According to my Baptist Sunday-school teachers, a child is denied entrance to heaven merely for being born in the Congo rather than, say, north Georgia, where she could attend church regularly. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looks at me, and I know she doesn’t want to follow me—she would rather wait out here. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The alleged “safety” of malathion rests on rather precarious ground, although — as often happens — this was not discovered until the chemical had been in use for several years. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I’ll ask her never to contact me. This will never happen again, babe, I promise,” he said, and she thought he sounded as though it was somehow the woman’s responsibility, rather than his. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I like to think I make up for the rather significant, err...beauty gap in other ways. Devilish charm and impeccable character, for instance.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I rather doubt that,” the dog muttered, but he lifted his head from his paws to see what it was anyway. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I'd rather push a guy out the window or chop his head off with an ax than sock him in the jaw. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay. I’d rather use these...fourteen minutes to find Jack’s dad,” he said. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I would rather have the whole thing at once.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Looks seem rather important, as does the ability to enlighten, disappoint, and control great numbers of people who always seem to be American. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Mercifully, the little door over the gas cap is one that opens by hand, rather than having to be popped from inside the van. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Miss Spider clambered back onto the deck with a pleased but also rather puzzled look on her face. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

She came to me at once, a strange rather ludicrous figure in her eastern drapery, the bangles jangling on her wrists. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I simply can’t stand Mother, and I have to force myself not to snap at her all the time, and to stay calm, when I’d rather slap her across the face. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Actually, they seemed more interested in me than in anything else; I was not bothered by their attentions and parried all of their questions blithely until the\\' at last grew rather personal. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We could have gone to live in another refugee camp, but my parents said they would rather die than subject their kids to another camp. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

In a better state, he would have recognized that it wasn't his balls that hurt, but rather his brain. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe the governor would rather close the schools than have you go with a couple of Negroes,” Daddy said to Judy. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Practical advice should be ‘Spray as little as you possibly can’ rather than ‘Spray to the limit of your capacity.’ Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I’d rather be working with him on this, too,” she snapped at the antlers. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Look, I don’t mean to be rude,” the man in black said finally, “but I’m rather busy just now, so try not to distract me.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The whole process had been so difficult, she wondered: If it had not been an anonymous entry 1026 hut rather an entry by Maya Lin, would I have been selected! Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Henry stomps on the gas, cursing, and rather than telling him what to do, I reach over and engage the four-wheel drive. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was very unlike Bilbo to do so, anyway; and I thought it rather odd.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t have the structural elegance of the work of later handbooks, and it’s written to instruct rather than to impress. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was a long three-storeyed stone building that looked rather like a private lunatic asylum, and in front of it lay the playing- fields with their three football pitches. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I must have been rather ill, for I remember some of the effects of high fever, and the physician stayed with me one night or perhaps more. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I am not unschooled in the arts of gallantry, but my lessons were administered through observation rather than practice; and I found myself unpossessed of even the slightest article of sense. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the acorns were to be sent to Locke’s father, in the hopes Locke might spend the rest of his life exploring wild places with him rather than be caught up in intrigues. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I’d rather be working with him on this, too,” she snapped at the antlers. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“You don’t listen to people. Your ear is on your head, but it’s not connected to your brain. I said she killed herself rather than do the work I’d been doing all my life!” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leon was already moving away, and as Cecilia and Paul Marshall followed him and converged on the gap in the thicket she said, “I’d rather have something bitter. Or even sour.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

And even though I’d rather take the elevator by myself, it occurs to me that you can’t have a conversation about math expressions or state capitals or trombone positions with friends in books. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

When he doesn't move, I add, “If your mom hates me, I’d rather know. I don't want to stay in her house if I'm making your parents fight.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I picture my mother standing behind me with a comb and a pair of scissors, faintly smiling as she trims my hair, and I want to scream rather than insult her like this. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Or rather, who. All information surrounding your brother’s disappearance is classified. Nothing we’re allowed to discuss with a trainee. It involves extremely dangerous matters you shouldn’t concern yourself with.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

And they would rather reach out, in all their sanity, and push my four-year-old son as though he were merely an obstacle in the path of their too-important day. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

What got her most wasn’t the sight of Henrietta’s lifeless body, it was her toenails: Henrietta would rather have died than let her polish get all chipped like that. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Or any of the emotions that we people would rather avoid, they sometimes try to chase those feelings away with the wrong things. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The hobbits regretted very much that they knew so little about them: only a rather vague report by Sam of what Gandalf had told the Council. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“But I am afraid it is rather complex, and not the easiest of matters to explain, or believe.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

What kind of second-rate hoarder brings trash rather than supplies? Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Hermione, who had turned rather pink again, seemed to be trying not to look too pleased with herself. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Charles coughed, his eyes fixed on a point across the room, and began rather mechanically to tell the story of the apartment key and the car in the ditch and the olives and the Bisquick. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

His family had to be rich enough to pay for an extensive education, however, so it would be more proper to call his origins obscure rather than lowly. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

When he got out of jail, he said, he hoped to return to the reservation: “I had rather live at Gray Horse than any place on earth.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Not because I didn’t appreciate Virgil’s gesture, but because hugs were a rather strange and rare phenomenon in our house. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

She had a mass of faded yellow hair unbecomingly arranged in a large bun, wore glasses, and had a long, mild, amiable face rather like a sheep. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'd a little rather not be the polo player," said Tom pleasantly, "I'd rather look at all these famous people in--in oblivion." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Then I placed the twigs on top of the grill, where the green wood would smolder rather than burn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“And move on, unless you would rather me go on alone.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sacred dramas of Church thus fitted into a day, never became the routine; rather they redeemed the routine. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apparently, however, what Captain Cook wanted to show was that he was pleased with their kindness, rather than with their food. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

It would, however, complicate her marriage with Howard, in which time spent apart was already measured in weeks or months rather than days. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I have always believed that to be a freedom fighter one must suppress many of the personal feelings that make one feel like a separate individual rather than part of a mass movement. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, rather than hearing stories about me from your parents, or even your abuela, I wanted to let you discover for yourself who your abuelo was. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

There was hardly room for any of them to move, yet the rolling and pitching of the coach seemed worse rather than better for the load. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Their cruelty had no limit—they preferred to kill their slaves rather than fear them. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Commandant would rather put a scim through you than deal with tears, and I didn’t spend one hundred eighty marks just to throw your corpse to the vultures.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“But I feel like I’d rather be him than be with him.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Though it wasn’t the sea she thought about, or the dark fin rising above her, but rather the vision she’d had of the small green boat. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. I rather thought you loved me. A fine blow to my conceit.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Your master wants me to come with him. To help him with his nonsense. I would rather die.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Harry thought he had rather impressed his uncle with this argument. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She wanted to live things—or as a compromise, re-live rather than reminisce. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had new thoughts, willful thoughts, or rather thoughts filled with lots of won’ts. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of this was particularly an affliction; or rather, it appeared so only in retrospect, once a solution had been found. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Octavian announced, as if he’d killed a lion with his bare hands rather than ripping up a stuffed panda pillow. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The ringleaders of this school are Descriptivists: they describe how language actually is used rather than prescribing how it ought to be used. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

And a father who’s going along with my plans not because he wants to, but in spite of the fact that he’d rather be doing almost anything else. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Each of us noticed, however, that those instances of friendship were shrinking rather than growing. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet he was not quite at the goal: simple math told him that reaching that energy would require a linear tube many meters in length—“rather awkwardly long for laboratory purposes.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The light which dashed on the ceiling steadied, and imitated rabbits rather than lions, and donkeys instead of ghouls. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

To accept it would obliterate his image of the killer-—or, rather, killers. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is rather like the big bang at the beginning of time, only it would be an end of time for the collapsing body and the astronaut. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It happened so fast it was like watching a laser beam rather than a monster. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

And seen closer in the light of two candles that he lit and carried before them the landlord’s face looked rather wrinkled and careworn. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Cement buildings with two stories rather than wooden barracks. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He says the matter is rather urgent. He tried to get Mr. Crawley, but there was no reply.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

If Evan was the yardstick for what made a “man,” then she’d rather just meet boys the rest of her life. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

What would a society of eunuchs achieve?—But of course they are not eunuchs, in somer, but rather more comparable to preadolescents: not castrate, but latent. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was rather that they knew God had’a brother and that brother hadn’t spared God’s son, so why should he spare them? Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She had not been having an Ebola seizure but, rather, had been shivering from a fever. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt said rather uncomfortably just before bedtime, “There may be some photographers in these hills.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made an inept and rather violent attempt to cross over to Franny’s collarbone. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

My “landlady” no longer showed people my room, but rather complained about being badgered by “people from the Palace,” and treated me less as an honored sideshow than as a political suspect. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

A human in such a room was expected not to rest or sit or even relax, but rather pose, thereby transforming himself into a human furnishing that would complement the decor as well as possible. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, if Maxim was not with me, the hearing of them would be a furtive, rather painful pleasure, guilty knowledge learnt in the dark. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby preferred listening to the radio rather than watching television. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Me, I’d rather be out in that world than stuck in those closed-up ivy halls that weren’t meant to fit me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man had fierce tufty eyebrows of his own, rather like a dragon’s, and he was altogether too imposing a figure for me to have clambered on as an infant. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I was using the Pensieve when Mr. Fudge arrived for our meeting and put it away rather hastily. Undoubtedly I did not fasten the cabinet door properly. Naturally, it would have attracted your attention.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

They went rather hesitantly down into the cutting, half expecting the fiery, thundering angel of Frith to appear out of the twilight; but the silence remained unbroken. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gazed into the room as though it were full of great art rather than pine boards and wood curls. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But its convenience is limited to the time you need it while you are in that particular town on that particular business; you hope it is comfortable, but prefer, rather, that it be anonymous. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Like fishing. Do you really find Nurse Duckett so attractive? I should think she was rather bony. Rather bland and bony, you know. Like a fish.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Miss Kate decided that she was ‘odd’, but rather clever, and smiled upon her from afar. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What with being banned from the Archives and all. Still, I’m supposing you’d rather know....” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You’re allowed one call. Would you rather phone her than a lawyer?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Even a visitor to the Fertile Crescent in 9500 B.C. rather than in 8500 B.C. could have been misled into supposing the Fertile Crescent permanently unsuitable for food production. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It lacked glazes, was made by hand rather than on potters’ wheels, was baked in open fires rather than in kilns, and was fired at relatively low temperatures. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were rather eager to speak with me and seemed even most interested in me as a person. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I would rather die a thousand deaths,” he said. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

This rumor often results in debates on methods of keeping hot food hot and cold food cold, which never come to any satisfying conclusions and tend to make the debaters rather hungry. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, now can we get out of here? Call me old- fashioned, but I’d rather not be here when Margo’s parents get back.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The rat puts one paw on his hip and looks like he’s ready to tell Trub a long story, until he sees me—or rather, the uneaten food in my hands. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Amazing indeed,” murmured Fenoglio, and for the first time he looked at his creation with revulsion rather than admiration. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I’d rather be in charge of teaching cats to play hockey. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

That, heavenly, heavenly Father, was how she left me; or rather, she never left me, because she was never ever there. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Our apartments are identical in layout, but mine looks so different. You must come see what I've done with it. I'm a decorator, you know. Three bedrooms do seem rather spacious for a single woman." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked rather stupid when she smiled, but he had never required a woman to be clever. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It is time to enter the market, rather than feeding on your own stale flesh.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was rather a comic cavalcade that left the village, though the few folk that came out to stare at the ’get-up’ of the travellers did not seem quite sure whether laughing was allowed. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The knowledge and contacts I had recently made in Africa were going to be locked away rather than used in the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather swim through a pool of starving crocodiles,” Mother said. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suspect, then, that I paused rather abruptly and looked a little awkward. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He concluded by saying he would rather have an ape for a grandfather than be descended from a man who introduced ridicule into a serious scientific discussion. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was high overhead now and the sweat made his curls stand up rather rakishly. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The planes were strafing and, just before Ugwu shoved the child down the bunker, a bullet flew closely past; he smelled rather than saw it, the acridness of hot metal. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Been there, done that—even though the traitor god had turned out to be Ares rather than Hades. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Truth be told, I would rather have had a sister than a husband, especially a husband like the one I had. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Shucks, I’d rather sit with the band than with Herman E. Calloway, it would be hard to have a good time eating if you looked up and saw him every time you took a bite. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

It is like losing—I’m sorry, I would rather not go on. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you have many twins here?” the Savage asked rather apprehensively, as they set out on their tour of inspection. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma’am, we don’t care at Easons.We’d rather lose large amounts than have the people of Limerick and Ireland corrupted by this filth. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It indicates a possessive in a singular noun: The boy’s hat The First Lord of the Admiralty’s rather smart front door This seems simple. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

“What in the world are those girls about now?” thought Laurie, opening his sleepy eyes to take a good look, for there was something rather peculiar in the appearance of his neighbors. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I rather thought that was their stock in trade,” he said. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Oh!” she seemed rather taken aback, but rose promptly. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see no strong reason to do otherwise; the division may sound a bit odd at first, but it actually makes rather a lot of sense. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Edison suggested the exposition use incandescent bulbs rather than arc lights, because the incandescent variety produced a softer light. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

"Well," he said, after some time, "I'm afraid I've made rather a mess of everything." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then he looked at me without saying anything, leaned forward rather abruptly, and said very quickly, “What interests me is you.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

It became, instead, and rather abruptly, the property of people. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was beginning to feel rather like a Crusader. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Look," said Tristran, feeling rather odd and self-conscious, "someone will probably be worried about you." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Every man’s business,” said Wemmick, rather reproachfully towards me, “is portable property.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

‘You really are rather a wonderful giant,’ she said. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe years of meticulous fieldwork—rather than years of classical education—allowed her to observe more keenly. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t we start with what you want for them? I guess I’d rather start there. ” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Its biggest tune, ‘Nessun dorma’, was incredibly popular, not just with a few diehard fans but rather with just about everyone who heard it. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

They appeared to have swum across the lake rather than sailed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It’s rather interesting; I had based our estimated taxes on a historical rate of return of approximately 10% annual yield. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t imagine. People think they see all kinds of things, I suppose. Well, of course, she didn't see him,” he added testily to Charles, who looked rather troubled. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Why did wealth and power become distributed as they now are, rather than in some other way? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

This is not an impossible combination—indeed, it seems to describe Sarrotti rather well—but it is certainly a puzzling one. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’d rather be naive than whatever it is you are. You only see things that are right in front of your face.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I say it rather with irony sharpened by self-pity. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But afterwards she seemed to improve on you, and I believe you thought her rather pretty at one time.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

The youngest of Lord Steffon's three sons had grown into a man bold but heedless, who acted from impulse rather than calculation. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But behind that bluff facade some distinct and rather ominous changes were taking place, changes of which I was already dimly aware but which made themselves more evident as time went on. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Sir David Cardinal spoke next, and though I missed much of his speech, it seemed to be more technical in substance, and quite frankly, rather above my head. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I told him I’d rather just go by myself when the time comes. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He began telling Julia of something that had happened, or rather had failed to happen, on another sweltering summer afternoon, eleven years ago. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Human forms swaddled in burial shrouds rather than bandages, dirt dusting their skin, their eyes and mouths covered with chunks of shattered pottery. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The importance of written, rather than spoken, transmission is also pervasive. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Yoshoto took off her apron, and the three of us filed rather awkwardly downstairs to the instructors’ room. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Frank, dear, I do love you,” I said, and he turned rather pink, a little shocked I think at my impulsive words, and a little hurt too that I was laughing at him. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He would rather die than spend a single night in their dumb hut, playing their stupid game. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

And as if it were bird rather than fish, the herring swooped up and splashed into the sea. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“This property is rather eccentric,” Miss Marsh is telling Milton one September afternoon as she leads him up the driveway. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She saw his desolate eyes through the broken tiles and had no reaction of shame but rather one of alarm. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Yet for a long time the pig had led a charmed life, nonchalantly absorbing high-powered lead lumps in its thick haunches, or else—it being also a rather swift pig—escaping on the run unscathed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Individual black men and women protested their enslavement in every way imaginable—running away, stealing, killing themselves rather than living in bondage. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The doctors said I’d be better off with two artificial legs rather than having just one and a deformed foot that didn’t reach the ground properly. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The notion of an ambush rather than an open fight cheered the men. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The three of them would rather be outside. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

"Would you rather trade your little sister for a million bucks, or for a big brother, if that big brother was Jay-Z?" When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Because Min was now attempting inlay work, rather than merely incision, some of the petal and leaf spaces were carved out into little depressions. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“I think he’d rather try to kill you than admit it though.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Yossarian ran right into the hospital, determined to remain there forever rather than fly one mission more than the thirty- two missions he had. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She was tall and well endowed, of a rather helpless and tearful temperament that roused men’s ancestral instinct for protection. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Jose, for a long time you and me and the people of this village, we have—or rather we should have—been at war with that man.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wound proved to be incurable and finally Zeus permitted Chiron to die rather than live forever in pain. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flat, dulled banging, as though Allison was hitting the door with an open palm rather than a knuckle, unnerved Ifemelu. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It’s not that villagers supported the communist fighters; rather, they were outgunned and afraid. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Because I would rather be a jerk’s victim than a jerk’s friend.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He jumped down among them, landing rather heavily. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are other models to explain Cygnus X-l that do not include a black hole, but they are all rather far-fetched. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She plants vegetable gardens rather than lawns; she carries the odd-shaped tomatoes home from the fields and eats food left for the gods. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two more heads peered around the door frame, but they were brunets rather than blonds. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He does not feel confined, only separate, as though he and Celia are overlapping the circus, rather than contained within it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The stand Frank’s son had made for me and all the training I’d done meant I could play in normal competition, rather than signing up for disabled bowls. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Fudge smiled at Harry over the rim of his teacup, rather like an uncle surveying a favorite nephew. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t moved, exactly, but rather shifted the conception of space in the dream so as not to crowd her at its threshold. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

"Let's go in. Do you mind? I'd rather like to pray a little for him or something." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

It was a normal enough reaction, and he did not try to block it but, rather, held her firmly and let the hysteria run its course. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She started thinking about how she might have reacted if my problems were on the inside rather than the outside. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

We are not at the centre of the universe: rather, the Earth is just another planet. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I’d rather eat crayons than do the rest of it, though. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“That is so. Cool! You’re so lucky. Letters just stand there all boring when I read. I hate reading. I’d rather do anything in the world than read.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

She was trying to remember what she did during her fits—or rather, trying to imagine—for during them she wasn’t conscious of herself or her body. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

So I thought of them as rather like birds, with wings, flying upward. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I left before sunset and walked my bike back rather than ride it—anything to stretch out the trip. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“I think hospitals can sometimes miss the point. I’d rather get it from the source.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Character, then, isn’t what we think it is or, rather, what we want it to be. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Life would turn to ashes—at least for me; rather be dead and join the dead! The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Believe rather that it is so ordered that we, who sit here, and none others, must now find counsel for the peril of the world. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But the fact is, the letters I have had from you over the years, and in particular the last It tter, have tended to suggest that you are - how might one put it? - rather unhappy. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I have to admit that it makes me nervous to think of you as someone actually connected with my life, rather than a mostly anonymous person on the internet. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

So instead she said, rather lamely: “Timothy, don’t think about it any more. When the time comes, we’ll see how you are and then decide what to do.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

To my surprise, Mitch slides in next to me rather than across from me and I can’t stop the “oh” that slips from my lips. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Poor Frank, she was always rather down on him. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

"I'd much rather we all went up to your room and sat down before I tell you any more." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

He thought rather of whatever had happened to the curiosity he used to feel. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We learned rather abruptly that these numbers, these ancient ages, are not known.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

This is the reason for string theory, which was created in the 1970s when physicists began to see the advantages of treating every particle as a vibrating string rather than as a dot. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

All the jiggling was reminding me of something else rather important. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Here I think I should remind you that my family is long-established in rather the upper echelons of the British aristocracy. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He did not yearn or pine for the girl, rather he thought about her, and decided. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The chandelier was a rather clever move,” said the Sleeper, rubbing his jaw. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a long coat, rather than just the meager shirt and pants he had worn when he’d attacked them yesterday. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather be locked in with all of you than alone and free.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It smelled strongly of pecans, which reassured me, and faintly of something else rather like kerosene, which did not. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I’d rather be shot dead than face such a horrible, prolonged death! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“I don’t love moving. If you asked me a few years ago, I would have rather bleached my hair and burned off my eyebrows again.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

So for the perplexed audiences who first heard it in 1804 and 1805, even the funeral march is denied its thundering climax, collapsing rather than concluding. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“I have rather a busy afternoon in front of me, and I hope you will excuse me dashing away.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then he shrugged his shoulders, and smiled rather ruefully. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Very good, Ruth. I agree you’re ready to be promoted. But remember to say ‘yes’ rather than ‘yeah.’ Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

From what I remember, though, I got along with you very well and rather liked you. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps you would rather dictate to a stenographer? The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She confused wit with intelligence, and made people laugh rather than lightening their hearts or making them think. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I would rather have been in the cell than sitting silently with him. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather raise pigs than some nasty girls. Least I can slaughter them!” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d rather spend a month at the Siege of King’s Port than one day at my stupid school. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

In early 2001, a reviewer of one of these books in the journal Nature made the additional, rather astounding error of thinking Patterson was a woman. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Olive decided to show rather than tell us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I must say, I think it’s rather selfish of him. So unlike him, too. He’s generally so particular.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Mason, we cannot thank you enough. There is no one we’d rather leave our Moonie with.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I felt rather like someone peering through the keyhole of a locked door, and a little furtively I laid the book aside. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a very handsome bangle, really, but the movement makes it seem like something confining, a shackle, rather than a piece of jewelry. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not in a way to make me fear, but rather to tighten the muscles in the pit of my stomach and send my pulse hammering through my veins again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The way she moved was unnatural, as if she floated rather than walked. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

A British reporter covering the trial marveled at "this crew-cut, diffident, simple, rather polite man, surrounded by the entire apparatus of Soviet law." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Flying is a rather exhilarating experience,” she confessed to us. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Henry, with whom, one evening when they were in bed together, Lenina had rather anxiously discussed her new lover, Henry had compared poor Bernard to a rhinoceros. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s thus straightforward to review a region’s big mammals and to test whether the lack of mammal domestication in some regions was due to the unavailability of suitable wild species, rather than to local peoples. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather you didn’t ask me that," said Mo. “Let’s just act as if we were on holiday for a few days. This looks like a good place for a holiday, don’t you think?" Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Pretty! say beautiful rather. Can you imagine any thing nearer perfect beauty than Emma altogether—face and figure?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

The goal, not the tactic, was new: the pursuit of economic, rather than social, objectives. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

A great deal of time is required, even after a single spraying, for most of these insects to build up sufficient numbers to support a normal salmon population — time measured in years rather than months. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

And, while he often tumbled heavily, it was never he who was hurt, but, rather, the unfortunate person on whom he fell. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

She’d decided to mark him rather than search for the Snitch herself.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Well, would you rather we put a plastic bag over your head?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

As far as they were concerned, clocks were merely delightful but useless luxury objects—rather like musical boxes. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Science magazine called it “the hottest public debate on medical ethics since the Nuremberg trials,” and said, “The situation at present appears rather perilous for everyone.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She rather found herself angry at imaginary people who might try to criticize. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

She was a middle-aged woman who looked rather ordinary except for the large mole on her left cheek. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

This does rather neatly tie the rise of modern Europe to the death of the last vestige of the old Roman Empire. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

This tendency to make laws that are convenient or advantageous rather than right has mushroomed in Southern legislatures. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked terrified as he stared into Dumbledore’s face, which was even paler, and rather lower than usual, as he had slid so far down the rampart wall. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

But as you rightly point out, it's rather gratifying to have consorted with him. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

"Shall we call in Drexel? It seems rather unusual for him to be so strong." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh yeah, I got it out,” he said, rather unnecessarily, holding up the sword for Harry’s inspection. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

What I can say for certain is that I would rather Maman hadn’t died. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He knew that the congregation would rather not have the bereaved say a single thing. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He was too polite to say it—that he may already be my accountant, or rather my accountant’s accountant, thanks to the explosion in the outsourcing of tax preparation. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then there are the cookies, cut into rather awkward stars because I don’t have a cookie cutter. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Even as I was still rather fanatically devoted to neatness, I was losing the battle. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It’s like a “Fragile” sticker’s on my forehead, and instead of taking a chance and saying something that might break me, they’d rather say nothing at all. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, I sometimes worry I have a bit of fish in me. I rather like water.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“It was rather hard luck on them, all the same,” said he. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

What he was looking at did not at all resemble an erotic summer idyll, as he had supposed, but rather a marriage of body and soul. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time, Lawrence heard a physicist with a solid grasp of subatomic behavior express support for his idea rather than smothering it in quibbles. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

In France, Mersenne received a rather garbled account of Torricelli’s experiment and tried unsuccessfully to reproduce it, but he lacked the right sort of glass tube. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“And I know they get their food and everything, and if they get sick, a vet gives them medicine. But don’t you think they’d rather be chasing a zebra across the savanna?” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

As this physician emphasizes, pure exposure to a single chemical is the exception, rather than the rule. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Music’s tempo is rather infectious, and children respond physically to both fast and slow speeds. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

In the 1968 election, race eclipsed class as the organizing principle of American politics, and by 1972, attitudes on racial issues rather than socioeconomic status were the primary determinant of voters’ political self-identification. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I would rather use my money to fly in a specialist. I don’t care about the cost.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They act as if I'm some sort of devil child because I don’t like to go to church and would rather read books than socialize with them. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He sat up a trifle straighter—or rather, slumped a trifle less. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Facing him was a short and rather plump little woman with a round, lumpy face and a pair of very sharp black eyes. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Jo’s face was a study next day, for the secret rather weighed upon her, and she found it hard not to look mysterious and important. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the foreseeable future, banishing zero from the universe with string theory is a philosophical idea rather than a scientific one. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I was willing to die rather than kill Tobias, but the thought never occurred to me when it came to Will. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh Alice,” I said, “isn’t Robert there? I rather fancied my tea out under the chestnut tree.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was rather frightening, this vast sculpture of a witch and a wizard sitting on ornately carved thrones, looking down at the Ministry workers toppling out of fireplaces below them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The staff then supported Andre’s gallant request that he be shot like an officer rather than hanged as a spy. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I’d rather find something I can do on my own to help out, in my own way. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Nor am I, if it comes to that...but when you’re dealing with a wizard like Black, you sometimes have to join forces with those you’d rather avoid.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

By denying the very possibility of such practices, these researchers say, environmentalists may hasten, rather than halt, the demise of the forest. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She might be treating them like allies rather than enemies, but Percy could tell Reyna still had a not-so-soft spot for Leo, probably because he’d blown up half the Forum in New Rome. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I’ll admit my question was a rather obvious way of asking what I didn’t have the nerve to say directly to Julia Bishop. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Robert urged his brother to enlist in the army for three years, rather than be drafted for two. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He stalks along the line, and I am really rather disappointed; judging from his pictures I imagined him to be bigger and more powerfully built, and above all to have a thundering voice. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The workers seemed rather concerned and helped me up most politely, smiling in the friendliest fashion. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He never touched her, but while the women danced, she noticed he kept his eyes on her face rather than on the rest of her body. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It appears to mean serving the dictates of greed and advantage rather than those of goodness and the desire to see justice prevail in the world. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Though, now that you mention it, I did hear a rather crude one recently about a pig, a farmer's wife, and an eloko who walk into a tavern...” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

With the long hair, the beard, and the pale white color he looked quite wild, but also, I have to admit, rather poetic. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Every time I write to you, something special has happened, usually unpleasant rather than pleasant. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The media seems to focus more on the negative rather than on the positive things that young people accomplish. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Every time my limpid contribution was read, I wanted to sink behind my chair rather than face the condescending stares of the Mitchison women. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I’d never met a man I would rather spend time with. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

At dose hand, the bril-liant blue armor looked rather less splendid; everywhere it showed scars, the dents of mace and warhammer, the long gouges left by swords, chips in the enameled breastplate and helm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Because Adrian had started it with the nickels, Principal DeShields opted for a month of Saturday detentions rather than suspension. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Well, that rather colored things, as you can imagine. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Word got round fast enough, but the talk mostly focused on Miss Lucy herself rather than on what she’d been trying to tell us. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she wondered if this was her own failure rather than his, if perhaps she lacked a certain strength that would compel him to include her in his pain. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And like McCandless, upon embarking on his terminal odyssey, Ruess adopted a new name or, rather, a series of new names. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a daughter who knew her father from old photographs rather than memory. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Myrna’s habit of writing to editors rather than friends was always reflected in her salutation: Sirs: What is this strange, frightening letter that you have written me, Ignatius? A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They looked different, maybe because I was seeing them for the first time in their own home rather than in Abba, where they were visitors in Papa-Nnukwu s house. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“We have got to get by the lions first,” said Jo, as if she rather liked the prospect. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some preferred to walk to show their support for the boycott rather than accept a ride even from the MIA car pool. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

The practice of encouraging defendants to plead guilty to crimes, rather than affording them the benefit of a full trial, has always carried its risks and downsides. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I think I would rather just remember it in my head, all those streets and places I loved. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“That’s the conclusion of the testing,” he informed her—or rather it—and Eldon Rosen, who regarded him with writhing worry; the elderly mans face contorted, shifted plastically with angry concern. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

And I’d rather have it than any title such as girls snap up so readily, and find nothing behind. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Say, Hello! Immie wants to grow up to be a vigilante, rather than a captain of industry. See how it goes.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Grace put on sunglasses as she skulked across the parking lot, then took the back way to the store rather than go past all the pretty fountains with the splash pads for the little kids. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The voyage probably never took place, but it would have been one of discovery rather than exploration. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“If I had known you were going to make it up,” said Lancelot rather jealously, “I would not have nearly killed myself in coming.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wagner's theatre was an early attempt at what we would associate with the cinema, rather than the theatre, experience. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“Headmistresses are always so cooperative. They’d rather expel a bad apple or two than risk their school getting into the newspapers for the wrong reasons. Who can blame them?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

In fact, it was not the boys who were on her mind, but their mother, her sister, or rather her incarnation within the wiry frame of Lola. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

People express themselves more People express themselves more offensively when their comments are offensively when they deliver their delivered through the Internet rather comments through the Internet rather than personally. than personally. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Is it possible I’ve found the only two people in Lost Cove I amuse rather than disturb? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Everyone’s eyes were now on Lupin, who looked remarkably calm, though rather pale. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It seemed to Meggie that they filled the room with shadows rather than light. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It seemed a biological rather than a romantic fury. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The landlady, a woman of around forty or so, appears to regard me as a rather grand visitor on account of Mr Farraday's Ford and the high quality of my suit. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, Mother, it’s just that I’d so much rather weave like father. Spinning makes my fingertips hurt.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

A powerful thing, like I’d have to agree to be a part of it rather than it being a part of me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I was told I couldn’t drive him because it was against the law and the authorities would take him at the border rather than let his body cross. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He crossed a yard and followed a fence that led into Darling Street where Pilate lived in a narrow single-story house whose basement seemed to be rising from rather than settling into the ground. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Civil rights protests were frequently depicted as criminal rather than political in nature, and federal courts were accused of excessive “lenience” toward lawlessness, thereby contributing to the spread of crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But now I am a rather special wireless set, one he enjoys tinkering with in his spare time—one he can secretly tune in to the BBC. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I’d rather stay on the sofa, but shopping is easier together. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Ms. Worthy got off the bus rather than pay more, only to have the driver follow her outside and begin punching her. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“That is rather fine,” Ignatius said to himself and continued his hurried writing. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d rather pretend that I’m not sure what people think of me instead of being forced to carry around physical proof of it. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I began to feel rather hungry, and when Robert had gone back into the house I crept into the dining-room through the long window and stole some biscuits from the side-board. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing can be more, less, sort of, rather, quite, very, slightly, or particularly unique. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has always hoped to teach in a university rather than work for a corporation. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

More recently she served them as a taxi pilot delivering their rather special passengers. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“We’ve come to know your son rather well of late, so we thought it only proper that we should pay a friendly call.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“As the youngest member of the laboratory, it was I who had to yield and to watch the team go its way rather than my way,” he reflected later. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

There was another yell from below, rather louder than the last. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I’ve offered to put up his bail, but apparently he’d rather sit alone in a cramped, roach-infested cell than be home with his family. Maybe the lawyer can talk some sense into him.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I wouldn’t want to be sick all my life. I’d much rather be pressured. He’s a nice kid, though.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

At this moment he saw a rabbit come rather hesitantly out of the hole furthest from himself. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abruptly, and rather unwillingly, Capricorn's men returned to reality. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

And how did one learn his life "rather well"? "Young man, you're part of a wonderful institution. It is a great dream become reality . . ." "Yes, sir," I said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ron was rather pale and looked as though he was about to be sick. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Although everyone appeared to be in superb physical shape, circumstances had forced them to do the bulk of their training on StairMasters and treadmills rather than on actual peaks. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“It must be rather odd being only part of a person,” Milo remarked. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I know it’s coming, I want to open a vein and drain the serum from my body rather than see it again. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

By 1820 even Adams had stopped firing off his illumination rounds and had adopted the Jeffersonian posture of benign duplicity, preferring to risk hypocrisy rather than the friendship. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Harry, though still rather small and skinny for his age, had grown a few inches over the last year. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Unusually for a dragon, it dwells in valleys rather than mountains. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of interest to zoologists I can report the following: a tiger will not at first attack a shark out of water with its jaws but will rather strike at it with its forepaws. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Burnside laughs, but rather than cutting the tension it just adds to it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Although Lupin smiled as he shook Harry’s hand, Harry thought he looked rather unhappy. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“But I’d rather work outdoors, sir. I like makin’ things grow. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I instinctively knew that organized religion would hinder rather than help me; would torpedo my best-laid plans. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wrote, “Though gentle and tender, he had such a dignified repose and reserve of manner that, as children, we regarded him with fear rather than affection.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The building was square and rather plain-looking, though once inside, the three orphans were intimidated by the hustle and bustle of the people as they raced around the large, echoey room. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“But I would rather not. You can see for yourself. I may be crazy. Of course Mr. Adam is strung so tight he may snap like a banjo string.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, that's all very interesting,” Esther's shrill voice replied, “but I would really rather receive that information from Mr. Getz himself. Please put me through.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, they did rather detest each other. Not unlike yourself and Mr. Malfoy. And then, your father did something Snape could never forgive.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The leaves were whitish and rather papery, like the herb called honesty, and it was loaded with little brown fruits that looked rather like dates. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

This rather deliberate elision of Fermi’s role in neutron research was the prelude to a pitch for $2,250 “to increase the yield of neutron radiation tenfold or more.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

"You made me give Astrid Pompadour a pig nose. I think that was rather ugly." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“I could. But I’d rather wait. I still think Mary’s up to some of her foolish pranks. Bigger, you’d better get that trunk.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was rather as if someone under surveillance kept turning up at particular locations but was never observed traveling between them. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The Iliad and the Odyssey are, or rather contain, the oldest Greek writings we have. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you would rather be spending this brief hour with Arthur...” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

A strike based on a political grievance rather than on clear-cut issues like higher wages or shorter hours is a more precarious form of protest and demands particularly efficient organization. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, things were going rather well for me and I had gotten engaged to a very nice girl, Jane Wilde. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well... the roads are rather bad ” This sparked a chorus of familiar complaints, and Chronicler relaxed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I’d still rather work for him than old Crouch,” said Ron. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It would be Mr. Marshall whose room was just along from the nursery, and he was talking to the twins, she decided, rather than Lola. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Lane sat rather slouched in his chair, smoking, his eyes narrowed attentively at Franny’s face. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

All this, Kingshaw felt, rather than reasoned out, he was certain of it inside himself. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He was, rather, a natural driver, for whom the wheel seemed a logical extension of his hands. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, in spite of my misgivings, I shall make my cart available to you. However, you must watch the cart this afternoon. I have a rather urgent appointment.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Discrimination was the force that concentrated them in Newtown, that enrolled them in the Winchester school, that sent Christines parents to be educated at Knoxville College rather than the University of Tennessee. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Or rather, it’s awkward w hen I see her. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gunshots sounded at first like small firecrackers rather than anything dangerous. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Danny always spent his mornings studying Talmud, so I decided that rather than waste the day I would go over to the college library and see if I could find something on experimental psychology. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Or rather, left behind. These are the people who’ve dawdled and been left inside when the gates were shut. Got to put ’em somewhere, so we keep ’em here. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t noticed her wanting the prince, but rather that she’d noticed how Lillian and Dorian clung to each other all night. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Between meals, Don José sketched rather than dissected the cadavers and caught up on his sleep on a bench below a Gauguin and alongside several Van Goghs in the Prado. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

After a little silence, “Sometimes,” he added, “I rather regret the science. Happiness is a hard master—particularly other people’s happiness. A much harder master, if one isn’t conditioned to accept it unquestioningly, than truth.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that name turned out to be a detriment rather than an asset to me. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at the same time he felt rather ashamed for his friend. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I believe not. And yet it is said the Rochesters have been rather a violent than a quiet race in their time: perhaps, though, that is the reason they rest tranquilly in their graves now.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

But the thinness of the clay layer clearly suggested that in Umbria, if nowhere else, something rather more abrupt had happened. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I’d rather burn my eyes out than keep watching, but I do. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I ask, realizing too late that it’s a word I’d rather not have defined. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Let us be thought over-much plain and simple, even bare, rather than gaudy, flashy, cheap and meretricious. Let us manifest the taste of gentlemen.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Each begins its life as a rather abstract scientific concept, but grows to invade multiple human discourses—thereby transforming culture, society, politics, and language. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Or rather two pupils, for at the end of the first lesson he said Goblin was the finest natural jumper he had ever seen. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was really my doing, or rather my drawings, that had brought us to this brink. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Miss Ellis began to speak, her voice bright and fake like a laxative commercial: “Well, I’ve got some rather astounding news for you, Gilly.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

And rather than be impressed, I am worried about the expense, as well as the appearance it must give Aiyi, that we rich Americans cannot be without our luxuries even for one night. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her fingers stopped for the first time, as she retorted rather angrily, “What have I told you? Do you still think, in spite of it, that I do not mean what I say?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

She told him the Hausa in the North were a dignified lot, the Igbo were surly and money-loving, and the Yoruba were rather jolly even if they were first-rate lickspittles. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The hat seemed to be asking rather a lot; Harry didn’t feel brave or quick-witted or any of it at the moment. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Harry rather doubted he would be able to bring off this particular spell; he was still having difficulty with nonverbal spells, something Snape had been quick to comment on in every D.A.D.A. class. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Which would be more impressive if it didn’t have rubber leg caps, making it land with a squeak rather than a bang. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He decided that he would rather be a fireman. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d rather be soaking wet and covered in gritty wet sand and seaweed than living in a land of black robes and pearl buttons and sadness. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

A nickname from the middle of the name, like a lot of Dutch boys do, rather than the beginning. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then Percy said rather stiffly, “Merry Christmas, Mother.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I swear to God, I rather you have a good mind than a cute behind.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am afraid, Mr. Darcy,” observed Miss Bingley, in a half whisper, “that this adventure has rather affected your admiration of her fine eyes.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to ride with my parents. What eleventh-grade boy rides with his parents? They treat me like too much of a baby as it is. I’d rather take my chances with the molesters.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I can tell he wants to talk and I’d rather not. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He did not curry favour; rather, he was seeking a relationship with destiny: his music yearned to be the expression of humanity's deepest desires and anxieties. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The difference involves what I came to think of, rather unfairly, as Holmberg’s Mistake. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Phineas just walked serenely on, or rather flowed on, rolling forward in his white sneakers with such unthinking unity of movement that “walk” didn’t describe it. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hermione was rather ostentatiously showing no interest in his whispered plans for forcing entry into the room, which irritated Harry, because he thought she might be a lot of help if she wanted to. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was rather like being introduced to the mayor. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

As the habit of killing grows — the resort to “eradicating” any creature that may annoy or inconvenience us — birds are more and more finding themselves a direct target of poisons rather than an incidental one. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

For the first time in his life, people were paying more attention to him than to Harry, and it was clear that Ron was rather enjoying the experience. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

As I told my staff, I’d rather go deep than broad when it came to taking on issues. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I simply cannot tell you how awful they were, and somehow the whole sight was made more grotesque because underneath those frightful scabby bald heads, the bodies were dressed in fashionable and rather pretty clothes. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Sirs, while I would liefer commend the nobility of restraint, here must I endorse rather the vigor of lively opposition, lest, peradventure, we find that inaction is in itself the occasion of profligacy.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I tried to be as clear as I could, and acted as if I myself were teaching the class rather than merely acting as a springboard for Rav Gershenson’s comments. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

In an unassuming storeroom filled with dropcloths and pallets and crates, behind a sheet of plywood, the mineralogist reveals a simple combination safe that the assistant director opens rather easily. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was a scarf — or rather, three scarves tied together. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the far right foreground, two men who seemed to be Joseph’s servants were rather awkwardly doing the carrying. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly we were stopped at a checkpoint, or rather, an ambush. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I should like to be,” said I, glancing at the slate as he held it; with a misgiving that the writing was rather hilly. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

If I have to be wed, then, when all’s done and said — I’ll wed Piers I would rather be dead than wed Piers. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

She had on a red cloak and a black bonnet: or rather, a broad-brimmed gipsy hat, tied down with a striped handkerchief under her chin. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Stupid,” she said to the memory of Mrs. Gorman rather than to him. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather have any job, six jobs, than beg from people. Look at you,” he said to me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They climbed rather quickly back into their jeep, ready to make a fast getaway if necessary. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You should have died rather than help those filthy Communist pigs!” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I got a screwdriver from the store and took out the screw; after prying a bit, the door came open rather squeakily. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“This is summer vacation. I must admit I had not planned to eat crayfish on my vacation, but I am rather getting to like it. “ My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather be on the end of a fish hook and used as bait than come up against those terrible creatures again!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, della Porta’s experiments led him to adopt the opposite view: that you can use a diamond to make, rather than unmake, a magnet. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She leaned into him, curling her lips into a wicked, slightly guilty smile, and hoping she looked eager for excitement rather than information. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The two of them would certainly have killed me if they hadn’t still been rather weak at the knees. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The winter days were short, so there was no time to waste, and rather than walking all the way around the pond, Roz tested its frozen surface to see if it was safe to cross. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

For him, drama rather than historical narrative was the way of constructing the appearance of reality. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

"I'm not going to be that way. I feel rather good, you know. I feel rather set up." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Polydectes evidently talked to Perseus about them; he probably told him that he would rather have the head of one of them than anything else in the world. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the note progressed, his handwriting shrank, until it seemed like something extruded rather than written. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It didn’t seem fair that he’d get a free bike for doing what he was told rather than thinking for himself. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

And if an elephant was ever attacked by a lion, there is no doubt that the elephant would retreat rather than stay and fight. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Doc is rather small, deceptively small, for he is wiry and very strong and when passionate anger comes on him he can be very fierce. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emerson Lapp said, “This whole affair has become rather unbelievably sticky.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Yes,” he sighs, "yes, if a man didn’t have to come away again. The second half is always rather messed up by that.” All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rather liked him and evidently she led him quite a life. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He was married to a British woman, lived in a British home, worked at a British job, traveled on a British passport, said “exercise” to refer to a mental rather than a physical activity. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It seems clear, therefore, that Kendra made a decision to hide her daughter’s existence rather than suffer the shame of admitting that she had produced a Squib. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Oh, dear no, Sir. You are rather too kind sometimes, and then just a trifle hasty when he tries your patience. Don’t you think you are?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead he was smiling at a rather severe-looking woman who was wearing square glasses exactly the shape of the markings the cat had had around its eyes. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“No, rather not,” beamed Giles, “as a matter of fact it’s a pretty good effort. I got our local tailor to rig it up. I’m coming as an Arabian sheik.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He’d set his sights on trying out for the Cleveland Browns—not as a player, but rather as a contender for the role of a wide-eyed, gape-mouthed faux animal named Chomps. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

A rather unusual circus, only open at night. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Oh...yes. Or rather, no. We have had no word. He was not taken by my winds. No doubt this was the work of Boreas or his spawn.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Emma held out a hand and flicked her wrist, but rather than producing a ball of fire her hand glowed a scintillating blue. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

This was a second storeroom, but for unwanted furniture rather than food, so he looked around quickly and moved on through the next archway. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Even so, I’d rather the brothers not catch me with my head in a book. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

An elegant way to sidestep the law rather than breaking it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But the trees don’t make a canopy; rather, the sky is open and sun shines like God’s or an angel’s light. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He regarded no one thing in the room, but rather gaped at whatever lay before him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

These communities desperately need their young men to be holding down jobs and supporting their families, rather than wasting away in prison cells. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But now, so far, the conquest has been by purchase rather than by warfare. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gradually, the theater emptied, Mr. Turner shouting to us that we, at least, must remain stationary and minimize, rather than enhance, the violence of the rout. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He was medium height, rather long in the face, with a keen chin. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s rather astounding that you still have a job,” Chuck Muckle remarked. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She comes over to Mamá Jacinta’s house after school and drags me out, though I’d rather stay in the yard reading. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Ever since she was a child, my daughter had been rather strange; she was never the loving, gentle girl I would have liked to have. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would rather die than see them hurt you. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Let’s just say, I’d rather spend the remainder of my life in a medieval torture chamber rotating from Head Crusher to Knee Splitter to The Rack than see that look on Dad’s face again. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The mere suggestion of illness or wounds was to him not only horrifying, but even repulsive and rather disgusting. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned abruptly from Harry and Ron’s table, breathing rather heavily as she tugged her gauzy shawl more closely to her. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

They had regarded their Federalist programs as a fulfillment, rather than a betrayal, of American independence. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Or rather to me, to the ICU, which is where I know he will want to go. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Red Cross irritated Ugwu; the least they could do was ask Biafrans their preferred foods rather than sending so much bland flour. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I liked the idea of being in charge of one thing rather than two, of not having my brain scrambled by the competing narratives of home and work. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In fact, at first he seemed rather laughable. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Sir Belleus, blushing rather and wondering whether the laughter was at him, would say in a small voice: “Yes, I yielded to Sir Lancelot.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said he’d rather eat a spider than come back to school in the evening. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Nowadays, Garden City, which was once a rather raucous frontier town, is quite subdued. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

By and large Huygens imagined the environments and inhabitants of other planets to be rather like those of seventeenth- century Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or the red shift might be a Doppler effect due not to the general expansion of the universe but rather to a more modest and local galactic explosion. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“God knows it helps me not to excuse myself, Sir Gawaine. I would rather to have killed my nephew, Sir Bon. But I did not see them, Gawaine, and I have paid it!” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our attempts at procreation took place not in service of important monthly hormonal markers but rather in concert with the Illinois legislative schedule. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Everywhere I went in Tanganyika my skin color was automatically accepted rather than instantly reviled. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the problem which Bernard had come to discuss with him—or rather, since it was always Helmholtz who did all the talking, to listen to his friend discussing, yet once more. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or, rather, I didn’t because I thought they’d make fun of my sandwich. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

There was another awkward pause before Sir David said, rather uncertainly: 'We English have often had a different way of looking at such things from the French, Mr Lewis.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

There followed a rather long and embarrassing silence. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“The movie camera will shortly be put to use. That harmonica was rather cheap.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fear of the void was so great that Christian scholars tried to fix the Bible to match Aristotle rather than vice versa. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“We know that,” said Mr. Weasley quietly, “but it would make our efforts tonight seem rather pointless if you left.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“The radar patrol,” Ignatius was telling Darlene, “is obviously rather foolproof. It seems that the cabdriver and I were making small dots on their screen all the way from Baton Rouge.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would turn to Maxim then, talking of people and places I had not met or did not know, and now and again I would find their eyes upon me, doubtful, rather bewildered. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Herman E. Calloway seemed like the kind of person that would rather get bit in the behind by a snaggletooth mule than have somebody give him a kiss. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I recommend Batman especially, for he tends to transcend the abysmal society in which he’s found himself. His morality is rather rigid, also. I rather respect Batman.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the prosecutor returned to his seat, there was a rather long silence. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Z would rather sleep in a ditch than become slave labor for anyone. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I didn’t really have a choice, but it sure would have been a good day to catch the bus rather than having to walk home again. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

She had not moved, and consequently she was obliged to raise her voice slightly in addressing me, so that it resonated rather oddly in the cavernous spaces of the dark and empty kitchen. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Though they knew he was a wizard they showed him no regard, but rather a kind of cautious spitefulness. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Still, our first impressions of the Germans were rather reassuring. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She landed short of her destination rather than continuing blindly into the storm. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She would kill herself rather than go on, she decided one night . A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was rather like being the son of a modem gentleman who has made his money out of trade, for your father started you on the bottom rung even then, in your education of manners. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me get this straight. You would rather a man lose his job so you can keep a book?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I’d rather start in any other district, since this was Rue’s home. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

We not only take it for granted—we tend to talk about the biologic revolution as though expecting to make profits from it, rather like a version of last century’s industrial revolution. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I would rather not be in a car during a lightning storm,” she says. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Would you rather fall out of an airplane or into a shark tank? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“That is no answer; or rather it is a very irritating, because a very evasive one. Reply clearly.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She remains distracted as she walks, considering the cards, but she slowly realizes that she is rather warm. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Second, the Allies could say that they had learned about Argentina’s spy rings from him, rather than from Enigma messages. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But what I’d rather do is take you up this road a mile or so and then turn you loose. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Or, rather, the dream did not, for they were all the same now. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She'd rather do a hundred math problems than try to figure out someone else's mixed-up feelings, any day of the week. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

They were brown, he noted, a rather light shade of brown, with dark lashes. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Though he would rather have spoken to the men, he talked to his young friend. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The story sounded rather involved for Joan to have made up out of whole cloth, but I led her on, to see what would come of it. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Her hair was lank and dull and she had a plain, pale, rather heavy face. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Wouldn’t you rather be learning the truth about magicians? Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I'd rather go to the chair than appear before the entire world dressed like a department manager at J. C. Penney. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The explanation was simple; the consequences for Kamen’s career rather more complex. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

So most people comment on his gait rather than his speed—even though he often wins, places, or shows. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The difficulty lay not in finding vacant rooms—for there were whole houses vacant—but rather vacant rooms in houses where owners were present still to let out their property. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

But Lady Macbeth, who seemed so strong at the beginning of the play, had a rather rapid mental deterioration—remember she was walking and talking in her sleep and washing her hands uncontrollably? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had a sinking suspicion that sooner rather than later there wouldn’t be an extra ticket left in that envelope at all. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

There was no evidence that hydrogen ions had charged around Edlefsen’s “rather sketchy” apparatus at all, much less at any appreciable fraction of 1 million electron volts. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He did not know whether we knew Brett had been with him at San Sebastian, and it made him rather awkward. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He could not help regarding my exclamation as a presumption of my guilt and said in rather a severe tone, Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had played in three of them, and done rather well. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some nights I wind up in the back hall with one or another of the painters, because I would rather not see what Jon may be getting up to with the straight-haired girls. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’d rather tell you about a new horse, a forest of glass, and a long good night. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The one that attracts Celia’s attention rests on a table rather than hanging on the wall or sitting on a shelf. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

At the end of the year the computer would be used to help compile a rather remarkable eighty-two-page document containing a detailed examination of each of the team’s 747 defensive plays. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I keep it and rear it rather on the Roman Catholic principle of expiating numerous sins, great or small, by one good work. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She got herself a larger apron after that, one that covered her whole front, rather than just the waist down, with very large ruffles. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a rather large company, twenty all together. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Vincent pivoted on his feet, and Moss could tell he would have rather been anywhere than right in front of him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got a question for you,” said Harry, his heart beating rather fast as he looked down at the elf, “and I order you to answer it truthfully. Understand?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Bagman was talking very fast in a low voice to the goblins, all of whom had their arms crossed and were looking rather menacing. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She had already turned to go, but she did rather fretfully come back for a moment. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Ah, well, if it is learning you are after, you have come to the right shop. But don’t you find it rather dull?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at him, bewildered at first, then shocked, then rather sick. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

At every stop the count posed Blanca against the landscape and took her picture, although she put up a certain resistance because she felt rather ridiculous. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout this book, dates for about the last 15,000 years will be quoted as so-called calibrated radiocarbon dates, rather than as conventional, uncalibrated radiocarbon dates. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The surface environment of Venus is a warning: something disastrous can happen to a planet rather like our own. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was rather handsome, with dark skin, a proud look and a long straight nose, and a floral scarf was tied across her silver hair. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

There was something rather blowsy about roses in full bloom, something shallow and raucous, like women with untidy hair. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And Thyon stood there and spoke that phrase as though it were just lying around, knowable, as common as any pebble picked up off the ground, rather than the rare and precious gem it was. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

More than that, though, all of them—not just the sophomores—were going to start out by racing one another in set crews rather than in constantly changing mixtures of men. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was based on a play that had been published only the previous year and was set in recent times rather than in the safely distant past. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

She had said it was better to own property rather than cash but he suspected that, for her, it was a safety net in case Port Harcourt fell. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

‘I don’t know, and I would rather not guess,’ said Frodo. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

"Well, this would interest you. It wouldn't take up much of your time and you might pick up a nice bit of money. It happens to be a rather confidential sort of thing." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

But maybe it’s rather too soon to be talking about this?” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I open the door and find Master Crofts dressed in his thick wool cassock, but looking rather blue-lipped from the cold. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“If it’s all the same to you,” I tell him, “there are certain eyes I’d rather not meet.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

‘Also there is this!’ said Bilbo, bringing out a parcel which seemed to be rather heavy for its size. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Her style didn't come from her clothes—leather boots, cracked all over the toes, a fraying shawl and faded sweater she hid under—but rather from the way she stared ahead with resolve. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He preferred not to perform in large concert halls, as was increasingly the vogue, but rather in small salons and private homes. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

An older school of historians and philosophers took this framework for granted, while a newer school has wanted to debunk or deconstruct the concepts rather than explain their significance and trace their origin. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Admittedly we would rather have had a good beef steak. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I would rather imagine that it is the other way around,” Jones wrote in Henrietta’s chart after examining her. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

And the ultimate source of these rights did not lie in any indigenously American origins, but rather in a transcendent realm of natural rights allegedly shared by all men everywhere. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I’m rather partial to Carols, myself, and that’s the best of reasons for my never hearing any.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Charles. And there’s no place I’d rather be on my big day than inside a library, surrounded by books. Unless, of course, I could be on a bridge to Terabithia.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

They’d rather fight over what kind of pet they’re going to get...even though I’m not sensing any indication from their mother that a pet is in their near future. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

There were stewed apricots and five or six different cheeses including of course the ever-present gjetost, that tall brown rather sweet Norwegian goat’s cheese which you find on just about every table in the land. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the Elizebeth part that stuck, spelled with an “e” in the middle, rather than with the standard “a.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Tobacco, naturally: a good deal of cat and rather less dog and then, suddenly and beyond doubt, rabbit. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The station was located in Sophiatown, or rather, what was left of it, for the once bustling township was now a ruin of bulldozed buildings and vacant lots. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their economy is based on reciprocal exchanges between individuals or families, rather than on a redistribution of tribute paid to some central authority. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’m thirsty, and I’m angry, and I think maybe I’d rather face the nightmares than this, after all. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But rather than storm over and rage at them, I’d gone away to the roof of Mains and played for a while to cool my head. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We should not see the enslaved people simply as victims, but rather as actors—as the heralds of the interconnected world in which we all live today. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Our aim should be to guide natural processes as cautiously as possible in the desired direction rather than to use brute force. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I would much rather have ignored those looks than challenged them. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘On the whole I would rather have our job than Fatty’s — waiting here till Black Riders come.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Again, they’d rather deal with us than with some gangster loan shark. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“A rather dull affair, if I must admit. But the company was delectable.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

As for USIA, it maintained that the tank had not come apart because of any negligence on its part, but rather was destroyed by villainous Communists. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“My poor friend,” Vincent writes to him, “our neurosis &c. surely also comes from our rather too artistic way of life—but it’s also a fatal inheritance.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She was also smiling — rather nervously, it was true — but the reduction in the size of her front teeth was more noticeable than ever; Harry couldn’t understand how he hadn’t spotted it before. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He opened his mouth and it was Clarisse McClellan saying, “Didn't firemen prevent fires rather than stoke them up and get them going?” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Club never met as a whole,” Crick recalled: “It always had a rather ethereal existence.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He had thrown it to first rather than third, and now we had Sidney Goldberg on third, and a man on second. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

That black sludge seethes with intentions I’d rather not know about. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The calm efficiency of Frith, and Robert’s rather foolish face, helped me more than my book and my newspaper had done. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I don't like knowing the future anyway. I had much rather you didn’t worry about it, because it only worries me.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

His view of the law was broad rather than narrow, for he believed that it was a tool that could be used to change society. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I rather wonder that it was never made before.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Madame Ratignolle kissed Edna goodnight, and went away, being in truth rather desirous of joining in the general and animated conversation which was still in progress concerning Mexico and the Mexicans. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our father had always thought we were quite amazing, and Lynn, of course, had always thought I was perfect, so I thought of myself as rather amazing and maybe even perfect. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I would rather be dead than to turn into the kind of grown-up people I knew. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

There was something rather sincere and pathetic about her going off to a shop in London and buying me these books because she knew I was fond of painting. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Henry smiles breathlessly against his neck, looking extremely pleased with himself, and says, “I’m rather finished with tennis, aren’t you?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

However, when I studied myself in the mirror, I was forced to admit that I appeared rather fetching in a dramatic way. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that the children finally knew some things, they all rather missed not knowing them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

A rather sizable crowd soon gathered around Hugo. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

"Okay, I got one. Would you rather live every day for the rest of your life with stinky breath, or lick the sidewalk for five minutes?" When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“I shall go home by the tunnel,” said Polly rather coldly. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gonzalez, my “boss,” is rather a cretin, but is nonetheless quite pleasant. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before she could, the tall man swung her and then Taryn across the saddle, handling them like baggage rather than children. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It faced out, rather than in, and the spears of sharpened wood were like a fence. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Somehow, without quite knowing how they’d gotten there, they were all six standing in a rather tight little group in the center of the storage yard. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

As time went along, the people took less notice of these January thirds, or rather they thought they did, thought they had no attitudes or feelings one way or another about Shadrack’s annual solitary parade. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You know there’s no place in the world she’d rather be.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Perhaps many stars have planetary systems rather like our own: at the periphery, great gaseous ringed planets and icy moons, and nearer to the center, small, warm, blue-white, cloud-covered worlds. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their interest rather touched me and made them less remotely rich--nevertheless, I was confused and a little disgusted as I drove away. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

It was neither a “contract with abolition” nor a “covenant with death,” but rather a prudent exercise in ambiguity. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Yes—rather—I have been thinking of it some little time.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

I’d rather pay class by class at community college, and deliver pizza at night while I live cheap in Dad’s house. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Money is very easy to earn but rather hard to spend, because there isn’t very much to buy. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The one classmate who protested her presence employed silence rather than epithet as a weapon. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

So I went down to Quincey and took him into the breakfast-room, where the blinds were not drawn down, and which was a little more cheerful, or rather less cheerless, than the other rooms. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t that he was ugly—in fact, his tanned face was rather pleasant, but there was something nasty about his demeanor, about his obsidian eyes as they shifted and met her own. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Or, rather, it was bread toasted and buttered. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

If he had written operas rather than church music, it might have been a different story. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I’d left Iowa rather than work for lantha Wells, but to save my claim, I might have to hire out to the Smith Rooming House. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather have the sun, but at least we still have some light,” Grandma said, using a tool to set the silver-headed arrow to the string of her undersized crossbow and pull it into position. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The mentally ill were abused in almost every conceivable way and were treated as a kind of entertainment, with ‘Bedlam’ a place for fashionable people to go to view the curiosities, rather like a zoo. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Cohn had been rather nervous ever since we had met at Bayonne. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I intend to draw Miss Trixie out rather shortly; 1 suspect that this Medusa of capitalism has many valuable insights and more than one pithy observation to offer. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t look at me; rather, she flipped through the pages of my new passport. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Too often this was used to force women to submit, rather than to address their underlying mental health issues. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He would rather have heard this than anything, for he knew that his unquenchable, wayward old clown was not made for sadness or uncertainty. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gained on them, however, involuntarily: the child’s pace was quick, and theirs rather slow; and she was the more concerned at it, from their being evidently in a conversation which interested them. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Even those few Australians got to see only a fraction of Macassan culture and technology, rather than a full Macassan society with rice fields, pigs, villages, and workshops. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Despite my earlier vow not to hike with the car, I found it rather suited me here—indeed, completely suited me. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I am only resting my rather broken feet.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Weaver notes, “rather than fading, the segregationists’ crime-race argument was reframed, with a slightly different veneer,” and eventually became the foundation of the conservative agenda on crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The first represented clouds low and livid, rolling over a swollen sea: all the distance was in eclipse; so, too, was the foreground; or rather, the nearest billows, for there was no land. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I guess it was designed to be an offer I couldn’t refuse, but I’d have rather spent the summer in a Siberian labor camp than live with my uncle and his spoiled kids. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I usually figured out that Barack had arrived home from a trip not by the sound of his helicopter but rather by the smell of its fuel, which somehow managed to permeate. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Estraven, sweating like ice in the sun, stays slick and cold as ice, answering Tibe’s murmurs aloud in a tone whose commonplace politeness makes the other look rather a fool. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Goodness knows what he might do next! I'm afraid it could be dangerous for him—and I do have this idea, rather a weird idea, but I'd like to talk to you about it.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He’d had time to ponder their forthcoming trip, and he’d decided he would rather go alone or, better yet, invite some friend to go along with him. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

For weeks we’d been toiling in what amounted to a canyon; now, for the first time on the expedition the vista was primarily sky rather than earth. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond the laundry room at the back of the house, the lawns rolled away, so smooth and closely mown, the ground itself seemed green rather than planted with grass. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“If you’d rather do the beef stew, I can do the roasted vegetables.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Newton’s laws were theoretical, rather simple mathematical abstractions from which all of Tycho’s measurements could ultimately be derived. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think about scoring, but rather how to keep Rachel’s blade from hitting me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She would rather have seen her favorite niece again anywhere but here. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She wanted to be broad-minded if she could, for she was rather a blue-stocking. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just a bite. You can eat and walk at the same time. I’ll make sure you don’t trip. Or would you rather skate? You liked to do that once upon a time.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And there wasn’t a Brooklyn boy who wouldn’t rather play on the Brooklyn’s team than be president of the United States. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

You will notice I say 'what' rather than 'who' is a great butler; for there was actually no serious dispute as to the identity of the men who set the standards amongst our generation. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He winked at her as if he were promising to keep her secret rather than commanding her to keep his. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, I don’t know if you might be able to mention that to Martin. You’re friends with him, right? I’d just rather not deal with him asking me, if I can avoid it.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The whole trip seemed rather dull and pointless to her, though there were many robots in sight. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The cat sprang from the arms of the sleepy little Indian boy and ran towards the old dog, who was already on his feet, blinking and peering around rather confusedly. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I rather think I have a heart of gold,” Eleanor said reflectively. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The City of New York takes so much time to either renovate or bulldoze a condemned building it’s like those guys on Death Row who die of old age rather than execution. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I cried, “take after you! What have you done that I could emulate! Your drinking—your gambling—your ignorance—your irresponsibility! I’d rather be dead than be like you!” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Initially, he made rather general conversation, inquiring if all was well around the house and so on. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’d rather die than put a solitary cent into that Falcon. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Three of them, anyway. They’re shallow and rather rough, but there’s no smell of death or disease and they’re perfectly sound. I thought they might do for us—just for the moment, anyway.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had changed her dress to a brown figured muslin which stretched tight over her rather wide hips as Tom helped her to the platform in New York. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

When you put it that way, it sounded rather insane. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

But inside I’m smiling—because, for the first time in my life, I’ve made fear a tailwind rather than a headwind. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The number 1 was easy to write: T. Unfortunately, 60 was also written as T; the only difference was that T was in the second position rather than the first. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

From the practical rather than the medical standpoint this distinction is of little importance, however, because these petroleum solvents are an inseparable part of most common spraying practices. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

In fact, he tried to smile, but still it was rather like a lecture. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“The immediate reaction of the watchers was one of awe rather than excitement,” related McMillan. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Neither man—or rather neither he nor Garland—spoke for a time, and then Garland cleared his throat, coughed nervously. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Nothing about the natural world, at first glance, suggests the existence of a gene; indeed, you have to perform rather bizarre experimental contortions to uncover the idea of discrete particles of inheritance. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Hieroglyphic writing appeared rather suddenly, in nearly full-blown form, around 3000 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Or rather, they were whispering in a strange mixture of Gaelic and of the Old Language of chivalry—which had been taught to them because they would need it when they were grown. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But because Venus is much cooler than the Sun, it emits radiation chiefly in the infrared rather than the visible region of the spectrum. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was rather touchy, and rubbed many people the wrong way. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Some days I’d rather face the British again than listen to the sound of my dear daughter-in-law,” Grandfather said. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did look rather like a little angel, Johnny thought—just as people were always telling Cilia on the street—and so graceful. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would rather have been more cautious, but Rita’s illness worried him. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’d rather feel something for real than pretend it’s not what it is. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I felt at times as if he were my relation rather than my master: yet he was imperious sometimes still; but I did not mind that; I saw it was his way. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It seemed to Ophie that the gift of the tortoiseshell comb—or rather, the unprotested theft—had changed Penelope slightly for the better. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Walowick would rather stay over here than go to Chicago,” Sergeant Simpson chimed in. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The feathered demon would sink the ship rather than see me victorious! Do away with him now, Caden!” the captain orders. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

It traced a continuous path along the world’s seabeds, rather like the stitching on a baseball. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It stood in the center of the room, a minor feat of engineering of which Kote was rather proud. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I rather hope to satisfy you both,” said Emma, “for I shall do all in my power to make them happy, which will be enough for Isabella; and happiness must preclude false indulgence and physic.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“He said he would rather come to see me.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard, Miss Havisham,” said I, rather at a loss, “that you were so kind as to wish me to come and see you, and I came directly.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Would you rather be uncontrollably sweaty or itchy? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“I would rather be talking to you,” he replied; “but as it seems a matter of justice, it shall be done.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Her T-shirt was, uh, snug, if you know what I mean, tight across a rather curvy figure. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

For these last few hours, it must be said, have been rather trying ones. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I resolved to quit and risk hunger rather than stay with them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sea was still some way off, but the hills were lower, and vines grew on the slopes rather than the undergrowth and trees that grew on the hills around Capricorn’s village. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Too lazy to crack open a dictionary, they are led by gut feeling and intuition rather than attention to careful scholarship. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Next to him was the rather large figure of Colonel Knox and countless other officers I could not name. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The reek was so great that the other servants slept on the floor in the house rather than endure the miasma near their pallets. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You are rather disposed to call his interference officious?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

As long as this flaw remained, calculus would be based upon faith rather than logic. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

There were flowers in the dining-room, flowers in the library, but orderly and trim, rather in the background, not like this, not in profusion. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Would you rather have a really, really long silk scarf?” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“Besides, I want scenery rather than a windowless subterranean tunnel. I’m a human being, not a mole.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Harry thought there was a rather knowing look in her eye as she told him that, but she could not possibly know that his insides were suddenly dancing the conga. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

We were all three in the rather hearty, cheerful humour of people before a funeral. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

That seems like rather a grand name for it, and I don’t want to suggest that I went through anything like what soldiers who saw combat in Vietnam did. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There may be ramifications. I’d rather you didn’t know anything about it. I don’t want you involved.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if you would perhaps permit me to ask you something of a rather personal order. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

My life in Cambridge was transformed—or rather, I was transformed into someone who believed she belonged in Cambridge. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

There was nowhere I would rather be, but I thought I knew what his question meant. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

As a result, the English stuck to Newton’s fluxion notation rather than adopting Leibniz’s superior differential notation—cutting off their noses to spite their faces. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Soon everybody talked about how sorry they were that they had not come to the hills earlier, rather than letting the wild animals eat their crops and drag off their children. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Within a few days, we were walking to the quarry, rather than going by truck, and this too was a tonic. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

People had been teasing her so much about being the thing that Viktor Krum would most miss that she was in a rather tetchy mood. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Opening day, or opening night, rather, is spectacular. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Kaede thought that it wasn’t exactly as if they glowed, but rather there was a lightness about them. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I spotted Liam straight off, standing rather than sitting on one of the logs. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She told me all the local and world news, and it was rather pleasant to hear about the National League, an atom bomb test, and a Mr. Riley’s three-legged dog that chased her chickens. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wood shot toward the ground, landing rather harder than he meant to in his anger, staggering slightly as he dismounted. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Please close the door and sit down, Harry,” said Dumbledore, sounding rather tired. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Or rather, as I didn't know Mr. Gatsby it was a mansion inhabited by a gentleman of that name. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Hadn’t you rather have her marry a rich man?” asked Jo, as her mother’s voice faltered a little over the last words. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be wrong, however, to concentrate solely on the word ‘evidence’ rather than the concept which it expresses, for if we do so we will miss a crucial development. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

No thank you, I’d rather be stretched out on my favorite rug in front of a nice, whistling radiator. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the state he’s in, I expect it would be sooner rather than later. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He figured Shady would rather know where his demon was so he could keep an eye on him. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Cope might have done even more, but unfortunately he went into a rather precipitate descent in his later years. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

They crowded in, standing rather closer together than they would usually have done, peering about nervously. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I walked up onto the grass, staying rather apart from the crowds. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The box, or, rather, the small pile of glass upon the platform that had once been a box, is empty. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Tennyson and the Pre-Raphaelites would have found it difficult to recognize this rather sullen and unsatisfactory child, with the ugly face, who did not disclose to anybody that he was living on dreams and prayers. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think that dog would rather be a stray,” he said. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Look at these clothes,” she said, and I saw she had on a rather unusual dress for wartime. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sleeves had never been quite long enough to cover his brown wrists, and his huge weathered hands stuck out rather like the pinchers on a number one Jimmy. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only drawback is this old guy, whose name is Charlie, is something of a lunatic and it’s rather difficult to get along with him sometimes. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not that he'd flip out and do something crazy, like bite his own tongue off and show me bloody teeth—even though, honestly, I would've rather seen that, than...that look again. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Such a far-off and remembered odor comes subtly so that one does not consciously smell it, but rather an electric excitement is released—a kind of boisterous joy. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Does he really?” said Mrs. Arable, rather vaguely. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

When Sparrow put it like that, she rather thought that she, too, would like someone who wanted only her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I am your Prince and I’m not that bad—how could you rather be dead than married to me?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Lazlo watched the delegates’ reactions, and he could understand their incredulity, certainly, but there was a rather large inducement here to believe the unbelievable. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It was like they weren’t even really talking to me, but rather, right at my body, wrenching the two apart. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

That way, they figured, rather than seeming as if someone had stolen the goods, it would seem to Noble’s customers that they had simply gotten a bad batch of hooch. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Now, you, Cormac,” said Slughorn, “I happen to know you see a lot of your Uncle Tiberius, because he has a rather splendid picture of the two of you hunting nogtails in, I think, Norfolk?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Or rather, her avatar stared blankly back at my avatar. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

By instinct rather than will, I stayed alive. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

This begins the engagement of their top-down attention systems, as the children focus on what’s happening in the show—the content—rather than merely being drawn in by the lights and sounds. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

That it was the Owenses who had got involved in this nonsense, rather than some flibbertigibbet johnny-come-latelies, counted for a lot, for the Owenses were respectable and respected. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“There is little honor in a fight with such a creature. I’d rather face a thousand honest men with swords than one of those deceitful witches with unnatural powers.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

All they can do, poor things, is to hop about rather clumsily. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Wouldn’t he rather be sitting out in the park than have the park named after him? One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was a better way of passing time than seeing personnel managers, several of whom, Ignatius thought, had treated him rather viciously in the last few days. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I see I am becoming unduly introspective, and in a rather morose sort of way at that. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Almost every afternoon now, Joyce got off the school bus on Silberhorn, down by the river, rather than at her home in Happy Valley. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He’s like some kid, and I’d much rather he knew that I know and I don’t care. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

She wears a dark coat that is too large for her, but she carries herself in such a way that it seems to hang like a cloak and the effect is rather elegant. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Sometimes you want to leave an audience thoughtful, rather than excitable. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Such a note may be a pitchless sound, like a drum beat or a hand clap, or it may be an entire chord rather than a single note. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Achilles runs smoothly past the tortoise because the infinite points are simply a figment of Zeno's imagination, rather than a real-world construct. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The difference would be, the details—the whens and the hows—would have to be filled in after the fact rather than before. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Hazel could recall Hawkbit—a rather slow, stupid rabbit whose company for five snowbound days underground had been distinctly tedious. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a snout rather than a nose, and bulging eyes that never blinked. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The newcomers were encouraged to keep theft- own dress and customs rather than integrate into the host population. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

They looked very handsome, but all the same, he’d rather not join this league. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“No. It’s not okay. I want to take you. It’s the end of senior year. It’s tradition. It’s cheesy, but there’s no one I’d rather be cheesy with.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Whatever it was rippled just under the water, moving like a gigantic snake rather than a fish. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Nothing. Only the subject we were speaking of,” said I, “was rather painful to me.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what caused the transformation, why suddenly I could engage with the great thinkers of the past, rather than revere them to the point of muteness. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Schools across the country dispatched social workers to “help young people cope with what they’re hearing,” but in the hallways of Shaker Heights High School, the mood was hilarity rather than trauma. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was a command rather than a statement. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It eventually became clear to Colin that Starnes did not mean “the United States of America” but rather “this general area of south-central Tennessee.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

They would have had to destroy the plane anyway, to make it look like a crash rather than a planned landing. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

But his jaw was set, and he stared ahead over the steering wheel rather than turning to look at her. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It would have been better to be told at once which way to go, rather than to wait while Kehaar looked for patrols. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just kindly button that lip of yours,” she said, rather absently. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The banks rose up thick with weeds, and the water seemed to suck in the sun rather than reflect it. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“But if you don’t want to be . . . alone with me, I’d still rather you didn’t go to Seattle by yourself. I shudder to think of the trouble you could find in a city that size.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The Party did not permit divorce, but it rather encouraged separation in cases where there were no children. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Often as not, she went to bed hungry rather than risk the stares. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When the poison broke into her body, she whispered to me that she would rather kill her own weak spirit so she could give me a stronger one. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have an impending engagement,” said I, glancing at Wemmick, who was putting fish into the post-office, “that renders me rather uncertain of my time. At once, I think.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“All we saw was you running the simulation and her nearly getting punched to death-before she gave up. Then you stopped, had a rather abrupt lovers’ reconciliation, and stole the hard drive together. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

By 1938 it was rather widely prevalent in the older areas of Japanese beetle infestation. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Eight or nine other people were scattered around the summit, including one youngish, rather pudgy man on his own in a very new and expensive-looking windcheater. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Its boards were warped beyond hope, and its roof slumped in the middle like a fallen pudding—and there wasn’t a house in Phippsburg where she’d rather live. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

But researchers are apt to lose sight of whom they are writing for, and narcissistically describe the obsessions of their guild rather than what the audience really wants to know. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was rather like the English custom of shaking hands: the original use was to find out whether your visitor was armed. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s probably hard to see, being his parents and all. But your young Kvothe is rather bright.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had used the word “killing” rather than “gleaning.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

‘Tm sorry, sir, but just about all the prayers I know are rather somber in tone and make at least some passing reference to God.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s rather like walking through a river out there.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I had a sudden rather terrifying impulse to creep upstairs now to the west wing and go into those rooms and see for myself. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He, James, would rather sleep on the bathroom floor, after all. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’ll have to tell her you asked. Wouldn’t you rather be there? Don’t you think she would feel better if she knew you weren’t talking behind her back?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“They told me something,” said Harriet rather hesitatingly; “but it is nothing of any consequence.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Well, historically, it has rather a lot to do with it. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

The probability that this will be sooner rather than later grows more likely with every passing minute. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Swore he’d rather go naked than wear some other kid’s rags. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, to save money, a synthesizer would be used to accompany the recordings rather than authentic instruments. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

We cannot be absolutely sure, because the records of the trial have been lost; but rather than being a martyr for science, as he is occasionally represented, Bruno was actually a martyr for magic. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The name is inappropriate, for actually it is a rather turbid lake because of the soft black ooze that covers its shallow bottom. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It seemed to me, rather senselessly, that I was allowing him a few more moments of seclusion. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

"They would rather be live cowards than dead heroes." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

This guy figured he’d rather have my fresh blood than blood out of a bottle! Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Not because he wanted to be forgiven for missing the meal—that didn’t interest him at all, he might have rather enjoyed the punishment if it was done in some novel and unknown way. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, Miss Kenton gave me her daughter's address in Dorset, and I must say, I was rather flattered to see how keen she was that I call in on my return journey. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Classical music’s infatuation with mining the riches of the distant past only reinforced the popular impression that it was backward- rather than forward-looking. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

To the first honoree, he announces, “Well, here’s your book. Looks rather bilge to me from a glance at the title page, but, such as it is, here you are.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want you to stay here. It sucks here. I’d much rather you went to California.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“A friend. I came here to ask for help, but right now, I’d rather give it. When you feel able to get up, I’ll help you inside.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Alarmed at what seemed to her to be a rather wishy-washy attitude on Melanie’s part, April didn’t go home until she felt sure they had reached a firm decision. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked back ahead, her face turning rather green itself. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The President of the Council was in Lyons making a speech, or, rather he was on his way back. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

If there is a change, it is usually for the lesser rather than the greater; many people seem to lose God along life’s way. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

In spite of the fading of his sword the feeling of immediate danger did not leave Frodo, rather it grew stronger. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He would rather leave The Hague and move to the country with Sien and the children. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I have not been able to find out. The system is rather elaborate.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather live in a pigsty,” he said, and he walked out of the house. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He wished it had been later rather than sooner. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

My mother used to get them too, and I remember she told me once she’d rather give birth than pass a kidney stone. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered whether he had been able to write during the five years, or rather, whether he had been able to publish. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I’d rather sit by the record player and watch everyone else dance before I danced with Ellis Carter. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

It was not pure white, but rather a grayish offset, and its wide skirts and bodice were encrusted with thousands of minuscule crystals that reminded Celaena of the surface of the sea. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The dog was small, curly-haired, and it occupied her lap rather than sat in it. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

‘Next to a real piano I sure would rather have some place to myself than anything I know.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He preferred to receive gifts, rather than give them. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Faramir for a long while walked alone in the garden, and his glance now strayed rather to the house than to the eastward walls. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Unsurprisingly, church music was a rather more sombre affair, and the ordinary churchgoer prior to the Protestant Reformation is likely to have found singing in church a miserable, largely non- partidpatory activity. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He looked rather impressive, actually, if you were willing to ignore the fact that he was still only wearing one sock. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Proponents of racial hierarchy found they could install a new racial caste system without violating the law or the new limits of acceptable political discourse by demanding “law and order” rather than “segregation forever.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It remains to be proved; Estraven and I proved nothing except perhaps a rather subtler point. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I again felt rather like an individual of but average gastronomical powers sitting down to feast alone at a table spread with provisions for a hundred. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“They are rather tasty,” Ignatius conceded, sending out his flabby pink tongue over his moustache to hunt for crumbs. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She seems to have grown fond of my cap, for she has taken to wearing it rather than her celluloid visor on occasion. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I believe he is rather drunk,” said Henry, as a door slammed somewhere and we heard taps running furiously in the bathroom. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

NOTE: In some woodwinds, such as the clarinet , the upper "octave" may actually be the third harmonic rather than the second, which complicates the fingering patterns of these instruments. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Mr. Pontellier himself had no particular leaning toward horse racing, and was even rather inclined to discourage it as a pastime, especially when he considered the fate of that bluegrass farm in Kentucky. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

My innovation in connection with the filing system must remain secret for the moment, for it is rather revolutionary, and I shall have to see how it works out. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It does sound curious, though. Perhaps they’ll write to the Lady Prioress rather than call in person. I wonder if it’s really sanctuary they’re asking about.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Well, sure, when he put it like that, I could see that I was never going to become a preteen real estate mogul if I wasted earnings by renting rather than buying. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then, much later, another rather curious idea arose, an assault by mysticism and superstition into what had been largely an empirical science. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Elizabeth, if you had the choice,” I hear Miss Hilly say, “wouldn’t you rather them take their business outside?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And most of the money he raised from his supporters was being used not to promote any white supremacist cause but rather to satisfy Duke’s gambling habit. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s tradition,” Papa had insisted when the kids suggested they go to the Christmas tree stand around the corner rather than walking to the Bronx. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“From now on all giants will elope,” Claudia said, “rather than risk a wedding with you as a guest.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’d rather return to the village than search for a bunker any day. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I was glad, of course, to be relieved of responsibility, but it rather added to my sense of humility to feel that I was not even capable of licking stamps. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Since these are herons he introduced us to a few sentences ago, the ones who stop in Cape Cod rather than continuing farther south, I say it should be The herons or These herons. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

They think I should wear a bulletproof vest rather than pearls. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Don’t show it to her. She reads rather dreadfully. She’ll be confused for days.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were no more fifty dollars in brown envelopes to count on, so she took to cleaning rather than fret away the tiny seaman’s pension her parents lived on. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The few times Bernabe had tried to break down the political and social situation in town, talking about how little land and money the farmers really had, Carolina had rather consistently observed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The opposition pounded the new president, zeroing in on his methods rather than his results. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather keep an animal as our main character,” I say. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then, in an extremely understanding voice, he said, “Well, I never did! That’s rather a tall order, isn’t it? What do you think yourself?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby claimed that his system would actually reduce the number of draws, that it would produce games in which the players would take more chances, trying to achieve wins rather than half points. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“They were both young and creative and more interested in focusing on the good things that food can be rather than all the criticisms.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“In fact there’s a space conference coming up that Old Chao wants me to attend. But I’d rather finish this paper I’m working on.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good. I thought so. And what of the others? Any potential rivals? Some of the Champions have rather gruesome reputations.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to be his mom, but rather a fellow conspirator. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They left knowing—all but Antain—that it was not a matter of if the child were eaten by animals, but rather that she surely would be. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

We collide with the chain-link fence, but rather than busting through it, it holds...and then I realize it’s slowly bending forward. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

You want to put an end to the Strong Arm, by having a band of knights who believe in justice rather than strength. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I imagine that they taste rather good with brandy.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. I see that....Well, I thank you, Genry. But my business is unlearning, not learning. And I’d rather not yet learn an art that would change the world entirely.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

This island place ought to be rather good fun—if the weather lasted. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

So rather than choosing between the rights of women and the rights of African Americans, the American Equal Rights Association adopted a memorial favoring a position of gender and racial unity. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

This seemed to Mrs. Hubbard to be a dramatic climax rather than an anticlimax. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to focus on the future ahead of us, rather than the past. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

This was her last question: Would you rather kiss a girl or kiss a frog? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They bowed down to him rather, because he was all of these things, and then again he was all of these things because the town bowed down. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

It was a rough map, showing the garden, the big stone near the middle, and the way the furrows made by the plow would curve around it, rather like waves around a boat. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

For Christmas, Mrs. Levy always compiled not a gift list but rather a list of the injustices and brutalities she had suffered since August. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put my hand to the ground, and the bug or, rather, Cotinus texana stumbled off and wandered away unconcerned. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

When I got home after making my rather scanty “observations,” I went up to the roof and decided to record what I saw on the street below. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

There was no kindness, no gentleness to this departure; nothing human, but rather a degeneration into some demonic substratum of the body that had waited to lay waste to all the lineaments of grace. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’d rather dig in the garbage heaps with the rats for my meals. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I laughed rather too loudly again, crossed my legs, and examined the inside of my wrist. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Even so, that first visit was rather tense. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So rather than continuing west to the desalination center at the beach, she decides to crank her wheel right and follow the truck. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t like favors, they oppress and make me feel like a slave. I’d rather do everything for myself, and be perfectly independent.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

My pants just burnt my crotch rather than split me in two. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I want to scream at her that of course, of course I would rather know about Tobias than about my Divergence, but I don’t. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Though he has become rather proficient at slipping in at abnormal hours, sneaking out is a different matter. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

His few hours’ sleep had not been nearly enough; he was tired and rather dismal. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

When Selena had rung her apartment bell, the girls were admitted—or rather, the door was drawn in and left ajar—by a colored maid with whom Selena didn’t seem to be on speaking terms. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

They were not alike; Aberforth was never bookish and, unlike Albus, preferred to settle arguments by dueling rather than through reasoned discussion. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She had to make the maze more dangerous, more spectacular—make Pasiphaë focus on the traps rather than the direction the Labyrinth was leading. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Like a present on one’s birthday rather than those her father gave for no reason at all. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

She giggled excitedly, rather embarrassed, flushed though, very pleased. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

With her mouth closed she was a rather pretty girl. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Why not Lifebuoy?” said Father Christmas, trying to be helpful and looking anxiously at Mary Poppins, for she was being rather snappy. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Probably around the same number of people think the Earth is flat as think race consciousness should be the rule in perpetuity, rather than the exception. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I would rather have the disapproval, I feel more worthy of it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am rather ashamed of writing to you so soon again but if I disguise my writing in the direction I am in hopes the post master at Newcastle will think it is somebody else.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or, rather, she skims the pages and sees that the content is all about the same: How could you? A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I gave a laugh, but for a moment was rather at a loss for an answer. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

"No, no, of course not," said Bree in a rather shocked voice. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Harry rather thought some bogeys landed on the potatoes, and was inwardly thankful that they were not staying for dinner. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

If she had a refuge, it was in working out of doors rather than in the house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He discovers a technique of apparent learning, of the acquiring of facts rather than of the handling and use of facts. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are obeying strict laws, rather like the laws of gravity or of planets in orbit, whereby some chords exert more power than others. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

But my father would rather I kept my uniform on so that he could take me to visit his acquaintances. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she had straightened the bed to his liking the big Greek inclined his head so deliberately that the gesture seemed one of benediction rather than a simple nod of thanks. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It is said that men may not be the dreams of the gods, but rather that the gods are the dreams of men. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt strange, too, to have told the harsh truth for once, rather than an easy lie, yet I did not regret it. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The huge links were only partly cut out, so it looked rather like one of the totem poles in the museum, scallops going down four sides. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, of friends,” I answered rather hesitatingly: for I knew I meant more than friends, but could not tell what other word to employ. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I think it would be rather fun,” I said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, rather than Pythagoras’s triangle, there was a circle, or a cycle, at work: form begat information, and then information begat form. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I said this rather to myself than to the gipsy, whose strange talk, voice, manner, had by this time wrapped me in a kind of dream. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I’d better not say. I don’t think your grandfather wants you kids worrying about it until the time comes. He would rather have scheduled your visit to avoid the festival night.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Say rather that the Machine is shaking the boat—very slightly—just enough to shake loose those few which cling to the side for purposes the Machines consider harmful to Humanity. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Looking around, he seemed surprised that it was a mild autumn afternoon rather than the springtime forest of his story. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

‘Let us bargain, then. What can you offer that would convince me to help you rather than kill you?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Now supremely confident of his chances of winning both the eighth and the ninth games, which would give him the match, Bobby rather formally declared that he would dethrone Spassky. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He often thought that it might have been better for all his dead soldiers to be alive—even if they had lived under tyranny and madness—rather than be quite dead. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is not caused by the greater or lesser virtue of the conqueror, but rather by the different characteristics of the conquered territories. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Their concerns tended to be practical rather than philosophical. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there were no longer any organized traces of the chivalry of the Gael Merlyn met the King as he rode back from Sorhaute—a magician rather tired, and still unmounted. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Matron stepped back a couple of paces and folded her arms across, or rather underneath, her massive chest. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘It is rather a strange and sad story,’ he went on after a pause. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Ha. Yes, that’s very true. I could sit here and meditate, I guess, beat my next level on Candy Crush. But I think I’d rather talk to you.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I worked myself up into an angry storm rather quickly; another Finn Easton patented wild mood swing. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

After a long period of silence, I turned to Katz and asked him abruptly, in a tone that was hopeful rather than accusatory, “Do you know how to make anything besides noodles?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

By authentic Ptolemaic standards, then, the procession of Elizabeth Taylor into Rome in the film Cleopatra was actually a rather understated affair. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

I would rather go to a high ceremonial mass, reap for an hour or two its communal assurance. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

You simply do not seem to appreciate the importance of this discussion.' i'm sorry, Mr Stevens,' she said, sitting up a little, it's simply that I'm rather tired this evening.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

And why send them along with us as in-pressure cargo rather than in a crate with the rest of the Hab supplies? The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the bits of advice which she gave them before talking had to be stopped was this: Aim high when you shoot in battle, rather than low. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But rather than warn everyone, and get them prepared, you hid in a bunny suit like a chump. Like a coward.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They cause several different diseases in cultivated plants and have probably most recently evolved from more complex organisms rather than from simpler ones. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His brow was furrowed now, but he spoke up rather more quickly than was customary under the circumstances, as though he sensed that Franny, his old co-panelist, had caught him at it. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Many times in die old days I unleashed my anger and frustration on a punching bag rather than taking it out on a comrade or even a policeman. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Or,” Mr. White said, “if you’d rather not choose one of them, I’d be happy to choose one of you. Would you rather do that?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The plants were not arranged in straight lines, but rather in slow, big curves, like a loose letter S. And of course in the background, at the horizon, rose mountains. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

In spite of all to which they have been subjected, Negroes are nonetheless a rather pleasant folk for the most part. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it became apparent that the mast had been chopped down, rather than felled by lightning, Hiram Wallace became the butt of all the watermen’s jokes. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was rather like that Christmas morning sensation of being about to give a present that was bound to cause delight, a joyful feeling of blameless self-love. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was originally placed along the wall to the left of the doorway, rather than in the middle of the room as now. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a strange, deep, troubling shade of green, as if it held the sunlight rather than reflected it. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or do they call you ‘Snitch’?” “1 just go by ‘Floyd,’” Wells repeated, rather hangdog. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

To be quite honest, I found him rather casual and unconcerned. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t trust any of them, I can’t stand most of them, and I’d rather operate with just the two of us.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He talked very slowly and sometimes had trouble finding the right word, and the first impression of him around that gay and courtly camp was that he was rather dull-witted and not much fun. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I’m right, she hasn’t told anyone about where she came from, but rather distracted them with small talk. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I have noticed that she needs a new pair of white socks, her current pair having grown rather gray. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She decided she’d rather freeze walking back to the castle, and she scrambled out of her seat. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Copernicus himself was an intermediate figure in the scientific revolution, and in one important way he resembled the Ancient Greek philosophers rather than the modern scientist. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

After we had eaten, and rather well, and there were no crackers left, and the oil in the saucers had run dry, we walked to the town. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is rather difficult to talk about human memory because we don’t know how the brain works in detail. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘The Ents made up their minds rather quickly, after all, didn’t they?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He also hated swearing, and other players in the locker room figured it was better to abide by his wishes rather than run the risk of messing with him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The irony of this is so grotesque it is rather charming,” he wrote in his personal journal. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I would rather be using a hard pencil; the charcoal gets on my fingers and smears, and is no good for hair. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It is, rather, a blessedly circumscribed imagination and an intuitive feeling that Life is Now. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Possibly my crippling clumsiness was seen as endearing rather than pathetic, casting me as a damsel in distress. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

David laughed and pointed the flashlight so that it lit her face rather than his. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Corrupt, did you say,” Father stated, rather than asked, after locating where the cat had put his tongue. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Free men were not the silent, dutiful children of a wise king-father; rather, they were adults who spoke up for themselves. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

What the press—and seemingly everyone else—failed to understand was that it was Bobby’s shrewdness in protecting his financial interests, rather than temper tantrums or neuroses, that was making him hesitate. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t ask any questions, of course, but I felt so sorry for them and was rather glad I hadn’t any wild brothers to do wicked things and disgrace the family.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She even loops her arm through mine rather than Donna’s. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Never mind about books. I’d rather have some talk. What happened down South?” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked rather unimpressive, just a flat piece of lead with some unfamiliar writing stamped onto it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Still I would rather be that beast down there in the darkness of the sea. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It rained in slants here in Port Harcourt so that the water hit the windows and walls rather than the roof. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Rather than convincing me of the righteousness of this kind of believing, rather than making me certain of its correctness, it made me question, and doubt, all the more. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

She told me, rather officiously, that the two of them had plans and would not be in until late. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather not ask the obscene motive for this. I’d like to think that you’re attempting to make amends in your simple way for slandering me on my dismal first day with this ludicrous wagon.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Making the vain, or rather paranoid, assumption that they might be talking about me, I took a step closer and peered as far as I could risk around the corner. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I rather think he’s paid by some organization in Massachusetts—” Her father swung away from her and looked out the window. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He nestled in her arms, and she knew she would rather the than let them be parted and face that sadness again; it would send her mad with grief and terror. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He isn’t one of the cool, stiff Englishmen, but is rather peppery, for he has Scotch blood in him, as one might guess from his bonnie blue eyes. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had sounded large, but it was actually rather smalL I felt the beak; it was very sharp. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But surely—I mean—that was rather careless of the old man?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think you did exactly the right thing in statements to the President and the Press. The situation called for over-selling rather than under-selling.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Except the woman who regretted ever knowing him at all and locked her door rather than say it out loud. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or rather it landed on their many pieces. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

More than a year later, when asked by a reporter whether she ever “tied the knot” with Fischer, Miyoko replied, “I’d rather not say,” and then added, “I prefer not to talk about private things.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“When you say you had lots in common,” said Ron, sounding rather amused now, “d’you mean he lives in an S-bend too?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

On the third day he seemed to come back into himself, to become aware of the goings-on around him, to listen to our mealtime chatter rather than staring, unresponsive, at the carpet. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It still lay in furrows, looking rather desolate, and a few weeds had come up. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Rowan stayed in his room, studying there rather than going into the weapons room, which would feel painfully wrong without Citra sitting with him. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

We drove around the city, rather than through it, but I could see the silhouette of the tall, blocky buildings, even darker against the dark night sky. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m fine,” said Harry, rubbing his ears, which felt as though they had left Privet Drive rather reluctantly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He was spattered here and there with paint and calcimine, and there were bits of wallpaper clinging to his hair and whiskers, for he was rather an untidy man. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

It made our jar of molasses seem rather paltry. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He felt no longer either desire or need of sleep, but rather of watchfulness. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

They are tiny things, each with a rather surprising amount of bright red hair. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I never tell him I’d rather clean toilets than be some man’s assistant. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Spot came up, by herself; or rather, she came past the house. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

A toothless old man came ambling up to them, pointing, with a rather wicked grin, at an old rowboat bobbing in the iron-gray water below them. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Also, playing for higher stakes than he could afford in some rather steep bridge games with his New York connections, he had held cards and won several hundred dollars. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“You mean like you and I are now? I’d rather have a drink!” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

They are, really, rather nasty beasts, particularly if one happens to appear in your bowl of soup with pieces of watercress clinging to his whiskers. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

"You make me feel uncivilized, Daisy," I confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Like all Englishmen, and most Southerners, Fremantle would rather lose the war than his dignity. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am not surprised, Dr. Lanning. But it’s all rather simple. Do you mind?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I gave no credence to the ideology of Garveyism; it was, rather, the emotional dynamics of its adherents that evoked my admiration. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Day of Protest was a political rather than an economic strike. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would much rather Pastor Johnson say that God wasn’t there. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They seemed touching, and rather spectacular, and I thought I would carry them around with me, like the relic of a dead lover, till they wore off of their own accord. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a tacky, enormous thing, but rather a slender peak with a blue gem embedded in the center—the only jewel in the statue. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Closing his ears to the horrifying sounds and preferring to think of them as draughts of air rather than spectral voices, Taran quickened his pace. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“It cannot be! Why, Lord, oh, why? I would rather the best city of my kingdom ruined! Razed to the ground by the infidel!” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

His voice had no conspicuous actor’s mannerisms, but it was rather excessively vibrant; it “carried” implacably when he had no interest in controlling it. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He said he was mostly interested in the satiric rather than the arty side of painting. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, who wants to be hated? Though I’d rather be hated than invisible. But it makes no difference.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He comes back with a few interested families, but no one wants to take in all three of us and we would rather brave the cold than be separated. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Would you rather walk through alleys or be spotted by wights?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Angel cake, that melted in the mouth, and his rather stodgier companion bursting with peel and raisins. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

As Stanley stared at the glittering night sky, he thought there was no place he would rather be. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I'd met prosecutors who dressed and presented like they would rather be out hunting ducks than running a law office, but Chapman was professional and courteous and approached me with a pleasant demeanor. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

We were rather limited in dinner options, as we were instructed not to venture far from the hotel for safety reasons. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She shrugged, walking aimlessly away, her hands in the pockets of her heavy, rather old-fashioned skirt. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He would rather sleep at sea again, and think over this news the sorcerer had told him, for he was sorely puzzled by it. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He counseled me always to think of my body of work rather than to concentrate too heavily on a particular book. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

That is to say, for the purposes of the calculation one must measure time using imaginary numbers, rather than real ones. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would rather not have to change her life. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

One of the few circumstances that save us from extinction by this means is the fact that parathion and other chemicals of this 0 group are decomposed rather rapidly. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

We’ll have to go at the speed of a spaceship, and these are rather more lumbering. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I was happy that she didn’t really care and happier still that I had not used Bodega’s name but rather his old one, Izzy, keeping her from making a connection. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The food was ashes in his mouth, but he swallowed every mouthful rather than risk offending any of the men connected with its preparation. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

We walk across the glass, which is now a floor rather than a ceiling, through a cylindrical room with glass walls. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

"Would you rather put it off for a few days?" The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

And that she was thin, with large feet and hands, and small, rather peering blue eyes. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The little man—if man he was, which Tristran found rather unlikely—sighed mournfully and reached into the pan sizzling on the fire, with his knife, and flicked two large mushrooms into Tristran's tin bowl. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think secrets agree with me, I feel rumpled up in my mind since you told me that,” said Jo rather ungratefully. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You look rather dashing in them, actually. A true gentleman.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But he had ruined it with a ratty belt tied into a bow rather than a proper knot. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

There seemed no further pretext for holding it, though it had been rather nice while it lasted. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Otherwise he might have to pass it to Cecilia in company, watched perhaps by her mother who had been rather cool toward him since he came down. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

In contrast, some tribes in northern Australia gave more importance to a person’s maternal ancestry, and a person’s tribal identity depended on his or her totem rather than his territory. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was said that they were a cowardly people who fought with poisoned weapons and preferred to hide from foes rather than free them in open battle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Tall and rather handsome, attractive to women, somewhat boyish, a clean and charming person. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fact: I would rather be deep-fried in boiling oil than sit through one of Caroline’s student council meetings. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

All the women, or rather the witches, were now sitting motionless in their chairs and staring as though hypnotised at somebody who had suddenly appeared on the platform. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

As a friend of Linde’s, I was rather embarrassed, however, when I was later sent his paper by a scientific journal and asked whether it was suitable for publication. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I take a drink, I find it is still salty, and I wonder if we are killing the young plants rather than saving them. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Teresa said: “I wanted to, but he said he’d rather stay in the bedroom. I think he’s feeling worse again.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The directness of this inquiry did, I admit, take me rather by surprise. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually the night would take its hold, but it would always feel like I was fading to sleep rather than falling. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The emotions of religion applied to economic systems, rather than to extra-natural ones? I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He caught sight of me, and I gave him a weak, rather tremulous smile. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And I would rather see a good Brady photograph than Mount Rushmore. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I believe this was the first rule of life that I learned, though it was a twitch in my muscles rather than a thought in my head: Always be the first to move. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Captain Smith’s voice speaks in my head, Learn to channel your anger, Samuel, and it will become your strength rather than your weakness. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Dressing rather shakily, Kit was compelled to ask Mercy’s assistance with the buttons down her back, and was shocked when her older cousin suddenly bent double in a violent fit of coughing. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

His lips don't betray the faintest hint of a smile; rather, they're frozen in a perpetual scowl. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She and I were all for strengthening the character of black youth across America, but we also needed rather desperately to get to Water Tower Place before the K-Swiss sneaker sale ended. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” said Harry, glad that Cedric had made the suggestion rather than him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Kind of like a supernova rather than a black hole—the opposite of having your balls stepped on, as similar as the experiences may actually be. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Jacob hugs the door frame of the room rather than coming in. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“King Eiddileg commanded me to come here. A special favor to Gwydion. But I can tell you right now I’d rather be back home in the realm of the Fair Folk, minding my own business.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“All the same,” he went on, after a little pause, “I still rather wish it had all ended differently.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was sent to a psychiatric hospital rather than to the gallows. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But they did not offer it as a fundamental contribution to the development of transport, rather as an object of recreation. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

His talent didn’t necessarily reside in a wisdom for capital and markets but rather in an expert and unflinching opportunism, the hunch for the big kill. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m too young,” faltered Meg, wondering why she was so fluttered, yet rather enjoying it. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It really is rather rusty for the old Weed, who did not know he was being sent as an assassin. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He was more boyish than the others, who looked like they could be in college, or even teachers here rather than students. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

What she meant was rather more complex than what everyone else so eagerly understood, and her moments of unease came when she felt that she could not express these nuances. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The Headmaster, while I was at Repton, struck me as being a rather shoddy bandy-legged little fellow with a big bald head and lots of energy but not much charm. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was rather like a new garment that replaces an old: desired but not yet comfortable. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He said: “Last year in the United States, we had 56,000 deaths as a result of car accidents, and I decided I’d rather use buses.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They found the cleverness of their forebears’ music, with its fugues, its interweaving counterpoint, its layering upon layer of sounds, too academic and dry, rather like student exercises. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

In the dying sunlight the people dragged, rather than their empty cotton sacks. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt quite heavy, and rather loose, as though there were nothing holding its limbs together, inside. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Despite his indignation at the position into which he had been placed, he still rather felt for the shrunken-looking man sitting opposite him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

And yet Emma and Charles spent the whole day feeling rather miserable at the shock of their engagement; they were both astonished at the suddenness of their decision. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let us say rather,” said 03-01, “that he belongs to all of us.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

However it was three rather disconsolate creatures that sat down to early breakfast after a few hours’ fitful sleep. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

That I had betrayed her because I’d given myself over to fear, the realm of Satan, rather than walking in faith with God. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

For them, as we saw in Chapter 9, the argument from design depended on envisaging the universe as manufactured, rather than on showing nature itself to be purposive. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Did you honestly think I wouldn’t realize why you came here tonight? As someone who gave me The Crown of a Hero to read, which suggests a rather fanciful mind that yearns for adventure?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to go down there if we’ll be making ourselves conspicuous. But on the other hand, it does seem rather callous, don’t you think, to just go home?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the years immediately following the events in Washington, Chicago, and Elaine, it became increasingly clear that, rather than be diminished by the riots, African Americans were emboldened by them. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

As he lifts his black-gloved hand, palm open, one of the kittens jumps into it and bounces off his palm, leaping through the hoop, executing a rather impressive somersault at the pinnacle of its leap. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Several of the men look at me, with surprise I think rather than lust. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he spoke at last his voice sounded rather far away. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I came to know Andre rather well; in fact, like Wilfred and his patrons at the ranch, abnormally well considering the type of society we were living in. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was intrigued, rather than frightened, as I perhaps should have been. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Don’t tell me you wrote it down—ah, what is this? There is a curved shape, rather like a crescent, and another just like it. Well, that is very good, also.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“The university will be more inclined to reward by pay or promotion him who makes some addition to knowledge of an immediately profitable kind rather than him who works for knowledge itself,” he said. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Almost the entire ship’s crew was gathered together below,” Haukelid said, “playing poker rather noisily.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sections of his arms, legs, and shoulders had crumbled, revealing a core of rebar rather than bone. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

That reality helps to explain why African American leaders such as Booker T. Washington urged blacks to focus on improving themselves rather than on challenging racial discrimination. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

"I think I'd rather play football again with what I know about handling myself, now." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The Ekumen could not appeal to these people as a social unit, a mobilizable entity: rather it must speak to their strong though undeveloped sense of humanity, of human unity. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Since it was on the ground floor it was rather dark, and the beds creaked when you lay down in them. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I’m not interested in syndication,” she said to Moody rather airily, when he asked why she didn’t make multiples. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was a rather skinny boy, neither large nor small for fourteen. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or sometimes not; sometimes it seems to lurk rather than hover kindly, and its stretch is not a yawn but an increase to be beaten back with a stick. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was, in other words, an adaptation of his atmospheric steam engine, or rather a reversion to his earlier plan for a wind-gun powered by atmospheric pressure. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I was willing to sit in that spot until the end of time rather than risk a fight. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least these people are taking action rather than sitting and waiting for someone to save them. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He never complained about the difficulty of taking care of his little sister; rather, Angels hugs and smiles kept him going. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tiara ate those hours ago and she’s fine and her skin looks great. If I’m going to die, I’d rather go out with a full stomach and amazing skin.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather you worked your guts out on your dust heap.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Having been through a rather unusual experience for an SIS officer, few of whom have ever fallen into enemy hands, I found myself, for a short while, a bit of a celebrity," Blake said. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Or are you suggesting you’d rather exchange passionate letters by candlelight? Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I noted that his cheek and lip fuzz was missing and his eyebrows were now separated by a stark white space of skin rather than the unruly mess of hairs that had been there before. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but I’d rather be them than be here,” the sardonic kid said. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“But then,” she continued with a sad smile, “there was that distressing accident. We were brewing some herbs one morning, a rather special potion.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the adults were closer to the exit than we were, and rather than running around them, we tried to barrel straight through. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

All over Levittown and the smaller, nearby communities that feed into Truman, it isn’t usually poverty I observe, but rather the steady, low-simmering tumult of economic and family instability. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The girl who drowned the slaver cities in blood rather than leave strangers to their chains can scarcely abandon her own brother’s son in his hour of peril. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I walked back to Monmouth House through the snow and went to my room and thought, or, rather, didn’t think, but sat on my bed and stared out the window at the ice-rimed yews below. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the present tense, might is used rather than may to describe an iffier situation. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There are a few things she’d rather her husband didn’t know about her.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He wanted the doctor to begin treatment immediately, rather than subject the patient to further tests. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

It sounded exciting, but right now, in the first part of the story—the suffering part—Tendai thought he would rather be home and bored. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Weston, not quite comprehending all that was happening, felt, rather than saw, Robbie brush past him, and came to a sudden bewildered halt. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Despite everything that had happened between her and Chacko, there was nobody in the world she would rather spend Christmas with. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew where she was, or rather, where she wasn’t. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

From its original point of entrance the Japanese beetle has spread rather widely throughout many of the states east of the Mississippi, where conditions of temperature and rainfall are suitable for it. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Between napping and assaulting the glove, the afternoon and evening passed rather quickly. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It all felt rather distant and untouchable, fading to smoke around the edges. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She appeared to find it extraordinarily beautiful to listen to, rather as if it were the best possible substitute for the primordial silence itself. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He was rather ruining the whole business of authorial genius for me. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I think you had better go, Mrs. Lacy,” said the nurse, rather pink and flustered. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

If that meant that Stimson partners earned rather less money than lawyers at other firms, so be it; they made enough, and kept their scruples besides. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

His bedroom, where I was to stay, had been closed off rather pointedly during my previous visit. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Cullivan, in appearance a cautious bank clerk with depleted hair and a face rather difficult to recall, agreed that outwardly he hadn’t changed much. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though rather than being determined by mass, its force is determined by popularity. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

That was because the chickens had spent their lives outdoors on pastures rather than in a shed eating grain. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She is unmistakable, though she wears a gown of dusty rose rather than the black-and-white creations he is accustomed to seeing her in. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Still time to call 911, but rather than dial those three little numbers, I drove toward the mall exit because I wanted to get away from it all first. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Let him play Sherlock if he wants. I’m rather enjoying this.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He returned a few minutes later and laid down two sheets of rather dirty notepaper before Poirot. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wouldn’t you rather have Edward try to find me?” he prompted. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“How tempting it is to lose myself in you. To let go. To let you keep me from breaking chandeliers rather than constantly worrying about it, myself.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In Parsifal, his agenda was spiritual rather than physical, and the technique he relied on to intoxicate the listener is called chromaticism. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

That’s what we tell kids when they’re young and learn that there are no rules, or rather that there are but only suckers play by them. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“These are rather strong. What are the ingredients in these?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before the Scientific Revolution facts were few and far between: they were handmade, bespoke rather than mass produced, they were poorly distributed, they were often unreliable. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I decided I’d rather be held back with people I liked than move ahead with people I didn’t know. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Very probably, it was not part of the sofa vaudeville of a showoff but, rather, the private, exposed achievement of a young man who, at one time or another, might have tried shaving himself left-handed. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

His surroundings were not hidden by cloudy vapor; rather the cloudy vapor had not yet formed into surroundings. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t think we are happy it would be much better if you would admit it. I don’t want you to pretend anything. I’d much rather go away. Not live with you any more.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She herself was rather looking forward to going to conferences, she said. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So...where we going?” he asks as they reach the edge of the campground and step onto a trail that leads into some rather dense-looking woods. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

But rather than flying back at her, bouncing against the wall of wind, the fruits fell, plummeted over the edge to the waves below. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather be ambassador to the Vatican,” Father Mulrooney said, shooting his eyebrows so high they bounced against the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Usually she wants to know if someone is going with me or how long I’ll be or if I would rather she drive me over. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

"We would have been here much earlier, but Erish insisted on taking her chariot, rather than mine." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Ernest was fighting a chronic sinus infection, his back was aching, and an orthopedic brace that had been made for him fit so poorly it aggravated rather than relieved the pain. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

These studies indicate that the biggest problem the black community may face today is not “shamelessness” but rather the severe isolation, distrust, and alienation created by mass incarceration. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a door, nor a window, but rather a bronze grate. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I saw my mother looking rather grim, but she nodded. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lina was making her wish in pictures rather than in words. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

That morning a slow trickle of rusty red liquid came out of the communal faucet—it smelled of mud and left a residue on your skin rather than cleaned it. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Lighter clothes were more expensive and required frequent professional cleaning, so while my everyday trousers and waistcoat looked rather somber in the daylight, they made suitable evening wear. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather have a yard filled with genuine garbage than with trashy lawn ornaments.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

We therefore believe that all galaxies are composed of quarks rather than antiquarks; it seems implausible that some galaxies should be matter and some antimatter. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papá was fair-haired and light-complected, implying a Spanish bloodline rather than native Mexican, but Mamá did have olive skin, black hair, and dark eyes. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The enemy before them seemed to have grown rather than diminished, and still more were pressing up from the valley through the breach. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When we came to the house we found that the band had arrived, and were standing about in the hall rather pink in the face and self-conscious, while Frith, more important than ever, offered refreshments. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The trophy was quite large and heavy, yet he insisted on carrying it back to Brooklyn rather than have it shipped. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The discovery that the Earth is turning rather than the sky moving had important implications for the uniqueness of the Earth and the possibility of life elsewhere. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The great lady was sewing, sitting rather formally in the high chair with the book beside her, and one of her waiting women, sitting on the steps of the bed, was sewing too. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not a scratch. And you know what Wood said? He said, ‘I’d rather Cake beat on me than on my little brother.’” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It invites a search for ultimate causes: why were Europeans, rather than Africans or Native Americans, the ones to end up with guns, the nastiest germs, and steel? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ron, who might once have found the necessity of these detours a cause for jealousy rather than hilarity, simply roared with laughter about it all. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I still think she would rather be human.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Are you all right, Miss Love? You rather go in the parlor?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

For a moment or two he looked very sad, and said in a sort of far-away voice, as though saying it rather to himself than to me:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I am convinced that the Dreamers, at least the Dreamers of today, would rather live white than live free. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Still, for all such proximate causes one must raise the question of ultimate cause: why did these proximate factors themselves arise in Europe, rather than in China or the Fertile Crescent? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

And you came out of the valley, heady and rather dazed, to the hard white shingle of the beach and the still water. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The accompanying text reads as if it is compiled rather than written. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This worked out rather better than I expected. I was prepared to wait, but your mother arrived ahead of schedule. It’s easier this way, isn’t it? Less suspense, less anxiety for you.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But since my intention is to write something useful for anyone who understands it, it seemed more suitable for me to search after the effectual truth of the matter rather than its imagined one. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

This showed that the real effect of a force is always to change the speed of a body, rather than just to set it moving, as was previously thought. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It then becomes thick and sour, rather like yogurt. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eddie planted morning glories to run over the door and Hazel acquired some rather rare fuchsia bushes planted in five-gallon cans which made the entrance formal and a little cluttered. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather do a little performing than stand in another endless line at some office, waiting for a handout.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Why were blacks the ones who came to be so widespread, rather than the four other groups whose existence Americans tend to forget? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Which reminded me of Dr. Legs, who was the doctor I could talk to but would rather not. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I told her he was rather an ugly man, but quite a gentleman; and that he treated me kindly, and I was content. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Would you rather be a robot, an alien, or a wolf? Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I held back, slowing my pace rather than stopping and drawing attention to myself. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t that War and Peace bored him exactly, but rather that his mind couldn’t focus on it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I rather expect that from now on I shall be traveling north until the end of my days.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was better that a spear point should stay an the shield, rather than glance off upward or downward, and perhaps hit a more vulnerable point of the body armour. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leapt to his feet and trotted back to the pool, just as Maurice did a rather poor dive. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Badger was rather good at nosing people like that out. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Louis the Eleventh, another of the fictional kings, had kept obnoxious bishops in rather expensive cages. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a thing of the wild, come in from the wild to sit by John Thornton’s fire, rather than a dog of the soft Southland stamped with the marks of generations of civilization. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

If, after becoming a successful student, I no longer heard intimate voices as often as I had earlier, it was not because I spoke English rather than Spanish. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And you won't get a better view anywhere in the whole of England.' if what you say is true,' I said, 'I think I'd rather stay here. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had not done any strenuous walking for a long time, and the reflection looked rather flabby, he thought. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

After school, I ran home rather then walking with a friend. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Though it is a strange concept physically, it is the predictive power of the equations that interests scientists, rather than their comprehensibility—and an extra six dimensions do not constitute an insurmountable problem, mathematically. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“I’ve spent eleven years constructing it. As you can tell, I’m rather excited and proud.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You said you never got to finish. I thought, rather than my reading it to you, maybe you could read it to me?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Still, I would rather hear him say it. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“I’ve spent the last few seconds thinking this over a bit more, and I’m gonna have to pass on your offer. I think I’d rather find the egg on my own, thanks.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He came to me and touched my hair, which has gotten rather shaggy. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When breakfast was over, and Master Twyti had been consulted, the Boxing Day cavalcade moved off to the Meet Perhaps the hounds would have seemed rather a pack to a master of hounds today. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chubs would rather not contact his parents at all than grant a stranger access to his only means of safely communicating with them. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I joined him, using a similar rock, but lacking Ikwa’s strength I had to use it as a knife, slicing rather than smashing. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He had sensed rather than heard it: someone or something was standing in the narrow gap between the garage and the fence behind him. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

To Cockcroft he grumbled that Lawrence’s mistake was “one of judgment and point of view rather than of the errors in technique which can give rise to such a situation.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

In particular, North and South Chinese are genetically and physically rather different: North Chinese are most similar to Tibetans and Nepalese, while South Chinese are similar to Vietnamese and Filipinos. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Or do you think she’d rather have chocolate? Oh, that sweet girl. Is she okay?” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

This module introduces several traditions that are very different from each other, but that are all based on modes or ragas rather than on scales: Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Improbably he wondered if the neutron–the subatomic particle that had just been discovered in England by James Chadwick, and was thus both novel and rather fashionable–might be at the heart of things. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Billy felt almost as if he were fighting a thing rather than a man. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know that one would rather not think so, but this young man is typical. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Deb says, and I realize I’d rather play a sweet instrument than a gross one. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The young man seemed to find this remark rather baffling. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of them were funny and nonathletic, chatty and rather alcoholic, college kids or art students. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Everyone around him was dressed for war, but he wore a deep green silk kaftan and a long fur-trimmed robe rather than armor. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The incident stands out in my memory, but it was by no means unique; incidents like it were the rule rather than the exception during Badenhorst’s command. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that the ‘new’ was narrowly defined as ‘contemporary classical’ rather than, say, bebop is indicative of this. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“Would you rather be a cripple in his world, or a star in mine?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I saw by her look she wished no longer to talk to me, but rather to converse with her own thoughts. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Would you rather it be more difficult? I can cook up some algebraic equations if you’d like.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Or if one wished to think biologically rather than architecturally, the body politic had yet to develop its immunities to the political diseases afflicting all new nations. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Or, rather, he was and he wasn’t one of them. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“You ask rather too many questions. I have given you answers enough for the present: now I want to read.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I would rather die than work with you on this monkey butt of a project, is what I wanted to say. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was terrifically funny to hear the voice of the rather loud-mouthed Bruno coming out of that tiny mouse's throat. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Everyone was rather amazed at the sheer size of the gift. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

If living in the projects is supposed to make me a stronger person, then I would rather be weak. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I guess, but I’d still rather sit with you,” I tell El. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The opening section of his speech also goes on the attack, fulfilling Ad Herennium’s rather gleeful injunction to use this section to “make our adversaries unpopular.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Topic-then-comment and given-then-new orderings are major contributors to coherence, the feeling that one sentence flows into the next rather than jerking the reader around. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I always think,” the Director was continuing in the same rather maudlin tone, when he was interrupted by a loud boo-hooing. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat in the chair all morning—rather like an overseer-watching while I plowed, harrowed and then planted the two rows of beets. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

This is no coincidence, but rather a sign of the way a new generation of dissectors were eagerly setting about their work. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

There was something rather formal about the way he stood, feet apart, head held back. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

So, rather than wondering what my toothbrush last cleaned, I think it’s better that it only goes places that I know about.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her dæmon sat up beside her, but she didn’t want to move closer to the door; it was simply the sound of Lord Asriel’s voice she wanted to hear rather than any particular words. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Nontechnical proofs are there already: available to be used rather than needing to be invented. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I’m actually rather enjoying myself, trying to solve the puzzle. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it’s okay, I would really rather not tell you why I did what I did because it doesn't really make it right anyway. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Emma’s project of forgetting Mr. Elton for a while made her rather sorry to find, when they had all taken their places, that he was close to her. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

How, then, can we tell if the abortion-crime link is a case of causality rather than simply correlation? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

It is conveniently situated on one comer of the village square, a rather charming ivy-covered manor house capable of housing, I would suppose, thirty or so guests. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

By this time I had guessed from their manner that the old woman was to the old man a sister or a friend rather than a wife. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rather than go away and come back later, Galileo sat in on the lecture and became fascinated by the subject—his first encounter with mathematics proper, rather than mere arithmetic. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Looking rather pleased with himself, Ron handed the slightly smoking handkerchief to Hermione. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

All considered, it may be in my best interest to fly the coop rather than sit on my current nest egg. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Only the sound of a nose being rather violently blown. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

It was rather my mouth’s conclusion, immediate and obvious: there’s nothing to be had here. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I have to admit that the picture of Ruby is rather cute, even if she doesn’t look like a real elephant. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I feel, little girl, that you’re rather missing the point of this being a hunt. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The fury and hatred bubbling inside Harry seemed to blaze white-hot, but he would rather have been immobilized all the way back to London than tell Snape why he was late. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

But in the meantime, the general opinion in the neighbourhood was that Bilbo, who had always been rather cracked, had at last gone quite mad, and had run off into the Blue. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I wanted to shout, “I'd rather have two small gifts and one of them today on my birthday!” March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Being afraid of those two bone- heads seemed so ridiculous, I’d rather have taken another punch in the eye than run away. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He caught sight of a man swinging his camera around rather carelessly. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Looking back at his younger self, Hall would later call himself a “rather arrogant” teenager. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The landlord led me up a timber stairway to a small room, rather bare, but perfectly decent. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

As long as I was understanding the lesson and moving along with the work, she’d test me at the end of each unit, rather than make me take all the chapter tests in between. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She always wore long skirts rather than jeans, and little glasses pressed too far into her face. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The plain fact is", my grandmother said, "that your son Bruno has been rather drastically altered." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

So many times I had wanted to leave, to go on exciting trips with Mo. Now I couldn't think of anywhere I'd rather be. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

However, I realized that many readers would also wonder “Why, among Eurasians, was it Europeans rather than Chinese or some other group that expanded?” Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

They are, despite their efforts at dignity, rather like young animals engaged in savage play. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the door to the basement was shut, which meant that either Mom or Dad had camped out downstairs rather than share their room with each other. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Between them they decided that it would be best to disturb her discreetly rather than wake her suddenly. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes for a moment, feeling rather dizzy. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I thought that it would do him good to know how it felt to be the recipient rather than the giver of silence. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

When she tried to make up her face as they did, it came off rather badly. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fall, rather than jump from the tree. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She was staring at me, or rather at the top of my head—as if she expected something to sprout. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

This was received as rather neat in the sergeant; insomuch that Mr. Pumblechook cried audibly, “Good again!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Clytius stepped forward, holding his sword casually at his side as if they were comrades rather than enemies. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

An absence rather than a presence, betraying no sign of how high and strong it really was. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The book takes into account many different perspectives on a child’s development rather than approaching it by focusing on only one subject. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The fourth room was oval rather than square and walled in worm-eaten wood in place of stone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I shall never be invited to Abbey-Mill again,” was said in rather a sorrowful tone. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

The old ones had been holding back silver for King's Landing rather than paying it over to the new King in the North. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

These two seemed rather different from those teenagers who had set fire to his village. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Under Ralph's direction, they picked a careful way along the palm terrace, rather than dare the hot sand down by the water. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I would rather have the assembly during language arts or gym or lunch. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Lloyd: Would rather have a rubber nose or a plastic nose? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And rather than say she was kidding or whatever, she exploded in front of everyone in the caf and said I did say that and that I was lying about never saying it.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Wood bleachers rather than steel flank the court. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The states that seceded felt that maintaining the institution of slavery was essential to their economy and they were willing to leave the Union rather than outlaw slavery. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra had been yelling as Alice washed her and put a clean, dry nappy on her, but it was a shout of general anger rather than distress. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

From some need of his own, Don Bernardo pretended his wife was just under the weather rather than suffering from dementia. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather buy the worst dress here than go to another mall. Let’s get this over with,” I say, getting up with a new sense of determination. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“No...it’s in Angeles National Forest. Much closer. Due north rather than east.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But both of us know—we'd rather keep believing and live. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

She lived in the best field in the whole district—a large one full of buttercups the size of saucers and dandelions rather larger than brooms. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Exactly. He was done in by a combination of strangulation, drowning, disembowelment, and a blow to the head. Seems rather like overkill, don’t you think?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

It’s my first time away from my family and I know I’d rather be in my own house with the smelly lavatory and stable next door. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

At present, we can put forward some partial answers plus a research agenda for the future, rather than a fully developed theory. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was no orderly Execution but rather a Rout; & it was Pitiable. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Once an experiment has been black boxed the experiment is no longer a test of the result; rather, getting the right result has become a test of the reliability of the equipment. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

No major organs were hit, and Ray left the hospital a day later, so Wes was charged with attempted murder rather than murder. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

In fact, I was rather glad that the decision had been his. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doctor recounted the story of forty slaves, shackled together on a ship, who jumped overboard en masse rather than live in bondage. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Still, we both knew Fang would rather gnaw off his own knob than get into it, so if he had a problem with Stan he kept it to himself, which was fine by me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The large woman standing before her was, surprisingly, not a cake at all, but rather a blackberry pie. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was not a vision of the future as totally unknown, but rather a vision of the future as composed, in part at least, of what had been okay about the past. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would much rather chill at Aaron’s, sit in my room, run to the Internet and then to the bathroom, rinse, cycle, repeat. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Pumpkin looked up, grinning, ‘I’d rather take those thirty lashes than ride a horse like that without no bridle.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bowed his great head rather sadly, and breathed into the Magician’s terrified face. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

It is heavy, dull, and bloated, as if he has eaten a meal, rather than empty and tom and on fire. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been following someone, wearing a full black beard and a rather horrendous pair of glasses. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Bad girl,” my mother yelled, and sometimes that made me gloat rather than cry. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Minimalism had in fact begun to emerge, rather quietly, in the 1960s, but it made a louder entrance in the 1970s, spearheaded by American composers Terry Riley, Steve Reich and Philip Glass. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Then there’s the way they talk to each other—or rather don’t talk to each other. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

When he had finished dialling, he picked up his handkerchief from the desk and put it over the mouthpiece, quite loosely and mounted rather high. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I came away in rather a hurry,” he said to Mrs. Van Hopper, a line, thin as gossamer, between his brows. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Glass had made this last offer on her feet—in fact, halfway out of the living room, in the direction of the kitchen, looking rather grim with optimism. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

To Friedrick, it appears she is gazing through the clock rather than simply looking at it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He said he would not, at present, allow for expenditure on any dresses of fine stuffs, but rather recommended she brood on worsted and prunella twill. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Amy felt that there was something behind this, but could not guess what, and said quietly, feeling hurt, and showing that she did, “Perhaps you had rather I took no table at all?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I would rather eat bacon than a filet mignon.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked rather doubtingly—rather confused; said something about “honour,”—glanced at Emma and at Harriet, and then seeing the book open on the table, took it up, and examined it very attentively. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

I have a little trick that I do when I’m nervous: I hold my fingers in my palm, concentrating on their movement, rather than on my nerves. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

If we had actually learned to show love, care, compassion, and concern across racial lines during the Civil Rights Movement—rather than go colorblind—mass incarceration would not exist today. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

My thoughts unspooled and my breathing got quicker rather than slower. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Dear me!” said the old lady, putting up her glass for another observation of Meg, who tried to look as if she had not heard and been rather shocked at Mrs. Moffat’s fibs. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frith in his element, of course, directing Robert with a lift of his eyebrows, and myself rather hot and flustered with a monstrous silver tea-pot and kettle that I never knew how to manage. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I couldn’t think of anything I’d rather do than take off my filthy, stinky sneakers. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about that too: How in America, it was much worse to call someone’s mother a dog, rather than their father. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

And people began to live on the earth rather than within it. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

It seems to me that he is looking for something specific, and that the something specific is not related to sex, in which case I rather suspect he will not find it here. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I never saw this great-uncle but I'm supposed to look like him--with special reference to the rather hard-boiled painting that hangs in Father's office. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see why not. Knock yourself out....Or rather don’t.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

These stars would be supported by the exclusion principle repulsion between neutrons and protons, rather than between electrons. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The forgiveness, rather, of those many persons whose absence from higher education permitted me to be classed a minority student. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had his politics to protect him, and his scientifically based theories of class, and his own rather forced self-certainty. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Later, the constable looked at it as well, but the man was clearly out of his depth, and was looking because he felt he should rather than because he knew what to look for. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Lake took a public stand against any sort of compromise, saying that the state should close its public schools rather than desegregate. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s been living with an aunt,” I said, feeling rather subdued. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed disappointed, like it was much more interesting to meet someone near death from a bite rather than a stupid boy infecting his own arm. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I feel rather than see the slight turning of her head. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus, invention is often the mother of necessity, rather than vice versa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Our mission was to effect an internal revolution rather than wait for an outside rescue. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t make it out; and not only was bewildered; was also rather upset. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rather chimerical notion of a nuclear bomb without radioactive side effects had emerged in late 1954 and had been embraced by Livermore, where it fit nicely with the lab’s brief to explore new ideas. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Medical research has only rather recently turned to the functioning of the individual cell in producing the energy that is the indispensable quality of life. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

No, Penelope was certain; Lady Constance would rather endure a dozen wild children living in Ashton Place than risk inciting the kind of home wrecking that had transpired. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Once again he advised Conant to keep his options open rather than “picking a horse for the long pull, for it seems to me quite likely that other methods will ultimately prove to be better.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Still, with two children like Janie and Bill and a husband with such untidy ways, there is no denying the fact that she had to pick up the place rather frequently. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

I'd rather be sneaking lipstick on in the bathroom, sending Cotton selfies of how fly I looked, then washing it all off so my mother wouldn't see it. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He had been within a few weeks of his eighteenth birthday, and with it all chance of enlistment, of choosing a service rather than being drafted into one, would have disappeared. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It seemed Mr. Lewis impulsively spoke out in anger and frustration. In a case like Khalil’s, I would much rather that you spoke out in a more deliberate and planned way.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

In her view, Wal-Mart would rather just keep hiring new people than treating the ones it has decently. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the same vein, it stressed the importance of accepting the evidence of your own eyes, rather than believing implicitly the words handed down from past generations—the Ancients were not infallible. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

He looked rather bored as he put a tin soldier on a tiny horse. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Later, Michael and I became friends, and I came to admire him greatly, in no small measure because he rejected so many of the rather foolish conventions I once embraced. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can cook some things,” I tell them, “though at my previous residence I was expected to make stew out of squirrels and raccoons, and I’d rather not do that again.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I figured he'd rather have his mane braided like My Little Pony than be back here again. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was designed to house low-risk inmates in dormitory complexes rather than cell blocks. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

At the least the claim is something to be demonstrated rather than assumed. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I just dare not look. Wouldn't you rather find a braver master? Think it over.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You don’t think his parents would rather he was dating somebody black?” said Moody. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes I feel like I would rather be out there myself,” she said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face was unshaven, and rather than two eyebrows, like most human beings have, he had just one long one. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

I used to know a nephew of his, but I've rather lost touch. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

If Bob was unavailable, then he would rather be alone, for in temperament he was not in the least Mr. Clutter’s son but rather Bonnie’s child, a sensitive and reticent boy. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I would rather die than betray his trust.’ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Although I did not respond to these overtures, the mere fact that they were talking rather than attacking could be seen as a prelude to genuine negotiations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Beth is asleep. Speak low, and tell me all about it. That Moffat hasn’t been here, I hope?” asked Mrs. March rather sharply. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Actually, old boy, to tell the truth, I think we’d rather not.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Here Meg’s partner appeared, to find her looking much flushed and rather agitated. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The storm goddess looked rather bored, idly spinning her metal disc. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

"He behaved rather well, too. He gets a little dull." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I would rather not leave it to get riddled with bullets.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I think you have more to tell me,” he said, and I liked him even more for saying “tell me” rather than “tell us.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I would rather hear the sound of roaring buses, zooming cars, and blaring music over my sisters’ constant cackling—and Mama’s too. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It took rather more time for me to realize that I had also immobilized myself, and had escaped from nothing whatever. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

When scythes’ numbers become lopsided, they are disciplined by the High Blade, and are assigned their gleanings for the next year rather than being allowed to choose for themselves. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She stood for a moment—rather as though it were a rendezvous point of some kind—in the middle of the tiled floor. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

She and my dad offered guidelines rather than rules. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

We must hasten back on the wings of prose to the factory and its folk, who prompted my rather lengthy digression. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The planets themselves moved on smaller circles attached to their respective spheres in order to account for their rather complicated observed paths in the sky. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they are all rêveurs, each in their own way, even those who only have the means to visit the circus when it comes to them, rather than the other way around. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Nearly four years younger than his brother, Ernest, at the age of thirty-one he looked rather the elder: his hairline receding, his face already bearing the dour expression of a country doctor. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Because I'd rather track down Snow with those two than without them. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He stood his ground and growled, like he’d rather wait me out. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Andromeda was not a cloud of glowing gas; it was a cloud of stars so distant that they looked like a smear rather than individual points of light. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

However, it occurs to me that perhaps what one takes objection to is, specifically, the outmoded understanding of what a 'distinguished household' is, rather than to the general principle being expressed. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’d rather eat all the leftovers in the world, and I hate leftovers. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Song Po-po added, really speaking to Grandma rather than to us. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow it seemed worse to mess up, to ruin everything months, rather than years before they could escape. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Only two or three of the rabbits were out to a rather subdued silflay in the wet. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, perhaps, but I’d rather wait to discuss it when both of you are present. I know I’m being terribly forward, but would you and Miss Deveraux consider joining me for the noon meal tomorrow?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Of course, of course,” said Doge; he had a rather high-pitched, wheezy voice. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

My disability makes this rather a slow process, so I had plenty of time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

If this was what the consequences of getting sent to Mr. Marshall's office were going to be every time, I'd rather have him just call my mother. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

And even now Johanna has him drawing a map on a leaf rather than risking the jungle... Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The fear left me, or rather the fear for myself left me and I was afraid for Ultima. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Probably. To be honest, I think he's mostly just interested in ogling college girls rather than checking out the merits of the campus.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Wearing it gave her more rather than less confidence, and that is precisely what a well-chosen outfit ought to do. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Oh! my dear, human flesh! You quite shock me; if you mean a fling at the slave-trade, I assure you Mr. Suckling was always rather a friend to the abolition.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“I rather hate the idea of writing for priority^ Charles wrote back to Lyell the next day. “ Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until 1828 that an enterprising Scot named James Neilson had the simple but effective idea of injecting heated air rather than cold air into an iron furnace by means of a bellows. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The General Manager’s voice had long died to a rather soothing murmur in Gloria’s ears. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Marking time rather than changing the subject, she said, “You’re a probationer.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was an ugliness of distinction—it fascinated rather than repelled. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She rather cleverly taped some British pounds into the inner lining of a card. Quite impressive. She sent one for Olanna too.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

However, if Victor remembered right, the Madonna in the painting did look rather stern; maybe she did resemble Esther Hartlieb a little. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once he became praetor, he’d campaigned to rename the legion the First Legion rather than the Twelfth Legion, to symbolize a new start for Rome. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“And now you must admit that you were wrong about Bernard. Don’t you think he’s really rather sweet?” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Weirdly, he wasn’t gaping at her face, but rather his eyes darted from her hair to her dirty sweatshirt and back to her hair. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Let me put a question to you, Mort. What would be your best guess of the proportion of Vietnamese, by now, who would rather see the war over, no matter what?” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And Harry knew, by the fact that Fleur showed no sign of surprise, but rather a determined resignation, that he had been right: Madame Maxime had told her what was coming. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

To make boats, Andean cultures wove together reeds rather than cutting up trees into planks and nailing them together. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

And she did not seek new people; rather, she fled from them. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

It was a lovely thing to do, though such flowers always looked rather wrinkled and hurt for a day or so. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

We were rather alone there, off to one side. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

By using numbers rather than names when we compile our diary, I think they’ll feel more comfortable and it will probably be safer for all of us. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Shame at having stolen a skeleton, like a kid on a Halloween trick-or-treat prank rather than a grown man making a hit. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he walks the rest of the distance, some twenty-two miles, trudging “rather painfully.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Fort Hare could be a rather elitist place and was not without the hazing common to many institutions of higher learning. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would rather do the shopping, get exactly what she wants; she envies me the walk. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’d sooner have a dirty slob for a mother than a crazy woman. And I’d rather have no father than a drunken man for my father.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or lay there quiet, rather, for really none of us slept a wink. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My parents rescue insects and arachnids from our home, taking them outside rather than killing them. It’s illogical for my parents to save spiders and hit their own son.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

As if she were a child of Venus rather than Pluto. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Or, rather, they passed by a chapel that was thought to contain the conqueror’s mummified body; the actual remains turned up years later, stashed inside two metal boxes beneath the main altar. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She decided she would rather be shot dead trying to escape than be burned alive. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

When the sequence first started appearing profusely in the late seventeenth century, the norm was to cycle through just three or four chords rather than the possible chain of twelve. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He wished she would drink gin and tonic like him rather than whisky with water like Major Madu. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want you to do anything but be civil to him and help to the pudding. You’ll give me your advice if I get in a muddle, won’t you?” asked Jo, rather hurt. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hurt like this until shortly before 10 P.M., when a rather fat, hirsute guy of Lebanese descent burst into Colin's room without knocking. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Many of the workers were so bad off financially they were forced to send their children to work rather than allow them to attend school. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Their discovery: when people are given a small stipend for donating blood rather than simply being praised for their altruism, they tend to donate less blood. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Dear old Hogwarts,” he said, looking up at the castle and smiling; his teeth were rather yellow, and Harry noticed that his smile did not extend to his eyes, which remained cold and shrewd. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

This is now true by definition as, since 1983, the length of a meter has been set in relation to the speed of light rather than vice versa. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Job bore them witness, and Abraham was their father, Moses had elected to suffer with them rather than glory in sin for a season. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“I remember Odenigbo loved his brandy. We do have some rather good brandy.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

One night she whispered, “I cannot live like this, Amari. My parents, my sisters—all whom I love—are dead. I would rather die than be enslaved like this.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a rather pretty and a very alert girl. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that many officers, rather than plow through all this when their shift was over, would just drop the contraband in a trash can by the front gate and be done with it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, it’s hurting you? Would you rather I not hold the light and you can feel around in the dark?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Superficially, there seemed to be a profusion of order—or rather a profusion of Orders. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The bread was rather hard so they dipped it in the oil, ate in silence sitting side by side on the grass, and then went on. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“It seemed like you were rather enjoying the Crown Prince’s attention at the ball.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Laying his ears flat in the fanned draft, he stared up at Kehaar as the gull rose, rather heavily, into the air. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would always have been Wife Number One and the Boss no matter how many wives he had, but she would rather be no wife than head of a string of wives. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Both books are about a Russian peasant, around the turn of the century,” he said, in what was, for his implacably matter-of-fact voice, a rather narrative tone. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

On an impulse he turned the animal west rather than east and skirted the poppy fields to where he thought Celia’s little house lay. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the policemen, rather than helping women who had been assaulted, shouted at them that they should have stayed home where they belonged. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Or rather, she did not wish to be told. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

In August, Bunderson wrote Reggie for the first time with specifics of a possible plea, or, rather, of the offer from the county. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The situation is rather like a balloon with a number of spots painted on it being steadily blown up. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It rather amused me to think of it.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I told him that it sure sounded like fun but I’d rather pull all my toenails out with red-hot needle-nose pliers. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Humph! Not exactly. Your witch’s skill is rather at fault sometimes.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

As an attorney, I could be rather flamboyant in court. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are all rather feeble, for they only get enough nourishment to keep them from starving. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rather dwelt on this part of the forecast, while our good ship made time, bound outward down the wind for the strange island of Seirenes. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ring of mist that surrounded the island was looser somehow, so the sunrise blurred rather than creating its usual clear pictures. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Turner thought it was rather hard to be used as an example. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Unlike his mentor, Lawrence would be an academic homebody all his life, preferring to remain in place rather than move on. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The thematic coherence in Mueller’s exposition is a happy consequence of his use of classic style, particularly the imperative to show rather than tell. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Adam in his five years had absorbed rather than learned never to wonder about an order. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He would have been less alarmed if Harrison had cooked with the orange itself, but to cook with the peels was like choosing the hairy skin of a goat rather than the meat. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Something he wrote, rather: I read it on Facebook that morning. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The truth is, I don’t have to be in that much of a hurry with my car. I would rather put my energies into people.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Something the patronne's daughter said. A corking row. She was rather splendid, you know. Showed her yellow card and demanded the patronne's daughter's too. I say it was a row." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“We need to penetrate the inner place... Now it is Lord Voldemort’s obstacles that stand in our way, rather than those nature made...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He was a big, hefty fellow, good-looking in a rather flashy, sunburnt way. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I had imagined the Gobrin Ice Plateau to be all one sheet like a frozen pond, but there were hundreds of miles of it that were rather like an abruptly frozen, storm-raised sea. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dying—rather than playing in the king’s game—was the only choice left to him. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“All right, the sweetshop’s rather good, and Zonko’s Joke Shop’s frankly dangerous, and yes, the Shrieking Shack’s always worth a visit, but really, Harry, apart from that, you’re not missing anything.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The note was written in a masculine, rather nineteenth-century hand, with Greek e’s. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Japanese music relies on subtle changes and exploration of timbre rather than continuous sound. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Other Negroes aboard eyed me not with anger, as I had expected, but rather with astonishment that any black man could be so stupid. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just put that out of your head. The problem is how you prepared, or rather how you didn’t prepare. We’ll talk about it later.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“And if you don’t mind, I’d rather that door remained unlocked.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

With Leibniz’s calculus, these dys and dxs can be manipulated just like ordinary numbers, which is why modern mathematicians and physicists usually use Leibniz’s notation rather than Newton’s. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Frodo was waiting on the step, smiling, but looking rather tired and worried. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather look at you. Darling, why don’t you let your hair grow?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“But the human beings,” Tucker went on, “being what human beings are—and who can blame them?— would rather hear pieces written by themselves.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took my baths in the spring again rather than in the turtle shell with warmed-over snow. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sixty-Niners was a smut pavilion, but up in the Garden the atmosphere was exotic rather than raunchy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

That is why, on the face of it, it is rather odd that he ended up being the great scholar of rhetoric—and, for that matter, the great scholar of poetics too. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

They had rested rather less than five hours when they took to the Road again. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

‘I don’t suppose they’ve ever heard of hobbits down here. I suppose I ought to be glad that the beastly Orcs look like being destroyed, but I would rather be saved myself.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Thoroughly discomfited, Ash left her seat rather than wait for Prince Aidan to return. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A simple cricket, no longer than half my little finger—which is rather long because I play the piano—but a cricket that is able to chirp operatic, symphonic, and popular music. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, when the children stumbled sleepily from their bedroom into the kitchen, rather than a note from Count Olaf they found Count Olaf himself. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

They were still flying the plane, or rather W.E. was flying it with Gilly looking on and making admiring remarks from time to time, when Trotter and Mr. Randolph came out on the porch. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I twisted around as far as I could, hunting wildly for her shape on the cliffs, but there was nothing, or, rather, there was everything but my mother. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

And indeed the overriding emotion of American Tune’ is an understated patriotism that is characterised not by cynicism but rather by gratitude. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I pull the sleeves of my shirt down over my ankles and take a breath because right now, I’m still thinking about what I said to Zoey or, rather, what I almost said to Zoey. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

No doubt he meant to kill his captives, rather than allow them to escape or to be rescued; but it was his undoing. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“What is the matter?” she asked rather breathlessly in French. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

These days, Mrs. Murdo spent a great deal of time sitting by their window rather than her own. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, yes. Tall fella, rather dark. Wounded leg. Odd that . . “Jackson tried to court-martial him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So?” said Harry, scanning the short news item to which the picture belonged; it was a rather dull story about interschool competitions. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Except for the rooster, who was insane, crowing again and again to the rising moon rather than the sun. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

So, rather than pay for professionals, as would be sensible and safe, the churches in Tarbean took the more profitable path of selling demon masks. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Both would rather cut off limbs than ask their strapped families for more money. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A code is similar: It’s a way to conceal a message. But a code can be more expansive, with word or phrase substitutions rather than individual letters.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I felt best when I was on the move, going someplace rather than being there. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Have found a super field—rather far from here, though—cycling all day with M., Fri. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“And they would rather write them off as evil than attempt to understand them. An unfortunate truth, but a truth nonetheless.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Abra sat down on the ground, or rather she seemed to drift down, and her full skirts settled in a billow around her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather you spend that money on food, or a good movie.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Emma sensed rather than fully saw the others starting to unfreeze and let go of the shelves they’d been holding on to. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He moved back along the path, or rather along the grass beside the gravel, and came to the kitchen door again, fumbling at the handle and almost falling inside. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Abelman, unfortunately, was apparently a rather petty person, a man too small to accept a little criticism, a hypersensitive molecule of a human. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says it’s not the Mexicans’ fault that the city council would rather spend the city’s money on new arts initiatives and a big, flashy baseball stadium than more police on the streets. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Of all the workers at Paradise Pickles, he was the only card-holding member of the Party, and that gave Comrade Pillai an ally he would rather have done without. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Actually they seem like three unwilling children who’ve been dressed up and dragged to a party when they’d rather be jumping rope, ha! I quite sympathize.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“I rather think its citizens might disagree with you.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The parents noticed that their children were talking less, and that rather than speaking to one another in the language of people, they were beginning to use grunts. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Such things take time to think about, or rather she pretended to Pheoby that that was what she was doing. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

O’Brien was looking down at him gravely and rather sadly. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Or rather, she remembered it being closer to the shore. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But I’d rather give out my second chances from the place that taught me how to give them—Hope Springs. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Whatever the problem, it forced Holly to adopt a strategy she would rather not have resorted to. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

This was a matter of coincidence rather than design; the senior ANC leadership on the island, the only four to have served on the National Executive Committee, happened to be Xhosa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ordinary crime, after all, preys on the weak—on little old ladies rather than on husky athletes—and criminals often make willing and able executioners of defenseless people. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Half the time we were slipping and sliding rather than walking. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Nhamo rather hoped this meant she came from a royal family, but Grandmother said the old kings had dozens of wives, so of course they had a multitude of children. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To speak truth, St. John, my heart rather warms to the poor little soul. I wish we may be able to benefit her permanently.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

"This was only a few years ago. What if those impulses have grown with her, rather than diminished?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

In fact - and this strikes one as rather curious -I cannot really recall seeing her more bereft than on that morning. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Yesterday, he canceled another news conference at the last minute—or rather, I canceled it for him. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather have Daddy than his words, and so would Mama!” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Today he’d rather be back in his cupboard with that letter than up here without it. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Unlike Latimer, he accepted the rules, focusing his efforts on a defense of the accused rather than an attack on the system. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She seemed, indeed, rather bored by the whole proceeding, remaining curled up in her corner, staring dreamily out through the window whilst the men searched her luggage in the compartment next door. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The folds of fabric—like the flowing waters of a river—were rather attractive. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Charles had a rather startling talent for forgery which, according to Camilla, dated from early childhood—expert report-card signatures by the fourth grade, entire excuse notes by the sixth. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I heard him in a blubbering tone commence the tale of how “that nasty Jane Eyre” had flown at him like a mad cat: he was stopped rather harshly— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

As the matter spirals into the black hole, it would make the black hole rotate in the same direction, causing it to develop a magnetic field rather like that of the earth. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Learn to channel it, and it will become your strength rather than your weakness.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I looked up and saw a heavily built man, probably in his late sixties, wearing a rather tired tweed jacket, his shirt open at the neck. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

She would rather be alone in her room than alone in the midst of a celebration she was not a part of. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Molly confessed immediately—or rather tried to say that she’d meant to sign it out. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I know you don’t like parties, so it’s not a big deal if you’d rather not go.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Her acts were based on feelings rather than thoughts. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hermione bore up reasonably well on those nights when they managed to scavenge nothing but berries or stale biscuits, her temper perhaps a little shorter than usual and her silences rather dour. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They were handsome little things, although rather hard to see without putting on your spectacles. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

The vicar's wife poked her questions rather than asked them. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He did not wear his pirate costume with abandon, and there was something rather tragic about the side-whiskers he had fluffed under the scarlet handkerchief on his head. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I would rather you had spit in my face. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

‘Even now, the ship is close to sinking. I’m rather amazed it’s held together this long. Excellent workmanship.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

His cloud of white hair made him look rather like an aged dandelion clock and was topped by a moth-eaten fez. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Mom would probably rather die than admit she's seen a painting of mine, and my brothers don't bother because all the video games and food are in other rooms. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I think I’d rather be at that table than yours,” I said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

She knew this, but only in a rather arid way; she didn't really feel it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“He would rather harm us. Trolls can be violent and unpredictable. I would not solicit information from him if our situation were less dire.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

We would play "Would you rather," talk trash about girls, and I would talk about sports, but neither of them knew anything about athletes, so I spent a lot of time just schooling them. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She was relieved when the baboons made the long trek back to the sleeping cliff, rather than spending the night in the trees. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet from the viewpoint of the herd, rather than that of the shepherd, it’s hard to avoid the impression that for the vast majority of domesticated animals, the Agricultural Revolution was a terrible catastrophe. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would die a hundred times over rather than live without him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

How she had made him read to her, when he would rather have been playing. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course,” she said, talking to her elderly guest rather than to me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

‘I would rather see him than all the towers and palaces in the world.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But first we have to be frank about a subject that we would all too often rather ignore. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Over the lip of the little dell, on the side away from the hill, they felt, rather than saw, a shadow rise, one shadow or more than one. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lawson must sense my thoughts hovering in the air between us, because he says, “You’re rather quiet, all of a sudden.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather write a poem than work on your dumb maze for your dumb mouse,” answered Brad. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

I think, myself, I would rather have been in Polly’s position. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The captain staggered his purchases, rather than find himself with cargo of singular culture and disposition. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

We circled around so that we could come up from the woods side rather than the roadside. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a beautiful olive-green, with rather scratchy plate-armour all over him, and dark bands down his sides. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They owed to him their two or three politest puzzles; and the joy and exultation with which at last he recalled, and rather sentimentally recited, that well-known charade, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“Lost in that we don’t like Tennessee much and would rather be home, yes,” the leader said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She suddenly feels rather stupid for not once considering the possibility that this could be her opponent. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until they had reached Professor Flitwick’s class that Harry noticed something rather odd about Riddle’s diary. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She probably wears the glasses out of vanity rather than necessity, because she thinks they make her look smarter—my father said so. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

At the hospital, almost all tell Olga they wish the beast would have killed them rather than leave them like this. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She nods at me, but I can tell she’d rather be anyplace else. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“I am rather tenderhearted about animals, in fact.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

As Kuhn rightly put it, ‘Scientific development is like Darwinian evolution, a process driven from behind rather than pulled toward some fixed goal towards which it grows ever closer.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

After each violent attack, I started to fear that maybe it wasn’t food poisoning, but rather that something far more insidious was responsible for the gut-wrenching torture taking place in my body. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I must admit that my body moved with surprising agility; I am not without an innate sense of rhythm; my ancestors must have been rather outstanding at jigging on the heath. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just now! and rather! How coolly my little lady says it! I dare say now if I were to ask you for a kiss you wouldn’t give it me: you’d say you’d rather not.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Things that I’d rather not think about remind me of the rain. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

And in an instant the slave appeared leading by the hand a square, rather tall figure, clothed in clean blue cotton coat and trousers. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

It should be evident that many of the supposed facts we have been looking at—the weapon salve, for example—are rather odd, and always have seemed odd. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Great statues of the gods and heroes of Calormen—who are mostly impressive rather than agreeable to look at—rose on shining pedestals. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

In that case, perhaps my message is rather redundant.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

She just wasn’t terrified anymore, and that was rather wonderful. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

On the other side it was not dark as midnight, but rather bright as sunshine in the middle of winter: blinding, dazzling on the snow. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole evening radiated an Old World ambience, as though the event were taking place in 1872, in a huge European beer garden, rather than 1972, in a covered Icelandic arena. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“The joys come close upon the sorrows this time, and I rather think the changes have begun,” said Mrs. March. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Knowing how his mother felt about table manners, Clayton wiped his mouth with his sleeve rather than using the embroidered cloth napkin still folded at the left-hand side of his plate. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure,” I began, and then blundered on, rather foolishly, not thinking of my words, “I’d like to keep this moment and never forget it.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Adam had taken to sleeping late, or, rather, he had taken to sleeping very often—short sleeps during the night and during the day. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Kidnapping is a serious crime. If this turns into a criminal investigation they may stumble across something we’d rather they didn’t know.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

These handouts were not meant to provide long-term assistance but rather to see the individual or family through the week ahead. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“I will at some point. I’d rather have clean blankets and clothes for now.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The reconciliation took place gradually, rather than at any sort of intense heart-to-heart meeting. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I was excited rather than nervous, and hopeful instead of frightened. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And they were the type that seemed like they’d rather sit down and eat their own shoes before they’d put you out in any way. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The goal was never to find a murderer—rather, it was to discover how the “cheating” had occurred. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I prefer the phrase ‘the mathematization of the world’ rather than ‘of nature’ because ‘nature’ seems to me to imply that biology is involved, rather than just physics. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z