| 单词 | quarters |
| 例句 | He said he knew a thing or two about comfort, and in the barn he set about arranging their quarters. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A few years prior, Mrs. Piatigorsky had been criticized in some quarters for not acceding to Fischer’s demands for the 1963 tournament, which had led to his not playing. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They were more concerned with price—it should be affordable—and that it have the number of rooms they needed, including a study for Charles, as well as quarters for servants. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Dasch and Burger were assigned to the officers' quarters in the forward part of the submarine. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Instead of putting the rest in my savings passbook, I gave Vonetta the other two quarters to put away for the concert. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Last year it was observed that young women living at close quarters in dormitories tended to undergo spontaneous synchronization of their menstrual cycles. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z All I had was three singles and five quarters and a nickel left--boy, I spent a fortune since I left Pencey. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z He began a trick even more pointless: a one-handed half-dollar-to-penny transformation, but with his two quarters. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Folks came from all over, plantations that had favored this or that arrangement of quarters, so the cabins came in various shapes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It was the home's guest quarters, which doubled as my aunt Geneva's sewing room. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I put our quarters in the basket and she lit the candle. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The Green Door recently had been abandoned for larger quarters on nearby Portugal Place. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z We reach our quarters, and I collapse onto the edge of my cell. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The deputy told me to empty my pockets: two quarters, a penny, a stick of bubble gum, and a roll of grip tape for my skateboard. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z So many times in the past week, I’ve nearly walked to her quarters to see how she is. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Nixon sat at the piano in the family quarters and played a few melodies, including one he’d written specially for Pat before they were married. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I caught Byron using mine once to shine up some quarters and another time to brush Blackie’s teeth. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The people flocked to the abandoned Greek camp to see the sights: here Achilles had sulked so long; there Agamemnon’s tent had stood; this was the quarters of the trickster, Odysseus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I have forty-six quarters in my State Quarters Map now because Virginia is coming out to cut the oak tree. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z As they shed their wet coats and tromped through the building, they marveled at the luxuries the new quarters afforded. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z After he graduated, he and Margaret built their first lab in a janitor’s quarters at Hopkins—they spent weeks wiring, painting, plumbing, building counters and cabinets, paying for much of it with their own money. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The men fired again and again, and, when the animals got to close quarters, lashed out with their sticks and their heavy boots. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Another time, sleeping in different quarters in Cange—the patriarch of the place was, after all, a priest—Ophelia was determined to rise early in the morning, ahead of Paul. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The quarters were so close and the speed so high that the jockey had to cut sharply in and out to avoid running up into the hind legs of horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The sandstone cliffs were home to Buddhist monks who carved caves in them to use as living quarters and as sanctuary for weary traveling pilgrims. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z In March, Etienne turns sixty and Madame Manec stews little clams—palourd.es—with shallots and serves them alongside mushrooms and quarters of two hard-boiled eggs: the only two eggs, she reports, she could find in the city. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He tucked it into his shirt pocket and sent pennies, nickels, and dimes skidding across the floor as he concentrated on quarters. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z His goal was to expose them at close quarters to the charismatic energy of his protege Ernest Lawrence, and he was surely successful at finalizing their approval for the cyclotron grant. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z And once, I had won so much I stood on the beach in the moonlight skipping silver quarters across the calm water as the little waves pawed the shore. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Safe in Kira’s quarters, Matt perched on the bed with his bare feet dangling and told them about the girl who sang. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z After another three hours and only an additional three quarters of a mile, the Boss called a halt. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Nobody felt like sleeping, either, and the survivors of the battle didn’t go back to their quarters after they landed. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The only other sign of life is a faint light from Javier’s quarters in the back near the lab. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The other reason is that even fifty years after the publication of the Fabrica, there was still strong opposition in some quarters to attempts to revise Galen’s teaching. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z It’s a horse—but it has no hind quarters. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I needed to borrow one dollar and twenty cents in nickels, dimes, and quarters. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Then de big house and de quarters got sober and silent. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Only a month before, my ancient half-sister, who was twelve years older than me, had actually had appendicitis, and for several days before her operation I was able to observe her behaviour at close quarters. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z In response the excited citizenry had shelled out precious nickels and quarters and dollars, raising an astonishing twelve thousand dollars to send the crews east. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Brian and I played hide-and-seek among the clicking slot machines, checking the trays for overlooked quarters, while Dad was winning money at the blackjack table. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Pong nodded to the building that used to be the prison guards' quarters. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I kept two quarters for gum and Good & Plenty. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z But to use a grenade down here, in such close quarters, beneath rubble presumably littered with live 88-millimeter shells, would be suicide. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The protests of the workers this time were based on the lack of sanitary facilities in their living quarters, the nonexistence of medical services, and terrible working conditions. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Most often these dialogues took only a few minutes, but by the end of September there had already been two occasions when they had lasted more than three quarters of an hour. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I walked down to the servants’ quarters and peeked into each half-opened room until at last I found her. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Mrs. Odom frowned and fretted, fingering the soft fabric, but finally pulled out four quarters from a knotted handkerchief. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Thomas had returned to his own quarters to work, and Kira too with extra lamps lighted by the tender, had settled to her task, stitching carefully throughout the afternoon. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the men looked for any chance to leave their close quarters, in spite of the bitter cold. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “Now why don’t we ask the guards to take me back to my quarters so I can build another hundred card houses?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He shakes his head, makes himself some tea, and cuts up a pear in precise quarters before shuffling into the family room. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Its twenty-odd rooms are separated into grace-and-favor apartments for those members of the faculty unable to find, or afford, other quarters. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z And as I spoke comfortably to Will on one side, I sought through the confusion for Bono; and I saw rage and fear in all quarters. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z She was three quarters of the way around the house when she saw Miss Forcible, standing at the door to the flat she shared with Miss Spink. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z They said lice were out of control in their quarters. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Then, at age five and three quarters, I was registered for the first grade at Gibbs Elementary School. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The most comfortable quarters on the ship were turned over to the penguins, who were the cause of the voyage. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Then she put in two more quarters and got chocolate bars. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I wake to choking darkness and gasp for breath, trying to push away the walls of my quarters. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z We were so poor my mother took three quarters of my paycheck every week to supplement the family income. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “There are times when married life is not what I expected” Lady Constance finally remarked, after three quarters of an hour had passed. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I ran to the servants’ quarters and up to her room. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was born in the poorest quarters of the city, because of the harsh winter, the malnutrition, and the dirty water, and it joined forces with the unemployment and spread in every direction. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine him laughing, pressing quarters into our palms, pulling presents for us from his bag, thick gold bracelet flashing at his wrist. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “Reznak, see that the prince and his companions are given quarters suitable to their high birth, and that their wants are attended to.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Richard had kindly offered to let them sleep in the servants’ quarters off the kitchen, but Mama still refused, which was a relief to Ophie. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z In these close quarters, I was unable to back up without the risk of ensnaring myself in the ropes or breaking my ankle in one of the gaps between the floorboards. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He tells me stories about how his dad would hide treasure around the apartment—how the treasure was always a jar of quarters they used for laundry. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Amari noticed small shacks off to the right—slave quarters, she knew. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here’s fifty cents that says you can’t,” Mary Anne said, tossing two quarters on the table. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He had hung a dozen or so kerosene lamps from the ceiling at various heights around the old slave quarters, and you had to watch your head. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z She thought about touching the Hoppers’ money and how mad Mr. Hopper had been, and how mad she got when Mr. Hopper pulled the jar of quarters away from Dallas and yelled at him. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z He came each evening to her quarters to assess her work and to ask her needs. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A week ago I decided I didn’t like this spot and have been on the lookout for more comfortable bathing quarters. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z In close quarters, relationships count so heavily that to say something has no relationship in Chinese — mei guanxi — is to mean, often as not, it doesn’t matter. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Heed my warning, Nathan. If you lie to us and this outhouse is short of miraculous, we will move into your sleeping quarters and bite you every time you sleep.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The meditative, pastel yellow cube that faced the street contained the main living quarters. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The other boys squatted upright on their beds, watching h«n- Agravaine came to the unicorn, and began jabbing his spear into its quarters, into its slim befly, into its ribs. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Pérez led us on a tour of the patients’ quarters, including little houses and apartments set among gardens and palm trees. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z My mom digging under the couch cushions for quarters. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z And sleeping quarters sure have improved—just look at those RVs. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He had gone up to the Kleins’ living quarters on the second floor. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “There are over three quarters of a million volumes here, and that’s not even taking into consideration the clays or scrolls or fragments from Caluptena.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I could see why they needed new quarters. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When the tour resumed, Farmer kept remarking on how pleasant and peaceful the quarters were, and finally I said to him, “I find them kind of depressing.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z They simply ran out of money and couldn’t make the jump to the next town, never mind back to winter quarters. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “They run up the starboard side of the ship, up two decks, through the stokers’ quarters, and into their dining hall. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z Esteban was at the wheel, his heart contracted, as they searched for Father Antonio’s old church in the poor quarters of the city where he hadn’t been in years. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But Nenny, who is stupider, already is asking how much and I can see her fingers going for the quarters in her pants pocket. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z On June 14, Ulbrickson invited Royal Brougham upstairs in the crew quarters to see something. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She handed me my schedule, still folded in crisp quarters. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I sliced the watermelon half into quarters and cut the fruit into thick wedges. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I would have to make it fit for living in until I could move to my permanent quarters on the lifeboat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Attracted by the flaring blaze that lit the night, defenders rushed from all quarters to see what was happening. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The darkness in the slaves’ quarters was cut only by rushlights. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z When humans and domesticated animals share quarters, they are constantly exposed to each other’s microbes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Cricks and creaks came from nearby and distant quarters, as if the house were twitching in a sleep of its own. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z She was stacking up the pepperonis like quarters on her plate. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Kayode was throwing a hasty party in their guest quarters while his parents were away in London. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He stretched out his leathery palm, which now held two shiny quarters. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z But at night, when it was cold, they were all grateful for the close quarters. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z François was stern, demanding instant obedience, and by virtue of his whip receiving instant obedience; while Dave, who was an experienced wheeler, nipped Buck’s hind quarters whenever he was in error. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z When allowance day came, I found one dollar in quarters on my dresser next to my talcum powder. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z The back corridor, which serves as a sort of backbone to the staff's quarters of Darlington Hall, was always a rather cheerless affair due to the lack of daylight penetrating its considerable length. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z There also would be quarters for John Lawrence’s “rat colony,” Hanson reported. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She had placed coconut shell quarters over her eyes. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Late that night, after Ulbrickson had finally retired to his quarters, the boys stole out of the hotel singly or in pairs and walked along the shore of Lake Carnegie. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It seemed a long journey from my father’s quarters at the outskirts of the castle to Gertrude’s rooms at the heart of Elsinore. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He dropped two quarters into the newspaper vending machine and pulled up on the handle, but it wouldn’t open. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I put the quarters in and the bag plopped out at the bottom of the machine. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z As they neared Hagrid’s cabin on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, the mystery of the Beauxbatons’ sleeping quarters was solved. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z That our mouths water in the hot sun as we hand him our quarters then wait patiently as he pours the syrup over the ice, hands it to us in paper cones. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z In the close quarters of an American nuclear family, their mother's prodigious energy was becoming a real drain on their self-determination. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He remembered what Mr. Andrews had told him: The ladders are in the stokers’ quarters, and they run up three decks. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z The proclamation also stated that the union leaders, with great patriotic spirit, had reduced their demands to two points: a reform of medical services and the building of latrines in the living quarters. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “Your father will be one of the highest ranking officers on this air base. It simply means that we’ll have to wait for quarters to open up to move in.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched, horrified, as she tore it into quarters, then eighths. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The quarters he shared with Ser Jorah were a cabin only by courtesy; the dank, dark, foul-smelling closet had barely enough space to hang a pair of sleeping hammocks, one above the other. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She moved rapidly through the house, even showing the servants’ quarters and storage closets. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Which Bran didn't see, since he was already heading back to his quarters. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With his workers on strike, Swift was preparing to bring in outsiders to take their place and to provide the strikebreakers with temporary sleeping quarters inside the Stock Yard. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z So they began to hold dances night after night in the quarters, usually behind Tea Cake’s house. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z I accompanied him to the servants’ quarters, where he squatted by our pallets and asked each of us to describe any symptoms we might feel. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Martial law continued with an eye to the necessity of taking emergency measures for the public disaster of the endless downpour, but the troops were confined to quarters. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z They have ridges on the side like quarters do. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z As that spellbinding first drive unfolded to give Permian a 7—0 lead, Hankins knew it was over even though there were more than three quarters of football left to play. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I fed the quarters in one by one. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Maycomb’s regular pastors ate free for a week also, and it was hinted in disrespectful quarters that the local clergy deliberately led their churches into holding separate services, thereby gaining two more weeks’ honoraria. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The air reeks something horrible, a combination of carrion, rotting eggs, and Cadets’ quarters in high summer. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z But in those close quarters, a flash would be suicide and he knew it. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z His bedchamber was a small cell off the queen’s apartments, originally slave quarters; his furnishings consisted of a bed, a chamber pot, a wardrobe for his clothing, even a chair should he want to sit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I perked up, thinking that she had come alone, but then I saw her date enter behind her with his two quarters in his hand. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “There’s an empty room in the servants’ quarters,” said the fierce man. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The two were at close quarters now, and Iros lunged hitting the shoulder. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I went downstairs, crossed the yard, and entered Ali and Hassan’s living quarters by the loquat tree. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Let thee run off to thy quarters, and stop confusing they fowls.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The owner of a black baseball team remembered that he “moved four times...seeking desirable living quarters.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z As was domestic violence—I had always heard men beat their wives, since we lived in such close quarters, but now I would see it out in the streets as well. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Amma grew up in an orphanage and had been getting too old to stay there much longer, so she was happy to get a job that came with a room in the servants' quarters. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “Yes,” I replied, “I’ll tell you all about it. He doesn’t think it’s wrong, but he says that here, where we’re in such close quarters, it could lead to conflicts.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He would not meet the elder’s eyes, but, even in these cramped quarters, swiveled and contemplated the walls furiously. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The house looked as though the architect had realized too late that he was designing residential quarters, not a church. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Floating in her quarters, she gently touched the bulkhead to stop drifting. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The other two patrol girls, whom I don't know, are grappling with the remaining two freshies in close quarters, shoving them and swinging their scythes ineffectively. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I picked up the phone, dropped in two quarters and dialed my moms at the house. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I took my dimes and quarters and fed them into the slot, each coin clinking down one after the other. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I was eating apple quarters off the tray. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A heap of tiny pale green clams no larger than quarters soak in the deep porcelain sink. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I stayed out where I could just see the shore and rowed on for three quarters of an hour in the rain. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z But the anthem's running out and I'm only three quarters of the way through the wood when the music ends, the sky goes dark, and I'm forced to stop. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The tied quarters here would sound exactly like a half note crossing the bar line. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Leo liked his quarters okay, but he felt safest here in the heart of the ship—in a room filled with mechanisms he knew how to control. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But between me and where my parents should be are the quarters of half the Collective. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The CSS Birmingham captains quarters were about the size of a walk-in closet, but still much bigger than any other room on board. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The instincts of the military wife were beginning to assert themselves, the old efficiency of stealing away from temporary homes and entering the bloodstream of highways heading to new quarters. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z As they passed on deck or on their way to their different quarters, Zeitoun and Ahmad shared knowing glances, sheepish smiles. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z It was very crowded here in the sleeping quarters, and you couldn’t see much because the aisles—the space between each set of bunks—was maybe two feet. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z But Harley was up again, ordering a round of Coors, feeding quarters into the juke box as he punched the buttons for all the Hank Williams songs. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z It also contained the old man’s simple living quarters: a cot, a lamp, a work table, a folding chair, a bucket for carrying water, a plate, pots, pans, and so on. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z That Sunday after the maids went off to early mass, my mother inspected their quarters while my father kept watch by a window. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z It was as though by keeping this room impersonal, by not importing her intimate belongings but leaving them mingled with those of her husband, she lessened the offense of not sharing his quarters. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The same effect was suspected in sorghum, sunflower, spiderwort, lambs quarters, pigweed, and smartweed. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The Nazis then ordered 5,000 non-Jews living within the area to move out so that 15,000 Jews—every Jew still in Kraków—could be crammed into these new quarters. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z I change into the yellow robe in my bedroom and make sure the quarters I sewed into the pockets aren’t making them droop. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z More surprising were the spacious and luxurious quarters available for VIP travelers on the seagoing vessels of a great American corporation. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Young Mistress, the Matriarch wishes to see you in her quarters.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z The plan of the living quarters was as unimaginative as a first-generation Greek landlord could contrive it to be. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z They were barely twenty feet from the bank at that point, and there was more than three quarters of the way to go. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Other times, Bit, Francy, John John, and Trista would challenge people to quarter wars, which is when two people stand quarters up on a desk or a table and spin them like spinning tops. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z That must mean the Commander is in the house, in his own quarters, past the dining room and beyond, where he seems to stay most of the time. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z They dropped the jar of quarters they’d been counting and rushed around the corner to where Calder’s parents were watching TV in the next room. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z So a dotted half note, for example, would last as long as a half note plus a quarter note, or three quarters of a whole note. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Remembering something from her own quarters, Kira went to the bathroom. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It burns through to the living quarters and climbs the front staircase where, halfway up, it meets Charles Berberian himself, who tries to smother it with a blanket. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Teachers are like the machines that take quarters for bouncy balls. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z “But they don’t like me very much on account of this used to be their house. Now they all share a room in the servant’s quarters.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Henry’s trousers were spattered with drops the size of quarters, too red to be blood, as if he’d had a paintbrush slung at him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z His master indeed forbade him from leaving his quarters on Sunday nights, for fear that in preaching of equality before the Lord on High, Isaac might incite riot on Earth. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “She shook with fever briefly, three quarters of an hour, cried out once, and died in her own bed. They don’t know what it was.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His hand was dipped way inside and he was swirling the quarters around. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Mom is using some of the quarters to make a phone call. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The city built a new prison, moved the inmates into their new quarters, then rehabbed the old prison and turned it into a high school. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z She lived by herself in the old slave quarters out past Granddaddy’s laboratory, and though it had once housed a dozen or so slaves, it was the perfect size for one person. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The hunting-down and destruction of books had been done with the same thoroughness in the prole quarters as everywhere else. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Ophie ran through the kitchen, down past the servants’ quarters, and outside. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z "I suppose you know the Trunchbull has a lockup cupboard in her private quarters called The Chokey? Have you heard about The Chokey?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Lost in my thoughts, I don't notice anything unusual about Skulls' quarters when I arrive at my room. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Even though their place was walking distance to my high school, I decided that I didn't want to be in such tight quarters. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z For each day that I fail to find cheaper quarters, which is every day now, I am spending $49.95 for the privilege of putting clothes away at Wal-Mart. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z After the bicycle, my mom hired contractors she knew through the real-estate business to build her a separate house in the backyard, like a little servants’ quarters, and she moved in there with Isaac. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It was divided into quarters like a compass. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Yet, though he received advice from all quarters, he heeded none of it. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z He pranced up, his hind quarters leaping independently from side to side, nose close to the toad, his voice shrill with enthusiasm. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know, most boys would enjoy being trapped in close quarters with a girl.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Half-eaten plates of food, shattered liquor bottles, and pieces of broken furniture from a drunken rampage scatter his quarters. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It’s bigger than my quarters, though just as spare. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Back in our old quarters in the Training Center, I’m the one who suggests the public marriage proposal. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Still, we were in tight quarters, with Fang and the fence behind us and the table in front, and every so often the magnets collided. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He dropped some quarters in her hand and focused his attention on a point just beyond her left ear, where a picture of a grazing dairy cow hung on the wall. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z And with twenty quarters, I could probably play Street Fighter for twenty hours. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The three of us hadn’t talked about what happened since the arrest, afraid to say a word in case someone overheard us, but I walked into the servants’ quarters. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I was cutting and bundling quilting squares into a dozen fat quarters, a-mix-and-matched stack of fabrics all measured and ready to sew. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Shin and his mother lived in the best prisoner quarters Camp 14 had to offer: a “model village” next to an orchard and just across from the field where his mother was later hanged. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z This particularly is what makes it a little funny that Henry’s room—the customary quarters for royal guests—is called the Queen’s Bedroom. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z They passed down a number of door-lined corridors, which must be the Recruiter quarters and Executive suites. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z "Don't forget his living quarters," the tall man said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I climbed around him and pressed myself against the door, struggling to stay cool in the hot, cramped quarters. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Because Dad ordered us to stay in the house. We’re confined to quarters.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The queen’s words were courteous enough, though her tone said, It is no more than your duty, and you had best hope these quarters please me. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Cornflower, along with other woodland creatures granted sanctuary, was sleeping in makeshift quarters provided by the good mice of Redwall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The upper stage of the Saturn V moon rocket was converted into living quarters for three astronauts. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In the end, I decided to grab a big bag of Utz Red Hot chips and handed Manny, the owner, four quarters. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Her dad unfolded the section he was reading and then refolded it in quarters so he could read a different part of the page. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The Preacher slapped two whole American quarters on a table and told the white woman sitting there, “Me and my boy want to see the mesmerist.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Kira knew that “the wing” was where her own quarters were. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Leo had programmed their quarters to adjust automatically to the occupant’s preferred temperature, so it was never too cold or too hot. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When I return to my room the pods are gone and replaced with a beehive of backlit hexagon cells, just like all the Collective’s quarters. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I saw the guest quarters on the top floor, scouting them out as a possible place my mother could live, if we could manage to talk her into moving in with us. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The guards are shouting to everyone to report to their quarters. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He saw the great dome of the main observatory, a smaller one a little way off, and between them a group of administration buildings and domestic quarters. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In time, no doubt, he would need larger quarters, but for the moment these would serve whilst he accustomed himself to command. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The servants were all in their own quarters beyond the kitchen. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Everything Henry’s ever done publicly has probably been privately rehearsed in stuffy royal quarters like this one. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “All these houses they’re building without maid’s quarters? It’s just plain dangerous. Everybody knows they carry different kinds of diseases than we do. I double.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Thanks to the Christian Union, Havens’s present quarters as a ministry intern at Brown are actually more upscale than his home in St. Louis. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Mr. Arable gave Fern two quarters and two dimes. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z He was whispering, but his voice sounded loud in the confined quarters. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “He has special quarters in a different section of the Edifice.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They continued past the kitchen quarters, which were a mess of shouting, clouds of flour, and surging fires. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I wonder what William Wallace said when they were tying him to the horses that would rip him into quarters. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Growing frantic, he plunked quarters into a phone booth in the lobby, called Eric again, then Sherry. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Crowd, heat, bad quarters, bad fare, bad smells, mosquitoes, and a plague of flies transcending everything within my experience. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Instead, she was told to vacate her Navy quarters and return to her old office at the Coast Guard. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Because the two post- Games interviews with Caesar Flickerman were shot in President Snow’s personal quarters. Plutarch thinks Peeta may be of some use as a guide in a location we have little knowledge of.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Because I'd never been invited farther into the family's living quarters, I never put together what the view would be from the rear. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Other times his overnight quarters might be an abandoned car, an empty garage, a basement stairwell. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It was three quarters of an inch long and narrowed to a point. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The astronauts float around inside the space shuttle’s cramped quarters, where there is no gravity. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He wakes in distant quarters of the night and sees Frederick in his bedroom in Berlin, wearing his eyeglasses and necktie, freeing trapped birds from the pages of a massive book. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z At that moment, Timmy, who had slipped out to the slave quarters again to look for his missing charm bracelet and, he hoped, more games with the chains, appeared in the living room. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a street in one of the poorer quarters, where there was an open market which was generally crowded and noisy. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z When she was dying, wracked with her irruptions, in the slave quarters of that house in Canaan, this libation sat by her, untouched. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z They may walk back to their quarters with a friend, but they say nothing on the way. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The next day, he had made her gather her few things from the servants’ quarters, where she’d been living, and sent her off. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I ran out back, through the courtyard that separated the house from the servants’ quarters, and upstairs to her room. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I have to get my cloak, so I head to the servants’ quarters in the open-air hallway just outside the kitchen. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z His latest girlfriend, a blond young honey, stamped a black spot on the back of our hands after we gave her our quarters. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He settled his hind quarters coyly, and lay still, looking up. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “In all dis weather, Tea Cake? Ah don’t b’lieve Ah could make it out de quarters.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Ishmael slipped three center pages of Seaman Milholland’s notes free and folded them into quarters. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z There someone was crying for help in the slave quarters. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “She curled up in a corner of the servants’ quarters. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z It takes three quarters of a second for Oliver to be onto something else. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z I kept pumping quarters into the pay phone trying to reach Sherry. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I took two quarters out of my pocket and laid them on the deli counter. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Three quarters of his body had been terribly burned during the ordeal, his face receiving some of the severest damage. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The three quarters of a mile in the blazing heat, from Nuthanger to the foot of the hill, had cost Hazel more pain and effort than anything in his life. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Sounds of shouting and laughing rose from the crew’s quarters below deck. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "This will pay your debts and buy you clothing. Call me in the morning and I'll have selected your living quarters. For a start your salary will be sixty dollars a week." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The old jail was only temporary quarters for us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He built quarters within the park where they received three large meals a day and slept in clean beds and well-heated rooms. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Two small rooms at ground level near the gatehouse served as our new quarters. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z This white family also had a black maid who lived in the servants’ quarters in the backyard, and I’d play with her son whenever we stayed there. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He grabbed his winter coat and soft, peaked brown trench cap before rushing out of the service quarters on the factory grounds where he lived with his father and younger brother. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z For three- quarters of a mile, the two crews rowed in lockstep, both furiously hacking at the choppy water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The Santa Anita Handicap was a grueling mile and a quarter, and Seabiscuit still had more than three quarters of a mile to go. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When I open my eyes, the low roof of my quarters looms over me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Finally he found a couple of quarters and laid them on the table. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Mark heard gasps and whispers and saw fingers pointing out of the closed quarters they passed. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z A few years later, when I moved into the Mosses’ home, I would be reminded of the cramped quarters and zooey smells I first encountered here. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “This is what happened. We—that’s to say, I mean, mainly it was me—we thought we’d take Boots for a bit of a walk around the servants’ quarters.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z From all quarters of the room they were rushing upon him, their shadows huge on the ceiling. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Baba loosened his tie and gave the old man a handful of quarters. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I jump in, slap the horse’s front quarters and jump back. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z There were two quarters and a dime lying on the ground next to him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Opening the cash register, Milton gave me a stack of quarters to use in the jukebox. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Washington wilted and finished three- quarters of a length back. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “He had the former servants’ quarters renovated to keep as his private rooms because he enjoys the view. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He handed her the picture, and she slid it into their envelope as they began to walk back toward the Spurlock building, now about three quarters of a mile away. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Three quarters, two dimes, a rubber band and—score! A piece of celery” He started munching on the celery, eyeing the change and the rubber band like they might be next. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Her mama got snake-bit today, sir. Real bad. She done run to the quarters to see her,” Lena explained quickly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The crammed quarters magnified the tension, fear, and distrust. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Over two meters tall, a half meter wide, and three- quarters of a meter thick. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Across the room, Mad Sweeney was feeding quarters into the jukebox. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “Octavian,” said he, “have any voices presented themselves to you — speaking in remote quarters — which you might not, in other seasons, hearken to?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z If only he could get the mouse at close quarters and stop him from using the sword, Cluny thought, then he could win with his superior strength. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z One day, she came downstairs and saw Dallas sitting on the living room floor, with the jar of quarters in front of him. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Street Fighter takes two quarters, because it’s a super premium game. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z There was one trouble with his new quarters. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A young kid stretched onto the toes of his Air Jordans, holding out four quarters. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z They were filled with storage space—living quarters were almost an afterthought. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In 1933, Assumption Church had moved out of its quarters in the storefront on Hart Street. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The holes certainly were rough—“Just right for a lot of vagabonds* like us,” said Bigwig—but the exhausted and those who wander in strange country are not particular about their quarters. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Ubiquitous in highlands art, the Andean cross is a stepped shape that some claim is inspired by the Southern Cross constellation and others believe represents the four quarters of the world. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I recognized some of them, like Shagufta, who had been holding the laundry when I entered the servants' quarters earlier, and Ghulam, the driver who brought me here. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She cut off the crusts, and then cut them into quarters. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she copied the list onto a piece of loose-leaf paper and folded it in half, then in quarters, then in eighths, then in sixteenths. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Hamilton and Madison did meet at Jefferson’s quarters in late June of 1790. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Ernest Lawrence was being mentioned in quarters and in contexts that only a year or two earlier would have been unimaginable. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Their friendship grew At university when Emenike lived with him in the boys’ quarters of his mother’s house, people had sometimes mistaken him for a relative. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z A few pennies and dimes were on the floor, but the quarters, the nickels, the five-dollar bill, and all of the single dollars were gone. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “Taken in the middle of the night from your quarters, brought on deck, turned inside out, then tied to a rope, and hurled overboard.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The collection of centennial quarters Toby’s mom had given him before she split. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “At the mercy of the winds, at the mercy of the sea, to the quarters of the New World, we came. Transients. Nomads. I bid you welcome.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z If worse came to worst, the boys’ swords wouldn’t do much good in such close quarters. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Presently all was silent, they must have gone through the Service doors into the kitchen quarters, so I went across the hall and into the dining-room once more. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z To the Inka, the quarters echoed the heavenly order. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z But maybe this — her new quarters, her new job, the fact that her life had been spared. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is but one of dozens, and not the largest. Shanghai, Calcutta, Batavia, Bangkok—They are widely spread and they are the answer to feeding the billion and three quarters of the East.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The slaves’ quarters are dark but for one light. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “The boys’ cottage is located in the old maids’ quarters, which is farther from the neighbors.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he took two quarters and made up a Pointless Coin Trick. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Drenched to the skin by torrential rain, they unloaded the shells from a baggage car, lifted them over their heads, and hustled down to the river to stow the boats and inspect their new quarters. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In the Frank family quarters, the first sleepy faces are beginning to emerge from their pillows. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Most people would use quarters to get soda, but I used my head. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “I’ll show you to your quarters. It isn’t far. It’s in a wing of this building.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Modest white outside walls crowned with slanting tile decorations gave no hint of the elaborate courtyards and inner living quarters that were hidden like pearls in their oyster shells. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Every dawn he left his quarters and inspected the grounds. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Hulls lay like chunks of cleavered fish: a conning tower here, a crew quarters there, the prow of an oil tanker pointing straight up to the sky. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He lives way on down by the airplane field in a shack by himself whenever he comes over here, and Mama says that’s close enough quarters for him. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z "The quarters! Boy, are you a fool? Didn't you know better than to take a trustee out there?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But a handful of families would let their domestics keep their children with them, living in little maids’ quarters or flatlets in the backyard. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Before I can stop her, she puts the quarters in. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z We were to be given free rations, sleeping quarters, and a small salary. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A dry cleaner’s run by his uncle who pretended to sneeze quarters. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z There’s something vaguely familiar about the Kensington Palace guest quarters, even though he’s never been here before. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z There’s a clear hierarchy: the closer to the back, the more impressive the quarters. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She walked with him to the male servants' quarters at the rear of the house, where Colin’s small, square room was found. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Certainly no more than three quarters of an hour—not too many prisoners to release, as it’s not technically a prison—17 in all. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z At the first alarms, civilian volunteers joined the patrollers to quell the disturbance, invading the quarters and putting freemen’s homes to the torch. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She almost rolled her eyes, but she gave me my quarters. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Five dollars gets you twenty quarters, which is a ton to put into swimsuit trunk pockets. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The school had been little more than slave quarters from which he was sent out as a rock picker, weed puller, and dam laborer. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z This led to the servants’ quarters at the back of the villa. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z After that, we came to the quarters every other weekend to study that kind of music on television. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Since she works in a laundromat with coin-operated machines, she's always giving customers quarters for their dollars. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Then what I did, I went down near the lagoon and I sort of skipped the quarters and the nickel across it, where it wasn't frozen. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Then we dug our living quarters under the rosebush, and the entrance you came in. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He went back to the office, where the secretary gave him four quarters for the dollar, then went to the pay phone and called X-Ray. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z His memory was a catalogue of vital notes on horses and men: hangs in the stretch, balks in close quarters, only hits right-handed. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The job did not include official quarters, so he lived at a hotel. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “You sent her to her quarters for the night. I assumed you were done with her.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z "These are your chambers"—Madam Claire motions—"and your imperial servant will be in nearby quarters." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Six hundred rooms, military and servant’s quarters, three gardens, a game park, and stables on either side,’’ said Dorian, staring at his home. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “They will start frowning if you remain seated. Shall I remove you to the servants’ quarters?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She handed me four quarters and told me that we needed a gallon of milk—which we really didn’t need but I’m not stupid. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She lay on her flat pallet in the servants’ quarters, exiled from her bedchamber, where several of the women of quality were sleeping. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z There was a knock on the door of their compartment and the round-faced boy Harry had passed on platform nine and three- quarters came in. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “Register by last names and get your quarters assigned.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z As Boggs tells Finnick and me to report to the area that matches our assigned quarters — in my case E for Compartment E—Plutarch strolls up. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Maybe you are come to a place that will not prove much to your taste, but you will not be consulted as to your quarters, I promise you.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z Notice that the syncopated notes in the melody come on the second and fourth quarters of the beat, essentially alternating with the strong eighth-note pattern laid down in the accompaniment. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z A dry cleaner’s run by his uncle who pretended to sneeze quarters. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Now we will have to carry away his sea-changed parts rich and strange to our different quarters. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Then it was that Mr. Malloy took to renting the larger pipes as sleeping quarters for single men at a very nominal fee. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She split things in half, then quarters, speedily producing florets, cubes, slices, and shreds. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z When Ash went downstairs, Beatrice was not in her quarters behind the kitchen. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt like a kid standing in the world’s greatest video arcade without any quarters, unable to do anything but walk around and watch the other kids play. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Thomas had eaten and hurried away to his quarters to resume work. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The day after Wayne Parr said he had chosen powder blue for his dinner jacket, three- quarters of the boys ordered the same from Tuxedo Junction. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Within two years, the burgeoning lab had outgrown its drafty quarters. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Prisoners there were allowed only three “gills” of water—three quarters of a pint—per day; they were not allowed any exercise, bathing, mattress, or change of clothes. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then came the carving of the quarters, and they spitted morsels of lean meat on the long sharp tines and broiled them at arm’s length upon the fire. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, two village women came and were taken in to the commander’s quarters; much later, the soldiers threw stones at them as they left. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z There were simple sleeping quarters at the top of the building, where students traveling from other towns could stay during competitions. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z At nightfall he went to find them and he had reached their quarters when Athena struck him with madness. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z People don't like to know that three quarters of their tampon strings are being buried, or that their paychecks have less to do with their company's profitability than its owner's compassion. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z It was noon before the first of us crawled out of our quarters. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The patches on my feet are bigger than quarters now. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z There were crescents and quarters, gibbous and full, and they weren’t charms, they were moons—real miniature moons, cratered and luminous, as though lit by the rays of some distant star. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The folks in the quarters and the people in the big houses further around the shore heard the big lake and wondered. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Yet, perversely, pressure is growing in some quarters to reduce the number of shelters to discourage what is seen—amazingly to me—as overuse of the trail. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Lourdes slaps two quarters on the counter and leaves the coffee steaming in its thick white mug. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Life was communal: members shared living quarters, meals, and chores. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The chap circled overhead for three quarters of an hour and tried to come down half a dozen times before finally bottling out. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The kitchen crew, headed by a West Indian chef named Duke Vaughn, worked with almost unbelievable efficiency in the cramped quarters. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z One round dollar, two quarters, two dimes, and three pennies. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Scooping him up, she walked slowly along the pathway past the lotus pond and crossed the half-moon bridge to the Matriarch’s quarters. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z "Four dollars and forty-two cents. Fourteen quarters, five dimes, three nickels, and twenty-seven pennies." The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z During the six months prior to the dinner at Jefferson’s quarters, Madison went through a conversion process, or perhaps a reconversion, from the religion of nationalism to the old revolutionary faith of Virginia. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Most importantly, the conversation at Jefferson’s quarters was merely one part of an ongoing and larger conversation in which the very survival and subsequent shape of the American republic seemed at stake. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z She reached into her man’s pants and poured a lot of nickels, dimes, pennies, and some quarters into my hands. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He had never seen any coins from anywhere else, but he wouldn’t have been surprised if quarters in Mozambique looked like flattened beer caps. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Flora Baumbach slapped a wad of bills on the table and two clinking quarters. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z There were living quarters so that when they got busy on some crucial test they did not need to drive back to Ithaca. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Anyway, Rabscuttle got separated from the others, and after wandering about for some time, he strayed into the guards’ quarters outside King Darzin’s city; and they caught him and took him up to the King. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Her maids, leaving their quarters, came with white arms bare to clear the wine cups and the bread, and move the trestle boards where men had lingered drinking. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Esteban was as madly in love as an adolescent, despite the fact that the movement of the ship made Clara uncontrollably ill and the tight quarters gave her asthma. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She imagined him at his desk in his boys’ quarters, near his small humming refrigerator, writing in that calm manner of his. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It had been “believed in some quarters that brilliant new ideas would flow from the establishment of competition,” he wrote Colonel Fields at the AEC. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Three quarters said they woke up before six. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z He wondered if they were going to kill him, and his hand trembled, just a little, and one of the quarters dropped from his fingertip onto the stained green baize of the card table. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Soft, salty bread and white cheese, slices of spiced meat, and quarters of some big, globed fruit that tasted of sugared rain. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Fold the paper in half, then into quarters, and one more into eighths. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I saw her hind quarters fall off to one side. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sorry about that, Matthias, my old lad. When these chaps gave up chasing me, I scooted back to my den. Spring cleaning, y’know. A bit late, but I’m only a bachelor in single quarters, what!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “It wasn’t exactly a choice,” Mama said, but Cook ignored her and continued chattering on at Ophie as they walked down the narrow hallway to the servants’ quarters out behind the house. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z After all, in arithmetic, four quarters adds up to the same thing as two halves. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z But the string is also vibrating in halves, thirds, quarters, fifths, and so on, producing harmonics. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The quarters of all the nearby plantations were thoroughly searched and no small number of slaves beaten on principle. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Beneath the main deck are the crew’s quarters. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Discovering, while scuffling with an enemy at a circus, that adults would give quarters to fighting kids to pacify them, Louie declared a truce with the enemy and they cruised around staging brawls before strangers. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z The boys found their quarters down in tourist class and stowed their gear. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He left Shadow his copy of Herodotus with several actual coins hidden in the pages: two quarters, a penny, and a nickel. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z More than three quarters of the knights were there, massed together like a great steel fist. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He stepped up to the Joust machine and dropped both quarters into the left coin slot. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z What I didn’t know was that the hippie’s own quarters were properly heated, and that the students who had lived there in the past had come there well armed with space heaters and electric blankets. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He, too, winks at me with his one working eye, and decorates the walls of his quarters with what he calls “the telltale visions of a captain triumphant.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Nice crib,” said Big Tony, looking around the cozy dog quarters. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Malcolm had never seen a baby at close quarters, and he was struck at once by how real she seemed. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z She realized that the corridor she had walked in up above was merely a long entranceway, and that the halls around her were the rats’ real living quarters. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z "Don't forget his living quarters," the tall man said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Unless you plan on telling her, which I don’t suggest. Come on, I’ll take you back to your quarters.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He turned about three quarters of the way around, and I hurriedly took it from my backpack and put it on the table. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Only thing you know is every Saturday, starting now, you got two more quarters to put in your sugar bowl.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes younger women came and went in the commander’s quarters and emerged with sheepish smiles. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Fie was assigned quarters on my old floor, but he has so many mental relapses, he still basically lives in the hospital. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z When he had finished with his handkerchief, he folded it neatly in quarters and replaced it in his pocket. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Obviously his assault was staged to unhinge me, the same way Darius’s presence in my quarters was. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z These vast architectural complexes included not only an inner shrine but workshops, storehouses, and residential quarters. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z In the eighteen years that I lived in that house, I stepped into Hassan and Ali’s quarters only a handful of times. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She made it up after she caught me standing guard while Jenna stole quarters from the cow-shaped cookie jar in their kitchen. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Her final night in the quarters was sleepless, even though she needed her strength. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Extra torches were being lit in all quarters, so the city looked almost bathed in sunlight. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Our old quarters have been destroyed by the bombings. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z With so many people in such close quarters, when one person took sick, the rest fell like dominoes. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He rented a storefront on Sheriff Street, with living quarters in the back. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z This meant I had to spend part of each day cleaning up his quarters. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Ricky bought it from the town dump with a jar of quarters—or so he claimed—a pedigree whose odor even the forest of air-freshener trees he’d hung from the mirror couldn’t mask. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It seemed absurd to spend my nights in such cramped quarters with an animal who was becoming roomy in his needs, when I could have an entire island. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z When she turned to me, I brought mine, folded in crisp quarters, out of my skirt pocket. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The school is mostly quiet when Izzi and I emerge from the slaves' quarters. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I take out my plastic cash bag and pay him one dollar and four quarters. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z About three quarters of the food of the chickadee is animal, including all stages of the life cycle of many insects. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The first blow had paralyzed its hind quarters, so then the circle could close in and beat and beat. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I know who you are, Mr. Potter, but even you must understand that it’s against school covenant for parents or professors to enter a House quarters without express permission from . Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z We headed over to the Country Store and, like magicians, turned quarters and dimes into gelatin-based sweets. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z When the creatures strained against their leather straps and pawed at the air, their barking made every soul in the quarters want to run to their cabins. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, even in a crowded warren, visitors in the form of young rabbits seeking desirable dry quarters may be tolerated...and if powerful enough they may obtain and hold a place. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And women, he said, should stay at home in purdah quarters at all times: They should go out only in emergencies and only wearing a burqa and only with a male relative. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Only the servants used this stair, for the fourth floor held only servants’ quarters, storage closets for linens and out-of-season clothes, sewing rooms, and so forth. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z The servants’ quarters lay behind the house and some distance away. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z She must have slipped into some shop in the proletarian quarters and bought herself a complete set of makeup materials. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I should go ask my mom to trade me quarters for my bill. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z So I find myself following him down the hall that leads to his quarters. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She sliced the soft, fuzzy plomms into quarters on the big wooden chopping block. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Cheeks burning, I pushed two quarters through the gap under the window. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Now are you willing to concede that there is some faint connection, not necessarily between two eccentrics, but with a—um—general turn of mind that exists in some quarters across the water?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z There’s no time to show them anything but how to point and pull the trigger, but in close quarters, that might be enough. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The crew quarters stood against the outer hull of the constantly spinning ship to maximize simulated gravity. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z We are nowhere near any of the Collective’s living quarters, so I’m wondering exactly where he could have seen the book. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “It certainly does,” the dog replied, sniffing around to see what their new quarters were like. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z So that bear retreated to consult the bear above him, and before long Lyra was ushered inside the palace again, but into the state quarters this time. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Since beats normally get divided into halves and quarters, this is the easiest way for composers to write beats that are divided into thirds. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Now no one dared leave their quarters at night, and King Claudius’s men watched like hawks, when they were not drinking or sleeping. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Because of the tight quarters—the whole house would have fit in Aunt Ivy’s parlor—the bed had been hinged to the wall. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z They were transferring it to living quarters attached to the hospital. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Mole's Town was bigger than it seemed, but three quarters of it was under the ground, in deep warm cellars connected by a maze of tunnels. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Finally, around three in the morning, Clarence and his twin brother, Clement, came to escort the kids to their sleeping quarters. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z It wasn’t even an official game—it was a preseason scrimmage—but the stands around the rink, the three quarters designated for Fullbrook fans, were jam-packed. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the passageway, before an enormous mural of Saint George and the Dragon over the staircase landing, he folded the ship’s newspaper into quarters and put it into his left hip pocket. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Low-ranked wrestlers must tend to their superiors, preparing their meals, cleaning their quarters, and even soaping up their hardest-to-reach body parts. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z So he brought pen and ink and paper from his quarters, and once again she said the words, those she could recall. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d spent the last three days in close quarters with the guy, getting razzed by the other campers and embarrassed a million times a day, constantly reminded that I was related to him. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Acererak once again produced two quarters and dropped them into the Joust machine. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Shin arrived at night near the train station in Hamhung, a coastal city of about three quarters of a million people. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He folded this in quarters, wrote “Deliver to Loris Harrow” in big letters on the outside, and pinned it to the kiosk. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z In the heart of Tokyo is the secure neighborhood of Mejiro, where a gated estate of luxury quarters house Warcross teams for the duration of the tournament. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Turning to Clay, Mr. Derby said, “Son, run down to the quarters tomorrow and get one of the slaves from the fishing gang to take her place.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Returning a pair of gloves to the store when they gave her two pair instead of the one pair she paid for; giving quarters she finds on the seat to conductors on the trolley. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But my father rubbed his hands in delight, for even these lowly quarters proved his good fortune. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Before they left, they went to Nana’s room in the servants’ quarters. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Milo had at his disposal sumptuous quarters inside a salmon-pink palace, but Yossarian and Orr were not allowed to accompany him inside because they were Christian infidels. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Carol is only ten and three quarters but she’s growing breasts. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z People are always forgetting to do that, so I get the left-behind quarters. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z There is an abundance of interesting fact relating to all our major diseases, and more items of information are coming in steadily from all quarters in biology. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s really tiny for a girl who is age ten and three quarters. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z It turned out we’d come in through the jailer’s living quarters. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z On the top floor, in what we guessed was originally the nuns’ quarters, we found a trunk full of dolls, old, old dolls, with leathery skin that was broken and creased from wear or age. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z It was only her bellows that could penetrate to their quarters—not her heavy hands. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m sending extra security to the team quarters. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I grimace and scurry back to my quarters, waiting for someone to come investigate the noise. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I don’t refer merely to the glaring fact that the minister eventually acquires houses and Cadillacs while the faithful continue to scrub floors and drop their dimes and quarters and dollars into the plate. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z There were five city quarters, designated by the Greek letters alpha through epsilon. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z I noticed the way his hind quarters shifted over to the right, never in line with the front, yet always in perfect rhythm. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Once Beck and I got to his quarters, we waited for the ship to re- pressurize. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though Cook had offered many more times for Ophie and Mama to stay in one of the rooms in the empty servants’ quarters, Mama continued to refuse. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I’d say three quarters of the group are women, of which I’m by far the youngest. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z He resisted it for three quarters of an hour before his breathing slowed and he went to sleep. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It hadn’t moved from its cramped quarters all day. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I stayed at a doctor’s house in Johannesburg, sleeping in the servants’ quarters at night, and working in the doctor’s study during the day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The door of the slave quarters was slightly ajar, but Ignatius threw himself against it anyway, shattering several panes of glass. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He had tom down the old slave quarters on his property. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z We were inside the servants’ quarters, which was really more of a toolshed added on to the back of the house, full of wooden ladders, buckets of old paint, turpentine. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z During the second, a Level Two drill meant for minor crises—such as a temporary quarantine while citizens were tested for contagion during a flu outbreak—we were supposed to return to our living quarters. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Elizabeth Drinker heard more stories of friends who had died, and lamented: “Desolution, Cruelty and Distress have of late resounded in our ears from many quarters.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z There the house lost its aristocratic bearing and the kennels, chicken coops, and servants’ quarters began. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Tempers began to wear thin in the close quarters. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The door to the stokers’ quarters was locked. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z I put my hand down and looked at the painting of a sailboat on the wall, wondering if anyone on that boat had to share quarters with someone they didn’t have much in common with. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z The crooked collection of mud-brick huts in the beastkeepers’ quarters seemed so much smaller in the daytime. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z And I had no trouble walking or seeing my hand put quarters into the slot on the bus. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because all the quarters billeted for majors and above are filled up,” Bull explained. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Ernest sprinted back to his bachelor quarters at Berkeley’s Faculty Club to share his theory with his fellow residents, most of them unmarried junior faculty members like himself. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z As if I am in a familiar grocery store, I look along the meadow edge until I see what I’ve come for—the delicious leaves of the lamb’s- quarters. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the town looked like servants’ quarters surrounding the “big house.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z My hands were shaking, and the quarters squeezed in my fist were wet with sweat. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z At first he was pleased by what he saw: The Washingtons, extremely distressed, had raised an outcry about their lost son, seeking help from all quarters. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z In the close quarters of the ’tween deck, it is hard to miss much. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Tommy lived in what everyone called the home-house—a four- room log cabin that once served as slave quarters, with plank floors, gas lanterns, and water Henrietta hauled up a long hill from the creek. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I would often wander away from the children’s games, tiptoe through the women’s quarters, and join the men. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He began walking faster, as if he couldn’t wait to see his creation at close quarters. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z And now there was an acrimonious madrigal, with parts sung in all quarters of the car. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I took three quarters out of my shoulder purse and dropped them into the PTA can. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z She spent some nights in Obinze’s boys’ quarters, lounging on his mattress on the floor, listening to music. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z That afternoon, they put me to work chopping firewood to heat the soldiers’ quarters. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “She didn't eat lunch. Caught her wandering the servants’ quarters a little while ago. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Well, to tell you the truth, I hardly go into Salisbury myself, so I couldn't really say what it's like at close quarters. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z According to reports, he did not join the queen in her quarters. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He was right: After Regina had visited him once, she wrote to him about his cramped quarters: “You can hardly turn around.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z "My thanks, Lord Petyr, but I will be taking Lord Stark's former quarters in the Tower of the Hand." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As befit his rank and station, Quentyn Martell had been given quarters within the Great Pyramid, two levels down—a handsome suite of rooms with its own privy and walled terrace. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Now African-American and white soldiers shared things like sleeping quarters, meals, equipment, foxholes, trains, planes, and cars. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z One of the tasks he had to oversee, in 1710, was the move away from the cramped quarters at Gresham College to larger premises at Crane Court. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “The officers are discussing where to erect the winter quarters for the soldiers.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The living quarters and dining rooms of the tenured scholars would have been in the very same building, affording easy access to the collections. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z On the third floor were our sleeping quarters. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest of Ferula’s quarters seemed to Clara to fit precisely with the nightmare that had begun when her sister-in-law appeared in the dining room of the big house on the corner to say goodbye. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She walked slowly and thoughtfully to the quarters. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Now, Kwang’s political machinery was just beginning to market him in the other quarters of the city. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He had, I supposed, the first time he went into it, discovered there were living quarters upstairs—perhaps he had even gone up and looked. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z But we only had the wagon three quarters full on this run. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z There were riots there, and men tumbled olT the piers, pushed by crowds; wealth would not deign to pass through those quarters, for fear of what was yelled and what was thrown. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Leroy folds the paper in quarters and tucks it under his thigh. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z They would have to live well together in close quarters for weeks at a time—traveling, eating, sleeping, and racing without internal friction among them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She reached into her pants pocket and took out two quarters. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Her dad unfolded the section he was reading and then refolded it in quarters so he could read a different part of the page. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The emotional atmosphere in the cramped quarters became tense, ugly, petty, bickering. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z With quarters, nickels, and dimes jostling in my pocket, I stepped off the train and into the California sunshine. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z I push the questions out of my head, unlock the door, and enter my quarters. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z At three quarters of a mile, they were just one second off the world record. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They had covered more than three quarters of a mile before Bigwig and Hazel halted to rest and to make sure that no one had fallen behind. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They made a sound like money, like quarters tumbling together. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z For the next nine years, Desdemona complained of the cramped quarters and of the pain in her legs when she descended the stairs; but every time my father offered to move her downstairs, she refused. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Viola refused to call it either the laboratory or the former slave quarters. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He found two quarters and tossed them into the man’s outstretched hands, swaying above his head, and both the man and the woman dropped to their knees in the sand to find them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I have to go five blocks out of the way and use up a lot of quarters, but it’s worth it. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I step on and toss in some quarters with a clink. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z I have a few quarters in my pocket and a key to our house tucked into a pocket my mother has sewn into the inside of my jeans after I lost my third key. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z For my mom's birthday last year, I filled a pencil case with quarters and wrapped it in newspaper. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He held up a finger, asking me to wait, and walked to his living quarters. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z In order that Tucker could keep at least one of each kind of coin, Harry Cat figured out that they should bring over one half dollar, four quarters, one dime, five nickels, and fifteen cents. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z But as they were walking from the house towards the Orangery—where the guardians had their living quarters—Tommy began to get an inkling this was something different. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z My quarters were uncomfortable, certainly, they were foully dirty and bitterly cold; but it never occurred to me that they were actually unsafe. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Coming from the opposite direction, from the slave quarters, the sharp wailing cry of a newborn could be heard. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Some rabbits scurried through the quarters going east. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Thula, with yet another infant to tend to, was no happier in their cramped quarters in the basement than she had been in the cabin. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Some required only speed: How many quarters in twenty dollars? The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “I guarantee you we won’t move from these quarters I am about to show you,” Bull said proudly. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Pong looked in the direction of his living quarters at the back of the temple, near the forest edge. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z A little chunky girl took to picking a play out of Tea Cake in the fields and in die quarters. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z She ripped the letter in half, ripped the halves in quarters, and let the pieces flutter to the floor. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Uncle Vernon’s large red face was hidden behind the morning’s Daily Mail, and Aunt Petunia was cutting a grapefruit into quarters, her lips pursed over her horselike teeth. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z After the speech, Kissinger and Nixon walked together toward the president’s living quarters. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It took not half an hour but an hour and three quarters, because Will had to stop and rest several times. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Out back, in the walkway between the house proper and the servants’ quarters, Chucha is putting out her bedding to sun on the line. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z They settled in, had a quick dinner, then sat around an empty spot in their tight quarters—no fire for fear of being seen. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z But Quirin and Heinck were assigned to the crew's quarters, where they had to wait until a bed was available before they could lie down to sleep. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z It certainly comes out, living in such close quarters with people, which ones are only looking out for themselves and which ones are thinking about the whole group. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The poorer quarters swarmed with women who were ready to sell themselves. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Only about three quarters of the bunks were full. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Over three quarters of a century ago, Charles Darwin published a book titled The Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the Action of Worms, with Observations on Their Habits. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I grabbed it out of my dresser drawer and ran to the servants’ quarters. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z My quarters are larger than our entire house back home. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z When Ajarry planted there, soon after her long march to the plantation, the plot was a rumble of dirt and scrub behind her cabin, at the end of the line of slave quarters. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Two of them killed it and made a fire and when the large-cut chunks had been cooked, the commander asked that all of it be brought to his quarters. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z "This will pay your debts and buy you clothing. Call me in the morning and I'll have selected your living quarters. For a start your salary will be sixty dollars a week." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Their job was to get the living quarters ready, and to make sure the pilots could land when they arrived in their Yaks. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The laboratory was just an old shed that had once been part of the slave quarters. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z |
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