| 单词 | puzzle |
| 例句 | All these puzzle pieces swirled around in Frank’s mind. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “I guess,” I said slowly as I tried to puzzle out what would happen if I stuck with the truth. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Did a linguistic or cultural factor account for the otherwise puzzling failure of complex Andean civilizations to develop writing? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But it wasn’t a lesson from God; it was something else, something more like putting together a puzzle, making the pieces fit to form an image. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z As he read it, puzzling out the runes and symbols one by one, a horror came over him. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z And now Harold smiles and looks at me puzzled, expecting me to translate what my mother has said. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “They don’t make me hear everything clearly, the way you do. I have to fit the sounds with the shape the lips make, like a puzzle,” Renee said, looking from Gen to the woods. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. Most puzzles don’t work that way.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The whole city had become a fantastic jigsaw puzzle and he knew he only had seconds to piece it together. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I was reaching for a puzzle part that was just blue sky when a flash of light filled the bay window. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z For a second, Mrs. Kent stared at us as though we were pieces in a puzzle she couldn’t put together. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The way the others received it, too, puzzled me; the last time we talked of the subject we agreed that there was to be no more concealment of anything amongst us. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z People stare at me—eyebrows raised, expressions puzzled. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Her eyes were still half-closed as she peered into the hallway with a puzzled expression. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Zeno’s puzzles appear to have been in support of Parmenides’ argument; in showing that change and motion were paradoxical, he hoped to convince people that everything is one—and changeless. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Teresa drank the fastest, rolling each empty can of beer on the wood floor, while the others laughed with an enthusiasm that puzzled Ifemelu because it really was not that funny. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Dad looked puzzled, as if the answer should have been obvious. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Those cases, initially so puzzling to us moderns accustomed to viewing writing as indispensable to a complex society, included one of the world’s largest empires as of A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I look up at Mr. Post, at his round red cheeks and puzzled expression. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He was further puzzled that Twinkle, who normally displayed good taste, was so charmed. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He seemed vaguely puzzled and disappointed; he must be wondering, she thought, whether it had been worth it, just to exterminate two rats. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I was not a curiosity, as I had been for a whole year in Karhide; not a freak; not a puzzle. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “Well, now,” said Donovan sweetly, “I do hope he’ll condescend to explain it all to me after he’s puzzled everything out.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z He’s looking at me, not unbenevolently, but with curiosity, as if I am a puzzle to be solved. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He seemed in no hurry to go elsewhere or to talk, and as the slow-motion bartender mixed our drinks I puzzled vainly as to why he had brought me here. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, he became enamored of Japanese interlocking puzzles and dimensional wooden puzzles shaped in the form of an automobile or an animal. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She imagines the walled city behind her, its soaring ramparts, its puzzle of streets. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Now the sky presented the greatest scientific puzzle they had ever encountered, and they were all considering their place in it, and their chances of solving it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The pieces to this puzzle seem too fuzzy and too out of reach. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Geographic differences in the means by which food production arose are also puzzling. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Emily continued to puzzle over the number clue Friday and throughout the weekend. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Some sort of challenge or puzzle, one I was almost certain had been created and placed here by Halliday. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z This was the type of case, not at all untypical in South Africa, that offered a moral jigsaw puzzle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But while Abigail was a great administrator and fair leader, she was not made to solve puzzles. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Sure, Karen,” Ben answered, although he was somewhat puzzled by her visit. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But Jinny had plenty to think about without puzzling out Sam. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She frowns, puzzling for a moment, then seems to remember what she’d waited to ask me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In a puzzled voice she said, “There is no thread here.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Slowly, the sheriff shook his head, pretending to be very puzzled. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked at her with a puzzled expression, and several times I heard her defend herself: “If it weren’t for the money I bring in, we’d still be living like savages.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z It is a puzzling fact that chickens can run around in a frenzy for some seconds after being decapitated, but I do not think they do this for a whole hour. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z And right now, he’s thinking through a puzzle. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He seemed to have to puzzle over her question. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z As Matt approached the cleft at the top of the mountains, he began to hear another puzzling noise. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He smiled in a distracted way at Petra, who looked puzzled. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z There would appear to be a straightforward solution to this puzzle. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But he was missing a crucial piece of the puzzle. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “I do not get on at all. I hear such different accounts of you as puzzle me exceedingly.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z He got up, and began to break the completed jigsaw puzzle into bits, very deliberately, and put the bits back into their box. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The higher your rank, the more special privileges you earn, like unlocking secret pages and online games and puzzles. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Both then came to where I was sitting, puzzled. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Once Copernicus had suggested that the earth was not the centre of the universe but a planet orbiting the sun, people were bound to puzzle over what sort of planet it could be. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Grandpa was off at the Moose Lodge, where he spent the better part of every day; Lori was taking her bath; and Mom was at the table in Grandpa’s room working on a crossword puzzle. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He seemed to view the challenges as a Rubik’s Cube-like puzzle that could be solved if only he could swivel the right blocks in the right order. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He had another interesting math puzzle to challenge Mr. Keeney with. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The best we can do, I think, is try to puzzle out the right mix of conscious and unconscious analysis on a case-by-case basis. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Asra was puzzled by the injection of the teller into the tale. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Please let this be a puzzle, an elaborate game Papa has constructed, a riddle she must solve. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The men were on different watches and neither knew about the other, but one day one man or t’other would puzzle it out, and then there would be blood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The puzzled reader is put on notice that her ability to understand the world counts for nothing; her role is to behold the enigmatic pronouncements of the great scholar. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The last piece of the puzzle had fallen into place. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Yeah, say Sofia, with a real puzzle look on her face, I wonder why she was ever bom. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl looked puzzled, then shook her head, giggling. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z That’s all that was left of the life I’d had here: a puzzle whose rules I would never understand, because they were not rules at all but a kind of cage meant to enclose me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The thing that most worried him about the Ptolemaic system, typified by the puzzle of the Moon, was the business of equants. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z I don’t exactly trust him; those missing puzzle pieces could be anything. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z As the two foxes traveled on, Pax reflected on the puzzle of the other scent of his boy—his underlying scent. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Each time Crick frowned as he added another component, Watson’s stomach took a turn—but in the end, the whole thing fit together, like a perfectly solved puzzle. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The box of the puzzle was propped up to show what the picture would be when the puzzle was done: a covered bridge in autumn. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z “Roy Rogers is so a movie star,” I said, puzzled by her ignorance. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Now that we have explored the source of word sounds, we arrive at the puzzle of word meanings. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z But it saddened and puzzled her, his wish to be gone. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But when my mother told me that the “white” man was not the father of the “black” boy, was no kin to him at all, I was puzzled. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “But where does the hatbox come in?” asked the doctor, still puzzled. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z In Eugene Maleska crossword terminology, he's braw and pulchritudinous, while Will Shortz, current puzzle editor for The New York Times, might define him as a "wower," the clue being "Turns heads, in a way." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The old man listened with a puzzled expression as he held an unlit cigar in his delicate fingers. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The balance of this book will take these ideas and apply them to other puzzling situations and epidemics from the world around us. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Fenoglio was following this exchange with a puzzled look on his face—and with great curiosity. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I doubled back toward the bookstalls, puzzled by the disparity between the map and what I saw. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z They are more like puzzles and games than those awful bubble tests we do, where I just fill in circles without even reading the questions. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z She moved on and found herself getting closer to a herd of those grazing creatures she had seen the previous evening, whose movement had puzzled her without her knowing why. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The puzzle of Singer and the rest of them. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Instead, I try to puzzle through things myself. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He still puzzled over the question of God’s role in nature and about his own faith. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The mail carrier hands Big Bird a package, and Big Bird is immediately puzzled: “If this is the first time you have ever been here,” he asks, “how did you know I was Big Bird?” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Like always, I solve the puzzle first in my mind. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z If she could figure out one more puzzle, she’d win this game and, once again, be tied for first place. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z The child was looking up at them, puzzled. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Since the Friedmans had many top code breakers in their circle, their party puzzles had to be tough. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He was of average height, a sturdily built man of forty-seven, but how he maintained his weight was a puzzle. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He went near to it and stared at it, puzzled and alarmed. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Kaz hated a puzzle he couldn’t solve, and he and Inej had concocted a hundred theories to account for the murder—none of which satisfied. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z We were now energized: no longer was anyone doing crossword puzzles to pass the time. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a puzzled look on his face but did not say anything. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z It became a constant puzzle which lay unanswered in the back of my mind. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Three couriers, two found, one last puzzle to solve. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It will puzzle the Germans when they examine the wreckage. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “If I look at your newly found puzzle, I am sure I will want to solve it. Which is why I don’t want to see it.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “I love puzzles. Trickery is just my native tongue.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I remember being puzzled very early by how different things were for the Protestants. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I can see him trying to figure out the puzzle so he can put me back together again and turn me into the fun girlfriend he used to know. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z For Washington, the bits of intelligence he got from agents were like pieces of a puzzle. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom asked, a puzzled look on her face. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Corporal Reynolds is a puzzle with lots of pieces, but half of them are missing. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Their excitement and curiosity had already shifted into concentration as they attempted to solve the puzzle before them. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Although she might be puzzled by these differences between man and woman, she knew them and accepted them and needed them. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Each step of the mare brought Petey closer, until she was fitted to Finn like a puzzle piece, her head under his chin. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Armstrong’s lawyers found it puzzling that no whites had been charged with crack offenses, given that most crack users are white. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It took him so much longer to figure it out than a math problem or a word puzzle. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z They understood why—the game was getting out of hand—but they were puzzled, unable to understand how a group of kids who seemed so talented in warm-ups could play so badly. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Nelson paused for a long time to wipe the ash from his face and puzzle over the metaphor of accessories and outfits. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And similar to that person Jack had described, she also couldn’t imagine ignoring The Gold-Bug puzzle now that she’d found it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I’m puzzling over their reappearance when I realize that this must be it, the day of the execution. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Or this,” said Grace, summoning the photo of the cabin boy’s puzzle on Jake’s computer. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z He told me to see poetry as a puzzle. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “Well, you didn’t know it was a puzzle, and I didn’t know any of the answers, but we’re both here now. We’d make a good team.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z In my book Mathematics and Humor I tried to show that both activities are forms of intellectual play, which often find common ground in brainteasers, puzzles, games, and paradoxes. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z As I washed my ankle I thought it was a most peculiar wound, and puzzling. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Something in her voice caused Anya to take the letter from her, puzzled, and read it herself. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “In The Westing Game, most of the information you need to solve the puzzle is provided right at the beginning of the story, in the will,” he said. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Our lives trail around us, sometimes broken and sometimes beautiful, but all puzzled and tangled up into the lump that is us. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z As she stares at him, confused, the pieces of the puzzle begin to shift together. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Like he's running a turntable or moving puzzle pieces around on a table. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Good. These are the puzzle pieces. You can spell words with them. If you spell the right one, I will give you your heart’s desire.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z You are a master of puzzles, logic, and deduction. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z And then, because we notice that Lolo is puzzling over which way to open the folding chairs, Lena, Hannah, and I scramble to our feet to help him with the rest. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I stand on my bed in my new room, taping images onto a brand-new heart collage on the wall, one by one, like a puzzle. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z He looked up at Justin, grinning, expecting to see Justin looking relieved, or puzzled, or even grateful — but certainly not angry and scared. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z It was as though he had been made with a great piece missing—one of May Belle’s puzzles with this huge gap where somebody’s eye and cheek and jaw should have been. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z When I looked back at Lev, he was studying me with a puzzled frown. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z But Lord Connington will need to puzzle that one out for himself I am like to be a head on a spike. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z By now she was more puzzled than scared. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s probably not a good comparison, since I couldn’t put a puzzle together if I wanted to. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z He walked over to me, saw the eggshells scattered like puzzle pieces, and scowled. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z As she moved stiffly, she saw Ginika in her side vision, watching them, her expression puzzled, mouth slightly slack, as though she did not quite believe what had happened. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z ‘You don’t say, Mr. Mugwort!’ said the landlord, looking puzzled. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Like he's running a turntable or moving puzzle pieces around on a table. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Probably studying in his room or hunched over his cipher books or logic puzzles with Steve defying gravity, like a diving board of hair sticking off his head. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He turned and saw that Sam was now standing beside him, looking round with a puzzled expression, and rubbing his eyes as if he was not sure that he was awake. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He reached down as if to place the piece of puzzle in the small lake of brown tabletop near the center of the puzzle. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Even though she had teased James about his knack for spotting a puzzle anywhere, it kind of spooked her, as if the book itself were trying to talk to her. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He lifted his stubby number-2 yellow pencil and began to trace the route to a damsel imprisoned in a castle cell in the puzzle’s center. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “He would be greatly puzzled what to do?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z It’s life-size, the width of two fists, and it comes apart like a 3-D puzzle. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He seemed puzzled, as if he were trying to remember something. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He puzzles over Blue’s three clues and attempts to come up with the answer. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z You had no internal warning, and it spews out all over the puzzle table like white-water foam. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The girl reaches past Jay, takes my pencil, and tries to solve the puzzle. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “This isn’t magic — it’s logic — a puzzle. A lot of the greatest wizards haven’t got an ounce of logic, they’d be stuck in here forever.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z They talked about it among themselves, the four girls, as they often did now about the many puzzling things in this new country. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z These studies have called attention to parts of the puzzle, but they provide only pieces of the needed broad synthesis that has been missing. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z My brother and I were puzzled and we speculated as to what our new “uncle” could be doing. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Biddy thump down on the couch and get puzzled in her face. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Ever since Hollister learned I like puzzle magazines, he’s kept a good stock of them.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z When she put on her puzzled look, I abandoned whatever point I’d been trying to make and said: “Ruth, there’s no way you’ve forgotten. So don’t give me that.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She was positive everybody knew what was the matter with her, that she was being looked at, but she was puzzled that she had never heard it spoken of before in all her years. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z My ideas are spread out like puzzle pieces. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Even at the tender age when I didn’t yet know my real name, I was puzzled by the hypocrisy of celebrating a people everyone looked down on. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She was trying to puzzle out the mystery of seeing her father the night before. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z But Wittgenstein’s texts are puzzling, problematic, and unfinished. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The King stood up in the firelight, looking puzzled and pleased. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Jesper opened the book and peered at the last page, puzzled. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A financial customer might be reasonably familiar with the world of investments and still have to puzzle over what a company brochure means by “capital changes and rights.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “I did not believe you would destroy yourself from grief or rejected love. Thus I supposed that you only feigned your death,” she said, with the satisfaction of someone solving a puzzle. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Actually, it was no puzzle to me anymore. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z After puzzling over this for some time, Kepler hit on the idea that the number of planets might be related to the number of regular solid figures that can be constructed using Euclidean geometry. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z That every year, on her birthday, her father would present her with another puzzle and another novel, and she would read all of Jules Verne and all of Dumas and maybe even Balzac and Proust? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Reynolds and the captain looked at him, puzzled. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z It might even have a hazy desire for music or crossword puzzles. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z For now it was enough to know that she and the Incorrigibles would remain together at Ashton Place and that Lady Constance might serve as an unlikely ally in the task of solving this puzzle. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “I feel like Quinby showed me the answer to the puzzle,” I said, sighing. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z And of course, no one was as loudly and dramatically puzzled as the four sixth-grade members of the Egypt Game. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Joy to the Heart looked puzzled, as if he had never thought about it before. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z One puzzle that had been around for a long time had to do with spectrum readings of the wavelengths of hydrogen. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z They found the corners and finished most of the perimeter of the puzzle by the time they heard Lena calling them for dinner. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z And it is this new form of life that has grown up here in our midst that puzzles us, that expresses itself, like a weed growing from under a stone, in terms we call crime. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z My advice will often shock purists and occasionally puzzle readers who have always been under the impression that this word meaning or that grammatical usage is an error. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z It had never occurred to C.P. that black children were treated as disdainfully as his kids were, and it puzzled him to hear it now. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z It makes your letters a great puzzle to read. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z There is a puzzle here, because the standard alternative to voluntarism is rationalism, and a rationalist would hold that the laws of nature, like the laws of mathematics, exist because they are necessary. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z You take a picture, e-mail it in, and they send you a puzzle of the picture. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z From where I stood, stealing glances, it seemed like she was laying down puzzle pieces. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z We worked on the puzzle, each one allowing himself a section of the table and the necessary quiet. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z He could try to puzzle his way out of it, but I knew better, knew that we could never be anything but wholly, unforgivably guilty. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “Exactly. I think the escape hatch is where the puzzle says the fire pit should be.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Yes, it was all there like a large puzzle. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Richardson puzzled over this as she dropped a folded five into the museum’s donation box and headed out to her car, genuinely intrigued. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Cole puzzled so hard his head hurt, but there seemed no connection. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z They’d also taught me how to do math and solve puzzles while building my self-esteem. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “I’m not leaving without one of your puzzle questions.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z When Faro returned that day, I was astonished and puzzled about where he had been. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “I thought we agreed the children are going to be American,” puzzled Helen. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z His expression more puzzled than angry, he tugged at it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In Colorado, the four members of the Mountain team would be the first four students who could solve one final puzzle. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Later that morning, Seth sat in the tree house trying to find puzzle pieces that fit together. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z His dark gaze roams over me, as if he's trying to puzzle something out. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “They always underestimate me,” she said afterward, sounding puzzled. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The puzzle remains finished except for that one piece. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Other games and puzzles entered the household, and the chess set, with some pawns missing, was stored in a closet. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z One of the ladies was making a sweater while another worked a puzzle, tapping her teeth with the eraser of a yellow pencil. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Identifying Indians as these “lost tribes” solved two puzzles at once: where the Israelites had gone, and the origins of Native Americans. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He found order in a scramble of clues and, as one author put it, “turned brutal crimes—the vestiges of the beast in man—into intellectual puzzles.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Once out of North Hampden I walked slowly, extremely puzzled, an undertow of anxiety tugging at my thoughts. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She made notes about books they had bought together and puzzles they had shared. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “The pieces of the puzzle were beginning to fall into place at last,” said a relieved Leslie Groves. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I was annoyed with the people who had sold me the puzzle. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z They were far enough away that I couldn’t hear exactly what they were saying, but I watched the puzzled expressions on their faces. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The receptionist seemed puzzled about exactly who I was and what I was doing there, but was mollified by the fact that I did have an appointment. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If you’re different from other kids, don’t worry about the jigsaw puzzle. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z It’s a giant puzzle, and I’m making the pieces one by one. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Lapp read the note, scanned it again, then wrinkled his upper lip, squinched his nose until the bridge was thoroughly grooved, and weighted down his entire prissy face with a formidable, puzzled frown. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The unbinding of one molecule of oxygen coordinately relaxes all the other clasps, like the crucial pin-piece pulled out from a child’s puzzle. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z When not sleeping or studying, Thetans were fond of video games, constructing and solving elaborate puzzles, playing, inventing, and reimagining board games, and pretending to kill one another as part of live-action Mafia games. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Deep in the thick undergrowth near the clearing, at the edge of Leader’s puzzled awareness, a small green frog ate an insect it had caught with its sticky, fast- darting tongue. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The puzzles pieces will take care of themselves. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z We were doing the same thing: putting puzzle pieces together. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Before dinner the four of us were helping him with a crossword puzzle, so I couldn’t say anything. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z A tingle runs through me at the chance to crack this problem, possibly the biggest puzzle I’ve ever been given the chance to solve. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It’s a puzzle why we binge on the sweetest and greasiest food we can find, until we consider the eating habits of our forager forebears. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z De Vries quickly realized the importance of his observation: these mutants had to be the missing pieces in Darwin’s puzzle. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z We must turn to Germany for this piece of the puzzle. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z But to tell her that it pained me to question the meaning of morality would have, I think, puzzled her. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z We were puzzled by this account, though everyone else on campus seemed to know all about it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “As soon as I puzzle out the rest.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z All this was a puzzle, but Hess had a war to take part in, and put such thoughts to the back of his mind. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I went back to my room and contemplated the grasshopper puzzle. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z That night, while I was puzzling over my algebra, Jim stuck his head in my room. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I carried out armloads of fabric and wood and metal put together in all their puzzling ways, and marveled that I’d ever felt comfort in having such things. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She watched as he held the leaf to his own mouth and tasted it with a puzzled, uncertain look. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The guard pauses a moment, as if puzzled by our density. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Did I not tell you that I was, like you, a very puzzled man? But at least we can face our problem. We can arrange such facts as we have with order and method.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z To him, the press was a puzzle that he could never quite solve. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z More to the point, a modern list of laws would have deeply puzzled Descartes. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But sometimes taking a break helped her see a puzzle in a new way, so she tucked her pencil back into her hair and went downstairs. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Yes, but have you ever tried to put a puzzle together and given up because it was too hard?” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z Funeral wreaths and angels, constellations of dust, stellar or otherwise, the puzzles left by spiders. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d remembered it because it had puzzled me at the time, and also because it was one of the few occasions when the Gallery had been mentioned so deliberately in front of a guardian. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She could see that he was still puzzling over her words. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He looks at me, not as if he doesn’t remember these things himself, but as if he’s puzzled that I do. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I became bookish, puzzling to all my family. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The more I read, the more puzzled I became. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They were powerful and puzzling and even fearsome, but also they could do pleasing things. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The problem of olfactory sensing shares some of the current puzzles and confusions of immunology, apart from the business of telling self from non-self. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Doña Rosa didn’t speak enough English to be good at solving the puzzles; mostly, she just liked Vanna White’s gowns and the prizes. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z We three arrange ourselves on the couch beside her, waiting, puzzled. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z And Tom lay in the dark of his room, puzzled as a child. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I had heard no order given: I was puzzled. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He began to put the pieces of Benton Sage’s puzzle together in his mind. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z He was methodically solving another of his logic puzzles and didn’t look up. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Mathematicians ignored the logical and philosophical troubles with adding infinite zeros—especially since indivisibles or infinitesimals, as they came to be called, finally solved a long-standing puzzle: the problem of the tangent. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z She reached down, pulled up a snake, and gave Gramps a puzzled look. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z I was puzzling it out, whether to press him further or to play it casually, when Call blurted out, “You don’t seem like neither spy.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he leaned back in his chair as though puzzling something out. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Marly was puzzled at first, but then it turned out that Joe wouldn’t go to the little school by the graveyard at all. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z While I puzzled through what to do, Otto climbed onto my lap and pulled my arms up and over so they covered him. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Manetti’s account is puzzling and unsatisfactory, but it is all we have. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z There is a puzzle picture of wild flowers—all yellow, red, orange, and white in a field. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z “The dark horse—the difficult piece in any puzzle that doesn’t seem to be there at all until you need it.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Sander turned to me with a puzzled look. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Ophie nodded and made her way downstairs, her mind crowded with the pieces of a puzzle that was turning out to be much bigger than she had thought. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Johnny, already jealous, for the first time in his life, over Rab’s taking Cilia out, buying her sweets—and never saying anything— tried his best to quarrel with a puzzled Rab over this apple. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z While she puzzled, Oksi slept, Frightful slept, Sam slept, and Mole ran the top of an old stone fence, following the fox. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “No,” Rivka said, puzzled, “his name is Breuer. Why did you say that?” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “No need. I completely understand. She is a rare bird. And a bit of a puzzle. A fountain of sorrow.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I saw him thinking, concentrating on the puzzle of the overalls. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He told me it is part of his puzzle. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z In his most famous puzzle, “The Achilles,” Zeno proves that swift Achilles can never catch up with a lumbering tortoise that has a head start. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “But I’m a huge fan of your work. I grew up playing Halcydonia Interactive’s educational games. They taught me how to read, write, do math, solve puzzles...” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Her free-time activities were sightseeing with her parents, reading, puzzles, and Book Scavenger. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I’m actually rather enjoying myself, trying to solve the puzzle. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It did not seem to puzzle the British officer at all. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time the Sunday puzzle arrived, she was grumbling at the puzzle and poking harder with the holotack. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Shadow was puzzled to realize that he was far more concerned with breaking the rules by climbing onto the Carousel than he had been aiding and abetting this afternoon’s bank robbery. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z It made perfect sense that Mother would speak to her, but the presence of Crocodile Guts was puzzling. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1714, the British Parliament offered a prize to the person who could solve the longitude puzzle. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z She looked puzzled; then she reached inside her robe, fumbled discreetly, and produced a large topaz stone on a broken silver chain. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z He gave his fingers a puzzled look, as if he were working something out in his head. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I puzzle over what it might have been, then remember Thread’s recent renovations of the square. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Zero is behind all of the big puzzles in physics. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “It is a puzzling life in Gramarye,” he said to himself, trying to keep his mind off the young Queen. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I continued to refer to the Zork notes in my grail diary, which reminded me exactly how to make my way through the game’s labyrinth of rooms, passageways, and puzzles. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Maybe not. This is just another piece of a gigantic jigsaw puzzle. We won’t see the whole picture until we collect all the pieces.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z He gave no indication that he’d just delivered a puzzle via sand pail, but now he wore a bulky purple scarf. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She smiled knowingly, and I believe she understood just what we were thinking—perhaps she was amused at how we puzzled over her simple appearance. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Before that an older woman, Mrs. Linden, greeted him when he came home each afternoon, sipping coffee from a thermos and working on crossword puzzles while Eliot played on his own. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The hubbub began to subside slowly as Major de Coverley paused in the doorway with a frown of puzzled disapproval, as though viewing something bizarre. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Whatever happened to that boy who gave me word puzzles? Who played with kids in the park? Where is the boy I used to love?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The answer to the puzzle lies not in the answers ancient minds were capable of producing, but in the questions they asked. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z He could foresee a life of boredom and routine, not one of ideas and puzzles. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z After a bit, he left the puzzle, and lay down on his back inside it. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z He is rooted to the stone floor, regarding me as if I am a puzzle. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She learns everything I teach her as if she already knows it, said the mother, but this knowledge does not really enter her soul The mother seemed puzzled and afraid. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The young carhop turned slowly, as if puzzled, then said something to the boys in the Firebird and moved reluctantly toward him. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I like tiny puzzle pieces with colors on them. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z He had all these fun puzzles on the edge of his desk, and artwork from kids over the years framed and hanging on the walls. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Tom often puzzled over why criminals did what they did. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It was like a puzzle, with all the pieces finally in place. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I remembered what Thalia had said to me in the entry hall, looking at me all puzzled when I asked about the finger-snap trick: Hasn’t Chiron shown you how to do that yet? The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Some of them were looking puzzled, others downright scared. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Why atoms take this trouble is a bit of a puzzle. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He looked at her puzzled, his mouth full. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Fortunately, it doesn’t take a PhD in mathematics to solve this puzzle. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a puzzled look upon his face when he saw me, but he nevertheless bowed to Aycliffe. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “I bet Mama’s got a whole bunch of old books up there. Maybe even some puzzle books or board games.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “These gave me almost as much of a puzzle as why you had run off without your clothes.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She quickly returned the letter to the puzzle book. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z But the house felt like a puzzle, and maybe if he put together the pieces, he could solve it. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Nor, more puzzlingly, did he gain any fame or even much attention from half a century of consistent and increasingly selfless achievement. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He sighed and scratched the back of his head as if puzzled. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “You play the radio beautifully,” she teased, and sure enough, they gave one another puzzled looks. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1913, while puzzling over the structure of the atom, Bohr had an idea so exciting that he postponed his honeymoon to write what became a landmark paper. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Because I decided that it was a kind of puzzle, and if something is a puzzle there is always a way of solving it. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Even though she had teased James about his knack for spotting a puzzle anywhere, it kind of spooked her, as if the book itself were trying to talk to her. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The real historical puzzle, we might think, is not this eighteenth-century loss of belief in witches and demons, but the progressive re-enchantment of the world in the nineteenth century. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Lives in books often look like a completed jigsaw puzzle. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “You could have let me go with an umbrella to puzzle over, but instead you chased me down. Why?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Cutie sounded grim, “Globes of energy millions of miles across! Worlds with three billion humans on them! Infinite emptiness! Sorry, Powell, but I don’t believe it. I’ll puzzle this thing out for myself. Good-by.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z She began playing around with different possibilities for how to solve the puzzle—she rearranged their order; she drew them combined with one another like putting together a jigsaw puzzle. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I knew Radar was better at puzzles than I, and I was hoping he’d piece together this one. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z When we say that people like Langan are really brilliant, what we mean is that they have the kind of mind that can figure out puzzles like that last question. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z To help the audience unlock the puzzle, Blue leaves behind a series of clues, which are objects tattooed with one of her paw prints. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She couldn’t hide the puzzled look on her face. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I sat down across from my dad at the table; he was slowly stirring his coffee and staring down at a crossword puzzle. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z In San Antonio, Texas, the final contest was a fresh and very complicated rebus puzzle. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z He was methodically solving another of his logic puzzles and didn’t look up. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Then you have to try it. Book Scavenger is all about people who love books and puzzles and games. Plus having adventures and exploring new places.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Bobby could concentrate on puzzles or chess for hours, but he fidgeted and grew restless when confronted with reading, writing, and arithmetic. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He hesitated a little, but when he spoke, it was with determination, as though he had a puzzle to solve. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z You are a master of puzzles, logic, and deduction. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She frowned, puzzled, and they waited for her to go on. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z A jigsaw puzzle of ancient Egypt outlined the dining room table with the extra pieces piled up like pyramids spilling over onto the floor. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, he was playing idly with a small, plastic puzzle. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Most puzzling was, “Ralph isn’t that kind of mouse. He’s nice!” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z This, to a Renaissance intellectual, is a deeply puzzling concept. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She paddled toward the beach, puzzling all the while at what had just happened. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Mr. Nico is the reason for all the puzzles in the first place. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I looked at my new bonobo companions, puzzled. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “Her copy of the book,” I say suddenly, another puzzle piece lodging in place. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The ice floated on the dark water in broken pieces—large versions of the puzzle Jack had at his feet. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I was excited at the thought of seeing such a holy city, but puzzled. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z There were accusations and counter accusations, but no one would admit to writing the mysterious and puzzling words that straggled across the back of Ken’s question. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She would never solve the Westing puzzle; perhaps it was just as well. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z He closed it again quickly and stood puzzled for a moment. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z But with millions of puzzle pieces being tossed up into the air, it really did stand to reason that the occasional one would come down in the right place. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z He puts his hands on my shoulders, ignores my puzzled look, and gives me a quick kiss on my forehead. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z And all this time Adam looked at his brother as the condemned look hopelessly and puzzled at the executioner. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “So teachers came to his house?” asked Julian, looking puzzled. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Equally puzzling is the failure of people to domesticate flax in its wild range in western Europe and North Africa, or einkorn wheat in its wild range in the southern Balkans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The people on the train look puzzled too. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z As we began to spread out the pieces of the puzzle, Nadia said, "Just like the Mad Hatter's Tea Party—we all moved one place on." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z She was doing a crossword puzzle and humming a song I didn't recognize. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Within a year of her joining the convent, her father began to receive puzzling letters from her in the mail. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When she heard Dolly she looked over, puzzled. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked vaguely puzzled at first, then slightly taken aback, then, as I glared up at him, he gave a faint, thin smile and mutely handed me a piece of paper. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The mellow eyes of the man followed the boy’s puzzled glances as they studied the strange warm world in which he had suddenly found himself. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She may have been a little puzzled by my words; or perhaps it was that they had for some reason displeased her. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve tried to figure this thing out for thirty-some years. I’m no good with puzzles. I leave that up to you three.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The piece that completes the puzzle is string theory, according to which “the tally of possible universes stands at the almost incomprehensible 10500, a number so large it defies analogy.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z "This here's the first time they ever sent me anybody like you," he said as though puzzled. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z After a long silence he lay back, puzzled. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Although some of the pieces are missing, I love putting the puzzle together and slowly seeing a whole world appear—a big, swirly river surrounded by trees and flowers. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Although it was only a puzzle, it had been important to receive something—even if it wasn’t from someone who loved me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The whole puzzle starts with the fire pit....” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Even if they didn’t find an answer to Mr. Griswold’s Gold-Bug puzzle, now that she was here, she craved just a peek behind the scenes where Book Scavenger was created. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z But it was a puzzle about feelings, and Jessie knew that feelings were her weakest subject. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z The good news was, Mr. Blake's garden was empty of Mr. Blake and the far side had monkey puzzle trees and sword plants. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z She knew his pockets were full of puzzle pieces. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z "Cold," said Renly in a small puzzled voice, a heart-beat before the steel of his gorget parted like cheesecloth beneath the shadow of a blade that was not there. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then she gasped, drew her head back, opened her eyes, and looked around with a puzzled gaze. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z My job is to sand the puzzle pieces with scratchy paper. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Book Scavenger was an online community of people who loved books and puzzles and games as much as Emily did, and it traveled with her no matter where her family lived. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I skim the first page, puzzled why this is here. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He can’t stand to see puzzles undone, but he insists on doing the pieces in lines, like he’s reading the puzzle. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She turned around and gave me a puzzled look. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z My parents looked puzzled to have their way gently blocked by three broadly smiling religious strangers. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z And yet I keep expecting to see her on the couch with Riot in her lap or doing her crossword puzzles in the kitchen. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “If I look at your newly found puzzle, I am sure I will want to solve it. Which is why I don’t want to see it.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z High on top of the shelves stocked with closed cartons of games of every sort was a display of jigsaw puzzles. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Yossarian was still puzzled, for it was a business matter, and there was much about business matters that always puzzled him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Another would be to say that he was wrestling with a scientific puzzle that had resisted resolution since 1840. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He came back with a puzzled look on his face. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z On that occasion, as far as I remember, Ruth looked puzzled and surprised for a split second, then gave me a quick nod and went past. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt like I had finally found the missing piece of the puzzle to help me chase my dreams. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z My room does have puzzle pictures on the wall. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z In fact, I anticipated that I might have to overcome some wariness from Jesse’s employer, or puzzled colleagues, or cautious family members urging him to be careful. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A forbidden game to be sure, but Kira found herself puzzling over it often when Thomas wasn’t watching, and the puzzles had begun to explain themselves to her. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She sees him solve the puzzle of the little house. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A key piece in the jigsaw puzzle of the doomed robins was soon to be supplied by Dr. Roy Barker of the Illinois Natural History Survey at Urbana. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It puzzled him that she did not mourn all the things she could have been. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He bowed his head, but I saw him flicker another puzzled look at me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “He loved puzzles and codes, you know. He would have appreciated pentominoes.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Tam Lin planted himself in Celia’s easy chair and watched silently as Maria and Celia tried to tempt Matt to read or do a puzzle or eat. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Once they had more than sixty of these odd messages, they started to puzzle out what they might be. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Katherine Johnson had given her best to her part of the grand puzzle, of that she was sure. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The dogs were on him before he could puzzle out which, drawn to his scent. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The New York Times puzzle is printed in the International Herald Tribune, a paper sold at just about any Paris newsstand. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I was puzzled to notice a yellowed bumper sticker on the back—War Is Not Healthy for Children and Other Living Things. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z He must have noticed this, because he looks at me, puzzled, gives a little frown I choose to interpret as concern, though it may merely be irritation. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He speaks English better than he reads it, and he puzzles his way through the stories like a man doing a crossword puzzle. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “They just needed a little help cracking a code. Turns out, I’m pretty good at that. The easiest questions on your father’s IQ test were the more visual ones. The puzzles.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “I am not a magician, mon cher. I am, like you, a very puzzled man. This affair advances in a very strange manner.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z She gave me a slightly puzzled look, her forehead furrowing slightly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Why, hello,” said Mr. Poe, in a puzzled tone of voice. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z It’s like somebody gave me a puzzle, but I don’t have the box with the picture on it. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “It’s not,” said Lupin, still looking at the door in a puzzled way. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z At the sound of his father’s raised voice, Andrecito drops the puzzle pieces and runs over to me, burying his face in my shoulder. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The monster’s mouth led to the Organ Room, which puzzled Shadow—hadn’t they already come through that way? American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z She could check out books from the library or she could buy puzzle books from the grocery store if that was all she was interested in. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The chest of toys contained nursery-rhyme booklets, Monopoly and word-association games, building blocks, Snakes-’n’-ladders, jigsaw puzzles and many other kinds of games no black child ever dreamed of having. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z So he could have quiet for concentration when we picked at our puzzles after work. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z In between the discovery of the clues, Steve plays a series of games — mini-puzzles — with the audience that are thematically related to the overall puzzle. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s been like this all night, watchful, as if I’m a puzzle to be worked out. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Annabeth gave Percy a puzzled look, but he had no explanation. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z After the comics and the crossword puzzle, the sports section was Mr. Larson’s favorite part of the newspaper. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Ray looked at me, and I made a puzzled expression. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “This is the House on the Rock?” he asked, puzzled. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z She supposed the dinner would be at his college, where the porter, he’d said, was a gossip, though, of course, there was more than one porter at Jordan; nevertheless, it was puzzling. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z There is one more piece to the puzzle of how to write classy conditionals. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z ‘Let’s have a look at the crossword puzzle in today’s Times,’ he would say, fishing a crumpled newspaper out of his jacket pocket. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z The answers only seem obvious when you get to the end of the book, when you turn the last page and the puzzle suddenly looks complete. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z I’m proud of my analogy, but Elizabeth and Micah look puzzled. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Sipping a highball after dinner, hearing the rushing of water in the electric dishwasher in the kitchen, I brought up a question that had puzzled me. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside were blue and pink and light brown tubes and coils and odd-shaped pellets which all fit together like a puzzle. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Kingshaw stood up, tipping the jigsaw puzzle on to the floor in his agitation. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z If one of those fit, Elizebeth could use it to chip away at the rest of the puzzle. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Feeling quite safe, but puzzled, she looked for a vantage point from which she could see better. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z She debated the puzzle as she climbed, sorting through her mental file cabinet of puzzles solved for Book Scavenger. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z But my life felt like a puzzle I didn’t know how to put together. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I looked up, expecting Quinn to be puzzled at those last lines about something left behind, but he had fallen asleep as I was telling him that story, which was all right with me. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z By reading and typing text, you made your way through the virtual world, collecting treasure, fighting monsters, avoiding traps, and solving puzzles until you finally reached the end of the game. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z "Doctor Deere," Mrs. Wexler corrected her, puzzled by the dressmaker's presence. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Georgina hailed from Delaware and had that vexing way of Delaware ladies, delighting in puzzles. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I watch as the blue-haired girl tries to fit a puzzle piece into a place it clearly doesn’t go. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z About twenty minutes later he came out, looking a little bit puzzled. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “I’m better with puzzles,” she told Brandon as she chased the rolling ball. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Conrad spent lots of time counting marbles, putting puzzles together, and playing Monopoly. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My dad read it and shook his head, puzzled. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Longitude proved to be a harder puzzle to solve. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z She crouched, looking puzzled for a few moments. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z When he looked a little puzzled, I added, “About you wishing you didn’t have that up-down walk.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I was lying next to the lieutenant and he looked at me with a puzzled face. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Then she went back to praying over her puzzle pieces. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z A piece of a wooden puzzle which looked like this 4. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z There was something missing from this puzzle that was supposed to be picture-perfect, though. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z His mind rejected it, even as, under the surface, puzzle pieces were snapping together. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “I’m getting to read lots of books! And I’m a whiz at crossword puzzles now!” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Then she and Kyle cracked up, remembering the box tops from their first puzzle in the Board Room on Saturday morning. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z I puzzled over that dream several times, and weeks later even wrote to a friend about it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And I was puzzled by the hot mixture of hate and admiration bursting through his words as I thanked him and removed my hand from his crushing grasp. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ever since Hollister learned I like puzzle magazines, he’s kept a good stock of them.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “What puzzles me,” said Blackberry, “is why this boat thing doesn’t go along. Everything in this river goes along, and fast, too—see there.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In light of Rose’s statement to Morrison and the fact that the rooming house owner had confirmed Rose and Joe’s alibi, the Kaw Indian’s statement that Rose had confessed to her seemed puzzling. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Your father intended it for you,” the foreman replied, looking puzzled. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I puzzle over why this would be a good idea. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Finally Big Ma appeared, her hands caked with flour, her face puzzled. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “I was certain this would please you,” he said, puzzled. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They even knew now what the basket had contained because he did not have that with him now either, though doubtless at the time it merely puzzled them more than ever. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z But Ivy didn’t think it was really girls that were the big puzzle, and when she opened her mouth, something else came out. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Aisles filled with all kinds of gadgets, puzzles, and games stretched in every direction. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z It feels like the last piece of the puzzle has just landed in my lap. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z But something puzzles me: These are supposed to be Four’s worst fears. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The three friends spent all day Saturday working with the treasure puzzle in Jake’s bedroom. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Sitting on that ratty couch on the porch doing a crossword puzzle. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z We can hold a face in memory, and we can solve a puzzle in a flash. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z It was like a jigsaw puzzle I had to piece together myself. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I have one more question to ask, to know the final piece of her life’s puzzle. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z "Yeah, it's an activity room. We've got some video games and books and puzzles and I don't know what else in there." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z All three of them looked puzzled, and Chess realized their conversation had moved on while he’d been stuck in the past, stuck hearing echoes of Mom’s voice in his head. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z It puzzles me now to remember with what absurd sincerity I doated on this little toy, half fancying it alive and capable of sensation. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The noises sounded something like an Indian war dance in an old movie on TV, thought Ralph, puzzled. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z “But how did we get here?” asked Milo, who was still a bit puzzled by being there at all. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z He was staring at her as if puzzled, and then she saw recognition dawn on his face. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Dany rode along quietly for a time, working his words like a puzzle box. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z This sudden change made me puzzled and angry, as though they were making me the butt of a joke. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She nods, and returns to her puzzle ritual. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Marshall was puzzling over his buttons, which were on the wrong side, and he didn’t answer. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z "Sit down all of you. They raided us for fire. They're having fun. But the-" Ralph was puzzled by the shutter that flickered in his brain. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Bach’s interest in counterpoint, though, was not about putting haughty monarchs in their place, nor about solving puzzles and codes for the sake of it. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z One of them turned and waved with a slightly puzzled look. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z When she saw my puzzled look, she explained the demons’ postal system. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He was sitting in a lawn chair in the living room, hunched over like a hunchback, sorting puzzle pieces. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A little puzzled, Harry followed Dumbledore through the creaking door into a space a little smaller than the average cupboard. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Even Boxer, who seldom asked questions, was puzzled. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z You have successfully completed my literary challenge and have proved yourself a master of riddles, puzzles, and navigating San Francisco and its rich literary history. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Yes,” the Sea King said, but he had a puzzled look on his face. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The sphinx talks only in puzzles and riddles, and is violent when given the wrong answer. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes,” she said, handing her the first piece of the puzzle. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Again, there’s more to these words than I can puzzle out. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z His driving cap was pushed back, and he was scratching his forehead in a puzzled way. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I sure wished I could ask Papa how to fit predestination into this puzzle. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Its forehead was wrinkled by the wide cuts, which made it looked puzzled, and the eyes squinted above the twisted nose. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She wanted to sort through clues with him, figure out this terrifying supernatural puzzle with him, laugh about it all when it was over. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z They plopped the squares down over the white-sugar sand, like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He could tell that he wasn’t the only one who didn’t understand; Dean Thomas shrugged at him and Lavender Brown looked puzzled, but nearly everybody else clapped their hands to their mouths in horror. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I feel more and more puzzled as to my role this evening at this table. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It had not been hard to puzzle out. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z What he lacked was the real-world information that could fill in the gaps of the puzzle he was assembling. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, not surprisingly, the results of these experiments were puzzling. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The second laughs: a strange, puzzled laugh, as if he does not quite believe the Germans would come to his country and leave a city like this behind. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I investigated, and I fitted all the pieces together like a jigsaw puzzle. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z What he saw inside the animals puzzled him. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked up, puzzled, at the girl, and her eyelids dipped sweetly and mysteriously, and there was just a suggestion of a sway on her lightly padded hips. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z This was doubly puzzling, as I did not think he read Arabic; nor, to my knowledge, did he have borrowing privileges at the Williams College Library. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Others read newspapers, did crossword puzzles, or played chess or Scrabble. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Time for our second mathematically inspired picture puzzle,” announced Mr. Lemoncello. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z He got Ob through an awful Christmas by bringing over a one-thousand piece jigsaw puzzle of the Great Pyramids Christmas morning. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z Harry arranged his face into what he hoped was a puzzled expression. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z This is not an impossible combination—indeed, it seems to describe Sarrotti rather well—but it is certainly a puzzling one. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Like puzzle pieces, lives in books have some sharp corners, some curvy parts, and some straight edges. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Then Malcolm told her what the dæmon had done on the path, and that puzzled her even more. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He still got to say all the lovely and puzzling things he said in the other Gospels. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked at Desdemona, puzzled, but then his expression softened and he put his arm around her. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Let the bookstore clerk puzzle over where it should be placed. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if they didn’t find an answer to Mr. Griswold’s Gold-Bug puzzle, now that she was here, she craved just a peek behind the scenes where Book Scavenger was created. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He should have been thrilled with the invitation, but he faced a conflict, and thus was forced to puzzle out what to do. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It is a puzzling time, but a very good time. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The answer was complicated, with the needle swinging from symbol to symbol in a sequence that made Lyra puzzle for a long time. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He seems preoccupied with watching Pollux, to the point where it’s getting a little worrisome, when he finally puzzles it out and begins to speak with agitation. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “She’s the reason I like puzzles and mysteries so much. Crossword puzzles, riddle books, strategy games—you name it, she bought it. Every birthday. Every Christmas.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The muted clanking sound that had puzzled her during the celebration! Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom and Dad exchange a puzzled look, then Mom goes to answer it. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I had no idea if he’d borrowed any of the puzzles from them too, but I’d studied the games and their solutions thoroughly, just to be safe. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Looks like she’s been dead a long time,” he said softly with a puzzled expression on his face. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But the puzzled look did not leave his face. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “Fair enough,” said Harry, albeit puzzled, as he turned to open the door. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The prime minister glanced at his press secretary, puzzled. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Because when I first told Mrs. Janssen that I would find Mirjam, I had been viewing her as a discrete puzzle that I could try to solve. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Bigwig, puzzled, moved away and himself began to feed a little distance off, with Hyzenthlay and Hazel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z "Thanks, pops," he said, moving on and leaving me puzzled. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z On arrival they found the hatchery head, Glen Wesley Gore, standing beside the lunker pool with a hurt and extremely puzzled expression on his face. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t think it’s my birthday,” he puzzled, “and Christmas must be months away, and I haven’t been outstandingly good, or even good at all.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z I caught her eye upon me now and again, puzzled, reflective, as though she was saying to herself, “What on earth does Maxim see in her?” but kind at the same time, not unfriendly. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Crow and Angela came back with two large trays; Turtle returned empty-handed, puzzled but much relieved. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z He was puzzled at himself, not that he had to go to bed but that he wanted to. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z This proved impossible, as he couldn’t stop puzzling over what Malfoy was doing that needed lookouts. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “I must have fumbled the toss,” he said, puzzled. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Miss Kenton looked away from me, and again an expres-sion crossed her face as though she were trying to puzzle out something that had quite confused her. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He invested in Mr. Nico's company, which is a puzzle company. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I dump a puzzle on the living room floor, glad for the simple right and wrong of a single, perfect fit. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I took a giant jigsaw puzzle to put together. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z We sat there, staring at the puzzle pieces. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z His father paused near the kitchen doorway, puzzled. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Do I want it? Do I want it?’ said Grishnákh, as if puzzled; but his arms were trembling. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z At last they drifted back to where that monstrosity, the wooden horse, stood, and they gathered around it, puzzled what to do with it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He tilted his head to the side, puzzled. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z During the day at the looms, she went over in her head the bits of the story that she had puzzled out the night before. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I like making words fit together like puzzle pieces, and coming up with the perfect rhyme. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z We pull over to the side of the road, leaving the car, and walk through the abandoned entrance, puzzling at the barrier that must have been put in place after the gate came down. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Ever since their first meeting, they began their dates with a puzzle. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They gave me a puzzled look, decided I was incomprehensible, and continued their reminiscing about old squint-eyed Shirley. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z When the girl gave her a puzzled look, Kaede pointed to the door, gesturing the act of turning a key in its lock. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I knew this would puzzle the others, but I kept going—even when I heard Ruth’s urgent whisper to me to come back. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Many people spoke of them, puzzled and disturbed. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The puzzle is why Ibn al-Haytham’s example was not followed more extensively, for it would be difficult to overestimate the significance of his achievements. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The vendor looked at me, puzzled, as though he did not wish to unload such a baggage on the generous white man. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I found it satisfying to solve all of those equations, like they were puzzles. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z He turned away from The Ditch and looked at me, puzzled. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat on the steps for a while, not talking, watching Howard working on his puzzle. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He looked at the blackened metal, puzzled, but not quite knowing what puzzled him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z In the short term it would help to provide a solution to the puzzle of the Michelson-Morley experiments in that it demonstrated that light needn’t be a wave after all. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z For weeks, the Mounties puzzled over the messages, but they had no idea how to read them. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I’m puzzled because money is supposed to make you happy. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “It puzzled me to find that my companions seemed to see things to shoot at which I could not see at all,” Roosevelt recalled. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z All these thoughts rolled though my mind as I tried to piece together a puzzle consisting of people and Planters. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The puzzled archaeologists took thirteen years to publish their data. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Behind the Warlord’s back the captains looked at each other in a puzzled fashion. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z So when I was growing up, me and Darryl would work on puzzles of my mother every single day. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z To her puzzled husband and children, she said only, “It was vacated yesterday.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He recalled the incidents in tedious detail and was still puzzled. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I looked at Dad, and he seemed puzzled. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Since I didn’t know what they were, that puzzled me. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Even in my drowsy state, my brain puzzled over the increase in, um, number one clumps. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z His longing for Ibadan because of “Ibadan” had puzzled her; how could a string of words make a person ache for a place he did not know? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Rooms which should contain other passengers in stasis, instead hold walls of hexagon bed tubes puzzled together like a honeycomb. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Candy looked puzzled, but now there was more noise coming closer. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z And then it hit him: Kyle Keeley’s team bad to be working on some other solution to the bigger puzzle of how to escape from the library. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z She grabs a puzzle off her bookshelf and dumps the pieces on the floor. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Steve, the host, presents the audience with a puzzle involving Blue, the animated dog. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z That was enough to puzzle them, and they stood undecided, which gave her time to dodge past and seize her cloud-pine from where she had hidden it behind the ventilator. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed strange that people dwelt on so small and forlorn a place, a mere sandbar; maybe they were castaways; but he was too weary to puzzle his head about them then. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Yet one evening my parents sat me down, looking puzzled. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I was puzzled that Mr. Rice should give her this solo. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as though each member of it was puzzled by the other members. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z He stood, facing the door with a puzzled, business-like expression, biting his fingers. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The higher your rank, the more special privileges you earn, like unlocking secret pages and online games and puzzles. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He fastened onto the lessons as though they were puzzles arranged for his entertainment—puzzles he loved solving. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z If “cousin Darwin” had solved half the puzzle, then “cousin Galton” was destined to crack the other. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z But that is not the reason I was puzzled. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now then, kids, here’s the deal: Solve one simple picture puzzle and you four win the five library cards in the bowl.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z I was puzzled and annoyed that he could talk to me this way because he stood between me and a job, the campus . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll even give you a clue….It’s an Atari game, released as part of a contest. It contained several puzzles, and if you solved them, you could win a prize. Sound familiar?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z My other memories of Halmoni come in puzzle pieces: a hand on my back, a few notes from a bedtime song, the deep well of her lap, her voice telling me to pray. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z The judge looks puzzled, like something doesn’t make sense. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Took me a long time to puzzle out what that could mean—until one morning, while we were eating cereal, he told me that, sometimes, he thinks there isn’t such a thing as time. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Now he stood gazing at him in such a puzzled, questioning way that Ranofer felt sweaty and hot with guilt. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The angel, startled by Amarante’s voice, froze stiff with its ears lying back flat; and then, realizing there was no immediate danger, it turned to observe the puzzling natural phenomenon. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The story surfaced in bits and pieces, like segments of a strange puzzle. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The puzzle of it was that there were not, and never had been, any volcanoes in Nebraska. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Broken pictures lay like a scattered jigsaw puzzle in his head. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The Greeks did not have zero, but we do, and it is the key to solving Zeno’s puzzle. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Maybe flip the whole table and send puzzle pieces flying in all directions. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z This is the critical lesson of improv, too, and it is also a key to understanding the puzzle of Millennium Challenge: spontaneity isn’t random. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I must look puzzled for she then brings a mirror, cracked but good enough. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z It was while puzzling over this problem that Bohr was struck by a solution and dashed off his famous paper. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I turned over the words like puzzle pieces in my head, wondering how they were supposed to fit together: Pakistan, Jinnah, independence, Nehru, India, British, Lord Mountbatten, Gandhi, partition. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Adam was puzzled at the conversation, but the twins weren’t. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He says, “I’m going to tell you something more. More of this puzzle. Something that I know, and it might surprise you that I know it.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z I wonder if my mother, sitting on the other side of the closed pocket doors with her sewing basket, ever puzzled over these frightful noises. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z She debated the puzzle as she climbed, sorting through her mental file cabinet of puzzles solved for Book Scavenger. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The next puzzle is how Auntie Seema can get me back to my mom in Afghanistan. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They looked at him, puzzled, and he explained, checking on his fingers in his lecture style. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z I pause in my tracks, puzzled—though not stirred—by what I see. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I was on the verge of asking her to take it back and give me a refund when the clerk emerged from the back room carrying the puzzle box all wrapped in pink paper. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z I file the fact away for later, another piece of a puzzle I ain’t sure I understand or even want to parse. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He saw that Leader, too, was noticing something about Mentor and was puzzled. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z She flipped through the pages, wondering if the last prize would be another hidden puzzle. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He had seen the fine clapboard parsonage beside the church where he was to live, and the small house set a ways beyond it that puzzled him some. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z He let his fingers feel along the length of chain as far as they were able, still puzzling over where Van Eck had brought him. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The women looked at him; their puzzled expressions implied that he could not possibly be serious. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z And I realize that my parents will be as puzzled by my act of self-revelation as they are by the movie star’s revelations on the talk show. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z While the molecular description of the gene clarified the mechanism of the transmission of heredity, it only deepened the puzzle that had preoccupied Thomas Morgan in the 1920s. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Mom just stands there holding Kingston’s water bowl beneath the faucet, puzzling. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z This puzzled me until I remembered what Mum says about Kat and me having a love-hate relationship and I worked out that the same was true of Rashid and Aunt Gloria. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s like I wrote to Charlie. This world is surely a puzzle. I wonder how old I’ll be before I get it all figured out.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Negotiating the puzzling, infirm terrain demanded unceasing concentration, an all-but-impossible feat in my punch-drunk state. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “But it’s always puzzled me. May I ask you?” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are you doing difficult puzzles or easy ones?” Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z And similar to that person Jack had described, she also couldn’t imagine ignoring The Gold-Bug puzzle now that she’d found it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Grammy gets up from her puzzle and steps next to me. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z A puzzling nickname since there was nothing remarkable about his shoes, or even his feet so far as I could see. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z This puzzled me a little, so I drew him on:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Every piece of the puzzle is almost perfect, but something is missing. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Mr. Benedict gave him a long, puzzled stare. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Solving a puzzle that clearly wasn’t his to solve. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Not much on us this week...oh, I m a crossword puzzle clue.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Underneath Cantor’s conflict with Kronecker was a vision of the infinite, a vision that can be described with a simple puzzle. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He asked who would avenge Balder’s death, and her answer puzzled him. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “Never, never, never'.'' “Maybe not,” Joe said with a hurt, puzzled grin. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z This puzzling question of their origins was posed to me 25 years ago in a simple, personal form. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “If the Total Fertility Rate in industrialized countries had remained at or below 2.1—” Luke saw that reading this book would be like puzzling out the letters Dad got from the Government. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Then an explosion shook the house and made my puzzle jump. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Generally, it was late in the evening after I got back to my rooms that I tried to puzzle out the mystery of the bases. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Englishmen hate many things, but no one is despised more than the man who sits by you on the morning train and solves your crossword puzzle. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I was puzzled, yet a little amused; was he afraid he’d said too much, afraid of seeming foolish? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “It’s a puzzle,” she said, unfolding her hands. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z She and Brandon had just solved Parker’s puzzle, only to be presented with a new challenge. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Do you wonder then that this man’s behaviour used to puzzle me tremendously? Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z They stopped, puzzled, unsure what she meant; though some of their daemons knew, and looked at one another. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z All were riveted, puzzled, inspired, and dismayed by what they heard of these strange new people across the sea. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z And was immediately puzzled, because he knew that in truth he did not care very much about her. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z There were all sorts of things—bills, official-looking documents from school, taxes that hadn’t been filed yet, a half-completed crossword puzzle. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Kit watched her, half envious and half puzzled. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He manages to appear puzzled, as if he can’t quite remember how we all got in here. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z It puzzled her, the ability of romantic love to mutate, how quickly a loved one could become a stranger. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It was as if she had glanced at a pile of jigsaw puzzle pieces and saw the whole picture without even consulting the box. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Just bring it back before I’m done with the puzzle, okay?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z There was an intriguing discrimination case in California several years ago which had the same formal structure as this batting-average puzzle. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The twins, puzzled, looked at each Other; while Piggy, reassured by the cessation of violence, stood up carefully. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Now you look puzzled; and I will puzzle you further. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z It sat in a star-shaped holder next to a jigsaw puzzle in progress, though I couldn’t tell what picture it would make. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Mum looked more cross than puzzled by now. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Nelson was puzzled by my failure to understand such a simple thing. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Greece would defeat the Persians; Greek philosophy would never quite defeat Zeno—for Zeno had a paradox, a logical puzzle that seemed intractable to the reasoning of Greek philosophers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He was puzzled about the Lancelot affair, and interested in it on account of his grandson Galahad. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I reached down on the floor, opened the box, and there it was—the last piece of puzzle. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Like today is the mensiversary of Friendmageddon, and I’m lying on her bed making a crossword puzzle while she sits at her desk doing homework. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z He was puzzled; everything about her puzzled him. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The round head just rolled out into the center of the stage near where Red stood and he looked down at it with a puzzled expression on his face. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He opens a file on his desk, shakes his head like he’s still puzzled at the results. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z For an instant I was puzzled, until I realized that Lwoff had thought it prudent to warn the Baroness about an unclothed guest who might prove eccentric. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z "I have left off puzzling about the origin of Strata and content myself with knowing that it is so," he recorded. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z This is a puzzle, finally solved by the realization that they foresee your military future, fighting for them. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The nice librarian, with glasses dangling from her neck, comes toward us, stops, her face puzzled, then steps around me and squeezes Sarah’s shoulders. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z “If you change your mind, let me know. But take my advice: forget about your little puzzle project. Lie down and take a nap. Clears the mind.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It was tricky, but it had fallen into place like a puzzle piece fitting. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The kid sitting next to me gave me a puzzled look and asked, “Are you trying to say something?” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Before Reynie could make up his mind how to answer, she slipped out of the room, leaving him to puzzle over her mystifying behavior. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He made a kind of puzzled humming sound, but didn’t say anything. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z But sometimes taking a break helped her see a puzzle in a new way, so she tucked her pencil back into her hair and went downstairs. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Here is the explanation for what was so puzzling about the rosters of the Czech and Canadian national sports teams. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Kingshaw’s glance flew to the jigsaw puzzle on the second shelf of the bookcase. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z She began going through some of the subsidiary puzzles, one by one. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She did not want her nosy brother interfering with her puzzle. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The four fastest puzzle solvers nailed it: “‘Google can bring you back one hundred thousand answers. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z They were the makings of “hygiene” kits to be handed out, along with puzzles, books, and sun hats, at an orphanage in Puerta Penasco. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She saw the puzzled look come into his eyes and knew that by now he was far from sure that he had not told. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Too few connectives, on the other hand, can leave the reader puzzled as to how one statement follows from the last. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I guess I am sort of like a pile of puzzle pieces that have been dumped on the floor. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z They all found the game addictive, and lost countless hours attempting to solve its intricate riddles and puzzles. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I was a little puzzled as to how this Mr Andrews had come to hear of my 'mishap', as he termed it. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I continued to stare at him blankly as the words one by one clicked into place in my head like a ghastly puzzle. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She is dressed as she had been during her performance, in a white gown covered in a pattern of unassembled puzzle pieces, falling together into darkness along the hem. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Logic puzzles used grids, but she didn’t see how that scrap of paper added up to being a logic puzzle. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z ‘What do you mean?’ asked Pippin, looking at him, half puzzled and half amused. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Calder was going over everything he’d seen Mr. Watch ever do that was puzzling—why did he spend so much time in the art section of the store? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Someone told the reporters about the workout time, and they were puzzled. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When he saw my puzzled look, he said they weren’t just sticks; they were stalks of purple hibiscus. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Then he added, “That puzzle you were working on was interesting. Did you like the one I sent in the bucket?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Oppenheimer reorganized the entire lab, assigning everyone available to various aspects of the implosion puzzle. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z After working with Jake, I realized that circuit training was the piece of the puzzle that I had been missing prior to 2012. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He’d said he didn’t want to look at the puzzle because he wouldn’t be able to resist solving it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Did she know they were working on the cabin boy’s treasure puzzle? The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Thomas didn’t know what he’d expected, but seeing those faces puzzled him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Important, crucial, final things, and here was their own mother, who didn't have a second to help them puzzle any of this out, inventing gadgets to make life easier for the American Moms. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He went row by row till he’d trod a puzzle in the grass. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Maybe I put the pieces of the puzzle together incorrectly. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I turn my head from side to side as if puzzled. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z But even as geneticists celebrated the synthesis of heredity, evolution, and natural selection, the material nature of the gene remained an unsolved puzzle. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z That puzzled Mama and me because, when we remembered back, we realized that he hadn’t been eating anything we’d fed him for the last several days. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z In her reply, she thanked Andresen for thinking of her but told him she had no time to spare for his puzzle. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “You probably didn’t notice it, but the box in the attic was labeled FOR CANDICE. The letter was tucked in one of my old puzzle books.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I shook my head, as puzzled as him. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z She ran to find Mr. Henry, all the while trying to puzzle out why Mrs. Caruthers was so unsettled by the idea of more people in the house. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z When I got home my moms was up doing the crossword puzzle. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z They jogged through aisles of puzzles, past the bicycles and the sports equipment. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z It was one thing if you were using a handful of plastic pieces to find solutions to a puzzle; it was another if you felt like you’d fallen inside a puzzle and couldn’t get out. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z She was still puzzling over it when the door opened and a rat came in. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I went and opened it and saw, tucked in her bag, a five-hundred- piece puzzle with a picture of Mount Rushmore on it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z In return, the winner must share what he or she learns through the puzzle with the world. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She was puzzled and hurt by teacher’s attitude. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z This connection between puzzles and mathematics persists through to graduate and research-level mathematics, and the same may be said of humor. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She began playing around with different possibilities for how to solve the puzzle—she rearranged their order; she drew them combined with one another like putting together a jigsaw puzzle. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Then she sent me for the card table I’d used for my jigsaw puzzle of Charles A. Lindbergh. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z African prehistory is a puzzle on a grand scale, still only partly solved. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He could see that he was puzzled, worried. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z And she had not come since giving him the puzzle. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z That was another piece of the puzzle, but Lazlo didn’t want to ponder it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It would take years of sorting out my Central High experience before the pieces of my life puzzle would come together and I could make sense of what happened to me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He wouldn’t quit until he’d solved the puzzle and found a way home. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She could check out books from the library or she could buy puzzle books from the grocery store if that was all she was interested in. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Neither did I find an entry for those who fear the terrible truth that their self-worth is based entirely on the completion of a daily crossword puzzle. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The little Greek was standing staring down at the body with a puzzled frown. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then you have to try it. Book Scavenger is all about people who love books and puzzles and games. Plus having adventures and exploring new places.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Of course, that looks an impractical kind of position to us in the United States, but what's always puzzled me is how you English don't seem to share the view of the French. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z My father, on the other hand, seemed to admire Tamara’s obvious distrust of us, and later remarked to me that she was the last piece of the puzzle to make Matthew’s future all but certain. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z But I’m starting to wonder if it’s like a bad puzzle. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z When you puke on her puzzle, she launches herself at you—pushes you hard against the wall, and you’re too drugged up to fight back. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He reached for the ticket of the woman in the nearest seat, who—based on the numerous crossword puzzles scattered around her—appeared to be a Talented solver. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Everyone else was looking at us, completely puzzled. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z And he was really bad at puzzles, so it was a struggle in all ways. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z He doesn’t think much of it: there’s coffee in the pot by the sink, a half-done crossword puzzle beside an empty mug, and a plate of green grapes on the dining booth table. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Laila had given him a puzzled look, as though she didn’t understand. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z To my eye, historians have been puzzlingly ready to dismiss such connections. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z An orderly mind, Tyrion reflected, and indeed, once you puzzled out the arrangement, it was easy to see that every potion had its place. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It is something of a puzzle that the word ‘experiment’ did not come with it, despite its respectable Latin antecedents. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Once in a while she says, “That bad time you had,” and I am puzzled. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She flipped through the pages, wondering if the last prize would be another hidden puzzle. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Every once in a while, she rolls her eyes and mutters, “Here I am, a trained dentist and a teacher, gluing puzzles.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Or maybe the puzzle pieces won’t ever seem to entirely fit together at all. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z The story puzzled me then, and it puzzles me now. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z At first, the evening news puzzled her, a litany of fires and shootings, because she was used to NTA news, where self-important army officers cut ribbons or gave speeches. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Below him spread the city of Bologna—a jigsaw puzzle of red-tiled buildings in a valley hemmed by green hills. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Madoc gives me puzzles—twelve goblin knights to storm a fortress, nine untrained Gentry to defend one—and then asks for my answers each evening after dinner. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z When Schooler did this experiment with a whole sheet of insight puzzles, he found that people who were asked to explain themselves ended up solving 30 percent fewer problems than those who weren’t. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Her expression is both less angry and more puzzled than his. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z They both looked down at her puzzled expression, and Shay burst into laughter. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Both puzzled and encouraged, she packed the book and the yarrow stalks away and set off up the path. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Minli could only guess how puzzled he was, but he was well trained enough to keep it out of his voice. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z A black hound loped down the street in the distance, the monkey puzzles bristled silently on the corners of the square. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I said, puzzled, my hand still on the doorknob. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z This is puzzling, because I’ve seen French people, there are lots of them up north, so he couldn’t have conquered all of them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Sticky wasn’t puzzled by the change of subject. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z We lay wood onto the trailer bed like a puzzle, and I pound a nail into a plank. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z For a long time, though, unlike his puzzle boxes, his model of their neighborhood makes little sense to her. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Arf.Arp:’ Vonetta and I were embarrassed and puzzled by Fern calling Kelvin out like he was a dog and then barking at him. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Ophie fit the puzzle pieces together once more in her mind. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Then she’d stand there, eyes closed, a frown on her face like she was trying to puzzle out the answer. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, I suppose,” she said, puzzled and unwilling. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t have to puzzle over the meaning of the song. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The outlaw took a deep breath, uncrossed his legs, and the puzzled look came back to his face. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “One day, you’ll meet the girl of your dreams, and the two of you will fit together like puzzle pieces. No more getting dumped.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z There was a time when Werner would have loved to solve that puzzle. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Instead he stood over the table, studying the pieces of a new puzzle, moving them around, looking for the corners and edges. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z A skinny boy of fourteen looked back at him, his bright green eyes puzzled under his untidy black hair. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z In the town the doctors had become more and more puzzled by new kinds of sickness appearing among their patients. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Rotten?” said Uncle Andrew with a puzzled look. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z “I see,” said Mrs. Frisby, and she became more puzzled than ever. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Haymitch stares at it, puzzled, and then his face takes on a strange intensity. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Coulter stayed where she was, puzzling over the workings of the intention craft. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z But my imagination has many missing pieces, like the jigsaw puzzle in the schoolroom. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z It was a continual pursuit, one puzzle following another. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Dewey’s dedication to the puzzle had resulted in an uncharacteristic absent-mindedness. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl who seems to spend her life at that puzzle table throws a fit. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z It puzzled everybody that an eighteen- minute age difference could cause such a discrepancy in front- tooth timing. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She looks back down to her puzzle, but doesn’t try to fit any pieces into place. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z None had ever been found to be older than about 175 million years, which was a puzzle because continental rocks were often billions of years old. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Occasionally, the bench would reprimand us for not paying attention, and the books and puzzles would disappear. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z You may find yourself inspecting a nearby ponderosa pine, perhaps, or an aspen or sweet gum, puzzling out the magic. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Everyone who saw the twins remarked on their difference one from the other and seemed puzzled that this should be so. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He also puzzled over the doctor’s comment, “I’m an American.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “Part of it came from my country and my people, part of it from yours. Why do you look puzzled?” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The puzzled audience looked at Paganini, unsure why they were doing so. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z At the rate she was going, she’d have this puzzle solved before the end of the weekend. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z As she moved through her days—feeding her family, painting, teaching—she puzzled over what she found. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Even in the newest sets, Werner can usually puzzle out a solution. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Always Tom came back to the ranch, puzzled, not critical, but feeling that somewhere he had lost track. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z His two black laborers walked the rows, touching the tender flowers, fingering the soil and trying to puzzle out the sky. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z His madness foiled his reason, and a puzzled look spread over his face as, shaking his head with a decision which I had but seldom seen in him, he said:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “Speak, my friend. There is something here that puzzles you?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Daddy sat in the brown leather chair, reading his newspaper and working his crossword puzzles. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no reaction to this by the Indigo Man, which puzzled Bod even more because even the most irritable inhabitants of the graveyard had been calmed by this statement. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z I pointed to the puzzle I wanted and said I would like it gift wrapped. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z So I drifted from one class to the next in a daze, puzzling over the Jade Key riddle, reciting it again and again in my mind. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Both relied on a complex blend of statistics and instinct to crack puzzles. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It had reminded Candice of sudoku, a puzzle game her grandmother had first introduced her to. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Book Scavenger was an online community of people who loved books and puzzles and games as much as Emily did, and it traveled with her no matter where her family lived. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Especially since free puzzles are the only "Return on Investment" my father ever gets. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Candice thought about all the puzzle books and logic games her grandmother used to buy for her, including the one she had just found in the attic. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z A puzzled voice called to me from the shadows of the back end of a tavern, a few buildings down. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z They browsed for a few hours before picking up two new puzzle books for Candice. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The logical puzzle: In a fight between two perfect equals, how can one win? Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Then she got this puzzled look and she turned toward me, half smiling. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The guard was in his twenties, pale faced and puzzled. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The waves, the shoreline, the trees, the bay, all existed like parts of a puzzle. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z That ended the discussion because it was so puzzling to the children that they decided to go no further with it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Though this exchange did not remain in my mind for long, I was puzzled, and even more so by the twins’ unsatisfactory manner when I asked about it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z They owed to him their two or three politest puzzles; and the joy and exultation with which at last he recalled, and rather sentimentally recited, that well-known charade, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z The Junior Researcher trainees had to sit in a locked room and solve seven puzzles. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Goldberg’s decision might have puzzled some people in show business circles, where it is a time-honored tradition to change Jewish names. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Initially, one of the most puzzling features of animal domestication is the seeming arbitrariness with which some species have been domesticated while their close relatives have not. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to understand the puzzle, without the iguana solution. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z At that, he was silent, evidently also puzzled. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Jonathan, hearing unexpected kindness in the voice, stopped eating and looked up, puzzled. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z There was a puzzle in it, something unresolved. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z When I stole looks into my brothers’ books, I saw secrets in the characters I could not puzzle out. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z With the whirlpool barely a yard wide and closing, I drop the doubloon, close my fingers around the puzzle piece, and thrust my fist upward, offering completion to the distant sky. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “When this was first encountered, and I had puzzled over it for all the time I could spare,” Elizebeth wrote, “I decided to make the assumption that it was enciphered code.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z And then I knew there was more to this terrible puzzle. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z And then I closed my eyes and did some more maths puzzles so I didn’t think about where I was going. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The photograph caught four black bears as they puzzled over a suspended food bag. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I was puzzled and a bit offended by this last. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Malia looks up from her tablet, which has a puzzle game open. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Afterward, I stare at the eight pages I’ve already written about walking to Hotstack with Constantine, the puzzles we worked on together, her pressing her thumb in my hand. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z After the nurse left, I tried to puzzle out this new move on Doctor Nolan's part. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Then his puzzled scowl transformed into a look of disbelief. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z It seemed at once puzzled and angry and thoughtful and sad. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Before I could ask her to clarify her puzzle—after all, my sisters were all right here with me—I heard Juanita’s voice, then Delia and Velia calling out for me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “And the scribbles on the back of the envelope—that was my grandmother’s handwriting. Find the path. Solve the puzzle. I think it’s a note addressed to me.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Tommy and I probably had puzzled looks, but Ruth had on one of her faces where you couldn’t tell what was going on. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you want me to solve it?” he asked, nodding toward the puzzle. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I went through the next week puzzling over it, and even more confused because I knew nothing definite of where I stood. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Zau started to turn away, but hesitated; his scanty brows drew together in a puzzled expression. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z She laughed and then seemed to ponder me as if I were some sort of puzzle. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z What I must do is put the puzzle pieces together. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Because it’s Fantastico Friday, Mr. Daniels has planned a puzzle for us to solve. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z It may have been puzzling to me, but it only took Mom about a second to make up her mind. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Probably studying in his room or hunched over his cipher books or logic puzzles with Steve defying gravity, like a diving board of hair sticking off his head. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He puzzled over it, but couldn’t find an answer. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z At night like this, Harlem was a big glowing crossword puzzle. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z "The only puzzle is what you might have offered for his allegiance. The prince is a sentimental man, and he still mourns his sister Elia and her sweet babe." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z If it comes up in a crossword puzzle, I'll leave the spaces blank and work around them. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Miss Kenton had entered and said from the door: 'Mr Stevens, I have just noticed something outside which puzzles me.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Copernicus knew that his model of the Universe raised new questions, even if it did answer old puzzles—and he knew that it didn’t answer all of the old puzzles. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z This was mighty puzzling, but the only thing I could figure was I must’ve done a lot a running ’round in circles, which would probably be why Pa caught me so easy. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z My sister collected the scraps of bark and got some Elmer’s glue and pasted them back onto the tree trunk like a jigsaw puzzle. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z On this journey, there were none of Shay’s cryptic dues to puzzle through, no brush fires to escape, and no antique Rusty machines descending to scare her to death. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z But you get used to close-by beauty, and Constanza was different, like the picture of a faraway place on a puzzle you hurry to put together. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if the puzzle was messy to start with, by the end of a book all the pieces magically fall into place. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Serenity is staring at me, squinting like she’s trying to solve a puzzle or a difficult math equation. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He would rather sleep at sea again, and think over this news the sorcerer had told him, for he was sorely puzzled by it. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z He holds the box out, puzzled, lifting it into the conversation. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z He keeps picking up things, puzzling over them, and then setting them down again. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She means my favorite puzzle, with the picture of a river on it. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “Would you like to work on the cutout puzzle while I get your breakfast?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There were several scraggly ferns hanging from the ceiling and an unfinished jigsaw puzzle on a small table in the center of the room. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z His tone was so puzzled that I actually laughed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z On the morning of her twelfth birthday, there is no puzzle box in place of the sugar bowl when she wakes; her father is too busy. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Her free-time activities were sightseeing with her parents, reading, puzzles, and Book Scavenger. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z For many of us, this one is the Gordian knot of possessive puzzles. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But there was a fourth comer in the puzzle. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The results of a puzzle about beavers drew a frown from Wilder. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Totally weird, but I couldn't help but think that his face looked like some kind of jigsaw puzzle, the pieces not quite in the right place. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z It puzzled him that the bear would hold its ground. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z There, on the blackboard by the stove, he puzzled out problems with his classmates. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The puzzle was cleared up when a group of older church women took their deacon aside and delicately explained matters to him—naming French as the father. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z That the bone didn’t attract greater interest is more than a little puzzling, for its appearance came at a time when America was in a froth of excitement about the remains of large, ancient animals. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z A cascade of work flowed to their firm, partly because Root managed to solve a puzzle that had bedeviled Chicago builders ever since the city’s founding. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He gave no indication that he’d just delivered a puzzle via sand pail, but now he wore a bulky purple scarf. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I’ve created a puzzle mystery that will take you deep into the city’s past. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z This phenomenon, causing sparks with a beam of light, was very puzzling to classical physicists. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Leon seemed more puzzled than upset, but Lonna went totally ballistic. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not the tests you’re used to. You’ll see. These are more like puzzles and games than tests, but the results will help us help you.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Then he looked puzzled, took off his skull-cap—three mice fell out—and scratched in the middle of his bald head. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z This seemed to puzzle him, so I followed it up:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Harry repeated, looking around at Ron and Hermione, who looked just as puzzled as he did. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z In writing about his discoveries Galileo was not obliged to write in a way that others found puzzling or incomprehensible: it was what he said that caused consternation, not how he said it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Can you find these?” the puzzle asked inside. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And now we see why the opening to A History of Warfare is so puzzling. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z It puzzled him that each was in its own way so silly. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Logic puzzles used grids, but she didn’t see how that scrap of paper added up to being a logic puzzle. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z There were hundreds, thousands, millions of places the Slip Kid could have set up camp, and I wanted to help them puzzle it out. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z They did not talk except on matters of business, but Biff would stand watching her with his face puzzled. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z His words puzzled me until I recalled his role as the ghost. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z She was now so entirely puzzled that she did not think to ask what the phrase meant. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z She gave me a look, half puzzled, half angry, and drew us to her side. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I'm like a missing puzzle piece they need, the piece that will make everything else fall into place. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z She paged through the books, looking more and more puzzled. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The second round of puzzles was a little harder. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This puzzled me, for I felt that the problem should be brought into the open for discussion. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Frank woke up as a python, which puzzled him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He looked puzzled, though Henry always looked a little puzzled. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z The New York Times puzzles grow progressively harder as the week advances, with Monday being the easiest and Saturday requiring the sort of mind that can bend spoons. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Speed of accomplishment was as important to him as solving the puzzles’ mystery. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Wrong side out under crafts. That’s perfect. We can take a photo of this puzzle and upload it for our clue when we get back to our building.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z If they could get out of sight, their pursuers might be puzzled, for the rain and the failing light would make tracking difficult. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She had spent hundreds of hours in the bakery with him, playing board games and working out puzzles. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “She is a pretty Mexican movie star,” Mamá said, noticing Darlene’s puzzled look. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Min’s wife nodded and took the bowl from him, but he could see the puzzled look in her eyes. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “You puzzle me, Jane: your look and tone of sorrowful audacity perplex and pain me. I want an explanation.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Butler scanned the sheet: basic field equipment, a few eyebrow raisers, nothing too puzzling until... Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z His Noise is puzzled for a second, then I get a little pulse of sadness so I look at him. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z His coat was thin, and it was obvious he would not get his kiss, which he found puzzling. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly I realized that this unprofitable task of his was probably nothing more than a method of whiling away the early morning hours, much as other insomniacs do crossword puzzles. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z And puzzles were so simple when you had the key. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z It feels like the pieces of a puzzle falling into place. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Every bit of it—its spindly legs, its chronically puzzled expression, its comical oven-mitt antlers—looks like some droll evolutionary joke. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I leave him leaning over the puzzle, his hair falling forward as he picks up pieces and discards them, one after one. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Ugwu was puzzled at first, before he realized that Harrison did not know what tear gas was either but would never admit it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “And I have to admit, it has me puzzled.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Before we could answer, Julian reached across the table and pulled the last piece of puzzle from Nadia's hair. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z His face looked puzzled and a little frightened. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z They say there are still plenty of pieces to the puzzle. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z The puzzle pieces twisted and turned in her head. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Once she gets one, she wants more, because it feels good to solve a puzzle. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It was like working on a complicated jigsaw puzzle without knowing the final picture. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He got Ob to sit with him for twelve hours straight putting the puzzle together. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z Emily continued to puzzle over the number clue Friday and throughout the weekend. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z And every structure seemed to fit into the one beside it like a puzzle piece; the only spaces must have been deliberately left open. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He looked at me, puzzled, and I realized that he had no clue what I was talking about. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z This is puzzling, because I’ve seen French people, there are lots of them up north, so he couldn’t have conquered all of them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “We were so worried about the stupid code words, we didn’t think to look around for something to push—the last word, the last piece of the puzzle.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She took it from him, puzzled, with fingers still shiny with sausage grease. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a puzzle?” she asked, still using that singsong voice toddlers use. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It puzzled contemporaries just as it puzzles us. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Come in,” said Dr. Malone, weary but puzzled. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Returning from the funeral, my brother, sisters, and I half expected to find some vaguely familiar Sharon Two standing at the kitchen counter and working the puzzle in TV Guide. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z They are as obsolete as the old anecdotes in which they played their puzzling, ambiguous roles, and we have no more need for the beasts than for the stories. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Spider clambered back onto the deck with a pleased but also rather puzzled look on her face. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Or at least I think he was puzzled. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Students of languages had long puzzled over the extraordinary variety and fragmentation of Indian languages. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Whenever I ask why we look so different, she says, "We fit like puzzle pieces," and reminds me that our eyes are the same amber hue. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z To occupy himself, he worked on some puzzles in his head. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Granger looked puzzled for half a sec-ond, and then she said, “Oh! That letter.” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Certain he had found the hiding spot, solved the puzzle. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Jonathan studied his face as if the puzzle could be untangled there. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Lyra stood, stubborn and puzzled, waiting for her to recover. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “We need those stupid rooms to solve your stupid puzzle! Clunker Cards stink. This game stinks. Fourteen-hour penalties stink.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “I am impressed how quickly you solved my puzzle,” he said, taking a sip from his mug. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The people Dr. Cottam interviewed were puzzled by what had happened in the months following the treatment of their land. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Even though I usually know the answers to most of the questions at school, lots of stuff still puzzles me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z This wasn’t a test of knowledge at all—it was a puzzle! The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Ekon spoke slowly, trying to bring the many pieces of the puzzle together in his mind. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Today in group, Skye, who is nearing the end of her puzzle, seems slightly less angry. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Soon all concerned would be back where they belonged, like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle being fitted together; and soon it must be discovered that three of the pieces were missing... The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z We watched them, imitated them, puzzled over their actions, and talked about them all the time. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Zeno’s logical puzzle baffled Greek philosophers—as well as the philosophers who came after them. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z She looked at my face as if it were a puzzle she could solve. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His hands moved back to the puzzle, but after a few moments his eyes flickered back to the shape. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Not to find new clues but to become better puzzle solvers. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z "May I have everyone's attention? Thank you. Please listen very carefully to what I have to say. "We found the answer to Sam Westing’s puzzle, now what are we going to do? The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Both her parents and Ashima are at once impressed and puzzled when they come to visit for the first time. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But Kvasir merely smiled, and he left the gods puzzling over his words, and he put on a traveling cloak, and he left Asgard and walked the rainbow bridge. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Highly intelligent, the sphinx delights in puzzles and riddles. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z If it is a good puzzle you can sometimes work out the answer before the end of the book. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “None of the other four even attempted to solve the puzzle, did they? The cowards.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She looks puzzled with Michael chanting, Frankie broke the house, till I explain there’s a hole in the house and it’s falling down. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He cast them, then he stared, puzzled, at the small, square, red granite tiles. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z He turned to the crossword puzzle in the newspaper. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Eventually, though, Herbie had the presence of mind to drag his sleeping bag outside and shake it hard; he shuddered as four skinny little water snakes blinked puzzledly up into his flashlight beam. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Nya felt puzzled and doubtful: How could there be water in such a place? A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I rip and cut and puzzle her back together. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He drew his mouth down at the corners, as if puzzled. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Then she got a puzzled look on her face. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Once this had occurred to him, a great many puzzle pieces suddenly fit together. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “You’ve always said it was such a disaster,” Ben said to me, puzzled. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Einstein solved this quandary—the puzzle of the photoelectric effect—but his solution was even more revolutionary than Planck’s hypothesis. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Even so, there remains a good deal that puzzles us about the cave paintings. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z As the conversation continued, Chronicler’s expression had grown by degrees more puzzled and more intent. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z You have successfully completed my literary challenge and have proved yourself a master of riddles, puzzles, and navigating San Francisco and its rich literary history. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Well, we are in the same position in space as our puzzled flatlander, only we are flummoxed by a higher dimension. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Solving this paradox quickly became the leading puzzle in physics. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Tell me, sweetheart, are you very good at math and puzzles? Greens are incredibly smart and have astonishing memories.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The pieces to a jigsaw puzzle were spread out on the table. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I sat on our sleeping rock, watching the bonobos forage while I puzzled how to get out of my predicament. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Growing ever more puzzled, he quickly flicked through the rest of the files, which covered counterterrorism, the movement of uranium across Europe, and interrogation techniques. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Mama gives me a puzzled look, then explains. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Hadley liked riddles and puzzles, so this answer actually worked for her. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She was staring up at it with a puzzled expression on her fece. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Biddy had her face all twisted up like she was puzzling something out, but when I said that, she seem like she understood what was wrong now. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Matty was puzzled by what he had hidden in the clearing. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Because they were not conducting normal science, they never finally resolved the problems that puzzled them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Maybe if she checked word by word she would uncover more typos, or something else that would help her solve the puzzle once and for all. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Chip, really, you should go. Why don’t you ask me for one of those puzzles you could never solve?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z An hour passes as they try to assemble my puzzle. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z The more he thought about it the more puzzled he was...He didn't understand this revolver business. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Farmer and his team had focused on six cases that afternoon, each something of a puzzle. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z It puzzled me to think why he was doing this; but at the instant I heard Harker’s quick exclamation as he woke to partial consciousness, and turned to the bed. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I puzzled out names and words, dates and shapes, and imagined the lives of the men who lived there before me, just as I had done in my old ex-prison high school. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z We stared cautiously at each other for a moment, and then, as his clenched jaw gradually relaxed, his expression became puzzled. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He puzzled over it awhile, forcing himself to think of possible explanations in spite of his usual boredom and utter lack of interest in what its purpose might be. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Also, doing medium crossword puzzles—not too hard and not too easy—made her seem very trustworthy to me. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Brutus sounded puzzled, and Mrs. Frisby observed that although he was greatly oversized and muscular, and his eyes were bright enough, he looked very young. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z How I'm going to get to Auntie Seema's house is a much more complicated puzzle, but I'll figure it out too. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z At first I was puzzled and did not understand, and it was only when I bent my head to avoid the low swinging branch of a tree that I realised what had happened. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He stopped and looked at me like he’s puzzling, then said, “I’m going to have to do some more contemplating over this. On the one hand this might be an act of conjuration.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z She imagined her sitting in the living room, alone, doing her crossword puzzle. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z As he stared, he puzzled at the moon’s shape. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Having a puzzle to work through always helped distract her from all the new swirling around. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Jimmy was still puzzled, but now he was curious, too. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z I've been told that crosswords puzzles help fight the advance of Alzheimer's Disease, but that had nothing to do with my initiation. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Especially he meditated on the puzzle of the mute. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z As I worked I listened to their talk and perceived its puzzled, wandering, superficial fumbling with the problems and facts of life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z When he regained consciousness, he was puzzled by his bruises. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I sit back down, and Sana keeps glancing at my face, trying to puzzle out why I look familiar. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Solving a puzzle that clearly wasn’t his to solve. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Then he closes the puzzle box and locks the gate and trots away. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I may as well be a puzzle or a broken machine she wants to fix. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I saw he was still puzzled by us. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z As I follow my brother into the main room, I’m puzzling over how Mr. Washburn could have gotten here all the way from Washington to deport us when the grocery store incident just happened? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z I see the bird pretty well and it puzzles me. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Adam was puzzled at the fierceness of his brother’s tone. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, I suppose I did,” said Digory with a puzzled air. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z The woman leaned against the deck rail and eyed Scipio with puzzled amusement. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z And I think of Grammy’s puzzles, all broken up until someone puts them together. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z It can best be approached by concentrating attention on historical patterns that remain puzzling after the effects of major environmental factors have been taken into account. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Turkey, I said, was our national bird but the joke translated so badly and they were so puzzled and suspicious that I said yes, we would probably declare war on Turkey. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z It amazes me that in this small house, somehow, like a puzzle, everyone actually fits in. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z He let me puzzle over that a moment, then laughed. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z He’d said he didn’t want to look at the puzzle because he wouldn’t be able to resist solving it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Then he stood in the doorway looking around, looking puzzled. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z That’s the great puzzle of what happened at the Getty, and the answer is that those feelings, for one reason or another, were thwarted. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Something kept crawling over her body, flickering its antennae as it puzzled over the addition to its home. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she shoves a puzzle piece into my palm. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z While some progress has been made in identifying those ultimate causes in the case of Europe’s conquest of the New World, Africa remains a big puzzle. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He felt very small, and he was puzzled and depressed by all these gloomy words. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He went down the street without answer, greatly puzzled and needing to think over what he had heard. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z He put his head to one side and then the other, still puzzled, more so when the cloud disappeared and nothing was left except clear water. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z She was puzzled as to why learned people didn’t adopt chemistry as a religion. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Gregor glanced down at Boots, who had a puzzled look on her face. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He has puzzled the greatest medical minds, and sent many of them gibbering to their own hospitals. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z An old guy in the booth next to them was doing a crossword puzzle. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The zippers on Lenina’s spare pair of viscose velveteen shorts were at first a puzzle, then solved, a delight. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z And this means that time is a mystery, and not even a thing, and no one has ever solved the puzzle of what time is, exactly. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I don’t have time to puzzle it out. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z But maybe multiplication is as much a puzzle to Madge as slide positions are to me. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z We are a community of book lovers, puzzle lovers, and treasure hunters. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Something shifts inside me, like a puzzle piece snapping into place. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z I found his return puzzling but thought no further about it—the cramp was quickly getting worse. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I'd sit on his lap, and he would read to me, teach me my multiplication tables, or put together a puzzle. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “What still puzzles me, Madame,” said Poirot, “is how the man got into your compartment if the communicating door was bolted as you say. You are sure that it was bolted?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z He'd walk around me, staring, acting all puzzled, till Tariq or someone would ask him what he was doing, and he'd say he was looking for the strings that were holding me down. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Ever since his team had won the Lemoncello Library game, everybody was constantly trying to trip them up with riddles and puzzles. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Mango fits on Grandpa’s shoulder like the last piece of a puzzle. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z It is nice to think that there are so many unsolved puzzles ahead for biology, although I wonder whether we will ever find enough graduate students. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the last piece to the puzzle. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Some men looked up, puzzled by the fast irregular knocking sounds that came from up and down the line as arrows hurtled into wood or frozen canvas. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z If Ophie could lay out the pieces of the puzzle for the ghost, maybe she could put them all together and come to the answer herself. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The puzzle of the Hinckley shooting, of course, is how he managed to get at Reagan so easily. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z One night soon after we arrived, I was working on the puzzle and Grandma was drowsing in her platform rocker. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s take a look at it,” he said, looking a bit puzzled. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z My mind raced around, trying to work out this puzzle. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The failure to find Howard after so much effort was frustrating and puzzling. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Usually Marie-Laure can solve the wooden puzzle boxes her father creates for her birthdays. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He was puzzled as to why they were treating him this way. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z They were where he kept his impossible dream—every discovery he'd made about the Unseen City, every piece he'd puzzled into place. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He wore reindeer antlers and delivered puzzle challenges via a rusty, old sand pail. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She collected all the dry scraps and puzzled over them for a long time, trying to figure out where they fit into the larger piece. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I was puzzled, both by the effect of his voice upon me and by the obvious anger of the crowd. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Chronicler looked puzzled, but before he could say anything the innkeeper continued. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Mother studied Granddaddy with a puzzled expression, and then turned her gaze to me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I frowned, puzzled, but John Henry’s fist clenched even tighter as he pounded his leg softly. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z That seems especially puzzling and self-defeating, since a microbe that kills its host kills itself. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Our puzzle is that we have Newcomen in Dartmouth in or around 1698, and we can see no way in which knowledge of the steam engine can reach him. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Claire stood silent, awed by the music, puzzled by the concept of love, and moved by both the solemnity and the celebration of the occasion. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She was sincere and this puzzled the guidance counselors. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z The puzzled menagerie men and a handful of others stood outside, their ears pressed to the seams of the great canvas tent as a torrent of angry screaming began. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He looked up from his crossword puzzle and sang—to the tune of “Oh! Susanna”—“Oh, Peas-Anna! Don’t you cry for me...” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I puzzled at it, Ai was not thirty years old. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z After a few minutes of puzzled deliberation he took from his pocket a thick red pencil and wrote carefully beneath the inscription: Whoever wrote the above meet me here tomorrow at noon. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She was about to go to her favorite puzzle website next, but she paused. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z To stop himself thinking about it, and because Hooper didn't want him there, he was only ignoring him, while he fiddled with the puzzle, Kingshaw walked quickly across the bedroom, and out of the door. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “Okay. Fine. I’ll read it after I finish my puzzle books.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z That provoked more laughter from the bidders, and a scowl from the auctioneer, who was fingering his whip indecisively as he tried to puzzle out whether this would work to his benefit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The video store at the mall had dozens of different puzzles that were not electronic. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z We sit around my puzzle at the kitchen table. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z Last I looked for it, I was trying to help the lieutenant with his puzzle. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z When it got so dark I couldn’t see the puzzle, I reached to turn on the lamp. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I was puzzled and frightened by this transformation but at the same time enthralled by it. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Now let’s turn to the remaining question in our puzzle of African prehistory: why Europeans were the ones to colonize sub-Saharan Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Then it hit Thomas—he felt like several pieces of a puzzle had been put together. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z But at the same time I was puzzled: How could anyone's fate be pleasant? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And I don't want to disturb him and his work, and his newspaper, and definitely not the puzzles, because the puzzles are our time. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “Sure,” I agreed, even though I was a little puzzled by her request. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He seemed as puzzled by the woman as Matt was. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Lil’ Dub had even stopped accepting the crossword puzzles he used to buy for her. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z At first Mr. James Ito looks puzzled by this request, seeing nothing in my hands. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z We are a community of book lovers, puzzle lovers, and treasure hunters. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Beat it,” said the doctor on duty there, who was doing a crossword puzzle. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Except for winning Dorothy, which still remained my unsolvable puzzle, I figured I could do pretty much anything I wanted to do if only I worked at it hard enough. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I was still puzzled about what he had tried to say to me; it seemed important that I should know his final words. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z You wondered how the five people had been introduced into the place, as if it were a Chinese puzzle. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Phoebe turned to me with a puzzled expression on her face. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z "I don't know what you're talking about," the boy said, more puzzled than ever. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t make sense of your . . . innocence. In a ruthless world I find innocence more a puzzle than evil.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z After the morning of testing, the Blue’s Clues team sat down and went through the results of the puzzles, one by one. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe Parker wanted to make sure someone linked his puzzle to that book. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z But then a puzzling thing came up, a thing we’re still not sure about even now. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “How could I have friends?” he said, simply puzzled. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The limestone that elsewhere gives Iowa its hard mineralized water was obliterated and replaced by the shocked basement rocks that so puzzled the water driller in 1912. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He scowled up into their puzzled, sallow faces. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z As he puzzled over the words, a cloud covered the moon and they disappeared from the page. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z They explain the puzzle that we still cannot make a fistful bigger than a fist, or a stride longer than our legs can stretch, but that we can now know more than Montaigne could know. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z To modern eyes, the puzzle is not that this should have occurred, but that it should have taken so long for people to lose their inferiority complex. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z And then she slipped into the room with the bowl and shut the door in his puzzled face. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “All right, you Maniac Magees, here is your picture puzzle. The category is Famous Quotes. You have sixty seconds to solve this rebus.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Still, Mrs. Mansfield frowned at me and looked puzzled. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The puzzles and riddles were fun, and she devoured the books, but the actual seeking was what brought her back to this game again and again. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He sank back down into his chair, puzzled. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z I think it’s outrageously cruel to keep a puzzle that they know is missing a single piece. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “A sandwich? Is this a dish named in honor of Bartholomew of Sandwich?” she asked, puzzled. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The missing piece of the puzzle, Ellsberg decided, was domestic politics. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z But there is a puzzling gap between the scale of the changes in policing and the size of the effect on places like Brownsville and East New York. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Her legs and neck are delicate, her body sloped and covered with markings like puzzle pieces. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She puzzled over the patchwork of scraps for a long time, tracing the lines with her finger, murmuring the parts of words. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I puzzle over the onionskin, trying to spill my heart onto the page. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He looked reluctant and puzzled and a little bit embarrassed. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z My brain struggles to puzzle out which one would be best. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z On top of the more or less social tangle in which he found himself, there was a personal puzzle—for he put a higher value cm chastity than is fashionable in our century. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat with the receiver to my ear for about how relieved she’d be to “have her life back” for three weeks a long, puzzled moment, then hung up. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Of course, if you’ve ever gotten a surprise package, you can imagine how puzzled and excited Milo was; and if you’ve never gotten one, pay close attention, because someday you might. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “Wait. How did you know I was working on a puzzle?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The girls all looked up, Bri clearly puzzled to see him. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z He stared at Harry, and there was a puzzled, almost suspicious look in his eyes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She said it was a stupid puzzle and she was going on to bed. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z These puzzles remind one of equally puzzling non-inventions, or else disappearances of inventions, in small isolated societies, including Aboriginal Tasmania, Aboriginal Australia, Japan, Polynesian islands, and the American Arctic. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z There was a half-done puzzle on the table in front of her, but she had no interest in fitting the rest of the pieces together. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z One of them gave Otto a long puzzled look that was hard for me to interpret. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The 1576 edition of the Prognostication is a little puzzle in which we find the whole problem of the early modern history of science in miniature. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z One day he comes up with the idea of creating wooden puzzles to sell at school. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Wrong side out under crafts. That’s perfect. We can take a photo of this puzzle and upload it for our clue when we get back to our building.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z And then her frown was washed over by a puzzled blank look, and she began to talk as if she were trying to remember where she had misplaced something. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I had seen three-dimensional puzzles and jigsaw puzzles that had a different picture printed on either side. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s like a puzzle, Dad! This is something. It’s a word, maybe words. And a picture of something. A giant picture.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z The day they were due to reach Ento, Kaede spent nearly the whole afternoon puzzling over the enigma of her classmate. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Helmholtz had listened to the scene of the lovers’ first meeting with a puzzled interest. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Each test taker was given four minutes to puzzle over the problem and then was asked for an answer. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z They all squinted at him, puzzled—and annoyed, too, that he was spoiling their amusement. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z And it is such a lovely day, I cannot think why you must sit in here doing a puzzle. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The first set of puzzles about anteaters and elephants had to be easier than the set of puzzles about beavers and worms, which in turn had to be easier than the final set about fish. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Dandelion was as puzzled as Bigwig had been. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I assume he has been puzzled by both events, as if they’re not something he’s done himself, on purpose, but things that have happened to him accidentally, like stubbing your toe. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z When I was in the doghouse, 1 felt as if I were assembling a jigsaw puzzle in which each piece had a specific place. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Piece by piece, each fit perfectly until the puzzle was complete. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z All the pieces were there, but the puzzle of fitting them together was escaping me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I sit, my back toward the men, studying the concrete wall like the lines, cracks, and scratched curses are a complicated puzzle. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Having a puzzle to work through always helped distract her from all the new swirling around. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Reggie had been keeping track of who had solved each puzzle over the past year. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “It’s also extremely complex. It might take you and all of the other teams to unravel this particular puzzle.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Marion, we knew, recognized the difference in Bunny’s behavior as clearly as we did, and was puzzled and angered by it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z When she’d first stumbled across the notion of Wyrdgates, days ago, it had seemed interesting, and so she’d researched, digging through piles of old parchment, only to find more puzzling theories. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z But if they were accidents, then it was like putting a jigsaw puzzle into a tumble dryer and having it come out with all the pieces in the right place. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z It was like working on a complicated jigsaw puzzle without knowing the final picture. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She looked at him, puzzled, trying to decide whether or not he was joking, then she said, “St. Louis.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z It was where all her ideas for puzzles and ciphers and hiding books exploded on the page, and where she tried to work out the clues for the books she was hunting. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z There were seven; each with a puzzling code stenciled on it. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I can spot a puzzle when I see one, and it's clear to me that this girl with her treasure box of memories doesn't want to be figured out. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He looked at her for a moment, puzzled. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They stared at me super intently, like I was one of those hidden-picture puzzles and the next thing I’d say would reveal my secret. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z This would not have puzzled Duhem, who specifically formulated his thesis to address modern physics; he acknowledged that it did not apply, for example, to nineteenth-century biology. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Two spools of thread, one white chess bishop, and six parts of a jigsaw puzzle...A teaspoon and a closed box of safety matches...A radish, two pennies, a nickel, and a golf ball. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z The Nationalists were creating a cruel jigsaw puzzle out of people’s lives. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I register how crazy I look in the puzzled expression on his face. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Shasta's seat was excellent but he was sadly puzzled what to do with his reins, for he had never touched the reins while he was on Bree's back. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z He puzzled over it a moment, as if it were the first time he’d ever seen it, and then turned back to me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Yeah, say Sofia, with a real puzzle look on her face, I wonder why she was ever born. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Paul looked puzzled but came over to see what I had to say. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Only his eyes were active, darting round and round the room, puzzled, alert with intelligence. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Pax paced from stone to stone, thrashing his tail as he worked the puzzle. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I think fitting the pieces together would be just like a jigsaw puzzle, except it wouldn’t be cardboard pasted together and hung on a wall. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z He tried to put on tiny socks from the socks basket and just looked puzzled when they didn’t fit. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Even today, I’m puzzled by the sheer force of the emotion that overtook me when I heard Moira say this. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z For a moment, she just wanted to take in everything: the puzzled, terrified expressions on the Gustano kids’ faces; the strange, ugly buildings around them; the emptiness of the street before them. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He had wanted to talk to somebody about it, because maybe if he told all the facts out loud he could put his finger on the thing that puzzled him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Ralph watched with puzzled interest while the class worked with numbers and words. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z I went on with my dressing, puzzled at her attitude, so different from our last encounter, and wondering whether I had the unpleasant Favell to thank for it. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Never in the world would I replace the pleasure of reading a great author, or conquering some vast technical puzzle, for a perfect GPA. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was while puzzling over these matters that Hutton had a series of exceptional insights. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Grace had a photo of the treasure puzzle up on Jake’s computer monitor. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z My excessive reading puzzled Aunt Maggie; she sensed my fiercely indrawn nature and she did not like it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, that’s another piece of the puzzle in place,” said Methuselah. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Wait. How did you know I was working on a puzzle?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z When the lights went on in the morning, she had a few minutes before Poppy wakened to work at the puzzle. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z There are scores of other possessive puzzles: Are you a friend of Jake, or a friend ofJake’si Are you going to your aunt and uncle’s house, or to your aunt’s and uncle’s house? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We are simultaneously participants and bystanders, which is a puzzling role to play. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The puzzles and riddles were fun, and she devoured the books, but the actual seeking was what brought her back to this game again and again. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He looked puzzled for a moment; then a smile of understanding spread across his face. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I suppose that my extraterrestrial Visitor night puzzle over my records in much the same way, on first listening. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The most puzzling member, perhaps, and the least anticipated. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z When at least half a dozen people asked him what he was doing October 27 he was puzzled, for he had forgotten he had given this date as his birthday. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z And then there was Howard, working on a crossword puzzle on the steps. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I was puzzled by what I thought to be wastefulness on the part of white people: they threw away, still in excellent condition, things that many black people could not even afford to buy secondhand. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z And then it hits me, like a puzzle coming together in my mind. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I think again of my puzzle pieces, of the answers I came back home to get. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Since the sixteenth century, the origins of Native Americans have been an intellectual puzzle.* 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Parents were what they were; it wasn’t up to you to try to puzzle them out. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z I know I looked puzzled, for instead of leaving, Margaret closed the door and asked, “Do you know what a deposition is?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She had pulled herself into her puzzle laying and had forgotten I was there. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes Harrison would come and sit with Ugwu but say very little, as though he was both puzzled by and respectful of him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Dad was working on something for work and Mom was doing a crossword puzzle. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It was where all her ideas for puzzles and ciphers and hiding books exploded on the page, and where she tried to work out the clues for the books she was hunting. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Something made me pull sounds out of my silence the way that Julian pulled puzzle pieces out of Nadia's hair. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s like someone scattering puzzle pieces all over a table and putting them together two-by-two all over the place. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z This was one of the main reasons why Kyle thought everything that came out of Mr. Lemoncello’s Imagination Factory—board games, puzzles, video games—was amazingly awesome. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Lin Nai-Nai looked at me, puzzled, but she did not argue. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z All these things we worried about and talked about and puzzled over. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Matthias was full of wonderment, but he could not help feeling puzzled. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z And it promised an incredible fortune to the city of Lambert, South Carolina—if its puzzle could be solved. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z More puzzling, at least to present-day eyes, were the equally vehement objections voiced by professional archaeologists and anthropologists, especially those at the Smithsonian Institution, which had established a Bureau of American Ethnology in 1879. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Thank you,” said Mrs. Frisby, but she was more puzzled than ever. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Over time her silences annoy her husband, then puzzle him and finally depress him. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The resentment disappeared from his face and was replaced by a mischievous expression that puzzled Pinmei even more than his anger. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He was puzzled—but he was often puzzled. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “So I take it you solved the puzzle? Unless, of course, you knew all the answers.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z We spent a merry, uneventful Christmas with Toot in her apartment, opening gifts and marveling at her devotion to the five-thousand-piece jigsaw puzzle she had going on a card table. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z His mind had paused in puzzled frustration at the golden corner of an eye when Zahotep’s touch on his shoulder brought him with a start out of his daydreaming. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z And what puzzled me was that the old man had defined it as treachery. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The doctors were puzzled by the fact that it wasn’t quite jaundice. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It was a picture off a jigsaw puzzle, or perhaps a holiday brochure advertising a forgotten England. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z They didn’t see the completed puzzle standing in front of them. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Two weeks ago, he puzzled, the cat had been alive, and, according to Longridge’s map, must have traveled over a hundred miles. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z After Adam had realized that this was his father he was still puzzled. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The puzzling thing was that he no longer wanted to. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The conversation with Red Corn, though, prompted me to probe more deeply into perhaps the most puzzling of the Osage murder cases—that of Charles Whitehorn. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “These carts are like Chinese puzzles. I suspect that I will continually be pulling at the wrong opening.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Juanita’s eyes narrowed as if she was trying to put together a word puzzle. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He said it like I was a puzzle, one he was enjoying putting together. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Lancelot turned his puzzled eyes on her, and smiled nervously. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama looks puzzled, but she doesn’t ask anything else. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Rafael stood, looking at the people and the spaces, as if the whole thing were an elaborate puzzle that he could solve if only he could find the right piece. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He had never seen a laburnum and was puzzled by the name, which in Lapine is “Poison Tree.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Back there,” said Ron, still looking puzzled but jerking his head up the tunnel toward the pipe. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “That is what I am attempting to puzzle out.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Sometimes when we re watching TV, he’ll abruptly walk over to the puzzle table, pick up a piece, and click it in. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z My babysitter Nicole walks into the kitchen, where I’m putting together a puzzle. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z He wore reindeer antlers and delivered puzzle challenges via a rusty, old sand pail. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z What he has told me and all that has happened will tumble into place like pieces of a jig-saw puzzle. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I began to feel like I was getting the whole story for the first time, that I was being handed the missing pieces to the puzzle, and the world was making a little more sense. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Captain Cook was in the children’s room, watching Janie and Bill put together a jigsaw puzzle on the floor. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Each letter flickers on one at a time,C-R-E-S-T-M-O-N-T , like filling in a crossword puzzle with neon letters. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z ‘Don’t you want your answer before you kill us? Surely it must puzzle you, why women keep rejecting a big handsome guy like you.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He stared at me at first like a puzzled child, and then he held out his arms. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I’m the only one who doesn’t forget, because I’m the only one solving the puzzle. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z How often would he have dinner with us or let us sit on his lap to do a puzzle? March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He was looking straight at me and I was puzzled. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z For a moment he was puzzled by it, but then he knew what he was seeing. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z How you just have to close your eyes and breathe out and let the puzzle of the human heart be what it is. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly Chip connected the pieces of the puzzle. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She loved the advertisements especially, so gorgeously puzzling. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, bits of the body of the clock expand and contract, like pieces of a puzzle. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They were just past the entrance to the Egyptian Walk, out of the direct sunlight, under the pines and the sprawling monkey puzzle tree. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z On the one hand—superstition and old wives’ tales; on the other hand—the scientist, trying to solve the puzzles and find the answers. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z This way of business—and of life—puzzled and distressed Washington Duke. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The class time was supposed to be spent doing a little crossword puzzle on the play, but Don didn’t do much of it and it didn’t seem to matter. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “You thank the gods she is hurt?” he asked, puzzled. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z At last his curiosity got the better of him, and he asked something which had been puzzling him for some time. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She read six books a day and could do two crossword puzzles at once—with a ballpoint pen. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z There were no surprises the second time around, no insight puzzles, no opportunities for the complexities and confusion of the real world to intrude on the Pentagon’s experiment. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z As I stood puzzling, three daisies floated through the air. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “In a puzzle, I always begin with a straightedge piece. If you wanted to cure polio or anything, where would you even start?” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z Then he added, “That puzzle you were working on was interesting. Did you like the one I sent in the bucket?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Water was a puzzle that scared and excited me. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z I can tell he wants to return to the woods, but they keep pointing at the sky, which puzzles me until I realize, Of course. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “I’ll give you a lift home then. Any idea what this says? Been puzzling over it for half an hour.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z He looked around, puzzled, then realized what it was. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Greek philosophers were unable to untie that bundle; therefore, they were ill-equipped to solve Zeno’s puzzle. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z At one point, Alfhercht stopped and turned back to look at the group following him, and he stared at Ivan with a puzzled expression on his face. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z But Miss Lucy’s words had puzzled me and I kept thinking about them on and off for the next few days. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Chacko was puzzled to see everybody back so early, but pretended otherwise. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Before the puzzled faces of Mr. and Mrs. Beale, he opened the front door and looked at the three cast-iron digits nailed to the door frame: seven two eight. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But the sun's in my eyes, and while I'm puzzling over it the gong rings out. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z As the Presbyterian preacher commenced his sermon, I was puzzled by the behavior of Mr. French Gordy, who sat with Miss Sarah in front of us, smelling of soap as usual. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Its round eyes took me in, the expression puzzled and serious. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He could see the X from the geometry puzzle. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Let us now turn to the evidence of archaeology in an attempt to solve this puzzle. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He frowned, trying to puzzle out my speech. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z A dining room, a kitchen, a living room, a family room—which, by the way, is where the puzzles are put together. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Last night is like a puzzle—only not put together: all the pieces are scattered everywhere and some are missing. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Mrs. Coulter, puzzled, curious, pulled at the lid, and the golden monkey bent close to look. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z But when I looked at the sketch pad, all I had were puzzle pieces of the shark, when I needed to have a complete portrait. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I have puzzled out what the stars mean that you put in the margins of each letter. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z People in the audience glance toward it, puzzled, but I know what it must have been. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She went back to the board, where she was outlining the third act of the play, and Pearl puzzled over this as she packed her books away. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They stare at me with puzzled expressions, but aid in the destruction. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I try to mentally piece together this puzzle, but it’s useless. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Thus, Yali’s people and their Australian cousins pose a puzzle inside a puzzle. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He gave me a puzzled stare, backing away. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is not my doing,” Taran said with a puzzled frown. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z She fell asleep puzzling over it, and woke no more illuminated. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He glances around, puzzled, looking for Violet, then smiles at me. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “This map,” explained Grace, “is more like a riddle. A seemingly easy yet remarkably complex puzzle.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z She had a puzzled look on her face. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z “Solve two of these mathematically inspired picture puzzles before any of the other teams and you will earn our ninth medal, the Rebus!” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Each time, the sheet was lifted only high enough to expose the area we were washing, making it feel as though there wasn’t a whole person beneath the linen, just a puzzle of disembodied parts. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z There were Cold Sassy folks at the depot and of course they were puzzled why I was such a hero. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I kept looking for her the rest of that day, puzzled by her reaction. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z If there were twelve names involved, and if each name was a piece in a very big puzzle, did any of those twelve fit together in other ways? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z It was one piece in a bigger puzzle, and when you put all the pieces together, there was Ivy. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z On most days, my brother and I stayed in the house, pretending we were other people by dressing up or playing with paper dolls, puzzles, and blocks. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She could hear echoes of Ned in his voice, as he sat there, puzzling over the map. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The last puzzle held the key that opened the door. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Maybe if she checked word by word she would uncover more typos, or something else that would help her solve the puzzle once and for all. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Siobhan was one of the smartest girls I ever knew, though she never rubbed it in your face like other people. She loved puzzles, especially ones involving math.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Some days, they walked so deep that Ivy forgot there was anything beyond the forest’s borders, and she emerged from its shadows puzzled to find Poppy Cottage standing just where she’d left it that morning. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I don't always find what I'm looking for, but in searching for an answer, I'll often come across bits of information I can use in some later puzzle. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z |
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