“It is extremely important,” he said, “to receive detailed technical material on this problem from America.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every other day, we received a small piece of meat with our porridge. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A week later I saw in my magic book that Char had received my message. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I watch as a girl receives her food. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Correspondingly, if the source is moving away from us, the wavelength of the waves we receive will be longer. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They warned her about the physical abuse she would surely receive. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout his life, but especially when he was a child, Gus Levy had said, “Levy Pants,” and had always received a standard reply, “He does?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The name of the man who had stood naked in ranks that day to receive his Distinguished Flying Cross from General Dreedle had also been—Yossarian! Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Mamá would be surprised that she had not received any money from them. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Ged stood still a while, like one who has received great news, and must enlarge his spirit to receive it. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

With the knowledge of the sentences his brother and the other two defendants had received, he’d known his fate would be the same. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Through Petersburg ran the railroads by which Lee’s army received its supplies; if Petersburg were taken, then the cry of “On to Richmond” would at last be fulfilled. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mother, thrilled that Dorothy was back in his life, received her like a daughter. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

We each received a piece of licorice candy and a faint smile from the woman because we were successful. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

But usually you receive a letter made of heavy paper, stamped with the king’s crown seal below a short thank- you for your child’s life. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

He paid as much attention to us as would a shopkeeper receiving a delivery of old rags. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward I received dozens of requests to speak all over the country. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I’d received another letter from him inquiring after word about the Plant, and then yet another before I’d had a chance to answer the previous one, and it was all getting annoying. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what Bailey received, but after I opened my boxes I went out to the backyard behind the chinaberry tree. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each group received free treatment, but one received other services as well, including regular visits from community health workers and small monthly cash allowances for food, child care, and transportation to Zanmi Lasante. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Never before had her apples been received like this. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I had received too many pieces of information this day. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

They received this with a moment of careful, indecisive silence. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was kicked off the team, the Freedom Writers were asked to come to New York to receive the Spirit of Anne Frank Award and also to tape a segment for Prime Time Live. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I thought that when I received Christina’s forgiveness, the hard part of Will’s death would be over. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said Mrs. Gause, “you don’t really need all of them. Just the winners. The ones who received medals?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu thought most of the decor fussy and overdone, but the post received enthusiastic comments, especially about the decor. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Fourteen of us have been removed to the Plover schooner and, receiving favorable winds, set off up the river, flying no colors. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She had given those left behind a right to mourn and wear black and receive visitors who would come in, saying “Ndo nu.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

At the end of the day I received a single bottle of soda as payment. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Even in 1943, when they received skirts as parade dress uniform, they weren’t issued with stockings. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Before the afternoon had ended, the sale of four hundred and seventy-five boxes had been received—cold, cold cash—as the teams returned to school with horns blowing, high with the hilarity of success. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He then told of receiving the kidnap note, and of how shocked he had been when he was informed that Bigger had fled his home, thereby indicating his guilt. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hadn't I just received orders to submit ideas for organizing more people? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The import of the remark was clear to his audience: it meant that two young soldiers, who had been standing trial for the murder of a Kansas railroad worker, had received the ultimate sentence. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

And to these questions I could but lie: “I’ve had no word from Comrade Young. As soon as any is received, I’ll inform the club.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within hours after the assassination—I am telling nothing but the truth—every Muslim minister received from Mr. Elijah Muhammad a directive—in fact, two directives. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The children were fed in a haphazard fashion, a bit of com bread here, a scrap of pork there; occasionally they received a cup of milk, sometimes potatoes. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I have received a memo from Mrs. Baker wondering whether you would profit by retaking that course.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The money was a landmark, for no single research laboratory had ever received a grant of such magnitude; none even had shown the audacity to ask. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

At 16, she received her private pilot's license. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

I am confident I shall soon receive the documentarian post I deserve. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But before I reveal my plight to Mother Ermentrude I must receive her assurance. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Your letter—the first one received at my Montana home—arrived so full of holes I thought the moths had got into it. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Eh bien, then, you received the summons and you got up. Did you put on a dressing gown?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bailey and I received one slice each, and I carried mine around for hours, shredding off the fruit until nothing was left except the perfume on my fingers. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before leaving her, Robert begged her pardon for the impatience—he called it rudeness—with which he had received her well- meant caution. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it was the nights I kept her company when she received the devastating news that her friends had gone to a party without her. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

They even said that those who had left "voluntarily" had received money for food and travel. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He pauses, perhaps expecting applause, but receives none, so he continues. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The next day Grace received a larger box. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

It establishes the connection between the speaker and the audience, and it steers how that speech will be received. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Within a few days after the dusting operation, the Detroit Audubon Society began receiving calls about the birds. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Since 1940, my mother had not received a single letter from them. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He proudly displayed his new diploma at home, excitedly mounting it one weekend in a frame he’d bought the week he received his test scores. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Alvarez was torn by his loyalties to both men; he had received his doctorate at Chicago under Compton and then had become a trusted staff member at Lawrences Radiation Laboratory. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“You will both receive Special Awards for Services to the School and — let me see — yes, I think two hundred points apiece for Gryffindor.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Moss also relinquished rights to his adopted children but received no further punishment. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He paused, then said, “We all came here together on the same ship from Mars. Not Resch; he stayed behind another week, receiving the synthetic memory system.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

But fear not, if you received this lovely little box, your name will pop up…I promise. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Adams replied that he received only a fraction of that number but chose not to answer most of them, which allowed him to focus all his allegedly waning energies on Jefferson. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Every piece of information she receives factors into her strategy, and she won’t tell me what time it is unless she decides that providing the information is more useful than withholding it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I receive a return letter, signed by the Honorable Elijah Muhammad. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He never commented on the racial slurs scribbled on the pages of the used textbooks the white schools gave us when they received new ones. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby didn’t want to write letters or receive them, for fear of being tracked by the U.S. government, which was attempting to arrest him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But he was sullen, and so were the rest of us when we received our instructions about the party. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

From that day she received no more visitors and kept her house closed. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also had no idea how the prices on the menu corresponded to the money in my pocket, so I would hand the waiter a large bill and wait to receive change. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

But I got a trophy—the first I’d ever received for a genuine sporting achievement. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The Lady Salmakia’s contact in the Society had told her that earlier that evening they had received a friendly invitation from the President of the Consistorial Court to come and discuss matters of mutual interest. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

With its oiled wood panels on the walls, it reminds me of the chamber at Elsinore where the king received his visitors. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Throughout the huge nation, members of the Osoaviakhim and civil air clubs had received the same order, and were sending their women aviators to Moscow. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

On June 10, 1997, I received my gift of life, a double lung transplant that I have waited over two years for. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

This step is separate from, and arguably more primitive than, the receiving of information; before we get information, we are getting some stimulation through an act of stimulus response. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He was holding a gigantic ice-cream cone that he had received for his labors; He casually pulled the door shut before making his way toward Prosper and Hornet. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he received a favorable report from Folsom, he dispatched a work crew to dig out the bones. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

That was surely a factor in his becoming perhaps the most accomplished American physicist not to receive a Nobel Prize, but it does not mean he failed to do pioneering research. 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

Sansa tried to look forlorn and abandoned as other heroes of the Battle of the Blackwater were sum-moned forth to receive their rewards. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The Pottses had been foster parents for many years and had received a license for two children. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Like the three gates at the receiving entrance, the doors were large rectangles of rounded steel bars that slid on rolling tracks. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Wallace controlled where Alabama’s black people lived, where their children went to school, what public facilities they could and could not visit, and where—or if—they would receive hospital and medical care. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Last week, Noah received an invitation to attend CSA, based on the photos of his mural I took. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Mark Antony made sure that Cleopatra received the most heavily forested parts of the region. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

One year later his ashes were still in the possession of the undertaker who had received his body. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I supposed her attitude was deliberate and for some odd feminine reason she resented this marriage, her scale of values had received a shock. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The potions he received every week from the Sisters of the Star helped, but these days they seemed to help less than usual. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“It is us,” I said, stepping forward to receive a hug. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

But after four decades, Volpe knows how to stay on the acceptable side of the line—even while presenting material that almost anywhere else would be received as offensive. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

She was a committed pacifist, but she was receiving pressure from constituents who wanted her to support the president’s call to arms. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He talked to her, learned from her, gave her advice, received advice. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

But instead of simply increasing the African quota, the authorities reduced the amount of sugar that Coloured and Indian prisoners received by half a spoonful, while adding that amount for African prisoners. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My grandfather, Captain Walter Tate, wishes you to know that he will send correspondints the moment he receives word. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I have one little girl who is very nervous and she kept saying...‘I don’t want to die.’...If such programs continue I will make kindling wood of my receiving set.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

He had finished fifth, two places short of the Olympic team/1' By the day’s end, Louie had received some 125 telegrams. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Within military circles, however, her unit received a measure of praise, and even some awards. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Alvarez was determined to become part of it as soon as he received his degree. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

And the Emperor received “two fardels of cinnamon.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Operation Save Sir Fig Newton had been a success, and today Fig would receive his first insulin shot. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I wish I could explain to you how fascinating and stimulating are the lectures that we receive here at Miss Preston's, but I’m afraid my descriptions will never do them justice... Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

If we received such a message we would deduce a civilization out there that was at least fond of prime numbers. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three months later they received in a large envelope twenty-nine letters and more than fifty pictures that he had accumulated during the leisure of the high seas. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

These elite colleges are so expensive that even many high-income students receive large grants. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

But Marie-Laure is reciting in her head the strange third letter from her father, the last one she received. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Later that day, we received confirmation of the sad news: he was dead. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Anderson did so and received an A, even though the material “was over my head, all the way through,” he recalled. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

When she was sent home without receiving a suspension notice, I breathed a sigh of relief. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The father in particular became less cocky and unbearable for several days after receiving a dose of Matilda's magic medicine. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Three months after his sentencing, the judge would receive an evaluation of his conduct at the Division of Juvenile Justice, as California’s juvenile facilities are called. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Although I was assigned to a landing party, I was up there on the bridge checking signals with the other members of our code team whod be staying on board to send and receive messages. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within a year of her joining the convent, her father began to receive puzzling letters from her in the mail. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was concerned about Oliver’s health and wanted to persuade him to receive treatment. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, very soon after, I received a letter. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walt had in fact visited Fairbanks during the start-up of the receiving station and had written some of the software crucial to its operation. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first child to receive one was a tough-looking boy in a baseball cap who eagerly grabbed it, looked at the first question, and burst into tears. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then there was an interlude of silence while the priest and his attendants moved to the second station, Christ receiving the cross. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I received a barrage of congratulations from my work colleagues and from my American boyfriend's family. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

No wonder that letters addressed to people here had never received an answer: as well despatch epistles to a vault in a church aisle. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The officer received me with his boots up on the desk, chewing a greasy sandwich, badly shaven, with his jacket unbuttoned. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We received a tip late last night that your son stole it.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

But since he had a working son, he could receive only a small portion of what he would get if he had no living relatives. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

When he received it, he was so struck with my resemblance to members of his family that he called again. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

After all the compliments I had received on my improved vocabulary, it seemed prudent to lie low and keep my mouth shut. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

They had shiny colorful covers and he received them from the stock room tied up in a length of new yellow twine. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We have received your summons, O mighty ones,” Marshall chanted and then ad-libbed, “and it’s nothing but an old pigeon feather.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was received warmly by the magistrate and prosecutor, and the case did not begin for quite a while, as they asked me numerous questions about my career and how I became a lawyer. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Obviously, it was the first time Tommy’s father ever received such a call because he began the conversation with, “OK, what did Tommy do this time?” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

His campaign had worked, and now the Bonnies were arriving in droves, demanding the same hospitality they'd received last month in Orlando. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

In hundreds of other cases, falsely accused women never received the forensic help they needed to avoid wrongful convictions. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Jean Louise silently signaled her father; her message was received and understood. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

When the bear was injured, the tiger would scent the blood and yowl; It was mostly from the bear that Brute received his sense that when animals went up there, terrible things happened. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

We received word this day that he hath died of his wound. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

All it said was, “If this message is received, we will know that the messenger is reliable.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

One thing I respected about my mom was that she never left me in any doubt as to why I was receiving the hiding. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Principal Jenkins sent a letter home to every student’s family saying it was the right of all children to receive a public education. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I must remember to inform labs that have received animal shipments from us to notify the C.D.C. if any unusual animal deaths occur. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tuck reached up to receive them as they came out one by one. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can hardly count the letters I’ve received saying that my journey through Central High School inspired the letter writers to stand up for their rights. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He was very sad that the only invitation that he had received for many years should have turned out to be such an unhappy occasion. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Afternoon arrived: Mrs. Fairfax assumed her best black satin gown, her gloves, and her gold watch; for it was her part to receive the company,—to conduct the ladies to their rooms, &c. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Not until late 1968, with the publication of an article by three American seismologists in the Journal of Geophysical Research, did the segments receive the name by which they have since been known: plates. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Did you know that when you send a letter in the twenty-first century, it can be received almost instantaneously?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I am not accustomed to receiving scoldings from men the most debased, liars & degenerate rogues. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The unicorn, like the fairy, has received an excellent Muggle press – in this case justified. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jefferson then apologized in return, claiming that he received over twelve hundred letters a year, all of which required responses, so it was difficult for him to match the Adams pace. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

We’ve been receiving so much mail from people all across the country, and we have no idea what to do with it all; the donations for our college fund are amazing and quite touching. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She always does, and Ma receives it as if she'd just caught a wedding bouquet. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“The true knowledge,” reconstructed much more briefly than I received it, was that history had been “whitened” in the white man’s history books, and that the black man had been “brainwashed for hundreds of years.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Semi-starvation and neglected colds had predisposed most of the pupils to receive infection: forty-five out of the eighty girls lay ill at one time. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I received later a picture postcard, the picture in vivid colors being of a chimpanzee at the Monkey Jungle in Miami. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the edge of the bridge, I turned and braced the axe against the railing to receive his charge. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Besides, he reveled in the respect that he received, dressed as he was in such barbaric finery. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I carried her bags to the bus and received three haughty dimes. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They received this news with mingled hope and horror, and her father said, “I suppose the wood will be ours again if that man should . . . that is, if he doesn’t...” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Bolden testified that he received stolen cigarettes from Mr. Evans. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

I begged my parents, “Leave those two at home! They do nothing but make noise and try to take the gifts I’ve received.” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m in the mood to receive a little credit. Not much. Don’t spoil me.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I’m sure there are hundreds, maybe thousands, of teens who received the alert today, but there are only eighty-nine registered Deckers between the ages of sixteen and eighteen online right now. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

First one who grabbed the flag and brought it back down received a pat on the back. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The friend was happy to receive this invitation, as he was never asked by anybody else to go anywhere. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

When Felix received his assignment at 6:00 a.m., he considered faking an illness—something tough to prove, like a toothache—but his mom had already driven off. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Girls received additional training in air-raid duties and as auxiliary nurses. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Please have your offerings ready so that as many prayer requests can be received as possible!” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Much was made over this later handiwork, which, while not too embarrassing, did not warrant the fervent praise it received. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The meeting at Ector received extensive coverage in the Odessa American. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

For this work, W. A. Fowler, one of his collaborators, received a Nobel Prize. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He turned: There was Lucius Malfoy sitting in the darkest corner, ragged and still bearing the marks of the punishment he had received after the boy’s last escape. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He hopes that he will receive another letter in turn. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I returned it to her; she received it quietly, and without saying anything she was about to relapse into her former studious mood: again I ventured to disturb her— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

News of such wrecks was received by islanders with a grim brand of determinism; it seemed to many that such things were ordained by God, or at any rate unavoidable. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Septimus prodded the dead goat experimentally with his foot, moving its head; it had received a deep and fatal wound to its forehead, equidistant between its horns. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

There we stayed for two months until we received news from the UN. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Would I ever be on the receiving end of such a bouquet from my own little ones? Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Here was when the unexpected could happen, as the children received their Life Assignments. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

General Sherman, who was not at the train station, never received the note Guiteau intended for him. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

An old wound he had received fighting forty years ago in the French and Indian Wars had stiffened up on him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But to accelerate his progress, she began to speak to him in Spanish, coaxed him to take up his text, and tutored him, and within a short while he was receiving high grades. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The preferential treatment Boobie received sometimes caused resentment among the other players. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally I tried to reach the important men by telephone, only to receive polite refusals by their secretaries. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I received the first letter from Laurie, who didn’t look as if he knew anything about it,” began Meg, without looking up. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I received the Polly Pocket pizzeria I had wanted, but I could not enjoy the commotion. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

At times they were in favour and received privileges ordinary Russians would have marvelled at; at others their continued survival as professional composers hung by a thread. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Every so often Mami received a letter from her with a money order, or a package with the clothes my cousins in the United States had outgrown. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She was widely known for her intelligence, and she received her high school diploma at a time when education was not a priority for the female population in Iran. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Then, just before Shavuot, the celebration of receiving the Torah, her sideways life flipped completely when Håkon, the last dragon in Kievan Rus’, appeared in her village and saved her life. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

A local paper ran a front-page article about the incident, describing how poorly my students were treated, after which I received death threats. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Possibly, the money came from an advance he received for his book Bobby Fischer’s Games of Chess, which was published in 1959. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I learned from Lena. She has collected expert instruction from around the globe. If you ever get a chance to receive a massage from her, don’t turn it down.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Every part of him—every muscle, every joint, every sinew—went board-straight, like he had received a great electric jolt. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The death, which wasn’t considered suspicious, received little notice in the press. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The war seemed fought with as much paper as bullets, what with the letters and the passes and permissions piled on the table, orders received and recorded, recordings of conferences noted down. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is cold, cold; so cold that the grey heavy sky is full of snow, which when it falls will settle for all winter as the ground is hardening to receive it. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

This greatly distressed Mrs. Pocket, who burst into tears on receiving the note, and said that it was an extraordinary thing that the neighbours couldn’t mind their own business. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The vote was unanimous, although one member, navy undersecretary Ralph Bard, presently dissented from the third recommendation, resigned his post, and proposed to Stimson that the Japanese receive two or three days’ warning. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

For Mother’s birthday, she received a real mocha cake, prewar quality, from the office. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The Harry Goldstein Management Agency would receive little attention, making it the only good thing, besides no one dying, that Bodega had on his side. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

This new breed of brokers would often receive advance payment in cash from affluent or middle-income South Korean families seeking the release of a relative. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

But Ratchett certainly received one letter of a very different character—the one containing a reference to the Armstrong baby, a fragment of which we found in his compartment. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that Charles wrote right after New Year’s and received a letter from Adam written right after New Year’s. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

At first, the letters Marco receives from Isobel arrive frequently, but as the circus travels to far-flung cities and countries, weeks and sometimes months stretch wordlessly between each missive. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A pestilence of rain we received, the likes of which we had never seen or dreamed about in Georgia. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last number he dialed received no answer. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I knew such measures would come, but I had not expected to receive my bans in the remote town of Villiers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore her decorous dresses to morning mass, and around her neck displayed the short single strand of pearls she had received on her fifteenth birthday. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And here is the simplest answer I have received: “Divergent” means that my genes are healed. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

October 15: Four women were arrested; two received suspended sentences, and two repeat offenders were sentenced to six months in the workhouse. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Underneath the robe he expects to find some racy lingerie—back in New York he’d glimpsed the pile of things she’d received for her shower in the corner of her bedroom. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

In return for exporting bird of paradise plumes and spices, New Guineans received Southeast Asian goods, including even such luxury items as Dong Son bronze drums and Chinese porcelain. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

They received so many false reports of U-boat sightings that they dismissed this one as "dubious." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

For all of the blessings I had received, there was one I still yearned for. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had received no preparation—none—for his entry into the arena of a Catholic adolescence. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lest I got cocky about my abilities to manipulate him, I received at that moment a quiet but sinister warning about what I was up against. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The principal asked the class to rise, and one by one they walked across the stage to receive their diplomas. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He had already received a few in recent years, given to him on birthdays and other special occasions. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He received a sharp kick in the shins. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I’d just looked away to grab my backpack when I heard, once again, the soft double ding that indicated I’d received a new message, and I turned down the volume on my computer. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Annes zweite Heimat,” they say, or “Is it proper for a gentleman to receive young girls in his room at night with the lights out?” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Now that I had received a letter from the great man himself, I felt almost as if I were already on Dr. von Braun’s team. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the early hours of this morning, we received a transmission from the Weed. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He receives a Hallmark card signed by both of his parents, a check for one hundred dollars, a navy blue cotton sweater from Filene’s. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I rolled my eyes and wondered how many ridiculous phone calls the Rockport Police Department must receive in an average week. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Gogol receives several dictionaries, several calculators, several Cross pen-and-pencil sets, several ugly sweaters. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

To receive phone calls, she wore her most serious pair of trousers, her most muted shade of lipstick, and she spoke sitting upright at her desk, legs crossed, her voice measured and sure. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But it seemed to her the information she received was well worth the cost. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The week before the pneumonia, Rajesh had received news of a strikingly successful performance in his college exams and—elated—had vanished on a two-night excursion, supposedly “exercising” at a wrestling camp. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Anya watched Yedsha continue to receive praise for saving the priest, and she followed her mother back to the onion booth with a scowl. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

On the morning of May Day I received printed instructions as to the time and place where our union contingent would assemble to join the parade. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would have to seek advice from Harry, although my estimation of him as a counselor in affairs of the heart had received a substantial drubbing at the hands of the wretched Miss Minerva Goodacre. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The kind of person who wouldn’t mind receiving letters from a kid. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

In Tyre, Mark Antony received a letter from his wife, Fulvia. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“So it was established by Mr. Ford”—the taller one again took over—“that no man is to receive the money who cannot use it advisedly and conservatively.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She received twelve hundred dollars from the sale of the book. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Annex was delighted to hear that we’ll all be receiving an extra quarter pound of butter for Christmas. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I imagine her texting from some café at sunset, some French boy hanging over her shoulder, jealous of me on the receiving end. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

It was late at night, and the only person to receive the breaking news was a lone botanist working on the floor below. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

My eyes wander over to a small chest sitting under my desk, flail of the 200,000 Notes I received for capturing Day. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

For example, in a 3/4 time signature, there are three beats in a measure and the quarter note receives one beat. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I handed over the bundle of letters Mr. Nettle wrote me about Dunkirk—most gratefully received. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When courtiers receive their appointments, their portraits fill every newspaper and beauty pamphlet. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

After legal fees and taxes, Stanley and Zero each received less than a million dollars. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

A few hours after receiving her birthday clout to the ear, Mig was out in the field with Uncles sheep when she saw something glittering and glowing on the horizon. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Considerable airtime is devoted to the comfortable lives, by North Korean standards, of defectors living in South Korea, where they receive housing and other subsidies from the government in Seoul. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Louis had received a long telegram from the head of the Game Department in Tanganyika. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Lili got up from the floor and inclined her face towards her husband’s in order to receive her nightly peck on the cheek. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

A wave of emotion rolled over Joel Breman as he realized, with the clarity of a doctor who suddenly sees into the heart of things, that the victims had received the infection from the hospital. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Udell ignored the blank stares she received from the class. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Now the new Twelves in the row ahead had all received their badges. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

We tiptoed around them and saved our voices for play far from the house, where even our laughter was received by Mami and Papi with a stare, a quizzical look, a warning glance. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Thirteen days later, the Georgia Supreme Court reversed itself, holding that the fact that 98.4 percent of the defendants selected to receive life sentences for repeat drug offenses were black required no justification. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Or what it was like for the little girl who couldn’t perform at the school talent show because her parents received the Death-Cast alert while she was dreaming of pianos. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Farmer decided that all TB patients in the catchment area should receive the full package of services, including the equivalent of five American dollars per month. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

"Whoever bet on twenty-six receives sixty-four times their stake." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

After receiving his undergraduate diploma, Walt took a job with Hughes Aircraft, which sent him to Tucson for three years, where he earned a master’s degree in antenna theory at the University of Arizona. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Able-bodied seamen or mates who failed to leap when Dad barked an order did in fact receive a flogging with a piece of rope. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had participated in secret conversations, received certain assurances, and gone so far as to make reconnaissance forays to outlying parts of the city. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Then the girl stayed there and some years later she received a proposal of marriage from the son of a very rich chief. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

As honored as I am to have received Great-Grampy JonJon’s mitt, all I’ve been able to think about since Daddy closed the trunk is that little brown book I saw inside of it. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I knew at the foundation I was part of one of the best fencing programs in the tri-state area and receiving excellent training in a sport I had grown to love. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

But she began receiving menacing phone calls from a collection agency about an old bill her health insurance had not covered. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Some days after Roosevelt’s death, I received the only letter I had ever gotten from Call. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He starts a store, a sort of five-and-dime; he marries and fathers four attractive children; he receives a Medal of Freedom from President Bush, after which he promptly dies, making way for the eulogies. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the king sat upon a seat before his doors, and Éowyn knelt before him and received from him a sword and a fair corslet. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Once your application is finally being considered, you receive a notice to get your fingerprints taken. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I thought I was going to die because of the lack of oxygen my body was receiving. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Really weird, because as I was walking around all the stores, I didn’t know what present my dad would like to receive from me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was obvious from the letters he had received from them that the Kansas troubles'1'1 would have to be settled with guns. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama answered, then told us the news she had just received. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And the gifts he received were the ones he could appreciate. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Marco starts to say he can tell she received quite a good price for the ring, but then there is a knock on the door of the flat. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Most people released from prison after being proved innocent receive no money, no assistance, no counseling—nothing from the state that wrongly imprisoned them. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Not only do these areas receive the contaminated discharge of rivers but all too commonly they are sprayed directly in efforts to control mosquitoes or other insects. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Bragg’s response upon receiving it was to put it aside. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“The scarred and aching teachers received a hero’s welcome.” Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Department of Justice and released several public reports about the problem, which received widespread media coverage. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He received the small cake from the children with good cheer, but made it clear he was anxious to get back to his papers. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Not even five minutes had passed when I received my first customer. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The only gift I ever received was when I turned ten. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they abandoned their cars and staggered up to the houses of strangers and pounded on their front doors, begging for and receiving shelter. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Reverend Tweed was about to be on the receiving end of a sermon. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She had probably bestowed a gift on the newlyweds that was as gladly received as mine had been. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I want you to know that I never received any of your letters, but of course I forgive you for everything. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Muller encouraged her to study medicine and to follow him to Russia when he received research appointments both in Leningrad and Moscow—she ultimately remained in touch with him for more than fifty years. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Even Thrym's sister, who received a bridal gift she had not been expecting. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He was warm in his reprobation of Mr. Elton’s conduct; it had been unpardonable rudeness; and Mrs. Elton’s looks also received the due share of censure. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

With these thrilling words he rushed away, and flinging open the door of the mauve salon, was about to enter, when he received...” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hand over the twenty and receive the Doorman and the card. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, the paramedics confirmed they’d received a call from someone at Pike Place, who’d witnessed “a pregnant Indian woman in need of immediate assistance.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Most people did not kneel to receive communion at the marble altar, with the blond life- size Virgin Mary mounted nearby, but Papa did. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Consider: the guests never leave their rooms; they expect not only lodging but full board; they receive a constant flow of visi­tors, some of whom are noisy and unruly. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

"I was camped at Horn Hill when Lord Tarly received his letter, and I must say, it took my breath away." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“He so hoped to receive his true name at the end of this journey.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

When white men beat their men, they cleaned up the blood and went home to receive abuse from the victim. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He consents without a murmur, all join in a joyful chorus, and the curtain falls upon the lovers kneeling to receive Don Pedro’s blessing in attitudes of the most romantic grace. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon after, the priest reported that he had received a secret message from Mollie: she was afraid that someone was trying to poison her. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He called the Chief Ranger of Lands and Forests, and received assurance that word would be circulated throughout the department, and the game wardens and foresters contacted—tomorrow. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, reverently, Matthias lowered the shield of Martin, down on to the stone circle that had been carved many long years before to receive it. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Winnie, I later discovered, had recently received a second banning order and had been terminated from her job at the Child Welfare Office as a result. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Altogether the city received just five-eighths of an inch of ash after the eruption of Mount St. Helens. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Lucy received her paper and did a little chair dance. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Here he receives an ambassador from India, who is showing him the game of chess. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I started receiving replies within the hour, with contracts attached. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

A The Final Five celebrating together after receiving their Olympic gold medals in team competition at the 2016 Rio Games. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

After the cabinet meeting ended, the president followed his usual routine: receiving visits from friends and job seekers, reading his mail, and catching up on paperwork. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The winner of each game will receive a very special medal. The team with the most medals at the end of the week will be declared the winner, if not the champion.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

She was plump and dumpy now, rather like Queen Victoria, and she received him faithfully. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The news was posted on the bulletin board, and nearly everyone received the news with pleasure. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m lucky. We received a letter this morning that snows in the mountains prevented Hollin from coming home. He’s stuck at school until after his spring term, and he’s beside himself.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“These men are our guests and we would like them to receive proper attention.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the next fortnight I moved back and forth between Qunu and Mqhekezweni, staying by turns with my mother and No- England, visiting and receiving friends and relatives. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That spring, Chapter Eleven had received two letters, one from the University of Michigan informing him of his acceptance and the other from the U.S. government informing him of his eligibility for the draft. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We received a polite letter from our HMO, wishing us the best of luck, regretting they couldn’t cover the cost. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the thousands of slaves in Endovier received similar treatment—though an extra half-dozen guards always walked Celaena to and from the mines. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Because of the ongoing drought, Nathan would have full control of the amount of water both groups received. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The only nice room was a parlor on the first floor, which the Huangs used to receive guests. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I also receive national and international invitations to share that same passion for reconciliation in our world. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Upon receiving the news, Secretaries Blaine and Lincoln, the only two not in Elberon, took a train from Boston later that night. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“The accounts we receive here,” he lamented, “are so opposite and unsatisfactory that we know not on what to rely.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

The school had received some big donation and renovated over the summer. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I then saw the station-master, who kindly put me in communication with the men who had actually received the boxes. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

In a 4/4 time signature, there are four beats in a measure, and the quarter note also receives one beat or count. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I have received a note from Dr. Trefusis, who is settled at a tavern in town. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She had received all of the money Lupita had sent and was glad that her children were living with Consuelo and that both had work they liked. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He brooded for hours in his tent like Saul, receiving no visitors, while his elite guard of corporals stood discouraged watch outside. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was the first Sunday in July and I had a smile on my face because it was my birthday and the one gift I had asked for I received. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Even if I hadn’t still been recuperating from my appendectomy, I don’t think I would have received a beating for a simple hanging. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Well, I guess I’m not lying to save you from getting caught or receiving punishment,” she thought out loud. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Maybe he couldn’t receive their texts because of poor cell phone reception. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He knew that his parents cringed a little, as he did, when Fritz, who lived in the dwelling next door to theirs, received his bike and almost immediately bumped into the podium with it. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Fighting for Mark Antony’s Affection In the spring of 35 BCE, Mark Antony received word that Octavia was on her way to meet him. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

My chance came when Madam received an invitation from a friend who had moved into an abandoned rebel mansion in Greenwich Village, north of the city line. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four days before the hearing, they’d received the results from a study done by a forensic sciences firm in Salt Lake City that had asked the question: Was it likely that Reggie had hydroplaned? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I even received offers of help from a number of well-known Afrikaner lawyers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was able to read in detail about the official reactions to my opposition to the Law Society’s actions because we were receiving a daily newspaper just as if it were delivered to our door. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His three daughters were among the first women in Japan to receive university degrees. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

A decision was the highest injunction that a Communist could receive from his party, and to break a decision was to break the effectiveness of the party’s ability to act. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, well, come here, messenger, make your delivery, and receive your reward.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He had been a soldier in the army in the Great War and that, of course, was how he had received his title. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as we circled to receive our share of providence, the fat flanks of the magnificent beasts we’d stalked on the hill shrank to parched sinew, the gristle of drought-starved carcasses. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Franklin’s endorsement of the petition from the Pennsylvania Abolition Society effectively assured that the preferred Madisonian strategy—calmly receiving these requests, then banishing them to the congressional version of oblivion—was not going to work. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Is that the daughter? Or an impostor? And the orders we received, are they...” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

We had received our black coffee, our ration of bread. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two weeks later I received a letter from him that said, in effect, that when he, too, sometimes had doubts, he relied on his faith to carry him through. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He wrote to the Atlantis Publishing Company in New York, offering his services as a translator, but received in return only a letter thanking him for his interest, along with a catalogue. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I also received three separate emails from my Apptitude team members. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I was still thinking about it, wondering what it was he had said, as he drove Amaka and me home after Mass. He told Amaka that he still had not received her confirmation name. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

If not, then your family received a six-figure settlement plus a monthly pension. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I think of how many girls would love to receive a note like this from Ryan Cross. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The Pittsburgh news was on and an announcer was talking about where people could receive their second round of polio vaccine. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I receive hundreds of small white envelopes each week, some delivered by hand, and there is extra money inside them lately, money for Mr. Fermin. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I will make myself an indispensable part of her little collective, and I will receive enough water to survive. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

When Stephanie receives her award and joins us back in the contestant line, she hugs each and every one of us. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It housed an ancient castle as well as the Tombs—where Twelve Towns criminals went to receive punishment. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

These were men of high standing and the regent received them courteously, but not obsequiously; he treated them on equal terms, as they did him. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trenton police received desperate requests for the poison gas antidote. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth received them with all the forbearance of civility, and, at the request of the gentlemen, remained at the instrument till her ladyship’s carriage was ready to take them all home. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

For example, in a 2/4 time signature, there are two beats in a measure with the quarter note receiving one beat or one count. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

His face was swollen from the beating he had received, and his eyes looked as if they were watching something behind me. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

In 1991, Fuller received national attention when he was named superintendent of the Milwaukee school system, the nation’s seventeenth largest—despite a lack of elementary or secondary teaching experience. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, pleased with what she had done, she showed her work to her mother and received a proud, quick smile of approval. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy received his teaching contract for the next year on June 18. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

After receiving news of the accident, she’d stayed at work until three in the afternoon. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The Dursleys had received a very angry letter from Harry’s headmistress telling them Harry had been climbing school buildings. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

In early December, Chairman McNinch announced that the FCC was dismissing all complaints it had received about the October 30 broadcast. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

The Assignment of the Newchild, when they received one, was actually more exciting than the Matching. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I said,” repeated Greyback, and Harry received a blow to the diaphragm that made him double over in pain, “what happened to you?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Nine men received smaller rewards for their part in the capture of George Atzerodt, ten for their roles in the arrest of Lewis Powell. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the State of Maine * Department of Health and Human Services delivered their news: Joseph and his father would begin receiving monthly visits and evaluations. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Investigator: Arson was our initial suspicion due to the number of threatening phone calls and letters Mrs. Tison has received during her husband's detainment. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Every student in the class received an A. Not long afterward, both Harricks were relieved of their coaching duties. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

This is iterated a few more times, until 500 people have received six straight correct “predictions.” Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you win, and prove yourself both skilled and trustworthy, my father has sworn to grant you your freedom. And, while you’re his Champion, you’ll receive a considerable salary.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And so Estraven received what they gave us, as a lord among lords or a beggar among beggars, a man among his own people. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

For kids of color, the ratios were reversed—two-thirds served time in state facilities, while one-third received probation or jail. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The police did receive a higher volume of calls, particularly near the imaginary landing site. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, I got to Philadelphia in the end and received my medal. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

No sooner had we shut off the radio, untied it from the tree, and moved, than a Japanese mortar round landed behind us—right where we had been sending and receiving. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any insult to Pollard was received by the Howards as a slight to themselves. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder what it would have been like if York had received that land and that money, and his freedom. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“We’ve just received word that there is an intruder in the temple, a thief!” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

That was the same day Calder had received his first set of pentominoes. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Kevin would receive the letter and he could come to get me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Henry will send a snap from a seven a.m. polo practice and promptly receive one of Alex at two a.m., glasses on and coffee in hand, in bed with a pile of notes. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

All countries and islands, afraid for the same reason, refused to receive her and give her a place where her child could be born. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amy is more docile, will make a good companion for Flo, and receive gratefully any help the trip may give her.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was almost paralyzed with fear when he was led into the great receiving hall and saw Caesar seated in majesty on a gilded thronelike chain. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Soon I began receiving requests for interviews from other Southern states too. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She paused and peered anxiously at the toad to see how it would receive this staggering idea, but it showed no signs of interest. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dear Gus Levy, We were shocked and grievously injured to receive the attached letter. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not the first one, which the throat receives with almost tearful gratitude; nor the second, that confirms and extends the pleasure of the first. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until all this had been done that they first told me about my sisters, the letter they received, the one they wrote back. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any number of pictures showed various members of the family, who had received discipline within a matter of seconds before the shutter clicked, looking anything but pleasant in the swivel seats of the car. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then François’s lash descended, and Buck had the satisfaction of watching Spitz receive the worst whipping as yet administered to any of the teams. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there he sits, yammering on and on about the special treatment he received while Hazel, Doris, and Norma stare adoringly. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“He went down to the office in a gay humor,” Harriet Monroe said, “and that very day received a commission for a large commercial building.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

We had not been told how many lashes we should receive. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

After receiving the same deployment date as Levy, Wes understood that the only question he was asked that mattered was the last one. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I received grants and loans to cover most of the tuition, which was steep, and I’d saved a little money while working at The Phoenix. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“This is for you. The others will be receiving them, too.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I untag myself, horrified that it’s already received so many likes and comments. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Then Davis and several conspirators proceeded to rob—and murder—a prominent attorney; this time, Davis received a life sentence. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The article is well received, and followed by another, and then another. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“U. S. Robots is receiving a generous rental fee for use of our robots.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

It was in this very parlor where Noris had begun receiving callers that the group gave themselves a name. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That would qualify it to receive federal funds so it would remain strong, stable, and safe for future generations. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We were simply told to follow the path until we received instructions on what to do next. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

They, too, had received a bag of candy. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then he would speak a few identifying words of Navajo into the mike, saying that he was either ready to send or receive in code. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yesterday, you had a grander visitor, and received a bigger gift than a bird. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He held out a closed fist, and she reached out to receive the clover. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Whenever I brought him food for the orphans from the other side of the wall, he received it happily and patted me on the head and said, “My little smuggler.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I received a surprising call one day from the Swedish Ambassador to the United States, who told me that EJI had been selected for the Olof Palme International Human Rights Award. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I was still in my office waiting to receive word from the Supreme Court. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The receiving physician's assistant, Mr. Bow, spotted lice in my hair. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

On that first visit, we were escorted to the Queen’s private apartment and shown into a sitting room where she and Prince Philip stood waiting to receive us. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Garner helped in her own way, teaching her slaves their letters so they could receive the word of God with their own eyes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

They ate at a table set up on the lawn, savoring Alice’s turtle soup and mutton and devising compliments for the cook, who would never receive them. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I’ve always considered a pardon something one receives after doing wrong. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And how am I to receive this, which I perceive already will be a confidence, even if it is not true? The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Hooke, an older and well-established scientist, was decidedly miffed at receiving less credit from the young whipper-snapper than he thought he was due, and said as much to his friends. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Captain Smith delivers his message: Will the great chief come to James Town to receive his gifts from King James? Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

As yet Cluny had not chosen a new second-in-command, though he had let it be known that any of his followers who distinguished himself in the coming battle would receive immediate promotion in the field. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Any message we receive from them is likely to begin "Dear Sire," and congratulate us on the handsomeness of our horses and our mastery of whale oil. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Each girl had received a DVD of the dance steps in her prep packet, but they’d never had a chance to rehearse it as a unit. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

With a touch of luck, she and I may be homeward bound by the time you receive this card. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Odessa received the kickoff, moved the ball minus two yards in three plays, and punted again. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three days later, Kenneth received the news that Alma’s body had rejected the new kidney and she had died earlier that morning. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I do receive a letter, though, that is covered with lines and scribbles and symbols that I can’t read. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Daniel Justis would have been another to receive a standing ovation at the pep rally that night. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry did not say anything to this; he still felt angry at the reception his confidences had received, but could not see what was to be gained by arguing further. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“The heroes are here to meet the Council and receive the details of their quest.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Rather, they put food on the table by teaching chess, giving exhibitions, operating chess parlors, selling chess sets, and writing books and magazine articles that received small advances. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Initially, when Roosevelt received the invitation to come and speak, he turned it down. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He received these marks of gratitude with distaste, cutting short my thanks to order me out of the room. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The New York Times documentary had aired and brought even more attention to the plight of girls in Swat, and we started receiving messages of support from people all over the world. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

During the January assembly, Mr. Grant announced the names of the kids who had received high marks in each class. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

When pheasants received dieldrin in their diets, “egg production was markedly lowered and chick survival was poor.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Upon receiving Jefferson’s letter, Monroe responded immediately with a warning of his own. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

"To receive credit, you must answer both parts." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I received a Kewpie doll, Father got bookends, and so on. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Again and again Gregor listened as one of them vainly invited another one to eat and received no answer other than "Thank you. I have enough" or something like that. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

To make matters worse, I did not receive any graduation celebration invitations from my old school. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Bethune had called them together after receiving notification from the contest the day before. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He received a game of Monopoly, a razor and a cigarette lighter. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She had received instructions from both the men and women, in some instances from the children. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realized then that Halliday had placed the tomb inside a null-communication zone, so no one could receive calls, texts, or e-mail while they were inside. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

In mid-November I received a letter from Lou Kasischke in which he wrote, It took a few months in my case for the positive aspects to begin to develop. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Within a month, we were receiving The Economist and reading the news we hungered for. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not the way a man might hesitate before he kissed a woman, to gauge her reaction, to see how he would be received. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The Office of Indian Affairs received a note from someone who knew Mollie, saying that she was “in failing health and is not expected to live very long.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

But these were exceptions to the overwhelmingly positive responses I received from my faith community. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Which she’d hopefully start receiving as soon as she signed her contract...whenever that would be. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

For example, a rock named Yogi received its name because the rock resembled a bear. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Indeed, Woodall refused to relinquish leadership of the expedition or make any kind of compromise, even after he received a message from President Mandela appealing for reconciliation as a matter of national interest. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Here in America, in this day, the simple act of whites receiving a Negro had to be a night thing and its aura of uneasiness had to be countered by gallows humor. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

His seventh symphony received its premiere at a Wagner memorial concert in December 1884, its second movement, Adagio, being in the form of a funeral lament for Wagner. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The officer at the outpost sent the “suspicious papers” to Washington—who never received them—and sent Anderson, under guard, to Arnold. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Employment agencies in Seattle received inquiries about the availability of jobs—any kind of job, no matter how low paying—from as far away as Missouri and Arkansas. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The customers were received by Nana, who ushered them into the waiting room and collected their fees. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Los Angeles Times received hundreds of calls during and immediately after the radio program. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

He received his visitor with a cool, appraising look. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Michael Lindsey had received a life verdict from the jury and was executed instead; Horace Dunkins was intellectually disabled, and the governor had not spared him, either. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He remembers the single wrapped gift that he had received, a toy that he’d picked out himself, his mother asking him to stand by the greeting cards while she paid for it. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Yet even after accounting for thirty-five nonracial variables, the researchers found that defendants charged with killing white victims were 4.3 times more likely to receive a death sentence than defendants charged with killing blacks. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Although Bobby had received numerous requests to give a deposition, he continued to refuse, so the case was dragging on. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

After speaking to him once or twice and receiving no reply, Hazel thought it best to let him alone. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a crowded ordinary we found one who spake of a different place, and we returned the next night to receive instructions, that we might be conducted there. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

After only two days, Gerhard receives his draft notice on bright red letterhead, ordering him to boot camp at the army camp in Reibeck-Gesthacht to the north of Hamburg. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Scientists who’ve gone ahead with research involving the breast- cancer genes without Myriad’s permission have found themselves on the receiving end of cease-and-desist letters and threats of litigation. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The humiliation of wearing a uniform, even if it was blue, and deceiving people was tempered by the genuine lift which came of having her own money rather than receiving an allowance like a child. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

That wasn’t to say, however, that the class did not receive a lesson. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

E-mail was received in Kathmandu, printed out, and the hard copy was transported by yak to Base Camp. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He nursed these fantasies throughout his life, even long after it was evident that he would receive nothing by way of inheritance. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Part of the pulse is reflected back at the event and the observer measures the time at which he receives the echo. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In our ggeh, if you give a few dollars you can expect to receive a few hundred. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn't even sure how much time had elapsed since the judge's ruling, as I had never received the order. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Lyddie received no gifts, indeed expected none, but she did get a note from Triphena, who thanked her for returning the loan. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It’s funny, I didn’t really notice until right then that I’m as awkward when I receive a gift as I am when I take a picture. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I wonder if they, too, have received playing cards and firearms in their letter boxes or if they’ve had their own specific tools provided. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

In Stromford Village you could not pass anyone without knowing them and receiving some nod of greeting, perhaps a grunted word or two. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I think this is the message that I’m supposed to receive.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He had tried to say it casually, in his best no-big-deal voice, hoping she would receive it just as casually and reply with a shrug, “Sure, no problem.” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

My day began with tears of happiness after receiving the Spirit of Anne Frank Award, and ended with tears of sadness after watching the play of The Diary of Anne Frank on Broadway. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

But many came to the stage accompanied by another child beaming with pride to receive a little brother or sister, the way Jonas had when he was about to be a Five. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

He said that the central air force headquarters had already received more than a hundred letters from young women begging to be admitted to military schools. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“We will begin the shukrani service momentarily. Please have your offerings ready so that as many prayers can be received as possible!” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Titled something along the lines of "I Deserve Another Chance," her story was not well received by the class. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He looked down at the battered gold watch he had received on his seventeenth birthday. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

On the summit Hall and Hillary made a radio transmission that was broadcast live throughout New Zealand, and at 29,028 feet received congratulations from Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The wedding was planned for summer in New Jersey, an engagement party thrown, a few gifts already received. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I receive a cup, lean to the side to pass it, and the woman next to me says, low in my ear, “Are you looking for anyone?” The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Usual is as usual does. Tonight you receive them,” said the Bear, smiling. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Boynton did not agree with the treatment Garfield received from the doctors handling his case. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was also bereft of the millions of dollars he would have received had the two men played. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Therefore, when an embassy arrived from Aeneas asking for a narrow resting place upon the coast and the common liberty of air and water, Latinus received them with great good will. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

And indeed my head swam: I dropped, but a chair received me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

That night, after a discussion among ourselves, Walter, Govan, and I informed counsel that whatever sentences we received, even the death sentence, we would not appeal. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But though I knew that Julian frequently invited Henry for lunches à deux, I had never before received an invitation to dine alone with him, and I was both flattered and vaguely worried. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When he received no answer, he stood up and peeked out of the shed. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He received nothing from Fortune but the opportunity, for as the citizens of Syracuse were oppressed, they elected him as their captain, and from that rank he proved himself worthy of becoming their prince. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Aeolus received them hospitably and when they left gave Odysseus as a parting gift a leather sack, into which he had put all the Storm Winds. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, just as rain began to fall, the crowd launched into a chant demanding that Mayor Grabarek come out and receive a list of demands. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The matric results hadn’t come out, and I hadn’t received word from Stan. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't think about how far away they'd be after we received our assignments. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

We were lined up in the receiving line—Caleb to my left, Jack to my right—and the people came through. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

After my article about the expedition was published in the September issue of Outside, the magazine received an unusually large volume of mail about the piece. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The light turned green, and Moss received a curt honk from behind him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Therefore the shock she received can better be imagined than described, when he said in a perfectly tranquil tone, “Do you care to dance?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He completed the course work and received his GED a month later. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

It was the beginning of a whirlwind tour and another in the series of awards we received for “bravery and significant contributions to democracy.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This book paints with a broad brush, and as a result, many important issues have not received the attention they deserve. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Mark Flannery had received a letter from his sister and was expecting us. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The discussed clout to the ear was always delivered . . . delivered, I am afraid, with a great deal of enthusiasm on Uncle’s part and received with absolutely no enthusiasm at all on the part of Mig. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I liked this private school with its small classes, where I received a lot of attention from Ms. Holback. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The last tribute alive receives a life of ease back home, and their district will be showered with prizes, largely consisting of food. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The journalists noted the special attention we were receiving and came forward with their cameras. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

With all the support I’d received from neighbors and strangers today, I was strangely upbeat. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Yet to this day she regretted not having completed the course and received her diploma—“just to prove,” as she had told a friend, “that I once succeeded at something.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here I was able to get some comforts for Magwitch,—Provis no longer,—who had received some very severe injury in the chest, and a deep cut in the head. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Australians and New Guineans, separated from the Asian mainland by the Indonesian island chain, received only a trickle of inventions from Asia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“And do you know, the department interviewed sixty people — that’s six-oh, sixty — and by the end, only two people received so-called offer.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next we opened gifts, and I received a tiny brown bag of licorice from the three youngest boys, who had pooled their resources to buy it. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

On the Russian front, after helping secure the World Bank loan, he received a special request from the Soros Foundation. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

When I met Golomb, he took out a thick three-ring binder filled with the mountain of letters he had received over the years from satisfied customers. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The receiving blanket fell in a soft heap beside his chair. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

A few days after the schoolteacher received his injection, he broke with Ebola Zaire. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sure if an actual prophet surfaced today, he or she would receive plenty of Haldol injections, until the sky opened up and the doctors were slapped silly by the Hand of God. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

By now she was receiving so many invitations that she had trouble keeping up with her high school studies. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

The first message he received from the government was a threat to shoot Colonel Gerineldo Márquez within forty-eight hours if he did not withdraw with his forces to the eastern frontier. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Daddy and I sleep in one room, while the boys’ study is turned into a sitting room, where I can receive visitors. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

We received baskets of candy until we grew older and the Easter Bunny branched out. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The scraps of information we received were frequently contradictory. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

For instance, students were told they’ve received a text from their significant other. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth noticed that when a boy was born, a family received congratulations, while disappointment often followed the delivery of a girl. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Octavian would receive 120 of Mark Antony’s ships to add to his fleet. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

The fact that the children were so well fed might have comforted Mrs. Pitezel, had she ever received the letter. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He learns how to receive a purely literate education, one using only a small part of the personality and challenging only a limited area of his being. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mom had finally bought him one last Christmas with some of the back pay she’d received after convincing some doctor that, seriously, she had a repetitive strain injury. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

When I wasn’t watching television or receiving guests, I spent time packing, preparing for the journey back to Pátzcuaro. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

If we should receive a radio message from an extraterrestrial civilization, how could it possibly be understood? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t restrain his pride at the success of his gift, at the princess’s courageous receiving of it. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

We will bring an invitation to Chief Powhatan to come to James Town to receive gifts from King James and to be crowned. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I’m receiving medical attention in the back of the ambulance as they rush me to Strouse Memorial. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

In 2000, the family received word that they had been accepted for relocation to the United States and a place called Georgia. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

To begin with, not all of the ‘Amazonian rainforest” is rainy—parts of it receive little more precipitation per year than New York City. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

This was all the preparation I received for that visit, or for others like it; Miss Havisham never wrote to me, nor had I ever so much as seen her handwriting. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I knew then I had received first prize for my drawing. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

They were the first women ever to receive it. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

For thirty years she had been receiving money from him from America. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could see that Ryan was happy to be receiving so much attention from his classmates. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“The governor comes here under orders from His Majesty. He will be received with all due courtesy.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

We received a ticket for a special greeting room, where we would meet the president and First Lady before the dinner. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Technically I wouldn’t be earning a salary—instead I received a training stipend from USA Fencing, the official organizing body of fencing in the United States. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

In the last letter Ralph was ever to receive from his parents, his father had written, Your mother asks that you please listen this one time. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I soon received other complaints from people in the Gadsden community. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Justin is laughing at whatever clever text he just received and doesn’t even hear us. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Marian stayed on at Marianna for Marian Anderson received some fifty honorary degrees, beginning with her doctorate of music from Howard University in 1938. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

We had lived in Warner Robins, Georgia, for only two years when Jerome received a notice that his com-pany planned to relocate him. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He would not receive actual decrypts, and Enigma itself would never be mentioned. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

"Be so good as to inform me at once should we receive a reply from Dome?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I received letters from women I'd never met thanking me for helping her. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But if at least one of you presses the button, those of the group who press the button will receive $3,000 and those who refrain from pressing the button will receive nothing. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You do understand that a child would not receive as harsh a penalty as an adult would? That there would be no permanent criminal record?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Enrique receives 2‘A pesos for helping a woman in a small station wagon back up. Five minutes later, a woman in a blue dress arrives in a white Pontiac Bonneville. “ Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

These, as they received their food, took it away into a corner, spread handkerchiefs over their striped trousers and began to eat. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Rimas received a letter from Lithuania. It’s a thick one!” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, the morning after one of his late night visits, I would go to get my rations only to discover that Schindler had left word I should receive two portions. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Or worse, what if he hasn’t received the tapes yet? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

"I fear I am in no condition to receive you." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She was sensible that you had never received any proper acknowledgment from herself.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

I’ve always liked men, receiving them, paying them attention, listening to what they have to say. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered how much longer Emma had continued writing to my grandfather without receiving a reply, and what he’d done with her letters. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Until that Christmas when we received the gifts I had been confident that they were both dead. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Krystal had already taken off, and she thrust her arm back to receive the baton. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

One in four working Americans—ten million people—had no job and no prospects of finding one, and only a quarter of them were receiving any kind of relief. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Five days after receiving the letter from Wallace, on June 23, baby Charles got sick with a fever. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she received pictures of the most recent fashions in the mail, they only proved that she had not been wrong about the models that she designed herself and sewed on Amaranta’s primitive pedal machine. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

In exchange for a surname for his grandchild, Trueba gave Jean de Satigny a rich dowry and the promise that he would eventually receive an inheritance. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A local tribe served as wardens to keep the bonobos safe from hunters, in return receiving funding for a local school and clinic. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Biddy,” said I, “I made a remark respecting my coming down here often, to see Joe, which you received with a marked silence. Have the goodness, Biddy, to tell me why.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

During his first month at Hanawon, he received documents and photo identification that certified his South Korea citizenship, which the government automatically bestows on all those who flee the North. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

She had received a letter from our housekeeper s cousin, telling her through coded words that Papa was alive. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Boys, you understand you aren't simply receiving this money without stipulations. Correct?” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The drawbridge was lowered and the portcullis raised, and just inside the whole company of the household stood to receive them. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Our time with the dead cat had officially come to an end—we’d be resuming regular bookwork for a while until we received our next lab assignment—but I still couldn’t face it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

No one in Macún died, but many lost their belongings, poultry, pigs, milk cows, vegetable gardens, kiosks for selling fried codfish fritters, and shops where rusty old cars received one more chance at the road. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I chewed my lip and stared at her daughter, who had brought me a drawing, wondering what education she could hope to receive from a mother who had none herself. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He flung himself up and down the aisles, receiving the journals as if they were manna from heaven. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

There’s a message on it, received hours ago. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew there was no chance of it receiving a suitable welcome now. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I could see Stan receiving an anonymous missive detailing my humiliating defeats, ending with the statement: don’t waste your time on him. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

You received extra points for shooting your opponents in the balls. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“The truth. Don’t worry about how it’ll be received. I’ll take care of anything that comes up. I give you my word.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I wrote to my new employer conveying my regrets at the situation, I received by reply from America instructions to recruit a new staff 'worthy of a grand old English house'. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. I have just asked them to get me a sleeper. It was my intention to remain here some days, but I have received a telegram recalling me to England on important business.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had arranged to receive six months of training in Addis Ababa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The video he was receiving now was bang up to date. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I was telling him about receiving the recruiting letters from colleges, talking about how I knew I could make it to the pros. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Ben had received his training on the outdoor courts near Washington, D.C. when his father had been stationed at the Pentagon. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the same school where I failed first grade because I did not know English well enough and where I had received first prize for my drawing of a butterfly. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Shin paid for the meal with the last of the money he had received for his stolen rice. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I demanded and eventually received separate space so that I could prepare my case. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What would we receive in return, under those terms?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Why did she have to be married to receive a ring that was hers? Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

In fact, he had seldom received a mark lower than an A. In the seventh and eighth grades at St. Jude’s, he had received straight A's for two years except for a 5-plus one term. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I received an email from your math teacher. Ms. Finch said that she graded those unit exams. She listed the class averages for each period.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Boston Corbett, along with every noncommissioned officer at the barn, received $1,653. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Princeton doesn’t give out athletic scholarships, but many of our tennis players receive financial aid based on need. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite having a difficult time with the death of his mother, Justin managed to finish high school strong and received a scholarship to college. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She didn’t believe Sarah understood how she wanted dinner prepared until I went down, got Sarah, and brought her back with me to receive instructions. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Lazlo doubted that the engineers needed much more than that, but Ebliz Tod seemed to view it as a matter of distinction—that the more “important” guests should ask for, and receive, the most. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I ate the white meal, drank the white water, received the white smiles and wondered how it could all be. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had been told that each passenger would receive one hot meal per day. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They were pinned with Purple Heart medals for their wounds received in action. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Surrounded by a crescent of basketed strawberries, she received her crown with a bowed head from Amity Harbor’s mayor, who wore a red sash from shoulder to waist and carried a decorated scepter. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She received more mail supporting her resignation than on any other issue she discussed that year. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

“I received a call from Channel Thirteen in Baltimore. They want to come out this afternoon and do an interview.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

There was a knight from Hungary called Sir Urre, who had received wounds in a tournament seven years before. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The part of her charged with feeling was too bruised to give or receive such gifts. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Something like Mirjam risking her life for a relationship whose only evidence so far is a cryptic note, a dusty trail on jar lids, and some flowers Mina says Mirjam once received at school? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

President Carter reluctantly allowed them into the United States so the shah could receive surgery for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, but then all hell broke loose in Tehran. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Friends and advisors reminded him that if he accepted, he’d be the only chess player ever to have a ticker-tape parade, and probably there’d never be another chess player receiving the distinction. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Howard received a trophy, then Pollard came up to the stage to receive a commemorative whip. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The letter he had received had been rather vague in its terms, but there was nothing vague about the accompanying cheque. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Somewhere or other I put up for the night, somewhere or other I receive provisions and a few vague instructions. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d land a few light licks on our legs, though, and since we didn’t want to hurt her feelings we’d scream and holler as if we were receiving the twenty-one lashes from a Spanish inquisitor. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

What no one, most of all Palmer, could have realized at the time was that the accolades the raids received would soon be replaced by pointed criticism. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Like others on the Osage tribal roll, Mollie and her family members each received a headright—essentially, a share in the tribe’s mineral trust. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Please return all mail I receive to the sender. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wernecke knew firsthand because he had received a draft deferment for a physical disability. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

But there were any number of things that would seem incredible about Dumbledore; that he had once received bottom marks in a Transfiguration test, for instance, or had taken up goat-charming like Aberforth.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Bobby received $1,000 for his tournament win—and the Fischer family’s pocketbook bulged further when Bobby’s maternal grandfather, Jacob Wender, passed away, leaving $14,000 of his estate to Regina. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

So he received a mattress put on the floor next to a bunk. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

"Now swear on your heart that the data you are about to receive will be divulged to no one." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

In isolation, one was deprived of company, exercise, and even food: one received only rice water three times a day for three days. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Gerry received a fancy watch as a present, I was annoyed. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

When receiving my Nobel Prize, I'm so lost in thought that the peacenik seated beside me has to elbow me in the ribs, saying, "Hey, buddy, I think they're calling your name." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He’ll be the last to receive a package with no return address. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The fact that we received this incredible honor confirmed that indeed we had taken the right action by moving forward through this dangerous task. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I gladly advanced; and it was not merely a cold word now, or even a shake of the hand that I received, but an embrace and a kiss. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Accordingly, she submitted her query on the official form, and the following day she received a note inviting her to meet the cataloger, Harry Dibdin, in his office at eleven a.m. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I looked about me, but there appeared to be now no possible escape from the inquiry, “Have-I—anything to receive, sir?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

But it still took many, many months of persuasive pestering before Dasch received a new German passport and a ticket back to Germany. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

So one day at recess, a group of girls gathered around Ayako, who apparently had received a note from a boy. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But he would have no way of knowing if the answer he received was true. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Twelve hours ago I received the phone call telling me I’m going to die today. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Each month he received copies of all their publications: love stories, wild west stories, detective stories, supernatural stories and what not. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I began to receive threats that everything would be done to stop me from going. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I only received ten thousand dollars," I said. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

We were met by guards with automatic weapons; the atmosphere was tense but quiet, unlike the boisterous reception I had received on my arrival on the island two years before. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter whether the index rises or falls, a follow-up letter is sent, but only to the 16,000 people who initially received a correct “prediction.” Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Yorktown’s computers had just received new software that was controlling the engines. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Their looks might even jeopardize their ability to receive a proper reception at the fine Virginia households they planned to call on across the river. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tycho Brahe, as we have seen, received state funding. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“At the conclusion of the meeting,” he said, “you will each receive a toothbrush and a tube of paste for every member of your family.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Again, the emergency medical technician offered a choice of two nearby hospitals—neither of which had state permission to do angioplasty, the procedure Jean Miele received. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

In the meantime we receive visitors, a couple of wireless-men, who are generously invited to the feed. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

My first job was carrying lunches to the men who worked in the roundhouse, for which I received twenty-five cents a week. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Either way, when Octavia arrived in Athens, she received a message. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Despite all the accolades she received, she doesn’t think her actions were heroic or even out of the ordinary. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The day after our ill-fated tea party, Mother sent a note to the Ogilvies inquiring about Colette’s health, but received no response. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They left a daughter, which, at its very birth, Charity received in her lap—cold as that of the snow-drift I almost stuck fast in to-night. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Two days later, Francie received a reply on an exciting letterhead: a pair of shears lying on a folded newspaper with a pot of paste nearby. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Mrs. Bennet, who had calculated on her daughters remaining at Netherfield till the following Tuesday, which would exactly finish Jane’s week, could not bring herself to receive them with pleasure before. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

With segregated hospitals, many black patients received what amounted to Third World care. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Jo’s keen eyes were rather dim for a minute, and her thin face grew rosy in the firelight as she received her father’s praise, feeling that she did deserve a portion of it. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even more important is the fact that medical men who received their basic training before 1950 have had little opportunity to realize the critical importance of the process and the hazards of disrupting it. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

After they received their gifts, they compared them. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately for them, and even sadder for Bobby, after Collins received the letter warning him against forwarding anything, that conduit was cut off and the requests for contact drifted down into wastebasket oblivion. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

If a child stopped before you, you received the blessings of the god and the small gift the child carried as a symbol of the god’s favor. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The relatively small point bonuses Art3mis, Aech, Shoto, and I had received for being the first to reach the Copper and Jade keys were what kept our names in the hallowed “High Five” slots. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

If one stuck in your hair and stung you, it sent out a chemical message as it died and all who received it were compelled to come and sting and die at the same place. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I was, after all, soon to receive a medal. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Dr. Costa says that Mr. Holden is not receiving calls,” the operator told him, reappearing. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

If we do not receive your acceptance by October 14, 1957, we will assume that you are declining this invitation. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve received donations of supplies and paper chains from all fifty states plus eleven other countries. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

More than 40 percent of the black girls born in California in a given year receive a name that not one of the roughly 100,000 baby white girls received that year. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The last letter I received from him drew from my eyes human tears, and yet filled my heart with divine joy: he anticipated his sure reward, his incorruptible crown. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I spake comfortably to him and fetched water both for him and for those around him, who had not received succor all day. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

They didn’t know how to play the accordion, but they might have learned if they had received one, which they didn’t. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

These 500 people are now reminded of this and told that in order to continue to receive this valuable information for the seventh week they must each contribute $500. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought the Igwe was supposed to stay at his palace and receive guests. I didn’t know he visits people’s homes,” Amaka said, as we went downstairs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Fezzik ran at a boulder and, at the last moment, spun around so that the man in black received the main force of the charge. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But if they were receiving men, not a flicker of my eyelids would show. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

His doors in the crematorium attic were locked, and he only opened them to receive meals. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Matt could see the boy was deeply disturbed about the punishment he’d received the night before. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The threats we received made me worry about the hostility that Walter would face if he was ever released. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Prisoners received their portions of food and immediately wolfed them down. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

You are strong and can still in some matters govern yourself, Denethor; yet if you had received this thing, it would have overthrown you. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

We each received a mug of what was described as coffee, but which was in fact ground-up maize, baked until it was black, and then brewed with hot water. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is uncommitted, free to accept or reject, so that anything placed before it is on trial—nobody knows in advance how it will receive the work. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have known many slick, sharp-looking hustlers, who would have you think they had an interest in Wall Street; privately, they would get someone else to read a letter if they received one. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He receives an appointment from the Belgian Evangelization Committee of the Associated Churches and starts work as an evangelist on February 1, 1879. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“No, my lady, I have received no word,” I replied, rising. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Standing at the steam table, watching as the population of B-block shuffled by, each in-mate receiving his plate from the servers, I always thought of an assembly line in a poorly run explosives factory. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every year, each boy received a ration card. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your guests from Rome are waiting. Will you receive the gentlemen in the library or shall I bring them up?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

By an arrangement of Úrsula’s, her marriage was to be celebrated on the same day, but that Friday Pietro Crespi received a letter with the news of his mother’s imminent death. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Abigail had initially resisted the obvious because, as she put it, “the Heart is long, very long in receiving the convictions that is forced upon it by reason.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

We had created a new community of formerly condemned prisoners in Alabama who had been illegally convicted or sentenced and received new trials or sentencing hearings. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“We begin with the academic-achievement award winner. She will receive a fifty-dollar gift card to Brick City Books and a custom bronze plaque sponsored by Royal Crown Trophies. And the winner is...” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It appeared that I’d received a bonus for being the first avatar to obtain the Copper Key. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

On that day and no other, ladies were received into this strictly masculine precinct and treated to sherry wine and little seeded cakes. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The standing ovation that he received at the Watermelon Feed wasn’t particularly surprising. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We received a call,” my dad said, his voice stony. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I didn’t find this out until after I started high school, that Dad had actually received death threats for making fun of characters from the Bible. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Taller than Uncle Turu by a head, it had protected and fertilized our crops and received our prayers and sacrifices from the time of our ancestors. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“I received my Assignment when I turned twelve. I was assigned Birthmother.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A few hours later, when news of Nox’s departure spread, she received notice that the last Test had been canceled. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I received your letter last week. I have some comments.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

If they cooperate with each other, each will receive what she wants, but at a fair cost. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The harshness abated, and within three months of the judges’ visit, we received word that Badenhorst was to be transferred. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the rest, I’ve been thoroughly spoiled and have received a number of lovely presents, including a big book on my favorite subject, Greek and Roman mythology. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t receive any memo about anything happening today,” he announced. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was like being in a war zone and finally receiving a weapon of my own, like standing on the firing line and finally getting a bulletproof vest. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

We continue to receive messages from the Weed, poor thing. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

We know that Sequoyah received paper and other writing materials, the idea of a writing system, the idea of using separate marks, and the forms of several dozen marks. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mami stood there watching, as I picked up the pencil, carefully tore a sheet from my notebook, and, in labored script, wrote, “Dear Tata, I hope when you receive this letter...” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

During John’s first year at the University of South Dakota, when he had discovered basketball and girls and slacked off in his studies, he received a stern upbraiding. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Despite all the other cases and the press they’ve received, the Lacks family has never actually tried to sue anyone over the HeLa cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

So if it ever happened again—and he was quite certain it wouldn’t; he had been very careful near heavy doors since the accident!—he could still receive medication. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

It receives commands from Earth and radios its findings back to Earth through a large antenna, 3.7 meters in diameter. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The letter was sent to President George W. Bush and received no reply. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of permitting us to receive newspapers or listen to radio, they started their own radio news service, which consisted of a daily canned summary of the news read over the prison’s intercom system. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Rest assured you have all received marks that are fair and representative of your work throughout the past year.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The next day, I received a letter from my father. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Look who’s talking. I don’t know how you had the nerve to receive communion at chapel this morning.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The women exchange filled brown-paper bags on a street corner and depart quickly before checking the contents of the bag each has received. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few days later, we received an official notice from the school telling us that they had withdrawn their invitation to re-enroll in the fall. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Belet joined us then, just in time to receive Ishtar's gaze. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I haven’t brought up the threats the Director said they received, but last night when they thought I was asleep, I heard them through my bedroom door. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It was not until early August that we received a reply from Mother and Grandmother concerning Father’s revelations. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no doubt that Benjamin would receive his Assignment to that field and would probably be permitted to bypass most of the training. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Recently I received in the mail a handwritten pamphlet outlining the spread of HIV by the FBI. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to Icelandic law, a wife receives 100 percent of her husband’s estate if there are no children and only one-third if there is one child or more. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Through it all our Navajo code was used to send and receive messages. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

A British agent in Redding, Connecticut, sent in another report: “Private dispatches are frequently sent” from New York “by way of Setauket, where a certain Brewster receives them, at, or near a certain woman’s.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The marriage of the two cosmonauts received much interest, as did their daughter, Elena, the first child of parents who had both been exposed to space. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Like my classmates, I received the mask on my first day as a Cadet, when I was fourteen. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Even the Matching of Spouses was given such weighty consideration that sometimes an adult who applied to receive a spouse waited months or even years before a Match was approved and announced. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

It has to do with the value of sharing information, not just receiving it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see anything that looked like a storage/mail receiving facility. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Near the end of his life he lived on contributions he received from Jewish organizations. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

It must be my fault this is happening is the only conclusion you can draw, because why are you the only one receiving his wrath? Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They had received orders to be carried out. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

A trial date would be set in the near future but, as a juvenile and first-time offender, I was likely to receive only probation. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Walter at times expressed frustration that people didn't believe him when he told them he had received nothing. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The real reason, according to Elijah, that I failed to realize that the white man was a devil was that I had been too long exposed to white teaching and had never received true instruction. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

His right arm was blood from elbow to fingers now, yet his last desperate blow would have opened Bronn from neck to navel ... if the sellsword had stood to receive it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

If Jonas received bread for working indoors on shoes, we must certainly be getting an entire turkey, I thought. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It was not until late July that we received a reply from Mother and Grandmother to the letter Father had written them in May. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

So far she is the only woman to have received the nation’s highest decoration for valor. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Although White had received reports that she was sick with diabetes, he was suspicious. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Jutta makes a log to match a scale that Werner draws on the tuning coil, carefully spelling the name of each city they manage to receive. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

What you have been doing is feeding him precisely the kind of story that he would have been receiving in his native land. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Three quarters of his body had been terribly burned during the ordeal, his face receiving some of the severest damage. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each barrette looked purposeful, alive, as if it were busy receiving messages from very far away. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Now I became an obstacle, not a teammate, and the treatment I received from my coach and the rest of the team grew increasingly harsh and cruel. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Kids in my English class had started receiving theirs from Europe. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

How to receive her if she came, and where. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

We made a game of giving and receiving bear hugs. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“Dr. Zinchenko? How many emails have we received on this same subject?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

When she and her friends went to the assigned meeting place the next day, the room they met in was crowded with eager young women who’d received similar calls. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

At some point earlier, Barack had received the authorization codes that would allow him to access the country’s nuclear arsenal and a briefing on the protocols for using them. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Would you like to receive information on Financial Aid? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the final window, a red Indian received a piece of parchment from three white men who stood in noble postures, their hands open in gestures of negotiation. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

After an hour of waiting, the game was declared a forfeit, and Bobby received a gratis point. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The announcer abruptly interrupts the music to report on a telephone message received from Grovers Mill. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

At the end of 1941, I received word that the regent was visiting Johannesburg and wanted to see me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He usually stayed a few steps ahead of Collins and the others, wanting to go faster but grudgingly slowing up to announce his moves or to receive his teacher’s reply. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In the spring of 1975, near the time of Saigon’s final collapse, I received a long, disjointed letter in which Bowker described the problem of finding a meaningful use for his life after the war. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here at the Lemoncello Library, we protect each library user’s right to privacy and confidentiality with respect to information sought or received and resources consulted, borrowed, acquired, or transmitted.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Lera received a medal for her history-making victory, and she had to travel to Moscow to go to the awards ceremony. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

When Adams received word of this outrageous ultimatum, he ordered the delegation to return home, but he also withheld the official dispatches describing the bribery scheme from the Congress and the public. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The speech received wide publicity in both the local and foreign press, and was printed, virtually word for word, in the Rand Daily Mail. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had got into the habit of typing all my letters to her, keeping a copy for myself that I filed along with the few letters I received from her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he unhitched his horse from the rocks and let it graze while he began to manhandle the first of the granite blocks into the trench he had already dug to receive it. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

In response, I received smiles, bows, thoughtful expressions, shrugs, and an occasional “Perhaps, by your leave.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even Mama, who once refused to receive him, now buttered him up whenever he was over. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since we did not know who would be receiving our letters, Mrs. Miller said to simply write Hello! instead of Dear so and so. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“The next award is given to the highest score in the onstage-interview competition. And surprisingly, we have a tie! The winners will each receive a fifty-dollar cash award sponsored by Bamberger’s.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

To her frustration, however, she and her team received little credit for their work. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It would clear her of any wrongdoing, and the true culprit would receive whatever punishment awaits a scythe-killer. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

At the pavilion Mr. Thomas was about to receive a donation for the foundation in the form of a giant cardboard check. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Whatever happens now, 8,000 people will have received two correct predictions. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Larson’s wife was active in the Chicago teachers’ union, and each elementary, junior high, and high school in the metropolitan area received a copy of the press release about the hearing and the charges. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

But three subsequent United States Supreme Court decisions had put strict limits on the sentences that juveniles can receive, eliminating death sentences and many sentences of life without the possibility of parole, sometimes called LWOP. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

They were the first to receive the rain and they gave off a wet clay odor that was like the smell of life itself. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

At 8:04 Pacific Standard Time on this morning, the first pictures of a new world, called Europa after an old one, were received on Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“While we haven’t received a statement from the Oakland Unified School District, the Oakland Police Department has reported to NBC4 that no crime was committed, so no arrests have been made.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

What had been troubling him, however, was the increase in bomb threats the police had been receiving from anarchist groups. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Here’s another thing I realized: You’d think that receiving an injury to your balls is probably the worst thing that can possibly happen to any guy, but it’s not. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Exasperated, she said, “Why won’t that man leave? Doesn’t he know we have a secret message to receive?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The bruises from my run-in with Aspirant Marcus a week ago are fading, and the ten lashes I received afterward have scabbed over. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“You receive well, and learn quickly. I’m very pleased with you. That’s enough for today, I think. We’re off to a good start.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

All their aunts have received Communications, and there they sit, with proof of the motility of consciousness at their fingertips, and the making of a new science. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of the financial aid I once received I had to give back. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

A week after the news broke, she and Brandon received a call from Charles “Chip” Douglas. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ere long, with the servant’s aid, I contrived to mount a staircase; my dripping clothes were removed; soon a warm, dry bed received me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The Canadian Government stated that the request of the American Secretary of State had been received. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

We also had a radio, but one that received only local stations, not what we really wanted: the BBC World Service. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pointed at the Madonna in my hands, opening her arms to receive it. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Water was received through two small pipes extending from the grass. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

First it killed people who had received injections, and then it moved through families, killing family members, particularly women, who in Africa prepare the dead for burial. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brother Jack didn't sound at all surprised upon receiving my call. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad boasted that Erik was the only sophomore in his high school ever to receive one. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eliza was proud of the fact that, through hard work, they paid all their debts and received no charity. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I see immediately that Captain Smith was right—an emperor should not be invited to come to another town to receive gifts. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

At six o’clock we received sleeping mats and blankets. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She showed me an exhibit of photographs of many of the 2,229 allotted members of the tribe, including several of her relatives, who had each received a headright in 1906. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

On Christmas morning Mandy received her Caboodles kit and a lot more gifts than I did. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

On receiving the notice of the Westing house meeting, Judge Ford canceled her remaining appointments and hurried home. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to know where you received that bite. There was blood only in your bedroom—no traces of it in the hallway or anywhere else.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The rope received the flame greedily; the transports of greed were succeeded by the profligacy of utmost generosity; and soon the whole store partook. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I would have been horrified if I had known that two days after I received the music box, Mary Miller wrote Mr. Ferris requesting that parental contact be stopped altogether. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Ptolemy Philadelphus received territories in Asia Minor, including the northern part of Syria and Cilicia. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

These and hundreds more were collected in the American woods, shipped across the ocean to England and France and Russia, and received with greedy keenness and trembling fingers. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

After midnight on June 6, 1944, barely a week after the SS-HJ was officially activated, the Germans received word that Allied paratroopers and gliders had landed in Normandy. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard walking up the steps to Bill’s town house that afternoon because I didn’t receive a phone call all morning from Patrick. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

One day in the summer of 1925, Tom White, the special agent in charge of the Bureau of Investigation’s field office in Houston, received an urgent order from headquarters in Washington, D.C. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The earth had yielded richly: there were, besides, beans and potatoes, melons and chillies, and I was well pleased with them and with the silver coins I had received in exchange. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

François was stern, demanding instant obedience, and by virtue of his whip receiving instant obedience; while Dave, who was an experienced wheeler, nipped Buck’s hind quarters whenever he was in error. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the Justice Department warned of a possible plot on his life, one of several death threats he had received. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the past, Bobby had been perturbed by the constant criticism he received for his mode of dress. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The last thread that joined them to the world was broken on the sixth month of pregnancy when they received a letter that obviously was not from the wise Catalonian. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Means all over the country there’s a pattern of brown and black kids receiving harsher school punishments than white students.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Today I receive dozens of emails each day, all from people who expect a prompt reply. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many families were opening their homes to receive West Bank refugees. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

The next day my mother received hand-delivered thank-you letters from our guests and left them out on the dining table to serve as a lesson in good manners to us. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The Ohio steel mill had received a big order and needed coal, lots of it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was received everywhere, but particularly in the paleontological community, as an outrageous heresy. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It helped we were competing in a Muslim country surrounded by people who looked like me, so I didn’t have to worry about how I would be received. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The first one received many media citations: aging of the population. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He received no loving, individualized attention from a parent figure. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“You may begin the test as soon as you receive it,” said the pencil woman, turning away at last, and Reynie resisted the urge to sigh with relief—even a sigh might disqualify him. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

To her surprise, after all the children received their presents, Aunt Consuelo reached under the living-room sofa and dragged out a large brown-paper bag. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He places a half crown like the one I received as victor on my head, but it’s made of a heavy black metal, not gold. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Or you, miss. I received it nearly a year ago, in some rather nasty business.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The president received antibiotics to fight possible infection and transfusions to replace his significant blood loss. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I realized far too late that I was being charged not only for the texts I sent, but also for the ones I received. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Their work did not receive much attention until October 4, 1957, when the Russians launched Sputnik, the first man-made satellite in history. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The number of kids signing up for tesserae soars, but they often don’t receive their grain. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I came out of it I received the usual lecture about slowing up, losing weight, limiting the cholesterol intake. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next workers attached the ten-ton chain to the sprockets and to a receiving sprocket at the wheel. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

One by one each team presented their app idea, and once finished, they received a standing ovation. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

It's a compliment one rarely receives when describing an adolescence spent drinking Icees at the North Hills Mall. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

When he received his authors copies he saw that FitzRoy had added a volume with a religious polemic arguing against Charles’s geological findings—that the earth was formed gradually and was still being formed. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, he received no answer, save the mocking echo of his own voice ringing back at him through the dark woodlands. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

During the next two nights, the family received only sporadic, contradictory reports about the disaster: some said all hands had been lost; others, that hundreds of passengers had been saved. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

At least she had received a little publicity from it. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now the 46th received their special Guards’ banner, and all took the Guards’ oath: “I swear! While our eyes see, while our hearts beat and our hands move, to mercilessly annihilate the fascist invaders.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I just can’t wait to see the look on my mom’s face as I walk down the aisle and receive my diploma. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I wrote a letter to the police commissioner myself in support of Miyamoto, but I never received a reply, and Miyamoto was rejected. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I received a hill history of your grades there. Perfect scores—you’ve already finished most of your courses in half the number of years, yes? They also say you’re quite a troublemaker. Is this true?” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

By 9:47 that morning, Arnold had received numerous calls about me. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then a year or so later he had received an emergency call to attend Lancy. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Suesetta hasn’t received her invitation yet, but I’m sure it’s coming. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He brooded in ponderous speculation over the cryptic message he had just received. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Hitler Youth boys received training that prepared them for military life, whereas girls were trained to become good wives and mothers. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Virginia delegation had already received its marching orders to mobilize behind an amended version of the report. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The day after receiving the letter from the college, Mia broached the prospect of a raise with the manager of the diner. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“They will receive their due, but not on this earth, mba,” Mama said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Upon speaking with several of the workers, all of whom seemed eager to speak with me, I discovered that they received even less pay than Miss Trixie. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1630 Thomas Hobbes, who had received a conventional humanistic and scholastic education at Oxford, came across a copy of Euclid’s Elements ‘in a gentleman’s library’ in Geneva. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The driver was killed and Anatoli received severe head injuries, including grave and possibly permanent damage to one of his eyes. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He thought it was at once the most fantastic and the most logical petition he had ever received. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She will not have her altar stained with human blood. She has herself furnished the victim and she receives the sacrifice.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before the clock was set in motion for the first game, Bobby was receiving criticism for even considering playing in a war-ravaged country. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Bates and Miss Fairfax, escorted by the two gentlemen, walked into the room; and Mrs. Elton seemed to think it as much her duty as Mrs. Weston’s to receive them. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

It is a different pain than any blow I’ve ever received, different even from a bullet wound. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Occasionally he would pack up a box for Antonapoulos, but he never received any reply. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When he comes to school age, the magnificent buildings are already there to receive him; the ample staff of teachers welcomes him with open arms. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

We weren’t showered with trophies or prize money, but we did each receive a chocolate bar, which was even better, as far as I was concerned. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

He stuck to the point guard, who was trying to receive the pass. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Eventually, my mom received a visa, and she and my dad finally got their own version of a romantic comedy of errors. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

One, Liyana received a tiny present in the mail from Peachy Helen, a new four-inch-tall edition of Kahlil Gibran, and it was a volume she didn’t have yet. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She had received her diploma, and it was time to celebrate. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can you remember when you received the one from Boston?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

And when the nation was formed into a more unified whole in 1787, “the Union had received them with all the ill habits about them.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Travis received a book on raising rabbits for fun and profit and a new curry comb. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The whole fabric of honey bee society depends on communication— on an innate ability to send and receive messages, to encode and decode information. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about the last time Mrs. Rimas had received a letter. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

In effect, Europe received its crops, livestock, technology, and writing systems from the Fertile Crescent, which then gradually eliminated itself as a major center of power and innovation. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Amid all of this emotional chaos, I received an invitation to speak to the United Nations Security Council about children and armed conflict. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

When the RJF Committee members returned to Iceland, they worked full-time arousing their parliament’s interest in the case, warning that if action weren’t taken quickly, it would be too late for Fischer to receive justice. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Just before leaving Terminal Island Mama had received her first letter, from Bismarck, North Dakota. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once your background check gets approved, you receive your interview notice in the mail. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

On one hand, he didn’t want to give away the bonus his team had received thanks to the other team’s penalty. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

In return for his money, he received many privileges: he wore clothes meant for white prisoners, ate their diet, and did no jail work at all. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abby received her degree and moved off to another university, while Mrs. Linden was, in the end, fired when Eliot’s mother discovered that Mrs. Linden’s thermos contained more whiskey than coffee. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Neither we nor the ship’s crew have received any rations this day, there being some late dispute with the victualers. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Now they were waiting for further instructions from God because they hadn’t received a complete itinerary. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever we called and asked about the progress being made to catch the bombers, we received the same answer: “The FBI is working on the case.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The training course was meant to be six months, but after eight weeks I received a telegram from the ANC urgently requesting that I return home. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Old Gym. A quarter past twelve. Latecomers will receive a week’s detention. Absentees will be expelled. That is all.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

A small two-colored basket made of bast, in which the ferrymen kept the copper and silver coins which they received as their payment, had also disappeared. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

One month before the disaster, a medicine man hunting deer in the canyon claimed to have received a vision of the catastrophe that would befall the dam. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

All Sunday morning he prepared to receive his guest. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they quietly placed mail orders to receive the paper in the privacy of their own homes. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In January, I'd stood by while he received his medal of valor in the Justice Building, another oldest child with no father. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I know this kind of thing can be really uncomfortable. I used to hate receiving gifts.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“I have received your task from the Oracle. Thank you, Sybell,” the Gran said. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

And as the United States’ first athlete to compete at the games in hijab, I received a lot of additional media requests for interviews by myself. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I was one of those in San Francisco who received their messages. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the old man had received nothing at all. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Doing these things would get you fired, Testo said; and one in ten of us would receive a notice of discipline from his office sometime during his career. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only after he had visited both villages would he decide which potters were to receive commissions. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The doctors say it’s from the electrical shock he received in the arena, but I know it’s a lot more complicated than that. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The luxury underground fortress remained operational and ready to receive its political guests until a 1992 expose by Washington Post reporter Ted Gup blew the operation’s cover. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He pointed out that Richard hadn’t yet been tried, which made it too early to weigh in on the constitutionality of any sentence he might receive. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

As names are read, items are received with the excitement of someone winning a real contest, as if the booty were free and not paid for at three, four, or five times the store value. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

A month or so later, I received a four-page letter from Martin. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She told the woman that she had just received a call from someone from Homeland Security, and that that man had told her that Abdulrahman Zeitoun was at that very prison. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I have also received a tie, a white shirt, shoes, and an old belt. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

After eight more days we receive orders to go back. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doctor has been granted a fellowship at a hospital in the United States, and he, Victor, has just heard the family's papers have received clearance from the head of Immigration. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The court system, however, was perhaps the only place in South Africa where an African could possibly receive a fair hearing and where the rule of law might still apply. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside was a receiving room where petitioners waited for the king’s attention. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Generous and careless, giving presents that never made you feel indebted for receiving them, because they were done so casually. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

People on these farms and in the cities received the stories coming up from Georgia with mixed reactions. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few days before we left Paris on our way to Switzerland, I received the following letter from Elizabeth: Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell you about the three million entries Finkle Foods received from kids all over the country. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps because he could no longer tolerate his downtrodden life, living off his mother’s checks and receiving just an occasional trickle of cash from here or there, Bobby wanted to get back to the game...desperately. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It made money for the publisher, and although Charles did not receive any income from it, he was proud of the book. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She received a pair of garnet and jet earrings from Father and in turn gave him a dashing green-checked vest to wear on his business trips to Austin. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

But if people received their just portion of misfortune, what had she done to bring her troubles on herself? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Just a few weeks after Pearl Harbor, I received a phone call from Oppie,” recalled a young physicist named Robert Serber. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and his fellow Chromatic employees became accustomed to receiving calls from Lawrence at dinnertime with the message, “I’ve got a new idea—let’s stop what we’ve been doing and look at it tonight.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“The Berkeley laboratory, I felt, would continue as long as Ernest Lawrence lived, provided it received proper financial support from the government,” he wrote later. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He called the other day and asked Mom if she’d received the divorce papers. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Recorded a few videos of his songs that were generally well received by the people who saw them online. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

It’s also the badge my perfect brother received, and all those accomplished Bureau members before him. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Billionaire philanthropists donate their entire fortunes to fund efforts that bring Fixers to impoverished nations, making certain that every human on the planet in need is able to receive treatment. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I hold up my phone so the officer can see the text message I received. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She did not return to school that afternoon, but spent the afternoon on her bed crying with rage and trying to understand the terrible information she had received from Calpurnia. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s a shame it has taken this long. For weeks, I have left you voice mails and have yet to receive a call back.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He promised to repay the man in a few days when he received $500 due him. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Each time one returned he announced how much time he had received. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

So Catherine received considerably more from Halifax for her conversational skills than from her very rich uncle. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The boarding master received me without a blowing of trumpets and my fellow students did not bow and scrape before me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day Desdemona received a brochure from the New Smyrna Beach Chamber of Commerce, which she had sent away for. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Nonetheless, our offer to speed that task by giving them the Cambridge molds for making the models was only halfheartedly received. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I was not particularly interested in receiving Assistance, Advice, or Healing Words. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Upon receiving the word, people again left town and headed for their various hiding places in the forests. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The richer a man is, the more e-mails he receives. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Once in the boat, he hands the fisherman the small gold nuggets he received selling his bike and we take off. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ma,” I said when I returned without receiving treatment. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The newspaper office was right across the street from the gin, and so the apparatus could be used when needed to receive cotton orders and check market prices. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

They'd also raised enough money to launch a new chapter in Chicago, becoming one of the first organizations to receive federal funding through the AmeriCorps service program created under President Clinton. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

When people received the message from the miserable messenger, they went into hiding in the forest that very night. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

A few caught her attention, but when she tried to recommend specific styles that flattered her, she received only the wave of a hand and a curl of the lip. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

One Thursday night I received an invitation from a group of white boys I had known in the post office to meet in a South Side hotel and argue the state of the world. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The affirmative reply I received with much relief, since it was inconceivable that my sister could think about settling in Denmark after two weeks of an eccentric country house. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

If anything, Brandon received it when his head hit the sidewalk, not when Milo punched him, but Candice was sure Milo would say the opposite when school started. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Class informed everything from the circumstances of their heart attacks to the emergency care each received, the households they returned to, and the jobs they hoped to resume. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Jobs not only received the parts he asked for, he managed to wrangle a summer job. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

It was as pristine and gleaming as the day she received it. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We just received some bad news. The emperor has conscripted the men of a village north of here and we”—the king hesitated and glanced around warily—“and we...have friends there.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The guardsmen were forced to wait outside the gate of Tres Marias until they received an order from the capital. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the sterilization program grew into a mass-murder program after Hitler received an unusual letter from a couple who lived in Leipzig, Germany. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

At least, I figured, with five players instead of four, my odds were 5 percent better of not receiving the consequence. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

With this he left that handsome room and went home to Peiraios, who received him kindly. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We used the advance I had received for my novel to pay for it. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had intended his protest in innocence—but it was received at more than its face value. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They received their brown bottles in grateful silence and gave what they had. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

They had a TV lounge across the hall, with games and newspapers, and a small room next to that where they received meals. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Big Pinch received a small knife and Baby Neewo one tiny piece of velvet to lay against his soft cheek. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Life works like this: You are on the receiving end of all sorts of stuff, but you do not see it clearly. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

For three days we received no word from Milton. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

All the training she had received, Briony felt later, had been useful preparation, especially in obedience, but everything she understood about nursing she learned that night. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The baby was asleep in the nuns’ parlor, the room where they received visitors, but Sister Fenella said it would be all right if he was very quiet. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then Tremonton started to receive a heavy dose of Mormons, spreading out from Salt Lake City. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I let my tired eyelids fall shut and see myself as a star stu- dent, receiving awards. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Guests received fantastic dinnerware, delicate tapestries, and magnificent furniture. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

He’s not a proper Catholic because he could never receive his First Communion for fear of getting anything on his tongue that might cause a fit and choke him. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Yet when I was white, I received the brotherly-love smiles and the privileges from whites and the hate stares or obsequiousness from the Negroes. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The police station in San Francisco received one of the photographs, but there was little chance of my being recognized by it now. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But during the afternoon, each was surprised to receive a letter from Bliss. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He could still hear it when he opened his eyes and lay anguished on the bed where he received the memories. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Which one of you wants to take notes on the instructions we are about to receive?" The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he wrote this last missive, Jorge must have known he would die before she received it. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old nuns laugh and their eyes dance when they bend down to receive a garland of daisies or cowslips from his hand. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“You cannot stop receiving the body of our Lord. It is death, you know that.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

A training officer had mentioned that several of us had already been the target of inmate grievances, and one officer had even received two. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Certainly none of the eight of us received even one social invitation, nor could we have risked attending even if we had. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dispute broke out, words were exchanged, and Shani found herself on the receiving end of a punch to the nose. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The lord received a tenth of all the grain they ground. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In March 1956, after several months of relative freedom, I received my third ban, which restricted me to Johannesburg for five years and prohibited me from attending meetings for that same period. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I will also never forget the encouragement I received before, during, and well after writing this novel. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

If he did something well, he received praise. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The documents were served at my office, and as soon as the application against me had been made and publicized, I began to receive offers of support and help. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I received lots of wet lipsticked-kisses on my cheeks, which made me feel disgusted and loved as I turned to secretly rub off their marks. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The noise was strange, somehow more painful than receiving the blow, but Celaena thought little of it when he charged again and she met his weapon, parrying with ease. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Missing finals week wasn’t a big deal, since I already had more than enough credits to receive my diploma. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

How would such a shaman be received by the other paqos? The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gonzalez looked at Ignatius hopefully, but he received no reply. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

Now they came forward dressed in shifts of undyed wool to receive their knighthoods from the Kingsguard. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

After that first professional fight he remembered walking out into the night, his face still stinging from the blows he had received, and feeling taller than he had ever thought possible. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Moss admitted they had received more than $265,000 in tax- free subsidies, plus Social Security checks for some of the children they had adopted. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

No reliance can be placed on receiving advance warning which might allow treatment to be had in time. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The bondsman confirmed that he had received it and that the bond had been paid. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Overtures by anyone friendly to these groups—or, God forbid, members of one of them—received short shrift in the poor white sections of Durham. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

When it is my turn to receive the food, I watch anxiously as the cook stirs the rice soup. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lee’s proud shoulders slumped as he received the news. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

What no one but Burn knew was that earlier that morning he had received an important letter that made him question his position. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Yet when I received Norman Bowker’s letter, it occurred to me that the act of writing had led me through a swirl of memories that might otherwise have ended in paralysis or worse. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I smiled politely as she received her trophy, but the minute I got home I burst into tears. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And sad for Theo to receive, “but it’s worse for the poor woman.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“On Earth. The receiving station on Earth,” babbled Powell. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

They formed a group that was prepared to receive the millennial knowledge Nicolas had acquired in the East. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only did I not feel any loyalty to my own father, I figured that if I had been Uncle Willie’s child I would have received much better treatment. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon, she received a call from Sverrisson that Bobby had grown substantially more ill. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I had hoped to receive a computer, but truthfully, I didn’t believe that I would raise my grade point average high enough to win. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Incidentally I’ll kill you if there’s a receiving line at this thing. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“There’s no place here for natives like you,” was the usual reply I received from white people. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Every so often the Sender must have new children, and the Institute receives a steady stream.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Prideful’s stories were hard to believe, despite assurances that he received his reports from the staff of the place, with whom he’d grown close over the years. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Parents and guardians received a recorded message from the school saying that there was an emergency and that they must come get their children. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Anthony was always amazed at the reception she received when traveling. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I had waited nearly two months for my teacher to receive the books. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, To inspire us in our new writing project, Ms. G gave us a letter she received from Miep after her trip to Amsterdam. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He told me that the Star-Telegram had received an anonymous call that racists had hanged my effigy on Main Street. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before Louie had begun his bombardier training, he had received a letter from a friend who was an air corps cadet. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

He mentioned finally receiving a letter from me, and working twenty-four-hour shifts at the airfield. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I received some news. My brother works at the Pentagon, you see...” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

At the National Political Training Institute, or Napola, the boys received additional military training, with an emphasis on the spirit, duty, and discipline of the soldier. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

My fax was received, but there was no reply. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Saturday, soon after receiving Ferris’s congratulatory telegram, Rice cabled back that in fact the first car already had been hung. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

That was 1953, then I heard no more for seven years, when I received another classification card in the mail. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The summer was already thick when Frieda and I received our seeds. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Mademoiselle happened to have received a letter from Robert during the interval of Edna’s visits, she would give her the letter unsolicited. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few nights later he received his first death threat. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

All of us, except Kathy, received short trousers, an insubstantial jersey, and a canvas jacket. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Letters were so few, and on every other occasion that Jethro could remember, any letter received by one member of the family had been read and discussed by every other member. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The following year, Lee and Yang received the Nobel Prize for their idea. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Additionally, Bobby regularly received unsolicited advice from fellow chess players, as well as offers from companies that wanted him to sponsor products. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Tune your television to any channel it doesn’t receive, and about 1 percent of the dancing static you see is accounted for by this ancient remnant of the Big Bang. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The queue edged forward till Winston was almost at the counter, then was held up for two minutes because someone in front was complaining that he had not received his tablet of saccharine. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“They receive commands from our computers in the transmitters we injected them with . . .” At this, he presses his fingers to the injection site to show the woman where it is. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“We received word that a group of children were begging for food. Would that be you kids?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He took her up to Olympus, where the gods consented to receive her as one of themselves, a mortal, indeed, but the mother of a god and therefore fit to dwell with immortals. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I will wait here eight days to receive the gifts. Captain Newport is to come to me, not I to him.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Everyone knew I received the best hires and could demand any payment.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He then called me up to the rostrum to receive a check from Mr. Wilde, a senior manager at Simba Quix. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once you receive your green card, you have to wait five years before you can apply to become an American citizen. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Well, praise the Lord,” Grandma India said, her arms wide open to receive me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Governor Wallace refused to receive a delegation from the marchers. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

If, however, something destroys this enzyme or interferes with its action, the person exposed to malathion receives the full force of the poison. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It was reckless, and reminded me of all the low marks you received during your training because you simply ignored the rules. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I had been to the mill not long before and received a tour from a Gamesa PR man. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

By this time he was receiving letters from Mrs. Cadaver, and I knew that he was answering her letters. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

With Harry working on the house full-time, they weren’t receiving much in the way of attention. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

As long as vital secret messages needed to be sent and received, teams of Navajos had to stay by their radios. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d only had to say how the hate mail she was receiving made her want to go blow something up to prove to people how necessary the bill was to catch Tim’s attention. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Some died of the disease before they received their sentences. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The first direct news that Úrsula received from him, several years after his departure, was a wrinkled and faded letter that had arrived, passing through various hands, from Santiago, Cuba. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Throughout his extraordinarily vast correspondence, Jefferson never received another letter like this one. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

She called him at work, or left messages at his apartment that he would receive days later. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was always taught that people don’t give without receiving. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

By the end of the decade, some justices had become openly critical of the review that death penalty cases received. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But a month earlier, Hitler had already received an even greater gift, and it had been given him by those who would soon become his mortal foes. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He turned away few requests and received fulsome gratitude in return. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I stood up straighter, ready to receive some profound words of wisdom. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They buy things they are not certain how to prepare, leeks and fresh fava beans and fiddleheads, looking up recipes in the cookbooks they’ve received for their wedding. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What a greeting I receive after a discouraging day battling for my very existence on the streets of this savage town.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In return the Blooms had received bottles of homemade chokecherry wine, a leg of mutton, Halloween pumpkins, even hay bales for their two Shetland ponies, Orangutan and Sunflower. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The minister inquired whether Granddaddy had yet received any word about the Plant. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Naturally I was not at all prepared to receive a letter refusing permission. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He had never received an F before in his life. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Together they woke Hake, who received the Lord Commander's orders with a stream of curses, but got up all the same and soon had a dozen brothers cutting roots for a soup. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

After my humiliation last night, and the forgiveness I received, I can only hope that is true. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

At first I thought he had received a blow to his chest. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked me up and down as though he were receiving some signal from out there, somewhere. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“A terrible secret,” Bethan called it, enjoying the attention she received as she retold the embellished story. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Black men convicted of felonies are the least likely to receive job offers of any demographic group, and suburban employers are the most unwilling to hire them. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It’s a maternal gesture that I’m much more willing to receive from her than my actual mother. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

And she might receive some satisfaction that her prediction had proved correct. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if, for one powerful, engulfing moment, they were the same person, giving and receiving, as the stars faded into the predawn sky. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was a chilly reception, especially in light of the welcome I had just received from my non- Arcanum bunkmates. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In any one week it was unusual for more than two or three boys to receive Stripes. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I must get them out soon or I shall lose that proper glow of appreciation one feels right after receiving gifts one does not need or even like all that much. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Earlier, while he was trying to fall asleep, Lazlo’s first thought was to make an elegant sort of parlor to receive her in if she came. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Three weeks later I received a letter announcing that I had a two-year setoff until seeing them again. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Although it was only a puzzle, it had been important to receive something—even if it wasn’t from someone who loved me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Depending on their geographic location, societies differ in how readily they can receive technology by diffusion from other societies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Guiteau was sure that it was just a matter of time before he received his reward. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

So he would continue to receive the pill. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, in the mail, Dicey received a check from the Police Department of Peewauket, for fifty-seven dollars. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

You've shared something, given something away and received something in return, whether or not you're married, whether or not you have a baby. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It often took weeks to receive a response. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But none of the girls are allowed calls from their families for another week. You’ll receive a schedule in the mail telling you when you may call.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was the same look his father had when they received the news that Nathan’s grandfather had passed away. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

So, when I received a flyer to attend a Kappa Zeta pledge meeting, I went without hesitation. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

They had received a wire from London, in answer to Lord Godalming’s telegraphed request, asking us to show them any civility in their power. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He told me later he had received the wound during a border skirmish with the outlaw dragons who lived in the hills of the seashore. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was some new financial support possible from a foundation, and that afternoon we finally received the office equipment we had ordered. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Having received his course of instruction as promised, Tisias, in an apparent attempt to cheat his master, avoided going to court at all. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

We received transcripts of my session as well as those of some of the other children interviewed. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

And without the fact, the new notion that knowledge is grounded in evidence, not authority, might have received only the sort of inconsistent and unreliable endorsement that we have seen it receiving from della Porta. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

As Jack watched, he realized that within minutes of receiving a shot, the man would jerk spasmodically—and then die. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had received the sign six years ago. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Behind them the great cracks gaped wide to receive them as the tree swayed and creaked. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

After the cyclotron, Lawrence would not receive another patent until wartime, when federal officials demanded that his inventive process for uranium separation be protected legally—and the patent rights be assigned permanently to the government. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

After Ma and Pa receive permission from the chief to go get Keav, they hurriedly leave together. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I understand that God has called me to thisplace for some reason or another, but either I am not ready to receive that message yet or we have made a mistake. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

After dinner he asked for the Queen at her door, but received only a verbal message begging him to do as she had asked. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The suffragists received letters of complaint, as well as the occasional expression of gratitude, sometimes with a donation enclosed. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Not long after this I received a note from Oliver Tambo that was smuggled in to me by one of my lawyers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the next three months I receive several dozen letters, weeks after he writes them, sometimes two in the same day, depending on where they were mailed from. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He continues to receive his mail there, in a nameless metal box. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s going to rain, I think,” she told the prostrate group in the parlor, and the news was received with little moans of gratitude. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I received a phone call yesterday,” Count Olaf said, “from Mr. Poe. He told me you children had been to see him.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Whenever I received a photograph of Winnie, the children, or the grandchildren, I would carefully paste it in. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Please return all mail I receive to the sender. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walking back to my place, I knew I wanted everyone in my class, especially Nofaleyyah, to receive a present. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

The radio beacon had been functioning all day, and they had received confirmation signals from the ship. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

And so he stared at the price above the ticket-seller’s window and, showing her his coins, received the piece of paper that was charged with the power to open doors. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“As I’m sure you’re aware, five of us received letters. The mayor asked us all to destroy them.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was given a room; he was told that he would receive extra money for himself, over and above his weekly wages. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

In appreciation for Kami’s enthusiasm and dedication, some weeks later his wish was granted—despite the fact that he had no climbing experience and had received no formal training in proper techniques. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

A cottonwood landed atop a Forest Service pickup being driven by Carl Abeyta, who received a broken nose and a mild concussion from the incident, but, unfortunately, nothing worse. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded my head to them and turned to face Hemme amidst applause which, though far from deafening, was probably more than any he had ever received. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When he got back to London, Charles received a note from Emma, reporting on the success of the bazaar. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn't a code, and had nothing to do with people receiving false papers containing names different from the ones they were born with. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Without some capacity for it I could not have qualified as a Mobile, and I received formal training in it on Hain, where they dignify it with the title of Farfetching. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Paul knew that the treatment the women received in jail would create a public relations crisis for President Wilson, even in wartime. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Life was even looking up on the boyfriend front—for the last couple of days I’d been on the receiving end of some intense glances from Martin Enfield, a senior on the lacrosse team. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

The afflicted father flew safely to Sicily, where he was received kindly by the King. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sign here, and that lets the judge know you received this subpoena to appear in court.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu looked at Professor Moore to see how the word “nonsense” had been received. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Each of us received sixpence a week for pocket-money, and whenever there was any money in our pockets, we would all troop in together to buy a pennyworth of this or that. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She answered rudely and glared at me with such loathing I knew I was receiving what the Negroes call “the hate stare.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I unpack Didu's suitcase of Hindu gods and goddesses and decide to display them near our grandfather's portrait, which just received a fresh string of chrysanthemums. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Two guards stood at attention, ready to receive the entourage. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

We were the last ones on the program to receive the award. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Only cultural beliefs can explain why they received such an extravagant burial. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Allow me to say just one more thing to those of you receiving lesser badges today,” Chief Crowe continues. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

After six months of paperwork and a background check, government officials—especially if they received bribes—would sometimes issue certificates to traders that allowed them to cross back and forth into China legally. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Officials who try to stop abuses receive repeated death threats. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The first Friday in May he received communion, tortured by curiosity. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Why, every day, the black African heads of state should be receiving direct accounts of the latest developments in the American black man’s straggles—instead of the U.S. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Said he: “Two men are here—two strangers, Menelaos, but nobly born Akhaians, they appear. What do you say, shall we unhitch their team, or send them on to someone free to receive them?” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the gentlemen’s appearing, her colour increased; yet she received them with tolerable ease, and with a propriety of behaviour equally free from any symptom of resentment or any unnecessary complaisance. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

We sent warning Shots to annoy the Rebels, but received no Reply. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Then what was the meaning of the warning I had received from the black Communist? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the goose raised herself a bit and poked her eggs a little further under her so that they would receive the full heat from her warm body and soft feathers. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

This means that the wavelength of the waves we receive is shorter than when the star was stationary. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Vigils were grouped as usual in a circle around Archie and the kid receiving the assignment. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward the pilot flew north and received a medal. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

There was daycare for the children of visitors, and much fun was made of the fact that when you left your child at the Children’s Building, you received a claim check in return. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She could tell that her communiques were being distorted by influences beyond her control and that the message received never resembled the one she had sent. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was to let the Reds know that he had received their note. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

A few weeks after he arrived, he received word that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize for discovering the neutron. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Upon his return to City Point, he receives the reward Grant had hoped to deliver personally. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The rule was that all members of an apprentice’s household would receive immunity for one year, and there were nineteen people in Rowan’s sprawling household. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It wasn't just a present, but a present she received because she'd torn her other coat beyond repair, mangling her knee, leaving a permanent scar. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Within days, I received a communication from Willemse saying he would allow it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon after receiving Gold’s report, Yatzkov slipped away from his desk, walked up to the KGB office on the top floor, coded the report, and sent it to Moscow. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had also received notification of my financial aid. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Around the same time that I got the MRI results, I received a particularly thick envelope from Martin. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Claytor had taken an honors math degree from Howard University in 1929 and, like Dorothy Vaughan, had received an offer to join the inaugural class of the school’s math graduate program. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

CBS and The Mercury Theatre received telegrams, phone calls, and letters that supported some of those accounts. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

All day, the ladies kept calling and were received gallantly by Mattie’s henchmen. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holding two samosas in one hand and the rupees I had received in change in the other, I hurried back to the corner of the temple where I had left Sass. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

His daughter’s request, for such it might be considered, of being admitted into her family again before she set off for the North, received at first an absolute negative. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

He scored an 80 on the six-week exam, and with the transfer grades that he received from Bates he managed to pass algebra II for the six weeks with a 72. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is no accident that the non-union workers in these factories receive little more consideration than the animals. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Shortly after returning to Fort Ord, Adams received orders to deploy to Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

On November 8 or 9, Gordievsky received a second flash telegram. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I first gave a general overview of my travels, itemizing the money we had received and the offers of training. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He received honors and lavish reviews; he received angry reviews and nasty letters. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You may depend upon it, Madam,” said Miss Bingley, with cold civility, “that Miss Bennet shall receive every possible attention while she remains with us.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

He had received the results of the endocrinological tests performed at Henry Ford Hospital, and so knew of my XY karyotype, my high plasma testosterone levels, and the absence in my blood of dihydrotestosterone. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

This will be the second gift I’ve ever received from someone who is not my mother or my father. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the mailman would wait until you wrote a response to a letter just received. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was when he had received his first wages. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

One weekend we received passes to go into the city. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

A flustered porter, taken by surprise, tried to shut it in his face, but received a blow on the ear from the iron fist, which knocked him flat. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sobukwe, I thought, seemed pleased by my interest, and said he would make sure I received the requested material. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was great excitement in the Ruiz household on January 6, the Day of the Three Kings, when children received gifts as a symbol of those the Magi had brought to the Christ child. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

If we had initiated the dialogue, it would be as if the question had been asked by Johannes Kepler and the answer received by us. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We received your letter some time ago, and are glad you had a relatively good time on the Sugar Circuit. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

At long last, she started to receive her due. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I was soon to receive both interview and news. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“I received a raise at work, so let me treat you tonight.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I receive this pot when I get marry. It gift from my mother. It only gift I get when marry.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Margot and I received a brooch made out of a penny, all bright and shiny. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Make an emperor into a prince? Ask an emperor to travel to receive gifts? I assure you, this will not sit well with Chief Powhatan,” he says. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“But didn’t he know what would happen? Hadn’t he received Warnings?” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

But not as amazed as when the king received, a few weeks later, a written-out fugue, or ricercar, based on the supposedly impossible theme, this time in six parts. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Two Secret Service agents shoved Reagan into the presidential limousine, which sped to a nearby emergency room where the president received immediate life-saving treatment. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

In March my father received word that a new man was being sent to the Y.M.C.A. to take his place, so I didn’t see how my father could feel “needed” now. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And sometimes, Jinjoo could sense their mother’s jealousy when they received too much of his attention. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

A wounded US paratrooper receives help from two medics in a blinding rainstorm, 1969. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Her training began. She received well, as you do. She was so enthusiastic. So delighted to experience new things. I remember her laughter ...” His voice faltered and trailed off. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The curious ones asked many questions but they received no replies, and they found neither magicians nor wise men. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cities receiving their drinking water from rivers had a higher death rate from cancer than did those whose water came from sources presumably less susceptible to pollution such as wells. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“If I’m going to work this hard in tech, I might as well get paid triple what I’m receiving now.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Or one could reason instead that the first man should receive 5/s of the pot and the other one the remaining % because the score was 5 to 3. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The winner was to receive $78,125 and the loser $46,875. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was in constant touch with his future predecessor and received long weekly letters of guidance from him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Among over eight thousand other seat holders in Miami’s big Convention Hall, I received Seat Number Seven. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, because the primary and secondary schooling blacks received was usually poor, few qualified for admission. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We live, he said to the hushed congregation, in a day and age when fathers often do not receive the respect they should from their sons. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I am going to tell you that I had never been so honored in my life, nor had I ever received such true hospitality. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only preferred or special audiences receive such treatment. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He wore the customary special-occasion robe of the Uncle, adorned with trees and various animals enchanted to scuttle about the fabric, and, of course, the bluebird brooch he received when he became Uncle. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

She declared that under no circumstances would she be received by an “innkeeper’s wife.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Make the masses happy by redistributing much of the tribute received, in popular ways. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, unaware that this was the first official time of so many to come when I’d receive the prorated orphan discount. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

In 6/8, there are six beats in a measure with each eighth note receiving one beat. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

When the day came, Eduardo received the newborn into his hands as though it were his own child. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to use my newfound platform as an Olympian to talk about my religious beliefs, but that didn’t stop the flurry of attention I received because of my hijab. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He soon realized that his fellow students had received better preparation for college, though he was determined to surpass them. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Most times, Mami was around, telling me the rules: you weren't supposed to give away gifts you received. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Now he apologizes and tells her, “This afternoon I received bad news about Vincent again.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I handed a scrawny Nepalese boy a fistful of rupees and received a tiny, paper-covered packet in return, emblazoned with a snarling tiger. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun held the ladder while the two young men steadied it against the boat, ready to receive her. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Amari looked around in fear and tried to ask what was happening, but all she received in response was a vicious slice of a whip across her arms and neck. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is I who dared to do so,” he repeated, and he lowered his head to receive a blow from the sword. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t the lowest grade he received for the six-week period. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Potter,” said Professor McGonagall, hurrying up to him, as students flooded the platform, jostling for position, receiving instructions, “Aren’t you supposed to be looking for something?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

In fact, the Times reported that police departments had an extraordinary incentive to use their new equipment for drug enforcement: the extra federal funding the local police departments received was tied to antidrug policing. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

A bride who received money pinned to her wedding dress in the Polish tradition was reported to have regifted it to the strikers' relief fund. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I moved furniture and packed the ugly dishes while receiving advice in a nonstop stream. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Are they talking about receiving the body and blood of Our Lord? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I told them about the phone call I had received in the office that morning only seconds before the bomb exploded. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“For sticking to your prior commitments, you will receive our special Prior Commitment Sticker prize: a complete set of Lemoncello Sticker Picture Games and a laptop computer to play them on! Enjoy.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

But when the planes came, he wished that he could have received the courage. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

A ferocious backlash against Parks ensued: she received death threats, and both she and her husband, Raymond, were blacklisted from employment in Montgomery. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Ernestine used to remark, in a tone tinged with envy, that Lill was probably New Jersey’s youngest gold digger, and that few adult gold diggers ever had received more, in return for less. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mostly we received corn, wheat flour, and lentils. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you received any news of my friend?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Most historians do not think of themselves as scientists and receive little training in acknowledged sciences and their methodologies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

But then, just seven days ago, Nate had received a letter. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

The lunar receiving laboratory was designed to subject us and our moon rocks to every possible test to make sure we had not brought any germs back from the moon. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He announced that the striking teamsters were receiving fifty dollars a day from abroad to keep the country at a standstill. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Jefferson put it, “May we meet there again...with our antient Colleagues, and receive with them the seal of approbation.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The total amount of energy from outside the solar system ever received by all the radio telescopes on the planet Earth is less than the energy of a single snowflake striking the ground. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time they got home, they’d received even less food than the day before. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

And in addition to the credits, my avatar received an equal number of experience points for obtaining the coins. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

A white storeowner who had no relationship to Walter or his family had kept a copy of that flyer for some reason, and he confirmed that he had received it before the Morrison murder. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Speaking of history books, just think, Lore, your beloved will soon be receiving a medal. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Viola was working in the kitchen but had received her gifts of snuff and a thick red flannel petticoat from Mother earlier in the day. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I was far too engrossed by the outpouring of love I was receiving from my hometown. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Even more remarkable was Scheele’s failure to receive credit for the discovery of chlorine. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I had, however, made a decision relative to this problem only a few days before receiving your letter. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look back down at my phone, remembering the encrypted note I’d received earlier in the afternoon. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I received a letter stating that before the court would grant my requests they would need to know the nature of my defense. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After sitting in this manner a quarter of an hour without hearing Miss Bingley’s voice, Elizabeth was roused by receiving from her a cold enquiry after the health of her family. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Even if — especially if — we did not receive the death penalty, there were practical reasons not to appeal. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as General Peckem had received his medal, he began asking for increased responsibility. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He had received a racing-car set, which he tried to run to please his father. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

A patrol car had followed them the entire 340-mile trip after the school received a series of phone calls threatening to sabotage the buses. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

During that visit to the Mount, Charles had also received the promise of a loan from his father to buy a house in the country. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning, they'll start receiving small rations of food and water and simply wait to recover. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She received packs of Newport cigarettes—the commissary’s most popular brand—as payment. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were other roomers, who had jobs, and I knew she received help from relatives; still there was no mistake, Mary loved a variety of food and this concentration upon cabbage was no accident. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, in late 1925, the local priest received a secret message from Mollie. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He was gray, tired, and distracted, to the point that he received a rare tongue-lashing from Luis Alvarez for his inattention to Rad Lab business. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

All other calls received by Mrs. Boyes that day reported “a great many dead birds and no live ones . .. People who had maintained bird feeders said there were no birds at all at their feeders.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Many a winning lottery ticket holder, upon receiving the news, has spent the entire afternoon methodically sharpening pencils; for all we know some are sharpening still, their winnings yet unclaimed. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

A few days later, I received a message on my fax machine. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

More and more of the villagers came out to touch Grumman’s hand, to mutter a few words, and to receive what looked like a blessing in return. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The protocol among gill-netters in such conditions was to lay on one’s foghorn at one-minute intervals and to keep a sharp ear turned toward the fog on the chance of receiving a reply. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Our family receives a stipend of $50 a month for being missionaries. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was important to me that the organic ice cream came from cows that did not receive injections of growth hormone to boost their productivity. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He had named the flag as a young man, when he received it as a gift, and flew it on his ship during the 1820s and 1830s. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“He didn’t receive the alert today,” I lie. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Alexander Helios, now betrothed to the daughter of the Median king, received Armenia and Media. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

We won a new trial for him and ultimately got him off death row and into a facility where he could receive mental health treatment. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

At seven in the evening, still dressed as the queen, she received him in bed. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

They singled out Dr. King among the 115 blacks who had received indictments and went after him, accusing him of organizing an illegal boycott. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

By the time you receive this letter, your brother Robert, our King these past fifteen years, will be dead. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Burnham saw to his delight that Olmsted had given the directors somewhat more than they perhaps had wished to receive. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She was received, however, very politely by them; and in their brother’s manners there was something better than politeness; there was good humour and kindness. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

I discovered that I’d received several offers from movie studios and book publishers, all interested in buying the rights to my life story. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Visual strategies are most significant to students whose hearing is compromised. It’s their primary means for receiving information.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Since then, however, she had gotten a hard education in all the ways that women received second-class treatment. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Palms held out, in the beggar’s gesture, he received the bread and meat and put it down before him on his knapsack—lowly table!— then he fell to, devouring it. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A reflection of his increasing stature was an offer received early in the fall to join David Harker in Brooklyn for a year. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The giants spread their arms and tilted their heads to receive the drops. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I told my father I wanted to spend some of the money I’d received helping people who needed it. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

On Jockey’s last birthday she had donated two heads of cabbage, which were graciously received. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

When Curly told his wife of his overnight guard duties, she received the news with no trace of annoyance or concern. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

An extraterrestrial civilization monitoring the radio emission from Earth and receiving such signals could not fail to conclude that something interesting had been happening here lately. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she received Tiller’s postcard about the first purple crocuses springing up beside the creek and new leaves dangling like emeralds, she packed her bags and moved back to Ruby Holler. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The patients could receive their friends only on Thursday and Sunday. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

On Christmas morning I received a pink bicycle with training wheels and Luke got a red tricycle. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

After all, someone had selected these families to care for us, someone had supervised them, and everyone had acted with the understanding that they were accountable for the kind of care we received. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Then, through Regina’s persistence, Bobby received an invitation to be a possible contestant on the most popular show on television, The $64,000 Question. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Once I receive the card, I try buttering him up a little to get my hands on all the books. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Cops and soldiers and medical personnel gathered there every day to share information and receive assignments. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“As if it was the first notice he had received of my flitting,” Charles reported to Emma. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger held out his hand and received a small batch of booklets. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was still in his room with him when, up in her own, she parted her lips to receive her moths home. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Not that some of the other popular kids aren’t nice, but they have different ways of showing it, depending on who’s on the receiving end. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

He rechecks the fuses, valves, plug pins; he toggles the receive/ send switch, blows dust off the meter selector. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Robert stabilized the thing in a phrase which was received uproariously. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The chief minister there was starting a new network of schools; all the children would receive laptop computers. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And to top it off, when my students received an invitation to meet Steven Spielberg, it put some teachers right over the edge. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

In all the times I received beatings from my mom, I was never scared of her. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“The better of the two shall receive my blessing for the ring.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“I received her wedding cards about Dec. 10,” he wrote. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Miss Miller approaching, seemed to ask her a question, and having received her answer, went back to her place, and said aloud— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

But as she listened she received the impression that Mr. Tuffett’s were general remarks directed more to the student body than to her, they were an echo of his early morning feelings. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Jaime received a blow to his stomach that made him double up in pain, and when he was able to stand his eyes were full of tears and his pants moist with excrement. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

To experience her body’s balance within the world, the sensation of her skin from the inside, touching her face and receiving the touch from both sides—it’s unavoidable and incredibly intense. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The boy on the right side in Ben’s line received the ball from Coach Spinks, took one tentative, almost apologetic dribble toward the basket, then stopped and looked for his partner. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our stacks of Cosmopolitan were topped with an unread issue of Boy's Life or Sports Illustrated, and our decoupage projects were concealed beneath the sporting equipment we never asked for but always received. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

By now you have received a second check for ten thousand dollars. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got so she received all things with the stolidness of the earth which soaks up urine and perfume with the same indifference. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

It was waiting to receive her, but she neither looked nor listened. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Now Tuck was on the box, helping her, giving her his own shoulders to pull on, Miles and Jesse close at his sides, arms upstretched, eager to receive her bulk. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

We receive next to no information about what is happening. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The current one, she said, would disappear as soon as she had received another baby from the clinic. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, but I received a call from the President’s office,” Jaime said, showing them his identification card. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found I could not breathe as I watched his face tell this story, and the faces of the others as they received the news. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

While in school I participated in all the sports, and received 9 letters in all. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The autopsy report she later received showed my father had had ninety-percent blockage of the arteries before he died of a heart attack at the age of seventy-four. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

These were the ones who would receive immunity from gleaning for one year. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The bulky creature with the underbite tried to beat Seth to the bed, arriving too late and receiving a violent shock as it collided with the invisible salt barrier. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

At the rate he was going, he would no longer be eligible for football once he received his grade for the six-week period. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had lined her pencil-box with pond-weed ready to receive the creature, but she discovered that it was not easy to get the newt out of the hat and into the pencil-box. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

A major study from 1999, backed by the MacArthur Foundation, tracked outcomes for large cohorts of high school students, divided between children who received extensive arts education and those who did not. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I’ll receive your...countrymen in audience tomorrow afternoon at Second Hour. Is there more needs saying now?” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was received effusively, because he was one of the undisputed leaders of the right and because, having prepared for what might happen, he had made the necessary contacts months in advance. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

So however questionable they may seem on intellectual principle, those great oxymorons—“common sense” and “received wisdom”—are profoundly important in persuasion. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

There he received a wire from Swope, who had a pleasant surprise. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I went back to my dormitory, I received word that my mother was ill. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least not as a professor at any school that receives public funding. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The students gave me a standing ovation, All day long I met with small groups, and later I received letters, and what I heard over and over was this: “You told us the truth.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

What if others— adults—had, upon becoming Twelves, received in their instructions the same terrifying sentence? The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I saw Kolya’s white-toothed smile and his thumbs-up sign. He was a good lad. He spent only one month with us; in the next air battle he received a fatal wound.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

You can tell when someone’s received orders because they’re given a very short haircut, the mark of a person going into battle. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The scores came back a few weeks later and I once again received the highest grade in our school. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

During the first few months, I received one letter from Winnie, but it was so heavily censored that not much more than the salutation was left. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even so, its interior temperatures are sufficiently high that it gives off about twice as much energy as it receives from the Sun. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In general, Coloureds and Indians received a slightly better diet than Africans, but it was not much of a distinction. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first day passed, the second, the third, a week passed and I received my five dollars. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ten days before the match began, Bobby received the following letter from the Department of the Treasury: Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, the authorities supplied the detainees with what they called an Improved Diet: Africans received bread, while Indians and Coloureds received the same food provided to white prisoners. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The animals had received only one spirit from Mother Earth, but the people had one from her and one from Mwari. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think she’s used to being the beautiful one and doesn’t appreciate the attention I’m receiving. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

We had never received state support for our work, and without the federal dollars we faced serious financial challenges. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

If I receive and shelter you, it is not for your tales but for your trouble, and with an eye to Zeus, who guards a guest.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was very happy to receive a letter from you. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

After the ceremony ended, we were directed to wait in a line that corresponded with our last name to turn over our green card and to receive a certificate of naturalization. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

His idea certainly received a great deal of attention—almost all of it negative. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

‘Dark are her words,’ said Legolas, ‘and little do they mean to those that receive them.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Unlike washing the dead, payment could be received for shemira, since it was for the benefit of the living. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

One of his teachers recalled that “he received every new idea as perfectly beautiful.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

A second contractor received the exclusive right to rent Kodaks to fair visitors, the Kodak being a new kind of portable camera that eliminated the need for lens and shutter adjustments. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Despite Abigail’s reservations, Adams wanted Gerry on the peace delegation to demonstrate his bipartisan principles and also to assure that he would receive candid reports from a trusted friend. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The authorities liked to say that we received a balanced diet; it was indeed balanced — between the unpalatable and the inedible. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, most of the books we receive are from Adarlan—books in a language I can barely understand. That’s also what I must learn while I’m here. There are so many things!” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Three days later, Thorpe received an eviction notice. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The wages those Mexicans received for their labor were only a measure of their disadvantaged condition. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are generally charged with misdemeanors and typically receive sentences involving fines, license suspension, and community service. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He turned when he heard my voice, and I received a shock. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Months later, while on his voyage, Charles received a letter from his sister Caroline. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

If my mother had received a fraction of the money the Mosses—or any of my foster parents—were paid, she could have established herself in Tampa and made a home for us. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

With the close scrutiny that football players’ grades received because of the no-pass, no-play rule, he had always passed his courses. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adele received her South Carolina foster care license on my sixth birthday, but she was told it would take several more months before the interstate paperwork would allow us to travel. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The two physicists received less hospitable treatment when they circled back to the AEC to see David Lilienthal, its chairman. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

There was a frantic scurry among the Palace servants when orders were received from the Queen that a twenty-four-foot giant must be seated with Her Majesty in the Great Ballroom within the next half-hour. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

After I had received my minimum-security custody rating from my caseworker, Mr. Bow offered to take me out on an evening furlough to a "special motel where you can get your rocks off." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

At home, Mom received a bulky envelope from the school that she assumed was schoolwork I’d missed out on. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

If he received a life sentence, he’d be eligible to go before the parole board in seven years. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Six days later the valley received ten inches in less than twenty-four hours. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The instrument was taken out of the house again and carried to Mr. Brown's, where the young concert artist really did receive very sincere applause and the most enthusiastic congratulations. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Something to occupy your mind while you waited in the receiving room. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He would also receive Parthia from the western frontier to India just as soon as Mark Antony gained control of it. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Hale announced that he could prove positively that he had been in Texas at the time of the explosion, for he had received a telegram there and signed for it. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

There were other roomers, who had jobs, and I knew she received help from relatives; still there was no mistake, Mary loved a variety of food and this concentration upon cabbage was no accident. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She received the merchant prince alone, seated on her bench of polished ebony, on the cushions Ser Barristan had brought her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The lieutenants received the loudest hosannas, for the veterans knew these contests were won and lost through the lips of these lieutenants. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helm established a simple system for receiving new patients and having the dead carted away for burial. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Only once did he receive a grade lower than B: an F, in high school physics. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. He was alarmed. Tell me, how did he act when he received the first letter?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

From around the country, more than a thousand black naval recruits were sent to the school to receive instruction in the repair of airplane and boat engines. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

As he cleans, he wonders about Franz Seemann, wonders if he was truly guilty, wonders how he held up under the Gestapo interrogation he certainly received. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“We receive our funds now from a consortium of men of aflairs who have some interest in proving the inequality of African capacities.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Liyana begged Poppy to pass by their new post office box often to see if she had received any letters from home. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I had received a special chemistry set last Christmas. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

When I did not receive a letter I felt as dry and barren as the Great Karroo desert. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can confirm that we did receive your package at some point during the holidays. Someone from our office will notify you after Missus Stein has made her decision. Thank you for calling.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She took one of the baby's soft receiving blankets, blindfolded her father, and led him to a chair at the center of the room. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She always kept up the questioning until she received a satisfactory answer. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The crow, meantime, was enjoying an attention it evidently did not usually receive. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

They all started receiving larger food portions and generous rations of water. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

On October 21 Dinwiddie received the king’s answer: Order the French to leave British territory. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spent the next six weeks at Tygerberg recuperating and receiving treatment. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within minutes of receiving word that the Moore brothers were back in the house, police had cordoned off the entire block. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

But a few days later, we received our next sign. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Henceforward, and until further notice, you will report to and receive orders from me exclusively.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

My question received no answer, for Hamlet threw off my hand and leaped to his feet. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The remaining Fivers return to Blackcliff, receive their masks, and spend another four years as Cadets and then two more years as Skulls. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The IBM machines used the inputs they received to make calculations based on the orbit determination programs. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“We didn’t know you were here already!” said a loud and excited voice, and he received a sharp blow to the top of the head. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Every day he went to the tea shop; every evening he waited until she would receive him, and every night he went in to her. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“And yet,” said I, “beneath the surface of the earth, the sapper-composer would not constantly be exhausted by the particles striking the eye. The eye would have rest. No longer would the face receive blows.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Ben took his turn, receiving the pass, dribbling twice, then laying the ball softly off the backboard. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most people wrote and received no more than a handful of letters a month and seldom felt compelled to reply immediately. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closed the laptop, a sure sign I was about to receive his full attention. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Even though they worked as equals with the men, the women did not receive this sum because, except for widows, they were not considered heads of family. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, if they were tried in a civilian court, the men would most likely receive a two-year prison term for conspiracy, since they didn't commit any sabotage. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Mentioning the adulation that Bobby was receiving, Collins added, “They make so much out of a goof like him.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Nor was it possible to receive a fair trial from a white judge: Why is it that in this courtroom I am facing a white magistrate, confronted by a white prosecutor, escorted by white orderlies? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rushmore, the Badlands—the only card that is still hard for me to read is the one from Coeur d’Alene, the one that I received two days after she died. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He received a lieutenancy before the company entered its first engagement even. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the third grade, after receiving a high score on a standardized achievement test, Chris was placed in an accelerated program for gifted students. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are Hassan and Amir, famed adventurers and the world’s greatest explorers, about to receive a medal of honor for our courageous feat... The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But even as bad as I felt that night, it was nothing compared to the shock I received the next morning. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I received mail from all over the world, from common people and from kings, from a few people I knew and from thousands I did not know. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

An editor I knew at The New York Times once received a gift from a writer friend. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every day he received letters thanking him for his cure; every day hundreds of desperate people lined up outside his door or sent him frantic notes asking for his help. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

As she was flying back in her damaged plane, which was trailing smoke, Luftwaffe fighters attacked her and Lilya received yet another wound. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It seems ironic that the commanders considered the boys old enough to fight but not old enough to smoke: The youngest recruits were given candy instead of the usual cigarette ration that older soldiers received. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Before joining regular officers in the lineup room, our group had a separate lineup at which we received our assignments. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because Woodall had already received the newspaper’s money, however, this act was purely symbolic and had almost no impact on his actions on the mountain. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Right or wrong, her guess was received with groans of disappointment. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have just received correspondence, maybe even encouragement, from New York City and I say the name aloud: “Elaine Stein.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Along with everyone else, he had received his own bound and illustrated tale of love, adversities overcome, reunion and a wedding. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Over the next three months I received a flood of scrawled letters from Joe, one almost every day. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Fred?” gushed Tater as the four dogs received head pats and ear rubs. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I expected to receive instructions on where we should sit on the plane or how we were supposed to claim our luggage when we arrived in Miami. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

But the thought of the greeting he would receive from Willis and his crew stopped him. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Because of the large volume of mail I receive, I am unable to write personal responses. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was anxious to hear about Charles and asked a number of questions, to most of which she didn’t receive any response at all. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I heard that another person scheduled to testify in the case had received death threats. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The only touch I received came as a beating. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Day or night, my father s courage never seemed to waver, despite receiving threatening letters as well as warnings from concerned friends. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The doorway we’d come through must have been some kind of receiving entrance for the lower floor of the cell block. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I have finally received another letter from you. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

What was in dispute was how much money the prisons would receive and how much would go to the civilian sector. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

To the contrary, tens of thousands of law enforcement officers have received training that guarantees precisely the opposite. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

In 1630, Harvey received an even more prestigious appointment as personal physician to James’s son Charles I, who came to the throne in 1625. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Harry and Ron were deeply amused when Professor Trelawney told them that they had received top marks for their homework in their next Divination class. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I could all too easily picture the smug expressions of condolence I’d receive from those who’d been certain of my failure from the get-go. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Officer David Delinko had stopped on his way home from the police station, where he’d received another commendation from the chief—this time for aiding in the recapture of Dana Matherson. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In early August my father received some frightening news. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She added that the glass of milk and the crackers that schoolchildren used to receive each day had been discontinued, and that mothers were quieting their children’s hunger with cups of tea. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he told her who he was the Queen received him with the utmost graciousness and welcomed him and his company to her city. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the train, which arrived every day at eleven o’clock, he would receive cases and more cases of champagne and brandy. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Every so often a group of fellows will stop by in the afternoon on a sightseeing tour, and receive a mistaken impression of my establishment. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even after receiving the “right hand of fellowship,” Sunday school bored me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we were to receive a radio message we would know that there would be at the very least one thing we could talk about: radio astronomy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this case there is no way for the transmitting civilization to know whether we have received the message. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

If my friends had received tankards of the black wine, I would have needed a wheelbarrow to get them back to the other side of the river. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Merle had received his doctorate from Johns Hopkins University and been ensconced for two years at the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Swann’s former haunt. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“So much for your curiosity. You shall receive five times more if you dare tell anyone what you saw! Understood?” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Werner can receive the BBC from the north and propaganda stations from the south; sometimes he manages to snare random flits of Morse code. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

We each received most of the items on our lists—and more. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

In short, there is an obvious connection between innumeracy and the poor mathematical education received by so many people. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To the young folks we got here who knew him, I’m so sorry. We’re doing what we can to make sure he receives a proper burial.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

But, again, hunger educated my mind and prepared my stomach to receive. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He received her gladly, and as he sailed for Greece she was with him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just didn’t realize there was any other way, until I received that memory.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Thwaites received four strokes, and by gum, they were four real whoppers. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that his own son had burned down the Coral Queen was not the worst news that Dusty Muleman would receive. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Do you know when M. Ratchett received the last threatening letter?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thank you very much for the best present, the lovely beautiful high quality shirt I have ever received. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Danny received letters of acceptance from each of the three universities to which he had applied. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

When a messenger finds us, here is where we come running to receive our rare phone calls from Toño. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Brother Jack didn't sound at all surprised upon receiving my call. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

One afternoon at Valley Forge I was talking to my college adviser about what to do after I received my associate’s degree. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The master himself has to show us how to receive Holy Communion. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Bull considered that report one of the highest compliments he had ever received. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But prisoners are resourceful and I was soon receiving secret notes and other communications from some of the ANC people there. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The system informed me that I’d received over two million new unsolicited messages. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The Delawares were on the receiving end of some of the worst violence against Indigenous peoples during the separatists’ war against Britain. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

They expected to receive a similarly considered answer. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the bedroom it was going to be a joy to see Bailey receive his cookies. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The body always demanded and received payment for the punishment it endured in a basketball game. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The best I’d ever receive in all my years at Saint Grace’s. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

This was not the first wound he had received while in fusion with Mercer, and it probably would not be the last. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Because the starting gates of the day had no doors, the only breaking signal horses received was the ring of a bell. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The White House received thousands of letters and telegrams from every part of the nation. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She had grown to have some of the nature of an individual, stamped on the simple feelings of the child-queen who had once received her present of captives. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing gave them pleasure because they were unable to receive it. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

And the magic through which “to ground" can become “donor gut," combined with his newfound feeling that he had at some recent point received a donor gut, kept his pace quick. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He never received a formal notification that he had passed the ordeal, though Oppenheimer later mentioned that in a copy he had seen of the board’s report, Serber had been “glowingly praised.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He had expected to receive some word from George or the FBI, but heard from neither. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“Should you choose your questions more carefully, you may receive more satisfying answers.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The family sat through a long-winded commencement address delivered by Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole, and then Billie snapped pictures of a grinning Chris traversing the stage to receive his diploma. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The statement, which was clearly designed to mollify conservatives, received an icy reception in Hayti. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

One of the saddest messages we code talkers ever received came on April 12, 1945. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dear Hazel, I have received word via the Genies that you will be visiting us with Augustus Waters and your mother beginning on 4th of May. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The Lycian king received him with antique hospitality and entertained him splendidly for nine days before he asked to see the letter. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Compton received the green light from Bush and Conant to review and coordinate American research on fission. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I pressed the pen between my hand and Miss Volker’s twisted palm and together we managed to slowly scrawl her name, letter by letter, as if we were receiving it from a Ouija board. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

An overflow audience of more than five thousand people attended the ceremony and watched Anderson receive the prestigious medal from the hands of the first lady. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

It was not very well received at the time due to factual errors she made. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The inability of many disabled, low-income people to receive treatment or necessary medication dramatically increased their likelihood of a police encounter that would result in jail or prison time. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Oh. I should’ve called first, but I just received some important news.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

For instance, in 1975 I was crowned Little Miss Central Florida Tire and received a check for one thousand nine hundred and seventy-five dollars. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But what I knew to be practical advice didn’t lessen my disappointment at not being able to watch Ernie march triumphantly to the stage to receive that diploma. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They will know that a backward civilization like ours, wishing to receive messages from the skies, is likely to turn first to radio technology. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

By last night, I had received thousands of e-mails about school. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After both Jacob and Jeanne had taken turns receiving lashes to their eyes and cheeks and chins, they made William walk in the rear. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

When beggars came to the temple from down the mountain, Father Cham received them as if they were visiting nobles, feeding them and chatting with them for long hours. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Just as I’d finished deleting these messages, I received another incoming call. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

People throughout the hall were swiveling around to see who had received the Howler, and Ron sank so low in his chair that only his crimson forehead could be seen. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

An hour later Beck and Makalu Gau were receiving treatment in a Kathmandu hospital. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“What a precious deposit!” said he with a tender sigh, as he received it. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

It is manned and ready for the counter-attack, it receives us. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, the more publicity Bobby received, the more publicity the Church would receive. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I am only too aware that I never received a reply from Miss Kenton confirming she would be happy about a meeting. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

On the day Graham received his alert, he insisted on spending his End Day working. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t need to tell you I would be delighted to receive a few words from you,” he writes. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

My friend Augustus Waters, who read An Imperial Affliction at my recommendation, just received an email from you at this address. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

It is doubtful if, outside the Naval Academy at Annapolis, any group of Americans ever received a more thorough indoctrination before setting foot on a catboat. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

We won a decent settlement for Mr. Ruffin's family, so they would at least receive some financial help. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I reach out my hand to receive the magical camera. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I gave him his tip, received his bow and realized that already he was far from me, distant as the Negro is distant from the white. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

My grandmother wrote her sister letters over the years, but as in every good tragic story, her sister never received them. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The person who finds this “inheritance” will receive a tenth of the money; the remainder will be allocated to the city. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In examining their deeds and their lives, one can see that they received nothing from Fortune except opportunity, which gave them the material they could mould into whatever form they liked. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Harriet told her the story of the blow she had received when she was a girl. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, my parents were getting past the interrogation phase, and dealing with the injured child — who, by the way, was still receiving first aid from his heroic, wronged brother. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Upon receiving word from Castro, Bobby confirmed his participation in the tournament without any further sparring. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“The ones who are hoping to receive their ring today were tested last night. As for all the others, you’ll be tested soon enough,” she said. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The two men began to receive threatening phone calls; one of them told friends he was afraid he would be killed by the yakuza. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

No wonder I had received the smallest serving of rice! Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hair was too long, and she thought it had been some time since he had received a haircut. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“And you don’t warrant anyone’s respect until after you receive your ring.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The winner received plaudits from the crowd and his life from Caesar’s upturned thumb because the fight had lasted fully fifteen thrilling minutes. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The primary message they received was that the migrants were no longer in the land of white supremacy. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“People pay exorbitant sums for an expert massage. You will receive yours at no cost, merely in exchange for a service. How long would it take you to ascertain Stan’s location?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The young physicist reddened, “We didn’t really want to do without the robots, sir, and besides we weren’t certain exactly how such...uh...minor complaints might be received.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The crew received a scant meal of hardtack, a strip of dried meat, and a half-pint of water. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Some of the beatings were as violent as those he later received from guards. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Early in the second week of January, each member of Team Kyle received a thick envelope in the mail. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Poisonous venom from the bite of an asp was already coursing through the queen’s veins when Octavian received the letter. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

When riding for their contract stables, bug boys received nothing from the purses their horses won. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fifty-six percent of the men who post ads don’t receive even one e-mail; 21 percent of the women don’t get a single response. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“I received a report that you got into a physical altercation with another student.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

As a banned person, Winnie had to receive a special dispensation from the minister of justice, for she was technically not permitted to communicate with me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few weeks after it is shipped, he receives a letter from Mr. Barris, offering his sincere thanks and marveling at the ingenuity of it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

By 1980 she received a name that was twenty times more common among blacks. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Instead, our prize would be something much more powerful: in a few moments, each of us would bow our heads to receive the Holy Sacrament of Confirmation. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

For years, we were not permitted to receive funds except from our families, so that poor prisoners rarely had money for books or tuition. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I received Mr. Billington’s courteous message that he would give me any information in his power I thought it best to go down to Whitby and make, on the spot, such inquiries as I wanted. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Ernest disclosed that he had received a visit from Arthur P. M. Fleming, research director of the British industrial giant Metropolitan-Vickers, and persuaded him to put up the money for a Liverpool cyclotron. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“The four members of the winning team shall each receive a full scholarship to the college of their choice.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Six years have passed since I received this initial request to prepare a new foreword for my father’s life story. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

This, as it turns out, often saved him from the beatings received by his two sisters. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Since the birds receive no antibiotics and they are all genetically alike, if one gets sick, they will all get sick. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

For many of these young men, it was the only political education they had ever received. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The threat worked: Worried now, Sophie buckled and studied hard to pass the Abitur, a difficult graduation test, in order to receive her diploma. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The identities of the wounded are being withheld pending further investigation, but we've received reports that one of the teens was pronounced dead en route to the hospital, and the other is in critical condition. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

When Kainene received the three letters Olanna had written since the war started, she had said nothing except that she received them. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Because of the large volume of mail I receive, I am unable to write personal responses. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I demanded that the injured man receive medical attention and we initiated a small but vocal demonstration. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

X-ray treatment, which she did receive, was by no means novel at the time, though the intensity of her treatment might have been unusual. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Only in the mid-1970s, under the auspices of the International Red Cross, did we begin to receive things like volleyball equipment and a Ping-Pong table. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what kind of welcome I’d receive in North Carolina, but I figured on Duke’s campus I’d be in a safe environment where I would surely be able to find my “people.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The boy, greatly relieved, leaped from his desk and raced to the door, followed at once by two other children who hadn’t received the test yet but were terrified now to see it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Who more gladly than we throughout the Four Nations received the ‘bloody sword,’ or at its warlike call flocked quicker to the standard of the King? Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Quite right, sir. I may then depend upon this child being received as a pupil at Lowood, and there being trained in conformity to her position and prospects?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“She received an important package from Madagascar and instructions to take good care of what was inside.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Now that he was well received, Robin found everything about Lindsay exciting and interesting. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I received a shamefaced apology from the boy and was instructed not to worry about him further. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Nearly a week after his encounter with the Klansmen, C.P. received a phone call from a man who told him to be ready the following night, that someone would pick him up at his home. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Comptons guests had come to the city to receive honorary doctorates from the University of Chicago. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The funnel of whistling noise and space received them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We endeavor to keep track of those who are discharged and receive reports from time to time,” the general superintendent for the California State hospital concluded cheerfully in 1912. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Thus, the unsuspecting parents received in this subtle way the impression that your letter had never been seen or censored or corrected by anyone. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hmm. I suppose. I’d still like a little more screaming. This slow death is boring. Ah, well, what about our talented friend? Is she ready to receive her visitor?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Those on the committee received due praise from the returning council members and from the state legislature, but voices of criticism were also heard. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

It was just the first of many hate-filled letters and phone calls he would soon receive. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Charles did not reply until he had received four anxious letters, and then he replied coolly, “I didn’t hardly expect you anyway,” and he went on with a detailed account of farm and animals. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

His old fellow party members, to whom he went asking for help, hid so as not to receive him. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

By May 29 the eight of us had flown off to Chicago to receive the Robert S. Abbot Award conferred by the Chicago Defender newspaper. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After receiving a standing ovation for a speech at Washington University in St. Louis advocating a test ban, Pauling launched a petition drive among scientists calling for an immediate international halt to all nuclear testing. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The god told him not to trouble further about her or his father’s determination not to receive him without her, but to found a city of his own. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Humiliated before the general body, they received sentences of from one to five years of “isolation.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Army Airborne School is a collection of soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, Coast Guardsmen, cadets, and anyone else who has received the funding and possesses the will to become Airborne-qualified. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Hence Onofre had written a thousand love letters for a thousand lovers, and he had also read those love letters to the persons who received them. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In former days the members of my order had been well received there, but Saruman most of all. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Sadly, I was told that Elliot Markowitz, whose poetry I quote in Chapter 7, is now in the state mental hospital in Marcy, New York, and not allowed to receive books. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“His wounds are extensive. He’s receiving the best possible care.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She was a student at the Academy of Sages; she was in her sixth year, nearly ready to receive the mark. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But by eleven-thirty I had received no word and I became worried. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout the day, he received additional injections whenever the pain intensified. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I can remember warders saying, “Mandela, we have received a letter for you, but we cannot give it to you.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was simply one more in the pile of creatures who sang the national anthem in the schoolhouse and stood in line to receive their Christmas presents. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s possible even that Burnham received a card, given his new prominence. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“The more education these women receive, the more money they will make,” he said. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

In fairness to Uncle, it must be reported that he did always inquire whether or not Mig was interested in receiving the clout. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

With a start, Livingston realized that he had only two weeks to complete the work necessary to receive a doctorate that June. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Foster kids, along with others who qualified, received two meals a day at school. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The swivel seat occupants received most of the discipline, because they were the easiest for Dad to reach, and no one liked to sit there when it was picture taking time. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z