He presses his black hat back down onto his head, then removes the derringer from his coat pocket and grasps it in his right fist. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The only one with any right to remove his belongings from Yossarian’s tent, it seemed to Major Major, was Yossarian himself, and Yossarian, it seemed to Major Major, had no right. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

His protection—such as it was—was removed. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I think you are right,” Miss Volker agreed as Mr. Huffer reached into his jacket pocket and removed the medical examiner paperwork and certificate of death. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Yes—try,” repeated Mary gently; and Mary’s hand removed my sodden bonnet and lifted my head. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

As we removed each item of clothing, the guards would grab it, search it quickly, and then throw it in the water. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rémy moves me aside as he helps to remove the screen. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The moon did not give enough light for Tree-ear to see clearly, but when the last vase had been removed, Tree-ear crawled back into the kiln to fetch the lamp. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“They do, however, claim that we are not cultivated and refined to the same extent. To remove this impression, the thought and work of this bureau has been mostly bent from the start.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Then she started weaving something to take the place of the threads she had removed. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Caputo was still pacing and coughing, giving us the evil eye and warning us that if we crossed into the no-go zone of the penthouse suite, he would have us removed from the apartment. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

My father removes his hat and holds it in his thick, farmer’s hands, the palms caked with grime, soil caught beneath the fingernails. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dentist was sympathetic; he had refused to treat Mac unless Mac’s leg irons were first removed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I’d placed the quarter in my inventory, I hadn’t been able to remove it, so I’d never been able to have any divination or identification spells cast on it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I towed the panel away like a redneck removing a tree stump. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rinses and dabs around the inside of my mouth, removing the residue and remnants. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Viennese carpeting was wet beneath the dripping radiators and the mirrors had been removed, leaving ghostly rectangles of plaster and ornamental screws. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But the sister makes the mistake of removing his tunic from the hook and putting it on the trolley, too, so that she should not have to make two journeys. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll have to wait until they remove him or I find my parents. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She’d taken to always carrying The Gold-Bug and the Poe collection of stories with her, too, but because her backpack was so bulky she almost removed them. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And so a great evil of this world will be removed. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The later pages hold the names of the original conspirators, though one name is conspicuously absent, and another has been removed. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

‘But may I beg you to remove that rabbit you sent among us, for he troubles us with his foolishness?’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She finishes arranging her scarf, and then, without removing her hands from it, she says, “Why don’t you borrow this?” and begins to untie it again. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The next night I would remove the ashes and blow on the embers. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marie-Laure removes her knapsack and reaches inside and tears off a hunk of bread. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Our shifts, which had been torn, were removed. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The window was wide open, and the screen, which had been removed, was propped against the bedroom wall. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He removed his negatives and put them away. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She took the RC with gloved hands, removed the cap, and with a small smile of thanks, drank a sip. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her senses were still sharp enough that she could smell the coppery scent of the Suli girl’s blood beneath the cleaner Rotty had used to remove it from the wood. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She removed one of the cloth flowers from her bouquet and twisted it into the top buttonhole of his green suit. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He removed all the drawers he could, carried upstairs everything that could be removed and lifted. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I tried frantically to remove my hand but could not let go. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I keep on my coat, but she removes hers. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He knows that Charles has never seen me like this—that every day all last summer, I rushed home and removed every stain, every smudge, hiding cuts and calluses beneath new clothes and makeup. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I’ve cried a few times, but mostly I’m empty, as if whatever makes me feel and hurt and laugh and love has been surgically removed, leaving me hollowed out like a shell. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Ravenel, South Carolina, was so far removed from the proving grounds of American basketball that it seemed impossible to Ben that excellence could be found among the homegrown boys. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Near the guns lay the cartridge pouches, Jonathan removed one cartridge. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The electronic bracelet was hidden beneath the bed, along with the tools he had used to remove it. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She removed her remaining clothing and put her arm around me. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She opens the door and stands barefoot, removing some sleep from her eye with her fist. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Stuck in a half-finished house surrounded by rotting stumps and wild animals of all sorts, she felt as far removed as ever from the sophisticated life that she envisioned for herself. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The nurse was shaking down the thermometer she had just removed from my mouth. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

As I remove the ball from my glove to toss it back to Cala, it feels like it’s on fire. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“Will you please help our little disappointment carry her things? Her brothers have gotten themselves ill and her parents are dead. I would like all evidence of this fiasco removed as quickly as possible.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“The Dauntless leaders . . . they evaluated my records and removed me from the simulation,” he says. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The headman nodded in appreciation, and one of his wives received the bundle Lee removed from his pack. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

So while she powers down the porch ramp in her motorized wheelchair, I remove the sacks of flour and the sandbag from the running wheelchair. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The septon removed a faceted crystal sphere from the soft cloth bag at his waist. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Now a Juvenile Hall staffer asks the cop to remove your handcuffs. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I swiftly removed the cotton and checked the second layer. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He straightened from a low bow and removed his hood, revealing close-cropped chestnut hair. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And she removed her mask and treated the dying girl face-to-face. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first months, Esteban Trueba was so busy channeling water, digging wells, removing stones, clearing pastures, and repairing the chicken coops and stables that he had no time to think about anything. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Working as best they could in their bulky EVA suits, they removed the various portions of Hab canvas and laid them on the ground. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The recipes for Gey Culture Medium evolved constantly as George and Margaret added and removed ingredients, searching for the perfect balance. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then they pull me from the table, removing the thin robe I've been allowed to wear off and on. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He then removed anything that she might use to do herself harm. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“You’re aware it’s quite late, and it’s well within my power to have security remove you. No member of the royal family has invited you into the palace.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When he reached absently for his wand to remove the smudges, it ignited the parchment. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“I shall remove your gold crown, that’s all,” he said, clearly indifferent. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maribel removes her apron, folds it into a compact square on the counter, and leaves without saying a word. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When still no one moved, the officer very slowly and deliberately removed the pistol from his holster and pointed it at the feet of a man standing near the edge of the crowd. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Weasley looked around and said, “I can’t make it grow back, not when it’s been removed by Dark Magic. But it could have been so much worse....He’s alive.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“The capture of this material,” Groves reported, “would seem to remove definitely any possibility of the Germans making any use of an atomic bomb in this war.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Open the empty ice bucket and remove its thin plastic bag. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She looked around the room, mentally rearranging furniture, throwing out table lamps, removing artificial flowers. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He had returned to his work in 1946, to remove the blinders from the eyes of the black man in the wilderness of North America. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not since the soldiers had come to Boston had Johnny removed his hat when the British flag went by except once when it had been knocked off his head by a soldier. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water had to be strained through gauze to remove the reindeer hair that had gotten into it—the hair had gotten into everything. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He sauntered in, peering over Charles’s shoulder at the tray of chops he’d just removed from the broiler. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He selected a small vial from the shelf and removed the electronic contact lens from a fluid capsule. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Apparently they were not discouraged by the earlier unsuccessful attempt to remove my name from the roll because of my conviction in the Defiance Campaign. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cage was so small that when they tried to remove Joe's wheelchair, the spokes on the chair got caught on the cage, and they couldn't budge it. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She and Felice have tried removing the belt altogether, then fixing it at her navel. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Would they cut the chain and remove him? Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He walked off to his lean-to and removed his vest and hard hat. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The star-filled tunnel has been removed, only a single curtain separates the courtyard from the entrance now. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I said I’m not going,” I repeated, casually going through the stack of newspapers and removing the comic sections. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In these highways of flying men, their tongue forbidden the people of the earth, all fat had been trimmed, all excess removed. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She still hadn’t removed the sticky resin from her body. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He gave a superior sort of chuckle at the blank look on Harry’s face, removed the front page, and handed it to Harry. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He had removed his glasses and looked more vulnerable with his eyes sunken deep in his face. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But what happens when we start removing numbers from the set? Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He could have opened his big fat trunk; removed one of the two hand-embroidered sheets, or even his dressing gown, and covered the girl. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now there seemed to be no rhyme or reason to when the sanitation crews removed bodies. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I removed the saddlebags and set them aside. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Jeet repeated as he removed the daisy from his pocket and handed it to Laney. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Mr. Fitzgibbon was surely aware that some of his crops were being removed. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her old bracelet was too big for her wrist, but after being away from it for so long, she refused to remove it. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“So I went to her house when she was gone,” said LaPautre, “to remove a trap from the lean-to where she keeps them. That’s when it happened.” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Celaena almost fell out of her chair as she removed her feet from the table, and winced at the pain that shot through the wound on her leg. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He informed my parents that my brain was swelling and that he would need to remove part of my skull to give it space to expand. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They unloaded their weapons and removed their small arms. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“For refugees. Once we remove the furniture, we’ll line this ballroom with mattresses.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It’s easy to be judgmental about crime when you live in a world wealthy enough to be removed from it. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It was refreshing for Olanna to be with somebody who was far removed from the circle of friends she had shared with Odenigbo. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She removed the container of salve again from her pack, opened it, and applied it thickly to the gaping slice in her flesh. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

So the doctors in Pakistan removed a piece of my skull to allow the brain to expand. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She sent Victoria to a Turkish woman who specialized in removing unwanted hair. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Provide us with atomic weapons in the shortest possible time. It will remove a great danger from us.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I noticed the red marks of ropes recently removed from their throats. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He was half tempted to remove the ring from her finger, but...Well, there was something peaceful looking about her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

With a trembling hand, I gave the bottle a vicious shake and removed the cork. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

A few signs, briefly removed, returned; the others remained. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Harry, who had no grudge against Krum, shook hands; then, feeling that it would be prudent to remove Krum from Ron’s vicinity, offered to show him his seat. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The city stepped up its efforts to remove garbage and began repaving alleys and streets. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

They removed their raincoats to reveal robes of all colors, all textures. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I’m about to point out that, as his mother, she can’t just leave him, but then I remember that he’s already been removed from her custody. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Mary Lincoln has had Willie’s casket removed from the cemetery, and now father and son will take the long train ride home to their final resting place in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

With strange delicacy, the dog removed the biscuit without touching Ben’s flesh. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

From it he removed and handed to my father several small pouches filled with roots, ointments and bottles containing drops of the grey, misty brew—medicines for all his problems. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

My love for reading removed me from the streets and curtailed my involvement in gangs. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

We removed all of the items and placed them on the table. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It blocked the entrance to the patio, and my mom called the towing company to have it removed. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Even the workmen who removed it said it was the wrong kind of metal. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I know that if I do, it will place another wedge between me and my family that I can never remove. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She’d taken to always carrying The Gold-Bug and the Poe collection of stories with her, too, but because her backpack was so bulky she almost removed them. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Then he removed the .30-30 from the saddle scabbard and walked north, into a faint evening breeze. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There's men removing the old garments behind the pork, Prince O. Why don’t you repair there and change and I'll engage this fine lady til you return so she don’t become listless a-waiting.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Scoob gulped, removed his seat belt, and made his way to the back. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

With her hand on his shoulder, the pencil woman guided him back through the maze into the first room, where she removed the blindfold. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He popped some sunflower seeds into his mouth, deftly removed the shells with his teeth, and spat them into Stanley's hole. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He took all the organs that he had removed and replaced them, respectfully, in the body cavity. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“President Snow used to . . . sell me . . . my body, that is,” Finnick begins in a flat, removed tone. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Anything to carve into the foot and remove whatever was lodged inside. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He halted his horse in a burst of dirt and dust, removed his hat, and with a great sweeping gesture bowed until his head nearly touched the horn of his saddle. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She was already removing her shawl and rolling up her sleeves. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He explained that they were terribly afraid for their feet, so that one must make a practice of lifting the legs and patting the hoofs and ankles to remove their terror. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Time for the speeches,” announced the king as the plates were again removed and everyone looked glum. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The archers followed at a distance, removing their cowls as they hurried after her. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

A needle placed in the small of her back has removed all sensation from her waist to her knees, and given her a blistering headache in the final stages of the delivery. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The muvuki returned to his house to prepare the medicine, and Uncle Kufa removed more gifts from the packs carried by the villagers. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had it in my mind to remove some book with me, which volume might provide entertainment and improvement in my hours waiting upon Dr. Trefusis. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Nor could I remove from my mind the steward’s hateful look when he brought down his sword with the clear intent of killing me. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He removed his shirt, shorts, and underwear, and they were taken away by prison workers. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Celia washes her daughter’s hair and tries to remove the grimy flowered nightgown, which Felicia insists protects her from the sun. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When finally the son came to his senses, his father forgave him and removed each of the nails. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The story went on to state that Mrs. O’Leary had been angered at being removed from the county relief rolls and had sworn to get revenge. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

He carefully removed the bandage on his shoulder, threw the foul-smelling thing in the chamber pot, and replaced the lid before washing his shoulder clean in the hand basin. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He’s making a determined effort to remove the blots from his copybook and keep his affairs in order. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

As Ben agonized over a blank memory, Mr. Loring busied himself by walking around the room removing scraps of paper that were wadded and thrown under each desk in the room. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the morgue, Denise’s mother removed the rock and took it home with her. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They removed the brain, eyes, and spinal cord and dropped them into a jar of preservative. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Barnes removed the third, fourth, and fifth cervical vertebrae from Booth’s neck. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

To remove the writing load from Houseman, they hired a lanky thirty-six-year-old writer named Howard Koch. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

He tears the page from the binding carefully, removing it completely. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“But I can remove this poison from your body.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Sticky removed his spectacles, polished them, and replaced them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I scan the surrounding crowd to make sure no one is watching, then unsling the bag and begin to pass it to Mina to remove whatever she needs for the lady. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He pretended to be removing a splinter from his foot, but he was cautiously scanning the trail and the grass around us. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone stood up, and when I removed my hand, they were all looking at me, as if expecting me to say something. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Then my brother went into surgery for six hours so they could remove the bullets. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

At Fort Sill, his captain made note of Nathan’s faith and vouched that he’d serve as a hospital cleric or chaplain, decently removed from enemy lines. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The heirs, Mrs. English and Mrs. Jarchow, had removed a vanload of clothing and furniture, yet the atmosphere of a house still humanly inhabited had not thereby been diminished. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remove my hat, and hold it awkwardly to my chest. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I’ve always known that removing him from the throne might be harder than putting him there. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

To Casteen, these are steps to remove what he describes as “artificial barriers” to a college education placed in the way of otherwise deserving students. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

From the box she removed a small crossbow not much larger than a pistol. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Mourners removed their shoes at the door, nodded at acquaintances as they crossed the room, and sat on folding chairs arranged along the walls. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then he empties every drawer in the office, removes each file and document. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She never rewarded them and she punished an offender only twice before she removed her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stand there, completely naked, as the three circle me, wielding tweezers to remove any last bits of hair. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The men aren’t shaving carefully and the women never remove their boots. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was an elegant sport, far removed from the cotton fields and outhouses of his youth. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was not an organ of his body that had not been drugged and derogated, dusted and dredged, fingered and photographed, removed, plundered and replaced. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

We demanded to have our leg irons removed, and with the support of the dentist, our guards took them off. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She removed the lid and stuck the scoop into the flour. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hastily, she removed the black bookmark from the pages where it lay. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Our handcuffs were removed; then another guard began to swipe each of us with a handheld retina scanner. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

From the witness stand, Guiteau explained that he bought the gun in order “to remove the President for the good of the American people.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He unscrewed the bottom panel and he removed the burner assembly and disconnected the two burners with a small crescent wrench. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

This blatant disregard of the law outraged the packinghouse owners; future cases were removed to the court of another community where the law was better upheld. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then, holding the struggling Gwin tight, she removed the note from under his collar. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She unties the sash around my slip, undoes the petticoat ribbons, and removes my crinoline. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She removed a folder from the bag and showed me my math, English, geography, history, and science lessons. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jack removes his baseball cap with a flick of his wrist, using its bill to scratch the top of his head. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He reached into his pocket and removed a tied-up handkerchief and held it out. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

By the time the old knight returned to the queen’s rooms atop the pyramid, Prince Quentyn’s corpse had been removed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The prisoners had dug a trench that ran parallel to the wall of the isolation section and had actually removed the pipe altogether. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not one dirt clod more than necessary had been removed from the earth. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“That’s where we met with some friends that helped me switch cars and remove Martin back there from the medical trunk we had to smuggle him out in.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

There should be fifty of them there, unless any have since been removed—as from Dr. Seward’s diary I fear. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

In the classical music world, 80 percent of the information available to the maestros was removed, and lo and behold, the maestros suddenly exercised much better judgment. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Abeg. I’ve heard that before. I still regret that day, my plantain seriously suffered. I think you ate most of them as soon as I removed them from the frying pan.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He pulled his hands out of his coat pockets and removed his gloves. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Her defender, Jamison, removed and unfolded something that she recognized immediately. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Katherine removes the head of a bearded man, shoulders heaving as she searches for any more dead. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He carried the flowers up to the front of the restaurant and removed the cellophane-wrapped platters of the last special from the display window. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

As I went to remove it, I stopped. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He removed the glasses first, then the stew-smeared bowls and the cutlery, and finally he stacked plate on top of plate. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Instead he rose from the kitchen table, went to the cupboard where the canned goods were kept, and removed a quart can of peaches. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He removed a cigar box from under the bed and rummaged about in it. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Count on it, or you can remove any one of the fingers on my own clean hands. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

They had seen how quickly Papa was removed, and they knew now that he would not be back for quite a while. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it’s water all the same, so I carry the buckets outside, remove my shirt and dump what’s left over my arms, head, and chest. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The cuffs are removed and a door slams closed behind me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

A mistake in calculation spoiled the one she considered the most effective: removing the mothballs that Rebeca had put in her wedding dress before she put it away in the bedroom dresser. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Four tall girls arose from different tables, and going round, gathered the books and removed them. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Even after the Central High School registrar came out to announce on a microphone that we had been removed, not everyone believed her. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When a new book arrives, my first task is to remove the wrapping, a process that involves scissors and more than one broken nail. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

No one had ever suggested to me how to go about removing the evils of racial prejudice, and I had to learn by trial and error. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the handbag the captain removes an address book, a stack of letters, and a woman’s compact. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She kicked off her sandals, unbuttoned her blouse and removed it, unfastened her skirt and stepped out of it and went to the basin wall. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

As he removed and cleaned and checked the gear, he took the wetter things topside to dry in the sun, which was now beating down on the still boat like a broiler element. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She blushed, she dropped the removed truss, she stepped back on a stack of irrigation basins—and her feet went out from under her. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He wanted to remove Hamilton and Karl Marx and William from his mind. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When the tube in my throat was removed, I had had another call with my father—one where I could actually speak. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She removed her apron, smoothed back her hair reflexively, and followed him out of the apartment; they progressed down the hall with huge, eager strides. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

During the night the nameplate of each new Twelve had been removed by the Maintenance Crew and replaced with the style that indicated citizen-in-training. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I removed my gloves and kneaded my chapped hands. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Their testimony is very important, because they were the only members of the family who lived completely removed from the three-legged table, protected from magic and spiritualism by their rigid English boarding school. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the tree and grass cover removed, erosion proceeded and valleys silted up, while irrigation agriculture in the low-rainfall environment led to salt accumulation. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I stole the wand from its last master’s tomb! I removed it against its last master’s wishes! Its power is mine!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He handed the bucket to Curzon, who removed a long parsnip peel. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He quickly removed the workpads and sat down to read through them. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

They removed their white camouflage suits, revealing British military uniforms. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the second case, the issue was the exclusion orders that removed us from our homes and sent us inland. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

My granddaughter once asked me how I managed to live alone for so long far removed from civilization. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just a little cosmetic procedure. Like getting a mole removed.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

An offering of woodlice will placate the Bowtruckle long enough to let a witch or wizard remove wand-wood from its tree. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

To drink it, the priestess had to remove her veil, and Selmy was reminded of just how old she was. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

An hour later, when the hole was mended and Frightful’s jesses removed, Molly and Jose were walking across the Delhi Bridge. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

In fact, we can remove an infinite number of elements from the set of whole numbers—we can delete the odd numbers, for example—and the size of the set remains unchanged. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Outside there were men who’d been hired to remove the family’s possessions. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

With a sudden flourish, he produced the poisoned pin Powers had removed from the silver dollar. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Yossarian put aside the musette bag from which he had begun removing his toilet articles and braced himself suspiciously. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

And our own latrine, which was only one step removed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

El Gran Misterio was removing his costume, hanging it in the closet, and Moss laughed. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Without being assigned, without removing their boots, without baths and delousing and hospital pajamas, they were climbing onto the beds. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Now that I was removed from Jasper’s and Edward’s influence, I began to make up for not being terrified before. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Come to the solarium. You may remove your shoes.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Good night, Mama,” Lillian’s children called as she went to her room and began removing hidden presents. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since I had my burlap feed sack already with me, I used it as a container, removing the four eggs first. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Instead, I reached into my book bag, removed a pack of cigarettes, lit one, and exhaled. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

With fumbling fingers, I remove the padlock and lay it by my feet. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Tessie and I lay in our chairs, listening to wax being violently removed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Still howling, Bull was trying to remove his shoe to survey the damage. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

For his part, he misses Henry’s bed, Henry’s body, Henry and a place a few thousand miles removed from the factory line of the campaign. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The crowd shouted again as another soldier lifted the King’s head freshly removed from his neck. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The essential agreement reached at Philadelphia in 1787, Baldwin claimed, was the decision to remove slavery in the southern states from any influence by the northern states. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The arena has lightened enough for me to remove my glasses. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Its isolation made it not simply another prison, but a world of its own, far removed from the one we had come from. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I copied their technique of pulling up yellow-green stalks, removing the outer layer, and crunching on surprisingly tasty chives. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“This is so ridiculous,” Mary Anne said, removing her glasses and wiping them off with a Kleenex. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having removed this impediment, and lifted certain silvery envelopes of tissue paper, she merely exclaimed— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

As Phillip Swagel, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, put it, “We want to give people all the opportunities they want. We want to remove the barriers to upward mobility.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Haircuts for all the Tens, with the little girls losing their braids, and then the sweepers coming quickly to the stage to remove the shorn hair. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She waves to a nearby servant, who steps forward to remove large sections of Charlotte's hair. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

But the final protection, my roomy, my discreet boxer shorts, these I do not remove. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Somewhere in the retelling, the swimming suits the participants actually wore were removed from the story and the innocent diversion became a nude debauch. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the glass was removed, thin red beams of light hit the lamp. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Last of all, she reached into a pot and removed—a roll of paper. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He unbuttons his blue jeans, and removes his olive T-shirt. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The servants remove her dress, the corset and crinoline, and stockings and gloves. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Omakayas removed the packet, and tried to remember what to do next. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

At the start of the third week, our Blockdlteste was removed; he was judged too humane. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gypsy girl removed the starched lace corsets she had on and there she was, changed into practically nothing. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The pieces would be removed from the kiln under cover of darkness. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

"We'll remove the nose airlock, the windows, and Hull Panel Nineteen." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She placed her sandwich on her napkin and removed the top slice of bread. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Anna removed her shoe and beat the heel against the door. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Carefully, she lifted the plastic page and removed the photograph of Amanda sitting in her little baby seat. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

If they could remove her somehow, one of the others could take her place. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The doctors were going to remove a chunk of cartilage from one of my right ribs and use it to rebuild my face, they said. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

‘And also very much out of your reckoning. We are just going up the Hill to remove your precious Boss. We have dealt with his Men.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

As long as the sun wasn't out yet, he removed his cap and used it to help protect his hands. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

"Of course, of course," she said, going to a cabinet and removing a decanter and a set of glasses in which she poured about an inch of clear liquid. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sister Monroe was struggling with his coat, and the men had all but picked her up to remove her from the building. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

One night I removed his diaper while he held the tub’s rim. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She removed a scrap of paper that had a three-by-three grid drawn on it with the message Fly into flamingo theater, enter empty nest. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I wiped my hands on my napkin before removing the photos. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

The sons had removed their hats for the meal. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

This had to be removed before he could be released. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I went over to the stack and lifted the top two boxes so she could remove the third one. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He removed the cap and set it on the cushion beside him. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

She was impeded by her own Shield Charm; by the time she had removed it he had already stormed into the night. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Now that I’d removed the device, there would be no digital record of what happened to me from this moment forward. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The rest of him reappeared a few minutes later, removing a couple blankets, which he folded neatly and placed aside. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The boys grumbled some more but sat in the grass to remove their shoes, clap them together to rid them of the dirt. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She didn’t even bother to remove her shoes. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Kote fingered the buttons of his shirt for a moment, then decided against removing it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sitting on the floor, Eva played with her set of colorful nesting dolls, removing one hollowed-out and brightly painted doll from inside the other, while everyone waited for someone to speak. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

In sections, display case after display case sits vacant, little shapes on their felted shelves marking the silhouettes of whatever has been removed. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

When others took up European intellectuals’ books and histories, images of Indian freedom exerted an impact far removed in time and space from the sixteenth-century Northeast. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He removed a section of both fallopian tubes, tied the ends of the tubes, and sutured them shut. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I remove my cloak and turn it inside out, letting the black lining show instead of the red exterior. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Mulch had removed his earpiece, slipping it into his pocket. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Doc removed something that looked like a big metal key from a basket and handed it to Jay. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The men had removed their hats and stood waiting for her, smiling. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I hated to remove my red panama hat. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

A black gun cursed to kill every time it was removed from its holster, and if you didn’t pick your target, it would pick one for you. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When I finished my run, I pulled off my visor and began removing my haptic suit. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She could not leave his presence when he was there, nor remove her eyes from his face, which was something like Napoleon’s, with a lock of black hair failing across the forehead. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

I fuss with my hair, removing the silk scarf and trying to pull the mess of frizzy curls up into a Belle-bun. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Security. It would set off an alarm if he were removed from the building.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Let any obstructing cause, no matter what, be removed in any way—even by death—and we fly back to first principles of hope and enjoyment. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

But now, now there is a different person standing next to her, much more present, as if a barrier has been removed between them. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I wiped it down, making sure to remove clods of dried mud and clumps of grass from the undercarriage and chipping the dried dirt off the pictures of the rabbit and the turtle. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a strategy designed to remove the individual from the struggle, allowing him to live a narrowly defined life outside of politics. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

An officer and two soldiers later removed the children’s mother from the ship and killed her. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the intelligence tent, Corporal Kolodny was already removing the maps of Bologna from the navigation kits. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“The Old Man of the Moon said you would not be able to fly until the ball was removed from your head,” Minli told him. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He put his pencil down, shut off the beam of light, removed the adhesive patch from her cheek. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He removes the headset and eases past Volkheimer to open the back door. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She removed her hijab and took in a quick breath. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Kote slowly removed his shirt, grimacing and sucking his breath through his teeth as the dried blood stuck and tugged against the wounds. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“No. How very easily alarmed you are!” he answered, removing his cloak and hanging it up against the door, towards which he again coolly pushed the mat which his entrance had deranged. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He could see the policemen removing handcuffs from their belts, and finally the pain and the terror grew too much. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

To fulfil this destiny, as he conceived it, he believed that it would be necessary to remove all Jews - and all trace of Jewish culture - from the German Reich. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The sole grievance and alloy thus removed in the prospect of Harriet’s welfare, she was really in danger of becoming too happy for security.—What had she to wish for? Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

I am not going to be healed, or to find the arm that was removed from me. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lamb produced the bullet, removed from the body during the autopsy, and it was shown to the jury. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The men removed their hats and caps, the woman wearing the apron folded her hands beneath it. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Any harm done to a man must be of the kind that removes any fear of revenge. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

As she lifted the plank, Pinmei saw a stone had been removed from the floor to create a hiding space for a small jar. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

When it finally died, I removed the roots from the soil, washed them, and buried them in a corner of the garden. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celaena set down her candle, removed her cloak, and emptied her pockets. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

His hands clutch at my shirt and I am removing it and then I remember, I remember that I am small and flatchested and sickly pale, and I pull back. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

While still at home they had removed all identification on their cases as well as their clothing. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The United States demanded Diem remove his brother from power, and laid out the consequences if he did not. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The man slipped his hand into his pocket, removed a ring of keys, and deftly unlocked the case, sliding out a mirrored base on which the necklace rested. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He removed the green cap and revealed thick black hair plastered to his skull with Vaseline in the style of the 1920s. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It crumbled to dust as she removed her foot. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They sat on what was once Cherokee land, he said, the land of their red fathers, until the president decided otherwise and ordered them removed. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The three girls moved to a mound of palm fronds, carefully removing them to reveal a rickety wooden trebuchet made of bamboo and counterweighted with coconuts. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Then Elnora made me remove my clothing, and she examined all my limbs and fingered the heartbeat in my wrist. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He removed the finished pages from his satchel and stowed them safely in the heavy wooden chest of drawers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When I came here as a child, he would always remove the bullets as soon as he walked in the door. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Hang on,” she gasps, pausing and hopping on one foot as she removes a shoe. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She leans over my shoulder and lifts a dusty rag, one of my old cloth diapers, to remove a tape measure hidden underneath. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

When she tried to remove it, she noticed that the cocoon had begun to unravel in the hot liquid. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

What creatures would come into view if all the greenery were removed? Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The surgery had been to remove the “buttonhole” on his neck. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Eventually von Linden took possession of my recipe cards, my chains were removed, and I was thrown back into my cell. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The doctors didn’t remove the bullet, deeming it unsafe, so it remained lodged in Roosevelt’s fourth rib, just an inch away from his right lung. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Jupiter removes the apron and hangs it on a hook. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Remarkably, considering its startling toxicity, lead solder was not removed from American food containers until 1993. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

After a long piece of his intestine was removed, Dad confounded everybody by going back to work in a month. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Edwin pulled out a key and turned Cole roughly around to remove his handcuffs. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

And, removing a pack from his front shirt pocket, Joe lit a weed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Running the blade of her finger beneath her eyes to remove the last of her tears, she sniffed a few times and raised her chin. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When the chaplain had finished, the colonel took the pad back and held it up alongside a sheet of paper he removed from a folder. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He stood her up then and pulled her close to remove the last of her silks. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She also had an eyebrow ring, a little silver thing that the stroke judges made her remove before she could compete. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Righting himself, he removes his hat and mops his brow. dud: Here, I’m getting a bit bored with this. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

The boy had removed his red hat and bowed politely. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Llewellyn, coming after it, had failed to remove the good impression that the defending counsel had made. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The Communist Party’s main aim, on the other hand, was to remove the capitalists and to replace them with a working- class government. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once inside, the captain removed his cloak and hung it from a peg, so as not to leave puddles on the threadbare Myrish carpet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The officer who responded had a reputation for being aggressive, and he forcefully removed George from the home. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He removed a slim volume from under the counter. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She carefully takes it in her right hand and sweeps it over my head while she recites a quiet prayer asking God to remove the evil eye and keep me under his protection. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

She said she wanted to live somewhere removed, detached, where neighbors wouldn’t stare at her belly, point at her, snicker, or, worse yet, assault her with insincere kindnesses. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I’m just about to step forward and lift her down when she opens her eyes, removes her left hand from the pole, and in one graceful movement swings around so she’s facing the audience. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

My eyes flood with tears as Dr. Wells removes the bandages and inspects his handiwork. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Ugwu removed the palm fronds piled on top of Odenigbo’s car, but each time she turned the key, the engine wheezed and died out. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Don't take too long,” Mrs. Levy said while she was going through the heaving and lifting process that was necessary to remove one’s body from the sports car. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cole removed his shoes and flung them ashore, then obediently he vaulted over the side into hip-deep water. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Kvothe closed the window’s shutters while Chronicler removed his shirt; there were bandages stripping the backs of his arms from where he had been wounded by the scrael three nights ago. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I remove my brown shirt, a shirt that was yellow when I hurriedly dressed six days ago. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As quietly as I could, I removed the screen from my window, set it against the wall, climbed into the flowerbed outside, and slid the storm window shut behind me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The wood had made everything seem far off, not only removed in distance but in time, too. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The alchemist removed the pan from the fire, and set it aside to cool. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the shelf from which it had come, she proceeded to remove, one by one, all the other books, wiping carefully behind each one to the dark-stained wood at the back of the case. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Eddie then tiptoed to the front, opened Brother September’s briefcase, and removed the Sunday Times of that day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grins as he lowers the bull hook, and removes his top hat. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She removes my hand, places it back on my knee, and then gives my crotch an experimental squeeze. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He carefully removes it and flips it over. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Deeper in, men worked to adeptly remove the large arteries and segment the limbs. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I insisted that the warder who had beaten Ganya be removed from the island. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And they watched it when he removed it from his pocket and held it out to them. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

They ordered some people to remove their clothing and took that, too. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She removed her hand and peered into my eyes. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scythe Faraday opened the vial and carefully removed the pill. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

There’s a coconut sprinkle stuck to the side of my lips, but it’s too late to remove it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Finally, she “content-filtered” the slices, which means she removed the high-frequency sounds from speech that enable us to recognize individual words. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it was simply that he was too far removed from the people and from whatever was going on up there in Milagro— A car honked. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shoto removed the Beta Capsule from his inventory and held it out to me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Our daughter was trapped in the trunk of your son’s car, while she was removing the dynamite Red had stored there.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember thinking that they had removed from us everything that we owned. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cara removes her glasses and snaps them in half at the bridge. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Janie, Mikayla’s best friend, raised her hand and explained that she, too, believed in animal rights and must be removed from the experiment. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I respectfully ask the website Dat Cloud to remove ‘On the Come Up’ from their catalog. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the naive foreigners thought that removing us from the war would lessen our hatred for the RUF. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Julian cautiously removed the stick, and I disentangled myself. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

But she removed the thorn and cleaned the wound. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Almost immediately, Gordievsky removed his shoes and handed them to one of the agents. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“One cannot remove the worm without destroying the apple.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

How did Officer Cruise remove him from the car? The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The team removed some cartilage from my ribs and partially rebuilt the bridge of my nose. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

She was wearing coveralls and a sleeveless faded shirt and slowly removed them along with the cloth from her head. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sheepishly glanced over at him as he carefully removed old tape from a box and pulled the top back like the Mona Lisa might be inside. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

There were a couple long seconds of silence, then, “In the name of Jesus, I remove you evil spirit of rage and send you to the Cross.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He had demanded payment in real five-pound notes, which were to be handed over before the timber was removed. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

They stand there staring at each other, fifteen days removed from Henry swearing at the ceiling of Alex’s bedroom and unsure how to proceed. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was always forgetting to put film in the camera or turn on lights or remove the cover from the lens opening. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Blue light streamed out of it, and she removed a pair of yellow rubber boots. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man by the boulder was certainly in need of healing, so she removed the containers from Baba Joseph’s pack and gave the injured prophet as much as he could swallow. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were quickly removed from code school and assigned to be ordinary Marines. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

A complex man—as those caught between eras often are—Spaulding removed the grinning mask of servility, but could never quite put it aside. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

That night two gardeners, who refused to look at Matt, removed his bed. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He removed the dirty card from the ragged envelope. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

With an extravagant bow, the tattletale removed herself. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Princesse slowly removed the checkered blouse of her school uniform, followed by a spotless white undershirt she wore to keep her blouse from getting stained with sweat. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She removed her helmet and cowl as she walked. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

From my backpack, I removed a clean set of clothing and put it on. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They elevated me from all littleness of feeling, and although they did not remove my grief, they subdued and tranquillised it. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet, now the paper was invisibly fastened in the book, with only a thin line, like a scar, showing that it had ever been removed. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder at the fate there of Mr. Turner, whether he is fled; and whether Sip of the orchestra was removed with the Army and the Tories. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Later, he mounted her and relieved himself with wordless haste, fully dressed save for his tumban, not removed but pulled down to the ankles. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The doctors and nurses conferred in the corridor for a minute and decided they would put me under general anesthetic and remove the splints that way. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The plant specialized in pork products, and for eight hours a day I stood on a quarter-mile assembly line—more properly, a disassembly line—removing blood clots from the necks of dead pigs. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man was clad in his bed robe, but around his throat was the chain collar of his order: A maester did not remove it even to sleep. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Bill had hidden under the table, and we had removed his place and chair so she wouldn’t realize he was missing. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

While the corn finished roasting, I removed the chicken from the grill and set it aside to rest. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Turner removed his pipe and answered: “Yeah, and you see how Ah did swell up too, didn’t yuh? You tell Tea Cake he better be keerful Ah don’t swell up again.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

His mother removes the white cloth covering him, leaving him naked. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Hidden behind the organ, I carefully pulled the lid from the small wooden box and removed the top layer of straw. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

At some point, either then or later, the agency quietly removed items from the collection. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She had colored her hands purple with washable markers that Gregor thought maybe a sandblaster could remove, and her diaper sagged down around her knees. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He removed his dark shades, put on his reading glasses, and took the bedtime book from the shelf. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“You’re hurting me,” she gasped, but he would not stop moving until they were well removed from that place and she could no longer hear the intoxicating music. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ran to the back door and saw Morris Ditmer get off his cycle, remove his helmet, and come to the back door. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘A mouse is but one step removed from a rat. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until I got in Mama’s car that I removed the wrapping and revealed the shoebox-sized, smooth wooden box with a hinged lid and tarnished metal clasp. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Avery fiddled with the experiment as only a microbiologist could, growing the bacteria in various cultures, adding beef-heart broth, removing contaminant sugars, and growing the colonies on plates. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

We were never burned, although once I might have been when I was so terrified I tried to jump onto the stove to remove the possibility of its remaining a threat. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She removes the bullet and treats the injury with antiseptic. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

That removed the last serious barrier between Alaska and Patagonia for modern humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He took out the bottle of whiskey while they removed their soiled, wrinkled jackets. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Martin rests against the edge of her desk, removes her cap, then runs a hand over her head. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

A nurse sent Briony to remove the dressing and clean the leg wound of a corporal lying on a stretcher near the door. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Later at work he had to remove a red tip photinia from someone’s yard, and its root was enormous. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

They eased him into the back of a horse-drawn ambulance and onto a pile of mattresses removed from a train car and put there to absorb the jolts. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Lena opened the pantry, removing a broom and dustpan, and left the room. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“I’ll admit that this Frankenstein Complex you’re exhibiting has a certain justification—hence the First Law in the first place. But the Law, I repeat and repeat, has not been removed—merely modified.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

French officials made sure that French markings on the cannon were removed in case the British captured them in battle. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She removed the lid from the bottle and dumped the spider out. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then I removed the remaining volumes to my own chamber. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Mark carefully removed himself from the stairs and went to the basement door. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

They’d spend hours in the attic, removing and polishing the brass panels until they shone like new. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The bowl and spoon rattled and he removed them to the sink. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Finally, Alex turned off the machine, then removed the back and hid the folded paper in the battery compartment. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

To make sure, he removed his finger from the stone. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

As I served the hot chocolate and tidied the chamber, Madam rubbed her face with Venetian Bloom Water beauty wash, said to remove wrinkles. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I haven't removed the chunk of hull from the trailer yet. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She found a number of large grasshoppers, pulled off the heads to remove the guts, and roasted them on a flat stone over the fire. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

With her other hand she removes the dagger, the bloodied playing card fluttering down. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Knowing Kathy kept the freezer stocked with meat and vegetables, he leaned down and removed two steaks, quickly closing the door to keep the finite cold from escaping. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The guilty party was standing there watching Mrs. Moss remove my gifts, and she did not make a peep. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Jaime removed the cord from around her neck, held her upside down and dangled her in the air, and with two resounding slaps introduced her into the suffering of life and the mechanics of breathing. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to help the writhing, sweating girl remove her shoe. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Still, when August removed the lids, the bees poured out in thick black ropes, breaking into strands, a flurry of tiny wings moving around our faces. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gently removed my hand from his arm—I hadn’t even realized it was still there—and strode off. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Popper had removed all the stranger objects, leaving only the marbles and checkers, so that Captain Cook now had a nice, orderly little rookery. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

The hardcore officers would sometimes make me remove my shoes before going inside. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He lumbers out and removes the little scissors hanging from a clip on his waist. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Even before the government’s efforts to remove it, Sophiatown held a symbolic importance for Africans disproportionate to its small population. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward, wanting to give thanks for my safe return, I took Goodwife Peregrine’s pouch from around my neck, and removed my mother’s cross of lead. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He collected some blood from his patient and drew off the serum, which is a clear, golden-colored liquid that remains when the red cells are removed from the blood. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a month, the bandages were removed, but the scars were still deep red. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

His silence on the slavery question was strategic, believing as he did that slavery was a cancer on the body politic of America that could not at present be removed without killing the patient. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Train Ear removed Cool Papa Byrd’s hat from his head. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Parts of the structure were used as a vocational shop until the roof burned down in 1984, when the building was permanently closed—boarded up and fenced in though, inexplicably, not removed. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He started to remove it now—for the first time and doubtless the last. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four years later the revolutionaries removed the French king’s head. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Uhmma and I remove our shoes and step off the sidewalk. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Anyway, removing the cells was simple, and the Hab can spare them. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He removes his glasses, letting Malcolm and the desk officer blur. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He removed my cap and mussed my hair. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Again the trespassers had methodically removed every survey marker and filled in the stake holes. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today, all those who have not had the smallpox were removed for inoculation and sequestration in the hospital. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Afterward Prince Duncan helped him to his feet and removed his helm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The tall man slid gracefully from his garron, removed his peculiar hat, and bowed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When he removes his hands, a copy of the top of the fractal shield floats above the cube. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He must be a Dauntless leader—or maybe a recruit who was removed from the simulation. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

After quietly retrieving it, they unrolled the yarn, removed the agent messages hidden inside, and took them to Washington’s headquarters. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know what to expect as the guard removed his handcuffs outside the meeting room and let him walk in alone. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Out of his pants pocket, he removes an envelope. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When they all removed to Brighton, therefore, you had no reason, I suppose, to believe them fond of each other?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

He removed the boards, then lifted the heavy box up onto the floor. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rubbing one foot against the other, I remove the layers of red mud to expose my small, wrinkled toes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pictured Old Chao, endlessly removing the last soda from the soda machine. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Angel tearfully removed her T-shirt while Jordan watched. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kehaar detected them by smell and removed them exactly as he might have picked spiders out of a crack. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doctors removed as much as they could. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I took out my cleansing cream and rubbed it on my hands and face to remove the stain. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Most simply tell me what they remember. Later, I record events in the proper order, remove the unnecessary pieces, clarify, simplify, that sort of thing.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Clean up the patient and sickroom to remove noxious odors. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

I forge ahead: "We could remove the red lava rock heap. There's dirt under there. I checked. Think of it a courtyard with sunflowers." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

As casually as possible, she shifted the book deeper into her backpack while she removed her notebook. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

After removing each strip, Dr. Grossman passed it through a meshing device that perforated it with tiny holes so that it could be stretched to cover a larger area. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Well, you’re welcome to join us, Ms. Brennan, or even just to keep observing. But in this dojo we do ask that you remove your shoes.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

An infection spiked up and he was rushed to the emergency room downtown where a two-inch section of his tibia and fibula was removed. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

When they leave the roof and I’m alone with Day, I remove my cape and kneel down to see his face better. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

On the Monday after the West Charleston game, Ogden Loring stopped in front of Ben’s desk, removed his glasses and began cleaning them with his silk paisley tie. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The physician removes the bandage from my head. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Augustus reached into the center console, flipped open a full pack of cigarettes, and removed one. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

But he removed his hand and signaled for her to remain silent. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He disconnected the braided flexline and removed the aluminum spiders from the burners and put one of them in the pocket of his coat. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

People of my father’s generation sometimes showed off having passed through the initiation by carving scars into their foreheads and removing their lower teeth, but that tradition has almost disappeared. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moore’s local doctor referred him to David Golde, a prominent cancer researcher at UCLA, who said that removing his spleen was the only way to go. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She searched through a cabinet and removed a handful of glass slides, and carried them into another room, where a microscope sat on a table. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t believe her only role in this quest would be what Nico had warned her of—removing the obstacle waiting for them in the House of Hades. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Two of the women came today to return the clothing removed yesterday. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“I refuse to remove myself from this property until James Daley is arrested for the murder of my friend.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The other woman carefully removes the lid from the basket before taking out a flute of her own and adding a countermelody to the first. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Far from grand but not too horrible, either, like a pebble underneath your sock that’s not quite large enough to bother removing. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He removed a paper packet from the box, ripped open the edge, and shook out the see-through patch. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

From it he removed a small packet wrapped in pinkish butcher paper. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Then he passed me out his glasses and clothing as he removed them: T-shirt, trousers, socks, shoes. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both groups set to removing the windows, prying them out of their casings with the long bars. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Varangian walked to a tree and removed a rope that had been tied to a branch. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He removes his hat and presses it to his chest. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

While Clara was removing the books, she remembered the great earthquake, and it seemed to her that she had already lived this moment. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girls removed the ammo and tossed the guns as far into the jungle as they could sling them. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

A line of pilots began to form at the opposite end of the room, many of them removing their shoes and socks. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As part of their expedition in 1990, Rob Hall and Gary Ball spearheaded an effort that removed five tons of garbage from Base Camp. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

But when the car stopped after about thirty minutes and his blindfold was removed, he panicked. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He removed his wristwatch, slipped it into his pocket, and stepped up to the foul line. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The GSS Museum exhibit was coded so that it was impossible to remove any of the items on display, so the trophies could not be “collected.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He pointed to my father and called out, “Someone remove this drunkard from the floor. He’s ruining my show!” The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Angie grabbed them and wasted no time opening the bag and removing a sugar cookie decorated like a Christmas tree. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

In his shadow state, he hovers over us, a thousand times removed. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

So when this guy Zed approached Grandma and Joey at the gym and said, “Hey, Joey! It’s Zed, your second cousin once removed,” Grandma was thrilled. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was suddenly worried that they’d decided to totally remove all of my baking supplies from the house as part of my grounding. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

At his insistence she was removing her clothes, and at such speed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It is almost impossible to say anything that can console you at this difficult hour and remove the deep clouds of disappointment which are floating in your mental skies. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I remove the fabric to find a portrait of my mother, who stares up at me from the center of the leather. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

In 1971 it was decided that one of the four microbiology experiments must be removed, and the Wolf Trap was off-loaded. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The piano strings had been removed, and in their place were more books. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Emily removed a copy and squeezed it between her hands, breathing in the paper smell. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The lavanderia is undergoing restoration to remove a thick layer of dirt that covers its northern end, brought about by some long-ago mudslide. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

These important studies establish the fact that the insecticidal poison affects a generation once removed from initial contact with it. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

If loggers or farmers clear away the vegetation, they also remove the local supply of nutrients. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He removed his tunic, hung it carefully on a wall hook, and put on the volunteer’s smock that was folded on a shelf. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

About ten oclock he’d come in Thompson’s, get two cups of coffee, sit down and take his socks out of his pocket and remove his shoes and put them on while the coffee cooled. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She removed her thick-framed glasses and began to rub her eyes. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And in fact, there are precedents for such a case, including one in which a woman successfully had her father’s DNA removed from a database in Iceland. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

As the new cathedral was to be much larger, many houses were removed and even part of the bishop’s palace was torn down. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

Oblivious to the charms of the moonlight, Agent Jones stood outside the volcano compound, removed his gloves, and lit up his last cigarette of the night. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He watched the man remove water bottles and maps. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chris was trying to remove a blank, sealed envelope from his bathrobe pocket. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not move; it was only the hand, the hand gone before I realised that it had been removed. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fadi rolled the foil off his steaming chicken and, without much interest, removed the plastic silverware from its protective plastic bag. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I reached up and cupped one of the breasts, feeling the cold, rough stone in my palm, and I quickly removed my hand to cover my mouth in a fit of giggles. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After twenty minutes, she removes the rollers and leaves me with a head full of small ringlets instead of my old straight hair. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nicholson removed a flake of tobacco from his tongue with his fingers. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

She stripped away the green, resinous wood, pausing to remove a splinter from her thumb. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ron lay on the bed without moving, watching Harry struggle to remove it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Evelyn removes her glove fingertip by fingertip, reaches across the gap, and shakes. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

My passport was now filled with stamps from dozens of different countries, and I had never been asked to remove my hijab at an airport for security. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He removed one of his hands from the pole and waved it back and forth in front of his face. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He removed the small black Bible from his coat pocket and kissed it unself-consciously before placing it at the rear of the table. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

So over the next year, Della Mae Justice and her husband got custody of both children and went back to Pikeville, only 150 miles away but far removed from their life in Lexington. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

She rummaged through the shelf, pushing books this way and that, removing small wooden boxes and grunting when she opened them. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“I shall retire for a few moments’ peace,” Mrs. Horsepool- Worthingham announced as she removed the sherry bottle from the pantry. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

As he removes his riding gloves, he makes a show of saying hello to the cast and crew, most of whom he knows well. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a tear in it, and we need to surgically remove it before infection sets in. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Alone at last, I remove the blackout screen...and a new day begins in the Annex. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

"Just the bare bones. A hardware self-check. It's got a lot of 'nonfunctional' systems, 'cause they were on the panels Watney removed." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd continued to boo as guards entered the arena to remove the prisoner’s remains, tendrils of smoke still curling from his ruined flesh. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

McWatt would occasionally join them, and often Aarfy, who always arrived pudgily in full uniform and never removed any of his clothing but his shoes and his hat; Aarfy never went swimming. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

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

Finally, he removed a key from his pocket, unlocked the top drawer of his desk, and took out a single sheet of yellow stationery and a matching envelope. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

When he saw me he removed his delicate half- glasses from his bridgeless boxer’s nose. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She removes the pails from her plank and hits at something on the grassy bank. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The plates and glasses got steamed to remove any spots or grime left from the night before. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She then removes her gloves and tosses them one by one on the crumpled jacket as well. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I know that when Mother had removed the gauze that morning, she’d found that his ears were so burned, the skin so glutinous, they had fused to the syrupy tissue behind them. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We considered paying villagers to remove the peacock snails that were harming our willows. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

When her parents came to the city, he’d disappear to a hotel, removing all traces of himself from the apartment. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Denna removed her shoes and danced lightly through the shadows, delighting in the feel of the grass beneath her feet. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was no secret that Hitler considered them “parasites” and wanted to remove them from public life in Germany. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He removed his tunic and went to the bed. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Once candies begin to melt and spread, remove from the oven. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

She removes my shoes and replaces them with silk house socks that button along my ankles. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I reached down to remove it and saw a sticker on the coin mechanism: tokens only. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It is helpful to look at counterparts from a distant place and a century far removed. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nana removed her hand but kept peering at me, a worried look on her face. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Letters called for the FCC to remove Welles and CBS from the air, fine them, or assume control of all radio broadcasts because the networks had shown themselves to be irresponsible. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

She was not intending to remove the gauze, but as she loosened it, the heavy sterile towel beneath it slid away, taking a part of the bloodied dressing with it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“You hush,” she says, removing her seat belt and rotating her seat all the way around so it’s facing the live-in part of the RV. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Had he next proceeded to remove his head in the same mysterious way I should not have been further surprised,” Mudgett wrote. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The desecrated poster had been removed and the wall scrubbed clean. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The interior is dim, illuminated by a string of red bulbs that casts a warm glow on the woman methodically removing her clothes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Before Becky could remove her bonnet, Madam shuffled into the kitchen. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Irregular jobs, such as painting the back porch or removing a stump from the front lawn, were awarded on a low-bid basis. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew her breasts were admired by the boys in Santa Teresa del Mar. Finally, Madame Thibaut insisted that Felicia remove her skirt and panties. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arize paused as she removed a translucently pale egg from inside the chicken. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dad removed the seats, except the two in front, and in their place he put a queen mattress; then he heaved himself onto it and didn’t move for the rest of the drive. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A powerful steam engine had arrived at the fire and had simply removed Anderson’s hose from its water plug. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

We learned that wildlife, like deer and butterflies, depend on native plants for survival, and if we remove the bushes and small trees along our coastlines, then hurricanes could cause increased coastal erosion. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“The Oakland Police Department is also ceasing its pilot program at West Oakland High as of this morning. The metal detectors will be removed by the end of the week.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

One pond that had been treated with DDT to remove unwanted shiners remained so poisonous through repeated drainings and flushings that it killed 94 per cent of the sunfish with which it was later stocked. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

People who’d come here from other lands—and there were many of them—would frown at the rag, or even reach up to remove it. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He removed the cover from Gollum’s head and set him on his feet, standing behind him to support him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“I threw it away. It was tied in such a complicated manner that I couldn’t remove it quickly. An invisible must always be able to dis robe in an instant, or his power is useless!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He had gone so long without removing his work boots, that when he took them off, the skin of his feet came off with them. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Maybe, we thought, whites will finally remove apartheid from sports. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to remove her hand from my belly, but I know she’ll get mad again. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Uncle Maury straddling his legs before the fire must remove one hand long enough to drink Christmas. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through them, I am connected; I have close relatives, once removed, all over the place. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He removed his shoes and set them by the door. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He removes his hand and there, sitting in the center of Alex’s callused palm, is the signet ring. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He removed expression from his face, light from his eyes, and silenced his speech. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Forgive me for disturbing you, but we are arriving at Ashton Station. May I remove your luggage from the train?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He could mix paint, thin paint, remove paint. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Gardeners came by arrangement, and removed in wheel-barrows those that had inadvertently remained behind. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Before they scanned my brain, before they removed my ten percent, did I hear someone at the hospital talking? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Sour and saturnine, with a maimed hand, Hungerford had been company paymaster for a time, until the Tattered Prince had caught him stealing from the coffers and removed three of his fingers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I need to think of what to do once they are removed. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

"I am bled sufficiently. Nan, you may remove the leeches." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Seven removes a silver box from the computer and examines it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

In 1952 the “white artists only” clause was removed from Constitution Hall contracts. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

In the evening, I could little abide company, and when we were admitted above for our period of exercise, I removed myself from the others. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

If the partition is then removed, the molecules will tend to spread out and occupy both halves of the box. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He removed all of his clothes and sponged his skin with yellow soap until the odor was gone from his pores. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he removed a flask from his satchel, opened it up, and dripped a thick, red liquid onto a cookie. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Tendai removed the ndoro from his neck—it was the first time Mother noticed it—and laid it on Arm’s chest. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

And finally, after what seems like fifty hours, they remove Darren’s handcuffs. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

When Lorena realizes that Bailey has no red, she surreptitiously removes a rose from a nearby floral arrangement to tuck in his lapel. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Afterward she ran into the house and washed her mouth with soap and brushed her teeth, as if that could remove the stain in her memory. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

By mining the forests upstream for firewood and floating the logs downriver to the city, they were removing ground cover and increasing the likelihood of catastrophic floods. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

At the first verbal warning, remove the first tab; repeat for a second infraction. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

But I think I was already very far removed from that courtroom. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

She refuses to remove her coat despite the warmth of the theater, giving only an adamant shake of her head when he asks her why. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

As a seasoned test pilot, Glenn knew that the only way to remove all danger from the mission was to never leave Earth. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He removes his hand from mine and wraps his arm around my shoulders instead. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The cannon sounds, her body is removed, and the trumpets blow to announce Haymitch’s victory. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Writing it down in fancy books that get all dusty with age has lessened it, removed its power bit by bit. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

"I'm tellin' it better'n I ever thought I could," he said, fishing in his pocket and removing something that looked like an oilskin tobacco pouch, from which he removed an object wrapped in a handkerchief. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dropped the boot to the floor, removed Booth’s sock, pushed his pant leg up his calf, and began the examination. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before he could stop them, someone had rummaged through his pockets and removed the blackthorn wand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Private Draper’s child, who hath for several days been quartered with us upon the Crepuscule, would not remove his shirt for washing. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She removed her sunglasses, and her smile hit me like a thunderbolt, electrifying every atom. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He bustles over and removes the bandage on my leg. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The nurse removed a stethoscope from her bag and put it around her neck. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It would be like asking someone to remove their underwear in the middle of the airport. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw felt himself more than ever removed from them, locked up in himself. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The roots of this flower are very good if you boil them long enough to remove the peppery taste. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish I could,” she says, “but the Erudite have prohibited Abnegation visitors from entering their compound. If I tried, I would be removed from the premises.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He takes off his goggles and removes his gloves, setting them on the table. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Early in the twentieth century, inmates who prized special bars sewn onto their uniforms for time served were humiliated when, as punishment, these symbols of accomplishment were removed. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rubio has removed his gloves and is picking at the skin on the corner of his thumb. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Millard removed his greatcoat and threw it into the weeds by the side of the road, making himself invisible. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Now they removed all your blood and pumped in chemicals and stuff. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hated removing ticks, and claimed my father was no good at it and would leave the heads under the skin to become infected. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Dr. Cramp suggested I lie down, said the nausea was probably brought on by the pain of removing the glass. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The Exotics had removed their capes and laid them on the long oval table. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Opening this in turn, he removed a globe from its sponge-rubber casing. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“You will obey me in this, or you will be removed from this assignment.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Another few seconds removing poor Maisie’s head, another couple of shamblers, and I could be lumbering and dragging along just like them. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

If slavery’s cancerous growth was to be arrested and the dangerous malignancy removed, it demanded immediate surgery. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Poppet removes her coat, leaving it draped over the back of the desk chair, and takes a closer look at the blueprints and sketches hanging from shelves and tacked to mirrors and paintings and windows. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It’s no bigger than the doctor’s pinkie finger, but when he pulls his finger away, the result is like a cork being removed from a bottle. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“First cousin once removed—on the mother’s side,” returned the Brown Bear, whispering the information behind his paw. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The statues on either side had their faces scratched off and hands removed. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Then C. J. opened the tank from his side and removed the paper, dripping with chemicals, and held it in his hands. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Using a toilet brush, I scrubbed my boots and legs to remove obvious patches of dirt. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I removed the stopwatch, notebook, pen, and iPod with the recreated playlist. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

All the same, I was overcome with a strange sadness, at odds with the relief I had expected to feel, now that the threat which had hung over me for so long was removed. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I filled his cup and heard him belch and removed his plate with the meat half gnawed from the bones. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She removes a coin purse from the folds of her dress and jingles it. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“If there were some way he could save face,” she began; and before she knew what she was doing, she had removed her hand from Old Chao’s, that she might massage her brow. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

When everyone had gone, when all the Latimer students had walked off, headed home or wherever they went after school, Ms. Post stood at the corner, removed her vest. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

This must have originally been several rooms, but the walls had been removed from most of the first floor to create one wide space. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

If any doubt had ever existed it would have been removed by the following circumstances: 1st When Genl. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

A great wind blew upon us in the early part of night, which forced us to remove the sheets from the ship’s railings before they should blow away. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Before Henrietta left the hospital, a doctor put her feet in the stirrups again and removed the radium. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Let’s see,” said Mr. Popper, as he removed all the food and set it on the kitchen table. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now all hands reached for that array of supper, until, when hunger and thirst were turned away Mesaulios removed the bread and, heavy with food and drink, they settled back to rest. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he quickly removed his tunic and lay face down. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

He snapped open his briefcase and removed my file. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Little Eva, who had continued to carefully take apart each doll to remove a smaller one from inside, finally removed the tiniest doll, and tottered over to Jinx. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Jean would carefully remove the lid in a room with all its doors and windows closed so that the first breath of air did not turn it to dust. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Wednesday, two minimally supervised medical students removed my chest tube, which felt like getting stabbed in reverse and generally didn’t go very well, so they decided I’d have to stay until Thursday. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

If one joins the boxes together and removes the intervening wall, the oxygen and the nitrogen molecules will start to mix. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe,” said Dr. Calvin, “that it was found possible to remove the First Law.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He reached into his bag and removed a sheaf of papers. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He panicked, removed the cells, and hadn’t tried transplanting skin cells since. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

A lump in his neck shaped like a miniature cow was removed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Erlan handed me the tweezers, and I looked for the best bone to remove. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Next Moon Orchid removed all the photographs, except for those of the grandmother and grandfather, from the shelves, dressers, and walls. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the next four months, they removed more than 3,000 tons of sand and soil, carefully inserting steel rings into the tunnel as they dug beneath Berlin's streets. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Carefully she took the clarinet apart, removed the reed from the mouthpiece, and put everything back in the blue-lined case. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I shake my head as I remove my pillowcase from the pillow. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He broke it off before she was ready, and she almost fell onto the ground as he removed his weight from the door. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Esteban bent down and removed her burden, held it in the air for a moment, and then hurled it violently to the side of the path. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The thought of you being removed from the rotation is not funny to me,” he said. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Masked head against the plexiglass window, I slip my hands inside the gloves and remove the lids from the toxin. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mom says, “For many years, Native children were forcibly removed from their families and communities.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

La Llorona removed the lids from the footed pie dishes, picked two of them up, and pointed to the others for me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“My father figured out a way to remove his glass.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In an analogy that would prove all too apt, Max Weber likened the city to “a human being with his skin removed.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

After a vase had been inscribed and inlaid, Min removed every bit of excess slip. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The Oliver North testimony now behind her, she started leaving teeth in her bowl and developed the sort of breath that could remove paint. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She removes her hand from her pocket and uncurls her fingers. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Her hair was full of dry leaves, which he removed one by one. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother had removed my intestines and used them to tie a noose around my neck. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She removes prayer beads from her dress pocket and wraps the string around her hands. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

"If you don't shut up at once and sit down I shall remove my belt and let you have it with the end that has the buckle!" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I have removed the final pages of this book as a quire, and it is my purpose to use them to demonstrate the arts of literacy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

A week later, the doctors remove her left breast. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

At home, his mother removes her tunic and slippers. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandfather struggled to remove a pouch from his vest. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He removed his hat, pressed it to his chest, and looked up at Tristran. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I put down the binoculars and removed the ammo clip on the sniper rifle then aimed it toward the screen where I could just make out the small images. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She undressed, removing all of her clothing, including her underwear, and put every thing in her locker. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His sister removed it, opened it, and spread it out on his lap. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The pressure inside her skull had gone down and stayed down, and the doctor removed the tube from her brain. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shadrach asked, removing the boy’s heavy shoes and chafing his feet with cheerful vigor. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something flickered on her face and she reached out, removed one pale heart from the cluster, and inserted it into her mouth like a chore. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Then I came to an empty space on the wall, where it seemed a picture had been removed. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The clipping is a theatrical review, an article carefully removed from the London Times. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He did not view the clash between England and France for supremacy in Europe as a distant struggle far removed from America’s long-term national interest. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Do you mind if I look?” he asked as I began to remove the slide. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Evy put all the dinner plates in the oven to heat and instructed Francie to put hot plates into the basket, remove them when they cooled and substitute other hot plates. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent down, removed the thorns carefully, and turned round. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

A servant reaches to remove the comb from the crown of Charlotte's head. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I removed a leaf from each tree and laid them side by side, held down by stones to keep them from blowing away. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

But at that time, all of the doubt and confusion in my mind was removed. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked Pita as I removed the blanket and freed her completely. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Moody did not remove his wand, and the spider started to shudder and jerk more violently — “Stop it!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“To protect him, I must ask you to remove your mask. I must see what lies beneath.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

With one stroke, Euron had turned a rival into a supporter, secured the isles in his absence, and removed Asha as a threat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He unlocked the top drawer and removed a tall stack of currency, enough to buy a village or two. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he reached into the velvet bag that hung from his belt and removed a handful of square red granite tiles. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“These carcasses are not destined for your healthful stew, I would hope,” Dany said, as the slain were being removed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Just before the boy turns nineteen, the man in the grey suit removes him from the town house without notice, setting him up in a modestly sized flat with a view of the British Museum. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

White parents are outraged, threatening to remove their children from public schools and place them in private education. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t be surprised, honestly,” Esperanza said, removing her glasses with her free hand and setting them in her lap. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“And you and your movement want to remove Ghohg the Evil One from power?” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Then he examined the layers of cloth on top of it, unsure whether to sleep on them or to remove them and put them away before sleeping. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She removes the needles from my arms and helps me out of bed. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

A female officer was removing stacks of American money from the bag. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

For hours and hours she had me drain her temper from her, like how the leeches remove the toxins from our blood. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She removed the makeshift bandages and the splint, and Yvaine practiced hobbling about the decks from bow to stern, holding on to the rails. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He removed the cork and took a tremendous gurgling swig. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Good surgeons were ones who could work quickly, removing the limbs in a minute or less. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

When Mrs. Baker asked her to remove them for class, she said that her doctor had asked her to keep them on. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

It was extremely hard work, and I was only strong enough to remove a little bit of dirt at a time. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Families staked out spots before the stage, unrolling blankets and removing supper from baskets. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He was removing a light beige leather jacket now; underneath he wore an ivory turtleneck sweater. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Keeping her eyes fixed on his, she reached down to remove her shoes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I pulled the newspaper out from my cap and quickly removed the pages lining my shoes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Osage had removed his image, not to forget the murders, as most Americans had, but because they cannot forget. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It was usually through marriage, but I had a third cousin, once removed, in Portland too. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

But this time I’ll be smarter, the boy thought, removing them from the pouch so he could put them in his pocket. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I had entertained any suspicious before,” wrote Washington, the assurances you have given me of the contrary would have removed them; but the truth is, I harboured none.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Overnight someone must have removed his shoes and socks. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, she removed her shoes and began stamping on the shells in her bare feet, slowly at first, then faster and faster in a mad flamenco, her arms thrown up in the air. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She removed it from the balcony railing and looked at it. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Ben pinned Mary Anne’s arms with his knees and removed her glasses very gently. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He removed one sandwich and said, “Nelson, take hold of the other side of the sandwich.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other mother reached up her hand and removed a small, brass front-door key from her tongue. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Some even asked to have their names removed from the document. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Etienne removes a rectangle from the back of the wardrobe, then cuts through the attic door behind it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

We have removed all of the furniture from the ship's common areas, every last chair and table, in order to accommodate refugees. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Nothing that would hurt him too much to remove. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

As McGarrity came in, the teamster removed his arm sheepishly and moved down to stand with a group of men. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has even removed one of her gloves to better handle the delicate pages. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

After he removed his hat, as one had to do in church in polite society, his bald head got cold. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The glass has been removed on account of the heat, and although it is still powerful hot out, the beginnings of a breeze makes it’s lazy way through the compartment, providing a bit of relief. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Singer rolled up the top of his bench and removed from its felt case the silver platter he had promised to have ready. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Arthur looked on, very pale but silent; when the lid was removed he stepped forward. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The flowing draperies, expensive carpets, and hand-carved furniture that surely belonged here had been removed. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The thing is, I’m sure the segregationists are doing the same thing,” said Miss Winthrop, “trying to remove the school board members we want to keep.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I removed my notebook from my waistpouch to make certain I remembered the precise locations. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Best to measure time now with one of the Randall plantation’s cotton scales, her hunger and fear piling on one side while her hopes were removed from the other in increments. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He pulled on his gloves, removed the shroud of blankets from Carl Heine, and then, methodically, using angled scissors, cut away the rubber bib overalls, dropping pieces of them in a canvas bin. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

From this we learn that the righteous man who removes himself from Torah also removes himself from the world-to-come!” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Gran shuffled over to another towering pile and removed the top two boxes. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“And for dessert, an entire graham cracker with stewed guavas from which most of the grubs have been removed.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then remove the next term: subtract 1/4, leaving 1/4 behind. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“You feel sick?” one of the dropcops asked as he removed my ball gag. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He set them ready on the ground, with their screw tops removed. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted it to be as far removed as possible from the native architecture. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alec inspected the box for a minute, then removed a bulky black thing with silvery latches. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

To make these guns, we removed the core from the mpoloni’s stem, much like disassembling a ballpoint pen, and used it as both a ramrod and trigger. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

If I tried to escape, remove the anklet, or cause trouble of any kind, the device was capable of delivering a paralyzing electrical shock. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The first thing he did was to remove die sagging Venetian blinds from the front windows to let in more light. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We took off our gloves and removed our snow-laden boots at the front door. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He removed the bandage and his stomach turned over at the sight of the swollen festering arm. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they’d forcibly remove people from illegally occupying some white area and drop them off in the middle of nowhere with some pallets of plywood and corrugated iron. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

After removing the core, we chewed up bits of maize pith and shoved them down the barrel, followed by paper spitballs to create a seal. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Mary Anne put her hands to her face, removed her glasses, and looked at her father with eyes that were filling with tears. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remove my pails, and with my stick help to push the body away. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We shall see that although the uncertainty principle places limitations on the accuracy of all our predictions, it may at the same time remove the fundamental unpredictability that occurs at a space-time singularity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother gasped, and her father pushed back his chair as if ready to get up and physically remove her from the room. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I find a patch with as few dandelions as I can and skim the grass with the shovel, carefully removing a sheet of dirt and sand and grass. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Mom, covered in blood, heard the attackers talk about torching the pile of bodies she lay in, and she managed to remove the bodies on top of her and quietly crawl away. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly, I removed my dirty, too-short shirt and pants, and added them to a pile. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Three years later, after many attempts to remove him from the police department failed, Parker was finally removed for “gross neglect of duty.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He had removed the cash drawer so that it wouldn’t be endlessly launching itself into his midsection; the simplicity of his solution pleased him too. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a precaution, I remove my belt, loop it all the way around the branch and my sleeping bag, and refasten it at my waist. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I let it build, taking my time as I unclasped my battered secondhand lute case and removed my battered secondhand lute. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Next year, every trace of your existence here will be removed from the island,” Edwin said. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean? About the dams being removed?” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Satisfied, Goddard removed the blade from his neck. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

As soon as they are removed from the group, and the touching from all sides comes to an end, they become aggressive, standoffish; they begin drinking compulsively, and abstain from touching each other. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were no computers in my high school, and the first two times I attempted college, people were still counting on their fingers and removing their shoes when the numbers got above ten. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Graham also brought to the courtroom the wart Holmes had removed from Benjamin Pitezel’s corpse and a wooden box containing Pitezel’s skull. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Some of the aliens became epileptics after they’d removed their wings. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I was removed from the logic that had once made my stories and poems easily accessible. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

My mother timidly untied ten-month-old Maria from her back, handed her to me, opened up her blouse, and from her bosom, removed her pass. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took out my coin box from underneath the mattress and removed the top. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

That evening as I was undressing, I removed the notes from my shirt pocket. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought that removing her from this world would set things right, but I find that I was wrong. Her death has killed part of me, as well.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Robin carefully removed them from the shark’s womb and laid them on top of a cooler for a closer view. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It took four men under Pedro Segundo’s guidance to remove the hill of dust, tile, and adobe that had fallen on top of him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remove my wet shoes by the door. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the song had only seemed whole to me As I finished removing the broken string I gave it an idle look and all my thoughts fell to a jumble at my feet. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Nico knew Octavian was a legacy - a descendant of Apollo many generations removed. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He did not remove the blindfold until he was certain they were out of sight. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remove the mitten on my right hand to swipe my thumb across the touch screen, unlocking texts. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They continue to remove layer after layer until nothing separates them. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Trey points to Blake, who has removed his pointed hood and is holding it to his nose to stanch the bleeding. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Despite the risk of hookworm, she removes her shoes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Enter, enter," she said, suddenly out of sorts, "after removing the shoes, of course." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The scarves were removed and their hoods drawn back, and they blinked and gasped. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The men were then separated from the women, and Amari’s neck irons and leg irons were finally removed. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

They lugged water from the river and washed his hands, but they could not remove the dirt from beneath his nails. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Lelia removed the dozen or so shoeboxes of pictures from the top shelves and lined them up between us on the white shag carpet. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grover reached across the table and removed the top half of its bun. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nhamo had a sudden vision of the male baboon discovering her presence and deciding to remove the intruder. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Forasmuch as they hang in my memory by only this one slender thread, I don’t know what they did, except that they forbore to remove me. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

After removing the chicken from the oven, I spread the crinkled leaves of kale on a cookie sheet, sprinkled them with olive oil and salt, and slid them into the hot oven to roast. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

His usual easy expression is replaced by something more intense and removed that suggests an entire world locked away inside him. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered why Miss Hennepin hadn’t removed the hair—was it possible that she was letting it grow? Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without removing his apron, he bolted after Lupita out the back door into the alley. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Her way of dealing with the dark discomfort of their new situation was to remove herself from it even more completely than Rowan had. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Did we repeat the experiment, we should instead inoculate in the leg, which, being further removed from the pneumatic, electrico-aetherial, and hydraulico- vascular machinery, is less likely to lead to internal corrosion and fatality, viz. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was the remove from the brawnier aspects of engineering that made the theoretical group such a productive environment for women. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Gale checks the windows, which show no damage, and removes his mask. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He reached inside and removed a large stack of papers, which he set on the table. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Ana giggled then, a high-pitched squeal that startled Ash into nearly dropping the heavy soup tureen she was removing from the dining table. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bottom of our staircase was lined with baskets of miniature candy, and when Mr. Pirzada removed his shoes he did not place them there as he normally did, but inside the closet instead. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then she unlocked a white cabinet and removed a small brown bottle and plastic spoon. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took off my sweatshirt, but I couldn’t bear to remove anything else. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

"Gilgamesh beat him," said Mo. "He tricked him into removing them." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

When he saw her, he removed a nail from the corner of his mouth. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Volpe was still a young teacher, not that far removed from staging Antigone in garbage bags and tinfoil. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Lennie removed his hat dutifully and laid it on the ground in front of him. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no longer any need to panic, as I’d been surgically removed from his life. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But then Axe muted the volume as he replayed my stump speech, removing my voice so that we could look more closely at my body language, specifically my facial expressions. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“You know why Snape’s in such a foul mood, don’t you?” said Ron to Harry as they watched Hermione teaching Neville a Scouring Charm to remove the toad guts from under his fingernails. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Their crime was bad enough, but the lies proved an evil that not even the whip could remove. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mama would remove her apron before sitting down next to August. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

When he removed his underwear, the lifeboat filled with a mushroomy smell. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The beer hall’s bouncer removed a customer who had passed out. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Oddly enough, removing 0 doesn’t change the size of the set at all. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

With American forces gone, Hanoi would have time to remove Thieu in its own way. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But the reason seemed to be more strategic: we believed the authorities were attempting to cut off the head of the ANC on the island by removing its leadership. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She made me sit on the counter as she removed pieces of glass from my skin. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The following day, Mr. Trepid made his way to the same jewelry store, carefully removing his watch before he entered. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her attendant prepares to dress Sophia by removing her coat and gloves. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“I will have the dust-sheets removed, and then you can see the rooms as they looked when they were used,” said Mrs. Danvers. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Now he pulled at some kind of fastening on the cuffs, and removed the glove parts that had covered his hands. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

They stopped the plane on the runway at Kennedy Airport and removed the doctor, who was carrying some $650,000 in negotiable securities, and jewelry that had belonged to his wife. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shrugged and removed another dead egg from the second tray. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He put down the phone and went to the den where he removed Cochran’s data from his U.S. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Robben Island itself was becoming a sustaining myth in the struggle, and they wanted to rob it of some of its symbolic import by removing us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was perhaps selfish of me to do so, but every morning I implored, “And please, Mighty Inti, remove my scar.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

It covered every inch of my body from the neck down and had discreet openings so I could relieve myself without removing the entire thing. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“You’ve known him for five years and he’s hardly looked at you. He threatened to shave your eyebrows off! He’s an obstacle, Celia! One you need to remove.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Two horizontal was some word meaning to remove afar off. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Lefty neatly hung up his suit, pinching each trouser crease, while Sourmelina removed her makeup with cold cream and went to bed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Hector carefully removes the bird, the damaged bars repairing as he sets the cage down. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Once I remove them from their power docks, they will only stay viable for thirty minutes. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

They remembered the very same places in Narnia—"the grasslands up above Beaversdam" and found that they were some sort of second cousins once removed. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Major Marais unbuttoned my collar, loosened and then removed my tie, and then, standing behind me, tied it in a double Windsor knot. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through a haze of pain he realized that his fingers still moved awkwardly at his will, and he used them to open her pack and remove the embroidery frame. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

He became depressed and paranoid and accused son John of orchestrating a “coup” to remove him from the firm. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gideon goes to a cabinet and removes a jar, returning to the table and sitting on the matching bench on the other side. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

So tired, I allow the leeches to feed on me and only remove them at the end of the day. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She removed her braids, careful to leave her scalp unscratched, to leave undisturbed the dirt that would protect it. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The Italian removed his toothpick to gesticulate with it freely. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

They immediately laid him down, removed his clothing, and stuck an IV tube into his arm. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He removed his arm from Jason’s shoulders and dipped his finger in his wineglass. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I watched her reach into the bosom of her taffeta hostess gown and remove a white envelope. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he removed his boots he discovered incipient frostbite on several toes. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Hardman sighed, removed the chewing gum, and dived into a pocket. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a brief adjournment, the magistrate decided that the cage would be pulled down; in the meantime, the front of it was removed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jackson gave them a few good spins—perhaps just for the fun of it—and removed their blindfolds. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was a very comforting feeling thus to remove myself from the world I imagined was laughing at me. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When my chores were done, I climbed to my attic room, kicked off my shoes, and laid down on the bed without even removing my skirt or bodice. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only then did Wylan remove the prisoners’ hoods: four men, one of them quite old, a middle-aged woman, and a Shu boy. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They had reached the top of the Cliffs, and first the Sicilian jumped off and then the Turk removed the Princess, and as the Spaniard untied himself, he looked back over the Cliffs. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She closed the stove door with a bang, and approaching, assisted in removing Edna’s dripping mackintosh. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

It’s like being told I have cancer and might need a part of me removed—the part called starting point guard. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The last person who tried to bribe an Arbitrator had his tongue removed.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

If I can reach this state of not caring, Hangman'll remove his finger from my lips. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

And we both agreed that if racism could be removed, America could offer a society where rich and poor could truly live like human beings. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept looking back toward the others as he pushed his way past three screaming girls who were trying to remove a couple of pigeons from their hair. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Shivering, Werfel removed his spectacles and handed them over. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Some of you may say it is not good manners to be removing such things from one's chest at the dinner table.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Alex removed the man’s glasses and put them in his garbage bag. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I unzip the smallest pocket and remove the first tape. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“How dare you remove money from this household!” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Gleaning had always been at least three degrees removed. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

So when Papa finally decided to, after extensive talks with the parish priest and insisting that all pagan undertones be removed from his title-taking ceremony, it was like a mini New Yam festival. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

But the arms, shoulders and heads would be those of villeins, and the blows which rang, without removing many limbs, would be exchanged by the iron nobility. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ryan removed the motorcycle from his parka and placed it in one of his shirt pockets. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The Department of Prisons released a statement to the press that I had been removed from the island for my own safety because PAC prisoners were planning to assault me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know it’s cold, but let’s remove your coat entirely and have you lie on your stomach,” I told him. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

My head, shorn of them, feels curiously light; as if a weight has been removed from it, or substance. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is to say, when he looks at you he’s not seeing you, but instead sees something behind you in a dimension several times removed from our own. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Annoyed at her physical condition, she closed her eyes and removed the crutches from under her arms to relieve the unaccustomed pressure. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

At some point he gets up, laboriously removing his shoes and socks, and walks calf-deep into the water, regarding the surroundings with his hands on his hips, his chin thrust pridefully into the air. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Luke remembers the pallet, but substitutes a metal drain, with the grating removed, in place of the rebar. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I remove my arrow and wring its neck for good measure. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He removed a small jackknife from his pocket and within seconds had opened the door. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He rushed to the washroom on the seventh floor, sadly in a removed area of the building without a local fire escape, sealing his fate in a stall idled with his own anxious stench. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

In the car, Ben removed the flight jacket and folded it on the seat beside him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I twist and scuttle backward on my hands and feet, shrieking, trying to remove myself from the horror. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The Senate made it clear that if he did not move boldly against the Red menace, he faced the possibility of being removed from office. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“So, Connor,” Dad said, removing his ridiculous goggles, “what are you interested in? I mean besides pulling morbid pranks with my daughter and scaring our visitors away.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t say that. It’s just that Mother doesn’t feel she knows a person until she knows their aunts, uncles, and second cousins twice removed. She just likes to have her ducks in a row.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I shut my eyes, but it doesn’t hurt when the needle for the IV is removed. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Her gold bangles from her wedding dowry, the ones she never removed because they were her most valuable possessions, clinked against her arms when she touched me. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I unzipped my backpack and removed a stopwatch, a notebook, a pen, and my iPod. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Then I removed her photo from my pocket and watched my mother’s eyes widen. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Very good. Yes. Very good, indeed. Would you mind removing the jacket? I’d love to try it on.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Marlena, Jacob—my dearest dear, and my dearest friend,” says August, removing his hat and gazing upon us with moist eyes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Stubbornly clinging to its own mass, refusing to break up and be removed. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jerome removed the lid and poured the blood into the martini glasses. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

BUT I was never to reach Mary's, and I was over-optimistic about removing the steel cap in the morning. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

By 9:30 in the morning, the two men had dismantled Walter's truck, completely removing the transmission. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Pash strongly recommended that Oppenheimer “be removed completely from the project and dismissed from employment by the U.S. Government.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It is just the usual certification of sanity, signed by Doctor Sikes," the judge replied as she removed the envelope from her files. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two hundred miles and one pit stop later, safely removed from Kentucky, they were midway between Nashville and Memphis. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I remove a glove and eat two small rolls of bread so light and filled with air that they seem to dissolve on my tongue. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Reaching over, I removed a bent piece of wire that locked the machine’s spinning wheel in place. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

There was a large stone in the stallion's front inside hoof, and Tristran removed it with care. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

As fast as we removed the rabbits and pheasants new ones replaced them. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents, a generation or so removed from these earliest settlers of Alexandra, had, too, come from the tribal reserves. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take his cue and remove my head scarf. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He removed his hand from the little back and stood quietly beside the crib. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

When he paused before the fare gate to remove his Fast Pass from his wallet, a voice from behind spoke his name. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I paused because what I wanted to say was so far removed from gas cookers and kerosene stoves. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I remember watching him peel that orange for me; he cut one long, efficient line in the fruit’s peel, then removed it all in one piece. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Finally, the meal was over, and the last of the dishes were being removed. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She removes her gold bracelets, her sheer stockings, her pink rayon dress with the faux-pearl buttons, and lies on her childhood bed. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus we removed ourselves as best we could from the ring of contagion. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“All right. Why don’t you girls remove the mold while I get this back to Mr. Shaw’s art room? I’ll be back in a flash.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The shell may be broken, and even portions of it removed, and yet after a certain lapse of time the injured parts will be repaired by a deposition of shelly matter at the fractured parts. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He took off his shoes and his coat and vest, removed his collar and tie, and lay down on the bed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And I was puzzled by the hot mixture of hate and admiration bursting through his words as I thanked him and removed my hand from his crushing grasp. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Good feeling doesn’t last long, though: when I step off the field, there’s no sign of the powder-blue Cadillac convertible Daddy removes the cloth cover from and pulls out of the garage every spring. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

The man with the papers under his arm had removed his hat. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rosy, however, removed Maurice from his uncertainty by turning around and firmly shutting the door. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

She walked to one of the tellers and removed her checkbook and picked up a pen. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Stand up,” the soldier said, removing the glove with a snap. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

If you think shelling peas is boring work, you ought to try removing the inner linings. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

On the twenty-ninth day, she forgot to remove it in the morning and the “directress” snapped at her as the girls stood in line for their “daily checkup.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Hand Clap’s young cousin twice removed came all the way from Colorado. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Our custodians are in the process of removing that repulsive symbol from our atrium,” Mr. Brademas goes on. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The moment I removed the pouch of cold cooked corn, he jumped to the ground and squawked in delight. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

She carefully removed the hard lump of sweetness from her mouth, stuck it back in its leaf just inside the pocket of her dress. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then his attention is removed from both these events as the empty chair across the circle bursts into flame. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“So I watched and cheered when my sister, Katya, became a Nine and removed her hair rib-bons and got her bicycle,” Father went on. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Many times in the past he had been brisk, distant, removed from them, but now he patted them on the head with just a word and they felt it. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fenoglio removed the little boy from his leg and sat down. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

When she was finished, Ms. Udell closed the book, placed it on top of a pile of papers on her desk, and removed her glasses. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He removed his brimmed hat and placed it under his arm. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t torn down the poster or removed the sneakers, letting them remain there as symbols. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many words had been removed from the text by a censor. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hesitantly, he removed his clothes, glancing again at Edwin, who had already swum over and seated himself chest-deep on a rock ledge across the pond. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Per Haskell didn’t buy you. He paid off your indenture. That means you owe him money. A lot of it. But it’s a real contract. Here,” he said, removing Heleen’s document from his coat. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She began to spend days in their bedroom, then the house infirmary, until, finally, when blood showed up in her phlegm, Mrs. Bedlow demanded that she be removed to the hospital. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Southam eventually removed most of the HeLa tumors, and those he didn’t remove vanished on their own in a few months. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

After a moment’s consideration, he removed them and began polishing again. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Only the shadow of a shadow, twenty years removed . . . if it ex-ists at all." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Reaching into my pocket, I remove my knife to finally clean it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Anya removed a handkerchief from her sleeve and wiped away the excess blood. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Thomas Jefferson removed a slice from a mound on his estate, examined the stratigraphic layers, and announced that Indians had made it. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She had even removed the curtains, and for some reason I found this small detail shattering. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

How do you remove the bill without disturbing the pyramid? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The desk clerk ignored the boys, who did not stop to remove their jackets before they knelt in front of the clock. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Not now in the sleeping bag with his fever, and during the day, if I'm not there to remove it, he'll be roasting in it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She gave Harry an affectionate nip with her beak as he removed her burden, then flew across the room to join Errol. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Now he was in a small white room being asked by two soldiers, each of them in full camouflage and holding automatic rifles, to remove his clothes. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He was removing the feel of the chain around his ankle. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Facing the culprits, Bernabe sighed, “Ai, Chihuahua,” and removed a pad from his back pocket. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He holds a water bottle upside down and dramatically removes the cap. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He stops, glances around, and removes a folded white paper from his sleeve. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Struggling to remove an especially difficult cover, I wondered if the same Liberty paint was used on the campus, or if this "Optic White" was something made exclusively for the government. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the shootings he raised a window in his bedroom and removed the screen, then roamed the house rifling dresser drawers and scattering the contents: it was his intention to blame the crime on thieves. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they were there I remembered what Dr. Van Helsing had told me, but I didn’t like to remove them, and, besides, I would have some of the servants to sit up with me now. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

To her dread and dismay, the girl stopped before her and removed the blindfold. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Jam thought about how Bitter had said the angels had to do dark things, hard things, to remove monsters from Lucille. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She felt a step removed from the things he believed, and the things he knew, and she was eager to play catch-up, fascinated by his sense of rightness. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She removed the empty glasses and walked away. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

A short time later, when his personal physician finished removing his sores, he asked him, without showing any particular interest, where the exact location of his heart was. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Staring at the inside of the locker, like looking into an upright coffin, he felt as though someone was trying to obliterate him, remove all traces of his existence, his presence in the school. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you eat plenty of hot peppers, they will remove pregnancy.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She removed the four dead monkeys from their cages, holding them by the backs of the arms, and loaded them into plastic biohazard bags. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she removed the overcoat and hat and took a soiled apron down from the wall and put it on and built a fire in the stove. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He removed a wallet from his back pocket, demonstrating to O. J. Martinez that it was empty. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let Israel be given a chance, let hatred and danger be removed from their horizons, and there will be peace in and around the Holy Land. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bessie opened the trunk at the foot of her bed and removed the blue dress she bought her second week in South Carolina. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“This has been the most horrible morning of my entire life,” he said, removing his hands from his face. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I removed my shoe and cut it into pieces. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Edna removed her collar and opened her dress at the throat She took the fan from Madame Ratignolle and began to fan both herself and her companion. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although I'm shaking in the biting wind, I rip off my jacket, remove my shirt, and zip back into the jacket as swiftly as possible. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Tad put his hand on his abdomen where they’d removed the bullet. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He got up and walked over to the wall and removed a painting, revealing a wall safe. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Barbarossa growled, while he awkwardly removed the poster from the wall. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then in the early evening he removed the faded wreath of lilies from the front door and opened the place for business again. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Also, if robbery were the explanation, why hadn’t the robber removed the jewelry that Mrs. Clutter was wearing—a gold wedding band and a diamond ring? In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He begins to cough, and when he removes the handkerchief from his mouth, it’s redder. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Then again, when he had removed his black mask and she had tumbled to him, surprise had been operating, stunned astonishment as much as emotion. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The disaster, whatever it was, that cleared the dinosaurs from the world stage removed the pressure on the mammals. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nurse removed her dress and threw it into a corner. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The agent slowly removed his glasses and tucked them into his breast pocket. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The president removes an envelope clearly marked with a 75. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

With the screen of my hair removed, the recent changes in my face were far more evident. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

No item could be removed without being signed out, not even by their own children. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The alarmed homeowner called her son, who came and physically removed George from the house. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Rock Horse Ranch Use the steel comb like this, you say to April, demonstrate how to remove the caked-on dirt. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The appearance of the mummy-to-be when he was removed from his brine bath, on the following afternoon, was something of a shock to everybody. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Lange taught me to carefully dissolve and remove discolored varnish. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

We might have a tendency to dismiss these laws as mere mathematical tinkering, something removed from everyday life. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The restraint around my middle has been removed and I am free to move about. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The next in line invariably calls me back to remove the gracefully curved but unsightly hairs that I’ve left in the sink. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I was not going to remove my hijab—it was a violation of my religious rights to be forced to do so. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Lena opened the refrigerator, removing an old-fashioned milk bottle. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

They had removed a few small pieces of wire and silk that had failed to dissolve after my operation the previous February. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

As casually as possible, she shifted the book deeper into her backpack while she removed her notebook. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I scrambled to free my hands—tucked into the waistband of the jeans I hadn’t bothered to remove—but Stan was way quicker. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He had taken cocktails on to the terrace before lunch and had then gone up to remove his things from the attic to another room. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

There was a pile of a half dozen stripped new deads in front of the apartment building, with no guarantee they’d ever be removed, which meant dodging rats just to get through the door. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Cole studied the bay as he removed his shoes and pulled off his clothes. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“I took the liberty of removing my weapon from your forge!” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The boy jumped, but he did not remove his knife. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The reporters were barely out of sight when the warders removed the jerseys and gave us back our hammers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had removed his jacket, thus allowing the other two men to do the same. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Clara opened her drawers, removed the cardboard suitcase that the good woman had used for fifty years, and went through her wardrobe. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you have trouble, remove the lyrics and hum the melody. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

But as Buksa and the other Jur-chol men were removing the hive from the tree, the bees woke up and were not at all happy to discover that their home was being taken away. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt as though bugs were eating her alive, but she dared not lift her skirt to remove them. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He congratulated me, and asked that we might remove ourselves there instanter so he could sleep without being roused by Irish balladry and ensigns lifting their shirts to compare back-hair. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He removed his pad from his back pocket, scribbled some thoughts: The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He stepped out of his cold wet shoes and removed both pairs of prison trousers. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Nor was it possible to remove the smell of powder from the corpse. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

But just as Haas removed the cloth from the ground, he was distracted by the excited shouts of a group of workers a hundred feet away. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She had to be his nurse, washing him with a sponge, changing his bandages, removing his bedpans. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh! but their removing from the chaise into a hackney coach is such a presumption! And, besides, no traces of them were to be found on the Barnet road.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

He was one generation removed from a slave ship, living in a country best described as an African penal colony, and he was a free man, with every benefit of education. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“Wow, this thing sure stirs up some memories,” G’ma says, grunting as she bends at the waist to remove the Green Book. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Scientists cut HeLa cells in half to show that cells could live on after their nuclei had been removed, and used them to develop methods for injecting substances into cells without destroying them. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Esteban makes me feel as if something were filling my chest with warm syrup, as if all my bones were being slowly removed from my body. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“A lot washed out to the sea. And they’re still removing bodies from the subways. You looking for anyone in particular?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Though, in the book, the Ingallses leave the reservation under threat of being removed by soldiers, many squatters began to take the land by force. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

From a medical bag, they removed a few primitive instruments, including a saw. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Nana and the doctor carried him up to his bedroom, removed his clothes, and put him in his bed. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The staff then removed his hands from the water, attached electrodes as previously, and killed him the old way. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then S.Q. was removing their blindfolds and pressing the intercom button. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Senate, which had openly clashed with Johnson over other key issues, began impeachment hearings, stating that Johnson did not have the authority to remove the secretary of war. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Dad came home from work that night with his hands bandaged, bloodied from removing the rock that trapped the men. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He stooped to remove his shoes, damp with the heavy dews of pasture and field. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Phosphoric acid in Coke removes rust,” he explained. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He allows him a random act of violence that removes him from the dilemma of his life. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Mom reached into the kitchen cabinet and removed a small basket made of twigs. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He pushed aside the intestines and then removed them from the body to be examined further. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

When the water is boiling, remove the pot from the heat and add to it four regular-sized tea bags. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was slow work, puncturing the tank with a hammer and stake, then waiting for the fuel to drip out so the tank could be safely removed with a cutting torch. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When he nods, she removes one of her gloves and rests her hand on the metal bars of the cage. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She dug through her belongings until she found the book, which she hadn’t removed in two weeks. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Reentering the pantry, he removed a large jar of boysenberry preserves, pulling another jar forward from the second row to disguise the absence. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He removes it with some difficulty, and it opens with a popping noise. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Now the humor was removed, and an element of self-pity had crept in. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He clothed his motives in the names of virtue, and I have wondered whether he ever knew that no gift will ever buy back a man’s love when you have removed his self-love. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The obituary even removed the discovery of the iguanodon from him and credited it instead to Cuvier and Owen, among others. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Dad and the lanky man opened the back of the SUV and began removing suitcases and duffel bags. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

A whole dimension of drudgery—the tedious, mad, really quite pointless business of stepping over every inch of rocky ground between Georgia and Maine—had been removed. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the wind stopped, he was going to remove them from their commands, because true men of the desert are not afraid. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, he remembered what Father Cham had said about never removing his tattoo. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Say goodbye to our island,” Emma said, standing and removing her big hat. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Francie knew that the chasuble was symbolic of the seamless garment, supposedly woven by Mary, that they had removed from Christ before they nailed Him to the cross. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Down the alley the women’s art guild members were removing their paintings from the fence and folding their aluminum lawn chairs like Arabs in preparation for stealing away. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he got hold of the things, he took them along to the room with the dolls, locking it behind him and removing the key, whenever he left. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

As Bear removed his dagger and laid it on the table, I said, “Will we perform here?” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sandy and Max came to remove the police tape surrounding me. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He slashed her throat in a Van Gogh stroke that nearly removed her head from her spine. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Bending, he gently removed his wife’s fingers from the twin handles. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

After removing her suit, Lewis made her way to the flight cabin. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I got expelled from school in Lansing, I got removed from regular foster care and sent to live with the Swerlins, who ran a pre-detention foster facility twelve miles away in Mason. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tiller removed a tarp from the center of the boat. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The fox lay perfectly still, eyes closed tightly, wind whistling through his nose, until every single quill had been removed and placed in a neat pile beside him. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He took a breath, and then he informed her very calmly that after finishing his drink he was going to put on his shoes and go outside and remove the Virgin from the front lawn. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Xan could remove it with magic, bit by bit, but it was tricky work. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Thursday, July 13, the American delegation announced that Fischer wouldn’t play the next game unless all cameras were removed from the hall. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ophie realized that she desperately wanted to help the boy in that moment, to offer him something to remove the sorrow from his eyes. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He seemed to enjoy their confusion and eventually removed the toothpick from his mouth. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The fiercely anti-Semitic Der Stiirmer newspaper—with its grotesque caricatures of Jews and its slogan, “The Jews Are Our Misfortune”—had been temporarily removed from newsstands. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Nicolas was removed in a police van and the senator in a Red Cross ambulance. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because the poles are flexible, bark layers can be sandwiched in or removed at will, depending on whether the householder wants to increase insulation during the winter or let in more air during the summer. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I could see only Mr. Guareschi’s legs, since the rest of him was poked up through an opening where he’d removed some asbestos tiles. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I’d heard the quills of adult screechers caused a miserable sting and took forever to remove. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“I will arise,” he replied with dignity, “when thou removes this fool dog off my gut.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Enraged, she demanded to know what they were doing and was informed that Goebbels had ordered them to remove the camera and cameraman. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Not because they were hardened, but because they were so far removed. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I did; whereupon began a heaving, stamping, clattering process, accompanied by a barking and baying which removed me effectually some yards’ distance; but I would not be driven quite away till I saw the event. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I would go through the area as a Negro and then, usually at night, remove the dyes with cleansing cream and tissues and pass through the same area as a white man. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I felt was empty inside—empty and removed—as though it wasn’t even me who was standing there. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

She removed her gloves and with a sigh looked around her. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They stunned them with blowguns, removed feathers, and let them go. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He set his briefcase on the table and removed his jacket. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept her knees pressed together, the high heels she never removed pressed into the pear-colored carpet. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

As I made a trip to the U-Haul van to remove a rug and take it upstairs, I heard a familiar voice. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“These are my good-luck bunnies. I forgot to wear them yesterday, and look what happened. I’m never going to remove them from my head again. What’s on your face?” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

He looked down at her, and carefully he removed his hand from over her mouth, and she lay still. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do not know if she removed it or if I ran out from beneath its touch. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

But three years removed from proper full-time schoolic exposure to my peers, I felt a certain unbridgeable distance between us. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He hadn't pinpointed the bullet with enough accuracy for the surgeons to remove it. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Fard Muhammad removed his hat and held it to his chest. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s to remove any legal basis on which this man Deckard could claim he hadn’t killed anyone; he only ‘retired an android.’” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

After that, the people of Alabama removed Bull Connor from office. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They must not have had the sense to remove the stingers, or if they did, not known about the leaves that healed them. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

They removed insects from the tomatoes, mealies, squash and pumpkins and fed them to bantam chickens penned at the mouths of the tunnels. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Leave talking, man. Deliver the Queen and remove yer body quickly from this court” Lancelot pulled himself together with a sort of final care. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Explain to me how a single windstorm removed our ability to talk to Ares 3." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dr. Martin says that feathers should not be removed from nature unless for Indigenous or religious reasons.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But when I tried to remove the quarter, it wouldn’t budge. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“That is your earpiece. I will give you exactly one more chance to wear it. If you remove it from your ear again, I’ll have you fitted with this.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“What a pile of baloney. Just because they lost their abilities, you think their second souls were removed?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe the rails had been the sides of a bridge and the middle planks had been removed or destroyed. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When you have a bowl full of blood, you take a stick and swirl it around in the blood for five to ten minutes to remove all of the clots. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It must be removed so we can clean the wound. The demons of sickness are no doubt already scheming to enter your body through such a door.” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

There is no practical way to remove them by treatment. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

As she slips her closed hand over it, removing the leaves, my brother begins to cry because the branch is a switch now no longer beautifully weeping at the bottom of the hill. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I removed my hat, tucking it under my arm, and placed my face next to hers so that we were practically nose to nose. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he tugged off one of his boots, stripped out the lining, and removed a tightly wrapped bundle of coins stuffed deep into the toe. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Winston let out the water and disgustedly removed the clot of human hair that had blocked up the pipe. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I don’t have a blank card, so I remove Good-bye. from Jason’s book and draw on the back. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I removed the letter from my brief case. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Franz turned in circles, attempting to remove a piece of red fabric tied in a jaunty bow around his neck. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I told him that I might condescend to remove my hands if we were fed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I opened them, all traces of our nasty landing had been removed. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Nobody was hurt. What was I supposed to say? Rumors that several bodies were removed from the woods . . . well, there certainly will be rumors now she’s printed that.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She was as remote and as removed as Heaven. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the bell sounded two men in tuxedoes leaped into the ring and removed the blindfold. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eerily similar to the ones he last saw on the jewelry store counter after G’ma removed them from her ears. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Neumann Two removes a small tin from his coat, dumps three round pills on the table, and gulps them down. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“If His Grace wishes for me to remove myself from court...” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was the sound of a lid being removed and the jangling of keys. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d entered the room wearing shackles, and only had them removed when his guards—all five of them—gave him a stern warning. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I say: "We're not asking for money. We're not asking for anything but permission to remove an eyesore and transform a communal place. It would be an improvement." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I haven’t removed a single item of clothing from my dresser. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then, as the crowd around them got denser and more agitated, Goddard pulled back his hand, removed his ring, and handed it to Rowan. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

War, vengeance, murder—all the themes on which the tale was strung—were so removed from modern reality, few could relate. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Lourdes removes her shoes and walks barefoot to the water’s edge. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We scrub only to remove impurities that might be detectable to a customer by hand or by eye; otherwise our only job is to wipe. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, in this adventure book I read once, the hero was in a very similar predicament. So he removed the curled handset wires from several telephones, bundled them together, and made a safety rope.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

She removes the leech from my neck and helps undo my waist-sash. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Sitting at my desk, I removed the stopper from the base of my Einstein-in-a-lab-coat piggy bank. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

From a jar of fleas before him, the celebrated experimenter Van Dumholtz carefully removes a single flea, gently pulls off its back legs, and in a loud voice commands it to jump. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doctor Copeland removed his spectacles and pressed his fingers against his eyelids. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

What made the scheme novel was that for the first time it decoupled a test moratorium from all other disarmament issues, thereby removing the major cause of the deadlock between the two countries. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

And that Ms. Wyman, I swear, wouldn't blink at removing your liver with her bare hands and eating it with a spoon. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

When they are loosened enough for her to remove the lid, she pulls it off gingerly, as though she fears what she might find inside. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

After the funeral Mammachi asked Rahel to help her to locate and remove her contact lenses with the little orange pipette that came in its own case. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stigma usually associated with imprisonment had been removed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under those sturdy towers of legs are spindly shanks, thin and not too straight; with his chest ruff removed one can see the sagging stomach of the middle-aged. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

To his dismay, she was removing her embroidery tools. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“A confession will remove all doubt. We would all sleep much easier if you’d be so kind as to remove the specter of doubt.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

One midwinter’s day, when the sun was as distant and cold as a dull silver coin, they saw that the remains of the scraeling’s body had been removed from the ash tree. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She always removed it to bathe or swim, but carefully replaced it when her skin was dry. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the rider in the dark armor removed his helm, however, the face beneath was not one that Reek knew. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Laney threw the lid aside from one of the white cardboard boxes, rummaged through the box, removed a pair of old floral leggings, and stretched the waistband around her head to make a hat. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He said he could remove them in a procedure that could be performed with a local anesthetic right in his office. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting there, her hands deep in the forbidden pleasure of her hair, she noticed she had not removed her heavy work shoes. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a conversation going on, and Laila knew that she was at one end of it, but she felt removed from it, as though she were merely eavesdropping. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I propose we enjoy our carriage ride in the country. It would hardly be proper to remove my coat, but if I can beg my lady’s indulgence, I will unfasten a button or two.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But instead, I knelt down to remove the trap. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

As I sit up and remove them, I hear a laugh somewhere near the lake and freeze. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

When he removed his helm, Sansa saw that he was an old man with hair as pale as his armor, yet he seemed strong and graceful for all that. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She looked at the removed, empty glasses in the waiter’s hand. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I remove his ammunition, so naturally he starts screaming. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

To remove the stuff, I used a kind of water gun. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He unlocked a filing cabinet and removed his diamond knife. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, during the late hours of the night, as the bus slowly hummed along the crumbling highway, I removed my visor and stared out the window. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Within a couple of days almost all the fourolds shop signs had been removed. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amidst the panic, she calmly unbuttons her coat and removes it, tossing it with a delicate gesture toward the burning chair. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then they had it free and the nurse clipped through the belly band and removed the heavy node. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Near the lone hangar, lethargic mechanics in grease-stained uniforms poked among the entrails of decrepit jets far removed from their vintage years. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flash of warmth set my face aglow as he removed one of the yams and shut the door. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the host jockey became too malnourished, he could check into a hospital to have the worm removed, then return to the track and swallow a new pill. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

How was she going to remove her boots without using her bad hand? The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her expression was that of a mother watching a doctor remove bandages from a severely burned child. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

After lunch, she removed her diamond engagement ring and her wedding band and locked them in her desk drawer. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Pirzada draped his jacket over the chair behind him, removed a pair of opal cuff links, and rolled up the starched sleeves of his shirt. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until they rounded a corner that Chaol let out a deep breath and removed his hand from her back. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Kate, meanwhile, was removing all the items from her bucket and stuffing them into her pockets. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It removed the difficulty of hiding in the cellar, negotiating Mrs. Fletcher’s comings and goings. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Tristran removed his bowler hat, and held it in front of him. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Hear me out,—but if I were to remove Joe into a higher sphere, as I shall hope to remove him when I fully come into my property, they would hardly do him justice.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The foreigners who heard the noise in the dining room and hastened to remove the body noticed the suffocating odor of Remedios the Beauty on his skin. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I see you figured out how to remove your disguise.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He offered to take her to a doctor and have it removed. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he turns her hand over and removes a silver ring from his pinkie. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When the class has been dismissed and I’m still in my seat, Ms. Rochambeau finally removes her hand from my desk. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

She came to the table and removed the napkins. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Judge Ford instructed the witness to remove his aviator's helmet. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What he meant to do, he did not accomplish, not as he intended. He wanted to remove himself from the physical world.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Millard removed his tuxedo so that he was completely invisible and juggled glass bottles. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Dill rose from the table without meeting Mr. McGowan’s eyes, removed his green apron, and walked slowly to the library, where he was meeting Lydia and Travis. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I’d recently undergone surgery on that ankle to remove a bone spur. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Whether this statement will be enough to quash the rumors that several bodies were removed from the woods an hour later, remains to be seen. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Her eyes widen as she removes the little rectangular piece of paper. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Age and weather had removed the first letter and the last—an R and an S—thereby coining a somewhat ominous word: OOM. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boss canvasman removes his hat and clutches it to his chest. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He removed his hat and bent very close to squint. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The first of the iron monsters ran up to us, only to have its eyeless collar head removed by a single powerful swing of the hammer. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Doctors found squamous cell cancer in a small mole they removed from Ma’s face, a condition caused by too much exposure to the sun. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Helen was ill at present: for some weeks she had been removed from my sight to I knew not what room upstairs. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I helped her out of her skirt and removed my own. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She noticed that the child removed her shoes and stockings and washed her feet carefully. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman behind the desk opens a drawer and takes out a brown paper bag, from which she removes several sandwiches, an apple, and a Milky Way. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

This was the first indication that quantum mechanics might remove the singularities that were predicted by general relativity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is no way of knowing how much time passes, but when Charlie opens his eyes, the cloth is out of his mouth, and the straps have been removed. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Emily removed a copy and squeezed it between her hands, breathing in the paper smell. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She’s very moody and has been removing more and more of her belongings and locking them up. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Frank leisurely removed his coat and donned a leather apron while Bob, the horse, patiently shifted from one foot to the other. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stretches out his hand and removes his silver-rimmed glasses with the other. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

It was always hardest getting Princesse to remove her panties, but once Catherine either turned around or pretended to close her eyes, they were gone in a flash. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I remove the leeches from my wrist and Amber's, and pluck out the others in the jar. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

But most just include a short line in an admission form saying that any tissues removed may be used for education or research. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Through blurred vision, he saw two prisoners removing the body of the man on his left, who had just died. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

He then removes one leaf and with a twig carves a cross on it and returns it to the wall hole. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Imani removes her coat and unloads her bag, and I take out my essay but keep my coat on. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He removes his hat and salutes my compliment. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I'm wearing my clothes from last night, though someone has removed my shoes. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t too worried about being able to remove the package. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if the doctors had known about its damage, surgery to fix a blood vessel or remove a bullet deep in the body wasn't possible in 1881. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

With that, he removed the hand from my head, curled it against him, and closed his eyes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I filter the water through a straw and it easily removes the parasite. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Upon completion of the game, the Referee must immediately remove the chess pieces from the table to prevent analysis. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She was quite plainly a servant, and Kit was impatient when the captain removed his hat and spoke with courtesy. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The doctors were removing it now, because they were pretty sure Auggie could breathe on his own. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Trying to be as gentle as I can, I remove his boots, his socks, and then very slowly inch his pants off of him. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“It is almost seventy years old and preserved in spirits of wine. I am afraid it will disintegrate if we remove it.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He removed the chickens to the shade of a tree nearby. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

One man removed the heavy bronze bars; the second pulled the door inward. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He inserted the nail of his uninjured index finger into the crevice between two front teeth and, removing a food particle, turned to Ginnie. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The barrier between the individual sound of each letter and the whole meaning of the word was removed and the printed word meant a thing at one quick glance. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rewards him by removing his hat, placing it on her head, and then posing with her trunk curled in the air. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“And killed them all, removing the right eye from each body before she left for the bush,” finished Zheegwon. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

From it, he removed a scroll of parchment which he unrolled and read aloud. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Aunt Florence, still wearing her hat and carrying her handbag, stood a little removed, looking down at them with a troubled, terrible face. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Unless the cage was removed forthwith, he announced, the entire defense team would walk out of court. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she removed the blanket and tried to dress her, but the guard pulled her away, lifted the prisoner by her arms, and sat her up. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In the name of Jesus, I remove you evil spirit of fear and send you to the Cross.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She undid each braid and removed every bead, then washed and combed and brushed. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The sound was audible as he opened up the complicated lock and, after removing what he was looking for, locked it up again. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

He removed them, but they returned again and again. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Police protection was provided for blacks removing their belongings from damaged buildings. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Its real, undeclared purpose was to remove all pleasure from the sexual act. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He removed the handcuffs and said a few words, then they both got in their patrol cars and drove off. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Parvati scowled and removed a large ornamental butterfly from the end of her plait. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He removed the flight jacket and held it up for a moment, the odor of leather mingling with the coffee smells. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Humming to himself, Matt removed Tom’s card and put it at the baby table. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even those who were years removed from their own day of glorious release were anxious to help with preparations as a kind of dry run. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was quiet for a time, as if counting a pulse, then he patted the stomach, almost affectionately, and used Kiowa’s hunting hatchet to remove the thumb. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He removes the rag from my forehead, dips it in water, and then squeezes out the excess. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

In the front of the Golden Fleece, Sophie fixed people’s hair; in the back she removed it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I remove her writing box from her lap and take her hand in mine. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

And then time will pass, and the hole will be gone, like when an organ is removed and the body’s fluids flow into the space it leaves. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

My dad wasn’t paying much attention, because he was busy tearing open luggage, removing the drugs, and buying new luggage. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Cora’s obvious madness had removed her from casual rebuke. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

With a pair of chopsticks, she removed what could be easily removed. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I removed the gag first, as quickly as I could, and threw it aside. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He had removed his belt and shoes and unbuttoned his shirt, revealing his white undershirt. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, back to gun safety,” Dad said, and pulled back and down on the bolt and removed the unused shell from the chamber of the rifle. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She removed the chair, unlocked the door and slid back the bolt. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Bono had, I ascertained, connived to secrete them when we had removed to this house from the town; having no use for them upon his exile, he had left them for me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I knew we were in major trouble, but I went through the motions of removing the cowling and fiddling with the spark-plug connections. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Lupin’s news seemed to have taken them out of themselves, removed them for a while from their state of siege: Tidings of new life were exhilarating. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He picked up the hairbrush and removed a couple of strands of hair that were stuck to the bristles. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

In keeping with almost universally accepted practice at the time, physicians and other scientists at Hopkins and elsewhere did not seek permission to use tissue removed as part of diagnostic and treatment procedures. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

His voice was slightly nasal, perhaps because he needed to have his tonsils and adenoids removed. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Still kneeling on the rail, I remove the knife from my mouth and lick blood from my lips. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

After removing the dirt down to the level of the coffin lid, a section was dug around the base of the coffin so several people could stand next to it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Theresa looked away, noticing that though the girl’s jewelry, like her clothes, had been removed, her nail polish remained. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Were they ancestors of Earth Men ten thousand years removed? The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her starboard hull plate had been removed, her engine dismantled, and her crankshaft and rod bearings lay exposed. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He told his guests to remove their cell phone batteries, to ensure the phones’ signals could not be tracked. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He was holding his side and didn’t want to remove his hand. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

One of them sat down near Black, removed his hat, and wiped his forehead thoughtfully with a freckled forearm. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“Tourteau took my hands with his own hands,” she continued, slowly removing her hands from her face. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The answer was an operation, which would remove the growth. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I removed my bodice and hung it on a nail. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sadie came most evenings, and the two of us would run side by side when he sent us for ice, then to remove the ice, then to put the ice back in. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He had all Ferula’s clothing and any objects that might serve as reminders of her removed from the house and resolved that as far as he was concerned his sister was dead. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He removed his straw hat and swept it grandly in the direction of the fresh salad bar, and called his cows to their dinner. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He removed his arm and stood erect and raised his hands. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father's stories had given me a glittering image of the city of Kraków, three hundred fifty miles and light-years removed from the life I knew in Narewka. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He removed his black snapback and wiped away at his sweat. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The accused man, Kabuo, was somebody he knew, somebody he’d gone to high school with, and he couldn’t bring himself, like the other reporters, to remove his coat at Kabuo’s murder trial. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

After stepping out of the elevator, he was led down a corridor and into a large, bare, windowless room where guards removed his blindfold. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Quantum mechanics got rid of the zero in the classical theory of light—removing the infinite energy that supposedly came from every bit of matter in the universe. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He also had me remove my brand-new belly ring; I’d had my belly button pierced just two days before. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Nyame blew gently on the Story Box, and, like an artist removing shavings from a sculpture, revealed his gleaming masterpiece. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Gogol watches as Donald begins to remove the clams from their bath, scrubbing the shells with something that looks like a tiny toilet bowl brush, then tossing them one by one into the stockpot. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A volunteer asks everyone to remove their hats, to please eat everything on their trays or give it to someone near them. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Philip was the youngest, the most princely, and the one furthest removed from his father. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not remove his hand from his pocket. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For the rest of her life. Except once, when she removed the blindfold for her son.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I removed the folded sheet of paper from my interior coat pocket. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Noggle turns away from us, muttering something about the general and foolishness and princes getting their heads removed from their shoulders. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Stanley had to remove his clothes in front of Mr. Sir, who made sure he wasn't hiding anything. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Though the earth be removed,” he was mumbling. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They regulate lots of its functions—filtering blood, producing hormones, helping to control blood pressure, and removing waste from the body. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

After I’ve caught my breath, I remove my hat, wipe my forehead, and enter the building. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

For the first time on the island, Piggy himself removed his one glass, knelt down and focused the sun on tinder. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“The baas says he can’t see you today,” he said, removing a fancy overcoat from a nail behind the door. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

What happens when we remove the that or which clause? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Martin removed his hat and set it in his lap. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He returns to his chair, removing his spectacles to wipe them with his handkerchief. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I reached behind me and removed my phone from between the couch cushions. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

They all heard the lock removed, and the bright sun shone in like a harsh surprise after the darkness of the smokehouse all night. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The roots sank so deep that the vine was nearly impossible to remove. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Mr. Elijah Karriem removed his own children from Detroit public schools, to start a nucleus of children in the University of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rental office tells him not to worry, that they will send someone by to remove the couch and the bed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

All day long they removed debris from destroyed buildings. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jack straightens, removing his arm from my shoulders as he gradually rises from his chair. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He knew she listened to him cry; he knew she listened to the clang of the enamel lid of the slop jar as he removed it and leaned over to vomit. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment the wizard stood looking at the fire; then he stooped and removed the ring to the hearth with the tongs, and at once picked it up. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Professor Sprout dusted off her hands, gave them all the thumbs-up, and removed her own earmuffs. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She curled each foot back to remove her shoes. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were shucking syringes, removing them from a sterile envelope, and fitting each syringe with a needle. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If not in the kitchen, I was removing colonies of spiders, polishing tables and chairs, or sweeping up a mountain of dust. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without removing any of his clothes Jake lay down and was instantly asleep. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I sit on the edge of Danielle’s bed and remove my clunky saddle shoes. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Unlike European monarchs and dictators, an unpopular U.S. leader could be removed by the voters at the ballot box, making assassination unnecessary. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He removed some packets of sulfanilamide from the first-aid kit. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

At the dinner table he forgot to remove the blue denim baseball cap he wore for yard work. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

But before long I found that my precious photo album was in tatters, and that many of my irreplaceable photographs had been removed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several hours later they saw medical personnel remove his body from the cell on a gurney. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He made very sure that the dirty blanket covered both the victims, and outside the entrance the Brute Squad held a boot count of those they had removed. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

While Hertzog had, three years earlier, led the drive to remove the last African voters from the common voters roll in the Cape, I found Smuts a sympathetic figure. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Past stained glass and statues of saints, at the very end of the room, is an entire high altar chapel removed from its church. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It has been longer than that, further removed in time, I told myself, and yet I knew that it hadn't been. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He removed his spectacles, studied their mud-spotted lenses, and set them on the desk without bothering to clean them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

But Livingston had just had his brainstorm about removing the grids from the dees, and taking a respite at such a moment fit neither his personality nor Lawrence’s calendar. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

And then with a swift, graceful movement of her small hands, she removed her long pearly strand and put it around my neck. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The casts had been removed a week earlier, but the doctor had warned him to take it easy. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Good. You are, however, permitted to remove your injured.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

With her second slipper secured, she removes her foot from the edge of the vanity and crosses her legs. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The coroner removed the bodies hours ago for autopsy, but Eduardo’s family still remains, unable to leave, as if waiting for his ghost to return to the place he was last alive. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s removing the chain from the bike no one stole, unfortunately. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Look,” he said quietly, leaning forward and putting a hand on the Daily Prophet, which she had just removed from a post owl, to stop her from opening it and vanishing behind it. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

This I did by first removing all the large rocks in front of the canoe. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crooks removed his glasses and wiped his eyes with his fingers. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Far removed from the conflict and the reality of what they have done. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She reaches down and removes her pumps, crimped and puckered now like her own skin, chalked and misshapen from the saltwater. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have never known Alastor Moody. The real Moody would not have removed you from my sight after what happened tonight. The moment he took you, I knew — and I followed.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I clear my throat, and Hideo looks politely away, giving me time to remove my robe and sink into the hot water. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He motions to the guards to remove the woman who began the chants. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I removed the serving tray and retreated to my corner. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You doubt whether even your art can remove it.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She removed pots, wooden spoons, a drinking gourd, an old cloth Aunt Chipo once used to cover her hair, and a knife Uncle Kufa had hurled into a bush when the tip broke off. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Prince hurried off then, and, after one stop to unlock a closet and remove several pairs of boots that had once belonged to Guilderian soldiers, he hurried outside. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

On the bedside table is a piece of shrapnel they removed from my leg. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Chicken!” he said hoarsely after removing the old Daily Prophets from his mouth and throwing them down onto the cave floor. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

First, they removed all the remaining fragments of the bacterial coat from the debris. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I removed my sneakers, and the ground felt instantly intimate on my soles, as if I had always lived here. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He slipped the clean diaper under the baby’s bungy with one hand before removing the soiled diaper with the other. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sliced open the top of the envelope and removed a single sheet of folded paper. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Why wouldn’t the gods remove my scar and heal me? The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

And while Dad is telling us another story for the hundredth time, Mom removes the salt from the table and JB goes to the buffet. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Once the germ has been removed for oil, the kernels are crushed. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

At that scale, even a small shift—like removing tantalizing photos of cool, icy glasses of soda from the kids’ menus—could have a real impact. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Her mom had put up an old baby gate to block the stairs leading up to the bedrooms, and Paganini had been removed to safety upstairs. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When they removed their hats, they revealed identical chestnut hair, neatly parted in the center. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Then I removed the Glock from its clear plastic blister packaging. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Since I had departed that morning for the continent, his next stop was the Philosophical Library, where he could remove his lingering doubts about Chargaff’s data. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Odenigbo removed a hand from the steering wheel to roll his window farther down. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

During the next couple of weeks, the picture—however forcibly or accidentally it had been planted on the Chief—was not removed from the bus. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

It was hard to make out what was happening, but the screams of the horses seemed loud even at this remove, and beneath them Catelyn heard the fainter clash of steel on steel. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

During the next few years I developed new mathematical techniques to remove this and other technical conditions from the theorems that proved that singularities must occur. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a scalpel, he removed a piece of Monkey 053’s spleen. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite Yutar’s shrill plea for their retention, Justice de Wet ordered them removed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t remove his cap even if he had wanted to, because he had no arms. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not one of them seemed to be able to fight off the curse, and each of them recovered only when Moody had removed it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The pink paint underneath the dirt is also being removed. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“You say, ‘You have tainted my house with sick medicine and must remove the curse with sweetness.’ The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bono, Olakunde, and I removed our shirts immediately—garments thrown off so with such celerity, when once donned with such pride. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I wiped my hands on my pants and carefully removed the note pad from my shirt pocket and took it to the Carcachita and left it there. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She removed her hands and said, “What? What?” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

But he could glare, and he glared at Bill for two full minutes when Bill asked him one afternoon if he had had his tonsils taken out like the Spartans used to have theirs removed. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask him how, but I didn’t want him to take his hand away, so I kept silent, but he removed it anyway. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then after a moment he removed his long gown and wound his braid about his head and went out, carrying the tub of water. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Every single item has been removed from every single box and discussed. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I had removed my patent leather shoes after a while, for they foundered badly in the sand. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He didn’t like that I rushed home from the junkyard the moment the work was finished, or that I removed every trace of grease before going out with Charles. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Making a wry mouth, she removed her kerchief and drew out the other two pins. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He removed his bloodied hand from his face. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Castor and Pollux remove them and detach emergency backup cameras. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The Mothers’ League was asking that the 101st be removed from inside the school or at least cut to a bare minimum. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up and removed the hat from his eyes, shoving it back off his face to look at me in mine. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She was told each time that it would be removed soon enough, and that, besides, thousands of people would love to have such a trailer; why was she trying to get rid of it? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He dropped the ball and proceeded to pick the feathers out of the shuttlecock, distastefully, as though removing ticks from a dog. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

More interesting was when he finally removed the towel and gauze and attempted the first stitch. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

With all visual stimulus removed, the blackness feels larger than my head, as though my cranial cavity has turned inside out. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

In the heat of early afternoon, they would remove their helmets and flak jackets, walking bare, which was dangerous but which helped ease the strain. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A wise ruler, therefore, cannot and should not keep his word when such an observance would be to his disadvantage, and when the reasons that caused him to make a promise are removed. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Celia has removed her drop pearl earrings only nine times, to clean them. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mollie had to remove the Indian blanket from her shoulders and put on a plain dress. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I think it best that we remove him from Muggle society for a while.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Not worth it,” I mumbled, and removed my sweater. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I shall bind my leg at the calf and then I shall remove my boot and make a cross-shaped incision in the place where I was bitten, and I shall suck out the serpent's venom. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

After the eidolon was gone, he felt as if a hot spike had been removed from his forehead. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

From the makeshift bandolier, she removed a small can of hair spray, thumbing off the top. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Not now,” Sticky growled, removing his spectacles and swiping at his eyes. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

At once Ranofer removed it to the stone block, dropped the blowpipe and seized the mallet instead. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“She’s been ready for centuries. No one will be removing that statue.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

No one in the world had the power to remove the dead man’s disorganized effects from Yossarian’s tent. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The embryos were removed and placed in common cows, who would then produce super calves. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, as if something were not quite right, she removed the cans from one shelf and switched them with the cans on another. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t object as he removed his boots and unbuttoned his jacket. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“That bird is the trial of my life,” she continued, removing the pink mountain from her head, while Laurie seated himself astride a chair. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He carefully removes my other Not-Timb, slips his left Nike on, and ties it too. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He forgets to remove his mask when he leaves, and when he finds it discarded in his town house the next day, he cannot remember where it came from. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The surgeons who had amputated my leg were now working on the skin, bone, and cartilage they had removed. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Within moments, they remove a block like a puke-green Hershey bar and break off smaller squares. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Everything must be removed to create space. Carry the furniture out onto the dock. Take the tablecloths up to the arbor on the sundeck. They’re organizing a hospital ward up there.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They emptied their pockets of underwear and removed the layer of soiled socks. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to get him to remove those, too, or this plan was doomed. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“They will start frowning if you remain seated. Shall I remove you to the servants’ quarters?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The plump one removed his hat and stared. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then she replaced the keys to the Winslow house in the catchall drawer and removed the box of matches. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I removed the letter from my brief case, but before I could explain, she said, "May I see it, please?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Living in the world’s thickest forest, the inhabitants of the Amazon basin had to remove a lot of trees if they wanted to accomplish practically anything. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Outside the camp, too, chronic shortages have removed rice from the daily diets of many North Koreans, especially those in the hostile classes. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

It took more medication to remove him from the pain. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Ten Snow removed from her little sewing kit a needle, and Angeline took out her own work, her own beads, bought with dried whitefish. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Over the next months, he taught me how to remove stains, how to ensure that leather was supple. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It’s worth noting that even after the Southern states left to form the Confederacy, stars indicating their states were not removed from the Union flag. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Robbie made a great show of removing his boots which weren’t dirty at all, and then, as an afterthought, took his socks off as well, and tiptoed with comic exaggeration across the wet floor. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

His visor had been removed from, his helm, to better show his dour face; pouchy bags under his eyes, a wide sour mouth, rusty hair spotted with grey. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Here and there she went, removing odds and ends. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looks like the fuel plant has been completely removed, with considerable damage to the struts in the process. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was confused, but continued to gently remove the pieces of glass from my bleeding hand. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It takes someone stupid like you—Gilly removed herself gently from under the weighty embrace and addressed herself to Miss Ellis, eye to eyebrow. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He repeated his words verbatim, indicating with hand gestures that we would have to remove our scarves. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He removed the shoulder strap and handed me my canteen. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

And the speed with which doors opened straight to the Colonel, the obsequious respect of that officer, the words, “The Secretary will see you now, sir,” did not remove Adam’s feeling. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I rush to it, open the back, and remove the note. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He removed it gently and edged as far away from her as he could. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He removed the burlap sacks from the bushels of oysters and began carrying one of them into the store. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Theresa’s lashes caught at the corners of her lids; and as she closed her door and began to undress, something about removing her layers and hanging them up proved too much to bear. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clover City feels even smaller and more removed without my Jolene. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Overjoyed, I quickly removed and stacked them in crude piles next to a ditch nearby. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In response, Celia goes to the wall and removes a thin Ottoman dagger with a jade hilt from where it hangs with its partner. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In a swift and decisive practice of preventive medicine, Dr. Snow removed the handle from the pump. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

And to get to your goal—the king—you had to remove the defenses first. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was all, da da da he removed from the premises, da da da, express instructions, da da. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two men grabbed her and removed her from Royal’s body. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

From within, she removed a tiny scroll and a medallion on a long silver chain. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Laila watched her put her thumb into its mouth, just over the lower jaw, push it in, and, in one downward stroke, remove the gills and the entrails. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

When he was done explaining, his father removed his reading glasses and set them on top of his paper. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The scrubs who had not played removed their warmups that still smelled of detergent and their mothers’ hands. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shook my head and covered my eyes, attempting to remove the horrible images from my mind. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Special relativity removes from our grasp one way of reaching the stars, the ship that can go faster than light. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He removed that as well, revealing a plain grey shirt of homespun. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Staring at the donor site this past Saturday as the surgeon removes the stitches. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“Artemis is no felon, miss, he is a genius. Now please remove yourself from my sightline. I am monitoring the main entrance.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Nhamo removed a sack of already ground and dried mealie meal from the storehouse. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yossarian was leaden with fatigue and longed to remove his sticky clothing. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

We all looked in silence at Mrs. Wilson who removed a strand of hair from over her eyes and looked back at us with a brilliant smile. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I removed two clamps on the undercarriage and it dropped right out. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, it seemed to Milkman, she walked over to a shelf that hung over the dry sink, put the geography book on it, and removed a knife. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they finally removed the piano and pool table that lay on top of him, it was all too clear he was dead. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Sandy removed a paper from the inside of his cap and placed it on the desk. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then squires removed his armor and Joff fastened the Hand's chain of office around his neck. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It somehow removed him from everything around him. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure that I do, either,” he said, assessing the balance of his rosebush, then removing, very carefully, another cane in the center. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Some mistook cervical infections for cancer and removed a woman’s entire reproductive tract when all she needed was antibiotics. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Finally, he rubbed them on his sweater as if to remove an ugly mark. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Start with a silverback gorilla, remove the fur, add scales, and stick an extra pair of arms in the wrong places. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“These are called supers,” she said, setting one on the floor in front of me and removing the lid. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned and faced the map, removing the doll from my pocket and tossing it upon the desk. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

After her talk with Miss Lucy, she removed her primer from her trunk. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

All the plastic bags had been removed, and the fire pit had been buried. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Councilman Hoede lost a great deal of blood, but he’s in the same state as these men. He’s been removed to the country with his family and the staff from his house.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Our education in the Bristol Township school district was not terrific, but neither was it so far removed from what a student in a wealthier public school district would have received. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

ICF officials quickly conferred with Chester Fox, owner of the film and television rights, who agreed to remove the camera. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was in the hospital for over a month and has splinters of glass in his spine that the doctors can’t remove. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing was to be removed; everything must remain. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched him remove a heavy engineer's watch from his breast pocket and squint at the dial importantly, then turn to check it with an electric clock that glowed from the wall. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed to have lost the power of intellectual effort, now that the stimulus of pain had been removed. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

If Reb Saunders even once heard of Danny being anywhere in my presence, he would remove him immediately from the college and send him to an out-of-town yeshiva for his rabbinic ordination. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I spend most of my hour-long break between jobs attempting to remove the edible portions of the slacks with a sponge and then drying them over the hood of my car in the sun. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she removed her dress, revealing a healthy expanse of petticoat, Tristran felt the branch begin to give way beneath his feet, and then he was tumbling down through the air in the moonlight... Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

As an army of workers cleared the stage, unhooking power cords, removing instruments and equipment, Armpit and Ginny were unsure of what they were supposed to do or where they were supposed to go. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He removed his straw hat to wipe a bit a sweat off his forehead. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Here they haven’t removed the mirror, there’s a long one opposite the sofa. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he removed his hand from under her, she could only manage three or four strokes before sinking. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He even rearranged the shelves of the kitchen downstairs and removed the gaily colored crêpe streamers from the electric fans. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Doctors had done a small operation just after I was born to remove the tumor that split the middle of my face and caused my facial deformities. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I was afraid he'd ask me for a more detailed description and was relieved when he crossed the room and removed Beth from her case. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

But he knew that when the bandages were removed and the hospital garments returned, he was just another homeless Hazara orphan. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He sheathed his sword and tried to remove his helm, but when he raised his arm, the pain made him grit his teeth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She chooses one and he removes the woody husk for her with a machete. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She opened a drawer, removed a box, then struck a single match. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three of them had loosened their ties just slightly; two others had removed their jackets. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“But why, if he was so afraid, would he remove his shirt beforehand?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Dark Tower was broken, but its foundations were not removed; for they were made with the power of the Ring, and while it remains they will endure. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She just removed her glasses and wiped them with a cloth she took from a case on her desk. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“When it is safe to remove them, I will give you the thumbs-up. Right — earmuffs on.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He sits up bleary-eyed, then stands, removes the shirt. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he removed his jerkin, and took off his shirt, which he proceeded to tear into strips which he used to bind the sticks, as firmly as he could, about her injured leg. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Hickock removed the spectacles she was wearing, polished the smeared lenses and resettled them on her pudgy, agreeable face. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I removed the battery and attached a power line where it used to be. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The solution he provided was to have Hungry Joe fly the courier ship once a week, removing him from the squadron for four nights, and the remedy, like all Colonel Korn’s remedies, was successful. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“The doctor will be in to see you shortly. But first I’m removing those bandages!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“I’ll ask you again: Was there a reason to ask this gentleman to remove his shoes?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She removes the lid but doesn’t touch the baby inside. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The dirt must be removed carefully so as not to damage the ancient stones beneath it. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He could sense that the poison had only been slowed, not removed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And the mole on his neck had been removed that morning. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Kaori opened it, removed the bag, and shook out the crystals. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I described it, omitting the detail that my participation had been limited to removing the dirty plates from the refreshments table. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ishmael put his hand on the newel post at the bottom of the stairway, then removed it and shone the flashlight beam upward. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He sprinted noiselessly across the room, removed the chair from under the door handle and with precaution unlocked and unbolted the door. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Her eyes had a stunned, swollen appearance when she removed her glasses; they strained to make out shapes, to translate blurs. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She removed her glasses and wiped her eyes. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The corpse had been removed, but there were still traces of dried blood on the ground. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

After inspecting the grounds, Tawny asked Roz to remove all the dried brambles and weeds and leaves from the garden area. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then he reached into a pocket on his apron and removed another one, from which he took a single bite, and set it down on the table. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She removed it with a pair of tongs and carried it dripping into the living room. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sometimes removes her sign early, or for periods of time when she is tired from reading or in need of a respite. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

"Don't take it too hard," my mother said, removing her oven mitts. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He unsaddled his horse, removed her bit and bridle, and ran his fingers through her shaggy mane. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Robin MacDonald sat down on a folding chair and removed his sneakers. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the girls: the actress Mary, who had been so wonderful in Private Lives, had suddenly removed herself without explanation to Glasgow and no one knew why. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The star-filled tunnel has already been removed, replaced by a single striped curtain. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

That night they removed all their dirty clothes from their instrument cases and stuffed those that would fit into various pockets. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good point,” said the judge, removing his robe and taking out a large bunch of keys. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

My entire body started to itch, as though I had just been removed from a plaster cast and was unused to the new freedom of movement. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He figured it had to be eaten immediately, so he removed some hamburger for the dogs and figured he’d barbecue the rest that night. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“That was a crime,” he insisted, and removed his pipe then sharply pointed the stem at me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I remove a stack of plates and set them on the island counter that is in full view of the Netbook. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

When they return to pick up their children, they enter and remove their mesh baseball caps. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bullet is still in his head simply because it couldn’t be removed, which makes me fear that something could go wrong at any time. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I saw the offer as a sign of forgiveness, a tremendous burden removed. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put down his utensils, and a servant removed his plate. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ignatia knew that the wearer could put the boots on and off as wanted, but there would be no removing the boots by force as long as the wearer was alive. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

If only he could reach out and tug at her lips to remove the sad smile on her face. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Immediately, as if a spell had been removed, the others relaxed and stirred. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

After they removed the coffin to the street, the santeros broke a clay urn behind Felicia’s old De Soto, the funeral car, and sprinkled it with cold water to refresh her for the final journey. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were night creatures with blue skin that they could remove before slipping under doors and through keyholes. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

So they’d had her diagnosed, had the benign tumors removed, save the one on her back, which never changed much. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

At many beds, nurses were removing dirty dressings. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He finished removing the bandage and was glad the light was dim. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

One inmate had wanted to cut off his ring finger, he said, because it was too swollen for the inmate to remove his wedding band, but another inmate had talked him out of it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The passing of the regent removed from the scene an enlightened and tolerant man who achieved the goal that marks the reign of all great leaders: he kept his people united. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three intrepid dogs remove their helmets and stealthily creep closer. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then the doctors did the delicate work of removing portions of the damaged nerve and reconnecting it. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Yishan shook his wrist to remove the string, and all watched as the released moon returned to its place in the limitless Heavenly Lake. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Within an hour they had taken Alice to the hospital and the doctor had removed from her a tumor almost the size of a newborn child. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Once enough Eeople had crowded around, Nicolas proceeded to remove all is clothes and, naked as a baby, lie down in the middle of the street with his arms stretched out, making a cross. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Absently, she removed a scrap of lint entangled in Aziza’s hair. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I will always be grateful to the parish priest who forced a mortician to remove an elaborate arrangement of flowers from a coffin: ‘Don’t hide it!’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Dr. Muthachen, who had to be removed from his own wedding in a sack. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was in the fiction section, removing a book from the D's. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Deciding that it was at last safe to do so, Harry removed the Shield Charm with a wave of Hermione’s wand and turned to Ron. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Shorty straightened up, removed a hunting knife from the leather belt-sheath tucked into his back pocket, quickly skinned the coyote, and walked back to the horse with the pelt tucked under his arm. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was in intensive care in the hospital and I think the patients were exempted, as the complications of removing us for a practice drill outweighed the benefits. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Plastic surgeons removed half his nose, and much of the right side of his face after he was rescued at sea. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They have finally removed that Igbo vice chancellor from the University of Lagos,” he said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Mask removes himself from the fray, rubbing his jaw. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I was enjoying the players' tales so much that I neglected to undress and remove my makeup. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Last of all he removed the simple iron wheel from around his neck and laid it on the nightstand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was like getting the use of an eye back, having a cataract removed. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

They remove their coats, introduce themselves, pour themselves Chianti. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He removed a large glass jar full of papers. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I looked around the forest for one of the medicinal leaves that Grandfather had said remove poison from the body. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I went inside the bathroom and removed my clothes. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He moved his catapult again, closed his hand around Tyrion’s alabaster dragon, removed it from the board. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She removed her hand, but I kept holding it. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, good-by, ducks,” said the firemen, regretfully removing their helmets from the penguins and putting them on their own heads. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Luckily, she survived the suicide attempt, and by the time the kids were older, the in-laws were kicked out of the house and removed from their lives completely. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The chemist who guards water purity has no routine tests for these organic pollutants and no way to remove them. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She had known the last copy of Flora and Ulysses wouldn’t be on the shelf, because she’d already removed it. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then, say Wendy’s husband and the other Central Americans, the man with the cobra tattoo on his arm orders Wendy to remove her pants. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He removed a whole arsenal of tools that none of them had ever seen before and proceeded to trap an ant and carefully observe it with his microscope. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The surgeon who removed them told Shawn to preserve his baby teeth for as long as possible, then when they rotted out, he’d be given posts. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

At this very moment, Stevens, his lordship is doing what he can to remove Foreign Office objections to this appalling idea.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z