I knew Nan and Wynn shared a past, but it looked like they shared a sense of fashion too. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

But he also wanted to give the reader the sense of being present at a real argument, one from which Copernicanism emerged as indisputably victorious. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

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

He felt a fresh sense of pride every time those spindly symbols finally fitted together into words and he could get their secret out of them. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I sensed huffiness, as if he were disappointed that this was the best sleeping spot I could muster. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

We must stand up amid a system that still oppresses us and develop an unassailable and majestic sense of values. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I can see why you would want to spend every waking hour staring at people you want nothing to do with. It makes perfect sense.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

When their eyes met, he flipped one ear humorously and Miyax sensed he had been through this, too. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said, sensing he didn’t want to dwell on the subject of his family’s death. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It made me feel ashamed, but he sensed that I knew something and pressed me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could sense everything around me like I had a superpower or something. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Aint you got any better sense than to let them come around here.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The American mothers were at once charmed and perplexed by her sense of duty. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Not sure of names. Six, maybe seven. I can sense them.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Only a musician would sense, know, without even knowing that he knew, that Cholly was free. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nico found his sense of humour equal parts endearing and annoying. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I was little, so I don’t remember when it happened, but I can sense a brokenness about him that I think will never, ever go away. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I could sense his power in the cool blue paper, as if the envelope itself had been folded out of an ocean wave. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

And wouldn’t it be satisfying—and instructive—to lay it all out in a way that made sense, reflecting those years of work? The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

There it is, he thought with a sense of relief. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Wide windows, some even called picture windows, destroyed any sense of being closed in; the bedrooms and beds were spacious and the storage space unbelievable. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just how alone and how strange none of us really understood at first; yet in a way we sensed it from the beginning. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

It had a bright and catchy tune, but words that made no sense at all. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if the shark had sensed it was being watched, stalked even, because right when Sookie aimed the harpoon at the fish, the shark shifted in a different direction. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

That doesn’t make much sense but it makes sense to me. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

So, decisions about the existence of a vacuum should be made not by appeal to authority but on the basis of sense experience and reason. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The boys were joking with one another as they approached, but when they got close enough to read Luma’s expression, they sensed that her mood was gloomy, and fell quiet. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Kino opened his eyes in the darkness, for he sensed movement near him, but he did not move. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Henry! I’m not taking the children out into the cold for some kind of drill! Has Captain Smith lost his senses?” I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

The Dufarges, aware of the Laughing Man’s high sense of loyalty, offered him Black Wing’s freedom in exchange for his own. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

She returned his gaze, struck by the sense of her own transformation, and overwhelmed by the beauty in a face which a lifetime’s habit had taught her to ignore. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He loved Nurse Duckett’s serene, flattered response, the sense of attachment to him she displayed proudly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Alex thought the rules were stringent, but they made sense, and he was relieved that what was called for was so carefully spelled out. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Your sense of time was different from mine. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The end explanation that he had “given her up” so as to save his soul, and that he had now returned horn a sense of dramatic magnanimity, was not the true one. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“These rules and regulations don’t make any sense to me.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

As if sensing that, Shmuel came over to stand by her side in the doorway. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your message still doesn’t make sense. You can’t use nonsense words and expect us to figure them out—can he, Mr. Quisling?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

At first, I was annoyed at her lecture, but then suddenly—it began to make sense. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I was not making any sense when I saw Mr. Muse frowning and staring at me as though he were seeing an animal with two heads. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Con had been standing silent nearby, watching Kaede kneeling before the Fairy Queen as if entranced, and a sense of disquiet filled him. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

A sense of dread settled over him, worse than the day the military officer had come to the door. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

And presume in the sense of “take too much for granted” gives us the adjective presumptuous. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t really make sense, but she believed him. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“The longer you’re here, the less you notice it. There’s something in it that paralyzes your sense of smell.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She visited Ellsberg, and both immediately sensed that their relationship was not over. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

To wish to make a life in that wasteland of rock and flame, you’d have to be a beast without a sense of beauty, hope, or joy. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He sensed the possibility of an opening - room to negotiate. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“You find some odd senses of humor. Now, take me out to your rocket. I wish to see it.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pain that had been building in their arms and legs and chests did not abate, but it fled to the backs of their minds, chased there by a sense, almost, of invulnerability. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He was only fifty yards from the truck when Mr. Grin suddenly stopped and turned around as if he had sensed there was someone there. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Someone lighted coal in a barbecue and soon the smell of garlic and morgh kabob flooded my senses. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike the French class I had taken in New York, here there was no sense of competition. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

‘But I have a sense of watchfulness, and of fear, that I have never had here before.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I don’t even know what you’re talking about. You just don’t make any sense at all. It’s all Japanese to me.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

So it made perfect sense for a theatre family to start on board a ship. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Even when Abuelito had sensed that something was wrong, it hadn’t mattered. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My sense of direction was hopeless; I could get lost in much less helpful surroundings. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Point out the double sense of the word "expedition" in the following sentences: "With winged expedition, swift as lightning."—Milton. "The expedition of Cortez miserably failed."—Prescott. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Abbot put his paw around the young mouse’s shoulder, sensing his secret yearnings, for he had ruled Redwall wisely over a great number of years and gained much experience of mouselife. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She intoxicated him: he was breathing her, sensing her through the pores of his skin. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

"Yes, I think I do," I said, remembering that there was always that sense in me of being apart when the flag went by. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t make sense because it hadn’t been that long since I’d seen you, and you were as alive as anyone then. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

As she spoke, playing on all their senses, the ghosts crowded closer, feeding on her words, remembering the time when they had flesh and skin and nerves and senses, and willing her never to stop. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The private detective, sensing that he was on the verge of a breakthrough, hurried to the Ralston business where the call originated. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

There’s no longer even any bad sense in it. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

They have a thick slice of experience with us, and that translates to a real sense of who we are. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

But whether those two lamps spotted me moving and staring, or whether I came to my senses, I don’t know. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I know it didn’t make sense, but I felt eyes on me as I walked up the steps, and I looked over my shoulder uneasily. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I wish we could transplant some of your common sense to your brother.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Scotty must have sensed it, because he came over and told me everything was going to be cool. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

This contributed to his sense of majesty, true enough, but pushed an increment further, the majestic man became His Majesty. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I’m happy to see that you have the sense to stay out of this.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I considered flying to Benatar to try to get Art3mis to talk to me, but then I came to my senses. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She had a great sense of humor, made jokes, and laughed all the time. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t make sense, so I ignored it. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

The man had so many papers and none of them made much of any sense at all! Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Only then did the words I heard in the forest make sense: “And am I to act immediately?” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

"Don't you have an ounce of sense between you?" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had always had his own peculiar sense of humor. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Because he had never officially gotten into the squadron, he could never officially be gotten out, and Sergeant Towser sensed that the multiplying communications relating to the poor man would continue reverberating forever. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He was still standing beside the shelves near the door and seemed entirely absorbed in looking at the books, but Meggie sensed he had missed none of what was said behind his back. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He sensed Alec about to say something and shot him a glare to shut up. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She experienced an enormous sense of relief and joy, now that Matt had returned and was safe. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened his eyes and seized it, took it in, comprehended it all at once, and found that it came accompanied by a fierce determination, a sense of rising resolution. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to make sense of such a tragedy, surely it is, but the good Lord works in mysterious ways. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

But as if he senses my pathetic attempts at bravery, his hand squeezes, and pain lances through my skull. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And he said those words because he sensed that it was the only way to save his own heart, to stop it from breaking in two. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The stars that I know are on the other side of the gym ceiling don't make sense. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The curassow, which looks somewhat similar to a chicken, whistles when it senses danger and prefers to run instead of fly. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

And all of this was okay, because the one place that made the most sense anyway was the yellow house. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“She’s as tough as old whip leather and might just crack some sense into your dad.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a deaf man might have better eyesight, or a blind man can hear so much more, I feel an extra sense growing. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Turns out that birds have a better sense of smell than most people thought.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

It was some kid who goes to MS 281, though she dumped him and started dating Henry Joplin, which makes sense because the two of them totally look like teenagers already. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

When Michelangelo was halfway across the cloister, I came to my senses. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe she’d make us go back to a place where we could get shot But then I returned to my good common sense. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Talking was forbidden in chapel, but he could sense the undercurrent. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The theories to explain olfaction are as numerous and complex as those for immunologic sensing. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hamilton shared his ominous sense of the situation with John Jay, his part-time collaborator as “Publius” in The Federalist Papers. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

In a way, it made perfect sense that Jesse had a computer but not a car: Young Americans seem much more in love with their computers these days. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the maddening darkness he sensed another movement. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Shanti had stared blankly, feeling a sense of panic as if she were in a dream in which she had forgotten to study for a test. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

By increments we were blinded, the mainland dimming and the sun fading to a pale white bloom, and we turned circles in the eddying tide until we’d lost all sense of direction. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I ask you: in the racial sense in which it’s used so much today, whatever “integration” is supposed to mean, can it precisely be defined? The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The elongated forms, eerie moonlight, and expressive colors—all hallmarks of El Greco’s style—help to heighten our sense of identification with Christ’s suffering. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The words he shouted at me made no sense. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It’s too low and out of my line of sight, but I sense him at my neck, then chin, then mouth... The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I assumed people would come to their senses,” he says. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She was pretty, smart, and had a quiet sense of self-respect. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

My father said nothing, but I sensed that he was planning some sort of retaliation. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t about being reunited with my mother anymore, but still I could not suppress an almost overwhelming sense of longing. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

My textbooks began to make sense, and I found myself doing more than the required reading. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Mathematicians in India first used zero in its contemporary sense—a number, not a placeholder—sometime in the first few centuries a.d. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I retreated underneath the bleachers, shut my camera off, and tried to make sense of what I’d just heard. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I felt a vague sense of relief, knowing that I hadn’t gotten the chance to tell Frankie my secret. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

If we had not come forth to meet them, Stannis would have sensed the trap. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Black Consciousness was less a movement than a philosophy and grew out of the idea that blacks must first liberate themselves from the sense of psychological inferiority bred by three centuries of white rule. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alvarez was using the word amateur in its traditional sense: someone who engaged in a pursuit not for money or fame but purely for the love of knowledge and the abstract quest for truth. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Volpe did not give him any blocking; he told him to listen to the show and pop up wherever it seemed to make sense at that moment. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I guess it made sense to ask, but I wasn’t ready for it. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

After five minutes I began to sense the futility of it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Both men also shared a keen sense of the highly fluid and still-fragile character of the recently launched American republic. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Rhymes with actions, in particular, are enjoyable to children because children live through all of their senses and their whole body. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“I am glad you have finally come to your senses,” he continued. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It has been claimed that Tassoni expresses a sense of liberation from the schoolroom of antiquity, but his claim is merely that the moderns must find a place in the schoolroom alongside the ancients. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Corinthians couldn’t make sense out of what they were talking about with so much passion, and she didn’t want to stay there and learn, lest it distract her from the contentment she was feeling. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or is it we as human beings who share a certain capacity for common sense with all other human beings? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Jason sensed an entire army of venti swirling above him, too angry and agitated to take physical form, but hungry for destruction. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

As we sat back to back on our separate sides of the bed fumbling with our shoes in the horrid cheerful white light of the bed lamp, I sensed Constantin turn round. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I can sense the silent plea from him, a friend who knows Hideo well enough to know how difficult he can be. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If we constantly had to qualify every assessment of those around us, how would we make sense of the world? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and Bono sat by my side, though clearly their senses were assaulted by the noisome sheets and the breath of myself and those around me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I went straight down, briefly sensing the second splash as Mo came in after me. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Half a century later, he would still be speaking of it with the same shudder and the same sense of urgency. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t make sense that he sold drugs. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

None of it makes any sense to me. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I spun around like a victim of amnesia, desperately searching the parking lot for a glimpse of something—anything—that made sense. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

For the first time, she sensed another person with her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Piper’s blade, Hazel’s magical senses and Annabeth’s instincts all agreed - the answer lay here in Ithaca, at the ancient palace of Odysseus, where a horde of evil spirits had gathered to await Gaia’s orders. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Even if he doesn’t show it blatantly, I can sense that he’s shaken. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Fact,” she continued, “if you got any sense, you’ll try to get him to free you now while you still young and pretty enough for him to listen.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Each one hurt, and none of them made sense. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Though they could have joined the revelry in the streets below, they were content to simply be near each other, for they both sensed that something precious was coming to an end. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I pushed back the covers of the bed, sensing trouble. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He goes to a place that makes sense, Emmett and George’s house, then to a friend that is as loyal as they come, Ray. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He sensed my distrust and softened me up with the gift of a dime, then knelt and prayed for us two “poor fatherless young men,” as he called us. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And slowly, like the realization that you’ve just cut yourself on that seemingly harmless piece of paper, it did make sense what Vanessa had been saying. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

If a Pogrebin is allowed to tail a human for many hours, a sense of great futility will overcome its prey, who will eventually fall into a state of lethargy and despair. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel could sense that there were many all about, taking flies and moths on the wing and uttering their minute cries as they flew. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his heart, he felt a strange sense of joy: he was about to die in pursuit of his Personal Legend. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But remembering the fiasco of sixteen months before, keeping King’s in the dark made sense until exact coordinates had been obtained for all the atoms. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

His way of talking to Mr. Norton had been a foreshadowing of my misfortune—just as I had sensed that it would be. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sounds were full with the sensation of slicing through land, the sense of forced progress, the sense that things made of steel would always win over things made of earth. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Skill for the sake of skill, and then a sense of accomplishment when he did well. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I’ve always been the clown and mischief maker of the family; I’ve always had to pay double for my sins: once with scoldings and then again with my own sense of despair. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

In this sense, statistics is to probability as engineering is to physics—an applied science based on a more intellectually stimulating foundational discipline. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lord Asriel sighed, almost with satisfaction; it was as if he’d come to the end of a long and complex calculation, and reached an answer that made quite unexpected sense. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

This—although the vast majority of Party members understand it only in a shallower sense—is the inner meaning of the Party slogan: WAR IS PEACE. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

When he dreamed of the shadow or so much as thought of it, he felt always that same cold dread: sense and power drained out of him, leaving him stupid and astray. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

We had hiked twenty-two miles in two days—a highly respectable distance for us—but a distinct listlessness and sense of anticlimax, a kind of midmountain lassitude, had set in. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Otherwise it didn’t make the kind of sense I wanted it to make. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was halfway up before the defenders recovered their senses enough to sound the alarm. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

A soul mate, maybe, but not in the romantic sense. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

‘In every human observation,’ I explained, ‘there is a margin of error. This is because our senses are not foolproof. In fact, some people believe that one hundred per cent certainty is impossible to achieve.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

As well, ingenuity, a feeling for incongruity, and a sense of economical expression are crucial to both mathematics and humor. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at it long enough to make sense of the shapes on it, the blue stretches of water and the multicolored pieces of land. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

But we could not show any fear or turn back, for if the Indians had sensed any weakness in us, even the Indians that we were bringing with us as guides would have killed us. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

But at the same time some part of me said, “Well, this makes sense.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

While it makes perfect sense to me, this pragmatic view of religion escapes the Reverend utterly. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mind feels thick, and last night’s conversation and what Jake just said to me finally make a little sense. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Whatever information we provide must still make sense to us two centuries later, and must still seem important, or the conversation will be an embarrassment to all concerned. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he walked away from the house, he felt his senses had been honed and heightened. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And people often have a strong sense of ownership when it comes to their bodies. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Now we only had each other to deal with and we were all busy sniffing each other out and coming up with some sense of who was dangerous and who was not. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

However, such writing can become precious when there is no sense of forward movement. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I sensed a wave of fear roll through the armies below us. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

And yet his desire to crush all faith in him was in itself built upon a sense of faith. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But nothing about this place made any sense. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

As I walked to my room, I tried to make sense of what had happened tonight. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

One hot noontime, while he was poring over the manuscripts, he sensed that he was not alone in the room. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Now, looking at her mother’s set jaw and flat eyes, she knew there was no sense in asking any more questions. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was, in Kayode’s demeanor, a withdrawal of spirit, a pulling back of his army of warmth, because he sensed very well that she had made the choice to shut him out. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

In a week they’d get their keys back, but they’d have a better sense of my point of view, and maybe they’d remember to give me a ride now and then. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She says I’m always reciting the lines from Shakespeare and they make no sense either. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Today is upside down and inside out and nothing makes sense. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Of course you cannot know a man completely, his character, his principles, sense of judgment, not till he’s shown his colors, ruling the people, making laws. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The night dragged on, the heavy sense of anticipation like a weight on his chest. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It makes no sense for him to suddenly give it away so easily. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The world was one world, and the notion that a man might kill another over some small patch of it did not make sense—though Ishmael knew that such things happened. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

No one spoke to him after that except Shirley, who sensed his tough talk masked a loyalty as passionate as the others’. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

It makes no sense to cheer from so far away, so instead Fiona grumbles, “Who does she think she is, always wearing those glasses?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Hamlet sensed my hurt and looked up from his writing. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

With it, a sense of unease filled my chest. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

One reviewer there fretted, without any evident sense of irony, that Holmes presented his arguments so clearly and compellingly that students might actually come to believe them. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I sensed it would be the same as if I cursed in front of him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Would it not make more sense, he suggested, to put off the entire project for a few months, even a year? Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

In a sense, the earth is mounting an immune response against the human species. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The coast seems to be clear,” Jones tells them, his voice betraying a sense of urgency. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

When he turned from her he had for a moment a perilous sense of ease and freedom, which was more acute because he knew that soon it was to be shattered. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“We’re living in a duplex now,” my mother explained, and I sensed that we had come up in the world. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Even if the words made no sense, I would try to say something to her. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Instead, Nixon grappled with a sense of foreboding. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But then something else had overtaken him, some sense of destiny. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Our senses were numbed, everything was fading into a fog. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had gone over the problems in class but the way it looked in front of me didn’t make sense. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“No sense in my explaining. I can tell by your face you wouldn’t believe me.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“It’s just a smelly cave. That makes no sense.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Juniper, like I tried to tell you . . . even if Grover died, he would reincarnate into something else in nature. I can’t sense things like that, only mortal souls.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

These peculiar and at first perplexing predictions of special relativity are true in the deepest sense that anything in science is true. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She draped garlands on her ships to evoke a sense of triumph. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

The children opened the packages with the appropriate sense of wonder and spent the morning happily leafing through their new treasures, which of course Penelope promised to read to them at her earliest opportunity. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

There’s a new chap at the club named Quinzy who’s itching to meet them, and the fellow’s a judge so it’s plain common sense to throw him a bone, so to speak. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“It makes perfect sense. The threat of gleaning will ensure that the best applicant comes out on top.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t into drawing or painting, at least not in the traditional sense. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Shyly I’d smile, never betraying my sense of the irony: I was not proud of my mother and father. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Try that, and then multiply it, if you can, by three thousand, and you still won’t have even the slightest sense of what Jamie went through. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It’s been a long time since my mom made any sense. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Then where did they come from? The ones in Robin’s T-ball cap? It doesn’t make any sense.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The only outcome from the teasing was my seriously damaged sense of self, and if I'm going to be truthful, not even tweezers helped repair it. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Sefia froze, all her senses alert, her breath sounding loud as a lumber saw in the unmoving undergrowth. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

My back is to her, but I can sense my mother standing in the doorway, watching me. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“The more I think, the better it makes sense. Iron and fire. That’s for demons.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It took a few seconds for the words to start making sense. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

With a tree, I can sense to the month, sometimes to the day, its age. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Many of the men carried dispatch cases and brief cases and I gripped mine with a sense of importance. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Cruz has never been my favorite person, I’ll give you that. But an enemy? There’s no sense in having those if we can help it.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I chuckled; I had encountered so many such contradictions in the white world that I no longer spent sleepless nights trying to make sense of them. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next words looked like on fire, but that didn’t make sense. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

This made no sense to Hazel, but the queen nodded. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

If this is true, it would mean that the human mind is preset, in some primary sense, to generate more than just the parts of speech. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the senses underwent a change so profound it filled me with distress. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Honestly, there is no sense spending too much time alone in the dark. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a larger sense, it means that the aids virus is a natural survivor of changes in ecosystems. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the vet diagnosed her as deaf, he also found out she had some condition where she didn’t have a fully developed sense of touch. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

If Clara’s spirit was trapped at Daffodil Manor, it made sense that she had been killed there, possibly by someone who lived there. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The young mouse could not afford to wait around for the rat to regain his senses. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

They were waiting for me to come to my senses and realize that I was in a very lucrative business. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

"It makes more sense, Park. If you leave soon, you can still get home by dark." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

And if Mr. Pepperhorn had the book, and somebody knew, it would make sense why Valley’s house had been broken into. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I bet it’s nice to have everything make sense. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

After the door closed, I felt this wicked, dark sense of spite and anger building up inside me. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I know I can. I can already sense your feelings, even now.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The others must have sensed it too, because soon Aly began to cry. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I sensed already that he was more at home with the unruliness of the world than I was, more willing to let it all in without distress. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Each word is a naked patch of him, and I want so badly to add up all the bread crumbs I have and make sense of him. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But maybe because, in a country that has come to make no sense, in a world I cannot solve, this is a small piece that I can. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

In spite of himself, he felt an undeniable sense of relief as she slowly made her way to him, stepping over brambles and tree roots. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I tried to convince myself that they’d come to see me about my accident with the taxi, but that didn’t make sense. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel a million of their tiny pulses in the air, and in the moment their collective heartbeat finds my own, I also feel a distinct sense of connection to them. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But over the past few months, I’d come to see my rig for what it was: an elaborate contraption for deceiving my senses, to allow me to live in a world that didn’t exist. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The line would make perfect sense if Chiron went on the quest. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

A preacher stepped up and read something out of his Bible, and I stood looking at the crowd with a sense of failure. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But something else bothered him - a cold sense of foreboding, as if he hadn’t heard the worst news yet. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He opens the menu to the list of desserts, and I think about my new name but can’t make any sense out of it. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That doesn’t make any sense, you see—” he started to explain. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

But that night, he grabbed her by the wrists and shoved her on the bed, only—he said later—to make her come to her senses. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

No sense buying a lock—it would be busted the first day. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the room down in the city, she stood by the window awhile and talked with Lazlo in a newly shy way, and that sense of the momentous did not die down. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

And if you were there, you wouldn’t either have pointed out that it made perfect sense since the whole city is on a grid. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Wash nodded as if this made perfect sense. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't want to admit it at first, but I could sense that Slash was acting distant. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Once again I had the desolating sense of having all along ignored what was finest in him. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I smiled at the thought of anyone trying to dowse for me now, trying to make sense of the dozens of contradictory signals as the leaves swirled and spun in a dozen different directions. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Okay, so none of what you’re saying makes any sense whatsoever.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

His paws sensed a threat from the ground: more boxes were buried near the bank, the field crossed with more wires. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I wanted to become a b-girl in the full sense of the word. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Detective Geyer theorized that Holmes must have sensed an excess of neighborly scrutiny and changed his plans. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“There are limits to everything,” she said, and Felix could sense she was staring at him. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

For a few seconds he was dazed, and then he came to his senses, with his left arm numb and useless. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bear sensed this, too, and paused before he began heating the last piece. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

No sense in confining yourself to one room when there are all these options, is there? Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

But during the whole period up until that night, the medical stuff had only sunk in to a point; I only accepted what I had to accept to make sense of any given moment. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moon was responsible for tides, so it made sense if it was closer to Earth, the tides would be higher. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I told myself that I did not like his Hasidic-bred sense of superiority and that it would be a great pleasure to defeat him and his team in this afternoon’s game. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Whether or not they sensed the lie, they wanted to believe it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“A tautology is a repetition of the same sense in different words,” he said. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The middle-class academy does not deeply impress on students or teachers a sense of social advantage. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Furthermore, in our religion, the laws of God ask us to not come near anything which alters our senses, as a Muslim must be mindful of Allah's creation at all times. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Even when Ghost leapt up on the bed to nuzzle at his face, he could not shake his deep sense of terror. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It did seem to make sense that if there were such a thing as the charmed folk, they would live here in Lanternwood, a place that seems forgotten by time. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

As Rowan was in pajamas and Citra a bathrobe, neither was too keen to obey, but they both sensed that their nightclothes were the least of their concerns. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It made perfect sense to the medieval mind. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t gone to your middle school, and her sense of humor made geometry bearable. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She looked at me sharply, as if she'd sensed my thoughts. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The fever had taken hold of her senses, and she wept, calling my father’s name. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would sit quietly and rock in the chair until the sense of order was in him once more. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

If she is weighing temporal against spiritual values, it can be only in a symbolic sense, because nothing about the figure or the setting betrays a sense of conflict. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a sense she began to live in reverse, too, because she suffered the heart palpitations of her youth. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We can all mind-read effortlessly and automatically because the clues we need to make sense of someone or some social situation are right there on the faces of those in front of us. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu was not sure how she helped out, since the events were catered and the children went to bed early, but she sensed, beneath the lightness of Kimberly's invitation, something close to a need. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

There was no position in reference to matter or objects; not the recognition of surfaces; the senses themselves collapsed and abrogated their wonted distinctions; and the body was left aware but bereft. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was no sense fighting with him about this; I was going home soon and wouldn’t have been driving the truck much anyway, so I cooled off and changed the subject. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Percy wasn’t sure why, but he had a vague sense that harpies were supposed to be plump. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

And when they did buy from Olive she gave them a sense of actual combat, of putting a bayonet in the stomach of Germany. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I need my grandparents, but in a certain sense they need me too. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I don’t speak wordless glance so I’m not sure what she was saying, but I sensed it wasn’t good for me. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was just so awesome, and in the literal sense. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

If Grandmother had had a sense of humor, Frank would have thought she was kidding. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Sitting back in comfort, Archie sighed now, contented, gratified by the heights his sense of fairness and compassion could reach. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘No. I just sensed it, watching you lead the legion. That must drain you. How do you . .. you know, get that strength back?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They don't have kids sit in the main room, and that makes sense. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He was his own director—relieving himself when he wanted to, stopping for cold beer when he was thirsty, and even in a seventy-five-dollar car the sense of power was strong. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Word processors have dictionaries, but not common sense—at least not yet. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They should have been in four days before the end of school, but he didn’t see the sense in that. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Finally he just squeezed his eyes shut and let his other senses work. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

As my senses returned, I became aware of light all around me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It probably made as much sense as us thinking that our cities would’a stayed there forever. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

In the middle of all this, proudly displayed on the side of the spectator’s wall, was something that made no sense to me—a green banner with the trident of Poseidon in the center. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Thomas sensed a chance to finally have a solid answer. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

His fingers felt the soft curves of her body and he was still, looking at her, enveloped in a sense of physical elation. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She hoped so, but she sensed something besides Pluto at work in that storm...something dark, powerful, and not necessarily friendly. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Confused, I think it's for Glimmer, although this doesn't quite make sense because I'm still in the picture, still fighting for the arrows. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Her sense of direction, usually flawless underground, became completely unmoored. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He sniffed to test his sense of smell. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

I just put a whole bunch of letters together that even I know make no sense. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t have to make sense. They just have to be words more beautiful than have ever yet been written.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The common explanation, he wasn’t rah-rah enough, didn’t make any sense to him, although the coaches were hardly the only ones who found him to be stubborn and headstrong. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and the wind had managed this wonder, which had changed her sense of who she was. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

It made sense, they’d only cut themselves to pieces with firearms. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

My whole relationship with Art3mis was in defiance of all common sense. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Adam seemed to sense that I was upset. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sense of relief was as huge as the sense of sadness I felt about the way JoJo died. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had begun to sense that there was a way for people to live, and that it was our individual responsibility to find that way. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

This was partly familial and partly cultural in the sense that Utah is a place in which many people believe strongly in the concept of individual rights. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It didn’t make sense that the little puffs of smoke made the guards crash into each other and mutter “Why am I doing this?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I call Cahokia a city so as to have a stick to beat it with, but it was not a city in any modern sense. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I laugh so hard I cry, and when Henek, who has no sense of humor, finally yells, “Churchill, Churchill! God save us all!” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I lost my sense of time, just standing in the dark. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

And in a certain sense he knew that the girl’s death had not been accidental. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It makes sense, I think, when I look at myself in the mirror. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I can sense that Amelia realizes I’m only half here, but she’s going to let me be half elsewhere, because that’s where I need to be. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

My sense is that a large majority of social scientists still favors proximate explanations for the different courses of European and Chinese history. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Traditional notions of the king in society, after all, brooked no possibility of “exploitation” in the modern sense. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

We need to grasp a melody and a drum beat or steady pulse in order to make sense of what we are hearing. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

My senses are still swimming as I follow her across the street into the building. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Nina tried to make sense of what she was hearing. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She could see the grandmother-shaped impression on her own soul, but when she tried to get a sense of where her grandmother was now, it was blurred somehow. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I feel a twinge of guilt, even though that makes no sense. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

An enormous sense of relief washed over him. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“What I notice in a majority of these is a sense of easy camaraderie. As if your spirits are already friends.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It didn't make sense to me, but for some reason I let it go. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

If there is no chance that God exists, Pascal’s wager—as it came to be known—makes no sense. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The notes he took were habit and comfort, as though his tidy writing could transform mystery into sense. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

For Thomas, though, it all made sense now. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They were about to ignore me and go on when I added, “That doesn’t make any sense.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sensed the one mountain among thousands, the one tree among millions—and Sam. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Perhaps they said that of me too, but I was plain and she was pretty, so it didn’t make sense in her case. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, just another brilliant plan by Leo Valdez. You’d be amazed what you can do with an Archimedes sphere, a girl who can sense stuff underground, and a weasel.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I see the appeal of having a physical body with so many senses. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She sensed the walls opening up on either side of them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

As song, the poem passes between sound and sense, never belonging for long to one realm or the other. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a challenge there, and these other half-men, Knot and Vine, sensed it. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, we were refugees, but it didn’t mean we had no fashion sense. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t decipher it or make sense of it for them. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I was getting weary of his constant righteousness and the sense I was in some way a great disappointment to him. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

So, in a sense, some of her words are encrypted in his. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

What good are prophecies if you cannot make sense of them? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“If they only board in an emergency,” said Alex, “then the battery story makes good sense to me. A dead battery—that’s an emergency. It kind of shores up his story.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

As if he could sense her watching him, Archer looked down. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Grief has made you lose your senses. The shock has shattered your poor mind. No matter. We shall heal you, dear, as best we can. Guards!” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

With a vague sense of foreboding, Mrs. McCullough checked the clock. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He sensed she wasn’t as strong as the males. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

It didn't make sense that the world could roll back to sunlight again. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Our Führer would remind you that it makes no sense to support the weak or crippled. In nature, the weaker species simply die.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Unless, that is, “the economy” is construed in a broader sense— as a means to build and maintain hundreds of prisons. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

While teachers of preschool children may have a sense of the linguistic milestones for children, they are less aware of the musical milestones. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“If I had the true historical sense,” McMillan recollected, “as soon as I woke up in the morning I would have written down in a notebook: ‘I made a big invention last night.’ Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

That in those moments, our brain uses two very different strategies to make sense of the situation. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I went calmly forward, holding the heavy case but moving with a certain new sense of self, and with it a feeling almost of relief, almost of a sigh. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sounded peculiar at first, but if you started thinking like you didn’t have no common sense atall it seemed like Cooter’d put it all together real good! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

It will give you a small sense of pride, and it will encourage you to do another task and another and another.’” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

It makes sense, then, that the construction of small and mediumsized hydroelectric plants—capable of serving local industry and built mostly by hand, using basic technology—has been a priority since the 1990s. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

So after some instruction, Joseph put on the apron and started carefully polishing the clean dishes even though it made no sense to him. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

A sense of dread closed around her heart. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She listened to what the doctors recommended, but on many occasions she ignored their guidance and relied on a combination of maternal instinct and common sense. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Suddenly a lot of things made sense to me: May Castellan had tried to become the Oracle. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Pride and some strange sense of honor must have anchored my parents to their chairs. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say guy, but I mean it in the loosest sense of the word. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

It made no sense, he knew, to sit by a phone that hardly ever worked, waiting for a phone call that wasn’t going to be made, from a mother who was almost certainly long dead. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

There was no sense to it, but the hunger made him angry, as though it were a personal attack on him. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since there was only one person who could possibly merit the mantle of America’s Samson and Solomon, Jefferson’s customary sense of discretion allowed him to make his point without mentioning the name. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Nhamo sensed a current of disapproval; for once it wasn’t directed at her. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He worked all right. And the hands would work hard for him—mostly without the cowhide. But sometimes he didn’t show much sense.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I shove him again as everything starts to make sense. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It makes even more sense when you realize that those cheap calories reward our instincts for fat and sugar. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Like Waterman and McCunn, he displayed a staggering paucity of common sense. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

This makes sense; their records in this tournament indicate that the 8-6 wrestler is slightly better. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t claim that Powell had it all figured out: American history bedevils the most earnest attempts to make sense of it. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

George looked out on the crowd and did the only thing that made any sense. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He felt an almost immediate sense of resolve. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The first thing that struck the senses was the intense cold. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He seems kind of happy already. No sense messing with success, is there?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I have a sense that they’re always happy to see him. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“You could do with some sense,” came the reply. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was not perhaps the most honorable course, but it showed good sense; whoever won the Iron Throne, the Swanns intended tq survive. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Now Rae’s insistence upon staying at her own house last night to “prepare for the big day” makes sense. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

In the set of Vincent’s shoulders, in the abrasiveness of his demeanor, Obinze sensed that Vincent had learned very early on, as a matter of necessity, to solve his own problems. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

So I don't even know if that makes any sense at all, and you probably stopped reading this ages ago, but I'm just putting all of it out there. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Then he leaped, headlong, sensing his body twisting in the icy air as he hurtled. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Neither one of them said anything for a while, a sense of hopelessness wafting between their minds. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

An ardent Methodist, he was an abstemious, plain-spoken man, tall and muscular, with a dry sense of humor. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But it wasn’t until Miep’s visit that it finally made sense. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mr. Darcy’s shameful boast of what misery he had been able to inflict, gave her a keener sense of her sister’s sufferings. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

I sensed that the doctor knew Haiti far better than the captain, and that he was trying to give him some important information. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

She simply went on with her day as if nothing had happened, which was just like her—no sense upsetting anyone over something she could deal with herself. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

What I found appealing in life abroad was the inevitable sense of helplessness it would inspire. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“He had begun to develop a sense of responsibility,” White told another writer. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“How can you checkmate a circus? It doesn’t make any sense.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I could sense the rolling texture of the bottom. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She walked along the floor of the grove feeling much as if she were in a cathedral: there was the same stillness, the same sense of upwardness in the structures, the same awe within herself. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

This is how the human body reacts to extreme stress, and it makes sense. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She would have walked beneath yellow-ringed pines rising to a brilliant eastern sky, and her senses would have succumbed to the joy of the morning. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“How did Mitt sound?” she asked, sensing my silence. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, in some broad sense, my writing is political because it concerns my movement away from the company of family and into the city. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like, what if we could return to the feeling we had when we were little, that sense that anything is possible? The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They found the end of the island, quite distinct, and not magicked out of shape or sense. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

A mule’s at least got sense of its own.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It’s not a lie in the sense that the facts were made up. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I sensed that it had to do with my father. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

You sense it all around in the pointed lack of ornamentation, plants, or reason for hope—walls built not to shelter but to constrain. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he taught the angel how to feel for the edges of the window, just as Giacomo Paradisi had shown him, sensing them at his fingers’ ends and pinching them together. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Which makes sense if you think about it. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Out to the left side of the road was Bloomsdale, a ramshackle, all-black enclave that its residents, employing an advanced sense of irony, had long called “Hollywood.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I sensed her weakness and spent most of class coming up with creative ways to burnish my status as class clown. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

When I walked into the arena in Athens, the sense of anticipation was palpable. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The baby doesn’t make sense—I’m the youngest of my mother’s seven children—but like I said, none of this happened. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I could see and feel a new level of restlessness and a deepening sense of hostility. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could sense that, and I knew what he was planning to do as clearly as if he had told me. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Regardless, common sense finally prevailed, and fire was banned in MidMerica as a method of gleaning. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She immediately opened her eyes—so, in having a good sense of smell and a taste for milk, she seemed no different from the fairies he knew. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Our father was proud of his sense of humor. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And they talks a lot of nonsense. But they talks an awful lot of sense, as well. You listen to 'em at your peril, and you ignore 'em at your peril, too." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Usually only my dreams make this little sense. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He can sense her giving him a nasty look, and he knows he deserves it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“As long as you have the sound of laughter,” he groaned unhappily, “I cannot take your sense of humor—and, with it, you’ve nothing to fear from me.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He applied there, he said, out of a sense of “nonconformity” and despite his mother’s preference that he attend a Christian college. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Robb didn't even have the sense to realize how stupid she was; he was grinning like a fool. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They are, in a basic sense, our reward centers. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I, too, had the sense that something was not right, and I agreed with Mac. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cox, however, sensed that the unusual man might be telling the truth. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

But the line from Vesalius to Harvey is so clear that it makes more sense to follow it to its logical conclusion now, before returning to the development of astronomy in the sixteenth century. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

She said it was a long time since we had seen each other and that there was no sense in doing anything before the meeting we had already planned. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pain there doesn’t make sense to me. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“You’ll have friends this time. Percy Jackson—he’s got a role to play in this. You can sense that, can’t you? He’s a good person to have at your side.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The hissing sprinklers are actually snakes in disguise, and he’s training them to eat all the neighborhood pets—which makes some twisted sense, because I’ve heard him complaining about barking dogs. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Lyra found her power over him almost intoxicating, and if Pantalaimon hadn’t nipped her hand sharply to remind her of the danger they were all in, she might have lost all her sense of proportion. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s kind of stupid to send me to a place where nothing makes sense and not answer my questions.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“This beautiful, natural spectacle gave us hope and almost a sense of triumph. There was, after all, a force in this world far superior to our oppressors. I was sure this force would ultimately prevail.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The sense that black men have disappeared is rooted in reality. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I threw out a few suggestions, like the hardware store, or the grocery store, but none of them were really making any sense. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Second that she didn’t have the sense to minimize the ugliness. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

As always, the conversation stalemated with “None of it really makes any sense.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered whether employers could smell his America-pining on his breath, or sense how obsessively he still looked at the websites of American universities. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I could sense that the others were secretly laughing at my bumbling efforts, and I longed to throw the stick aside—preferably at them—and show them my skill with a pen. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Elowen turned her head just slightly, as though she sensed a presence nearby. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But taking a break and thinking things out makes sense. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“You got no sense sometimes! Just talk all over your mouth!” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Clearly this was the moment for Maurice’s boss to discuss with Bragg whether it made sense for Crick and the American to duplicate King’s heavy investment in DNA. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“As for you, Leo Valdez, stay close to Hazel and Frank when you reach Rome. I sense they will face...ah, mechanical difficulties that only you can overcome.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t make sense of any of it, this terrible shameful thing being done to him by an authority figure, someone, no less, so well regarded in the church. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

And in a sense, I had lost them. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

His senses were sharper and more aware of things that could not be seen. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Of course, she didn’t say it in the sense of you shouldn't have...kept me waiting so long, the way most people did. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

But Clara sensed that something strange was going on, because she could see a new color in her daughter’s aura, and she felt sure that she knew why. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father was not educated in the sense that my mother was. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jethro would remember a sunlit field and a sense of serenity and happiness such as he had not known since early childhood. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the same, it was a response; Theresa sensed herself on the right track. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I was sensing that Sherrie now wanted me to leave them alone. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shocking surreality of the citadel—the sheer size of the thing—played havoc with the mind’s sense of scale. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

At first I could not make much sense of what I heard; for the discourse of Louisa Eshton and Mary Ingram, who sat nearer to me, confused the fragmentary sentences that reached me at intervals. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Thus, in a sense, the astronaut will be “recycled.” A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of this delighted Papa, filled him with pride for his son who had returned a larger man, with a surer sense of himself and of where we all had come from. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is one of Annabelle’s struggles, the sense that she must apologize and atone for other people’s actions. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It was when he said that the owl was the spirit of Ultima that everything I had ever known about Ultima and her bird seemed to make sense. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the few job inquiries he’d made, he already sensed that jobs in those towers would be different, much more structured, formal, and confining. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sensed that what her aunt spoke of as love was something else—a bribe, a threat, an indecent will to power. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Much good sense was talked and the tone of the meeting was that of creatures who were determined to win at all costs. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the wood, the sense of easiness dissolved. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to get a sense of scale, because it was surrounded by so much green. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

His only duty in the household was to issue orders and to marshal the energies of his wife and children to tasks that he would assign with a sense of exigence. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

After her nights with Martin, she had a sense of when white men were on the brink of a story. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Their eyes met for a long time; it looked like her mind was spinning, trying to make sense of it all. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The sense of self providing sameness and continuity over time. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

In a sense, imprisonment is a far more extreme form of physical and residential segregation than Jim Crow segregation. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He heard the water truck approaching, and felt a strange sense of pride at being able to show Mr. Sir, or Mr. Pendanski, that he had dug his first hole. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He has denied to me since that it was hysterics, and insisted that it was only his sense of humour asserting itself under very terrible conditions. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I sense a slight flicker of something from my fuzzy peripheral vision. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Will and Lyra sensed it, too, and followed their eyes to the sky. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Bring her back to a proper sense of her position and her destiny, or what will become of us? Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Sam Gardiner’s blast of buckshot brought a number of people to their senses and gave to a number of others the blessed gift of a night’s sleep free of anxiety and terror. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

That doesn’t make a lot of sense, except that it also means “suck-up.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

And those made no sense to me, either. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Let someone take away any sense of privacy or security you might still possess. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

These people actually had a sense of humor. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you lost all the sense in that pretty head of yours? Fighting is suicide. We need to run.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I almost wanted to tackle the guy into the sand and get his big head in a vise grip for saying something that actually made sense. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

In this way, she found that even the words that had seemed impossible to decipher on first reading began to make sense as she discovered their place in the story. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Alex can sense him weighing out several thoughts at once, as he often does. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But that sense of relief was shortlived as I quickly realized there was more hard work yet to come. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It was irritating and frightening all at once, for she sensed that this presence was not benevolent. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

By all rights the game should have been called off, but no one in authority had enough sense to do that. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least Helena had the sense to buy only hens. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

And nothing about my own emotions made any sense. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Pima vouches for you, but I’m wondering if you got the sense to know how much of a favor she’s doing.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

And the other animals in the dark, noisome caves under the ground sensed it. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

In a flash they were gone, and Roy sensed a larger presence, skulking. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The bird said...It doesn’t make a lot of sense. She said, ‘The nightingale makes them bleed, makes them pay.’ Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Your Majesty asked to see the latest sendings from the Weed, and I enclose them; perhaps you can make more sense of them than I can. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The extension of my sense of the personality of Bigger was the pivot of my life; it altered the complexion of my existence. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It made so much more sense to aim lower. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the hunter also sensed a faint electronic signal. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

As his senses returned, he looked back at the canoe, and it was still there, and the rucksack was still under the seat. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“This is not a crime in the sense that you deal with every day or in the sense that Mr. Linton and I deal with every day. There’s no intent in any of this. “ A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

If you don’t believe me, try making sense out of this pile of words: Who do you think I saw the other day the Dalai Lama said my aunt Minnie. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sensed the conversation made little difference, that for a few moments we were safe from the world and we were loath to break the communication and go back to our rooms. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Judges tend to imagine the police have a sixth sense—or some kind of special police training—that qualifies them to identify people who are guilty of drug crimes without any evidence. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I could sense the happiness of couples holding first babies and the fortitude of Catholics accepting their ninth. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The relationship grew stronger as the game wore on and the sense of competition between them intensified. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Affirmative action may be counterproductive in yet another sense: it lends credence to a trickle-down theory of racial justice. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

All-round is better than all-around, in the sense of complete or rounded. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

That, I sense, is exactly what the Augurs will try to do. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

An editorial pleaded for the exercise of common sense as Wilson moved to declare war; another celebrated the recent extension of ferry service to the leeward side of the island. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Alec sucked in a short breath, and Mark sensed him tensing up. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It made sense, Khalid being born right in the middle of all that celebration. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Upstairs, in my room, I pulled all of his letters out of my desk drawer, looking for clues that might help make sense of everything. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Taryn gives me a hopeful look, as though I may come to my senses. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He felt in his hunger a deep sense of duty, as powerful as the urge to breathe, as intimate as the beat of his heart. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“My senses are black and unfeeling; my mind is dull and stupid. My hopes of advancement are dashed,” Hamlet said with bitterness. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

St. John’s eyes, though clear enough in a literal sense, in a figurative one were difficult to fathom. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

But government can make you feel so small and mean that it takes some doing to build back a sense of self-importance. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time since I started working on the case, everything we were struggling to achieve finally seemed to make sense. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“No sense at all. Not when there’s folks like lantha Wells needing help at her boardinghouse.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“You’re just saying that. You know I’m not. You can sense that much.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Maybe from the outside looking in it would seem crazy, but for me, it made total sense. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes, and my senses heightened. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

When I picked up Paradise Lost I could only remember it was about Adam and Eve and the Tree of Knowledge, but now I couldn’t make sense of it. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

And then he’d come to his senses and pushed the man out. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

About June, the unspoken knowledge that she only lives here to watch out for him, the quiet sense of guilt he carries when he can’t tear himself away. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I must have sensed the timing was right, for my grandparents had just returned from their trip, and the dictator's raids would begin. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The white man, sensing the change, the resentment, glared at me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were shooting skeet outside, and every time a gun was fired his senses were jarred. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The thing that makes no sense is that we’re pretty much on the path that Viola and I would’ve taken anyway, following the river, keeping back from the road, and heading east toward Haven. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He does not sense when police stop their train in the middle of the central Mexican desert. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

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

This singularity makes no sense in quantum mechanics or in general relativity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She felt such a stir of pity and gentleness for him that she almost reached out to touch his matted pelt, and only a sense of courtesy toward those cold ferocious eyes prevented ter. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

It made no sense for El Patron to lavish education on someone who was valued only for his spare parts. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there would also be times when I sensed the deepest truth about language and intimacy: Intimacy is not created by a particular language; it is created by intimates. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suppose it would make sense to combine the school bags, but like everything else in my life, I leave one at each house and switch which one I use every week. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

There are many, many types of books in the world, which makes good sense, because there are many, many types of people, and everybody wants to read something different. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I think he sensed it was a trap. I don’t know. He just knew something was off.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

If those police officers weren’t going to jail, then it made sense that the whole prison system was messed up. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

That made sense, but all I could say was “That’s a whole lot of it then.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And although he spoke genially enough, I sensed something—disappointment?—in his expression. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He sensed it without being able to finger it. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Young as I am, I face life with more courage and have a better and truer sense of justice than Mother. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“What, now I have no sense of humor?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Many parents liked what they saw in their children: the discipline, physical fitness, diligence, pursuit of excellence, pride in national heritage, and a sense of purpose. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The song of the cave, the song of the birds, the song of the rain My inner voice repeated Teresita’s instructions again and again, but nothing made any sense. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Aside from our complaints about the late-night welding, our families are generally amicable, but there’s always been a sense of polite tension when my parents deal with them. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

As if he could sense me staring, Justin looked up and waved. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Although many poor African Americans rejected the philosophies, tactics, and strategies of the black elite, ultimately moral uplift ideology became the new common sense. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But not even a sibyl could have made sense of those tiny scraps of paper. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

A surprising sense of calm eased his nerves; he let out a long sigh of relief. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

For all we know, the person behind this isn’t even a true racist, just a joker with a sick sense of humor. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

She senses when something is happening to me, and she moves quiedy around the apartment, making breakfast, cleaning up the place, or going out and leaving me to myself, without any questions. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Meera was going to climb right into this, Bran realized, with a sick sense of helpless terror. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There are others, but they don't make grammatical sense.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“That doesn’t make any sense,” Benji said instantly—not even bothering to think about it for five seconds. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing that makes any sense right then is my smashing jimmy snyder 's face. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

They could all swim, and they had good sense about water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped she would have the sense to run. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The incident alarmed and upset the household, and as Ophie carried the trays up and down the stairs she could sense a change in the air. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The events of the night were crowding around him now, without shape, without sense, but he knew they were there. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The rest of the room was crowded with the attachments that were the intermediaries between The Brain and the outside world—its voice, its arms, its sense organs. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Children will sense instantly that they cannot come into her yard to retrieve a ball. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Filled more with the sense of coming freedom than with generosity, I told him that he could have it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was strange to think of this woman as an assassin, but seeing her now, all of her oddities and faults made sense. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then she realized, or rather she sensed, that there was not going to be any pain. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Buck’s senses came back to him, but not his strength. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

But a sense of strangeness will not leave me, I cannot feel at home amongst these things. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both artists retained in their grown-up writing a sense of the fragility and potential pitfalls of close relationships. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

By now Big Ma had worn herself out scolding me in the names of our family and my lack of good common sense. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Smart girl. I thought you wanted to shut the hell up. No sense, kids these days.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It had been Jonas, as Leader, who saw through him, who sensed the deep evil in the man and insisted on his banishment. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Not if you have the good sense to stay low in the rankings,” Manet grumbled. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Richard Harwood, the Post's ombudsmen, eventually admitted the paper had lost “a proper sense of perspective” due to such a “hyperbole epidemic.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The boy agreed quietly, but he seemed to sense that something was wrong because he started crying. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to make sense of all this, and yet I recognized the voice. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure what I am most: embarrassed or freaked out or just knocked to my senses by seeing a forgotten blood relative. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Okay, so you do have some sense. So why do you spend all your time with them?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

And sometimes the left foot seemed to be leading, sometimes the right, which made no logical sense at all. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But there was no sense, no meaning at all. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The news directors must have sensed that their viewers liked Kwang’s youthful face, his grinning eyes, the tiny, new wrinkles. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just like Mr. Kennel couldn’t believe I had any sense in my head. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Adams sensed that it was not the true story, even doubted whether such a thing as a true story existed. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

A sense of dread trickled down Percy’s throat like cough syrup. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

HARRY: Bane told me he sensed a darkness around my son. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

He was a quiet young man who warmed his sense of failure to his bosom. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Trepid felt embarrassed that the girl could sense that she couldn’t afford the dress. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

And she heard about shared poems and anger and about how anger only makes sense when you’re stuck in the middle of it. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Some writers sense a subtle distinction in the focus of attention. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I doubt if anyone would claim to enjoy life at high altitudes— enjoy, that is, in the ordinary sense of the word. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

So she simply determined to pluck them out, willing into existence a work environment that conformed to her sense of herself and her place in the world. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I had regained a fragile sense of calm, and I left the bathroom carrying that calmness delicately, as if it were a china plate balancing on my head. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“But that wasn’t all. Everything made sense, like how upset you got about the protest and about Khalil. Not that that wasn’t stuff to get upset about, ’cause it was, but it—” He sighs. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Her love for her husband, and her protective sense as chief guardian of his presidency, pushed her beyond any doubts. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Her simplicity decorated us, her guilt sanctified us, her pain made us glow with health, her awkwardness made us think we had a sense of humor. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was too freaked out to make sense of it alb I leaped off Chiron’s back and ran toward the unconscious girl. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

On the contrary, orthodoxy in the full sense demands a control over one's own mental processes as complete as that of a contortionist over his body. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Gay sensed something was wrong and walked over to me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Something rustled as I tried to make sense of everything, and a small circular door I hadn’t noticed opened across the room. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

After I left Uriah’s side last night, I wandered the compound without any sense of direction. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

If I had had sense, I would have known what all the other children knew: The best defense against Buffo was invisibility. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Of course it doesn't make sense—feeling this way doesn't make sense. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The grilled cheese sandwiches were in the frying pan and I was slicing up a tomato when I sensed someone behind me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The problem of olfactory sensing shares some of the current puzzles and confusions of immunology, apart from the business of telling self from non-self. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You look good, cuzz. Finally. I’m glad you came to your senses,” Donna says to me as I reach her side. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

His torn side throbbed and the pain in his leg seemed to have affected his senses. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The categories are attractiveness, shared interests, funny/sense of humor, sincerity, intelligence, and ambition. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Ralph was an unusual partner for Karen, but she was in such serious decline that nothing she did made any sense to her friends and family. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And, yet, out of it all, over and above all that had happened, impalpable but real, there remained to him a queer sense of power. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘Common sense’, if we mean the practices which we think embody it, did not exist before the publication of Galileo’s Discourse on Floating Bodies in 1612. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I make sense of a stove I have never used before. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“It’s not about danger. It’s about fear. People are willing to trade their freedom, even for a false sense of protection.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Citra hesitated, then realized there was no sense in concealing it now. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate... we cannot consecrate ... we cannot hallow this ground. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Even without our Links connected, I sense a certain unease in him, something that turns his eyes distant, the same thing that made him break away from me that night at his home. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

That a girl so brittle and domineering should be brought this low by a couple of nine-year-old boys seemed wondrous to Briony, and it gave her a sense of her own power. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

My tears finally stop and I feel a strange sense of calm, the glassy surface of a lake once the wind stops. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

What could make more sense than the Gang of Five running on the same ticket together? The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Here, there is a plan that makes sense, one that’s been working as it has for eons. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It made all the sense in the world to me. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I felt more than anything was a sudden sense of responsibility. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Well, someone with sense better nursemaid the lot of you young rascals. Put my chair on the wagon, but mind you don’t scratch it.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a sense these infinitesimals were infinitely small, smaller than any positive number you could name, yet still somehow greater than zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The only one besides Constance who had the sense to see what was happening was Cornflower’s father. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Your entire sense of self-worth is predicated upon your belief that you matter, that you matter to the universe. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I could sense it, but I didn’t care. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The trip was also a chance to explore the family’s new sense of personal liberty. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t say anything, but she senses a shift, a softening. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She turned the words around and around in her mind, trying to make sense of them, but she kept coming to the same conclusion. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

A strange sense of excitement thrilled him, different from what he had felt when Dallben had presented him with the sword. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Now, as her senses returned, she took stock of her situation. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She was finally going home, to the last place where everything made sense. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They have a sense that love changes all things all the time. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He would jar them out of their senses. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And so, in a very real and frightening sense, pollution of the groundwater is pollution of water everywhere. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

In that sense they were no more than dogs or horses. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m spouting too much sense for you to understand,” Bast said testily. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

With a certain sense of pride, he would add, "experts," although I knew that was an exaggeration in my case. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Your senses are getting dull, Luke. Were being watched.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He picked them all up and then turned back to try and make sense of the fight outside. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It makes sense that their meat, milk, and eggs would be better for us. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

There was an intentness to everyone, an odd seriousness, and a sense of worry—unusual in Village—pervaded the atmosphere. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

There was no sense in it, thought the old man tiredly. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of his quiet strength communicated itself to Her terrible touch, and She sensed danger. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama was silent a moment, but we could all sense she had more to say. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get the sense that my abandonment, and the circumstances that brought me to them, matter little to them, compared to the need I might fill in their lives. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Even though I can’t see him, I sense, like me, Carlos freezes. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

He could be exasperating in his sense of destiny. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Some people have a sixth sense, and some are duds at it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In one sense it would be grossly unfair for them to learn the facts at the same time. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

But she was frozen in terror, her senses smothered by the sickly sweet smell. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In one sense we have launched into the Cosmos a direct transcription of the thoughts and feelings of a single human being in the month of June in the year 1977 on the planet Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They tore him limb from limb, and then, only then, the god restored their senses, and his mother saw what she had done. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beowulf’s request further increased Penelope’s sense of contentment. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

"I'll give you to Wednesday to get back to your senses." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t make enough sense for me to test it by ignoring him if I found him in trouble again—not that I could have ignored any child in trouble. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

In a sense, Mqhayi’s shift in focus was a mirror of my own mind because I went back and forth between pride in myself as a Xhosa and a feeling of kinship with other Africans. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I listened I had been so torn between humiliation and fascination that to lessen my sense of shame I had kept my attention riveted upon his intense face. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I now feel a sense of mission to win the championship,” he declared. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The insects did not buzz around us, perhaps because the kerosene lamp was not on or perhaps because they sensed the tension. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

People cannot live without this sense; they will do anything whatever to regain it. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Then he say something that really surprise me cause it so thoughtfiil and common sense. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel the tension in my shoulders release as an immediate sense of belonging settled over me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Roz could sense that Brightbill was struggling, and so she spent a lot of time talking with him about families and geese and robots. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

But the sign advertising the attractions upstairs doesn’t make much sense to him. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Inside, however, I felt a thrumming nervousness, that sense of inching perpetually farther out on a limb. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“We should sell the house,” Helen acknowledged once; but when Ralph continued the subject, his common sense seemed a cold box into which he could not ask her to place her heart. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she’s the impurity in him, the static in his signal that the bullies can sense. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, old clues, in a new light, made sense. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the smell of Miss Maggie’s soup restored him to his senses. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Lázaro’s stroke had left him with full movement of his body—: he could take care of himself for the most part—but this was the first time he’d made any sense in a year. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He squeezed her hand, though Hazel sensed nothing romantic in the gesture. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Harry could see what was funny this time: Professor McGonagall, with her hair in a tight bun, looked as though she had never let her hair down in any sense. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She missed her reckless good sense and her clear way of straightening out troubles. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some sixth sense warned Constance to get off the road to a hiding place. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I had nearly outgrown the shame and the guilt and the sense of unworthiness. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a sense, they took considerable pride in not having the dimmest understanding of what Hamilton was talking about. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“But it makes sense. Grandma grew up in an orphanage, right?” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

It was hard to make sense of things. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But such ideas failed to find favour, largely because they flew in the face of ‘common sense’. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

She could hardly make sense of what she was saying. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A flock of birds scurried through the broken roof as if sensing trouble. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I think he’s about to cry, which makes no sense at all. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

That last statement may seem a little odd, because most of us have a sense that everyone in the premodern world worked really hard. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Behind this act of his I sense embarrassment, an uncertainty about how far he can go with me, and in what direction. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The experience kindled something in him, that nagging sense he wasn’t yet doing enough. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

As if sensing his thoughts, Pima looked up from her work. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment she felt as if she could sense him. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, I figure you wouldn’t fall for a girl without a brain in her. And she’s got you running left and right chasing after her, so she must have a sense of humor.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

"But that assumption—a whole continent of patsies —simply didn't make sense." 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I sensed I was losing control of my writing. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

But layers of Mist enfolded Hazel, twisting her sense of reality. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But worse than all this was his sense of failure. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“It will all make sense once we find Virgil.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He’s always had a sixth sense for Deckers who will spend their final hours creating chaos. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Daddy said if we ever got a dog, he’d want to name it Ink, which makes sense now that I know he was a writer. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The winter rats—rusty brown $700 cars that everyone with sense drives from November until April— are rolling back into storage. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

His mouth was warm, and his lips were smooth, and Celaena lost all sense of time and place as she slowly kissed him back. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

To my delight I made sense of almost all the previously bewildering genetic crosses. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

She must have sensed the urgency because she agreed to meet me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was obviously broken, and he didn’t get the sense that this was what Hecate meant for them to find. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“We should just forget about it, because it makes perfect sense?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

If only she could have had some common sense, she would have been glad of his marriage, as such a connection would have been profitable for her and the children, too. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had the oddest sense that people might be able to see her secret. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The first thing I do is dig out my own glasses and put them on, which relaxes me a little, to have at least one of my hunter's senses working. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

With a sense of humor, he also told off-color stories to the students he befriended. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

There waren’t no sense in going back to the stable to try and free her and them Africans. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

There are shapes around you that sometimes make sense and sometimes don’t. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He made a face, hating his inability to sense where it was. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Johnny felt so intoxicated by the mere sound of the words that he hardly followed the sense. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Actually, most animals hate me. They can sense death. But there’s something about this city....” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“He knows how hot Kwang is running. John Kwang is a media darling, he is untouchable right now, and there is no sense trying to attack him.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plus, I had a strong sense that I needed to snap off my past in order to have a future. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

She sensed his nervousness in the tense set of his jaw as they approached Abba. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I thought surely you would have had sense enough to tell the officers that your mother was a gentile, that you would have aligned yourself to the greater being inside you. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Guenever was twenty-two as she sat at her petit point and thought of Lancelot She was not half-way to her coffin, not ill even, and she only had six senses. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered the dream of the mahalath, when the mist unmade her and all sense of physical being vanished, but for one thing, one solid thing: Lazlo’s hand gripping hers. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

For another, the story about his own discovery in the boat had filled him with excitement and with a sense of relief. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Walking in the streets with Pa or eating noodles with Ma at the shops, I would sense that we’d run into a certain person and we would. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was, to be charitable, a little awkward, and Turner kept sensing that Mrs. Newton was about to stick the steel point of her umbrella into any of the ladies who didn’t behave. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

It's as if the words make no sense. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

What sense could a man make of it? Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, I was still writing, but the marks on paper made less and less sense to me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

And worse is the false sense of security you get when you come up, only to be pushed right back under. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Wab, sensing a dark turn in the tale, tried to cut her off. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The sense of the meeting ran like this: military threat or no, if we are going to stop this agent, we’ve got to throw everything at it that we’ve got. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would close his eyes and with a blissful smile begin to move to his own sense of rhythm. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I came to Phoenix to talk some sense into you, to convince you to come back to Forks.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Their senses were doubly sharp, noticing every detail. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I could probably finish off the job by sense of feel but that may not be the smartest plan. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Moss wanted to call her now and have her come get him, and yet the thought filled him with a weird sense of shame. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The boy noted that there was a sense of fear in the air, even though no one said anything. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So wouldn’t it make more sense to work with the Negroes?” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is not, however, a technology in any real sense, since it does not involve measures directed at the underlying mechanism of disease. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I don’t say that an awful lot of people have this man’s sense of things. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, it’s pretty hideous, like, disrespectful to the senses. Where would you wear that, though?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Even his children sensed that, but he loved them and worked hard for them, and they loved him fiercely in return. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“We were just trying to make sense of those papers you and Mapper ganked this morning.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“There’s nothing so strange about weaving, but beyond that I can’t make any sense of what you say.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

And they might not acknowledge it, but they must sense the resentment that comes off me in waves. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

It’s the same seriousness I always see on his face, but this is the first time I feel a sense of foreboding from it, like it’s more than just the expression of a quiet creator. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And, slowly, it was upon exacdy that nothingness that my mind began to dwell, that constant sense of wanting without having, of being hated without reason. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped things might go more smoothly because I had a better sense of what to expect. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Koffi was massaging her temples, still trying to make sense of the words, when abruptly, she noticed something. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“She looked at me like I was a sea slug or something. Didn’t even answer. And then — I dunno — I just sort of came to my senses and ran for it.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It’s designed to give the patients a sense of freedom and open air in the midst of claustrophobic sterility. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“It’s too bad,” Father observed, “that you have to appeal to their sense of greed.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had enough experience on the coast to have the sense of it. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

O silent indications of the inevitable, as among the natural restraints of winter and good sense, life blows you apart in her arms. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Or—he realized with a quickening sense of dread—he could do what any true soldier would do. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He raised his fists and looked toward Carter, sensing that something was wrong. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chances are, if something you’re reading doesn’t make sense, it’s not your fault—it’s the writer’s. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annoyed by this sense of effeminate intrigue I got off the platform and lost myself in the mob, crouching and slouching somewhat to do so. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She accused him of nothing, but more and more he sensed her distance, her dissatisfaction, her distraction. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was also a strange, cone-shaped, extremely fine mesh net—a foot across at the mouth and tapering to a point, and perhaps eight feet long—that made no sense to David at all. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It made me mad that the bear wasn’t afraid of me. I wanted to destroy anything that defied me. Does that make sense?” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

For the next three years, businesses slowly and steadily bought more and more faxes, until, in 1987, enough people had faxes that it made sense for everyone to get a fax. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

To her it didn’t make much sense for him to stay here. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

At that moment, I sensed that Rose, who had been sitting in the corner quiedy, was staring at us. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

"Out of a sense of my destined role," Mr. Norton said shakily. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what is the sense in forever speculating what might have happened had such and such a moment turned out differently? The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The television crew means to provide a sense of heightened jeopardy by releasing smoke bombs and adding gunfire sound effects. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It would have taken a personal loss to penetrate my sense of well-being. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Due to his ear and his almost maniacal sense of discipline, I always thought my father would have made an excellent musician. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

To him and his companions, sensing and acting was second nature; but these rabbits had never had to act to save their lives or even to find a meal. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now the others began to act out, and the sense of justice and desire for equal rights that Mommy and my father had imparted to us began to backfire. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he admitted he had used no sense in looking for a new job. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. Just the tapes. But it didn’t make any sense because Hannah and I have third period together and she was at school that day.” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“Too much sense for her own good, I’d say, but at least she wouldn’t give you trouble. She’s had that Franklin fellow to teach her a few things.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

As I think back to that way of life now so distant, I feel a sense of longing, particularly for my grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how I didn’t sense his presence before now. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The situation wasn’t serious; he just needed to talk some sense into his son. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

With their sonarlike senses, the brothers had discovered a low wall of reinforced concrete—it had sounded hard—and pulled Melina behind it just as the bomb exploded. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Joe remembered years later that a sense of calm had come over him that evening. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But immediately the wave floods over me anew, a mingled sense of shame, of remorse, and yet at the same time of security. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

This normal-sounding request seemed to bring the man to his senses, and a shudder passed over him, as if he were waking from a dream. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Cole strained upward with his opened beak as his senses drifted back into the real world of pain. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I nod my head like this make sense. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Just like before, I have the sense that something lies in wait. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“What do you want me to say? The Ridge people don’t like visitors. And if they sense for one second that their homes are under attack, they’ll send out every warrior they have.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, it all made sense—the nausea, the dizziness, the feeling of being heavy and lethargic. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under the moon’s besotted gaze, she ran deep into the jungle, her body strong, her every sense heightened. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Such prolonged standoffs would not be necessary, however, for he sensed that his time in Chicago was nearing an end. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I sat down on a bench to wait for Ruthanne and to try to make some sense of this town my dad and I had grown up in. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

After I said it, I realized that, yeah, it actually makes perfect sense that they know each other. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Not in a suicidal sense. In the sense that I didn’t deserve to enjoy my life.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But I could sense her watching me as I added the macaroni and cheese ingredients to the grocery list and put the notepad back in its spot. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Enclosed in several layers of brown paper was a strange, official- looking document, which at first she could make no sense of, and a letter in a strange hand. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

But in a physical sense war involves very small numbers of people, mostly highly trained specialists, and causes comparatively few casualties. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

This transfer made sense: Toussaint seemed combustible, and getting him out of Sing Sing would help to defuse gang tensions. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Kalends of July. At least the deadline makes sense now.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When I finally regain enough sense, I roll the leg back and forth on the ground, which stifles the worst of it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

But when she saw that scar, it was like her sense of the lighted world had boiled over all at once, rushing over her, revealing images, stories...or were they memories? The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“But we don’t have no roller rinks round here, Binks. So it don’t make much sense to get skates.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

"That doesn't make sense. There's no shore anywhere near here." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Even though lots of stuff doesn’t make sense, I still think He’s up there. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“That’s why you didn’t want to be around her. Especially why you didn’t want to be around...him. It makes total sense.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

While the others talked, I turned my focus inward, trying to sense the hollows. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Not in the sense that counts to me at the moment, which is financial. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

His list ends up at sixteen, four of which are put-downs of Italians, which doesn’t even make sense because Skeezie doesn’t have an ounce of Italian blood in him. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I have the sense that, like one of a pair of bookends, he is incomplete by himself. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Spaulding proved more than equal to the task; his business sense rivaled that of Buck Duke. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Jake’s words are still in my ears, but they don’t make any sense. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

His brow was furrowed now, but he spoke up rather more quickly than was customary under the circumstances, as though he sensed that Franny, his old co-panelist, had caught him at it. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He was torn between his loyalty to his family and friends, and his sense of guilt and responsibility for what was happening to the eight of us. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is a delicacy and gentleness to Chopin’s music, though, that represents the final curtain call of the age of elegance and gracefulness, of sense and sensibility. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

What is pertinent is the calmness of that beauty, its sense of restraint. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

They hadn’t scrapped like this in years, since they were boys, and with a sudden sense of relief Moody laughed again even as Trip socked him in the stomach and they toppled onto the floor. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

People had a curious way of double-talking around things, saying the opposite of what common sense would dictate. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Ah, I sense your confusion,” said Mr. Benedict. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Tears of misery rose in Lupita’s eyes as she sensed a dark truth. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

For a little bit, I would’ve put my head on her shoulder, but I sensed that would be going too far. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

"That's how I know Mr. Jefferson," he explained, which made a lot more sense to me now. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Only Ma Charles and Miss Trotter could get themselves riled over things that made sense only to them. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Back in the Honeycomb, Groundsel immediately surrendered himself and his fugitives to Fiver, who was still bemused from his long trance, and scarcely restored to his senses sufficiently to grasp what was toward. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hmm...I mean, you do have a beautiful speaking voice, so it makes sense that you’d have a beautiful singing voice.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I was now with boys and girls who were studying, fighting, talking; it revitalized my being, whipped my senses to a high, keen pitch of receptivity. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He suggested that when elements were arranged by weight they appeared to repeat certain properties–in a sense to harmonize–at every eighth place along the scale. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Someone with a sense of humor had written words in big letters on that ramp. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It came with illusions that befuddled the mind and heightened the senses. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Hazel, how exactly were you tracking Nico? I mean, could you just sense him nearby because he was your brother?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It’s filled with language that makes no sense to me. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She has a peculiar way of looking at most things, but every once in the while she makes sense. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I looked through them all now with a sense of dismay, as you might a series of compromising pictures of a loved one. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

No doubt, she was feeling a certain sense of guilt as the two of us watched from our window my fathers figure down below. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The sharp pain I have inside me is now just a heavy sense of sadness that aches low in my chest. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

When I recovered my senses, the teacher handed me a white, sealed envelope, and told me not to open it, but to give it to my parents. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the crowd swelled around the circle, any remaining sense of individual responsibility fell away. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Only a sense of the solidarity and fighting ability of Mack and the boys saved them from some kind of reprisal. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It also tended to eat slowly away at my sense of justice. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The breathlessness of the air was growing as they climbed; and now they seemed often in the blind dark to sense some resistance thicker than the foul air. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

As they passed on through the village square, meeting and chatting with the villagers, Pong's senses were dialed all the way up. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She's ten now, and not such a tiny little kid any more, but she still kills everybody--everybody with any sense, anyway. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

This is something I know, or maybe just think I know, because it makes no sense at all. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Harry lost any sense of where they were: Streetlights above him, yells around him, he was clinging to the sidecar for dear life. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Julia was an ambitious woman and clearly a very beautiful one, but she would come to her senses in short order. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I want him to help me make sense of that, to explain it, to help me prove that when things like this happen, they happen for a reason. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was costing him every bit of determination he had to keep talking, yet he sensed that once he had finished, he would feel better. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He was admired by traditional leaders, had relationships with cabinet ministers, and exuded a sense of security and confidence. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could sense that just from one touch. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The inflammation round his wound, he sensed, was growing, and the skin was becoming tighter, harder, with something, not blood, leaking out of it onto his shirt. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

"I don't know how to say it exactly. Only . . . I want to die as myself. Does that make any sense?" he asks. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Even in the depths of his madness a little common sense still flickered, and he looked at her sharply, almost as if he suspected her of sarcasm. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I watched the little monkeys practice jumping from tree to tree or watched the curious eyes of a deer that sensed my presence. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But I think to fully understand how things came to be as they are, it helps to get a sense of the history. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

And then it would be such a simple matter to set down my findings and lean back comfortably with a fine sense of having discovered truths and taught them to my readers. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Park wanted to shake her, to shake through to her—she wasn't making any sense. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It was engagingly well-written, with a sense of irony and a nearly wicked wit, and it was strikingly self-aware for a nineteen year old. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in another sense, I didn’t understand it as meaning anything at all. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“If you knew this park like I do, none of this makes any sense.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

As the lightning ceases and the blood rain begins just to the right of it, her words suddenly make sense. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It made sense the way she said that. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clearly, the force must in some sense be inverse—that is, declining with distance. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is why we keep statistics in sports, and why it makes sense to do a computer analysis of all the factors that go into diagnosing heart attacks. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The purpose of this music is to create a sense of glorious beauty and ethereal godliness, to show off how rich the blending of choral voices could be. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Even though their reading scores don’t indicate that they’re “smart” in the conventional sense, it’s amazing how savvy they are. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He had run out of words, and he was filled with a vast sense of helplessness. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Whenever I walked into the Store in the afternoon, I sensed that it was tired. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Poppy had told Liyana she would like him because he had a good sense of humor, but she hadn’t had a chance to meet him yet. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

"If the queen has any sense, she'll accept my terms. If not, I'll make her rue the day she refused me." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It is civilized, in the truest sense of that word: it does not permit insensitivity or indifference. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

And then, all of a sudden, it made perfect sense. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her life, however, was a model of America’s great love affair with mobility, in every sense. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

For everything in the universe to be governed by ratios, as the Pythagoreans hoped, everything that made sense in the universe had to be related to a nice, neat proportion. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

When I first heard of this new restriction, I felt a brief sense of freedom. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

With his keen sense of the ship, the old man was probably listening to every word they said. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Every crew member called greetings and well wishes, and Jesper could sense Inej perking up with every cheer of “The Wraith returns!” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I should have sensed him there—I’m supposed to be so good at reading a room. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Will one or the other of you make sense?” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

He looks at their faces as if he can predict what will become of them, and in one sense he can, since teachers write thorough notations in their students' Party record books. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

All his uncertainty had disappeared, and his steady eye and voice plainly revealed the core of strength that Kit had always sensed beneath his gentleness. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

In order to make sense of people’s cola judgments, we need to first decide which of those two reactions most interests us. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

And so she listened on, listening for so long that some of what Ralph had to say almost made sense. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Already, I could tell something was going on, sensing a different-from-normal level of activity on the ground floor of the White House. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He was standing stock-still now, and Lyra slipped off his back, knowing that his senses needed to cast around freely. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Hope and pray,” I said, pushing away a sense of dread. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I sensed that it was all as much for her as it was for her children. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe it’s just something to keep the Wives busy, to give them a sense of purpose. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dog sensed excitement and wanted to take part. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It made no sense—when she’d entered the woods she hadn’t heard it at all, and it had gotten louder as she approached it. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

At the top, she stands; she has the sense of a long slope-walled space pressed beneath the gable of the roof. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The words aren’t even making sense anymore; it’s just a place to keep my eyes until I can look up. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

As we walk down the hall, I have the distinct sense that we’re leaving a tiny, crumbling world behind us. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

There was cold fury in every line of the ancient face; a sense of power radiated from Dumbledore as though he were giving off burning heat. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

My mind struggles to make sense of the conversation, of the fact that it’s taking place between Plutarch Heavensbee and Finnick. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

In other words, punctuation keeps sense on the rails. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

She went to church that Sunday with a renewed sense of purpose. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

In a certain sense, Hall’s Adventure Consultants compound served as the seat of government for the entire Base Camp, because nobody on the mountain commanded more respect than Hall. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

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

Mama would have slapped me for not having any sense, and so, I think, would Mrs. Diamant. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The words flew out so fast, I wasn’t sure that they made any sense. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

"Why did she keep running from the places she was safest, Christoffel? I just need some of these pieces to make sense." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“And there’s no sense in getting something you’ll outgrow in a month. I think it’s fine.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she sensed some sounds that told her that the museum was not yet empty. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Morality, as well as the sense of taste, is relative,” Obiora said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

It made all the sense in the world. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

A sense of jittery anticipation had filled the warm tent, the general murmuring broken by occasional spurts of excited laughter. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Fine. I am Kelly the All-Wonderful and Mostly Knowing. I will try to sense your problem.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

But my sense of the country was that relatively few people were ready to make the sacrifices to join the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I watched her swallow I sensed a great pleasure. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like she had some extra sense. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a sense of relief, Mrs. Richardson had gone down to the mailbox and found a set of keys on a plain ring, with no note. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I sighed, sensing that we weren’t going to get anywhere right then. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A breaking and entering when even the senses are torn apart. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt a strange sense of having passed a test, graduated to a new level of maturity. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

When they dismissed Archimedes as irrelevant they thought common sense was on their side; and their own experience of the world corresponded exactly to their claims. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Even as my first- term exams approached, even when we started to do class reviews, the words still made no sense. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was no longer sensing the left-behind residue of a hollow, but the active presence of one. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I was a bit taken aback, and while I was pleased at her sense of commitment and admired her courage, I was also wary. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Striding swiftly over the meadow some sixth sense told Cluny that all was not right. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I trotted out about a million different scenarios, but none of them made any sense. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

A whole lot about the women that used to be but nothing that makes any sense, cuz drunk Noise is like a drunk man: blurry and boring and dangerous. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“That makes sense to me. Hey, what do you want to do tonight, Ben? Go to the Shack?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Cut them both off. He fought. Strong boy, even if he didn’t show much sense. The judge’s son hit him, and he struck back. And he said some things he shouldn’t have said.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was that sense of calm and warmth. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The way she says “you’re” makes my stomach drop, as if it makes more sense that anyone else in the world would go in the Ring except for me. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I was aware of a sense of freedom, as though I had no responsibilities at all. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But at the same time if he was really schizophrenic like I thought, it would make mad sense, right? We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

So however questionable they may seem on intellectual principle, those great oxymorons—“common sense” and “received wisdom”—are profoundly important in persuasion. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

When she took off her coat, Mrs. Attison and her sixth sense of decorum caught sight of Aileen’s dress from across the room. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

What most afflicted him with the sense of nightmare was that he had never clearly understood why the huge imposture was undertaken. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The sense of deep understanding that alcohol sometimes gives was on him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And it brought a newfound sense of pride to black Americans. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

"My sense," wrote one, "is that Jupiter will swallow these comets up without so much as a burp." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“The only person that made any sense in the dream was Professor Tupper. I mean he was the only person that was there that I know really detests me.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

When we left the city, we lost our factions, our sense of purpose. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have the sense to apply for more than one job at a time and I never even heard back from them. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

There was a sense of trust and friendship between the players and their coach, but there was also tension and long silences. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The elder Mr. Hickock, wearily wagging his head, again and again murmured, “No sense. Just no sense having a trial.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made sense, given what they’d all been through at their hands. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The only move that made sense was to kill me and take me out of the running. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I tried frantically to collect my senses, but I could remember nothing. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sight confirmed what her other senses told her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It made sense, surely, to see if the twins were there, fooling about with the hoses, or floating facedown in death, indistinguishable to the last. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Nearby, at Logan Regional Hospital, Trooper Rindlisbacher was also having trouble making sense of the events. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

For the first time, I sensed this might be my last move. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Middle Tennessee State was Dill’s first choice, because of their music recording programs and Lydia’s sense of where Dill might thrive. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m so happy for you, Melody! You really needed this! And, yes, we’re gonna have to find a day so you can teach me some fashion sense!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Mom glares at me and then peers around the room, as if she’s trying to make sense of it all. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He didn’t have to look up to sense that Jordan was there. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

The only words I knew were bad ones, bad in the sense of telling me that I was bad. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I lay listening as the sound flowed to and around me, bringing me a calm sense of my indebtedness. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It all makes more sense now and yet is only more confusing. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I was not happy in any way that would make sense to most people, but I was, for the first time in my life, deeply content with what life was giving me. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

My initial instincts, conjured up by my visit, seemed to have been correct: Dean O’Neill had graciously made time for me and heard me out, and then common sense had prevailed. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There's a small sense of relief in making this decision, even if it's the opposite of what I want. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Fadi’s breath caught in his throat, and a sense of sadness wafted over him. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Tom Paine, for example, claimed that it was simply a matter of common sense that an island could not rule a continent. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Then he say something that really surprise me cause it so thoughtful and common sense. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Disapproval and condescension no longer apply, so what outlook makes sense? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, one could instantly get a sense of the overall shape and slope of the mountain. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

But as he lay there on the cool stones, Jason felt a sense of incompleteness. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

More bronze wires shot from the orb, intuitively sensing what Leo needed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It grew, until almost it seemed to them that smell was the only clear sense left to them, and that was for their torment. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, my brother had neither the good sense nor the self-control to do the same. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

So it made sense to Rush, Hodge, and Foulke that the putrid-smelling air could upset people enough to cause an outbreak of violent, fatal fevers. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“So this is the face you decided would be beautiful. This is the face that made sense to you.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Though Bear tried to wear his customary cheerful face, I sensed that there was unease on his part, too. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Regardless of Lilya’s fashion sense, the bottom line was that her feet needed to be protected from the below-zero Russian winter cold. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Citra tried to picture a map and get a sense of how far from home she was, but just trying to imagine it made her head spin again. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Soldiers had been stationed on each step of the broad stone staircase; they seemed to have lost their senses. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When musicians talk about ear, they don't mean the sense organ itself so much as the brain's ability to perceive, distinguish, and understand what the ear has heard. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

And I hoped Nigel had had the sense to get the pencil off the table. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

An article written exclusively for the Saturday Evening Post after the bombing captured the president’s reaction this way: “President Kennedy, echoing the national temper, said he felt a ‘deep sense of outrage and grief.’” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Dust? I guess you mean it in some other sense than the dust on the roads. No, I never did. But look! There’s a troop of angels now....” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Donald was dead, but Ridgeway wanted to get a sense of the man’s operation if he could, to understand the workings of the larger conspiracy. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“I think that makes a whole lot of sense.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“You may have a skull full of brains, but, again, Albert...no sense,” Keisha says. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

This time, I got a new kind of twinge in my gut, ever so faint, as if a hollow had been here and gone, and I was sensing its residue. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I don’t move a muscle, afraid he’ll sense me and realize he has a witness. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

If Alyssa and company had any sense, they would have run as soon as I took the spotlight off her, just as the blond kid’s “friends” had. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She eyes the gown I wear greedily, and I get the sense that she’s including herself in that group. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She had no sense of where she was or how she’d gotten there, but she did know two things. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then who or what, I asked myself, had caused the sound that had brought me to my senses? Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I have the sense of emerging from a world of dark, haunted places where I traveled alone.. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Miss Mallory had a Talent for matching orphans to families—she felt a tug, deep in her chest, she said, when she sensed that two people truly belonged together, and she just knew. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t really make sense. Delicious totally depends on the person eating. the food.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The intense bonding and the sense of exhilaration that results from it are what many oarsmen row for, far more than for trophies or accolades. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It must have made sense to Dumbledore, though, because he put it back in his pocket and said, “Hagrid’s late. I suppose it was he who told you I’d be here, by the way?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I had a sense of losing control of the car and slammed on the brakes in the middle of the road, then apologized and drove on. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never understood how the Senor managed to convey a sense of dignity, majesty even, considering his stick-rickety, see-through skeleton and the ridiculous, leathery crumple of hide about his foot, his fallen britches. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Alice in Wonderland—a book about living in a world where nothing makes sense made perfect sense to me. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

But he must have sensed me hesitate, because he said, “Alter, about that man you were talking about, you say a boy was found at his slaughterhouse?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

What story they’d tell themselves to make sense of my disappearance. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

After seeing it, Michelangelo is said to have praised Titian’s coloring and style but criticized his sense of design. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She deliberates—and just when I sense that I’ve reached that tipping point where her emotions and better judgment teeter ever so precariously, I give her the gentle tap that ensures which way she’ll fall. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t sure what was chasing him, but he sensed it closing fast—something large and dark and full of hate. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I woke groggy from lack of sleep but still feeling the sense of exhilaration, and was eager to get to school to share the joy with my friends. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

My dad thankfully had the common sense to send me to the bank after I turned eighteen so I could get a debit card. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I honor his courage, his career, his achievement, his sense of duty, his love of flight, and his love of the Corps. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Ebola experiments were not a success in the sense that the drugs had no effect on the virus. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not even my mother, although she has this “Mom sense” that knows I understand stuff. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The ladies’ room at Sickler’s was almost as large as the dining room proper, and, in a special sense, appeared to be hardly less commodious. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

It was as though some of her senses had been dulled, but others had been sharpened. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

One thing was certainly true: Something did paralyze your sense of smell in this place, because Matt no longer noticed the foul air. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sense of triumph in lording Breanna over Coop lasted twenty-seven minutes before the guilt set in. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Reynie, alone in the room now, was trying to make sense of what had happened. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Many members of Parliament recognized the same change in the “sense of the nation.” Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

When music is organized into beats, it makes sense to write it down that way. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

One that I know nobody else will be bringing to the stage on Thursday night because it’s not usually considered, you know, a talent in the traditional sense. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

There was practically no one on those teams born after September 1, which doesn’t seem to make any sense. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“It just...it doesn’t make sense to me, okay? That’s all.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He said it wasn’t the time for me to become his wife, in the sense used by the Congolese. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most common were the crisp nguka caterpillars, favorite snack of Anatole’s schoolboys, which resembled small twigs and were impossible to see until I learned to sense their particular gray curve. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She used her other senses—listening for the echo of open spaces, feeling for cross-breezes against her face, sniffing for any scent of danger—smoke, or poison, or the stench of demons. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It made no sense ... no sense at all. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Jim was playing not to individual egos but to a common sense of humanity, purpose, and urgency. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“But then—” ‘You stuffed me in that niche but didn’t have the sense to hold on to it yourself.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, some scholars have felt this makes no sense. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

A bitter, mean-spirited man with too great a sense of his own worth. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He was the one who figured out she was pregnant—she hadn’t known enough to make sense of the changes happening to her body. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Yes, of course,” he said, though I got the sense that Vern did not recognize my dad. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

But he’s in a rush, and I have a sense that those two words are all Rhiannon’s going to get. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

It seems pointless to maintain that Aristotle and his followers were deficient in common sense, or deficient in experience of how the world goes. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

According to Adams, the Revolution succeeded because of its ties to the past, which meant that, in the Jeffersonian sense, it was not really a revolution at all. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

In a sense this is the problem I’ve been concerned with all my life. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It had a deep and abiding sense of place and history, so unlike the town, where not even the origin of the name itself could be vouched for with any confidence. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

To which the father had snapped, "If you can't talk sense then shut up." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

She did not interrupt, and soon she was listening, first out of politeness—for courtesy was the first of her civilized senses to return—and then out of interest, genuine interest. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

She’d always thought of dragons as being ancient somehow, but a child dragon made sense. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Plagued by a sense of sin, did she feel that Fard’s accusations had weight? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He shook his fists at them and told them that he wanted to get away from Earth; anybody with any sense wanted to get away from Earth. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He failed because his detection apparatus was not capable of sensing neutrons and positrons—that was an understandable oversight, for neither particle yet had been discovered. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Now, with the passing of the woman who lived there longest and loved him best, the house was feeling a peculiar sense of loss. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I said, “I bet if this kid sticks by me I could get some sense in his head.” Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “I fell down, ma’am, ’cause the Lord give me the good sense to know when enough is enough.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

But everything about him—his sense of command, a confidence that betrays how often he comes here, the fact that there is nothing, nothing I can read about him—makes my heartbeat quicken. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Not only was it nice to reconnect with my friends at the foundation, but it brought back some sense of regularity to my life. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“The jogger’s mouth” made no sense to me, and searching turned up nothing except for a bunch of people jogging with their mouths open. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Though this made no scientific sense, it seemed to work. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Their bodies began to make sense to him, and it was not as difficult as he had thought it would be. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

As time went on and I became very familiar with the lesson material, I felt a great sense of accomplishment. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I wanted adults to make sense of the world. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

If, in fact, we had been setting a trap for her, I bet she'd have sensed it and avoided the berries. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“It creates a sense of place, a sense of personal history. Pleasure, even, Cadence. Have you ever heard of pleasure?” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Why didn’t I have the good sense to at least dress up for this thing? Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

"Especially the lies. Lord Petyr, I sense that you are unhappy with me." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Of the five senses, tigers rely the most on their sight. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Freckles the bartender refills my Sprite, without me even asking, and throws a cherry on top, probably because he senses I’m about to lose it and am in need of something sweet. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

When Alex opened his eyes, he was surprised by his sense of calm. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It never made sense to me why tryna DO something with myself made me some kind of race-traitor to these guys, but some of the stuff Trey said tonight really got to me. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It had almost sounded like “a walk in amber,” but of course that didn’t make any sense. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I sense in him none of the animosity I used to sense in men, even in Luke sometimes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was true, what he had earlier sensed, that Trademaster was inhuman. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

There was no sense of how to direct it. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Sam had fallen to his knees by Frodo’s head, his senses reeling in the foul stench, his two hands still gripping the hilt of the sword. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

We sensed that the end was near; the real end. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

After spending the day with fire in my legs, stretching made so much more sense now. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t make sense, but I suppose in my new world, it does. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Then he had come to his senses—after nine days God gave him the power to tell her this thing could not be. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

With the first rays of sunlight, Blanca would regain her good sense and control of her nerves. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, he could sense that she was sleeping. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

There is more traffic in this section of the Silk Road, a jumble of anonymous users crowding into alleys and in front of doorways, creating the sense of a night market. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

That is an incredibly radical — and in some sense unbelievable — idea. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That don’t make no sense, that don’t make no sense atall. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“OK, fine. You can still see him, but you have to get some sense into you. You understand?” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Not the common sense of a quill pig ’mongst the lot of them. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

That made no sense, even to her, but it’s the way things were. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I started to speak, but Strauss, who must have sensed what I was going to say, stood up and put his arm on my shoulder. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It made him feel alive and gave him a heightened sense of the value of himself. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs Phelps was more stunned than ever, but she had the sense not to show it. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was some time before Cluny could get any sense out of them. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

But they peered at her anxiously over their shoulders as they tiptoed out of her bedroom, as if they sensed that she was different now from what she had been before. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spoke, but I couldn’t make sense of what he said, nor did I stay to listen. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Boy,” he cried, “ain’t you got good sense? Don’t you know you ain’t got no business to be out here, walking around like this?” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

My thoughts were a bit hazy, and I sensed my voice was a little slurred. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Soon, more windows will be broken, and the sense of anarchy will spread from the building to the street on which it faces, sending a signal that anything goes. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The potent, strong fragrance of happiness still bloomed in him, the sense of being—for the first time in his dull life—useful. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

But his sense of caution did not prevent him from making immediate and dramatic changes to combat the Red Scare. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“Most likely she is having a vision of the Lord. They come upon her and sometimes she loses her senses. She will recover without our aid.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Suddenly it didn’t make any sense at all to stay on here till next week, when all we had to do was leave. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The new doctrines arose partly because of the accumulation of historical knowledge, and the growth of the historical sense, which had hardly existed before the nineteenth century. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Any upheaval in the universe is terrifying because it so profoundly attacks one’s sense of one’s own reality. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

We jump from one of these chunks to another, pausing — or fixating — on them long enough to make sense of each letter. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our subjective sense of the direction of time, the psychological arrow of time, is therefore determined within our brain by the thermodynamic arrow of time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when I came to my senses, there was Bigwig. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cannot quite believe what I am about to say, even as I know it’s the conclusion that makes sense. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It’s okay that we didn’t collect souvenirs or that we never had time to pull it all together in a way that made sense to anyone else but us. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Each brought with it a sense of unassailable loss, a great burden hurtling towards her, and she wished she could duck, lower herself so that it would bypass her, so that she would save herself. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The brief sense of home I had that one night with Rue has vanished. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It made no sense to leave so much good meat to rot. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Even the children who didn’t know what today’s lesson was ’bout sensed something waren’t right and started looking at one the ’nother all nervous and worrisome. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, you’re right for once. Nobody with any sense would call that stick a girl” Brenda pushed her face right into his and grinned the.word “girl” through her big painted lips. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I would like to think that I might have sensed the level of Harold’s despair. But maybe not. Maybe it would have happened anyway.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

And Kino gripped the handle of the big working knife and took a sense of protection from it. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered whether she used “we” in the royal sense, or if she meant that Maxim’s grandmother and herself were one. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When I tried to make sense out of all that, it seemed like the Bible was right. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

What saves him is that you never get the sense that he’s showing off. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I have your letter, it doesn’t make sense not to tell you. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

As I grasped onto the leather hoop hanging from the rods overhead, my skin prickled with the disquieting sense of being watched. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But, often, some little part of that suppressed emotion—such as the sense that I’m really unhappy even if I deny it—leaks out. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Furthermore, it suddenly made sense to her that at least one person in the family should get the full effect of the maple sugar. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The cat must have sensed this general failing, for he now walked steadily beside the dogs, very close to his tottering old friend, and uttered plaintive worried bleats. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the faces of the people around us, I could see a universal expression, among the young and old—a look of hopelessness, a sense of resignation. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It made no sense to me, and I even wondered how Nazis could believe such contradictions themselves. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

It makes sense that the neighborhood guys without dads flock to Martel. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Shoveling railroad snow. Well that makes sense, we always did that the first term.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could be lighthearted and jokey, but he never strayed far from a larger sense of obligation. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“They got better sense than to get bit by a snake. Only stupid people let snakes bite them.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Still and all, common sense tells you this much: everwhat makes a wheel run over a track will make it run over a boy if’n he’s in the way. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The sheer noisiness of them, of their heavy boots, and loud voices, buzzed on by their sense of urgency, ricochets through the quiet hush of the hospital and breathes some life into the place. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The letters we exchange are filled with hope and longing and a vague sense of the importance of the mission of the American troops. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I could not make sense of this Janus-faced husband who spoke false and true at once. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

In one sense, it threw me off balance. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The other room was dark, but I sensed something was going on in it. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

And then they lost their edges altogether and became blurry blankety things that she had a great deal of trouble making any sense out of at all. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

She sensed by the set of her brother’s shoulders that he felt the same. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

It was a sense of loyalty to his country that went beyond the man seated at the table. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It gave the older ones the sense that they were in charge, when in actuality it was Mommy who ruled the world. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if you must use a cliche, why not word it in a way that makes physical sense? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I kept silent, sensing that Jarvas was provoking me into saying something that might give him an excuse to stab me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tangled up on the floor, Chess couldn’t make sense of anything. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Helmholtz Watson listened with a certain sense of discomfort. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got such comfort and satisfaction out of licking and cleaning his fur that he had a sense of intrusion if he wasn’t alone. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The scene was such as could only inspire us with a greater sense of the remarkable majesty of Nature. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Its rolling periods, its fine orotundities, its balanced pairs, and its vivid sense of how history pivoted on this moment, on these men ... it was a tour de force. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

He was half reclined and it wasn’t long before he had drunk himself back into his deep slumber, trusting in the shackles and the sleeping forms of young people for his sense of security. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Fix anything. Could sense what ailed a car. Good with his hands. And he could sing. Sang the old-timey songs while he worked. Lord, he could sing. You take after him that way, son?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

His gravel-rough voice was low, but she sensed real menace in it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He left his hood down to let his head and senses remain exposed to the air. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Somehow, I kept him from getting a shot at the hilt of my sword My senses opened up. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

After I hear from the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Reginald’s promise of escape begins to make more sense. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t lack of passion she was sensing. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to know who the men were, too, but even if I knew the answer, it still wouldn’t make any sense. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I was aware of a growing sense of horror, of horror turning to despair. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re not making sense,” he says, and then he notices the tears in my eyes and adds, “You okay?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

A series of unresolved dissonances26 , on the other hand, can produce a sense of unresolved tension. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The Lowell Observatory, as you will recall, was a bit of an oddity thanks to Percival Lowell’s obsession with Martian canals, which in the 1910s made it, in every sense, an outpost of astronomical endeavor. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Supernovae do much more than simply impart a sense of wonder. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

My mom would have said that she “had her Irish up,” and since she was Irish, I could sense that she was a little dangerous. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“But seriously, it makes no sense. I don’t understand why Logan would do that! Like, just because of a class discussion, he had to make it personal? Like totally mean. I didn’t deserve that!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Laney crawled around the floor, traversing a path that made sense only to her. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Taken by Surprise, Jonathan tripped and fell, instantly covering his head with his arms to ward off the blow he sensed was to follow. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

But Thomas rolled over and refused to say another word, worried he’d mess up this new sense of being encouraged, eradicate the reassuring calm that filled his heart. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It simply didn’t make any sense to the Greeks. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

A soldier in a Biafran Army uniform and a helmet walked past them, speaking a mangled Pidgin English that made little sense, his voice too loud. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Hannah led the conversation, as though to smooth the air, her voice calming, bringing up subjects they would all agree on, changing to something else if she sensed a looming disagreement. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

That surprised Dicey, and, sensing his concern, she was grateful to him, for the first time in all the time in Bridgeport, truly grateful. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lorren was unreadable, but I sensed his disapproval rather than seeing it on his face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Will and I walk with no sense of purpose. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She wondered why they didn’t have the sense to verify the newsflashes by switching to a different station. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Thus the coffee break is a rest in many senses. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a minute, I can feel it: the sense of peace as my mind goes quiet, like I’m already dead. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“That makes sense, with Mr. Griswold being a publisher and all.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

For the first time, my grandfather’s last words began to make a strange kind of sense. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe Jordan's slap had made her come to her senses. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most, he was beginning to dread the curtain that might waver in his brain, blacking out the sense of danger, making a simpleton of him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

If I had had the sense that God gave sheep, I would have made my escape at that moment. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Horse, sensing something he could not understand, began to get nervous. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The words simply didn’t make sense together: Friendly face. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

This is maybe the most far-reaching implication of the powerful lure of our technology: If it co-opts our attention, it could reshape our sense of reality. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He could sense the movements of the bodies behind him. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

At that moment Sam felt a tremor in the ground beneath him, and he heard or sensed a deep remote rumble as of thunder imprisoned under the earth. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I reach Boggs first, try to make sense of the torn flesh, missing limbs, to find something to stem the red flow from his body. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

As Fadi explored the cramped space, he felt a sense of claustrophobia. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The area was strangely deserted—as if the mortals could sense it wasn’t safe. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Somehow the door is by the ledge. Does that make sense?” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The requisition of his books made sudden sense, and he understood that Thyon would not have burned them or flown the pages off the widow’s walk like birds. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Not the fear of God, but upholding your own sense of honor and obeying your own conscience. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t have to make sense—just let the thoughts come as they come. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would have made better sense to take the flowers out first, but she was too irritable. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

A heliocentric universe resonated with Kepler’s religious sense, and he embraced it with fervor. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A child of Athena, Minerva’s Greek form. Scandalous! You Greeks have no sense of decency. We Romans know the proper place for that goddess.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I was wondering why no one was coming after us, and I got worried, knowing what it would do to her...and, well, I guess you have some common sense after all.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Her sense of style is the primary reason she is invited this evening. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

II. The term "etymology" as used in grammar must be carefully distinguished from "etymology" in the sense of word-analysis. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to make sense of the situation, but he was barely conscious. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a sense, I was already half departed—my mind flown off in the direction of Princeton. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In this sense, even very rare events are quite predictable. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

For everyday numbers to make sense, they have to have something called the distributive property, which is best seen through an example. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Its high, somewhat stiff collar against my neck, the wide cuffs touching my wrists, the rich material against my skin excited a sense of strangeness and distinction; I felt like some nobleman, some Spanish grandee. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know why, but I had a sense of doom. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

A substance that is not a carcinogen in the ordinary sense may disturb the normal functioning of some part of the body in such a way that malignancy results. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I had no qualms at all; in fact I could feel now the gathering, glowing sense of sureness in the face of it. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Humans were beginning to venture, in almost every sense that matters, to other worlds. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first the people in the town were frightened; they knew Shadrack was crazy but that did not mean that he didn’t have any sense or, even more important, that he had no power. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

If Leo couldn’t control his own senses, his own voice, his own body . . . that didn’t leave him much to rely on. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

My mind reels, trying to make sense of it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It might have been that my tardiness in learning to sense white people as “white” people came from the fact that many of my relatives were “white”-looking people. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was ba­nana split in the wrong sense of the term: the sea dispersed them. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It makes no sense. Why set traps and then warn us about them?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Stolid Strauss—unmovable. I’ll tell you something. I’m sick and tired of coming here. What’s the sense of therapy any more? You know as well as I do what’s going to happen.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It makes absolute sense to know as much about Voldemort as possible. How else will you find out his weaknesses?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Deserted by him and nearly everybody else, bed-bound in a garret, she discovers in herself a sense of humor. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

There, there were airs moving, and echoes, and a sense of space. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

This wasn’t a trip of escape, in that normal sense. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the rise I could sense the city of Petoskey, the smoke of stoves and chimneys down there. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I really don’t know why bullies have such a good sense of humor. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Party is not a class in the old sense of the word. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The civilized atmosphere of the University had lulled me into a false sense of security. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m...sure I could pick it up,” she says, and she takes his hand cautiously, like she thinks he might be pranking her, which Alex thinks is way too generous to Henry’s sense of humor. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I think she sensed what I was driving at. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She said that because of her synesthesia, her senses just came alive. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

When I finally came to my senses again, it was dusk. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I know, but the story won’t make any sense to me if I don’t know what a borough is.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She told Gogol it was because she didn’t have the time, but he sensed that it was something she couldn’t bring herself to face the second time around. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Cob and the rest knew there was no sense talking about it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But it did not, and there was not much sense calling it a theoretical possibility when we were in it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was tied up, but they clearly sensed it was something they might enjoy. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aristotelian science was not like this: Aristotelian philosophers had no sense that their knowledge was incomplete in important respects, and they thus had a different measure of success from a Galileo or a Pascal. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“If that’s the way he’s going to grow up, I wish he’d stay a boy,” she thought, with a curious sense of disappointment and discomfort, trying meantime to seem quite easy and gay. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laika didn’t seem worried at all, but then again the place probably had that pleasant reek of death which so satisfied my dog’s finely tuned sense of smell. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Nico held back a few personal details from his talk with his father, though he sensed that Reyna knew plenty about wrestling with one’s feelings. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

That this mystery makes no sense at all. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Yet I suddenly felt naked, sensing that the words were returning and that something was about to be said that I shouldn't reveal. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor is this in any sense a miracle, but very ordinary and to be expected. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

It did wonders for her sense of self. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The raw brittle language of the streets makes a hell of a lot more sense to me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t pay any attention because she had sensed it was a lie. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Governor Faubus was on television, giving some sort of talk about Southern pride and communists and, okay, I tried to pay attention, but it didn’t really make much sense. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even from thirty feet away, Hazel could sense Annabeth’s life force waning, her pulse becoming thready. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I could sense the crowd’s disappointment as I rolled over like a dog for Ambrose’s money. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I could barely make out, or perhaps only sense, the forms of the boys, stirring fitfully but not yet awake: Dominick and James, six-year-old twins, huddled together for warmth on a pallet on the floor. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

We lived in a different world than everyone else—a world that always made sense, even when everything around us didn’t. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Even her voice sounds like it is traveling through water to reach my ears, and it takes me a few seconds to make sense of what she says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The interest lies solely in the seemingly insignificant subject and in the sense of enchantment imparted by the children’s rapt attention to the moment. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He left the rest unsaid; that King Robert would ignore him, Lord Tywin would ask if he had taken leave of his senses, and Jaime would only laugh. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It's what you buy into, in a sense. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But in a sense, their fate was even more humiliating. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Mathematicians, it may be noted, have a characteristic sense of humor which may be a result of their training. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In all of my imaginings, I was filled with a sense that I would soon become perfect. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

For, in middle age, he was acquiring a dynastic sense. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

At night especially, the cityscape was muted enough to lose its sense of scale. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I led him back around to the locker room entrance and then down the stairs with the same sense of spirit I'd had knowing I had to get Aileen back home from Horn Rock. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Now it made sense why we hadn’t been able to contact Grover all this time. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“You ever heard of having something called the sixth sense?” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Anyway, the same words can be found in both books, which makes sense because they’re written by the same author. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

This was her speech in his mouth, and Linda just sat there, staring at her hands in her lap, a sense of imminent disaster riding like ice through her bones. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Check the barges down along the river. At least one of us got sense to stay with a good thing.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We tried to grasp what the specialists were telling us but could make little sense of it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Sulking in the back somewhere. I told her to teach the little kids their alphabet, but she said she needed a break from all the Arabic. Maybe you can talk some sense into her.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I sense the woman’s presence close behind, watching our moves. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The moment I entered the bright, buzzing lobby of Men's House I was overcome by a sense of alienation and hostility. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hair gave Cole a sense of power. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

For reasons that made no sense whatsoever, a sizable pool had been constructed in the center of the arena, made by laying a great sheet of plastic over a square foundation of hay bales. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I ignore her concerns as I hobble forward, and I can sense my dad pulling her back. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I can sense desire in him, a dense, smoldering heat. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Ever since his birthday he’s been extra quiet, and I get the sense that he doesn’t really want to talk about basketball or anything else, so I let him be. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It danced over her senses the way the dream sun danced over the domes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Teacher’s writing on the board, but the letters don’t make sense. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

But we don’t realize how miraculous our senses are until we lose one. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He’d always listen to what folk had to say, and if they made sense, he’d weigh their words, he wouldn’t jus’ toss someone’s thoughts out ’cause they wasn’t agreeing with his. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I had a sense of shock and confusion, jumbled emotions. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He did manage to catch a vivid sense of the plague in one memorable poem called “Pestilence.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

There was no excuse for him to have shot someone, but it didn't make sense to kill him. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Everyone called his dad a hero, but it didn’t make sense. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

But it does not, and while I couldn’t crunch the numbers or plumb the history back then, I sensed that the fear that marked West Baltimore could not be explained by the schools. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I was feeling dizzy, but since the capital moment of my life was coming up this dizziness only added to my sense of frightened sublimity. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Where in the name of sense did you get a notion like that?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

There was less a sense of penetration than the feeling that I’d been struck with a sledgehammer. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It's the shortest distance to the railway station, which makes sense. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

My mom explained that blind people develop their other senses to make up for the sense they’ve lost. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the recipients will make nothing of it, or think it is a recording of a pulsar, which in some superficial sense it resembles. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reuben Fine was not a therapist in the strict sense of the word, but he was a renowned psychoanalyst. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I felt naked under his gaze, and he must have sensed my discomfort, because quite suddenly he offered me his hand. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Again they sensed him approaching, and this time they were both waiting by the window, their heads peeking over the sill. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

If he’d just had the sense to keep it to himself. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Nothing cool about it but makes perfect sense. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

In another sense, the tragedy of the once master pickpocket made him, for those brother old-timer hustlers, a “there but for the grace of God” symbol. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

As smart as Bell was, you’d have thought he’d have better sense than to go up and nuzzle that rattler’s head. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dread and distrust had already become a daily part of my being and my memory grew sharp, my senses more impressionable; I began to be aware of myself as a distinct personality striving against others. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time she could remember, Mary Lou had the sense that her sister stood apart from her, that though she could jump in after, they would not share exactly the same water. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

But, I assured myself, one day Charlie would come to his senses. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Every point on the ball has a shadow on the complex plane; in a sense, every point on the ball is equivalent to its shadow on the plane and vice versa. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

There just wasn’t any other explanation that made sense. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

That makes sense—it feels like it takes forever to get there on Henry’s boat. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

It was too dark to see very far, but he could sense somebody standing just beyond the range of his vision. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

They were cheering her, and she was hit with a sense of pride and camaraderie she would have found cheesy back home. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Still, the coastal route has little empirical backing; its supporters tend to endorse the idea mainly because it seems to make sense. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

They laughed and she sensed, between them, a vulgar and delicious female bond. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I must’ve woken up several times, but what I heard and saw made no sense, so I just passed out again. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

A dentist would’ve made more sense, but it was the Fourth of July. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Despite my romantic deficiencies, I gradually adjusted to township life, and began to develop a sense of inner strength, a belief that I could do well outside the world in which I had grown up. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if zero were a number in the Greek sense, the act of taking a ratio with zero in it would seem to defy nature. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“It was about to fall,” Luna whispered, trying to make sense of what she had been seeing. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

An onrushing sense of claustrophobia stifled him, compressed his lungs, as if water filled their cavities. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The way things were jumping ’round and with my wits flewed away, it didn’t make no sense to try to keep standing. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I stood watching her, fascinated, till suddenly she sensed, then saw, that she was being watched. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

‘Leo, even from up here, I’m sensing bad stuff at the bottom of those stairs. Something . . . large and dangerous. You sure you don’t want me to come along?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Discussions of common sense generally fail to distinguish adequately universal and local definitions of the concept. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

We gonna electrify your senses and bombard your brain with the sounds that make you want to get down! Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would protest as well the diminished sense of the sacred in churches today. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He studied the scene with narrowed eyes as if he could sense that I’d just come dose to death, the way a wolf can smell fear. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Harmless? Really? Well, you do seem rather gentle. And I heard someone say that you don’t eat any food at all, which makes no sense, but hopefully it means you won’t eat me?” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I gotta say: I've been reading your sermons and studying your books for six months now, and it feels like all I have to show for it is frustration and a sense of defeat. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He was, however, distinctive for his sense that the mobilization of these resources required abiding management and strategic orchestration at the national level. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Baba’s eyes were alight, filled with that same boyish sense of adventure. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He didn’t have to see Inej’s face to sense her shock. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As the sounds of digging continued, he sensed fear spreading all through the burrow. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He senses what I’m going to say next. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t make sense to construct houses 1 don’t need. That would just be money down the drain.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Philip Lombard's senses seemed heightened, rather than diminished. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Mom comforted me and tried to explain how much of a privilege it is to be alive and loved, and for a while, it all made sense. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“It was called True Romances, and someone had written Clara on the inside. I asked who Clara was, and the missus said some things that didn’t make any sense before having her fit.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He meant to say “Look what you’ve done,” but the words had gotten so hopelessly mixed up that no one could make any sense at all. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

But it is this sense of stability that Monteverdi wanted to undermine. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Away from the fences, the armed guards, and the strange sense of threat that pervaded Sayle Enterprises, it was as if he were breathing fresh air for the first time in days. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“The witch? Have you lost your senses, Kit?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Blake: Except Manny’s got some sense and doesn’t make everything about race. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Followed by dozens of masons and carpenters, as if she had contracted her husband’s hallucinating fever, Úrsula fixed the position of light and heat and distributed space without the least sense of its limitations. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Someone starts up with “For she’s a jolly good fellow...” which makes absolutely no sense, but it doesn’t matter. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

They do have nice smiles and good senses of humor, but that’s entirely different.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

What had been lost in the postwar expansion of higher education was the sense that higher education implied privilege. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She has such a fine color sense—rust and yellow. She’s finished three squares already.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

All at once, with an instinctive quickening of her senses, Kit knew that she was not alone, that someone was very close. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

"I felt him. It makes no sense, I know . . ." It made sense enough for Brienne. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The park was too big, the men too spread out, to deliver any immediate sense of work being done. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Even from that great distance, she could sense its relief. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I know not whether my senses were shut, or thrown so far open that there was no latitude for thought and recognition. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Best make a poultice,” the woman says and I think she heads off into the ditch but that don’t make no sense. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Anyway, they had the sense to leave before the Big Bail, and beat the rush. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

These spirits and unseen things, as Madrina calls them, don’t make sense to me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I read the words again, trying to make sense of them. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

With a sense of ceremony and purpose, I placed the sharp edge against my hair, held it taut with my other hand, and began to cut in short, powerful motions. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

They have some help now, from Ambata and others, which gives Kathy some room to breathe, to be a mother, to try to make sense of the last three years. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

My eyes open and the sense of security vanishes. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

As his eyes followed the print the rest of his senses were on the alert to the various commotions that went on around him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Use of the word “upset” in this sense predates that race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was still so dopey that I couldn’t make any sense of the passage I was copying, only a sentence here and there. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Not in a goth sense—none of the black came in the form of lace gloves—but more in a rock ’n’ roll sense. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Sol Spiegelman and I went straight for a butler carrying smoked salmon and champagne, and after a few minutes sensed the value of a cultivated aristocracy. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“I hope prison hasn’t robbed you of all your manners or good sense.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The concert of so many different birds became so disturbing that Úrsula would plug her ears with beeswax so as not to lose her sense of reality. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

While she sewed mats together and reset the willow poles, Omakayas often experienced the haunting sense of things missing. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Suddenly we don’t make as much sense as we did before. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Her heart beating so quickly, every sense sharpened. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

This solution may have seemed appealing to politicians, but to an economist it doesn’t make much sense. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

As if Max has sensed what I'm thinking, she zips up her backpack. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I have no idea when Jan's birthday is, but I doubt Mrs. Veenstra will remember any better than I do, and I hope she can't sense how uncomfortable I am. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

When did Wasden first get the sense that his son was something special? Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He ran his fingers slowly over the stones, sensing their temperature and feeling their surfaces. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Acquaintances remember him as a socially awkward man-child with an outrageous sense of humor and a squirrelly, almost manic-depressive personality. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a new sense of responsibility he brought his eyes back to the ground near at hand, studying the next move. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The poorer children were, to her mind, often better behaved, less whiny, more creative in making use of their own time, and had a well-developed sense of independence. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The distress I sensed in her voice was as sharp and painful as the lash of a whip on my flesh. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A bunker, maybe. Having something like that would make sense up in the mountains. And we’re going there, boy. Sooner rather than later.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Bridge couldn’t see it, but she sensed it from the kitchen with perfect clarity. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The more he recalled, the less sense it made....Voldemort had said nothing about Harry’s wand, nothing about the twin cores, nothing about Gregorovitch making a new and more powerful wand to beat Harry’s.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I knew Miles was a big boy who could take care of himself, but if there was ever a time to put my finely honed sense of paranoia to good use, it was now. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The sense of shock returned; it was as though I were invisible in the room, observing a scene in which I had no part. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the figure stopped and then, as if she could sense Ivy's gaze, slowly turned her head toward the cottonwood tree. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The boy recalled what he had seen in the vision, and sensed that it was actually going to occur. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nico tried to sense any restless spirits in the area, but he felt nothing. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Thus, instead of victory in the traditional sense, America and Russia sought deterrence as their strategic goal. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I look down at the run of stairs and feel an overwhelming sense of triumph. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“It makes an awful racket, but it kinda makes sense, don’t it? One way to deal with the Noise.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She did not look old in a human sense, but there were centuries in her, and there had been pain. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The word atom, used in the modern sense, first entered scientific vocabulary in John Dalton’s paper in 1808. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Ice water attacks the sense of balance and causes extreme dizziness in everyone. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Underneath the clash over rights, laws, and work rules, there was a deeper truth that the planters were sensing: The Age of Sugar was ending. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

When you consider the size of an individual termite, photographed standing alongside his nest, he ranks with the New Yorker and shows a better sense of organization than a resident of Los Angeles. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sense of life deepened and the feel of things was different, somehow. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sense of calm flowed through him as he went through the familiar motions of framing different shots. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

If science does not produce knowledge in that sense, they conclude, it cannot be producing knowledge at all. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Every one of my senses is tingling as Ms. Saintima asks us to imagine pulling the door of the store open and breathing in the steamy, meat-scented air. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“It just doesn’t make sense,” Moms will say, flipping the channel to a baseball game or some reality show we all like. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

As I lay there, letting Luce, in rubber gloves, do what he had to do, I got a sense of things. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And climbing provided a sense of community as well. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

But we have also been perturbing the climate in the opposite sense. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emma sensed rather than fully saw the others starting to unfreeze and let go of the shelves they’d been holding on to. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The king/queen system gave us a sense of order, rank, and self. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly it wasn’t hard to convince police officers that tackling fare-beating made sense. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is this very tension, this sense of uncertainty and challenge, that artists need. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this sense, DNA was not a regular molecule but a highly irregular one. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

These discriminatory barriers were designed to encourage lower-class whites to retain a sense of superiority over blacks, making it far less likely that they would sustain interracial political alliances aimed at toppling the white elite. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But of course her words didn’t make sense. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But the subject was acne—which I was sorry Cletus wasn’t around to hear—and I was left with nothing to go on except my own common sense. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

My subject is a whole library of texts that at first sight make no sense. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Until he pictured Theresa alive; then a sense of unutterable good fortune settled over him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know what you were thinking. You’d think a member of the Arcanum would have more sense.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He could sense that Lord Raiden was about to give in. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She has a warped sense of humor as well as a demented beautician. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

However, it did give Bobby a sense of the board, the movement and role of the pieces, and the choreography of how a game of chess could develop. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Practice stringing them together in ways that make sense to you, but are different from what you've heard. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Maybe he and Percy did share something else - a stupid sense of humour. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

An embarrassing sense of pride tentatively bloomed in the middle of the sadness I felt at my surroundings. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

There was no sense of the passage of waves; only this minute-long fall and rise and fall. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

They helped me to make sense of the things I saw, and from that, I began to make sense of the world and my place within it. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Harry did not dare open his eyes, but allowed his other senses to explore his predicament. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Caldwell is forty miles west, in the center of a flat plain known, for reasons that may have made sense long ago, as Treasure Valley. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if sensing her watching him, Horse looked up, bleary-eyed. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But perhaps I always sensed I was going down too easy. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

And then, the trouble was, the information didn’t make sense. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I don't know if that makes sense, but you know how I feel about making sense. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

A mild sense of disquiet passed over me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It had made sense to her, the decision not to marry, the need to preserve what they had by wrapping it in a shawl of difference. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

So when he sensed someone coming from the palace toward him, his head snapped up. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Needless to say, the idea of leaving them was horrible, but it was the only thing I could do, as it made no sense for me to commit suicide. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dell read the message at least a dozen times and could make no sense of it. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I knew I was going into the office to take a look at the nightmare felon, no sense pretending I wasn’t. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The dogs of the village smelled or heard or sensed them coming, and began to howl frightfully; and the reindeer in their enclosure moved about nervously, their antlers clashing like dry sticks. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t in the mood to turn somersaults, though he couldn’t deny experiencing a sense of liberation. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And beneath his benign reply, I sense a warning. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Wash made a point of knowing every pretty black girl within walking distance from Egypt Town—knowing in whatever sense he could get away with, biblical if possible. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to see a movie; his senses hungered for it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But the tlamatinime shared the religion's sense of the evanescence of existence. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The idea of sleeping in the near open bolstered my sense of freedom. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

By not mentioning his name, she sensed that a pact had been forged between her Dream and the World. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without pausing to think, he did the only thing that made sense — he flung himself forward into the water. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But he sensed that Phoebe and Aunt Daisy never left his side. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

My father accompanied me, as a guide and companion, but he was a sullen and brooding presence, lost in a private anguish that I could sense only dimly. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell him it doesn't have to make sense, but then he said he still loved me and wanted to see if he could help me with whatever else I wanted to do. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Weston’s communications furnished Emma with more food for unpleasant reflection, by increasing her esteem and compassion, and her sense of past injustice towards Miss Fairfax. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

The drinks are all alcohol-free, which makes sense since dying isn’t an excuse to sell alcohol to minors. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m sick of change. Nothing makes sense anymore. Not Lolo or the kids at school or anything.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I stood up straight, with a sense of novelty, and realized that I had been walking in a severe hunch for some time. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t remember the lions or the bears themselves, just the sense of them that he created. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

However–and here’s the thing–people on the train would have no sense of these distortions. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

By the time I collect my senses to wave back, the bus driver has shut the door behind me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“That doesn’t make sense, Paul. I’d have to follow the bus all the way over there and then drive you right back here.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jonathan tried to listen, hoping to hear words that would make some sense, but finding very few. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

But since we were so far out of the line of fire, the chief sustenance for any sense of the war was mental. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He still laughed easily, his sense of humor whole, but since the move to Massachusetts, he was no longer transparent. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

This is the kind of environmental explanation that makes intuitive sense to us. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Assigned to cover the opening ceremony, Herbert decided to scout the grounds ahead of time to get a more detailed sense of the fair’s topography. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Naomi just stared, checking these revelations against her own sense of things. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Woody sensed where Wes was headed and ran to block the back door. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

They slowed to a stop, seeming to suddenly sense danger in the situation. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“I sense you have something to tell me, Cyclops.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

In fact, time does funny things when there are no little surprises to mark it off into memorable chunks, and I sense that I’m already several years older than I was when I started. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coach must have sensed my nervousness because before he put his hands on my back leg he announced, “I’m going to just adjust your leg here a little bit.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I laughed, thinking the man had a dark sense of humor. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Alby’s words started to make sense and panic flared in Thomas. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Why would I want to be in the world if I couldn’t touch the world with all of my senses intact?” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

They had a terrible time at first: Here was a maze to end all mazes; and in the dark they quickly lost their sense of direction. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The puzzlement in having to make sense of this abstract philosophical conundrum mingles with the poignancy of having to come to terms with the loss of someone we love. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Death was the only thing that made any sense as she hunched underground, plucked some soil, rubbed it between her fingers, and waited for the bunker to explode. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t asked Rishi to give up comics from a sense of arrogance or pride or feeling ashamed of his oldest son’s artistic proclivities. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It’s not hard to read Poole’s answers and get some sense of how his mind works. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

They needed the pictures to make sense of math. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

The circle was thought to be a “perfect” geometrical shape and the planets, placed high in the heavens, away from earthly “corruption,” were also thought to be in some mystical sense “perfect.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were surrounded by gigantic dunes, and the boy looked at the alchemist to see whether he had sensed anything. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You scared your sister with that rat and she fainted'. Ain’t you got no sense at a//?” “Aw, I didn’t know she was that scary.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her thoughts wouldn’t congeal into sentences that would make sense. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I continued backing away, with quickening steps, sensing that the man was afraid to follow me because he was naked. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, sensing from the movement that the craft was nearly anchored, he made his way back through the skin of the cabin to the seats on the starboard side. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

A moment later Sawyer asked, “Did you sense that having a reporter along put extra pressure on Rob Hall?” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Milo,” Yossarian bleated faintly with a sinking heart, sensing at once that all was lost. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I didn’t get an immediate sense of a calling from God— it was something that evolved over time. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“It gets easier, Mia—missing them and feeling guilty and helpless that you couldn’t save them. Oscar kind of settled into my memory, and I take him with me. Does that make sense?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

What she saw made no sense at first. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny had the good sense to ignore them. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Still, enough remains to get a sense of the ancient city. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It does, however, have a similar slapstick sense of humour. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She says this as though it makes sense. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

In one sense it means “similar to,” so it’s handy for comparing things. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were filled with wonder and adventure, but something deeper ran through them, as well—a sense of abiding gratitude. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

People are crying and in shock, crouched down and covering their heads, and nothing is making sense. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Only, in the long years which bring women to the middle of life, a sense of balance develops. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something, a sense of foreboding, filled me, a quick sense of uncleanliness. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sense of exultant liberation flooded through me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jason had never really considered how important Leo’s sense of humor was to the group. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Saying it out loud enabled him to make sense of it all. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Alas, the sense of community that a common faith brings to a people spelled trouble for me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I knew she couldn't see me, but her nose was starting to crinkle—she could sense that something was wrong. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It was getting more difficult to reason with her, especially when she made sense. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

At the same time, I could sense that the kids around me were hurting in their own way. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

His comprehension catching up with his senses, Harry realized that he had just Apparated for the first time in his life. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“No, Jaime, the ones who always win are going to win again,” Clara had replied, for she had seen it in the cards and her common sense had confirmed it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I suppose it’s the only way he can make sense of it.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Just as zero suffered from Greek prejudice, other numbers were ignored as well, numbers that made no geometric sense. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The story of Psyche finally made sense to him—why a mortal girl would be so afraid. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Uptight, frightened adversaries only a few hours before, now there was almost a mystical closeness and sense of companionship between them. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I was insane, everything could be made to make sense. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

What I missed most about him was his offbeat sense of humor. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The hawker took the money from me and made off quickly—no doubt fearing that I would come to my senses. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was filled with a sense of excitement about his new job. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of them had had the sense to grab their cigarettes. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She knew intimately that “something” Vivian spoke of—that sense of dignity and truth about society and self that Ann had experienced almost daily since joining Operation Breakthrough. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I nevertheless felt a great sense of accomplishment and satisfaction: I had been engaged in a just cause and had the strength to fight for it and win. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I'm sorry. I’m not making sense, but that thought just came to me. The message I wrote on the beach was different. It had your name in it.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Our senses disorganized, our frames trembling with cold, we calculated as best we could the direction of our town and made our way across that countryside of dream. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I sensed that there were things she would rather not talk about, and by the way she avoided questioning me, I think she guessed the same. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The terms could seem impolite to an outsider, but they reflected Farmer’s sense of humor, his quick mind, and his prejudice for brevity. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

In those early days, Pollard and Woolf found common ground in their quick minds, cerebral riding styles, and keen senses of humor. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t square my grandfather’s idyllic stories with this nightmare house, nor the idea that he’d found refuge here with the sense of disaster that pervaded it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

It didn't make sense, but there it was. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

All during one particular day I sensed that something was wrong, but I didn’t know what. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

By the ease with which the man was writing, she could tell she was now making perfect sense. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The feeling he had when he had rendered all but one deadish, revulsion fighting a primal sense of victory. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She thought it might be too soon to be leaving the river, but as she walked on, she sensed him watching her and thought it would be impolite to disregard his directions. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Perhaps sensing that the conversation was moving from stupid to stupefying, Mini piped up. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Einstein’s prohibition against traveling faster than light may clash with our common sense. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he sensed this was not a time Mr. Curtain wished to be impressed. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

But what if the structure of DNA was so simple—so elegant—that it could be deduced by “common sense,” by model building? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

All the monsters with any sense must’ve been taking siestas in their nice cool caves. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I had already begun to sense that my feelings varied too far from those of the people around me for me to blab about what I felt. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why would my key fit into your father’s machine? That doesn’t make any sense.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Everyone else chimed in their approval, filling Thomas with relief and a sense of pride. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Devon says it makes no sense but it makes sense to me. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only her eyes and all her senses but also inanimate things seemed to exist because of him, backdrops to his presence. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

As he did so, he sensed that the universe had fallen silent, and he decided not to speak. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sticklers unite, you have nothing to lose but your sense of proportion, and arguably you didn’t have a lot of that to begin with. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

As if she sensed a new addition was called for. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She can sense the unspoken rules, all right. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“These clues make no sense. How do they lead to the hidden money?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The sun could play tricks on your senses this far north and they had no compass with which to navigate. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

After all these years, he wasn’t any closer to a sense of justice, was he? Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Levy's Lodge—that was what the sign at the coast road said—was a Xanadu of the senses; within its insulated walls there was something that could gratify anything. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t like that idea one bit, but it made more sense than having the command-module pilot die unnecessarily. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She can navigate by the stars, and by dead reckoning, but I think she learned to use her sense of direction properly because her granddad gave her a motorbike for her sixteenth birthday. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Night had come quickly, and Cole scanned the dark shadows around him, sensing a vague familiarity. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He had the disconcerting sense that if he looked through the glass he would see himself running drills in the training rooms, seated at the long table in the dining hall. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

To get a better sense of the decimation, McAuliffe looked at the Authentic Osage Indian Roll Book, which cites the deaths of many of the original allotted members of the tribe. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He sensed that Mullet Fingers was planning another illegal visit to the Mother Paula’s site. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

What in the name of sense, he wondered, had set Prince roaring that time? Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It makes sense and it’s almost a good story. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

It makes a certain logical sense that you wouldn’t. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Holy f —!” she managed before going under again, as if the water sensed that young ladies of such beauty and promise should never curse. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I love dribbling without looking down, the feel, the sense of trust, of control, almost as though the ball were on a leash. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Even without looking back, she could sense the shocked gazes of the Seasons. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Try to relax your vision, if that makes any sense...” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I could sense energy in them, like when I made the butterflies tell the story in the Thicket glade. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Because you’re not very nice either! It makes so much more sense now.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Thatha must sense this, because his hand squeezes mine just a little tighter. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I’ve always had a sixth sense for spotting a trend coming, and I was right on the ball. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because by punching his brother he’d knocked some sense into himself. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He felt that sense of love and attachment and warm familiarity envelop him as he pulled it out. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

On the point of the first firing...I was never more confident of any matter subject to the examination of my senses. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The family of spectators broke into applause when they sensed that Ben had a chance to win the game. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many purists maintain that the only correct sense of a word is the original one. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Maybe they’ll come to their senses,” said Moss, “and actually get rid of them.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I laughed with her, sensing she was about to tell me something my mother was supposed to but hadn’t. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I prayed her to assist me, and her good sense was perfect; one could hope for no behavior like it from the young, thoughtless as they most often are. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly a sense of urgency which he did not understand came to Sam. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

As I climbed onto the flatbed, I got my first sense of just how big this event had become. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Common sense is just a name for the way we’re used to thinking. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“The flood from Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom. I bet you Mrs. Norris only saw the reflection. He scanned the page in his hand eagerly. The more he looked at it, the more it made sense. '“ Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

We are the flawed ones, the innocents, trying to make some rough sense of the daily jostle. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I asked her to speak the Chinese words aloud together so that I could hear if the sound made sense to me.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

And it brings him back to his senses. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“That she has. How she kept her good sense with all of us and with my father, I don’t know.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing mattered except figuring out a way of getting Bri downtown, and a sled seemed to make the most sense. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“That makes sense. So you’re cutting school in order to check school out?” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Now, even if they couldn’t sense us, there was a us anyway. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

His trip to Nashville that day wasn’t to visit his father, but he still had a nagging sense of unformed dread and he didn’t know why. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Apparently, the wire wasn’t built to sense them up there. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Everything they did had always made sense to me, adhering to a logic I understood. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I had a chance so long as he did not sense me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t seem too surprised by my arrival, which made sense: The fact that Augustus made me feel special did not necessarily indicate that I was special. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

It’s not anything you can label or take a picture of, but I feel it like you do a birthday— nothing you can see, but something you intuitively sense. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And every sense and every heart is joy. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was eager to go faster, probably sensing my own impatience, and that would have been fine if I’d only needed to go a mile or three. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Without knowing it, I must have sensed that she’d rather work alone. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sense of relief washes over me, but questions remain. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Music creates a general sense of well being, while creating a positive environment in which to learn, create, and function. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

It was not until the next morning that we got a proper sense of our surroundings. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reverend Van Gogh and Anna felt strongly about bringing up their children with a sense of duty, charity, and morality. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The medik moved aside, and Kaz blinked twice, trying to clear his vision and make sense of the absurd luxury of his surroundings. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I showed her the picture, and I told her that I knew it didn't make sense. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

They dazzled her, these Richardsons: with their easy confidence, their clear sense of purpose, no matter the time of day. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I suddenly like his solidness and sense of permanence, as if what you see is what you get, and he will always be and do exactly what you expect him to be and do. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They express in visible form the sense of tradition, of family or clan continuity, that sets off the settled life of husbandry from the roving existence of the hunter. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was also convinced that those values I was being offered in school were right in the truest sense of rightness, that they were what both the world and God wanted. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

All of which starts to make sense, because as my cramped body realizes my brain is open for business, it soon becomes clear I am stuffed into a trunk. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Separating himself out led to confidence and a sense of superiority that itself felt like an achievement, he writes. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It was a big help for me and I could already feel I was getting a better sense of the basics. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Even if it was only for a minute, it felt like I was home, or the closest thing to it, the thing I missed most, a sense of peace and belonging. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I sat on the toilet seat and listened, I never could make sense of what he was saying. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Just as he had sensed, the wise Catalonian did not write again. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I can sense the stillness around me, as if a hurricane has come and gone and everyone is assessing the damage. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Suheyla knew nothing yet but what she sensed: that something had happened, that something had changed. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Here is a situation where the stakes were high, where things were moving quickly, and where the participants had to make sense of a lot of new and confusing information in a very short time. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

You sense their eyes on you before you realize where the unexpected gaze is coming from. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Sam scowled at him, and sucked his teeth; but he seemed to sense that there was something odd about his master’s mood and that the matter was beyond argument. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It made no sense to me,” I said. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

That there’s no sense in calling the League ladies anymore. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Yet by a sense other than sight Pippin perceived that Gandalf had the greater power and the deeper wisdom, and a majesty that was veiled. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She is always giving Declaration advice from the Dark Ages that doesn’t make any sense to me. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

His senses were burningly alive, but his mind went back to the deep participation with all things, the gift he had from his people. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can make out some of the words but they dont make sense. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I ain’t doing a thing,” she said, “but trying to talk some sense into your big, black, hardhead. You better stop trying to blame everything on Elizabeth and look to your own wrongdoings.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“That makes no sense—” Mustafa starts to argue before Mama shushes him. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

As they perform their experiments, which make little sense to my primitive intellect, my mind wanders. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

They woke to a sense of peace and heavenly freshness; they bathed in a clear brook. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

My drawings have lost all sense of form. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Being deprived of sight, Frodo found his hearing and other senses sharpened. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Marian never forgot the stinging sense of rejection that came with hearing those words. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z