| 单词 | routine |
| 例句 | This morning, the dust on the window filters the light as it beams in, bathing their daily routine in a kind of soft glow. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Alma went to the hospital for the transplant, and the family did its best to maintain their routines. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z As they cleared their plates, tossed their crumpled napkins into the waste container, and smoothed their uniforms in preparation for another day of work, each worker did one other routine, quick thing. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She was tall and pretty with strong shoulders and well-defined muscles, and she always killed it on her routines. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z My hope was, now that my mother was home, he’d go back to that routine and give us some privacy until we could get on our feet and find a place of our own. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The same routine he did before every foul shot—shots he often missed. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z I was halfway through my routine, when there, performing the moves beside me, was that girl Naomi. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Two girls jumped up and tried to remember a routine they’d performed years earlier, doing the moves right there on the grass. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It was a routine of theirs, one that felt normal and intimate. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Newton’s great insights into these mathematical methods, and the beginnings of his investigation of gravity, occurred at a time when the routine of life in Cambridge was interrupted by the threat of plague. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Doesn’t a normal life go hand in hand with a normal routine? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z His routine was to fly out to his mystery destination on Thursdays, come back Mondays, and come to our house on Tuesdays. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z My hands went through the routine motions of stripping the broken string away while I fretted to myself. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He had been attuned to a shared tension, a communal apprehension beyond the routine facts of their bondage. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z After about two weeks of traveling, Benton Sage was starting to get used to the routine of passing out food, water, and Christ as quickly and efficiently as possible. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z At the time it heartened me that Bunny, in spite of his obviously disturbed state of mind, nonetheless continued to follow the old routine so easily. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Reassuring us if we were having trouble with a new routine: “Small steps, girls! Everything starts with small steps!” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z He knew the potter’s routine well; it would be many days before another throwing day. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “You can’t go around talking to everybody and cheering and waving like that. It’s not how we operate. You have to stay serious and focused here. Just concentrate on your own routine.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z When Sizwe and I put together a routine for our dance crew, there was no question who was going to be the star attraction. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z This was the routine I’d had when I was small, before Mum and Dad bought me the trampoline. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z In less than a month, crossing the Nebraska plains in the yellow school bus and going to school in Grand Island had become a familiar routine. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z “Square boy. Middle- aged at fourteen, fifteen. Already caught in a routine. Wow.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He had simply got up to teach one day and left his body behind him in an armchair in front of the staffroom fire; his routine had not varied in the slightest since. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z While I waited for Audrey’s plan to come together, I fell into a new routine. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z So, getting sent to the principal's office is pretty routine for you? City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Our house had been searched on routine inspections by troops before, just like every other house on our street. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, the programs we have at present are too often transcriptions onto television monitors of unimaginative lists of routine exercises taken from the textbooks. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The day had sped by in the blur that was rapidly becoming routine. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Mom rattled off details to Layla about the twins’ bedtime routine and how to warm the bottles in the bottle warmer Dad bought last week. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I could tell without a doubt that he was about to give us the good-cop routine. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Lera was supposed to fly a routine patrol, searching for enemy planes. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z As we hit one routine after another on that huge stage, our confidence grew. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z We’d done this routine so many times I didn’t even have to think about it anymore. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z For the rest of the season, Aimee worked with me to strengthen my performance on bars and to push my degree of difficulty and consistency in all my routines. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Over time, through such innocuous routines, Seacrest accomplished the first part of his mission: lulling KGB surveillance teams into dropping their guard. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z It is easy, even now, for me to remember what their daily routines, which subsequently became my own, were like. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z In the kitchen they hugged Scooter and did the “Aaaaach!” routine when he told them it was octopus stew. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z “You might not feel as sure of yourself on bars as you do in your other events, but you can still do a great bar routine,” she assured me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Every hour a few more were brought up and put through the same routine, until at last there were no more. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z In prison, where so little breaks the monotonous routine, the smallest thing causes a commotion of talk. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z We followed this routine for one solid week. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Liam ran through his usual routine of checking the mirrors’ position, adjusting the recline of his seat, buckling himself in, and turning the keys in the ignition. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z But at the end of the routine, I did manage to at least stick the dismount. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Back in London, Blake slipped quietly into his new routine of spying on England for the KGB—all the while pretending to spy on the Soviets for MI6. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I see one patrol going from door to door, pretending to do another routine sweep. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “At first, I was scared to be alone. No routines. No rules. Just me. But I think.. Taylor wiped a tear away. “I think I was always in the jungle. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The routine of the ship took on a horrible monotony. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Every other day during the week was similar, but with a different routine. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z With two kids in the house, our family routines changed. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z It will be a total disruption to her routine, a complete twist in the way her life is supposed to go. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Even on the island, I attempted to follow my old boxing routine of doing roadwork and muscle-building from Monday through Thursday and then resting for the next three days. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The regimented routine of many children, all doing the same thing at once, gave her a feeling of safety. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I go through the same routine all over again with Hank—casting, wait a week. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Vonetta asked again so she could have her routine rehearsed in her head—her curtsy, smile, and greeting—leaving Fern and me to stand around like dumb dodos. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z In the routine of checking the reports, McShane came across the description. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew that performing high-degree-of-difficulty routines was the key to taking my gymnastics to the next level, especially under the revised international Code of Points introduced in 2006. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I got used to the routine of my classes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z By the time they were done, dinner had broken up and the others were going about their particular evening routines. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I’m totally starting a workout routine when I get back home. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Bombings became such a regular part of our daily lives that we fell into a routine every time we heard a blast. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She began to think of Emeline’s departure as a disappearance and recalled that soon after Emeline’s last visit a curious change in routine had occurred within Holmes’s building. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Selena and I had a routine now that consisted of ignoring each other at first, making faces from across the aisle, and eventually trading smart-aleck remarks. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The horrific days came to follow a routine. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “That’s me,” Haley says, posing like she does at the end of a gymnastics routine. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z And then he would lose himself to the routine, the way he always did. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Early the next morning I would start the routine all over again. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The Maddox had been on a routine patrol, he insisted, no different from patrols carried out by American ships every day, all over the world. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z A routine starts as soon as we settle into our tent. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z 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 Buoyed up, I forgot my usual feeling of routine self-pity when working out, I lost myself, oppressed mind along with aching body; all entanglements were shed, I broke into the clear. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z In the house they still had guests for lunch and the old routine was never really set up again until the banana company left years later. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He gave a scrupulous accounting to his brother and very soon plunged back into the routine of cockfights. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Then the trampoline broke, but I didn’t go back to the old routine because Mum said it would damage the walls and furniture now that I was bigger. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought about all the routine things I should be doing—milking the cow, feeding the chickens, collecting the eggs, and weeding the garden. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z That was another part of the Friday night routine: I always swiped a flaskful of Ma’s bourbon. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z For the young priest in training, life at the monastery soon settled into a predictable routine. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Of course, if I miss the catch and fall in the gym, my coach just picks me up and lifts me back onto the bar to finish my routine. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Something was the matter, his routine had been disturbed. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Naval Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, was making a routine examination of photographic images of Pluto when he saw that there was something there–something blurry and uncertain but definitely other than Pluto. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Fifty years from now, she’d be telling her grandchildren how she had come to the office, sat at her reader’s desk and in the routine of work had read that war had been declared. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They had been out for almost two weeks now, and no matter how awkward it might be to start classes in the middle of September, they needed some semblance of routine. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z And after my floor routine, when I came down off the stage, she came over and high-fived me, still smiling. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He started to vary his routine each day. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I knew I needed to warm up, but my body was too fatigued to make it through my normal routine. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z It was a routine that worked well until February 1939, when Japan introduced the Type B cipher machine. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I can barely keep my eyes open, so the I’m-too-tired-to-talk routine is 100 percent believable. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z And once you got into a routine like that the best thing to do was just to go to bed until it was over. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, I stood and started my jumping jacks, following Mitch’s morning warm-up routine even though he wasn’t there to motivate me. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Predicting my routine over the days after the attack was far easier. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Rob’s dad didn’t know and Andy’s dad didn’t notice, so splitting a few beers after a game had become routine. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Shorty still played with his band, Rudy never missed attending his sensitive old man, or the table- waiting at his exclusive parties, and the girls maintained their routine home schedules. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m able to sit—doing my usual 3rd-time’s-a-charm routine—without touching the armrest, so I don’t need my Clorox wipes. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z That was another part of our Auggie Doggie routine, though I wasn’t in the mood to say Good night, dear oP Dad. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “A chance for us to get out of our routine,” she mutters. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z “This is my routine wherever I go. And it should be yours, too.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Both coaches were completely expressionless as they watched me do my routines—vault, bars, beam, and floor exercise, in the Olympic order—but afterward, Martha came over and held my face in both hands. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It was strangely disturbing to think that he was not the only occupant of her world, but stranger still was how her routines were already in place, after only a few weeks in Port Harcourt. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z In my visits to the homes of policyholders to collect premiums, I was accompanied by the superintendent who claimed to the policyholder that he was making a routine inspection. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m assuming this is part of his morning routine, so I make sure Leslie doesn’t seem as surprised as I am. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z As time went by, I added new adventures to my routine. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Jody liked to do the things he had to do as long as they weren’t routine things. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The visit with my cousins took on a routine as dull and uninspired as the previous days had been exhilarating. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Every evening of the week, he follows the same routine. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z It’ll be weird to go through our regular dog-walking routine after our fight, but I know this job is too important to both of us, so we'll have to make it work. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z They thought everything about my appearance was a statement, when I was simply wearing clothes, going to class, doing my daily routine. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She believed that the sooner I returned to my normal routine, the sooner I, and everyone else, would forget about The Incident. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Boys everywhere called themselves Ali, and emulated his “float like a butterfly and sting like a bee” routines. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It was still raining outide, and the routine of the city continued undisturbed. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In one possibly apocryphal story, doctors once trained a homeless man to do routine lab tests because there was no one else available. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z By the time my father had been in the hospital three weeks, the evenings had become almost an automatic routine. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Klan violence and intimidation quickly became routine in North Carolina as elsewhere. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Once we got back into our daily routine, it was evident that segregationists must have spent their holidays thinking up ways to make us miserable. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I loved the quietness that fell as shops and businesses closed, a welcome respite from the weekday routines. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Still, as grinding as the routine became, the allure of the lab remained strong. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z This was Nya s daily routine seven months of the year. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She opened herself to new friends, the stern but doting Methodist faculty, and the school’s routine and rituals. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Karim was reassuring Baba that his brother had a big truck of “excellent and first-class quality,” and that the trek to Peshawar would be very routine. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I sit, relieved that I don’t need to do my routine 5 times. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z My score, 14.966, was lower than I’d hoped, probably because my start value on bars wasn’t as high as on my other routines. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z 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 School is over, and Mami and I have a new routine of taking the subway on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday to the clinic on Continental Avenue. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z The consequences of this routine surrender go beyond the issues of wages and poverty. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Beside the red light, green symbols began to click through a routine. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z After that, it didn’t take Amy and me long to set up a routine. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Children with autism will show signs of discomfort or distress because they don’t know the routine. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I relaxed a bit because I was, by the second day, familiar with the military routine of our ride to Central. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z To keep my audience enthralled, I developed a comedic routine featuring “funny” lines about my life. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The routine was ironclad, which put the weight of responsibility on Barack to either make it on time or not. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z More and more she despised her life: the dull routine of the job, the mindless conversation with her coworkers, the endless repetition of her days. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It doesn't take long for a routine to really fall into place. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z She savored his looks and blue calm and craved the moments when, in the course of routine tasks, their bodies would touch. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He was doing nothing whatever but live a stonecutter’s routine life. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Our daughters lived more deeply inside it than we did, in part because social media governed teen life and in part because their routines put them in closer contact with the public than ours did. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Alex tried to drown them out, but either the pillow wasn’t thick enough, or he knew the routine too well. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z While drinking a bottle of pop Mr. Todd brought me, I watched the miners go through their routine of coming and going. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z If you can overlook and tolerate some obvious distress and complete the lesson, the child will have experienced the entire routine and established it mentally. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “But then you get back on that beam and finish your routines.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Although the MSA had been a critical part of keeping me focused while at Duke, I had now developed my own routines that reminded me of and kept me close to God. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Then she went through the routine of checking my vitals. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z But after New Year’s things reverted to the new routine which had grown on them since Johnny’s death. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Football had started to feel boring and routine. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z When she has finished the dishes, she leads Frederick out onto the elevated patio, as is their routine, where he sits with his bib still around his neck, staring into oblivion. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The routine, daily stuff—just humping, just enduring—but that was worth something, wasn’t it? The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z For a while everything seemed routine: the crowd of people at the church, the line of cars with their head-lights on, the smaller group clustered around the grave for the final farewell. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z My dad and I got into a routine. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z For the first half hour, the lake crossing was routine. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z By 1941, the business of rounding up Jews and packing them into cattle cars had become routine. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “But first, Madame, a little matter of routine. You permit that I make a search of your baggage?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Riding in the shabby Jim Crow car became part of Marian and Billy’s travel routine. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Ranofer’s life remained a narrow routine of worry, occasional beatings, and work, varied only by the hour at midday or evening with his friends in the marsh. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I forced myself into a longer warm-up routine than normal, including some basic calisthenics and my usual stretching routine, but I couldn’t shake the fatigue I was feeling. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Hana likes me to leave her alone mostly, and interrupting her nighttime routine makes my hands itch, but I have to ignore them. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z While he was in the countryside, life in the big house on the corner changed, making way for a gentle routine without men. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When he came home that time, the city patrols did a routine inspection of our house, then dragged Dad off to the local police headquarters for questioning. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Soraya and I settled into the routines—and minor wonders— of married life. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Well, to make my point as briefly as possible, 1 had learned the hard way that the lecture circuit is something like show business: the casting couch and that routine. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Prison life is about routine: each day like the one before; each week like the one before it, so that the months and years blend into each other. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Other girls proudly wrote out their exacting routines of work and study to astound their loving parents. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z As far back as her memory went, she had been accustomed, each day as a matter of routine, to placing offerings of food and drink at the larium. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “It’s routine. Go on to Hilly’s and come back in an hour.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z After I took care of him, I went back on the floor and did another skating routine, but I kept watching Norton out of the corner of my eye. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z The mother and son slipped into a good nighttime routine. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Squire’s Hulbertian decline began in a similar way—with disruption of the routine. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I decided any behavior, good or bad, could become routine. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The best I could hope for was to turn in clean routines in all my other events. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Part of the therapy routine was playing what’s called the “Talking, Feeling, and Doing Game.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Even from your scant description, I know that I could not bear the routine and humdrum of the life that you are forced to lead. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Grampa and I had been following our summer routine pretty faithfully. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z But he had made the call, taken a step, broken the routine of his days and nights. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Cinder's girlfriend—a gray-haired, lipsticked, cigarette-smoking mail woman named Miss Fran—would always come by his store to deliver letters and bills, always catching him in the middle of his jokester routines. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z This was routine procedure, done under the assumption that a steamer would always be more effective than a simple hose cart. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z It would also explain why Pong never complained about being hungry, even though monks didn't eat anything after noon, or about being bored, even though a monk’s daily routine is long and mostly uneventful. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z After a while, our head coach yelled for everyone to get back to practice, and I sat down with Aimee to review the video of my routines. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I wouldn’t mind losing my sit-stand routine or not worrying about germs. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “Gillian won’t speak to me. But I was wasted. Why did you even sneak away with me? What did you think was going to happen? It’s like routine for us, Jules.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z In competition, there will always be routines happening simultaneously, and the crowd is always going to go nuts for the home team. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The cheerleaders ran through all their routines before the first quarter was over. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Until he was ten, Bobby’s regimen was fairly routine: He played at the Brooklyn Chess Club every Friday night, with Regina sitting on the sidelines, reading a book or doing her nursing homework. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But she was busy with a couple of sixth-grade boys who had taken over the microphones and were doing a comedy routine. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Otherwise, routine life in the camp consists of standing in one line after another for our food and water rations. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Down the road, past the looming cedar trees that looked as if they might once have circled a cemetery, the chicken did a mixed fly-flap-and-skid routine. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Boredom and routine had taken over, the enemies of discipline. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Tension rose still further over the next few months as a routine decision about the placement of new public housing escalated into a battle over ghettoization. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The migratory birds had all left, the hibernators were asleep, and everyone else had begun their simple winter routines. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The Boss found ways of maintaining a routine in order to keep the crew from going crazy with cabin fever. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Plus, it was still kind of a new routine Aurelia was teaching me. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “Just a routine search, doña,” the head guy says. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Besides reading, writing, and the study of history and the stars Robin was given certain duties in the routine of the church. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Although it was a cruel and ugly routine, it had a purpose and a progression. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “My dear Beatrice, he has exactly the same routine as your dogs,” said Maxim. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z On the evening I flew home to Chicago, I felt a heavy dread settling over me, knowing that I was about to step back into my everyday routine and the fog of my confusion. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Only when they deviated from meticulous routine did they run the risk of losing something. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I mean, she only had to watch Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies” three times before knowing the whole routine. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “The task before me,” said Poirot, “is to make sure of the movements of everyone on the train. No offence need be taken, you understand? It is only a matter of routine.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z We also disapproved of Aunt Anne’s blunt criticism of how we kept our bedrooms, and some of the changes she made in the family routine. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Fortunately the piece of work he was engaged on was mere routine, the rectification of a long list of figures, not needing close attention. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He’d carried out the extermination as if he were preparing for a routine plague sweep or for a night guarding an airfield. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Maybe she thought that if she kept every routine the same, then he really would be home in time for strawberries. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z She insisted on leaving before Act II. At home, getting ready for bed, the four theatergoers went about their nightly routines. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Probably few men have walked away from larger flashlight explosions than those Dad set off as a matter of routine. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Even today, a pilot is trained to learn emergency flight procedures as a memorized sequence, so that if your engine fails, you have an automatic routine to help you ward off panic and land safely. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z My parents had been concerned that all the moving around would disrupt my training routine, especially when I had to get back into competitive shape after my shoulder injury healed. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z On a screen they could watch the routine efforts of her heart. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Some are taking it seriously and practicing their routines. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Though he makes more than he ever dreamed of in Mexico, his life is anything but middle class and setbacks are routine. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z We’ve practiced this routine and made rather a fine art of it. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The days quickly became routine: roll call, breakfast, work, lunch, work, supper, work. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z How could I think about winning gold and making history when I couldn’t even get my bar routine straight? Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z While we were taking routine math, whites my age were studying algebra. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Drew was intense, but he looked like he was having fun, like he had strayed from his typical practice routine to play and show off. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “We just have a few routine tests to run. To make sure the infant is in a stable condition.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Our life fell into a routine that—for once—usually centered on us. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z After he had prodded my stomach and I had done my yelping routine, he said to me, ‘Now you can get dressed again and seat yourself on that chair. ’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z He imagined a chicken in his hands, the practiced snap with which it became meat, a routine, a carcass to pluck to goose bumps; but first the blood must be let. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He clung to her shoulder, balancing easily, while she performed the routine evening chores that awaited her. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It was routine by the time the Christmas holidays came around, and it was nice to have some place to go besides the cemetery when it was cold out. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Home in his apartment in Brooklyn, Bobby went through what was becoming his routine: elimination of social engagements, long periods of solitary study, analysis of games, and a search for innovations in openings. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The only bad thing about their new bus routine was that it had seriously cut back on their conversations. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Now, perhaps this reading aloud, about which his sister always spoken and written to him, had recently fallen out of their general routine. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z It was their little joke, part of their morning routine. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z I always found a certain strange comfort in routines like that. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z She’d asked it almost like it was a test question she knew the answer to; as if, even, she’d taken other couples through an identical routine many times before. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Two girls jumped up and tried to remember a routine they’d performed years earlier, doing the moves right there on the grass. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z In hindsight, Andy was acting irrationally and had plainly slipped well beyond routine hypoxia, but I was so mentally impeded myself that it simply didn’t register. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z These particulars he already knew, but the routine questions served to put the man at his ease. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The boys moved like a couple of dancers in a well-rehearsed routine until most of their rope wound around Mr. Flux, mummy-style. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I spent two shifts and some overtime watching an inmate from Tappan who an officer had seen swallowing something white during a routine pat-frisk. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Life on the island had become a peaceful and almost boring routine that he understood well. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Laurie went before me, and after she finished her routine, I walked over to her. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z My dad, on the other hand, didn’t let the presence of the Riveras interfere with his usual routine. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The routines of prison life following Shin’s interrogation and torture—discounting the screaming that periodically echoed down the prison corridor—were oddly sustaining. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The watchman replied that a search was routine, and he looked through the bag in a cursory way, not even disturbing the clothing. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Simone, if you don’t get back up on this beam in ten seconds, I’m going to add another routine!” she yelled while I was still in the bathroom. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Maybe with its malfunction, I’m missing out on some sort of programmed routine. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z After his initial terror eased, the tasks had quickly become routine, yet the environment felt strange. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z For some reason he thinks our parents are a lot scarier than they really are...but then again, this isn’t the routine spoiled dinner, stink bomb, or broken window. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Mr. Dacus, I came to tell you that this boy fought Red because of me. Red was pulling the ol’ Hitler routine again and this boy stopped him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Me and the other prisoners who’d been acting tough with one another—the second he walked in our tough-guy routines were over. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I walked toward the gate that led to the lobby of the visitation room, where I expected a routine pat-down before entering the visitation area. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I was settling into a new routine in this town, and my anxieties about being friendless at school were beginning to fade. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z My sit-stand routine—which everyone should be used to—is even more obvious when I’m trying to sit on the floor. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z So I tell him about my life at the convent, its simple routines and pleasures. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It is shaded enough to feel secluded but bright enough to read when he brings books along, which soon becomes part of his routine. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I kept up my daily journal-writing routine, logging my favorite quotes and building my vocabulary. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Mr. Jacobs spoke like a doctor listing routine symptoms, and Moss shuddered. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z There’s a certain consolation to be taken from routine. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The job, for her, was a welcome shift in routine, and for our family it was also more or less a financial necessity. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Sacred dramas of Church thus fitted into a day, never became the routine; rather they redeemed the routine. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Now she awoke to the sound of the peacocks, and got out of bed, with the shape of her day familiar and her routines unthinking. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z In community after community, especially throughout the strongholds of the American elm, the Midwest and New England, intensive spraying has become a routine procedure. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z In an internal memo, Clyde Tolson, the associate director of the bureau, who had become Hoover’s longtime companion, spawning rumors that they were romantically involved, said, “We should furnish only limited, routine material, if any.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z For the next two days, Naomi’s body moved through her daily routine. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The daily routine was blurred to me and I never quite grasped it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He leapt up on his hindquarters and launched into the routine Chico had taught him at the animal shelter. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Olive removed her leaden shoes and performed a gravity-defying gymnastics routine on a set of parallel bars. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The veterans were spending more time indoors and generally going back to whatever routines they’d had before the summer. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t know Wilse Graham, but the man was “comp’ny”; that meant enough to set this day apart from the monotonous routine of many others. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The routines of the computing work had become familiar to Mary, but the geography of the East Side was not. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z All of this could have happened as a matter of routine in white communities, but it did not. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z That loud audience was part of the reason I was feeling a little sad after my floor routine. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He described all the ways the Library was suited for the blind—the routine, the unchanging furniture, the textured knobs and cupboards in the kitchen. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z As in Idaho, they’d worked themselves into a land of routine, bounded by age, social realities, money, and the Net. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Th e next few days I settled into a routine that felt almost normal, if you don’t count the fact that I was getting lessons from satyrs, nymphs, and a centaur. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z We run through this routine every week, and it goes something like this: Embryo: Have you tried to hurt yourself since I saw you last? All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Charles stuck to his routine as much as possible, but when he walked on the Sandwalk he worried. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Hanging out with Park every day had really messed up her bath- taking routine. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z He led his teammates through a stretching routine and then had them take the pitch to practice penalty shots. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z I knew the routine by heart—at this very moment, the tail end of the Grand Spectacle was exiting and Lottie, the aerialist, was ascending her rigging in the center ring. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He was even more afraid than Amanda, but to make her think this was all routine, he adopted the relaxed, pompous air he had seen doctors use. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He * * Charles was a creature of habit, and the whole family’s routine revolved around his. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z We knew the routine by heart, but we always enjoyed it, and so did Dad. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z This was Daniel Ellsberg’s daily routine now—thirty laps, starting at six o’clock. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The boy adores these trips, both for the contents of the buildings and the deviation from his set routine. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He didn’t have much of a routine beyond eating, drinking and sleeping, but there were times when he stirred from his lethargy and rambled about his territory, making noises and being cranky. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The other three were routine matters, though the second one would probably mean some tedious wading through lists of figures. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z We all stand up to learn the routine. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I’d worked out with Cornell for a couple of years, but having children had changed my regular routine. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It was part of the routine, like the Pledge of Allegiance. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She slept on the mat outside, and even the routine of the mosquito bites became a comfort. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Abnegation’s quiet, their community, their routine, always seemed good to me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The brothers lived by a routine established by Charles, and he never varied it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It's a routine we all need, I guess. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z I was dreaming about every move at night, and when awake, all I could think was, I've done fifty routines in practice and I haven't fallen on one. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z We got there at sunset, opened all the cabin’s windows, and went through our usual cleaning routine. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I realized that all along, I’d been practicing my routine expecting to fall, so I didn’t know how to flow smoothly into my other skills. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I knew that whole museum routine like a book. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z At the ranch, coaches would help you break down each skill into its basic elements so you could improve every part of the routine. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The girls in my cabin played kickball and learned dance routines, but I always sat on the sidelines. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The students, accustomed to this routine, begin talking among themselves. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Today, discrimination against people with criminal records and their families is routine among public and private landlords alike. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But those of us who’d arrived from Hailsham kept sitting outside on the uncut grass—wanting to keep going for as long as possible the only routine we’d got used to. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a good thing she’d taken the care to keep up her beauty routine every day, unlike the others. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Coalwood had its routine for the beginning of winter, just as it did for every season. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I craved routine and order, and he did not. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She arranged us in rows, then showed us a short routine. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She’s always doing this, crabbily countering his enthusiasm, but it’s become something of a routine. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z My brothers and sisters teased me during the practice sessions, where I sat with my groom, a boy named Merewe, while the dancing girls learned their routines. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Even to-day, when shutting drawers and flinging wide a hotel wardrobe, or the impersonal shelves of a furnished villa, is a methodical matter of routine, I am aware of sadness, of a sense of loss. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “Once the food is in front of you it’s just like, eat. I mean, they’re professionals here; they know how to take people and put them in a routine that gives them something to do.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z It was a simple routine of four jumps. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Before the routine sets in, or the love. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Counting out their dance routines as they spray their hair. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z We live very much by routine, and I—I have developed a genius for reading aloud. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Smoke curled thinly from one of the near chimneys, and I wondered if the library fire had been lit, according to routine. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Whatever was going on with me, it didn’t help that my days were so long and my routine so regimented. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He quickly rushed through his morning routine and joined his friend. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z It’s a pleasant change from their usual routine—Nikhil showered, in his suit, flying out the door as she’s just pouring herself a first cup of coffee. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z When he returned to New England in late August, he and his father fell into a simple routine. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Though I follow the rules and routines of convent life, Angelina will not allow me to abstain from meat, as the sisters do. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Though always routine and un-eventful, these meetings tend to follow a certain thespian formality. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though his wife and the kook claimed that the senility routine was a front, he doubted that she would be able to write a letter like that. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone had told me that the cops never hit there in any routine patting-down. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She talks with Sneaky’s mom for a little while, which gives me and Sneaky a chance to practice our routine in front of Charlie. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z She did not look up, for she knew his routine. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It was only Thursday and I’d only been ditching class for four days, but I was getting homesick for my regular routine. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Going anywhere takes forever, and they re both settling into their own new routines anyway. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z So we finish our routine and hit the weights before the football team enters the weight room and starts grunting and trying to see who can bench-press the most L-B-S-es. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He described the prison routine in every aspect, but he never told her of its stupidity. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Then I started going through the same routine all over again with Mary. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z On September 10, again urged by Priddy, the Board of the Virginia State Colony reviewed Buck’s case during a routine meeting. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z At the Pacific Rim Championships in April 2016, I debuted a brand-new, upgraded floor routine set to fast, upbeat samba music that I thought would go over well with the crowd in Rio. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z A simple routine, true, established in a short few days, and yet...? Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Most afternoons were spent making up routines to songs we’d listen to over and over until I could hear every beat in my head like a pulse. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Any break from routine may herald for them unbearable news. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The routine of the house flowed on as usual; for me there was sleep, mush, greens, school, study, loneliness, yearning, and then sleep again. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I think it is the only self-indulgence of his day’s strict routine—Parzival as a nightcap, to clear his mind of the blood that flecks the silver pips on his black collar patches. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z That first year, he got in the habit of arriving at school by six a.m., a routine he would maintain for the next forty years. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Once there, we were lined up to have our fingerprints taken, which was routine prison service business. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom drove me instead of sleeping, which was her usual post-hospital routine, and watched the whole lesson instead of going shopping or something. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Two doctors and two nurses were in attendance—an unusual turnout for such a routine procedure, but this was a special case. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The questions now were coming from Rindlisbacher who, curiously enough, had taken on a bit of the good-cop routine, with Singleton asking the more pointed questions. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z KGB observers bugged CIA agents' phones and cataloged their daily routines. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z And so, without permanence, I have fallen into the routine of my incomplete seductions. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z After ten days, it was almost a routine. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z If he must return to his old routine at the orphanage, at least he had Miss Perumal. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Women were busy with their everyday routines, drawing kolams to decorate the ground before their houses. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z His love- making is unpredictable; sometimes he is avid, sometimes routine, sometimes absent-minded, as if doodling. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z At the next Nationals Camp, I demonstrated the move for Martha and she thought it looked really good, so we went ahead and added it to the second tumbling pass of my floor routine. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z So after every dismount from a routine, whether it counted or not, I’d go off to the bathroom to blow my nose. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z For a long time, I sat on the edge of the bath, mentally going over the days’ routines. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Maybe she’s met kids like me before—other students who have obsessive routines and patterns. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z But as I went about my routine that night and the next day at school, it ate away at me, as if the routine itself was taking me farther from reuniting with her. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Last week there was a brief interruption in our monotonous routine. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The children were sensitive to Charles’s needs and routine, but they couldn’t help bothering him sometimes. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Dan and Jack came into the world in routine enough fashion, but Bob arrived all of a sudden. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z After the cabinet meeting ended, the president followed his usual routine: receiving visits from friends and job seekers, reading his mail, and catching up on paperwork. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Like, I’m pretty sure there’s a little Olympic gymnastics team practicing their floor routines in my stomach. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Or will boredom and slavish routine plague us even more than it does today, giving us less of a reason to live limitless lives? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I think it must have been because of Mrs. Baker and her “Shakespeare is expressing something about what it means to be a human being” and the “tragic and beautiful and lovely” routine. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Over the next few days, the boys fell into a routine: rowing badly in the morning and then heading into Berlin to play in the afternoon. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Nothing in her routine, not even Sister Drummond, could protect her from it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z In the early days of June 1953, when Eunice Smith drove over to Katherine’s house to pick her up for work, the two women started a routine that would persist for the next three decades. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The routine police harassment, arbitrary searches, and widespread police intimidation of those subject to English rule helped to inspire the American Revolution. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In later years, when we were all a little older and could swim, the daily routine became different. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z She was given a seat to herself and happily fell into the routine of the new school. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I do my routine, and then she pops a thermometer in my mouth. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I stared at it as I went through my morning routine—washing my hands, putting on tallis and tefillin and davening. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Red. Way too early in the morning for the Wise Old Tree routine.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Part of my disapproval was that, I’m sure: perfunctory, routine. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He seemed to have a little crush on Emma and delivered the whole routine to her, smiling encouragingly, but she pretended not to notice and made a point of holding my hand. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z It’s funny, I thought, how the routine of life goes on, whatever happens; we do the same things, go through the little performance of eating, sleeping, washing. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z But this morning I noticed a real improvement when I went through the massage and desensitizing routine. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z The repetition was so relentless that, instead of feeling sharper, I was actually starting to feel blurry and a little bored—which might be why I started wobbling on my beam routine. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Only her own nightgown would do, and the regular bedtime routine; without them, she was painfully lonely for home. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Vivian would never have agreed to start this early. She has a routine. Gets up at eight or nine, comes downstairs at ten.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z On Monday morning, July 15, he awoke facing the prospect of yet another day of mind-numbing routine, but when he arrived at headquarters, he found Detective Cuddy in an unusually good mood. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Through the outer courtyards and along the corridors we went, going with the crowd to whom this was evidently a nightly routine, and into a large vaulted chamber with arched entrances opening on three sides. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Many of the scientists working for him use HeLa cells on a routine basis. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “All a matter of routine. This poor conductor, he seems to have had a busy night—first waking you and then answering bells.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The same teachers are keeping to their same routines. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z At school, once attendance had been taken, Mrs. Grayson began the usual morning routine. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Schools reopened; people returned to their normal routines. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Then, on Day Eight, the humdrum routine that Genie and Ernie were actually starting to like was broken. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z If you have no money for health insurance—and the Hearthside’s niggardly plan kicks in only after three months—you go without routine care or prescription drugs and end up paying the price. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z First bell, second bell, it was routine just as boarding the school bus had once been routine. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z We started out with all five of us doing a fully choreographed dance routine, and as the music changed, so did we. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z After that, it merely became part of the routine. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Only Taylor remained vigilant in her pageant work, getting up every morning, rain or shine, to go through the paces of her routine, from first entrance to talent to final interview. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It’s way more nerve-wracking for gymnasts to perform our death-defying routines against a backdrop of silence. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z My daily routine never changed: Open the store at seven, school till three, come straight home and work till ten, then flop to sleep. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In jail, every day had the same routine. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z But now it was again the dull routine of daily life in the community. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But when you’re on morning autopilot, routine and muscle memory know no reason. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z This time, too, she returned to the office, snapped back into her routine, and continued uneventfully for the next several months. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The samples come from routine medical procedures, tests, operations, clinical trials, and research donations. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Jacobi was practicing windmills, a classic power move he’d long ago perfected; he was trying now to turn his windmills into flares in the same routine. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z After I'm done with that lovely routine, I go outside and collect the solar cells. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I have abandoned my intricate routine of gel, comb, mousse, straightening iron, curling iron, and hairspray...that would totally derail us getting to school on time. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z They had slipped into a steady routine during the day; the two dogs trotting along side by side, unconcerned and purposeful, might have seemed two family pets out for a neighborhood ramble. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Who cares? It’s a break in the routine.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z We worked out trio routines and practiced every weekend with the boys, marching up and down the streets of the project. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z I took a deep breath, mounted the beam, and launched into my first routine. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He began asking his questions in a low, expressionless voice, as though this were a routine, a sort of catechism, most of whose answers were known to him already. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “All of your adult life. But it becomes routine; after a while you won’t even pay much attention to it.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z “If I don’t do my routine...if I don’t sit-stand 3 times, or I don’t tap my toe 3 times when I stop walking, stuff messes with my head.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Dad started coming in earlier and earlier to round up the boys until, by the time I was eight, and Tyler sixteen, we’d settled into a routine that omitted school altogether. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Gradually, as they fell into a daily routine, Polly seemed to relax, but Amari could see she still felt somewhat superior to the slaves around her. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He would follow his usual routine as though nothing were happening. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I miss going to church and having it just be part of my routine. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Then let me get on the stage and dance. I got a socko routine.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I figured no sense in skipping our routine, eh?” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The story the fireman told was about a seemingly routine call he had taken years before, when he was a lieutenant. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z In general, the pattern in lineup follows a routine. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “The child’s right, Lucille. She’ll be fine. We must accommodate our lives to the fever for a few weeks, but we shan’t overthrow our daily routines. It’s important that we not lose our heads.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Because this year we noticed he has a new routine: lots of times right in class he makes himself at home and pries off his sneakers. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z My father started taking a different route home each evening in case someone was studying his routine. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z At times I felt the awkwardness of an intruder, but Elroy accepted me into his quiet routine without fuss or ceremony. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Shin had seen prisoners die in the camp before—of hunger, illness, beatings, and at public executions—but not as a routine part of work. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Every gymnast had to perform the same routine, which was set by the US AG and showcased all the skills you had to master for each level. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z So Mary Alice was apt to stop cold on a sidewalk and run through a tap routine in her regular sandals. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z His constricted domestic routine, plus what he regarded as an often boring job, were becoming more suffocating as the novelty of being in Chicago wore off. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It just kept happening to him, and after a while it felt almost routine. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z “If not, you go through the whole dance routine with us.” Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z There was no time or money for a honeymoon, and life quickly setded into a routine dominated by the trial. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They lived in a beautiful brick house in Smithfield, an area of Birmingham better known as “Dynamite Hill” because of the routine Klan bombings there. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Klotz begins with a routine acknowledgment of the instructions from ATC and doesn’t mention his concern about fuel until the second half of the sentence. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Now, of course, I see that the routine was all that held him together. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z There’s time to correct mistakes later, but at the meet, she’ll always find the thing in my routine she can praise. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I see everything from step routines to praise dancing to rapping and singing. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Once I got used to the routine in school and I picked up some English words, I felt more comfortable in class. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z But somehow it hadn’t occurred to me that she had a whole routine for it. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z As time went on, life at Down House settled back into a routine. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She gives me a big thumbs-up and then gets our morning routine going. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z I could barely connect the anxious person hunched down every week in front of us to the funny woman who, under the inspiration of wine, launched into comedy routines in our kitchen. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It’s funny—I never even thought I’d go to prom, and here I am doing the whole routine that goes with it. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z He had fallen into the routine of the farm willingly, hoping to build up his body for Trinity and football in the fall. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm about to leave when I remember the importance of sustaining the starcrossed lover routine and I lean over and give Peeta a long, lingering kiss. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Usually, they just paraded Diko around the stage a few times, so this was a break from the routine. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It was then that she went through her beauty routine, a cleansing, creaming ritual, which on Saturday nights included washing her hair. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z My family’s letters while I was in prison had included a description of the Muslim home routine, but to truly appreciate it, one had to be a part of the routine. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I bounded down the stairs and out the front door, wondering how long this bizarre routine would continue. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Dad tells me a few more times, between my holiday shifts at Pagoda and his new meditation routine, that he thinks I’m cool. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z He pretends not to understand me when I explain that the visit is only a routine checkup. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z It's my morning routine, yet today it carries more weight than ever before. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She became known as reliable and for turning in clean copy, if—though no one said it out loud—routine and rather pedestrian and terribly nice. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z An escapade of drunkenness, no matter how routine, had its own ceremonial close. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look. Ignatius. I’m beat. I’ve been on the road since nine o’clock yesterday morning. As soon as I mailed you that letter about the Peace Party routine, I said to myself, ‘Mvrna. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I hear them whispering, eager to see if it’s really Brooke, or maybe just happy for the break in the routine. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned back to watch the cruel comedy routine on the other side of the glass. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine to follow with fixed hours and a fixed salary and very little original thinking to do. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z We could hear the car several blocks before it actually hove into sight, because it was equipped with an exhaust whistle that was allowed to function as a matter of routine. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Anything that departs from this pattern upsets the authorities, for routine is the sign of a well-run prison. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Every day, from dawn until midnight, the boys underwent a rigid routine that consisted of calisthenics, rifle practice, and fire-coordination drills. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “The blood tests will tell us hormone levels. The psychological assessment is routine in cases like this.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In order to get that kind of attention, you needed a routine that would knock people's socks off. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “I had a few routine matters to deal with during business hours today. The usual. If you c-c-could let me in—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z We staged spontaneous "shows" of our own in the courtyard behind our building, and I mimicked a comedy routine with a hat teetering on my head. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z He had a whole routine that involved rinsing himself over and over. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I would end up with the same routine before every vocabulary test or important assignment. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Shake it off,” Aimee told me, because as far as she was concerned, I’d done one of my best bar routines ever. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z If I don’t do this routine, my brain will go into frantic-repeat mode. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z In the morning, I do my routine, get up before the rest of the girls and brush my teeth and shower. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Later he was to realize that all that then happened was merely a preliminary, a routine interrogation to which nearly all prisoners were subjected. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The counselor talked about their services and asked questions about my daily routine. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Younger than her closest sibling by eight years, and nearly thirteen years younger than her oldest brother, Christine’s early life revolved around the routines of the grown-up world. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z My terrifying struggle to stay alive became somehow routine. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But he worried that his routine voyages might, in fact, be a dead end. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Many computers and other female employees at the laboratory exchanged the daily routine of office life for a full-time position at home. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Then I’d go on from there to do a good, clean routine. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I do my usual routine, then shut off the water and treat my stump the way I’m supposed to. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z By this time, getting arrested was routine for Nation, who never remained in jail long after regaling her keepers with stories of her wild escapades. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z When he woke, refreshed, he admitted that he relished a break from his routine in Haiti. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z And the whole time I’m going through my routine, I’m smiling at the Thunder’s pitcher. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z “It’s that we can’t really choreograph the dance routine before registration.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He honed his cooking routine to free up time for soccer practice. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Shackleton believed that keeping to some pretense of normal routine would calm the men’s nerves and settle their fears. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z She already has enough to do taking care of the bedpan routine and having to look after me day after day. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z The chemist who guards water purity has no routine tests for these organic pollutants and no way to remove them. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z We were in Manila for two days, a question of fresh feed, new cargo and, we were told, the performing of routine maintenance work on the engines. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z All around us, other gymnasts were performing their routines, and officials with clipboards were tracking them. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z What I remember are events and encounters and routines, markers that emerged here and there from the ocean of time and imprinted themselves on my memory. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z In fact, by the end, we had even abandoned our routine of meeting over a cup of cocoa at the end of each day. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z We’d practice the routines till I was dreaming about them in my sleep. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I took a deep breath and reminded myself that I still had beam and floor to come, and my start values for both those routines were higher than anyone else’s, with Aly’s close behind. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z As an Army cook, he’d learned to live a strictly regimented routine. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I got back to my old routine of doing chores and field work. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At first it looked like a routine hassle: An inmate refused to sit next to the one adjacent to his assigned seat. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. Hoodhood, I have been thinking about our Wednesday afternoon routines, and we need to make some changes.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z She worried that if either action became routine, she could have a bad accident, spraining an ankle, breaking a bone, or worse. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I remember when I did my first few assignments as a brand-new national team member, I’d congratulate the other girls after their routines. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Finally, when I’d managed to put together seven routines that counted, I burst out, “Oh my gosh! How am I still on beam routines?” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Do you always go through that routine at the table?” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z But one night I asked a guy on the sidewalk outside if he’d buy us a twelve-pack of tall boys, he agreed, and that had become our weekly routine. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The festival is in some ways like any other kind of conference, in that awards presentations, schedule changes, and various other routine business matters are transacted at a lectern on the stage. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Jesper felt about ready to hurl himself overboard just for a change in routine. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Diploma in hand, Elizebeth returned to her ordinary routines as the top code breaker at the Treasury Department and the Coast Guard. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z And because I’ve turned into an actual cliché, I jump straight into the whole routine. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Not the routine, not just the fitting together of things that no one had guessed at fitting, not the making of connections; these are merely the workaday details, the methods of operating. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A few weeks after getting to Vietnam, Oshiro was sent on a routine sweep of a small island a few miles off the coast. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I was just getting settled into my office routine when Steve asked me to go to death row to meet with a condemned man whom no one else had time to visit. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z They settled into poverty- ridden routine as they watched ship after ship arrive and then depart, making way for a new disappointment to come gliding in on white canvas wings. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The hardest part of the routine came each day when he left the house: Act normal. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Eventually he tired of the reporters waiting to ambush him outside the bookstore, and he changed his routine. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Between those events, school often stopped or flowered as routine bowed to the sacred. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It surprised me no end how much I missed our ordinary, routine life—the simple act of pouring wax into a candle mold or repairing a broken hive box. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t think it was a good idea, because life in Texas was going along smoothly and she didn’t want to disrupt our routine. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Over the next three weeks, the men fell into a routine. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z It would just be like she was a leper, and leprosy really wasn’t so bad once you made it part of your routine. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The newcomers had been shipped directly to processing, a change in routine that frightened even the long-termers. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be reasonable to suppose that a routine time or an eventless time would seem interminable. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I memorized every last Bill Hicks stand-up routine. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z As dinnertime approached she began the nightly routine of laboring over the hot woodstove, feeding kindling into the firebox, trying to get enough flame to draw a draft up the chimney. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “My mom let me use that song for my Christian pole dancing routine.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z By early December, I was more comfortable with the Courters’ routine. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Dewey had become accustomed to this brand of abuse; it was a routine part of his existence. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Across the field, Vanessa is making a show of getting into her blocks, running through her psych-out routine. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z These routine encounters often serve as the gateway into the criminal justice system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Every now and then she throws me a little jab to remind me to “make exercise a part of my daily routine.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Within days, they’re in their usual routine of calling every night before bed and texting in the morning, except it’s better. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z My class went through the routine of settling down, scraping chairs, dusting desks, copying the new term timetable written on the board. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Papi comes in and says, “So I hear this is your new exercise routine! How about if I teach you how to dap out the beat to the cha-cha-cha?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z A chance to step away from the hut-two-three-four military routine that is my life. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Kathy had grown up in Baton Rouge and was used to the hurricane routine: the litany of preparations, the waiting and watching, the power outages, the candles and flashlights and buckets catching rain. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Charles kept to his routine as much as possible, with Frank by his side. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z For months, I have not writ, having no paper upon which to write and no matter to record; our days passing in the tedium of routine, the languor of inactivity, and the terrors of disease. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z That night I made for the first time the kind of journey which later became the monotonous routine of my life: traveling through an unknown countryside from one unknown settlement to another. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Guessing from his usual Saturday night routine, I’d bet that he only went to bed at one o’clock, after Saturday Night Live. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z 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 I loved looking across the room during practices and seeing my sister doing her own routines. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It appeared to be familiar with this routine. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Throughout the rest of the quiet day, Nathan reverted to his familiar routine of dealing with an angry adult. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Did she love its peace, its routine, its goodness—all the things I miss, when I let myself think about it? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Though her husbands work kept him on the road, Dorothy exchanged her traveling shoes for Farmville life and the routines of family, the stability of regular work, and community. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She saw to it that Sophie Mol’s school routine remained unchanged— Finish your homework. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He must’ve been finally done with his exercise routine, because he crawled into bed. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Over the next couple of weeks, we fell into a kind of routine. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Maya was pretty sure if the circumstances weren’t so dire, they would have looked like they were doing a comedy routine. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Sometimes, like on the afternoon with the beam routines, she’ll push me hard. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I’m reminded of the circus routine in which an apparently endless stream of clowns comes out of a tiny car. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He shared how noisy his new neighborhood was, and we laughed about the time we performed a dance routine to “Shining Star”—one of Dad’s favorite oldies disco hits. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The routine was the same as Mary’s place. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Routine can be a pleasant mistress whom it is hard to resist, for routine makes the time go faster. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They would be home by now, Beatrice with her suit-case unpacked, going out into her garden and taking up her ordinary routine, and Giles preparing for his match, renewing the whipping on his bat. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z At an actual meet, Luke’s routine began as soon as the 126s started—slowly transforming into a workout probably more vigorous than his coach liked. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z These outbursts forced Bradbury into a repetitive routine of pleading with Teller to stay and persuading him that he was loved. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Although it was totally new to me, this life was routine for the bonobos. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z My daily routine is riding the bus in the morning and eating lunch with Sam. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z We did get to rest up a bit before the meet, but by then I’d started to obsess over my routines in a way that’s never good for me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z His spirit was not in it, but the work routine helped his grief. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually, I learned to incorporate recovery methods into my routine that would help reduce fatigue and bouts of exhaustion. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Slowly, insidiously, he fell into the routine of life on the vlei. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z When I pop into Aaron’s, I continue my normal routine of wasting time. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z It’s the routines you follow and count on when you start something again, the way of simply doing an activity together. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He changed shirts only every other day at this point, and this was not the other day, so why break routine? Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She liked the hospital and the routines, but in August 1969, she was sent back home to recover after a bad bout of pancreatitis left her weak and exhausted. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z There’s always a couple kids busting out their latest dance routine, flipping and pop-locking up and down the aisle while the train rocks back and forth. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z At first everyone attributed their absence to a routine railroad delay, but as the hours passed, Burnham’s anxiety grew. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z While the masters enjoyed the life of wealth in Europe, the daily routine of the plantations was left in the hands of the overseers. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z The little house in Barrow became borne as Julie fitted into Nusan’s routine, and summer was upon the land before she knew it. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Blake soon established a familiar routine, bringing reels of film to his KGB contact in the Soviet sector of the city. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z One year later, just a few weeks into junior year, my life at Duke was still a whirlwind of activity, but I finally had a social routine that revolved around my Muslim friends. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “I only saw Alaska, but Chip ran away, which struck me as cowardly, as does Miles and Takumi’s aw-shucks routine,” the Eagle said, giving me the Look of Doom. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z After lunch we went back to our routine, with Theresa only speaking when she introduced me to a teacher. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Even with the hubbub, Charles’s routine stayed the same: He would rise early in the morning and go for a walk before breakfast. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Which was why their routine of late delighted Cora. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Of course, I wished I’d been able to get through the entire routine without a mistake, but who falls on beam at the Olympics and still wins a medal? Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She knew they had a much stronger routine now than they’d had at the beginning. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z For the next few mornings, it was the same routine. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z The camp routine ran itself through, as it always did, churning us through the Mess Hall for dinner, to the Washrooms, and back to the cabin for the night. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “I’m... I’m going to see Doctor Neal for some tests. It’s just routine, but I don’t want your daddy to know. You know how upset he gets every time somebody goes to the doctor.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z But while he did not look at her very closely during the routine questioning, mostly about relatives who might cause trouble, something in Mr. Edwards’ body began to feel her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He settled us into a routine this way, a schedule. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z On the drive back to Spring after the meet, Aimee suggested that Classics would be my last chance to add some new dream skills to my competition routine before Nationals. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z We both settle into an easy type of routine where I come over and watch him play video games, even taking the controls myself a few times. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z As days became weeks, he grew more sure of the camp routine. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z And now I felt that it was not enough; I tired of the routine of eight years in one afternoon. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z And in the late afternoons when Helvi returned he was there waiting for her, a rare and beautiful enigma in the certain routine of the day. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Nicole was on the sidelines the following January as I performed flawless giants in competition as part of my bar routine. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z They were body rotations that made my legwork more complex, and just, overall, made the routine look cooler. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Then it became a part of our routine: my arm around him, his little hand on my arm, and soon his sonorous breathing. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I do my imitation of the dance routine from TV and finish with the finale: Are you ready, boots? Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z She shifted through her Bollywood talent routine, but soon her fingers forgot the language. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Once, this routine had made Emily laugh so hard she practically snorted her dinner through her nose and had to leave the table to pull herself together in the bathroom. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z With motivation like that, you can bet I hit all my routines at the Region 3 Championships that spring, placing first on floor and second all-around, and qualifying for Westerns. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z With a predictable routine and someone who knew how to cook. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z “Speaking of spirit, Goubert, you realize, don’t you, how this chocolate sale goes beyond a mere sale or routine project, don’t you?” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s not tr—” “Please. You have been eyeballing me ever since we met. Don’t lie. It’s just the two of us out here. You can stop with the We’re All One Big Happy World routine.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The whole routine is so familiar now, like a recurring dream. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Several sessions a day, fitted into your daily routine. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z So I hadn’t done the routine in years. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z He gave me a lab slip and a plastic jar, handed Soraya a request for some routine blood tests. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z My daily routine was exactly what it had been: after breakfast I sorted scrap or pulled copper from radiators. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Peeves wasn’t helping matters; he kept popping up in the crowded corridors singing “Oh, Potter, you rotter . . .” now with a dance routine to match. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z We’d run through the same routine each morning, Fig’s head hanging over my face, his unblinking stare screaming, Feed me. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z When it was time for me to do my bar routine, I looked around and saw she was smiling at me from the sidelines with both thumbs up. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I loved how smart my teammates were, and how they could always be counted on to perform their routines with consistency, making everything look easy. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z After Fig’s breakfast routine, I set a laser focus on the family laptop. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Mike went instantly into his routine, meaning he acts like Webb is cool, or at least normal. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Uniformed police stood or sat on every side, conducting their routine business of the day; none of them glanced up or paid any attention as Phil Resch led Rick across the lobby to the elevator. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Feeling weak, I take a seat doing my usual routine. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z This was all routine to Gold by now. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She did all the regular cheers and routines. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z There was no strict routine of chores ever carried out. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z There’s radio chatter and routine business, and then the flight engineer cries out, “Flameout on engine number four!” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z For all of the days and months that Bobby went to the library, his new routine never leaked to the press. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Yeah, I’ll admit I didn’t get too tired of that routine. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Soon enough, I fell back into my old routine of going to the foundation four days a week. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I spent my time doing routine housekeeping chores, like adding chlorine to the drinking water, and watching the moon get smaller and the beautiful earth grow larger and more inviting as each hour went by. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Each day afterward, the motorcade ride to Sidwell Friends felt a little more routine. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z So I stood there in the “sewing room” in my socks and underwear doing the on-off routine with my pants while hot Annie pinned and her hot mother worked the sewing machine. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Now it’s after seven and time to resume my daily routine at the evening food-gathering phase. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Mudgett’s parents were devout Methodists whose response to even routine misbehavior relied heavily on the rod and prayer, followed by banishment to the attic and a day with neither speech nor food. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Repeat killers tend to rigidly adhere to a routine, yet the Osage murders were carried out in a bewildering array of methods. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z But the loss of a routine that had given her life structure the past few months found tears pooling in the edges of her vision as she watched the city go by outside the window. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z He dropped it on the track in front of us as we bent and stretched, getting ready for the usual "Technique Tuesday" routine work. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The house was large, and it would be too empty without the person on whom Emma fixed all her routines, as she said. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She runs at least two miles every morning, and I am already late for the routine. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z The routine was the same as when Frank had been a child, though now his father walked stooped over when he took his turns around the Sandwalk. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He made some notes on a sheet of paper, turned to Paul, and ran through the same routine. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Days passed, and then weeks, and we simply walked through our same routines—predictable schedules disturbed only briefly that Sunday morning. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Bribes and gifts to officials such as Boyle were routine, while the nature of the work gave him inside information about land that became available at knockdown prices. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z As she settled into her routine, Mami decided she needed help, and she turned to me. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z As weeks turned into months and the fighting continued, she fell into a predictable routine of daily chores and abolition work. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z They welcomed the old routine, the surge of adrenaline associated with pageant nights. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Sometimes you just have to plow through the struggle or upset to establish the routine,” says Iseminger. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, all the TVs inside the house were running video of my routine at Worlds, and people would stand around the screens and cheer me on, as if it was happening right then. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z There is thus comparatively little risk, but also little adventure, in their handiwork, which as a consequence tends to become routine. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z All in all it was a fairly routine day until dinner time, and even what happened then was not really startling. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z This whole routine was repeated detail for detail three more times. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The routine changed slightly after Charles built the greenhouse. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I would drive hard through my other routines, exploding off the apparatus and gaining enough air to do multiple sequences of flips and twists. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He could foresee a life of boredom and routine, not one of ideas and puzzles. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This egalitarian atmosphere helped to moderate the demanding routine of the average Rad Lab staff member. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z D. and J. Later on, after we had a place and a routine, I brought you treats, worrying each time what to bring that would make you smile and come again the next time. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Mark replied, mostly because that was their routine. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z "Oh, come on. Don't do the 'poor little Bobby' routine. Let's get this thing figured out. What are some other ideas? There must be some other ideas, right?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z No matter where they looked, it was great—an interruption of school routine, a diversion in the deadly order of the day. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Going underground or into hiding has become as routine as the proverbial pipe and slippers that used to await the man of the house after a long day at work. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z 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 I finished the routine the best I could, nailing the tumbling part of my dismount but taking a big step on the landing. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z That ‘your bodies are the temples of the Holy Ghost’ routine is a dead giveaway. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But trying to get back to my normal routine is hard when I can hear all the sounds of the outside world. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Once in the bathroom, I abandon my sick routine. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Ultima slipped easily into the routine of our daily life. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The first few letters I opened were just routine correspondence, bills, membership applications, stuff like that. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The Consul is away, and the Vice-Consul sick; so the routine work has been attended to by a clerk. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The NSA insisted—then and always—that the raid was merely a routine matter, but Elizebeth and William believed it had been intended to humiliate and intimidate. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “He did math for an hour,” his brother Mark says of Langan’s summer routine in high school. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z When they finally spoke, it wasn’t terrifying, it was lame They started in on the same routine as always. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was his nightly routine, fifty push-ups to keep his body in “fighting shape,” as he put it. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z When I woke up, I followed the same routine as the day before. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z But the eat-sleep routine I had begun in the hospital, and kept up under Mother’s dictatorial command, got the better of me. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He hasn’t given up on our old routine but seems to like the new one just fine. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z To tell the truth, I don’t think she ever had much of a clue about my routines; she didn’t even know what the big skills were called. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Bax dropped and caught me like we were doing a pep squad routine. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z It was a routine conversation which was not going to bring about any break in the stagnant war. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z And then there it is, our new, terrible silent routine. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Instead, he had learned over the years to look for the clues whispered by changes in the villagers’ daily routines. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I had always liked that: I liked routine. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z A routine, automatic agreement: Amara’s emotional well-being was more important than what they actually believed. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z A kid would have to be tough as nails to make a routine of that. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They flutter out and a fiftyish white woman comes in and goes through the same routine, leaving with the smile of supplication still frozen awkwardly on her face. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z During the next week, Cole settled into the monotonous routine of the detention center. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z When asked about the routine, Missus Nedraw was quoted as saying, “It keeps everything calm and collected.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Every famous scientist had been out there as a routine thing,” he recalled. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z As the days passed, Tally fell into the routines of the Smoke. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He went under anesthesia for what he thought was a routine procedure and woke up permanently paralyzed from the waist down. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I was now training more than thirty-five hours each week, with an intense focus on strength, conditioning, and connecting my skills to ensure that the whole routine looked effortless. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z But the worst moment came in my beam routine, when I let myself get distracted by the crowd. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The little routine of the day going on inevitably as it had always done. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The State's lawyer argued that this was a routine capital murder case and that the death penalty had been appropriately imposed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z To fire muskets is not an act of war, but a routine with which we, ranked in concert, take up the hours between ten and noon. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I was so distracted, I didn’t make a single one of my connections, and I wobbled through the routine like a bobblehead toy. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The weather report was routine—even boring—with details about air pressure, wind speeds, and temperature maximums and minimums. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z It was routine for families to have five or six kids. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z It was a gesture so familiar, so routine for anyone who’d ever worn glasses, that my whole body locked up like cement, then went limp. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The feverish summer gave way to fall foliage and brisk mornings, but routines had changed to accommodate the war. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z In these violent breaks in routine that were themselves routine, sJre could display the style and imagination of what she believed to be her own true self. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Nurse Evil and I settle into a grudging routine where I pretend she doesn’t exist and she leaves ever more obnoxious sticky notes to let me know that she does. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Soon his days and nights settled down to a routine. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was a fairly routine arrest,” he said. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z As I went through my morning routine, the pain slowly faded, while the sense of disquiet lingered like a bad stench. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Winter’s daily routine settled into splitting firewood, carrying water from the stream, cooking, reading, and doing schoolwork. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z We both knew that most days she allowed the routine to count even when the bonus skill wasn’t flawlessly bridged, but not today. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z This morning, the dust on the window filters the light as it beams in, bathing their daily routine in a kind of soft glow. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z My daily routine included lunch with Alexia and the girls, minus Danielle and Anna—they sat alone—and then recess. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z The odyssey became more than just a routine or a habit. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z President Johnson and Secretary of Defense McNamara were telling the world that the American destroyers had been on a routine patrol in the Gulf of Tonkin. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I didn’t make the event final for bars, because I’d downgraded the difficulty of my routine; I’d taken out one of my Tkatchevs so I could go easy on my shoulder. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z "You need supercomputer time to calculate routine satellite adjustments?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Mace lit the candle, and they went through the routines. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z My routine was pretty basic, and my execution wasn’t as smooth as it could have been—definitely not enough to push me to a win. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Dawit knew the routine well, and so he went back to watching the soccer match on the tiny television that he kept behind the counter. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Meeting up with Poppet and Widget almost as soon as the circus opens each evening has become a nightly routine. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It soothed me to take part in this simple routine. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Two days later, on Tuesday, August 9, our team did exactly what we had been training for so many years to do: We performed almost flawless routines and won team gold. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I thought my routine must be like a soldier’s fighting in wartime, only I was lucky enough to have weekends in another world. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I am not in the mood for Tyrone’s sorry “Baby, gimme some loving” routine, so when I see him in the hall, I storm past as if he’s not even there. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And then this terrible F, a routine test turning into a nightmare. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The routine of school for himself, and work for his father, had been taken up and they both threw themselves into it. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the most surprising and perhaps dismaying revelations was that Chicago’s chief of police, in his prior legal career, had represented Holmes in a dozen routine commercial lawsuits. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It was a welcome break from his daily routine, which offered few opportunities for real surveillance. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When the gigantic wave of molasses hit, Boston Police patrolman Frank McManus was at a call box getting ready to make a routine report. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Over the days Tree-ear developed a routine of work and rest. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Connelly hadn’t informed James about Michael’s loss as his employer never bothered over routine fluctuations in the hands, but Terrance’s curiosity had made it a problem. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The older girls would mimic the backup dancers’ routine. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z On my last day of competition, when I went out to perform my routine for the floor exercise final, the audience was cheering and shouting wildly for me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “It became routine for us as the corn ripened to pull all-night guard watches because the army would pick us clean,” he wrote. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “Nevertheless, it is true. Now, to pass to your own movements last night. A matter of routine, you understand. What did you do after leaving your master?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z He scarcely read the telegraphic dispatches that reported routine operations. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The days’ routines were as before, the only change being the constant redness of the sky as trainloads of nameless zugangi were shipped along the rails of death. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When I came back later for my afternoon workout, she said, “Okay, Simone, five beam routines.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z On the YouTube video of my beam routine, you can actually see my face crumple as I fight back tears. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z But I never really cooperated, and they soon dropped me from the routine. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A classroom joke was always appreciated, anything to fracture the dullness of routine. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The routine was, he pulled up out front, dropped me off, waited for me to get inside, then pulled off. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z She figures it does no good to harp on mistakes in a routine that’s over and done with when I’m trying to get my head ready for the next event. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z By a routine that was not even secret, all letters were opened in transit. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The next summer I followed the same routine. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But some kind of a family routine got going again. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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