The other girl, who had lifted her head to listen to her sister, repeated, while she gazed at the fire, a line of what had been read. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I repeated the line about the strip- frisk and asked him to hand us his clothes. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rolled my eyes reflectively ceilingward and repeated the question aloud. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The oft repeated story of the Kaibab deer in Arizona is another case in point. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“The details of her story I need not repeat,” Elizabeth wrote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

And then, as his father did not speak, he repeated his father’s text: “My witness is in Heaven and my record is on high.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Giving himself repeated daily shots of canine insulin in the abdomen, arm, or leg, Woolf almost certainly spent his days boomeranging between insulin gluts and deficits. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Descartes produced his study of the rainbow he had to start from scratch, despite the fact that he was very largely simply repeating the work both of Theodoric and of al-Farisi. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“It’s Christmas, and she didn’t come out,” I said again, not sure if I was repeating it for her or for myself. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

With memories of Phelan’s bravado, and a giddy recklessness, I turned around, opened the cell door, and repeated myself with no intervening bars. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three of the many kinds of weapons used in the war are particularly important: the minie ball, the breech-loading repeating rifle, and the ironclad ship. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Clara decided that if craziness can repeat itself in a family, then there must be a genetic memory that prevents it from being swallowed by oblivion. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Nne,” she said, and, turning to Obinze, repeated her daughter s words in an exaggerated British accent. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The escaped word ricocheted around the ward and seemed to repeat itself several times. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I repeated it to myself like a mantra. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I could ask,” said the Wart “You could ask,” repeated Merlyn. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She repeats the process, placing a mold over the top row. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

"Lady Camellia," he repeats without making eye contact. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“A, B, C, vitamin D,” he repeated to himself, as though the words were a spell that would restore the dead past to life. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only repeat pickups I get are old guys who always know a better way or yuppie businessmen who are always checking their watch or talking on the phone. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“A wood nymph,” I repeated, still staring at the Diet Coke can like it was from outer space. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Just as she let the past go, she was determined not to repeat it: my childhood would bear no resemblance to hers. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I say, “You a kind girl,” and she nod, repeat it back to me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Grandpa repeated his quick jerks of the crank, all for nothing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to see how you were,” she repeated. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I told you the truth, Cadence, I always did, and you’d repeat it back to me. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

"The little bird repeats whatever she hears. Going, yes." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s not you,” I repeated back, a blank look on my face. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, Bill Cochran walked into his office, and Francis started to repeat the story. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

In Donders’s experiment, one participant uttered a syllable, then the other repeated it as quickly as possible. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Not...mad...at...you...honey,” she repeats, adding extra pauses between the words. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other reason I don't stay is the same reason why I don't accept Miss Akkerman's repeated offer to call her Irene. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The vuvv responds, “I repeat that human love lasts until the end of time. If it does not, it is not love.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

This was the way Chinese offered congratulations on special occasions, and the greeting, as it was repeated, sounded like little bells tinkling. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, she stopped him several times and begged him to repeat his statements in simpler language so that Gloria might understand. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“It glimmered in their kindness to him,” he repeated, smiling. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Try not to sing too loudly while the class is repeating each phrase; strive for singing independence among students. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

A report in the Woman’s Journal said, “Women were spat upon...slapped in the face, tripped up, pelted with burning cigar stubs, and insulted by jeers and obscene language too vile to print or repeat.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

And he said some other things too, which I won’t bother repeating here. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Says you, ‘Joseph, he gave me a little message, which I will now repeat. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Du Barry's morning instructions repeat in my head: Display only the second arcana, and what has been instructed. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

A set of stairs curved deeper into the earth, the barreled ceiling held up by more repeating arches, closer together and carved from polished black stone. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I edge up to the next line, repeating the name again. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Despite my weakened state, I was prepared for battle, repeating my mantra: You are strong. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“No,” Moss repeated, his eyes locked on the tinted visor of the guard. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then he repeated, "I'm sorry! I'm sorry, man!" When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“I would not repeat what you have said.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She will be found,” repeated Habib, his lips compressed into a tight line. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

When I made him repeat the parts of his testimony about being coerced to testify falsely, Ralph remained calm and conveyed absolute sincerity. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Mom looks at me, telling me with her eyes that she is not going to repeat herself. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

A too-patient voice with dividers between each word explained the legal procedures as if repeating a history lesson Carla's mother should have learned long before she had troubled the police or moved into this neighborhood. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

It repeated the fact to me again and again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Although neophyte writers may repeat a simple sentence structure to the point of inanity, most writers go to the opposite extreme and vary their syntax capriciously. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“One must live,” she repeated, defiant, challenging, sensing reproach where none could be; for it is very true, one must live. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

A girl, whose name I will not repeat, had her first under-the-bra experience at Rosie’s while making out between the pinball machines. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

You have to repeat your dream to yourself, with complete faith that you will get it. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I do not think,” she repeats, “we ever had a book like that.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Go,” repeated Hazel, “or you will be killed.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hold those images in your mind and repeat this sacred prayer after me. ‘ Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Take this thing for a walk?” he repeated in disgust, staring into one of the boxes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The words repeat in my head as if the sound will make it so. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every day I walked home from school repeating those words. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Did the light-fingered gentleman ransack the cellars?” the other repeated. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“You,” Mr. Curtain repeated, looming over the children and glowering in particular at Reynie. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating: I really, really love these two. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Such views enjoyed an improbable durability and could be found repeated or echoed in European texts till near the end of the nineteenth century. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

This whole routine was repeated detail for detail three more times. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Our mill houses were a long sight better than in lots of places, but they looked more like repeating blobs of white than homes. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He repeated, “I am Gitano, and I have come back.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Neat,” Melanie said, and, taking the flowers back, she repeated the ritual, adding another refinement by tapping her forehead to the floor three times. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mockery is childish, Beatrice,” I repeat in my best imitation of her voice. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Think of the ten million, I repeat to myself. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“He said his friends were imaginary,” my dad repeated, sounding worried. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“You that grow well here in the arroyo by the dampness of the river, we lift you to make good medicine,” Ultima intoned softly and I found myself repeating after her. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a Jack Kerouac quote their dad loved to repeat when the family deliberated weekend plans. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Of course! Of course,” she repeated, trying not to allow any note of panic to enter her voice. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Mr. Jaggers looked at me inquiringly, and repeated “Mother?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I have a responsibility,” Bailey says, repeating the word he has begun to hate. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Go back to Bluebell! Go back to Bluebell!” repeated Silver, running from side to side. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was about to repeat myself when there was a knock at the door. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Now Ren has repeated the same line from the Pirate’s Den—and even though it could still mean nothing at all, my mind jumps to a different conclusion. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I had trouble saying it, so I broke it into syllables and repeated each sound slowly, followed by the whole word. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

By repeating this move, I was able to pick off his extra lives, one by one. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry,” he repeated, stroking his hand through my hair. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I know something,” Miranda repeated, this time more loudly, sensing the size of her audience. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Because I trod the same ground over and over, repeating my lines until they threatened to choke me, each day seemed endless. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was bothered, too, by the noise of the few steam vessels that Burnham, over his repeated objections, had authorized to travel the exposition’s waters alongside the electric launches. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Fascinating,” I repeated, a little breathless, feeling like a man who discovers a buried treasure in his own backyard. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not him. It’s not him,” Violet repeats as I jog up to the car. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Apparently I lay in the back and slowly repeated the words “The. Symptoms. Generally. Associated. With. Concussion.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I ask, and when he tells me, I repeat the address a few times in my head so I’ll remember. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The moment Valley repeated the second part of the spell, she doubled over with the mirror in hand, her hood going over her head and covering her face and hair. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

On the radio, there was a repeat broadcast of the Ahiara declaration, His Excellency’s voice measured and determined. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You can’t do both,” my dad repeated for the umpteenth time. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

In spite of their warning, Kermit repeated the order, and the two men felt obligated to obey. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“God sees the heart,” he repeated, “He sees the heart.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Think of a favorite pop or gospel tune that, near the end, has the soloist "ad libbing" while the back-up singers repeat the refrain. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Despite my vigorous protestations, the joke is repeated twice during the breakfast service. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Why?!" he keeps repeating and breaking out in fresh chuckles. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Whether the music is classical, modern, jazz, or pop, listen for repeated sections of music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Sentence is bound to sentence with repeated words—“conceive,” “dedicate,” “consecrate”— and with the antitheses of “we” and “they,” “living” and “dead.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“But, listen, I want to tell you something else. And you have to promise me you’ll never repeat it.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mom repeats the question because Dad won’t continue until someone does. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

“It’s .58,” he repeated; “it’s a little bit more than a half.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What a slap in the eye I must be to them,” I repeated. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“But you have money of your own,” I repeated. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, my AIM profile currently contained a list of songs I was listening to on repeat last week— A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Today a repeat offender had been brought before her, someone who had broken the rules before. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“So this will be the end,” Leah and I both repeated, in complete amazement. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I realized Mr. Greene had repeated a column from the previous month. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Whoever is calling on this radio net, I repeat, release your mike switch—you are covering me. You are covering me. Over.” Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The translation boxes on our chests repeated our words out loud in the language of the vuvv. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The woman repeated the question, her voice breaking. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

They were repeating the speech, word for word. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She repeated and her voice shook and quavered: "It was shaped like a bear...." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The procedure was repeated until eventually the entire choir was vaulted. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

I’m on my back in the Sanctuary listening to “Bohemian Rhapsody” on repeat as tears run down into my hair. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“A meat hook?” she repeated, eyes wide, then narrow. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I repeat the move, only this time I nearly shout, “Solis!” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t exactly looking to repeat the experience. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The knock was repeated, much louder, but he took no notice. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But for Axel, hearing these words, George’s words, is like comfort on repeat. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I have no wish to take life, not even human life,” repeated Boxer, and his eyes were full of tears. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

After repeating the words a few more times, he let loose a booming laugh as if he’d just heard a rare jest. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Miss Eyre, I repeat it, you can leave me. How often am I to say the same thing? Why do you remain pertinaciously perched on my knee, when I have given you notice to quit?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I sat in the pew, the same one I was in when Oscar and I met, and repeated the mantra: Come here, sit on my lap, ad infinitum. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

They keep repeating the words America and new life. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It makes me both sad and angry because history is indeed repeating itself. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“No, they don’t need me,” she repeated, pouring herself a cup of coffee. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bigwig woke to hear his name repeated urgently. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mary had a little lamb” keeps repeating in my head. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

In a different key, “How can I?” he repeated meditatively. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had written the words so that he could repeat them! Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like maybe he thought if he repeated my name enough times, he’d hypnotize me into trusting him better. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her fingers are bound to snag the work and she’ll have to repeat the stitches time and time again. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Erik made his remarks, and Arthur repeated them, as if nothing in their pathetic lives had changed. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maria had hoped to remain in Surinam long enough to confirm all her discoveries, to repeat them and check her data as she had always done in Europe. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We talk loudly, and we repeat what we have to say over and over again. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Polly gritted her teeth, slowly repeated everything Teenie had said to Amari, even though she figured the girl had already understood most of it, and headed out of the kitchen and down to the river. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spent several days as if he were bewitched, softly repeating to himself a string of fearful conjectures without giving credit to his own understanding. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

In the evening the lunchtime ritual was repeated. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But despite repeated kicks to the door, no one comes to his aid. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She just repeated my father’s name into the falling snow. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“We can make flyers and pamphlets,” she repeated. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“And you said Mr. Lemoncello never repeats himself, never uses the same kind of clue twice.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The stirring, sieving, settling, and bailing were repeated any number of times, until Min was satisfied with the residue. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

But after learning about the fate of those rebels, the princess was spending most of her time in her rooms, and had declined Celaena’s repeated offers to go for walks. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But most important, hips are scientific, I say repeating what Alicia already told me. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry repeated, tearing his gaze from the water to look at Dumbledore. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He would listen somberly, sigh, and repeat that he had no intention of quarreling with Reb Saunders, he respected his position in spite of its fanaticism. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The place was loud, thumping with music and voices, and she asked me to repeat my name three times until she got it. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He repeated it over and over again, his lips moving slightly, as if he could make it come true by saying it a thousand times. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When Tag was sure the large male had fallen asleep again, he repeated the performance. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now I want you to repeat these words after me: I, Vanessa Martin, am about to compete in my very first pageant. Miss King Middle School, here I come!” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Mama keeps repeating that the Lord knows what he does and Patria nods like she doesn’t half believe it. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jamison repeated the obvious, in his steady voice. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He will put some things behind—” he repeats. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The words repeat themselves around me as the Kawasaki starts up and meanders down the dark, motionless street. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Day after day, Woolf and Smith repeated the drill, sometimes pairing him with Chanceview. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She repeated some of those social services kind of words like reevaluate and stable environment. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Pigeons,” he repeats, trying to get Daniel’s attention back on the idea. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The Supreme Court shackles the police, compounds confusion in the legislatures of the states, and turns loose murderers and rapists to repeat their evil deeds upon the innocent and law-abiding members of society. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Robin repeated the directions, but laughed at the thought of going all that way to make a visit. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I swallowed, then repeated clearly, “Save yourself. Lie to them.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Thérèse makes me repeat the details while her gray eyes grow wide. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Washington had been threatening to retire even before he was inaugurated as president in 1789, and he had repeated the threat in 1792 prior to his reelection. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

"Father," repeated Primus in his deep boom of a voice. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

She repeated it all back to me, making sure she had it straight. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

History seemed to repeat itself when Zlata became the modern Anne Frank. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“The universe shines down with love,” I say, repeating Mama Ya-Ya’s words. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

The word was too good, too bitter, too successfully daunting to be repeated. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I told you the PSFs would catch up to us!” he kept repeating, like we hadn’t heard him shout it the first ten times. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I tolja he just gone off somewhere,” May Belle said quietly and stubbornly as though she had repeated it often and no one had believed her. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

"Gold," he repeated, scrambling backward like a crab, "more gold than you'll see here in a lifetime. Enough to buy land, women, horses . . . you could be a lord. Lord Mord." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I never liked writing concluding paragraphs to papers—where you just repeat what you’ve already said with phrases like In summation, and To conclude. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

When Bran repeated that to Osha, she laughed aloud. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She blinked at him, smiled, and repeated the poem. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Dr. Treisman instructed the subject to listen to the passage coming into one ear—say, the left ear—and then to immediately repeat what he or she heard. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But it’s an irony of human communication that the more beautiful or lively or effective the figure of speech, the more likely it will be loved, remembered, repeated, worn out, and finally worked to death. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until the song repeated for the third time that I realized the words “little tomato” weren’t even in the lyrics. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Just us and the boys,” Big Dub repeated. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And it wasn’t one he wasn’t going to repeat. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“You know of him?” the big guy repeats. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to catch my breath and repeat myself, but after two words he was already past me and walking, almost running up the path toward the old woman’s house. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t want to hear no more,” she repeated softly. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Do...you...understand?” he repeats, coming to a full stop after each word. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Rashid considered his options, then followed Tad as the message from the emergency line repeated, accompanied by the sound of running water and the buzz of broken electrical lines overhead. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“You do not want to get a sunburn. And don’t, I repeat, do not forget to take your hearing aids off if you go swimming.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Both Aunt Nancy and George like to repeat things. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then she repeated what God told Cain after he killed Abel: “The blood cries out from the ground.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Exceptional,” he repeats, nodding, talking as if only to himself. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The more that you rush, the more you are going to have to end up going back and repeating what you’ve already done. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I repeat that process over and over again until I calm down a little. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he repeated the old words: “If they was a circus or a baseball game . . . . we would of went to her . . . . jus’ said ‘ta hell with work,’ an’ went to her. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me have your attention, please!” repeated Stuart. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

This sent the Indians into paroxysms of laughter, and he had to repeat his performance time and time again, until he was tired and lay down, panting but happy. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he repeated his question, his voice soft, gentle. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Next time he would have to go into details and he would try to fasten hard in his mind the words he spoke so that he could repeat them a thousand times, if necessary. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

So, endlessly, we repeated what we had learned not to do around age two: tipped ourselves forward, bodies straight, feet still, until we landed with a bam. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Day before yesterday,” she repeated, breaking off a spray of Mademoiselle’s geranium; “then if you had not met me here to-day you wouldn’t—when—that is, didn’t you mean to come and see me?” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

There was a babble of noise, and the leader had to repeat himself several times for everyone to understand what he was saying. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the man tried to ask another question, Toby shook his head and repeated himself. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

They were too dazed, they were in shock from repeated episodes of terror. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Grace repeats this incident to Cordelia, next morning, in the school bus, her voice a near whisper. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She always implies we have an accent, by repeating our words and expressions like little jokes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matty asked in horror, and realized he was repeating the phrase from Trade Mart. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

They had to catch their breath, or ask me to repeat myself. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The short businesslike sentences became interlarded and adulterated with screaming and emphatic profanity, but the cold, calling voice repeated and repeated and repeated unwearyingly. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

This was the decision that caused Hamilton to repeat his earlier characterizations of Burr as the unprincipled American Catiline, which in turn generated the newspaper reports containing the offensive word “despicable.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

There were those who, in spite of repeated disciplinary action, would glean people with specific ethnic traits. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Our family’s name was repeated again within an hour. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m jolly glad you came along,” Michael repeated. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

God, I pray, tell me she didn’t repeat Miss Hilly’s lies. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The words repeated again and again, twisting inside his head as he fell. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I remember before I even see it repeated on the disc. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“Oh! do not repeat what I then said. These recollections will not do at all. I assure you that I have long been most heartily ashamed of it.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

The scythe didn’t repeat himself, because he knew she had heard—she just wasn’t willing to believe. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“I repeat, dinner is ready. Everybody to the dining room...before I eat it all!” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The words, repeated, had the rhythm of an incantation, and they were the last that passed between the two young men for more than four years. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When the girl fainted, the two men left, but they returned early the next morning and repeated their demand. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

And he repeated over and over, “I will tell it to the village—I will tell it to the village...” until at last Wang Lung said unwillingly, “What do you want me to do?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

After repeating the order one more time, and watching Wes ignore him again, one of the officers stepped forward. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

If there are no beginning repeat dots, you should go all the way back to the beginning of the music and repeat from there. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

But the death threats were repeated every day, along with new and colorful descriptions of what would happen if the cream puffs didn’t appear. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Tampered with?” repeated Harry, sitting back down too. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Had it not been,” he repeated, turning those eyes now on Reynie, “for you.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

A woman crouched next to him and repeated, “Hang on. Everything will be okay.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Dad stared at her blankly, so she repeated, “What if Erik has no future as the placekicker for some big-time college football team?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Bulls had won the Piedmont League pennant a few years back, and while they hadn’t yet repeated that feat, several promising new players had been recruited that year. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“No, no, no,” you repeated, faster, louder, and more annoyed each time. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She keeps repeating that this is a much-needed adventure with her boys. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

"We didn't see nothing," Tariq repeated, the rest of us clustered behind him. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I was just repeating Dane’s words, but I’m afraid to even explain that. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Straining to hear any wavering doubt in their voices, Briony listened to Marshall, then Lola, repeating the words after the vicar. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Not that big of a deal?” he repeats in alarm. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“We didn’t know how much we could repeat elements,” Lesser says. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m fine, Matt. I’m fine,” he repeated in that voice people talk in whenever they’re trying to convince someone that they’re not drunk. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I shouldn’t keep you,” Olanna repeated, and placed the phone down. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I’ll get it,” he repeated, this time softer, pushing away from the table. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I repeated my rules: “Not till after two, all right, man? The close dugout.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then we made up songs in which the forbidden words were repeated over and over, until we arrived at the stream. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

She repeated the chant, waving her coverless Precious Red Book as if nothing had happened. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The savage, whoever he was, ululated twice; and the cry was repeated in both directions, then died away. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I would repeat the first grade if my teacher would let me. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

"Yes, I think it is very valuable," she repeated thoughtfully. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

There it was: a reflection that wasn’t repeating his actions! Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Why isn’t he out yet? The plane landed an hour ago,” Baba repeats for the fifth time as he runs his hand through his hair like he does whenever he’s anxious. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Kids gathered around as Sam repeated Dr. Morales’s story of Mount Pelée. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then I repeated the same things, this time to myself, in my own head, to convince myself Momly was all right. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He shrank from the very thought of breaking another door seal and repeating the nerve-racking process of mending it, but there was no other way. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He repeated his remark and I said, “Yes.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Then Gosling repeated the process, but this time he didn’t call on close friends. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I repeat, louder this time, articulating every syllable, like he doesn’t speak the language. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Whatever they are watching has to be complex enough to allow, upon repeated exposure, for deeper and deeper levels of comprehension. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Schultz repeated the experiment with autistic people, however, he found that they used their object-recognition area for both the chairs and the faces. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

As far as I could tell, Wilson recited all of this without taking a single breath, speaking in the flat monotone of someone who repeats the same sentences all day long. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“A horrible and bloody sacrifice,” Marshall and Elizabeth repeated dutifully, but Elizabeth’s voice quavered a little and Marshall leaned over and poked his sister. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pronounces this word with awe, as if it’s the name of something sacred, and I repeat it silently to myself: chintz. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Painful though it was to hear the accusations repeated, Kira realized with awe the value of the repetition. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Scooter”—she repeated his name a third time—“don’t you think our grass is too short?” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

I went on stomping about, repeating my lines and getting in everyone's way until at last Julian took me by the arm. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Aunty Uju liked to talk about The General, different versions of the same stories repeated and savored. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She stands up and smooths out her purple sweatshirt with two hands as she repeats herself, just loud enough for me to hear this time. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Oh—I wouldn’t remember exactly. Besides I couldn’t repeat it. You know how you get when you’re excited.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“Miss Smith!—message to Miss Smith!—What could she possibly mean!”—And he repeated her words with such assurance of accent, such boastful pretence of amazement, that she could not help replying with quickness, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

We all raised our glasses and repeated the blessing. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I know what day it is,” Dudley repeated, coming right up to him. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“How did you get in here?” she repeated. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mother had always been good at that, for she would have the schoolteacher repeat a section she was not sure of— despite the schoolteachers grumbling. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Among other mosquitoes, including carriers of other diseases, the pattern is being repeated. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

"Your name," the old woman repeats, as if Yolanda hasn't asked him in Spanish. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Even though we clients wouldn’t be asked to share in the load hauling, we would need to make repeated forays above Base Camp before the summit push in order to acclimatize. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

We repeat this same debate all the time. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I repeat my former name, remind myself of what I once could do, how others saw me. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

We repeat these words as if we’re trying to memorize a false identity: I live in Kinshasa, Zaire. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He means the TV show that keeps repeating, and of course he's teasing her, but the Fair Gwen is not amused. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

He obligingly repeated his office hours, throwing in his office address for good measure, as a way of reminding himself that he had a nice new half office, with a window. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

In going over the works with Burnham I find him constantly repeating to his Secretary: ‘Tell Ulrich to’—do this & that. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Too awful,” she kept repeating, and all Bernard’s consolations were in vain. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Major Major’s father repeated this good joke at every opportunity. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

When the caterpillars died or their pupae failed to produce an adult, she repeated her investigations. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Joey repeated the name, like he was writing it down. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe the notebook pages had just repeated his request to Van Houten. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Compton relayed Lawrence’s words to Bush the next day, repeating Ernest’s dreary assessment of Briggs as “slow, conservative, methodical, and accustomed to operate at peacetime government bureau tempo.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The reports differ in detail, but always repeat the theme of death to wildlife in the wake of pesticides. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Morning after morning, he was out at the gate with the horse, repeating the lesson. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He passed the pitcher to me, and I repeated the ritual, but I remained seated. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

There she stayed until the following morning, when the same routine would be repeated. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

This isn’t repeated as speculation or as part of the underwear invention, but as fact. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Told Templeton she didn’t want the egg any more,” repeated Fern. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The people solemnly repeated, “So it was and ever shall be.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

There was no reply and he repeated, “Take me with you.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Gates repeated this speech twice more as I worked my way out the front door and turned left to my bus stop. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he kept repeating, “She felt guilty, she felt guilty, she felt guilty,” it would be a boring book and no one would buy it. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Old comets, heated by repeated passages near the Sun, break up, evaporate and disintegrate. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Last one in two hours,” he repeated unhelpfully. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

With repeated spraying over the years the range between trees is from 26 to 60 pounds to the acre; under trees, up to 113 pounds. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“The red thread of death?” repeated Despereaux in a small voice. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

But if called upon to repeat what I said or what he said, I couldn’t. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stood up to it and repeated, “I am a human being.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They scooted the ladders over and repeated the process. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He shrugged his shoulders and repeated that he had to go. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a single word in her mind, but it was sure, repeating itself like ripples on a pond’s smooth surface. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

We watched in awe as Helen stood her ground, repeated her resolve not to play for the church choir, and survived a beating with the belt by Mommy without a whimper. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

In some respects he repeated the error of his ways in the third game as well: letting a potential—or at least a possible—win slip through his grasp and drift into a draw. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And Jak repeated the shout, “Here we go!” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

As she walked, she repeated the words her mother had given her to say. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The words kept repeating inside her head, like an echo. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Rhyme and Reason,” she repeated; “but that’s another long story, and you may not want to hear it.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Attention all compound residents. Commence emergency lockdown procedure, effective until five o’clock a.m. I repeat, commence emergency lockdown procedure, effective until five o’clock a.m.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Even though one book after another repeats this myth, the popularity of spices had nothing to do with disguising the taste of meat or fish that had gone bad. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

She looked up at me suddenly, only moving her eyes, and repeated in a grimly playful manner,— Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

He repeated his story about Joseph of Egypt, and asked the boy to become the counselor of the oasis. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

By their constant contact with the chemicals these men keep themselves desensitized — as an allergist keeps his patients desensitized by repeated small injections of the allergen. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The restrictions amuse her; she sees them as a single afternoon’s challenge, an anomaly never to be repeated. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now I knew most of the Brotherhood arguments so well—those I doubted as well as those I believed—that I could repeat them in my sleep, but nothing had been said about my assignment. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fifty missions,” he repeated, still shaking his head. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She heard Jamison repeat the words of her thoughts as if they had been audible. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And repeating this over and over again to himself he fell asleep at last in his tent. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“We’re friends,” I repeat for the third time as I pick out my favorite red candies. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

And we sailed to the next float, checked it for the mark that meant it was one of ours, and repeated the process. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He repeated it so many times and with such conviction that one afternoon when he was putting together a little gold fish in the workshop, he had the certainty that she had answered his call. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

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

“This bathroom is for senior management,” she repeated, straightening to her full height. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A spotter reads coordinates into the headpiece, and an artilleryman repeats them back. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was also a moment, a time in his life, that seemed impossible to repeat. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I said, may I come in?” she repeats. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

TJ says when in doubt, pause, smile, and repeat the question before answering it. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

"Squirrel Nut Zippers," Ms. CeeCee repeated, then continued with the list. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The tunes whistled through perfect teeth are remembered, picked up later and repeated at the kitchen stove. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not that kind of friend,” I repeated, softer now. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Marcus repeats the vow, his voice echoing in the breathless silence of the amphitheater. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She repeated herself, mumbling in his ear, and this time he heard her clearly. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The song “A Ram Sam Sam,” for example, is a traditional Moroccan folk song that contains many simple repeating patterns. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Crabby as ever, huh?” he repeated, trying to make it sound like a joke, to tease me out of my mood. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You were thirteen,” I repeated, coming to a halt. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Harry repeated the argument he kept bringing out in favor of this theory. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She was not good; she was not original: she used to repeat sounding phrases from books: she never offered, nor had, an opinion of her own. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She kept repeating something so Liyana’s mother called Poppy at the hospital to translate. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

When he had almost buried the stake, he pulled it from the ground with his massive hands, and repeated the ritual until he felt he had punished his body enough. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She comes over and repeats, “I will help you.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

But the rest of me sat there on the carpet, unmoved and detached, thinking and caring for one thing only, repeating a phrase over and over again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Next, you repeat as necessary for a bunch of years. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she kept repeating it until eventually he began to understand. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was so raw from repeated exposure to cruelty that now even the most minor abrasions left a mark. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It’s hard work, but I lose myself in the simple rhythm of digging a hole and planting a seed on repeat. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The mayor also was there, despite repeated suggestions by the head of security that she return to her seat and enjoy the show. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

She did not want to repeat her mistake of bragging about the childrens accomplishments, yet she could not let Baroness Hoover’s mean remark go unanswered. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

There was soft music playing, a woman repeating the “So hum” over and over in what I guessed was some kind of mantra. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

For all that, I’d been holding it off for ages, repeating to myself Miss Emily’s advice—“If you can’t find someone with whom you truly wish to share this experience, then don’t!” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He repeated the opening words of the Book of John to himself in English: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ve been given an opportunity others would trade anything for,” I repeat him exactly. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was close enough then to feel afraid, so he repeated over and over inside his head that he was only delivering a message, and she might not be there anyway. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Half a minute went by, and he repeated the cry. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The priest isn’t supposed to repeat what you say in confession.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She repeated the words to herself, but deep down, she knew. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

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

I repeat the directions to her, part of me not believing she’s really coming. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

No, she reads Endurance the way a person might read the Bible—in small passages, repeated again and again, to help her stay grounded. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The other men raised their bottles and repeated the toast. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Audrey picked at the peeling paint on the side of the ride and kept repeating that she was having so much fun. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He repeated them again, enjoying the drama of the moment. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He repeated his mother’s words as he opened his book. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“Four?” repeated a voice from somewhere in the trees. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

One of the husbands, possibly incited by the vicar, continually laid small charges against Norwood in court, causing him much exasperation and necessitating repeated trips across Bermuda to defend himself. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The whole thing plays out before my eyes like a horror movie on repeat. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

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

“It doesn’t matter if he doesn’t have the count,” the man in the blue cap repeated. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And when you arrive with your repeating rifles and your tanks, when you set upon children and helpless villages, should we not use the weapons we possess? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I put my head down on my bent knees and repeated it over and over as softly as I could, hoarding something precious. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“The land of genius,” Olanna repeated, her face in that delicate phase between smiling and laughing. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He even repeats exactly his professor’s earlier comment. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bought enough room for our entire family and a bed; she would stay days and nights, not missing even the repeating scenes. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once again Grandma repeated, “Wait on the Lord. You’re impatient. Wait for Him. He will not disappoint.” March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In this way the Greeks avoided repeated letters. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Although Amari could not understand the language of the white men, she soon began to recognize words they repeated often, such as “slave” and “price.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess for a while he had forgotten he was talking to me, and he was repeating to himself the message in the wind. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went into the bedroom and started straightening up, hoping she’d stop repeating herself. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

He recited the alphabet for Zero, then Zero repeated it without a single mistake. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

We were supposed to repeat the words of the naturalization oath as he said them, but his voice echoed off the walls incoherently. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Then another rumor took hold and raced through the crowd like wildfire until it was repeated so often that it sounded like truth. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He repeated it until the inmate told him to get lost. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the singing and repeating stuff on those shows is super annoying, but Ford loves it. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I repeated the word, desperately groping to find just the right response. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You were cursed to repeat the last thing you heard?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The stories remembered and repeated about a madam cover every field but the bedroom. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

George says you repeat the words so that the poem sticks. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Come up with your experiment as a pair,” she repeated as if she hadn’t heard him at all. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“Do you know who this is?” he repeated in a much slower and louder voice than usual. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

For some reason, the words seemed worth repeating. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“And now I repeat the words of the Apostle Paul, and ‘now abideth faith, hope and charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.’ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lies also passed this year, though she has to repeat her geometry exam. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I gave her my name, and she repeated it several times like she was tasting it. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If element 94 was to be found, it could be found only through the intense and repeated bombardment of uranium—and the only machine capable of reaching the required energies was the sixty-inch cyclotron. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

David repeats, a perfect imitation of the narrator’s voice. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The feet of the Greater Being,” it went on, and repeated the words: “The feet of the Greater Being.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lovesickness, it would seem, if the repeating motif around this place is any indication. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I swallowed hard, repeating his words in my own head. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Esther repeated the name as if she were sucking on a candy. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He says it again and I repeat it. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

A brief official bulletin repeated every so often said simply that order was being and would be maintained along the Eastern Border. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Emma repeated Chess’s question as she sat down and began filling her plate alongside him. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The repeated “He,” has a sarcastic tone, and the hysteron proteron in the second sentence foregrounds this notion on which the argument turns: Is pride really a bad thing? Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I turn the pages of Jason’s communication book, reading through his cards so I don’t repeat the words or phrases he already has. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I noticed she had a kind of bright flush,” Ethel repeated. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll repeat these words to myself, as if by doing so I’ll somehow be able to understand my older brother and my former love a little better. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Breech-loading repeating rifles, which became available in the North in the winter of 1862, greatly increased a shooter’s firepower. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

"Katniss," he repeats, but I find myself wanting to ignore him. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I will repeat only one admonishment from a native of Maine, and I will not put a name to that person for fear of reprisal. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pattern repeats at the eighth tone of a scale, the octave. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Back in my room with the door closed, I searched for more information about Marcus and his case, but the other articles I found repeated the same stuff I already knew. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

We repeated this process until we were certain that, numerically at least, all the animals with which the doctors were experimenting were accounted for. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Something somebody said,” my father repeated, making sure to stress each “some.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Hippo,” she repeated, and put the comfort object down again. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Olakunde repeated to us; and for his sake, we paddled the faster. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“That is a bank-note,” repeated Mr. Jaggers, “for five hundred pounds. And a very handsome sum of money too, I think. You consider it so?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The Candor repeat the phrase under their breath. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I repeat, Ha, and wish I knew enough English to tell her to listen for the diacritical mark, this one directing the tone downward. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Julie repeated the Eskimo word for the house of the spirits. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I still think it’s a waste of money,” Mom repeats. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I know, I know, it sounds like something you saw on "Miami Vice," but all I'm doing is repeating what I've heard from the family. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Gran,” she repeated, making a circle with her hand and holding it to her chest in the sign for respect. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Not that I was expecting a repeat of the butt grabbing, but being in that hallway still gave me the jitters. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Every time, when she finished, May would say, ‘Big Mama, tell it again,’ and off she’d go, repeating the whole thing. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A thought kept repeating itself in my head, over and over and over, in Diego’s voice: What are you gonna do now, punk? We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Our Lord is benevolent. But that poor African bird can’t be relieved of what you’ve taught it. It’s an innocent creature that can only repeat what it hears. The damage is done.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A protest?” my mother repeated, her eyebrows knitting together. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But no matter how often they repeated the words, with many different inflections, they were unable to wring any more meaning from them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“It repeats me to the heart,” be said, “that you should dunk so, my lord Sir Gawaine, for I know that while you are against me I shall never more be accorded with the King.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daily she repeated this rule for me: “A lady must always aim to please—first, the queen she serves, and second, the man she will marry.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She turned to Marshall and repeated the question. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The heavers, exposing their mouths to repeated onslaughts of stomach acid, lost the enamel on their teeth and eventually the teeth themselves. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only after repeating this pattern three times does she move on to another piece. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

But when the message was repeated, Sticky was left scratching his head. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Inevitably, someone repeated the verse from Zechariah that Denmark had quoted: “Behold, the day of the Lord cometh .... and the city shall be taken.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

At twelve, though, Carla was at least a year older than most sixth graders, and she felt mortified at the thought of having to repeat yet another year. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Other times he would stop in the middle of a conversation and make me repeat everything said in the last few minutes, word for word. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When Henry didn’t answer, the preacher snapped his fingers and repeated his question. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Over and over the lines repeated themselves in her head till they were altogether meaningless. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were not—I repeat, not—a big deal. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

They continued to stare at her, and she repeated herself. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Bucket!” he repeated, pointing to the wooden object now lying on its side. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at me so woefully that I collapsed in shame and said “I’m sorry” again and again, repeating it until I hoped maybe she believed me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Do not hit him,” repeated Odin, and he peered at Loki with his one good eye, now glaucous gray. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The feedings were repeated three times a day. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I know what you’re doing,” he repeated, taking a step closer, the sound of his boots thumping on the vinyl floor. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She kept repeating to herself, “I have to get to my mother.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“If there is a death . . .” she heard a woman repeat in an uncertain, apprehensive voice. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

About the time of the Pascals' conversion, a friend of Étienne’s—a military engineer—came to visit and repeated Torricelli’s experiment for the Pascals. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

But Mary could only keep repeating the truth: she had no idea where the boys were and had not seen them in weeks. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you?” he repeated, but got no answer to his question. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He more or less repeated his TED Talk and predicted that the future, the world you two will live in, will be a very smart place.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

This was repeated over and over; yet each time I seemed to get a little closer to freedom. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

But the voice repeated after a moment, quiet and strong and impossible to deny: “Come on, son. Come higher.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She used the handle of the broom she’d found in the kitchen to repeat the knock on the ceiling before sending the note up. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I had trouble following everything the interviewers said, but fortunately a translator repeated everything in Dinka. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Where did you find this sword?” she repeated, brandishing it in his face. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

As angry Confederates said, with some exaggeration, repeating rifles were “rifles you load on Sunday and fire all week.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

It’s only 1 year, I repeat to myself. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a knock on her door, and her dad opened it, letting in the sounds of the Flush holiday album Matthew had been making the family listen to on repeat since Thanksgiving. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Mom,” she began, then found she could not repeat Lexie’s blunt words. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She would sulk, then go find a new stalk, and the same mishap would repeat. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Water Claire repeated in her soft voice, and though she said no more, they knew that she was mourning the knowledge of the years that the sea had gulped away. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

This was a dramatic and gratifying thing to hear—and one which I repeated to a number of people—but secretly I thought it was an exaggeration. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The word trails out in a repeated line, thin as a ghost. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"However, I repeat, neither my partner nor I stole the notes. And if anyone here suspects us of murder, forget it, we both have airtight alibis." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though Poppy said Bedouin music usually happened after sundown, two young men began slapping quick rhythms and singing for them—the same words and notes repeated over and over. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She repeated that it made her unhappy to deceive the world. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“We make the woman disappear and the fashion appear!” the curiosity of the seagulls who swooped over them in a repeated figure eight. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“First I heard about it was, she had that cancer,” he said, repeating the story he’d told dozens of reporters over the years, almost verbatim. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

And then Luke, always the most obnoxious kid in the class, started calling me “Hunan Express,” which Emily thought was hilarious and kept repeating over and over again. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I repeated, looking up from a tray of short black wires at Kevin. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

‘Gandalf,’ the old man repeated, as if recalling from old memory a long disused word. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I'd just started seventh grade and Newcharlie was repeating ninth, but he didn't seem to care one way or the other. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

In 1661 Christiaan Huygens built his own air pump and began repeating the standard experiments. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I bet we could swing her,” he repeated softly. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He repeated his story, harshly recapitulant, seeming to get an actual pleasure out of his outrage and impotence. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beto waited for the compliment to be repeated, for Cari to take part of the praise that had started out being just for him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Or was this, perhaps, the work of a repeat killer—someone like Dr. H. H. Holmes, who had murdered at least twenty-seven people, many of them during the 1893 World’s Fair, in Chicago? Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Colonel Korn was pleased with the simile and filed a mental reminder to repeat it the next time he found himself in General Peckem’s presence. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Get out! Get out before I strangle the pair of you. And if I ever hear a word of this repeated on an afternoon talk show, I’ll know where it came from.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

They repeated the stories about good times in Oakland and San Diego; they repeated them like long medicine chants, the beer bottles pounding on the counter tops like drums. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The same pattern repeated itself elsewhere in the world, whenever peoples lacking native wild mammal species suitable for domestication finally had the opportunity to acquire Eurasian domestic animals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He repeated, “No. What made you think of ambition? Who is ambitious? I know I am: but how did you find it out?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Over and over he repeated those words, and in the morning when he woke with a feeling of happiness and wondered at the cause of it, he would remember—Shad was going to live! Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am still a little afraid of missing something if I forget that, as my father snobbishly suggested, and I snobbishly repeat a sense of the fundamental decencies is parcelled out unequally at birth. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Frankly, sir,” she said, “I know of few men worth repeating eight times.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I already told you I don’t recognize the handwriting,” Nora says, sounding a little annoyed to be repeating herself. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He repeats himself a third time, and I sense he is filling time. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Then he repeated his efforts with several of the weapons lying around the bottom of the tank and managed to break three tridents, a sword, and a speargun. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But Martin Adams, distrustful of reporters, kept a low profile in the aftermath of the tragedy and eluded my repeated attempts to interview him until after the Outside piece went to press. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“As punctual as ever,” he repeated, coming up to us. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“A day and a half,” I repeat, thinking about this. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He repeated it, and the second time I understood. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“I would much rather it was forgotten. The story will only get repeated and exaggerated.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll show you a wrist,” repeated Mr. Jaggers, with an immovable determination to show it. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I sound like a parrot, repeating everything she says. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

The three of us were like well-oiled robots, our assembly line never veering off course: fold, stuff, seal, repeat. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He often repeated to himself the words from one of the Chandogya-Upanishads. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bridge, that is, arching slow and high into space, between silence and nothingness where lights—yellow and red and green—trembled in the clear air, repeating themselves. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

They never repeated themselves—not so far as he could determine. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“But that’s what you told us, in the forest. You repeated it over and over.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It seemed to do no harm, so she repeated it. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Mom was always teaching us new things, telling us stories that we repeated to one another until we knew them by heart. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

"What you would hate to have done to you, do not do to other people," he repeats. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“As we are!” repeated Mr. Rochester—“so,” he added, enclosing me in his arms, gathering me to his breast, pressing his lips on my lips: “so, Jane!” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

And he repeated over and over, “Jealous—jealous—jealous,” as though bringing it into the open might destroy it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They repeated themselves again and again, but I kept forgetting. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a knock on her door, and her dad opened it, letting in the sounds of the Flush holiday album Matthew had been making the family listen to on repeat since Thanksgiving. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“We just don’t have the money for travel right now,” she repeated, eyes still closed. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I pulled myself away from him, and all the while he was saying filthy, unprintable words, words which I will not repeat. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The Detroit experience has been repeated in many other communities as pressure has mounted to combat the Japanese beetle with chemicals. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Flashbacks of this summer pass through my mind like a song repeating itself over and over again. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“But, whether or not they repeat, the city of Odessa has had its moment of triumph.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m all the way here in Hawaii with you,” I say, repeating his words. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

About 6 percent of the time, as the subjects were repeating what they heard in the left ear, a word from the right ear, the unattended one, would slip through into their report. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Ekon sank to the ground, repeating the words as though saying them aloud could make them true. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“You are not a criminal, Rashad. I know that. I know every word you said was true. You didn’t deserve this. You’re not a criminal,” she repeated. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They didn't say a word, so he repeated himself. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The same ritual was repeated for him as for all the others. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

She keeps repeating the story now with her eyes closed, her lips barely moving. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

But Saruman said nay, and repeated what he had said to us before: that the One would never again be found in Middle-earth. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The old legend that “a pound of DDT to the acre is harmless” means nothing if spraying is repeated. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Talk away,” said Cal, and he smiled and repeated, “Talk away.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

As he scanned the trophy case, looking for a way to open it, Candice kept repeating the fourth clue in her head. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Quite wonderful,” he repeated; but the only thing he could think of was Morgana’s eyebrow. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But repeated acts of violence against the Armed Forces of the United States must be met not only with alert defense, but with positive reply,” he said. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Anansi...” he repeated, staring blankly at a waterfall across the room. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I’m so sorry,” she said, repeating it three times, her voice raw, a fraying rope. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Kendra had already reminded Seth to stay calm and be polite no matter what happened, but she repeated the admonition. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I guess By hadn’t been counting how many times Momma had repeated herself. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Miss Congeniality represents the true heart of the pageant,” Adina found herself repeating from the Miss Teen Dream manual. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I repeated it like a prayer until finally I fell asleep, too. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Your fault,” he says, confused and just repeating what I said but right on the money, ain’t he? The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Finally, they end with a slender line of words that run along my left collarbone, a mantra Dad used to repeat to me, a mantra I recite to myself whenever things get too grim. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I can hear my dad’s voice now, and I repeat the words that come to mind: “In the quiet of night, the heart knows the lies you told to survive.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“My wife will be here,” he kept repeating, sure that Helen was up in the stands. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There have been repeated attempts to bomb it to bits and it’s not really a secret. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Professor, can you hear me?” he repeated loudly, his voice echoing around the cavern. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Ah, the governess!” he repeated; “deuce take me, if I had not forgotten! The governess!” and again my raiment underwent scrutiny. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I dared not repeat what he'd said, for fear that it would lessen my chances of remaining in school. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a mantra that repeats over and over again in my head, and whenever I’m by myself, I even say it out loud. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He had disappeared into the unknown; all he could do was repeat the name of the destination and hope that it would suffice to take him there. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Let me repeat—BALDERDASH!” he shouted again, swinging his cane and clicking his heels in mid-air. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nixon increased the pressure on the Communists by expanding the Cambodian air strikes into Operation Menu, a staggering series of heavy, repeated carpet-bombings. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“She’ll be in the Port Authority at ten fifty?” repeated my mother. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He set the Plant in front of the black paper this time and repeated the process all over. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She repeated it twice, then stepped back and said to Kaede, “You can light the fire.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Whenever the newscaster mentioned a country with a particularly musical name, he’d repeat it or make a rhyme of it. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Emily repeated the numbers, but once again the recording came on halfway through the call. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I repeat the same motion as before, tossing the stardust high above my head. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Luke thought he was repeating everything he said two or three times, but that was okay, because Luke’s brain was functioning so slowly, he needed the extra help. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

But in my head, a sad refrain repeated with each footfall: He was the last, the last, the last. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“The blocks build into a column and then we shift over one space to repeat the same sequence.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Under her breath Juana repeated an ancient magic to guard against such evil, and on top of that she muttered a Hail Mary between clenched teeth. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

The song itself was pretty simple and kept repeating phrases. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I told you, man, I made this money DJing!” he repeated, almost convincing himself that it was the truth. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Sure,” repeated Stuart, “if it rains, it rains. My canoe is a short distance up the shore. May I help you over the rough places in the path?” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

When the men had repeated their instructions, and everyone was word perfect in the speech, there was an issue of war arrows, a dozen to each. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said nothing, because he was repeating what I had already heard him say. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They don’t care,” she repeated, pulling her hand from Esperanza’s and rubbing her temple. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

After repeating “are” a dozen times or so, that particular shape disappeared and another one came on the screen, still under the picture of the rat. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Come with me,” he repeated, speaking more gently. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“No, before that. Her mistake was asking the wrong questions of the wrong people. It is not a mistake I plan on repeating.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He repeated this: a few quick steps, then a long slide with his arms held out to the sides for balance. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But I just lie there and listen to Mami repeat over and over, “Why didn’t we stay in Cuba? Why didn’t we stay in Cuba? Why didn’t we stay in Cuba?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Often it is repeated, identically, beat for beat, measure for measure, note for note. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Howard Clement angrily responded that he was sick and tired of hearing whites “repeating this thing that we’re all alike!” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You only lose what you cling to,” the king repeated to himself. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I failed my classes, and the principal informed me I would have to repeat junior year. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“You are the husband,” repeated Miss Havisham, “of the sister of this boy?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s fine,” I repeated with a sigh, throwing a quick scowl toward Edward. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“One word, over and over again. They love to repeat themselves. I’ve had one word go on to cover a whole page sometimes.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Dispatch, this is car seven-two-four. We have a ten-forty-three-A. Shots fired. We need a medical team. I repeat. Shots fired. Victim is a child—a girl aged ten or eleven.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“Like regular people,” I repeated, grinning on the inside. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

"You just know how to run," he repeated under his breath, followed up by, "Yes. Yes, you do," also breath-talk. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

So he repeated the experiment with mercury, and reproduced the anomalous space. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

We did this repeating exercise over and over. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“O brave new world . . By some malice of his memory the Savage found himself repeating Miranda’s words. “O brave new world that has such people in it.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can only repeat it: "T didn't have a gun." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Candy repeated sullenly, “Got it caught in a machine.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He asked me to go over the difficulties I had found in the various commentaries, and I repeated them carefully. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She started by making the same marks over and over again, repeating them aloud as she did: This is. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He pointed up at the sky and repeated, “Pretty hot.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“She works in the garden,” I repeated softly; perspiration stood on my brow. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had not repeated their violation, and no worthy man paid her notice after that day, given the cabin she called home and the stories of her lunacy. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I repeated, implying that it was a father’s duty to provide for his children no matter what. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I swing open the door, the announcement is repeated again, clearer now that I’m in the hallway. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t sure why she’d repeated the command; it had just come to her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Lady Seymour made Madam repeat the entire story, then demanded pen and ink and paper, fighting her way out from the blankets with her good arm. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

They called him a comical genius and carried his stories carefully home, and they wondered at how the stories spilled out on the way, for they never sounded the same repeated in their own kitchens. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In fairness to journalists and other synonymomaniacs, there are times when a writer really does need to avoid repeating words in close succession. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“They didn’t give any warning. They simply opened fire. Just like that. Just like that,” he repeated. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

After half an hour of listening and repeating the cry for help he tore the headset off in frustration and threw it to the floor. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Listening closely, Theresa could just make out his words as, his face bright with liquor, he repeated a joke she’d told him that afternoon. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But on another, by keeping new officers on their toes and keeping the blocks running according to the rules—by being a force for consistency—Wickersham may have been insuring himself against repeating the experience. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At 01:42 and 23 seconds, the captain repeated, “Go around,” but he was slow to pull the plane out of its descent. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“You don’t need to repeat everything I say. I presume you know the English language well enough or I wouldn’t ask you to read Shakespeare.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Some were certain it was a wicked rumor and were afraid to repeat it. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

They were repeating what they heard from their parents. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I thought about telling her about the phone call, but I was too embarrassed to repeat the man’s words. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry repeated, looking around at Ron and Hermione, who looked just as puzzled as he did. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

My sisters kept repeating each other’s words, over and over again, as if once or twice just wasn’t enough. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Boy21 just smiles and smiles and repeats the same standard lines about coming from the cosmos to learn about emotions. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening she told his father, who asked Sticky to repeat what he’d said before. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Siobhan repeated the riddle in her head, trying to find the twist. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Now, repeat after me, Anyone who doesn’t understand the theorems of Euclid is an idiot. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The chant was repeated over and over, accompanied by sounds of metal against metal. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fact about George: He loves to repeat poems. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

"If I could repeat one day of my life," he said, pushing the cards across the table to Noah. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

By repeating this process many times, they removed the copper atoms from the surface of the metal, creating a veneer of almost pure gold. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

In Jackson Park Burnham faced repeated interruptions stemming from his de facto role as ambassador to the outside world, charged with cultivating goodwill and future attendance. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

My best friend’s voice just kept repeating that phrase, and I gripped my skull as panic and confusion and helplessness pulled me in seventeen different directions. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“There ... are ... things in my head,” he repeated slowly. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“My mum will have no other,” repeated the boy. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Words that people feel they have to whisper, or not repeat at all. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“They gave me that ridiculous name—Silvertongue. And Capricorn is firmly convinced I can repeat the trick anytime, with any book at all.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

We would learn how to execute military commands and repeat our drill and ceremony so many times that “right face,” “left face,” and “parade rest” became as familiar as our own names. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

A sigh escaped her, and she whispered the words she’d repeated to herself so many times before in her greatest moments. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

In one more verse, surely they will have captured the melody, as it’s simple and repeats four times with little variation. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Don’t fret, precious! It’s not so bad!” the nurse kept repeating. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Fletcher repeated his gratitude toward a God that looked over a white man and his interests. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“I think . . . and if you ever repeat what I’m saying right now I will cheerfully beat you to death,” I threatened, “but I think that would hurt Jessica’s feelings.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

A hand goes on a Bible; an oath gets repeated. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

They repeated Mayor Nagin’s assertion that the city had devolved into an “animalistic state.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“At,” repeated Mr. Jaggers, still looking at the ceiling, “the—rate—of?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

His firm nasal voice set the tune and pace, one line at a time, and the congregation repeated it after him. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing interesting to be seen, because all the phases that occurred between 1 January and 1 March would be repeated in reverse order as Venus emerged from the conjunction. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Anybody there?” he asked again, feeling a little calmer since the noise hadn’t repeated. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

As the war dragged on, the Soviets found these repeated night attacks also affected the morale of the German soldiers. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I stood still and repeated those words over and over again until I gained some composure. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That is all settled;” repeated the other, as she ran into her room to prepare. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

She had memorized the note backward and forward, but repeating the words hadn’t made their meaning any clearer. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“No, I didn’t like that at all,” she repeated. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After one round of these steps, the process was repeated all over again. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

The idea of those six-year-olds repeating that I make chicks bleed...it makes me feel sick. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, I don’t believe it,” repeated Uncle Vernon, coming to a halt in front of Harry again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He repeated the scripture aloud for no one to hear. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t Christian, plus I’m afraid she repeat it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I am told by Biddy, that air the writing,” said Joe, repeating the legal turn as if it did him infinite good, “‘account of him the said Matthew.’ Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, it was one of Maman’s ideas, and she often repeated it, that after a while you could get used to anything. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Women hate Denna,” he said plainly, as if repeating something we both already knew. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I think if you repeat the line in English, right here”—Nico pushes his hair out of his face, and I see his eyes are sincere—“it’s pretty much perfect.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

That the past was an abused record with no choice but to repeat itself at the crack and no power on earth could lift the arm that held the needle. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I will not repeat it here, as she sang it to me, not to you. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s squishy!” was a catchphrase that people and dogs repeated for months after hearing Scruffy say it first. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

About a year ago Francis repeated to me a rumor—which we subsequently found was complete romance—that Julian had been appointed royal tutor to the little crown prince of Suaoriland, somewhere in East Africa. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I can only repeat it: "T didn't have a gun." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

His hands covering his face, his body all contorted, repeating, “Oh God! Oh God! Oh God!” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

To rinse the clothes, you’d repeat the process without soap, then let the water drain into the yard to help the grass grow. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Scores,” the Director repeated and flung out his arms, as though he were distributing largesse. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a century or more after Pott’s discovery there seems to have been little further realization that certain of the chemicals in the human environment could cause cancer by repeated skin contact, inhalation, or swallowing. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It repeated the date three times for memory’s sake. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But you haven’t told us why the state cop brought you,” Andrew repeated. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a scene that was to repeat itself with variations many times in those first couple of weeks. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Everybody repeated it in whispered unison as if they’d been rehearsed. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa will be fine, Papa will be fine, Carmen repeated to herself as her boots clicked against the stone streets. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Three Chasers,” Harry repeated, as Wood took out a bright red ball about the size of a soccer ball. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

"Some septa trained you well. You're like one of those birds from the Summer Isles, aren't you? A pretty little talking bird, repeating all the pretty little words they taught you to recite." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It is just like the locksmith to repeat himself. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

A summary should repeat enough of the key words to allow the reader to connect it back to the earlier passages that spelled out the points in detail. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Come, be silent, Richard, and never mind her gibberish: don’t repeat it.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I still have no idea how to turn myself into the wind,” the boy repeated. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing in what Fuller said that day that he had not already repeated dozens of times in Durham during the past year—except for the phrase “Black Power.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She shakes her head no, and repeats the gesture. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

She repeated this to herself, over and over, then lifted the receiver to dial their number. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“The marrow of his bone ...” I repeated aimlessly. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she didn’t answer, I repeated the question, louder. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Your mama,” Jonathan repeated directly into the boy’s face and speaking very slowly. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I repeat, following his distraught gaze to the computer screen. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I saw the futility of violence, the cycle that just repeats itself, the damage that’s inflicted on people that they in turn inflict on others. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I was wrong and I’m sorry. I’m sorry,” he repeated a few more times. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

This assurance is important to her; along with the Sanskrit vows she’d repeated at her wedding, she’d privately vowed that she’d never grow fully dependent on her husband, as her mother has. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The guest house repeated the clean, rectilinear lines of the main house. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The sound repeated, low and just as mournful. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The process repeated itself half a dozen times. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He was watching the girl and the butterfly while repeating the name Jaja slowly, placing the stress on both syllables, then on the first, then on the second. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I came to take him back,” Hazel repeated. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she repeated words and phrases to herself as the men made her dance or while she was tied up for hours on the deck of the endlessly rocking ship. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“On my word of honour,” repeated the Count. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the way down the ramp, I hold my breath, repeating stow, slow in my head like a prayer, so he doesn’t go too fast and tip or fall. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know the names of the actors and actresses of all the shows, what time each program comes on, which channel, and which shows are repeats. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Mama’s...not real?” she repeated softly, covering her bracelet with her hand. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I repeated, marking down how many boxes of cereal we had left. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The woman sounded lazy, made her repeat the number a few times and giggled before connecting her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She listened hard, but the sound was not repeated. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

By repeating code words and code names so often, the spies were opening the door to Elizebeth and her team. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

As for Leo and Dante, maybe they were truly sorry, or maybe Ms. Fender had just worn them out with all that repeating. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Shocked by the toll in human life, critics have been quick to suggest policies and procedures to ensure that the catastrophes of this season won’t be repeated. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“A lot,” Momma repeats, “of the things you’ll be taught at school are from...a certain perspective.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Seven hundred twelve utensils on the table,” James repeated, this time looking at Anna and me and swaying a little as he stood. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

However, he wouldn’t care to repeat that particular test of strength. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scruggs repeated the Lord’s Prayer to himself, but it brought him no comfort. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The rest of us must go to school, repeating the last grade, left unfinished. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

There is nothing, repeat nothing, wrong with Who are you looking at? or The better to see you with or We are such stuff as dreams are made on or It’s you she’s thinking of. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Dazed, bloody, a shining bandage wrapping one hand, the man kept repeating, “They couldn’t read. They were illiterate!” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

What was the thing, I wonder, the one and final thing she had not been able to endure or repeat? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way it began, it was a bit like a repeat of earlier. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not even going to repeat some of the things he used to say because they are so horrifically base. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now she felt numb, as if by the fifth time repeating it, throwing herself against the rocks of her grief, they had finally eroded, leaving nothing but smooth cold emptiness behind. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

However, she had already made a false start with Dante’s Inferno and had to abandon reading it partway through, and she did not want to repeat this misstep with the Hesperus. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He asked me to repeat a point I had made two days earlier, and I did. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She’s told me everything she can recall of her older sister, Anatole’s mother, and like a kid I make her repeat the stories. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And to answer the question of whether his results were simply a fluke, four years later, in the Michael Dukakis-George Bush campaign, Mullen repeated his experiment, with the exact same results. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And anyway, this game is a repeat and you already know who won,” from Britain. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“If all variables are constant with every repeated scenario, is it ever possible to have a different outcome?” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I finished by telling him that he was a contemptible man without honor, and that if he ever repeated those same words I would not hold myself back as I had that day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He used some colorful, inappropriate language, which I will not repeat now. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

They could be back in school for sophomore year—well, or freshman year if they had to repeat. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I had not understood what he had said and I wondered if I should ask him to repeat it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He repeated the passage word by word, making her memorize it, whether or not she understood it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Incidents of people running for their lives or being treated for shock were repeated nearly word for word in newspapers across the country. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Be sure and repeat everything I’ve said. Tell it all over town. But do try to keep the facts straight.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

These digits repeat in my brain even when I don’t want them to. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“The borrowed line,” the king repeated, and they stopped in front of the pavilion. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Please let it be there. Please let it be there,” Finn heard Chess repeat again and again. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The moment of death was a perfect repeat of the premonition itself. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

When I told her that Max spoke Spanish, she simply repeated what she said in English: “Take him away.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, March 17, William Loughton Smith held the floor for over two hours without interruption and repeated most of Jackson’s points. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I asked, “Who?” and he repeated, “The press.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Mercer Day had a good sports program, especially because it was padded with nineteen-year-old seniors who needed to repeat a year. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Maybe to punish him,” repeated Neeley not knowing what else to answer. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And fragments from an angry Miss Pagett: "... repeated warnings ... new information ... search is fully warranted." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if she hadn't answered in English, her mother repeated for the officers, "A big green car." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

It was a joke between me and Barack, one I repeated often and with irony following that night—July 27, 2004. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Touched you,” he repeats, his dark eyes cold. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Our old radio was broken, so I hadn’t heard his latest broadcasts, but I heard them at friends’ and relatives’ houses, and my friends at school repeated his nightly sermons almost word for word. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I did not listen to the next speaker, a tall white man who kept dabbing at his eyes with a handkerchief and repeating his phrases in an emotional and inarticulate manner. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t going to repeat the same error. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Aimee knew I was struggling; she’d caught me rolling my eyes once or twice at having to repeat a particular move again and again. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“A lot more,” Martin repeated as he sat down with his two sisters. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Their next form of torment was to repeat whatever Julian said in an exaggerated imitation of his accent. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

They it is who tend to be always insisting this or that figure is the one to emulate, or repeating what some particular hero is said to have pronounced upon professional matters. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I repeated, trying to sound as interested as they were. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I repeat the words Muslims say when someone dies and then walk back to my room. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Can’t repeat it—not fit for a lady’s ears. Not fit for Christian ears, neither. Pastor Tom would swallow his tongue if he could hear them boys talking trash on the rig.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Through careful repeated exposure, I will teach the children not to give two figs about squirrels. I wonder if it has ever been done before?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Samuel’s mind repeated, “Something—something—can’t find what it is. Something wrong,” and the silence hung on the table. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Elementary Class Consciousness, did you say? Let’s have it repeated a little louder by the trumpet.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What we going to do?” he repeated at last; and felt that the sustaining life had gone out of him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The caretaker was asked to repeat the part about the coffee and the cigarette. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The magistrate ran his hands across his forehead and repeated his question with a slightly different tone in his voice. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Joe’s question played in my mind on repeat as I walked home. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The machines talk as they print out the prayers; if you like, you can go inside and listen to them, the toneless metallic voices repeating the same thing over and over. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry,” I said, “but I don’t understand you. Could you please repeat yourself and enunciate a little bit better.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was like a stupid infomercial that was on repeat in her head. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Let me repeat: I will not "act like a black girl." Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Half of them kept repeating my name, trying to get it right, while the other half laughed. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I repeated this until it was past midnight. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He laughed at his little joke and repeated the line about the frozen dinners, as if he would use it later in a comedy routine. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The same colors were repeated, though faintly, like a watercolor, in the silver metal that held the stone, and symbols were engraved around the rim. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He did not repeat his doubts about whether the royal government of Elfland would really send help. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Meeks was already repeating them to himself, staring at the blank space she had occupied mere moments before. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

In the course of their next two or three meetings he frequently repeated this little act of vengeance. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the day approached when e was to leave her for a comparatively long stay, she grew melting and affectionate, remembering his many acts of consideration and his repeated expressions of an ardent attachment. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lessons had been designed by Mr. Curtain himself, and when all of them had been gotten through, they were repeated from the beginning. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was speaking, of course, of the young inmates in Coxsackie, most of them violent repeat offenders. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aisha repeated herself, and pointed at the actress on the screen. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

My limbs were frozen and my thoughts were on repeat: What are they going to do to me? Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Come, come!” my father repeated, almost shouting, “you know me! You call me by my name, you walk upon my land! I want to know who speaks!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spectacle that the twins had invented when they became aware that they were equal was repeated in honor of the new arrival. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Turner didn’t want to say anything that, repeated, would make him sound bad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Doorkeeper smiled, and said his name: and Ged, repeating it, entered for the last time into that House. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I’m about to call out for someone on the train who might know what to do if he’s having a seizure when Mateo mutters “No,” and repeats it over and over. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Some histories repeat; some events are unique. There is regional, statewide, and national history. We share all of it in common as Americans.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

And then it was no longer enough to stare at myself and repeat my name to myself. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Sergio took the phone, and even though he had known the number all his life, he repeated it to himself with every step he took. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“How am I going to live?” repeated Biddy, striking in, with a momentary flush upon her face. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

He talked to them in Cantonese, and Chinese words were the first they recognized and tried to repeat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But they relented after Ajax and the other two just stood around for one hour and a half and repeated their request at regular intervals. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

There was a certain story my father was fond of repeating over the years. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

They, too, had come to believe her repeated statement, “We got to go free or die.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spat a litany of things I’ll never repeat for the rest of my life, and he cowered and stared down into the dirt. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I believe that the school is afraid of a lawsuit, and that perhaps is why they lost their sense of proportion, no? Please do not repeat me.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was easily secured, and, to my surprise, went with the attendants quite placidly, simply repeating over and over again: “The blood is the life! The blood is the life!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

When he asked us what we wanted, I answered him like I was at the Center, repeating after Sister Mukumbu or Sister Pat: “We are citizens, and we demand respect.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wrote to you?” repeated Edna in amazement, stirring her coffee absently. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

Maybe it’s because I’ve been emptied; or maybe it’s the body’s way of seeing to it that I remain alive, continue to repeat its bedrock prayer: I am, I am. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tori yells, and everyone repeats her, all voices joining together, regardless of faction. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“My dad. But he told me not to repeat it.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

But the men—reluctant to surrender their sport— would buy me drinks anyway, letting me drink out of their flasks on the streets, urging me to repeat obscenities. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then in a higher tone she repeated, "The big payback!" Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

When she awoke every morning, she repeated the same words: I will not be afraid. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Harry repeated, a furious pounding in his ears. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“So...you have to repeat everything?” he asked. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In fact, he did so poorly, he had to repeat the fifth grade. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

"I repeat, black ladies and gentlemahn, the time has come for ahction! I, Ras the Destroyer, repeat, the time has come!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Surely you must have the answer, Mr. Plum," Angela repeated sweetly. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

At nine o’clock, the previous Sunday’s scenes were repeated. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cole’s angry thoughts repeated themselves like a stuck record until finally he slipped into a troubled sleep. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“If this rain doesn’t stop we’ll have to leave and find work somewhere else,” he repeated, pacing up and down the floor. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Run,” Fayge said, catching the last word, and repeated it in a soft, uninflected voice. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I describe how Hilly showed up here, stormed into the house, I wait while she repeats everything back to Minny. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I knelt in the chapel every day, hold-ing the smooth, cool rosary beads Sister gave me, play-ing them one by one through my fingers as I repeated the prayers. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the woman said nothing, I repeated the question. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

A way to avoid repeating what had happened to my parents and Sam. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Frypan repeated, his voice lighting up with a trace of hope. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Something inside me repeats this like a mantra, like a drumbeat along with my heart and pulse and throbbing head. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he heard Thornton’s command repeated, he partly reared out of the water, throwing his head high, as though for a last look, then turned obediently toward the bank. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

After five minutes of perfect quiet, the same sequence repeats itself three more times, after which he’s presumably lulled himself back to sleep for a while. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“A letter?” repeated Professor McGonagall faintly, sitting back down on the wall. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

And the English language dwindled to a single word, repeated over and over: “Congratulations!” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“But—” “Next year,” Diana repeated, “you can put your name in the very first column, if you like.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He kept repeating his latitude and longitude, though he was not on a ship, he was on land—somewhere near Boston, Massachusetts. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He did not whisper, though he did not speak overloud; the dark room which he faced repeated his voice with hollow profundity, as an unfurnished room will. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Would this cycle of segregation repeat itself every time a black person tried to enroll in a white school? While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not you, Mom,” I repeat, quieter this time. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I repeated my plea that he not take me home if it meant any embarrassment or danger for his wife and child. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She swished the water from cheek to cheek before spitting and repeating the process. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Bowing my shaved head in front of my father's portrait, I repeat the age-old Bangla prayers in a strong and steady voice. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask Meir these things, but all I could do was repeat once more: “Tell me, would it destroy him?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I repeated in a lower and more distinct voice. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He repeated Oliphant’s fears that the Nazis were counting on their own atomic bomb to decide the war. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She repeated them, with exactly the same slight emphasis on the second word, as though she had been the one to say them first. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

After a few weeks of what she called "endless pestering" and what I called "repeated badgering," my mother bought me a pocket thesaurus, which provided me with s-free alternatives to just about everything. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

When they repeated “On the Come Up” back to me, I felt some kinda way. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

In housedress and sandals, Desdemona held her cardboard fan to her chest, shielding herself against the spectacle of life repeating itself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I am not a mistake, Pet repeated, without turning its head to her. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“What’s the matter now?” repeated my sister, more sharply than before. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

"I really didn't see it," she repeated under the questioning gaze of her partner, Turtle Wexler, witch. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He moaned calmly as though in remote, instinctive distress and kept repeating, “Illegal tobacco, illegal tobacco.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“What about an exact electric duplicate of your cat? We can have a superb handcrafted job by Wheelright & Carpenter in which every detail of the old animal is faithfully repeated in permanent—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“The Taliban are here!” repeated the first voice. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Hoover often repeated the maxim “You either improve or deteriorate.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

And with a funny feeling of repeating herself, she lay down on the bed, here much as she had up above. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She had said this before, but it seemed to bear repeating. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He crossed a yellow plain where the echo repeated one's thoughts and where anxiety brought on premonitory mirages. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He repeated, “This house is out of shelling range, completely out of shelling range,” until Richard wondered how he could possibly know where the Nigerians would shell from. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Let me repeat that I do my best work with a chain saw.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was said, and repeated, that children nursed by the same woman would instantly become siblings and must never marry. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Devised by the French criminologist Alphonse Bertillon in 1879, it was the first scientific method for identifying repeat criminals. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Baylor’s son was at the University of California Berkeley and she was quite proud to tell us and then repeat it at every opportunity. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Albert had to repeat himself twice before Joseph heard. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

A man called me to him and whispered some words into my ear and told me that he would give me a nickel if I went to a woman and repeated them to her. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was about to ask the little girl to repeat her name, but the clever child had been watching the other two and beat Penelope to the task. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

When he asked us what we wanted, I answered him like I was at the Center, repeating after Sister Mukumbu or Sister Pat: “We are citizens, and we demand respect.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He repeated it to Brother Walter, who wrote everything down word for word. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She paused, then repeated proudly, “My uncle works in an office.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

But now, on hot days like today, and other days too, Axel hears this story on repeat. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It took repeating my name for her to remember me from last summer. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Pleased with the response, Boots kept repeating, “Where spider? Where spider?” to appreciative laughter. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her father repeated with relish, “ ‘And though I called another, Abra came.’ East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘Richard,’ the nun repeated more slowly, writing my name down in her black leather book. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mother,” he repeated loudly rubbing in the science; and, leaning back in his chair, “These,” he said gravely, “are unpleasant facts; I know it. But then most historical facts are unpleasant.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve talked about that night so much I can repeat it back in my sleep. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

We repeated this exercise several times until we got it right. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“And I’m sorry I wasn’t there that day, okay? If I could have been, I would have been there in a second. I swear. Okay? Okay?” she repeated when Maya didn’t respond. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He had apparently been repeating these strange directives for some time, and Zeitoun had only begun to hear them. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The poor Englishman had traveled all this way, only to be told that he should repeat what he had already done so many times. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I twisted around so that I was facing her, because I wanted her to see my face—I wanted her to see how serious, how sincerely I meant it when I repeated myself. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

With every breath it expelled, the snake’s tongue flickered out, repeating the vile name: “Asmodeussssssssssss!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Dances?” repeated Abigail Lee when I brought up the subject in homeroom. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

She heard herself repeating what Fin had told her on the beach at the Academy: “All you can do is make your decisions based on what you know now.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“He is—” she began, about to tell Westley’s story, but that was not for her to repeat—“a simple sailor and I have known him since I was a child. Will you arrange that?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The clock ticked on, repeating and repeating its sounds into the emptiness. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Lovett asks him to repeat parts of the story, he frequently contradicts himself. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Victory through airpower!” the NACA-ites repeated to each other, minding each decimal point, poring over differential equations and pressure distribution charts until their eyes tired. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Her mother wanted to call her Clara, but her grandmother did not believe in repeating names, because it created confusion in her notebooks that bore witness to life. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

This story still gets repeated, despite the fact that the documents which are supposed to support it do not exist, and have been known not to exist since 1936. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

A moment later, Helene kneels, offering her sword, repeating the vow, her voice singing out across the field as clearly as a bell at dawn. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It all had the ring of something oft repeated, and his look appealed to Lazlo to understand. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Go home,” he repeated, turning his back on me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Come along. Stick ’em on!” repeated Mrs. Corry, rubbing her hands with pleasant expectation. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“We are both going to Machu Picchu,” he repeated. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Once we reached the new building, the process would be repeated, hopefully with an elevator. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I doubt Patti Smith and Alabama Shakes and the Pixies on repeat were what he had in mind, but I don’t care. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Too well. Too well,” repeated the Captain chirpily, lifting his hand to his ear. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I repeated the trick, but this time only by going through the motions. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry Ford declared that the perfect assembly line factory worker would be a blind man because he could learn one exact task and repeat it endlessly for the rest of his life. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Reg yelled, but he was drowned out by the chants of his name, repeating over and over. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I staggered along the pavements, drunk, repeating obscenities to the horror of the women I passed and to the amusement of the men en route to their homes from work. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was a perfectly simple question that I asked you, Mademoiselle. I will repeat it. Are you very much distressed that a crime should have been committed on this train?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we walk toward the Pit, I repeat the line Will quoted to myself so I don’t forget it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Thanks be to God,” Mama said, and Jaja and I repeated her. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

They repeated it each time they glanced at me. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

This last phrase - 'no discernible traces left of the recent occurrence by that time' - my father would repeat with a laugh and shake his head admiringly. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

They repeated the ritual, and Thorn turned into an adorable old lady, resembling Grandma Lilou down to the shiny silvery hair. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Control of the gnats was at first good, but by 1954 the treatment had to be repeated, this time at the rate of 1 part of insecticide in 50 million parts of water. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The woman talking at the podium repeated herself over and over. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Nailer couldn’t help repeating it, trying to get his head around this new fact. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Bast shrugged and repeated the motion of crumpling and throwing away a piece of paper. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And I repeat: The price of the liberation of the white people is the liberation of the blacks—the total liberation, in the cities, in the towns, before the law, and in the mind. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

He repeats something he heard his mother say: “The moon glares with a vivid indifference.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He can’t drive a car,” Genie repeated, setting the truck down gently on the floor. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It didn’t matter how many times I repeated my story to the cops; they couldn’t hide their skepticism. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I actually had repeated urges to urinate that day, probably due to overhydration. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I kept glancing around to see myself repeated, but there was only me. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I dreaded starting all over, trying to repeat my news in a new language to new hearers, failing again perhaps. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Here’s a redundancy for you, a wording that seems to repeat itself: The reason Rex stayed home is because robbers tied him up. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I repeat the words until I’m sure he’s heard them, believes them. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

We talked for hours, but we just kept repeating those same things over and over. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m so ugly now. Do you have a cigarette?” she repeated. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Silence, silence,” whispered a loud speaker as they stepped out at the fourteenth floor, and “Silence, silence,” the trumpet mouths indefatigably repeated at intervals down every corridor. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if he repeated the story, it couldn't do me much harm. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Only that word, repeated over and over again! How could that be the secret to immortality? I even took the Storyteller too! But for nothing! Just a waste!” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“No,” Summer repeated, adjusting the glasses so they were straight. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Are there any questions?” he repeated, as he sat with his back against the great grey stone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“There’s no need to bow,” the sergeant repeated. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She remembered his wife’s words, the last words she had ever said to him, and Sefia repeated them one after another. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Tell me your story,” he repeated, crushing a flake of ash on the neatly arranged desk with his index finger, flicking it into the trash can. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Bast struggled for a moment, opening his mouth, then closing it with a frustrated look, then repeating the process. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"Five million,” he repeated slowly, "sounds like a fair price.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

They begin by listening and repeating, mastering the linguistic process step-by-step. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I repeated the message in my mind, memorizing it. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It’s going to be fine, I repeated in my head as I gulped. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The goddess condemned her never to use her tongue again except to repeat what was said to her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The “Jones Theory” was much repeated—especially to the Joneses, a dignified and sensible family, who refused to be flustered. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nah. I’m just trying to not let history repeat itself, is all,” and we pull up to Aunt Heidi’s stop and plop down the stairs two at a time, onto the street below. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He knew that tides repeated themselves every twelve hours, which meant the next receding tide would be late tonight, then another this time tomorrow. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

For the previous two years, her visits had been stymied by local magistrates and by the repeated bannings that prevented her from traveling. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tyler had not repeated his wish to go to college, but he had not promised to stay, either. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“And then she freaked out,” I repeated, “and went and got the tulips while we were getting the fireworks. She saw the doodle, remembered whatever she’d forgotten, and then freaked out.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Dad’s dead,” my brother repeated in my ear. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I told Arturo, who laughed the first time I said it and frowned when I repeated myself again a few days later. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Seven, Seven, Seven, Seven,” a voice repeated over and over. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Slowly, slowly,” Baba repeats as we pull out of the neighborhood, and then, as Mustafa passes a parked car, he yells, “Careful!” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

This isn’t repeated as speculation or as part of the underwear invention, but as fact. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were no objections to C.P.’s elevation at the next meeting and so he donned the scarlet robe and repeated the sacred oath of leadership. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“No, I don’t know,” I repeated after getting through the cough. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The inmate took one hand off the wall and began to repeat the phrase but was immediately jumped by the frisking officer and several others. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, she finished repeating the Western Union numbers before she continued braiding, the phone lodged between her shoulder and ear. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

At first she’s repeating give her to me, give her to me, but then it’s just an indistinguishable howl of fury and anguish. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was repeated several times, with greater effort and with shorter pauses as the time moved on. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Freebie barked like he was on repeat mode. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Hennepin had notified Roy’s mother, so he had to repeat the story when he got home from school, and once more when his father returned from work. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The island had come under repeated assault, prompting a resurfacing of Olmsted’s old anger about the compulsion of clients to tinker with his landscapes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The Mac repeats this a few times, then takes the box back. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, it’s difficult to hear you when you don’t speak into the microphone. Can you repeat that?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

We repeat the process, find a rhythm, and I start to feel my heart beating, my muscles loosening. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Pumblechook and Mrs. Joe stared at one another—as they well might—and both repeated, “In a black velvet coach?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

In the back of my mind, though, Hideo’s conversation with me plays on repeat. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was more like, “If you ever need me to repeat something, Auggie, make sure you tell me, okay?” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me, Catherine,” she repeats, looking over her glasses at David. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

They remembered their histories with their voices and bodies, repeating them over and over until the stories became part of them, and the legends were as real as their own tongues and lungs and hearts. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Resolution?” he repeated with a helpless laugh, and looked up at the citadel. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The robotic voice inside my head repeats the words, but this time fainter like a distant echo. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I race down the stairs to catch up with the rest of my sisters as her words repeat over and over again to the beat of my footsteps. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She swirled them about with her fingers, poured the water off and repeated the process. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He laughed a long time over that and repeated it three or four times and resolved to remember it so he could tell it to a lot of other people. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Bum them," the girl repeated stubbornly, "or it might be you'll need them swords again." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Can you tell me your name?” she repeated. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Kara repeats the kiss, and we are limp with our howling. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“When you reach the point...when you reach Bald Head…” “When I reach Bald Head,” Turner repeated. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The song of the cave, the song of the birds, the song of the rain My inner voice repeated Teresita’s instructions again and again, but nothing made any sense. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Slowly they repeated the line together, “‘At night, when day's first hour.’” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry,” she repeated, “but the blood bank is closed. We’re not taking any more donations.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Sky,” I’d say again, gesturing for him to repeat it after me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anya repeated each word, comforted at the familiarity of most of it. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“You and Miss Smith, and Miss Fairfax, will be three, and the two Miss Coxes five,” had been repeated many times over. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Zach’s next scene does not go off without a hitch, and what occurs will repeat itself in each successive performance. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

To them she repeated what she had just said to James. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

For all I know, the song is on repeat, because this moment is liquid amber. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she didn’t want to go at all, but she repeated herself a little more emphatically. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

After the disastrous events of the night of July 31, 1943, Yevdokia thought hard about how to avoid the tragedy being repeated. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He threw his hands in the air, repeating the word Jewish. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The governor himself began to get irritated with Osborne over his repeated attacks on capital punishment—the warden made a point of being out of town whenever an electrocution was scheduled. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its opening theme, albeit not instantly hummable, consists of twelve notes: it uses all twelve notes of the Western scale without repeating any of them. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

It was repeated over and over again and Dave never turned his head. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Or you may find extra instructions to play certain parts "only on the repeat." Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I stare at him until he repeats it. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

"A pleasant fate," he repeated, "and I hope yours will be as pleasant." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He started scribbling in it, asked me to repeat the question again, and then kept scribbling. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

In the evening Chou, Kim, and I repeat our water chores before we go to sleep. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kathy had the minivan’s radio on and heard Mayor Nagin repeat his instructions for residents to leave the city, but she noted that he had stopped short of a mandatory evacuation. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Folks would snigger behind Grandpa’s back but not many would dare repeat it to his face. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Harry repeated, but Hermione shot him a warning look; apparently he was not to argue with Ron while the latter was in such a weakened condition. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Cool a burn, cool a burn,” he keeps repeating as the damp gauze feels like a match held to my skin. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Scenes like these are repeated almost daily, unless they’ve just had a terrible fight. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He repeated what he had said earlier in the proceedings. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

She knew better than to repeat Big Ma’s words; and if she didn’t, that kick should have smarted her into knowing better. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You said...it was...a planet,” Auggie repeated, looking up at her. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Strengthen it?” repeated the woman, eyes going wide, then narrow. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Angela thought the boy was going into a fit, but he was only repeating her last word: oats. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, I’m only going to say this once, and if you ever repeat it, I’ll have you kneecapped.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Scarlet woman?’’ she repeated, shaking with suppressed giggles as she looked around at Ron. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The story of one’s “first time” may be repeated to family or friends, but for ghetto youth, almost no one imagines that the first time will be the last. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Perfect. Stand on the other side of the mirror. Closer, no, closer. Perfect. Now repeat the spell exactly as I say it and when you do, you take the mirror.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Hello,” he repeated, and this time only his own voice came from the speakers. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all repeated various aspects of the story, all talked about how beautiful Lincoln’s Heaven was. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

They look like any contact lenses would, except that on the rims, in tiny, translucent, repeated lettering, are the words Henka Games. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now the whole dreadful story was repeating itself, and it was my daughter this time. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like drums, like the men singing for the corn, like magic, the words repeated and repeated themselves in his head. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He repeated the steps of his plan, his eyes on the window left ajar, as the sheer blue curtains swayed. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

The words repeated themselves over and over again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“All I meant was that perhaps it isn’t too important,” Milo repeated, trying not to be impolite. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had to repeat the word a second time at the top of my lungs, so she could hear. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I should add, my grandchildren, that not only did our drill instructor speak English in a strange way, he also used many colorful words and descriptive phrases that I won’t repeat. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Curly had repeated everything, beginning from when he’d arrived at the site early that morning. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch the back of David’s head and repeat in my mind: Do well today. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Will you repeat that, please?” said the voice. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“She says, ‘Aunt, please take your finger out of the batter,’ ” Moon Orchid repeated as she turned to follow another niece walking through the kitchen. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was their storyteller’s voice, both rough and pure, their friend's voice that repeated every fool phrase they threw at him in their language lessons. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

A practical man, he apologized at once for his thoughtless heresy, then cheerfully repeated the assertions throughout his subsequent writings. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

And certainly no one, no one, dared repeat in her presence the rising rumors that, after eight years of fighting, the Soviets were losing this war. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Cal’s last words had been repeating themselves over and over in her head. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But of course such transplants would be wiped out by any repeated spraying. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The return to the landing zone was a repeat of the morning’s march, stretches of quiet interrupted by bursts of bullets from unseen enemies. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Angela had stayed home sick, apparently something she did at least five days a month, the maximum number of days you can be out before they make you repeat the semester. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

These events repeated a pattern that was age-old, a pattern that had made the Miramichi one of the finest salmon streams in North America. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“My mom could lift a car,” Daniel repeats, like there is any way Axel or Ms. Dale could have forgotten. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I am not!” he repeats, his voice now rough with anger. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Oppenheimer repeated the brief conversation he had had with Chevalier. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go back to Blackberry, go back to Blackberry,” Silver kept repeating. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t repeat these items with scorn, but as exotic specialties. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘But it would be too tiring to repeat it all.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I’ve known people who have taken IQ tests in the past, and whenever I’ve asked them to repeat one of the questions, they’ve always drawn a blank, saying, “Oh, you know, they were...multiple-choice things.” Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

And now, as I kept at it, all I could think of was that conversation we’d had about this very thing, and her smile as she repeated over and over again, “Maybe when you’re thirteen.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

So one would know one had the right answer only if someone else repeated the calculation and got the same answer, and that did not seem very likely! A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fire,” Frank repeated, like that one word explained everything. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I can shoot you,” Mr. Whitby repeated, shaking his head in evident disgust. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

As I stood in front of the sea of cameras and microphones, I heard the same question repeated. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

As the taxi sped along, Mami had to repeat the address for the driver because the man could not understand Papi's accent. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“You want to be with your mother,” Mary repeated to be certain she had it right. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“It was an accident,” I say, feeling like I’ve repeated this forever. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If you don’t repeat the answers, if you don’t hold tight and turn them over and over in your head, one day you’ll forget, and then they’re lost forever. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A repeat intelligence test performed by a psychiatrist confirmed the initial diagnosis of a “Low Grade Moron.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“There must be a kill,” the Arbitrator repeated, his face gray as he sagged against the broom for support. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But the phone was in my hand and my great-grandmother stared into me with no intention of repeating herself. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

When she tried to repeat them, she saw the nurse wince. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Even when the teachers tried to be accommodating—giving her extra time to take tests, repeating things for her benefit—it was of little help. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The children, who had spent the morning repeating the words that Penelope had tried to teach them, likewise covered their ears and howled, “Whatawooooo! Whatawoooo!” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

For repeated sections of medium length — usually four to thirty-two measures — repeat dots with or without endings are the most common markings. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

This is the part that the pastors of Oklahoma churches love the best, and ask her to repeat as often as possible for their congregations. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Matty repeated the frog’s throaty sound, as if they were conversing. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“It isn’t true!” repeated Mollie, but she could not look Clover in the face, and the next moment she took to her heels and galloped away into the field. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

She makes me repeat the riddle and refuses to let me tell her the answer. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I repeated in my head, over and over, a command for my atoms to stay here, to not blank out. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

They insulted the British and called the Hessians foul names Nate would never repeat. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

The black was turning red again, and I really wasn't trying to be a repeat offender of the bully beat-down. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Did you hear me? Warning, not watch,” she repeats. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Guess what,” he repeated, only this time he didn’t wait for a response. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“At the moment, I’m a psychologist. I would like to have you repeat exactly what you said as nearly as you remember, and, even more important, the exact tone of voice you used.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Upon the air a bell came, then as if at a signal, other bells took up the sound and repeated it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She won't even repeat the questions on the spelling test, no matter how much I beg.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The gate on the other side of the dam is open, so Henry doesn’t have to do a repeat performance as we descend the accessway. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He interrupted a few times with questions and had me repeat the mayor’s words. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I repeat my pleas as I nudge and step on their toes trying to get to the front. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there was not time to prepare this seminar, so I gave it myself, with one of my graduate students repeating my words. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But it’s absurd to let yourself get into a state like this. Simply absurd,” she repeated “And what about? A man—one man.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

After her good cry at the dinner table, the mother repeated the story. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Finally, to satisfy them, I told the only joke I knew, one that had made me laugh out loud when I heard it, even though I’d never repeated it myself. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Name?” he repeated, or rather “nem,” which he knew to be wrong. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she turned to Ernie and repeated it, this time looking straight in his eyes. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“They shoot them,” he repeated, and the words were dusty and bitter on his tongue. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Rhetoric, as cannot be repeated too often, is the imperfect tool of an imperfect world. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

But scientific method was Thyon’s religion, and it dictated the repeat of experiments—even of failures. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She stalks away, and I should be angry, but instead I’m repeating what she said in my head. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Truly you are magnificent,” Maddox said, repeating the compliment again in a foreign tongue. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He seemed to be searching for something more to say, but then repeated, “Yes, very nice. An unusual tale.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn't stupid enough to try to repeat it, like Mr. Monk expected. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The punishment for a repeat offense was something so terrible, Sam wouldn’t or couldn’t talk about it when she finally returned to our cabin two days later. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

That third “herons” is clunky, even confusing, for the same reason that repeating the name Stanley Goldfarb in the funeral joke would have been confusing. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I told you,” he repeated, shaking a finger in Carter’s direction. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

What was beautiful about it was that you knew that against all the odds some of the carp made it back and raised their families, because every year the drama was repeated. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adina saw no repeat of the mysterious lights, but she hunched closer to the fire, grateful for its light like some primitive ancestor. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I had to ask one of my classmates to repeat them to me after the assembly. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then, when I repeat the offer, she says, “Really?” and finally takes it, picking off little chunks with trembling fingertips and cramming them into her mouth. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave everyone in the room repeated assurances that the girl would be given the best care possible. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He tapes the poster up, then we gather up the ones he dropped, walk a few paces, and repeat. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Indeed, whatever being uttered that fearful shriek could not soon repeat it: not the widest-winged condor on the Andes could, twice in succession, send out such a yell from the cloud shrouding his eyrie. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

In his play The Frogs, the conservative Aristophanes makes repeated sneering references to Euripides’ partiality for books. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Come on, Jay, come on repeats inside my head. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, he had discovered a wonderful power in repeating the stories Celia had told him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The humid air turned into sweat that had run down the corporal’s face while he repeated his dream to them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You know,” I began, finishing off a drink of water from my sippy cup, “everyone says history repeats itself, but I did not expect it to be so literal.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She laughed and nodded her head a great many times, and even repeated after Biddy, the words “Pip” and “Property.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Would you repeat that please? I am near hysteria, but I want to be sure of what you said.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stops us and again repeats Ma’s instructions without emotion. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite repeated questionings and stern talking-tos both at school and at home, she had refused to say anything about what had caused this outburst. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I hardly think a plum would survive the fall,” she repeated, laughing harder. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I repeat what I said about Will. What’s Adam want with your house?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had thought for an instant that the miracle was going to be repeated with her daughter, because she had been bothered by a sudden flapping of wings. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

She paused for a minute and repeated, “With nothing. We’ve accomplished nothing.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to know,” he repeated lightly, noncommittally, not knowing how cruelly he had hurt his mother. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because if you do,” I repeated, and they knew I meant it, “I’ll make up something and tell it on y’all, if you know what I mean.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Then she cut herself off from us, tapped her fountain pen, and repeated, “Black folks, in black clothes, rapping revolution.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The same thought repeated in his head: My life is over. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I repeated, a little louder and a little meaner. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trotter repeated herself getting nearer to hysterics with each repetition. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Summer is over and gone,” repeated the crickets. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Pollard galloped Seabiscuit out, brought him back, and he and Smith repeated the drill over and over. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

One morning he was here, and every day after that, holding a burning tin cup of bitter tea to my mouth and repeating my name: “Béene-béene.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is the best way,” he repeated after me. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at it, but like before, all his reflections repeated his motions. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“What of it!” he repeated, pushing the switch. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What was he digging for?” he repeated thoughtfully. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It’s better to repeat a word that fits than to stick in a clumsy substitute that doesn’t. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I repeat every word he said, just to make sure I heard him correctly. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Francie’s voice notched up higher as she repeated, “Mama, I don’t want to talk about it.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was going to race the sophomores as the varsity despite their repeated defeats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Sequoyah observed that white people made marks on paper, and that they derived great advantage by using those marks to record and repeat lengthy speeches. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Back when Sonny and I were in fifth grade though, one of Trey’s friends said something about Sonny, using a word I refuse to repeat. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I pull and swirl the granules with my fingers and the liquid goes milky; rinse and repeat until the water goes clear. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

When the guard looks away, I repeat myself but keep my hands busy weeding. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t matter, I repeated in my head. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“If you’ll kindly take all the necessary steps as soon as possible. As soon as possible,” he emphatically repeated. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon afterward, the middle daughter gave birth to a girl of her own, and the celebrations were repeated. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

And the Ministry had not only to supply the multifarious needs of the Party, but also to repeat the whole operation at a lower level for the benefit of the proletariat. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Nice place,” she repeats, stacking one button on top of another. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning we would rise shivering and rubbing arms, wordlessly repeat our small chores, fill and hoist our packs, and venture into the great entangling forest again. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t matter,” Cyrus said, and he repeated loudly, “It doesn’t matter,” and his tone said, “Shut your mouth. This is not your affair.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t really want to repeat what that was. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Nat repeated the opening verse of the Book of John: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next step was to repeat the experiment. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“You’re not supposed to be here,” he said, repeating the engineer’s assessment. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He had spent the previous eight weeks confined to his room close to twenty-four hours a day and had been denied mental health services despite his repeated requests. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He asked me to make myself a little clearer on a passage in one of the commentaries, and I repeated the passage by heart and explained it again as best I could. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“There be no beasts,” the dyer repeated firmly. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something the goddess had just said repeated in his mind. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Not the exact words!” repeated the gentleman bitterly. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“He fears,” he repeated, for the slow ones. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"And here's another one," she said, repeating what she had just done. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Harry barely understood half of what Professor McGonagall said to them these days; even Hermione had had to ask her to repeat instructions once or twice. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He repeated, shrugging, drawing a big zero in the dirt. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Lloyd returned in a moment, bearing a small package wrapped in twine—the binoculars—and a loaded Spencer repeating carbine. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They don't hypnotize you with bright objects and repeat the same words over and over, handing out little treats when you finally say "potty" or "wawa." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The infinitely repeating fractals that cover it vanish. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If you move the caterpillar again, she will repeat the program, and you can keep her totally preoccupied for as long as you have the patience and the heart for it. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scene repeated itself through the course of the week and marked the beginning of the end for Valencia and me. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She repeats how okay everything’s going to be again and again like a chant, but I can tell she doesn’t believe it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

By not repeating them, he will be able to make men feel secure and win them over with the benefits he bestows upon them. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Christoffel stares at his thumb, at a vicious hangnail rubbed red from repeated worrying. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

"I'm sorry," I repeat, and I start scuffing dirt over the scattered vomit. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Kept me out of trouble?” he repeated Max’s words. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ranofer got no answer to his questions, but he did not cease to ask them whenever the nocturnal mystery was repeated, which it was at irregular intervals. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I don’t ever want to repeat the things I read on that website, or the lies Edie wrote about me to everyone. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I had the feeling as in a nightmare of it all being something repeated, something I had been through and that now I must go through again. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I heard his voice for the first time as he repeated the marriage words. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Pride forbid, and whenever the longing grew very strong, he fortified his resolution by repeating the words that had made the deepest impression—“I despise you.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some stories were picked up and passed from mouth to mouth, crossing kingdoms and oceans, while others perished quickly, repeated a few times and never again. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Finally, the same pattern of an abrupt start of food production dependent on domesticates from elsewhere, and an abrupt and massive population replacement, seems to have repeated itself in many areas in the prehistoric era. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Absolutely, I was tormented by repeated bouts of What’s the Point? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Why?" he repeated, with a puzzlement equal to my own. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He asked two more times what she wanted and she repeated, “To see my father.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

After running through all the available chlorinated hydrocarbons, control agencies turned to the organic phosphates, but here again the story of resistance was repeated. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

At Altamira and Lascaux, then, the main purpose may no longer have been to “kill” but to “make” animals: to increase their supply, perhaps through seasonal rituals repeated year after year. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lazlo Strange,” she repeated, and the syllables were exotic on her tongue. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She wrote that night as she had promised—a long letter in which she poured out all her love and repeated the promises she had given. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

At other times, she did not weep, but stared at the rafters and repeated, “I will not scratch, Octavian. Although I itch. I have never known an itch like this one. It fills the room.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I pay attention to the words as my grandmother repeats them. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Mother,” I whisper because I cannot repeat it enough times. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Thick-tongued and groggy, he won the race by a nose but couldn’t repeat the weight-loss performance and retired from the saddle not much later. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Patty repeated, way harder than the super soft-spoken waitress. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Cora sat up and he repeated what he’d just told her fellow fugitive. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes we would play half the night, coming up with endless possibilities for questions and answers, only repeating the key word in every sentence. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Lancelot had several other adventures during his first quest—it lasted a year but perhaps only two are worth repeating in detail. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last line of Nkrumah’s note repeated itself in his mind. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

All of the tiny moments repeated themselves in her imagination. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I repeat, and take a gulp of water. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

When I’d repeated the prayer several times and could recite most of it without stumbling, she taught me how to cross myself. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

This does seem a very plausible explanation the more I think about it; for it is true, nothing vexes me more these days than to hear this sort of nonsense being repeated. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“How many stars in the sky?” he repeats, cracking open an eye to stare at the ceiling like he’s imagining the night sky. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

And then I realize the emcee is repeating my name. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Could Colonel Forster repeat the particulars of Lydia’s note to his wife?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Stand up,” she repeated, yanking Sticky to his feet as if he weighed no more than a bird. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

El Patron had become so forgetful, he repeated the same sentence over and over again. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The strength of one’s courage,” he repeated quietly, nodding and smiling. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Why do you always repeat what I say?” said the sister bear to her brother. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Observing me, he started; and then, seeing it was an ally, smiled and said a thing I shall in no way repeat. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

While I’d repeated everything to Mom, he stood with his arms crossed, leaning against the doorway to the living room. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

A bad sign when she repeated your own words back to you like a parrot. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“The police came to talk to my son,” repeated Mr. Dalton, pulling me out of my own thoughts again. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a clock on my phone, but it’s been in my pocket since I set my music on repeat. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The church ladies and Grandma's friends repeated the same things over and over, making me feel ashamed, and making me question my skin color. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh. ‘Loving someone,’” Dill’s father repeated back, mockingly. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“Oh, not now. Now we’re in that sweet period where everyone agrees that our recent horrors should never be repeated,” he says. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

So he sings, looking down, recalling and repeating the words, hands light on the harp. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Master repeated her expression as if he somehow disapproved of it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

There, before him, she repeated the face-rubbing gesture, and he nodded. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

They repeat this routine in the following evenings, though the circus does not remain in Munich long, once the news arrives from London. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

If he was right, the image would soon be repeated all over Britain. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

All through the night it swam across the sky, and when dawn came, the whale dove into the sea again to repeat the cycle: through the water by day, through the sky by night. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

"My commander says I have to shift my attitude," he says, clearly repeating the instructions. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“At-at-at, at the risk of repeating myself,” said the goose, “I suggest that you come on out. It’s wonderful out here.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I picked through the clothes scattered on the carpet, silently repeating Dad’s favorite phrase, It's all good. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Soon ladies in their backyards were repeating that remark, fence by fence, from one end of the valley to the other. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you just come home?” he repeats. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Understanding is more often used to try to alter an outcome than to repeat or perpetuate it. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope the snapshots come out well,” repeating oneself in desperation, and he “Yes, that one of the square ought to be good, the light was just right.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Not one of them was allowed to be repeated in a melodic phrase, which prevented the listener’s ear from latching on to any note as the centre of gravity. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

There was a Jack Kerouac quote their dad loved to repeat when the family deliberated weekend plans. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

No matter how many times we repeated these routines, I never tired of them. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“It was merely a foolish dare,” I repeated, too ashamed to give voice to the joy and desire. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Are you paying attention? I don’t like to repeat myself.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

For many days and nights the message was repeated; there had been time, then, to turn to God. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He could repeat each word of the book in perfect order, but that did not bolster his confidence. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I said ,” Percy repeated, “Frank is turning into a crazy dolphin!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He gets the claw going and surveys the case from all angles—crouches, tiptoes, shifts left, shifts right, adjusts the claw, rinse and repeat—and hits the button. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“A mass breakout?” repeated the Prime Minister hoarsely. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Soon,” repeated Mo. “Very well. I'll have made up my mind by tomorrow. Do you have somewhere to sleep?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“He keeps wincing every once in a while — I think he has cramps,” I repeated. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ned would not speak of the mother, not so much as a word, but a castle has no secrets, and Catelyn heard her maids repeating tales they heard from the lips of her husband's soldiers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They could remember and repeat long passages of human speech, so they were sent into rebel areas to capture our words and return them to the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The result: The problem is, is that they repeat themselves. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And they repeated to one another all the signs by which they would know the places they were looking for—the- blue lake and the hill with a garden on top of it. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

He repeated the process, then poured a third time and handed the glass to me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Is she dead?” repeated the inquisitive twin trotting at his side. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thought of repeating eleventh grade was too depressing. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Again he repeated the words in English: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Break into a Gringotts vault?” repeated the goblin, wincing a little as he shifted his position upon the bed. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When he woke up, he repeated what little he could remember, a verse from Hebrews about Enoch: “Taken up so he should not see death; and he was not found.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He repeated this action for each empty space until the white-petaled flower was clearly visible against the dull clay. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

This gentleman has repeated that point in here several times. 4TH JUROR: That’s correct. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The craftsmanship and the technology that went into making the lens assembly was something that may never be repeated," Saxe later commented. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

But instead of answering me, she kept repeating that it was important to keep Uncle Jim’s land—land that had belonged to her father and his father and his father before that—in the family. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, she repeated the words, over and over, until she was sure she memorized them. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Rani catches my Kannada words and repeats them without faltering. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Dr. Holiday had said that nothing I told her would ever be repeated. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I repeat the officer’s words, not really believing them. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

But once the process had been repeated three times, subsequent drainings did not seem to make a difference— at least, not to Tree-ear. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“There’s a baby in here!” repeated the old man, backing away from the package in fear. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wrote out lists of the numbers he played along with the dates, so as not to repeat any. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Others at once took up the cry, and the phrase w'as repeated, parrot-fashion, again and again, with an ever-growing volume of sound, until, by the seventh or eighth reiteration, no other word was being spoken. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside the pavilion, the glowing flowers repeated the colors of the painted rainbow, and the white clouds above echoed the cresting waves of water. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Unmade bed,” Dad repeated, banging on the keyboard again. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“I will buy it,” he repeated peevishly as he might repeat a demand to his mother who crossed him. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

This better not be a repeat of what happened the last time I listened in. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Matthias repeated the words, but he could make no sense of them. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“A little different?” he repeated after a moment. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, that one,” he said, and snapped his fingers because he was embarrassed about his pronunciation and didn’t want to repeat the name. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Please excuse me. Please excuse me,” she repeated abjectly. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

His balancing phrase was not typically identical but slightly different in character, creating a symmetry without simply repeating itself. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I could hear a lot of words often repeated, queer words, for there were many nationalities in the crowd; so I quietly got my polyglot dictionary from my bag and looked them out. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Economic homosexual!” somebody repeated, to loud general laughter. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Day before yesterday!” she repeated, aloud; and went on thinking to herself, “day before yesterday,” in a sort of an uncomprehending way. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amanda Werner and several other beautiful, elegant, conically breasted foreign ladies, from unspecified vaguely defined countries, plus a few bucolic so-called humorists, comprised Buster’s perpetual core of repeats. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, then,” Tuck repeated, “seeing you know, I’ll go on and say this is the finest thing that’s happened in—oh—at least eighty years.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lumpish man charges Liberty with a pocketknife, repeating his words like a war cry. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Physicists have theorized that we live in an infinite and infinitely expanding universe, and that everything in it will eventually repeat. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Because the properties repeated themselves periodically, the invention became known as the periodic table. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

To end up with twenty-six letters to match the alphabet, they skipped any that were repeated. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Kaira had thought she knew the words, but she kept skipping around to different parts of the song and repeating parts she’d already done as the band struggled to keep up with her. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“There are many ways to view the world,” Dr. Poirot tells me on one of my clearer days, when he knows I’ll digest it, and not just repeat back what he says. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The city’s papers made repeated reference to her penchant for acting in accord with “her own sweet will.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The same images repeated and the newscasters babbled the same nonsense. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Jamie repeated the name aloud to fix it in his head, and leaned forward to peer at Maddie more closely in the firelight from the library grate. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Professor McGonagall repeated, as though this was a very fishy thing to want to do. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

But wording should be varied when an entity is referred to multiple times in quick succession and repeating the name would sound monotonous or would misleadingly suggest that a new actor had entered the scene. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The horn still sounded from across the water, insistently repeating its urgent message. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“After all,” I repeated, “there is a war on.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Grandma,” he repeated, but she was in the middle of singing to Jesus. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Like the kids watching James Earl Jones, the children responded to the show in a different way with each repeat viewing, becoming more animated and answering more of Steve’s questions earlier and earlier. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One was a special bird called a jabberjay that had the ability to memorize and repeat whole human conversations. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

‘Stop repeating everything I say! Let’s check out those scooter lessons.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She made Toby repeat it back to her twice, because the first time was an unconvincing mumble. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s me. Crispin. Crispin,” I repeated even louder. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Three chains twisted about each other in a way that gave rise to a crystallographic repeat every 28 A along the helical axis. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” repeated Harry weakly, while Dean and Seamus continued to roar with laughter. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Friends,” she repeats, as if testing out whether her tongue can form the word. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

They worked backward from the messages, looking at repeated patterns and making logical guesses about what each letter could be. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It was so simple they could repeat it word for word to the other girls. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In his mind, he repeated scenarios of telling his father he was going to stay. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

During the previous few days Blackberry had had to repeat several times the story of the journey to the farm and the finding of Hazel in the drain. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he repeated the facts that Rogers had given him about the disappearance of the two little china figures. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

We repeat so often we lose count, propelled by Mother’s wild eyes and pressed mouth, frightened of what her expression would be if... Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Each time I recalled another one I would repeat the lists, inserting it in its alphabetical place. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

My sisters, I repeat to myself, saying these two words together for the first time. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t have any friends but me, so he wasn’t likely to repeat what I said to someone who might snicker. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You look pale,” Soraya repeated, placing the stack of papers on the table. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And I couldn’t tell you when they stopped repeating, and when it was decreed that every year henceforth would be named after a different species. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

By the time he was a college senior, he had become the national champion, an honor he would repeat twelve more times over the course of his career. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He repeats the end of his own name over and over: the word dundu. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

During Friendship Club, Axel and Daniel, and the other students, play a lot of board games, and Ms. Dale repeats the rules, even if some kids say that they know them. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Again, and again, she and Grandma had repeated those warnings. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A round is a special type of canon in which the last section also fits with the first section, so that the canon can be repeated over and over without stopping. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He counted, sometimes repeating a number or even backing up if he thought somebody hadn’t done a good job. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why did you just cut off contact?” he repeated quietly. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“And spare my poor life, even though I did not spare the life of the kitten ...” “And spare my poor life, even though I did not spare the life of the kitten,” I repeated. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the men, you know, the things they thought nothing of saying out loud to any woman who passed by could not be repeated before children. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once Mia mailed her photographs, Pearl always knew, they would pack up the car again and the entire process would repeat. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You brought home a stray dog?” repeated his mom. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I repeated over and over again in my head. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“I can’t do that,” Edward repeated, but this time there was a trace of defeat in his voice. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t happen,” Mama Joe repeated, as if I had disagreed. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“A butterfly garden,” she repeated, like it was a real enchanting idea. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Julius reluctantly put up his hand and disgustedly repeated the oath. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sing the lyrics I do remember, stumbling over some words and repeating others out of place, but it’s a song Dad loved and I hope he hears me singing it since he can’t. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He chose not to repeat her own advice back to her, however; the eve of their attempted assault on Gringotts felt like the wrong moment to antagonize her. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Matthew has made Caleb repeat them both every few minutes since we got here. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Celia ran around it three times for every wish, until the tree repeated itself like a flashing deck of cards. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The music went on and on, minute after minute, with astonishing variations, never once repeating itself, almost as though the bird were deliberately showing off its virtuosity. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Faces of my teachers, distorted with my exhaustion, saying over and over, “Sparrow is going to repeat eighth grade” and “Sparrow hasn’t done work in months” and “What’s wrong with your daughter, Ms. Cooke?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The voice filtering through the ceiling repeats itself. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

You repeat the prayers for nine days in a row, and by the end you’re supposed to see a merciful shift in whatever situation you’ve been praying about. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Herr, herr, he repeated over and over, as if this were the name of some food he wanted to make sure he never got hold of by mistake. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because Luke had been so disruptive, he had to repeat kindergarten, and he continued to bother me whenever he felt the need to quell his anxieties. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The pattern was repeated with monotonous regularity in succeeding springs. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about it,” Mom repeats, but this time, she scowls at me. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Changes for the worst,” he repeated many times. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Could you repeat the question?” called one of the teams. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Who am I? the monster repeated, still roaring. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Quiet as a shadow, she repeated, sliding forward, light as a feather. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I wanted to say something to that, to thank her, to ask her to repeat it again just to be sure I hadn’t misunderstood or misheard her. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Yes. I’m up for it,” I said to Coach Mustilli, quietly at first, and then I repeated it again to convince the coach, but also myself. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

They repeat after her, as do I: Papa, pickle, paint, peep, pool. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

That meant he could save his five remaining bullets for serious security threats, though he didn’t want a repeat of the nerve- rattling fiasco with the field mouse. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had to repeat a few classes, but she eventually graduated with a master’s degree. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Nathan kept repeating those words and walked over to Uncle Jet. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I repeated his name until his eyes seemed to focus on me, and then he drew a sharp breath and said, quietly but clearly, “Go to the island, Yakob. Here it’s not safe.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Oh, God! Oh, God!” he repeated to himself in almost unendurable agony. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only then can we ensure that this kind of evil is never allowed to repeat itself. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Emily repeated the numbers, but once again the recording came on halfway through the call. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“She’s getting better,” I said, as if by repeating it enough, I could somehow make it part of the public record, an indisputable fact. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Come on” Hermione repeated, and she pulled Harry and Ron up the path again. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The music is repeated sections with fairly small changes. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She begged me to be still, but the fever compelled me to repeat my awful tale over and over. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, Kelly refused to give up her spot as Wilbur, and George happily repeated the role of Charlotte. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He had to repeat the thing he had just told me. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Rowan had begun repeating this to himself like a mantra, hoping it would make it easier to digest. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I was fighting to stay awake myself, but I repeated the story to the larger assembly. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept repeating to myself: “Don’t think, don’t stop, run!” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if you found out how to work it, and I repeated all her secrets to you? Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

But I was tired of repeating the same story over and over. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He seemed to expect an answer from me, so I shook my head and repeated, “Why should you?” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a gesture I had repeated countless times in the past, but ever since Sumac had chosen my right shoulder as his constant perch, I hadn’t needed it. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The most frequently repeated messages will be station call signals and appeals to purchase detergents, deodorants, headache tablets, and automobile and petroleum products. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, it was a good battle,” he repeated defensively. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his mouth but repeated his brother’s words in his head. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Her text discussed the metamorphosis of more than fifty moths and butterflies, describing the timing of each phase, her repeated experiments and failures, and any other interesting insect behavior she had observed. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I remembered Maxim’s voice raised in anger, using the words that Mrs. Danvers had just repeated. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, God,” Henry repeats, this time with feeling. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They stumbled out drowsily, responding with reluctance to his repeated assurance that it was “only a little way.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She repeated the gesture, this time pointing firstly at him, then at herself, then at the ceiling. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then he read the purported year of the bottle’s nativity and softly repeated his first words. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I repeated the words over and over in my mind, as if trying to convince myself. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“John! Natalie!” the voice repeated, and I turned to see Mikayla’s mom, shouldering her way through the masses, eyes trained on me. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“You are the dead,” repeated the iron voice. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I repeated my mother’s last words as she’d walked out this same door so many years ago. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I know who he is,” I repeated breathlessly. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Mrs. Robins will ask me to repeat my words, and that’s when the whispers and laughs behind start up. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

The situation he found himself in now had the sodden quality of a dream in which events repeated themselves. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He repeated those words as he walked up West Third Street. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

The Norwegians at the whaling factory crowded Sørlle’s house, asking the manager over and over again to repeat the story Shackleton had told. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to get up,” Charles repeated. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Sis-ter,” Styx repeated, drawing it out like Bobby Gene was slow. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

"Two hours," she repeated slowly, putting two fingers up. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He leaves him with regret, “but I repeat, it is necessary.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Several minutes later, an AP reporter repeated the denial at a White House press conference. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Oh, God, God, God . . .” the Savage kept repeating to himself. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was clutching Herbie’s arm, clinging to it, repeating over and over, “It isn’t true, is it? It isn’t, is it?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I would much rather chill at Aaron’s, sit in my room, run to the Internet and then to the bathroom, rinse, cycle, repeat. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

It is very common for longer repeated sections of music to be repeated exactly until the last few measures. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He gives his name but the headmistress forgets it almost instantly and is too embarrassed to ask him to repeat it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The Warburg theory also explains why repeated small doses of a carcinogen are more dangerous under some circumstances than a single large dose. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Grandma repeated the rules to me every day, and I knew for certain that I had to memorize them and not leave anything out. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Last stop on the L,” he repeats, smiling, and takes the tips of my fingers until I climb into the truck. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I repeat back to them what they’ve already decided among themselves. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I saw that the librarian asked her to repeat her question. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Now I’m going to repeat them back to you. Did you write them all down so you can check me? Did you get them all down?” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

He did not catch on to the words at first, and Jake had to repeat them. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then I give Jay the cue to repeat my words, hoping he'll obey me as well as he obeys Rani. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“We’ll soon have you fixed,” she had kept repeating, and could think of nothing else. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Do you need me to repeat it?” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

"He will give me a crown," he repeated, his voice growing sharp. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“There’s no good story that doesn’t touch the truth,” I said, repeating something my father used to say, mostly to fill the silence. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Since virus is already part of the name, it’s redundant to repeat it. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Treatment should be repeated until the association in the animal’s mind between the sound of the whistle and the feeling of intense, incapacitating nausea is fixed and totally unambiguous. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

This was obliged to be repeated before it could be believed; and Mr. Knightley actually looked red with surprize and displeasure, as he stood up, in tall indignation, and said, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“Well, the team needs you to win. We need a saber fencer, and you have what it takes to help this team repeat as state champions,” he said. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Want this?” she repeated, waving a package at us. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He suggested that when elements were arranged by weight they appeared to repeat certain properties–in a sense to harmonize–at every eighth place along the scale. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

"We need someone who can do more than repeat our words and fetch back a reply. Our envoy must speak for king and council and settle the matter quickly." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I took a very deep breath and spoke loud and clear so Papa would not ask me to repeat it. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“By then I was very worried that we were headed for a repeat of what happened on K2 in 1986,” says Hutchison. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“By the way, at the risk of repeating myself, how about those purple jelly beans?” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I could hear her repeating again and again: “I don’t know what county we’re in.” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know nothing about other women,” Bigger repeated stubbornly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“No, of course not. The call note arises out of imitation and then fee various bird songs are developed by repeating the call note and descanting upon it.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, he would be ill-advised to repeat this ploy once my punctuation vigilantes are on the loose. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

Genie repeated the instructions to make sure he had it right. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Only one channel came in, some kind of weird repeating infomercial with a woman selling letter openers that looked a little like katana blades, which was not going to make Ernie feel any better. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He’s got a thick Arabic accent so he makes sure to repeat the important parts of his questions several times, with twinkling eyes and encouraging nods of his head. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

That night, after I had said no, he had reached down into my pants and grabbed me, gone inside me, and continued, forcing himself as I repeated “no,” again and again. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He listened—but the sound was not repeated. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

“President Kennedy has ordered the governor to step aside for James Meredith, I repeat, the President of the United—” “Eugenia, Pascagoula! Turn that set off right this minute!” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

This action may result from minute doses often repeated. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

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

"All right. Now repeat this prayer after me, and go under again. This time, welcome holiness upon you." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The thing is I feel that I’m just repeating the same memories to him. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t see her. I didn’t see her,” he kept repeating. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I said, where’s your bloody wife, old man?” the question was repeated. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there was one idea that seemed to repeat itself throughout all the books: all things are the manifestation of one thing only. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thousands of lips repeated the benediction, bent over like trees in a storm. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She repeated the next lines of the poem. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The only screams I can muster are repeated whimpers of “Mom, Mom, Mom.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I become a robot who repeats how I knew Khalil since I was three, how we grew up together, the kind of person he was. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I am supposed to repeat my affirmations like incantations to drive the nasty voices out of my head. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“The wingsmiths,” he repeated, and somewhere within him, as though with a whirr of gears and a ping of sprung locks, a previously unsuspected vault of delight spilled open. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Officials who try to stop abuses receive repeated death threats. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Johnny had already seen a pack of them out at Lexington, and there over at the Lornes was Rabbit repeating the old pattern. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpop put his hand on Genie’s shoulder—which was still such a surprise to Genie, that Grandpop could know where it was—as the old clock repeated itself. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Shandrydan,” they repeated quickly in order, and pointed to a small wooden wagon. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He explains how I’m to use them, making me repeat the directions twice. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Among these repeated subjects is a crouched, blobby figure with a monstrously swollen head. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Weston maintained her composure, but when Gloria repeated her question in a more anxious tone of voice, she found her temper rather bent. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

She was asked again and again, and as she repeated herself, the burden of consistency was pressed upon her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I may not go back until January, and then repeat the second half of sophomore year. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

It’s stuck inside his brain, on repeat, the same loop. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The Passacaglia structure involves a short sequence of four or eight chords repeated many times, which act as the springboard for a series of unfolding melodic explorations or improvisations. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I wonder again over Cardan’s words about her, but I do not want to repeat them and make her feel bad. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The same process was repeated with his fingers—the leather gloves were no match for the inferno that passed over and through them—then tongues of flame licked across his shoulders and chest. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He was still wearing the same wrinkled black suit, which now looked like something from a trash barrel; he couldn’t even find time to buy a new one, despite repeated requests from Ophelia. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“Now we will repeat the first part of the Catechism, and then Mistress Tyler will tell you a story.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The attorneys for the United States made repeated references to the May 1954 decision. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Lefty only kept repeating, “Not like this, not like this . . .” And I was wrong before, I take it back. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Their high voices squealing with delight when Carla mispronounced some word they coaxed her to repeat. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Me and Mama laugh, cuz Charlie’s started this thing where she hears a big word and then repeats it as much as she can. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“Fine!” she repeated, swinging the bag over her shoulder and almost knocking Ron off his chair. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

On nine occasions, he also asked for directions to be repeated. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

But he would be much obliged, he repeated, if I could 'give it a go with four'. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

She pointed, he named it, she repeated it. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Anything but turkey. I’m still recovering from Thanksgiving. I will, I repeat, will, throw up.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

And I repeated, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, because I didn’t want to think about anything else. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I asked again if he would forgive me, & this time, he gave me a reply, which I cannot repeat, so heavily does all weigh upon me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Don’t repeat that, none of you,” she said. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

These humble children of God were willing to suffer for righteousness sake, I repeated to myself over and over. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

His transfer of powers of self-determination to inmates provoked loud and repeated charges of coddling. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you want a drink?” she repeats, louder this time. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Oppenheimer’s recollection of his own reaction has been oft repeated; he claimed that a verse from the Sanskrit Bhagavad Gita leaped into his mind: “ ‘Now I am become death, destroyer of worlds.’ Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“But you don’t know for sure,” he repeated, raising his eyebrows for emphasis. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He remembered the first stream of words entering his mind, remembered dutifully repeating them, his mind relaxing into a feeling of marvelous happiness. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was all right for Grandmother to say outrageous things, but not for a girl like Nhamo to repeat them. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He blinked a few times and passed his hand across his face, repeating, “I’m in the book. Can you show me?” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Next morning, Beowulf was woken by a hoarse sound, repeated over and over. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

The repeated pattern doubtless has to do with geography—southeastern climate and soil favor plantation crops like tobacco and cotton. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“You poor creatures,” she repeated, almost in a whisper. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I got a better sin than Horse! Bless me, father! Bless me, father! Bless me, father!” he repeated. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has spent so much time repeating this process that she could recreate the book from memory, but she still does not fully comprehend how the system works. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Please God, don’t take him away, please,” Mama repeated over and over again. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She said it not as if she believed it but as if she were repeating something she had heard. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

That wasn’t what he was telling her at all; maybe the ghost was just repeating his wife’s name, Sing, and Pilate didn’t know it because she never knew her mother’s name. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Go ahead and listen to that same song on repeat until its sound turns to nothing and you sleep the winter away. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“My son wants the book Max und Moritz for his birthday,” a soldier repeated, eyes closed, blood leaking from the sides of his mouth. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m not leaving her,” he repeated, and gave Lana a cold stare. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Once, because repeating it was too much to bear, I let impatience get the best of me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He kept repeating it I’ll never forget that first hour of knowing I was blind. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time Marie-Laure relays another rumor to her father, he repeats “Germany” with a question mark after it, as if saying it for the very first time. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

So, in order to save time, ink, and page turns, common notation has many ways to show that a part of the music should be repeated exactly. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Oscar,” Noah repeats, then wobbles to a sitting position and points at me, saying, “He didn’t save my life and it doesn’t matter how high it is.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I hung up on him but he called again, and again and again, each time repeating the same lines, that I should watch my back, that his assassin was coming for me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It said, Unknown: Do objects and people repeat because V. pointed at home? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

But I repeat, there are matters of global significance taking place upstairs and I must return to my post.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

They shot him, I kept repeating to myself. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Instead of a brand name on the label it simply repeated his badge number, 4566. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She repeated the foreign name to herself, holding her American baby in her arms. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They would repeat the words I said, mocking my accent and laughing hysterically. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I repeated the address that I remembered on the card. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

And I keep saying it till she repeat it back to me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The Professor repeated the conversation, and she said:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I think he was just repeating what he had heard Lobel say. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re safe here,” I repeat, and I pull him back into my chest. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Holmes seemed to be repeating the pattern he had established in Cincinnati. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know what you mean,” she repeated. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we didn’t know all the words, we just repeated the ones we knew over and over again. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t even want to repeat the words they was saying to that umpire, but they was cussing him good. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch it: a spike, then a flatter spike, then a dip and a repeat. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Oranges don’t have stuff in them,” he repeated. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Finally, when the variations just started repeating again and again and again, he stopped. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I was repeating, It is a short journey. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“Then we will let the peaches cool and repeat the process five times over two days. It's something that takes patience.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“I said,” he repeated more distinctly, “is there anything for the old fellow today, Barbie dear?” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Of course, he added, this was quite natural for a scientist who had achieved repeated triumphs with instruments scaled to fit on a laboratory bench. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

When Bobby exited an hour later, Stockhold asked him how he enjoyed it, and Bobby’s comment, which he repeated at other times, has often been quoted: “Chess is better.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He repeated his words verbatim, indicating with hand gestures that we would have to remove our scarves. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The knot Otto made in the laces when I was trying to escape from Bouain was a convoluted mess, made worse by repeated bathings in river muck. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She felt momentarily lost, as if she were supposed to repeat something she'd been taught in school but didn’t know what it was. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

What could a heavy dose of DDD, or perhaps repeated doses, do to him? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

If he is convicted of another crime he may be subject to imprisonment as a repeat offender. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

She was in charge of leading the work songs for the larboard watch, singing out line after line for the rest of the watch to repeat as they hauled sheets or turned the capstan. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Lots of buyers to take it if you won’t,” was all the man kept repeating. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“This is Jason Compson,” he said, his voice so harsh and thick that he had to repeat himself. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at that picture for a while repeating the words in my head. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“No, Albert. This weekend isn’t good. I finally have Clayton focused....No,” she repeated. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I would, I figured, park at a likely looking spot, take a hike up into the hills, hike back to the car, drive on a way, and repeat the process. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“What’s the answer?” the boy repeated, and then he answered his own riddle. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh. Hold it. Hazel, wasn’t there some myth about a girl who repeated everything—?” “Echo,” Hazel said. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When the marines had first arrived at Da Nang, the orders had been clear: “The U.S. Marine Force will not, repeat will not, engage in day-to-day actions against the Viet Cong.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

A moment later, his voice began playing over the speakers, repeating what he’d just said. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Following this cruelly mishandled execution, the state performed an autopsy—against the family's repeated requests. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Almost everyone regarded his retirement of 1796 as a repeat performance of his resignation as commander of the Continental Army in 1783. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want you to go,” he repeated sullenly. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone rejoiced to find that the miracle of the web had been repeated. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Carl had told her more than once—he’d repeated it just the other day—how since the war he couldn’t speak. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I even started a few rumors that were pure nonsense, lies so outrageous that people would repeat them despite the fact that they were obviously untrue. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

If you asked Momma why you had to do something and she didn’t feel like explaining she just repeated herself. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There wasn't a town trapped underwater or generations of men with the same name destined to repeat the same mistakes. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And I actually think that he thought that our group was strong enough that we could repeat that. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Otto and Sheed hugged tightly to their Time Suck’s fur as it dipped and dodged Mr. Flux’s repeated attempts to freeze them in their tracks. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Her voice breaks on the word so that she has to repeat herself. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The ghost told the Buendía family that their worst fears were right: They were doomed to repeat the same mistakes. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Whenever she saw the little girl stop to look at the trees, the sky, she repeated the same harsh-voiced warning: “Overseer’ll be settin’ you a task any day now. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But after you’ve known him for a while, he starts to repeat these things. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ron repeated, pounding his pestle down so hard that it dented the desk. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But at that a hush fell, and he was frowned down, and the call was not repeated. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Now watch me,” says Frank, and he repeats Gimpy s performance. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Takes all,” I repeated, then walked straight home. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Whatever the exact cause, Galileo suffered from repeated bouts of an arthritic ailment for the rest of his life, which sometimes confined him to bed for several weeks at a time. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Throughout much of the interview, C.P. repeated the usual Klan propaganda. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

They all spoke in slang at the long table and there were many private jokes and some jokes at the far end that were not repeated when the girls asked to hear them. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He did not respond; so I repeated my Instructions. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Noting and repeating my observations only sharpened my mental catalog. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Eleven eighty-five,” she repeated, now holding her hand out. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

This tiny drumming, at first almost inaudible, mounts and swells, is repeated twelve . times in a continuous twelve-minute crescendo. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“Captain Yossarian requests permission to speak to the major at once about a matter of life or death,” he repeated determinedly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“This is for the information window and they will direct you to where you need to go next,” the grandma repeats like a machine. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to leave you something,” he repeated—without an ounce of noticing how stupid he sounded. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I’ll kill him,” repeated Bigwig, spluttering through his fouled whiskers and clotted fur. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

For his part, Jefferson kept repeating the avoidance argument he had fashioned in 1805. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I’ll take him,” I repeated, helping Victor to his feet. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

‘On the Precious, on the Precious!’ he repeated. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She has to repeat the question three times, shouting in order to be heard. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ll need to get up in front of them and repeat everything you told us.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Whenever Dad repeated everything you said like this some real big trouble was about to follow. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hello? Is there anybody listening on this? Hello ...” He repeated it two or three times and then waited but heard nothing except his own breathing. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Children,” he said in Navajo, “here is a word of greeting that you can say. Watch how I hold my mouth and then repeat it after me. Heh-low. Heh-low.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking at it, Omakayas had to blink her eyes, for the beads were so perfect and the repeated pattern so compelling that the ferns seemed to move like little waves. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She repeats this process over and over, working until the cloth burns without charring, remaining bright and white within the flame. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

His traveling companion, Charles Kalme, repeated his win of the previous year and was crowned the champion once again. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“A cocktail party,” Mama repeats with an even worse British accent. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I know Mr. Lucas’s truck when I see it,” I repeated back for my sisters. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The grandmother taps her temple, and then repeats the gesture on the glass. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Asked by journalists why he didn’t just cut American losses and leave Vietnam, Johnson repeated a pledge he had made many times: “I’m not going to be the first American president to lose a war.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Still a fourth line of evidence that some mammal species are much more suitable than others is provided by the repeated independent domestications of the same species. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

As if to demonstrate that his questionable behavior in the presidential crisis of 1801 was no aberration, Burr repeated the pattern in 1804 during the campaign for governor of New York. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Round and round he skipped, repeating the verse over and over. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“People are naïve about such things,” Marco says, a phrase oft repeated by his instructor as both admonishment and warning. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The proprietor squinted, uncomprehending, so he repeated the question in High Valyrian. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You do that,” Matt repeated, “and I’ll tell the doctor how you treated El Patron’s clone.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The surface is coated with an elaborate, winding series of endlessly repeating patterns. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Jack’s have been mild compared with those of many others—circulation problems in his feet because of repeated frostbite, and arthritis and rheumatism in his back. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I suppose,” I echoed, then felt foolish for simply repeating her words. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

We had these same lectures repeated a number of times, and I’d always wonder if this time she’d found a picture of Norfolk, but it was always the same. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blue and his vertical handwriting and the word “love” repeated over and over again. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He repeated this refrain over and over again: “lam Bobby Fischer! I am Bobby Fischer! I am Bobby Fischer!” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her students then repeated, “The part of a sink that the water goes down is called a drain.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I haven’t had such a difficult question in as long as I can remember. Would you mind repeating it? It’s slipped my mind.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“To play such a joke on me,” the Arch-Songster kept repeating, “on me!” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

For eighty years, this false story has been repeated in textbooks, popular books, articles, and movies. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

They told each other all of it, though Lazlo didn’t think it necessary to repeat the warriors’ actual words. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I repeated his name because it took the place of prayer. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The people repeated, “So it was and ever shall be.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“Come straight home,” Ma repeats, tucking in her white uniform shirt. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

"I will be young again!" the uncle repeated, then stopped. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He nodded with solemnity and repeated the two key words. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not repeating junior year because my ex-boyfriend scared me out of summer school. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Piggy bent his flashing glasses to them and could be heard between the blasts, repeating their names. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“To the dungeon,” repeated the first hood, but his voice, so deep and certain a moment ago, now shook a tiny bit. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Neighbors rushed over, repeating more rumors: all the children would be slaughtered. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

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

“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

Throughout this time the last words of the judge are repeated. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only the J symbol was repeated, but that could still be any letter. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Then she repeated the last line real slow and soft, except this time she sang, “Yes, sir, it’s my baby...yes, sir, this house is...my baby...now-ow...” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Her voice wobbles, just a little, and she repeats herself, quietly this time. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

As you walk farther into the room it becomes a field of endless streetlamps, the stripes repeating in fractal patterns, over and over and over. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She wanted to repeat the experience, but the water was cold and after fifteen minutes he’d had enough. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I repeated, “Are there any people on it?” The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the radio, announcers repeated the news that big American ships were waiting offshore and more were coming. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Doesn’t matter?” repeated Hestia, her voice rising ominously. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Hope there’s no repeat of the recent carnival fainting incident—Courtney’s certainly too heavy for me to lift, and I only have a learner’s permit, so I couldn’t drive us back. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

If he doesn’t change, he will repeat his mother’s mistake; time will slip by, and Jasmin will grow up without him. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He’d read the words to us and make us repeat them back to him. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You want to be with your mother,” he repeated idly. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I let him go,” Peach repeated, his voice gathering a hard edge to it, like he was a murderer and was admitting to the crime of the century. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Every sinner must be punished in a manner befitting his sin!” the cleric repeated into the mike, lowering his voice, enunciating each word slowly, dramatically. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I said, I want to propose a barter,” she repeated more firmly. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She flexed her fingers, repeating the maneuver again and again, until the steel base left deep welts in her finger joints. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He paused and then repeated her words, “Those people in your school are fools,” in a good mimicry of a Nigerian accent. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But there was no answer, and Art could only repeat that he was sorry and step past her in the direction of the telephone. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He again repeated that it was bad luck. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I want to remember it in Jazzhole,” he repeated, smiling as though only she could have come up with that expression. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

His brother repeated the word like it was foreign, then shook his head. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They would repeat their questions in gentle, affectionate voices. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Yes, something of everything, Sam, except the Sea,’ Frodo had answered; and he repeated it now to himself: ‘Except the Sea.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Dinner conversation was dominated by the three clients who were doctors—Stuart, John, and especially Beck, a pattern that would be repeated for much of the expedition. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Six hundred feet, down at nineteen . . . Four hundred feet, down at nine . . . Three hundred feet . . . Watch our shadow out there,” called Buzz, repeating new numbers every few seconds. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want a repeat of that night. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I don't mind, I don't mind,” I repeated mechanically. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Every time she saw those images, a voice in her head kept repeating one line over and over. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“No cameras, no drones,” the guard at the gate repeats over and over in a bored tone. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She repeated the stories with affectionate amusement, as though she thought The Generals keenness on raunchy gossip was a charming and forgivable indulgence. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Be prepared to explain your choice,” Dylan repeats. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

When I awkwardly circle the candles with my hands and repeat the prayers after him, I'm aware of the transcendence of it, the bubble of unseen light that surrounds us. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Well, I appreciate your helping her,” I repeat awkwardly. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Beautiful,”she repeated, and explained the word to me. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I said it’s all in how you look at things,” repeated the voice. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Many times he repeated these words in different order, or varied them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

In the next few months he made repeated phone calls to Père Lafontant and his wife in Haiti, asking when it would be safe for him to come. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

It was all things she’d heard before, after all; Mama was repeating it because she was nervous. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Same boat,” repeated Citra with deadpan dullness but daggers in her eyes as sharp as the ones that used to hang in Faraday’s weapons den. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

From her mom—who needs to wax a mustache—to which kids repeated kindergarten. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“There there there there!” repeated Poppy, leaping from Lina’s lap and whirling around, pointing in every direction. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Apart from a string of repeated questions which remained unanswered, Emily’s letters were mostly about the evacuees. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I said again as if repeating that thought would give me a running head start into getting the next thought going. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The words repeated themselves a thousand times in his head. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z