| 单词 | proved |
| 例句 | It had been demonstrated; it had been proved. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever they are called, the Musket/Potato Wars proved very destructive, killing about one-quarter of the original Maori population. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They had finally escaped from the pack, but the open ocean had proved too much for their small fleet. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z For once, a military intelligence report proved accurate. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The decision to hunt for variation in wild flies proved critical. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Not surprisingly, this drug forfeiture regime proved highly lucrative for law enforcement, offering more than enough incentive to wage the War on Drugs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “I was considering using the stomp-my-feet-and-hold-my-breath technique. It proved highly effective when I was little.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z As was explained in Chapter 1, we could never be quite sure that we had indeed found the correct theory, since theories can’t be proved. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z To supporters of Darwin's recently published theory of evolution, the find proved that the ancestors of modern humans had lived during the Ice Ages, tens of thousands of years ago. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It was the gaffs that finally proved to be my most valuable fishing equipment. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The Kapo launched into a lengthy explanation of the importance of this work, warning us that anyone who proved to be lazy would be held accountable. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z And there the Golden Company had proved its mettle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Stanton argued that his response proved her point, demonstrating that men had “run this government for one hundred years without consulting the women of the United States.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The style he developed soon proved to be in many ways superior to the traditional longer stroke taught at Eton. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Duke, though he never won the high political office he often sought, proved himself a master of information abuse. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z As a climax, I attempted to climb atop the wagon, but the solidity of my physique proved too taxing for that rather flimsy vehicle. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The birds at first objected, since it seemed to them that they also had two legs, but Snowball proved to them that this was not so. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The encounter with the rats in the barn had been no joke and had proved their worth. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The Journal Club proved to be an ideal way to keep the lab abreast of the latest advances in physics, but over time the agenda reflected the lab’s own expanding prominence. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I knew Miss Volker’s hands must have cooled down and would be seizing up, but she just took a deep breath and proved to the police that she could complete a thorough job. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Only after Norma proved to her that she was capable of having normal children, and that I was a freak, did she stop trying to make me over. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Invariably they refused his advice and only afterward was he proved right. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Again, the argument would seem to be that I cannot prove that Mont Blanc is 4000 metres high, but believing it, on the authority of a map, has ‘proved to pay’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Tonight had definitely proved I had nothing to worry about anymore. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z If anything, the game simply proved how talented the team was. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Death proved to be no shadow in my life—it was real. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Every so often a hermaphrodite was born, a seeming girl who, in growing up, proved otherwise. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And that they had just proved him right. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Though a misnomer, his nickname proved to be the one enduring thing about Pollard’s ring career. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Cleopatra proved controversial; many of my comrades took exception to the fact that the queen of Egypt was depicted by a raven-haired, violet-eyed American actress, however beautiful. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He had hoped to pal around with Glenn Cunningham, but his hero proved too mature for him. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z The little psychopath had survived his trials with Lupa just fine, but as soon as he arrived at Camp Jupiter he had proved to be untrainable. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z And as Mr. Larson had proved, making only one copy means that it only takes one angry reader to shut off the whole circulation instantly. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z The visitors proved to be five pheasant hunters from Oklahoma. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Fear proved a way of life for most people of color in the Deep South during the post-World War II era. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But in the latter I was soon proved mistaken. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z His premonitions soon proved to be grounded in fact. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z This was not a problem for us, but it proved to be one for them: the prison authorities dismissed them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They spared those who proved they could be reformed. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His father taught him, and he proved it was so. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z But that proved tricky in Gary Edwards’s case when he missed class one day so he could watch game film in the coaches’ office. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The thousand times that he had proved it meant nothing. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Laleh had acquired a bag of Sour Patch Kids while she browsed Terminal 4, and the combination of sugar and temporal distortion proved an incendiary one. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Mouschi has now proved, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that having a cat has disadvantages as well as advantages. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z If acoustically flawed, Peck knew, the building would be a failure no matter how imposing the finished structure proved to be. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z And if that proved to be okay, they would integrate grades one through six. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “I’m serious. She’s such a drama queen, and she kind of proved to me just what kind of friend she is. I don’t miss her.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z His proof was burned bones, but burned bones proved nothing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Your husband was offered his freedom and his farm back—” My heart leapt! “—if he proved his loyalty to El Jefe by divorcing his Mirabal wife.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The door had been locked, of course, but locked doors have never proved much of a hindrance to me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z By speaking one word in our sacred language I had just proved to my teacher that I was as hopeless as the rest of my people. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z But this proved to be only the beginning; I realized we had not thoroughly prepared for all that was about to happen. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The fact that Garfield's doctors inserted unwashed fingers into the bullet wound proved that they had NOT followed Lister's antiseptic methods. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z They were normally taken care of over the phone, but that proved impossible in this case. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The missing Environmental Impact Statement made the front page of the Gazette and ultimately proved to be the fatal blow to the pancake-house project. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t help that a steady rain driven by a chilling wind continued to blow across the Langer See almost continuously, and that the police barracks soon proved cold and drafty. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In the sword-play which followed, Lancelot proved to be the better of the two. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The storm came up suddenly, howling, and Shipbreaker Bay proved the truth of its name. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Should I confess my sins and pray, in case the potion proved too strong? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Bliss and the other doctors believed this sound proved that the bullet was in the lower right front of the abdomen, just as they suspected. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The band closed with spirited renditions of two colored songs Cora recognized, which proved the most popular of the night. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z If nothing else, the mess left by the Rusties proved that things could go terribly wrong if you weren’t careful. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z They decided to attempt the climb, but it proved very difficult. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Rabbits above ground, unless they are in proved, familiar surroundings close to their holes, live in continual fear. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The Seven proved as deaf as their earthly servants. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Gauguin, he tells Theo in November, “has proved to me a little that it was time for me to vary things a bit—I’m beginning to compose from memory.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The still-smoking rubble of the Cold Storage Building had proved irresistible. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I didn’t go out on the strip overconfident, because I knew Cecilia would be a tough opponent and I had just proved in my last bout that the underdog can win. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z If he pleaded guilty, or admitted something he and others had convinced him he hadn’t done, or couldn’t be proved, he’d again put his mission in jeopardy, he’d risk letting down his family. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It proved to be a hopeless cause and an endless task. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He proved to be more of a distraction than an asset. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z When the shoelace proved an unconvincing earthworm, out of sheer exasperation I tried the sole, all of it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The economist Kenneth Arrow has proved a very powerful generalization which shows that something like the above situation characterizes every voting system. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But the material had proved difficult to photograph; it generated scattered, fuzzy dots on film. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Pennytree proved to be a much larger village than he had anticipated. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The task proved hard indeed, yet in the end it was done. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z In his private notes, Charles wrote that people do believe in things that can’t be proved. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Yesterday with Dad had proved that following Styx could fix everything. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z What seemed perfectly normal to white Birmingham residents proved a genuine contradiction of our nation’s democratic ideals to outsiders such as Salisbury. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He had proved useful in the woodland, being better accustomed to thick woods than any of the others. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Several of the other houses proved on closer inspection to be unoccupied. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The fresh water proved to be more encouraging. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Fortunately, Penkovsky proved more adept than the Americans at finding a way to communicate with the West. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The fence was full of praise; he proved he meant it with his crisp, new money. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He chose a certain path in life, it proved to be a misguided one, but there, he chose it, he can say that at least. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z However, the strung iron bits soon proved to be a two-edged weapon. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z On all of these he would ultimately be proved wrong. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z To Pascal, this seemingly bizarre behavior proved that it wasn’t an abhorrence of the vacuum that drove the mercury up the tube. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z "Well, it's a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. The idea is if we don't look out the white race will be--will be utterly submerged. It's all scientific stuff; it's been proved." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z We often could not, but they always proved true. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z His championship playing didn't just get him into the major league; it got him the Most Valuable Player award in 1949 and had proved him to be an All-Star player for the last five years. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It’s possible Stalin ordered the murder himself, but that’s never been proved. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z A little digging and a lot of bribes had yielded the where and when of their departure—intelligence that had proved faulty. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z But we found a half-dozen people and security records that proved that Mr. Hinton was locked inside a secure supermarket warehouse working as a night laborer fifteen miles away at the time of the crime. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Both of them were hardworking leaders—they had proved that within their opposing organizations—and they threw themselves into this task. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z But the Allied forces had superior numbers and equipment, and the Normandy campaign proved disastrous for the Germans. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I mean nobody proved otherwise. 8th juror: Nobody has to prove otherwise. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The game they played just proved her point. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “I never met him,” said Sir Bliant “It was proved that Lancelot ran mad in his shirt and breeches, until he got gored by a wild boar and died in a hermitage.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And her people, insisted Fujiko, were Japanese—the events of the past months had proved it so; why else had their father been arrested? Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Though this proved more difficult to fit together than the more open B structure, a satisfactory A model awaited me upon my return. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z ‘They proved it on television! Besides, I’m an immortal goddess. You can’t destroy me!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z SJ: All the courts “proved” yesterday was that a white guy can kill an unarmed teenager and get away with it if the kid is black. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z During this period, Nixon called for a “war on drugs”—an announcement that proved largely rhetorical as he declared illegal drugs “public enemy number one” without proposing dramatic shifts in drug policy. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He tested each one, and they all proved to be as strong as the first. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Still, teachers dismissed this fact, instead telling the students that the thirty-three gold medals proved that the Aryan race and the National Socialist ideology were superior. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The subject of my writing an article somehow never got raised, but Malcolm X proved far more cooperative when I returned. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z A tall, friendly man, a lawyer and the Brotherhood's chief theoretician, he had proved to be a hard taskmaster. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Not a word of it could ever be proved or disproved. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z They proved to be as fussy in their selection as Goldilocks. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “While others argued the equality of woman with man, I proved it by successful engaging in business,” Woodhull was quoted in the New York Herald. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z But in fighting a rabbit of Bigwig’s strength and courage it proved a mistake. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He had started with more than sixty of them, but the training had proved too rigorous for many. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But the talks proved too abstract and bloodless, and far too disengaged from the social and political issues of the day. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Frankenstein thought the castle wasn’t flammable, but the villagers proved him wrong. flounder/founder. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The Battle of the Bells had proved the truth of that. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Gregarious by nature, Hall proved to be a skillful raconteur with a caustic Kiwi wit. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z This was the thing about Maribel: No matter how many times I proved it, she didn’t think I was an idiot. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z When Hermod reached Hela with the gods’ petition, she answered that she would give Balder back if it were proved to her that all everywhere mourned for him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Without saddles or bridles, mounting them proved tricky. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As things turned out, my father's ordeal proved even worse than might have been predicted. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Whatever may have happened in his developing brain, it proved beneficial to his metabolism: from that two and a half days he gained an iron health. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z "The Stark boy proved more cautious than I expected for one of his years," Lord Tywin admitted, "but a victory is a victory. You appear to be wounded." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “My lord Sir Gawaine, in their quarrel they proved themselves not in the right. I speak for the Queen, not for my own worship.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z That proved to be Franklin’s one and only chance. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Just four days later, Chicago proved that judgment terribly wrong. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It just proved that everyone was right about Seanie being a stalker. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It wouldn’t do for a Black man and his family to be caught on a lonely country road on a night when Joe Louis had proved that we were the strongest people in the world. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Living such dangers, however, proved quite different than reading about them. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z This emphasis on illicit cash proved to be a winning effort, for nothing infuriated the law-abiding populace more than the image of the millionaire crack dealer. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z On the third day the forest pressed close around them, and the rutted roads dwindled down to game trails that soon proved to be too narrow for their larger wagons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Zuri. Just have a good time, okay? Darius is really nice. Whatever you thought of him before, he proved you wrong, right?” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z What they were going to do proved nothing. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z At the time the mathematical community rejected Bernoulli’s claims; not only had l’Hôpital proved himself an able mathematician, but Johann Bernoulli had a tarnished reputation. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Which is probably when he proved his loyalty to Cara—he had some kind of friendship with her before she left Erudite headquarters not long ago. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z When he pulled it out, it proved to be most of the photograph Lily had described in her letter. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z His performance proved how high he could soar when he could unleash himself from the constant selfdoubt that had entrapped him after the death of Billy. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Palmer method has been proved to be the most efficient system.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Jane, at least, turned out to be an unexpected mercy, a tidy bouquet in her arms, even if conception proved yet another humiliation. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I thought I would use the hatchet to remove the tough belly shell, but it proved easier with the sawtoothed edge of the knife. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Supper proved to be the best part of the long day. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Even with your memories of Earth, you proved useful.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z However, other lessons proved more urgent and, surprisingly, more complicated. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “Jackie Robinson proved the Negro can play,” he said. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z But further investigation proved that the gambler had gone home too early to be the third man. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Minerva has been teasing her how this Austrian psychiatrist has proved that girls who like riding like sex. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Her admiral’s counsel had proved worse than useless. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Darwin, as his mentors had predicted, proved to be an excellent collector and observer of specimens. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Again the experts were said to have been proved wrong, opening a door that until recently was bolted against the crackpots. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The gelatin sometimes proved tricky, depending on how and when it had been mixed. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But knowing that a mosquito could spread the disease proved vital in Cuba. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z But most wild animal and plant species have proved unsuitable for domestication: food production has been based on relatively few species of livestock and crops. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z This proved to them that they had been right. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Maybe Osh was right: Even if I proved I wasn’t from Penikese, the other islanders might still treat me like I was a frightening oddity—for any number of reasons. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Quirin had proved to be intelligent, audacious, and loyal to the Nazi Party. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “We could take the world by storm, you know? It’ll be like we proved ourselves, like all those heroes’ journey stories about boys, only we’re girls.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z With insight and humor, Elizebeth and William had proved, once and for all, that Shakespeare’s plays contained no ciphers or codes. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z My father’s death had proved that fact, and Yakov’s had only reinforced it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He had a scribe’s paper that proved his claims as first-born. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z And they proved in court that at night you can look through the windows of an el train when the lights are out and see what’s happening on the other side. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In China, there were concubines — not what she wanted to be at all, but which proved human nature capable of different sorts of marriage. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “If I may be so bold, you would do well to require a hostage from Lord Jonos too. One of hisdaughtere. For all his rutting, he has not proved man enough to father sons.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “If Guenever or you, Lancelot, were proved to be guilty of a wrong to my kingdom, I should have to cut off both your heads.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The trip also proved that my rigging worked. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But the weather proved kind that winter—most days were dry and clear. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z He never knew that in his death he had proved Apollo’s truth. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The Rhinecliff game always cranked school spirit up to fever pitch, and the pep rally proved it. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Then, in 1971,1 proved that any stationary rotating black hole would indeed have such an axis of symmetry. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z "Deprived us of a proved warrior on the very edge of battle." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z My pursuers had already proved they knew the town well enough to track me down. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The meeting with Dr. Moroka proved far less eventful than my journey there. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He avowed that even if we proved that guerrilla war had not been approved and our policy of sabotage was designed not to sacrifice human life, the state could still impose the death sentence. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But the cottage proved to be not far enough away. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Then the stormy North Atlantic proved that all the other gales had been mere child’s play. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Oberth figured out the mathematical equations which proved that space flight was practical. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if everybody in the train proved to have been in the Armstrong household I should not express surprise.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z By the end of the month, I'd managed to retain three hundred nouns, none of which proved to be the least bit useful. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Further investigation proved these sightings were of the same vessel, but it was a fishing boat. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He had proved himself to the other men by how well he did at training, how he scaled the obstacles and shimmied up the rough rope, but he had made no friend. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z His showed a balanced, honest nature, while Areida used to say mine proved me imaginative, impulsive, and always in a hurry. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The forester was able to turn the laugh a week later when his chance encounter was proved to be no dream. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The project proved successful, with communal spigots in Cange ultimately making fresh water available to everyone. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z At any rate, we have proved one thing; that the spells of quietness last a reasonable time. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z What’s been proved by the “blacks” whose complexions are “whiter” than many “white” people? The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But nobody tries to take anything anymore so I guess he proved his point. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Their crime was bad enough, but the lies proved an evil that not even the whip could remove. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He offered $15 an installment, “preferably monthly,” until my claim was proved up and I was no longer a homesteader. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Mama had tried two or three, but none of them proved to be any good. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Luckily for Milkman, she had proved, so far, to be the world’s most inept killer. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z That night dinner proved to be a somber affair, and it had nothing to do with the food. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z As tested on quail and pheasants, it has proved to be about 40 to 50 times as toxic as DDT. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z As with flies, the bacterial mutants proved revealing. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The not-so-veiled accusations thrown at him only a few minutes before proved that the others suspected something, too, but what? The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “But it is to your shame you proved it thus. The black beast rides in the saddle with you. I see it even now.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z These last few hours, let me say it, have proved unreasonably taxing ones. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He has proved the point that a man can, after all, stand up for justice and constitutional law and still not sacrifice his political career. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They at length said, that they had learned I had been in a “scrape,” and that I was to be examined before my master; and if their information proved false, I should not be hurt. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z Jane’s alertness in moving, proved her as ready as her aunt had preconceived. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Practicing with Isobel has proved an advantage, enabling him to improve aspects of his illusions to the point where even with her familiarity she cannot always discern what is real. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z When an economic or technological standard emerged and proved itself on the world stage, it was much more quickly adopted after the wall was out of the way. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z All the faults have been put right and everything in use is of proved value. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It proved such a financial boon that when the family’s third son was born that year, Elias in gratitude wanted to name him Columbus. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z This could only mean that her aunt could not love her, either, and nothing in her life with her aunt ever proved Elizabeth wrong. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Other offers proved to be too small or, in a few cases, even spurious. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The sensational Beecher-Tilton trial proved to be the longest and most publicized trial of its time. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z For one thing, any hopes my father may have had that to meet the General in person would arouse a sense of respect or sympathy to leaven his feelings against him proved without foundation. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Not even Tata was trusted with keeping an eye on us, and least of all me, since I’d already proved an unreliable baby-sitter. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “You will be kept a prisoner until the queen returns. If nothing can be proved against you, you will not come to harm. You have my word as a knight.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Those ploys proved as effective as hanging a Do Not Disturb sign around his neck. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Neither proved very productive, and I ended up eating mouthfuls of slushy snow that left me shivering with the taste of tar in my mouth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And not just for the money: for the feeling of having proved his mettle, if you will. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z But things proved no better for me in Atlanta than they’d been in Orlando. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z If Cora’s own mask was occasionally askew, she proved adept at maintaining the disguise of Bessie Carpenter, late of North Carolina. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The Red scares and Communist hysteria of the late 1940s and early 1950s destroyed reputations, lives, and livelihoods, as Matilda West’s situation proved. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Her children could be proud of her and go on to make something of themselves, too, once she proved it could be done. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He did not fear he would turn out like them; he only felt sorry that some people worked hard but proved unlucky. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I visited a re-creation of the Revenge of the Nerds house on the planet Skolnick and spent a day searching it, but it proved to be a dead end. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It was a miraculous find, and what made it all the more striking was that the observations on which Lowell had predicted the existence of a planet beyond Neptune proved to be comprehensively erroneous. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It was with one of these light spells that he first proved the great power that was in him. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Frenchy’s bowel scourer proved to be so fabulously potent that bottles of it spontaneously exploded in the jockeys’ room lavatory. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z His equally absolute defeat of the younger, highly respected Larsen proved that Fischer was in a class by himself. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “There were?” says Garrett, wide-eyed, like someone just proved to him that the boogeyman was real. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z She did not consider herself proved wrong simply because Robbie had come away from Cambridge with a first. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Harry noticed that the contents proved difficult to empty into the Pensieve, as though they had congealed slightly; did memories go bad? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He proved to be fully up to the challenge, reigning as the star of two front-page articles in the New York Times and a prominent feature in Time magazine. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z To do at all had proved too difficult. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Even when we explained that he was wrongfully convicted and later proved innocent, we couldn't get anyone to admit him. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Besides, stories kept the little girl from asking for Aunt Chipo, who proved useless even after she recovered. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Cain proved the physical transformative effects, and Kaltain proves the ability to influence thoughts and emotions. I would like to test its full ability to hone the minds of a few others.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It proved a lowly position for Daddy, but he did what he needed to do to feed his family and keep the roof over our heads. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z We all laughed because we knew his answer proved nothing. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z It proved to be almost impossible to start. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Genetic analysis proved that the finger belonged to a previously unknown human species, which was named Homo denisova. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, once yoked to a concrete experimental goal, the eleven-inch proved itself worthy of the task. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z My life turned to Hollywood oddly enough, and it proved a strange place to live and a surprising place to run into an animal that could and did change my life. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z These proved to be dirt and mud lanes. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z After supper Gilly did her homework, knowing it was useless, that Miss Harris would never see the neat figures, row on row, that proved that Gilly Hopkins had met and mastered the metric system. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z But while that, of course, proved useless, I did see a man appear on the second-level balcony, the one underneath which stone lions’ heads protruded. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z It was almost too hot to take, but Mother Nature’s hotbox proved unbeatable for sweating off weight. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Reagan’s racially coded rhetoric and strategy proved extraordinarily effective, as 22 percent of all Democrats defected from the party to vote for Reagan. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z And when he proved he mattered, she would miss him, he knew. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z The tape of Nixon and his staff plotting to use the CIA to block the FBI’s investigation of the Watergate break-in proved to be the smoking gun prosecutors were looking for. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Other people came out to hug him, to rub his body in disbelief as though the sand-pouring had still not proved to them that he was not a ghost. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She proved to us that she was down for us, so now we had to be down for her. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z An ash staff that had seen service as a candle-snuffer proved to be ideal. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The boy’s murder and the “rescue” proved to be a valuable finale. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Armor and equipment proved heavy in the midday sun. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Hadn’t he proved his intelligence by finding a new way to run a maze? Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I think he proved he was Gifted and Talented.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z I'd been raised with the impression that it took a certain amount of know-how to get by in New York, but a surprising number of our customers proved me wrong. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z A methodology that has proved useful involves the comparative method and so-called natural experiments. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But this lull proved to be short-lived and came to an abrupt end one morning in September. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Procne, the elder of the two, was married to Tereus of Thrace, a son of Ares, who proved to have inherited all his father’s detestable qualities. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not until the time of Louis Pasteur, two centuries later, that Huygens’ speculation was proved correct. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The expertise at distillation that medieval Islamic alchemists developed to produce alcohols and perfumes also let them distill petroleum into fractions, some of which proved to be even more powerful incendiaries. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Whatever the spur, the lure of the violin proved irresistible, and predominantly German piffari wind bands were soon surpassed by predominantly Italian violin consorts. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z She and me shared a birthday now, for I was reborn as Isabel Gardener and that paper proved it. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z But the white man’s “secret” spy often proved, first of all, a black man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The Nazis suppressed the information, but it proved difficult to keep the mass murders a secret. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z After I had proved what needed to be proved—after I’d had the chance to explain it—he would understand. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Thus the category ‘discovery’ proved to be capable of disseminating across the various local cultures of Renaissance Europe, but it did not fare well elsewhere. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The blast proved the feasibility of a controlled thermonuclear device so decisively that Teller claimed paternity immediately, wiring back to Los Alamos, “It’s a boy.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z And, he realized, if Phil Resch had proved out android, I could have killed him without feeling anything, anyhow after Luba’s death. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z But that way of life proved itself wrong and strangled itself with its own hands. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z He wouldn’t ever trust me until I proved myself otherwise—and after my slip in messing up the color of the SUV, that was likely to be half past never. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He forces his horse through the flames and wakens Brynhild, who gives herself to him joyfully because he has proved his valor in reaching her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z When I opened my eyes, I found myself in a dusty, unused room that proved to be a large wardrobe. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But the AEC’s dream of thermonuclear research blooming via a collegial relationship between Los Alamos and Livermore proved chimerical. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z His clear remorse proved his salvation from a full twenty-day suspension. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z With everyone’s thoughts on the stranger waking up from her coma, it proved easy. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z So he had noticedl To her pride, she had proved to be a natural sailor. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The sound of wheels and hooves receding over the second bridge proved, she supposed, that her brother knew the meaning of distance and professional respect. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The scrap lumber he sent me to look at behind his shop proved to be a stack of beautiful tongue-and-groove pine boards. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z When she received pictures of the most recent fashions in the mail, they only proved that she had not been wrong about the models that she designed herself and sewed on Amaranta’s primitive pedal machine. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Only that proved she was made of flesh and blood like me. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Father told me it was once the home of the astronomer Copernicus, who proved that the earth rotated around the sun. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It proved relatively easy, actually, because for the first time in several days, he had no distractions. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Enjoying the movie proved to be harder than I expected. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The Duke’s Daughter paid the butcher’s bill, A Phantom Hand put down a new carpet, and the Curse of the Coventrys proved the blessing of the Marches in the way of groceries and gowns. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The ocean proved to be a treasure chest. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t see anyone but Sarai, bright in his mind, laughing, beautiful, and alive—as though picturing her that way proved that she was. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “She is innocent, my Elizabeth,” said I, “and that shall be proved; fear nothing, but let your spirits be cheered by the assurance of her acquittal.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z “A group of scientists told you that my genes were damaged, that there was something wrong with me—they showed you test results that proved it. And even I started to believe it.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z This time the prey proved to be a pair of galleys, long and sleek and fast. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He had thought that it was healed, but the forced journey over the downs had evidently proved too much for the muscle torn by the shotgun pellets. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The lovely Soledad proved herself to be the most brilliant student in the whole school. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But Memory Charms can be broken by a powerful wizard, as I proved when I questioned her. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Words to cover your fear at being proved a coward, Fenris Wolf. You are afraid to be tied with this silken ribbon. No need for more explanations.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I was unworthy to unite the Deathly Hallows, I had proved it time and again, and here was final proof.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It was Galileo’s secretary, Evangelista Torricelli, who proved that this wasn’t true—by creating the first vacuum. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It did not work in the third game, nor the fourth, nor the fifth, which proved to be their last. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The axiom that a man is innocent until proved guilty by a court of law has been flagrantly ignored once again in the State of Mississippi. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Unpopular with the majority of Americans, it had proved too expensive to enforce. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Only one answer, that all the planets shine by reflected light, proved robust and stable. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Among those 23, barley and emmer wheat proved to be the best by many criteria. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Spaulding proved more than equal to the task; his business sense rivaled that of Buck Duke. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Then he tried a coffee can with a money slot in its plastic lid, which also proved too tempting. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Mama proved just the opposite from efficient, organized Daddy. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Politicians would sometimes say provocative things—such as that his exoneration just proved the system works—which irritated and angered me. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Walter was not the first person to be released from death row after being proved innocent. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But, as has happened many times before, the king proved himself wiser than me. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Our hour on the lagoon last evening proved the crown of a charming day,” she wrote. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She’d said it wasn’t anything personal and after I had proved myself for two or three months I could get a proper cloth sheet, but until then she had to protect her mattress. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z And it was open in the passage, as a quick peek from the foyer proved—open and bright as day. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Unless she proved to be someone who had changed her name because of marriage or some other legal procedure, she would be new to Epiphany Middle School. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z But when he tried to pull the handle, the gate proved too heavy to move. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Like the cosmic censorship conjecture, it has not been proved but there are reasons to believe it is true. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I insisted, in fact I thought I proved, that it didn’t. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z To create one nation has proved to be a hideously difficult task; there is certainly no need now to create two, one black and one white. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z ‘And mayhap in this time shall the old saw be proved truer than ever before since men spoke with mouth.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z As a woman who pursued sport professionally in hijab, I proved that being a modest Muslim woman and being active were not mutually exclusive. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z They proved themselves up to the challenge, though. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “She knows the lawyer is absent and her cause cannot be proved. The sooner I’m rid of her, the better.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ere many days,” I said, as I terminated my musings, “I will know something of him whose voice seemed last night to summon me. Letters have proved of no avail—personal inquiry shall replace them.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Of them all he was foremost, as was proved by the extraordinary fact that poets report, that when Zeus wished to use his thunderbolt, it was Pegasus who brought the thunder and lightning to him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Next she began seeking out cross-class marriages, which proved a different exercise in journalistic frustration. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z An exchange followed with Bunderson, who bored in on whether this could be proved and what was the basis of the proof, especially considering that Dr. Strayer had not completed his study. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z In the same sense that our judicial system presumes us to be innocent until proved guilty, a medical-care system may work best if it starts with the presumption that most people are healthy. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Remarkably, the phenomenon was proved in 1997 when physicists at the University of Geneva sent photons seven miles in opposite directions and demonstrated that interfering with one provoked an instantaneous response in the other. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It's not that Peeta's soft exactly, and he's proved he's not a coward. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The San Jose recruiting station proved he knew his way about. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Squirrels proved to be a virtually irresistible source of provocation. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z This, unfortunately, proved his undoing, for one day he was visited by the sons of Othere, the man who discovered the North Cape. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z The wound proved to be incurable and finally Zeus permitted Chiron to die rather than live forever in pain. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now that he’s proved Mercer doesn’t exist it’s very important to watch him. I drive a truck for the Van Ness Pet Hospital, which is owned by Mr. Hannibal S-S-Sloat.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z But, as so often happens in stories, animals proved kinder than humans. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It proved that the creature had indeed turned almost directly to the left, perpendicular to the path. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The bed, when assembled, proved to be an old-fashioned twin with bed knobs, the kind Goldilocks might have slept in. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “He proved to be a trustworthy person,” Perry once said of the Cowboy. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He is a good salesman, and when his bosses gave him some managerial duties, he proved to be good at those as well. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The rancher swore that he had etched a cross on his bullet, and that proved that the old woman was a witch, and so he was let free. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In the past several weeks, Adina had learned to take that fall, and these girls had proved to her that you could still trust in the world, that there was good among the bad. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Galileo’s first venture into astronomy was to insist that parallax measurements proved that the nova of 1604 was in the heavens, and this was still an argument of fundamental importance to him in 1632. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z This prediction proved correct, for not long afterward Wells collected both the reward and a parole. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Trailing freely in the water, it proved irresistibly attractive to fish, and even more so when seaweed started growing on it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I asked this of the dark boy who had said earlier, at the table, that the white man’s actions proved him to be a devil. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Reggie and his team felt there was no basis for these charges—texting hadn’t caused this wreck and, regardless, it couldn’t be proved. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Jasmine lifts one eyebrow with a little smile, as if we just proved her boys are immature point before she turns off and heads down the hall with Camille and Breanna, toward the cafeteria. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z There was something extra that had to be proved, a burden this particular war placed on him, and if he would not carry it, who would? Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The stairs proved to be too broken to manage. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z This was the thirty-five-second segment that, Luce insisted, proved out his theory that gender identity is established early on in life. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Her reclusiveness proved no barrier to the county's continued efforts to market her literary classic—or to market itself by using the book's celebrity. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Audrey proved she could hold a grudge like no one else. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z She felt better, however, when she got home and caught sight of the little white paper on the table that proved Hermilio had sent the letter as he had promised. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z A group of men had harnessed themselves to a fire wagon that held a large tank of water, but one of the wheels broke and it proved too heavy to drag. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “These two girls proved that in their Yaks they could fight the men in the more sophisticated aircraft,” Mariya said. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z However that might be, it was proved later that there was still magic in its wood. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z ‘Today we have proved that Salim couldn’t have stayed in his capsule after it came down and he couldn’t have come out hiding under somebody’s else’s clothes.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The men around her were already asleep, and again she had been proved an idiot. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Four years of loyal, dangerous service to the Confederacy had proved that. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “So she’s not a real teacher!” said Julian, as if that proved his point. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z He received nothing from Fortune but the opportunity, for as the citizens of Syracuse were oppressed, they elected him as their captain, and from that rank he proved himself worthy of becoming their prince. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z My day of rest had proved far from restful, nor did I get much rest that night. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I was, of course, wrong; yet I had learned something about Gethenians which in the long run proved to be useful knowledge. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The report from Lawrence’s panel proved suitably skeptical about monitoring. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The Company had no sooner warmed to Miss Whitlaw than other demons proved just how malicious they could be. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Constitutional amendments guaranteeing African Americans “equal protection of the laws” and the right to vote proved as impotent as the Emancipation Proclamation once a white backlash against Reconstruction gained steam. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Always suspect an ing word of dangling if it’s near the front of a sentence; consider it guilty until proved innocent. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I attended to all the ghastly formalities, and the urbane undertaker proved that his staff were afflicted—or blessed—with something of his own obsequious suavity. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Ultimately these setbacks proved to be minor ones for Burnham and Root. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The work proved harder than expected, but the Soviets were commendably persistent. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z No story proved this fact better than the account of what the heroes suffered who sailed in the ship Argo to find the Golden Fleece. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “She was a good soldier. Good woman. This kid Frank proved his stuff tonight. Happy late birthday, kid. Time you stepped up to a real man’s weapon.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z To Francie’s relief, he ran down straight and not sidewise which proved that he was still sober. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It proved a fatal interview for the latter, who many months afterward gave this account of it to a friend: “Mr. Dam- eron said, ‘Now, Lee, I’ve known you all your life. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z These efforts to cope with human environment have proved a far greater challenge than the earlier struggle with nature. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Working wild hogs was always exciting and generally proved to be a lot of fun. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z No one seemed to notice the change in her appearance, which proved, Henry said, that she was vain as a peacock, thinking everybody was looking at her all the time. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z But after photographs of the 1919 total eclipse showed that light bent as it passed the sun, the facts proved without a doubt that Einstein was right! Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z During the next few years I developed new mathematical techniques to remove this and other technical conditions from the theorems that proved that singularities must occur. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z From time to time I peered into the crack but couldn’t gauge anything of its depth for the swirling smoke, which proved to be disagreeably acrid and sulphurous when the breeze pushed it over me. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z That proved shuttered too, but opened quick enough at the knight’s shout. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Galileo was the first to turn Archimedes’ account of how bodies float into a theory to be tested with an experimental apparatus; at which point the theory proved incomplete. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A third stage involved fruit trees that proved much harder to cultivate, including apples, pears, plums, and cherries. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They had no documents that proved they were human beings, and they were silent, stubborn, and inscrutable. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z You have successfully completed my literary challenge and have proved yourself a master of riddles, puzzles, and navigating San Francisco and its rich literary history. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He told Jason that he bore no grudge against brave men and that if they proved themselves such he would give the Fleece to them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z To Thomas’s surprise, the spot in which the rocks disappeared proved only to be a few feet square. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I proved to be just as dumb when it came to school. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Separating the healthy from the sick had proved impractical as well. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The fourth and fifth games almost proved to him that he was experiencing some decline, or an accumulation of rust: He lost both. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Kaz said if I proved myself I could join the Dregs when I was ready. And I did. But I didn’t take the tattoo.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The exposition proved unable to hold the Black City at bay for very long. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z But the woodchuck proved to be a mistake. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z But the euphoria proved to be short lived. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Felicia remembers how when she was in grammar school the paraphernalia of faith had proved more intriguing than its overwrought lessons. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Their eyes, language and customs belied the white skin and proved to their dark successors that since they didn’t have to be feared, neither did they have to be considered. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The second thing he learned about himself, as if the night in the Maze hadn’t proved it already, was that his body was in perfect shape. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Equatorial Africa’s tsetse flies, carrying trypanosomes to which native African wild mammals are resistant, proved devastating to introduced Eurasian and North African species of livestock. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Duer was the epitome of the enterprising speculator whom he trusted and who ultimately proved untrustworthy. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The state had not proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the crime the defendant had been charged with had in fact occurred. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z But it proved to be a good deal more difficult to forget him than I had anticipated, mostly because I had been moved up into Rav Gershenson’s Talmud class where Danny’s presence was always felt. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Hannah ‘felt in her bones’ that it was going to be an unusually fine day, and she proved herself a true prophetess, for everybody and everything seemed bound to produce a grand success. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of the twelve passengers in that coach, nine have been proved to have had a connection with the Armstrong case. What next, I ask you? Or, should I say, who next?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z He proved his worth as a spy almost immediately, with detailed descriptions of Russia's latest missile systems, the location of missile batteries in Eastern Europe, and technical details about missile launching pads and fuel supplies. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Normal cake production proved out of the question. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Walking a straight line proved to be impossible. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z What is striking about these intellectual tools and cultural values is that they have proved to have a history quite unlike that of paradigms. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It read: “Although the Bears failed to overtake the veteran Husky varsity ... in that last heartbreaking drive they proved that they were headed for the Olympic Games of 1936.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Despite the fact that he was now our closest living relative, he was the last person I wanted to see—a busybody who had once proved to me he was not to be trusted. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z These were, he proved, identical to the sugar obtained from cane. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z A deep-fried bean burrito, the bufriedo proved beyond the shadow of a doubt that frying always improves a food. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Now, supposing you tell me what you proved. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, he knew that his very presence in a maximum-security prison likely proved his guilt in the minds of all who worked at the facility. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Thus, he proved the Great Escalator Trade was possible. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Even this amount of education proved distasteful to the Nationalists. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It proved so contentious that Darwin withdrew it from the third edition of the book. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “I thought it might be the way you proved your knowledge of the material and moved to a more advanced class,” I said innocently. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Tag had proved to be a good constable. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He cleared his throat and declared that new Government statistics proved last year's alfalfa harvest had set a record for the decade. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z “So!” said Gaunt triumphantly, as though he had just proved a complicated point beyond all possible dispute. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z In the days that followed, the Putnam proved herself with flying colors. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “But this last week you have proved me wrong. You haven’t spared yourself, Katherine. Our own daughter couldn’t have done more.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “Zeta-1’s upgraded download from the Collective proved fatiguing. That is all,” he says confidently. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z At least I proved that a girl can run in sandals and a salwar. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Townsend proved his loyalty to the British not only by writing for the Gazette but also by becoming a partner with Rivington in a coffee shop. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Arthur proved that he was not quite done, by lifting his head. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But time proved Mrs. Weston a bit too optimistic. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Fortunately, it proved emetic; and her stomach having rejected all that she had swallowed, she was restored to health, though her recovery was for some time doubtful. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But in all the stories they play an unimportant part except in the account of Castor’s death, when Pollux proved his brotherly devotion. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The Perkins team would have proved they could beat the best tennis team in the state, and everyone would go home safely. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He felt irritable; office gossip annoyed him because it always proved better than the truth. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Remember, it was the State that proved that the drugstore wasn't clear. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z She also argued that their sudden release proved that their sentences had been unjust. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z As Royal Brougham had predicted back in June, rumors of his demise had proved premature, much to the relief of Joe and the other boys. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Even if I proved not to be very useful, he could always sell me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z So they’d had Lexie first, in 1980, then Trip the next year and Moody the year after that, and Mrs. Richardson had secretly been proud of how fertile her body had proved, how resilient. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Despite generations of effort, this proved illusory, because dip and deviation change unpredictably over time. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “You have only proved by this,” cried Elizabeth, “that Mr. Bingley did not do justice to his own disposition. You have shown him off now much more than he did himself.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Few men could have successfully followed Abraham Lincoln as president, but Andrew Johnson proved particularly inept. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Thanks mainly to Daniel Burnham the city had proved it could accomplish something marvelous against obstacles that by any measure should have humbled the builders. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z God, angels, and extraterrestrials have yet to come to our assistance; yet more and more phenomena have proved explicable by the dim reason of human beings. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Yeah, that was kinda psycho. Couple of Gladers had a theory that other things had disappeared, but we proved ’em wrong. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z This proved that accepting a gift just led to trouble. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “There’s improvement, there’s constant improvement. Gandhi proved it’s the only weapon that can win against violence.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She had proved that by finding Tormund where seasoned rangers of the Watch had failed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "There is more of Rhaegar in you, I think, but even Rhaegar could be slain. Robert proved that on the Trident, with no more than a warhammer. Even dragons can die." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Hundreds more have been released after being proved innocent of noncapital crimes through DNA testing. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “That proved to be an unnecessary precaution. The judges’ final decision was unanimous.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z In small cut-off communities such a man is always regarded with suspicion until he has proved he is no danger to the others. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The talks proved to be critical, for they built on the foundation established in the Record of Understanding. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It's not clear who decided to put both Myers and McMillian on death row before trial to create additional pressure, but it was a nearly unprecedented maneuver that proved very effective. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Black had proved twelve years ago that he didn’t mind murdering innocent people, and this time he had been facing five unharmed boys, four of whom were asleep. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z James Garfield, he wrote, 'proved a traitor to the men that made him, and thereby imperiled the life of the Republic.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z In some Canadian forests a virus that affects pine sawflies has proved so effective in control that it has replaced insecticides. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z What he had done last night had proved that. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Little girl!”—the very words he had used to Lucy, and oh, but he proved himself a friend! Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z But Bachpere was involved in a keyboard innovation that proved equally important to the history of music as the invention of the piano. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Alex stood at attention, as though his posture proved he wasn’t the sort who would ever wander off. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z According to Burr, the immediate incident only proved that Hamilton’s libelous ways were incorrigible. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Had it been at all possible we would have gone, but it proved beyond our power. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Geography didn’t catch up to Eratosthenes until true oceangoing ships proved his calculations directly, almost two thousand years after he was born. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Any deity who demanded them was thereby proved to be evil, and, as the poet Euripides said, “If gods do evil then they are not gods.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z His fatherly affection was not strong, as events proved, but his fear of the gods was. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can read that?” he questioned, with the same amazement he had shown when she had proved she could swim. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, whether this proved to their advantage or not depended on whether the prince knew how to maintain his reputation with the soldiers. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Maybe God had proved merciful to someone who loved Him so much. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z The receipt proved that something called blood candy had been purchased, but nothing more than that. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The prediction that the end of the war would send Hampton Roads into an economic downturn proved incorrect. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “I believe she’s fainted again. Unfortunately, she had to witness the disciplining of some unruly slaves, and it proved a bit much for her. See to her, will you, old fellow?” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve been trained to defend myself against an attack like that, as I think I proved during the street brawl when I was arrested. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z She married a man who soon left her; that man became a myth; and then that myth returned home and proved to be just a man after all. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It bet, in effect, on England rather than France as the hegemonic European power of the future, which proved prophetic. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It was the most troubling argument in Greece: Zeno had proved the impossible. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In the end, Joe McCormick had been right about the Ebola Reston virus: it had not proved to be highly infectious in people. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But the chain reaction had been proved—humans now knew they could release the enormous power locked inside atoms. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z To understand its effect on birds one need only remember that in laboratory experiments on quail dieldrin has proved to be about 50 times as poisonous as DDT. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It took them most of the morning and proved to Doon that the city was in even worse shape than he’d suspected. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Maintaining the campaign after Christmas proved more difficult, however, and in February it was called off. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Gloria’s father was rarely home in the daytime except on Sunday—today, for instance—and when he was, he proved a genial and understanding person. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z But when I found it, this new road proved, if anything, more desolate than the one I had left. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He said the columns and the potted palm proved that. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I think we’ve proved that the old man couldn’t have heard the boy say, “I’m going to kill you,” but supposing— 10TH JUROR: You didn’t prove it at all. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’d hypothesized it for a while, and the vet proved my theory two weeks ago,” I said. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z For hours and hours he sang these folk songs he had picked up over there; really significant songs that proved my theory that music should basically be an instrument of social protest and expression. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Ron told me it was going to be a busy day, which I knew already, and then he proved it by giving me a long list of things to do to prepare for the rendezvous. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But each rumor proved to be false and did nothing but add to the already intolerable anxiety and suspense my father and I were feeling as we read the papers and listened to the radio. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The morning’s meeting with Detective Gaskill proved to me that the police are taking me seriously. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I said, “The brotherhood! The people of all races, colors, from all over the world coming together as one! It has proved to me the power of the One God. ” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The adjutant general wrote to Tom’s captain, saying that Tom had “proved an excellent officer” and that he would “regret to see him quit the service.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “The operation proved ” “I do not want to talk about it,” I said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Maybe it proved I had a little bit of machismo in me after all. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “Over Our Dead Bodies” was a dynamic slogan, but it proved as much a hindrance as a help. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I told him that what he said only proved how little he understood about me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought it was a lure and so it proved to be, for suddenly they ran toward him. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z They proved that the store did not even sell the sausages she was carrying. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I was young and able, as my exams had proved. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z During his first year in the factory, he proved it to himself and to his coworkers in a confrontation with another sewing machine repairman. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Mercy worried about this indulgence, which had begun by accident on the second day, and proved such a success that she had weakly allowed it to continue. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Out of the shadows a ladder was let down: it was made of rope, silver-grey and glimmering in the dark, and though it looked slender it proved strong enough to bear many men. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Thus, Kepler’s point at infinity proved that parabolas and ellipses are actually the same thing. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Without expertise, I fear, which might have proved fatal.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z 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 The terrible incident at the dance proved it. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It proved necessary that we strangle the ducks, which was not pleasant work, though requisite; we brought away two bags of them. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I perceived no walls, no ceiling, no floor, yet that I was alive proved that some kind of barriers protected me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Trying to position Boots inside it proved tricky. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Whatever bow they carried, all of Balaq’s men were sharp-eyed, seasoned veterans who had proved their worth in a hundred battles, raids, and skirmishes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The horse had proved fairly useful as a stakes horse, but he was an incorrigible rogue at the starting gate. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Unable to escape the main body of hornets, they had been stung so many times it had proved fatal. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z In this particular instance the medicine had proved ineffective; there wasn’t enough enamel left to hook a string on, and the prayers were being ignored because the Balancing Angel was blocking their passage. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought it circular at first, but it proved to be eight-sided, a good thirty feet in height, and three times that in breadth. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Archaeologists exploring Madagascar have now proved that Austronesians had arrived at least by A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Having to fall back would be worse than just accepting my fate now and hopping forward if I proved to be as good a student as I had convinced Mr. Grant I was. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The registrar, when presented with Mrs. Richardson’s credentials and told she was verifying some facts for a story, proved to be extremely helpful. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He could send a man up after it, but the monkeys seemed to like that game and had proved themselves more agile than his crew. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z If only I had not wondered about my sister Ulape, where she was, and if the marks she had drawn upon her cheeks had proved magical. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z But then everyone thought I was insane to get involved with a married man, let alone a married man whose wife was highly unstable, and I’ve proved them wrong on that one. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z And, I thought, clutching the play book to my chest, if that one proved to be Falconer, then what would become of me? The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z It’s not as if we can go somewhere else; the disasters on the moon and Mars colonies proved that. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z This ribbon of ice led straight up for three hundred feet, and if the ice proved substantial enough to support the picks of my ice axes, the route might be feasible. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A discarded pork bone, still redolent with fat, proved too much to resist. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Two of the assassins further proved it with easy, skilled shots. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Slughorn proved much more persuadable than I had expected. Harry’s doing, of course. Ah, hello, Nymphadora!”Harry looked around and saw that Mrs. Weasley was not alone, despite the lateness of the hour. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He hadn’t taken the bait at first, just walked on, but finally the quiet proved too much for him. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Even were his claim proved to me, still he comes but of the line of Isildur. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The South Side proved the justice of the indictment; the state of the world proved the justice of the indictment. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Which only proved that we’d picked exactly the right person to be president. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “Ideology,” then, had provided Jefferson with a politically attractive pro-French platform, which had turned out to have enormous rhetorical advantages no matter how wrong it proved in reality. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Theresa’s lashes caught at the corners of her lids; and as she closed her door and began to undress, something about removing her layers and hanging them up proved too much to bear. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Far from being a worthy goal, however, colorblindness has proved catastrophic for African Americans. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Yet again, ‘false conclusions are drawn from false principles,’ though at least he does not claim to have tried the method and proved that it works., The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z They aimed for the Colosseum because that was an easy landmark, but getting there proved harder than Percy anticipated. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Unexpectedly, the quizzes proved wildly popular, though not in the spirit the sponsors might have hoped. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The next morning proved that hope was vain. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Yet we still must have a Warden of the East. If Robert Arryn will not do, name one of your brothers. Stannis proved himself at the siege of Storm's End, surely." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But the telephoned bomb-threats which had begun shortly after noon made necessary two evacuations of the funeral home for bomb-squad searches, which proved futile. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I proved to the nonbelievers that they were wrong. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z A bunch of lights publicized the New Motel, which proved to be, as the travelers neared it, an impressive compound consisting of bungalows, a garage, a restaurant, and a cocktail lounge. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Look: It can be proved by observing the motion of objects in the universe that wherever you are is the precise center. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z If Jan said that they had not been drinking it could be proved that they had been drinking by folks in the cafe. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z So the trader was obtaining wild monkeys from the Sese Islands, and if the animals proved to be sick, he was releasing them again on another island somewhere near Entebbe. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And she might receive some satisfaction that her prediction had proved correct. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed that in this case Apollo’s words had been proved to be false. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z What you managed with her proved many times over that it was in fact I who was in error. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z They all swung their hands toward me, dapping me as Coach continued, "You proved that you can get it if you want it. Now get back on the line." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z On closer examination the horn had proved cracked, and even after he had cleaned all the dirt out, Jon had been unable to get any sound from it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I would tell them that the Border Patrol officer had made a mistake thinking I was here illegally, that once I proved to him I was born in Colton, California, he let me back in. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The gunshot had been fatal, Bliss testified, and the autopsy proved Garfield had no chance of surviving. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z His rules proved a real source of aggravation for me. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Until I proved to myself that I could overpower my father. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z However, his misgivings proved correct, because his father was callous and cruel to the workers, forcing them to labor under harsh conditions from morning to night. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z His situation wasn’t improved when the authorities at the seminary decided to put him on a three-quarter salary until he proved his worth. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z He proved good as his word when a rawboned major from Minnesota curled his lip in rebellious disavowal and demanded his share of the syndicate Milo kept saying everybody owned. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The king’s Asian empire, alas, proved even more ephemeral than Alexander’s: within six months all his appointed governors were deposed, and Seleucus II was crowned in Babylon. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Mia had already proved herself to be a liar and capable of more lies. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And I have proved as bad a father to him as you were to me. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Our oarsmen were so fresh, by dint of having occasionally let her drive with the tide for a minute or two, that a quarter of an hour’s rest proved full as much as they wanted. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t say it proved anything. 8TH JUROR: You said it revealed a motive for the killing. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z And she might receive some satisfaction that her prediction had proved correct. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Jon Arryn had told them that a commander needs a good battlefield voice, and Robert had proved the truth of that on the Trident. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Five were in the first bag—they proved to be the hardest to get—and the bag was tied tightly with cord I found in the kitchen drawer. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Moreover, Brown’s measurement technique proved finicky in the extreme and needed much refinement. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z She hated having to admit this since such an admission proved, no doubt, the boy gang's point that she didn't belong here. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Mark Antony’s Parthian expedition proved to be a disaster. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “Secretary of War Stanton apparently feels that, and I quote: ‘the slave has proved his manhood.’” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z An aggressive antibreeding area campaign was launched and once again proved to be highly successful. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Over the past few years, when people had prefaced something they were about to say with “there’s something I want to talk to you about,” it proved to be nothing he wanted to talk about. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z But Terry is stupid, so quoderat demonstrandum, which is Latin for which is the thing that was going to be proved, which means thus it is proved. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z John Milton proved fruitful in still one more respect. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The wood from the tatajuba tree proved to be too hard and heavy, and its lack of buoyancy contributed to the canoe’s demise. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Hampden had assembled a crack team which—like one of those commando forces in the movies, made up of desperate fugitives, men with freedom to gain and nothing to lose—proved virtually invincible. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z On the other hand, the Prince had proved a much more effective teacher than Snape so far. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z She’d pull out an old scarf that would fall to pieces in her hands, or open a box that proved to be full of bent carpet tacks. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Such worm holes in space, a little like those in an apple, have been seriously suggested, although they have by no means been proved to exist. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It proved almost unfairly easy to finish it—now that he knew about his time as a Dumper, the formula as he had it was very close to accurate. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z You have successfully completed my literary challenge and have proved yourself a master of riddles, puzzles, and navigating San Francisco and its rich literary history. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z To my surprise, I proved myself wrong because the book indeed came to life. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z But her gender proved to be a disadvantage, and Froelick had to work as a secretary for more than a year before Warner Brothers promoted her to writer. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z If what you want is to be proved my son, my fears for you are proof enough that I am your father.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z As public education expanded in the South, North Carolina legislators proved adept at giving blacks equal educational opportunities on paper while funneling most state resources to white students. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The boy proved to have a severe case of test anxiety. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Her sweaters, which she had imagined quite bulky, proved in fact to be flat and few. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t even try to hide them, which only proved his point. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Invisible, incorporeal, insubstantial as a murmur, Sarai slipped into their dreams, and what she discovered there, in the hours that followed, proved that the strangers were far from ridiculous. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z One of the problems, ironically, was that there were too many observations, which when brought together often proved contradictory and impossible to resolve. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z So Baba proved them all wrong by not only running his own business but becoming one of the richest merchants in Kabul. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He proved that last night on the sidewalk. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The smith, this fabled Hammer, proved to be a ffeakish-looking hulk with a left arm that appeared twice as thick as his right. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He was, of course, much smarter than I gave him credit for, and he eventually proved his intelligence by breaking up with me. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z A humble and a contrite heart proved to have benefits over and beyond cleansing the soul of sin. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A packet wrapped in brown paper and tied with a bit of calico proved to hold girlish bits of fabric. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z They had heard of her strange fame as a prophetess whom no one ever believed and yet whose prophecies were always proved true by the event. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But to a generation of writers after Wharton that structure—the lives and mores of the rich, the wellborn, and the climbers—proved endlessly diverting. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “You impertinent boy! Of course I’m not,” exclaimed Sallie, with an air that proved the contrary. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The principle seemed obvious, but the actual experiment proved mysteriously daunting. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The second call proved to be that needed nudge. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Verwoerd had proved to be both the chief theorist and master builder of grand apartheid. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She been trying to get fired from Smart Aid all summer, and it had proved next to impossible. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I decided to make some coffee, to warm us up, and the stove proved equally temperamental. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z She sensed his glee at having proved her right, and became a little more retiring. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He tried taking a nap, but the noise proved too distracting. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Luma had an announcement that proved she planned to practice what she had been preaching. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z That the Count’s arrangements were well made, has been proved. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z This made her scream even louder, but her screams proved useless, as she still was unable to gain the attention of a single child. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z But it proved impossible to divorce one cycle from the other. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z The step in question proved to be as solid and unmoving as its counterparts. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The Long Branch trail, when we reached it, descended steeply through bowed pines—too steeply, it seemed to me, to come back up if the trail proved impassable, and it looked as if it might. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He never went to church, which Bailey and I thought also proved he was a very courageous person. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He said that the words on the spider’s web proved that human beings must always be on the watch for the coming of wonders. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Alvarez’s own record, he argued, proved that the lab had reached the optimum balance between work on the cyclotron and work with the cyclotron. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It swung from a wire that was sixty-seven meters long; because its trajectory changed over time, he explained, it proved beyond all doubt that the earth rotated. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Not long afterward, Williams was proved to be a fraud. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She had helped Shadd cook and clean game as well, and soon proved that she could hunt as well as any. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Longitude proved to be a harder puzzle to solve. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Any excuse—even an accusation that could not be proved—was enough. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z The voice in the dark had proved not to be supernatural, but the reality was frightening enough. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, but seriously. It was never exactly proved that Lancelot is dead.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “He proved an alibi and he’s free. Tell me, did he leave you holding the bag?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Sharks, on the other hand, had not yet proved to be dangerous. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Half an hour later, the only thing outside that proved not to be frozen was the sun. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The fact that Roosevelt had lived another day, and was now sitting in a canoe with his fang-bitten boot looking for wildlife, proved it. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z There Kelvin proved himself such a prodigy that he was admitted to Glasgow University at the exceedingly tender age of ten. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The house—for the most part designed by Mr. Clutter, who thereby proved himself a sensible and sedate, if not notably decorative, architect—had been built in 1948 for forty thousand dollars. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z But I am also generally opposed to Lacey Pemberton—and in the end, that proved to be the more deeply held conviction. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Trout believed in things like that, was greedy to have their existence proved. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The combination of the northern winter and early rising proved too much for Descartes’s comfort-loving body. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Her suspicion had proved right—at top speed, there hadn’t been much warning. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z When an informal examination proved that she had memorized the orders, she was given the Oklahoma papers to read. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z When he inquired whether I had dined, I asked him to serve me with a sandwich in my room, which proved a perfectly satisfactory option as far as supper was concerned. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Once again, they proved that justice doesn’t mean the bad guys go to jail, it just means someone pays for the crime. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z After the snack, the kid proved himself as good a mind reader as a cook. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘I was delayed,’ said Gandalf, ‘and that nearly proved our ruin. And yet I am not sure: it may have been better so.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The Polish army, no matter its bravery, proved unable to stop the flood of German soldiers who had crossed into Poland and quickly moved east. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z It was so steep and overhung that it proved impossible to climb out of it again, either forwards or backwards, without leaving their ponies and their baggage behind. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “I know it don’t look like much. Claim shacks never do. After you get proved up, you can work on a proper house.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Her accuser recanted after he was struck with mysterious boils. Some said these proved his charges, while others said they were God’s punishment for his wicked lies.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z 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 His acceptance proved essential, since my trust in people had been so badly damaged in my early years. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The potatoes proved that all too well, as did the wood shavings, which Father collected in a bucket and brought downstairs to burn. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The new tests proved what Thyon already knew—not what he understood or believed, but what he knew, in the way that a man who falls on his face knows the ground. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It proved to be a bony, underfed, and dispirited animal; but it did not look like dying just yet. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Hazel, with a delightful sense of having been proved right by events, set to work on a patch of clover. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And Bertha Jorkins, who might have ruined all, proved instead to be a gift beyond my wildest dreams ... for — with a little persuasion — she became a veritable mine of information. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Despite his loyalty to Lawrence, Alvarez proved to be more pliable to the AEC chairman’s haranguing. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Bush proved to be a capable president, and the women successfully managed the meeting on their own. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The chaplain’s pilgrimage to Winter- green had proved abortive; another shrine was empty. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z At last she knew that her lie to Agnes had proved all too true. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z In a fit of bluster, he proclaimed, “I make bold to say that every particular allegation in the indictment has been proved.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thus you see,” he wrote to Julia, “that I have proved upon my own body that the yellow fever when treated in the new way, is no more than a common cold.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z He handed over his wand, which was proved at once to have been used to kill the Riddles. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Crouching on all fours, Matthias forced his way into the hole which proved to be another tunnel. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z In the early 1900s, Carrel’s chicken-heart cells supposedly proved that all cells had the potential for immortality. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Most people released from prison after being proved innocent receive no money, no assistance, no counseling—nothing from the state that wrongly imprisoned them. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But the telephone proved to be so popular that soon everyone had to have one. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The twenties have proved to be perilous years. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z To the Prime Minister’s dismay, however, the portrait had proved impossible to remove. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It was the first thing I owned that proved I exist. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I am leaving and I won’t be back until I have proved something important. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It proved to him that his friends knew he was well off. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He knew, or he could imagine, the arguments which proved his own nonexistence; but they were nonsense, they were only a play on words. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She proved to be a good layer and an even better setter. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “And at last Breca beat you, much stronger than you were. He proved his boast against you—for what it may be worth.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z This proved, by the way, another thing about the rings which Uncle Andrew hadn’t told Digory because he didn’t know it himself. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z But the Navajo proved especially resilient and able to deal selectively with innovation. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He first worked for Holmes as a common laborer but soon proved to possess a talent that Holmes found particularly valuable. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Even elements, Rutherford had proved, were not particularly elemental. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Bessie supplied the hiatus by a homily of an hour’s length, in which she proved beyond a doubt that I was the most wicked and abandoned child ever reared under a roof. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He proved that he could stand up under pressure and in spite of the severe emotional strain he must have been under, he was able to pull it out. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The rooms upstairs proved rather less than grand, however, particularly the cheap ones up on the fourth floor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z On every other continent as well, certain native societies have proved very receptive, adopted foreign ways and technology selectively, and integrated them successfully into their own society. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It remains to be proved; Estraven and I proved nothing except perhaps a rather subtler point. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z But advantages wear out; she needed a new struggle, another opportunity to show those who might gossip that she had still another unfortunate burden which proved that, above all else, she was a Christian woman. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The Holtons had been there when their children were sick; had comforted them when these illnesses proved mortal. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Here, my pursuit proved harder, for he moved faster than before, turning this way and that, almost as if he knew I might be on his heels. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “Ha!” he cried as if he had proved something to himself. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The evidence confirmed his innocence and Mr. Hinton became the 152nd person in America exonerated and proved innocent after having been wrongly convicted and sentenced to death. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I believe the little car had a taste for mischief but I can't be certain, as both the movie and the afternoon proved unremarkable and have faded from my memory. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z When Smith proved more welcoming, the reporters virtually moved into Barn 43, forcing the trainer to wade through them to get to his horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The American victory at Saratoga proved to be a turning point in the war, for it convinced France to come to the aid of America. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He could not furnish the “proof” we would demand today, but modern research methods have now isolated the deadly chemical in soot and proved the correctness of his perception. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z As it happened, he proved to be extremely adept at getting his name into print and his mug on the telly. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z But the demands of simultaneously running Base Camp and meeting the medical needs of some twenty-five people in a remote, high- altitude environment proved to be more than she’d bargained for. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Because it didn't kill him, the cap had proved edible and would now be savored and appreciated in a different way. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Mankind’s history has proved from one era to another that the true criterion of leadership is spiritual. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The national network proved very effective, providing heavyweight support for the brave but legally powerless. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Just as some regions proved much more suitable than others for the origins of food production, the ease of its spread also varied greatly around the world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Normally I loved school and proved an active, talkative student. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Some scientists have believed that Mars is inhabited on what has later proved to be the flimsiest evidence. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z June 11, 1963, three months before the church bombing, proved a typical sweltering summer day in Alabama. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Him and a lot of guys before him. But he proved it in new ways. Mostly to disprove it, I think, but still, yep. That’s what he meant.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Fighting among students proved even worse in the community high school. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Enrico Fermi’s Chicago experiment had proved that it was possible to spark a chain reaction in uranium. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They seemed pleased to have me join them for the last of the six o’clock news, which proved to be interesting viewing. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z That morning, though, Julie was too excited to eat, and her excitement proved contagious. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Black wanted to save it, that only proved he cared more for Crookshanks than for Harry’s parents.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Bushels of corn, bundles of raw wool, and a pile of three-foot crates that proved to be the source of the squawking. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z This proved to be the only motivation I needed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Every new ghost who recoiled from them in shock proved that they had not yet broken The Rule. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z To catch the goose, however, proved beyond their powers. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z New York and New Jersey, which contained the largest slave populations north of the Chesapeake, proved more recalcitrant for that very reason. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z "And even if any one knew, nothing could ever be proved against them," added Philip Lombard. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z He had proved himself brilliantly under pressure, and he concluded the briefing with an inspiring peroration that every instinct told him was a masterful exhibition of eloquent tact and subtlety. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But the small lady proved capable of speech. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z In the matter of school desegregation, Durham’s reputation for tolerance, racial harmony, and liberal politics once again proved sadly overrated. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z But Hodges quickly proved to be a consummate politician of the Southern progressive type, using words like “compromise” and “understanding” while adroitly undermining any real change in the status quo. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The same year, a colleague, Chien-Shiung Wu, proved their prediction correct. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Hamlet had proved the truth of his love for me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It was definitely the last place I had ever thought to look, and that alone proved it was a perfect hiding place. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The US patent examiners, however, proved distinctly uncooperative. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He had proved something to himself; it wasn’t as strong as it had once been. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Keeping the administrations more independent outside advisors in line proved more of a struggle. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z One of the whites went to his horse to get what proved to be a whip. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The damage proved great because the homes in my neighborhood sat side by side or faced each other and had simple wooden foundations. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Brahe at first thought that he had obtained a reliable figure for the parallax of Mars which proved the Ptolemaic system was mistaken, although he later realized that there were problems with it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I thought I had the biggest bag of Opal Fruits, yet Cathy proved me wrong. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Surprisingly, this had also proved that she was better at Skee-Ball when she didn’t look while throwing the ball than when she did. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z At 3:00 p.m., however, still 700 feet below the South Summit, the wind and subzero cold proved to be too much for them, and the Sherpas could go no higher. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I have set her aside—gently, picking her up by the armpits as I would a child—and so have proved that she has no power but the little I give her by momentary whim. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He told us he had an excellent memory and proved it by taking roll and then calling each one of us by name without looking at his roll sheet. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Before he started sixth grade Nick was Nick again, and all through junior high and high school and college, he proved it. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Secondly, there was a particular type of syncopation that originated in son that proved irresistible to late-twentieth-century ears. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z But my father rubbed his hands in delight, for even these lowly quarters proved his good fortune. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z An interesting elaboration on the concept of conditional probability is known as Bayes’ theorem, first proved by Thomas Bayes in the eighteenth century. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z By breaking messages like these, Elizebeth swiftly proved her value to the Coast Guard. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z In clash after clash, “the dreaded horses proved invincible.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z For the first time, they fought, and Isaac proved the stronger of the two. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Exactly,” she said, like she had just proved a point. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Her son was a blessing, and Laila was relieved to discover that her fears had proved baseless, that she loved Zalmai with the marrow of her bones, just as she did Aziza. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z This proved impossible, as he couldn’t stop puzzling over what Malfoy was doing that needed lookouts. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Once a cloud of dust on the road moving toward the town kept him excited for an hour, but it proved to be only a flock of sheep being driven to market. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Indeed, the notion of racial difference—specifically the notion of white supremacy—proved far more durable than the institution that gave birth to it. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The mountains proved a natural border of sorts. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z There was a nonpolitical prisoner among us, nicknamed Joe My Baby, who later joined the ANC and proved invaluable in helping us smuggle material in and out of prison. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Yvaine became the Lady of Stormhold, and proved a better monarch, in peace and in war, than any would have dared to hope. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z And can it now be said: we accord credence in this way because it has proved to pay? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The coffee and the biscuit accompanying it proved very acceptable to Edna, who had declined refreshment at Madame Lebrun’s and was now beginning to feel hungry. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Not long ago it was proved that Dwight D. Eisenhower was descended from the royal line of Britain, a proof if one were needed that everyone is descended from everyone. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z This proved to be the last straw, and the NEC would not give in to such a demand. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A little examination and much less melancholy would have proved to us that our seeds were not the only ones that did not sprout; nobody’s did. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z If that belief could be proved wrong, could not others be as well? The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “It was a marvelous time. If I recall correctly, your father’s eye proved as keen in the hunt as it had in business.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z In spite of his youth, he proved to be an imaginative and effective businessman. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z This proved futile, and when I decided eventually to rise, it was still so dark that I was obliged to turn on the electric light in order to shave at the sink in the comer. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Reluctantly, Lyddie spent a dollar on a light summer work dress as her spring calico proved unbearable. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z However, as is often the case, especially for children, the anticipation proved much more exciting than the reality. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z This proved that McMillian’s truck had had no modifications or special features and therefore could not have been the truck described by Myers and Hooks at the trial. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z ‘You have proved mightiest, and all your labours have gone well. Where now would you be going? And why do you come here?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Of the hobbits Pippin proved the best for he was sure-footed, and he walked over quickly, holding only with one hand; but he kept his eyes on the bank ahead and did not look down. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Both Granddaddy and Mama Lessie taught me some rock-solid church organizational skills that proved good training for my work at Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He had proved himself not a man, but a weakling, whose stomach couldn’t stand the sight of some real carnage. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Blandly telling him that I kept my hair long to avoid confusion with American Air Force personnel proved my mental instability. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I already proved I can be trusted to walk to school by myself. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z If both races were agreed upon, Belmont’s race would be of far less interest, especially if the first event proved decisive. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe the Maze proved just narrow enough to make it awkward for them to travel side by side. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “Ah, yes. The boy who proved what I’ve always known to be true: The game is never over till it’s over. BONG!” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z It proved an exciting day for us each month. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In the days that followed—days of clear sky and fine weather—Blackavar proved his worth again and again, until Hazel came to rely on him as much as on any of his veterans. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z My instinct was to blurt out an emphatic NO, but the bike-a-thon had proved that there was more to my rival than meets the eye without a microscope. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The Navajos have proved to be excellent Marines, intelligent, industrious, easily taught to send and receive by key and excellent in the field. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt instantly embarrassed because she hadn’t bathed in days, she knew her wounds and salves probably stank, and she had proved herself incapable in the master’s home. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Once this proved successful and churches across the country were preaching the ASL’s message, the organization turned its main efforts to getting politicians elected to support its cause. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Unfortunately the Wizards’ Council to which he reported his findings were unconvinced, as he had arrived at the meeting wearing nothing but a toupee that on closer inspection proved to be a dead badger. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z This event proved a pivotal point in my life and in my church, and in the nation as well. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Jason scrambled backwards, not fast enough, but his ventus proved a useful filter. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z That proved Papá was one of the best fishermen in port. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z I was thankful for the peace Islam brought to my life when things proved too painful or chaotic. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z This proved what appeared to me to be his great talent: his seeming resistance to dilution. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z This conceptual framework has proved remarkably stable, even while the scientific knowledge it is used to describe and justify has changed beyond all recognition. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “And since your steward tried to kill you, your priest was proved right.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z It was then that the prosecution began its exam-ination of expert witnesses commencing with the long-suffering Professor Murray, its supposed expert in communism who had proved so inept in his subject during the preparatory examination. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He proved to be an outstanding litigator and an extremely effective project manager. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It wouldn’t do for a Black man and his family to be caught on a lonely country road on a night when Joe Louis had proved that we were the strongest people in the world. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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