| 单词 | remote |
| 例句 | Isolated and remote, most prisoners got few visits and even fewer privileges. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He tapped his watch, which was our remote control detonator. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Mac paced the living room, clutching the remote tightly in his fist. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z We continue to share with our remotest ancestors the most tangled and evasive attitudes about death, despite the great distance we have come in understanding some of the profound aspects of biology. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z During the Middle Ages, the journey from England to this remote site was a long and difficult one, but that didn’t stop people from going. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z At five o’clock Mom reached for the remote control to turn on the news, but there was no picture on the television screen—only ripples and fuzz. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Some important guests had arrived unexpectedly, and she had had to entertain them in a remote part of the villa. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Even in a remote, understaffed, and underequipped hospital, if he did his best, a simple country doctor could improve the quality of life in Haiti. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “She grew up in a remote village,” said Sister Gladys with a trace of irritation. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Is Philadelphia such a remote region of the planet that her cell phone won’t work? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Not too long after Georgie stole the remote, Mr. Potter quit. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z I wave good-bye as they both head toward the door, using the remote next to my bed to sit it up a little more. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Quang-ha has the television remote, and he moves through the channels in a way that a grandmother might turn the pages of a speedboat catalog featuring water skis. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Today there is less drug trafficking, but smugglers' runways can still be seen, cut into remote patches of forest. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Moreover, Siddhartha’s sympathy and curiosity lay only with people, whose work, troubles, pleasures and follies were more unknown and remote from him than the moon. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z But if there had been any paleontologists living 67 million years ago, they could not have predicted the dinosaurs’ imminent demise, because asteroids belong to a field of science otherwise remote from dinosaur biology. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In the remotest North, so far away it was at the back of the North Wind, was a blissful land where the Hyperboreans lived. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She did nothing but sway back and forth and stare at the rug with a remote, spiridess look. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Here and there, he found a shell, and realized that the desert, in remote times, had been a sea. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Then there were the features focusing on some remote and obscure rural tribe. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Down in the basement are the functions our remote ancestors mainly depended on— aggression, child-rearing, fear, sex, the willingness to follow leaders blindly. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Even a remote village of the Guthen Coast has radio, and they could not have pleaded ignorance of the Order of Exile; only real ignorance of their guest’s identity might give them some excuse. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z It was degrading to play with girls and in our talk we relegated them to a remote island of life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not his choice to He dying on a remote island, alone, unable to move. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z They could even hear the jukebox music at the Frontier Bar in town, the music remote like a fiesta memory from the old days. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z What in other times had been a real activity, an irresistible passion of his youth, became a remote point of reference for him; an emptiness. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The forces of evil generated by the hideous—and apparently impossible to uncover—underground of suspicious characters seemed remote to him this afternoon, though. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They give you a number and a little remote to hold, and when your number comes up, the remote vibrates to let you know your table is ready. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The scene inside me is one I don’t want to replay, but the remote control is not in my hand. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Even if I went on some remote island where there wasn’t any other people besides me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z They arise no more; we are dead and they stand remote on the horizon, they are a mysterious reflection, an apparition, that haunts us, that we fear and love without hope. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a remote stretch of road, and there was always the danger of being attacked and robbed. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z The detonator is a remote and it’s right here in my God Bless America crystal flag pin. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He clicked on the TV and thumbed the remote to find the Dog Squad playback. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z They still fought with me and teased me and wrestled with me for the TV remote. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z This was obviously the point where she, Gilly, was supposed to come into the story, but it still seemed far too remote, like something that had happened once to a friend of a friend. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Given the freedom to pick his own training site, Tibbets selected a base in Wendover, Utah, a remote spot surrounded by salt flats. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Ged lifted his face and gazed at that remote bright crescent in the west. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Somewhere in this world—in China or India or a remote section of Africa—there was probably a bigger dork than me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z As I dropped my duffel on the other bed and started to unpack, Drew grabbed the remote and flopped down to channel surf. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Then we wrote the tract of their lives, remote, unauthorized biographies. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom gave me an annoyed look and kept watching, remote still primed. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I grab my remote and turn it on. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “It’s remote control,” my mother told him, “but you have to use it outside.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Any dead man whom you allow to enter where the blood is will speak to you, and speak the truth; but those deprived will grow remote again and fade.’ The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though he didn’t talk much, he didn’t seem as remote. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z To Szilard’s friend Enrico Fermi, the possibility of an explosive reaction was so remote that Szilard’s concerns seemed driven by paranoia, not physics. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I would be startled to catch myself thinking in a remote way of my earlier self as another person. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned it on manually—no remote—and turned the dial. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He walked toward me, quite close, and then passed me to put the remote down next to the VCR. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He was a peaceful, kind, remote old man. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z By now my mom was off in the remote reaches of a national park. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The old man dug the remote out of his pocket and muted the volume. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Jumping in front of the frozen TV picture, he waves the remote in circles, like it’s a magic wand. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z My arms and hands are pretty stiff, but I can mash the buttons on the TV remote and move my wheelchair with the help of knobs that I can grab on the wheels. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Our linguistic ancestors parlayed that incomprehension into euphemisms like passed on in which death consists of a journey to a remote location. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The war filters in over the radio, remote and crackly, the voices from London fading through the static. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Let us assume that there is, indeed, sentient life in one or another part of remote space, and that we will be successful in getting in touch with it. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Jack grabs the remote and turns the TV on, keeping the volume below three bars. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “We’d have to find her before it starts, then get her to a place where it’s safe for her to deposit the splendor without hurting anyone. It would have to be remote, away from people...” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z After dark, he gathered his radio equipment, snuck out of town on a bicycle, and searched for a remote electrical pole. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He picked up a remote and turned the stereo on. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Some of these were only very distantly connected with Bilbo, and some of them had hardly ever been in Hobbiton before, as they lived in remote corners of the Shire. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He used people and used his money to move them by remote control. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Charlie ignores me and keeps messing with the remote control to get his movie to start playing. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z A hot summer day and it was all very quaint and remote. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They suggested that he might be some exotic animal their uncle had caught in some remote corner of the world and that perhaps in his natural habitat he was wild. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time Walter was eight or nine, he became too valuable for picking cotton to justify the remote advantages of going to school. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He pulled something that looked like a remote control out of his pocket and held it up. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z In fact, she had a remote look in her eyes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z When they were near the knights, they walked slowly, but in the remoter distance they were running. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And the advocates of development are often from Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, or Brasilia, cities that are thousands of miles away from the Amazon and culturally almost as remote as environmentalists’ cities. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z When Ned tried to help them, they were remote and uninterested. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z This room was chill, because it seldom had a fire; it was silent, because remote from the nursery and kitchen; solemn, because it was known to be so seldom entered. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Humans have lived in Africa far longer than anywhere else: our remote ancestors originated there around 7 million years ago, and anatomically modern Homo sapiens may have arisen there since then. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z No, of course, peace would not be a perfect pearl, not with young Tom never to return, not with the possibility of Bill’s return only the most shadowy and remote of chances. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z But if we wish to find the Earth, we must redirect our course to the remote outskirts of the Galaxy, to an obscure locale near the edge of a distant spiral arm. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The alcohol smell is on my fingers, cold and remote, piercing, like a steel pin going in. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Tell me, Stevens, aren't you struck by even the remote possibility that I am correct? The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z A remote explosion had occurred somewhere, perhaps back at Emerson's or that night in Bledsoe's office, and it had caused the ice cap to melt and shift the slightest bit. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite his remote and comparatively humble situation, Michell was one of the great scientific thinkers of the eighteenth century and much esteemed for it. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Motherhood was old age, and other remote possibilities. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z "Think, Mo! It would have been somewhere remote, an unlikely place for any flower to grow. You took a cutting and mailed it to me just before you...just before your accident." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Boris, according to Blake, was the "feather in his cap," earning him accolades inside the British spy agency and deflecting any remote suspicion that Blake might be working for the enemy. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z But when I looked in the mirror it was no remote aristocrat I had become, no character out of daydreams. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z We had remote relays attached to us to watch our blood and our brains. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your show ended two minutes ago,” Calista told me, getting up to grab the remote. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z He was told that children born elsewhere and brought into the camp with their parents were denied schooling and confined to the camp’s most remote sections, Valleys 4 and 5. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I reached for the remote and turned the channel. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Hailey grabs the TV remote and flicks the game off, turning to a detective show instead. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z He was finally able to obtain a match for his son with one of the emperor's many granddaughters, and his son would inherit the rule of a remote city. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z After washing the dishes, I fidget with the remote in the living room. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z We were completely off the grid, which worked out perfectly since the power to remote areas had been cut long ago. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Turner figured the likelihood was remote enough that he could promise to finish the chorus, and so he did. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z She pulled out a remote that was wedged between the mattress and the frame. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z His only happy moments, since that remote afternoon when his father had taken him to see ice, had taken place in his silver workshop where he passed the time putting little gold fishes together. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Mrs. Turton clicked the remote control again, and the image disappeared. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The war, which until then had been only a word to designate a vague and remote circumstance, became a concrete and dramatic reality. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Quang-ha hits a button on the remote and increases the volume. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The borderlands—as this region was known—were remote and lawless territories that had been fought over for hundreds of years. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z David stands at the TV, the remote in his hand. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She would jump for the remote and turn up the TV volume until it was too hard to tell what was louder, who wanted to win the noise battle more. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She looked at the television screen, a sitcom that she’d muted with the remote control when the phone rang. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Since readers tend to link a phrase to the words that came just before it, they will misunderstand a sentence when the writer had a more remote association in mind. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z But the demands of simultaneously running Base Camp and meeting the medical needs of some twenty-five people in a remote, high- altitude environment proved to be more than she’d bargained for. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z But the technology that allowed us to explore and inhabit the most remote regions of the Earth now permits us to leave our planet, to venture into space, to explore other worlds. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Reporters from far-flung cities wired the same observation back to their editors, and stories of delight and awe began to percolate through the most remote towns. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z My fingers fumble for the remote, somewhere near me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Once or twice I nudged foot-sized rocks over the side and watched with faint horror as they crashed and tumbled to improbably remote resting places. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z We go to Charlie’s room and he clicks on the remote to start the movie. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z They would not have to run because their village was too remote. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z All was still: two shadows only moved in a remote corner. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z When he woke up, Mr. Potter noticed the remote’s disappearance and wasted hours searching for it, cursing up a storm the whole time. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “What in the world are you doing? Turn off that—” Rachel scooped up her remote control and shut off the music. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The General closed his eyes, and his face became as still and remote as a stone carving in a museum. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She sighed and put the phone down and I started searching for a remote, located it under the bed next to someone’s forgotten sock. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The terrors of the land beyond, and the deed to be done there, seemed remote, too far off yet to trouble him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Then the wail rose, remote and unearthly, and turned to an inarticulate gibbering. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He grabs the remote to key in his song choice. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Pulling away from Dadi, I put my feet up on the couch and reached for the remote. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She had the remote in her hand and was rewinding the movie. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I reach for the remote and turn the TV on. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I turn the channel each time a commercial comes on, and finally I just toss the remote to Charlie and go to my room. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z How high it seemed above my head, how lofty and remote. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He dropped the remote onto the couch between us and asked, “Do you know if it hurt or whatever?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z The seats were filling with officers in full uniform and their ladies; in remoter areas, the rank and file were admitted to celebrate their favorite Regimental commanders in this act of buffoonage. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z At first I was as remote as though I stood in the highest balcony looking on. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not possible to cry on the remote and foggy mountain. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Dad asked, openly annoyed that I was on the couch with the remote control before noon on a weekday. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z On it there’s a microphone, a complicated-looking remote, and a thick book that has Song Menu written on the cover in three languages. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I set the mine for remote detonation and got back to Peewee as soon as I could. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But that life seemed, in my growing isolation, ever more remote. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z In addition, the Chathams are relatively small and remote islands, capable of supporting a total population of only about 2,000 hunter-gatherers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Over the years, the list of properties subject to forfeiture expanded greatly, and the required connection to illegal drug activity became increasingly remote, leading to many instances of abuse. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But the sun seemed darkened, and the world dim and remote. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Writing empowered European societies by facilitating political administration and economic exchanges, motivating and guiding exploration and conquest, and making available a range of information and human experience extending into remote places and times. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In the early 1950s Anaheim began to feel much less rural and remote. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z It is the remotest section of the entire AT. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t believe everything you hear,” Cecilia said, shutting off the television set with one click of her remote control. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z But their role in my life was a distant one, and I thought little if at all about the white man in general or relations between my own people and these curious and remote figures. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d pinned Otto’s arm under me as I fell, and I sensed from somewhere remote as he pulled his arm away and crawled onto my chest, staring worriedly into my eyes. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z By 10,000 years ago there was not a single mammoth to be found in the world, except on a few remote Arctic islands, most conspicuously Wrangel. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z As you will gather from this, measuring earthquakes is not always an exact science, particularly when interpreting readings from remote locations. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z When the sun sank, darkness dropped on the island like an extinguisher and soon the shelters were full of restlessness, under the remote stars. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Through the silence had drifted the strains of a remote and exotic music. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z The prospects for success were remote at best. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I relinquished the remote and snuck a peek at Faith, stretched out on the other bed. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “The Sixers probably had remote surveillance cameras hidden all around the gate.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He’s got a beer in one hand and a remote in the other. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z But my own mother is a mystery to me, her face as dead and remote as a star. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z And further still, endlessly remote and yet a present threat, there was a tiny tongue of flame. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Nor could food production spring up spontaneously in deserts remote from sources of water for irrigation, such as central Australia and parts of the western United States. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Even as that possibility became remote, she never resigned herself to the fact that Johannesburg would be our home, or let go of the idea that we might move back to Umtata. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She picks the remote up and mutes it. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She picks up the remote and pauses the video, so it’s just a shot of me and Khalid, laughing together. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z “Gearhart wants to know if you set the claymores for remote?” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z His father had bought it at a garage sale, and the remote control was missing, so he had to lean over to change the channel. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I felt something cold and remote in him and when he called me I would not go to him. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet they were unable to venture into the open sea, and none reached America, Australia, or remote islands such as Madagascar, New Zealand and Hawaii. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The last time I had watched a movie, it had been a Disney tape, so I pressed the play button on the Pottses’ VCR remote. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z We fought over everything: who could control the TV remote, whose turn it was to use the phone, and who had dibs on marrying Leonardo DiCaprio. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Unmedicated sleep was impossible, a fairy tale, some remote childhood dream. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The Chief Ranger suggested calling a local bush pilot, who flew hunters into the remoter parts of the bush and knew most of the Indian guides. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z So I grab the other remote and turn on the FM. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When Harley talked like that, things that had happened, the dead sheep, the bar fight, even jail—all seemed very remote. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Finnick presses the button on the remote that kills the power. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z But alone it could do nothing but see small images of things far off and days remote. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He began to show the children the pictures, especially those of animals, and later on the maps and photographs of remote countries and famous people. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z She takes the remote and switches over to the evening news. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The cottage did not seem so remote and sinister at the edge of the wood as it had done before. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z There had been other places, remote villages like this one, houses, abandoned farms, even a fortified castle once. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z To all Romans the stories were infinitely remote, mere shadows. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They have been found in fish in remote mountain lakes, in earthworms burrowing in soil, in the eggs of birds — and in man himself. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Everything they saw suggested "that at no very remote period this country had been far more populous than at present." 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The thought that the inside of his head was in direct contact with the remote skies above the North Pole gave him a feeling of immense privilege and even awe. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z It’s good to think he may have made his way south down the long leg of Italy and found human companionship in a village or small hill town, safely remote from the capital. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Until the previous night, old Betonie’s vision of stars, cattle, a woman, and a mountain had seemed remote; he had been wary, especially after he found the stars, and they were in the north. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I start laughing and toss the remote at him. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The site had to be remote, so work could be kept secret. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Kelton grabs the remote and finds the local news channel—except now the entire channel is just color bars. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I feel it when I sit beside her on the sofa, the remote control firmly within her grasp. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It was hard to say what had changed—the manner was still quietly remote, the orders unchallengeable. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z In a few moments, the most important Miss Teen Dream Pageant ever will be broadcast live from a remote island. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z One prong of it became the Polynesians, who populated the most remote islands of the Pacific and were the greatest seafarers among Neolithic peoples. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The time is now ripe for a fresh look at these questions, because of new information from scientific disciplines seemingly remote from human history. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I published essays admitting that I was not a minority—saw my byline in magazines and journals which once had seemed very remote from my life. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z With a remote control in his hand, he watched all three concurrent news programs every night, raising the volume on any war coverage. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z But she felt so inexplicably blissful, and the troubles of the evening seemed so remote, that she began to wonder whether it had all been a surreal dream. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Five seconds couldn’t have gone by before Spoony sat gingerly on the side of the bed and grabbed the remote. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Even in the remote depots and rest-areas the droning and the muffled noise of shelling is always in our ears. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I hang up and snuggle into my couch nest with the remote. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I would look at them, twinkling and remote, and wonder what they were. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z From how grainy the shot looked, it must have been taken with some insanely high-powered camera lens, from some remote hill. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Hiskey suddenly found himself drafted into the army and shipped to a remote military base in the Northwest Territories of Canada—far from atomic bomb secrets. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They shone piercingly bright, and yet remote, as if out of a great depth. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She clicked a button on her remote control, and a photograph appeared on the screen at the front of the room. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Can black holes serve as time machines, carrying us to the remote past or the distant future? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He flopped down between me and Zooey and grabbed the remote, which was my cue to leave. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He was always a stranger to me, always somehow alien and remote. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He grabs the remote control so he can play his video game. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z Together they made a place, remote and calm as the stars that lay across the sky. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “I like this,” Pris said, but in the same detached and remote tone as before. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Here, farther south and in the darkness of this remote countryside, they could rest, eat, and sleep. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z One writer called the park “remote and repulsive”; another, a “sandy waste of unredeemed and desert land.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Oh, noP cried the crazy colonel in an agony out of his remoter darkness. “Oh no, your ladyship. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z His face in the reddish light was as soft, as vulnerable, as remote as the face of a woman who looks at you out of her thoughts and does not speak. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The really significant findings were made when the investigators turned for comparison to a creek in a remote area about 30 miles from the nearest spraying for budworm control. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z My eye passed all other objects to rest on those most remote, the blue peaks; it was those I longed to surmount; all within their boundary of rock and heath seemed prison-ground, exile limits. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z For larger groups, there was a variety of handheld grenades, and many prison mess halls had a special kind of cartridge installed in the ceiling, for quick remote activation in case of disturbance. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I was handcuffed and kept in a remote corner of the boat surrounded by five armed warders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There the white rind of the new Moon could be seen glimmering in the remote lakes. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The couch is cold brown leather, so I wrap myself up in a fleece blanket before I sit down and punch the remote. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Aarfy would puff reflectively on his pipe throughout the whole chaotic clash, gazing with unruffled curiosity at the war through McWatt’s window as though it were a remote disturbance that could not affect him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z As a result, remote India was insulated from the rise of Christianity and the fall of Rome in the fourth and fifth centuries AD. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z When I interviewed Jenkins, he and his family lived on Japan’s remote Sado Island, where his wife was born and where North Korean agents had kidnapped her. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Lyra had left it She felt she was leaving the world altogether, so remote and intent she was, so high they were climbing, so strange and uncanny was the light that bathed than. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Driving back into remote corners of the woods where there were barely roads, we would come upon twenty-five beehives up on slats like a little lost city tucked back in there. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Somewhere in remote distance a rocket bomb thundered. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Best of all, when you looked back, Tashbaan was already small and remote. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The host was broadcasting from Washington, D.C., and I was seated in a remote studio on the far west side of Manhattan. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z She clicks the remote, and the opening notes of Pride and Prejudice, the miniseries, begin to play. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He stumbled upon a magnificent ranch sprawling over seventeen thousand acres of California’s remote redwood country, 150 miles north of San Francisco, near a tiny lumber village called Willits. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z On the left side I have a remote for the radio. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Thereupon he resumed his trudge up the slope, the lonely and unfamiliar terrain, remote from everything; nothing lived here except himself. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Every home had a TV, and every TV a remote, and you could get a satellite dish if you wanted. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She smiles at me, the smile of an angel, benign but remote. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He’d unlock the door, and the two of us would fall into the shade, scrambling over each other to get to the TV remote first. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Georgia's death row is in a prison outside of Jackson, a remote town in a rural part of the state. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It looks an awful lot like a life vest, except for the remote coming out of it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z So he left and wandered, delighting in the freedom of Northern Italy, where he could ruminate on matters remote from the subjects he had been force-fed in his highly disciplined Prussian schoolroom. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Or the dry Stella D’oro cookies with their cement frosting, which he raves and raves about and manages to find even in the most remote locations. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z It seemed pretty remote and we felt secure being so out of the way. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “Nothing,” I tossed the remote to Zooey and started to stand, but she said, “Don’t leave on my account. I have so much studying to do.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He picked up the remote and switched off the set. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Arthur gets another round of Cokes and when he returns, he grabs the remote. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z She picked up the remote and turned it off. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Because we had two weeks, we had my wife drop us at Caratunk, a remote community on the Kennebec River, thirty-eight miles short of Monson and the official start of the wilderness. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I went to Somerset and spent several glorious weeks selling kerosene to old ladies in remote villages. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z He moaned calmly as though in remote, instinctive distress and kept repeating, “Illegal tobacco, illegal tobacco.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He grabs the remote and switches around until he lands on a different news station...and on the screen is a face I thought I’d never see again. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z They no longer look cold and white and remote, like alcohol and enamel trays. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The ban on remote detonators was adopted—not because of bribes from the gun lobby, but because blowing people up was determined to be crude, cruel, and beneath the Scythedom. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It was all too familiar from my suburban youth, yet now seemed unbelievably remote and innocent, a memory from some lost Junior Prom. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She’d gathered a few supplies and stolen away to a remote part of the jungle where she could be safe. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I have a television remote control clicker attached to my wheelchair, very close to my right hand. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Many of the isolated, heavily defended camps were on hilltops in remote locations near Vietnam’s western border with Cambodia and Laos where Special Forces could keep track of enemy movement. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Easter Island and the Chathams are small and so remote from other islands that, once they were initially colonized, the societies thus founded developed in total isolation from the rest of the world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Something else is on TV that isn’t familiar or particularly funny, so I look for the remote. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It was too remote to be worth thinking about. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I felt as if Miles Ferris had stranded me on a remote island. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He picked up something that looked like a TV remote and pressed a red button. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Her mother was quiet, her face shuttered and remote in a way Jinjoo had never seen before. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I clicked the TV on with the remote. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z The agency sent a film crew to each of the remote tracking stations, recording the communications teams as they completed their preflight checkouts. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Then she picks up the remote control for the shelf radio, punches it, and the room fills up with graceful music, Mozart or something. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever the Parliament clashed with their monarch, the king would get his way by suddenly convening Parliament in a remote, unreachable part of the country. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Where they had once dwelled all over North America they now lived in remote parts of Canada, in only two of the lower forty-eight states, and in the wilderness of Alaska. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And I realised that for Ruth and the others, whatever the boys chose to do was pretty remote from us; whether we approved or not didn’t come into it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Doc pulls the remote from his desk drawer and passes it to her. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Okay,” he said, sitting down on the couch and picking up the remote. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z There were six people and a Scotch terrier inhabiting the remote farmhouse Major Major called home, and five of them and the Scotch terrier turned out to be agents for the F.B.I. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I wave the remote and manage a smile. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z He tucks the Japanese prime minister's cat under one arm like a football as he fumbles in his pockets for...a remote! Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z We first muted the sound, but there’s no remote so we let it go on, silent. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The town and the jail seemed to become more remote and the distance greater as each day passed. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She grabs a remote from the nightstand and points it at the speakers attached to her computer on the desk. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Her chances of being chosen so remote that I'd not even bothered to worry about her. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Getting to B-block is the longest walk; it’s the remotest part of the “max” jail. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The chill sky, misty with fine rain near the treetops, made even the familiar landscape around Hampden seem indifferent and remote. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Through his parents’ various marital split-ups, he’d moved repeatedly from one remote and inhospitable town to another, learning to negotiate a series of stepparents along the way. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He walked from his remote mountain shack with his shoes in a paper sack so as not to wear them out. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Joe tucked his other hand into his coat pocket, where Finn had seen him hide a remote. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z My favorite activity was watching a television that I did not have to share with other children who hogged the remote control. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z A quiet, remote, very beautiful farming valley that had not changed a great deal in 200 years was lost forever. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z And, as usual, my brothers and I fought over the remote, over who got the best grades, over anything and everything. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Lying in the blue bed, looking up into the dim ceiling with its remote carved pattern, she asked herself, half asleep still, What did I do; did I make a fool of myself? The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z I turned and faced him; he was smiling at me in a remote, superior sort of way. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She reaches into her bag and hands the boy something that looks like a TV remote. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z And you, Ring-bearer, he heard her say, remote but clear, for you I have prepared this. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I’ve had to become a renegade and hide in this remote place, and I thought we were safe; but now to learn that you found us so easily—well, you can understand, that worries me. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She became a ferocious reporter—aloof, remote, detached. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z She hopped into my car and we set off on a wild ride through the untamed veld, to get to the remote rondavel of her relative. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A substantial human presence on Jupiter itself is much more difficult to imagine—although I suppose great balloon cities permanently floating in its atmosphere are a technological possibility for the remote future. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I tried to turn it on, but the remote was still on the fritz. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Mary Anne, using a spatula from her mother’s silver service, was shaping the feces into a remote semblance of a cake. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She got antsy watching science shows; she’d throw pillows and try to grab the remote, but if you interrupted her at the end of a book, you’d pay. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Mama would’ve roasted us a big turkey, even if she had to go out to some remote woods and kill the dang thing herself. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She shone like a window of glass upon a far hill in the westering sun, or as a remote lake seen from a mountain: a crystal fallen in the lap of the land. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I reached for the remote myself and was instantly reminded that my ribs were broken. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z They were crazy if they thought he was going to spend a whole year of his life like some animal, trapped on a remote Alaskan island. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Some held secret meetings in the countryside or in other remote places such as the Black Forest. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He got a TV, but my old one is bigger, 21 inches to 18 inches for him, plus he doesn’t have Auto Sleep Off or Wake Up on his remote, like I do. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z “Mrs. Danvers,” he said, “can you think of any reason, however remote, why Mrs. de Winter should have taken her own life?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Powers and his fellow test pilots trained for months at a secret facility in a remote part of the Nevada desert known as Area 51, learning to control the powerful experimental planes. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The Appalachian Trail was formally completed on August 14, 1937, with the clearing of a two-mile stretch of woods in a remote part of Maine. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I punched at the buttons on the remote. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z They seem to be a matter of perspective: the more remote or alien the period, the more clear-cut the period style—and the more limited our knowledge and understanding. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The old king watched, remote from the queen, though she shared his bed, and he mused. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z His wife had grown increasingly remote, strange, and inaccessible. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She was like one of those remote control cars that zip around a room, and if she hit a wall, she simply backed up, like nothing had happened, and screeched off in another direction. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z She tosses the remote into the corner of the couch. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Now when a writer really does want to refer to a past-time event in a remote conditional, he needs the past tense of a past-tense form. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The longer the baseline from which we make our two observations, the greater the parallax and the better we can measure the distance to remote objects. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I slapped the remote in my palm a few times, because that’s what you do to, I guess, activate the batteries. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z But it was too remote, and soon the sport in New England moved to other mountains nearer main highways, and Moosilauke returned to a splendid obscurity. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Had the chemical reached this remote creek by hidden underground streams? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I hit the remote and start flipping through the channels. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But why Ionia, why in these unassuming and pastoral landscapes, these remote islands and inlets of the Eastern Mediterranean? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was about the size of a TV remote control. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “He wouldn’t be hiding where he lived. He would be on some remote island off the coast of Mexico, or Madagascar, or something.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He chewed his bacon and eggs while some remote part of his mind considered in amazement how different the girl had seemed in the movie. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He switches on the little kitchen TV and searches for something using the remote. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The more projects his team of remote executive assistants engages in, the more knowledge they build up. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z About an hour after midnight the fear fell on them a third time, but it now seemed more remote, as if it were passing far above the clouds, rushing with terrible speed into the West. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The distance from the Earth to the most remote quasars is eight or ten billion light- years. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Now it is important to establish right away that the possibility of a serious bear attack on the Appalachian Trail is remote. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Tom talked incessantly, exulting and laughing, but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z We are, it appears, ready to begin getting in touch with Ceti, and with any other interested celestial body in more remote places, out to the edge. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The third time it starts, I grab the remote and pause the show. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Mom joins us under the blanket, me in between, and points a remote. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z United States scientists have had some encouraging early results with the melon fly and the oriental and Mediterranean fruit flies in laboratory tests in Hawaii and field tests on the remote island of Rota. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Faint and seemingly remote through that shuddering cry he heard winding up from below the sound of a trumpet ending on a long high note. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Then here and there the mist gave way and he saw many visions: small and clear as if they were under his eyes upon a table, and yet remote. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He turns onto a remote, tranquil block between Ninth and Tenth Avenues. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z What Haukelid did not yet know was that a remote factory perched on the side of a cliff in Norway was the key to Germany’s top-secret atomic bomb project. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It is common enough at such times to fantasize arriving in a remote and high place. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I pushed all the buttons on Calista’s cardboard remote, but the channel never changed. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Demographically speaking, they lived in the hinterlands, remote and thinly settled; their lives were as far from Wari or Toltec lords as the nomads of Siberia were from the grandees of Beijing. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He’s sprawled on the old sectional with the television remote. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Pollard was completely alone and penniless in a remote town of a foreign country. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother finally sits and steeples her fingers, her expression remote. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z They, too, like the hillside jungle, were tumultuous with evening, but from the remote height turned to stillness, their fierceness tempered by the air that lay between. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a very remote thing, when the luggage-store proprietor heard the news on the night radio, received all the way from Earth on a light-sound beam. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Born in 1871 to a handyman and his wife in New Zealand when it was a remote outpost of the British Empire, Rutherford became an intuitive theorist and the preeminent experimental physicist of his age. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I wished he were less remote; and I anything but the creature that I was in my shabby coat and skirt, my broad-brimmed schoolgirl hat. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Most of the world’s great cities have grown haphazardly, little by little, in response to the needs of the moment; very rarely is a city planned for the remote future. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He promised to deal with the amazing events at Bree, and so give a bit of interest to a book that appeared likely to treat mostly of the remote and less important affairs ‘away south’. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I ask them to give me a tissue and pass the remote. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The fate of the Greenland colony, medieval Europe’s most remote outpost, remains one of archaeology’s romantic mysteries. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z One day I arrived ahead of my brothers—thrilled I didn’t have to fight with Khushal for the remote for once—and settled in to watch my new favorite show, Shararat, which means “making mischief.” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When he saw Travis, he picked up the remote and turned it off. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z That approach had raised Oak Ridge from an unpopulated valley in remote Tennessee; when national security hung in the balance, as it did now, who would begrudge a few hundred thousand kilowatts? Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Jorge wore his suit on the hottest days of the year, even in remote villages where the people thought he was crazy. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In a few cases, we also know something about the individuals who designed writing systems by blueprint copying in the remote past. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She’d buried two water bowls, a TV remote control, a pizza box, a ziplock bag of Legos, three Frisbees, and two of my homework folders there. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Just before the bus pulled away from the curb he turned to Singer and his smile was very bland and remote—as though already they were many miles apart. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z To find a diet free from DDT and related chemicals, it seems one must go to a remote and primitive land, still lacking the amenities of civilization. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He thought there were two eyes, very cold though lit with a pale light that seemed to come from some remote distance. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I thought of the last dodo dying on a remote rock. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Under Venda tribal law, every boy, before being admitted into malehood, had to attend a “mountain school,” usually situated in wooded, mountainous areas remote from the villages. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Problem may be recoverable with remote update of Pathfinder. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Our remote ancestors followed the game, moved with the food supply, and fled from evil weather, from ice and the changing seasons. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Cuneiform writing, the remote ancestor of the Western alphabet, was invented in the Near East about 5,000 years ago. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But for both of them there was also something fantastical about it all, remote even though likely. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z This vision of a happiness infinitely remote seems a thin sustenance against despair, but it was the only hope the Eddas afforded. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The Prince picked the spot himself, in the quietest, remotest corner of the castle grounds. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z And now Mini was shaking it like a remote control that had stopped working. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z My father often left us for two or three days at a time, doing missions in even more remote areas. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Perhaps Orion and Daedalus could be used as multigeneration ships, so those arriving at a planet of another star would be the remote descendants of those who had set out some centuries before. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Madame DuPont hits play on the remote, and the movie resumes. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z He scanned the barren sea and then looked back at me, his old eyes growing remote. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The opening between the headlands seemed a remote, bright gateway when he glanced back. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Someone in the living room must have found the remote, but it didn’t matter. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I stop tracing the floor pattern and pick up the remote. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z A city-dwelling night rider unfamiliar with the remote area might have missed the turnoff in the dark, but Booth rode confidently ahead. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Kepler’s first two laws may seem a little remote and abstract: planets move in ellipses, and sweep out equal areas in equal times. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why not listen? I’m saying that whatever powers this ship is enclosed, and evidently not meant to be handled. The ship is running by remote control.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Finally, Georgie decided to steal the remote to save himself the trouble of climbing through the window every night. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z In Alaska I’d put up a hairy new route on the Mooses Tooth, and pulled off a solo ascent of the Devils Thumb that involved spending three weeks alone on a remote ice cap. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Not even the malignant power of Kunthi could rouse me: I felt too remote. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite our crowdedness and our huddling together nights, we in the truck were remote from one another. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Erin plops onto the couch and takes the remote control from Pop’s hand, because he’s passed-out drunk again with my grandmother’s rosary beads wrapped tightly around his left fist like brass knuckles. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I put my glass down and grab the remote, clicking the volume button up, up, up. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z We were due to go to Ireland next, and before crossing the Atlantic, our plane, a small jet, stopped for refueling in a remote place above the Arctic Circle called Goose Bay. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Since then, however, the adaptation has been passed down: we’ve all inherited it to some degree, so that we plug right into joysticks and remotes, to repetitive motions of a hundred kinds. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Say what you like, but you can’t convince me that a jury box of poverty-level Vermonters would have the remotest bit of pity for four college students on trial for murdering one of their neighbors.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The remote was on the end table and I grabbed it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “Hearth-brothers, or friends,” he said, and saying it was remote, out of reach, two feet from me in a tent eight feet across. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Sarai used to tell them about the things humans did together, and it had been so scandalous, so remote. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I grabbed the remote, pointed it at the screen, and hit the power button to click it off. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “But I shall never again consider myself even the remotest judge of human nature. You may quote me wildly on that.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z They had never taken time to answer a single question; though we worked in the institute, we were as remote from the meaning of the experiments as if we lived in the moon. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z They seemed to scare most people senseless, and if they were stationed all around the school, Black’s chances of getting inside seemed very remote. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The guy pulls out what looks like a TV remote control. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Dr. Zinchenko pointed and clicked a miniature remote at the wailing librarian. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z He laughed and reached for the remote control. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “You have to watch this tape,” she said, handing me the remote and a set of keys. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Living on a remote island, I was starting to realize, turned people into pack rats. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I put the mics by the remote and sit on the edge of the rug. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Gilmanton was a small farming village in New Hampshire’s lake country, sufficiently remote that its residents did not have access to a daily newspaper and rarely heard the shriek of train whistles. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Very likely mutual contact would already have been made by radio or other remote means. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was so wild and so remote when I was there. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 They weren’t lined up in a God-made hierarchy, either; they had all descended from the same remote ancestor. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I grab the remote and think how to put it back together. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Only on the remote Andaman Islands do languages unrelated to the South Chinese language families persist—the last linguistic survivors of what must have been hundreds of now extinct aboriginal Southeast Asian languages. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Pop’s passed out in his wheelchair again, dead to the world with a beer can in one hand, Grandmom’s rosary beads wrapped around the other, and the TV remote in his lap. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Estraven asleep looked a little stupid, like everyone asleep: a round, strong face relaxed and remote, small drops of sweat on the upper lip and over the heavy eyebrows. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z None but a few extremely remote islands escaped man’s notice until the modern age, and these islands kept their fauna intact. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Or maybe somewhere very remote, so we could lay in the sun together again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The tide was out, the sea very calm and remote. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He leaned there, looking at us all with a remote aloofness in which I sensed an unstated questioning beneath a friendly charm. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She was sort of sagging into the couch and the remote in her hand wasn’t quite as pert. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The silence was much worse than the yelling, so I fiddled with the remote. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “It not only mocks in most instances the power of medicine, but it has spread thro’ several parts of the city remote from the spot where it originated.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z At that moment Sam felt a tremor in the ground beneath him, and he heard or sensed a deep remote rumble as of thunder imprisoned under the earth. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Up until the knee injury, he had worn one his senior year without a remote thought of change. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She was worried that there might not be as many vacant publicars in the Chilargentine Region, especially this remote an area, but the Thunderhead was remarkable at projecting local need. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Ha-ha,” I say, heading for the remote control and the couch. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z He clicked the remote and an old black-and-white movie came to life. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z "Major Martinez will pilot the MAV remotely from Hermes. It's already designed for remote piloting. It was remotely landed, after all." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hey,” I said, now a bed remote expert, adjusting it so that I was sitting more upright. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It seemed so remote and no part of him; it was a play apart and separate, wondrous to watch, not without its strange pleasure. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Trapped in this remote spot, she wasn't sure what to think about their intentions—but they did not seem friendly. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “So, Coop…,” Britain says, picking up the remote and hitting Mute. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z But then it remained, for the most part, a remote mystery with haphazard clues. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Bri and Julie promptly fought over the remote control, only to find it was a national day of mourning and all the TV stations had memorial services on, with sermons and choirs and politicians. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z To them, that come after us, it may be as ordinary to buy a pair of wings to fly into remotest Regions; as now a pair of Boots to ride a Journey. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She fumbled for the remote control and paused the TV again. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z He spent most of the evening stabbing at the remote control, trying to find a show that wasn’t too boring or confusing. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I wondered if anyone would hear us scream in this remote patch of land. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z True, I had heard that colored people were killed and beaten, but so far it all had seemed remote. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked down at the remote control, then back up at the television. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z News spread quickly that the Sixers were encamped around a small flat-topped hill at the center of a remote forest. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z This time Winnie was not being arrested, or detained, or interrogated; she was being banished to a remote township in the Free State called Brandfort. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “You wouldn’t have listened to him. You couldn’t have listened. Our gods are remote from us, Jean Louise. They must never descend to human level.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Grover put the TV remote in his mouth and crunched off the end of it. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The remote’s in her hand, and the theme music for As We Are fades off. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She is supposed to pick up the remote off a coffee table, but it’s not there. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z We have examined the universe in space and seen that we live on a mote of dust circling a humdrum star in the remotest corner of an obscure galaxy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt so small here, puked up on a remote forgotten shore and left to die. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The other person was a man named O’Brien, a member of the Inner Party and holder of some post so important and remote that Winston had only a dim idea of its nature. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Her dad picked up the remote control and muted the TV. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Pri reaches for the remote on the carpet and turns up the volume. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She’d mentioned her interest in going there long ago, in the first weeks of their courtship, when the spring of junior year had felt like a remote speck on the horizon. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She laughs as she picks up the remote control. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z We see his brother pick up the remote and change the program. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z Colonel Aureliano Buendía smiled at her the same way as when he had first seen her with the bandage on that remote morning when he had come back to Macondo condemned to death. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He explained that one reason a person in his position kept his money in cash was for the possibility, however remote, that he would be stopped, questioned, detained—or deported. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z She stood in between the remote and the television so that I couldn’t turn it back on from the sofa. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Instead of picking up the remote, she bends over the table to reach it and enter the code. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The war was as remote to her as cavemen and dinosaurs. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Far, far away, in the South the clouds could be dimly seen as remote grey shapes, rolling up, drifting: morning lay beyond them. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Similarly, simple African villagers who have never left their remote homes may not be particularly surprised by their first sight of an airplane: it is outside their comprehension. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The growth of the modern city to the ancient municipal limits and beyond, however, has made that prospect a remote dream. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Dad grabs the remote and shuts off the TV We both sit on the sofa without moving. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw my life as a spectator would, from outside, from a distance so remote that I couldn’t feel any of it. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z When we traveled in certain remote parts of the world, we would use other names and identifications. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z But beyond this, Fargo to me is brother to the fabulous places of the earth, kin to those magically remote spots mentioned by Herodotus and Marco Polo and Mandeville. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, I think everyone is like the people in that painting, everyone lost in their own private universes of pain or sorrow or guilt, everyone remote and unknowable. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z It had been with me for a while now, hushed, motionless, as if asleep, in some remote corner of memory. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z While Einstein and Hubble were productively unraveling the large-scale structure of the cosmos, others were struggling to understand something closer to hand but in its way just as remote: the tiny and ever-mysterious atom. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He took the remote and found the football game. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He spent weeks out on the vast and remote plains, working in the intense heat and rains. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z To me there’s a remote and cloistered feeling here. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I aimed it at the cardboard TV frame she’d taped around my window and pretended to push one of the fake remote control buttons. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z We unconsciously retrace the thoughts of our remote ancestors. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Before I left home today, I slipped a poem and a drawing of Michael Jordan in my father’s easy chair, under the remote. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He was beautiful the way an angel is beautiful—timeless, perfect, remote. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z ‘All right,’ said Frodo in a remote voice, as of one speaking half asleep. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I lifted the remote control, pushed the Play button, and started the video. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z There's a reason it's me and not Gale who ventures up to pluck the highest fruit, or rob the most remote bird nests. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z A driver picked him up and took him not to an office but to a remote cottage outside Moscow. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She picks up the discarded remote and clutches it in her hands, looking anywhere but at me. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Octavian,” said he, “have any voices presented themselves to you — speaking in remote quarters — which you might not, in other seasons, hearken to?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But all this part of it seemed remote and unessential. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z These pictures of bison, deer, horses, cattle, mammoths, and boars are located in the most remote recesses of the caves, far from the inhabited, sunlit entrances. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z Hence when unschooled New Guineans from remote villages visit towns, they look stupid to Westerners. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They look so ordinary—inside a black box with metal claws on the edges and a remote detonator. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The driver uses a remote to open the rear hatch and unloads Ainsley’s display. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z He emptied all his handheld video games and Josh's remote control cars, and called his grandma to tell her that all he wanted for his birthday in November was AA batteries. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I acted more interested in looking for the remote, so I could switch on the television. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The fellow must have grown up in a truly remote location, probably tucked far back into the mountains. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He keeps the remote out of reach, just in case his sister or I want to turn the TV back on. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He reaches for the remote control and changes the channel. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z There had been a time when we, too, had benefited—those days seemed very remote now, almost belonging to another life—but we had lost more than we had gained or could ever regain. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed a very strange and remote place, outside their world, and far from everything that had ever happened to them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Easy access from the air, but remote and desolate for land-bound humans. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z And if all the preceding seems remote from the present day, it need not be. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Wondrously beautiful he lies on the mountainside, motionless and remote as if in death, but warm and living, and night after night the Moon visits him and covers him with her kisses. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes we have no choice but to disturb these relationships, but we should do so thoughtfully, with full awareness that what we do may have consequences remote in time and place. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Hence writing brings power to modern societies, by making it possible to transmit knowledge with far greater accuracy and in far greater quantity and detail, from more distant lands and more remote times. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “It seems so remote because we have our own troubles.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss McDaniels picks up the remote control next to her folder and presses play. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z After a while, he pressed the power button on the remote and the TV went quiet. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Kulkarni suggested I hire a remote assistant in India to do all the research for this book. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z The silence hissed in her ears and her vision was faintly distorted—her hands in her lap appeared unusually large and at the same time remote, as though viewed across an immense distance. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He reaches into his cloak and pulls out a small gray remote. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Mine was stuck back in a remote corner, far from any windows. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Perhaps our remote descendants will call it the constellation of the radio telescope— although I suspect a million years from now the radio telescope will have become more obsolete than the stone spear is now. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I twirled the remote around in my hands. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z But the people were so remote, the pain so immediate. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z For the moment he had shut his ears to the remoter noises and was listening to the stuff that streamed out of the telescreen. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I grab a remote that’s neatly placed on the glass coffee table and throw myself on a couch that squeaks beneath my bum. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She was as remote and as removed as Heaven. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z But he didn’t remember her coming back like this, cold and remote as the frigid Northern Reach. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I started with my high-school diploma, applying one precious match with a feeling of remote irony, even smiling as I saw the swift but feeble light push back the gloom. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The remote control didn’t work, so Cade left the television tuned to a sports channel with the sound turned down. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Almost none of Ngubase’s testimony bore even a remote resemblance to the truth. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He could barely change the batteries in a TV remote. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Max glides her finger along the buttons of my television remote. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She heads for the stairway, holding a hand to her forehead, and the likelihood of my ever coming to be seems more and more remote. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z From books, the Spaniards knew of many contemporary civilizations remote from Europe, and about several thousand years of European history. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I have seen her, sometimes, when she thinks I’m not looking: her face goes still, remote, unreflecting. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Finals of schoolboy sports, dog racing, strange little competitions in the remoter counties, all these are grist to our hungry mill. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Nunu flopped down next to him and reached for the remote. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z She gave me a remote smile, then started rocking gently back and forth, moving that white crotch of hers against me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z It was the first spontaneous hug she had given her father since her most remote childhood. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z To many Brazilians, Acre seems scarcely less remote—when I first visited, a friend in Rio de Janeiro could hardly believe I was going there. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Then from a remote part of his soul, from the past of his tired life, he heard a sound. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z See if you can reach the remote system. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z It seemed so unreal and remote and fantastic and so totally away from this earth. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Here she was put on another plane, a smaller one—the only one that flew to remote Barrow. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It all seemed remote now and out of place; it made me sad to think about it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z What is more, it gradually moved, with respect to the distant stars, much faster than any remote object could.' Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Any pity Thomas had felt for Gaily, however remote, completely vanished at that statement. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Scaramouche and Wilfred thought I had a remote chance of getting to America, but they both urged me to get a job, preferably one that would allow me time to practise and play in tournaments. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She would sit in her small rocker sucking her finger in the most remote corner of the house. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Without saying another word Blanca handed the remote back and slowly walked into the bedroom. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The White Mountain hotels were a little too dull, a little too remote and expensive, for modern tastes. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Mercy lay on some remote borderland between sleep ing and waking. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z In his systematic fashion he continued to refine the company’s infrastructure and services—and continued to be extraordinarily successful at escorting amateur climbers to the summits of big, remote mountains. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Dad hoisted one of his casts and dropped it on the remote control. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Unlike Easter Island and other remote Polynesian islands, Greenland could not support a self-sufficient food-producing society, though it did support self-sufficient Inuit hunter-gatherer populations before, during, and after the Norse occupation period. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Thus, what most literate people would consider strange lifestyles of remote prehistory are for me the most vivid part of my life. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Njemile picked up the remote, flicking through a couple of other channels. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “This room smells like my grandma’s house,” I start, but Adam turns to me and waves a remote control in my face. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He had to get back where he could merge with the walls and the ceiling, shimmering white, remote from everything. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z With the remote control attached to her hand, she raises her arm toward the TV and mutes the sound. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Calixte had not been wrong in calling Lazlo naïve, but even as remote as such things as lovers were to him, he understood the smile, and the warm tone of her voice. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Each morning there was a delicate period, between six and six-thirty, when there was a chance, however remote, that they could steal another ten or fifteen minutes of sleep. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I studied them closely until they left the train, their shoulders rocking, their heavy heel plates clicking remote, cryptic messages in the brief silence of the train's stop. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry felt the bike drop a little, though the lights down on the ground still seemed remote as stars. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z His own remote ancestor, King Loren of the Rock, had tried to stand against the fire when he joined with King Mem of the Reach to oppose the Targaryen conquest. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She fumbles with the remote for a minute before passing it to me to pause. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z In the end the Sushana River site was sufficiently remote to cost him his life. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The conference room is totally silent when Miss McDaniels stops the footage and puts down the remote. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Bombing was done only by the Taliban, sometimes by remote control, but other times by suicide bombers. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The past now seemed to him to be covered by a veil, extremely remote, very unimportant. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z The second kind is called a remote conditional, from the expression “a remote possibility.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Oshiro didn’t know what was in the bags, but the CIA sent the intelligence gathered from all the remote camps to Washington, DC, for Nixon’s bombing campaign in Cambodia. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z And he stared at Robert, who was slumped over in a La-Z-Boy with a can of Bud in one hand and a remote control in the other, just watching the static on his TV screen. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z I held the Breathalyzer in my hand, a sleek, silver gadget about the size of a small remote control. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z She is a pale, round moth, dusted with eggshell foundation, armed for the day with her banker’s briefcase, purse and remote starter for the leased SUV. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z “My father is at his Pavilion of Solitude,” Sifen said, waving his hand toward a remote building far down the lakeside, “painting as usual.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z We didn’t always get the best teachers, and some of those who came resented being sent to work in what they thought of as a remote and backward place. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Where they disagreed was that Lawrence believed that goal had been reached by the bombing of Japan; Oppenheimer, by contrast, feared that the bombs of August had made it more remote than ever. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It took a thousand years for the idea to catch on in remote and backward Europe. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The clinic where his father was recovering was in a remote part of southern Sudan. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z We were seven trainees in that year’s group and each one of us was being carefully prepared to uphold the majesty of the Shell Company in one or another remote tropical country. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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