| 单词 | puzzle out |
| 例句 | 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 There, on the blackboard by the stove, he puzzled out problems with his classmates. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 “As soon as I puzzle out the rest.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “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 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 He frowned, trying to puzzle out my speech. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Even in the newest sets, Werner can usually puzzle out a solution. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z 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 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 It had not been hard to puzzle out. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She was trying to puzzle out the mystery of seeing her father the night before. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The Nationalists were creating a cruel jigsaw puzzle out of people’s lives. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “That is what I am attempting to puzzle out.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z 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 But Jinny had plenty to think about without puzzling out Sam. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “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 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 Again, there’s more to these words than I can puzzle out. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z My brain struggles to puzzle out which one would be best. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z 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 She is relatable, never writing from the lofty heights of the mountain, but walking alongside us, inviting us to play, to puzzle out the strangeness of language with her. A Poet Whose Calling Is Doubt Celebrates Language’s Uncertainty 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z But Sendak continued to puzzle out his book in conversations with others, especially with Cott in those exchanges printed in “Pipers at the Gates of Dawn.” What did Maurice Sendak know about the wild things that no one else did? 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z The built-in distraction of wanting to puzzle out which historical figures are represented is now compounded by an urge to determine who might be missing from previous outings, and who might be new. Music Review: An Underworld Rescue With Dancers and Chorus 2011-05-01T21:23:02Z Before we went in, we tried to puzzle out the possible naming options: Dudeboutins? Critical Shopper: Christian Louboutin’s New Store for Men 2012-09-25T19:51:49Z Ten years ago, "Lost" premiered on ABC, and millions of fans were destined to spend six years puzzling out the myriad puzzles, hints and clues the show's creators, J.J. 'Phineas and Ferb' will commemorate 'Lost's' 10th anniversary 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z The Ma’dan population is dwindling, but their floating islands offer clues for architects who are puzzling out how coastal communities in the future might withstand the inevitable rise of sea levels. Review | How can we live more sustainably? Indigenous groups have some ideas. 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z The highlight of the day was puzzling out the moves of Makona, a short overhanging route with big, dynamic moves straight out of “American Ninja Warrior.” Is Rock Climbing the Future of Tourism in Malawi? 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z “You like this one, Mama?” my son asks, trying to puzzle out whether this music belongs to me or to his father. From Our Children: Retreating to Memory With a Song 2012-09-25T15:15:07Z Despite this, Salon's Matthew Rozsa found the coda "extremely satisfying," even as fans decried the sidelining of Rose Tico or tried to puzzle out the ins and outs of the Force dyad. The best movies to stream in May, from "Star Wars" to "The Lovebirds" 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z These kinds of experiments hold huge promise for basic research; toggling a neural circuit on and off helps scientists puzzle out how those neurons affect behavior. Science-fiction turns real: Genetically engineering animals for war 2013-03-23T19:00:00Z Smoczynska builds a psychological puzzle out of subtle shocks to the system: quick reflexes that reveal Alicja’s muscle memories; gestures of love that don’t quite feel like love itself. ‘Fugue’ Review: Lost Time 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Koefoed puzzles out the story of how all of this came to be, shrewdly letting viewers absorb all the facts and points of view and deciding what they want to believe. "The Lost Leonardo" is a slick, fascinating mystery that uncovers ego and hubris in the art world 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, there are some ins and outs to this case that will be harder for Gloria to puzzle out as she dismisses Grandfather’s warning and heads out into the meadow. ‘Fargo’ Season 3, Episode 4: A Wolf in Cheap Clothing 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z And they prove to be a useful guideline as you try to puzzle out what director Sam Gold is up to on this confoundingly muddled evening. Review | Glenda Jackson as King Lear was a good idea. Why is everything around her so wrong? 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z While Castle’s intentions cannot be discerned, the pleasure comes in puzzling out the connections in his vast and often mysterious visual universe. Soot, Spit and Paper: James Castle’s Transfixing Worlds 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z In the quiet backcountry we left our own oblong imprints in the snow as we puzzled out the comings and goings of animals in the forest. The Quiet Thrill of Winter Wildlife Viewing 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z Then he’d leave me to clean it up and inch it forward while he took a long walk on the golf course to puzzle out the lyrics for the bridge. The Princess and the Poconos 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Swaths of the transcript are redacted in black, and in the weeks leading up to the premiere, Ms. Satter was still puzzling out how to dramatize them. Staging Reality Winner: An F.B.I. Transcript Becomes an Offbeat Thriller 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z The translators are stunned when the author undergoes an otherworldly transformation and disappears into the forest, leaving them alone to puzzle out what her new novel means. Shining a Spotlight on the Art of Translation 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Her narratives are elusive and bewildering, and half the fun of reading them is looping around, testing the walls, engaging and puzzling out their labyrinthine structures. A Quicksilver Mystery That Flickers, Flashes, Twists and Turns 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z What does this have to do with “Watchmen”? The HBO series takes an entirely new and surprisingly effective approach to puzzling out this fraught history. In “Watchmen,” just as in real life, feelings about Vietnam remain uncertain 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Bold, cheerful and lovingly rendered illustrations help tweens puzzle out essential social skills, including ways to be a friend and ally to others. Books for hard-to-shop-for tweens and teens, from Star Wars and Harley Quinn to gothic horror 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z When the publishing company team outgrew the space, they moved them to a building in town, and Mr. Smith began puzzling out how to add detailing and flourishes to the gutted space. Joye Cottage, a Love Story 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z Or the first act finale of “A Little Night Music,” in which a plot as intricate as a murder mystery gets puzzled out in a nearly 7-minute number called “A Weekend in the Country.” It’s Not the Music. It’s Not the Lyrics. It’s the Drama. 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z He describes a wine of “numinous emptiness,” a phrase I’m still trying to puzzle out. The Best Wine Books of 2018 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z But the other two require some puzzling out. This Week in Fiction: John L’Heureux on Faith and Not Fitting In 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z As the story goes, they walked across the street to the Tavern Inn, where they puzzled out CI's mission of biodiversity conservation. Conservationist Peter Seligmann: 'We're all connected' 2012-09-19T20:44:04Z Walking the streets and puzzling out how West Fourth Street could be right next to West 12th, I realized that I was doing alone what my mom had done with me years before. Greta Gerwig: My Mother, My City 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z It seemed her fans had a tough time puzzling out the discrepancy between her sunny stage persona and the realities of the workplace she oversaw. Ellen DeGeneres, a Signature Star of the Obama Era, Says Goodbye 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Quite the opposite: Meaning stops being a given and becomes the object of a compelling quest, as it is today when we puzzle out a picture of a soup can. The Supreme Court May Force Us to Rethink 500 Years of Art 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z When she strings the monologues together, she does not offer any narration or editorial frame, preferring to leave gaps for the audience to fill in, puzzling out why these voices, and why in this order. Anna Deavere Smith Contains Multitudes 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Not everything needs to be puzzled out, and racking one’s brains does not necessarily result in cleverness. The Artist 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z Exposition is minimal, and there’s nothing to puzzle out; the story unfolds as a series of accepted realities followed by whirlwind displays of bravura dancing. The Washington Ballet let Brooklyn Mack go. He landed at the Metropolitan Opera House. 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z Will she puzzle out an answer to her identity, perhaps discover who her birth parents really were? Books Of the Times: ‘The Panopticon,’ a Debut Novel by Jenni Fagan 2013-07-15T21:25:07Z Trust, I love puzzling out a show, reading endless threads that dissect tiny clues, charting minuscule hints and decoding ancillary materials. ‘Madam Secretary’ Proved TV Didn’t Have to Be Hip to be Great 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z As one can tell from his Socratic method, Mr. Rose likes to puzzle out his food. Daniel Rose, an American in Paris, Comes Home to Cook 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z The cerebral drama “Black Bear” builds a puzzle out of simple elements: a cabin in the woods and a romantic triangle. ‘Black Bear’ Review: Two’s Company, Three’s an Art Project 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z The charts puzzle out which acts will be where, and when. Fringe Festival happens in a lot of places Some children might consider the leaps in this book too great, others will return to ponder the cinematic images and puzzle out the connections. How Do You Talk to Children About Death? These Books Can Help 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z He is working in Calgary, Alberta, on a third season of “Fargo,” while starting to puzzle out what a second season of “Legion” might look like. ‘Legion’ Brings a Genuine X-Factor to FX 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z This is not a how-to book; it’s a what-to-build book: which requires readers to puzzle out for themselves how to put the pieces together. Books Of Style: Surprising Histories, With Drinks 2011-12-16T22:36:27Z I loved to watch how intently a young reader would turn the pages and puzzle out this modest and satisfying conclusion. Picture Book Biographies to Dazzle a Fact-Loving Child 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Throughout the year, we would convene regularly to puzzle out the future, and I began to develop an understanding of how the cards worked as well as where her interest in them came from. Tarot helped me take advice from my mother 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z Often I thought myself a few steps ahead of Decker in puzzling out who the villain might be. David Baldacci’s ‘Memory Man’ is a master class in the art of the bestseller 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z Indeed it seems that Chesterton was at first occupied with making a joke in which he wrote detective stories where the aim was to puzzle out who the real detective is. Father Brown: the empathetic detective 2013-01-18T20:00:03Z That hoopla was accompanied by a slew of listicles and thinkpieces, either celebrating the show’s legacy, puzzling out its appeal, or even detailing its shortcomings. Is there a risk of “Friends” anniversary overkill? 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z At the center of all this, little Shuggie is just beginning to perceive, and trying to puzzle out why, nearly everyone he meets considers him “no right.” In 1980s Glasgow, a World of Pain Made Bearable by Love 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Whatever took place the night Mr. Meade visited Mr. DelGaudio’s show, which has been extended through Dec. 30, was less dramatic, if perhaps as hard to puzzle out as some of the onstage effects. Hat. Rabbit. Spy Cam? Claims of Skulduggery at a Hot Magic Show 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z Gerwig’s Frances is a charming, aimless, young New Yorker who floats from one makeshift home to another, attempting to puzzle out her career, romantic entanglements and future. Short Attention Span? All These Movies Are Under 90 Minutes 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z As she puzzles out the story, Neumann discovers the moment when her father was gripped by the power of time. A Box of Secrets Led to the Story of Her Father’s Painful Wartime Past 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z Two veterans of rock journalism tried to puzzle out with me why these shows didn’t work. Searching for a great American rock show: Why is rock ‘n’ roll on TV so hard to get right? 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z The introduction of the Netherlands as a locale may inspire viewers to start puzzling out a connection between “The Widow” and “Heart of Darkness,” but the show cannot withstand that level of scrutiny. Review: How Amazon’s Kate Beckinsale Series, “The Widow,” and Netflix’s New Ricky Gervais Show, “After Life,” Get Grief All Wrong 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Cameron downs pizza and plays noisy punk as she tries to puzzle out a programming dilemma. 'Halt and Catch Fire' Recap: Joe Reveals a Scar 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z In her indispensable essay "The Esthetic Ghetto: Some Thoughts About Public Art," Goldin was puzzling out art's shifting relationship to different conceptions of a viewing public. At satire's forefront, cartoons press against hard lines 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z These questions, and the many that followed, were the sort that classically trained actors ask as they probe layers of their characters to puzzle out intentions, tones and emotional shades for imbuing a performance. Jake Gyllenhaal Makes New York Stage Debut 2012-08-23T12:00:00Z Restaurant owners are left to devise their own practices, puzzling out how to minimize the health risk, and reassure some customers without alienating others. The New Face of Restaurant Hospitality Wears a Mask 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z At its core, it’s about touching a world and puzzling out how its elements interact. Reviews: Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, Metrico, Hohokum and Road Not Taken 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z I found myself pulled along as much by Piranesi’s voice — sweet, earnest, passionate — as by a desire to puzzle out what genre I was in. Dealmakers and Wanderers: New Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z As a result, audiences puzzle out motivations themselves instead of digesting what's already been handed to them; "Carol" is a film understood best by its silences. Cannes: Cate Blanchett-starring lesbian romance 'Carol' true to period 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z None of us could quite puzzle out its source. Motherlode Blog: Is 'Choice' Less Accepted for Mothers? 2011-10-18T21:32:08Z The transformation, as with much of his intellectual evolution, took place in public, puzzled out in blog posts that can sometimes read like a glimpse into someone’s afternoon daydreaming or late-night studying. With Atlantic article on reparations, Ta-Nehisi Coates sees payoff for years of struggle For readers determined to puzzle out who’s guilty of the poisoning, the problem is that the hateful Caroline is so obviously a suspect that our instinct is to search for a less likely candidate. Inspector Lynley returns in Elizabeth George’s ‘A Banquet of Consequences’ 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z His innate sweetness in the face of such mad-dog cruelty is more of a mystery, one we’ll look forward to puzzling out in his next adventure. The Scene of the Crime: Four Mysteries in Ominous Locales 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Working with colleagues in Argentina, Mexico, and other countries, she sought to puzzle out whether genetic markers in lice could trace historical contacts between their human hosts. Lice DNA records the moment Europeans colonized the Americas 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z Through letters his mother left behind and fragments of his own memories, Clowes has puzzled out a few details. How comics legend Daniel Clowes composed his 'magnum opus' 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z Without information from a weather radar or other optical measurements, he says, it is challenging to puzzle out the small-scale processes within thunderstorms. The science of 'superbolts,' the world's strongest lightning strikes 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z To puzzle out such community relationships, geneticists and archaeologists are forging stronger ties. Ancient marriage traditions—and politics—revealed in giant family trees built from DNA 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Astronomers are still puzzling out how supermassive black holes grew as quickly as they did in the early universe, so a better understanding of their dynamics could help answer questions about their origins, Kaaz says. Supermassive Black Hole Feeding Frenzies May Explain Blinking Quasars 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z In the meantime, Meitner was determined to puzzle out those results. She Cracked the Mystery of How to Split the Atom, But Someone Else Got the Nobel Prize for the Discovery 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Jacy tries to puzzle out the nature of the relationship between Mrs. Brandt and Dr. Ash — everyone calls him that, even though he stopped practicing medicine years ago, after Jed’s mother died. Megan Abbott goes Gothic in ‘Beware the Woman’ 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Thoctarides would, having puzzled out the details, call the site of the wreckage “a watery grave for 64 heroes that inspires awe,” speaking to Greece’s Athens-Macedonian News Agency. British World War II submarine, sunk during mission in 1942, found after 25-year search 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z The past and the present start bleeding together as the Edwins try to puzzle out where everything went wrong with their marriage and with their dreams. Review: Jim Gaffigan stares down reality as a man with big dreams in 'Linoleum' 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z This might have happened as brain areas worked overtime to puzzle out the meanings based on similarities between the languages. Your native tongue holds a special place in your brain, even if you speak 10 languages 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z When scientists encounter a fossil, they often try to puzzle out an explanation of how it got there. Why I Hunt for Sidewalk Fossils 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z This analysis is an attempt to construct one jigsaw puzzle out of 200 different boxes of pieces. Book excerpt: What Florida tells us about the future of U.S. politics 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Raised illiterate and in obedience, these women aren’t accustomed to thinking about what they want, and “Women Talking” simply lets us watch as they puzzle out a course of action. ‘Women Talking’ review: A powerful, moving tribute to quiet strength 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z But when Baumbach was trying to puzzle out how to end the utterly uncategorizable film, the image of an exuberant closing dance number set in the aisles of a supermarket popped into his mind. How ‘White Noise’ pulled off the year’s strangest, most surprising dance number 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z Jones has talked about finding a team with the resilience and brains to puzzle out a way to win. Jones strikes upbeat tone despite puzzling defeat 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z Unlike with strikes in rural Afghanistan, Aikins and the investigative team at the New York Times were able to locate the scene and puzzle out pieces. Way up there in blue: Seven children dead in Kabul — who is to blame? 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z He couldn’t puzzle out the hieroglyphs, but he deciphered numbers written in a table. What did the ancient Maya see in the stars? Their descendants team up with scientists to find out 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z The engagement that Krymov and company seek is for all of us to puzzle out together what urgent role theater can perform at a chaotic moment such as this. Review | A Russian director’s ‘Cherry Orchard’ shakes a theater to its roots 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z She then goes wide and deep into history, theology, culture and science, returning to puzzle out what it means for her. Review: How one writer learned to live with her deplorable ancestors 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z We have made zero attempts to puzzle out and delineate what a second-gen Russian culture would be once the accent wears off. Commentary: In Hollywood, the 'evil Russian' stereotype isn't back. It never left 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Astronomers are still puzzling out what makes these supernovae special. Record-Breaking Supernova Is Part of a New Class of Objects 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z Records personnel would routinely dump the contents of burn bags on a table and try to puzzle out which of the torn documents needed to be taped together and preserved, the former official said. ‘He never stopped ripping things up’: Inside Trump’s relentless document destruction habits 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z Image: Local No. 12 Dear Reader makes puzzles out of pages of classic books. 10 Apple Arcade games for your new iPhone or iPad 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z The din of Tuesday Trivia Night filled the Nashville brewery, as patrons clustered at tables puzzled out answers to questions posed by a woman on stage. Nashville's Southern hospitality -- and affordability -- beckon Californians 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z The team mapped those relations onto data from hundreds of archaeological sites as well as etymological similarities in modern languages to puzzle out the evolution of these ancient people’s material culture and language. News at a glance: Carbon emission offsets, COVID-19 vaccines for kids, and scientists’ plagiarism 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z One student of apocalyptic literature, Alec Ryrie, professor of divinity at London’s Gresham College, said interest in puzzling out the future has a long history in Christian circles. Evangelicals in danger of losing prophetic focus, David Jeremiah warns 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z Ethereum, for example, plans to take puzzles out of the process for minting new tokens, which would slash nearly all of its emissions. Why Bitcoin’s pollution could grow after leaving China 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z To start puzzling out what happens to the bits in Adventfjorden, the team modeled where the microfibers could accumulate and which species might encounter them. This Fjord Shows Even Small Populations Create Giant Microfiber Pollution 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z But cats are a trip; in their everyday, ordinary strangeness, they seem to demand you puzzle out why they’re doing what they’re doing. Opinion | I Can’t Stop Wondering What’s Going On Inside My Cat’s Head 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z He’s puzzling out the scheme verbiage and learning the tendencies of offensive coordinator Scott Turner, which he considers crucial. Ryan Fitzpatrick will almost certainly be WFT’s starter. Ron Rivera wants him to earn it. 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Stringer, the 61-year-old New York City comptroller, isn’t the only one trying to puzzle out what happened over a few days in April in the campaign. An Accusation Blew Up a Campaign. The Media Didn’t Know What to Do. 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z To puzzle out its actions and advocacy, let’s first be crystal clear about what the N.A.R. is and whose interests it serves. Realtors Want to Sell You a Home. Their Trade Group Backs Evicting Others. 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z They subsequently hauled the rock to the Wasatch Front and began the effort to puzzle out its ancient contents. 9-ton rock full of dinosaur bones still yielding fossils 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z Others would puzzle out the answers at school desks they’ve had access to for just a couple of days a week, sporadically. Editorial Roundup: New York 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z The former Army Ranger often found himself sifting through a mountain of paperwork, trying to puzzle out what actually mattered. How a retired Army Ranger helped Ron Rivera separate the interesting from the important 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z Living in such a tiny home - Journey is 29 feet long, 8 feet wide and 8 feet tall - requires puzzling out even such basics as how to store visiting friends’ luggage. Author’s rail trailer tiny house stars in children’s book 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z Here’s a breakdown of what Swift’s loyal followers have puzzled out so far. Taylor Swift's fans are going wild with their 'Evermore' theories. We break them down 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z The two began puzzling out a way to overcome the problems. A gamble pays off in ‘spectacular success’: How the leading coronavirus vaccines made it to the finish line 2020-12-06T05:00:00Z Reading through a draft of a speech Octavia was puzzling out, I was struck by a particular answer. 'A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky' reveals Octavia E. Butler's early life in Pasadena 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z By looking at microscopic features in the sediment, Potts and colleagues, including scientists from the National Museums of Kenya, puzzled out a rough timeline of the region’s climate and ecology. How climate disruptions revolutionized ancient human toolmaking 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Economists and tax experts are still puzzling out the long-term impact of these provisions. Analysis | Biden’s claim that Trump’s tax bill gave companies ‘a reward for offshoring jobs’ 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z Says you! – and viewers at home to puzzle out what was real, what was fake and what was hyperbole. Key takeaways from the first presidential debate between Trump and Biden 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Retailers are still adjusting their business operations as states and localities puzzle out standards for reopening, including social distancing and mask requirements. Retail sales jump 7.5 percent in June even as new coronavirus outbreaks stall reopenings 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z He commended Haskins’s performance on those quizzes, when the quarterback puzzles out not only what defenses were doing but what they would do next. Scott Turner and Dwayne Haskins are Redskins’ key duo. So far, the coach likes what he sees. 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z Often we probably won’t, since decent films and television offer enough to puzzle out without having to have us direct the story. Schlocky 'Night Trap' to absurdly fun 'Kimmy Schmidt': 8 defining interactive TV games 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z In private, puzzling out a dark memoir freed her from the pressures of being the publishing equivalent of a wide-eyed ingenue. She thought her past was painful; then Stephanie Danler wrote about it 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z When Italians finally determine whom they can visit, they’ll have to puzzle out how to express affection when they arrive. Easing of lockdown begs the question: Who’s family in Italy? 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z Odds are, we’ll still be talking about Game of Thrones in the years to come — if only to puzzle out just where exactly everything went wrong. The 84 biggest flops, fails, and dead dreams of the decade in tech 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z And while the suspenseful preview doesn’t give enough clues to puzzle out its plot just yet, its emphasis on time travel predicts a trippy Nolan special. 'Tenet' trailer: Christopher Nolan amps up the mystery in new time warp 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Other times, it’s even harder for people to puzzle out: There’s no one on the other end. 46 spam calls per month: In Brazil, people are fighting back — and winning 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z “When we talk about election security, we talk about what election officials are doing, but we’ve left this big part of the puzzle out of the discussion.” Report: Election vendors are ‘prime targets,’ need oversight 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z The Current War is attention-grabbing, even if viewers are just paying attention because they’re trying to puzzle out the bizarre visual choices. The Current War is basically Amadeus for electricity 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z Three months later, what Taylor puzzled out in Harrisburg proved pivotal. Michael A. Taylor has been much more than a stopgap for the Nationals 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z Freed often felt an impulse to answer his subordinates’ questions, but at Amazon leaders are encouraged to let team members puzzle out problems on their own. Is Amazon Unstoppable? 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z So we’ll just kind of figure that puzzle out as we go.” Takeaways from Chris Petersen: UW’s QB competition, position moves and 9 a.m. kickoffs 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Some of them stuck around after the workshop to continue sorting through the material and puzzling out its significance. UNLV students help catalog film stars’ artifacts 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z She says scientists are still puzzling out how different soil fungi interact with carbon. ‘Wood wide web’—the underground network of microbes that connects trees—mapped for first time 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z So you go back in and start puzzling out how you might create a different silhouette that might get you to this new object. Vignettes looks simple, but hides a deeper puzzle game 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z “It’s our job to help them straighten that puzzle out, and we will,” he said. New Atlanta football team: no wins, lots of coaching changes 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z In yards and parks, they puzzled out the D.C. area at its whitest and fluffiest. Region’s first major snowfall leads to dangerous roads, flight cancellations and power outages 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z Noticing little details and listening to how people relate to each other, like who calls whom boss, are of the utmost importance to puzzling out what’s going on. Review | Developer Lucas Pope continues to play with the idea of game-player as worker in ‘Return of the Obra Dinn’ 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z I ignore them, and lose myself in the task of puzzling out the notes. Opinion | I’ll Never Be Rachmaninoff 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z Thus, it is up to us to puzzle out what the considerable redactions — possibly the most heavily redacted sentencing document of all time — may be omitting. It’s not the crime, it’s the cover-up; that’s what Flynn’s collaboration with Mueller wil... 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z From the site’s 1 million or so profiles, a skilled genetic detective can often puzzle out an individual’s identity from a single third-cousin match. How an unlikely family history website transformed cold-case investigations 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z From the site’s one million or so profiles, a skilled genetic detective can often puzzle out an individual’s identity from a single third cousin match. How an Unlikely Family History Website Transformed Cold Case Investigations 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z As scientists debate whether ice-free Arctic waters might someday support more total life, they are beginning to puzzle out which species will be losers and which will be winners. Warmer Arctic waters attract surprising visitors: Clams, fish and whales 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z His sentences puzzle out their purposes in allusive phrases that hold the attention briefly before the next phrase takes to the floor. How to write the perfect sentence 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z But investors were left to puzzle out the implications of Mr. Musk’s proposition, its relationship to the Saudi report, and even the authenticity of the tweet. Tesla to Go Private? Stock Soars After Elon Musk Hints Yes 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z Unable to consult other scholars or even basic reference books, Mr. Cai still managed to puzzle out most of its script. How a Chinese Manuscript Written 2,300 Years Ago Ended Up in Washington 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z It is a future that the petroleum industry is increasingly trying to embrace, leveraging its financial and logistical resources as it puzzles out ways to deal with the climate-change problem its companies helped create. Climate change drives oil dinosaur to invest in a friendlier face 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z It is a future that the petroleum industry is increasingly trying to embrace, leveraging its financial and logistical resources as it puzzles out ways to deal with the climate change problem its companies helped create. Shell Spreads Its Bets Around as It Prepares for a Greener Future 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z When the political psychologist Jonathan Haidt tried to puzzle out “why good people disagree”, he found himself digging far below “reasons” into hidden insecurities and prejudices. The couple who teach us to talk across the political divide | Simon Jenkins 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z But the effect is like emptying all the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle out of the box onto the floor. The extravagance of gabble: At the Other Minds Festival, sound poets find their own beat 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z The puzzling out of the question is the point, and it can lead to obsession. Amelia Earhart found! Great for science, but sad news for mystery buffs 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z He said he went to the library and borrowed two symphony scores — one by Beethoven, the other by Haydn — in hopes of puzzling out a method for arranging a pop song. Paul Buckmaster, arranger for Bowie, Elton John and the Rolling Stones, dies at 71 – LA Times 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z "It's hard to puzzle out what they're doing," Mr Levy says. The problem facing Trump's China probe 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z At her side, Rachel read a book on her tablet, occasionally glancing at the medical monitor, trying to puzzle out its meaning. The console : Nature : Nature Research 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z Now for the counting, the nervous waits for the candidates, and the taxing work of puzzling out who’s won what and how much support they will need from the smaller parties to form a government. New Zealand election 2017: polls close as Jacinda Ardern and Bill English fight for win – live 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z The scientists are still puzzling out how the species is able to cope at such an altitude. Plucky duck: highest-flying fowl's Himalayan exploits revealed 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z The question is whether the result will be worth spending 18 hours to puzzle out. Review: ‘Twin Peaks’ returns to TV, frozen in time 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z What he could not see in Matt was that, as he was puzzling out algebra formulas and electrical theory with some of the guys in class, he also was worrying. Janesville: An American Story 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z Still, the Europeans and others were left to puzzle out Trump’s strategy. U.S. stance on Syria crisis missing clear strategy, sends mixed messages 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Still, the Europeans and others were left to puzzle out Mr. Trump’s strategy. On Trump’s Syria Strategy, One Voice Is Missing: Trump’s 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z He poses the questions geologists asked when they tried to puzzle out the forces that shaped the landscape: What happened to rocks ripped away by the ice-age floods? The Pacific Northwest is a Disneyland for geology lovers, and this CWU prof wants to be your guide 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z In this three-minute video, Michael K. Williams of “The Wire” fame tries to puzzle out the answer to a not-so-simple question: Is he typecast? 15 Great Stories That Have Nothing to Do With Politics 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z It was the “substantial composite” that stumped Tam as he tried to puzzle out his first refusal letter. Should We Be Able to Reclaim a Racist Insult — as a Registered Trademark? 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z “So we’re still trying to grasp what our best lineups are and when to put in the best lineups, just trying to figure that whole puzzle out right now.” Randy Foye’s 3 gives Nets 120-118 victory over Hornets 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z The emphasis was on the idea that there was some deep mystery that the campaign acknowledged and was engaged in puzzling out, with Jill Stein serving as its Miss Marple. Another Call for a Recount 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z Further study is needed to puzzle out whether modern humans have ancestors from earlier waves of migration. Aboriginal DNA points to an earlier human exodus from Africa 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Much of the experience involves you simply moving through rooms, halls or small glades, observing your environment and puzzling out backstories. Review: If You Love David Lynch You Have to Play 'Virginia' 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z But in a study published Monday in Nature Communications, researchers did something new — they tried to puzzle out how she died. Lucy, our hominid cousin, may have died in a tragic fall from a tree 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z It took me some time to realize this was because of what was left unsaid, the need to puzzle out the depravity to which they were subjected. Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z What if someone made a scuba-diving game flush with gorgeous marine life and breathtaking seascapes, then framed it with mysterious pictograms and hieroglyphs that let you puzzle out what’s going on and why? 'Abzu' Is a Breathtaking Underwater Game You Shouldn't Miss 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z Scientists are now puzzling out why the treatment works in only a minority of cases. U.S. Presidential Race, Zika, Olympics: Your Weekend Briefing 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z It’s quite a year, 2016 - hard to puzzle out till it’s mercifully over. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z But trying to puzzle out the complicated sexual and gender politics here would be an exercise in futility. Stars of 'Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates' get sacrificed at the comedy altar 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z In the bizarre news-free environment that existed at the academy, the young men tried to puzzle out what was happening. Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z Mr Trump is not puzzling out how to make diversity work or to counter radicalisation. How others do it 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z And just like the rest of us when puzzling out the ultimate nature of reality, she turns to Wikipedia first. A wife and husband grapple with the voice in their heads 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z What are you still puzzling out about China? Why Captain America's keepers, the Russo brothers, are turning to China for inspiration 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z So here are a few examples of reviews I wrote showing just how big a deal gadgets were in those early days and just how many common digital tasks were being puzzled out back then. When gadgets were king 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z In short, the global economy is playing by new rules, rules Yellen and the Fed itself are trying to puzzle out. Exclusive: Janet Yellen Talks Transforming the Fed 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z It's related to the potato, which Watney grew on Mars as he puzzled out how to survive being stranded. Matt Damon's character in the "The Martian" gets its own recognition _ a flower plant named for the botanist 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Justice Stephen G. Breyer drew laughter in the second half of the argument as he tried to puzzle out the position of a lawyer for the federal government, Zachary D. Tripp. Grief Gives Way to Division in First Court Arguments Since Scalia’s Death 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Pollsters and strategists are still puzzling out how substantial Trump’s support is, however. No one won the Republican debate. Now what happens? 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z In other words, plan to spend significant amounts of time puzzling out what all the things you’re able to do in fact do. The Best RPG of 2015 Is Only Available on the Wii U 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z The director was still puzzling out how it happened. 'Revenant' director calls Leonardo DiCaprio bear-rape controversy a 'crazy mad comedy' 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z Before sunset, after a shootout with police, they were both dead, leaving a grieving community with few clues to puzzle out the motive for the carnage. Leaving behind baby and bombs, couple sows panic in California 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z But it isn't entirely successful at putting together a single puzzle out of all these pieces. Secret in Their Eyes is a prestige noir with mixed-up priorities 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Much of the argument was devoted to trying to puzzle out the meaning of that phrase and in particular its reference to state law. Supreme Court Sees DirecTV Class Action as Too Big and Too Small 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z Then the tools of molecular systematics allowed botanists to use DNA and RNA from the nuclei and chloroplasts of plant cells to puzzle out relationships based on molecular characteristics. Ancient Aquatic Flora Was Among the First Flowering Plants 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z And there was plenty to puzzle out on Tuesday after organizers' press conference. Toronto 2015: A festival looks, cautiously, beyond awards season 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z A video camera projected the image onto a monitor as we puzzled out identifying phytoplankton and zooplankton — plant and animal plankton. New Kachemak Bay tour offers science, sightseeing 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z Taking a break from his work, Hilton puzzled out the above palindrome over five hours. "Madam, I'm Adam": Meet the World Palindrome Champion 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z “These were brave, intelligent, honest, and admirable men, trying to puzzle out the truth,” he writes. Book review: ‘China 1945,” Mao and America, by Richard Bernstein 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Most crucially, scientists need to puzzle out better ways of wiring the skin into the wearer’s nervous system, so that no feeling is lost as the skin transmits its finely tuned signals to the brain. Artificial Skin, Packed With Sensors, Mimics Sensations of the Real Thing 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Even now, looking at a full copy of the letter, it’s tough to puzzle out just what the bureau wanted King to do. What an Uncensored Letter to M.L.K. Reveals 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z North Carolina is puzzling out what regulations are appropriate to govern the practice in the state whereas Pennsylvania regulators have been revealed to be too lenient in their oversight. Fracking Threatens to Crack Politics 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z One thing I’m still puzzling out about this entire sequence was the large, bloody letter A scrawled onto the church presumably by the Termites when they dump Bob. 'The Walking Dead' Season 5, Episode 3 Review: Four Walls And A Baby 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z “Sometimes there are trends and puzzles out there that don’t admit obvious explanations,” Matthews said. Vermont economy challenges mirror US issues 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z Right now, the fourth season of Korra is airing only online, pulled from airwaves for reasons fans are still puzzling out. The Strange, Sad Abuse Of 'The Last Airbender' And 'The Legend of Korra' 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z And as scientists are able to puzzle out smaller and smaller exoplanets, we'll get closer and closer to ones like our own. Scientists hit new milestone in search for water on planets outside our solar system Some of the haddock's resurgence can be attributed to luck, too; in 2003, for reasons scientists are still trying to puzzle out, there was a haddock baby boom. Cape Cod's namesake fish population rapidly disappearing 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z But this is far from the first attempt to puzzle out whether it was possible to own a language — though it may be one of the most morally complicated ones. Can you own a language? 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z But it mainly highlights the complexity of puzzling out the optimal claiming strategy when one spouse is likely to outlive the other by a significant number of years. Social Security Q&A: When Should I Claim If My Spouse Will Probably Outlive Me? 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z It seems the strategic ramifications for projects like Chabahar are still being puzzled out by all sides. India accelerates Iranian port project after U.S.-Iran thaw 2013-11-29T07:30:54Z Firstly A Link Between Worlds extends the puzzling out of the dungeons and across the over-world. 'The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds' Unites Generations 2013-11-14T18:00:00Z Which is why it is hard to puzzle out an endgame. The Coming Budget Crisis May Be the Worst 2013-09-18T10:50:23Z Most children would rather not study, or do homework or puzzle out that really difficult word problem. The Case for Sticking With the New School Lunch Program 2013-09-12T22:01:00Z I’m also still puzzling out why they say the name of the game so often: Killer is Dead. 'Killer Is Dead' Review: Sex And Violence (Xbox 360) 2013-08-29T20:26:00Z The LeCHE researchers are still puzzling out exactly why the ability to consume milk offered such an advantage in these regions. Archaeology: The milk revolution 2013-07-31T17:20:20.587Z But it never repeated, and neither did a second, similar blast seen in 2011, making it very tough to puzzle out what was going on. The Mystery of the Intergalactic Radio Bursts 2013-07-06T01:50:31Z It appears that students get more excited about learning when they try to puzzle out a problem. Online universities: it's time for teachers to join the revolution 2013-06-15T21:39:05Z Yet somehow that’s respectful, whereas Mantel’s ultimate argument — that we back off the royals, leave them to puzzle out their modern status at a cool, historical remove — registers as an attack. In Defense of Hilary Mantel: Royalty, Fashion and Fertility in the Public Eye 2013-02-20T08:05:23Z The lawyer’s halting presentation put the justices in a collaborative and lighthearted mood, as they tried to puzzle out for themselves whether the sentence must stand. Justices Consider Lawyer’s Misstep and Find More 2012-11-29T04:23:39Z The nature of the grand compromise is what everybody is trying to puzzle out at this time. Political Science: Physicist Bill Foster Heads Back to Congress 2012-11-14T17:45:20Z For stem cells in particular, researchers are still puzzling out exactly how they work—for example, molecules from stem cells can heal surrounding tissue. Cellular Calls: Listening in on Body's Protein "Chatter" May Lead to New Therapies 2012-10-03T11:15:08.683Z Indeed, scientists are puzzling out the connections between musical training in childhood and language-based learning - for instance, reading. 18 and Under: Brain Waves Stay Tuned to Early Lessons 2012-09-10T21:24:02Z In the late 1930s endocrinologist Fuller Albright finally began to puzzle out why. Cracks in the Test: Doctors Improve Osteoporosis Screens 2012-08-06T12:15:00.413Z Whether seeking to crack the code for love or puzzling out a cipher in math class, let brain science be your guide. Training the Brain for Love and Learning 2012-08-02T19:15:23.723Z But where puzzling out a stone wall can be as challenging as the Saturday crossword, laying lengths of lumber in a pile is more like the word search in TV Guide. Cordwood Masonry Gains New Fans 2012-07-19T02:17:15Z It's a bad interpretation of a spoken question though by S-Voice Siri managed to puzzle out who the "millionaire heart" was Since you're wondering, I was holding both phones side by side. Samsung Galaxy S III review: reaching for greatness 2012-06-21T14:00:00Z Corporations have in-house lawyers and accountants to help them puzzle out complex new laws. Dodd-Frank is hard to understand, and that’s why it has so many enemies 2012-05-23T21:17:00Z But the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency alone isn’t enough to puzzle out, say, the next generation of car batteries, solar cells and computer hardware. How Thomas Edison, Mark Zuckerberg and Iron Man are holding back American innovation 2012-05-22T14:15:00Z Economists are puzzling out how much of the slower hiring in March and April was weather-related payback and how much reflects economic weakness. Applications for Unemployment Benefits Dip by 1,000 2012-05-10T13:17:00Z I sat all the time apart by the window, seemingly absorbed, puzzling out some difficult design, or working up some careful etching. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Because tax reform would take some time for Congress to puzzle out, while the spending cuts were relatively straightforward, the White House had been concerned from the start about being double-crossed. Obama vs. Boehner: Who Killed the Debt Deal? 2012-03-28T15:37:31Z It’s always hard to puzzle out the North Koreans, but this decision is particularly baffling because it jeopardizes the first international agreement of the country’s new leader, Kim Jong-un, Mr. Kim’s untested grandson. Editorial: New Leader, Old Tactics 2012-03-24T03:08:46Z Sir Nigel, who was puzzling out some specially complicated formula, suddenly looked up. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z Her impressions on that point were very hazy, however, and she had still to puzzle out the problem added by Justin Carthew. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z Spencer did not set himself a problem and try to puzzle out an answer. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z Mine is but a dull head, but whiles the slow hound puzzles out the scent—go to. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z Now Bellingham, it appears, is a chart fiend, or something of that sort; he has the tape sent to him and works at it nights, puzzling out some sort of a system of his own. The Money Gods 2012-01-04T03:00:39.617Z But he did not come, and she lay restlessly, puzzling out the enigma in which their adventure had placed her. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z Out there in the sunlit market-place stood a man, whose strong brain was just now busily engaged in piecing together and puzzling out the patchwork of this extraordinary case. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z As he tried to puzzle out how it all had come about it struck him as quite inconceivably comical. A Master of Deception 2011-11-30T03:00:12.357Z The justices had spent most of the previous hour trying to puzzle out the meaning of a part of 1991 federal law that addresses telemarketing abuses, and they had reached consensus on only one point. Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Telemarketer Abuse Cases 2011-11-29T02:40:33Z There's nothing at all wrong with puzzling out how a space elevator could get built. Google X's Space Elevator: Why It Will Never Happen 2011-11-21T10:00:00Z I tried to puzzle out his scheme of faith, but found it beyond me. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z The word "American" was often repeated, and then came Gumama's slower answer, puzzling out the question—But was not the Signora Alieni herself much American? "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z How he lives, dresses, drives the horses he does, is one of those miracles of London men's lives which we can never hope to puzzle out. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z There is one part of this task of mastering our language which deserves especial notice, viz., the puzzling out of the meanings we put, or try to put, into our words. Children's Ways 2011-08-11T02:00:16.473Z We aren’t going to feel sorry for ourselves because we’ve got two big pieces of our puzzle out of the lineup. Mets SS Reyes put on DL with strained hamstring, INF Murphy likely out for year 2011-08-09T04:24:37Z I thought out my case, considered it pro and con, puzzled out the reasons for, and the source of, the newspaper clamor against me. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z At last, just as I was very intent in puzzling out the difference between p’s and q’s I started, for the great lubberly boy came up close behind me. The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z Do not hurry your dog; if he knows his work, he will range freely, but he often takes a long time to puzzle out the track. The Badger A Monograph 2011-07-25T02:00:12.053Z But now to work: he must puzzle out this case. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z The cross-breed squinted diabolically as he strove to puzzle out how he was to earn this reward. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z For the developed world, Germany’s situation suggests that puzzling out how to skirt or remove enduring barriers to women’s further progress is one of the hardest questions to solve. Special Report: The Female Factor: Women Nudged Out of German Workforce 2011-06-28T21:46:47Z After a while I sat up, and endeavoured to puzzle out my position. The Kidnapped President 2011-06-23T02:00:29.120Z But a flesh and blood worker like Rodgers had to puzzle out the matter in real life as best he could. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z The more I tried to puzzle out the affair the more bewildered I became. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z Rita thought a good deal about her conversation with him when he left, tried to puzzle out the mystery, but failed. Fast as the Wind A Novel 2011-03-22T02:00:19.407Z He even evoked the tension of the story, giving me the same experience as the narrator, puzzling out how to deal with the mystifying clerk. Metropolitan Diary: Metropolitan Diary: Readers? Tales From the City 2011-03-14T02:20:05Z At every previous stage of this ever-shifting drama, my instinct had been to set my wits against the facts, and, if I could, puzzle out the mystery. The Amethyst Box 2011-03-02T03:00:29.083Z Father and son stood back to admire their handiwork and to puzzle out the way to adjust the seemingly chaotic tangle of harness. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z But I am busy today, and have no time to puzzle out your letter. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z The Washington parlor game of the moment is trying to puzzle out just who is behind each new parody account. Fake Twitter Accounts Get Real Laughs in Washington 2011-02-10T01:30:01Z “A robe?” asked Mr. Walsh, who admitted that he is “not a real solid details guy” and that he had not yet puzzled out all the specifics of his living situation. For House Members Looking to Save Money, a Day at the Office Never Ends 2011-01-07T03:01:04Z I would not carefully gaze at the difficulties, not puzzle out in patience what would most likely be the result. The Abiding Presence of the Holy Ghost in the Soul 2011-01-06T03:00:50.440Z She could not puzzle out how she had mounted the steps and reached her room. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z Currently puzzling out the topography of a golf course, Tiger Woods is still a sight to behold. Sports of The Times: Fall by Tiger Woods Is as Gripping as His Reign 2010-08-11T22:48:00Z His urban stories were no less dark and haunted than his suburban ones as he puzzled out why “in this most prosperous, equitable, and accomplished world ... everyone should seem to be disappointed.” Our Towns: The ?Mad Men,? Ossining and Cheever Nexus 2010-07-22T00:55:00Z Readers pool their knowledge to puzzle out magic spells, ninja moves and warrior codes that dominate the manga universe. Library Cuts Could Hurt Manga Mania in Queens 2010-05-17T01:45:00Z But when it came to making a waist of the cub fur, he said that she would have to puzzle out the pattern from her other one. Into the Primitive Another piece of advice is: don't waste time in trying to puzzle out the meaning, the why or the wherefore of butterflies' scientific names. British Butterfiles Figures and Descriptions of Every Native Species You were never sent into this world to puzzle out things. Sinister Street, vol. 2 "Well, you see, it's just this way," answered Ben slowly, as though he were puzzling out the best way to state the case. The Wreckers of Sable Island So I must force you to puzzle out these awkward copy-book letters of mine, in which you will recognize the handwriting of your pupil as little as you will his customary style. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II The next day he took her to the Forbidden City and showed her the tragic, broken wonders of it, while he puzzled out that scene of the day before. The Way of the Gods So the Blackcock watched, and saw the hounds puzzling out the scent inch by inch with the greatest difficulty. The Story of a Red Deer Letters came back to him and gifts, but he could not puzzle out what these had to do with the dancing playmate no longer to be found on hillside or by lake. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road Katrine set her wits to work to puzzle out the problem before her, and at each point in her reflections the same question recurred with ever-increasing force. An Unknown Lover Half the time he is puzzled out of his wits, and the other half he is—shocked. A Question of Marriage Well now, I shall be right out of the way for a time, and I am trying to puzzle out a plan of letting me know in case you might urgently want me.” A Frontier Mystery Upon this Blachland had got his eye and was puzzling out as to how he might turn it to account. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland This was a fascinating exchange to Tensor, as he puzzled out the curious relationships and their purposes. Fair and Warmer But Thad was an expert at this sort of work, and could puzzle out the meaning of what Step Hen so blunderingly sent, almost as though he might be a mind reader. The Boy Scouts in the Rockies or the Secret of the Hidden Silver Mine Now, I'm glad you spoke of that, Bob," Thad declared; "because I've been trying to puzzle out that same thing myself. The Boy Scouts in the Blue Ridge Marooned Among the Moonshiners Even the clerk in the New York Post Office who handled the envelope cursed the writer as he puzzled out the address. The Case and Exceptions Stories of Counsel and Clients What I could puzzle out of the name, though, wa'n't familiar. Side-stepping with Shorty Dr. Miller's brows were knit as he tried to puzzle out what had happened. The Blue Ghost Mystery At every previous stage of this ever-shifting drama my instinct had been to set my wits against the facts, and, if I could, puzzle out the mystery. Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories “I’m willing to be convinced; and it’ll be worth all it costs me just to see you work that puzzle out.” The Boy Scouts in the Maine Woods The New Test for the Silver Fox Patrol Meanwhile, out in the dark hall Evan was leaning against the banisters trying to puzzle out what had happened. The Deaves Affair When he went over his book, puzzling out the regulations with his fingers in his ears, his thoughts seemed to become more and more wildly confused. Jena or Sedan? I am used to fresh air, and sunshine, and the sound of voices, and I must live amongst all these as usual if I am to puzzle out this riddle. The Recipe for Diamonds “I must read it,” he said, and, at her nod of acquiescence, puzzled out the words that emotion and her awkward position had made unsteady and misshapen. The Wilderness Trail And I hope before that time we'll have puzzled out this mystery. The Boarded-Up House As his wits cleared he set them to work to try to puzzle out the direction in which he was being carried. The Deaves Affair She dropped the letter, and sat with her face in her hands, as though to shut thought in and work the puzzle out. When Ghost Meets Ghost He had hoped that he might run into Michael Phelan, but did not stop to puzzle out why this had not happened. Officer 666 Up to this time Warburton had merely suggested emendations and puzzled out explanations: he had not set to work seriously on the complete text. Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare As the miles swept away under his horse’s raking stride, he tried to puzzle out the riddle, or the “nut” he had set out to crack, as McLagan had been pleased to call it. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country Loveral shook his head as he walked, puzzling out his thoughts. Planet of Dreams We thought it would take the fools at Washington a little longer to puzzle out our location—and then we did not put quite sufficient force into our hurricane. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 He was trying to puzzle out the situation. The Harbor of Doubt It was like one of those Cubist paintings of a woman descending the stairs, where one had to puzzle out which is the woman and which is the stairs. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 His actions were like those of a dog puzzling out the faint trail of a rabbit that had crossed and crisscrossed its own trail until nothing could track it down. A Mountain Boyhood You Need a Guide to show you the way, for all these mechanical matters are easy when you know how, but terribly difficult to puzzle out by yourself. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 Evolution Before Darwin Ever since men have been able to think they must have puzzled out for themselves some way of accounting for their own beginnings. The Meaning of Evolution "Perhaps," slowly puzzled out Maria Angelina, "perhaps the reason that she was not—not expert, as you say—was because her attention was just a little—wandering." The Innocent Adventuress She feared, however, to give him his entire freedom; so she set to work to puzzle out a scheme that would solve the problem. The Biography of a Prairie Girl The "bad lands" became the scene of many a hide-and-seek game, with the animals slipping silently away as I blundered along behind, puzzling out their trails, and imagining I was stalking them unawares. A Mountain Boyhood She was trying to puzzle out a line of the chorus, when a voice said close to her ear,— “Be that a Bible you are readin’?” Miss Ashton's New Pupil A School Girl's Story Instead of trying to win the game, I was all the time trying to puzzle out what I could do to wipe out that Lie. The Boy Scouts Book of Stories Even though his Sufi training helped him keep his mind clear, puzzling out this new idea was beyond his present powers after all the wine he had drunk. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel So she stood there trying to puzzle out some plan for getting in. Dick and His Cat and Other Tales The newly-named one stood silent, puzzling out something in his mind. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker There was something really pitiable as she sat, book in hand, trying to puzzle out the simplest problem, and Marion often helped her, until Miss Palmer prohibited it. Miss Ashton's New Pupil A School Girl's Story She wanted to think, to puzzle out all that was taking place around her. A Man of Two Countries He is primarily the investigator, not the pedagogue, and the brevity and obscurity of his style pique the ambitious reader and spur him on to puzzle out the meaning. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy She left him and tried to puzzle out his philosophy. The Rough Road I’ll get a paper and see if I can puzzle out some of the French,” and he strolled down to intercept one of the hurrying urchins. Lucile Triumphant She wanted to be alone, to puzzle out what the coming of this man meant to her. Brand Blotters Siegfried has been still gazing at the ring on his hand, trying to puzzle out points which the lacunæ in his memory do not permit him to make clear. The Wagnerian Romances On one of my visits I found him trying to puzzle out the abstruse question of how he should deduct some such sum as thirteen shillings and ninepence from a sovereign. Stories of Authors, British and American They simply sat puzzling out, with suspicion, the mystery that surrounded them. The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys But there was no sense in trying to puzzle out the reason for their having gone. The Boy Scout Automobilists or, Jack Danby in the Woods I hardly had time to let the girls know, and how Miss Preston ever got her tub of cream in time is more than I can puzzle out. Caps and Capers A Story of Boarding-School Life Then, she planned, when the luncheon was all ready, she would put the letters in little piles in front of each person’s place and let them puzzle out the names before they sat down. Mary Jane's City Home Roger and I puzzled out enough of it to gather vaguely what the situation must have been, and when we read the second letter it was all clear. Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty He set his wits to work to puzzle out a way. The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys A person familiar with Latin and French could puzzle out a part of the oath in the lingua romana; that in the lingua teudisca would be almost equally intelligible to one familiar with German. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe He set himself to puzzle out in which direction Imbrie would likely next have turned. The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] It is certainly a most unintelligible-looking affair; but I have no doubt that, with a little study, we shall be able to puzzle out the meaning. The Cruise of the "Esmeralda" Harry told him about Richard Wade's remarks, and together they tried to puzzle out the theory behind them. This Crowded Earth David Houston wasn't watching the sunrise-in-reverse; he was sitting quietly in his seat, still trying to puzzle out his queer recall to New York. The Penal Cluster But the breeze could not blow his puzzle out of his brain. Comedies of Courtship Otoyo was still puzzling out why the longer word was not the better when they reached the infirmary. Molly Brown's Senior Days It is a very great pleasure to me to puzzle out the sentences. Field and Forest The Fortunes of a Farmer She almost cried with joy as she puzzled out the note, and thought how kind Flora and her mother were to remember her. Proud and Lazy A Story for Little Folks He lay there for a while, trying to puzzle out his odd and uncomfortable environment. But, I Don't Think He at once began to exercise his scoutcraft in the endeavour to puzzle out the mystery. Kiddie the Scout As the captain was trying to puzzle out the incident's meaning, three of his runners came out of the woods along the same path. I Was a Teen-Age Secret Weapon This man found the derelict adrift, puzzled out the action, waited until the gunboat came back for her anchor, then straddled his craft, and rode out with the water-tripper up. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea Neither of the lads spoke now as they waded on, for each was trying to puzzle out the problem of how it was that they should have journeyed backward; but no light came. Crown and Sceptre A West Country Story Sue waited, trying to puzzle out the significance of what she had caught; and scarcely daring to charge an indiscretion. Apron-Strings It was his excellent habit when puzzling out any such problem as this to imagine himself to be the other person and to figure himself in that other person's situation. Kiddie the Scout But he showed great craft in puzzling out the directions given to him. Bloom of Cactus The sophomores never quite puzzled out how the freshman president was in his chair at the banquet, and directly in front of him in the place of honor was a huge dish of eels. Tess of the Storm Country Yes, but I’m trying to puzzle out where it is. Crown and Sceptre A West Country Story It was characteristic of him, thus, not to plunge into any wild and desperate attempt to rescue his father, until he had time to puzzle out the situation and work out a plan of action. Plotting in Pirate Seas As he went down the mountain he tried to puzzle out the why and wherefore of Dancing Town. The Wind Bloweth "Because it was a tissue of expressions that may pass current—over counters and in awful newspapers—in his extraordinary world or country, but that I decline to take time to puzzle out here." The Outcry A moment later Captain Hardy stood frowning, trying to puzzle out the meaning of it. The Secret Wireless or, The Spy Hunt of the Camp Brady Patrol "Meantime, just as an exercise for your wits, you might try and puzzle out what would be the best thing to do in such a case." A Master Of Craft Manuel turned into the Café de l'Opéra, a tumble-down frame shack with a corrugated iron roof, to order a cooling drink and to puzzle out this utterly baffling mystery. Plotting in Pirate Seas Haven't I had to puzzle out all those wretched scrawls of yours and read 'em to her? The House of Torchy "Exogamy!" said Swezey, and began to puzzle out the probable results and causes of this curious prohibition. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 14, 1893 I planned to do a little painting here; but, after all, I don't seem to take as much interest in composing pictures as in trying to puzzle out the meanings of several things. The Chauffeur and the Chaperon We then had to puzzle out his replies, not always arriving at a satisfactory conclusion. Adventures in Australia As he worked at this he tried hard to puzzle out what had happened. To Win or to Die A Tale of the Klondike Gold Craze He was too much startled to try and puzzle out matters calmly, and for a while he devoted himself to the preservation of utter silence. !Tention A Story of Boy-Life during the Peninsular War Then sleep overtook them, just when they were vainly trying to puzzle out the meaning of a strange booming roar, which sounded not unlike thunder at a distance. Old Gold The Cruise of the "Jason" Brig “Yes, uncle,” said the boy thoughtfully, for his uncle’s fulminations fell blankly upon his ears as he stood trying to puzzle out some of the pencilled words upon the fly-leaf of the book. The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise Then I lay quite still, trying to puzzle out what was the matter. Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer And I never watch the bird for a moment without finding myself in some fresh puzzle out of which there is no clue in the scientific books. Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds She was trying to puzzle out the connection between Mr O’Shaughnessy’s throat and the Pied Piper, but the difficulty was too great. More about Pixie For several moments he sat in silence, as though puzzling out a difficult problem. Sisters Three All over the room the girls were scribbling away, alert and busy; there was plainly no time to be wasted, and Rhoda began slowly to puzzle out the easiest problem. Tom and Some Other Girls A Public School Story Pixie grew quite tired and sleepy puzzling out the question; her eyelids drooped down and down until the lashes rested upon her cheeks, and her thoughts passed unconsciously into dreams. Pixie O'Shaughnessy But I should not fail to tell him the story of the Harrison Avenue grocer, hoping that he would puzzle out the moral. The Promised Land But he remembered how he had tried to puzzle out some other way for Valdez, and how impossible it would have seemed then, that he should ever follow Manöel's example. A Soldier of the Legion I suppose it is because I am never puzzled."—"It has never been my way," he continues, "to set before myself a problem and puzzle out an answer. Memories and Studies As I sat beside her, my temper glowering in the straining leash, I revolved her conduct and tried to puzzle out its meaning. The Plum Tree "Ah, you fear the soldiers too?" he asked, vaguely trying to puzzle out why I should be afraid of those in whose service I was. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV We sped the time with stories old, Wrought puzzles out, and riddles told, Or stammered from our school-book lore “The Chief of Gambia’s golden shore.” Snow-Bound A Winter Idyll He got off to puzzle out a switch, using Mother Corey's scrawled instructions. Police Your Planet As the clocks of Nancy told the hours, I was in a mood for the first time since Gerbéviller to puzzle out the meaning of Paul Herter's parable. Everyman's Land For close upon an hour Robert Cairn sat at his writing-table, endeavouring to puzzle out a solution to the mystery of Ferrara's motive. Brood of the Witch-Queen I now proceeded unwarily enough to the cloisters, where I thought I might puzzle out my hieroglyphical task more in quiet. Confessions of an Etonian Payne wasted no time in an attempt to puzzle out the reason for it. The Plunderer The two, old big-game hunters as they were, began to puzzle out this double trail. The Sagebrusher A Story of the West You could almost hear the wheels click inside his head as he tried to puzzle out what use to make of this man. The Lion of Petra Doggy was in a frame of mind, puzzling out bull-snake trail, and hawk trail, and bob-cat trail. Red Saunders' Pets and Other Critters By dint of facial contortion Kiska puzzled out the meaning, and handed the message to Shelby, who gave it grave perusal. The Henchman During the long winter evenings in our lonely Pennsylvania home, he taught us younger children arithmetic, and was very fond of giving us long sums to puzzle out. The Story of a Summer Or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua Sim stood looking down at what he had done, trying in his slow fashion of mind to puzzle out what this man had been doing here, and why he had come. The Sagebrusher A Story of the West Usually he could puzzle out the skeleton of their cause, but sometimes—times like this—he was stumped. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town At least he could puzzle out by himself some of the stories that Maida lent him. Maida's Little Shop But what if a poor devil can never puzzle out what God did mean when He made him? Adventures in Criticism Clearly there is here something worth the puzzling out. Anthropology When the others had gone yawning to bed, he returned and sat at the window for a little, smoking hard and puzzling out the knots which confronted him. The Half-Hearted It baffles me to puzzle out the clue, Which must be skill, or craft, or luck in you: Unless, indeed, it be Natural affinity. Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems He stared back at the ship when he paused on the crest of the hill, trying to puzzle out what was struggling for recognition in him. Secret Bread I leave you to puzzle out what "standing on his own feet" means. Burned Bridges This truly-curious, though little venerable piece of antiquity, serves to assist the wise men in puzzling out the world's age, by computing how many centuries go to the petrifying a cart wheel. Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. I "Mine's the same!" said George, after puzzling out Mr. Haystoun's by no means legible writing. The Half-Hearted More than ever did I set my brain to puzzle out some way of escaping this horrible infliction. The Passenger from Calais A child of five with a French governess will ask for his mug of milk with an easier Gallic grace than a man of eighty who has puzzled out the pronunciation from a text-book. The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3 He did not trouble Mr. Middleton much; whenever it was possible to do so by any amount of labor and thought, he puzzled out all his problems and got over all his difficulties alone. Ishmael Or, In the Depths Anyhow, we left Jake back at the trolley station, and he's probably still there, trying to puzzle out how we got away. The Camp Fire Girls on the Farm Or, Bessie King's New Chum And so he talked pleasingly, in the style of a lady's drawing-room, while Lewis, his mind consumed with interest, sat puzzling out the discords in his face. The Half-Hearted And when he had puzzled out a balk or break in the trait, he couldn't for the life of him keep still. The Magic Speech Flower or Little Luke and His Animal Friends Again she would repeat the strange English words and phrases that she heard, and would puzzle out their meaning. Miss Mink's Soldier and Other Stories The changing seasons brought her strange varieties of flowers, and she and her friend took industriously to botany, and puzzled out their problems unaided save by books. Doctor and Patient Her eyes remained fixed on his face, puzzling out the mere facts. The Silent Places In fact, they prefer routine work to variety, and grow discouraged quickly when they have to puzzle out things for themselves. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines It took some seconds of Ford's slow thinking to puzzle out the meaning of this. The Wild Olive He did not wish to think or puzzle out what had befallen him. In the Days of Chivalry The fault is complete, and the young dogs give it up and lie down panting, while the older hounds try every expedient to puzzle out the trail and take up the scent again. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876 I have puzzled out a little song, which I think very pretty; I have translated it into English, and I send it to you, with the original air. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 483, April 2, 1831 She thought if Mollie could once get to sleep, she could then puzzle out some method by which they could meet this debt. The Automobile Girls at Washington Checkmating the Plots of Foreign Spies He would puzzle out things for himself—stick to his own programme and ideas. Fenwick's Career Morse, with scanty funds and limited time, had to search for his materials and puzzle out the way to make each part for himself with such crude tools as he had available. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty He put on his hat and left me trying to puzzle out just what he meant. Friday, the Thirteenth But here's a thing I've not been able to puzzle out. Ashton-Kirk, Investigator If so, she gazes in despair at her small wardrobe, trying to puzzle out three costumes to be used in the play, for actresses going on tour have usually to provide their own dresses. Women Workers in Seven Professions Mr. Persico is a man by himself, and quite interesting to me in one way, that is, in giving me something to puzzle out. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss Ben Kinney never tried to puzzle out what it was; but he always knew it with a knowledge not to be denied. The Sky Line of Spruce I have been reading over and over again your long letter, trying hard to puzzle out its meanings, but I fear I am very ignorant. The Nine-Tenths Nature's method was that of bit-by-bit progress, and to puzzle out her ways was a noble and fascinating employment. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. I ain't the sort of thinker who can puzzle out something like that. Midnight I had to use a powerful magnifying-glass to puzzle out your delicate touches, and your work bore the test, it is so well done. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss He had never tried to puzzle out why, knowing that such trial would be unavailing. The Sky Line of Spruce Then one by one we branch off to our village hospital, puzzling out the road on our maps. Ballads of a Bohemian Supposing another should puzzle out the means, until then quite unknown in England, of making a certain description of coloured glass. Speeches: Literary and Social This new torture must be met with a new defense, and the horse is so dazed that it stands still to puzzle out the problem. The Round-Up A romance of Arizona novelized from Edmund Day's melodrama I could not understand their attitude, and was trying to puzzle out some sort of explanation, when the matter was suddenly driven from my mind by the report of a firearm. The People That Time Forgot Scarcely had he begun the study of arithmetic than he made such rapid progress, and wanted to puzzle out so many problems, that the masters were amazed. Knights of Art; stories of the Italian painters When Burlingham lapsed into silence, laughing at himself for having talked so far over the "kiddie's" head, she sat puzzling out what he had said. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise It was evident that her cousin deeply interested her, as one might be interested in a man puzzling out his way along a labyrinth from which one had one's self escaped. Jude the Obscure He set to work now, with resolute purpose, to puzzle out and master all the principles which underlie this art, and all the tricks that adorn its superstructure. The Damnation of Theron Ware Come, shall I make you understand each other, or leave you to puzzle out an explanation as you can? Northanger Abbey Again he smoothed it out carefully on the table, bringing the two candles nearer, and tried to puzzle out the faint fine handwriting. The Inn at the Red Oak "I have a headache this morning, trying to puzzle out the same thing," Pamela told him. The Pawns Count Gloria had taken a strong dislike to the man ever since the day when, returning unexpectedly from the village, she had discovered him reclining on Anthony's bed, puzzling out a newspaper. The Beautiful and Damned After a long interval I crept upstairs to the attic and there tried to puzzle out what would be best to do for mademoiselle. I Spy Leaning back in my chair I tried to puzzle out the probable meaning of this somewhat extraordinary happening. An Amiable Charlatan He had to talk, and as the girl gave him no help, Prosper found himself asking questions and puzzling out the answers he got, trying to make them fit with the facts. The Forest Lovers If he had not spoken I might have sat there half the night, puzzling out the problem. The Heavenly Twins As she thought this her weary eyes began to puzzle out in the dim twilight the words on a printed handbill pasted on one of the pillars of the arch. L'Assommoir It is better for a boy to puzzle out the meaning of a Latin book by his own brains and the help of a dictionary than it is lazily to use an interlinear translation. Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chaps. XV to XXI No, it was beyond him; it was useless his attempting to puzzle out the problem. War-time Silhouettes As for her, now that she had paused a moment in her flow of complaint, she was busy puzzling out the change in him. The History of David Grieve The newspaper man ordered two drinks of moonshine and let the scene blur before him like a colored picture puzzle out of focus. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago Slowly they puzzled out parts of it, halting long over some of the undecipherable words, but a few words here and there were all they could recognize. Georgina of the Rainbows "Not I," said Harry; "there's some thing here which it will amuse me to puzzle out." Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece And again, as the night before, he took out the receipt—a roll of antique parchment, out of which, provokingly, one fold had been lost—and put on his spectacles to puzzle out the passage. The Dolliver Romance It took her some time to puzzle out with the aid of an experiment or two that it wouldn't do to talk about mamma's youth. What Maisie Knew He sat at his desk trying to puzzle out the enigma of the night. The Broken Road I began to try and puzzle out in my mind what bearings this amazing incident could have on my own affairs. A Rogue by Compulsion She was trying to puzzle out the right course, and could only see as through a glass darkly. The Century Vocabulary Builder He found it wildly droll to puzzle out those "crossed" four sheets of trivialities written in an Italian hand so minute and orderly that the finished page suggested a fly-screen. The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations Inasmuch as fact would convincingly prove to them that their leaders prospered and grew rich, while they stayed poor; and they might take to puzzling out reasons for this inadequacy which would inevitably cause trouble. Temporal Power It was her way to puzzle out these little problems quietly. Keineth Maggie, rather piqued, turned to the bookcases to amuse herself with puzzling out the titles. The Mill on the Floss "Took me the best part of a week to puzzle out that one point." A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill I had puzzled out all the elementary parts of the science for myself, and had no misgivings on the subject of potatoes or even peas. Station Amusements in New Zealand At that time I was teaching myself German, and I sat one day puzzling out two lines of Goethe: "Oden and Thor, these two thou knowest; Freya, the heavenly, knowest thou not." Sylvia's Marriage "How long would it take you—eh—to—eh—what was it you said?—to puzzle out this fault?" Guns of the Gods Arabia was spellbound, watching something she had never seen before and trying to puzzle out the wherefore of it. Told in the East Bryce made some fitting remark and went out and home to his rooms—there to spend most of the ensuing evening in trying to puzzle out the various mysteries of the day. The Paradise Mystery Mysie openly claimed Anna as her own friend of some standing, and both she and Phyllis had books to discuss, botanical or geological discoveries to communicate or puzzle out, with Mrs. Grinstead or her nieces. The Long Vacation To discover that she lacked a similar appeal for him roused the girl to desperation; she lay awake nights, trying to puzzle out the reason, for this was a new experience to her. The Winds of Chance I thought she had gone to sleep and I looked in front of me puzzling out the problem. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel While keeping up a constant flow of talk with his sister, Theydon tried to puzzle out the detective's motive for carrying such sinister messengers of death around London. Number Seventeen Several times Mr. Henderson held up his hand for him to cease, while he puzzled out what was meant. Five Thousand Miles Underground Or, the Mystery of the Centre of the Earth Then he shrugged his shoulders and said with the note of raillery once more in his voice: "But why should we trouble our heads to puzzle out this mystery, since M. Ricardo knows?" At the Villa Rose She must think the puzzle out in solitude. The Grim Smile of the Five Towns The mere attempt to puzzle out the different uniforms is absorbing. Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort I had a capital novel by Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi, just the thing for a beginner; and if she must still puzzle out Dante, my dictionary is far better than hers.' Cousin Phillis And it was just as he had puzzled out this inscription— I went down to the bottom of the mountains. Marius the Epicurean — Volume 2 Her forehead was puckered in little lines of perplexity, as if she were puzzling out some problem; and there was a look of something very like fear in her gentle eyes. Arsene Lupin The porters I asked were not very clear about Shaphambury, but the booking-office clerk was helpful, and we puzzled out all I wanted to know. In the Days of the Comet Wylie—who all this time had been sitting silent, looking from one to the other, and quietly puzzling out the game as well as he could—observed this movement and grinned. Foul Play So sped the morning till Flora came home, full of the intended bazaar, and Ethel would fain have taken refuge in puzzling out her Spanish, had she not remembered her recent promise to be gracious. The Daisy chain, or Aspirations With the first text, which I am almost able to read, I will puzzle out the second and thus increase the small vocabulary which I acquired in the days when I was translating Aesop's Fables. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography For that was what it came to; and though Verrian tasted a delicious pleasure in the womanish feat by which she overcame her womanishness, he could not puzzle out her motive. Fennel and Rue He was still puzzling out his ethical problem. Glengarry School Days: a story of early days in Glengarry Apparently she had been taught by somebody, but when asked by whom, she hesitated answering; and he had taken it for granted that what she knew she had puzzled out alone. A Mountain Europa The next thing was to puzzle out what was written in the letter. The Great Hunger This is, I believe, a state of things only possible with English people of whom, till today, when I sit down to puzzle out what I know of this sad affair, I knew nothing whatever. The Good Soldier Sometimes I go to look at that statue and try to recall exactly under what circumstances I caused it to be shaped, puzzling out the story bit by bit. The Mahatma and the Hare To come back to my puzzling out of the matter as I sat in the dead man's bedroom with the tell-tale shoes before me. Trent's Last Case And she said to talk the whole puzzle out with you. Shavings The mystery in part explained, he did not bother to puzzle out the remainder of it. Further Adventures of Lad It was a relationship that they must puzzle out together, and she had earnestly sounded the other party to it on the subject of a possible visit. Some Short Stories [by Henry James] There appeared to be some new complication which the patrol leader was having a hard time puzzling out. Boy Scouts in Mexico; or on Guard with Uncle Sam Tell me first what is the subject," said she, "for I have sometimes incurred great displeasure from members of your brotherhood by being too obtuse to puzzle out the purport of their productions. The Marble Faun - Volume 1 The Romance of Monte Beni I have puzzled out a little song, which I think very pretty; I have translated it into English, and I send it you, with the original air. Crotchet Castle “Well, just show me how to start,” he says, “which way you get into it, and then I won’t keep you any longer; I’ll puzzle out the rest for myself.” Diary of a Pilgrimage She went up the stairs again to see if she could puzzle out what course of escape the man who had shot Fleming had taken after his crime—if it had been a man. The Bat Why degrade myself by trying to puzzle out a means of tracing her in her letter? The Two Destinies I've been trying all night to puzzle out what you meant by all that, yesterday—about my wanting your Aunt Polly's hand and heart here all those years. Pollyanna He passes a puzzle out to everybody, and they spend all their lives tryin' to work it out They all get stuck. The Valley of the Moon They both, as by consent, bent over the paper again, and again carefully puzzled out the whole of the writing. A Message from the Sea |
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