| 单词 | progress |
| 例句 | Abramov later claimed that he’d contacted several grandmasters but had made little progress in finding an opponent of the caliber that Fischer was insisting on. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It was hung from the walls and lifted as construction progressed. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z The captain sends word that he is thrilled with their progress; he promises holiday leaves, steaks, brandy. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He wondered more and more as the spring progressed and nothing changed in his life except that Gebu was sometimes in a good mood and sometimes in a bad. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The sounds were full with the sensation of slicing through land, the sense of forced progress, the sense that things made of steel would always win over things made of earth. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Just keep up with your case plan. You are making excellent progress.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Through email, Farmer dutifully kept track of Christian’s progress and eventual recovery, but he hadn’t seen him or his family until this moment. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z What exactly was it that enabled seventeenth- and eighteenth-century science to make progress in a way that previous systems of knowledge could not? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z We made a clumsy, yahoo progress through the swamp. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, it took all her strength to make any progress. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When I had progressed to really serious reading, every night at about ten p.m. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It was only with hindsight that they came to symbolize a new era; and it was the Scientific Revolution itself which was chiefly responsible for the Enlightenment’s conviction that progress had become unstoppable. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The orchestra room was far from the science wing, where Mr. Wrigley was slowly progressing. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The crowd surged again, but Moss wasn’t sure they actually made any progress at all. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z If Newton had never lived, scientific progress might have been held back by a few decades. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “Well, it looks like a little bird called progress is now sitting on our shoulder.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z One woman, I noticed, was pressing some baby’s clothing and another seemed to be making remarkable progress with the sections of fuchsia satin which she was joining together 011 one of the large sewing machines. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Fulminating at the wheel, his progress curtailed by semis in front and strip-clubbers behind, Milton squirmed and hollered, his fury unbearable. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But as time passed and the game progressed, Set’s face hardened and cracked into a wicked leer, and it became clear that his strange, sunken, formless body was the very shape of evil. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Hence, practically the moment Kyril Montana’s unmarked Galaxie cruised unobtrusively into Milagro, it appeared on the town’s telephonic radar screen, and its progress was tracked with interest by many of the town’s inhabitants. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I tell myself that as long as I keep taping my progress reports, nothing will be lost; the record will be complete. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z As Lawrence became more interested in the military applications of nuclear research, he grew more dismayed at the lack of progress under the dead hand of the Uranium Committee. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In short, diseases represent evolution in progress, and microbes adapt by natural selection to new hosts and vectors. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I must have gone to that window about a dozen times that morning and watched the wounded kitten make a broken progress across the lawn. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z As the courses progress, when she is not distracted by the astounding quality of the food, Celia makes a game of deciphering the relationships between the guests. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z His devotion to its progress, like his devotion to the church, was the anchoring force in my life throughout this past summer. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The following week I went to dance class thinking that we would progress to real dancing. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “He says if we want to eat, we must dig. Our ration depends on our progress.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z She suggested 1 start logging my thoughts to chart the progress of my recovery, as if recovering from this is possible or even necessary. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Dad said that any progress is a good thing, but I still don’t see the purple spirals that I used to see when my alarm went off. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Now he reduced his progress to the rhythm of his boots—he walked across the land until he came to the sea. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Further, the rate of progress is so rapid that what one learns at school or university is always a bit out of date. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I realize with some bitterness,” she wrote to her mother, “that if this progress ever reaches Spain it will be too late for me to enjoy it.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z No hand had checked their progress, and they had gone native now, rearing to monster height without a bloom, black and ugly as the nameless parasites that grew beside them. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z This is an accident in progress, but I don’t know how to stop it. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z As the sun came up, the mountain turned silvery green, the color of the Mount Elgon rain forest, and as the day progressed clouds appeared and hid the mountain from view. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Bingley’s attention was quite as much engaged in watching Mr. Darcy’s progress through his book, as in reading her own; and she was perpetually either making some enquiry, or looking at his page. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Before the delegation’s arrival, Francis and I had agreed to reveal our progress in two stages. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z As his career progressed, his music became more and more about aural effect and emotional manipulation. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z From there, through a window, he could watch the work progressing and shout his instructions, boiling with rage at his protracted immobility. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They snacked on milk and cookies on the lawn while the martial arts instructor reported on their progress. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Her progress was almost completely noiseless; she chose her path where the earth was bare, or where grass grew, and she avoided dead leaves, which would rustle and crackle even under her small weight. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Still, she kept up with her study of Greek and made rapid progress. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Red Tie turns his attention away from the crime in progress and onto me. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z So smoothly had his journey progressed that Tree-ear had begun to relax a little. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Enormous progress in the biological and medical sciences might uncover that reason and lead to suitable remedies. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I saw the article in the paper. Great piece. And if your progress this week is any indication, I have no doubt that you will be running again. Soon.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “Yeah, I think he’ll be adding more pictures. It’s a, you know, what do you call it? A work in progress.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Her husband would get a job in some great clanging organism of progress, and they would live happily ever after. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But even with the sling, and all their strength, their progress was slow and painful. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z “So did I. But from now on we’re just going to have to progress a little more slowly in the north.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They needed to know the progress of the seasons and what warning signs preceded a thunderstorm or a dry spell. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z However, educational conditions did not improve as the century progressed. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The clock has been turned back on racial progress in America, though scarcely anyone seems to notice. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But then it occurred to him that any progress he had made on his quest so far he had made by accepting the help that had been offered to him. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Furthermore, of all workers, the poorest have made the least progress back to their 1973 wage levels. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Their progress down the river was at a standstill. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z When I got to the newspaper office, a staff meeting was in progress. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The current carried him swiftly downstream, but he was also making a little progress across the river. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Keeth’s love for the sport was genuine, and he saw how invested I was in progressing. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z While they sat reading, they occasionally glanced up to see the progress of Paishon and his group. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z I described the demands I had made, and the progress that had been achieved. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Gwydion was satisfied with their progress, though he warned them the most difficult and dangerous portion of their journey was to come. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z I progressed very quickly through school until I reached the equivalent of middle school. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Many people who haven’t been formally educated awaken later in life with a desire to progress and deepen their view of the world, to go back to school or self-educate themselves. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The family had come to court for Richard’s second progress report—the one that would determine whether he was eligible for resentencing. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z At the turn of the nineteenth century, men and women like him carried progress on their backs, laying tracks across America, around valleys and lakes and through mountains. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It emerged so gradually, night after night, that Hazel had trouble judging its progress. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z As in all consensus-driven bodies, though, members felt intense pressure not to impede progress with frivolous objections. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The agent stopped, casting about, trying to measure his progress. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The father and I progress to the corner. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z We see master and slave alike, confounded at the celerity and ineluctability of our approach, calling warnings— messengers sent on horseback, riding no faster than our progress, posting along ridges, bent close upon their steeds. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I'm writing in regards to the academic progress of your son, Albin Schaffhauser, which, as you both know, has been a matter of much concern for some time now. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z So according to these data, a child’s school does seem to have a clear impact on his academic progress, at least in the early years. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “I felt that I was behind the progress curve. I was demeaned by my peers—‘Giebel, you rich dog, what are you gonna do, eat it?’ Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z African-Americans have always occupied the lowest level of the Southland’s great social pyramid, but as the new century progressed the region seemed unable to decide who it despised more: blacks or poor whites. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Only later, as Sumerians progressed beyond logograms to phonetic writing, did they begin to write prose narratives, such as propaganda and myths. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z There was a path, muddy and rutted and potholed, so people did sometimes come this way; but the flat horizon was so far away on every side that he had little sense of making progress. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “What — what are you doing?” said Professor McGonagall, her eyes following the bouncing ferret’s progress through the air. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Passing by, you could gauge the progress of the next meal—and Viola’s temper—by the level of pot noise. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The play was still in progress, and Houseman heard the actors’ voices on the stage below. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z They’d had their entire team trying to figure out why for several days now, but still hadn’t made any progress. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z In this way they progressed across the mesa, through the pale lavender sageland. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He had quickly learned what I had to teach and had progressed from there by his own efforts and enthusiasm. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I sometimes dreamed about sine, cosine and tangent, about mysterious angles and concussed computations, but for all this I made no real progress. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z No impartial observer could criticize this Court for hindering the progress of the war on drugs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Ever since I had set off by car through the wide golden fields of Orgoreyn four days ago, beginning my successful progress towards the inner sanctums of Mishnory, I had been missing something. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z But that’s what the guerrillas had been trying to do for decades and I saw no progress. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z In her shy, soft-spoken way, she helped me feel confident about my studies, and by the next progress report, my grades had returned to normal. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z We were all too shy to make much progress as friends. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Most people saw this as progress toward the goal of racial reconciliation, but I must admit I felt surprised at the city’s decision. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It all depends on how one reads the word “progress.” The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z She was making good progress when she felt something sticky on her arm. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The people of Winter, who always live in the Year One, feel that progress is less important than presence. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The narrow, stifling galleries turned endlessly; he could not be sure whether they were making real progress or whether the tunnel was merely doubling back on itself. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, the Neolithic Revolution progressed at a very much slower pace in Europe. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z For two hours they made steady progress at the oars, and then Shackleton judged the way clear enough to hoist sail. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z I found I could get him to sit longer if I showed him my progress from time to time. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z As lunch progressed, the woman began almost to chatter, as though she were overcoming her shyness, or forcing herself to. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z A formal operation was in progress at the port, but specific details had not yet been revealed. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “If you continue making progress,” one of the nurses told me earlier today, “I see no reason why you shouldn’t be going home in a couple of weeks.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z It was possible that he was making some progress in his mental health condition by seeing me. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Adjoining the den was a furnace room, which contained a tool-littered table piled with some of his other works-in- progress—an amplifying unit, an elderly wind-up Victrola that he was restoring to service. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Alex had twice watched K Unit go into the house, the first time swinging down from the roof, and had followed their progress on closed-circuit TV. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Luckily I'd made 70 kilometers out of the 90 kilometers I usually do, so it's not too much wasted progress. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z On the last day in Advanced Algebra, Mrs. Verne told us that we had made great progress and that we were far in advance of most eighth-grade mathematicians in the state of New York. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z "It's not easy. Still, I feel I've made some solid progress." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The man got started but, without a mirror, apparently didn’t make much progress. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z White and his men felt a growing sense of progress. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It is a scene which combines the worst of Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Fritz Lang’s Metropolisit is mechanized Negro slavery; it represents the progress which the Negro has made from picking cotton to tailoring it. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In order to understand the idea that one might make progress without it being progress towards the truth, think of someone climbing a mountain in a fog. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He looked again across shimmering water to his father’s progress across the sands. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z As the work on Hardtack proceeded in the South Pacific, progress on a test ban started to be made in Washington. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I could hear his peculiar limping progress all the way down the stairs. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The school year progressed, and to my surprise, instead of separating me from Basel and Muhammad, it brought us closer together because they included me in their studies. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z I used to follow the progress of the Nazi troops on a map I had hung on the drawing-room wall, while Clara knitted socks for the Allied soldiers. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Squinting, she could just make out a progress of specks against the white. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z That was how he could see the progress of the lizard drone as it moved the rest of the way up the stairs and onto a part of the stage completely cloaked in darkness. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Jessica’s dinner with Mike had gone very well, and she was hoping that by Saturday night they would have progressed to the first-kiss stage. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Several neighbors rode by and saw my “progress.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Coworkers got used to finding Mary standing quietly at their desks, enlisting them in her latest attempt to apply the engineer’s values of discipline, order, and progress to the social sphere. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I might have progressed more quickly had I not been so busy with my other studies. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z After closely following his day-to-day progress for nearly two months, people viewed him differently than they had previous presidents. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z As his subjects grew older, Terman issued updates on their progress, chronicling their extraordinary achievements. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Inside of this, too, was a secondary message to the black community itself, a reminder that progress was possible, that our worth was measurable. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The outcome of a revolution is, he argues, culturally relative, contingent, peculiar; but it leads to a period of stability during which progress is the norm. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z So Peeta begins pointing it out to me, insisting I acknowledge its progress and sometimes, for just a moment I feel a flicker of hope before the agony of the night engulfs me again. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Indeed, it was not long before the Super’s apparent lack of progress in Washington had Lawrence and Alvarez feeling uneasy. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Then Malcolm tried to strike a course across the open waste of sweeping water and made hardly any progress. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Soviet memos and cables from the time show that the KGB never gave up hope of cultivating Oppenheimer—but never made any progress, either. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z All I have to do is my job, keep him updated on my progress, and catch Zero before anyone else does. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Then came word that the colonel wanted the visiting general to see the bodies—a tangible sign of the progress being made. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z In the 1970s, under Brezhnev, the feeling was not merely of no progress but of retrogression. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The Object was making a slow, scandalized progress through The Lonely Lady by Harold Robbins. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “It’s her, I am sure!—I could have told her anywhere!” cried the individual who stopped my progress and took my hand. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z In that letter Jefferson had mentioned Adams in passing as a retrograde thinker opposed to all forms of progress, one of the “ancients” rather than “moderns.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I squelched along as best I could, making slow progress. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z If Mom had made any progress with the job search, she didn’t say so when I walked in the door. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The bald man, who had been charting our progress from the city markers called from the window slot, guessed we were somewhere in the Altai region, just north of China. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z As the first game progressed, most experts began predicting a draw. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It is a place with progress to it. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z As with every other tournament I’d been to, we started with the pool rounds and then progressed to direct elimination bouts. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z But once science and technology got together, progress really took off. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The next generation of suffragists respected the accomplishments of their foremothers, but many of them were impatient with the slow progress of the movement. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z But the boy was at least six years old and heavy, and together they were making no progress at all. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He attached Pittman’s mask and regulator to the fresh bottle, and then they ascended the last few meters to the top and joined the celebration in progress. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I don’t feel the progress the others see. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Their conversations with Teller validated Alvarez’s impressions about the lack of progress on the Super. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Above all, though, we celebrated each new bit of learning or progress. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Now they came by not only to dine and partake of the arts — of which there were fewer in evidence all the time—but rather to tour the facilities and pronounce upon progress. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Your sister substantiates this failing for as her letter progresses her judgment gives way to temper—her thoughts are good, lucid the products of intelligence, but it is not now an unbiased, impersonal intelligence. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, keep making progress and I’m sure you will.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I had made progress with my tower, but it seemed like as fast as I piled bricks, Big Rose was always a little faster. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I was getting better at holding the crab pose now—I’d almost managed to hold my body weight up on my elbows yesterday—and I wanted to see if I’d make more progress this afternoon. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z They progress to, “See, you’ve taken this too far. Carlos and I are heading out the door right now, and you better pray to God we don’t find you!” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “They’re a work in progress,” he said, and chucked a water bottle at Carlos, who dodged it easily. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The bar downstairs was hot and crowded and there was a heated argument in progress over Clifton's shooting. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z As the melody progresses, the pitches may go up or down slowly or quickly. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “Perhaps if you’d put on your little play fifty years ago it would have been a joke but the way science has progressed in that time, surely nothing is impossible....Scorchingly...” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z But if I make no progress with my official—my proper—research, I’ll be asked to leave the group and let someone else have my alethiometer time. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z But when they got to the top of the Hillary Step, Hall couldn’t get Hansen down the 40-foot vertical drop, and their progress ground to a halt. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Each boy in the Hitler Youth had a Party Record Book, in which his performance and progress were recorded throughout his years in the Hitler Youth. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z In the century since the riot, progress has come in fits and starts. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z War, technology, and social progress; it seemed that the second two always came with the first. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z We are cut off from activity, from striving, from progress. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z From the earliest days of colonial settlement and black slavery, African Americans have faced violence and setbacks even as progress has been made. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Some partisans proclaim that it set humankind on the road to prosperity and progress. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z As Alice progressed, she became a little more reserved with him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Another commented that they “could have turned their shells upside down and rowed without making much difference in their progress. It was nearly as wet above the surface of the lake as it was below.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The walls of the ravine grew more sheer and rocky as they progressed. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z So, as the mass progressed, my eye would wander through the crowd. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Neither side made enough progress to gain the upper hand. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z I walked a bit out of my way, to pass close to Perilee's to see the progress on the new barn. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z It was progress for me to be asked. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The bills were repeatedly voted down for fear of interfering with the progress of science, even though other countries —including, ironically, Prussia—had enacted regulations governing human research as early as 1891. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z As summer progressed, the beard grew shaggy, unmown, and it was obvious that Milton was thinking about Pingree Street; he was going to seed the way Pingree Street was. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Except for a hem of light under the kitchen door, where a card game was in progress, there was no sign of any other tenant. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The evidence can be seen by measuring the same indicators of societal progress cited above. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z But it seemed that each time the marchers made progress, they stalled, again and again. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He’d make it way ahead and wait at the top of a tree, lips anxiously pulling back over his teeth as he watched my slow progress. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “We’ll see how you progress over the next few weeks, but for now we think it best for you to take some time to adjust to your new home.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Shin made little progress in learning how to manage money, sometimes spending more than he could afford on dinners and airline tickets for friends. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Frustration over the lack of progress in housing and employment issues kept tensions high in Durham, with only a spark needed to touch off an explosion. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Experiments produce new knowledge, but if that knowledge does not circulate there is little opportunity for further progress. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Of all the contenders, the one who made the greatest progress toward winning Blanca’s hand was the King of the Pressure Cookers. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She plugs her ears with dainty fingertips, impeding my progress at trimming her ends. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z After I figured out how punctuation worked, I read over all my old progress reports from the beginning. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The knights hadn’t made much progress with their binding either. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Their progress was straggling and broken, slower than that which Holly had made with his picked band of three. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The thought comes that Western civilized, scientific, technologic society is a standing proof of human progress, in having risen above such imaginings. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z At noon I hurried to the spot and found that the parade was already in progress. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He had made steady progress through the woods. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z A manhunt was in progress at the beach and an army of men scoured the whole island, including the black-gum swamp at the northern end. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Teaching and increased fund-raising responsibilities got piled on top of my bulging litigation docket, but somehow things progressed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z We don’t make much progress most of the time. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Some progress was made in the dry frosty weather that followed, but it was cruel work, and the animals could not feel so hopeful about it as they had felt before. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z As one would expect, this was accompanied by a new commitment to the idea of scientific progress. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Black said abruptly to Harry as they made their slow progress along the tunnel. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z For fifty years, she watched the direction of human progress change—and leap ahead. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Olmsted, of course, knew that tremendous progress had been made, but it was the sort that escaped casual notice. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “I will check on the others’ progress and be back.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Instead, they walked through a forest that seemed endless, and their progress was slow, as they had to step through kudzu and over trees and hop the occasional dribbling creek. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Dad was making no visible progress on the Glass Castle, and I knew that the can of yellow paint would sit on the porch unless I undertook the job myself. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Okay, not a problem. You’ve made a lot of progress today. There’s only one more thing we have to do: call your principal.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Anthony didn’t see the amendment as progress for African American men; she saw it as “an outrage against women.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He promised to return soon, but he needed to take measure of their progress. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Millions of Soviets were avidly following the progress of the match, fascinated by Fischer’s mastery. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Arm continued his restless progress around the office. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z They explained about the progress to the girls. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The progress of the human race in understanding the universe has established a small corner of order in an increasingly disordered universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Nov 15—I was looking at some of my old progress reports and its very strange but I cant read what I wrote. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The idea of discovery is inextricably tied up with ideas of exploration, progress, originality, authenticity and novelty. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z They were, as is known to us, stopped in their progress at Great-Bridge, and here they now rest, entrenched, frowning at our stockade across a great marsh. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He fought them all off, somehow keeping at least one hand on the wooden railing as he dodged and slapped and kicked away their attempts to stop his progress. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Instead, he faced our latest robot, a work in progress for this year’s competition. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z “Well, well! I must say, I am surprised to hear they are progressing so rapidly. This news changes my plans topsy-turvy.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I was hearing about progress being made across the country for my people. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Even without the fair he faced an intimidating portfolio of works in progress, chief among them the grounds of Biltmore, the Vanderbilt estate in North Carolina. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Matt was much better, well enough to come to the table that noon and to listen with interest as Jenny and Jethro told him about the progress of the farm work. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the people who live in this rugged country seem to have no desire to be severed from the modern world or the untidy flow of human progress. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z As the war progressed, the youth lost track of their goals and started killing innocent villagers. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Percy wondered where Blackjack was—roaming the skies somewhere, hopefully following their progress. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “He’ll do five years in adult prison if he gets one bad progress report,” he said. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z But, as Kuhn also grasped, the fact that even the best-established scientific theories may not endure does not mean that they are unreliable, and it does not mean that science does not progress. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z As history, the preface is bunk, because in 1651 progress was new. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He stopped their progress to look at him again. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Louie had progressed enough in four 5,000-meter races to compete with Lash, but he knew that he had no chance of winning an Olympic medal. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z As the note progressed, his handwriting shrank, until it seemed like something extruded rather than written. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z ‘I will be watching your progress. Polybotes was not boasting when he warned that your blood would awaken the Earth Mother. The giants are very confident of this.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Dog days in Maycomb meant at least one revival, and one was in progress that week. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He had studied the drawings in his father’s notebook closely and had made great progress. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z The street is silent of progress and business. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Buck learned easily, and under the combined tuition of his two mates and François made remarkable progress. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. King was equally clear that future riots are not inevitable: “Social justice and progress are the absolute guarantors of riot prevention.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He spoke, too, of the possibilities for progress. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Bobby Gene used my spy binoculars to study our progress from on high. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Below, beneath the stone-and-timber battlements of a small castle, a melee was in progress. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Though she still has a dissertation to write, still has an adviser to monitor her progress, she feels unmoored already, somehow beyond the world that has defined and structured and limited her for so long. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Despite the difficult weather and the erratic performance of boat number one, things were progressing very well; the time trials were promising for so early in the season. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Archie turned away from Brother Jacques and watched the ambulance making its careful progress out of the athletic field, the rotating blue light casting emergency flashings all over the place. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She thought about calling Brandon to see what progress he’d made, but she didn’t want to talk to him right then. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Unfolding it over my lap to read it better, I glanced at the mileage gauge and made a mental note to use it to measure our progress. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Its progress, its impact, its outcome, its meaning—these were in the hands of people. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The Hundred Years’ War had progressed to approximately its twenty-sixth year with no indications of anything more than periods of uneasy truce. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Such histories are not just histories of foundings, they are also histories of progress. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Navid was thrilled—but only because he had a personal stake in my progress. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z My progress in all my subjects astounded the mistresses. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He’d confessed to me, last night, that he’d been secretly learning and practicing on his own these last couple of years, and I was blown away by how much he’d progressed all by himself. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z They continued to build their churches in village greens dotting the coast, but found it difficult to progress into the interior of the country. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z There are no floor tiles, so I measure my progress in feet—my feet. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z You voted instead for a woman and a family with Texas dirt under their shoes, who would lead you into four years of progress, of carrying on a legacy of hope and change. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Instead he saw Gebu, just straightening from his inspection of the finisher’s progress on a limestone slab. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z It seemed to, quite quickly as Emenike sent news only of progress: his postgraduate work completed, his job at the housing authority his marriage to an Englishwoman who was a solicitor in the city. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Bobby won a series of contests against weaker players, but as he progressed up the tournament ladder, he confronted stiffer opposition and started to lose. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They followed the missile’s progress through polarized windows. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z They didn’t seem to be making much progress, but considering what they’d been through, it was a miracle the ship was in one piece. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Her words flew generously out of her mouth: how was Papa doing, was he happy with my progress at Daughters of the Immaculate Heart, would he be at the reception for the bishop next week? Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The progress that the black women had made in the last fourteen years was unmistakable. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Although drenched and chilled to the bone, the companions had made good progress by the time Taran allowed them to rest again. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z I would run into the room—stealing a few seconds from my step scrubbing—and ask what progress was being made and would learn that the doctors had detected nothing. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The smoke upon the islet parted, and for a moment, from that vantage, we could see our column begin its progress across the causeway. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Stella could smell onions simmering in the big dented pot on the stove, supper already in progress. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z By the 1980s, virtually every facet of life was improving for black Americans, and the progress showed no sign of stopping. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Cluny made it his duty to assess personally the progress at the tunnel workings. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Thus language-games do not simply succeed, progress, pay, or prove their worth; they can also become unsustainable if the facts change. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But we live on a moving platform, the Earth, which every six months has progressed from one end of its orbit to the other, a distance of 300,000,000 kilometers. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As the auction progressed, and Mr. Clutter’s worldly domain dwindled, gradually vanished, Paul Helm, remembering the burial of the murdered family, said, “It’s like a second funeral.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He sawed back and forth, but before he could make any progress, the bones shifted and he slid down into deeper darkness. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z By the fall of 1937 Pimlico was beginning to make a comeback, but progress was slow. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Emmanuel knows that scientific progress cannot be stopped, and that someone else will eventually discover gravitons, but he admires the symbolism of the act. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Perhaps the greatest lesson to be learned from all these issues is that as a nation we must make certain that in our desire for progress, personal rights and liberties are not denied. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I believed the concerned look on his face revealed confusion about what he was going to do in light of this evidence, and I considered the judge's newfound confusion and concern to be real progress. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z As the night progressed, it grew stronger and stronger until finally it tickled my nose and I sneezed myself awake. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z I measure progress in steps, the next one and the next one, as far as the bathroom. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The civil rights movement cleared the way legally so we could progress. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z One was that people were not really making much progress toward showing that supergravity was finite or that it could explain the kinds of particles that we observe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It shifted slowly across the floor with the sun’s progress. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z American Indians became a growing impediment to white European “progress,” and during this period, the images of American Indians promoted in books, newspapers, and magazines became increasingly negative. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z After an hour I stand back and admire my progress. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z She was supposed to write up evaluations of her students’ progress, but she’d spent every free minute painting, and now the deadline was on her and the evaluations were unwritten. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z His progress is featured in a newspaper article. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But there comes an inevitable moment when your speed fails to sustain your forward progress. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “But you’re not finished. It’s a work in progress,” Muhammad says, not letting go. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z But to accelerate his progress, she began to speak to him in Spanish, coaxed him to take up his text, and tutored him, and within a short while he was receiving high grades. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Unlike Melquíades' tribe, they had shown very quickly that they were not heralds of progress but purveyors of amusement. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I can no longer stand by and watch your progress. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Both Bookman and Noyes believed in the American concepts of “growth” and “progress”; hence, they could see no justification for the small farmers’ wrath. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d learned the lessons I was supposed to learn and done well enough at the start of the year to progress to grade two. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z She put her typewriters under another window, with shelves for her manuscripts and works in progress, and she immediately started thumbtacking index cards with story ideas to the walls. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Minus the fact that there had been no progress in our immigration status, my parents finally felt settled in the United States. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Once through the Belt, they made excellent progress. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Luckily, I won my third match and progressed to the finals the next day. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z As their love affair progressed, his stealing from the Store increased. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z After filling the tub with no more than six inches of water, Mandy and I bathed the babies; then it progressed until the oldest was finished, with everyone sharing the same water. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “Judging by how far the infection has progressed, I’d estimate he was bitten eighteen to twenty-four hours ago.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But she was no closer to Dorian than she’d been in early autumn, and would certainly make no progress with Lillian in the way. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It has been more than forty years since my friends were killed, and we’ve made some progress in that time. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But there is no collective term for all the different positions which have in common a recognition that some forms of knowledge of nature are more successful than others, and that consequently knowledge can progress. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z We could not progress; and so we fled. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z They led them to the edge of the gully, all while keeping an eye on the progress of the guards on the road. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Agents were aware that Pike had been hired by William Hale back in 1921 to solve the Osage murders but had abandoned the case after failing to make any progress. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z History did not demand Yossarian’s premature demise, justice could be satisfied without it, progress did not hinge upon it, victory did not depend on it. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She was afraid to do anything that might disrupt the effortless progress to the pier. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z This afternoon Mr. Ali and Ms. Jenna brought our after-school group into the storage room so everybody could snoop at our progress. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z They were vindicated; the program was correct, events were progressing in their predetermined direction, history was on their side, and Harlem loved them. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She smiles big huge smiles, claps, and jumps when I make a little progress. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z And even technological progress only happens when its products can in some way be used for the diminution of human liberty. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He had set off on an easterly course, but the undergrowth had grown denser as he progressed. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I passed through to the kitchen; but then arrested my progress toward the window, and stepped quickly into Mr. Jonathan Gitney’s study. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z It was a slow progress till we were out in the country. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I remember thinking that Governor Wallace would always be a permanent fixture holding black people back—a roadblock to the progress my people yearned to achieve. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But this does not mean that science has progressed as a result of the work of a string of irreplaceable geniuses possessed of a special insight into how the world works. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z A couple of centuries of material progress haven’t been long enough for us to see the final bill for our triumphs. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z While that was not in and of itself serious, it could progress into something dangerous. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The bouts of progress began to seem like no progress at all; the family braced for them just the same as for the setbacks. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z When the sun was directly overhead and everyone was ready to have lunch, Alfonso emerged from his big white hacienda with its red tile roof and sauntered by, checking on the progress. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But there was a difference between suppressing the publication of research findings and restricting the personal give-and-take among scientists that was indispensable for scientific progress. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z At the end of each day, Tree-ear always tried to check Min’s shelves, to see what progress had been made. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Slowly and precisely he detailed how, in spite of much elaborate crystallographic analysis, little real progress had been made by Rosy since the day she arrived at King’s. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Compared with Thomas Midgley’s colorful contributions to the march of progress, Patterson’s discovery of the age of the Earth feels more than a touch anticlimactic. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “From time to time, I will send Gale to check on your progress.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z There are seven different shades for white skin and one generic chocolate shade, but that is progress. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Mark slipped out the window several inches—a thunderbolt of pure terror flashed through him like an electric shock before his progress stopped again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Mrs. Newman sometimes checks my progress but mostly leaves me alone. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z My Notebook progressed nicely, each page filled with many Questions, an occasional Answer, and clumsy illustrations of various plants and animals. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Thorn threw a rat tail into a cauldron between them and jumped back when the potion in progress squealed and turned green. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The War on Drugs, cloaked in race-neutral language, offered whites opposed to racial reform a unique opportunity to express their hostility toward blacks and black progress, without being exposed to the charge of racism. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Two-part. You are watching an old movie on TV, a movie from before the war. It shows a banquet in progress; the guests are enjoying raw oysters.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z She sawed at the rope frantically with the mistletoe dagger, but it made slow progress. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “To every problem there is a solution,” he would reply whenever we inquired after his progress. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z After ten minutes of silent work, Hyacinth looked over at Laney’s progress. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I was in a foxhole farther down the mountain, sending progress reports from our lieutenant. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The testing, the experiment, the surgery, and my subsequent mental development were described at length, and his talk was enlivened by quotations from my progress reports. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “Nope,” Dad declared grandly, “this corn is growing in the way of progress.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In the early 1900s Pierre Curie began to experience clear signs of radiation sickness–notably dull aches in his bones and chronic feelings of malaise–which doubtless would have progressed unpleasantly. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Dr. Trefusis asked for daily reports on the progress of her table settings. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, the principal of Marian’s high school, Dr. Tucy Tangdon Wilson, had been following the young singer’s progress with great interest. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z The regional variation in pottery styles suggests little progress toward political centralization and unification. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Instead, the counselor stated that Mr. Paine Underwood had made “significant though sometimes painful progress” in managing his temper, and that he presented “no immediate threat to himself, his family, or the innocent public.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Milly has been a joy from the very first moment we laid eyes on her, and our love for her has only grown deeper and more vast as the days have progressed. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I didn’t know that until my first progress report arrived six weeks later. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Despite the news blackout, Guiteau gleaned information about the president's medical progress from the guards. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z At first Nick was amused that I wouldn’t see a doctor, but as the illness progressed his amusement turned to worry, then confusion. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I can only explain the scientific mania that overtook my father during that spring of ’59 as a symptom of the belief in progress that was infecting everyone back then. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He visualized its probable progress with agonizing clearness-that one would start slowly, drop from ledge to ledge, trundle across the neck like an outsize steam roller. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “The sooner we get some casualties, the sooner we can make some progress on this. I’d like to get in the Christmas issue if we can. I imagine the circulation is higher then.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Then the red thing was past and the elephantine progress diminished toward the sea. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Madame Ratignolle kissed Edna goodnight, and went away, being in truth rather desirous of joining in the general and animated conversation which was still in progress concerning Mexico and the Mexicans. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Daniel and Catalina had promised to update Grace on Peach’s progress every month for the first year via emails and pictures, and Grace wasn’t surprised to see the first update. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z In the Ealing stadium a Delta gymnastic display and community sing was in progress. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z As I slowly made progress, I glanced anxiously left and right. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as if I could make no progress. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z He says Vincent’s work has progressed enough that he could get work as an illustrator in London. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It was at Langley where the progress of the last two decades was most evident. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z So he has virtually nothing to say about progress. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It would take too much out of him—it would, in Leader’s words, spend his gift—and it would hamper their progress. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z There was the buzz of static, then the announcer telling everyone that the firefighters were making progress. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Caroline grabs him by the sleeve and tries to haul him onto the game, but she doesn’t make much progress. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z As the game progressed, Bobby had only twenty minutes remaining on his clock to make the required forty moves, and he’d so far completed just sixteen of them. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Ernest and his crews tinkered with the setup through the spring and into the summer while Conant and Bush pressed for faster progress. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Every now and then Mr. Ali or Ms. Jenna or Sunny or Vega would peek their heads inside to check the progress. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z At first they made fair progress, but as they went on, their passage became slower and more dangerous. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “I can obscure your progress somewhat, but the success of your journey will depend on you, Hazel Levesque. You must learn to use the Mist.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Bacon was the first person to try to systematize the idea of a knowledge that would make constant progress. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z For us lads of eighteen they ought to have been mediators and guides to the world of maturity, the world of work, of duty, of culture, of progress—to the future. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z But the terrorist attacks in New York City on September 11, 2001, and threats of terrorism and global conflict seemed to disrupt the progress toward a repeal of capital punishment. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “We gotta check on our progress. And the best place to do that is from the top of the SunTrust Building.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Mom popped her head in to check on my progress. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The strongest evidence of the progress Langleys women were making in the early postwar years came when one of its most visible female professionals reached the end of the road. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z A ragged line of chopped nettles on the grass marked her progress, as did the stinging white bumps on her feet and ankles. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z On horses they circumnavigated the fields, comparing the progress of the harvest on the two halves. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The boy observed in silence the progress of the animals and people across the desert. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z No, but that’s actually progress if I’m not checking it every five minutes. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I checked my e-mail, reading the backlog of letters from my mother, getting snippier as they progressed to the present. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Aureliano made progress in his studies of Sanskrit as Melquíades' visit became less and less frequent and he was more distant, fading away in the radiant light of noon. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Boyle is using the hunt as a metaphor for progress. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Of course, if meaningful progress is to be made, whites must give up their racial bribes too, and be willing to sacrifice their racial privilege. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z As much as any other profession, aeronautical engineering embodied the restlessness and technological progress that characterized what was already being dubbed the American Century. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z As she came into sight again, the watchers below could not help but notice that the climb was more difficult, progress was slower. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I counted the days and measured her progress as best I could and then sent word to a doctor in Staunton that I would need help with the birth. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, sir, Longstreet’s attack was virtually over before Early got into action. But Early made no progress and called off the attack very soon. General Johnson managed to capture some trenches. Casualties were, ah, light.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The development of the cyclotron was begun several years before these discoveries on faith that the availability of controlled atomic projectiles within the laboratory would lead to important scientific progress. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Okay, so she didn’t pick up when I called to talk about it, but this was progress—at least she was asking now. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He had plenty of experience of change, sometimes for better and sometimes for worse, but he had no notion of irreversible change, and he had no notion of progress. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The voting strategy changes as the game progresses. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z But they weren’t making parallel progress in their personal lives. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I've made great progress with many of them, because for a long time I've been taking notes while reading biographies or history books. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Certainly, outlawing barbaric punishments was evidence of progress in penal practice, and perhaps of progress in American civilization as well. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And since the progress of science has by no means come to a halt, some of you may yet be involved in the next step in the story. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z A progress meter appeared on my display, showing that my hard drive was now being zeroed out and wiped clean. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Each time Worsley calculated the number of miles they had put behind them, the bird seemed to mock their slow progress. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The idea that history progresses through struggle and change occurs in revolutionary jumps was similarly appealing. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It all came down to the progress of the war with Japan. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He gave Gold a quick update on the progress at Los Alamos and the upcoming test. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Cora was proud of the progress she made with her reading in South Carolina and the attic. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I’m about to leave them alone when I hear her say, “I want to make progress and keep working hard for our family. For Lou.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z At home, I continued to work on my own progress as a musician. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “We were truly in the dark then about their progress in atomic develop- ment,” Groves later said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The wide featureless land denied all sense of progress. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z As the day progressed, the Sixers continued to walk additional avatars through the Second Gate. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “No sorry needed. It will torture her to know she’s doomed. So what about the black cat phone number? Any progress?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I felt that God was calling me to be part of this effort to bring people together, to demonstrate a tangible expression of interracial progress. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But he was often talked at, while they were in progress, by reason of Mrs. Joe’s perceiving that he was not favourable to my being taken from the forge. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z No medieval natural philosopher had a view of natural science as making progress, and no medieval natural philosopher was engaged in research, if we understand that to mean the gathering of relevant new information. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She was looking at a chronicle of Sean’s artistic life; even the nudes got more sophisticated and intimate as she progressed. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z If information could be passed on merely by word of mouth, how little we should know of our past, how slow would be our progress! Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There was the buzz of static, then the announcer telling everyone that the firefighters were making progress. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The going was slow as they picked a gingerly course through the ice, but they were making progress. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z We weren’t making much progress, but at least we were holding our own. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Historians of science have not advanced our understanding of the relationship between the new science and technological progress much beyond Swift. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She hoped the shock would not undo any of the progress the children had made in their lessons, and tried to offer soothing distractions. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z But it was the strength of her character, her undaunted spirit and unshakable dignity, that transformed her from a singer to an international symbol of progress in the advancement of human rights. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z She looked over at the play, still in progress, and the audience beyond. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z I knew that I had to be more inclusive, brief more people as to our progress, and I proceeded with that in mind. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if we didn’t end up winning, we were making progress that mattered. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z South Carolina maintained a different attitude toward colored progress, as Sam had told Cora on the platform. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Thusly I followed the progress of the war, what was left of it. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z It took more than a century to solve the problem, but in the course of that century steady progress was made towards a solution. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z You have progressed from a state of “wanting to die” to the much more positive outlook of “learning to live.” Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If his second progress report was equally positive, he could be resentenced to five years instead of seven. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z There was not a thing to indicate that the group was making any progress at all across the desert. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z They had made excellent progress during the day, far more than he had expected, and he saw no reason to exhaust themselves by forcing a march during the night. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The gyro had widened; The Great Chain of Being had snapped like so many paper clips strung together by some drooling idiot; death, destruction, anarchy, progress, ambition, and self-improvement were to be Piers' new fate. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Specifically, the host wished to know why I felt that white America’s progress, or rather the progress of those Americans who believe that they are white, was built on looting and violence. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z As the nineteenth century progressed, though, the lure of the three governing triads, I, IV and V began to pall and the strength of the previously well-defined chords began to blur. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z But progress on the issue of women’s suffrage on a national scale was moving at a painfully slow pace. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Despite the inevitable setbacks, 1919 would be a year of incredible progress. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The serving girls and wine steward watched the progress of the eyebrow and fought to keep the smiles from their faces. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Her writing was going kind of slow at first, but she’s making better progress now.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The Englishman was fascinated with the part about the progress achieved at the crystal shop after the boy began working there. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z My progress was steady and my spirits got better every day. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When they arrived in the corridor they saw that there were only a dozen people progressing to N.E.W.T. level. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Four days later, the doctors reported that “the progress of the President toward recovery continues uninterruptedly.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z But Robert’s continuing ill health and his father’s own growing infirmity meant that little progress was made and Robert continued to be left largely to his own devices. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z My mom looks at the street signs while Charlie tracks our progress on the map in his lap. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z We see from experience that only princes and republics armed with their own troops make very great progress, and that mercenaries cause nothing but damage. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Their slow progress down the River of Doubt continued to intensify everyone's growing anxiety. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Beneath the sag of the buggy the hooves neatly rapid like the motions of a lady doing embroidery, diminishing without progress like a figure on a treadmill being drawn rapidly offstage. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Working all night, he, Koch, and Froelick tackled the story, and together they made progress on the script. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z But when they reached the edge of the wood, their progress was impeded. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Oxidation progresses in a cycle like a turning wheel. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Sorry to interrupt, Miss Lumley, but Lady Constance has asked to speak to you. She wants a full report on the children’s progress.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z My progress was so nonexistent that I wondered at times if there was any progress to be made at all. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Nonetheless, the tale of their mostly separate progress through time deserves prominent placement in any history of the world. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z So instead we have made progress by finding partial theories that describe a limited range of happenings and by neglecting other effects or approximating them by certain numbers. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z As recent data shows, however, much of black progress is a myth. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z When I get home Prof. Nemur and Dr. Strauss are waiting for me and they give me a beating for writing dirty things in the progress report. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The last ten years have seen steady progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He spat and shrugged his shoulder across his lips, wiping his mouth, then he continued his progress across the lawn. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The first is about when Jackie Robinson went to the MLB and the world of possibility it opened, but as they progress, Great-Grampy JonJon details occurrences that match Uncle Jack’s story. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Every time she passed by her house and noted the progress of destruction she took comfort in the idea that God was listening to her. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Freshmen had already mapped the progress that would lead them to business or law school. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z After a brief period of progress during Reconstruction, African Americans found themselves, once again, virtually defenseless. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z That matter of Herbert’s was still progressing, and everything with me was as I have brought it down to the close of the last preceding chapter. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Their maps made the progress seem more real. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “Your progress has been sufficient,” his instructor says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Held in the architecturally magnificent Crystal Palace, the “Great Exhibition of Works of Industry of all Nations” was a celebration of technology and progress. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But both Caroline and I obeyed, leaving the little scene on the dock behind, making our slow progress up the narrow oyster-shell street between the picket fences that enclosed each house. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Is this your way of telling me I should be making faster progress?” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Life was teaching me that progress and change happen slowly. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Had the Russian scientists actually been several years ahead of our estimates of their progress?” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Since so much of learning anything depends on the atmosphere in which it is taught, Finny and I, to our joint double amazement, began to make flashing progress where we had been bumblers before. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z My progress must have prompted the Sixers to end their covert attempts to clear the Third Gate and make its location public by barricading it before I or anyone else could reach it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z My parents asked for progress reports every week from my teachers. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z But we can follow it from the tests and the way you act and talk and your progress reports. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Nhamo followed her progress from window to window until she reached the table. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As I check the progress of her book, Marguerite in turn checks the progress of my infant faith. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The office had a telegraph connection to keep him informed of progress by Republican campaigners throughout the country. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z As the twentieth century progressed, developments in computing and interpersonal communications technology, which had been evolving somewhat independently, began to converge. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z We needed now to be resolute, to keep our feet pointed in the direction of progress. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The fact that the insecticide was applied in very low concentrations is meaningless, as its explosive progress through the natural food chain in the lake demonstrates. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Each week he evaluates our progress and makes a note on the wall. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Granted that New Guineans had “progressed” beyond Native Australians, why had they not yet “progressed” as far as many Eurasians, Africans, and Native Americans? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z To make matters worse, Fflewddur declared their progress through the hills was too slow. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The arrests also included Arthur Goldreich, who had 'driven into the farm as the police raid was in progress. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no time to ponder the extremity and futility of our progress. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The second mine hits my lips, my tongue instinctively blocks its progress. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “It is true that America is the country of progress,” agreed Poirot. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Scientific progress and indeed progress of all kinds is often made at great cost, such as the sacrifice made by Henrietta Lacks. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He explained to me that I was a little older than the other kids in first grade and that my progress had been very good. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Griffiths told us that he wants to make sure we’re making good progress with our research and that we discover any gaps before our big presentations, only four weeks from now. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z He would make no progress in the dark and could easily break a leg. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Because it would feel so right to let things progress with Sahil. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Still, Comstock would routinely come to see White, sharing helpful tidbits of information and checking on the progress of the investigation. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I was making progress with her, one little step at a time. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z One could of course adopt the term ‘progressivist’, but that would elide all the difficulties that are associated with the idea of progress. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Their progress is excruciating, and everyone on the lot has stopped to watch. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z For a time there seemed no answer, and progress got bogged down. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d been swimming for about eight weeks and was making fair progress. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z He could smell only the reek of other unhappy, confined creatures, and sometimes—when the circus was in progress above him—the strong scent of blood, that nearly drove Brute mad. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The best part was that I made progress in therapy. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z On August 13, at an S-l meeting on his home turf in Berkeley, Ernest delivered another bravura presentation on the Rad Lab’s progress. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z So let me stress that my views on this question coincide with those of many of the sharpest critics of the idea of progress. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Evolution occurred in scientific progress as it happened in nature: a positive trait was passed along, then proliferated; obsolete characteristics withered away, and the technology and the organization evolved into something new. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z At some time, the rain ceased, but now all was black, and our progress slow. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I shall speak of Louis and not of Charles; and therefore about the one whose progress has been observed better, because he held territory in Italy for a longer period. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z “Governor Faubus is just trying to find a way to get around the integration order. It’s going back on all the progress those nine students made last year.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Flying down to Carabayllo, he worked closely with Father Jack, calling Farmer in Boston or Haiti to keep him informed of their progress. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “Would you like to see something in progress?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The doctor says, “Karin has been keeping up with your progress...” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z But the other reason they made slow progress was that Ampai had other work to attend to—her main work. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Casting my eyes along the street at a certain point of my progress, I beheld Trabb’s boy approaching, lashing himself with an empty blue bag. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z The black American today shows us the perfect parasite image—the black tick under the delusion that he is progressing because he rides on the udder of the fat, three-stomached cow that is white America. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She read some of my progress reports and she looked at me kind of funny. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z They were works in progress, malleable, and could be set on the right path if the law behaved like a stem but loving parent rather than as an instrument of punishment. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The man stalled in his progress, seeking a further handhold. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Like Duke, Washington was above all a pragmatist who preached a gospel of industrial progress. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z That afternoon we continued our progress through the choking green of the jungle, until it thinned out and finally retreated completely. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “I could take care of those charts. I could write down everyone’s names and keep track of where they start, what kind of progress they make, where they finish. Stats like that.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “You have made progress. This is more relaxed, this line here.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z There is another important example of the delayed pay-off in technological progress. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Once she realized the funny marks stood for sounds, she progressed rapidly. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The editor was often a visitor, spending hours talking to Matt, staying overnight now and then, and testing Jethro’s progress in the book on English usage. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Poirot passed along the corridor, a somewhat slow progress, as most of the people travelling were standing outside their carriages. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z They were as thrilled at Father’s progress as we were. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Briony came down at intervals to check on his progress. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z My mother did that for me, and with the progress I made and the things I learned, I came back and created a new world and a new understanding for her. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Up ahead, Chucha stands at the door to her room, watching our progress. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z They sailed on, if this odd, rolling progress could be called sailing. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “Vincent is still working hard and is making progress. His paintings are becoming lighter, and his great quest is to get sunlight into them,” Theo tells Lies. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z In class she felt pleased that she’d made so much progress today. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Recently Jamison had been stopping by sometimes twice a day to see the progress she had made. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A thousand suspicious eyes followed their progress along the steaming alley. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Mingo, with his schemes for the next stage in the progress of the colored tribe, and Lander, whose elegant but opaque appeals offered no easy remedy. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He tells Theo, “I want to show him Sien and her baby, which he won't be expecting, as well as the house bright and the studio with all manner of work in progress.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z After a while Mom sauntered out with a pitcher and cups to give us some cold water because it was hot and because she wanted to check up on our progress. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A meeting was in progress in the room. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Steadying her apprehensions with a deep breath, Kira knocked on the heavy door to the room where the Council of Guardians’ meeting was already in progress. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The trail was good, though, and I made progress. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. They won’t say. It depends on my progress.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Do you think that the civilizations of two planets can progress at the same rate and evolve in the same way, Hinkston?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Sailors and authorized personnel darted every which way as we progressed through the corridors. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The seconds ticked by; the game progressed with apathy now. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Meg returned to her place, and supper was progressing pleasantly, when the little ghost walked again, and exposed the maternal delinquencies by boldly demanding, “More sudar, Marmar.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z They had to finish their work in progress before they left Riverbank, he told them. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Notwithstanding Tellers grousing, Los Alamos actually was making significant progress on the Super. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “It’s too late. If the guards think there’s a prison break in progress, the checkpoints will be on high alert. They’re not going to let anyone just walk through.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z And then, by degrees, he progressed along the route to the bedroom. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Most others believe that recent Mexican immigrants will eventually take their place in society, and perhaps someday muster political clout commensurate with their numbers, though significant impediments are slowing their progress. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Each creature progressed through its own stages of transformation. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Having crisscrossed the floor, they progressed to the middle terraces, but the results were equally disappointing. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Aureliano Segundo was so enthusiastic over the progress of his daughter that from a traveling salesman he bought a six-volume English encyclopedia with many color prints which Meme read in her spare time. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z A craftsman of the old school, he scorned progress. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Go ahead as rapidly as possible with the commercial development, for I am afraid that the General Electric Company and others will be entering the field and harass our progress.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z So today I brout the progress report with me and I told him maybe he could just read it and I could take a nap on the couch. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Hearing that word—“progress”—made me crazy happy. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Particularly since the civil rights legislation of the mid-1960s, the telltale signs of societal progress had finally taken root among black Americans. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z His bosses are happy with his progress, and he enjoys the work. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z And with all these angers there was an added agony when hopes for an end to the war were crushed as the year progressed. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z In this low undergrowth their disorganized progress and uneven, differing rhythms of movement delayed them still more than in the wood. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They watched for the pattern that meant progress. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z They watched the ground humping into a continuous hillock that progressed farther as the moles tunneled towards Ambrose Spike. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “We hope to triumph upon three heads, therefore, introducing His Lordship to opportunities in the New World for profit, for pleasure, and for unparalleled scientific progress.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The holes in it marked the progress of his emaciation and the leather at one side had a lacquered look to it where he was used to stropping the blade of his knife. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Jenna acts as security guard and cheerleader of our work in progress. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Clarisse was a strong swimmer, but even she wasn’t making any progress. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I knew my drum teacher, Mr. Stoll, was going to be pretty impressed with my progress. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Reader, do you recall the word “perfidy”? As our story progresses, “perfidy” becomes an ever more appropriate word, doesn’t it? The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z The farmhouse that Harry set about building amid the tree stumps outside of town became a work perpetually in progress. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z As subjects got more flags, they progressed to a new game level. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “No sorry needed. It will torture her to know she’s doomed. So what about the black cat phone number? Any progress?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Summerland is a town in Kansas. Nice place, bit of a work in progress, like most frontier towns. And I get the feeling you’re going to get to see it firsthand.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z There was apparently an internal struggle in progress. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “I understand you wish to hear a progress report on the children’s education,” she said on impulse. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I am making progress, a little every day. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And speaking of treacherousness, things were not, in any way, progressing as Flora had planned. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z But even in ordering these building blocks into long-chain molecules, there has been substantial laboratory progress. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Any true progress in the workings of a prison ought to be measurable in changes in the tenor of that relationship. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s so slow sometimes, so terribly so sometimes, but progress is being made. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I watched him struggle; and know now that I watched him without motion, having stopped my progress, staring stupefied at the destruction. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z A moral pessimist, von Wright questioned whether the material and technological advances of modern society could really be considered “progress” at all. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Of course, St. John Rivers’ name came in frequently in the progress of my tale. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z At first, she was given very little background to go on, but even so, she made progress. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Despite their progress, however, there was still work left to do at Langley. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The stakes are considered high because instead of simply testing students to measure their progress, schools are increasingly held accountable for the results. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He pretended all he wanted was the progress reports but I told him I would send them. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z At anything like our present rate of technical progress, an advanced civilization millions of years old is as much beyond us as we are beyond a bush baby or a macaque. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Subtle and vastly important chemical changes are constantly in progress, converting elements derived from air and water into forms suitable for use by plants. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I didn’t dare check our progress on the map. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z When he had almost reached the bottom of the hill, he turned the rudder to slow himself, but instead of slowing his progress, the rudder came off! Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, he realized that he should have called one from the apartment, but he was reluctant to go back in; to go back in would seem somehow to be making no progress. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom would share her progress with me: She started by calling the Zimbabwean embassy in Washington, who suggested calling the American embassy in Harare. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z As I parsed Latin sentences, I noted 03-01’s interest in my progress. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The suffrage movement, while having made great progress at the state level, badly needed a dramatic happening at the national level if it was to succeed. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z As the meal progressed and the leftovers began to come back, I tried to get Alice to eat. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z It has something to do with the feeling about Miss Kinnian reading my progress reports. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z They wanted to serve notice that no matter which white man was elected, he would have to answer to black demands for progress. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z As the war progressed, she experienced and chronicled food shortages, artillery shelling, and the death of children. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z In the early days I thought that Mary Miller was just a well-mannered woman who checked on our progress. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I guess I’m the very last one to submit a progress report this week. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The fellow was apparently trying to reach them, though he seemed to be making little progress in that direction. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z With every few steps he took he lifted the horn to his lips and blared out notes to announce the lady’s progress. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z And we cannot opt simply to ignore the distinction between good and bad science, because if we do we will miss one of science’s peculiar characteristics, that it makes progress. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I made slow progress in this manner for two blocks when Curzon joined me. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The children drew back hastily to let her through and her progress across the asphalt was like that of Moses going through the Red Sea when the waters parted. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z He was not alone in assuming that the progress of science destroyed superstitious beliefs. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Piper had been watching with horrified fascination, the way she might watch a car wreck in progress. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z As I was leaving, the guard at the front desk asked me if I had made any progress. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I seemed to gain momentum as I progressed, like when water starts to wash away a dam made of sand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I owe this progress report to Burt who had the bright idea that I could dictate this on a transistor tape recorder and have a public stenographer in Chicago type it up. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Still, I was making pretty good progress when I noticed Faro standing up and wagging his tail. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Their romance progressed at less than a snail’s pace. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Each of us was supposed to meet with Mr. Hrbik for an individual evaluation, to discuss our progress during the year. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Good, because the floor looks real now. I made huge progress out there with Annie and Mr. Keller.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z But the principal, Sister Celeste, has promised that if I make progress, maybe I can be jumped up to Carla’s grade by spring. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z After a few minutes’ progress up the dark tunnel, a distant sound of slowly shifting rock reached Harry’s ears. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The hearing progressed inexorably to the point when Ernest Lawrence would be called to testify. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The War on Drugs proved popular among key white voters, particularly whites who remained resentful of black progress, civil rights enforcement, and affirmative action. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z She got a report on the progress from the twins every night. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Millions of fans diligently followed their crews’ progress throughout the training and racing seasons, particularly in the East, where something as minor as a coxswain’s sore throat could make headlines. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z And it feels like I'm making progress for a day or two. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, Kepler gave the printing press a prominent place in the frontispiece to the Rudolphine tables, which celebrated the progress of astronomy from the ancient world to the modern era. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z So when the men with their bloodstained spears came jingling down the aisle of our church pageant on Easter Sunday it represented progress, I’m sure, but it wasn’t what Father really hoped for. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His slow, creeping way of progressing forward made snails look like Olympic sprinters. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z This is progress of a sort, but it’s also repression, since it means that pop culture has succeeded to a considerable extent in burying something that used to be right out in the open. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He had composed letters, worked on progress reports, looked up information on this machine. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z They discussed the metallurgists’ progress, and Thyon Nero’s, speculating who would breach the metal hulls first. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Since the outset of their voyage through featureless ocean and anonymous ice pack, the officers and crew of Endurance had been able to track their exact location and chart their zigzagging progress on their maps. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Probably no area in the developed world has undergone a more profound change in just a century or so, at least not in a contrary direction to the normal course of progress. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z At first sight, Pascal’s claim that progress has been continuous seems nonsense: we would accumulate experience from generation to generation only if we had a reliable way of recording and transmitting it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The task, in other words, is to understand how reliable knowledge and scientific progress can and do result from a flawed, profoundly contingent, culturally relative, all-too-human process. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Those favoring a more gradual view of colored progress traded barbs with those on a more pressing schedule. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He’s making progress and is living as cheaply as he can—on Pa’s money. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Whatever game had been in progress had ended when Gregor arrived. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Instead of positively showing what a black woman could do as city manager,” the politician wrote, “Abigail Caldwell’s inept and incompetent actions have set back racial progress at least thirty years.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, a nosy neighbor had mistaken the escape for a burglary in progress and had notified the police. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z At fifty-four, I am still in progress, and I hope that I always will be. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z See, I cleaned out the shed for progress. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z I explained to those students that progress is slow, that they couldn’t afford to simply sit and wait for change to come. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Some people start committing crimes when they’re young and keep on committing them, progressing from burglary to robbery to murder. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “You have to expect progress to be made,” she told herself and anyone else who might ask. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z One reason why the new science made progress and the old philosophy did not is that it was conscious of being imperfect and incomplete. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z 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 “That’s amazing,” I gushed, but it would have been a terrible lie to say I didn’t feel a pang of jealousy in how much progress she had made. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z As play progressed, though, they were stunned in a different way. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In my own opening remarks, I said that with the dawn of CO-DESA, progress in South Africa had at last become irreversible. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It is then that important issues gain attention and progress—often not enough, but progress all the same—is made. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z We could be more patient with our push for progress. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z In the 1950s and 1960s, civil rights activism and new federal laws inspired the same resistance to racial progress and once again led to a spike in the use of Confederate imagery. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Nor had any progress been made in the then-three-month-old probe of Anna’s murder. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z But there was no steady progress; they understood from the doctors that this was only waxing and waning. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Flew him out of Cairo and put him into a school over here, where he made astonishing progress. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “Unless progress is made on a daily basis,” they told him, “we cannot promise that mass demonstrations will not resume at any time.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The boss glared at their slow progress out of the rows but said nothing. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z But I don’t have it, that sense of progress. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He believed the Rad Lab was destined to face inevitable decline as physics progressed and competitive laboratories emerged—many of them built on the model Lawrence had pioneered. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He and his contemporaries had no reason to believe in progress. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z As long as the violence was not dealt with, the progress to a new dispensation would remain uneven and uncertain. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then came the news of unexpected progress at the Paris talks. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It wasn’t a classical way to approach the game, and it leads to a very different configuration as the game progresses; but Bobby took the chance. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Mabel, riding on the handrail, whizzed by and blocked her progress on the first landing. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Less obviously, though, he had watched her too, with a certain impersonal alertness; she might have been an experiment in progress. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet there were many like us without hammers and using only stones, who were making very good progress. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z These men met at the White House on Sunday morning to discuss the president's progress during the night, and they planned to reconvene at the White House that evening. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z As time progressed, Aditya became more and more fleshed out, more substantial. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z As long as I am able to write, I will continue to put down my thoughts and ideas in these progress reports. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “Ah, yes. Our three pioneers. Their sacrifice was necessary— all for the sake of progress, my dears. What we’re trying to do is advance the peculiar species, you see.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I’m a couple of days into the plan, making good progress, when something unexpected happens. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Got a good night's sleep and made real progress today. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Although at nineteen she was away from the Library more often and their lessons were infrequent, under her tutelage, he finally felt like his progress matched his ambition. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z When she progressed to squealing and shrieking, many of the men turned away, unable to take any more. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Francis ran through the helical theory itself, devoting only a few minutes to our progress with DNA. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The way Anthony saw things, each time one of their leaders married, it created one more obstacle, one more distraction that would interfere with the progress of suffrage and women’s rights. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “Her shoes killed her. I keep telling them, but they don’t listen. Poorly made shoes will torture your feet, inhibit your progress. Then you will stop.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Technical progress can cease and the most palpable facts can be denied or disregarded. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The young North Korean border guard had been watching Shin’s progress. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z But in spite of a decade of significant progress, the problem is far from solved. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Even I could see progress when I watched myself practice in the mirror. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The pillars in the background are made of wood; those in the foreground of brick and marble, symbolizing the progress of astronomy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It’s been in progress for a week or so. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Many people say it’s made more progress than Kinshasa, and I can see why. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z They continued through the woodland, making slow progress. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z While dramatic progress was apparent in the political and social realms, civil rights activists became increasingly concerned that, without major economic reforms, the vast majority of blacks would remain locked in poverty. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I had attended but a few meetings before I realized that a bitter factional fight was in progress between two groups of members of the club. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z On my graduation day I delivered an oration in which I showed that humility was the secret, indeed, the very essence of progress. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The summer progressed and the Salinas River retired underground or stood in green pools under high banks. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z As he does, they each bring up a hovering copy of an assignment, syncing with one another and checking their progress. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z For their part, his opponents were impressed with his tenacity and clear signs of progress. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Which is a huge relief to Scoob, knowing they’re finally making some real progress on this...journey, he guesses it is. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z The third day Liyana was sick, she watched the sun crawl through her room as the hours progressed. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z It might have been nice if the expression weren’t the teeth-gritted grimace of a sumo wrestler about to charge, but, hey — progress is progress, I suppose. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z We argued the entire night, and in the early hours of the morning I began to feel we were making progress. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A farmer was not likely to be trouble, I decided, so I figured I would try to track him or her down and find out what I could about the war’s progress. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z They were confident that they were making progress, and we cannot leave that progress out of our history, any more than we can leave out the influence they had on those who came after them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Doc watched his progress through the windows And then wearily he got a broom from behind the water heater. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I convinced myself that it was all right to slack off a bit, because no one else seemed to be making any progress in their search for the Jade Key. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Miss Maestas sent a note to my mother telling her that I was progressing very well, and my mother was happy that a man of learning was once again to be delivered to the Lunas. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z While I had made progress in terms of my opposition to communism, I still feared the influence of Indians. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z With just six days to go now until their preliminary race, Ulbrickson wasn’t at all happy with their progress. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Not bothering to hide his progress, he pushed aside branches as he walked, letting them whip back to position when he passed. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z While taking a breather, I saw I was making more progress than I thought I would. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Monsters were everywhere - hundreds of ogres, Earthborn and Cyclopes milling through the ruins - but most of them were gathered at the Parthenon, watching the ceremony in progress. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I walk down the hall like I have a perfect right to be there, checking my progress by the numbers on the office doors. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z My presence was noted each fall by the campus press office in its proud tally of Hispanic-American students enrolled; my progress was followed by HEW statisticians. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, over the eleven-week production schedule for the show, you can log in twenty-four hours a day and check the progress of the production as it follows the sun around the world. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Today I progressed from my traditional excellence to something altogether more interesting. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He knew that any progress he might have made with his uncle, any trust he might have earned, had shattered along with the teacup. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Of course I can stand it. I only said it was lovely here because . . . well, because progress is lovely, isn’t it?” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z As the show progressed, Sandi could see that the dancers' faces were becoming beaded with sweat. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z When he looked past the immediate delays and Ulrich’s duplicity, he saw progress. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He’s happy with his progress, and he starts to refer to himself as an artiste-peintre, a painter. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Nothing could hasten more the progress of these reflections & sentiments which are secretly undermining the institution which this mistaken zeal is laboring to secure agst. the most distant approach of danger.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It's progress, but any hope of survival rests on me surviving until Sol 1412, when Ares 4 will land. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I was shocked at how slowly things had progressed in the journey to equality. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Darcy was writing, and Miss Bingley, seated near him, was watching the progress of his letter, and repeatedly calling off his attention by messages to his sister. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “It was a good test to enter a bar or a store,” explained Feklisov, “because one of the agents had to run inside to make sure no rendezvous was in progress.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But my father did not make sufficient progress, and the blows continued to rain on him. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z They attribute the cyclical nature of racial progress to the “unstable equilibrium” that characterizes the United States’ racial order. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Similar to other sequenced learning approaches, such as Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development or scaffolding, Gordon’s approach relies on a gradual increase in skill level difficulty as the student progresses. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z His progress was very slow, through the cornfield, the thick stalks bunched together and got in his way, and he had to shove them back with his arms. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “Since—since I’m making such good progress, with the recovery and everything...do you think...when you said, ‘Before you know it, we’ll have you back in ballet school,’ what did that mean? The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z When the bond issue to renovate the dilapidated civic center failed not once but twice he could not help but wonder if there could ever be any real progress in a place like that. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z When I told him about our progress, he flattered me by promising to come down to Cape Coalwood and have a look for himself. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “I was just asking if you wanted to stop for a minute to eat and maybe look at the map to check our progress? Its nearly midday.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z For a hundred years, any sign of black progress in the South could trigger a white reaction that would invariably invoke Confederate symbols and talk of resistance. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Billy first came unstuck while World War Two was in progress. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But the purpose of all of them was to arrest progress and freeze history at a chosen moment. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z To some, it was a liberating assertion of racial pride; to others, it announced the increasing importance of political rather than social goals in the ever-evolving battle for black progress. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Each time she visits, there are modest signs of progress. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Truly a paradise could exist wherever material progress and spiritual values could be properly balanced. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked between Peach and Declaration, and Dismay ran ahead of us, circling back every so often to check on our progress and hurry us along. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Then she progressed to other babies she’d recently seen, with the help of People magazine. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z There was a long way to go, and progress was slow—especially in the more conservative South—but the world was changing. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Inmates whom the shrinks judged to be making progress were allowed out for a few hours a day; this was called rec. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z John's education had led not to liberation and progress but to violence and tragedy. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Mr. Hayes is heading out, and I promised my parents I’d get an update on my progress. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Even those people who joy in numbers and are impressed with bigness are beginning to worry, gradually becoming aware that there must be a saturation point and the progress may be a progression toward strangulation. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z They rushed back and looked through the window again.Yes, a violent quarrel was in progress. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z He sent couriers to Early and Rodes to advise them of his new headquarters and to ask for progress. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But after a few hours, it was clear they weren’t making any real progress. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They told a tale of progress fuelled by human brain power. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Fortunately, education, work and progress have opened women’s eyes. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Thus Architecture died in the land of the free and the home of the brave—in a land declaring its fervid democracy, its inventiveness, its resourcefulness, its unique daring, enterprise and progress.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The bank manager told me that I was making so much progress I was to be sent to the bank’s training headquarters to take several tests to determine my potential for advancement within the bank. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The pace of progress has continued to be brisk: manned orbital flight; humans orbiting, then landing on the moon; and unmanned spacecraft outward bound throughout the solar system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Refusing to put his feet down or help the progress in any way, he seemed as dead as the last time Thomas had seen him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z And so I have done for the past half-hour, contemplating the progress of the various figures seated quietly with their fishing rods at various points around the water. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He could tell it was beautiful, straight on target, even though he couldn’t watch its progress, because he was dumped violently to the ground by Carter who had somehow recovered after being demolished. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Slow as their material and technological advance had been, little as they valued “progress” in itself, they had finally, in the last five or ten or fifteen centuries, got a little ahead of Nature. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z We make progress, but, unlike those who go hawking and hunting, we may never catch our prey. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Gentlemen, I’ve just come back from Vietnam,” McNamara told the group, “and I’m glad to be able to tell you that we’re showing great progress in every dimension of our effort.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It wrecked all the good progress she’d made, making him a villain. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “I think we’re going to make some really good progress in this room,” Michael said with a grin, and Grace sat back in her seat and closed her eyes. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z They made little progress on a course of action, struggling with the problem of whom to turn to and the possible reaction from the other colored residents. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z My father witnessed the progress of every new leaf and fat flower bud. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In this agonizing fashion I climbed toward a cluster of tents reputed to be perched somewhere on the sheer face above, progressing in increments calibrated in inches. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z On the worst of days she'd haul out a tape recorder and show me just how much progress I was failing to make. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He experienced its wavering progress as it departed his hand. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z In any case, there were alternatives to the language of progress which served exactly the same purpose—the languages of invention and discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z For the surviving black community, there would be more obstacles to opportunity and progress and much heartache. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Except for day four, when I suffered some kind of setback and had to walk the whole mile, almost on my hands and knees, I know that I've made progress. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z They all thought it was a shame the Beiderman reacted so strongly to stringed instruments, especially given Isa’s extraordinary progress over the last six years. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z In the name of progress the land management agencies have set about to satisfy the insatiable demands of the cattlemen for more grazing land. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z But if you compare the state of America’s prisons at mid-twentieth century to their condition today, it is hard to make the case for any further progress at all. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Kerns had his phone out, clip in progress. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Several times Oppenheimer stuck his head into the room to check on the progress, like an anxious husband whose wife was in labor. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides, his tasks were those of a hireling; no matter how expertly he did them, he could not hope to progress to anything better, as even the most stupid apprentice did. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z But my parents regarded my progress with more than mere pride. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But it also reflects, in the second place, the spread of a new culture, a culture oriented towards progress. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He proved to be a surprisingly good swimmer, and was making steady progress across, the dog swimming alongside, when tragedy struck. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He found me in the kitchen, watching the progress of certain cakes for tea, then baking. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z After all their progress, it seemed the passageway should now follow an upward direction. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z He waves his hand at my work in progress. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z After this angry response, he writes softer letters, focused on the art, telling Theo of his progress with his watercolors and sketches. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Walowick told me and Peewee that they were talking about progress in the Paris peace talks. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, that is progress! And did I just hear some mention of yeast? Are you reading a cookbook? That would be a very practical thing to study.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z It is easy enough to have lofty ambitions, but without certain qualities, a butler will simply not progress beyond a certain point.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z And I’m just not making no progress at all. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The last week of term became increasingly boisterous as it progressed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z They traveled the length of the island with an air of disregarding it and being set on other business; they were less a progress than a momentous rise and fall or the whole ocean. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z During her journey, the sister calls Long Beach to give regular updates on her progress through Mexico. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Yet, despite our progress, more and more of them were being disgorged from the Maafa. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Maddie fought the aircraft for a while, straightened the rudder, felt the speed increase as Dympna’s laborious cranking of the undercarriage began to progress and the extra drag fell away. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z My mother, your president, is the warrior and the champion that each and every American deserves for four more years of growth, progress, and prosperity. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Ms. Parker and Mr. Fabian have been sharing good updates with me about your progress.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z He merely sat exhausted on a block of stone and watched dully while Gebu conferred with Pai or strode about examining the progress of the work. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Science would never progress until the world discarded Aristotle’s physics—along with Aristotle’s rejection of Zeno’s infinities. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Men lost were no longer counted by the thousands but by the hundred thousands; there had been blundering, betrayal, and corruption during the entire progress of the war. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The emphasis on experience was thus tied to the ideas of progress and discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Never mind that he hasn’t completely broken off with S., though there is some progress on that front. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Slowly, carefully I look under each bush, marking my progress so I don’t get confused about which bushes I’ve checked and which I haven’t. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Along what had been country lanes rich with berries, high wire fences and mile-long factories stretched, and the yellow smoke of progress hung over all, fighting the sea winds’ efforts to drive them off. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Then again, considering how we had ended things after he’d beaten an innocent homeowner bloody, I wouldn’t be surprised if he’d progressed to breaking kneecaps for profit. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It is easy to say that our world has been made by science or by technology, but scientific and technological progress depend on a pre-existing assumption, the assumption that there are discoveries to be made. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Mornings held the promise of progress, dangling hope with thoughts of the next stop. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It would be an exaggeration to say that throughout history there has been no progress of a material kind. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z This shows that, indeed, Achilles is getting arbitrarily close to the two-foot mark as the race progresses: two feet is the limit of the race. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z At both the social and verbal levels, in short, an American nation remained a precarious and highly problematic project—at best a work in progress. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “Perhaps Piscine is marching to a different drumbeat of progress.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He pestered the detective in New York, asking if there was any progress in my case. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z As Garfield's progress slowed, and especially after his distressing relapse, the doctors began to consider removing the bullet in order to save his life. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The doctors were straightforward — Progress was only progress, they said. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The geographic separation between wife and husband was a proxy for the emotional distance that opened between them as the years progressed, exposing an unevenness that was perhaps present from the beginning of their relationship. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The eyes of the whole school followed my progress. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps they slowed Milligan’s progress too much, for when they entered the room a few moments later, the flashlights were gone. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z It was miles back to my secret place, and my limping progress was slow. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The trees had thrown out low branches, making an impediment to progress; the gnarled roots looked like skeleton claws. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z As the services progressed night after night, my mother tried to persuade me to join, to save my soul at last, to become a member of a responsible community church. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z This 1846 lithograph by Currier & Ives shows the nine steps of “the drunkard’s progress”—from having “a glass with a friend” to the decline into criminal activity and “death by suicide.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z We were getting to the point where, without access to police records and files, we wouldn't be able to make more progress. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I watched her slow, careful progress down the steps, her back bent, both hands gripping the rail, as if she were blind and had to feel her way. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It felt good to see progress so quickly. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z My Blaze Tower had made progress, but it was still behind hers. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The land was rough and hostile, and yet they made much progress, and ever the Mountain drew nearer. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Their progress slowed in the tangle of underbrush and the wet leaves mired the struggling animals. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes other hikers would come along and tell me where Katz was and how he was progressing, which was nearly always slowly but gamely. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z This time they came from the Bible, through which she made desultory progress: gainsay, ravening, hoar. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I wonder why progress looks so much like destruction. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z We never resolved this issue, but we did make some progress when we submitted a joint letter to the commanding officer setting out our complaints about prison conditions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I made a progress round the room, with Charles at my side, prompting me with the names. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A history of modern science without progress fails to capture science’s unique feature. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z They are strangers to our character, ignorant of our capacity, oblivious to our history and progress, and are misinformed as to the principles and ideas that control and guide us, as a people. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z A team of two could make more progress than four people working separately. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Jesper had watched it make slow progress from Ketterdam in the early dawn light, a tiny black dot that grew into a hulking blot on the horizon. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z There’s been progress in the past year: a few court victories Alex has kept track of in his trusty binder, registration drives for young voters, the Houston rally, the shifting polls. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He makes arrangements with his clients, finishes his clocks in progress in record time, and secures a short-term flat rental in Dresden. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z If the discovery of America began in 1492, so too did the discovery of progress. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Part of it might be what I represent: progress, science, and the interplanetary future we've dreamed of for centuries. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In such a scheme it is reasonable to suppose that we might progress ever closer toward the laws that govern our universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Lost as she was, Luna was hardly making any progress. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Luke never made any progress, and after a year Mother gave up. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It made my progress slow, but finally, I got to the tree where Susie had left her skin that night. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I progressed well for the first few days, until my kidneys started malfunctioning. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z The real questions were: How was I going to contribute to that progress, and wasn't there a way to speed it up? March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He had the names of towns and rivers by heart and he measured their progress daily. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Sometimes, she knew, the most important battles for dignity, pride, and progress were fought with the simplest of actions. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He put the gangs and violence of South Central behind him and showed remarkable progress. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The press in front of them made further progress difficult. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A few years later, the white power structure called on Spaulding again, this time to halt a riot already in progress. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z We work diligently and I make good progress, especially with Fiona tutoring me through the math problems. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z This made their progress very slow, and every now and then they had to stop altogether. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The Under Fifteen Fugees were still very much a work in progress. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z He guessed that this was what Ana would call progress. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Dr. Cooke tells me I’ve made a lot of progress and reminds me how important it is to take my medication at the same time every single day. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “The rest of you can watch his progress on the video screens and cheer him on over the intercom system. You are a cheerleader, aren’t you, Haley?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z The massive scale of these domestic arrangements seems not to have impeded his imperial progress. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Just wanted to check in about the truth you were seeking not too long ago. You make any progress?” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Pants that come up to his chest, a red jacket, black patent-leather slippers and horn-rimmed glasses—that’s how he looks when he’s at work at the little table, always studying and never progressing. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He made much progress, and he knew that he was getting very close to finishing. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z They never progressed beyond measuring volumes and counting days and hours. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I looked back to gauge the progress of our pursuers, and whether they followed—and ’twas then I saw that Pomp had fallen behind the rest of us, cut off. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z It was his job to advise me on all prison procedures and generally keep an eye on my progress. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I need to make progress and I need to regenerate oxygen. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I would save my rejection slips, and every six months or so I would put them into a neat pile to check my progress. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z By contrast, the public view of the progress of medicine during the same period is restrained, qualified, a mixture of hope and worry. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She had written “Good progress” at the bottom of it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z As the argument progressed, Mike began slapping Mustang around so hard I wanted to jump in, but Chicken Man stopped me. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I had helped bring about the progress and national impact such that none could call us liars when we called Mr. Muhammad the most powerful black man in America. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It was big as the inside of a granary, holding at least two dozen thick-timbered worktables strewn with countless, nameless tools and projects in progress. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I know it seems like a lifetime to you, but you’ve made outstanding progress in the short time you’ve been coming in.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z If you concentrate on controversy, then it begins to look as if progress in science is arbitrary and unpredictable. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Suddenly he reached for something beneath a pile of papers, an old leg shackle from slavery which he proudly called a "symbol of our progress." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked down and watched their slow progress up the stairs. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I make new lamps and take my measurements. That is the only way to make progress.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z At first he tries to eat all of everything, but as the meal progresses he finds he must forgo some things to keep his appetite and his taste buds functioning. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, work on the hospital did not progress smoothly; twice the contractor was changed, and each man in turn appointed new foremen, and these brought their own labourers. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet, once those ideas were challenged, progress was breathtakingly rapid—after fifteen centuries of stagnation, there have been fewer than another five centuries from the time of Copernicus to the present day. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z I took care she should never want for anything that could contribute to her comfort: she soon settled in her new abode, became very happy there, and made fair progress in her studies. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z By the time I settled on a plain glazed, Calista was behind the counter, showing him pictures of her “work in progress” on her phone. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Pascal went further than simply insisting on the authority of experience; he argued that our knowledge of nature is capable of endless progress because it is founded in experience, and experience accumulates over time. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z As he traced the prison’s history, he saw progress, the “puritanical” practice of the nineteenth century evolving into the “more enlightened social thought” of the twentieth. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s made some progress in his understanding of nervous breakdowns in men, male hysteria. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z When that's complete, the mission will be handed off to the Ares 3 presupply team, who will monitor its progress over the following months. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The presence of so many scientists in the suit, many of them from top institutions, challenges the standard argument that ruling against biological patents would interfere with scientific progress. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Watching for resistance, alert with alarums, we progressed past silent residences. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Kehaar had undertaken to fly out later in the day, to make sure they were going in the right direction and bring back news of their progress. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As the dry season progressed, the grass shriveled and many trees lost their leaves. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Why had she felt the need to exaggerate the children’s progress just because Lady Constance’s remarks had annoyed her? The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Angry voices hissed in dismay at the massive clump of stone that had broken their progress. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z That night there were only eight players, making it more difficult for each to contend with the master than if there’d been scores of players, who would have slowed Pavey’s progress. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z As the months progressed, they’d morphed into something warm and alive, liquid and vibrant. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The man brushed past, almost dropping his torch in his unsteady progress along the courtyard. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z As the fall progressed, I remained ensnared by bacterial matings, often going up to London to talk with Bill Hayes at his Hammersmith Hospital lab. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “It’s in progress,” said the mathematician, without interest. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Even the development of an organism—the most obviously inherited chain of information—seemed to progress through smooth, continuous stages, and not in discrete bursts. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z They arise at different times and progress at different rates. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There has been some progress in this whole tree project, I guess. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z As Ash unpacked Clara’s trunks, her stepsister reported that progress had been made with Lord Rowan. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The doctor also said the dementia would progress and that Walter would likely become incapacitated. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But it was progress, and I felt better. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z In all those other worlds in space there are events in progress, occurrences that will determine their futures. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But its silly for me to go to his office and lay down on the couch to talk because I rite it down in the progress reports anyway and he could read it. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z This is a dazzling picture of modern man’s scientific and technological progress. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In the radical 1960s, the battle for black progress would come full circle to its beginnings at the turn of the century. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The two trackers scurried about on the little beach, and they saw Kino’s progress up the cliff before they drank. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to watch its progress, but it was soon swallowed up in the darkness. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We could progress no further as we were without drawing the eye of suspicion. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z We are honored guests, celebrating both our reunion and thirty years of progress in Little Rock’s race relations. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Their progress was followed by the blank, incurious eyes of second infancy. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Madge edged closer to them, as if she wanted to supervise their progress. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z While some progress has been made in identifying those ultimate causes in the case of Europe’s conquest of the New World, Africa remains a big puzzle. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Sumerian scribes had progressed to inscribing on clay tablets with sharpened reeds. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “But after work is done there is hope for progress.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, it is certainly the way that we have made progress in the past. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Every moment feels rehearsed because as things between us progressed, I spent more and more energy trying to predict what he might do next. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z It sat in a star-shaped holder next to a jigsaw puzzle in progress, though I couldn’t tell what picture it would make. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s trying not to smile, but I can tell he thinks he’s making progress with me. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The fact that an enterprise makes progress does not necessarily mean I should adopt it: athletes run faster every year, but that is no reason why I should take up athletics. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z One could guess at the movement of the sun by the progress of a light patch among the clouds. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Sometimes, in the darkness, Werner thinks the cellar may have its own faint light, perhaps emanating from the rubble, the space going a bit redder as the August day above them progresses toward dusk. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “The country,” states the center, “saw a resurgence of white nationalism that imperils the racial progress we’ve made.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z What must these men have thought as a really new world unrolled—or was the progress so slow that the impact was lost? Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I soon became one of the best prose and poetry readers in school, and would often get picked to represent the school whenever white inspectors came to assess our progress. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z For humans, the name soon progressed from exceedingly rare to a perennial top five choice. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z If it hadn’t been for Bruno, Copernicanism might never have received such adverse attention from the authorities, Galileo might not have been persecuted and scientific progress in Italy might have proceeded more smoothly. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Mr. Gitney had other reasons for announcing this convocation; these darker purposes, I only happened upon as the party progressed. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z What I mean is that we were ambitious, in a way that would have been unusual a generation before, to serve gentlemen who were, so to speak, furthering the progress of humanity. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Their progress down the Amazon was slow, and after paddling less than two miles that day, steep hills covered with lush green trees appeared before them. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z But even as progress was made, new challenges loomed around every corner. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Indeed, if laboratory mice have too much HLA diversity, Black told me, researchers can’t use them to observe the progress of an infectious disease. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In the Washington boat, Don Hume was matching Berken- kamp’s stroke rate but making no progress in pulling even with him. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Jason imagined his friends on deck following his progress, taking turns with Leo’s spyglass, trying not to laugh as they watched Grandpa Jason hobble uphill. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z But he embraced the progress this nation made and the military’s role in helping that change to come about. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z In the morning it turned out that one of the guards had become convinced of an escape in progress and had alerted the tower machine gunners. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z A few people applauded, much to the annoyance of the players whose games were still in progress and cared not that history had been made just a few feet away. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z America's spies had simply missed the evidence of Stalin's progress. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Reasoning by induction—the process of generalizing from the available evidence—is the only real way of making progress in the world of things. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z I have progressed to mucking out when Diamond Joe comes up behind me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Whenever we called and asked about the progress being made to catch the bombers, we received the same answer: “The FBI is working on the case.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And to my astonishment, during the weeks that followed, the young girl did indeed make progress at a remarkable rate. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I tore through the lessons, quietly keeping tabs on where I stood among my peers as we charted our progress from long division to pre-algebra, from writing single paragraphs to turning in full research papers. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Despite the weather, work at Jackson Park progressed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z We asked courts to recognize that such a judgment cannot rationally be passed on children below a certain age because they are unfinished products, human works in progress. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Each year, on the anniversary of Halliday’s death, newscasters jokingly reported on their continued lack of progress. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Even Uncle Al is affected—he stops each day to observe our progress and within a couple of days orders up new posters that feature Rosie with Marlena sitting astride her head. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Her name is Lucille she showd me how to spell it for my progress report and she got yellow hair and blew eyes. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “And though I was careful not to take his attention off the driving,” Churchill said, “we made more progress than we might have done in a formal conference.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z And always Ultima was near me, caring for every turn I made in the progress of that hideous journey. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Inseparable from the idea of discovery were the ideas of progress and intellectual property. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Z was in his usual place leaning against the door as Mr. Trepid paced around the shack, anxious to hear about Z’s progress. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Essentially, Catt’s plan involved simultaneously going after both state and federal measures, working for progress wherever it could be found. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Many hidden eyes followed our progress up the dusty, vacant street. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z At any one point in their history a hasty observer would say that all technological progress and diffusion had ceased. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Also, if you guys got up to anything while the mission was in progress, Lewis would kill you. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He reports on his progress to Theo, including sketches to show him what he’s doing. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The meeting was already in progress as Miss Winthrop and I slipped into our seats. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes they massed into a wall so thick that he had to scramble down to the water’s edge and wade to make further progress. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Charles had taken to attempting to train them, but Emma told Lenny he “does not make much progress, as they can neither see nor hear’ So they could not respond to cues they were given. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can’t all be here in the emergency room. It’s too crowded. Go to the waiting room. I’ll keep you informed of the girl’s progress.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z For progress often comes to a halt, and in many fields of life one step forward results in two steps back. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Oh? She made that much progress, did she? I’ve always heard it was an excellent place.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z They spoke about Reg for a bit and Kaisha provided updates about his progress, which wasn’t much different from what they knew that morning. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He pointed out that civilization is progressing and we remember who performed this deed or developed that technique. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Huh. I guess it’s progress, right? I think I like it.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I followed the progress of the southern black civil rights movement, which was gaining prominent notice in Sacramento’s afternoon newspaper. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Alexander tracked the progress of 650 first graders from the Baltimore public school system, looking at how they scored on a widely used math- and reading-skills exam called the California Achievement Test. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Although progress would never be as rapid as black leaders would have liked, genuine strides were made. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Even so, as far as I was concerned, I was making progress. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z With Phelan, we moved him to the door of his cell, but there progress ceased, for Massey grabbed the bars and held on like a crab. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I was feeling very good about the progress we were making when I got a call that would become the most significant break in the case. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I have often reread my early progress reports and seen the illiteracy, the childish nai'vet^, the mind of low intelligence peering from a dark room, through the keyhole, at the dazzling light outside. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z And I try to write these progress reports very careful but that’s hard to do. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Like I wasn’t making progress like he had wanted. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Thus the informal Torricellian network marks the effective beginning of the institutionalization of science, driven by the conviction that collaboration and exchange would lead to more rapid progress. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Our fear must have held back Mama’s progress. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z He had even progressed to writing some pieces; one of them I know he named “The Bastille Concerto.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The immediate appeal of Lamarck’s idea was that it offered a reassuring story of progress: all animals were progressively adapting to their environments, and thus progressively slouching along an evolutionary ladder toward perfection. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Awaiting his turn to rebound, Ben watched the drills in progress at the other end of the court. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Black starts calling on us, one by one, down the rows, asking for progress reports on our projects. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He has watched the progress of the rebuilding of the city. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Despite scientists’ fears, the ethical crackdown didn’t slow scientific progress. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Frustrated by the slow pace of progress, physicist and U-Committee member Ernest Lawrence urged the committee to bring in some fresh talent. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Scientific progress builds step by step, and as the example of Darwin and Wallace shows, when the time is ripe, two or more individuals may make the next step independently of one another. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z That, he said, would depend upon progress on the battlefield and at the negotiating table. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I followed his progress in the sports section. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Their trust in the world seemed infinite, their forward progress in it entirely assured. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z "So how much progress have you made in finding Nergal?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z On Wednesday, June 1, exposition photographer Charles Arnold took a photograph of the building to record its progress. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z After Three, the children progressed at much the same level, though by their first number one could always tell who was a few months older than others in his group. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Leo could only follow her progress by the movement of the grass and the shimmer of her dress as it changed to match the rocks. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I don’t like people seeing me in progress. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z In the fields, late in the day, afternoon merging into night, a cornhusking bee was in progress on the Brodas plantation. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Another division issued forth, and we all progressed forward by some forty feet in our queue. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Everybody at Base Camp stayed close by their radios throughout the day, anxiously awaiting word of his progress. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z A little progress bar blinks in the corner of my vision while I run one of my hacks on him. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Clutching my musket, I ran back toward him; and was stopped in my progress by Pro Bono, who, sensible of the pause in my flight, had returned to see what delayed me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He was half tempted to go pick it for Trina, but he knew she’d scold him within an inch of his life if he dared impede the progress of the forest. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z But the progress was painfully slow, and after five minutes she’d only gotten up to her elbows. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She removed her apron, smoothed back her hair reflexively, and followed him out of the apartment; they progressed down the hall with huge, eager strides. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z One day, I decide to progress the relationship and follow her. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z |
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