| 单词 | pure |
| 例句 | His eyes reflected pure perception, as his mother had known they would. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I had to hold back from shouting in pure joy and relief. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z There is a big pause filled with pure unhappiness. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z The sky was blue and clear and pure. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z We were committed to the glory of pure altitude. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The room went deadly quiet. “... for pure nerve and outstanding courage, I award Gryffindor House sixty points.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Oxygen, fresh, pure, green, cold oxygen turning the valley into a river delta. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Unlike the icon painter, Bart Skiotis had not worked with a pure heart. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z One look in our direction and her eyes lit up like stars, and pure, unrestrained joy glittered and shone in them. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I knew my father could taste those Kentucky Wonder beans as surely as any pure soul can taste heaven. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Romilda Vane,” said Ron softly, and his whole face seemed to illuminate as he said it, as though hit by a ray of purest sunlight. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The main weakness of the Pythagorean system is that a series of pure perfect fifths will never take you to a note that is a pure octave above the note you started on. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z But for the moment, Christmas bided its time outside, a purer presence. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z His movements were pure youth but there was that about his skin texture and the edges of his lips that was middle-aged or past it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The Queen knew that every pure Mack cat had a certain bone in it, which, if it were held in the mouth after boiling the cat alive, was able to make you invisible. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z You could put pure white candles in them and play by the candlelight which threw dreamy shadows over the creamy ivoried keys. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I think it’s because he grew up in an era of pure racism. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z A crown of roses circled his head, angelic and pure, and there was a banner curled below his neck, sitting across his chest. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Suddenly I realized the potentially profound implications of a DNA structure in which the adenine residue formed hydrogen bonds similar to those found in crystals of pure adenine. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z As a result of all this effort and care, Egypt was known for the “whitest and purest” sugar. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z There was little to be intimidated by save for the pure amount of machinery enveloping his body. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Olanna was startled when she first heard the melancholy tones, music so pure and so confidently played that it charged the air and held the swaying banana trees still. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He is pure white with four black feet, and it makes me laugh. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Together we broke out laughing, all three of us, in pure relief. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z And just as personal hygiene routinely purged debris and excrement from the body, racial hygiene eliminated genetic detritus, thereby resulting in the creation of a healthier and purer race.* The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The pure gold surface has been designed to resemble the woven horn that we fill at harvest, so there are little ridges and seams to get a decent hold on. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Mom turned to me with a look of pure puzzlement. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I arrange my face in an expression of pure irritation. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Daddy isn’t skinny or short, but compared to King, who’s pure muscle at six feet, he looks tiny. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z There was room in Adah for nought but pure love and pure hate. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He was just beating me for the pure pleasure of it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Eighty tins of pure ghee were poured over the elephant to feed the fire. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Sheep graze many winter ranges where the big sagebrush forms almost pure stands. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z How dare she try to make me feel inferior to her own pure, clear beauty? Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A look of sweetest, purest relief came over her face, even as she began to fade from sight. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Above all, Faure had the confidence to turn his antipathy towards the many- layered complexity of Wagner’s music dramas into a much purer, emotionally restrained sound. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z To me, and to every sensible person I knew, smoking was pure self-destruction. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The American Type Culture Collection—a nonprofit whose funds go mainly toward maintaining and providing pure cultures for science—has been selling HeLa since the sixties. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z They had maliciously broken into the laboratory and systematically destroyed it out of pure malice and evil. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “We got to be nice to them or they’ll cut our throats. And we got to make sure this stuff is pure, don’t we?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Many times a day, he would see other children taking creamy candy bars out of their pockets and munching them greedily, and that, of course, was pure torture. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z He placed his hands on either side of a single bar and concentrated on locating the purest particles of ore. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z We will take only the purest, only the strongest. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The air was fresh with the smell of new growth, and I went into that building and up to that office humming with the pure joy of being alive. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The only thing you can see on her is the feeling of freedom and the purest sense that she’s alive. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Teddy turned around at the waist, without changing the vigilant position of his feet on the Gladstone, and gave his father a look of inquiry, whole and pure. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z He didn’t want this beautiful, pure, and secretly beloved girl at his side to catch it. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z When I was young, the village was tidy, the water pure, and the grass green and unsullied as far as the eye could see. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z No longer to be Self, to experience the peace of an emptied heart, to experience pure thought—that was his goal. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Peck's left eye is swollen already, and there’s still nothing but pure terror in his right eye. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z By repeating this process many times, they removed the copper atoms from the surface of the metal, creating a veneer of almost pure gold. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Instead she heard her mother, Euphrosyne Stephanides, speaking in this very cocoonery years ago, elucidating the mysteries of silkworms—“To have good silk, you have to be pure,” she used to tell her daughter. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z For there are two possible reactions to social ostracism—either a man emerges determined to be better, purer, and kindlier or he goes bad, challenges the world and does even worse things. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z My cells are no longer the pure line entities I was raised with; they are ecosystems more complex than Jamaica Bay. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z This was neither a repair nor a boat-building, for he had not enough proper wood, and must supply all his wants with pure wizardry. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The drinks arrived, and mine looked clear and pure, just like the vodka ad. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Charley was torn three ways—with anger at me for leaving him, with gladness at the sight of Rocinante, and with pure pride in his appearance. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood his ground, my father, tall as Goliath and pure of heart as David. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I inflated the bag with pure 02 from the suit's tanks. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z When he looks at me, his eyes are so pure and brilliant I think they’re made of glass. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The ancient mortal drachmas had been silver, Chiron told us, but Olympians never used less than pure gold. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Now Quentin began to breathe hard again, who had been peaceful for a time in the warm bed, breathing hard the heady pure snowbom darkness. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z It was downright obvious to her that the only way to establish the DNA structure was by pure crystallographic approaches. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “There are few things as nauseating as pure obedience,” he said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I bumped into him by pure chance in a trinket shop in El Paso. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I casually swing around the corner to see Stella leaning against the door to the cafeteria, a look of pure joy filling her face when she sees me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Like an arc of pure fire, John R. Isidore soared across the late-afternoon sky on his way home from his job. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Tree-ear’s gaze followed the sweep of the trunks and branches until he saw their outlines clean and pure against the sky. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I vented pure oxygen at the stick and gave it a spark. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Three pegasi descended through the fog: two white winged horses and one pure black one. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Eight stomping pounds of pure poodle—any big bird could carry him off. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z So Chris sat quietly, his body at ease, and heard about ghosts and ghouls and purple waves, and smiled at his brother with pure delight. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Those lost in the memory serum haze are gathered into groups and given the truth: that human nature is complex, that all our genes are different, but neither damaged nor pure. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The lion shook the unicorn in its jaws, like a cat worrying a woolen scarf, and darted a look of pure puzzlement at Tristran. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z It was a large bird with a pure snowy white body and wings that were jet-black at their tips and rear edges. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Those first days of school were a perplexing blur, but I remember the feeling clearly: pure misery. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z We feed pure meat to the sled dogs—well, all dogs, as far as that goes, cut-up chunks of bloody beef heart. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z To be cleared would be a pure state. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It was pure fun, and the audience was having fun right along with them. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The medallions were pure gold, massive and ornate, each one as large as a man's hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Wrong room,” I say, grinning as a look of pure relief washes over them. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Kuba went sprawling, and the pure white naked woman shattered on the sidewalk. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z To her way of thinking, they were a team, pure and simple, and she gave without counting the cost. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It was the purest black you could imagine, Sanders said, the kind of clock-stopping black that God must’ve had in mind when he sat down to invent blackness. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now, that was pure genius, baby. You’re going to be getting offers to endorse products. I’m thinking Cracker Jacks could be renamed Cracker Jakes!” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z There was wonderful wisdom in these verses; all the knowledge of the sages was told here in enchanting language, pure as honey collected by the bees. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve read some myself out of pure curiosity and you can see why those officers are glad to be in Ireland after all they put up with in India and Africa and other desperate places. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Our work together flushing out the more dilettante students has made this school a safer, purer place — SCORPIUS: Has it? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z His own eyes narrowed, zeroing in on Clancy with pure, razor-sharp fury. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I’d never known love so pure, and I was afraid that it would become sullied by my mother. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I fenced completely on pure adrenaline and faith. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z What was needed was a piece of pure fantasy. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z There, in the pure water, these few recovered. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Philip would go up, his legs would come together beautifully, the arm and wrist motion was pure, but something was not there. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I peek behind it, and my mouth drops open in pure delight. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z While Mrs. Grossinger tried to breathe life back into Maxine’s body, while the sun set melodramatically over a death that wasn’t in the script, I felt a wave of pure happiness surge through my body. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Large plugs of pure gold shone in his pierced earlobes. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z In the Pythagorean system, all tuning is based on the interval of the pure fifth. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Even today there is no greater venom among hardcore classical music champions than that reserved for so-called 'crossover’ artists who dare to pollute the pure waters of the classical repertoire by appealing to the masses. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z But after years of watching and waiting, Tehlu saw a woman pure of heart and spirit. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It was the pure excitement of seeing the world. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She was looking at him, her eyes liquid with things unsaid, and she made him feel whole again, made him remember how starved he was for something simple and pure. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I am too young to understand Pol Pot’s strategies for creating a classless pure agrarian society. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew that in the veins of these hounds flowed the purest of breeded blood. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The smith now gloved each horn in a pure foil beaten out of the gold that Nestor gave him— a glory and delight for the goddess’ eves— while Ekhephron and Stratios held the horns. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It was alchemy, pure and simple; no one had ever imagined that such a thing could happen naturally and spontaneously. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Their shoulders were broad and bare, their hips narrow and wrapped in cotton shentis of purest white. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Oh! but it seemed fresh and pure in the night air after the terror of that vault. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z His eyes were black, surrounded by a thin line of pure sky-blue, and their gaze was intense. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z If the air is right, the science will come in its own season, like pure honey. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I believed he was naturally a man of better tendencies, higher principles, and purer tastes than such as circumstances had developed, education instilled, or destiny encouraged. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z None of us is pure colored and the word you all the time using haves a way of hurting people’s feelings.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The rattle was made of pure silver and had come wrapped in tissue paper from a store in Kearney. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Each bite of food, each particle of light entering the eye—the body can never be pure. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A well temperament might have several pure fifths, for example, and several fifths that are smaller than a pure fifth, but not so small that they are "wolf" fifths. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Nothing good or pure could survive in him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z His wand was out and it was pointing right at a pure white ferret, which was shivering on the stone-flagged floor, exactly where Malfoy had been standing. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Romero never made any contortions, always it was straight and pure and natural in line. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z His voice is pure and round and haunting, like the call of an owl. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Doc was a pure scientist and incapable of superstition and yet when he came in late one night and found a line of white flowers across the doorsill he had a bad time of it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She was a tiny woman and her hair was pure white, and someone had braided it into a complicated crown on top of her head so that she looked like a fairy godmother. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z I felt a burst of pure unadulterated joy, pride, and awe. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Tally fought weakly for a moment, but then cold, pure air surged into her lungs. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “Oh, you must! I’ve seen it eight times. It’s absolutely pure genius,” he said. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z A length of pink ribbon was woven in and out all around the top of the hem, wasted, pure waste where no one would ever see it. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I’m guided by the pure Anne within, but on the outside I’m nothing but a frolicsome little goat tugging at its tether. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z It might very well be that literally every word in the history books, even the things that one accepted without question, was pure fantasy. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The eye part of it, inside its crystal sphere, is so blue, so pure. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Cosmic strings may sound like pure science fiction but there are reasons to believe they could have formed in the early universe as a result of symmetry-breaking of the kind discussed in Chapter 5. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried imagining how white South Africans would react to blacks suddenly appearing in their “pure,” affluent, silent-as- a-tomb suburbs, not as nannies, garden boys, garden girls, washerwomen and maids, but as neighbours. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Not salt The sun sparkled on the water, and the sky was pure blue. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I want to laugh from pure happiness, but I bite my lip and offer the boy my hand. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z By pure mistake, his implementation is sometimes more pure than his intentions. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Same face under a coating of pure white makeup. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z First time I have the whole place to myself, and I let Shiloh run pure free. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Also, there are reasons to suspect that we are really not the absolute, pure entities that we seem. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z After Stanchion introduced her, she sang an aria in a voice so clear and pure that I forgot my anxiety for a while and was ensnared by her song. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Science—the research programme, the experimental method, the interlocking of pure science and new technology, the language of defeasible knowledge—was invented between 1571 and 1704. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He hoped the pups would be pure, but their mother had a tendency to escape from her pen. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It is pure egotism, a selfishness to conquer all. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He reached across my lap and began to peel Greg’s fingers off, one by one, with a look of pure disdain. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The reaction from the bears was pure fury. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Owen had held his hand up and told him a joke about an engineer and a pure mathematician. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z That pure dread, as Lazlo had witnessed again and again since arriving in Weep, was a collective horror that had been building for two full centuries. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z On top of his pale head was the helm of darkness: a crown that radiated pure terror. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z —Lewis My reply: Commander, pure bad luck is responsible for my situation, not you. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The fetid stench that had hung over the city for weeks was gone, replaced with brittle, pure air. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “To make good silk,” she then pronounced, beginning her lessons to the Muslim Girls Training and General Civilization Class, “you have to be pure.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Like Daniel she enters the lions’ den, but lacking Daniel’s pure and unblemished soul, Ada is spiced with the flavors of vice that make for a tasty meal. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t just sweating the chick I was dripping pure unadulterated love. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Her red, red lips curved up into a smile of such beauty, such brilliance, such pure and perfect happiness that it would have frozen your blood in your veins to have seen it. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z He taught that the laws of Nature could be deduced by pure thought. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Cold air whistles through the halls, so pure it makes Werner dizzy. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Such a man presided at the examination before plea—a man so pure and good that he canceled out a lot of wickedness with his life. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “The Bureau talks about this golden age of humanity before the genetic manipulations in which everyone was genetically pure and everything was peaceful,” Nita says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z For all his liberal education in the States, and all his sleeping around there and here, and all his eager laughter when his Americanized cousins recount their misadventures, his own sister has to be pure. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z My grandmother knew that in spite of America’s social climate, her children would be able to discern for themselves when an act was generated by pure racism, or simply by ignorance. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun was coming up: The pure, colorless vastness of the sky stretched over him, indifferent to him and his suffering. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z But I’m mad shocked to meet someone so...pure? They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z And somehow, being on our hillside, I felt above it all now—somehow freer and purer, working toward the fulfillment of Father s dream. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s crying and calling to her in a pure Limerick accent. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z When many people think of the Periclean age in Athens, their image is often suffused by the pure light of reason—a rationalism that seems as clean and bright as the city’s marble remains. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z When the grave covered them they became pure spirits, beneficent, the guardians of mankind. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Across the Missouri on the Mandan side, it is pure west, with brown grass and water scorings and small outcrops. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z They were not pure, but they had a potential of purity, like a soiled white shirt. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Everything was either pure white light or pure black shadow. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “You are,” he declares, “attempting to enter the most elite schools in the world. The exams will last eight days. We will take only the purest, only the strongest.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z That was pure Shelly—forcing Lice Peeking to step up and tell what he knew. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z That's why I started out with an atmosphere of pure oxygen, so the regulator could separate it later. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z People exhibiting this purest form of the disorder would become known, in the jargon of psychiatry, as “Cleckley” psychopaths. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Mixed economies that added certain crops or livestock to hunting-gathering also competed against both types of “pure” economies, and against mixed economies with higher or lower proportions of food production. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Yawar led a llama, pure white and unblemished, to the front of the people. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z So all that can be said is that at some slightly indeterminate point as we head toward the center of Earth we leave the asthenosphere and plunge into pure mantle. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “That’s the Number Four Pocahontas Seam, the finest and purest soft coal in the world. These lines I’ve drawn represent the tunnels we’ve driven through it since the mine has been operational.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It’s so unexpected that I look out of pure curiosity. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z In the end I found Denna as I always do, through pure accident. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The Titan regarded her with his pure silver eyes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Their smoky glow flickered redly over the scraps and tatters of building material, as if they were the last remaining flames of a great conflagration, staying alive out of pure malice. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Other canvases were hung here and there, and the spacious walls seemed to flash alive with warm, pure color. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Mark slipped out the window several inches—a thunderbolt of pure terror flashed through him like an electric shock before his progress stopped again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Double Maths is ninety minutes of pure boredom on the best of days and today was the worst of the worst. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “Something is knocking on the doors,” Theodora said in a tone of pure rationality. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z It began as an exhilarating display of pure speed. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They had a variety of professional commitments, but they regarded themselves as first and foremost mathematicians, and many of them made major contributions to pure mathematics. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Then a streak of darkness shot into the air like black lightning—as if pure night had torn through the daytime. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The yard below was crowded with refugees and chaotic with their noises, but beyond the walls the rivers flowed clean and pure and endless. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Apparently there are few pure species left, due to bioengineering and cross-pollination. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z There had been sorrow and loss, relief, reverence, and pure joy. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z She was sacrificed from atop a mighty mountain, the highest place a human could reach, in the hopes that her pure and beautiful spirit would speak to Inti on behalf of the people. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Another difference was that we were high above all weather, in pure unfiltered sunlight which cast a cheery glow on the scene below. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Just intonation makes two accommodations to allow its pure intervals. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Rats presented with solutions of pure sugar or tubs of pure lard will gorge themselves sick. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z This was partly due to ecclesiastical interference - priests, bishops and cardinals knowing better than composers which sounds were godly, pure and appropriate - and partly due, I suppose, to fear of the unknown. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He believed, like the man in Lord Tennyson, that people could only have the strength of ten cm account of their hearts being pure. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The scientists on the Collection Committee set out to create the Fort Knox of pure, uncontaminated cell culture. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z My father had tried to keep his land holy and pure, but perhaps it was impossible. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z We arose in the dark, hours before sunrise, when there was barely a smudge of indigo along the eastern sky and the rest of the horizon was still pure pitch. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z DELPHI: I want a return to pure and strong magic. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Outside the plate glass the world in the mist had become a pencil drawing executed in a dozen different grays with, here and there, a smudge of electric red or pure white. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z It was a pure, distilled strand of hatred, weaving its way through my core. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Mam is moaning in the bed, her face pure white. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “I loved her. So when I heard from Eddie about what happened, it almost made me . . . Like you say, it’s pure speculation.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I would be valiant, open-handed, frank, and pure of heart, courteous — the soul of chivalry. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z It looked as if an alchemist had distilled a dozen swords, and when the crucible had cooled this was lying in the bottom: a sword in its pure form. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I say it’s a compound, or multiple, love story, pure and complicated. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z She also says that sometimes change comes reluctantly and out of dire necessity, not from true goodwill or pure values. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It was very pleasant to sit in the warm sunshine and watch the pure waters drift by. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Anatole has reorganized the secondary school, which had been in pure collapse for ten years—hardly a young adult in Kimvula village can read. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z At the time he thought it was a look of pure hatred. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z In the three short years since Gemini 10, I had forgotten how beautiful the view was, as clouds and sea glided silently by my window in the pure sunlight. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Once in a long while, buried some- where in all the brambles, I caught glimpses of some pure, deep blackberry love—like when she helped me buy my first pair of shoes at the market. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have told you, young Todd,” he says, his voice low and monstrous, his Noise glowering at me with a fury so pure it nearly knocks me back. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z And with this light, Minli saw that the sky below her had somehow become a vast lake of pure water and the night clouds were made of floating lilies. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He shot his two-hand set in a soft, spinning arc that, when true, snapped through the net in a swishing voice that is the purest music of the game. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Actually, it was not so much the speed that was impressive as the pure animal confidence, the total absorption in the moment. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It was always so beautiful to stare up at that white ceiling and imagine only clean beautiful places, where the reward for living a pure life was a great loaf of warm bread. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z An apple, sweet and rotten at the same time, honeyed juice running over my tongue, tasting of sunlight and pure heady, stupid joy. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I reckon Miss Love was pure starved for company, because when we got to the front veranda, she sat down in the swing, patted the cushion beside her, and said come sit a while. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He crashed into the giant as a full-grown grizzly, a thousand pounds of pure force. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I wonder if she is living in a better world than the one I left, among people who no longer remember what it is to have pure genes. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z John also laughed, but for another reason—laughed for pure joy. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He was dressed in a white suit, looking as immaculate and pure as if he had made an offering to Santa Clara to wear white for her, just for her. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z But maybe this was just another coincidence, pure and simple—there had been so many lately. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Dad’s eyes are pure white, no irises or pupils or anything. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z The same two syllables, the same eight letters that I had been hearing all year, and suddenly the sound struck my ear with a ping of pure silver. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z I was pure liquid loss, then, for an hour or two. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Everyone, at some point, tried the Baghdad—"pure shock and awe to your taste buds," Baba always said. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “White circles represent pure German blood. Circles with black indicate the proportion of foreign blood. Notice group two, number five.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The effect was still far less embarrassing to me than pure nakedness. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I want Miss Love to know that the line in the poem about ‘Love’s purest joys restored’ means I want her to try to find a way to be happy after I am gone. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “That girl is pure charisma,” Mom barrels on. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z She leaned close, and the air turned to pure tangerine. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The loyalty oath affair initiated a subtle transformation in the Rad Lab’s reputation as a haven for pure science. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “This is not a pure karate class, Ms. Brennan—we incorporate several martial arts. But we do use a little Japanese, so if you don't understand something, always feel free to ask.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z On a day so pure and steady trees preened. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The tears hit again in the purest form of grief and protest. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We entered one of the buildings now and started down a pure white hall. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And then a pure craziness of joyful noise. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Bacon provided labels for this distinction: ‘pure mathematics’ and ‘mixed mathematics’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z What the classical music world realized was that what they had thought was a pure and powerful first impression—listening to someone play—was in fact hopelessly corrupted. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z It’s also pure salt and so completely useless to me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z In the pure light of heaven the angels praise Him and one another unendingly. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes it was Praise, sometimes history, and a lot of the time it was pure fantasy, but told with such authority that they all believed it. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Girls are always supposed to be so pure. Here’s one who isn’t, anyway.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z It was crudely atmospheric, emodonal, intuitively psychological, and stemmed from pure feeling. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It was anger, partly, but it was also a sense of pure and total loss: I didn’t fit anymore. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z As though he has climbed into a dark box hung inside a column of pure light. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Full of the pure, hard hatred of a child, I hoped he would burst into a pillar of flame. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Then at last he raised his elfin chin, filled his lungs, and spoke out in a clear pure treble. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Mother grabbed the officer and began speaking in Russian—pure, fluent Russian. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The chieftain spoke a very pure and careful English. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z With vindictive pleasure, she said in Fjerdan, “But you always liked the way I spoke your tongue. You said it sounded pure.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A jet of light, a jet of pure energy released like an arrow from a great bow, shot upward from the spot where Lord Asriel had joined the wire to Roger’s daemon. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “It seems to me the cost of experiments coming in the category of ‘pure science’ ought to come out of the funds of the university.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Except for my ancient half-sister and my not-quite-so- ancient half-brother, the rest of us were all pure Norwegian by blood. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Is that the pot where he keeps his son’s spirit? thought Nhamo with a stab of pure terror. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The Stone will transform any metal into pure gold. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z She made such a fuss over those papers you’d’ve thought they were made of pure gold. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “But—but—but—but—” Swastika Guy might be great at holding up under pressure; I’m pure mush. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Here was a world that was the purest of meritocracies. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z They were staring past her, into the grand Victorian space of the ward, the lofty pillars, the potted palms, the neatly ranged beds and their pure, turned-down sheets. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Mum Olga nodded, but she sent me a look of pure venom. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “It takes just one person to ruin the whole thing, and then you wouldn’t have your fresh eggs fried in my pure creamery butter any more.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z So when she saw her three sisters coming down the path that afternoon, she felt pure dread. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z To the British, the Rhode Islanders who rolled the barrels off the ship so that they would not have to pay the sugar tax were smugglers, pure and simple. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z But at the time, it was pure chaos. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Three and a half months of pure devotion to football where nothing else mattered, nothing else made a difference. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps not as strong as the actual mutts, but purer, because it’s not competing with sewage and explosives. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z "I'm on to you, Jemmy-From-The-Streets. It's pure spite that you won't howl! Think you can cross me and get away with it? Ha! Never and nohow!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Except for the unison and the octave, none of the ratios for equal temperament are exactly the same as for the pure interval. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I nicked it from her during our school picnic last month out of nothing but pure pettiness. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The pure light stroked her face with the tenderness of a mother, and she felt a wave of anguish. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z They had not yet learned to draw the significant but often very fine distinction between smut and pure science. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “But first,” said the Most Very Honored Head Mouse, “we will give you the chance to renounce your actions. We will allow you to go to the dungeon with a pure heart. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Unlike Mom, Agha Rezaei didn’t pepper his sentences with English words—it was pure Farsi, and a lot harder for me to track. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Oliver was pure gold; there was gold in his intellectual brilliance, gold in his warmth and humanity, gold in his tolerance and generosity, gold in his unfailing loyalty and self-sacrifice. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I'll drop the oxygen mixture to zero and breathe pure nitrogen until I suffocate. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat breathing through my nose, holding in my mouth the pure, awful slavor of something on fire and a bristle of stiff hairs from the burnt hide of a dead goat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It was all to be pure air, pure water, pure food. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z All she was seeing was the pure and potent focus of the dreamer’s eyes—on her—as Feral, Ruby, and Sparrow rushed out to her from the doorway where they’d been watching and waiting. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He is not, in fact, even pure human. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z A small and skinny wizard, completely bald but with a mustache to rival Uncle Vernon’s, wearing robes of pure gold to match the stadium, strode out onto the field. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I was seeing him, I realized, in a moment of pure defeat. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Megapenthes carried the winebowl glinting silvery to set before him, and the Lady Helen drew near, so that he saw her cheek’s pure line. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z What would have been a minor fizzle in Earth's atmosphere became an uncontrolled conflagration in the container's pure oxygen environment. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Ahead of them lay an island—a line of sand so white, it might have been pure table salt. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z No. Because Margo knows the secret of leaving, the secret I have only just now learned: leaving feels good and pure only when you leave something important, something that mattered to you. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Lacking any sense of classical psychology, the actor played his halfhuman character as pure movie monster. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But all such claims are based on pure speculation. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Besides the fact that I’m unsure your intentions are pure?” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The pain of contact was so pure, so scalding, I felt nothing for a second. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She launched herself up into the chimney with pure confidence. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I had one long moment of exhausted pure relief. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Two hours, it sometimes seemed, to get healthy, because the kids were pure and I was dirty. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In Lazlo’s reaction was pure wonder, and even he could see it wasn’t feigned. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z ‘Turn from arrogance. Commit yourself to God, become a monk, be as pure as you can be. Every day of your life fight the evil of the Devil.’ The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z "It was just a rumor. She's fine. I overheard Du Barry talking to Madam Alieas at the Fire Teahouse. She said it was pure fabrication." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Original, native, pure—these are the words that matter to Lily. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z “If one does not marry soon, one misses so much good pure happiness—” of caressing his wife, of feeling that flush of passion. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She sings in a high, pure voice, carefully pronouncing each word. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “He freely admitted that much of this was pure speculation . . . and seldom mentioned these matters except in private discussion.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z After about thirty minutes of pure joy, romping in the grass and chasing butterflies, he heard Abby whistle for him. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The Titan was ten feet tall, with wild silver Einstein hair, pure silver eyes, and muscular arms protruding from a ripped-up blue janitor’s uniform. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z From his shoulders hung the pure white cloak of the Kingsguard. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He looked up into her face, his squinty little eyes full of pure pleasure. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Judging from the ringing in Leo’s ears, the dwarf had detonated the flash-bang grenade, which Leo had filled with a rare vial of Apollo’s music, pure liquid extract. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Aggo showed her a courtyard overgrown with twisting vines and tiny green grapes, and Jhogo discovered a well where the water was pure and cold. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The essence of that originality was to take what composers normally did in symphonies - long, abstract, streams of ‘pure’ instrumental music - and turn it into a sung drama on stage. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Tallulah Bankhead once described herself as “pure as the driven slush.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I still didn’t know why any of this had happened; I’d been running on pure adrenaline. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z And the year before, when his girlfriend dumped him, he was just pure evil to live with for a while. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z The two embraced tightly, laughing and crying at the same time, and Sifen could not help doing the same at the pure joy of their reunion. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He tried to breathe, but he was inhaling pure heat. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z These relationships, and all the others based on mathematically straightforward ratios, are pure and perfect’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I scream, a sound of pure animalistic rage, and before I know it tears are running down my cheeks, my pain and frustration a living thing. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z A splendid Midsummer shone over England: skies so pure, suns so radiant as were then seen in long succession, seldom favour even singly, our wave-girt land. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z But apparently the machine had a purer soul than any human. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Just absolutely pure. Nothing but pure—never a bad thing. I’m not like that.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z With that Gandalf stood before him, robed in white, his beard now gleaming like pure snow in the twinkling of the leafy sunlight. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z This wave is shame, which I have felt before, but it is also hatred, which I have not, not in this pure form. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z We laugh, and it feels so easy and euphoric and pure that I want to bounce off the walls like my entire body is made of springs. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It was early evening by the time I came to Anker’s, and by that time the only thing keeping me going was pure black temper. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z As sociologist Bruce Western has shown, the notion that the 1990s—the Clinton years—were good times for African Americans, and that “a rising tide lifts all boats,” is pure fiction. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The rain had washed out the dust, leaving the air so clean and pure that it was like breathing in fight. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked at the sky; it was pure: a kindly star twinkled just above the chasm ridge. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I had never noticed how pure white was the fluorescent light. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z "Take enough for this," he said, picking a pure white snowdrop from the table. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Someone else placed a headdress of pure white feathers atop my head. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z It crouched low, snarling, and no fear showed in his eyes, only pure hatred. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I tell David about the fox I saw with a gray body and a red head, and he tells me about his aunt’s Siamese cat that yowls just for the pure joy of making noise. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He sees Trina, yanking on him as pure terror brightens her eyes in a sick way that snaps him into motion. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z To the two Mercury partners, a Martian invasion was pure fiction. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Mother’s ten days in the hospital were pure misery for Dad. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The Aristotelian tradition also held that one could work out all the laws that govern the universe by pure thought: it was not necessary to check by observation. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Its branches were bound with new white rope and it came to a sure pure point at the top. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They may be hungry, wounded, heartsick at the death of comrades, but they forget everything when they see him, and they break into cheers as if this hero had brought them nothing but pure joy. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like a brass trumpet magnified a thousand times—the sound of pure fear. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Her spirit sang as she fought, and when she dropped the dog’s lifeless body to the ground, she howled with purest ecstasy. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Initially there had been nothing but the blindness of hope, as if a magic wand would appear and make his knee pure again. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But then again, having him as a friend isn’t pure luck; it’s because we gave each other a chance. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Like Johnny White, he was a number two man, pure muscle, broad in the shoulders, but a bit lighter than the boys who sat in the middle of the boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “You cannot see him for you are not pure.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But in this year of Palmer’s life not even Family Fest was pure and easy fun. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z In its place was pure California Valley girl. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He looked down upon the four in front of him, and there was pure hatred in his face. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z R.C. glared at me with pure hatred, and I backed off, afraid to do anything more. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z His arms were wrapped around a lamp of pure white glass in the shape of a naked woman. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z They challenged one another, Havens said, “committing to remain sexually pure, both in a physical sense and in avoiding pornography and ogling women and like that.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Equal temperament and pure intervals are calculated as decimals and compared to each other. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z So that nothing around her existed but the music and the need to create a resonant and pure sound. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The shrill low-oxygen alarm blared throughout the Hab as the regulator dumped pure oxygen into the atmosphere as fast as it safely could. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes the mulefa would groom each other’s claws, out of pure sociability, and once or twice Atal had invited Mary to attend to hers. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She came running across the railroad ditch to the road and, like a wilted pot plant that just got watered, smiled up at me with the purest pleasure on her face. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z We’re standing at the beginning of a tunnel with one wall made of rock and another made of pure falling water, roaring past white and clean and so fast it looks almost solid. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I kept hoping the explanation would turn out to be more complex, that there’d turn out to be more than pure, blind hatred to motivate their actions. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Seaborg’s microchemists used hydrofluoric acid to reduce a solution made from the bombardment products and watched a minuscule quantity of pinkish material precipitate out: this was pure plutonium-239. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She was looking thin and pale and weak; but her eyes were pure and glowed with fervour. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Ahead of them, jagged streaks of darkness tore through the air—like lightning, except pure black. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Joffrey gave his uncle a look of pure loathing, then took Sansa's hands in his own. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Rather than offset the effect with a string of pearls, she reached in a moment’s inspiration for a necklace of pure jet. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The Nogtail is exceptionally fast and difficult to catch, though if chased beyond the boundaries of a farm by a pure white dog, it will never return. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a heavy ring of watery blue sapphire, with a star in its center so pure that I never ceased to look at that ring with wonder. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z If I want that job in plumbing at Menards, I have to make myself into an unobstructed pipe: water in and water just as pure and drinkable coming out. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I looked at Howard with his eyebrows knitted together and a look of pure worry on his face and before I knew it, I was spilling those troubles out to him. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z It managed to choke down the space food packet and looked at me with pure hate. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z My eyes aren’t adjusted to the dark, so I stare into pure black, like the backs of my eyelids. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I scrub and scrub, but the diapers refuse to turn pure white. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “The river is messing with your mind. It’s the Cocytus—the River of Lamentation. It’s made of pure misery!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But with Elizabeth the sound rang out clean and pure and light. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Above, the sky burned a deep pure October blue. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “The origin story I just shared with you is pure fiction, a hoax.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Then, while wearing my EVA suit, I depressurized the trailer and backfilled it with pure oxygen at one-fourth of an atmosphere. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I believed in this great sense of fairness, overseen by God Himself, that would reward the good and the pure of heart. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z It was their storyteller’s voice, both rough and pure, their friend's voice that repeated every fool phrase they threw at him in their language lessons. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The long, pure notes of a clarinet spilled out into the Georgia sunshine as Mr. Acker Bilk played “Stranger on the Shore.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Smoke—white, gray, and pure black—streams and billows. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z It was pure gold, exquisitely fashioned in the shape of a lotus blossom. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The old tires and pieces of rusted junk in the creek are covered over; all around me are blue arches, blue caves, pure and silent. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t sure what to expect, but it was basically one hour of pure boredom. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “Megan! What the hell . . .” The expression on his face is pure rage, but he beckons me to go to him. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z These clouds were moving as the result of pure chance, the effect of utterly, random events at the level of atoms and molecules; their shadows speeding over the grassland had no meaning at all. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z And every musical note you hear is not a single pure frequency, but is actually a blend of the pitches of a particular harmonic series. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z In spite of this, they were cheerful and optimistic, never doubting that if they were pure of heart, life would eventually get better. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Dad was a perpetual optimist, confident that brains someday would triumph over inanimate steel; bolstered in the belief that he entered the fray with clean hands and a pure heart. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I was so ecstatic that now I was crying from the pure joy of finally catching the bar! Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Sometimes I would sit in my doorway, which became an entrance to behold—a portico of pure white snow, adorned with snowmen—and watch them with endless interest. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll put on shows and people will pay to see just how pure and free a man can live.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Black hair framed the fair skin of her face, with eyes the blue of pure flame. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The glaves themselves were perfect polished spheres, hanging by the hundreds and emitting a purer white light than he’d ever seen from the rough, ruddy stones that lit the abbey. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Notice, for instance, the veneer headboard of the bed, made from “pure cherrywood,” as Milton likes to say, just like the little tree George Washington chopped down. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It is a pure white, horned horse when fully grown, though the foals are initially golden and turn silver before achieving maturity. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In Pythagoras’s day, before the age of zero, pure logic reigned supreme, The universe was predictable and orderly. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The child said, with the pure eyes of absolute truth: “I would do anything for King Arthur.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z That the inside of a green mamba’s mouth is pure sky-blue, for example. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z By December 6, the spectrographers had accumulated their first measurable, if invisible, quantity of uranium 235—far from pure but at more than triple the concentration found in nature. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Not just good, it’s something pure, essential, the best quality. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no mistaking the pure delight I saw spread across his face as he knelt in front of the panel. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Mam says, You’re pure stone mad, and she tells us again to go to bed. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Nestled inside was a ring made out of gold so pure it looked almost orange. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Even when mathematics is at its purest and coldest, its pursuit is often quite hot. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Moreover, he claimed to feel “no ill-will to Col. Burr, distinct from political opposition, which, as I trust, has proceeded from pure and upright motives.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z None of the arrogance, just pure relief he’s still alive and able to hold his girlfriend again. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z These smaller intervals all work out well in mean-tone tuning, but the result is a fifth that is noticeably smaller than a pure fifth. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I felt a sense of pure joy wash over me. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z To the gurgling beat of my greedy throat, pure, delicious, beautiful, crystalline water flowed into my system. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Theirs was supposed to be a pure meritocracy as well. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z This, he thinks, is the pure they were always lecturing about at Schulpforta. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z So with faint cries the shades trailed after Hermes, pure Deliverer. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, and you go on losing those new friends that you make just like you lose the new house you build. Don’t you want something better, purer, freer in this life?” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Every trip I make to the store is pure torture now. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He gazed up at Amaroq in pure adoration, and the royal eyes softened. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Not pure merchandise as formerly but livestock: bred, neutered. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z So he was left to follow in the mental footsteps of the Ancients, using pure reason and imagination to try to come up with an explanation for the nature of the cosmos. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z And Whitney Young, for me, was pure frontier. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Under Hitler's rule, this meant ridding the country of anyone who was not of pure German blood through terrorist tactics, like intimidation and savage violence. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “We can’t have the same behavioral expectations for those with damaged genes as we do for those with pure genes, after all.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z But nothing matched the darkness of his eyes—pure black and overflowing with hate. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z It might be nice to be pure and then to marry a pure man, but what if he suddenly confessed he wasn't pure after we were married, the way Buddy Willard had? The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “Blood” was dripping down his chest, and there was a look of pure anguish on his face. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z I missed you, he kept saying, God, I missed you, and he kissed me again, so deeply, and my head was spinning, and he tasted, somehow, like pure heat. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “You see that there powder? That’s pure T-N-T. Mix that with a little potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal and you got the beginnings of a first-class shell.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z It was the strongest, purest emotion he knew. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z "If you are pure of heart," the old man said, "this stone will bring the Sea King to calm the waters." When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z It was ideal apple-eating weather; the whitest sunlight descended from the purest sky, and an easterly wind rustled, without ripping loose, the last of the leaves on the Chinese elms. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z A glare would have been less threatening than the look he gives me—a look of pure hatred. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z They must be twenty-four carats, pure inside and out. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z "White! It's the purest white that can be found. Nobody makes a paint any whiter. This batch right here is heading for a national monument!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I will take a new path, join the convent as a nun, and become pure again. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It was a very beautiful thing, this Golden Ticket, having been made, so it seemed, from a sheet of pure gold hammered out almost to the thinness of paper. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z As the trail curves we catch sight of a gigantic lion made of pure gold atop a small hill. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z They were all we had left of Mo, and they'd been destroyed out of pure maliciousness. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The Baptist church, normally home to only the purest of Manifest citizens—meaning the ones who had parents and grandparents and even great-grandparents born in this country—was suddenly filled with strangers. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Her eyes were large, lidless, and pure black, with two smaller eyes sticking out of her temples. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I can speak to Athena with pure lips,” he said. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know you only feel pure happiness like ten times in your whole life.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Mama Killa and her children, the stars, shone down on Chasca in gladness, kissing her pure, smooth skin as she laughed and twirled under their magical glow. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z In its purest form, the symphonic poem style is what orchestral film music grew out of in the 1920s and ’30s, its job to support and describe something outside music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Those pure black eyes seemed to pull at Hazel, as if trying to extract her soul. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But the version of Max now smiling at me on the monitor was pure software, with the best simulated AI and voice-recognition subroutines money could buy. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The Potomac boys are mitey hifalutin, some of em, and they and the Tennessee boys and us pure hated each other worse than we hated the rebs. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Jefferson’s nearly Herculean powers of self-denial also helped keep the cause pure, at least in the privacy of his own mind. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z With a sigh of pure happiness, Tendai lay back on the flat rock and let the dappled sunlight play over his face. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The other kids are going on pure rumor, same as me. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Yes, we inevitably turn to God; for this religious sentiment is of its nature so pure, so delightful to the soul that experiences it, that it makes up to us for all our other losses.’ Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “How much would you need to gain two ounces pure?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But an economist rarely has the luxury of such pure experimentation. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I have known and owned mean, ugly-natured cars which would have done this thing out of pure evil and malice, but not Rocinante. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew that Melanie was trying not to laugh at the idea of solid old Ken being “pure and dizzy.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z A tall, elegant man came into focus with his arms outstretched and a face of pure empathy. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He just lay there staring at the window without even blinking, breathing the chill heady pure snowgleamed darkness. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z Somehow feeding seven billion people through pure gathering. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z As with most of life's problems, this one can be solved by a box of pure radiation. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Because it required such a tiny amount of pure cocaine, one hit of crack cost only a few dollars. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Shadows slipped toward it, as if it were a black hole of pure evil. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z As this physician emphasizes, pure exposure to a single chemical is the exception, rather than the rule. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Why do girls have to be all pure and innocent and good? Why don’t guys have to be?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z When she dies, it’s because she was too pure for this world, and too sad. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Instruments that can bend most pitches enough to fine-tune them during a performance — and this includes most orchestral instruments — also tend to play the "pure" intervals. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z What excited her about her achievement was its design, the pure geometry and the defining uncertainty which reflected, she thought, a modern sensibility. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Aunty Ifeomas voice rang out so pure and high it seemed to come from the ceiling. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He read poems by the romantics William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge—“Where true Love burns Desire is Love’s pure flame....” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He was telling the pure truth, I knew, and I didn’t have any answers for either of us. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z They spread the surface of the water with pure green flame. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z And although it is hazardous to assume any of this had formative effects on his character, it is equally an exaggeration to say that Eratosthenes grew up breathing an atmosphere of pure royalist docility. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Somehow she knew: this white stuff was pure magic. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He only had white hair on the sides of his head, almost like he was wearing ear muffs made of pure cotton. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Perhaps you could give us fifty cents for this? Look, it’s pure leather; almost brand new,” he said, handing it to Papa. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z But to borrow a Buddhist phrase, eventually came a setting face-to-face with pure reality. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In this chapter, I want to try to dig deeper into why that’s the case by looking at the outlier in its purest and most distilled form—the genius. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Church leaders became focused on how far back a person’s ancestors had been Christian, believing that the longer a person’s Christian bloodline, the purer and cleaner it must be. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z The Fire Swamp R.O.U.S.s were a pure rat strain, weighed usually eighty pounds, and had the speed of wolfhounds. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z They claimed that blond hair and blue eyes distinguished the “purest” Aryans. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z At first, the FLN believed they could defeat the French militarily, Dr. Mustafa said, then realized that a pure military victory was impossible. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Just kicked me across the deck if I be clumsy, laughed when I be twisted in the ropes and sliding pure froze in the water that washed aboard. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Marriage between a pure German and one-quarter Jew is still permissible, you see?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z If it bothers you that the ratios in equal temperament are roots, remember the pure octaves and fifths of the harmonic series. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Milkman laughed too, and they watched a while more before leaving the used cars and the pure white peacock. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He was also one of the last to see it in pure form: his visit, as Alfred Crosby put it, initiated the process of knitting together the seams of Pangaea. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z What makes them ‘perfect’ is that both have a mathematically pure ‘pitch ratio’; dividing a taut plucked string by exactly two- thirds, for instance, will produce a perfect fifth. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z His hair got darker and darker until it turned the pure black of his youth. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Leon, who had the pure gift of avoiding responsibility, would not assume his father’s role. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The architecture of Middlesex was an attempt to rediscover pure origins. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z With us he is just pure slobber and licks. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Leaves rustled, water rilled, and then the glade became filled with light shining down from above, a pure white light which grew brighter and brighter. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Everyone knows Irish girls keep themselves pure especially Limerick girls known the world over for their purity who have a man to come back to like Gerry Halvey himself. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z In spite of this, equal temperament works fairly well, because most of the intervals it gives actually fall quite close to the pure intervals. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z We have to tell Mam there’s no sign of him and she tells us we’re pure useless. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “I guess I’m ’bout near pure as you, Cap’n,” the woman said, causing Bull to throw his head back and holler with laughter. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The gold looked very fair and pure, and Frodo thought how rich and beautiful was its colour, how perfect was its roundness. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Even with the light off, the heads assume strange power in the dark: pure white, not quite visible but not entirely invisible, embedded into Werner’s retinas, almost glowing in the blackness. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z His answer is to fight, not to think; to fight, pure and simple. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His face was pure white, as if his mother had powdered her baby on the wrong end. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Fast and pure as the clear river running through it. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Her eyes are closed, her voice is pure neediness, pure woe. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I lunged at the thing that used to be Luke, thrusting my blade straight at his chest, but his skin deflected the blow like he was made of pure steel. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z In its pure state, DNA came in two forms. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z But what they didn’t say was that prison was also a microcosm of a totalitarian society, a nearly pure example of the police state. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Actually,” he said, as though continuing a conversation begun while Eleanor slept, “I cannot believe that my wife stirred up that storm, but I do admit that one more word about pure love...” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Matilde is all white sugar—sweet and forgiving— while I’m pure acidic lemon. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Dolores’ silence might have been brought on by a jealous reaction, but mine was occasioned by pure surprise. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z This woman lawyer said the best men wanted to be pure for their wives, and even if they weren't pure, they wanted to be the ones to teach their wives about sex. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z My first note comes out, clean and pure, and I soar. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z One moment he was dedicated and pure and devoted; the next he wallowed in filth; and the next he groveled in shame and emerged rededicated. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s been injured by human hands, so it will be wary. But don’t be fooled by its meekness. Its heart is pure evil. There is no humanity left in him.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The starch was cheap and had a nice white color that people thought was “pure.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Saying no more, she tipped her golden wand upon the man, making his cloak pure white and the knit tunic fresh around him. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And that was what I heard in Malcolm, but never like this—quiet, pure, and unadorned. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The ancients longed for logos in its purest form—the clear light of analytic philosophy— to be the only effective component of an argument. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z It was a pure pleasure, watching her click everything into place. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Anything in the first row is pure gold,” he said. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z At another moment the voice stretches out the words—the heart cannot contain!—and the voice moves toward pure sound. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The dream had pulled him down so deep that he was underneath thought, submerged in a place of pure feeling—and what feeling. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Phoenix song is magical: it is reputed to increase the courage of the pure of heart and to strike fear into the hearts of the impure. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z One nice thing about living in a multibillion-dollar mansion on Mars: access to pure oxygen. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I even started a few rumors that were pure nonsense, lies so outrageous that people would repeat them despite the fact that they were obviously untrue. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The pure fragrance of the water and the melody of the wind in the poplars held our fancies. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It had seemed to Lee the only clean pure way was to steal it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Fang was white again, pure white, wringing his hands between his bouncing knees. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I could see Amma looking Appa over, hoping that if certain foul bits could be cut away, then sweetness, pure sweetness, would be left behind. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I had never seen eyes that color, eyes the purest shade of ginger. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Each child, mesmerized by the assault of color, stared into the drift of presents with a seasonal greed as pure as angel hair. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Many a week he saves the family from pure starvation. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z After five minutes, Pauline twitched her thumb, and the cello woman was replaced by an Ansel Adams landscape, Mount McKinley glowering over a lake of pure white. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I seemed to be floating in pure, abstract blackness. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It drifted toward the coffin and began to shimmer, like a cloud of pure energy. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He looked half his age and felt wonderful, and to prove it he ran and jumped and rolled and laughed and gave little yips of pure joy. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Magic,” said Mack, “just pure magic. Can you fix it?” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Captain Reed scrambled up the bowsprit and stood there, poised over the hissing sea, howling for the pure joy of it. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Little Jeanne cast a look of hatred so pure and deep at Charles that I don’t think he’s forgotten it to this day. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z They think I am one of them, one of the pure base children. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m bushed myself. What with all the excitement of getting those men off, I think I’ve worn myself pure out.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The Beauty Minister is silhouetted ahead, her pace slow and steady as we approach the pure gold chrysanthemum throne. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z But here, finally, speaking to those girls, I felt something completely different and pure—an alignment of my old self with this new role. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z But the look of sympathy on the hippie’s face was so honest, so pure, that it planted the emotions inside my heart. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z It is torment, pure torment, waiting for news—for anything. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Under the chintz counterpane the sheets would be starchily pure. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The only sustaining support possible for the human spirit, the one pure unsullied good men can hope to attain, is heroism; and heroism depends on lost causes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It hunts home huns, checks class conflicts, promotes pure patriotism. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z One day a tuft of pure white hair appeared on the back of his head. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z In the moonlight, Luke’s blond hair looked pure white. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z A look of pure terror came to her. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z It seemed to me that the very air had become purer with the change. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a writhing mass of pure muscle, so big its tail stuck out from beneath me, pounding hard against the raft. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It worked this way: the worse the water was, the less you got, but what did come through was pure; the filter would not pass the radioactive part. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “I thank my Maker, that, in the midst of judgment, he has remembered mercy. I humbly entreat my Redeemer to give me strength to lead henceforth a purer life than I have done hitherto!” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Four years later, by pure chance, I would get it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “I doubts that. Sweet bread is pure. But a pie is the worse thing to give anybody ailing. I’m surprised Jimmy didn’t know better.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m mightier than any human, four hundred pounds of pure power. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z And for a few bars the pure sweet tone of the horn and the old man's husky baritone sang a duet in the hot heavy silence. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It was smooth, pure white, and the width of a gang of wine. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z But every Muslim and plenty of non-Muslims saw the murders for what they were, a vicious hate crime, pure and simple. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z It was very easy for the pure, fine material to come together, but extremely difficult for the heavy, turbid material to solidify. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z By this time survival was mostly a matter of pure luck. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z He pumped two cups and drank them immediately and found the water to be pure—although tasting still of the glass of the boat. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The ‘pure’ blood of Christ, the Holy Grail containing it, and the sacrificial significance of Good Friday are all presented as both real and miraculous. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Had I forgotten her? or was I so worthless as to have grown tired of her pure society? Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Now, I know that’s pathetic in just about its purest form, but there’s no way I can deal with this kind of thing so early I need experience with this. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z These tales are pure entertainment, the sort of thing people would tell each other on a long winter’s evening. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The Scanlan lifeguards doused themselves in pure vanilla to keep the gnats at bay. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z At his word, a hundred llamas would be sacrificed, the emperor would fast for ten days, a statue of pure gold would be erected in honor of any of the deities. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Their purpose, as the name suggests, is to beautify the useful—an important and valued end, but limited in comparison to art pure and simple. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z All she felt was the approach, the closing-in, the dread, the dread that was as pure a distillation of fear as any emotion Isagol had ever made. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Then, out of pure instinct, I went for the eggs. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Her hair was braided down her back and seemed to catch the light of the torches, as if it were anxious to turn back into pure flame. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I lay in that tub on the seventeenth floor of this hotel for-women-only, high up over the jazz and push of New York, for near onto an hour, and I felt myself growing pure again. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The enslaved Africans who were taken to the sugar plantations lost their names; they were meant to be pure property. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Miracles, which you wanted to do so long ago, can only be done by the pure in heart. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z They were too crisp, too fresh, too pure and white to be anything but from the same rosebush as the ones I’d given Mamá. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “I heard from someone that her background is not as...pure as it should be.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The first week at August’s was a consolation, a pure relief. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In the new pure agrarian society, there is no place for disabled people. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Anywhere outside pure math, were in the territory of inductive reasoning. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “You have a lovely pure mind,” I said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z In any event, I was stunned at what I was watching; the organization, the conceptualization, the pure order of what I was seeing floored me, and then it changed again, grew. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z But this time, instead of fear, he felt a surge of pure animal rage. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z His sneakers were pure white with no logo. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I would never consider any American citizen pure. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “That’s another thing. Not a touch. Like I still am...your daughter. As long as we’re not married, we need to be pure.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She felt like she was breathing pure snow. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Thomas couldn’t help feeling a shot of pure elation at the thought. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Her coat was pure white and went all the way down to her toes, even though it was only the middle of November and really not all that cold. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z They were all eating and laughing and playing such tricks out of pure frolic as might be the marvel of a king’s court. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z His fur was long and lustrous, each hair seeming to be made of pure gold, much finer than a human’s, and his little face and hands were black. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He was pure white, pink around the ears and snout, and smooth as silk. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The waters of the pool were clear and pure, but dark from their depth and shadows of the surrounding brush. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you mix paint together, that’s true, but if you’re talking about just the colors, pure in nature, they make white when mixed together. I brought this wheel to prove it.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Jesus, Mary and Holy St. Joseph, is it pure mad ye are? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Here those who kept themselves pure from all wrong came when they left the earth. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The quick stream of pure white bolted forward and hit the closest man, who’d just been pulling his arm back, a bloodied hammer gripped in his hand. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I returned the bow on pure reflex, smiling my most charming smile. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And the women tip-tapping their heels on the pavement tripped sometimes on the sidewalk cracks because they were glancing at the trees to see where that pure, soft but steady light was coming from. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Joffrey sang for her as they rode, his voice high and sweet and pure. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Don’ go pure white till they’re full grown, ’round about seven. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Larks rose from the meadow, straight up, as if from pure joy, and they sang, Robin thought, as if it had been the first day of the world. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z It was a wonderful sound, deep and pure. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Jesus bids us shine With a pure, clear light, Like a little candle Burning in the night: In this world is darkness; So let us shine, You in your small comer, And I in mine. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Lucy’s eyes in form and colour; but Lucy’s eyes unclean and full of hell-fire, instead of the pure, gentle orbs we knew. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Still I wanted more, for the touch of his lips on mine was pure delight. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z When we reached the road, I was panting with pure relief. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “Why not? White suits my coloring. I look so ... pure.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I began to feel if it was a good enough present I wouldn't mind about what happened, because I felt so pure as a result. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “It’s like when you wouldn’t look at me naked in the arena even though I was half dead. You’re so...pure,” he says finally. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z In a blink of pure fantasy, I suddenly saw myself walking away from Dell Duke's grimy car with a tiny glass vial of her blood sample for genome sequencing. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z This is Christmas spirit in its purest form. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “You’re both wrong. It’s starvation, pure and simple,” comes another explanation. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z His clothes were stiff and damp, like they’d been washed in pure starch. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It was pure imagination, probably traceable in the beginning to lies circulated by Snowball. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z You were supposed to be my wife, to bear me children with silver hair and purple eyes, to keep the blood of the dragon pure. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But along with the weariness he felt spasms of pure joy. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Mary descended from pure Ashanti stock, as did her two husbands. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z There was a bodice of pure molded gold, made to look like a beetle’s carapace, and a fan collar fashioned from the spines of poisonous fish, with tiny teeth sewn in patterns like seed pearls. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I heard my dad say once to my uncle Ken that the TVA was just socialism, pure and simple. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z In the Aurora’s light she saw a great bird, a beautiful gray goose whose head was crowned with a flash of pure white. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z What once seemed like the most transparent and pure of thin-slicing exercises turns into something quite confusing. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The notion that most illegal drug use and sales happens in the ghetto is pure fiction. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I looked around the room at all the different faces, and I felt my heart swell up inside me with pure happiness. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Gabrielle was Fleur in miniature; eleven years old, with waist-length hair of pure, silvery blonde, she gave Mrs. Weasley a dazzling smile and hugged her, then threw Harry a glowing look, batting her eyelashes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He looked more like a cowboy than a West Virginian, with his horseman’s gait and his lean leathery face, but as soon as he started speaking, his voice was pure up-hollow. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes flickered—sometimes dark brown, sometimes pure red. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Nothing sounds so pure and sweet as a motor running when you’re all alone in the middle of nowhere. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I rolled aside as the air turned to pure heat. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “What do you mean, your motives weren’t pure?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z They were suddenly creatures of pure energy, blurs of black jetting across the clearing and into the trees. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z No ice, no water—just pure rye whiskey that almost tore Milkman’s throat when he swallowed it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z So I take a sip of the drink, then gulp down the whole thing out of pure nervousness. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Besides, didn’t the old man say you had to be pure of heart? You couldn’t say that about the emperor.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z It looked to be made of pure and solid gold. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Hurry up and come because he was about to turn into pure sugar thinking about her. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “He is so young and strong and of blood so pure that we need not defibrinate it.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z They could load two pieces of very pure uranium into a specially adapted artillery gun. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They flicked down to the true ndoro and back up to send a message of pure hate. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z In particular, perfect fourths and fifths and major thirds are not too far from the pure intervals. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Whatever it was, you could be certain that every word of it was pure orthodoxy, pure Ingsoc. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Flies,” he remembered, “On the white wonder of dear Juliet’s hand, may seize And steal immortal blessing from her lips, Who, even in pure and vestal modesty, Still blush, as thinking their own kisses sin.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Suzuki says somewhere that to be in a state of pure consciousness—satori—is to be with God before he said, Let there be light. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Thanksgiving passed, and the pheasant season came to a halt, but not the beautiful Indian summer, with its flow of clear, pure days. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Nimbly he leaped to the top of the partitions, caught a whiff of pure peanut butter, and took off across the top edges of the maze. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z The owl saw it reflected in the pool, a blazing, glaring thing of pure light, so bright that she took to the wing and flew to another part of the forest. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Up to fifteen feet in height, it is covered head to foot in purest white hair. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z At those moments I forgot the itch of my flea bites and the sting of my cracked cheeks; I felt pure, like a scrubbed-clean angel dropped straight from heaven. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Pantalaimon cried aloud, a pure, cold owl cry, a sound never heard in that world before. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It was a much broader one this time, a smile of pure pleasure. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z “You, like Ema, have a pure spirit. You have blessed energy centers and true balance. You are a protector. You look out for others. You are their shelter.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z She went on that way, silent hour after silent hour; she had done nothing else for thirty-eight evenings now, and each time, her ardor deepened, her thoughts became more pure. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z This was wealth indeed!—wealth to the heart!—a mine of pure, genial affections. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Then she saw that the child, silently clutching her sodden doll, was staring at her with a gaze of pure worship. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z But I had something going for me that was pure gold. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Ty'ree said Puerto Rico was like what pictures of Paradise look like—all green and warm and pure. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z All through the morning, many more small boats arrive to deliver their passengers and by late afternoon, ninety-eight people are onboard, each having paid for their escape in five or ten ounces of pure gold. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And he was determined to stay “pure” until marriage, though he did not lack for attention from female students. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z In terms of pure sound, Josquin could not be described as a radical. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He’d probably get around to giving me a lesson one day, but it would be pure random chance when and if it ever happened. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Still she is beautiful because she is good and pure. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Caught in transit between two organisms, a gene exists momentarily as a pure chemical. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z It was not pure white, but rather a grayish offset, and its wide skirts and bodice were encrusted with thousands of minuscule crystals that reminded Celaena of the surface of the sea. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “One that even the genetically pure cannot fight off. I don’t know how Nita knows about it, since it’s not supposed to be public knowledge, but I suppose we’ll find out some other time.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The various well temperament tunings that were very popular in the 18th and 19th centuries tried to strike a balance between staying close to pure intervals and avoiding wolf intervals. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z A deep-dish sit-down in a tub with scalding water is a pure joy. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z And I tried to pour on pure fire in return. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In my job, I knew that pure kindness, with no strings attached, was pretty rare. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The rest was pure improvisation, and it left little time for explanation. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Do me a favor,” she whispers into my ear, “and never have pure motives again.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z No emotion was pure, because everything was mixed up with fear and hatred. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She was pure of heart and deed; she only kicked shins in self- defense, so that couldn't count against her. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a pure kind of joy in the certainty of belief. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z And as Abra became more radiant, more pure and beautiful, Aron took an increasing joy in a concept of his own wickedness. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A moment later its blunt nose thrust clear of the stream and they saw the open mouth, pure white inside. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know,” she said, and then, making it up out of pure habit, “no,” she went on. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Anger is rising inside me, pure, fiery anger. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z If this is the case, then today’s Eurasians are not pure Sapiens. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It was pure guesswork, but we had to try to put the animals back into the correct cages. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Now a look of pure, unholy joy appeared in the black-currant eyes, and he tensed his stocky, close-knit body, timing his spring with a mastery born of long practice. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The light was whiter than snow, whiter than ice, whiter than the purest flower or pearl. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z These too are of a burning color—not orange, not gold, but if pure gold were liquid and could raise a cream, that golden cream might be like the color of the poppies. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a sound of pure pain, pure need. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z With what Harry considered pure pigheadedness, however, Ron was unimpressed. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I leaned over her, feeling her breath breezing warm and pure against my face. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally I walked to the window and gazed out at the peach trees stretching halfway to North Carolina, the way they held up their leafy arms in gestures of pure beseeching. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The largest pure rat is probably the Tasmanian, which has actually been weighed at one hundred pounds. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z But those short moments had made it all worthwhile, those moments of pure plenary abandon, when he felt as if he, and he alone, were in control of the universe of his childhood. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They had mules loaded down with things to eat, oxcarts with furniture and domestic utensils, pure and simple earthly accessories put on sale without any fuss by peddlers of everyday reality. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z They eat the floaters both for their organic molecules and for their store of pure hydrogen. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And God’s given us apartheid as a way of ensuring our survival as a pure Christian race. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It's a pure gut reaction because there's a gray Taurus in the driveway. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The brick was a pure, unsullied color, without so much as a dot of mud splashed from the rain. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He had always eschewed the mystical side of alchemy and focused on pure science. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Yeah, but...I mean, for the Capitol, you’re pure,” he says, clearly trying to mollify me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “You and your sisters must remain pure of heart on this journey, Odilia. Be courageous but remember to also be noble and everything will be all right.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z It also leads many other music traditions to prefer tunings other than equal temperament, particularly tunings in which some of the important intervals are based on the pure, simple-ratio intervals of physics. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Nothing makes you forget how tired you are like pure cold fear. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z It was pure white, a hook-beaked raptor, and it was immense, larger even than the hunting eagles he’d seen with the nomads who passed through the marketplace. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z That was not the way pilgrims to Delphi came, but rejoicing to approach the pure shrine of Apollo, the God of Truth. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And to Trip, the whole thing was pure comedy: a glorious slapstick spectacle, complete with bleeped-out tirades and plenty of chair throwing. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The layers of plastic, constantly bending, heated the resin from pure friction. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z They may also have been thinking of pure economics: Once you cut cane, it begins to dry out. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z The half who had inherited what had been pure and noble in Baba. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And Wealhtheow gave Beowulf a ring of the purest gold to wear on his finger, and a golden collar to carry about his neck. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z As long as you can look fearlessly at the sky, you’ll know that you’re pure within and will find happiness once more. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z ‘All is sweet, pure, and healthy.’” continued the perplexed authoress. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Compared to the world I'm used to, she seems so pure and innocent. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It wasn’t Kasigi; it was pure Cap, taking the hippie thing too far, as usual. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Now the sun had set: the air was a deep pure blue. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z And when the glad shout had swelled up and died away again, to Sam’s final and complete satisfaction and pure joy, a minstrel of Gondor stood forth, and knelt, and begged leave to sing. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “Maybe it’s not about what the mortals believe. Maybe it’s because you give up on yourself” His pure brown eyes regarded me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “I thought everything Arletta Paisley did was pure gold. One thing I lived by was her saying ‘Nothing says you care like a handmade gift.’ Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z She told him I was a lamb of God and it was a pure accident, so he didn’t whip me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Stars, to him, were fixed mariners, old friends, fine compasses, light pure, and druids in the silvery separateness of the night flight. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I hope so. He brings happiness wherever he goes. He’s pure alegría.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z The medical 02 tank mixes pure oxygen with surrounding air, then feeds it to you through a mask. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She could see the true color of Matthias’ eyes, pure blue beneath the flecks of gray and brown she’d put there, the moonlight gleaming off every hair on his head. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Citra rarely minded the rain, but a day of gloom coupled with a day of pure tension did not sit well with her. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z So his saying that Finnegan would call me crazy was pure coincidence. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Like shipwrecked people, we huddled together in a warmth and courtesy that was pure and pathetic. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His bedroom was the simplest room of all--except where the dresser was garnished with a toilet set of pure dull gold. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z This side of me is usually lying in wait to ambush the other one, which is much purer, deeper and finer. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Blaine, despite my gesture of respect, gave me a look of pure disdain and with a laugh of disgust left the gallery. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z All these pursuits stand somewhere between “pure” art and “traditional” craft. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “This was nothing but a kidnapping, pure and simple!” he said to the dozens of reporters and photographers who were following him into the terminal. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In equal temperament, the only pure interval is the octave. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Sam gave each man two bottles of pure onion juice. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The only decoration on the pure white walls was a big map of Central Africa. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z First Guitar was on in years, and pluck-weary, but its strings produced the purest sound with a sweet echo on the end. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z I didn’t know if he was telling the truth or not He looked pure African. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But the inlay work was still delicate and clear, the glaze still fine and pure. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z She was pure transfixed, mouth gaping, eyes shining. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Relief flooded you like pure oxygen, and you inhaled it gratefully. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I breathed deep every time we stopped at a job site, smelling the fresh-cut grass, and thought back to how simple and pure my life had been when I mowed lawns as a summer job. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The silver notes were pure and clear and lovely. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Dreams are hopeful because they exist as pure possibility. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z But they couldn’t touch him, he told Clevinger, because he had a sound mind in a pure body and was as strong as an ox. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He had been assuming, since his own enterprise had gone agley, that the Queen was a pure woman; and that he, in seeking to enjoy her, was in the wrong. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I expected him to say, "No, I have been saving myself for when I get married to somebody pure and a virgin like you." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Had I been older I might have thought that I was moved by both an esthetic sense of beauty and the pure emotion of envy. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I heard little Loma threw a pure fit down at the store today,” said somebody else. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The team was given a tiny amount of pure U-235, one of the first samples to arrive from the Oak Ridge plant. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I dropped to my knees and disappeared into a burst of light, of life, of joy, a single breath, a lone heartbeat, one pure and fearless note. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He’s sent to the floor, a pure mess of grief. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z “Good?” squeaked Mrs. Corry, and when he nodded she picked up her skirts and did a few steps of the Highland Fling for pure pleasure. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z It was pure black down there, but the next thing I knew it was filled with soft orange light. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “I will send Miss Barkley. You are better with her without me. You are purer and sweeter.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z For what seemed like ages I just held her, thinking nothing but the purest thoughts, my heart aching for her, so poor and miserable and lonesome. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I instructed the cook to kill a fresh young chicken every morning and cook it until pure juice came out. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z But then he loved the pure idea of family as well, which in its most elemental version must have nothing to do with blood. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Without adrenaline to keep me going, all my terror turned to pure exhaustion. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z But I knew it couldn’t have been pure luck. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I was even informed that my Xhosa was no longer pure and was now influenced by Zulu, one of the dominant languages in the Reef. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually one of her doctors tried injecting pure alcohol straight into her spine. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I don't have anything so refined as pure oxygen flow. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Both women seemed horrified at the idea that they had been deceived by the five little sisters who seemed to be so generous and pure of heart. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Half heaven was pure and stainless: the clouds, now trooping before the wind, which had shifted to the west, were filing off eastward in long, silvered columns. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z This time his long pause slipped into pure silence. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the film cameras chopped short and the theaters turned dark, and the print presses trickled down from a great Niagara of reading matter to a mere innocuous dripping of ‘pure’ material. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z My country is rich in the minerals and gems that lie beneath its soil, but I have always known that its greatest wealth is its people, finer and truer than the purest diamonds. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a legitimate concern, but decisions should not be taken out of pride or embarrassment, but out of pure strategy — and strategy here suggested we call off the strike. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But every so often, you glimpse the pure fun of ciphers and codes. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It was pure luck that I did not. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “Of course the Sun Maidens’ hearts had to be pure. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z She had bent over the infant cradled against her, with a look of pure astonishment. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The three of us might look like complete pure fools tracking down this preacher lady and her bats. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z Only then would they taste the pure flavor of rice and feel its solid goodness in their bellies. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Vincent writes, “Don’t worry about your wanton life, as you call it, just go quietly on your way. You’re purer than I, and will probably get there sooner and better.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The reunion had been ecstatic and tearful and nonstop happy, and inside he was pure July. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Nelson stared at me with such pure, annoyed skepticism I was tempted to doubt my own word. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I did fret over his safety, but it was pure and sinful selfishness that wet my eyes at night. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Off the coast of British Columbia, there is a special black bear called the Spirit Bear. It’s pure white and has pride, dignity, and honor. More than most people.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Sometimes they shocked me, sometimes they dosed me with pure rapture, but I never knew which to expect. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z In the distance a clock was tolling, “Be pure in heart, be pure in mind!” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The cheers lose their gusto and a pure longing to flee floods Werner. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I’m offering you a hundred and eighty dollars, pure profit, and no worries.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Are you kidding? I was wrong about the a.m. vibes. Kent is pure p.m. He wants you to take him into that bathroom and catch his Pikachu.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “And I will pour upon you pure water,” Lev recited from Ezekiel, “and you will be purified of all your defilements.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z A patch of glowing white hair appeared over the ridge, then a familiar grinning face with pure silver eyes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Support for American independence, for example, was always fragile and shifted with each victory or defeat in the field, which was often a matter of pure luck. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Six tons of pure glistening amber, a jeweled chamber that glowed like golden fire. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z However, because of the lack of pure intervals, some musicians do not find it satisfying. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z It was the king of Syracuse who asked Archimedes to determine whether his crown was pure gold or had been mixed with lead, a task beyond the abilities of all the scientists at the time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Following the song to the parlor, as if Miss Love was a Pied Piper, I stopped at the door in pure amazement. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Suddenly Richard closes his eyes and a look of pure sadness comes across his face. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z To Nazi eyes, we Jews were a single, detested group, the exact opposite of the blond, blue-eyed, pure "Aryans." The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z It was the pure excitement of seeing the world. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Tunings that are slightly off from the pure interval, however, will result in a combined wave that has an extra bumpiness in it. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “And that, to me, is the terrible seduction of Dionysiac ritual. Hard for us to imagine. That fire of pure being.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Riding a bike is pure and simple—Ronny says he thinks it’s mankind’s greatest invention, and although I thought that was stupid at first, these days I’m not so sure. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z They sang in True Tongue, so Bran could not understand the words, but their voices were as pure as winter air. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z No doubt Max would’ve liked it, the irony in particular, but Max had become a pure idea, which was its own irony. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Has a girl of fourteen a heart large enough, vigorous enough, to hold the swelling spring of pure, full, fervid eloquence? Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z ‘He’s pure Anglo-Saxon if I ever saw it. Irish and Anglo-Saxon.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z This was pure imagination, however, as he had had no opportunity to tell Hermione what he had overheard. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z One minute we’re all going nuts with pure joy at hitting six million, and then we all get quiet as we remember what that number represents. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Silence had hovered over my head, beauty multiplying in the air, the trees so transparent I felt I could see through to something pure inside them. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad flashed him a look of pure disgust. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z The nerves sent pure fire through me, but it swiftly receded to a dull, constant ache. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z So a pure fifth will have a frequency ratio of exactly 3:2. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z These details were just to me what they were to them—so many pure and sweet sources of pleasure. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Because pure gold and silver are too soft to hold their shape, Andean metalworkers mixed them with other metals, usually copper. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Which is pure folly: ’tis surely God’s will that fish should rot in the water, but the beasts should rot on the land. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z The relief it brought his tortured lungs was pure heaven. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She told him that the two men he had sent her for the goddess were not pure. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They understood that the soul of a scythe needed to remain pure. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He rode a coal-black horse barded all in white, with the pure white shield of the Kingsguard strapped to his arm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Though it was a forbidden love, still he felt it to be the worthiest thing about him, and the purest, and the deepest. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z This is what I long for now, something to make Nino Carlitos’s touch disappear, something to make me good and complete and pure again. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Tired, sure, but so pure, her face scrubbed so clean; her hair up—I didn’t even realize it’d gotten this long—in a ponytail. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The being who appeared was so massive, radiating such pure malevolence, that Percy wanted to crawl away and hide. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The little terrier had a look of pure bliss on his scruffy whiskered face. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z All chords will tend towards pure fifths and thirds, as well as seconds, fourths, sixths, and sevenths that reflect the harmonic series. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z As he spoke, Bast’s eyes grew paler, until they were the pure blue of a clear noontime sky. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She claimed that white men carried in their hearts a secret lust for pure young Japanese girls. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z At the far end of the room, where the altar would have been, stood a ten-foot-tall statue of pure white alabaster - a young woman in a white robe, a serene smile on her face. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It seemed like the beginning of adoration of something simple and pure. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z To those who knew her she could be kind, but to intruders she was pure treachery, and this would give us an advantage. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I am infected by Ai’s pure pleasure in our achievement. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “There’s going to be trouble with that robot. He’s pure nuts!” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I understand he claims that a pure white bear attacked him. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z She closes her eyes and opens them again like she’s looking at the world for the first time—so innocent and pure. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It’s true that in terms of pure intellect, teenagers are just as smart as adults, just as able to reason, and just as knowledgeable about the consequences of risky behavior. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Their blood is pure,” said Harry, and his deep voice echoed impressively through the hall. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Another month later, drenched in rock dust and sweat, his section punched through the header into the softest, blackest, purest coal anyone had ever seen. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z But here’s the lucky part — and ’tis pure sooth. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z The beam leaped out of his hand, pointing the way ahead and throwing pure white light onto his immediate surroundings. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “What did our fathers eat at night in their time, gbo? They ate pure cassava. Garri is for you modem ones. It does not even have the flavor of pure cassava.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The words burst out pure and unfettered, infinite. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The three ships, the silent hundreds gathering upon the wharf, all were dipped in the pure white light. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Gaia the Earth Mother opened her pure green eyes. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It was a feeling as pure as love, but dispassionate and icily rational. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Aye indeed, they would pay pure gold for a brief glance!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He suddenly looks up, pure joy on his face. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Only the pure urge, the one thing that never let me down, got me out of bed fifty minutes later. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Today it was awesomely pure and bright, and totally safe for an old loggerhead to browse the grassy flats. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Well, for cool native impudence and pure innate pride, you haven’t your equal,” said he. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z His lips trembled and I was certain he would cry, I would have to destroy him from pure disgust, but he held it. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be no less true to say that Estraven’s acts had risen out of pure personal loyalty, a sense of responsibility and friendship towards one single human being, myself. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z At one point, he recorded in disgust, “This is the purest bunk.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Her role, pure and simple, was to obey him and make his life easier. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Her face, so pure and clear, could have been formed of water jade and her shining hair, loosened from its ornate pins, pooled around her like smooth black water on the white snow. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z She released a yell of pure joy, felt the summer wind kiss her face and play with her hair. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z And the thought was like a sudden gust of pure oxygen, raising him up. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is way too neat and tidy. It’s pure Abbey.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z By pure luck, just before nightfall, he was spotted on the beach and picked up by a PT boat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They were pure white and lovely, she explained, but fatal to eat. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I couldn't stand the idea of a woman having to have a single pure life and a man being able to have a double life, one pure and one not. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The horrors piled up, incomprehensible, the bombers now and then dropping flares to light it all with the pure, shining white of a thousand camera flashes. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The beach shed its deadness and became a spectral gray-white, then more white than gray, and finally it was totally white and stainless, as pure as the shores of Eden. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z During that long summer I’d been over and over the various arguments, all the pros and cons, and it was no longer a question that could be decided by an act of pure reason. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z His body was made of stars, and he wore a cloak sewn from pure lightning. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z It was, she knew, the simplest kind of love, the purest form, untainted by Mind, which twisted everything, as Mrs. Shigemura, ironically, had preached. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z But you could not have pure love or pure lust nowadays. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The floor shined like a mahogany piano—pure black and yet full of light. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z But her voice is far from nice—it’s pure fury. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z The anticipation there gave way to blank incomprehension and then to pure, unadulterated rage. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z And there you have it, a tank of pure hydrogen. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z There was in addition the X-ray crystallographic result that each pure base so far examined formed as many irregular hydrogen bonds as stereochemically possible. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The candlelight was like pure gold, and his teacher’s shadow against the wall was like a picture. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z I know it’s breaking the law in the strictest sense, but it’s pure. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He touches his daughter’s back with both hands, and she laughs loud and pure into the sky. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Logic, reason, pure science: these, Aronnax insists, are the proper ways to pursue a mystery. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It was the pure Language of the World. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind is furious, the view out the window pure white. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z There it was, supple shining black leather, chased and trimmed with the purest silver. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The Occamy is aggressive to all who approach it, particularly in defence of its eggs, whose shells are made of the purest, softest silver. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Closing the outhouse door, shutting him out, was the purest pleasure she’d had in a long while. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Her thin hair is pure white, her teeth are brown with decay. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Once,” Ben answered in a lie that had been born out of a pure adolescent instinct. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Cracking a laptop firewall is ridiculously easy, pure script kiddie stuff. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z These goats have to be pure white or pure black—no markings. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z The food they’d set before us was a stew that tasted like pure nothing, just wet clumps stuffed in my mouth that I would have to chew into glue. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Neither the third nor the fifth is pure, but neither of them is terribly far off, either. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z But the next thing I know, Mrs. Walton places her hand in mine and begins the first line of “Amazing Grace,” so sweet, so pure. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z My belly and behind were as heavy as cold iron, but it seemed my head had gone away and pure air had replaced it on my shoulders. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Five confirmed victims, only five, and Jack the Ripper became the embodiment, forever, of pure evil. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She thought, How pure he is, how unfit for a world that even she knew more about than he did. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But at quarter speed it was painted on his face: the lips pressed together in a look of pure smugness. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Their glittering brass helmets and breastplates shone like pure gold; the short swords they brandished also caught the brassy sunshine with twinkles of light that flashed in the eyes of the crowd. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I am already poor, having lost everything I treasure, and no longer pure. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The effect of bathing in pure, clean, salt-free water was more than I can put into words. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “I think I am not wrong in saying that this pure gentleman has given both of us a fall or two?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The capitol building sprawled gray concrete like a regal queen spreading out her petticoats, and its giant dome glittered pure gold in the morning sun. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z I saw Liam below, the firelight turning his hair pure gold as he bent his head in quiet conversation with the others. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z But pure mathematics had a higher status, with the result that there was a constant hankering after the language and argumentative style of pure mathematics. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Such is the nature of combustion in pure oxygen. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The jade, so pure and clear—like Amah’s voice waking her in the morning. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Rain said the trip was the purest form of education—learning by doing. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The smile on Stephanie’s face is replaced with flushed cheeks and a look of pure confusion. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I will never forget how beautiful the earth appears from a great distance, floating silently and serenely like a blue and white marble against the pure black of space. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Less fastidious than his comrade, Joe High was pure New South. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z One man, a pure blue-black Yoruban, stands mute in the center of the room, a starched cotton fez on his head. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel like I'm going to explode all over the room into a trillion tiny pieces of pure joy. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He convinced her that she was “too pure” for his base “animal instincts.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I never thought that Matthew, who went out of his way to show me the difference between my “pure” genes and Tobias’s “damaged” genes, might be helping Nita. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She said it was pure hate that had driven her to the courtroom and pulled the trigger seventeen times. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z |
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