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People are rarely as attractive in reality as they are in the eyes of the people who are in love with them. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z
Beetee, an older inventor from 3, who I rarely see because he was pulled into weapons development the minute he could sit upright. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
If you mean “inherent,” “present,” or “dwelling within,” the word is the rarely heard immanent. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
She rarely talks about the guys she dates; it must be some tacit agreement she has with my mother. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z
Neither chronological nor alphabetical but it rarely varies, unless Ruth May gets distracted and falls out of line. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
For years, Mommy rarely talked about my father. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
As my father says, we live in a neighborhood, but we rarely see the neighbors. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
Whether by man or woman, however, God the Father was rarely addressed directly. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
Homer rarely spoke apart from his hectoring of the horses. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
But my feelings of guilt rarely compel me to change my plans, either. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z
Cora rarely thought of the boy she had killed. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
All he wanted to do was make Tyler Simpson hurt, a kind of singular purpose that he rarely felt outside the mat. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
Once she’s fixed in front of the Vista Lounge window, she rarely leaves until someone makes her leave. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z
That lesson has served Asians well in many endeavors but rarely so perfectly as in the case of mathematics. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
He was his father in so many ways: the way he fanned out his cards with both hands, the way he squinted while reading them, the way he rarely looked a person in the eye. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
However, history textbooks for young people rarely invite students to question or think critically about that part of the US origin story. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z
Gertrude rarely spoke to me, but I gazed on her, my eyes drinking in her beauty. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
Not that she was a bad sport; in fact, she was a very good one, and she rarely complained. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
Composers at the very cutting-edge of change are rarely the ones whose music lasts longest. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z
And when they are released from prison, they rarely find themselves in the ghetto. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
Contrary to popular wisdom, bullies are rarely cowards. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z
I left a note for Charlie on the table, explaining again where to find dinner, switched my scruffy wallet from my school bag to a purse I rarely used, and ran out to join Jessica. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
Which was true—back then Randall rarely sold the little ones. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
“So I have a bunch of names,” he says today, “from Jimmy to James to whatever they want to call you. Timmy. But they rarely call you Loser.” Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z
“Of course I am. So what’s your plan? You’ll stay and help us fight, obviously, but where will you sleep? Not with me, my room’s a single. Exceptions rarely made.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z
The faces I draw rarely change, like they come from cookie-cutter molds. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
We were practicing in the far corner of a rarely frequented Jack in the Box parking lot when Yusef first showed up, and I was upside down when I saw him. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
It might be the clever thing to do, but cleverness did not win victories; the bright combinations rarely worked. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
That they had virtually all come from lives of obscurity and poverty is in itself remarkable and a phenomenon rarely witnessed in Western music before the twentieth century. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z
He thought about different possibilities a lot in his head, but they rarely mentioned his dad at home. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
She was the bravest, strongest woman I’d ever known, and though I knew she faced all kinds of discrimination on a daily basis, she only rarely discussed it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
But despite his Nazi trappings, he rarely talked about his political beliefs. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
He rarely bothered to look at the signs over the door which indicated what work was done inside. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
She stopped checking her mail and rarely left the house except to work her shifts driving a school bus for disabled children. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
But all the bright theories so rarely worked. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
He rarely joins her, but it’s Friday and the stapler-stealing-and-breaking person at work hasn’t come out to apologize yet and it’s driving him crazy. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z
He was affectionate in ways she rarely encountered in men, and he was adept at business. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
Staggering racial disparities in the drug war continue but rarely make the news. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
“Beauty is rarely soft or consolatory. Quite the contrary. Genuine beauty is always quite alarming.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z
I often walked past the Peales’ house, but rarely had the chance to speak with him. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Somehow there were rarely white people in the park, never groups of their families, just young couples, if anything. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
My recollection of Mr Lewis is that of a gentleman of generous dimensions with a genial smile that rarely left his face. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z
The seals and penguins might not last, and even if they made it to summer, whaling ships rarely came anywhere near Elephant Island: no one knew to look for them there. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z
When he was a parent in the bleachers, he was always shouting at Coach Trent to bring in Brayden to pitch and to make changes, but Coach Trent rarely listened, and Webb rarely listens now. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z
Miss Kirwin’s students were never or very rarely called upon to open textbooks. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
Abu rarely spoke about his childhood, so these stories were all new to me, and I loved hearing about where I came from and what my father was like as a child. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
Her eyes were alight, like she rarely accepted a compliment, but would accept just this one time. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
Although the boy is taught in English at school, he rarely uses anything but Spanish at home. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z
Lord Bertulf rarely let his tenants and vassals finish their claims before announcing his judgment. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z
Mom rarely buys fancy church-lady hats for herself, but for Penny, she’ll sometimes pick out a crazy- looking straw hat with bows and ribbons and bring it home. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
He rarely left with the gossip magazines; copies of Vintage People and Prime People and Lagos Life littered Aunty Uju’s house, with their blurry photos and garish headlines. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
Frightful was an excellent hunter who rarely missed. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z
After a time the hinge squeaked less frequently, then only rarely, or else, as his muscles hardened and his work grew correspondingly less exhausting, he slept more deeply and did not hear it. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z
It happened so rarely, and was such a treat for the entire community when it did. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z
He remarked that he had watched General Lee during much of the engagement that day and that the General rarely sent messages. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
Why would a full-grown man place a foreign object into his mouth, especially if it was brown and discovered in a rarely used suitcase? Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z
Most black babies were born at home in those days—rarely in hospitals. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
For the first month, Shin rarely went outdoors. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z
She pulls me up and hugs me, rarely stopping to sit in the rocking chair anymore, and rushes me to the bathroom because I usually have to go really bad first thing in the morning. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
If the club is not crowded—which it rarely is downstairs anymore—Flora will sometimes give Mr. Go her company for three or four songs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
His mother’s badger dæmon rarely spoke, but when he did, Malcolm always listened with close attention. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z
Once he told me that, being so slow-thinking, he had to guide his acts by a general intuition of which way his “luck” was running, and that this intuition rarely failed him. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z
She had never talked to her father like this before; she rarely talked to him anyway. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
During the month that he played in the tournament, Bobby was rarely seen outside of the hotel: He spent most of the time holed up in his room, weighing strategy and tactics. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
He rarely says anything other than "Good job, Chantal," but I'm always aware of his eyes on my technique as I drive the Larsen family heirloom. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
Nancy exuded a purity rarely found among the church girls. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z
But on the other hand: ‘Words are like leaves and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.’ Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z
Terman's gifted children, in short, rarely ended up being as special as they initially promised to be. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z
The boss let his guard down now, as he did but rarely, and then usually only when alone, or occasionally—as now—with his longtime secretary. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
The old grizzly bear rarely showed the slightest hint of emotion—unless he was yelling or screaming or pounding on something ... or someone— but he often showed how much he genuinely cared. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
Milton, whom we had rarely seen in sunlight before, was suddenly out in the backyard, reading the newspaper. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
I didn’t see the emperor, and the Villac Uma rarely left the litter. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z
No pork or veal was ever eaten at Granny’s, and rarely was there meat of any kind. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
His mom rarely got upset with him, but he rarely did anything to get upset over. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z
He rarely told the thoughts in his mind. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
But we rarely get sponsors and he's a big part of the reason why. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
Even when she was very angry, Mami rarely swore or used vulgar language. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
She rarely goes to mass, but she’s got the required crucifix over the kitchen doorway, the rosary in the dresser drawer, and the stack of dead relatives’ funeral cards, held together with a rubber band. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
He sat between the two boys at the table and helped them with their food, smiling when they talked but rarely answering. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z
He rarely curses, drinks moderately, and dresses as plainly as possible. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
“And where is your sister? I so rarely see the two of you apart.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
We rarely missed going to the Vets on Saturday nights and eventually worked up the courage to ask girls to dance. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z
When she was a child, he had rarely seemed to notice her at all. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
The motif of a young woman contemplating her beauty goes all the way back to antiquity, but rarely has it been depicted with such disturbing Overtones. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
I worked the printing presses at the Idisher Kuryer, which rarely delved into politics and spent its page space kvetching about community controversies. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
In the same way, when we buy a package of hamburger at a supermarket, we rarely think of the living cow. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z
The girl who rarely talks and, when she does, is very hard to understand. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z
Since cattle were almost never killed, the difficulty rarely came up. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
Even though his mother made sure he spent one weekend out of the month with Mr. Miller, Ms. Byrd rarely spoke of him. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z
People seemed very busy, and rarely did anyone stop to chat with someone else in the corridors. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Shin did not distinguish himself with diligence and rarely touched soap. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z
In these days Napoleon rarely appeared in public, but spent all his time in the farmhouse, which was guarded at each door by fierce-looking dogs. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z
The white poor have a vastly different experience in America than do poor people of color, as they are rarely relegated to racially segregated urban areas characterized by intense poverty. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
I can still hear them begging when I go sit with Brother Khoi, who rarely speaks anymore but I’m happy to be near him. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
All thirteen share one bathroom, and the established pecking order means the Peraltas rarely get to use the kitchen. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z
Due to the stench and what our mother referred to as "one small scrap of dignity," my sisters and I rarely entered the back room. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z
Harry was surprised to see the Divination teacher, Professor Trelawney, sitting on Hagrid’s other side; she rarely left her tower room, and he had never seen her at the start-of-term feast before. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
I would set the horse in its harness for the plow, but I rarely did the plowing. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Celia comes to their house with packets of food and encourages her grandson to eat, but Ivanito rarely touches the croquettes or the pork tamales she brings. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
For example, if one were to keep track of the proportion of the time that the number of heads exceeded the number of tails, one might be surprised that it is rarely close to half. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
From his church Helmuth helps himself to carbon paper and typing paper—bright red paper, rarely used, so it won't be missed. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z
No. But Luke rarely saw things other than black and white. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
She had rarely spoken of it again, but Hanako had not forgotten it. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
It's a problem that rarely comes up on Earth, but hey. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
Tribal tokens mark a favor owed— they're not offered lightly and are rarely given out by women. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
She returned to Monroe County but secluded herself and was rarely seen in public. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
Alan stays in the back because he rarely does his homework. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
Wherever he traveled in the world, he rarely took time to enjoy the local culture or history, such as Machu Picchu in Peru or the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
We rarely talk, which suits us both just fine. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
Even when we moved from our tiny first house and I got my “own” bedroom, it was rarely my own. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
They played other teams of good- natured alcoholics, and while fistfights occasionally broke out, rarely was there a gunfight afterwards. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
I think that any city’s police will tell you that very rarely do they find one type who will work at another time. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
We played sandlot baseball and rarely had a ball that was not taped, or resewn so that it had a lump in it that gave it a natural curve when you threw it. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z
He rarely spoke unless his mouth was full. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
A drone is a note that changes rarely or not at all. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z
He lived only about twenty minutes away, but we rarely saw each other. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z
Childhood friendships were rarely renewed under such conditions. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
The leap of the imagination is sometimes experienced as a flash of inspiration, but only rarely does a new idea emerge full-blown like Athena from the head of Zeus. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
Since it generally attacks the sleeping, though, its victims rarely have a chance to use any magic against it. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
Eastern horses rarely came to the West in those days, but the size of the purse had brought Rosemont over the Rockies. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
In my experience, people who have been incarcerated rarely have difficulty identifying the parallels between these systems of social control. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
Mercy sat, as usual, slightly in the shadow beside the hearth, her needles moving so automatically that she rarely glanced at her work. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z
It had knocked the wind out of her, and she was a girl who rarely got the wind knocked out of her. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z
He rarely showed up when a particular movie was about to begin, so he’d seen beginnings, finales, and middles of dozens of movies, but hardly any in their entirety. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mr Farraday will usually have just returned from his short walk on the downs at that point, so he is rarely engrossed in his reading or writing as he tends to be in the evenings. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z
She's rarely interested in me; it's not hard for me to tell the difference when she actually is. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
My parents were rarely consulted on what should happen to me when my condition became grave. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
This dragon produces a very vivid scarlet flame, though by dragon standards it is not particularly aggressive and will rarely kill unless hungry. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
These seven errors, furthermore, are rarely problems of knowledge or flying skill. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
Carl rarely laughed, but he did not seem, to Art’s way of thinking, unhappy or dissatisfied. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z
He was three years older than me, and we rarely spoke. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z
It gave me a sharpness of heart and mind; I experienced clarity then as I rarely did during the rest of the year. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
These things—big events, letting other people feed on his own energy—are rarely too much for Alex. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
We Were in a back bathroom that rarely got used. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z
We rarely locked the doors so whatever was on that trailer must have been top secret. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
She rarely baked cookies, but I soon smelled their aroma drifting down from the kitchen. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
Bliss rarely allowed Garfield to meet with his cabinet, and then for only a few minutes. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
I rarely have visitors, and so there’s no one to lend books to. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
She rarely wears makeup, frequently shows up to class in mismatched shoes, and is obscenely passionate about science. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
There was a faint note of pride in his voice that Harry had rarely heard there before. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
Entangling happened so rarely that he had begun to think of it as a myth, something from the past. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z
Mama and Baba rarely talk finances in front of me. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
The numbers were rarely used after the Naming. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z
This translates to mean: What we expect rarely occurs; what we don't expect is what happens. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z
She lived in Dallas, and though she was rarely there, it was only a day’s drive. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z
But only rarely, fortunately, does one of them infect one of us and cause this dread disease. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
It is an old and rarely used gesture of our district, occasionally seen at funerals. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
Back in Chicago, separated again from Barack, I still sometimes went to my old happy-hour gatherings, though I rarely stayed out late. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
Lucky for me—and everybody else—I rarely have to meet people. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
She spoke rarely, but she listened intently, storing up stories for Charlie. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z
Teachers at Shin’s school rarely rotated to other jobs. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z
He read news online, but rarely bought a newspaper or a magazine. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Others have their favorite spots which they rarely leave, choosing to pass the entire night in the Menagerie or the Hall of Mirrors. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
To this day the edict remains, but rarely needs to be invoked, because few are foolish enough to impersonate a scythe. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
My father rarely drinks and never with me. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
“It’s a compliment! Heroes rarely have the guts to demand things. Usually they just sulk until a magical sidekick feels bad for them and does all the work while they get all the credit.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
She rarely responded directly but sent hugs and kisses in Mami’s letters. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
She chose a weekend when she knew things would be calm at work; it was just after Christmas, and there was rarely much work till well after New Year’s. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
And this trick, which she had, unconsciously, picked up from her father, rarely failed to work. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z
I was rarely appeased by the words piping hot. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z
We spend our lives surrounded by all kinds of sounds that are unique to our environment, yet we rarely pay attention to them. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z
“I’ve rarely had so much fun in my life,” she said. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z
Their kids were grown, and it was rarely used anymore. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z
He rarely feels the reality of knowledge, of other men’s thoughts and imaginings, on his own pulses... Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
A picture was worth a thousand words, because rarely did anyone bother to read the words that went with the picture. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
We rarely ate dinner around the table as a family. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z
Richard paused, pleased to feel the strangely inchoate intimacy that came with talking about himself, something he rarely did. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
She had a hard face and blinked so rarely that Olanna was disconcerted by her wide-eyed stare the first time they spoke. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
I had rarely had reason to enter my father's room prior to this occasion and I was newly struck by the smallness and starkness of it. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z
Alone in her apartment, she cried and cried, crumpled on her living room rug that was so rarely used it still smelled of the store. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
After that, I rarely spoke to Shannon or Mary and they rarely spoke to me, except to remind me to do my share of the chores, which I never did. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
Gabriel would rarely give answers to these questions, usually staring blankly back at his captor or asking politely to be freed. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z
Though Robinson owned her own car and rarely rode the city bus, the memory of the driver’s bullying behavior and how humiliated she had felt wouldn’t go away. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z
There is a sort of camaraderie that rarely exists except between men who have fought the same enemies and known the same women. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Her students were old enough that she rarely read aloud to them, but today she wanted them to be able to focus on what she called the “magnificent melancholy of Charlotte’s final moments.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z
“They are fine for rote learning, but the study of naming requires a level of dedication that ravel such as yourself rarely possess.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Ruth was permitted to sleep until the sun rose, went to bed when Madam retired, and rarely had to work in the kitchen or garden. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
Though he rarely called you a brother, sister, son. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
Talk is cheerful, the way talk is among people who rarely see one another and then are surprised that they have so much to say. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
I have rarely talked to anyone about my mother, for I believe that I am capable of killing a person, without hesitation, who happened to make the wrong kind of remark about my mother. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
The priest is rarely seen and is never of importance. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
Taisin rarely spoke, and Kaede had not yet determined whether it was because she was disinterested in conversation or merely shy. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
Peering out the window as the bus rounded the comer and the front doors flew open, I noticed that Mommy stood apart from the other mothers, rarely speaking to them. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
In the part of Africa where he had lived all his life, the temperature rarely dropped below seventy degrees. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
Isobel sits in a rarely occupied armchair in the corner of Marco’s flat, a rainbow of silk ribbon twisted around her fingers as she attempts in vain to form it into a single elaborate braid. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
I handled it only rarely, like a holy relic. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Harrison and I avoided each other after that and we rarely spoke. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mr. Ortega, the music teacher, rarely said anything to him except, “No! No! No!” when Matt struck a wrong note. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
Immediately upon their arrival, they would follow the contractor’s directions, start working—rarely resting—seemingly driven by a fatalistic sense that work which had to be done was best done as quickly as possible. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
The journey is supposed to take fifty-four minutes, but it rarely does: this section of the track is ancient, decrepit, beset with signalling problems and never-ending engineering works. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
His death was little noticed; jockey fatalities were so common that they rarely earned more than a slim paragraph in the press. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
Instead the bones remained in boxes, rarely disturbed, for more than a century. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
Only rarely, in fact maybe never, had he really felt that these kinds of people, that these Chicanos, belonged to a race not his own. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
Despite spending four years at Hampton Institute, she had rarely left the campus and came to the city as a virtual stranger. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z
Because she’s such a good cook, we rarely eat out with Grandma. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z
He rarely called me anything, but when he had to, “Katz” was the preferred form of address. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
I had rarely felt it before, and never for anything substantial. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
In any case, they rarely bothered him, now. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z
But for residents of Pyongyang, electricity is intermittent at best, hot water is rarely available, and travel outside the country is difficult except for diplomats and state-sponsored businessmen. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z
She watched him clench and unclench his fists, fighting the anger that wanted to explode inside him—an anger so intense that she knew he was rarely denied. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z
So the two groups exist in separate realms—the mestizos in theirs and the middle-class indigenas in theirs—and rarely do they mix. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
His caution in the past may have cost him an arrest or two, but he had rarely, if ever, made a serious mistake. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
Teachers rarely lasted very long in the country schools. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
The first automobiles imported to San Francisco had so little power that they rarely made it up the hills. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
“You should know I rarely do this in front of people. This is akin to show me yours, and I’ll show you mine.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z
And secondly because he rarely knew any answers. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z
I rarely had time to read it myself. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
Police usually release the innocent on the street—often without a ticket, citation, or even an apology—so their stories are rarely heard in court. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
Gloria’s father was rarely home in the daytime except on Sunday—today, for instance—and when he was, he proved a genial and understanding person. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z
We talked at night, of course, but we rarely had a chance to connect during the day, in person. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
Most embezzlers lead quiet and theoretically happy lives; employees who steal company property are rarely detected. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z
The woman rarely gives compliments and seriously loves her bangles. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z
Thus we live a closed, hard existence of the utmost superficiality, and rarely does an incident strike out a spark. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
For its first one hundred years, it was thinly populated, rarely numbering more than ten thousand people. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
Their father didn’t live there and was rarely discussed. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
An odd sight, since he was rarely home during the day, and she had not once ever seen a white man enter the kitchen. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z
Rarely was the word silver upon their lips because rarely was silver in their hands. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z
Change is gradual and incremental, and when one lives in the midst of one’s family, one rarely notices differences in them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Be honored, Percy Jackson. Lord Zeus rarely allows me to test a hero with one of my brood. For I am the Mother of Monsters, the terrible Echidna!” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z
But we rarely bumped into each other, and when we did, he always flashed me his cool, ironic smile and greeted me with an offhand, "How you doing?" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
She rarely read back over what she had written, but she liked to flip the filled pages. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
She herself had rarely so much as held a coin in her hand, and for sixteen years she had never questioned the costly and beautiful things that surrounded her. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z
In the vortex of the struggle, when one is constantly reacting to changing circumstances, one rarely has the chance to carefully consider all the ramifications of one’s decisions or policies. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Orlando, the boy whose body I’m in, rarely wakes before noon on Sunday, so if I keep my typing quiet, his parents will leave me alone. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z
Usually he rode only about four times a week, nearly all classy horses, rarely more than one a day. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
But an economist rarely has the luxury of such pure experimentation. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z
Mama’s frustration rarely gets the best of her positive attitude. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
Jesse rarely gave much thought to his future, but when he did, he could move quickly. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Andy’s parents rarely came to their games, while Rob’s parents never missed one. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
Two hours later we had one of those hallelujah moments that come but rarely on the trail. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z
“There are very rarely disappointments, Jonas. I don’t think you need to worry about that,” his father reassured him. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z
Mom was always such a calm, wise presence, strong and rarely rattled. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
But Tiwanaku was so different in so many ways that ordinary expectations rarely apply to it. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
Paris was a good-looking guy with a brilliant smile that he rarely cared to share. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
It's a compliment one rarely receives when describing an adolescence spent drinking Icees at the North Hills Mall. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z
They rarely speak and then only a few words. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
He rarely got angry at him unless my grandfather said something mean about my mom or sister or made a scene in public. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z
Citra rarely minded the rain, but a day of gloom coupled with a day of pure tension did not sit well with her. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
I rarely got to spend time with Rose. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z
He was a quiet boy who listened more than he talked and who rarely shared his dreams or fears with anyone, even Aunt Queen, whom he adored. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
We rarely rode in his beat-up car because it did not have doors or seat belts. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z
“If you never remember, you never grow old. Innocence keeps you ageless and blameless. People are rarely punished for deeds they cannot recall.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
His jump shot looked good but he rarely made the shot. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
The Three Broomsticks was packed, mainly with Hogwarts students enjoying their free afternoon, but also with a variety of magical people Harry rarely saw anywhere else. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
Music in which the chords change rarely has a slow harmonic rhythm; music in which the chords change often has a fast harmonic rhythm. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z
We were very rarely allowed to take the books home. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
Abnegation children rarely know their parents in any significant way, because Abnegation parents never reveal themselves the way other parents do when their children grow to a particular age. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
We rarely went to the lake when I was a kid, even though it was close. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
He becomes an expert imbiber and doler-out; his competence will vary, but will rarely be accompanied by genuine enthusiasms. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
Of course, in practice, especially during the first months, we rarely stepped beyond the confines of the Cottages. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
Though men’s magazines often suffer from worse sorts of idiocies having to do with violence and assassins for hire, they rarely have these fatuous quizzes in them. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
The reserve’s hungry, thin female tigers gave birth so rarely nowadays. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z
Throughout the spring, he rarely mentioned Vietnam to reporters or in his speeches. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z
She rarely danced for her family and they in turn often forgot that she had taken ballet lessons up until the time she married Lieutenant Meecham. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
NOTE: Although standing waves are harder to get in water, the phenomenon does apparently happen very rarely in lakes, resulting in freak disasters. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z
I led him up to one of my stronghold’s rarely used “sitting rooms,” a re-creation of the living room set from Family Ties. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
I felt a twinge of annoyance because Chiron rarely gave anyone a ride, and never a mortal. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z
They don’t speak to me—rarely, and they never speak to each other. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z
Only rarely did he allow an undisguised racist remark to slip through, like the time he referred to “the purely scientific statistical evidence of natural racial distinctions in group intellect.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
He often wore a wooden cross outside his shirt, and he rarely missed Sunday church services. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
Today Zeitgeist, as the glue that holds period' styles together and accounts for their inner unity, is rarely invoked. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
Though newly arrived Mexicans often work in industries that rely on cheap labor, like restaurants and construction, they rarely organize. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z
He rarely sits down for a meal, living off a chunk of chocolate in one hand, a bit of bread in the other. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z
A full-blooded American Indian was invariably appointed a guardian, whereas a mixed-blood person rarely was. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
Pants rarely fit right because of my thick legs and round butt. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
The Fugees had practices and uniforms, and they traveled all over the state, a big draw to kids who rarely left Clarkston. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z
But even though he had always been poor, he was a happy man and rarely shed a tear. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
She knew that women were rarely the centers of such stories. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
"Very rarely, a royal will use her beauty tokens for her child, bypassing the nursery chamber at La Maison. It's quite unusual, but it happens." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
But I was rarely at home to enjoy these things. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Miss Larsen rarely participates; she is busy in the evenings creating lesson plans and studying. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
Axel rarely sees George like this and doesn’t care to see him like this now. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
“Anyway, your fears are rarely what they appear to be in the simulation,” he adds. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
A hush such as rarely fell over the Miracle Valley fell now. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
But my efforts to extend the olive branch of friendship were rarely if ever reciprocated. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
Lacking competition, racehorses in workouts rarely approach the speeds they achieve in races. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
Skipper was a skillful coach, but was rarely present to impart his knowledge. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
I led my army northward, rarely having to sidetrack; the emperor himself sent the enemies I was hunting chasing after me. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
He rarely attended community events and never joined his father at our house for dinner. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
Angel, at thirteen, was thin and reserved, but when she smiled, her eyes revealed a glow she rarely displayed otherwise. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
Technically, we’re supposed to tie our hair up for every lab, but Twig rarely does. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
I didn’t have the nerve to tell him I rarely attended school. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z
He would see them only rarely for the next four years. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
“That’s splendid. You rarely find any one any good this close to the front. This is close to the front, isn’t it?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z
We rarely had translators to help us navigate anything, unless we had an official meeting of some sort. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
He wrote regularly to Marian and complained that she rarely answered his letters. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z
He rarely spoke to his roommate, a lean, cheerful boy with sandy hair and an endless parade of girlfriends. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
It was easy to think the worst of humanity when all I saw was brutality and selfishness, and these people showed me there was still good in the world, even if I rarely saw it. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z
She’d rarely raise her voice, but there was something steely about her on these occasions and none of us, not even the Seniors, dared make a sound. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
He rarely spoke to her except to give her orders. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
“It is rarely a solid foundation for decisions to be made upon, in any game.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
He was crying, which is when I began to believe that he was really my family, because his crying was genuine and men in my culture rarely cried. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z
Moreover, the threat of violence often deterred blacks from pressing legitimate claims, making the “civil rights” of former slaves largely illusory—existing on paper but rarely to be found in real life. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
I rarely had to be directly behind him except when we climbed trees. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
She and her three sisters had attended church three times a week, rarely watched television, and had each enrolled at Christian colleges after high school. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z
We’d gotten calls from various news magazine programs over the previous few years that expressed interest in covering our work, but I was wary My general attitude was that press coverage rarely helped our clients. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
Now she was tired all the time, she rarely got to leave the hospital, and her bones were starting to ache every minute of every day. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
He rarely woke until sometime in the early afternoon. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
You rarely see white people in Garden Heights, but when you do they’re usually at Reuben’s. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z
I fall in love with it instantly, despite knowing I’ll rarely, if ever, get a chance to wear it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z
He has moist red lips; pale, almost translucent cheeks like fillets of raw sole; and an instinct for correctness that rarely fails him. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
Because Patrick didn't believe in having himself bonded, we rarely moved anything of great value, no museum-quality paintings or extraordinary pieces of furniture. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z
He was a slow, tottering little thing, but Roz was rarely in a hurry, and together they loved meandering along the forest paths and around the banks of the pond. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
The American arrived in the company of General Steyn, the commissioner of prisons, who rarely made appearances on the island. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
I went back home feeling very good about the hearing, but the truth was that a state postconviction hearing rarely resulted in a favorable ruling. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
Part of the population rarely even thinks like this. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
I see something there I rarely see—frustration, antipathy. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
“Maybe. Nomadic peoples rarely have one language they all speak. I’m sure a lot of the Pecheneg bands nearer to the Kievan border speak Russian. Why?” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z
I know that this sentence is rarely followed by good things. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z
The helicopters were everywhere, but didn’t usually hover so low for so long, and rarely in such a densely built neighborhood. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
“As he so rarely leaves the house these days, renovating the gardens seemed a good place to start. Would you like to see what it will look like when it is complete?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
The four doctors appointed to attend the patients rarely showed up. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z
He was rarely the catalyst for their activities, and he was proud. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z
She had to do grown-up work now every day, and she rarely had free time to play. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z
Just before and then during the Second World War, many of my friends fled into the service, all to be changed there, and rarely for the better, many to be ruined, and many to die. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z
It rarely ended well for the person she was mad at. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
She became our teacher in a way that, because we rarely held school at home, she’d never been before. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
Jean Louise had never known her mother, and she never knew what a mother was, but she rarely felt the need of one. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
I knew of course that there were poor whites, whites who were every bit as poor as Africans, but one rarely saw them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Since its installation two years before, however, the parking meter had rarely collected dimes. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
To have him this way, just walking on a beach for no real reason, just to feel the water between his toes—it was a side of him she rarely saw. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
Jaime gave one of his deep laughs that rose up from his stomach and that, since he was a taciturn man, she rarely heard. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
He rarely showed himself unless something serious was going on. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z
These decisions can be appealed, but appeals are rarely successful without an attorney—a luxury most public housing applicants cannot afford. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
They rarely ventured into the water near the village, preferring to stay in the area near the swamp, so only the foolhardy were at risk of being dragged into the Sogozha’s depths. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z
I did not disturb him and rarely talked to him, but as an example of a man unselfishly devoted to a good cause, Reverend Harris was an important model for me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
She rarely thought about her fiance, Esteban Trueba, not because she did not love him but because of her forgetful nature and because two years’ absence is a long time. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Only when he, himself, reveals it. And God only rarely reveals the future. When he does so, it is for only one reason: it’s a future that was written so as to be altered.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Gilmanton was a small farming village in New Hampshire’s lake country, sufficiently remote that its residents did not have access to a daily newspaper and rarely heard the shriek of train whistles. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
The truth casts a shadow over the kitchen—people like us in situations like this become hashtags, but they rarely get justice. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z
“I’ll modify that slightly. He has never been seen to eat or drink. Never! Do you understand the significance of the word? Not rarely, but never!” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z
“I have rarely heard a more beautiful and moving voice, ” said First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z
He rarely ate breakfast, but I figured he might need some extra nourishment. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Once his mind was made up, he rarely changed it. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z
At Permian the priority was football, which beyond the powerful memories and the wonderful joy it created year after year for the town of Odessa, rarely led to scholarships or careers. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Master Cyclops, do not despair. Heroes rarely live up to our expectations. But you, Tyson—your name shall live among the Cyclopes for generations. And Miss Rachel Dare . ..” Rachel flinched when he said her name. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z
In Idaho, the two rarely saw an African American. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
A summer when I got lost in time, when I rarely knew what day it was, rarely cared about the hour. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
The housing code was rarely enforced, and its most important mechanism, the power of the city to correct code violations and bill landlords, was not once exercised by the city council, which oversaw housing issues. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
She could already see that losing her temper, which she did rarely because she was so afraid of being ineffectual, would only turn him away, leaving her still outside the gate, railing futilely. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z
It was always there, stark and steady, rarely abating. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
Caesar worked in the machine factory outside town and his changing schedule rarely overlapped with hers. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
They didn’t understand how good it felt to fill a stomach that so rarely got full. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z
The connection is rarely made that rounding off and making reasonable estimates have something to do with real life. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
The bushes thinned and the sounding bracken grew rarely in the the swampy earth, so that they could move three times as fast. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
Phineas bought things only on impulse and only when he had the money, and since the two states rarely coincided his purchases were few and strange. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
She was just a crippled thing to them, and they rarely wrote to her and never gave her any credit for the good things she had done. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
He was rarely even on the mat more than a few minutes. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
For my whole sixteen years I’ve rarely thought I was worth much more than a distracted grumble from God. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
Orders came to some men yearly; to others, rarely. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
We rarely even ate rice, but when we did, I'd grown accustomed to using a fork, the same way he did, even though the utensil never made sense to me in that context. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z
Still, while we may carry our names from family to faction, we rarely mention them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
“I rarely watch the ‘parlour walls’ or go to races or Fun Parks. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z
Folks rarely just up and vanish like that. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
He rarely had accidents like that, but when he did, Mama sometimes made him keep it in his pants all day to “teach him a lesson.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
People only went missing for that long in sitcoms, which always ended happily, or horror movies, which rarely ended happily unless you were white and chaste and not gay. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
Sarah Ruth, Edward was soon to discover, rarely said more than one word at a time. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z
He rarely spoke to her and blushed violently whenever she spoke to him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
You very rarely hear a Southerner refer to “the Old Country.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
Women from other branches of the military rarely mention it either. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z
He is quieter and rarely says more than a few words. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
There was always the pat on the shoulder, the smile, the encouraging word that came my way so rarely. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
How rarely did other people's faces take of you and throw back to you your own expression, your own innermost trembling thought? Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z
George didn't like Charlie, either; he was rarely friendly to the boy. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
Even though John Mark rarely drinks the stuff, he takes the time to brew coffee for Mom every morning. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z
He resumed his old habits, living like a hermit and rarely appearing at the house. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
After a long day of roasting in the sun, no one is thrilled about the walk for a wash, so we rarely bathe. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Much more rarely am I asked, “Have you heard that gold is made in supernova explosions?” or “When do you think Congress will approve a Mars Rover?” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Stella rarely had the chance to go anywhere alone with her father, and now she was on her way to Spindale—just the two of them. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
His gray, drooping face appeared to be made of something stiffer than ordinary skin; it rarely moved except for making the smile that was on it now. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
Mr. Gitney was but rarely restored to his previous excitement about the pursuit of the sciences. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
Although Corps members rarely participated in Klan demonstrations, Butler and some others once joined a delegation of local Klansmen on a trip to Richmond, Virginia, to protest school busing. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
Angie looked surprised to see us—Mother rarely visited her sister—but she smiled warmly and invited us in. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
We rarely felt sorry for Miranda, but the thought of being stuck in a boat with Chigger brought us close. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
Shin, on the few days when he did not have to work on the farm or in the factory, had rarely taken advantage of camp rules that allowed him to visit. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z
The charming smile that accompanies the statement catches Celia off guard, as she has rarely seen anything but varying degrees of reserved attentiveness or occasional nervousness on his countenance. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
A mouse so rarely had something he could call his own. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z
She has to make do with what she gets, and what she gets is rarely what she asked for. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
We rarely visited them—I didn’t even know where most of them lived—and it was even rarer for them to visit the mountain. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
He rarely used this low tone of voice, and it meant he was out-of-his-mind furious. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z
That tier of magic was so far advanced that even Master Illuminators rarely attempted it. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z
Your family was your life, though you rarely saw them. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
The Sorensons had never invited them to visit, and rarely made the trek out to Rochester. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z
She must have noticed that I rarely call her that, too. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
The older man was gruff, a hardened former soldier who rarely smiled. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
I’m rarely at home more than half of any week; I have been away as much as five months. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
And so different from them, besides, like the calico lobsters that turned up in traps very rarely and always with great to-do. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z
Did laudable work at Floyd's Foods; rarely missed spots while mopping; was up for night manager. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z
Atticus Finch rarely took a criminal case; he had no taste for criminal law. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
He was now officially running for Congress, which meant that he rarely switched off. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
The form in which thoughts occur to a writer is rarely the same as the form in which they can be absorbed by a reader. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
My mother was born ten minutes before my aunt Julia, who seemed to have become some sort of a recluse that summer, rarely leaving her house and, according to my mom, “stinking to high heaven.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z
She jumps up and down when she suspects that they are there, and she rarely misses. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z
Students rarely push back, because there is nothing really to push back against. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z
I was almost certain that the police would not be aware of this, as they rarely kept track of when bans ended. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Unfortunately, I rarely managed to have her wholly to myself, as she usually had someone with her. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
A petition for certiorari, a request to review a lower court's ruling, is very rarely granted, but I'd known all along that the Supreme Court was our best chance for a stay of execution. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
Dad rarely came home from the mine, and when he did, he ate the cold leavings. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
My parents love each other, but they rarely show affection like this in front of us. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
But since a woman combing her hair hexes beginnings, my aunt rarely found an occasion to look her best. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
White people were not really mean to me, but they were rarely nice, either. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z
The duke rarely visited court; this had to be important. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
Only occasionally did they go out after Ronny was born, and even more rarely did they entertain. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z
Lately I’d rarely felt touched by Father’s enthusiasm, and never by God. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
After a few minutes, sometimes five, rarely ten, the door opens again. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
Only rarely does she loosen the seals enough to allow herself to think of Werner. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
“Not always. Not in the vast majority of cases...Very rarely.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
But she took Deydey’s gift with a tender thanks, knowing how much he delighted in choosing the presents, and how rarely he praised. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z
I nanny and go to auditions wearing simple black and white skirts and blouses, wear flat shoes, and rarely put on makeup or jewelry. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
He laid out the terrible injustice of black and white men fighting “in brutal solidarity,” only to come home to a country where they could rarely live on the same block. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z
The school sent the end-of-the-year report card, and I read it, surprised that I had passed some classes I had rarely attended. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z
More important, they testify to levels of public authority and civic organization rarely associated with nomads. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
He had had so many injuries over the years and rarely sought treatment. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
“Since you rarely grace me with your presence, even though I only live an hour away.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
The bodyguard rarely had time to visit since El Patron’s heart operation. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
We went to church only rarely now, mostly because it had become such a spectacle, involving reporters shouting questions as we walked in to worship. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
He’d never understood this tendency of his—he knew only that he rarely lived up to expectation, and for this reason had clung so fiercely to his nickname. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
In his keynote speech, General Electric research chief W. D. Coolidge lauded Ernest’s “boldness and faith and persistence to a degree rarely matched.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
But he was rarely sick, other than with colds. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z
In Spanish, he expressed ideas and feelings he rarely revealed in English. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
But in fact, the King was barely hanging on, could only rarely tell day from night, and basically spent his time in muttering. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
My father was rarely home for dinner, and half the time my mother was away at one of her meetings or at her art gallery. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z
Aside from the police, I rarely saw a white face in the township. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
Today, in the symbiotic associations that dominate so much of the life of the sea, there is rarely a question of who is who, even when the combination functions like a single animal. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
She rarely found him at games, lately, though; most often he was alone in the clearing near the river, hammering away on the misshapen vessel that he called his boat. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
Although the convict laws enacted during this period are rarely seen as part of the black codes, that is a mistake. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
Humans may notice a slight shimmer in the air if they are paying close attention—which they rarely are. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z
Worked hard and rarely forced the bosses to raise the whip. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
Shin barely knew and rarely saw He Geun, who had been out of the house for a decade and was now twenty-one. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z
Mrs. Jennings was rarely disagreeable or argumentative, but I had learned that she would grunt when someone said something she didn't completely accept. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
It was why she rarely let Furball out of her sight and why the dog was such a wimp. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
December is rarely bitter cold in South Alabama during the day, but at night the temperatures can drop, a dramatic reminder that it's winter, even in the South. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
My father rarely gets drunk, but when he does, he becomes the poster child for bad choices. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z
I rarely reproduce biological diagrams in text—the mind’s eye is usually richer in detail. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
They have this little protective bubble of friends that they rarely venture away from. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z
I’m not much of an outside cat, so I rarely have occasion to consider the weather, but in Indianapolis we get eight to ten properly beautiful days a year, and this was one of them. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z
Love as rarely exists in reality, as if a master alchemist has taken it and distilled out all the impurities, every petty disenchantment, every unworthy thought, into a perfect elixir, sweet and deep and all-consuming. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
“Oothappam is often made with leftover batter, but rarely has a culinary afterthought been so memorable.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
Kendra had rarely seen Seth demonstrate as much diligence as he did on the paintings. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z
That’s one nice thing about those of the profession—they rarely do. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
“She is withdrawn and rarely interacts with other students, even in activities that require no verbal communication.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z
Though he remembered that he had rarely been allowed beyond the garden. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z
His grandmother could speak virtually no English and rarely left the house. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z
She rarely spoke and smiled even more rarely, just moved about the house carrying vats of cramp bark and motherwort. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
We so rarely have anyone to root for at this point in the Games. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
But I was not jealous: or very rarely;—the nature of the pain I suffered could not be explained by that word. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z
However, he rarely spoke of his parents or of Ariana from then on, and his friends learned not to mention them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
In contrast, Indian blunt clubs, while capable of battering and wounding Spaniards and their horses, rarely succeeded in killing them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
Unlike Windy, he rarely talks about other people. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
Hepatitis A is rarely fatal, but Farmer’s case was so severe that Jim and other doctors worried he might need a liver transplant. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
Snow fell only rarely in Ch’ulp’o, but Tree-ear could see his every breath now, and the sharp air was full of invisible imps that bit his nose and hands and feet. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z
The mythology within the family is that Tommy is most like his mother in personality—straightforward, rarely diplomatic, occasionally quick to anger—but I found him a mix of both his parents. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z
But he is kind, drinks rarely, and buys her little presents. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z
We both bent over it, to get a better look: It was bigger than our Zimbabwean dollar, though I rarely saw those either. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
Mr. Nielsen rarely calls his wife by her name. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
They rarely attended training academies or steeped themselves in the emerging scientific methods of detection, such as the analysis of fingerprints and blood patterns. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
Because the mothers were not at home, a family rarely ate together, all at the same time. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
At the quarry, our talk was rarely interrupted. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
He rarely displayed his feelings, not even within his family, and was more involved with the welfare of others than with that of his own kin. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
Or perhaps rarely Wang Lung would say, “This is a good dish of noodles,” and O-lan would answer in deprecation, “It is good flour we have this year from the fields.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z
Her front teeth were a little crooked, turning toward each other, and she was self-conscious about it, so she rarely smiled all the way. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z
Scott rarely showed such enthusiasm about his education. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z
Normally she hated it when people called her that, but the way the mate said it reminded her of Nin, who’d rarely used her name. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z
The meager harvests may be enough for subsistence but can rarely be brought to market because farm villages are often hours away on dirt roads from the nearest large town. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
In 1943, a strike at the R. J. Reynolds factory in nearby Winston-Salem brought the always present but rarely discussed class divisions within that black community to the surface. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
It was her father’s window, and rarely had she let a night pass without a visit to him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
I rarely posted anything to the boards, even though I made sure to check them every day. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
Even a woman who had worked closely with an engineer on the content of a research report was rarely rewarded by seeing her name alongside his on the final publication. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z
I was rarely invited to Mum Olga’s residence, and Father kept her away from our manor, which was day by day being emptied to satisfy his debt. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z
I have learned that men in uniform, particularly officers, rarely descend to show discrimination, perhaps because of the integration of the armed forces. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
In more temperate regions of France, where temperatures in the winter rarely fell below freezing, the same pattern held. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
She looked back at him, the rigid tilt of his head telling her it rarely bowed. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z
He rarely smiled, perhaps because of embarrassment over his broken and missing teeth; he never looked at himself in a mirror because he disapproved of what his appearance had become. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
All her life Marilyn had been awed by that precision and beauty in her husband, in his body She had rarely, if ever, seen him make a mistake off the diving board. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
It seems to her that so much of Cuba’s success will depend on what doesn’t exist, or exists only rarely. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
Board of Education of Topeka, was rarely mentioned in histories of the movement. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z
For years, we were not permitted to receive funds except from our families, so that poor prisoners rarely had money for books or tuition. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
The art had become ordinary, the way you rarely look out a window to take in the view after a month or so of living in a place. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z
They call these meals "traditional," yet they're rarely the American dishes I remember. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z
To decimate once meant “to slaughter every tenth one,” although it’s rarely used literally these days. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
His mother was that sort of woman who rarely speaks and usually says something unintentionally very sad when she does. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z
To these thinkers, Indians were living demonstrations of wholly novel ways of being human—exemplary cases that were mulled over, though rarely understood completely, by countless Europeans. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
Of course, you rarely notice when you come to the fork in the road. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
Certainly he looked paler; his skin still had that grayish tinge, probably because he so rarely saw daylight these days. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
After age twelve, the numbers didn't matter much, were rarely referred to. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
“I rarely meet anyone who knows what the languages of Zambia are, much less who can read them.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
American soldiers rarely found able-bodied men in the villages, as they would flee or hide to avoid the possibility they would be interrogated. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z
“Life rarely works out the way we plan it.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
Even Dad, who was rarely stirred by anything outside himself, glanced often at the clock. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
Very rarely someone comes to Wall knowing what they are looking for, and these people they will sometimes allow through. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z
She rarely deviates from her original pattern, her hymn of particulars. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
Not all negation words begin with n; many haye the concept of negation tucked inside them, such as few, little, least, seldom, though, rarely, instead, doubt, deny, refute, avoid, and ignore. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
Nan rarely talked about him, and only if I asked. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z
For reasons he rarely revealed, he was separated at some point from his parents and taken in by his uncle, a stern and demanding man named Barlea, and a great-aunt, whom he simply called Grandma. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z
Now is when we learn everything there is to know about the people down the road and in the daywork houses, about the Sisters at the Kingdom Hall and the faraway relatives we rarely see. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z
He was a stout, fast-talking Frenchman with mismatched eyes—-one brown, the other blue—who rarely went out without his surgeon’s cap. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
I knew very well that I rarely make notes, and if I do I either lose them or can’t read them. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
Law enforcement officials rarely admit to having acted for racial reasons, leaving most victims of discriminatory law enforcement without anyone to sue and without a claim that can be proven in a court of law. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
It was the Hotel California of mental illness: patients who checked in rarely ever left. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
Miss Maggie rarely named the lambs, since it was harder to butcher something with a name. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z
I speak so rarely these days that when I do, people make a point of paying attention to me. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z
Appointments were strictly punctual; rarely was I on the comer as much as five minutes. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
I don’t know why, but this hurts me in a way Haymitch rarely can. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
The halls were usually pretty quiet at this hour, and I rarely saw people after school let out, so the sounds were unusual. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
Blevins rarely does, but his shyness fades once he is back in the van with his friends. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z
Furthermore, Mr Farraday had made it clear that he planned to hold only very rarely the sort of large social occasions Darlington Hall had seen frequently in the past. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z
And because the death penalty is rarely given for crimes other than homicide, its deterrent effect cannot account for a speck of decline in other violent crimes. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z
Tom touched his cap, a thing he rarely did, and moved off thoughtfully. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
Villagers in the satellite settlements exchanged products with the center, sending beans uphill and obtaining llama jerky in return, all the while retaining their citizenship in a homeland they rarely saw. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
Leshiye were silent in the woods, and they rarely harmed people. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z
Of course the critics are right in that concepts such as discovery are problematic: discoveries are rarely made by a single individual at a precise moment in time. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Elizebeth had to travel alone for work, but she rarely traveled for pleasure without her family. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
Mama sometimes hit for two or three cents and sometimes for a nickel, but rarely did she make a larger hit. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z
She was not tearful; that was one of the many wonderful things about Ginny, she was rarely weepy. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
Drug dealers are rarely trained in economics, and economists rarely hang out with crack dealers. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z
Lydia was usually emphatic in getting her way, but Dill had rarely seen her this emphatic. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z
“This proposition is unorthodox, and against my better judgment, but the idea of a massage intrigues me, and I am rarely intrigued. However, thirty minutes is too short. Say...two hours.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z
Also, he’d rarely been sober since we had arrived in Welch, and I was afraid that if I told him, he’d show up at school snookered and make things even worse. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
And even then, very rarely did you meet a local crazy enough to go through what you had to go through to harvest a skinny little fish from one of those narrow streams. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
A teacher holding my paper is rarely a good thing. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z
The milpa is an elaboration of this natural situation, unlike ordinary farms, which involve singlecrop expanses of a sort rarely observed in unplowed landscapes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
However, this violence was rarely, if ever, officially condoned or orchestrated by the unions, as it was on the part of company owners and managers. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z
Her family rarely traveled outside of Chattana City and the small mountain village was a curious sight. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z
Sometimes it is glorious, and sometimes it is terrifying, and I rarely know what it’s going to be. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z
Remarkably, the man who rarely signed a letter of financial importance gave this seventeen-year-old the right, in this case, to speak for him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
He knew so little; Cari never trembled and rarely showed her sadness as anything but anger. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
Goldwater as a man, I respected for speaking out his true convictions—something rarely done in politics today. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
She had heard people say that occasionally, though rarely, small groups were taken to visit other communities. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
He rarely spoke about what we had gone through during World War II. He continued to be the center of my mother's world. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z
Because he is strong enough to move the big extension ladders by himself, and perhaps also because he rarely speaks, Volkheimer responds to most calls alone. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
She celebrated her sixty-fifth birthday last year and rarely makes it up because of her bum knee and her weak heart. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
These informal polls rarely come with confidence intervals or any details of the methods used, so the problem of self-selected samples is not always immediately apparent. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Tats returns the book with an expression I rarely see her wearing: disapproval. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z
I recollected small incidents and adventures in Orlando when she was a baby, and how she had rarely cried even when she was small. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I’m sorry; I forgot that faction members rarely discuss their old factions.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
“That was a really good report. I can see how hard you worked. I rarely give As for these reports, but I’m giving you one. You deserve it.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
“Cars rarely come down this way,” I said. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z
“Father . . . please . . .” “— that we have rarely heard the like of it within this court,” said Crouch, speaking more loudly, drowning out his son’s voice. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
Unless a friend was visiting, he rarely went out at night, enjoying the comfort and safety of his home. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
Sometimes she heard footsteps behind her, but she rarely saw where they came from. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
I trained myself to limit my water intake, understanding there was rarely time for bathroom breaks on the road. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
It was only sometimes, sometimes, and then rarely, that she thought about the old days, or what her life had turned to. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
It’s full of what elementary math textbooks rarely have—heuristic tips on problem solving and whimsy. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Time rarely weighed upon him, for he had many methods of passing it—among them, mirror gazing. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
In Kabul, it rarely rained in the summer. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
Not from the run—their typical speed was sprint; they rarely got tired—but from the weird. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
Esteban was slow to notice, for he hardly looked at her anymore; his first enthusiasm having waned, he rarely caressed her either. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
Services were rarely less than two hours, ten to noon. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z
History of Magic had rarely gone so slowly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
Mädchen Two never accompanied us to the beach and rarely posed in any of the family photographs. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z
Hershel preferred city life and rarely came with Father when he visited us. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z
And even if that infatuation only lasted two or three weeks—because they rarely lasted any longer—Luke should’ve said something. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
The building he’d stepped out of had the look of a customs post on a rarely visited frontier. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
But that rarely happened; the fine for counterfeiting would be enormous: two and a half times the full market value of the genuine animal. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z
He rarely appeared at meals anymore, and Harry was sure Hermione was right in thinking that he was leaving the school for days at a time. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
She rarely spoke, and played cat’s cradle with Plato during the service. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
Evidently, these columns were rarely to Lord Darlington's liking, for I can recall numerous instances of his looking up from a journal and saying something like: 'Young Reggie writing such nonsense again. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z
They acted as if nothing had happened, although they rarely spoke. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
In fact, she rarely took any sort of risk. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z
Elizebeth rarely talked about what her life was like before she became a code breaker. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
Poetry was not simply the transcription of notions—beautiful writing rarely is. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
The vast majority of jockeys’ wives couldn’t stand to watch their husbands’ races and rarely, if ever, came to the track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
I rarely saw anyone out at this time of the morning. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
Suitcase had no reply, and the lieutenant did something I have rarely seen a superior officer do: he chastised his subordinate in the presence of prisoners. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mr. Moss, who rarely said anything, spoke up. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z
But because he always waited so incredibly long to kiss a girl, he rarely faced rejection. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z
But Hans is a shipbuilding apprentice at the dockyards, and Helmuth rarely sees him at all. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z
Her classmate was quiet, reserved; she spoke when spoken to, but rarely entered into any conversations on her own. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
Or young man if he was talking to me, which he rarely did. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z
When the platoon drove into the villages, they rarely found any men or teenage boys, just women, children, and the elderly. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z
Another thing about the Academy—being gifted rarely extended to social skills. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z
I rarely heard them say much to each other. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
But he rarely saw a young man in this business who had an eye to the future. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
She moves slowly; she walks with a cane now and rarely leaves the house anymore. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
In the early 1950s, there was rarely a slow workday for Dorothy Vaughan. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z
Doc’s dealings with Mack and the boys had always been interesting but rarely had they been profitable to Doc. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
They had rarely seen their homes in the last two months; a makeshift bunk room had been set up in the cafeteria. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
A few minutes later, Mameh followed him out and spoke to him—they were rarely speaking by then—and the next day he came over and gave me the money for my cap and gown. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
I rarely come into her bedroom because never, ever have I seen her laid up in bed in the middle of the afternoon. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
It showed rarely but it was always there and it was an impressive thing. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
She rarely drinks, so the alcohol hits her immediately. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
He rarely missed one, and he knew I wouldn’t jerk or swerve at the wrong moment. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Strange beds have rarely agreed with me, and after only a short spell of somewhat troubled slumber, I awoke an hour or so ago. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z
The Asian and Hispanic kids rarely complain about what we give them; the black kids and white kids often do, they act entitled, though in different ways. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
Chamberlain had rarely seen black men; he was fascinated. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
It contains some yellow and red, from the Amity, and some gray, from the Abnegation, colors I rarely see side by side. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
He had rarely been granted permission to leave the factory to see his parents. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z
“Much the same. We have gardens. Houses. Families. But it is much quieter than this village. There is no arguing. People share what they have, and help each other. Babies rarely cry. Children are cherished.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
The marginal peoples, the races that just get by, are rarely the warriors. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z
Siddhartha was rarely successful in moving him to speak. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
He was aware of rumors and misperceptions that got pumped like toxic vapor into the campaign, but rarely did any of it bother him. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
Some animals, like the sloth, rarely come down from the canopy to the ground. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z
James left the daily operations to his man Connelly and rarely visited. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
Trying to solve that mystery yourself isn’t fun and rarely pays off. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z
As for Thomas ... he rarely sounds so firm with me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z
When I did attend, the teachers knew that I wouldn’t be able to answer most of their questions, so they rarely called on me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z
She also ironed their clothes, which she rarely did except on the sacred holidays. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z
Only rarely now did he need my help. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z
Politicians and law enforcement officials today rarely endorse racially biased practices, and most of them fiercely condemn racial discrimination of any kind. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
She had seen too many working couples who, after the children came and the bills piled up, rarely communicated with each other except in bitter snarls. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
Gran was so old-school, she had a flip phone that rarely left her purse. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
“I so rarely get to be with children. Before you go, won’t you at least sit for a pose?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z
On September 1, the Wednesday before Labor Day weekend, there was a knock on the rarely used back door of Egil Krogh’s office. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
The agent rarely carried a gun on his person, and had never had occasion to fire a gun at another human being. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Paris will always be Paris,” Maurice Chevalier sang, if pleadingly, in 1939—but the City of Lights was rarely illuminated. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
Happiness is so rarely a part of my vocabulary, because for me it’s so fleeting. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z
He organized nothing, he didn’t go about the house worrying on other people’s behalf, he rarely told anyone what to do—in fact, he mostly sat in the library. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
Women and children were rarely killed, though they were sometimes abducted and forced to join the winning group. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
He was an honest person, but rarely a direct one. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z
There was loneliness, too, as the sun set, hut only rarely now did doubts return. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z
I rarely made a good ride, a full ride, but even if I had, you cannot learn much in eight seconds on an animal’s back.... This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
Colored people were rarely mentioned in those two newspapers. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
They were virtually impossible to cross-pollinate and rarely generated hybrids. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
Although Sam knows a little Spanish, he rarely understands Chucha, who has a tendency to mumble and mix in Haitian words with her Spanish. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z
I realize how rarely I’ve seen her in truly splendid clothes. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
Enrique rarely lets himself admit fear, but he is scared that his car might tip. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z
I had rarely seen Nick at a loss for words, but he was now. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z
And only rarely was a black music student accepted for individual study by a white teacher. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z
They spoke but rarely, and then in quiet tones, as if they held some great reverence for the task set before them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
The sinister arm—as it was called—was passable, though they rarely went there. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
There seemed to be a half-dozen named storms every August, and they were rarely worth the trouble. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
“You have a habit of turning up in unexpected places, Potter, and you are very rarely there for no good reason....I suggest the pair of you return to Gryffindor Tower, where you belong.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z
They are strong and brave and caring, and even though I know they must cry and get angry and maybe even throw things when they’re alone, they rarely show it to me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
They rarely conversed with each other apart from the necessities of their service and practices. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
Though I rested all the time, I rarely slept longer than an hour or so at a stretch, even at night. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
He rarely stayed on the sidewalk, veering onto neighbors’ lawns to hurdle bushes. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z
Only rarely had she reduced him with an expression of haughty pouting. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
He could compete when necessary, but rarely got caught up in petty one-upsmanship. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
This was not dangerous, for he rarely actually struck us at the table, but it was designed to show us all up as dull-witted, bovine females. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
The government rarely needed Riverbank anymore, so Fabyan pressured her to return to the Shakespeare project. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
At the same time, he rarely saw them. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
In capital cases, a motion for a new trial is routinely filed but rarely granted. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
“Or at least not as severe as, say, first-degree murder. Officially, of course, we’re all to be treated the same, yes? But that is rarely put into practice.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
They always asked, though they knew how rarely Jonas had a dream to tell. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z
“Well, partially. It is an act. I am an act. Totally full of it. About ninety-eight percent of the time anyway. My intentions are rarely honorable. It’s not terrible to be called out for once.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
Whatever the cause of their estrangement, the two rarely saw each other. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
They roamed at will southwards, and eastwards even as far as the Misty Mountains; but they were now few and rarely seen. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
"You ever consider that maybe you not supposed to 'fit’? People who make history rarely do." Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
Annabelle is rarely relaxed anymore, not even in her own house. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
Most of the world’s great cities have grown haphazardly, little by little, in response to the needs of the moment; very rarely is a city planned for the remote future. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Of course there were other causes of revolt, but these two are spectacular to a European, and rarely mentioned here. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
I could almost forget about Dad bumping around the kitchen, navigating pots and pans he rarely used, and me stumbling through the science homework she’d always helped me with. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
These were Wrangler, and he rarely wore them because the others were Levi’s, which he claimed were better, but he’d kept the Wranglers for years anyway. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z
Morrie and his brother, David, would look out the window and see him leaning against the lamppost, and Morrie wished he would come inside and talk to them, but he rarely did. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
Huddled in their half-built village that first terrible winter, the colonists rarely saw the area’s inhabitants, except for the occasional shower of copper- or claw-tipped arrows. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
The other girls rarely spoke to me, but I loved being there with them. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
“And in my experience, it rarely seems to give you exactly what you need at the exact moment that you need it.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z
A kid new to Stirling named Max Wade, who rarely came to open gym because he also played soccer and baseball. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z
He doesn’t ask for a family name—Scholars rarely take them. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
It did still have several churches and a few beauty parlors, but they were rarely open. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
White drug users and dealers are rarely arrested, and when they are, they are treated more favorably at every stage of the criminal justice process, including plea bargaining and sentencing. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
But there was rarely any ongoing protection while she was on the road or once she returned home to 3932 Military Road. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
Camilla—who was rarely content to sit still but was always itching to do something, anything, play cards, go for a picnic or a drive—was bored and restless, and made no secret of it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z
But I am a stupid girl, so midnight finds me leading Katherine out the rarely used side door to the summer kitchen behind the school. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
And parents rarely protect their kids from the pinching man because that is how discipline is enforced in the community. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z
Most of the time Amari scarcely noticed the dog—he rarely strayed far from Tidbit. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
The room was rarely full because students kept getting pulled away to do farmwork. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z
She might as well go back to bed—the bed she so rarely abandoned that poor Mrs. Helm had to battle for the chance to change its linen twice a week. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
They move fast and efficiently through dense mobs, as if they have a Teflon coat, very rarely bumping into one another. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z
Bod smiled rarely, but he smiled then, hugely and with delight. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z
He was horrible with messages, rarely checked his voicemail or texts. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z
“It’s rarely in a defendant’s advantage to hurry things up,” he said. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
The door chime at the Chili Bowl so rarely rings, which means I always find myself startled when it does. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
They rarely spoke; the father said public things to her in the same tone of voice he used with his sons-in-law. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
I rarely looked away from my books—or back on my memories. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
He dreamed so rarely that the dream-telling did not come easily to him anyway, and he was glad to be excused from it. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z
She was a talkative person, rarely nervous, but to recount something she’d said privately to the reverend in front of a thousand strangers—it didn’t seem right. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
Whether it was Cuba, Russia, or the United States, whether about the nature of crime, money, or bureaucracies—or human nature in general, including how many people really belonged in prison—their views rarely matched. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
Outside of group functions, they rarely talked to each other at school. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
But this happened only rarely; typically, husband and wife ignored each other. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
Entering the mines before sunrise and departing after dusk, she rarely glimpsed the sun. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
No one smiled in camp, and only rarely did they exchange names. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z
In the days that followed—and then the months and years, as he grew into a man—he was rarely to be seen without one open in front of his face. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
In a bid for the respect she knew she deserved, she signed off with the honorary title that she rarely used—“DR. E. S. FRIEDMAN.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
That was the longest amount of time we were away, but there was rarely a time when our lives weren’t interrupted in some way by war. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
Nothing seems to stick to her, partly because she's so rarely herself. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z
We rarely walked in or out of a building’s front door when we could be rushed through a service entrance or loading dock on a side street. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
Hob women rarely participated in the feasts, but Nag hustled about in her helpful way, rounding up little ones from their distractions. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
Mr. Samupindi spoke at assemblies and handed out awards, but otherwise rarely interacted with students. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
Like most uglies, she was rarely up early enough, and in any case the horizon was always hidden behind the skyline of New Pretty Town. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
Looking at great art is not such an easy task, for art rarely reveals its secrets readily. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
The engine roars and pops; the truck rarely accelerates past walking speed. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
He had a martial bearing and the kind of a face on which emotion rarely showed, a calm, almost regal quality. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
He rarely spoke and some days barely acknowledged us. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z
In truth, in almost all cases of the meeting of the two worlds—wild and so-called civilized—there rarely seems to be much difficulty. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
Eager to prove his seriousness, he rarely betrays any emotion. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z
While the field of government is often termed “political science” and the Nobel Prize in economics refers to “economic science,” history departments rarely if ever label themselves “Department of Historical Science.” Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
Only rarely did he ask anything of her. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
His face was void of expression, a mask I came to know well and could rarely crack. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
He rarely got away from them after a delivery without some tea or coffee and cake. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
When I spoke to reporters, they rarely asked about my work. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
“Adding another person to that rarely makes it better. So take it from me: If he’s already cool with you and your head, that’s a step above most people I’ve met.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
They rarely both entered the room at the same time, and I felt a ripple of nausea—maybe they had bad news about Margo—before I remembered it was my graduation day. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z
I had rarely seen anyone go into one of them, or anyone playing on a lawn, or even an open window. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
The effects of swainsonine poisoning are chronic—the alkaloid rarely kills outright. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
Back in seventh grade, Andrew rarely spoke about gender with Sasha after that one conversation. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
The regent would not have known this, as parents rarely know the romantic side of their children’s lives. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
I scrape the cheese off a sliver of potato—which will not kill me, potatoes rarely cause death—and shove it in my mouth and chew, chew, chew, smiling across the acres of tablecloth. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z
That rarely resulted in a conversation he enjoyed. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z
I had no reason to keep thinking about him, because I so rarely saw him around school. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
“Papa used to make it and I never quite got out of the habit, even though I rarely use it—and” she added quickly, “only for medicinal purposes.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
Phil rarely got upset—and ten minutes should not have been a big deal—but he had been embarrassed in front of Gay’s father. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z
The truth is that in his years at Oxford, Chacko rarely thought of them. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
Tata Ndu rarely darkened the door of the church, so this was clearly a sign, though who could say whether a good or bad one. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
In the United States, I rarely spoke about my experiences during the war. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z
It is only after the captain is gone that the parrot lands on my shoulder—something he rarely does—and says, “We need to talk.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z
One day Fifi, who rarely reads anymore, becomes absorbed in one of the novels we brought along, and not a trashy one for once. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
And, since they always settled their differences by doing what none of them really wanted, they rarely got anywhere at all—and neither did anyone they met. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z
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