from flying clubs, two parachutists, and a rocket propulsion engineer. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z She has accepted that the very lack of such amenities is the American way. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z To us today, it is tempting to ask why societies with early writing systems accepted the ambiguities that restricted writing to a few functions and a few scribes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z His icy fingers touched inside of her and at once she spoke, not a word, but a sound that gave forth a meaning of horror accepted. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z American women were accepted, even encouraged, into the space program. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z It is not the face of a carefree teenage girl who has been accepted at four colleges and has good parents and good friends and her whole life ahead of her. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z They accepted the pleasures of morning, the bright sun, the whelming sea and sweet air, as a time when play was good and life so full that hope was not necessary and therefore forgotten. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z At my next supervision, Professor Steinberg said that when I applied for graduate school, he would make sure I was accepted to whatever institution I chose. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Finally, Papa said he would pay one American dollar for ten cakes, and she accepted. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z What she did tell her babcia: that she had applied and been accepted to an exchange program with an American university. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z In the space of a moment, he had accepted our claim to ride him, to his being ridden. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Hermione looked utterly bewildered, but to Harry’s enormous relief she accepted the bizarre turn of events without comment. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He had refused their food, though he had, as usual, accepted a mouthful of water; and then he had seemed to curl up for a sleep. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I guess I realized that the state of New York wasn’t going to look down on me if I accepted the offer of a meal. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z As the new president of the club, Carmine Nigro announced that Bobby was his guest and would be accepted as a member. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I applied and was accepted to Mercy College in New York City for the fall. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I’m as proud as Lucifer, but such favors from such people don’t burden me, and I accepted gratefully. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Aristotelian philosophy had been based on the idea that one ought to be able to deduce sciences from generally accepted first principles, so that all science would be comparable to geometry. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Glenman said this morning that the aid of such groups would be accepted. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Imam Malik happily accepted the offer to host the competition. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z This was another reason why I amended my view of Communists and accepted the ANC position of welcoming Marxists into its ranks. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Since Boots had already munched halfway through Temp’s sandwich, Gregor accepted. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The United States had one flag design, the familiar Stars and Stripes, which changed only when additional stars were added to indicate that a new state had been accepted into the Union. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z He offered to help Elinor build up her library again, and she accepted. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The confidence he had thought fit to repose in me seemed a tribute to my discretion: I regarded and accepted it as such. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He had never accepted Immie’s suicide, had suspected Jule from the get-go, and what had all his vigilant questioning turned up? Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He wonders if he accepted the dare, in part, to return to the circus sooner. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She accepted on condition that the audience be completely unsegregated, and after some hesitation the DAR agreed. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z I was prepared to accept Indians and Coloureds provided they accepted our policies; but their interests were not identical with ours, and I was skeptical of whether or not they could truly embrace our cause. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was always a tremendous occasion if Julian accepted an invitation to dinner in the country. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She liked money as well as most women, and accepted it with no little satisfaction. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z He accepted a piece of half-raw meat and gnawed it like a wolf. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Once quantum mechanics was accepted, so, too, would the mysterious powers of zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Ira accepted them in his name, smiling, graceful as ever, unperturbed. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “In the past, I had instinctively accepted the ethos of my profession, the idea that leaking was always inherently bad, treacherous....I had been wrong. Obviously, leaking could be a patriotic and constructive act.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He never accepted because he had a sneaking suspicion Mrs. Cormaci would end up asking a lot more questions than he would. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Even after publicly voicing objections to affirmative action, I accepted its benefits. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I was accepted into a prestigious technical school. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Such sweeping generalizations were routinely accepted, mainly because those attacked were not unified enough politically to counter the charges. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z But I could not smile, and the ease with which he accepted the misfortune irritated me. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He had met with their employer, had accepted the job, had planned it, all in the Thieves Quarter. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the time I used my own judgment, and he accepted what I brought. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z After he moved to Seattle, he accepted an invitation to travel to Columbus and stay with them for a couple of weeks, while Harim stayed home in Seattle. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z When they’d asked him about how people treated him back home and whether he felt his friends really accepted him, he’d automatically said yes. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Tally had thought they all accepted her by now. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He had said something like this at the Council, but then he had accepted the correction of Elrond. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z They’re going to get accepted to college and become physical therapists or kindergarten teachers or financial analysts and they still won’t be able to locate Florida on a map. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z To my utter amazement, the school accepted me. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, she accepted Jason’s hand and climbed on. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Galileo demonstrated that the earth went round the sun, but the authority of the accepted wisdom was too great to dislodge. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z To my amazement, the gallery accepted the exhibit—twenty-two portraits of my people, accompanied by write-ups and videos about their lives. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z So in the end our work became generally accepted and nowadays nearly everyone assumes that the universe started with a big bang singularity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z My heart had accepted the loss, and like my sisters, I too began to move on. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He has not already been accepted into FSU’s School of Engineering. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Everywhere he taught men the culture of the vine and the mysteries of his worship and everywhere they accepted him as a god until he drew near to his own country. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z This had been a difficult task, for they all suffered brain drains as their leading scientists returned to prewar academic posts or accepted jobs stem ming from their newfound eminence. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He offered me coffee, and when I accepted I was surprised to find that he got up and made it for me himself. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z When they finished the fruit punch, they willingly accepted Aureliano’s decision. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The judge accepted Ian's plea and then sentenced him to life with no parole. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It is generally accepted that the biologic sciences are absolutely splendid. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Also, Dad has accepted that I swear, and I think I’ve convinced him that it’s a fair trade-off. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z A lesser mind would have accepted defeat, since the odds were stacked against me, but the best military leaders always find ways to eliminate obstacles. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He held out the tube and Rick accepted it. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The magistrate accepted the copybook reluctantly, as though it were tainted. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z But all of this I passively accepted as a way of life, for I knew no other. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Even as he spoke he could have bitten back the words, expecting a rebuff, but to his surprise the boy accepted his offer. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I offered to carry it for her, and she accepted with a look of gratitude. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The impetus was the publication of a highly sensationalized book, The Hydrogen Bomb: The Men, The Menace, The Mechanism, by journalists James Shepley and Clay Blair Jr., which accepted Teller’s version of events as gospel. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z If I wanted to be treated better and accepted in the entire world, was there a way of changing people's minds? March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But to Nhamo’s horror, Grandmother accepted the dark bottle the assistant brought. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z No sooner would an officer become savvy as to which rules were commonly ignored, however, than somebody in a white shirt would appear to shake up his whole understanding of accepted practice. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Astronomy, though, was a peculiar discipline because it accepted unquestioningly the Aristotelian distinction between the sublunary and supralunary worlds. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Every language expert from Dr Johnson onwards has accepted that it’s a mistake to attempt to “embalm the language”. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z The tall man accepted the book, holding it at arm’s length to study the cover before Clyde grabbed it and flipped it open. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Milo accepted the gift with thanks and the little group walked to the car, still parked at the edge of the square. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z I was unable to do anything about any of this suffering, and therefore accepted it, as they did, placidly. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Although as I say this, I have no idea how I would buy next semester’s books if she accepted. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I respect your mind and I have always accepted your eccentric tendencies and that is why I want to see you reach the plateau of perfect mental- sexual balance. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The Thebans felt that this was wise because of the terrible position of the family, and they accepted Creon, Jocasta’s brother, as the regent. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Vanderbilt accepted his decision, and Riddle got his wish. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He apologized for letting his personal life affect his teaching, and I accepted because I didn’t know what else to do. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “I put a very high price on the house. I was going to come down during negotiations. Mr. Trask accepted the first price. It put me in a fix.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He just accepted the things people did, without comment or judgment and maybe without being terribly concerned. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever his motivation, my father accepted the job on the spot. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z But for Marina, they accepted their tasks determined to make her proud. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Easy for you to say. You’re everybody’s golden boy, the son of Jupiter. The only person who ever accepted me was Bianca, and she died! I didn’t choose any of this. My father, my feelings...” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I had remembered many things from my past on this journey, but I still couldn’t recall the time before my scar, when I must have accepted Mama’s kisses with little-girl delight. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The principle of segregation of races as to housing, schools, churches, and similar public activities is on the whole accepted by both races as being sound and sensible. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z When I would see him, his new status was just assumed and accepted. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I was clearly unqualified, yet I accepted the job without hesitation, as it would allow me to wear a tie and go by the name of Mr. Sedaris. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He accepted our resignations and then announced that new elections were to be held the next day in the dining hall at suppertime. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She planned to be accepted by all the schools she applied to as well. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Emma, who finally agreed that Charles would have graciously accepted the offer, only wished he could be closer to his friend Charles Lyell, who was buried in the nave of the abbey, too. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Samuel asked him to rise, and when Adam accepted struck him again, and this time Adam did not get up. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z My father had never accepted the fact that I wasn’t a big hockey fan. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I still was country, I know now, but it all felt so great because I was accepted. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Drinking was the last thing I needed, but I didn’t want to feel anything anymore, so I accepted the flask. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I was always well liked and well accepted by all, and I always managed to fit in like a chameleon. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He nodded, accepted, started off to his tree stump to eat. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I accepted and she showed me my room. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z In keeping with almost universally accepted practice at the time, physicians and other scientists at Hopkins and elsewhere did not seek permission to use tissue removed as part of diagnostic and treatment procedures. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I found out I got accepted to UCLA, the only school I ever wanted to go to. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z But after a few months he was accepted as a permanent fixture, and the girls and boys went out of their way to speak to him and bring him refreshments. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z In one society, homosexual relationships might have been accepted, while in the other they were taboo. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z As a necessary sequence, I asked him if he would favour us with his company, and he promptly accepted the invitation. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Stanton accepted the inevitability of war and saw it as the only way to end slavery. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z She accepted money from the government, the government he was trying to overthrow. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I loved him for all sorts of reasons: He cooked without recipes; he wrote nonsense poems for his nieces; his large, warm family had accepted me as one of their own. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He then sat down; the judge had accepted his arguments even before he made them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, we got the news: Our application had been accepted. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I accepted another one-year appointment at Berkeley in an attempt to postpone the good fortune awaiting me and the consequent issue it would finally force. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z After he had learned the truth, and had accepted the truth, and the Muslim laws, Reginald was still carrying on improper relations with the then secretary of the New York Temple. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I got an offer to work at Perry Pontiac, which I gladly accepted. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Ayanna accepted it and cradled it like a mother would a baby. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z When the votes were tallied, Stanton was elected president, Anthony was elected vice president, and Stone became chair of the executive committee.Stanton accepted the position but returned to England immediately after the convention. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Wheeling their horses about at the far end of the lists, the knights tossed down their broken lances and accepted replacements from the squires. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was not until a few years later, when they flew their flying machine in another demon land—France, I think—that demons accepted flight as a fact. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z While there are only ten hard-and-fast laws to the Scythedom, there are many accepted conventions. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Without even perfunctory regrets at the man’s passing, he accused Luthuli of being a patsy of the white man, mainly on the grounds that the chief had accepted the Nobel Peace Prize. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They were friendly animals and so devoted to Amaroq that she needed only to be accepted by him to be accepted by all. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I have studied objectively the anthropological arguments, the accepted cliches about cultural and ethnic differences. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I got accepted at an art school in Pittsburgh,” he said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Private enterprise was supposed to build an industrial duty-free port in Bolivia Mar. Thus far the free market has not accepted the challenge. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It meant they accepted him as a member of the group. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The rest of the time he accepted this as untrue and went about the business of consoling himself in various unsatisfying ways. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z A study he’d been working on for four years could any day be accepted into Nature, perhaps the most prestigious journal in his field. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She could have accepted it if he had told her that her light brown belly no longer excited him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Rochester shook all the kids’ hands, accepted a hug from Laney, then strode away from them and the brownstone. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The smith gave Tyrion a squint, then nodded and accepted a fistful of coins. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And for the baby was how she had accepted it. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Mike told us that he had already been accepted into FSUs School of Engineering, so I don’t think he’s too worried about his future in football, or in anything else. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He accepted all that people brought to him. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “He took Raventree and accepted Lord Blackwood’s surrender,” said her uncle, “but on his way back to Riverrun he left his tail and went off with a woman.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I accepted their answers too, though they were often in contradiction and even self-contradictory. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I had long before accepted the fact that education exacted a great price for its equally great benefits. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I think she thinks I forgot our dad and accepted Ray or something. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z As far as Aristotle was concerned, phenomena included everything which was generally accepted to be the case. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In the book, the rabbits had come across this warren—this community—that accepted food handouts from humans in exchange for accepting that some of them would be killed by the same humans in return. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z About an hour later Kapu lifted his head, rolled his eyes around the cozy interior of the tent, and accepted chunks of stew. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z You weren’t accepted to be with a black man and that was that. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I was accepted by Imperial Chemicals and by the Finnish lumber company, but for some reason I wanted most of all to get into the Shell Company. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Zach just got accepted to University of Washington on a full scholarship to study financial engineering. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Either he has accepted that I am an adult now, or he has accepted that I am no longer his daughter. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He seemed to have given up and accepted the new order of things; and yet I was almost sure he had not. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z They all liked my attitude, and it was out of their liking for ne that I soon became accepted by them—as a mascot, I know low. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z And she shouldn’t have accepted these boots for Christmas. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z “I shouldn’t have accepted her help, but ’tis a tricky job, and when she came along I was greatly obliged to her. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Frustrated and suffocated by the confines of the domestic sphere, Stanton joyfully accepted an invitation to tea with friends in a nearby town. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Ignatius prayed almost audibly that he would be accepted for the job. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I mean, not the first dream of being accepted into Prism, but it’s a perfect backup. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Lori, because of her good grades and art portfolio, had been accepted into a government-sponsored summer camp for students with special aptitudes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I could see myself remaining in South Africa, an outcast, rejected by the Black Tennis Association and not accepted by the white tennis association because of apartheid. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z To be sure, the newcomers accepted the practicality of deerskin robes as opposed to, say, fitted British suits. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z And only rarely was a black music student accepted for individual study by a white teacher. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Woodhull accepted and made an impassioned speech intended to stir up the suffragists. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z She told me that she was going to do nazr for me, a vow to have a sheep slaughtered and the meat given to the poor if my book was accepted. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But he didn’t, and I accepted his understanding. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z That was why so many of them accepted it when they were imprisoned. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Unfortunately I have accepted the cigar, so I have to remain. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Tribesmen are protected under a treaty; during the invasion, they accepted Martial rule in exchange for free movement for their people. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Even as she could see the angry glare of her mother, she quickly opened her mouth and accepted the bite. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Nobody knew why they were not allowed to touch this tree, but since the tree belonged to this man, they accepted the rule. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z “You have accepted it? You have made no protest?” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He had his job, driving a pickup and delivery truck for a false-animal repair firm; the Van Ness Pet Hospital and his gloomy, gothic boss Hannibal Sloat accepted him as human and this he appreciated. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z But he quickly accepted reality: all he had was the flashlight and his fists. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “Ruby, Ruby, Ruby,” he said, “this isn’t an equation. You can’t solve it in three easy steps, otherwise you wouldn’t have accepted my help, right?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Lavoisier watched his father-in-law beheaded, then stepped up and accepted his fate. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Jule kneeled on the edge of the blanket and accepted a can of Diet Coke. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I gave my mother a matching set for Christmas, and she accepted them as graciously as possible, announcing that they would make the perfect pet bowls. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “I painted that the night before I reported to juvie. The judge had accepted my plea agreement, and I was living with my uncle because I couldn’t go back to my parents’ house. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I had accepted the accepted attitudes and it had made life seem simple . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The people either accepted his own evaluation of his life, or were indifferent to it. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Nothing, this time, was going to stop it from being run. hen news of the deal broke to an ecstatic public on October 5, horsemen were amazed that Howard had accepted the walk-up. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet he could not have been so humbled unless he had shared and accepted the vision that had crushed him, the common vision that bound us all together. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It is the source for this map, though the reader is cautioned against regarding it as either exact or universally accepted. genetically unsound but logically consistent. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z When we got out of the water, I gave the boys one of our towels, and Arul accepted it gratefully, though Muthu said he preferred to dry off in the sun. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Going into high school, I was accepted into the highest academic program in my district. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I accepted the censure, and thereafter faithfully defended the policy of nonviolence in public. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His elder half-brother, Lawrence, who had been a British officer, saw to it that George was accepted as a midshipman in the Royal Navy. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Only after he’d been accepted with a full fellowship, a newly issued passport in hand, did he inform them of his plans. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They just accepted it and nodded, and suddenly Nailer felt as if he’d made the wrong decision. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Just as Indian mathematicians accepted zero while Europeans rejected it for centuries, the East embraced negative numbers while the West tried to ignore them. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I shed my guilt when I accepted my decision on its own terms, without endlessly prosecuting old grievances, without weighing his sins against mine. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Still reading, she grabs my face between her hands, grinding my cheeks in circles while calling out, “...much consideration, you have been accepted as one of two teen finalists from the state of Rhode Island...!’ Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z St. Augustine accepted a date of about 5000 B.C. for the Creation of the universe according to the book of Genesis. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The emissary looked surprised but accepted the offering. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Still, from the moment she accepted the liaison with jean de Satigny, she knew that she would never consummate the marriage. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Jay returned in 1795 with a treaty that accepted the fact of English naval and commercial supremacy and implicitly endorsed a pro-English version of American neutrality. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z This thought made Cole sad, but he accepted it. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z And I took a microphone and yelled out, “My name is N-n-nate F-f-foster, and this weekend I accepted Jesus Christ as my savior.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z My heart stops beating every time I hear someone mention where they are going to school, or how excited they are because they have just been accepted to their first choice in universities. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The month before, President Wilson had accepted an invitation to speak at NAWSA’s annual convention. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The birds did not understand Snowball’s long words, but they accepted his explanation, and all the humbler animals set to work to learn the new maxim by heart. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z I was accepted to the Jewish Lyceum on a conditional basis. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z At Room 43, after quickly offered and accepted apologies, the Colonel said, “We’ve made a tactical decision to push back calling Jake. We re going to pursue some other avenues first.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “You came to us from Mwari’s country. We accepted you. We still do.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z It is perhaps difficult for white South Africans, with an ingrained prejudice against communism, to understand why experienced African politicians so readily accepted Communists as their friends. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Not wanting to embarrass Mr. Flux when the gift was an obvious piece of junk, he accepted the offer, grabbed the camera by its strap. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The Humbug personally accepted all congratulations from the crowd. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z It was accepted that James was of a different orientation. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “But no matter. We will still work on, even with greater vigor than ever...Now is the accepted time.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The Pythagorean idea of a perfect and mystical world, unseen by the senses, was readily accepted by the early Christians and was an integral component of Kepler’s early training. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Will grumblingly accepted the southern half of the valley as his exclusive area, and within fifteen years the valley was two-deep in Fords and Will was a rich man driving a Marmon. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He would know, but would his opinion be accepted by the experts? From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I was of course refused permission to attend the ceremony, as was Winnie, but Oliver accepted the award in my absence. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On the contrary, Schaffer’s claims were accepted as confirming a by-then-well-established theory of how science works—that it works not through evidence, but through power and persuasion. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Briefly, he outlined what had happened; she accepted the news quietly. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z If dark found him near a village, he slept outside a house and accepted whatever was offered in the way of food. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I gave him a drink of mine and he accepted it gratefully, with a look that asked for a truce. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “There! I checked it! See? Why didn’t Moore check those figures before he accepted them?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z They were hospitable and delighted in parties, and in presents, which they gave away freely and eagerly accepted. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It was the evening that he finally accepted Richard’s brandy, holding it to his nose and inhaling deeply before he drank, he and Richard still saying very little to each other. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It wasn’t just a question of being accepted by your peers, of wearing the right clothes or wearing them the right way or fixing your hair like everyone else’s. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “I wish I knew. As I explained to your mother last night, I expected her to be accepted.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z You had accepted, even embraced, the possibility of death, something Lord Voldemort has never been able to do. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z But Einstein was not a cosmologist, and he accepted the prevailing wisdom that the universe was fixed and eternal. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z There were so many cultural disconnects, but my friends accepted me. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Once Resthaven has accepted you, you can never go home again.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, people did not question much in the Protectorate—they were a people who accepted their lot in life, as they should. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z My hair color had nothing to do with whether these people accepted me or not. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He should never have accepted Scythe Faraday’s invitation to be a scythe’s apprentice. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He simply accepted whatever was given him, whether he deserved it or not. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He was honest about it with the guys, and they accepted him because of it, plus he never acted or talked like the stereotypical gay guys that people think are caricatures of the entire population. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He vanished into the midst of the advancing crowd, all of whom were holding daggers and who accepted him without question. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Mr. Quisling accepted it and looked it over. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z That scenario requires that mistakes be accepted as unavoidable. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He accepted this with an equa-nimity so complete that he had to get out of the car and go for a walk. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Only at brief moments had Bull given his sons glimpses of what it would be like to be accepted in that fraternity of men that Bull felt comfortable around. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Alice was laughing hysterically at Fay’s suggestion that we all join a nudist colony, and she leaned over and accepted a drink that Fay poured for her. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “Boys, good news! Now that the school year has ended, you both have been accepted in new temporary- care homes starting this afternoon!” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z He couldn’t bear to watch them trying to understand what couldn’t be understood, or accept what couldn’t be accepted. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z We had lived for years with the narrow-mindedness of some of our elders, having accepted that no one is perfect, particularly those who’d come of age in a time of segregation. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Who is he and what is he that, out of loneliness, he comes into the alien camp and assumes the voice and face of memory and stands among us, accepted and happy at last? The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe he's finally accepted the fact that the sooner we openly acknowledge that we are enemies, the better. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Somewhere just before dawn, when the first light of false dawn was making the western side of the lake come into view, Brian finally accepted it. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z It’s accepted that we never mention his sister. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Though this was less than I had been offered for the cafe job, I accepted it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But the most widely accepted candidates were the Lost Tribes of Israel. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Getting good grades and being accepted to a respectable four-year college topped my priority list. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z She had done the safe thing—had accepted a life of slavery because she was afraid. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Constance grudgingly accepted this, and soon Sticky had sent the message. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He had accepted an offer from Liberty in North Korea, the nonprofit that sponsored his first American trip. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Mamá accepted Special Agent Gonzales’s proposal and we were all driven home in a couple of dark sedans. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Instead, they welcomed me with open arms and accepted me as a member of the McCabe family. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He’d been accepted into five great colleges but ended up not going to any of them because his parents couldn’t afford the tuition. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z She was, Mia realized, buying Mia the maternity clothes she would have bought herself, and she smiled and accepted them, and wore the dress on her next visit. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He explained that if a boy wanted to go he filled out an application, and then he had to wait and see if he was accepted. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z They used equations that physicists thought were valid, manipulated them in an accepted way, and came out with an answer that didn’t reflect the way the world works. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He accepted the challenge, poked around in the cars, and figured out how to fix them. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z All of them had joyously accepted the announcement that nothing was to be changed. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She smiles at me like she thinks I’ve accepted her decision. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z The voluntary use of such drugs was common and accepted. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “But, Mom,” I say, “it says no kids are accepted after the age of twelve!” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, he had actually come on business, in the good faith of business which he had believed that all men accepted. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z The heat and the dirt were bad, he said, and there was an added hardness to his life brought on by his weeks of “improper absence,” but Eb accepted it with humility. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The situation became divorced from common sense, so that atrocity stories were accepted by the atrocious people. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But Chiron did do this and Zeus seems to have accepted him as a substitute. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z An ultimatum accepted and ritualized, an allegiance recited for the peace it imparted, and for that perhaps loved. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Their humans accepted the outcome without resentment, on the whole, so Lyra knew that Annie would do as she asked. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Her brother was, and after what happened to him, she might never admit it, no matter how accepted it becomes. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z She just wanted to know if I would have accepted the same proposal from another woman, with whom I was involved in the same way. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z The gang did allow some rank-and-file members to sell heroin on its turf but accepted a fixed licensing fee in lieu of a share of profits. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I wanted to get up and touch the things in the room, but I knew that if I upset the principal I might not be accepted as a new student. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z She gratefully accepted the mistress’s offer and worked so hard that before the week was out the woman was begging her to forget Lowell and stay on. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The nutshell universe had to be accepted; the void and the infinite must be rejected. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z If necklaces of pork chops were accepted, it would be a sad child who could not wear pork chops. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Or even, “Tanks are rolling by outside, but Seven’s been accepted into six colleges so far. #HeIsGoingPlaces.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z To satisfy them, Archimedes also included a proof, based upon the accepted mathematics of the time, that relied upon the so-called axiom of Archimedes, although Archimedes himself mentioned that earlier mathematicians deserved the credit. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z And if it helped her get over it, I accepted any blame she wanted to put on me for the two of them breaking up. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z This “Alexandrian” year was officially accepted by the Egyptian priesthood in 239. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z I accepted the water because it would have been rude to say no. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Fischer, completely aware of the encounter’s political and cultural implications, accepted the extra layer of significance as his own responsibility. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Johnny knew he was doomed and accepted it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was half the value of the house before the hurricane, but she accepted. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “He’d be accepted into the University, you know. Not for years, of course. Seventeen is about as young as they go, but I have no doubts about...” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The others accepted this because they already had too much else to worry about. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The big Trailways bus at the Welch station accepted my panels and boxes of hardware in its yawning luggage bays. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Anthony begrudgingly accepted that the work of the suffrage movement was suspended, at least for the duration of the Civil War. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z But once the truth was accepted, and recognized, he lived in light, and whoever would then go against it would be punished by Allah. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I told Lori that if she hadn’t been accepted into an art school by the time she graduated, she should go to New York anyway. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Like the demons who believe in God, I had accepted my fate. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z So accepted now around the world is the idea of the implicit equality and liberty of all people that it is hard to grasp what a profound change in human society it represented. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z But if they accepted everything quietly, then he would have no reason to get excited and, if he got a move on, could really be at the station around eight o'clock. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z A few months later, I got a letter: I’d been accepted. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z But the district attorney’s office made him a job offer even though he didn’t have his license yet, and he accepted it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “We also came to a decision. Your grandparents offered that all three of us stay here until we get on our feet. I accepted.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She accepted the last of the orange slices from Pima and ate them, taking her time and seeming to savor them. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I knew I hadn’t got a spare one in my pocket, but a broken nib was never accepted as an excuse for not finishing Prep. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z But the hardest part was going to be waiting to see if they’d be accepted. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The fact that the lover was a god and could not be resisted was, as many stories show, not accepted as an excuse. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z So India, as a society that actively explored the void and the infinite, accepted zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Kaltain took the goblet when she finished, and curtsied to Cain as she accepted his and slunk away. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z If Bobby did wish to become Catholic, it’s possible that aspiration was sufficient for him to have been accepted into the Church, at least by less conservative clergy. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I found this odd and undemocratic, but it was the accepted practice. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Within the month, I found out that our applications had been accepted. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It was widely accepted that scythes adhered to the highest moral and ethical standards. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Not too long ago, racism and discrimination against women was accepted by a lot of people. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z After three months at Fort Monroe, she accepted an offer to work for Dorothy Vaughan. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z It had been a full three weeks after he’d submitted the application before Garvey had casually said, “Well, Champ, you’ve been accepted for Circle Justice. Now what are you going to do with this chance?” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “It’s just a bunch of info about tours and accepted students day.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z That the sun was larger and more distant than the moon was generally accepted by most contemporary authorities. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z It was accepted; and from that period Jane had belonged to Colonel Campbell’s family, and had lived with them entirely, only visiting her grandmother from time to time. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z But they accepted it because they had no choice, and it took its toll. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z NYU has accepted me with scholarships, with the condition of participating in a special study and pilot program for first-generation college students. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Although I accepted her thanks graciously and felt good about it in the moment, I had trouble sleeping that night. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z And if I did, would my writing be accepted? Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z As a result of Spassky’s letter, Bobby never spoke to Petra again, but he accepted his friend’s apology and maintained cordial relations with Spassky. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It was as though some mysterious allknowing master had given each one a cloak of ugliness to wear, and they had each accepted it without question. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Huygens was delighted that the Copernican view of the Earth as a planet in motion around the Sun was widely accepted even by the ordinary people in Holland. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “None of us accepted Rhonda’s offer to cheat, remember? That was part of the test. Mr. Benedict is saying we must become what we are not—cheaters—so we all can become Messengers more quickly!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z But he was over forty years old by now, and wasn’t accepted. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z After she walked out and accepted the trophy, she took a minute to look it over before she held it up above her head. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Whether it was about a wedding or a new baby or a kid who got accepted into a great college or a family member who had passed away, Abuela was always there to listen. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z If a black person violated the accepted code of behavior, whether by talking back to a bus driver or daring to try to vote, he knew he might well be punished, perhaps by death. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I accepted Jesus that day and He has never let me down from that day to this. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The way in which he asked suggested that he did in fact think that Fiver was likely to know better than himself, and it was clear from Fiver’s reply that this was accepted between them. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They were all very kind and generous and accepted us as part of the family right away. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z When I refused to be the child they knew and accepted me to be, I was called impudent and my muteness sullenness. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Once before he had accepted completely what his life had made him feel, even unto murder. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z It was pretty cool how Sahil accepted my shortcoming without judgment. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z When the page proofs arrived, he was nervous about how his book would be accepted. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Here the trees accepted him just the way he was, blue eyes and all. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z I was elaborating upon my “legend” consistently and Luzan accepted my pathologies. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z This time around, she was accepted at the College of Wooster in Ohio. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She laughed when I clowned for her, and smiled and accepted gracefully the food gifts my sister gave her. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t accepted into the original picture I told you about. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z While it was true that she had grown accustomed to the privileges that came with marrying into the Puente family, Lourdes never accepted the life designated for its women. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I placed some change in their cup and accepted a tract explaining the missionary program. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The respect in which we held Grosie was heightened the day after our arrival, when she gave Mother a quiet reprimand which Mother accepted just as if she were a little girl again. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “Benji made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. I tried, but he wouldn’t get out of my car until I accepted.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Khaled accepted a drum and began playing with one swift, accurate hand. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Papa accepted his apology, and this settled the waters some. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Napoleon had accepted, through Whymper, a contract for four hundred eggs a week. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z I mostly accepted the world as I found it. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z In the end the Blue Tent people accepted the plan, reluctantly. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Here I had thought they accepted me because they felt that color made no difference, when in reality it made no difference because they didn't see either color or men . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Relying on these criteria, he accepted the reliability of evidence for apparitions, for the body of the murdered bleeding in the presence of the murderer, for alchemy, and so forth. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Nately stared at her covertly from his over-stuffed yellow armchair, marveling at the bored, phlegmatic strength with which she accepted the mass rejection. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Yes, good. There’s something very lazy about the way you have loved him blindly for so long without ever criticizing him. You’ve never even accepted that the man is ugly,” Kainene said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Caroline accepted this with little more than a fleeting pout, deciding that it would probably be too much work, and she did not particularly care for the city, anyway. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He called his servants and sent them running, then gratefully accepted Ned's offer of a chair and a cup of sweet beer. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I listened for his footsteps, ready to bolt if he accepted the challenge. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “It doesn’t matter what I said. He hasn’t accepted my answer.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She knew there was murder in him, and it was all right; she had accepted it, and she would not resist or even protest. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s what I had to accept, and I have accepted. When you say I deserve a rest, you are saying that my life is over.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Her mother asked breezy questions and accepted breezy replies. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Having accepted the fact that they were clueless Americans, he had apparently decided to forgive them and treat them politely. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He accepted a hand up into the litter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He duly accepted their accolades and then walked clumsily away, as if his boots were made of lead. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It will not be accepted as an excuse that they may have disapproved in silence.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z After a pitying glance at her husband, she accepted. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z To Cartesians, Newton’s theory of gravity made no sense; but in England, where Cartesianism had never been adopted without reservations, and where arguments from design were widely accepted, resistance to the theory was much weaker. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Having once been accepted by the spirit of the land, it seemed likely he would be chosen again. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The judge said that before he accepted the plea, he needed to ask a question: Had federal agents forced Burkhart to sign a confession at gunpoint or under threat of electrocution? Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z What if, deep down, Citra had accepted the apprenticeship with Scythe Faraday to punish herself for the crime only she cared about. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z At the present period of his life he had only fought one joust with Arthur himself, and the accepted captain of the knights was Gawaine. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He accepted an invitation to play in Yugoslavia in a month-long, twenty-player event in Bled that promised to be one of the strongest international tournaments conducted in years. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Moved by an irresistible impulse, Gatsby turned to Tom who had accepted the introduction as a stranger. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Our great-aunt accepted that this is what Fern would call her. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Hall’s offer to provide information had been accepted by the KGB, Kurnakov said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He accepted the parcel for the Ryans without once glancing at her face, and Mia headed back to the Rabbit, parked several blocks away. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But there was one reason that even the most suspicious community center supporters accepted the idea of a refugee soccer program on the new field: it was great public relations. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z It is remarkable that we have all accepted this, without hooting, as though it simply conformed to a law of nature. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I tell her about starting to go on rounds with my father during my teen years and of how proud he was when I was accepted into Cornell. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z You don’t ask to be accepted for everything you are, just the one part of yourself that you’re willing to share. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Mark had no expectations there, had accepted, with a heavy heart, that his friend might be dead. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Note: I mailed this singular monograph to the library as a gift; however, I am not really certain that it was ever accepted. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And now that I’ve accepted the phone my parents got me, I’m on the group text chat, which I’m still not used to. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z But Rita liked the old woman, and Granny, grudgingly, accepted her. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The line of phosphorescence bulged about the sand grains and little pebbles; it held them each in a dimple of tension, then suddenly accepted them with an inaudible syllable and moved on. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Then the funeral was accepted by Bishop Alvin A. Childs for the Faith Temple, Church of God in Christ located at 147th Street and Amsterdam Avenue. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z My dad made me a small bookcase, which I accepted grudgingly, but I wasn’t happy with it. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z He was the talk of the Talmud Department by the end of two weeks and the accepted referee of all Talmudic arguments among the students. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z After a moment she accepted, and nodded her head. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Karl accepted the invitation and showed up, right on time, even though it meant breaking the curfew set for young people. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z In return he invited me to stay as long as I wished and said that he’d come by tomorrow and we’d do a little fishing, and I accepted for one day at least. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I accepted the Object’s invitation to sleep over. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When I presented myself to the Jewish proprietor of the movie house I was immediately accepted. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Kissinger brought the proposals to Paris, knowing there was zero chance they would be accepted by the North Vietnamese. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z But at the same time, the creation of the air regiments meant that the mostly educated young women who volunteered their aviation skills would feel their voices had been heard, even if they weren’t accepted. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Both of these are accepted: Respectability is different from what it was fifty years ago. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, in Vilnius. Next year, when you’re sixteen, you’d be allowed to enter. If accepted, you’d study with some of the most talented artists in northern Europe. Would that interest you?” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “You accepted an invitation to that party in Rifthold weeks ago.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I remember how sick I was the day Peeta and I accepted congratulations there for winning the Games. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The editor of Left Front accepted two of my crude poems for publication, sent two of them to Jack Conroy’s Anvil, and sent another to the New Masses, the successor of the Masses. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z How startling then to hear the simple stark oath of office offered and accepted. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite its name, the school accepted older children for its summer camp, and the program provided a place for Bobby to go once the school year ended. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The proponents of hunger strikes argued that it was a traditionally accepted form of protest that had been waged all over the world by such prominent leaders as Mahatma Gandhi. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Some had heard about life on Mars and accepted that the creatures had come to Earth. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z He accepted, not even knowing where or what it was. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z But as they turned into their neighborhood, Candice accepted that her father had no intention of discussing her. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Although I accepted the criticism, I believed we had no alternative but to proceed on the same course. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel powerfully vindicated—a survivor—but it would take a long time, probably months, before I could hope to be accepted into this sorority. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you’re accepted for Circle Justice, who’s going to be your sponsor? The committee requires some person to go through the process with you.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Inside the locker room, Parker accepted congratulation after congratulation. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It hurt, but Nhamo accepted it as part of the strange rituals of the spirit world. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Frodo now accepted the invitation gratefully, to the relief of Pippin and Sam. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “I might wind up at school here, with you. In a way, I hope I don’t get accepted so I don’t have to choose.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Comrade Nomzamo accepted the onerous burden of raising our children on her own. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They accepted my explanation that I was from San Francisco, that my name was Marguerite but that I was called Maya and I simply had no place to stay. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a fantastic price because the most sought-after woman earned eight pesos a night, but they all accepted. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Ngwabi’s brothers and sisters knew that what he said was right, but they accepted they would never know what the world looked like. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z The South, too eager for independence, accepted this constitution. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “I thought you might be thirsty,” she said, and Lexie accepted the cup and took a grateful sip. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Maybe if I finally accepted the fact that it was my fault for going along with Trotter, I could move on. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I think maybe I should go to see a shrink, because that is the accepted thing, now, for people who are not in balance, and I am not. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The most accepted topics were sex and religion. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was all beyond him, and he accepted it. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But under all our talk floated a latent sense of violence; the whites had drawn a line over which we dared not step and we accepted that line because our bread was at stake. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She called the village of Las Pastures beautiful; she had gotten used to the loneliness, but she had never accepted its people. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Like the school children, she had accepted Kit without a question or suspicion, and like a child she scuttled ahead now, confident that Kit would accept her in the same way. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z From the beginning Selvam had accepted the child’s albinism: accepted it and thought no more of it. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z They accepted and traveled by train to Orlando. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They spoke English beautifully, and accepted me like a brother. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They accepted them in both hands, thanked her, and left. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though the bottoms of my jeans were still damp from the snow, I accepted her terms and conditions and crawled under the covers. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z By 1910, the greatest minds in biology had accepted that discrete particles of information carried on chromosomes were the carriers of hereditary information. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z She went on, “So he accepted the item, but not without a certain jar. Even with death temporary and its importance depressed, it was enough to unbalance him very gently.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z That winter Robert Cohn went over to America with his novel, and it was accepted by a fairly good publisher. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I’m drinking my chocolate milk when Polly asks, “Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior?” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The plan was accepted at most branches, but some of the more far-flung outposts felt that the plan was an effort by Jo-hannesburg to centralize control over the regions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Jon heard their cries overhead as he accepted a bowl of stew and a heel of black bread from the day's cooks. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z At tournaments he often arrived a half hour late for games, played rapidly, and usually offered a draw, which was invariably accepted. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In the house the godling grudgingly accepted cheese and bread and cold meat and pie and coffee and a piece of chocolate cake. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Ira accepted our choice with her usual docility; if she fretted at the thought of leaving us and her brothers she showed no sign. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Since it took only men at the time, I applied to its sister college, Barnard, and was accepted. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The ones who did, who accepted her invitations to tea and envied the doctor’s big dark house of twelve rooms and the green sedan, called him “peculiar.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The government’s multiracial sports policy mandated that if blacks were accepted to any white clubs, separate showers, locker rooms, restaurants and bathrooms had to be created for them. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He had accepted the world as it was, in which he was an owned thing. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I worried that even if I were accepted, she wouldn’t let me go because it was so far from home, one hour each way by subway. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z All the colleges I applied to accepted me, but none offered me a scholarship or any other financial aid. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z They kidded him, calling him Admiral, but for once Leo accepted the title. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Lawrence eventually accepted the patenting of scientific inventions as a necessary evil. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z When I did, I got all A’s, and I was accepted at a high school called Kabarak. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z The goal was to get Fukushima to petition for Bobby’s right to be deported to—and accepted by—Iceland. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z That seemed obvious and I accepted his logic. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z More than anything, I wanted to impress the panel with my talent, so that I would be accepted into Performing Arts and leave Brooklyn every day. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Southwest, the Americas lack examples of large-scale language expansions widely accepted by linguists. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to make the lives of these men known through the images already accepted as the common coin of communication. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The sting did not touch her, she accepted it as a pleasantry. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I agreed with both motions, and when a majority of students voted to boycott the elections unless the authorities accepted our demands, I voted with them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For how he'd accepted the fact that he’d grow old in that mud shack in the yard, the way his father had. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I accepted it gratefully, and the boys and I dragged out the hot plate and filled it up. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Minnie was delighted and sent the good news to Anna, who immediately accepted. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A point that Aristotle makes that is particularly germane here is that arguments are made from accepted premises—“and many accepted premises are mutually contradictory.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Equal temperament has a clear scientific/mathematical basis, is very straightforward, does not require retuning for key changes, and is unquestioningly accepted by most people. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Getting to the *Modem surveys using lasers and state-of-the-art Doppler satellite transmissions have revised this measurement upward a mere 26 feet—to the currendy accepted altitude of 29,028 feet, or 8,848 meters. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The two little boys accepted the distance, but Rocky was never cruel to Tayo. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z After a violent debate, my proposal was accepted. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I have talked to the principal at our school and he has accepted me to learn for the first week of school only and then I can carry on when I have my fees paid. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Fernanda, burning with envy, finally accepted the miracle, and for a long time she kept on praying to God to send her back her sheets. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z But what could the former slaves dor1 Every Indian who accepted the paltry wages specified in the indenture contract lowered the price an African could charge for his labor. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z She may not have gone to the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church—she was a Methodist— but she would have been accepted in any congregation. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z But he had accepted her, had obliterated her former disgrace. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He accepted the laughter and derision of his students with an embarrassed charm and a touchingly astonished grace. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He learned about acting from Mora, but more so how to teach it in an atmosphere of “complete trust and honesty. She accepted nothing less.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The one who opened to me, a slight, grave-looking fellow of nineteen or twenty, accepted my words insilence and silently admitted me to the Hearth. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z My parents and older brothers and sisters, like most of the internees, accepted their lot and did what they could to make the best of a bad situation. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z This was the moment: if I accepted the blessing, he would cleanse me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He accepted the signed form when I submitted it, but it took him three seconds to tell me he had no money left for new clubs this year. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Mr. Larson had accepted full responsibility for the newspaper and everything in it. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z He had led the crew of the Argo II into the House of Hades . . . and now he had accepted yet another terrible quest: risking himself to haul the Athena Parthenos back to Camp Half-Blood. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I figured it would save me the trouble of having to cook for myself, so I accepted. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z I’d sacrificed a social life, free time, and my summers to make myself a well-rounded student who would be accepted into an elite university. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He accepted a glass of eggnog from Mr. Weasley with a word of thanks, looking slightly more cheerful. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z To his delight, the suit was accepted as a constitutional challenge to state law and assigned to a three-judge federal panel. 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